After familiarizing himself with the execution of Backbreaker, Nie Yan started gaining skill proficiency in it even faster than before .
93% completion, 95% completion, 96% completion…
After executing Backbreaker numerous times, Nie Yan grew increasingly familiar with the skill and gradually started comprehending more of its mysteries . Constantly correcting and adjusting his movements, he managed to achieve a completion rate of 98% . From an ordinary player’s perspective, this was an inconceivable matter . Achieving 100% completion was seen as almost impossible . 98% was practically the same .
As Nie Yan executed Backbreaker more and more, its skill proficiency rose explosively . Before long, another crisp system jingle rang out . It had advanced to Rank 5 .
Nie Yan was perhaps the only player in the Viridian Empire who had a Rank 5 Freedom Skill, which were known for being quite difficult to train . It was already amazing enough to train an ordinary skill to Rank 5, let alone a Freedom Skill!
If Nie Yan landed a 90% Backbreaker on a player, even a Fighter would be instantly killed if not lose most of their health . Combined with the fact that Backbreaker also stunned, the enemy would be dead either way .
After diligently training his skills for the whole day, Backbreaker advanced to Rank 8 . At this rank, 90% completion could deal 600% damage!
Nie Yan was speechless . He never knew Freedom Skills could deal this kind of damage . He had never discovers this secret in the previous timeline . This was probably why he was stuck as a second-rate player back then .
Nie Yan snuck up behind a Barbarian Warrior, then exploded forth with Backbreaker .
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The Barbarian Warrior was stunned for seven seconds .
After Nie Yan finished cycling through his skills, he struck out with another Backbreaker .
About 70 seconds later, the Barbarian Warrior collapsed to the ground . Given Nie Yan’s explosive damage, the Barbarian Warrior couldn’t endure no matter how high its health regeneration was .
Nie Yan previously needed two minutes to kill a Barbarian Warrior . Now, he only needed 70 seconds . This increase in combat strength left him feeling excited .
Nie Yan’s harvests from killing the Barbarian Warriors was quite good . They only seemed to drop skill books, nothing else . There were many rare skill books, even three Freedom Skill Books . However, they were all for Warriors and Paladins .
Since Backbreaker had reached Rank 8, Nie Yan wanted to train it even higher . However, the higher the rank, the larger the amount of skill proficiency required . According to his calculations, training it to Rank 9 would take at least three days .
Nie Yan continued training Backbreaker while familiarizing himself with his other skills, including Reverse Grip Backstab, Phantom Assassination, Counter, and Flicker Strike . With his experiences with Backbreaker serving as a guide, it didn’t take long for him to comprehend a few things .
Reverse Grip Backstab, Counter, and Backbreaker were all similar, requiring the channelling of the power from his body to his arm, then letting it erupt out . On the other hand, Phantom Assassination and Flicker Strike required explosive acceleration to run through an enemy to achieve their highest killing power .
After training for another day, Nie Yan familiarized himself with all his Freedom Skills . Even if he wasn’t as skilled with them as Backbreaker, he had still achieved some results .
Before long, Reverse Grip Backstab, Counter, Phantom Assassination, and Flicker Strike advanced to Rank 5 . After reaching this point, these skills had become extremely powerful . Nie Yan’s efficiency increase yet again, requiring only 50 seconds to take down a Barbarian Warrior .
Even though his level hadn’t risen, Nie Yan could feel that he had grown much stronger after familiarizing himself with these skills .
The Rank 5 Barbarian Strength and Rank 6 War God’s Rage of Bladelight and Smoke Stub allowed them to dominate over all other Warriors . At this moment, Nie Yan had five Freedom Skills at Rank 5 or higher . He estimated even Bladelight and Smoke Stub wouldn’t last more than a minute against him .
Nie Yan checked his progress on Backbreaker . It was Rank 8, 36% . His achievements were pretty good .
While Nie Yan was busy training his skills, the war between Asskickers United and Alliance of Mages was in full swing . Asskickers United once more showed the world their might .
Alliance of Mages had dispatched 200,000 players and six Armoured Catapults to intercept Asskickers United’s forces in a bid to prevent the flames of war from reaching the Edgarton Stronghold . Even though it was 200,000 versus 60,000, they suffered a crushing defeat, losing over a third of their forces and all six Armoured Catapults . Meanwhile, Asskickers United only lost 2,000 players .
Alliance of Mages greatly reinforced the walls of the Edgarton Stronghold, transforming it into an iron fortress . Asskickers United would have to wait until their trebuchets were complete to begin the siege . As such, Bladelight and the others weren’t in a rush to reach the Edgarton Stronghold . They were perfectly content chipping away at Alliance of Mages’ strength through minor battles .
The construction of the trebuchets was progressing smoothly . Nie Yan had three slaves . One of them, Delfina, had a special ability that allowed her to duplicate blueprints . In about a week’s time, she produced two copies of the trebuchet blueprint . With three engineering teams working simultaneously, their speed increased significantly . Nie Yan believed it wouldn’t be long before trebuchets started rolling out on the battlefield .
All the while Asskickers United was building more and more Armoured Ice Catapults . One catapult after another fresh off the factory came out ready for use . The number of catapults had already reached 25, and more were still being built .
25 Armoured Ice Catapults possessed unrivalled might . As Asskickers United ran rampant in Moonlight City, Alliance of Mages didn’t dare to let out so much as a fart . They could only hide in the Edgarton Stronghold and further reinforce their walls . They had somehow managed to get their hands on large ballistas and installed them atop their towers . Furthermore, they had also moved some of their Armoured Catapults on their walls . Like this, their defenses were quite solid .
Crazy Magic felt like pieces of flesh were being carved out of him . Asskickers United had already razed six Alliance of Mages strongholds to the ground . He had invested a lot of money to build them up, but they were now nothing more than ruins . If Asskickers United simply took control of the strongholds, that would be fine . They could simply take them back . However, Nie Yan was ruthless and directly destroyed them . Even if they took back the strongholds in the future, they would have to be built back up from scratch .
After destroying the sixth stronghold, Asskickers United rushed to the next stronghold . Alliance of Mages was the overlord of Moonlight City . They had more than 20 strongholds altogether . With six strongholds destroyed and the five lost in the bet, they had lost nearly half their strongholds .
At this rate, Alliance of Mages would be left with only the Edgarton Stronghold in another few days . Crazy Magic was probably having a difficult time keeping his cool . When Alliance of Mages’ forces left the safety of the Edgarton Stronghold, they would become nothing more than fodder for the Armoured Ice Catapults .
All the players in the Viridian and Satreen Empires were discussing the war between Alliance of Mages and Asskickers United . At present, Asskickers United was completely overwhelming Alliance of Mages despite not even having half as many players . This development left everyone stupefied . Without any reinforcements, Alliance of Mages wouldn’t last much longer . Even if Asskickers United failed to take down the Edgarton Stronghold, with all the other strongholds gone, Alliance of Mages would eventually collapse in a couple of months .
The war raged on .
Gryphon Woodlands, a map covered in thick fog . From time to time, the shadows of large creatures could be seen flying overhead .
This was a place for obtaining flying mounts . An expedition team of 1,000 players were making their way through the fog, traversing through the forest .
“Boss, the place we left off at last time should be here . Should we use a Dispel Fog Scroll?” a Mage asked .
The head of this group was precisely the guild leader of Angel Corps, Soaring Angel .
“We still haven’t found out where they come from?” Soaring Angel asked . They had previously used a Dispel Fog Scroll and discovered that it made exploring the Gryphon Woodlands much easier . The quality of their harvests was a lot higher too . However, the price of a single Dispel Fog Scroll was too ludicrous . Players reselling the Dispel Fog Scrolls wanted to sell two scrolls for one flying mounts . This was too sinister . However, for the sake of increasing their exploration speed in the Gryphon Woodlands, they had no choice but to accept .
After obtaining the Dispel Fog Scrolls, the amount of loot they collected also increased substantially, while the number of unnecessary casualties saw a sharp drop . It seemed like a worthwhile trade . However, to give away a flying mount for every two scrolls was still a bit much . What Soaring Angel feared the most was that these flying mounts were going straight into the hands of an enemy .
“It’s rumoured that the Dispel Fog Scrolls are made by a Great Mage . As for any specific details, the seller wasn’t willing to share,” a Warrior said . He was clad in sparkling golden armour . This full body armour had a sleek design without a single crease or gap . It was covered in many runes . He was the number one Berserker in Angel Crops—Rocksplitter .
Nie Yan knew Angel Corps was exploring the Gryphon Woodlands . However, Asskickers United’s players really couldn’t spare any manpower to follow suit . It would take at least a couple of days for the war against Alliance of Mages to conclude . However, he had made a few arrangements in secret . He first tempted Angel Corps with the Dispel Fog Scrolls, then reaped a portion of their harvests by selling them scrolls for flying mounts . This kind of price was enough to make Soaring Angel want to ram his head into a wall . However, Soaring Angel had no choice but to accept . Nie Yan was the only one selling Dispel Fog Scrolls . Furthermore, he also had Guo Huai bribe two players from Angel Corps, having them record their exploration of the Gryphon Woodlands and send them over . With this footage to study from, Asskickers United would save a lot of unncessary hardship when exploring the the place themselves in the future .
Soaring Angel would never imagine that the one selling him Dispel Fog Scrolls was Nie Yan . He was delivering flying mounts straight into the enemy’s hands . Additionally, footage of their exploration in the Gryphon Woodlands was also being leaked . If he knew this, he would probably faint from anger .
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