A terrifying roar erupted, shaking the entire hall violently, as if the sound itself could collapse the Golden City.
Nie Yan looked toward the front of the hall and saw that the enslaved miner, Iglin, had awakened. It slowly took a step forward, shaking off the stone dust from its body, causing the ground to tremble with each step. Its eyes gleamed with an eerie light, locking onto Nie Yan at the center of the hall.
“You damned human, you have entered my territory!” The mining slave Yigelin roared furiously in the ancient common tongue.
The mine slave Igelin possessed a certain level of intelligence, making it the most difficult type of boss to deal with!
In a moment, its movements became fluid as it charged toward Nie Yan.
Seeing the enslaved miner Yigelin awaken, Nie Yan’s heart sank. He immediately ordered four demonic forge blacksmiths to intercept it.
Although the demonic forge blacksmiths were extremely tall, they appeared as mere children next to the enslaved miner Yigelin, barely reaching its chest. With a powerful swing of its massive scythe-wielding arm, Yigelin struck them down, sending them flying with a thunderous crash.
They stumbled to the ground, each suffering damage of seven or eight thousand—what an incredibly high attack!
Such an assault could instantly slay any shield warrior of the current era. At this stage, no shield warrior possessed sufficient defense or vitality to endure the onslaught of the enslaved miner Yigelin, much less Nie Yan, a rogue.
The four demonic forge blacksmiths struggled to stand, trying to face the mining slave Yigelin once more, oblivious to the fact that this was a suicidal move.
The slave miner Yigelin took a large stride and kicked one of the demonic forge blacksmiths away.
The demonic forge blacksmiths were no match for the enslaved miner Yigelin. Witnessing its ferocity, Nie Yan swiftly recalled his golden earth dragon and activated the Dark Dancer ability from his Shadow Walker Cloak, causing his figure to gradually fade into the shadows.
The enslaved miner Yigelin relentlessly swung its six massive arms, slaying one demonic forge blacksmith after another. Soon, all four demonic forge blacksmiths lay lifeless on the ground.
The enslaved miner Eglen scanned the hall but found no trace of Nie Yan. Enraged, it let out a furious roar and began pacing back and forth in a desperate search for Nie Yan.
At this moment, Nie Yan was about ten yards away from the enslaved miner Yigelin. Seeing it approach, he quickly retreated.
He looked toward the front of the hall and saw a closed golden door on the far wall, which was the entrance to the treasure vault of the miner slave Yigelin.
Nie Yan cautiously kept his distance from the enraged Miner Yigelin. After a while, the Miner Yigelin suddenly moved toward his location.
Nie Yan held his breath, hiding in a dark corner, trying to figure out how to open the treasure vault door without being detected. Seeing the mining slave Yigelin approach, he became extremely nervous. If discovered now, his plan to open the vault would be completely ruined.
As the Slave Miner Yigelin drew nearer, Nie Yan’s tension peaked. Although the Dark Dancer ability greatly enhanced his stealth, it couldn’t completely shield him from the Slave Miner Yigelin’s detection. If the Slave Miner Yigelin possessed high perception and with such a significant level gap between them, he could easily be spotted.
Nie Yan retreated to the corner of the hall, eventually finding himself with nowhere left to go. The mining slave Egelin was getting closer—ten yards, eight yards, seven yards…
Nie Yan tightly gripped a random teleport scroll, ready to escape if discovered.
Based on his past-life experience, if he teleported away now, the vault key he had obtained would become invalid. The mining slave Yigelin would change the vault key and conceal it in a new location.
Nie Yan had no choice but to take a risk.
Seeing the enslaved miner Yigelin approaching, Nie Yan clenched his teeth and swiftly dodged to the side, brushing past Yigelin at an extremely close distance.
At the closest point, Nie Yan was merely about five yards away from the enslaved miner Egreen. This proximity sent his heart racing. Even in a PvP scenario, such closeness could easily result in detection—let alone when facing a level 90 lord!
Finally, the mining slave Yigelin stopped about five yards from the corner, looked around, still appearing somewhat confused, and then walked toward another corner.
The mining slave Egelin patrolled to another corner, stopping about five or six yards from the wall, then turned toward another direction, apparently just performing its routine patrol.
Nie Yan felt somewhat surprised. Being nearly five yards away from a level 90 lord and not being detected was truly miraculous. Thinking about it, this might be related to his extremely high stealth capability. Nie Yan’s stealth attribute was remarkable, surpassing even level 80 to 90 rogues from his past life. Combined with the 300% stealth bonus from the Dark Dancer ability, this outcome was only natural.
Now Nie Yan was certain that as long as he stayed more than five yards away from the enslaved miner Yigelin, he would remain undetected.
Reassured, Nie Yan headed toward the vault door.
The enraged Mine Slave Igelin was still searching the hall for Nie Yan. Meanwhile, Nie Yan stealthily approached the vault and swiftly darted to its door, carefully examining its structure.
The vault door was quite unique, made entirely of gold but covered with cracks, resembling many pieces of a puzzle assembled together. In the center was a keyhole, perfectly matching the size of the key Nie Yan held.
Nie Yan glanced back at the enslaved miner Iglin, who was patrolling in the distance about a hundred yards away with his back turned.
Nie Yan cautiously inserted the key into the vault door’s keyhole, not expecting it to open the door completely but wanting to know how much time it would take to unlock it for later attempts.
At the moment Nie Yan inserted the key into the keyhole, the key was swallowed by the lock. The vault door slowly disassembled, revealing a dark entrance just large enough for a person to pass through.
The vault door continued to disassemble, widening the entrance. At that moment, the enslaved miner Yigelin was startled by the noise. Upon seeing the vault door open, it let out a piercing roar and charged straight toward it.
Nie Yan glanced at the swiftly approaching slave miner Yigelin and then at the rapidly widening vault entrance. Any further hesitation would allow the slave miner Yigelin to close in on him, placing him in grave danger.
He had no idea what unknown dangers lay inside the vault.
Without hesitation, Nie Yan gritted his teeth and rushed inside.
The entrance to the vault remained extremely narrow, preventing the massive body of the enslaved miner Yigelin from entering. It let out furious roars outside. Nie Yan swiftly dashed deeper into the vault, determined to locate the Abak Destroyer Cloak as quickly as possible before Yigelin could force its way in!
Nie Yan took out the Stone of Holy Light and held it in his left hand. The Stone of Holy Light emitted a flickering glow, guiding him forward.
The Abak Destroyer Cloak was nearby. The closer Nie Yan got, the stronger the energy pulses he felt from the Stone of Holy Light.
Nie Yan surveyed the surroundings. The treasure vault’s center was a corridor over two hundred yards long, with stone chambers on either side. These chambers were filled with all sorts of valuable items—piles of gold coins and gems that made one’s heart race. However, Nie Yan keenly sensed powerful dark and sinister auras emanating from these coins and gems.
Drawing on his keen sense of quests, Nie Yan immediately realized that these coins and gems were definitely untouchable.
There was an old saying: Greed is the original sin.
If other players had opened the vault and, ignoring the danger, tried to take these items, they would not only fail to gain wealth but might also lose their lives. Nie Yan watched as piles of gold coins and gems passed before his eyes. In his past life, he might have gone crazy over such wealth, but in this life, he had become more detached.
Reborn once, Nie Yan’s mindset was already different.
Risking his life for money was an extremely foolish act.
He didn’t crave sudden wealth. His past-life experience was itself an inexhaustible treasure trove from which he could earn far more than what was here. Why should he fall into the trap set by the main brain for the sake of these riches?
Guided by the Stone of Holy Light, Nie Yan reached a stone chamber at the end of the corridor. The chamber was about 5×5 yards in size, quite empty, with a small treasure chest placed in one corner.
The chest was intricately carved with demonic patterns, emitting red, blue, and green lights that continuously shifted, sometimes dazzlingly brilliant, sometimes dim.
Seeing the chest, Nie Yan’s heart surged with excitement—it was an artifact of sub-legendary quality!
Nie Yan had only heard of sub-legendary chests before, never actually seeing one. In his past life, he had heard rumors that sub-legendary chests emitted red, blue, and green lights, but it was just hearsay. He had always doubted their existence since he had never seen one with his own eyes.
He never expected to find a sub-legendary chest in this life!
Whether it contained only the Destroyer Cloak or other treasures remained to be seen once the chest was opened.
Nie Yan crouched down and discovered the chest was locked. Fortunately, his lock-picking skill was sufficient. He needed to hurry!
System: Opening the treasure chest… 3%… 5%…
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