In a battle between two equally fast ranged players, a 20-meter advantage in attack range was an insurmountable difference . No matter how powerful the side with the shorter range was, it would all be useless if their attacks couldn’t land . To say nothing of the fact that Nie Yan was vastly superior to Qin Han in speed .
A 20-meter difference in range could allow him to thoroughly suppress the other side . Nie Yan cracked a faint smile . “Watch how I toy with you to death . ”
Nie Yan sped across the battlefield . He was as agile as a hare . He skillfully pulled out several bolts from his bag and loaded them into his crossbow within a 3-second time frame . He took aim at Qin Han and pulled the trigger .
Crossbows had a great advantage over regular bows, and that was their stability while moving . As long as you properly calculated the distance, his movements wouldn’t influence his aim .
Five bolts flew out in a straight line, streaking through the air and heading straight for Qin Han .
Anywhere Door!
Qin Han blinked away and evaded the attack . But before he even got a chance to catch his breath, another five bolts came flying towards him .
Qin Han’s powerful arsenal of skills became completely useless in front of Nie Yan’s superior range .
In the beginning, Qin Han could keep up with the stream of bolts . But as he started running out of blink skills, he found it more and more difficult to evade . Seeing five bolts flying over and left with no other choice, he could only helplessly roll out of the way .
Put put put! Five bolts struck the ground several meters away from Qin Han .
Before Qin Han could crawl back to his feet, yet another five bolts came flying over . He hurriedly rolled out of the way again .
“Fuck, what kind of fire rate is this!?” Qin Han cursed .
Nie Yan’s Dexterity and Attack Speed were quite high, not to mention his recent work on his Reinforced Dullahan Cavalry Crossbow . So, his reload speed and fire rate were unmatched .
The Cavalry Crossbow could theoretically fire five bolts every 0 . 37 seconds . Nie Yan’s stats weren’t high enough to reach this limit . At best, he could currently achieve five bolts every 1 . 87 seconds, consistently maintaining a fire rate of 2 . 5–2 . 9 seconds . Even so, it was more than enough to wipe the floor with Qin Han . The more bolts Nie Yan shot out, the more accustomed he got to reloading . So, the delay between attacks became even shorter .
Qin Han had to evade bolts every two to three seconds . The fact that he held out for this long was already quite impressive .
Qin Han frantically hid behind a boulder for safety .
The boulder blocked Nie Yan’s view, giving Qin Han a brief moment of respite .
Qin Han flipped open his grimoire and waved his staff . A group of 10 skeleton soldiers appeared before him . Hiding behind his troops, he finally felt a sense of safety .
“Now it’s my turn!” Qin Han gritted his teeth . He had never felt so humiliated before in his life!
Seeing Qin Han’s sorry figure hiding behind the boulder, Nie Yan coldly smiled . Their fight had barely started . So far, he’d only used ordinary bolts . Even if his attacks landed, the damage wouldn’t be that high . The real fun would start now!
As Nie Yan circled around the boulder with his crossbow raised, he only found 10 skeletons standing there and nothing else . Qin Han was nowhere to be found .
Nie Yan knitted his brows . He suddenly thought of something . Invisibility Potion!
Eyes of Truth!
Nie Yan’s eyes blossomed out with a crimson red light . As he looked around, he spotted a faint silhouette hiding among the skeletons .
Nie Yan raised his Cavalry Crossbow and locked onto Qin Han . Pulling the trigger, five bolts shot out . He then skillfully pulled out five more bolts—three Bleed Bolts and two Flesh Biter Bolts—and reloaded the crossbow in a record time of 1 . 65 seconds . Another five five bolts came flying out .
Seeing Nie Yan’s ominous gaze locking onto him, Qin Han’s heart trembled . “God dammit! What kind of ocular skill is that!? He can actually see me from so far away!?”
The effects of an Invisibility Potion were far inferior to that of a Thief’s stealth . Add this to the fact that the already enhanced Eyes of Truth had been upgraded even further after Nie Yan became a Luminous Dancer, and it became obvious Qin Han had no hope of escaping Nie Yan’s sight .
“Nirvana Flame, I admit you’ve got some skill . But if you think you can kill me just like that, you’ve got another thing coming!” Qin Han coldly snorted . He waved his staff . A skeleton with a bone shield immediately stepped out in front of him to block while five skeletons archers rushed forward to flank Nie Yan . Their ranges were about 80 meters . So, they had to move closer to hit him .
Put put put! Five bolts struck the skeleton’s bone shield .
−7,555 −8,392 −7,912 −8,222 −8,033
Nie Yan wasn’t a ranged class, so the damage he dealt was limited .
Nie Yan knitted his brow . The skeleton with the bone shield had 300,000 health . Taking it down with only his crossbow would take forever!
“Let’s see what kind of other tricks you have! Come at me!” Qin Han said in a gloating tone .
Put put put! Another five bolts struck the skeleton . Even though its health was falling bit by bit, it didn’t move, standing firmly in place to protect its boss .
Seeing Nie Yan continuously shooting at the skeleton, Qin Han sneered . “Dumbass, you think you can kill my skeleton like that?” He waved his staff and cast Dark Heal, restoring the skeleton’s health back to full .
“Haha! Keep shooting! Waste more bolts!” Qin Han laughed . As he looked around, his five skeleton archers were almost in range to shoot Nie Yan .
Nie Yan was undeterred . His expression remained as cool as ever . He fired out five more bolts at the skeleton .
“What an idiot! It doesn’t matter if you shoot five bolts or 10,000! The results will still be the same!” Qin Han’s eyes flashed with contempt . He still remained hidden behind his skeleton .
Another volley of arrows struck the skeleton’s greatshield . The first two were blocked by it, but the third pierced right through the shield and hit the skeleton in the chest . BANG! The bolt tore right through the skeleton, destroying its bones, and continued flying towards Qin Han .
Nie Yan’s smirked . After firing so many bolts, he finally triggered the piercing effect!
This was precisely what Nie Yan had been waiting for!
Nie Yan’s hands didn’t stop moving once . He loaded in another five bolts, took aim at Qin Han who was panicking in the distance, and pulled the trigger .
When Qin Han was hiding behind his skeleton, he stood no further than two meters away . With something protecting him at the front, he let down his guard . He wasn’t the least bit wary . He never considered Nie Yan’s bolts might possess the piercing effect .
As a result, tragedy befell Qin Han .
There was simply not enough time to react at such a short distance . He waved his staff in a fluster, attempting to blink away . PSFFTH! The Flesh Biter Bolt pierced into the side of his chest .
The mechanism in the Flesh Biter Bolt released as flesh hooks erupted out from the tip of its head and dug themselves deep into Qin Han’s flesh . It was firmly jammed in between his ribs .
A sharp wave of pain jolted Qin Han, knocking the wind out of him . His health instantly fell by more than half . He wanted to run and drink a Health Potion, but he found himself unable to move .
It was a crippling effect!
Before Qin Han had any time to react, a cold light flashed in front of him .
“Shit! I’m done for…” Qin Han despaired .
A Bleed Bolt pierced his glabella and came out from the back of his head . Blood sprayed out like a fountain .
Qin Han’s eyes glazed over as he dropped to the ground with a thud . The five skeleton archers and all other skeletons in the surroundings collapsed into a pile of bone fragments .
Nie Yan faintly smiled . He was quite pleased with his performance . That last shot especially was aimed with the utmost perfection . He could even pass off as a skilled Demon Hunter!
This was Nie Yan’s first time killing a caster with his crossbow . The feeling was quite satisfying .
A Necromancer only amounted to this much . No matter how powerful they were, they would easily die after only a few hits .
Likely, Qin Han still had many powerful spells he hadn’t used . However, no matter how strong he was, he might as well not exist in front of Nie Yan’s 120-meter attack range .
Nie Yan put away the Dullahan Cavalry Crossbow and walked over to Qin Han’s corpse . “Let’s see if this guy dropped anything good . . . ”
Resting on the ground beside Qin Han’s corpse was a thick, ancient book .
Nie Yan’s eyes widened in surprise . “Isn’t this the grimoire he was using as an off-hand?”
Grimoires were relatively common off-hands for casters . Nie Yan recalled Qin Han flipping through it when he was summoning the skeletons . He wondered what sort of properties it had .
Nie Yan picked up the grimoire . A powerful darkness aura erupted out, but it was quickly nullified by his Holy Spirit Imprint . Necronomicon (Legendary): Special Item
Properties: Dark Magic +50% Apart from the bonus to dark magic, the Necronomicon also contained five Advanced Magics which could only be cast after certain conditions were met .
“Amazing!” Nie Yan considered who to give this Necronomicon too, Tang Yao being the clear favourite . He wondered if Arcane Mages could use this item . The battle prowess gained with this legendary off-hand would surely be immense .
After storing away the Necronomicon in his bag, Nie Yan recalled Lil’ Gold and Paladin Lafus, who had just slain Leoric . It was about time he changed location . After Qin Han revived, he would definitely send people over to surround him . Picturing what kind of expression Qin Han was making right now, Nie Yan coldly smiled . This first exchange was only the beginning .
Just as Nie Yan prepared to leave, Battle Angel Kalenna waved her staff . A white light fell over Qin Han’s corpse, which gradually melted before completely disappearing .
Nie Yan’s jaws dropped . “T-that’s possible?” He glanced down at his status bar . The Holy Spirit Heart gained a massive amount of experience . He was close to breaking the fourth seal!
Perhaps after being corrupted into an undead, Qin Han was also classified as a creature of darkness!
A wicked thought surfaced in Nie Yan’s mind . Did this mean he could break the fourth seal on Zennarde’s Sword by killing Qin Han again?
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