Among numerous bosses, the Snake Demon King was relatively easy to deal with, as its physical defense was relatively weak, and it was easily pushed back when attacked by Nie Yan’s skills.
Nie Yan flipped around beneath the Snake Demon King’s body, finding nothing except a level 180 sub-legendary warrior’s wristguard and a copper-colored key.
This copper key was about the size of a thumb, covered with fine serrated patterns, likely a key to some treasure chest.
As Nie Yan pondered how to locate the chest, he noticed Bennett’s spirit drifting forward, seemingly leading him somewhere.
Nie Yan glanced back at Long Huang Tian Xia in the distance and followed Bennett’s spirit, leaving directly.
Long Huang Tian Xia watched Nie Yan’s figure disappear at the edge of the village, looking at the corpse of the Snake Demon King on the ground. He could no longer describe his current emotions. Nie Yan had imposed immense pressure on him. He looked at the Blood Dragon in his pet space, wondering when he would reach the level of Kuang Zei Nie Yan.
Kuang Zei Nie Yan’s immense strength allowed him to continuously challenge various high-difficulty quests, even some legendary ones, obtaining one super equipment after another, which in turn made him even stronger, leaving ordinary players further behind. The effort required to keep up with Kuang Zei Nie Yan’s footsteps was unimaginable for most players.
One day, I will challenge you! Long Huang Tian Xia firmly thought, continuing to focus on grinding these elite snake demons.
After leaving the village, Nie Yan followed Bennett’s spirit for about half an hour until entering a dark cave, a very wide underground cavern with a vast interior.
Many level 180 elite snake demons spawned here, gathering in groups, their numbers terrifying, often reaching hundreds or even thousands together, essentially a snake den. Ordinary teams couldn’t possibly clear them all.
Nie Yan either used stealth or his Ring of Crawling to bypass them, finally entering a much larger space after nearly an hour. There were no longer any snake demons here.
Due to the spaciousness, Nie Yan’s dark vision was insufficient. He summoned the paladin Lefus, giving him an order. Lefus waved his greatsword, launching a white light into the sky. The white light illuminated the massive cave, leaving Nie Yan stunned at the sight.
A giant spider corpse appeared in his view, over ten yards tall, partially disintegrated from erosion, with pieces scattered across the ground.
The sight before him was quite spectacular, like an ancient fossil, having endured countless years.
Gradually approaching the underside of the spider corpse, the paladin Lefus cast another holy light skill. The white light illuminated the area as Nie Yan looked up, seeing that the spider corpse had already petrified, covered in a thick layer of stony dust.
This spider corpse must be the Spider Queen Phinas!
Walking forward a bit, Nie Yan noticed a magical array on an open space ahead. Someone had drawn a hexagram pattern on the ground, aged but still clearly visible. Upon closer inspection, he realized the symbols were carved into the stone, indelible.
Bennett’s spirit continued floating forward, stopping exactly at the center of the magical array. Suddenly, the array activated, emitting dazzling white light that illuminated the entire space.
Nie Yan watched in astonishment as Bennett’s spirit suddenly radiated brilliant light. It began to split, multiplying from one to three, then to nine, continuously increasing. Within moments, it had become thousands, even millions, like fireflies in the sky, a magnificent sight. They gradually floated upward, entering the spider corpse one by one before vanishing.
System: You have completed the quest, Bennett’s Spirit Guidance.
Two consecutive beams of white light shone from Nie Yan’s body. Checking his current level, he had reached level 155.
At this level, leveling up was extremely difficult, requiring massive amounts of experience. Completing this quest had granted him two levels, an unexpected gain.
The quest was completed? But where was the Spirit Summoning Talisman?
Nie Yan scanned the area, noticing a set of bones beside the cave wall, weathered into a skeleton. In its hand was a box-like object. Nie Yan approached and picked it up. The box was palm-sized, forged from some unknown metal, entirely silver-white with a latch.
Nie Yan immediately thought of the key he had obtained after defeating the Snake Demon King. He inserted the key and turned it. With a click, the box opened. Inside, placed centrally, was a palm-sized talisman, drawn on a yellow rectangular snakehide with incomprehensible runes.
The Spirit Summoning Talisman of Spider Queen Phinas!
Seeing this talisman, Nie Yan’s heart pounded with excitement. Previously, using Bennett’s Spirit Summoning Talisman to summon the Lair Lord Bennett had deeply impressed him with its power. Compared to Bennett, Spider Queen Phinas was even stronger!
He examined the talisman’s attributes.
Spirit Summoning Talisman (Legendary Item): Special item. Using this item allows summoning the physical form of Spider Queen Phinas for three hours. Skill cooldown is sixty natural days. Spider Queen Phinas: Level 200 Lord, HP 50,000,000/50,000,000.
Usage Requirements: 5 Archmages, 20 High Mages, 3 Spirit Summoning Items, 1 Ritual Circle.
Seeing this talisman, Nie Yan inhaled sharply. This was a powerful creature!
This Spirit Summoning Talisman was undoubtedly a rare treasure!
Previously, Nie Yan had stopped using Bennett’s talisman because the summoning process was too cumbersome, requiring a specially prepared ritual circle and numerous high-level mage players to cast spells, which was inconvenient. Moreover, the summoned creature was only a level 100 lord, while the current elite players from major guilds generally exceeded level 130. Spending so much effort to summon a level 100 lord wasn’t worth it. However, Spider Queen Phinas, a level 200 lord, was an unattainable presence for current players, making her summoning valuable. For a long time to come, players wouldn’t reach level 200, so this talisman would remain useful until then.
Nie Yan could already imagine the terror on the faces of players from Angel Dominion and Century Syndicate upon seeing the mighty Spider Queen Phinas. Satisfied with his find, he carefully stored the talisman in his backpack.
As Nie Yan put the talisman away, the cave violently trembled. A massive boulder fell from above—the cave was collapsing! He quickly activated his Haste Step, sprinting toward the exit.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Behind him, the cave began to collapse entirely, causing the numerous snake demons inside to panic.
Unable to use a Random Teleport Scroll here, Nie Yan swiftly dodged the snake demons, dashing out of the cave and running several hundred yards before looking back. The cave had completely collapsed, no longer existing.
He had accepted this quest nearly two years ago, and now he had finally completed it, obtaining the long-coveted Spirit Summoning Talisman of Spider Queen Phinas. His mood lightened considerably.
He summoned his Darkwing Dragon and leaped onto its back. The dragon spread its wings and soared into the sky.
Next was the treasure of Lich King Insol. During this time, he had gathered significant information related to Insol’s treasure, already knowing its approximate location.
The Darkwing Dragon’s wounds had fully healed, standing at the threshold of eighth evolution.
Nie Yan ran his hand over the Darkwing Dragon’s scales, feeling a cool sensation through his palm. So much time had passed, and with the opening of various flying creature maps, flying mounts had become increasingly common among players. Due to Nie Yan’s reduced attention to the Darkwing Dragon, he hadn’t summoned it in a long while. The Darkwing Dragon had dropped from the top flying mount rankings. In the Light Faction, five flying mounts could rival or even surpass Nie Yan’s Darkwing Dragon, including Xie Yao’s eighth-tier Undead Phoenix, and Xiao Rong Bu Shi Wei Wo’s recently acquired seventh-tier Ghost Dragon. The remaining three mounts belonged to members of the War Alliance and some independent players.
The Darkwing Dragon’s evolution level had somewhat declined, but Nie Yan still had some dark-element cores and even dragon crystals in his backpack. With the Darkwing Dragon fully healed, Nie Yan could continue feeding it.
After consuming these items, the Darkwing Dragon should at least evolve to the peak of eighth tier.
Nie Yan took out several dark-element cores and tossed them to the Darkwing Dragon. The dragon raised its head, swallowing them whole and crunching them into pieces.
After consuming these dark-element cores, the Darkwing Dragon’s aura rapidly surged. It had begun evolving to eighth tier!
Nie Yan hoped the Darkwing Dragon could reach eighth tier before arriving at their destination.
Flying too high into the dark, lightless sky made navigation impossible, so Nie Yan kept the Darkwing Dragon flying at a low altitude. The wind howled past his ears as the Darkwing Dragon carried him swiftly forward. At full speed, the Darkwing Dragon was still astonishingly fast.
To evade the pursuit of the half-demon Angud, Nie Yan needed to continue using misdirection, drawing Angud’s attention before secretly exploring Insol’s treasure.
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