Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 3)

Chapter 566 - Level 120 Elite

After climbing up a hill, Nie Yan gazed at a hollow basin in the prarie up ahead. A giant Barbarian Warrior entered his sight. It resembled a grizzly bear and was about two heads taller than the ordinary Barbarian Warriors. It was clad in spiked golden armour and wielded a supersized greataxe.

"It's probably an Elite," Nie Yan muttered. He cautiously approached the Barbarian Warrior from behind until he was only 30 meters away, then activated Transcendent Insight.

Barbarian Berserker (Elite): Level 120
Health: 3,000,000/3,000,000

"I was right! It is an elite! Damn, what a crazy stupid amount of health too." Nie Yan's heart trembled. Any Elites Level 100 and up were incredibly tough to deal with. He was absolutely no match for it in his current state.

After thinking for a moment, Nie Yan decided to leave. Out of all his skills, only the Rank 8 Backbreaker could deal any appreciable damage to the Barbarian Berserker. Sadly, a single skill wasn't enough take it down.

Just as Nie Yan was about to leave, something flashing in the grass beside the Barbarian Berserker caught his eye.

It had a seven coloured radiance, incomparably beautiful and ever-changing.

At first, Nie Yan thought it was the light reflecting off the Barbarian Berserker's armour.

"Is that a treasure chest? For it to have that kind of visual effect, it should at least be Sub Legendary, maybe Legendary-grade."

Nie Yan moved about 10 meters closer.

The Barbarian Berserker started moving around, each step shaking the earth.

Seeing the Barbarian Berserker getting restless, Nie Yan hurriedly calmed his breathing and buffed himself with several skills that boosted stealth.

After failing to discover anything, the Barbarian Berserker returned to an idle state.

It appeared the Awareness of the Barbarian Berserker wasn't that high. Nie Yan continued approaching closer. When he was about seven meters away, it finally noticed something and started scanning around.

Nie Yan halted his steps and gazed at a patch of knee-length grass up ahead. Hidden there was a small chest made out of some unknown metal. It appeared quite sturdy. Hanging off the lid was a fist-sized lock.

Inspecting this chest, Nie Yan determined it was Sub Legendary-grade.

Nie Yan observed the Barbarian Berserker. Although it was roaming around, it always maintained a distance no further than five meters form the chest.

He had to find some way to lead the Barbarian Berserker away!

Having Lil' Gold draw aggro was one option. However, Nie Yan wanted to avoid Lil' Gold dying if possible. After thinking for a bit, he decided to summon a Paladin from Divine Recruitment. At worst, he would have to pay a penalty fee if the hired Paladin died.

Nie Yan returned to his previous spot about 30 meters away from the Barbarian Berserker. He opened up Divine Recruitment and summoned the Rank 10 Paladin, Kilwater. A Rank 10 Paladin was much higher specced than the ones he summoned previously, especially in terms of movement speed.

"Greeting Sir Nirvana Flame, I'm willing to serve!" Kilwater greeted.

Nie Yan had Kilwater slowly approach the Barbarian Berserker.

When Kilwater arrived at the 20-meter mark, the Barbarian Warrior turned to stare at him. However, it didn't move from its position to attack him.

Kilwater drew closer and closer, 19 meters, 18 meters... continuing to test the Barbarian Berserker's limit. Nie Yan broke out in a cold sweat. He had Kilwater buff himself with several speed boosting skills and prepare to run at a moment's notice.

When Kilwater reached the 13-meter mark, the Barbarian Berserker couldn't hold back any longer and charged at him.

"It's now or never." Nie Yan's heartstrings were stretched taut.

Kilwater raised his sword and cast Purify on the Barbarian Berserker.

As the Barbarian Berserker closed in, Kilwater turned tail and fled.

The Barbarian Berserker's greataxe lit up with a blazing brilliance as it chopped down with unrivalled might.

Kilwater suddenly accelerated and covered six meters in an instant.

With a loud bang, the Barbarian Berserker struck the ground, causing cracks to rapidly spread in the earth. Almost as if a mountain were being torn apart, dirt and crushed rock flew everywhere.

Fortunately, Nie Yan had passed down his orders in time, allowing Kilwater to escape.

However, the Barbarian Berserker's assault wasn't over. It let out a furious roar, causing a powerful sound wave to spread out.

War Roar!

Kilwater barely made it a few steps before a powerful sound wave struck him in the back, sending him flying and crashing into the ground.

Kilwater stumbled back to his feet and continued fleeing. He restored his own health and gave himself a few buffs.

However, Kilwater was too slow. The Barbarian Berserker quickly caught up with Charge and ruthlessly chopped down with its greataxe.

Nie Yan's pupils contracted. What frightening attack speed!

Ordinary Barbarian Warriors attack quite slowly. However, the Barbarian Berserker's attacks were fast to the point of being overpowered!

With a bang, Kilwater was sent flying. Stunned for a few seconds, the Barbarian Berserker finished him off with one final chop.

Kilwater died.

The Barbarian Berserker snorted out hot air from its nose. It lingered around Kilwater's corpse for a while before returning to its original position beside the chest.

The Barbarian Berserker's strength was too frightening. It wouldn't be easy for Nie Yan to fetch whatever was inside that Sub Legendary-grade chest.

Nie Yan initially planned to have Kilwater lure the Barbarian Berserker away. Now it seemed like that plan had gone up in smoke.

Nie Yan looked down at his skill bar. "Maybe I'll have a chance after training the rest of my Freedom Skills to Rank 7 or 8..." He could only give up for the time being. After doing some more training, he could come back and try again.