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Chapter 437: 437

Chapter 437 - Bloodshadow Legion



When evening came, Nie Yan and Xie Yao logged back into Conviction . The first thing Nie Yan wanted to do was to upgrade the Special Items in his possession with the Radiant Gems . After talking to Guo Huai about it, he learned Sun was in the middle of a quest given by Master Jewelcrafter Paget . When the quest was completed, he could enjoy preferential treatment on gem upgrades .  

Nie Yan pondered for a moment . It was probably best to wait . There was a significant difference between the workmanship of a Master and Advanced Jewelcrafter . He wanted to get the most out of those five Radiant Gems . After all, Special Items like the Crawler Ring and Silk Spinner Ring were his treasured darlings . The better their properties, the more use he could get out of them .

With his equipment more complete than before, Nie Yan planned to do a few things to raise the guild’s overall strength . The first thing that came to mind was the Armoured Catapults!

Armoured Catapults had frightening destructive power which was crucial in guild wars . Generally when players obtained a Rank 1 Armoured Catapult blueprint, the guild’s Engineers would have to constantly improve it to raise it to higher ranks, similar to Goblin Magic Cannons .

Armoured Catapults could only be used on flat plains . Their wooden wheels prevented them from traversing rugged mountainous terrain, which put some limitations on them . Furthermore, since they were mechanical units, the monsters they killed wouldn’t give loot or experience, making them unsuitable for grinding purposes . Even so, they were unrivalled existences on the battlefield . They would only start slowly becoming obsolete at Level 100, when Master Classes were unlocked and equipment defense increased greatly .

Nie Yan suddenly recalled the location of an Armoured Catapult Blueprint . Not to mention this blueprint was for one even better than those brought out by Bloodlust Blades during the war, the rarely-seen Armoured Ice Catapult!

Ordinary Armoured Catapults only launched explosive shells that dealt fire damage . However, Armoured Ice Catapults launched ice shells that froze all targets in the impact radius . When dealing with large creatures such as the Crypt Lord, Armoured Ice Catapults were far more effective .



These Armoured Catapults would be slaughter machines on the battlefields prior to Level 100 . Especially with how the Tuoba Family was gearing up for war, if the War God Tribe could get their hands on even a few of these catapults, they would achieve victory .

Although Nie Yan always knew about the Armoured Ice Catapult Blueprint, he didn’t dare to go retrieve it before since his level and equipment were too weak . Now, he barely met the requirements, so he could give it a shot . If worse came to worst, he could just flee with an Unknown Transfer Scroll .

Nie Yan teleported to Amore Town and bought two Intermediate Web Scrolls, three Advanced Twisting Vines Scrolls, and five Intermediate Aggro Dispel Scrolls . These would probably come in handy . He also picked up a few Advanced Health Potions and Ice Resistance Potions from the Starry Night Potion Shop in preparation for his journey .

Afterwards, Nie Yan informed Guo Huai and the others of his departure . Even if he was off searching for the Armoured Ice Catapult Blueprint, he could still direct guild related matters remotely .  

Nie Yan departed Calore’s gates and summoned his Falkner Warhorse before setting off for the distant mountain ranges in the north .  

Some ordinary players saw Nie Yan riding on his Faulkner Warhorse . Their view of Nie Yan and Asskickers United had changed . Before, they only saw him as Calore’s most powerful guild leader . But now he was the ruler of the city!

If these ordinary players wanted to grow in Calore, they’d have to do so under Nie Yan’s watch . No longer would there be anyone talking about killing him for his equipment . Such an act was no different from courting death . All he had to do was call some people, and the player in question would be slaughtered back to Level 0 . Although Nie Yan had no desire to actually do this, the possibility alone was a huge deterrence .



Nie Yan rode through the grass plains and entered a Level 90 map . The area up ahead was covered in a sea of white tents . At the center was a two story oval shaped building that stood three meters tall . Its golden roof sparkled brilliantly under the sunlight . This was the encampment of the Bloodshadow Legion .

Within the Karon Prairies lived a group of heathens that abandoned their faith in the light and became apostles of the darkness . They roamed around attacking unwary travellers and were considered evil existences . Their leader was the Bloodshadow Great Mage, a Level 90 Lord who was capable of summoning Bloodshadow Bone Dragons .

There were also seven Armoured Ice Catapults right next to the central building of the Bloodshadow Legion Encampment . If an expedition team came here, they’d be decimated by the catapults .


The Holy Shrine would frequently dispatch Paladins to assault the Bloodshadow Legion, even succeeding in annihilating them multiples times . However, they would always rise back up from the ashes . There was a specific quest within the Holy Shrine that Paladins could accept, and that was precisely to kill members of the Bloodshadow Legion . Every kill would reward a certain amount of Honour .

Nie Yan wasn’t a Paladin, so he naturally couldn’t accept this quest . However, if he could obtain the Evil Gemstone from the Bloodshadow Great Mage, the Holy Shrine would recognize his achievement and reward him . It was rumoured the reward was Holy Acclamation . After receiving it, if he was able to advance further into a Shadow Dancer, he could become an even more powerful existence—the Luminous Dancer .

Luminous Dancers were different from ordinary Shadow Dancers in that they were capable of giving themselves blessings and using powerful holy spells . In the previous timeline, a player had completed this quest and became the sole Luminous Dancer out of all Shadow Dancers . His name was Smiling Thief . From what Nie Yan recalled, this player wouldn’t join the game until some time from now .

Nie Yan’s emergence had distorted history . In the previous timeline, even the highest level players were only Level 30–40 at this point in time . But right now, Level 50–60 players could be found everywhere . This was the effect of the Buried History Expansion . He had brought out a huge butterfly effect . Many people became strong while many others were withdrew from the stage of elites . He had changed the fate of many players and even the power balance of the entire Viridian Empire . In this new course of history, he didn’t know when Smiling Thief would appear .

If Nie Yan obtained the Evil Gemstone, he’d also change the fate of Smiling Thief who was originally meant to become a Luminous Dancer .

Nie Yan cautiously approached the tents . Several Bloodshadow Legion guards were patrolling the area more than ten meters away from him . They were wearing brightly coloured crimson armour and wielded dark red greatswords . Their entire bodies emitted a bloody aura . They were berserk slaughterers .

Nie Yan inspected one of the Bloodshadow Legion guards with Transcendent Insight .

Bloodshadow Warrior: Level 90

Health: 32,000/32,000 

The attacks of these Bloodshadow Warriors were extremely fierce . When in battle they would buff themselves with Bloodlust, increasing their attack power greatly and adding a lifesteal effect to their attacks . They were incredibly difficult to deal with . But luckily, even though they were humans, their intelligence was subpar at best . They were classified as low-intelligence creatures . Only their leader, the Bloodshadow Great Mage was a bit smarter as an intermediate-intelligence creature .

However, Nie Yan didn’t plan to tangle with these Bloodshadow Warriors . His goal was the Armoured Ice Catapult Blueprint and Evil Gemstone .

This quest was a bit difficult for his current self, but it was still within the scope of his capabilities .

Nie Yan looked at the tents . There was a perimeter wall up ahead with Magic Cannons set up on them . Their dark muzzles were facing outward towards the plains . The defenses here were evidently extremely strong . If an expedition team came here, they’d first have to find a way through these cannons .

Nie Yan snuck around the Bloodshadow Warriors and arrived beside the perimeter wall . He leaped upward, scaling over the wall, and jumped down the other side .

He hid behind the tents as he slowly made his way toward the central area of the encampment .

In an empty space between the tents up ahead were six wooden pillars spiked into the ground . They stood about one meter tall with small crimson flags stuck at the top . The flags had mysterious red designs drawn on them . That was the most infamous sign of the Bloodshadow Legion, the Bloodshadow Totem!

Players could use certain special methods to destroy a Bloodshadow Totem . However, if they accidently set it off and made it explode instead, they’d be goners . Bloodshadow Totems exploded out with rays of crimson light which would invade anything it came into contact with and inflict a powerful decaying effect . Those affected would see their health and defense plummet . In the previous timeline, Nie Yan had personally experienced the might of these Bloodshadow Totems when he came with two Level 100+ hundred-man teams . Back then, he was nothing more than an ordinary grunt . The outcome was that out of those two hundred-man teams, only a few dozen survived . The losses were disastrous . It was only at the end when the leader obtained the Armoured Ice Catapult Blueprint that the losses were somewhat recouped . With 200 players almost completely wiped out, one could imagine just how bitter the battle was .

Nie Yan’s familiarity with the layout of this encampment came from that battle . He wouldn’t have come here alone this time if it wasn’t for that .

Hearing activity in the distance, Nie Yan hurriedly hid within the shadows at the corner of a tent .

A little after, more than 20 Bloodshadow Warriors walked by . After scanning around and failing to discover Nie Yan, they slowly walked away .





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