Chapter 83: The Nie Family’s Treasure Vault

With all three Earth-grade equipment skills activated, Wu Tian vanished from Nie Yuntian's sight in an instant.

Boom! Nie Yuntian’s ultimate move blasted the ground where Wu Tian had just stood into a cratered mess, but fortunately Wu Tian was no longer there.

Nie Yuntian frowned at Wu Tian's last position, but suddenly his expression changed. He whirled around and slashed his sword behind him.

“Second Form of the Black Dragon Blade—Bloodthirsty Rampage!”

One strike, two strikes, three strikes! A wild, frenzied aura erupted from Wu Tian’s body, and a massive blade of energy formed in the air, crashing toward Nie Yuntian.

Bang!

Nie Yuntian gathered all his true energy to defend against Wu Tian’s assault, but the violent power sent him flying back several yards in an instant. Wu Tian then saw a glaring red critical hit number—3000—flash above Nie Yuntian’s head. With this one move, Nie Yuntian lost a quarter of his health.

“I never expected you to possess such overwhelming power. So young, yet with this level of cultivation—if you’re allowed to grow, you’ll surely become a grave threat to my Nie family! Wu Tian, today I must claim your life!” Although Nie Yuntian was shocked by Wu Tian’s ferocity, his heart grew all the heavier.

“A threat to your Nie family? Master Nie, you certainly overestimate yourselves. In my eyes, your family is nothing at all. Don’t talk about the future—today, I’ll erase the Nie family from the Mad Martial Empire!” Wu Tian replied with a look of utter disdain.

“Hmph! Such arrogance. Let me show you what the Nie family is truly capable of!” Nie Yuntian sneered coldly, gripping his sword with both hands.

Wu Tian, wielding his Black Dragon Blade, dashed straight at Nie Yuntian. The Ride the Wind skill only had a few seconds left; he had to finish Nie Yuntian before it ended.

“Courting death!” Seeing Wu Tian rush at him head-on, Nie Yuntian swung his sword fiercely, unleashing a surge of savage true energy.

“Die, you bastard!”

Just as Nie Yuntian’s attack was about to strike Wu Tian, Wu Tian was only a few steps away. In that instant, he activated his instant-kill skill.

A flash of violet light streaked by. Wu Tian pierced straight through Nie Yuntian’s attack, and the Black Dragon Blade shot like lightning into Nie Yuntian’s chest. Nie Yuntian stared at Wu Tian in disbelief, blood gushing from his mouth.

“How… how is this possible?! You…” Nie Yuntian pointed at Wu Tian, his eyes filled with disbelief. He simply couldn’t understand how Wu Tian had broken through his defense.

“Why do you have so much to say when you’re about to die?” Wu Tian curled his lip and yanked the Black Dragon Blade free in a flash.

Splurt! Nie Yuntian spat a mouthful of blood and crashed heavily to the ground.

“Master!” The surrounding members of the Nie family screamed in terror, but Nie Yuntian gave no response.

Ding!

“Congratulations, player Wu Tian, for instantly killing the Golden Boss Nie Yuntian. You are awarded two hundred thousand experience points, one key to the Nie family’s treasury, and because Nie Yuntian is equivalent to fifty members of the Nie family, your side quest ‘Nie Family Terminator’ has reached 200/200 completion.”

“Congratulations, player Wu Tian, for completing the side quest ‘Nie Family Terminator.’ You have been rewarded with an instant level up and received a clue to the ‘Dark God Armor,’ one of the four great artifacts of the Black Dragon Set.”

“Congratulations, player Wu Tian, for reaching level 26 (Sixth Level Martial Spirit).”

A cascade of notifications rang out in Wu Tian’s mind after he slew Nie Yuntian, filling him with wild joy.

“Two hundred thousand experience, the key to the Nie family’s treasury, a level up, and a clue to the Dark God Armor from the Black Dragon Set—damn! As expected of a Golden Boss, these rewards are just too damn generous. Hahaha!” Wu Tian licked his lips and burst out laughing.

“You… you actually killed our family master. I’ll fight you to the death!” The Nie family members nearby glared at Wu Tian with fury, having witnessed him slay Nie Yuntian.

Wu Tian shot them a cold glare and said, “Do you want to avenge your master? I don’t mind killing a few more Nie family members, though there are no more rewards now!”

Gulp. The Nie family members all swallowed hard, their eyes filled with terror. Even their family master was no match for Wu Tian—who in the Nie family could possibly stand against him?

“Get out of my sight!” Wu Tian roared at them.

At his shout, the crowd scattered in panic.

Wu Tian glanced at Nie Yuntian’s corpse, then left the area, slipping into an empty corner. There, he used his disguise technique to change his appearance.

Once transformed, Wu Tian caught a member of the Nie family and forced him to reveal the location of the family vault. Although the key was with the master, the other members still knew where it was. Now that the master was dead, the rest of the Nie family was in complete disarray, so Wu Tian easily extracted the answer.

After obtaining the location, Wu Tian moved quickly to the treasury, which was situated beneath Nie Yuntian’s room. The entire Nie family had flocked to where Nie Yuntian had fallen, so when Wu Tian arrived, the place was nearly deserted.

“Where would that guy put the treasury entrance?” Wu Tian mused as he entered Nie Yuntian’s room. “Based on all the movies I’ve seen, there’s an eighty percent chance it’s under the bed.”

When Wu Tian’s gaze landed on the bed, his eyes lit up. He flipped it aside, but found nothing underneath except a smooth stone floor. Squatting down, Wu Tian rapped on the ground, and suddenly, a hollow sound echoed back. Clearly, he’d found the right spot.

Wu Tian slammed his fist down, smashing the stone floor to reveal a hidden keyhole.

“Damn, that guy really hid the keyhole well.”

He inserted the key and twisted. With a rumbling sound, the floor beneath the bed slowly opened, revealing a passage leading underground. Wu Tian plunged down without hesitation.

What he saw underground left him stunned. Though it was beneath the earth, the place was as bright as day, for the entire chamber was filled with luminous night pearls.

“That old fox Nie Yuntian is filthy rich, using night pearls for lighting. Sure, they aren’t that valuable on the Divine Dragon Continent, but this is just excessive.”

The night pearls illuminated the underground vault, where several large chests stood at the back. Wu Tian hurried over and threw them open, his mouth forming a perfect “O.”

“Holy crap! This whole chest is full of Profound-grade weapons, and this one—damn, all Profound-grade elixirs! And this one—black gold coins…” Wu Tian roughly estimated that the contents of these chests were worth at least ten million silver taels.

“No wonder it’s called a treasury. Nie Yuntian, thank you for your contributions—now I’ll take everything!” With a wave of his arm, Wu Tian swept everything into his spatial ring. When he left the underground vault, he didn’t even spare the night pearls used for lighting.