Rebirth of the Thief Who Roamed The World - Chapter 328

Chapter 328

Chapter 328 – Standardized Equipment

“I just need you to help me kill 2 groups of Phantom Berserkers . I can handle the rest from there,” Nie Yan said . This was the first main obstacle in the quest .

These seven Phantom Berserkers resembled immovable titans, blocking Nie Yan and Tang Yao’s path .

“Are you kidding me?” Tang Yao stared at Nie Yan with an incredulous expression . Had this brother of his gone mad? How could they possibly deal with these seven Level 60 Elites!?

“I’m dead serious . Don’t worry, just follow my instructions . These Phantoms Berserkers don’t have any armour or magic resistance, so there’s no level suppression effect against low-level players . You basically deal true damage to them . They ignore physical attacks, but take an extra 30% damage from magic attacks . I’ll lock them down with Advanced Twisting Vines, then you wipe them out with a group-target spell,” Nie Yan explained . He wouldn’t have brought Tang Yao here if he didn’t have some form of assurance .

Tang Yao nodded . “Since you’re confident, tell me what I have to do . ”

Nie Yan explained his plan to Tang Yao in detail .

“Alright, I’ll go draw their aggro according to your instructions,” Tang Yao said . He approached within 30 meters of the seven Phantom Berserkers .

Nie Yan got into position and gave the signal . Tang Yao waved his staff and shot out a ball of black flames .

「Boom!」The fireball struck one of the Phantom Berserkers, its flames scorching the surroundings black .

All seven Phantom Berserkers immediately locked onto Tang Yao . They swung their hammers and charged toward him .

Charge!

Charge!

After activating Charge, the Phantom Berserkers were several times faster than Tang Yao .

Holy shit! Tang Yao hurriedly activated Windchaser and bolted toward Nie Yan .

Seeing Tang Yao leading the Phantom Berserkers towards him, Nie Yan started activating the Advanced Twisting Vines Scroll as it lit up with a brilliant radiance .

The Phantom Berserkers quickly closed in on Tang Yao . He was simply too slow, and the level difference was too great .

Nie Yan, who was in the middle of activating the Twisting Vines Scroll, also broke out in a cold sweat . He never expected the Phantom Berserkers would be so fast after activating Charge . They could even outrun players on mounts which gave a movement speed bonus of 150% .

One of the Phantom Berserkers swung down its hammer at Tang Yao . It looked like he was about to be smashed into a meat patty .

In the last second, Tang Yao transformed into a seagull and desperately flapped away .

「Crash!」The hammer struck empty ground, leaving a small crater and sending sand flying everywhere .

Tang Yao actually managed to escape! After flying for about 30 seconds, he returned to human form and continued running towards Nie Yan .

Nie Yan never expected Tang Yao to have such a trick up his sleeve . He could immediately tell this was the effect of the special item, Ring of Transformation!

The Ring of Transformation allowed a player to transform into an animal of their preference, whereupon they would gain innate skills based on the animal they transformed into . For example, the seagull Tang Yao just transformed into gave the player an enormous boost in movement speed as well as the ability to fly . However, they weren’t allowed to attack, and getting hit would knock them out of the transformation . Furthermore, the Ring of Transformation’s duration was extremely short at only 30 seconds .

In a dire situation like the one Tang Yao was just in, the Ring of Transformation was extremely useful .

After barely escaping by the skin of his teeth, Tang Yao breathed out a sigh of relief . Work like pulling mobs and drawing aggro really wasn’t his cup of tea .

Seeing Tang Yao lead the group of Phantom Berserkers toward him, Nie Yan waved and activated the Twisting Vines Scroll .

Thick and solid vines shot out of the ground and tangled the feet of the charging Phantom Berserkers, stopping them dead in their tracks .

Tang Yao, who was previously fleeing for his life, turned around and waved his staff . After chanting several unintelligible syllables, a black cloud of flames condensed in the sky and started raining down flames on the Phantom Berserkers .

−276
−312
−298
−305…

A blanket of damage values floated up into the air .

The Phantom Berserkers had no magic resistance, so Tang Yao basically dealt true damage . He continually retreated as he cast area-of-effect magic nonstop .

The Phantom Berserkers struggled ceaselessly, roaring and yelling in the blaze, but the vines firmly locked them down . Their health fell by roughly 30% .

“Nice work!” Nie Yan faintly smiled .

The seconds ticked away .

“Get back 30 meters!” Nie Yan anxiously shouted . Tang Yao immediately retreated to a position 30 meters away from the Phantom Berserkers .

Before the vines released their grip on the Phantom Berserkers, Nie Yan began activating the second Advanced Twisting Vines Scroll .

After 30 seconds, the Phantom Berserkers broke free of the vines and charged toward Nie Yan .

They were getting closer and closer, 10 meters… 6 meters… 3 meters…

The Phantom Berserkers were like lions pouncing on their prey . When they were only 2 meters away from Nie Yan, the Twisting Vines Scroll in his hand disappeared with a flash of light . Vines shot out from the ground and began wildly growing .

The Phantom Berserkers were firmly bound right in front of Nie Yan .

Tang Yao let loose with another area-of-effect spell . Thanks to the support of his Arcane Fairy, he could fire spells without break .

The health of the Phantom Berserkers rapidly dropped .

Advanced Twisting Vines would only be effective three times . Afterwards, the Phantom Berserkers would become resistant to its effects .

However, three Twisting Vines bought enough time for Tang Yao to kill them .

Just like before, Nie Yan used the third and final Advanced Twisting Vines Scroll while Tang Yao continued attacking . When the last barrage of spells fell, the seven Phantom Berserkers let out mournful roars before collapsing on the ground .

“Is it over?” Tang Yao asked in a daze . They had killed the Phantom Berserkers without a hitch thanks to Nie Yan’s strategy . Seven Level 60 Elites were dead just like that, he found this hard to believe .

Nie Yan once more proved with his actions that his judgement was correct .

The seven corpses of the Phantom Berserkers disappeared, leaving behind a pile of loot on the ground .

Nie Yan collected it all . Most of it was Level 60 equipment, ranging from Silver to Gold-grade . These pieces of equipment couldn’t be used for the time being . He continued rummaging around and found 3 gems with quality ratings of 7 . Each one was worth over 120 gold . All at once, he had made back the money he spent on the Twisting Vines Scrolls .

A few other items also caught Nie Yan’s eye .

One was an Intermediate Revive Skill Book which currently couldn’t be found in the marketplace . It had an extremely low drop rate and only appeared in Level 50 maps or higher . With an Intelligence requirement of 580, he didn’t know if any Priest in the guild could learn it yet .

Furthermore, there were two Advanced Alchemy Recipes which were also quite valuable .

Out of the 7 Advanced Alchemists in Calore, 5 were currently in the Starry Night Potion Shop . Both Bird Leaves No Eggs and Quiet Nannan were about to break through from the Advanced rank to become Master Alchemists .

These two Alchemy Recipes would be very beneficial to both of them .

The final item caught Nie Yan’s attention the most, a Standardized Equipment Blueprint!

It was the Level 60 Gold-grade Sinister Light Set, a set of equipment for Arcane Mages . It could only be crafted by an Intermediate Tailor or higher . It required 3 Magic Rune Cloths, 2 Raging Flame Cloths, and 3 Golden Silk Threads . The Sinister Light Set wasn’t the best Level 60 set available, but it was still pretty decent . Top experts probably wouldn’t need it, but to mid-ranked players, this was definitely a treasure . Standardized Equipment Blueprints were different from regular blueprints in that they could be learned by up to 20 players . As long as there were enough crafting materials, these 20 Tailors could continuously craft this Level 60 Gold Set .

The Sinister Light Set was easily mass manufactured since the blueprint could be learned by Intermediate Tailors and the crafting material weren’t that precious .

It was even possible to outfit guild members on a large scale with Standardized Equipment .

In the future, there would definitely be more and more Standardized Equipment .

After picking up all the loot, Nie Yan turned to Tang Yao and said, “Let’s go onto the next group!”

In the next area, there was a group of 9 Phantom Berserkers . Employing the same method as before, Nie Yan and Tang Yao cleared these Phantom Berserkers . After picking up the loot, they found another Sinister Light Set Blueprint . With 2 of these blueprints in their possession, they could have 40 Tailors craft Sinister Light Sets at the same time .

Seeing the corpses of the Phantom Berserkers on the ground, Nie Yan turned to Tang Yao and said, “You can go back now . You won’t be able to go to the next area . ”

Tang Yao looked up ahead . The monsters in the distance were densely concentrated . He nodded . “Alright, be careful . ”