Chapter 830 - Freakish Progression (1/2)

The underworld was inhabited by almost exclusively dark attribute creatures. Nine out of 10 species of monsters encountered there were of the dark attribute. It was as such the best place to hunt them.

Nie Yan gazed at the progress of the Holy Spirit Heart. It was already at 98%. He didn’t know why, but it’d become much harder to complete this last bit. At least it still went up, albeit extremely slowly. So, he didn’t lose all hope.

Let’s make some preparations first, Nie Yan thought. He headed to the Starry Night Potion Shop to stock up on consumables. Since he planned to stay in the underworld for a long time, he filled all his bags to the brim. With everything taken care of, he left Okoron and headed north toward Judgement Valley.

The Dark Portal was still on cooldown for quite a while. Without it, he could only enter this way.

This was Nie Yan’s first time traversing Judgement Valley to reach the underworld. In the previous timeline, he didn’t dare to take such a dangerous journey since he depended on this game to make a living. But now, things were different. Even if the underground passage was completely occupied by Evil Faction players, he would still enter without the slightest hesitation.

Nie Yan passed through the dense forest in Judgement Valley. He encountered many players from both factions roaming around. They engaged in a game of kill or be killed with each other. The players here were pretty much all experts and only came for two things—equipment and Glory!

Nie Yan flitted through the forest, heading for the underground passage located deep in the valley.

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Near the edge of Judgement Valley, in a small forest neighbouring Okoron, five players had just wrapped up a battle. A Spectral Thief and drow Slayer were keeping watch. Meanwhile, the drow Dark Invoker, fallen human Dark Invoker, and fallen human Dark Zealot sat on the grass and drank spring water to recover their mana.

They were in the middle of a conversation.

“Messy, how close are you to ranking up to a General?” the Spectral Thief asked the Slayer.

“I’m only five Glory away. We just need to kill a few passersby, and I’ll rank up,” the drow Slayer replied after glancing at his status screen.

“You’re the slowest out of all of us. You know what, in a bit, leave the party and kill a few players yourself. We’ll meet back up in the underworld later to restock on supplies,” the Spectral Thief said after checking his bag.

“Alright.”

The leader of this party was clearly the Spectral Thief. He wore a silver ashen set of leather armour. It was the Level 130 Legendary-grade Dark Adherence Set. This set didn’t give much bonuses to health and defense. Most of its bonuses were geared toward enhancing skills. It was battlefield armour that could be bought from an NPC shop once your Glory passed a certain threshold. It was fairly cheap.

Battlefield equipment was different from ordinary equipment. Where ordinary equipment gave a lot of advantages when facing monsters, battlefield equipment did the same for facing players.

“Black Pupil, how far away are you from becoming a Great General?”

“Still a far way off, likely a few more months,” the Spectral Thief replied.

“Boss, I just got a report. That guy who has the Death God’s Edge is making his way towards Judgement Valley,” the Dark Zealot said.

“Isn’t the Death God’s Edge in Nirvana Flame’s hands?”

“That’s just a rumour. Not confirmed. I’m guessing it's fake news spread by others trying to scare the competition off.”

“In any case, that guy seems to be heading for the underground passage. Do you think he’s going to the underworld?”

“Maybe someone got the Death God’s Edge and is going back to turn in the quest!”

Everyone turned to Black Pupil and waited for his response.

“Boss, what do we do?”

“Follow him. Let’s investigate first!” the Spectral Thief said after rubbing his chin.

The team got back up on their feet and set off toward the underground passage in Judgement Valley. The Spectral Thief suddenly accelerated with Gale Step. The other four instantly lost sight of him.

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Nie Yan had forgotten something. The Death God’s Edge in his possession was something the entirety of the Evil Faction coveted. From the moment he entered Judgement Valley, countless players had already taken notice. Just what sort of waves would he create when he reached the underworld?

While Nie Yan was making his way towards the underground passage, Bladelight and the others had already entered World’s Edge. Registering under Asskickers United’s name, they started clearing the dungeon. This development instantly attracted the attention of the entire server.