Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 2)

Chapter 210 - Slaughter Fiend Medallion (Thief)

Nie Yan was absolutely confident in his ability to kill Scaled Frogs. Especially since leveling up, his speed had increased a lot, and he could disregard even a Lord-class Scaled Frog. Now that there was only a one-level gap between them, he would no longer need to rely on anything but the blade in his hand.

Under the cover of stealth, Nie Yan crept up to the Lord-class Scaled Frog until he was only ten meters away. The monster still hadn't noticed Nie Yan, who then scanned it with Transcendent Insight.

Scaled Frog (Lord): Level 30
Health: 50,000/50,000

Nie Yan estimated that it would only take him twenty minutes to whittle down this Scaled Frog's health. Back when Tang Yao had first taken down one of these, it had taken him a full ten hours. Although his lower level and damage output at the time was part of this disparity, no Mage's cast speed could compare to the rapid-fire offense of a Thief. Additionally, Nie Yan could now induce high amounts of continuous damage using Splitting Edge to cause bleed and the Scarlet Poison Ring to inflict poison. With these items, just a casual attack could cause an enemy to lose 50 hit points per second, which would increase to over 70 or even 80 health per second when stacked with a bleed skill like Eviscerate. Just the continuous damage alone would take a huge chunk of the boss's health. Unlike attack damage, continuous damage ignored defense. This made it especially effective on high-level monsters with tough defenses.

"You be careful then," Yao Yao fretted. She was worried about Nie Yan's safety.

"Don't worry." With a faint curve of his mouth, Nie Yan snuck up behind the Lord-class Scaled Frog. The monster had just felt something and was about to turn around to investigate when Nie Yan suddenly rushed at him with a burst of speed and struck out with a Concussive Blow.

The Scaled Frog froze in place, having been stunned for a couple of seconds.

Nie Yan's dagger stabbed into the monster's back with an Eviscerate, cutting it open and causing blood to spurt out.

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A continuous stream of damage values floated up from the Scaled Frog's head. First came the damage from his attack, followed by bleed from Splitting Edge, then poison damage, and finally Eviscerate's bleed damage. This frighteningly high damage output even put a Mage wearing a high-damage set to shame. Continuous damage was extremely terrifying, especially against monsters like the Scaled Frog with strong defenses.

With Nie Yan's current damage output, he could rightfully look down upon anything equal to his level. Even fighting creatures above his level wouldn't pose much of a challenge.

The Lord-class Scaled Frog turned its head, and looking almost like a massive tank, charged toward Nie Yan. Accurately predicting where its attack would land, Nie Yan's figure flashed as he circled behind the giant frog once more. The dagger in his hand easily pierced the frog's hard scales as he quickly used Backstab.

Nie Yan's dagger stabbed into the Scaled Frog's back repeatedly despite its attempt to turn around and face its foe. Damage values continued to stream into the air above its head.

Nie Yan's movements were as moving clouds and flowing water[1]. He was so fast that each time his adversary tried to attack him, he could immediately predict the trajectory of its attack from its starting movements and dodge with minimal effort to avoid the attack.

These flexible maneuvers weren't any worse than what a true Shadow Dancer could do.

This was what shadow dancing was all about. This level of skill allowed a thief to look down upon all magic users. Even Fighters without impact skills that did area-of-effect knockbacks would only die when facing a Shadow Dancer.