Blade of Tyranny

After almost ten minutes, Nie Fan and the others now reached the massive Nymph King which was wandering a clearing just ahead, its massive tree crown covering half the skies above, leaving deep trenches where it passed.

[Nymph King: Level 25 Boss, 15000 HP.]

Shadow Sadwind and the others all gasped at the sight of the Nymph King’s attributes.

“Are you sure we can take it?” Wastrel asked, turning to Nie Fan—it was a Boss after all.

“Shouldn’t be a problem. You all just have to follow my instructions.” Nie Fan replied.

Why would he come here if he wasn’t sure about it? Naturally, he wouldn’t tell Shadow Sadwind and Wastrel—not even Xue Yu or Lin Suyue. It was a secret that he couldn’t share with anyone else.

“Nie Fan, are you sure about this?” Xue Yu asked quietly then.

Nie Fan smiled faintly. “No problem, I’ve already killed a level 25 Boss before. Just relax.”

That being said, although the Nymph King was one level below the Swordtooth Nymph, it actually was stronger than the Swordtooth Nymph in combat ability since the Nymph King had several formidable skills in comparison. Still, it was nothing to worry about—Nie Fan was only level 23 when he slayed the Swordtooth Nymph, and he was now level 25. Moreover, he had equipped an entire set of Cyan Bronze equipment, which meant his ability shouldn’t be compared to what it was before.

Xue Yu was relieved to see Nie Fan’s confident too.

Meanwhile, Wastrel pulled out his short bow and started to lure out the minions around the Nymph King one by one, with Nie Fan casting his skills to kill them all. Soon enough, the Nymph King was left all alone.

After Nie Fan assigned everyone with different tasks, Wastrel dashed up at the Nymph King and entered its view.

The beast roared in rage when it noticed him and strode towards him. The ground was shaking beneath its trampling, and its horrific might would deny anyone their wits.

Despite feeling a chill inside himself, Wastrel took a few steps back and raised the light shield in his hand.

With one reverberating bang, the immense force when the Nymph King crashed into him left him stumbling backwards, and a damage sign above three hundred and seventy appeared over his head. In the end, his defense was much weaker compared to Dancing Phoenix since she was both higher in player level and had much better equipment.

Still, Xue Yu and Lin Suyue immediately healed Wastrel when they saw his HP dropped beneath half. As two veins of white light fall on Wastrel, he recovered most of his HP.

Then, Nie Fan casted Bloodthirsty Vines just as the Nymph King was about to swing its arm for another blow at Wastrel. The thick, firm red Vine coiled around the beast and stopping it immediately, while Wastrel dodged away at once to the Nymph King’s flank and swung his weapon for a Whirlwind Chop on the Nymph King’s body.

The timing of Nie Fan’s Bloodthirsty Vine was just right that both Shadow Sadwind and Wastrel found themselves in awe of him as their rapport deepened. His reactions and control over timing would definitely put him in the ranks of the best players.

Meanwhile, Shadow Sadwind is running circles around the Nymph King, prepared to cast Ice Ring at any given moment. They intend to restrain the Nymph King with those control spells so that Nie Fan could be at ease as he rained out damage.

However, although the Bloodthirsty Vines had dealt damage amounting up to three hundred multiple times on the Nymph King, it did not take long for the beast to slap into separate pieces with a loud crack. Still, even if the Nymph King was now focused on Nie Fan, he had already unleashed a Black Oil and Mini Fireball combo at it before it could chase him down, and damage amounting up to three hundred seventy appeared over the Nymph’s King head again.

That level of damage was absolutely devastating that not even the Nymph King’s fifteen thousand HP would last more than a few barrages. Wastrel, now standing his ground in the Nymph King’s way had assumed a defensive pose—all he had to do was stop its advance, and Nie Fan would be able to deal damage amounted up to thousands in another few seconds.

Soon, when Shadow Sadwind saw that that the Nymph King was about to free itself from their restraining, he launched an Ice Ring and the beast’s feet was promptly frozen, rendering it immobile.

Wastrel seized the moment to catch a breather and adjust his position.

But despite its frosted legs, the Nymph King could still attack. Bellowing in rage, it swung its massive arms at Wastrel again, this time with searing flames over its hands.

Everyone was left stunned.

“It’s the Nymph King’s Blazing Strike, Xiao Yu…” Before Nie Fan could finish, Xue Yu had brandished the greatsword in hand and cast a shield over Wastrel.

Bang! The Nymph King’s Blazing Strike only managed to make Wastrel stagger a few steps despite hitting him, dealing no damage at all.

“Thanks.” Wastrel said into the party channel.

It was certainly fortunate that Xue Yu had cast his Protect just in time. Given that the Nymph King’s normal attacks could blow off most of Wastrel’s Hp, the Flame Strike that would hurt at least three times that amount would instakill Wastrel. Nonetheless, the Protect skill of the Holy Knight class would keep their party member invincible for seconds and directly weather through that one blow.

Indeed, Xue Yu had improved greatly that he did not need prompting when to cast Protect. Glad to see his companion’s growth, Nie Fan grinned.

At the same time, the flame burning over the Nymph King’s arm had extinguished. The beast was left in irrepressible rage when it saw that the warrior beneath its feet was still alive, and it angrily kicked off the solid frost on its feet.

Bloodthirsty Vine!

That was when Nie Fan casted his spell, once again keeping Nymph King lightly bound.

Three minutes had passed since they engaged the Nymph King, but they had already cut away 80% of its HP, with Nie Fan having dealt most of the damage.

Still, with 20% left of its HP, the Nymph King went on a Rampage. Its entire body turned into a bizarre blood redness, just as its facial expression became unusually ferocious.

“Wastrel, dodge!” Nie Fan called into the party chat. In Rampage, the Nymph King’s damage would be doubled, while Xue Yu’s Protect was in cooldown and unusable for the moment.

The Nymph King’s arm slammed down, and it was about to hit Wastrel when he leapt out in a barrel roll to dash aside.

With a loud boom, the Nymph King’s huge arm struck the ground where he had been standing, splitting a fissure over the earth.

That was close! Wastrel’s heart thumped furiously—he would have dropped dead immediately if that blow hit him.

Ice Ring!

Shadow Sadwind cast his spell, launching a stream of frost that swept out and hit the Nymph King.

Even so, it did not freeze up as he expected, and instead faded like the wind.

Ice Ring is ineffective!?

Shadow Sadwind felt his heart tightened, but quickly ran away when he saw the Nymph King coming at him, arms flailing.

Be that as it may, the Nymph King did not persist on chasing Shadow Sadwind and Wastrel, as well as Xue Yu and Suyue who were still behind him.

Instead, it charged straight towards Nie Fan.

“Dark Night, be careful!” Wastrel shouted into the party chat.

However, Nie Fan was not all flustered at the sight of the Nymph King rushing towards him. He composedly flung out another Black Oil and Mini Fireball combo and checked his skill bar—Cheetahmorph was now off cooldown, and he immediately casted it and change his form. Still, he wasn’t withdrawing, but was instead lunging towards the Nymph King.

While was he still charging forward!? Shadow Sadwind was left panicking. Nie Fan was being careless: The Nymph King was now in Rampage and its attack was doubled, and yet Nie Fan wasn’t evading despite all that and actually engaging the monster in one decisive bout. What else is that aside from chasing death?

On the other hand, when the Nymph King saw that Nie Fan was dashing towards it, it felt as if its authority was being provoked. With a raging bellow, it swung its three-meter arm at Nie Fan.

If it hits, that slap would reduce Nie Fan to a puddle of flesh!