Chapter 837 - End of the Road (1/2)

The two spider automata familiarized themselves with the surroundings. After spinning in circles several times, they started moving forward under Nie Yan’s command, their eight legs moving in a rhythmic fashion.

One spider moved faster than the other. A gap of two meters opened up between them.

The faster spider soon approached the chest, only a meter to go. It investigated the surroundings, searching for signs of traps.

While Nie Yan was patiently waiting, Lil’ Gold and later also the shadow clone arrived back by his side. They’d fallen behind earlier. Luckily, Angud only cared for Nie Yan and the Death God’s Edge in his possession. Other than Paladin Lafus who’d unfortunately been in his way, Angud didn’t bother with the other two. They were ant-like existences to him, not worth his time.

Angud was still standing outside the pithole, seemingly unable to come to a decision.

Nie Yan unsummoned Lil’ Gold. His large frame made it impossible to go unnoticed, not to mention the cave would only get narrower from here. There was no way a large dragon like him could squeeze through. As for the shadow clone, Nie Yan decided to keep it around for a while longer. He shifted his focus back onto the chest.

About a minute later. BANG! The faster spider was blasted into smithereens. The sound of the explosion wasn’t all that loud, but the power was something else.

An explosive trap!

After a while, the smoke and dust settled, revealing metallic parts scattered over the ground.

A whooshing sound rang out from the depths of the cave. Nie Yan entered stealth and hid behind some larger rocks, just in time to see several wraiths floating over. He couldn’t make out their appearances. Only their glowing red eyes which shone through the darkness. After hovering around the chest for a while and failing to find anything amiss, they returned back whence they came.

A group of Level 200 wraiths! Seven in total and one was an Elite!

This was a Level 200 map! Normally, if Nie Yan were to accidentally stumble into such a place, he would quickly turn around and leave. Similar to Level 50 and Level 100, Level 200 was a watershed in combat power for monsters.

These wraiths had no consciousness, filled only with the singular instinct of killing the living. Appearing and disappearing unpredictably, they were difficult to pin down. Such frightening monsters definitely couldn’t be provoked!

Even so, Nie Yan still felt reluctant to leave the chest be.

Thinking for a bit, he had the other spider go forward. After inspecting the area around the chest without triggering any more traps, it seemed safe to open it.

The Unknown Transfer Scrolls in his hotbar were no longer grayed out. Nie Yan could leave at any time!

“Tch… I already cleared all the traps. Leaving a Legendary chest would be such a waste…” The greed in Nie Yan’s heart was fighting the rational in his brain.

After thinking for a bit, Nie Yan put down a marker. Like this, he could come back here at any time.

“Let’s try opening that chest,” Nie Yan muttered. He slowly approached the chest. At three meters away, he came to a halt and warily looked around. Calming his breathing, he continued on forward and arrived in front of the chest.

The chest wasn’t large, but the craftsmanship was superb. Even the simple grooves on the sides were carved with meticulous care. Its ancient appearance was hidden underneath a thick layer of dust. After wiping it clean, it looked brand new.

The chest was sealed by a lock that looked quite intricate despite only being the size of a thumb. Picking it would take quite some time.

Nie Yan looked pensively at the chest. He didn’t know when or if the wraiths would come back. If they caught him opening the chest, that’d be it for him most likely. “Screw it! I’ve already come this far, no point in turning back now!” He crouched down and started picking the lock.

Opening chest… Progress: 1%... 2%... 3%...

Time passed by extremely slowly. This lock was a relic left behind from the Era of Darkness. It was extremely complex. If not for his Lockpicking Specialist skill, Nie Yan would have no way of opening it.

After a minute, the progress was only at 55%. Opening this chest was taking way too long!

Suddenly, several shrieks echoed out from the depths of the cave, piercing Nie Yan’s eardrums.

“Shit! They’re back!”

Nie Yan spotted the wraiths coming over in the far distance. They immediately went into a frenzy upon discovering his presence. They were like bloodsucking evil spirits, devouring any life they came across.

Seeing seven pairs of red glowing eyes getting closer and closer, Nie Yan had the shadow clone go up and try to stall them.

The shadow clone quickly arrived in front of the wraiths. Annihilation Slash! 10 flaming swords emerged in the air and cleaved down on them.

BANG! BANG! BANG! The massive attack filled the chamber with smoke and dust.

To Nie Yan’s dismay, none of the wraiths died. Even the lowest health one among them still had over 60,000,000 health. These were only ordinary monsters! He couldn’t even see the health of the Elite-class wraith.