Chapter 946: Aurora Beam

The experience from the Black Magic Humanoids in the Black Magic Space is extremely abundant. With such a large number of monsters constantly spawning, including Gold Earth Dragons and Shadow Wolves which almost never stop, one can imagine how astonishing the leveling speed could be.

The Light-Dark Holy Dragon and the Purple-Eyed Earth Dragon are gradually forming their combat effectiveness. Once they become fully powerful, the leveling speed will reach a new level.

The 180th-level Black Magic Humanoids are too numerous. The Gold Earth Dragons and Shadow Wolves can hardly advance anymore. If Nie Yan were to grind experience by himself, the speed would be too slow. So he decided to stay around this area.

After two days, a beam of light flashed, and Nie Yan was teleported outside the Black Magic Space.

Outside the Black Magic Space, players from two factions were engaged in chaotic battles. Nie Yan did not participate but instead used a Dash Step to evade and re-entered the Black Magic Space after about fifteen seconds.

After re-entering the Black Magic Space, he had to start grinding from the beginning again, but it wasn’t a big deal. He could just grind forward along the bridge.

Time passed day by day. The players wandering outside the Black Magic Space changed in waves, but Nie Yan remained. He had been grinding inside the Black Magic Space for half a month and had advanced to level 160. Finally, he had raised the Light-Dark Holy Dragon to level 130. At this point, the Light-Dark Holy Dragon’s power was already equivalent to that of a 200th-level Gold Earth Dragon, and its formidable power started to show.

Nie Yan entered the Black Magic Space again, handing over all the Black Magic Fragments he had collected previously to Gao’er, gaining about 3% experience.

“Respected Mr. Nieyan, you have submitted 16,253 Black Magic Fragments. Currently ranked 226th. You have not yet passed the Black Magic Space challenge,” Angel Gao’er announced.

Hearing this, Nie Yan felt slightly puzzled. Could there be a special reward for achieving first place? Since Black Magic Fragments couldn’t be traded, each one had to be obtained personally by defeating monsters. After grinding for half a month, the number of fragments he had submitted only placed him at 226th. He wondered how many fragments the first-ranked player must have submitted.

Putting these thoughts aside, Nie Yan continued leveling. The Light-Dark Holy Dragon, having just reached level 130, had recently learned a new skill called Aurora Beam. Nie Yan was curious about its effectiveness.

Under Nie Yan’s command, several pets charged forward. The Light-Dark Holy Dragon was still too low in level to tank monsters, so it remained at the back to cast spells.

The Light-Dark Holy Dragon chanted a few spells. Suddenly, countless white light particles gathered toward it from the sky.

The air was filled with restless holy light magical elements.

Guardian Angel Kalenna waved her staff and cast several holy light blessings on the Light-Dark Holy Dragon.

At that moment, the Light-Dark Holy Dragon radiated brilliant white light, like an angel, brimming with holy power. It opened its mouth and released a thick beam of aurora, shooting forward. The aurora beam was about ten yards wide and five to six hundred yards long, instantly piercing through all the Black Magic Humanoids in a straight line.

The Black Magic Humanoids screamed in agony in the white light, with damage numbers of fifty to sixty thousand floating above their heads. Five seconds, seven seconds, nine seconds—the Aurora Beam still hadn’t stopped.

One Black Magic Humanoid after another disintegrated into nothingness in the white light.

It took a full ten seconds before the Aurora Beam finally stopped. Nie Yan looked ahead in shock. A distance of about five to six hundred yards on the bridge was completely cleared, with Black Magic Fragments scattered all over the ground.

Such a long stretch must have had at least ten thousand elite Black Magic Humanoids at level 160! All gone just like that? This Aurora Beam was simply an ideal skill for leveling in the Black Magic Space! It was even better than any forbidden spell. Forbidden spells required long preparation times, had large areas of effect, but on the bridge, they could only hit a portion of the Black Magic Humanoids. Plus, forbidden spells had cooldowns of one or two months, while the Aurora Beam had a cooldown of only half an hour! And its damage was terrifyingly high!

This single attack increased Nie Yan’s experience by nearly 0.2%. After reaching level 160, the experience required for each level was 580 times that of level 156. Yet, a single spell still gave 0.2%—what an astonishing speed!

Releasing the Aurora Beam every half hour would yield about 6% experience per day. With the pets also becoming stronger, they could provide another 5% experience daily. Combined, that’s 11% per day, meaning one level every ten days. Such a speed was breathtaking!

Soon, Nie Yan entered the second phase. The first phase was grinding elites between levels 160 and 180, while the second phase involved mutated elites between the same levels. The Black Magic Humanoids’ health increased by five to six times, making the challenge significantly greater. However, the drop rate of Black Magic Fragments was higher in this phase. Simply submitting the fragments could yield considerable experience.

After grinding for two days, Nie Yan exited again and re-entered to refresh.

Repeating this process, on the tenth day, a crisp system prompt sounded again. Nie Yan had advanced to level 161.

This tedious daily grinding would have driven other players crazy, but Nie Yan considered himself quite persistent.

During the day, he traveled with Xie Yao, and in the evenings, he returned to continue grinding. As days passed, this simple life became a great joy for him. Only those who had died truly understood how precious life was! Especially Nie Yan, who had died twice, his mindset was completely different from before.

Once again appearing at the entrance of the Black Magic Space, Nie Yan had the Light-Dark Holy Dragon use several area-of-effect spells, clearing all the Black Magic Humanoids at the entrance. Suddenly, a white beam of light descended upon the Light-Dark Holy Dragon.

The Light-Dark Holy Dragon had leveled up again!

Excitedly, Nie Yan checked the Light-Dark Holy Dragon’s level—level 150!

This was a crucial milestone!

Looking at the Light-Dark Holy Dragon’s skill list, Aurora Beam had increased by one level. Its range extended by 30%, its attack power enhanced by 500/6, and its cooldown shortened to 25 minutes.

Additionally, it learned several new skills, all area-of-effect spells.

One was a dark magic counterpart to the Aurora Beam, called Dark Pierce.

It was said that for every holy light magic, there was a corresponding dark magic. It seemed this saying had some basis.

Nie Yan couldn’t help wondering how effective Dark Pierce would be.

Under Nie Yan’s control, the Light-Dark Holy Dragon stood behind the Shadow Wolf and began chanting spells. Waves of dark, deadly energy radiated from the Light-Dark Holy Dragon. A black stream, like a giant serpent, surged forward, filled with death and darkness.

In just a moment, the ground five to six hundred yards ahead was littered with corpses, all the Black Magic Humanoids reduced to skeletons.

What a terrifying spell! Nie Yan thought with a shiver. These two skills could be alternated for use—how amazing!

Just as he had expected, with the Light-Dark Holy Dragon assisting in grinding, the leveling speed was indeed astonishing.

The Gold Earth Dragon and Purple-Eyed Earth Dragon were melee-type pets. Even if their grinding speed was fast, it was still limited. However, the Light-Dark Holy Dragon was different—it was the most powerful magical Earth Dragon creature! With such high growth potential, once fully developed, it would be an invincible existence. The Light-Dark Holy Dragon’s monster-grinding speed might not be much inferior to top-tier mages like Tang Yao! It was just that its current level was still insufficient to tackle higher-level monsters.

After reaching level 150, the Light-Dark Holy Dragon basically no longer needed the Gold Earth Dragon, Purple-Eyed Earth Dragon, or Shadow Wolf. They were now only responsible for protecting the Light-Dark Holy Dragon, while the Light-Dark Holy Dragon continuously unleashed magical attacks, leaving the path littered with corpses.

With the Light-Dark Holy Dragon clearing the second phase, it took nearly a day and a half before Nie Yan finally reached the end of the Black Magic Space. Suspended in the void was a lighthouse built from stone. Inside the lighthouse, a torch emitted a faint glow. Entering the lighthouse, there was a large crystal ball on a square stone platform at the center. Nie Yan touched the crystal ball, and a brilliant light flashed.

System: You have reached the Black Magic Lighthouse. Your recorded time is 25 hours and 32 minutes. The best record is 5 hours and 21 minutes, held by Feng Ming.

System: You have obtained a Resurrection Crystal. Quantity: 1.

Completing the task rewarded him with a Resurrection Crystal. For players, a Resurrection Crystal was a valuable item, mainly due to its rarity. After all, it was common for flying mounts and magical spirits to die, and a single Resurrection Crystal was worth at least several ten thousand gold coins, making it a fairly decent reward.

If he could surpass the record, he might receive even better rewards. Nie Yan felt a bit excited. He wondered what method Feng Ming had used to complete it within five hours and what reward he had received.

Nie Yan exited the Black Magic Space and continued repeating the challenge. His second completion time was 13 hours and 32 minutes. After consciously speeding up and avoiding wasting time along the way, he charged through at a very rapid pace, significantly reducing the time. This time, he received a Dark Emerald Gemstone, used for enchanting equipment, which was also worth several ten thousand gold coins.

His third completion time was 12 hours and 22 minutes, but he received nothing. According to the official website, each player could receive only a few rewards—completing within two days, within one day, or breaking someone else’s record. It was said that breaking the record yielded the most generous rewards, while the previous two rewards were just token gestures.

Thinking about it, if every completion of the Black Magic Space challenge could yield rewards, countless players would be grinding here every day.

The rewards from the first two times were already quite good. Nie Yan wondered what reward awaited for breaking the record. Completing the challenge within five hours—Feng Ming must be an extraordinary player. In the previous life, he was the top player of the Saturn Empire, yet Guo Huai failed to recruit him into the Bull Tribe, which was a pity.

Completing within five hours wasn’t impossible. Nie Yan thought. Since he could level up to level 180 inside the Black Magic Space, he still had a long time ahead and could take it slowly.