Thinking for a bit, Nie Yan decided against summoning Lil’ Gold . His huge frame would make him a prime target .
With the quality of his current skills, Nie Yan could easily the Barbarian Berserker to death . There was no need for help .
Nie Yan inched closer toward the Barbarian Berserker from behind .
The Barbarian Berserker was completely oblivious . The distance between the two was only about seven meters .
Nie Yan’s heartstrings were stretched taut . His lips curved into a weird grin . A few steps later, the Barbarian Berserker noticed something and turned around .
At this moment, Nie Yan targeted the Barbarian Berserker with Rank 9 Extreme Intimidate!
The Barbarian Berserker stiffened . It couldn’t move its body at all .
Flicker Strike!
Nie Yan disappeared from his original position and emerged behind the Barbarian Berserker, plunging Zennarde’s Sword into its back . After reaching Rank 10, Flicker Strike dealt more than 500% damage .
−12,839!
The Barbarian Berserker’s body trembled . Extreme Intimidate’s effects wore off . Just as it was about to turn around, Nie Yan circled to the side . Pushing off from his waist and focusing all power into his arm, he struck out with Backbreaker .
−14,376!
The Barbarian Berserker was incapacitated for six seconds!
This effect was quite impressive given the Barbarian Berserker was a Level 120 Elite .
Nie Yan faintly smiled . With all his skills ranked up, taking down this elite was a simple matter . After landing the first stun, he could CC the Barbarian Berserker to death .
However, Nie Yan was in no rush to kill the Barbarian Berserker . He activated Steal . Steal successful! You have obtained 5 gold, 23 silver .
This was his first time stealing from a Level 120 Elite . The Barbarian Berserker was quite the moneybags . The amount of gold he obtained was several times that of ordinary monsters .
Nie Yan continued spamming Steal, stealing money three times in a row . So far, he had obtained 17 gold .
On the fourth attempt, Nie Yan finally obtained something different . It was a Sub Legendary-grade skill book . Skill Book (Sub Legendary): Rage of the Berserker
Rage of the Berserker was quite amazing . Most Warriors would go crazy over a 200% boost to Strength . If this skill book were put up for auction, it would sell for at least 50,000 gold, maybe even up to 90,000 gold if you were lucky .
“Giving this skill book to Smoke Stub isn't a bad idea . He just happens to be a Berserker,” Nie Yan muttered .
As the effects of Backbreaker wore off, Nie Yan struck the Barbarian Berserker with Smothering Strike .
It was stunned for an additional two seconds .
The Barbarian Berserker was locked down all this time . CC chains were quite frightening .
Starting with the six second cripple from Rank 11 Backbreaker, two second stun from Rank 8 Smothering Strike, three second stun from Rank 9 Concussive Blow, the brief interrupt from Rank 15 Kick, the two second immobilize from Rank 9 Lockdown, until finally the five second cripple from Rank 10 Counter . By the time Nie Yan cycled through everything, Backbreaker was back off cooldown . Like this, he could repeat the whole process again . It would only take a few cycles to kill the Barbarian Berserker .
Nie Yan activated Steal several more times . The Barbarian Berserker already had no more gold left to steal . Only the Rage of the Berserker skill book wasn’t half-bad . He obtained all sorts of different skills, none of which caught his eye . However, they were decent for ordinary players .
Just as Nie Yan was about to finish off the Barbarian Berserker, he activated Steal one last time . A notification popped up . He had stolen another item .
Nie Yan glanced inside his bag and found a yellow papyrus scroll sitting in the corner . He examined it . Dreamworld Scroll (Legendary): Consumable
Description: Entrap a target in an illusion for 20 seconds regardless of level difference . Moving while activating this scroll will cancel the spell . Cast Time: 3 seconds .
Restrictions: 30 Energy
Nie Yan’s heart trembled . This scroll wasn’t that useful in ordinary circumstances . However, it was particularly effective against high level bosses . Anything could happen in 20 seconds . It could even help prevent a team from wiping .
Nie Yan had obtained another nice item . He spammed Steal a few more times for good measure, but it kept failing . The Barbarian Berserker no longer had anything to steal .
Seeing that he’d gotten all he could, Nie Yan exploded forth with frightening damage .
Nie Yan debuffed the Barbarian Berserker with Apocalyptic Extinction . He then struck out with Reverse Grip Backstab and all sorts of high damage skills . Every attack dealt more than 10,000 damage, which racked up pretty quickly . After a minute since the fight began, the Barbarian Berserker’s health fell to 7% .
The Barbarian Berserker still wasn’t dead . It was much tankier than Nie Yan gave it credit for .
Just as the Barbarian Berserker was about to come to, Nie Yan struck out with Backbreaker . A loud klang rang out .
However, the Barbarian Berserker wasn’t incapacitated like Nie Yan thought . It sweeped its greataxe around .
Whirlwind Slash!
After being CC’d by a skill three times in a row, a boss would gain resistance . On the fourth time, the skill would be ineffective .
Feeling the wind pressure of the axe coming towards him, Nie Yan quickly activated Gale Step and avoided the attack .
The Barbarian Berserker lost sight of Nie Yan . It let out a thunderous roar that spread out as a shock wave, sweeping over Nie Yan who was hidden in stealth five meters away .
−10
Nie Yan’s figure was revealed .
Sound attacks like these were impossible to defend against . It wasn’t a physical attack nor a magical one . After getting hit by it, Nie Yan felt an intense ringing in his ears . He could no longer go back into stealth .
“Shit!” Nie Yan cursed . He didn’t expect the Barbarian Berserker to have such an ability .
Charge!
The Barbarian Berserker barrelled toward him like a .
Nie Yan activated Swift Retreat and quickly pulled back .
With the Barbarian Berserker’s frightening attack power, a single hit would be enough to kill him .
The grim reaper’s steps drew closer and closer . The Barbarian Berserker’s massive frame which resembled a small mountain pressed toward Nie Yan . As the greataxe cleaved toward him, he could hear wind howling from the blade .
What fast attack speed!
Despite falling into such a perilous situation, Nie Yan didn’t panic in the slightest . He glanced down at a certain skill in his skill bar—Hell Execution!
Nie Yan had never gotten around to use this skill before since not many opportunities came up . It was one of the supplementary skills from Zennarde’s Sword, allowing him to execute a target below 20% health .
Nie Yan focused on the Barbarian Berserker’s movements . He sidestepped with Illusory Steps as his figure appeared to flicker back and forth, dodging the attacks .
At the same time, Nie Yan resembled a cheetah as he pounced forward .
As he activated Hell Execution, Nie Yan felt as if his soul were being sucked into Zennarde’s Sword . This kind of peculiar feeling was extremely frightening . However, there was no going back .
Zennarde’s Sword turned scarlet, seemingly scorched red by the flames of hell . It emitted an ominous radiance .
Hell Execution!
Zennarde’s Sword slashed across the Barbarian Berserker’s chest . Nie Yan felt as if he were cutting through tofu . The Barbarian Berserker’s armour was easily broken as the flesh inside was carved apart . A fountain of blood gushed out .
−272,303!
The Barbarian Berserker staggered several steps back and collapsed to the ground .
Nie Yan was also shocked . What frightening damage! Glancing at Zennarde’s Sword, the blood covering the blade quickly evaporated into smoke . The scarlet glow also slowly faded away, returning to its original black colour . The flames flickered away like normal .
Fear still lingered in Nie Yan’s heart from using Hell Execution just now . This was probably a special effect from Zennarde’s Sword .
Nie Yan glanced at the corpse on the ground . Ordinary players could probably never imagine that a boss was executed by an attack that dealt more than 270,000 damage .
Hell Execution was quite amazing . Nie Yan planned to use it more when he hunted bosses in the future .
Nie Yan rummaged through the corpse of the Barbarian Berserker . Apart from six gold, there was nothing else . He had already stolen everything but the clothes on its body .
Nie Yan turned to the chest sitting quietly in the grass . Its seven coloured radiance revealed its rarity . Sub Legendary-grade or higher chests were basically as hard to find as a phoenix feather or qilin horn . In the previous timeline, Nie Yan rarely heard of someone opening a Sub Legendary chest . Only large guilds exploring high level maps would have a chance of finding them . As for Legendary chests, they were basically non-existent .
Walking up to the chest, Nie Yan bent down and started opening it .
Thankfully, his Lockpicking skill was high enough rank . Opening treasure chest… Progress: 2% . . . 35% . . .
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