Chapter 179 The Treasure Hunt Begins

Nie Yan wouldn't bother with people like Miemie; there was no need. It was just that Miemie was too arrogant, which was irritating. That was why he had Tang Yao put on this show. Anyway, with the Netherclaw Thunderhawk's name on the flying mount rankings, everyone would guess that the Netherclaw Thunderhawk belonged to him, Nie Yan.

The Netherclaw Thunderhawk circled in the sky, flapping its massive wings, flying further and further away.

Nie Yan sat on the Netherclaw Thunderhawk's back. The Netherclaw Thunderhawk howled through the sky, the mountains and rivers flashing past beneath them. The flying mount's speed was more than ten times faster than ordinary mounts. A sudden thought occurred to Nie Yan. With a flying mount, he could do a lot of things.

"Interested in coming with me to retrieve some items?" Nie Yan said, looking at Tang Yao. With the Netherclaw Thunderhawk, he could reach places ordinary players couldn't and obtain things they couldn't get.

Tang Yao fed the Netherclaw Thunderhawk a piece of meat and, hearing Nie Yan's words, asked in confusion, "Retrieve what?"

Nie Yan smiled mysteriously. "You'll find out soon enough."

He couldn't waste having a flying mount!

Hearing Nie Yan say this, Tang Yao's curiosity was piqued.

"Head east," Nie Yan directed Tang Yao.

"Alright." Under Tang Yao's direction, the Netherclaw Thunderhawk swiftly swept across the sky. After flying east for about ten minutes, Nie Yan and the others arrived above a mountainous region.

"This seems to be a Level 120 map," Tang Yao said, a little frightened. He had seen a rough map of the surroundings of Carol City and knew that this area was a high-level map. Currently, it was impossible for players to come here. Players at Level 60 or 70 simply couldn't enter; the journey was fraught with danger. Any random monster on the road could easily kill them. He didn't know what the situation was like in this nearby map.

Tang Yao was a little apprehensive.

Nie Yan was quite familiar with the maps in this area, because in his past life, when he was over Level 100, he had farmed and leveled up in this area, spending about five months. He knew basically everything about where to find good items and where to find treasure chests.

"Lower our altitude," Nie Yan said, seeing some familiar scenery below. He felt a surge of excitement.

"You don't want to go down there, do you? That's too dangerous," Tang Yao said worriedly.

Despite feeling very dangerous, Tang Yao decided to trust Nie Yan. He gave the Netherclaw Thunderhawk the command, and the Netherclaw Thunderhawk circled in the sky, gradually lowering its altitude, about fifty yards from the ground.

Nie Yan stopped Tang Yao. "That's close enough. Just circle around here, and listen to my commands." He used the skill on the Weaver's Ring, and a strand of spider silk adhered to one of the Netherclaw Thunderhawk's feathers. He jumped down, and after falling more than ten yards, the spider silk pulled him back.

The spider silk carried Nie Yan through the air, his eyes quickly scanning the trees below, searching for his target. The Netherclaw Thunderhawk continued to hover at this altitude. Nie Yan's gaze penetrated the gaps between the trees and landed on a treasure chest in the distance—that was the place!

There were a total of thirty-five treasure chest spawn locations in this area. They spawned randomly, but the first time they were explored, these thirty-five locations would all have treasure chests.

Nie Yan could confirm these thirty-five locations. There were many other places that Nie Yan could no longer remember clearly, and he could only rely on some vague memories to search for them.

"I'm going down. Come pick me up later," Nie Yan said, jumping down into the jungle below.

Before Tang Yao could say anything, he saw Nie Yan break the spider silk and leap down.

Nie Yan fell rapidly, adjusting his position in the air, and activated the Feather Fall skill on the Featherfall Jewel, slowly descending, and finally landing lightly on a large tree. His eyes looked towards the nearby jungle. Occasionally, some monsters passed by. He searched for a moment and found a gold-grade treasure chest next to a large tree not far away, only a dozen yards from here. He didn't expect his drop to be so accurate.

Not far away, many hyena monsters wielding chain hammers were spawning. They were Level 120 and very fierce.

Nie Yan carefully jumped down, stealthed to the side of the treasure chest, and began to open it.

System: Treasure chest opening in progress... 3%... 15%...

After a while, he heard a "click," and the treasure chest was opened. Nie Yan reached into the treasure chest and pulled out a dagger and a skill book.

The dagger was a Level 120 gold weapon, the Hyena Slayer's Dagger, with a fierce attack power of over 1,200. Level 100 equipment was very different from ordinary Level 90 equipment. As for the skill book, it was a rare skill for mages, Quick Blink.

Good stuff! These two items were definitely worth a lot of money.

Nie Yan threw the two items into his bag, then quickly scurried to the top of the tree and sent a whisper to Tang Yao: "Okay, hurry up and come pick me up."

Tang Yao saw Nie Yan at the top of the tree and directed the Netherclaw Thunderhawk, its flying altitude rapidly decreasing.

Nie Yan waved to Tang Yao. He saw Tang Yao piloting the Netherclaw Thunderhawk, quickly sweeping over, getting closer and closer to Nie Yan, 30 yards, 20 yards...

The Netherclaw Thunderhawk's huge movements attracted the attention of the surrounding hyena monsters, and they quickly gathered towards this side, but unfortunately, they were not ranged monsters.

He saw the Netherclaw Thunderhawk getting closer and closer. Nie Yan used the skill on the Leaper Ring, jumping high into the air, leaping more than ten yards in the air. He stretched out his left hand, and a strand of spider silk from the Weaver's Ring shot out, adhering to the feathers on the Netherclaw Thunderhawk's lower abdomen.

Nie Yan contracted the spider silk, flipped over, jumped onto the Netherclaw Thunderhawk's back, and grabbed its feathers.

Nie Yan smiled lightly and said, "Done, got the goods."

Tang Yao breathed a sigh of relief. Nie Yan jumping down to a Level 120 monster map had really frightened him, but he didn't expect Nie Yan to come back so quickly.

"Any gains?" Tang Yao asked.

"Opened a gold treasure chest, got two pieces of equipment."

Tang Yao was startled. Nie Yan had come and gone so quickly, and had already opened a treasure chest? "What equipment? Let me see."

Nie Yan shared the attributes of the two items he had just obtained with Tang Yao.

A Level 120 gold dagger and a mage's Quick Blink skill were still very valuable. Tang Yao's eyes widened and he said, "This works? Your airdrop is really good; we're rich." He immediately realized the huge use of the airdrop skill.

Tang Yao thought carefully, and only Nie Yan could come up with such a method. First of all, Nie Yan had a Featherfall device, which allowed him to airdrop to the surface. At the same time, he also had the Leaper Ring and the Weaver's Ring, which allowed him to return to the Netherclaw Thunderhawk when it descended to within twenty yards of the ground, which avoided a lot of trouble. Otherwise, those powerful hyena monsters on the surface would be very difficult to deal with.

Nie Yan turned to Tang Yao and said, "Let's go, we're going to the next target."

The Netherclaw Thunderhawk's movement speed was extremely fast, so the time spent on the road was relatively short. Nie Yan could constantly hunt for treasure chests, so a frenzied treasure chest search operation began.

Time passed little by little. After nearly five hours, Nie Yan searched all the Level 100 maps in the vicinity, opening nearly one hundred and fifty or sixty boxes, including two Dark Gold treasure chests, sixteen Gold treasure chests, twenty-eight Silver treasure chests, and the rest were white board treasure chests. When he opened the last Gold treasure chest, he suddenly heard a clear system prompt.

System: Treasure chest opening successful, Lockpicking Expert skill gained 3 skill proficiency. Lockpicking Expert skill has been upgraded to Advanced.

The Lockpicking Expert skill was finally upgraded! Since Nie Yan was opening Level 100 treasure chests, there was an extra skill proficiency bonus when opening treasure chests above his level, so Nie Yan's Lockpicking Expert skill was upgraded to Advanced so quickly.

Nie Yan was ecstatic. After the Lockpicking Expert skill was upgraded to Advanced, he could go to higher-level maps to hunt for treasure chests. Boxes within Level 160 were no problem for him.

In a few days, maybe he could get the title of Treasure Chest Hunter.

"Let's go, we're going to higher-level maps," Nie Yan said with great interest. He was very familiar with the maps within Level 180. There were at least fifty or sixty treasure chest spawn points with clear memories. In addition to these treasure chest spawn points, he could also hang below the Netherclaw Thunderhawk to search for treasure chests. He planned to spend a few days to open all these treasure chests once, and then wait for the treasure chests to respawn after a period of time, and then open them again. With such a powerful box-opening speed, Nie Yan felt that he was getting closer and closer to the title of Treasure Chest Hunter.

The harvest from opening treasure chests before was obviously quite rich. He got more than thirty pieces of Level 100 equipment and a large pile of rare materials, all of which were placed in his backpack. When the players of the Nirvana Guild reached Level 100, their equipment would not be a problem.

Nie Yan remembered that when they were over Level 100 in the past, a group of people would farm monsters for two or three days and might not even get a Bronze or Silver-grade piece of equipment. In such a large map, there were only one or two hundred treasure chest spawn points, and the treasure chest spawn time was irregular, respawning only every few days. These treasure chest spawn points were often watched by people, and even if equipment came out, it would not be the turn of ordinary players. Therefore, equipment above Level 100 was quite scarce in his past life.

When he was over Level 100 in his past life, Nie Yan often stayed in one place, constantly farming monsters and leveling up, running through every corner of these maps for several months, so he was very familiar with these maps, remembering every corner vividly. Coming to these places, Nie Yan thought of those days.

When opening the treasure chest, he had an unexpected surprise and got a Life Crystal. He was lucky. If he got another Life Crystal, the other crystals would be easy to handle. If he got all these crystals, Nie Yan would also have a flying mount, the powerful Darkwing Dragon.