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

Chapter 757 - Fallen Feather

Nie Yan protected himself with the Darkbright Barrier, as a membrane of light enveloped him. After which he also buffed himself with Holy Rejuvenation to significantly increase his health regeneration speed. Finally, Battle Angel Kalenna woke up for a brief moment to cast Heal on him, which restored his health to full and gave him a bit of reprieve in this desperate situation.

A hail of arrows howled through the air. Put put put! Several dozen struck Nie Yan.

−4,234
−2,949
−3,781
...

A string of damage values rose up above Nie Yan's head. His health rapidly plummeted. He quickly patched himself up with a Combat Bandage, restoring back some of his health, but it quickly started falling again. As his health reached critical levels, he hurriedly drank a Specialist Health Potion, instantly restoring his health back to full.

As the rain of arrows came to an end, so too did the damage to his health bar. It finally stopped going down at 65%.

About 60 arrows had struck Nie Yan in total, among which more than half came up as misses.

Thanks to the Darkbright Barrier's effects on top of his already high defense, these arrows which were fatal to ordinary players only shaved away about 10% of his health each.

THUD! Nie Yan fell onto a roof.

「Is he dead?」Soaring Angel asked. He clearly saw the hail of arrows rain down on Nie Yan. After being hit by so many arrows, he was probably turned into a human pincushion.

「He must be. There's no way anyone could survive that.」

These arrows were fired out from ballistae. A single hit could normally instantly kill a Level 100 player. After being hit by such a dense hail of arrows, even a Champion wouldn't necessarily come out of it alive.

However, to the shock and dismay of the players from Angel Corps, Nie Yan crawled back to his feet. He leaped down from the rooftop, then disappeared into a winding alley.

Soaring Angel and the other four Masters glanced at each other with incredulous looks on their faces. He survived all that!? Did he even have a health bar!?

"Boss, what do we do?"

Given the labyrinth of alleyways, streets, and buildings in the Clemenci Stronghold, finding Nie Yan would be nigh impossible, no matter how much manpower was thrown at it. Even if he were found, killing was another incredibly difficult hurdle.

"Release the sealing formation. Let him go." Soaring Angel gritted his teeth in rage. Killing Nie Yan was no longer possible. So, he'd rather have a walking pestilence like him hurry up and leave.

After receiving Soaring Angel's order, a subordinate undid the sealing formation surrounding the Clemenci Stronghold.

"Nirvana Flame, I'll remember this debt. Just you wait. I'll pay back this humiliation a millionfold!" Soaring Angel clenched his fist. He looked down at his notifications. After killing the Demon Slaughterer, he received a quest to find the Lost City of Paternoster. He had no idea what it was about. He deliberated on it for some time before deciding to bring Sark and the other three Masters with him and investigate.

Seeing the sealing formation disappear, Nie Yan smirked. Soaring Angel was pretty sensible. Even though this formation could stop him from leaving, Angel Corps would have no way of killing him. Contrarily, if they forced him to stay here any longer, he might flip the whole Clemenci Stronghold upside down.

Nie Yan had no intention of lingering around either. After all, his time was precious. He couldn't spend all of it messing around with Angel Corps.　

Throwing one last glance over his shoulder, Nie Yan quietly left the Clemenci Stronghold. After today, Soaring Angel would probably pour even more manpower and resources into fortifying the defenses of this place.