Chapter 783 - Almost Killing an Ally (1/2)

The Death God’s Edge and Paternoster’s Warhammer both required 300 Divine Power.

Morphest’s Soul Blessing only gave Nie Yan one point of Divine Power. However, this one point allowed him to see a ray of hope. Since the stat existed, he would have an opportunity to slowly raise it later on. These weapons were equipable after all!

Nie Yan examined his character window and noticed some slight changes. For example, skills like Backbreaker dealt additional damage. At the same time, when fighting a demon or boss, regardless of their level, he had a high chance of breaking their armour. Other stats like Jump and Focus also saw huge transformations.

This was quite the harvest.

After seeing Nie Yan come out of the thatch hut and leave the barrier, the others walked over.

“How did it go?”

“Did you get anything good?”

Xie Yao also looked over at Nie Yan with expectant eyes, calmly waiting for his reply.

“I received a quest to kill a Demonified Lord. It’s pretty dangerous, but since we’re already here, there’s no turning back now. If we fail... Well, we can only return by dying anyway,” Nie Yan said. He had already made his decision. A huge weight was lifted off his heart. If he was destined to fail, it just meant the Death God’s Edge and Paternoster’s Warhammer weren’t meant to be his. All he could do was try his best. The rest would be up to fate.

“A Demonified Lord? What level?”

“Level 180.”

“Oh my god! A Level 180 Demonified Lord!? In what world are we its match!? Fuck! That Level 130 Demonified Lord was already strong enough to slaughter its way into the Clemenci Stronghold. I can’t imagine what a Level 180 one would be like!”

They had all seen videos of the battle in the Clemenci Stronghold and knew just how frightening of an existence Demonified Lords were, to say nothing of the fact it was a Level 180 one this time around.

“Since this is a quest and you met the requirements to receive it, that must mean there’s some special method to defeat the boss. Did you find any clues?” Smoke Stub asked.

“Yeah, I did. I think we need to rely on Paternoster’s Warhammer. But as for how, I still don’t know,” Nie Yan replied. He was ruminating over Morphest’s final words, trying to find every little hint and clue hidden in them.

“Let’s look for that Demonified Lord first,” Smoke Stub said.

“You’re right. Let’s find it first, then come up with a plan.” Nie Yan nodded.

Nie Yan called Sun, Mistaken Smile, and the other Thieves back. After which the team set out for the summit. Looking up, large clouds of black smoke were rising up into the sky. This was an active volcano.

According to Morphest, Drakuru was chained up in the crater.

The 21 players trekked their way up the craggy path toward the summit. About 15 minutes later, they arrived at the edge of the crater. Noxious gasses filled the air here. Some of the team members started to feel dizzy and short of breath.

“Quickly! Everyone, drink a Soul Trance Potion!”

Everyone fished out the Soul Trance Potions in their bags and drank them.

Suddenly, their breathing came to a halt. Even if they were walking through the noxious fumes now, it couldn’t affect them one bit. These Spirit Trance Potions were concocted by the several Sage Alchemists in the Starry Night Potion Shop. There were only 70 or so of these potions in total. Dividing them up equally, that was only about three per person. Each potion had a duration of roughly five hours.

After walking around the crater, they gathered back up. The fumes here were fairly dense. Looking down, they could faintly see the lava below roiling around, occasionally burping out bubbles of gas. A scorching heat assaulted their senses.

“I don’t see a path down.”

“Boss, what do we do?”

“I’ll head down and take a look first,” Nie Yan said.

“Big Brother, we can come down with you. We also have Crawler Rings of our own now,” Sun said. Nie Yan always took full advantage of the Crawler Ring’s ability. Naturally, after finding out how useful it was, they set out to get one for themselves; some finding one in the wilderness and others buying it from the marketplace. This item became an essential tool to be a part of this team.

“Sounds good. We’ll split up and search!” Nie Yan nodded. Like this, they would cover quite a bit more ground.

“Well, what are we waiting for?” Mistaken Smile said. He activated the Crawler Ring and started making his way down the crater.

The others quickly followed.

Nie Yan leaped down into the crater as his body rapidly plummeted. Glancing up, he saw multiple silhouettes crawling on the walls like a bunch of lizards.

The crater was more than 50 meters deep. As Nie Yan fell toward the lava, the heat grew more and more intense, threatening to roast him alive. At the last second, he was about to shoot out a web line at a nearby wall, when an idea flashed through his head. He quickly took out the Kiln Fire Heart from his bag, then activated its ability and the ability of his Featherfall Jewel.