After some consideration, Nie Yan decided not to summon the Golden Earth Dragon. The Golden Earth Dragon was too large and would easily become a target for attacks.
With his current skill level, Nie Yan could definitely keep the Rampage Minotaur Warrior stunned until it died, even without assistance.
Nie Yan slowly stealthed forward, approaching the back of the Rampage Minotaur Warrior.
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior still seemed completely unaware, and the distance between them continued to close until it was approximately seven yards.
Nie Yan’s heart pounded, and a faint sinister smile appeared on his lips. He took a few more steps forward when suddenly the Rampage Minotaur Warrior became alert and started to turn around.
At the very moment the Rampage Minotaur Warrior began turning, Nie Yan unleashed a Perfect Daze, locking onto it.
Level 9 Perfect Daze!
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s body stiffened and it became paralyzed.
Burst Strike!
Nie Yan executed a Burst Strike, his body vanishing from its original position and suddenly appearing behind the Rampage Minotaur Warrior. His Zaynard Sword struck into the back of the Rampage Minotaur Warrior, delivering a level 10 Burst Strike that caused five times the critical damage. A damage number exceeding 12,000 floated above the Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s head.
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior paused momentarily, then the Perfect Daze effect wore off. As it tried to turn around, Nie Yan spun sideways, exerting all his strength into his right arm, and stabbed into the spine on the back of the Rampage Minotaur Warrior.
Spine Sever!
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior immediately fell into a disabled state, lasting for 6 seconds.
As a powerful elite monster at level 120, the 6-second disable effect from Nie Yan’s Spine Sever skill was quite impressive.
Seeing the Rampage Minotaur Warrior in a disabled state, Nie Yan smiled slightly. Indeed, once his skills became powerful, defeating these elite monsters was quite simple. After stunning it the first time, he could keep the Rampage Minotaur Warrior stunned until it died.
However, at this moment, Nie Yan wasn’t in a hurry to kill it. Instead, he cast Pickpocket on the Rampage Minotaur Warrior.
Pickpocket!
System: Pickpocket skill successful. Obtained 5 gold and 23 silver.
This was the first time Nie Yan had used the Pickpocket skill on a level 120 elite monster. The Rampage Minotaur Warrior was clearly very wealthy, as the amount of money stolen was several times more than that from ordinary monsters.
Nie Yan continued using the Pickpocket skill, successfully stealing money three times in a row, accumulating a total of seventeen gold coins.
On the third attempt, Nie Yan finally stole something different—a semi-legendary skill book.
Minotaur Rampage: Semi-legendary skill.
Attributes: +10% HP, +200% strength, +30% magic resistance, -30% defense, lasts for one minute, skill cooldown time of 20 minutes.
Restriction: Can only be used by Berserkers.
This Minotaur Rampage skill had quite impressive attributes, especially the +200% strength increase, which was absolutely amazing. If Nie Yan sold this skill book, it could fetch at least 50,000 to 60,000 gold coins. If he was lucky, it might even sell for up to 80,000 to 90,000 gold coins. This was definitely a profitable find.
Nie Yan thought that giving this semi-legendary skill book to Shui Se Yan Tou would be a good idea. Shui Se Yan Tou was exactly the type of warrior who could use it.
As the Rampage Minotaur Warrior was about to awaken, Nie Yan struck its back again with a Bash, causing it to fall into another stun state.
Level 8 Bash, causing a 2-second stun.
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior remained under control without waking up. Continuous control skills were truly terrifying.
Level 11 Spine Sever caused 6 seconds of disable, level 8 Bash caused 2 seconds of stun, level 9 Stun could probably achieve 3 seconds of stun, Kick could cause movement delay, level 9 Perfect Daze caused 2 seconds of control, level 9 Lockdown caused 2 seconds of control, and additionally level 10 Countermeasure caused 5 seconds of disable. By the time this cycle was completed, the Spine Sever skill would be nearly recharged, allowing Nie Yan to start the second round. After several cycles, the Rampage Minotaur Warrior would be nearly defeated.
Nie Yan used a few more Pickpocket skills, but the Rampage Minotaur Warrior had no more money to steal. The only valuable item was the Minotaur Rampage skill book. Nie Yan also stole many other skill books, but they were mostly useless items that might be considered decent for ordinary players.
Just as Nie Yan was preparing to finish off the Rampage Minotaur Warrior, he used one last Pickpocket skill. A system prompt sounded, indicating that he had stolen another item.
Glancing through his backpack, Nie Yan noticed a scroll-like object quietly lying in a corner, wrapped in yellow cloth. He wasn’t sure what it was, so he examined it.
Hallucination Skill Scroll: Legendary. Consumable.
Attributes: Using this scroll will cause the target to enter a hallucination state for 20 seconds, regardless of the target’s level. The scroll becomes ineffective if the user moves while using the skill. Casting time: 3 seconds.
Requirement: 30 energy points.
Seeing the attributes of this scroll, Nie Yan’s heart raced. This scroll might not be very useful in normal situations, but it could be quite effective when fighting bosses. Keeping a boss in a hallucination state for 20 seconds could lead to many possibilities during that time, potentially saving the team from a wipe at a critical moment.
Having obtained another good item, Nie Yan continued using the Pickpocket skill on the Rampage Minotaur Warrior, but it was now ineffective. No matter how many times he tried, he only got misses, as he had already stolen everything from the Rampage Minotaur Warrior.
Unable to gain any more items from the Rampage Minotaur Warrior through Pickpocket, Nie Yan unleashed a powerful burst of damage.
Nie Yan applied a Cataclysm to the Rampage Minotaur Warrior, then followed up with a series of damaging skills like Backstab, and so on. Each attack dealt over ten thousand damage, rapidly accumulating damage. He controlled the Rampage Minotaur Warrior for three rounds, approximately 60 seconds, and its health had dropped to only 7%.
Surprisingly, it was still alive. The Rampage Minotaur Warrior was more durable than Nie Yan had anticipated.
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior showed signs of awakening, so Nie Yan struck its back with another Spine Sever, landing a successful hit with a thud.
However, the Rampage Minotaur Warrior did not fall into the expected stunned state. Instead, it turned around and swung its axe in a whirlwind slash—Tornado Slash!
Typically, bosses would develop resistance to the same control skill after being hit three times. The fourth use of the same skill would become ineffective.
Feeling the whirlwind sword energy sweeping towards him, Nie Yan quickly activated Quick Step to dodge the Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s attack.
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior lost sight of Nie Yan and roared furiously. A powerful shockwave swept outward, causing a -10 damage number to float above Nie Yan’s head as his body slowly became visible, five yards away while attempting to escape stealthily.
This shockwave attack covered the entire area, neither physical nor magical in nature, making it impossible to evade. Once hit by this skill, one’s eardrums would strongly vibrate, and the ability to use stealth or similar skills would be lost.
Nie Yan realized the situation was bad. He hadn’t expected the Rampage Minotaur Warrior to possess such high combat intelligence.
The Rampage Minotaur Warrior charged toward him.
As the Rampage Minotaur Warrior rapidly approached, Nie Yan activated Rapid Retreat, quickly backing away.
With the Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s powerful attack, if it landed a hit on Nie Yan, he estimated he would be instantly killed.
The footsteps of death drew closer. The Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s massive body loomed like a small mountain, and as the sharp axe was about to strike Nie Yan, he could almost feel the chilling cold radiating from the blade.
So fast!
Despite the dangerous situation, Nie Yan remained calm. His eyes flicked to a skill in the corner of his skill bar—Infernal Execute!
Nie Yan had never used this skill before because there were not many opportunities to do so. It was an ability attached to the Zaynard Sword, allowing a finishing blow when the enemy’s health was below 20%.
Nie Yan locked his gaze on the Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s movements. He sidestepped and executed an Illusion Dance Step. As his feet moved, his body transformed into multiple illusory images, dodging the Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s strike.
At the moment he evaded the attack, Nie Yan, like a cheetah, suddenly sprang into action and unleashed Infernal Execute.
As Nie Yan cast Infernal Execute, his soul seemed to be pulled out by the Zaynard Sword in his hand. This strange sensation startled him greatly, but the skill was already in motion and could not be stopped now.
The Zaynard Sword in his hand suddenly turned bright red, like it had been scorched by flames, emitting a sinister crimson glow.
Infernal Execute!
Nie Yan’s Zaynard Sword slashed across the chest of the Rampage Minotaur Warrior, cutting through it like slicing through tofu. The Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s sturdy armor was easily sliced open, and the flesh beneath split apart, spewing blood.
-272303!
A terrifying damage number floated above the Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s head. The Rampage Minotaur Warrior staggered a few steps before collapsing to the ground with a thud.
Nie Yan was also startled by the immense damage. He looked at the Zaynard Sword again. The blood on it quickly evaporated into smoke, and the blade gradually darkened, returning to its original black color, with flames rising as usual.
The strange feeling he experienced while casting Infernal Execute genuinely shocked Nie Yan. It might be a unique effect of the Zaynard Sword.
Looking at the corpse of the Rampage Minotaur Warrior, Nie Yan realized that 270,000 health had been instantly eliminated. Ordinary players might never be able to imagine such a scenario.
This Infernal Execute was simply amazing. It would definitely be useful for killing bosses in the future.
Nie Yan searched the area around the Rampage Minotaur Warrior’s body but found nothing except five or six gold coins. He had already looted everything from the Rampage Minotaur Warrior, so nothing else dropped.
Looking to the side, a treasure chest was quietly hidden in the nearby bushes, emitting a seven-colored glow that indicated its rarity. Treasure chests of semi-legendary level or higher were extremely rare. In his previous life, Nie Yan rarely heard of anyone obtaining a semi-legendary chest, except for some major guilds who might occasionally open one or two during their initial explorations of new areas. Legendary chests were even rarer.
Nie Yan approached the semi-legendary treasure chest and crouched down to start opening it.
Fortunately, his lockpicking skill was sufficient.
System: Opening treasure chest, progress at 2%… 35%…
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