Chapter 755: Burning One’s Boats

Although he had no vision, Nie Yan’s powerful perception quickly locked onto the opponent’s position.

For some unknown reason, unlike ordinary players who would panic when encountering danger, Nie Yan remained surprisingly calm.

This calm state felt incredibly magical to him, as if he had entered some kind of realm.

Just like when he had vision, Nie Yan could still sense from which direction his opponent’s dagger was stabbing, even feeling the chilling murderous intent radiating from the dagger.

This was the feeling of Shadow Dance. Nie Yan gained a deeper understanding of its meaning.

Besides speed, Shadow Dancers had another hidden talent—keen perception, a powerful sensing ability that could quickly detect and locate threats.

Feeling a dagger stab straight toward him, Nie Yan raised his dagger sideways to block. With a crisp clang, the two blades collided.

Nie Yan quickly stepped back twice, his ears twitching. Every single sound around him, no matter how faint, was clearly transmitted into his ears.

Butcher Shakh, having failed his first strike, was momentarily stunned. He had thought that this attack would be fatal. Had the goblin flash grenade malfunctioned?

Shakh looked up at Nie Yan. Nie Yan’s eyes were unfocused, clearly blinded by the goblin flash grenade. Yet why, under these circumstances, could Nie Yan still block his attack?

This brief hesitation gave Nie Yan a moment to catch his breath.

Puncture!

Shakh no longer underestimated Nie Yan and launched a Puncture skill.

As Shakh charged forward, Nie Yan slightly shifted his body to the side. With a slight flick of his right hand, he used Zeinald’s Sword to counterattack, thrusting at Shakh’s wrist.

As Shakh was about to be struck by Zeinald’s Sword, he forcibly interrupted his skill and pulled his arm back.

As his arm was halfway retracted, Nie Yan twisted his body and delivered a side kick toward Shakh’s chest.

This was the first time Shakh had encountered such an attack from Nie Yan. In a panic, he quickly raised both arms to block.

With a loud thud, Shakh’s arms took a heavy blow. A powerful force sent him flying backward. After flipping midair and landing five or six yards away, he finally steadied himself.

His strength was nowhere near Nie Yan’s level. This single strike revealed an astonishing gap between them.

How could Mad Rogue Nieren still fight as usual, completely unaffected by total blindness? Shakh couldn’t find words to describe his current shock. Nie Yan’s ability to create an undefeated legend until now was not without reason.

In terms of skill, the Nie Yan before him was an insurmountable mountain. Even the usually arrogant and reckless Shakh now felt immense pressure.

Nie Yan focused his mind and calmed his breath. He could clearly sense the force of his kick, Shakh’s current position, and the surrounding environment. It was as if everything formed a three-dimensional world inside his mind.

Just as he was preparing to attack Shakh, several arrows whistled through the air toward him, along with a magical projectile.

Nie Yan could clearly sense their angles and speeds.

As the first arrow was about to hit him, Nie Yan flipped backward. Thud! Thud! Thud! The arrows struck the ground right in front of him.

A powerful force descended from the sky—it was Demon Slayer!

Without paying attention to Shakh and the others, Nie Yan immediately turned and fled, as swift as a leopard escaping in the wild.

Seeing Demon Slayer closing in, Angel Winged and others quickly scattered in different directions.

“Shakh, your goblin flash grenade had no effect on Mad Rogue Nieren?” Winged Angel asked in the team chat, puzzled. Because he had seen that after being hit by the flash grenade, Nieren’s blocking and dodging movements showed no sign of delay, just like usual, which raised his doubts.

“No, he was hit by the flash grenade,” Shakh shook his head.

“Hit by the flash grenade? That’s impossible!” Other team members exclaimed in disbelief. How could someone perform such smooth dodging and counterattacks after suddenly losing their vision?

“For Mad Rogue Nieren, nothing is impossible,” Shakh said calmly.

Hearing Shakh’s words, the team chat fell silent. Eventually, they had to accept the truth. Nie Yan had indeed achieved the impossible, leaving them no choice but to believe.

Watching Demon Slayer relentlessly pursuing Mad Rogue Nieren, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration. Without Demon Slayer, they wouldn’t even have the chance to surround Nie Yan. Whether they could protect themselves was already questionable.

A chase began.

The flash grenade’s effect lasted a long time. Angel Karuna cast a Cure Blindness spell on Nie Yan, allowing his vision to gradually return and the surroundings to become clear.

Karuna had been in a dormant state for a while and had only recently awakened.

Because he couldn’t control Karuna, Nie Yan had given up on managing her and rarely paid attention to her.

After casting Cure Blindness on Nie Yan, she returned to her usual state of boredom.

It seemed he couldn’t count on her. Nie Yan sprinted forward while Demon Slayer was getting closer from behind.

As Demon Slayer swooped down, nearly within arm’s reach, Nie Yan suddenly turned around and lunged backward, rolling like a tumbling gourd and slipping beneath Demon Slayer.

With a thunderous boom, a building was smashed into pieces.

Demon Slayer rose from the rubble, shook his head, roared angrily, and began searching for Nie Yan’s trail.

Nie Yan had already reached two hundred yards away.

This time, he should have a chance to escape. Just as he was thinking, someone suddenly rushed out from a nearby street—it was Cleft Rock.

Charge! Intercept!

Cleft Rock charged forward like a tank, attempting to block Nie Yan.

Winged Angel, Butcher Shakh, and others also arrived from all directions.

A muddy swamp appeared in front of Nie Yan. He frowned, stepped back, and jumped onto a nearby rooftop.

At that moment, Butcher Shakh suddenly appeared behind Nie Yan. His right hand stabbed downward with a dagger.

This move was undoubtedly the same rogue who had blinded him earlier. Feeling the dagger coming from behind, Nie Yan slightly shifted his body and countered with a Backstab from behind.

As Nie Yan’s Backstab was about to hit Butcher Shakh, Shakh suddenly vanished using Windstep.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Once again, several arrows shot toward Nie Yan.

Missing his strike, Nie Yan didn’t dare to stay in place and jumped five or six yards away.

The Demon Slayer was already right behind him. The precious opportunity to evade Demon Slayer had been ruined by Winged Angel and others.

Nie Yan thought for a moment. If necessary, he would fight to the bitter end. He activated Windstep and sprinted toward the central fortress of Angel Dominion’s guild headquarters.

“Where is Mad Rogue Nieren?” Winged Angel glanced around. He could no longer find Nie Yan’s position.

“Unknown.”

Everyone shook their heads. Shaman Canren also couldn’t detect Nie Yan’s trail.

They looked behind and saw Demon Slayer flying overhead, heading toward the central fortress of Kleimency Bastion.

Winged Angel’s expression changed. “He’s heading to our guild headquarters!”

The five of them immediately accelerated, dashing toward the guild headquarters.

“We cannot allow Demon Slayer to destroy our guild headquarters. Immediately activate the protective barrier for the guild headquarters! All archery towers should attack Demon Slayer!” Winged Angel quickly issued orders in the guild chat. If Demon Slayer was exploited by Mad Rogue Nieren, it would become a deadly weapon aimed directly at Angel Dominion’s throat. He couldn’t afford this risk.

Around Angel Dominion’s guild headquarters, numerous Angel Dominion players were scattered across the streets, searching for Nie Yan.

However, it was extremely difficult for these players to detect Nie Yan’s trail.

Nie Yan’s Hiding skill could practically ignore all their searching abilities.

To top-tier professional players, anyone below that level was like an ant!

Angel Dominion’s guild headquarters was heavily fortified. Centered around the headquarters, hundreds of archery towers stood around it, even denser than the city walls.

When Demon Slayer arrived above Angel Dominion’s guild headquarters, a buzzing sound was heard as arrows rained down like locusts, sweeping toward Demon Slayer.

Demon Slayer charged forward through the dense hail of arrows, swung his sword downward, and with a loud crash, split an archery tower into two halves.

Angel Dominion’s guild headquarters had already raised a small barrier, completely protecting the headquarters inside.

It seemed Angel Dominion had decided to go all out. No matter what, they couldn’t allow Demon Slayer to destroy their guild headquarters. Thus, they deployed a large number of ordinary players to intercept Demon Slayer.

Demon Slayer charged down, crushing a large number of Angel Dominion players beneath his feet. He still focused intently on Nie Yan, ignoring the attacks from players and archery towers, and rushed toward Nie Yan.

Nie Yan noticed that Angel Dominion’s guild headquarters was protected by a barrier and prepared to bypass it to evade Demon Slayer’s pursuit. However, suddenly, flames erupted around him, forming a wall of fire that trapped him inside.

Through the flames, Demon Slayer advanced steadily, his expression fierce.

Behind him was an impenetrable barrier, and in front of him were rows of impassable firewalls. Nie Yan was now surrounded on all sides.

Demon Slayer drew closer, now about fifty yards away.

Windstep and Shadowstep had both cooled down. Nie Yan was preparing to attempt breaking through the firewall using the invincibility effect of Windstep combined with Shadowstep. However, just as he was about to move, a powerful shadow force surrounded him from all directions. His body suddenly froze in place, unable to move.

Demon Slayer’s Death Bind skill!

Windstep and Shadowstep were just a moment too late. Once bound by this skill, he could no longer use any escape abilities.

Demon Slayer raised his greatsword and unleashed a massive crescent-shaped sword wave toward Nie Yan. Anything touched by this sword wave was shattered into fragments.

The wind howled fiercely. Nie Yan felt sharp pain on his cheeks as the giant sword wave approached, now within arm’s reach.