How much a title is worth is something most players can’t accurately answer. Even the lowest rank of titles allows players to enjoy slightly better treatment from NPCs than ordinary players when carrying out various activities in the city. As for high-level titles such as Demon Hunter or Scholar, the benefits are even more obvious. The Demon Hunter title significantly increases Nie Yan’s reverence value in human cities, while the Scholar title grants him certain privileges in numerous cities.
Nie Yan wondered what rewards he might receive if he upgraded his Intermediate Demon Hunter rank to Advanced.
Thinking about this, Nie Yan decided to let the Gold Earth Dragon exclusively gain experience. The Gold Earth Dragon’s monster-killing speed was clearly faster than his own. Gaining a few levels would further increase its efficiency.
Based on Nie Yan’s guess about Zaynard’s Domain, they might be staying here for the next few days.
With so many skeletal beasts covering the mountains and fields, it was unclear how long it would take to clear them all.
Besides in-game currency, these skeletal beasts dropped nothing. Each beast yielded roughly one silver coin, so the total earnings were quite substantial.
Such high drop rates were impossible to achieve in other areas.
Xiaoyao sat in a corner drinking spring water to restore her mana, while Nie Yan continued to draw monsters. Arrows flew as he lured wave after wave of skeletal beasts.
Next came the magic display by Xiaoyao and the Gold Earth Dragon. The dragon released a breath of dragonfire, followed by Xiaoyao casting area spells, causing the skeletal beasts to fall in droves.
Nie Yan’s Demon Hunter kill count steadily increased. He noticed that the kill count in the Demon Hunter record counted only the final blow. Therefore, he instructed Xiaoyao not to finish off the skeletal beasts but to leave them critically wounded, allowing Nie Yan or the Gold Earth Dragon to deliver the final blow and accumulate kill counts.
The Gold Earth Dragon charged into the skeletal beasts, mowing down entire groups.
The dragon’s level rose to 28 and it learned two new skills.
Basic Meteor Fall: Summons a massive meteor that deals 200% attack damage in a 20×20 yard area, with 20 seconds of continuous burn damage. The skill takes 10 seconds to cast and has a 30-minute cooldown. Next level requires level 60.
The other is a passive skill, Counter Storm, which has a chance to trigger a counterattack dealing 200% attack damage when attacked. Next level requires level 50.
These two skills were also very powerful.
Although the Gold Earth Dragon’s leveling became increasingly difficult, its strength grew significantly with each level.
Seeing the two newly learned skills, Nie Yan raised his eyebrows. The Gold Earth Dragon’s growth exceeded even his expectations.
Nie Yan had already decided that, even at the expense of his own level, he would boost the Gold Earth Dragon’s level as high as possible.
Nie Yan used the Headless Knight Doro’s crossbow to lure over five or six hundred skeletal beasts. The creatures howled and surged forward like a tide. A searing meteor fell from the sky, crashing down with a loud boom. The giant fireball exploded among the skeletal beasts, scattering sparks and burning fiercely. Under the continuous flame, groups of skeletal beasts fell to the ground.
Nie Yan checked the Demon Hunter kill count: 1223/50000.
The kill count was rising rapidly.
“How much spring water do we have left?” Nie Yan asked Xiaoyao. Mages had poor sustained combat capability and needed to consume large amounts of mana potions and spring water at regular intervals.
Xiaoyao checked her backpack and replied, “I prepared a lot before I came out. I still have over 60 bundles left.”
Since Xiaoyao had purchased the highest quality magical spring water, sitting down and drinking one bag was enough to fully restore her mana, unlike other players who had to drink five or six bags each time to restore their health. Therefore, these 60 bundles of spring water were very durable.
Sixty bundles, each containing twenty bags, equated to more than 1,200 bags of spring water, lasting at least five or six days.
Nie Yan couldn’t help but whistle in amazement. Xiaoyao had bought the highest quality magical spring water, each bag costing as much as one silver coin. By calculation, more than 1,200 bags of magical spring water equated to 1,200 silver coins, or 12 gold. Such a large stock of spring water was something only Xiaoyao would do. Nie Yan himself wouldn’t dare to spend that much.
Since Xiaoyao had sufficient spring water reserves, there was no problem staying here for a few days.
For Nie Yan and Xiaoyao, these few days were relatively peaceful. Occasionally, Nie Yan paid attention to external matters, such as the development of Bull Tribe, and the actions of Blade Blood, Mage Alliance, and others. Most of the time, they focused on leveling up.
However, Xiaoyao enjoyed these days. Simple yet real.
This period marked a time of rapid expansion for various guilds. Bull Tribe’s membership expanded rapidly, upgrading to a level 5 guild with nearly 60,000 members. The remaining five affiliated guilds also expanded to over 100,000 members.
With funding from the Longyue Consortium, more and more members reached level 40. Many of them were equipped with horses, and the Bull Tribe’s horse ownership rate reached 10%. This marked the dawn of a new era.
Players’ activities were no longer confined to a single city, but extended to inter-city travel.
Nie Yan understood better than anyone what this meant!
Gu Huai reported that some Blade Blood players had already come to the border of Karol City to hunt monsters and level up. Since Karol City was closest to Glory City, the two guilds had already had some contact. However, both sides remained relatively restrained for now, with no actual conflict, although tensions were already high.
In the future, the two guilds would inevitably become enemies in the struggle for the fortress.
On the second day of hunting monsters in Zaynard’s Domain, Nie Yan was promoted from Intermediate Demon Hunter to Advanced Demon Hunter, gaining an additional 30 honor points in each city.
Nie Yan had a goal: to reach a reverence value of 100. When a player’s honor value in a city reached 100, they could receive special rewards, including the Honor Set.
Among all equipment, the Honor Set ranked just below the Semi-Legendary Set. In the eyes of players, it was also considered divine gear. In his past life, very few players wore the Honor Set. Having several thousand in the entire Granland Empire was already considered quite good.
Most players wore it only after reaching level 100.
In addition, after upgrading to Advanced Demon Hunter, Nie Yan received a new task progress 7.
System: Task Progress 7, kill undead creatures above level 30, count 0/200000.
Nie Yan was unsure what lay above Advanced Demon Hunter and what rewards it might bring. During his time in Zaynard’s Domain, Nie Yan and Xiaoyao continuously hunted undead creatures without interruption.
By the fifth day, Nie Yan’s undead kill count had reached 162832/200000, still slightly short of 200,000.
In addition, after killing so many undead creatures, Nie Yan unlocked a new skill on Shadow Dancer: Storm Assault. When activated, it increased movement speed by 200%, allowed targeting a single enemy, increased attack by 60% against that enemy, ignored armor, ignored level +7, and had a cooldown of 5 natural days.
As Nie Yan’s arsenal of powerful skills grew, his strength rapidly increased. As for levels, although Nie Yan had just returned to level 30, such a level was considered very low. Xiaoyao had just climbed to level 42. On the level leaderboard, players at level 45 or 46 were common. Level no longer meant much, and Nie Yan could catch up anytime. What excited Nie Yan most was that, after sacrificing so much experience, the Gold Earth Dragon had successfully reached level 35. With over 3,000 HP and over 1,000 attack, the Gold Earth Dragon could already leave players in awe. With such a strong companion, what was there to fear even if his level lagged?
Unfortunately, Nie Yan had no attribute points left to allocate after reaching level 30. According to the rules of the game, attribute points lost due to level loss were not regained upon leveling back up.
Since they were stuck in Zaynard’s Domain, Nie Yan did not participate in the fortress battle between the Holy Roman Empire and the Light Flame. He only sent over a hundred people, including Cui Can Dao Guang, to ensure the fortress capture. Blade Blood, Mage Alliance, and Sacred Guard did not send anyone, as their elites were busy exploring fortresses and had no time to deal with the Light Flame and Triumph Empire’s affairs.
During this time, there was a minor incident. Ban Xing Hu Li was killed by Ying Sha, nearly causing the Holy Roman Empire’s side to collapse entirely. Fortunately, over a hundred strong players from Bull Tribe turned the tide, successfully driving back the Light Flame and Triumph Empire. After killing Ban Xing Hu Li, Ying Sha disappeared and did not reappear. However, before leaving, Ying Sha left a message, telling Nie Yan to wait with his neck clean because he would come for it!
Ying Sha’s arrogant words ignited Bull Tribe, issuing a bounty on him.
Upon hearing this in Zaynard’s Domain, Nie Yan smiled wryly. If Ying Sha dared to come, Nie Yan would gladly meet him.
In his previous life, someone like Ying Sha was completely out of Nie Yan’s league. However, after being reborn, Nie Yan underwent a qualitative transformation, emerging like a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon. From an obscure nobody in his past life to the current guild leader of Bull Tribe, Nie Yan was no longer the same person. “Fearless and invincible”—this was Nie Yan’s greatest epiphany in this lifetime.
Paying attention to external developments, Nie Yan and Xiaoyao pressed forward. The skeletal beasts in this area did not respawn after being slain. They had been struggling to find a direction until Nie Yan discovered a weathered directional stone tablet, its surface cracked and eroded by the wind. The broken tablet bore a directional arrow and was inscribed with bold draconic script: “To the Cenotaph of Zennard.”
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