At the headquarters of Triumph Empire, Po Tian could no longer sit still while watching the video. Without reinforcements, no matter how powerful Tang Yao and Nie Yan were, they would eventually end up dead. Although the heavy losses made him feel as if his heart was bleeding, he had only one goal: to kill Tang Yao and Nie Yan, because he sensed that the threat they posed to him was simply too great.
Earlier, when Bull Tribe’s members suddenly appeared midway, he remained calm and composed, after all, the strength of Bull Tribe’s players was completely on a different level compared to the elite players in his guild. However, the moment the Holy Roman Empire’s members appeared, he could no longer sit still.
“Damn it, it’s the Holy Roman Empire!” His expression changed. This time, he had to personally lead people there; otherwise, if all 300 people died without achieving their goal, it would be too costly.
Nie Yan, Tang Yao, and others were locked in fierce battle when unexpectedly another group emerged—Holy Roman Empire’s members! Nie Yan felt relieved, as this time he owed Ban Xing De Hu Li a big favor.
When the Scorching Meteor appeared, every member of Triumph Empire felt a chill in their hearts. This spell was too terrifying; even tank warriors with high HP couldn’t withstand its devastating attack, let alone ordinary players.
The sky was filled with large swaths of blazing red clouds, and the atmosphere suddenly became suffocating and oppressive as elemental forces grew restless.
“Quick, Holy Paladins, go silence him!” Shou Gou screamed desperately. He had witnessed the power of high-level spells like Elemental Temple and Arcane spells in his team. If that person managed to cast Scorching Meteor, it would be a devastating blow to the remaining Triumph Empire players.
Five Holy Paladins rushed toward the player from Holy Roman Empire.
More than a dozen warriors from Holy Roman Empire charged out from behind the rocks, initiating charges and intercepting the Holy Paladins of Triumph Empire. How could they allow these people to succeed!
Seeing all five Holy Paladins intercepted, Shou Gou and others finally panicked.
“Everyone, run fast! Holy Roman Empire, damn you!” Shou Gou and others immediately turned and ran outward, trying to escape the attack range of Scorching Meteor as soon as possible.
Finally breaking free from the encirclement, Yue Er quickly cast a healing spell, a beam of white light landing on Tang Yao. His health recovered somewhat, and she cast a Holy Light Shield on him.
Earlier, Yue Er hadn’t drawn much aggro, but the Paladins kept casting silence spells on her. Under the attention of so many Holy Paladins, she couldn’t even cast a single healing spell.
She didn’t know why, but silences were especially heavy on her. It might be because Tang Yao and Huang Hun had extremely high resistance, especially Tang Yao, who, despite the huge level difference, was immune to the silences of these Holy Paladins. Thus, they directed all their silences toward Yue Er.
Yue Er pulled Tang Yao back from the brink, saving his life.
“Yao, run fast!” Nie Yan shouted anxiously. The Scorching Meteor was about to fall, and if Tang Yao didn’t run, he would definitely die!
Tang Yao continued casting spells, attacking nearby low-health players. However, without the level 3 Arcane Sprite, his strength was greatly reduced, and the cooldown times for his spells had increased significantly. Still, with his powerful level advantage, his magical damage remained terrifyingly high.
Triumph Empire’s members were scattered and disorganized after being hit by the Arcane Sprite’s explosion and hadn’t yet managed to organize a counterattack when Tang Yao killed several more of them.
Kill count: 92!
This was a number that chilled the blood of everyone present! From the initial Meteor Shower to the Arcane Sprite’s self-destruction, Triumph Empire had suffered heavy casualties. These weren’t ordinary players found everywhere—they were the elite of Triumph Empire—yet all were killed by Tang Yao alone!
Hearing Nie Yan’s shout, Tang Yao suddenly regained his senses. He couldn’t die. If he did, with his current level of infamy, he would definitely lose at least five levels!
Fortunately, after the Arcane Sprite’s explosion, there were no Triumph Empire members left nearby. Combined with the threat of Scorching Meteor, no players approached Tang Yao anymore.
Tang Yao sprinted outward. If he couldn’t escape the attack range of Scorching Meteor, he was done.
“You think you can just walk away after killing so many people!” Shou Gou, watching from a distance, also became enraged. Among the 92 killed, how many were his close comrades? Seeing Tang Yao trying to escape, he became furious, ignoring the danger of being hit by Scorching Meteor, he turned and charged toward Tang Yao to intercept him.
Nie Yan noticed Shou Gou charging toward Tang Yao and rushed forward as well.
“I’ll cover you, run fast!” Nie Yan shouted to Tang Yao, using an acceleration scroll and rushing toward Shou Gou.
Tang Yao didn’t dare to linger and sprinted outward.
Shou Gou jumped high, his dagger aiming for Tang Yao’s forehead.
Nie Yan lunged forward, blocking Shou Gou.
With a clang, their daggers collided sharply.
Shou Gou wanted to chase Tang Yao but was firmly blocked by Nie Yan. There was absolutely no way for him to bypass Nie Yan!
About five to six hundred members of the Holy Roman Empire appeared on an open ground not far away. Their priests cast healing spells on Tang Yao, quickly restoring his health to full.
Nie Yan’s Divine Arbitration ended. After blocking Shou Gou and seeing Tang Yao escape, he eagerly sprinted outward as well.
Everyone wanted to escape the attack range of Scorching Meteor. Nie Yan, Shou Gou, and others were at the edge of the attack range, so they still had a chance to run away. As for those Triumph Empire members in the center, there was absolutely no chance left.
After a long, resonant incantation, streams of scorching meteors rained down from the sky like a downpour.
The raging fire elements seemed to devour everything.
Players hit by the flames saw damage numbers of over 200 appear over their heads in succession, and they fell to the ground, another few dozen dying. Thus, most of the more than 300 Triumph Empire players who had come to hunt Nie Yan and Tang Yao were wiped out, leaving only about ten survivors.
Nie Yan, Tang Yao, and Shou Gou were inevitably caught within the attack range of Scorching Meteor.
“Hurry and heal those two!” Ban Xing De Hu Li, clad in silver-white armor, pointed at Nie Yan and Tang Yao, who were sprinting outward.
Over a hundred priests from the Holy Roman Empire all activated their healing spells.
Innumerable beams of white light shone on Tang Yao and Nie Yan.
-270, -290, -260—damage numbers floated up from the two as they ran through the raging flames, yet their health remained stable.
With over a hundred priests healing just Nie Yan and Tang Yao, as long as Scorching Meteor couldn’t instantly kill them, they would be safe!
Nie Yan and Tang Yao thought they were doomed, but suddenly the situation turned around. The two walked unscathed through the storm of scorching meteors and emerged safely one after the other.
Shou Gou wasn’t so lucky. Amidst the roaring flames, he let out a scream and collapsed to the ground after only a few steps.
Nie Yan and Tang Yao both felt a sense of relief after surviving. Walking through the fire rain of Scorching Meteor was something few would dare attempt.
Yue Er and Yaoyao panted as they ran over.
“You’re okay, that’s great,” Yaoyao said with relief.
“That was really close just now. Fortunately, everything’s okay,” Yue Er also felt shaken.
“Thank you just now. If it weren’t for your healing and Holy Light Shield, I would have died already,” Tang Yao said gratefully. Just now he had been too impulsive, driven by the explosion of the Arcane Sprite. Thinking about the Arcane Sprite’s self-destruction, Tang Yao couldn’t help but feel gloomy.
“It’s okay. The Arcane Sprite exploded, but we can find another one in the future. Don’t be too upset,” Yue Er comforted Tang Yao.
Tang Yao grinned, though his smile wasn’t very natural.
Yaoyao looked at Nie Yan and said, “Nie Yan, surviving like this is amazing. It’s frustrating though, we all have heavy infamy now. What should we do? I killed five people, so I probably need to kill around 6,000 ordinary monsters to clear my infamy.”
“I killed eleven people, so I probably need to kill 20,000,” Nie Yan checked his status and laughed. Surviving was truly a miracle, and neither of his two Order Scrolls had dropped.
Yaoyao stuck out her tongue. Eleven kills in one go was terrifying.
“I killed… 92? That can’t be right. Did the server count extra?” Tang Yao looked stunned at his status bar. Thinking back to the battle, maybe he really had killed 92 people. When could he ever clear his infamy?
Yue Er was relatively better off. As a priest, she had been silenced the whole time and couldn’t even cast healing spells, let alone offensive magic, so she hadn’t killed anyone.
“Let’s go grind Scaled Frogs together to reduce our infamy,” Nie Yan suggested. For now, grinding Scaled Frogs was the fastest way to clear infamy.
“Without the Arcane Sprite, can we even handle Scaled Frogs?” Tang Yao asked pessimistically.
“You’re level 17 now, so you should be able to handle them. If not, we can start with regular Scaled Frogs.”
“Too bad the Arcane Sprite is gone,” Tang Yao said gloomily, having been depressed since the explosion.
“The Arcane Sprite is gone… Wait, check your backpack. Is there a crystal? Did it break?” Nie Yan suddenly remembered. In a past life, someone had revived an Arcane Sprite, though it was very difficult and required finding an Arcane Recharging Crystal in Eternal City.
“There is a crystal. It used to be shining brightly, but now it’s dim,” Tang Yao took out the crystal from his bag. To be precise, it now looked more like a dull white stone without any luster. He asked, “What’s this for?”
Nie Yan picked up the crystal and examined it. It was still intact, without any cracks. He smiled slightly and said, “Good, it’s not broken.”
“You mean there’s still a way?” Tang Yao couldn’t help but feel hopeful.
Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, “Possibly. I’m not entirely sure.”
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