The top-tier warrior of the fallen angel dropped a huge shield, the attributes of which were unknown. If it could be used by Lawful Good players, it would be a great deal. The shields usually used by Main Tanks (MT) were typically outrageously expensive. Just like the shield currently in Cui Can Dao Guang’s (Cui Candao Guang) hand, it would be worth at least three to four thousand gold coins on the market.
As soon as Nie Yan placed the shield into his backpack, streams of magic landed on him. He promptly activated his Obsidian Shield, causing the spells to explode harmlessly against it.
Sparks flew everywhere, making it impossible for Nie Yan to even open his eyes.
His health plummeted rapidly, and Nie Yan quickly drank a mid-tier instant healing potion.
At this moment, Nie Yan had no time to check the attributes of the shield. He used Vanish, disappearing from the sight of these players.
At that moment, the zombie overseer swung its cleaver, sending a zombie foreman flying, charging forward. The zombie overseer didn’t care about anyone’s faction; as long as someone was within its field of vision, it would attack.
Nie Yan quickly commanded his summoned creatures to retreat. One zombie foreman was killed by the zombie overseer’s fierce attack. The Lawful Evil players also suffered heavy losses, with another dozen or so falling under the zombie overseer’s butcher’s knife. The remaining Lawful Evil players scattered in all directions, but several of them were eliminated by Nie Yan during their retreat.
Checking the zombie overseer’s health, it had recovered from 5% to about 15%. It picked up a corpse and devoured it, accelerating its health recovery rate.
The zombie overseer had a corpse-eating skill; after consuming a corpse, its health would rapidly recover.
If the zombie overseer’s health was low, Nie Yan might attempt to defeat it, but under the current circumstances, he had no way of dealing with the zombie overseer and could only give up, commanding the remaining two zombie foremen and the golden earth dragon to retreat.
The zombie overseer continued to pursue the Lawful Evil players. Nie Yan took the opportunity to collect some equipment from the ground. He had used up quite a few consumables earlier, leaving a lot of space in his backpack. He collected several good pieces of equipment, many of which were level 45 golden and dark golden items.
After checking them, he found that only two pieces of equipment could be taken back to the surface, while the others were restricted to Lawful Evil players.
The two pieces that could be taken back were a warrior’s armor and a curse speaker’s arcane headscarf, both level 45 dark golden equipment with decent attributes. Nie Yan planned to take them back and put them into the guild warehouse to see if anyone could use them. Looking at the shield, Nie Yan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat; it turned out to be a sub-legendary item.
Black Serpent King Shield (Sub-legendary): Requires Strength 620, Agility 520.
Item Description: A heavy shield crafted by the undead blacksmith Inigo using scales from the Black Serpent King, possessing formidable defensive capabilities.
Attributes: Defense 1039-1051, Defense Rate 32%, Tenacity +32, Magic Resistance +37. Skill: Heavy Shield Resistance. When this skill is used, it can defend against one attack, ignoring the effects of physical and magical attacks. Skill Cooldown: 1 natural day.
Weight: 52 pounds.
Usage Restriction: Only usable by Lawful Evil Undead Empire Soul Warriors.
What incredible defense! It was a sub-legendary item, but unfortunately, it was restricted to Lawful Evil Undead Empire Soul Warriors. If taken back to the surface, it wouldn’t be worth much and could only be disassembled for materials, probably fetching around five or six hundred gold coins. However, for a shield worth thousands of gold coins, that was just a fraction of its value. The actual worth of this shield was at least five thousand gold coins!
Nie Yan thought for a moment. Players from Grailand couldn’t transport Lawful Good equipment out of Grailand to sell to Lawful Evils, but equipment obtained by players underground could be freely disposed of. If he could infiltrate a Lawful Evil city and put this Black Serpent King Shield up for auction in the Lawful Evil auction house, it should fetch a substantial sum.
The same treatment could be applied to other pieces of equipment that couldn’t be taken back to the surface!
Unfortunately, his backpack wasn’t big enough, so Nie Yan had to abandon some of the equipment, choosing only the more valuable items to put in his bag.
After collecting all the equipment, Nie Yan dashed in the direction where Dark and others had disappeared.
After escaping from the zombie overseer’s pursuit, Dark and his team regrouped the scattered members. They had around thirty left, and all the necromancers had perished without exception. Dark felt a chill in his heart; that human rogue was incredibly fast. In just a short while, half of their sixty-man team had been wiped out.
“Dark, the Black Serpent King Shield of Xue Han has dropped,” a player received the news from Xue Han at the graveyard and said gloomily.
“That damned rogue, we’re ruined!” Dark couldn’t help but curse. The most expensive piece of equipment among all their team members was that heavy shield, a sub-legendary heavy shield worth at least 5,000 gold coins! They had lost the Black Serpent King Shield, how were they going to explain this back home!
Nie Yan’s ambush was too sudden, appearing precisely at the critical moment when they were dealing with the zombie overseer, which caused them such a massive loss. Otherwise, with their skills, even if they couldn’t defeat Nie Yan, they wouldn’t have let him gain such a huge advantage.
“Isn’t it true that Lawful Good players’ attributes drop by 30% when they come underground? How can he still be this strong! I saw him one-shotting a fully healed Desperate,” a player said in confusion. Even if the necromancers’ defense and health were not great, they should have been able to withstand a few hits. That rogue actually managed to kill them in one strike. What kind of attack power was that!
“Didn’t you see the dagger in his hand? If that dagger can be used by Lawful Evil players, someone is offering a reward of 20,000 gold coins for it!” another undead mage beside him said. Many people wanted to know the attributes of the dagger Nie Yan was holding, and some wealthy players had even offered a high reward of 20,000 gold coins.
However, even if Nie Yan was killed, there was no guarantee that the dagger would drop.
“Dark, what should we do now? Should we rest here and then chase down that guy called Nie Yan? If we kill him, we can get back all the Lawful Evil equipment he has! If we go back like this, we’ll definitely be punished by the boss,” an Undead Warrior said, feeling desperate and willing to take drastic measures.
“Get lost, if you want to die, don’t drag me with you. Do you think we can even find Nie Yan? Even if we do find him, what can we do? It’s easy for him to run away!” Dark cursed. If Nie Yan wanted to escape, they couldn’t catch him, and with his unpredictable attacks, they might lose even more members. Dark understood the boss’s personality; the boss could tolerate mistakes, but not stupidity!
Looking around, the group saw only endless darkness. Even if they wanted to search for Nie Yan now, they couldn’t find him. At best, they could only find those few zombie foremen and the golden earth dragon. Even if they found those pets, it wouldn’t be of much use.
The group felt dejected; they could only return and face the boss’s wrath.
“I’ve posted a message on the forum of the Garden of the Dead about Nie Yan’s appearance in the Drop Canyon, stating that he has Lawful Evil equipment worth six or seven thousand gold coins. Even if we don’t act, I believe many others will. Shi Zi, you take all the thieves to monitor this area. Soon, many teams will come searching for Nie Yan. You can scout around here. Try to find and track his zombie foremen and golden earth dragon to see if you can recover the Black Serpent King Shield. But remember, don’t make a move. You’re no match for him.” Dark said, which was the best solution available.
The thief named Shi Zi thought for a moment and nodded, saying, “Okay, I agree with your plan.”
A total of six thieves entered stealth mode and disappeared into the darkness.
“The rest of you come back with me to the city,” Dark said, and the group began to read their recall scrolls.
One after another, streams of black light flashed, and players disappeared from the spot.
When Nie Yan arrived after collecting his equipment, the group had already left. He thought to himself that they were pretty quick. Considering the huge gains this time, there was no need to pursue and annihilate them completely. He checked his rank and found he was just a step away from becoming a sergeant.
This rank was indeed difficult to rise. No wonder so many people spent years on the battlefield in a previous life, yet only a few reached the rank of Field Marshal. Moreover, ranks could also drop after death. A Field Marshal who died a few times could easily revert back to a Ten Thousand Commander or Thousand Commander.
Those who managed to reach the Field Marshal rank usually spent at least two or three years on the battlefield. Nie Yan didn’t expect to climb the ranks quickly at the moment.
Nie Yan entered stealth mode, commanding his zombie foremen and golden earth dragon to farm monsters and level up while searching for nearby villages. Along the way, he successfully commanded three more zombie foremen, making his army of summoned creatures grow larger.
With the zombie foremen and golden earth dragon leading the way, Nie Yan cleared out countless zombie miners and leveled up to level 39, nearing level 40. Checking his purification count, it was at 3201. He wondered how many evil creature corpses he needed to purify to unlock the first seal on the sword of Zaenarad. For now, he could only proceed gradually.
Nie Yan gradually noticed that the number of Lawful Evil players in the area had significantly increased. He often encountered one or two player teams, who seemed to have good levels and equipment. These people were likely after him, so he heightened his vigilance.
In case of trouble, recalling the golden earth dragon would allow him to immediately use a random teleportation scroll to escape!
Just then, Nie Yan, through the golden earth dragon’s vision, spotted a group of players. This group numbered about a hundred, with each player at least level 40 or so. They were stealthily surrounding the zombie foremen and the golden earth dragon.
Trouble was coming. Nie Yan stopped advancing and turned back, heading toward where the zombie foremen and golden earth dragon were located.
He swiftly moved through the darkness, approaching the open field where shadows flickered. The Lawful Evil players were indeed there. Nie Yan stealthily crept closer, coming within ten yards of them, and watched their movements from the darkness.
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