Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 4)

Chapter 755 - No Retreat

Seeing the Demon Slaughterer approaching, Soaring Angel and the others quickly scattered.

「Sark, did your Goblin Flash Bomb fail?」Soaring Angel asked in doubt. He had clearly seen Nie Yan getting hit by the flash bomb. However, he seemed completely unaffected, moving and evading just like he normally would.

「No, it didn't fail.」Sark shook his head.

「Really? That's impossible!」The others found this hard to believe. How could someone dodge so smoothly and even retaliate if they couldn't see?

「He's Nirvana Flame. Nothing is impossible,」Sark replied in an insipid tone.

The four of them became silent. In the end, they had no choice but to believe Sark.

Seeing the Demon Slaughterer relentlessly pursuing Nie Yan, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. If it weren't for the Demon Slaughterer pursuing him, they probably wouldn't even get the chance to surround him. In fact, they weren't even confident in preserving their own lives in that situation.

A second game of cat and mouse unfolded.

The effects of the flash bomb persisted for quite a long time. Eventually, Battle Angel Kalenna cast Cure Blind on Nie Yan. Only then did he gradually regain his vision. He could see the surroundings with his eyes again.

Nie Yan had more or less given up on Kalenna and let her do as she pleased. He'd tried on numerous occasions to control her, but he couldn't. Nevertheless, it was a pleasant surprise she woke up to help him cure his blindness. After which, of course, she quickly went back to sleep.

It looked like he couldn't expect anything of Kalenna. Nie Yan continued fleeing for his life. The Demon Slaughterer was hot on his tail.

As the Demon Slaughterer dived down on him, Nie Yan suddenly turned around. He dove forward and slid right under the Demon Slaughterer.

BOOM! The Demon Slaughterer crashed into a building.

The Demon Slaughterer stood up from the pile of rubble. It shook its head and let out an enraged roar. It looked around for traces of Nie Yan.

Nie Yan had already fled more than 200 meters away.

This is my chance! Nie Yan thought. A hope short-lived, because in the next moment a player charged straight at him. It was Stone Splitter.

Charge! Intercept!

Stone Splitter was like a tank, steamrolling through everything in his path.

Soaring Angel, Sark, and the rest arrived moments later.

A giant quagmire formed right under Nie Yan. He knitted his brows and leaped back. Kicking off a nearby wall, he leaped onto the roof of a building.

At this moment, Sark appeared right behind Nie Yan and stabbed toward the back of his head.

Based on these movements, Nie Yan could immediately tell this was the same Thief that blinded him earlier. Sensing the dagger stabbing towards him from behind, he leaned to the side and retaliated with a Reverse Grip Backstab.

Just as the Reverse Grip Backstab was about to land, Sark disappeared with Gale Step.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Several arrows came flying over towards Nie Yan.

Nie Yan didn't dare to linger. After missing his attack, he leaped to an area six meters away.

At this moment, the Demon Slaughterer finally caught up. Nie Yan's hard-fought opportunity of escaping was foiled once more by Soaring Angel's party.

Nie Yan thought for a moment. Fine, if that's how you want to play it, so be it! He activated Gale Step, then dashed straight toward the guild headquarters in the heart of the Clemenci Stronghold.

"Where did he go?" Soaring Angel looked around. He had lost track of Nie Yan.

"I don't know."

Everyone shook their head. Cruel Edge also failed to find any traces of Nie Yan.

At this moment, the Demon Slaughterer flew overhead of them, heading straight towards the center of the Clemenci Stronghold.

Soaring Angel's face paled. "He's heading for our guild headquarters!"

The five Masters immediately turned around and rushed toward the guild headquarters as fast as they could.

「Don't let the Demon Slaughterer destroy the guild headquarters! Activate the defensive barriers! All arrow towers, focus your firepower on the Demon Slaughterer!」Soaring Angel passed down the order in the guild chat. If Nie Yan made use of the Demon Slaughterer, it would become a deadly weapon aiming for Angel Corps' throat. He couldn't take this risk.

On the streets in the vicinity of the guild headquarters, there were many Angel Corps players searching for Nie Yan.

However, it would be near impossible for these players to find even a hint of Nie Yan's shadow.

Nie Yan's stealth abilities could easily bypass their detecting skills.

Masters could completely disregard ordinary players. They were nothing but ants to them!

The guild headquarters' defenses were extremely tight. It was surrounded by several hundred arrow towers. They were far more densely packed together in comparison to those located near the stronghold's walls.

When the Demon Slaughterer arrived overhead of the guild headquarters, hundreds of arrow towers opened fire on it.

The Demon Slaughterer braved the rain of arrows. It slashed down with its greatsword. BOOM! An arrow tower was cleaved in half.

A barrier had already been erected around the guild headquarters to protect the guild's most important building.

It appeared Angel Corps' side had also thrown caution to the wind. No matter what, they wouldn't allow the Demon Slaughterer to destroy the guild headquarters. As a result, they dispatched a large number of ordinary players to stop the Demon Slaughterer.

The Demon Slaughterer dove down on the ground, crushing numerous players to their death. It was still staring fixedly at Nie Yan. Braving the attacks of countless players and arrow towers, it headed straight for him.

Nie Yan discovered the Angel Corps headquarters was protected by a barrier. He was about to circle around to evade the Demon Slaughterer's pursuit, when scorching hot flames erupted around him, forming a flame wall and trapping him inside.

The Demon Slaughterer walked out of the flame wall with a malevolent expression.

Behind him was an unbreakable barrier. In front of him was an insurmountable flame wall. Nie Yan was trapped. There was no way out.

The Demon Slaughterer was getting closer and closer. It was only 50 meters away.

Gale Step and Shadow Waltz were both off cooldown. Nie Yan planned to use the invincibility effect of these skills to charge through the flame wall. However, just as he took a step forward, a powerful shadow energy wrapped around him. He was bound in place.

It was the Demon Slaughterer's Death Bind!

Nie Yan was a step too slow to activate Gale Step or Shadow Waltz. After being locked down by Death Bind, he couldn't use any movement skills.

The Demon Slaughterer slashed out with its greatsword. A giant crescent shaped sword beam came flying towards Nie Yan, destroying everything in its path.

The wind howled and roared. Nie Yan could feel it cutting at his cheeks. The giant sword slash was already right in front of him.