Xu Yan was clad in sleek golden armour which glittered with a dazzling radiance . He was armed to the teeth, his fists, elbows, shoulders, and so on covered in sharp spikes . This was clearly an equipment set, and a Dark Gold-grade one at that . As for what it was called, Fu Guangtao had no idea . But he was sure it wasn’t low level; at the very least, it was much better than the set he was wearing .
Glancing at Xia Tianyu and Fei Zhe, those two also sported high level Dark Gold-grade sets .
Fu Guangtao’s head was spinning . Since when did Dark Gold-grade sets become as common as cabbage?
Seeing this new development, Zhao Shiyu was also struck dumb . She didn’t expect Xu Yan, Xia Tianyu, and Fei Zhe to make such a flashy entrance . The equipment of the trio immediately caused them to feel ashamed of their inferiority . Even Fu Guangtao, who had the best equipment in their group, couldn’t compare .
Thinking about it now, one could imagine just how ridiculous Fu Guangtao looked calling Xu Yan, Xia Tianyu, and Fei Zhe trash . In front of the trio, their group was the real trash!
「Dammit! How did those three get such good equipment?」Fu Guangtao said in voice chat .
「I don’t know! Wasn’t their equipment pretty trash before? How did they suddenly become so strong?」Zhao Shiyu said, unable to wrap her head around this matter .
With the current equipment of Xu Yan and the other two, Fu Guangtao would lose miserably if he tried making a move on them .
Fu Guangtao was far from a brave and unyielding character . When push came to shove, he was like a wet rag . He swallowed back the venomous words that were about to leave his mouth .
“Didn’t you say we’d better watch our backs whenever we set out for a dungeon? You’ll kill us if you see us? We’ll be too afraid to set foot outside of the city? Well, come on . If you have what it takes, I’d like to see you try,” Xu Yan said with a cold smile . He had made considerable progress recently . This, combined with the equipment Nie Yan gave him, made him overflow with confidence . He was no longer like before, readily submitting to humiliation .
“If you want to have a showdown, just name a time and place! We’ll accept your challenge!” Xia Tianyu declared . Even before he received the Dark Gold-grade set from Nie Yan, he was never afraid of Fu Guangtao .
Fu Guangtao remained silent, not daring to reply . Zhao Shiyu and the others were also the same . They were people who bullied the weak and feared the strong . Xu Yan, Xian Tianyu, and Fei Zhe’s old equipment was pretty lacking, so they weren’t the slightest bit afraid . But now, they knew beating the trio would be impossible .
Given their current equipment, Xu Yan, Xia Tianyu, and Fei Zhe could easily lead Chu Chenghao and the others through high level dungeons . They would definitely be much better off with the trio than when they were with Zhao Shiyu, Fu Guangtao, and their lot . This was a fact .
“Where are those big words from before? I thought you guys were really fierce . Why are you suddenly so quiet? Did you lose your tongue?” One of the Mages in Chu Chenghao’s group shot Fu Guangtao and the others a look of disdain .
“I think it’s cause they’re scared . I guess they only amount to this much . When someone stronger shows up, they suddenly become so meek . ”
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The people around Chu Chenghao had all been suppressing a bellyful of rage . Now, all of it was erupting out, and they started ridiculing Fu Guantao and Zhao Shiyu relentlessly .
Fu Guangtao and Zhao Shiyu became embarrassed . They felt staying any longer would only make them lose more face .
Zhao Shiyu shot the trio a look of rancor, then turned away with a cold snort .
Fu Guangtao had nothing else to say and followed suit .
Watching Zhao Shiyu and Fu Guangtao’s dreary figures, Xu Yan and the others felt a deep sense of satisfaction . Xu Yan clenched his fists, resolving to become even stronger . The day would soon come that clowns like Zhao Shiyu, Fu Guangtao, and Bai Jun would never dare to mess with them again!
“Come on, let’s go levelling . ” Xu Yan turned to Chu Chenghao and the others .
“Sure!” Chu Chenghao nodded .
Xu Yan sent Xia Tianyu a whisper . 「Is it fine for you to come levelling with us? It won’t attract any unwanted attention from God Executioner Sword? Nie Yan did warn us . 」
「It’s fine . I know what I’m doing . I have a plan to get into the higher ranks of God Executioner Sword,」Xia Tianyu replied .
「Alright, I won’t worry anymore . 」Xu Yan nodded .
The group of 16 people set off to go levelling .
. . .
Nie Yan had spent a total of 36 days in the Ancient World . He had cleared Path of the Luminous Dancer 2, and was 60% of the way toward finishing Path of the Luminous Dancer 3, which required him to kill 500 Rank 3 or higher monsters . Apart from this, his Alchemy Master skill had already reached Advanced, 92% . It wouldn’t be long before he reached Master rank . He had also learned the other artisan skills, such as Forging, Scroll Crafting, Engineering, Tinkering, and so on .
Artisan skills were separate from combat skills . So, Nie Yan could learn as many of them as he wanted without worrying about running out of skill slots .
Nie Yan had harvested many different materials in the Ancient World . Occasionally, when he was in the mood, he would train his artisan skills . All of them had already reached at least Intermediate . His Tinkering was the highest at Advanced .
Doing this kind of work was extremely time-consuming . For Nie Yan to accomplish this much in only 36 days was already quite impressive . He hadn’t wasted a single moment . Whenever he wasn’t hunting monsters, he was training his artisan skills .
His harvests weren’t bad . Just like before, after killing a Rank 3 monster, Nie Yan dug out the Life Core . It was completely black and looked like a large black pearl .
The number of Life Cores in his bag quickly accumulated . He already had more than a thousand . Nie Yan discovered that Life Cores were divided into different elements: fire, ice, darkness, light, and so on . Among them, darkness and light ones were the rarest . He only had a hundred of them altogether .
“The Darkwing Dragon is darkness attribute . Would it better for me to feed it Darkness Life Cores?” Nie Yan wondered .
This was only a guess on Nie Yan’s part . After all, he had never acquired a flying mount or something as rare as a Life Core in his past life .
His bags were starting to get full . Nie Yan planned to feed the Darkness Life Cores to the Darkwing Dragon to free up some space .
Scouting the area, Nie Yan didn’t find any monsters nearby . It was safe . He summoned the Darkwing Dragon . A large onyx coloured dragon appeared before him .
The Darkwing Dragon flapped its wings, kicking up a gale that knocked over several trees in the surroundings . It then crouched down and nuzzled its head against Nie Yan .
Nie Yan patted the Darkwing Dragon on the head . He discovered it was noticeably larger than before . Small black scales were starting to sprout from its body . It was still a juvenile, only having taken the first baby steps towards adulthood .
Nie Yan wondered how strong the Darkwing Dragon would become once it was fully grown . He took out a dark coloured Life Core from his bag .
It had a deep, black lustre and radiated pure darkness energy . The Darkwing Dragon stared at the crystal in Nie Yan’s hands, unable to tear its eyes away, as drool started leaking out of its mouth .
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