394: Chapter 394 Plucking Feathers from a Passing Goose

Yishi Mansion is a neutral faction after all; aside from necessary competition for treasures, casualties are generally not permitted under normal circumstances.

"Don't be afraid. We just came to check on you, to ensure you won't get hurt in this secret realm."

Blanche shrugged, stepped forward, and said with a smile.

Without any extra nonsense, the group gave Nie Ning a strange look before diving into the clouds.

Since Yishi Mansion was handing out benefits here, they, as beneficiaries, naturally couldn't intentionally break the rules.

As they left, Nie Ning was full of questions, completely unable to figure out what these people wanted to do.

Nie Ning shook his head slightly and shifted his gaze to the other Transcendents.

These people were in groups of three or five, quickly fleeing into the distance.

Seeing this, Nie Ning dared not fall behind. White light-feathers appeared behind him, and after quickly identifying a direction, he dove into the clouds as well.

...

Half an hour later.

"What the hell is this!?"

Nie Ning stared at the empty ground, dumbfounded.

Plucking natural treasures was one thing, but they had even shaved off a large chunk of the topsoil. Did they have to act like such uncouth bumpkins who had never seen the world?

After briefly calming his mood, Nie Ning felt a bit helpless.

There were just too many Transcendents who had entered. He had only delayed for a moment outside, and yet, he hadn't managed to get a single natural treasure.

He couldn't even get some turf to fix up his garden.

These people were truly plucking feathers from every passing goose, leaving absolutely no room for those who came later.

"It looks like I have to get serious."

Nie Ning took a deep breath, and the god-forbidden ring on his wrist slowly rotated.

As his white wings flapped slightly, Nie Ning shot out like an arrow released from a bowstring.

With Nie Ning giving chase with all his might, he soon caught up with the main group and saw three Transcendents fighting fiercely over a medicinal herb.

Just as they were fighting intensely, a streak of white light shot out from the clouds.

They stopped fighting, just about to be on guard, when they realized Nie Ning had already flown past.

"The Silver Bell Flower is gone!"

As one of them pointed at the ground, the Silver Bell Flower that had been there was already gone.

"Chase him! That guy must have taken it!"

The group exchanged glances, and their hostile relationship immediately turned into a cooperative one as they chased in the direction Nie Ning had left.

...

"Lucky me."

Looking at the silver, bell-shaped flower in his hand, a smile appeared on Nie Ning's face.

Beside Nie Ning's hand, a black and white ring slowly rotated.

I have to say, spatial-type items and props are truly useful.

In a place like this without restrictions, the effect a Second-Tier god-forbidden ring can unleash can only be described as insane.

Furthermore, spatial-type abilities usually have extremely strong concealment, making them very difficult to guard against when unprepared.

This couldn't help but make Nie Ning think of the Iron Mountain Fortress ruins, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

To suffer a setback right after successfully refining it—I'm afraid few people in the history of Transcendent history in this world have been so unlucky.

One could only say that high-tier Transcendents were indeed not just blowing hot air; their discernment, knowledge, and other stats were all beyond imagination.

At the time, he hadn't even had time to react before someone directly sealed his movement space with sorcery.

While the god-forbidden ring had high prestige, it wasn't in its complete state after all, and coupled with his own strength being too weak, he simply couldn't break free from those layers of spatial shackles.

That was what led to the miserable outcome of an unsuccessful start.

Now that no one was stopping him, it could finally be put to some use.

...

Next, Nie Ning shuttled through the clouds of the secret realm, and everywhere he passed, there were various sounds of cursing.

After grabbing a treasure, Nie Ning wouldn't get entangled with those people at all.

Relying on the four god-forbidden rings, the boost from his Wind Artistic Conception, and his strength having reached the late Fourth-Tier, Nie Ning came and went without a trace.

At the same time, he also demonstrated what it meant to be 'once bitten, twice shy'.

The moment he detected anything slightly wrong, Nie Ning would immediately abandon even the treasure and directly use the Second-Tier god-forbidden ring to escape.

He wanted to avoid the embarrassing situation of being locked down by someone using spatial restrictions again.

However, after all that maneuvering, there were bound to be times when he slipped up.

Nie Ning looked at the Tier 5 Knight in front of him and couldn't help but feel it was a bit funny.

The opponent possessed a treasure that could suppress spatial abilities.

Originally, Nie Ning hadn't intended to entangle with the other party, but this guy seemed to be lacking in common sense.

He was only afraid of layers upon layers of stacked spatial restrictions, not truly unable to use the Second-Tier god-forbidden ring.

If the opponent's strength wasn't too much stronger than his, the spatial teleportation of the god-forbidden ring could still be used normally; it was just that the activation speed would become slower.

"Don't say I didn't give you a chance. Leave the treasure, and you can go."

Nie Ning looked at the knight opposite him and shouted arrogantly.

"You damn..."

The Tier 5 Knight was so amused by Nie Ning's words that he laughed.

Although wizards were indeed stronger than knights of the same tier, you had to look at what kind of person you were yourself—a Fourth-Tier daring to try and rob him?

The Tier 5 Knight didn't waste any words. As he drew the longsword at his waist, he stepped forward with his left foot, and then his entire figure instantly vanished.

When he reappeared, the Tier 5 Knight was already in front of Nie Ning.

The longsword, infused with battle aura, descended, slashing towards Nie Ning's shoulder.

'Clang~' The sound of metal clashing rang out.

The early Tier 5 Knight looked at Nie Ning with some surprise.

Nie Ning was holding the xueyan bladeless, blocking the spot where the knight's longsword had landed.

"Your speed is fast, but your strength is lacking a bit."

Upon hearing this, the knight was furious. His battle aura erupted around his body, forming white flames, and the force with which he swung his longsword instantly increased by several notches.

Nie Ning focused mainly on defending, while also feeling some pressure.

"It seems that fighting across tiers really isn't that easy."

Nie Ning couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Because with his current strength, very few people of the same tier were his match.

If he were to fight Jerry from Duoshengba High City again, Nie Ning was confident he could crush him.

But the strength of a Fifth-Tier was likewise not weak. The span between tiers became more obvious the further one went, especially after reaching the Seventh-Tier.

Without the boost from Artistic Conception, there was almost no chance of beating them.

After fighting with the Tier 5 Knight for a while, Nie Ning had more or less tested his own strength.

"That's about enough; if I keep playing, I'm going to miss the sky-walking tree fruit."

Watching the knight slash over with his sword, Nie Ning extended his left index finger towards him, and a large number of white Wind Blades appeared out of thin air, submerging the dumbfounded knight.

Under the attack of the elemental blades, the knight's battle aura defense was quickly broken, and cracks appeared all over his armor.

"Hey, hey, stop fighting, stop fighting! I don't want it, you take it."

Knowing he no longer had a chance of winning, the Tier 5 Knight directly admitted defeat.

Hearing this, Nie Ning smiled slightly and stopped his attack.

With his current strength, at least at the level of early to mid-Fifth-Tier, the possibility of him competing for the sky-walking tree fruit on this trip was very high.

Plus the treasure Belen mentioned; if he could get his hands on it, the speed of his own strength improvement would increase once again.