“Let’s begin! Warriors, pull the mobs and draw their aggro!” With Nie Yan’s command, several warriors let out low growls and charged toward the energy golems.
The dull sound of shields colliding with the metallic bodies of the energy golems echoed: “Peng peng peng.”
Cui Can Dao Guang (Blazing Blade) and Yi Yan almost acted simultaneously, drawing five energy golems away, while the remaining three were firmly blocked by the shield warriors.
“Scatter them!” Nie Yan commanded nervously. Although he had extensive gaming experience, this was his first time leading such a large team. In his previous life, he had never participated in such a large-scale team, only seeing it in videos. Though he had never eaten pork, he had at least seen pigs run, so he managed to avoid major mistakes.
The eight energy golems were separated into three areas, with three or four warriors beating each one. Blazing Blade continuously attacked one energy golem. Under the cover of other warriors, he slowly pulled it out onto an open space nearby.
Shield Bash!
Blazing Blade delivered a heavy shield strike, forcing the energy golem to retreat several steps. Immediately, the energy golem angrily charged forward.
Blazing Blade switched to a defensive stance and absorbed several heavy attacks on his shield with loud “peng peng peng” sounds.
The energy golem attacked Blazing Blade ferociously. Blazing Blade used Disorienting Roar, causing the energy golem to hesitate momentarily.
Several warriors quickly surrounded and blocked the energy golem.
Seeing that the energy golem’s aggro was fixed on Blazing Blade, Nie Yan issued the command: “All casters, attack!”
Streams of magic soared into the sky and struck the energy golem, exploding with loud “peng peng peng” sounds. Damage numbers floated up from the energy golem’s body one after another.
“Yaozi, watch your aggro!” Nie Yan reminded Tang Yao, who was continuously casting spells. Tang Yao’s magical attacks were too aggressive.
“Peng peng peng,” three massive critical strikes landed consecutively: -202, -229, -203.
Terrifying magical damage!
Other players’ magical damage barely reached several dozen points, with high-end attackers reaching 80-90 at best. Occasionally, a few higher critical strikes might reach around 100-120.
The energy golem immediately shifted its aggro, attempting to break past Blazing Blade and charge toward the backline casters.
The casters became anxious. If the energy golem broke free and charged into the caster group, it would result in a one-sided massacre!
Tang Yao quickly stopped attacking; otherwise, he would be the culprit for wiping the entire team.
Realizing the situation was going wrong, Blazing Blade used a shield strike on the energy golem, followed by a taunt.
The energy golem’s aggro refocused on Blazing Blade. He attacked several more times consecutively, finally re-establishing aggro on himself.
Tang Yao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. That was close. If something went wrong, he would definitely be criticized by the entire team. He dared not attack recklessly anymore and started controlling his magical damage output.
Seeing Blazing Blade successfully re-establish aggro, Nie Yan said to the casters: “You can continue attacking.”
The energy golems were not particularly difficult creatures. Since this was everyone’s first attempt, their techniques weren’t very skilled yet. Fortunately, they were quick learners and didn’t make major mistakes.
Under the fierce magical output from the casters, the energy golem’s health steadily dropped. With a loud “peng,” it collapsed into scattered parts.
“Did it drop anything?” Nie Yan asked. A level 40 energy golem should drop some decent items.
“There’s a golden quality staff, the level 40 Azure Staff, and a pair of legs from the Eternal Set for shield warriors, golden quality.” Blazing Blade picked up the two items and said.
Elite energy golems here dropped golden quality Eternal Set items with a 20% drop rate, which increased to 50% during the initial clearing. Otherwise, Nie Yan wouldn’t have chosen this place for the first attempt.
After checking the attributes of the golden quality Eternal Set, its defense and other attributes were 10% higher than the silver quality version. Especially the additional Level 8 Life Shield at the end made its attributes highly desirable.
Nie Yan checked the attributes of the two pieces of equipment and awarded each team member 10 guild contribution points.
Blazing Blade continued to pull the next energy golem.
This time, having learned from the first attempt, everyone handled the energy golems more smoothly. They controlled their magical casting rhythm and started coordinating with each other. The healers in the back continuously healed the warriors in front.
The warriors’ health fluctuated, and there were several dangerous moments. Fortunately, skilled players like Daotaima Ge Qizi (Big Brother Qizi), Heise Tiantang (Black Heaven), and others handled the situations well, pulling their teammates back from the brink of danger.
As the energy golem pulled by Blazing Blade dropped to around 30% health, the towering energy golem suddenly roared and shocked everyone nearby, causing them to become stunned.
The warriors surrounding the golem were temporarily immobilized.
The energy golem threw a punch, sending Blazing Blade retreating several steps. A white light fell on Blazing Blade, but his health remained steady.
The energy golem threw another punch, sending a berserker flying. The berserker died upon impact and then shifted targets, killing three more warriors.
“Keep casting magic attacks, don’t panic!” Nie Yan calmly commanded the casters.
Magical attacks continued.
The energy golem broke through the warriors’ encirclement and was about to charge toward the casters when Blazing Blade recovered and firmly blocked its path.
The heavy shield clashed with the energy golem, producing loud, dull explosions.
Intense magical attacks bombarded the energy golem until it was finally knocked back with its health depleted, collapsing to the ground.
Blazing Blade sighed in relief, picked up the dropped items: a golden quality leather armor and an alchemy recipe. Although three warriors were killed, the process was considered relatively smooth.
Nie Yan awarded each of the three fallen warriors 100 guild contribution points and 10 points to everyone else.
Blazing Blade slightly recovered and continued pulling the next energy golem.
One by one, the energy golems fell. Out of the eight energy golems, five dropped golden quality Eternal Set items.
The experience gained from defeating the eight energy golems was quite substantial. Nie Yan checked his experience bar and saw it had increased by about 17%. He estimated other team members experienced similar gains. Although not particularly fast, the leveling speed was still decent.
The entire team took a short rest while Shili Huasha (Ten-mile Painting) and Yueer Ya (Moon Ya) resurrected the fallen teammates.
“I noticed our team has quite a few beauties,” Nie Yan chuckled. Yaoyao (Distant Distant), Yulan (Feather Blue), Shili Huasha, Yueer Ya, Yichui Dingqing (One Hammer Decides Love), and others were all rare beauties. There were also around two or three dozen slightly less stunning beauties, with the rest being more ordinary.
Among the 600 players, there were 70 to 80 female players, which was considered a high proportion.
Nie Yan led the team toward the inner city, passing through a thick iron door into a completely different scene. All the buildings in the inner city of Eternal City were made of metal structures, with steel bars forming the framework and everywhere filled with screws, making it as solid as an impregnable fortress.
On the streets, there were various mechanical golems moving around, occasionally encountering an elite energy golem.
There were five powerful bosses in Eternal City. If they could defeat these bosses, they would obtain five pieces of the Fractured Energy Key, which could be combined into one key, giving them the chance to obtain the Eternal City’s energy core. Additionally, according to the official announcement, there were also highly coveted items available during the initial clearing of Eternal City, such as the Fractured Sword, a dark golden weapon. There were three of these swords scattered throughout Eternal City. Usable at level 30, its attack power almost surpassed that of a regular level 50 golden weapon, making it quite impressive. Another example was the Divine Authority Staff, a level 40 item and a top-tier equipment for healing priests, with a base healing bonus of +130, and only two of them existed.
If they obtained the Fractured Sword, it would definitely be equipped to warriors like Heibai (Black and White) or Wufeng (Silent Edge). As for the Divine Authority Staff for priests, it could significantly enhance healing capabilities and was extremely valuable to the team.
Everything here felt so familiar. Recalling some scenes from the inner city of Eternal City in his previous life, Nie Yan remembered there were one or two chests near the entrance, though he wasn’t sure of their exact locations.
“You guys continue moving deeper. Qizi, you’ll take over command temporarily,” Nie Yan said. He didn’t feel comfortable entrusting Tang Yao because he wasn’t steady enough. As for Blazing Blade, he was primarily responsible for tanking and wouldn’t have time for anything else.
After handing over the team’s command to Daotaima Ge Qizi, he went to search for those chests, estimating he could return in about ten minutes without any major issues occurring.
“Sure.” Daotaima Ge Qizi nodded and took over command of the team.
The team continued advancing, clearing mechanical golems and energy golems on the streets, moving slowly but steadily.
Nie Yan entered an ancient and dilapidated building on the edge of the street. He remembered the chests should be nearby and began searching for their location. There were faint traces of intelligent life here, but they had all disappeared, leaving only these remnants. The rooms contained many broken tables and chairs, with occasional books written in goblin script scattered on the ground.
Goblins were not benevolent or orderly creatures, and Nie Yan didn’t understand their language. Without some magical item to activate the text, he couldn’t read it and had to give up.
There were also half-finished mechanical golems displayed along the walls. After searching the room, Nie Yan finally discovered a locked dark golden chest covered in intricate runes in a corner of the room. The chest emitted a dim and mysterious glow.
Nie Yan remembered that there should have been a silver chest here in his previous life. Unexpectedly, he found a dark golden one this time, likely due to the initial clearing. This discovery genuinely excited him.
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