Trembling At A High Altitude

Outside the cave.

"That kid has disappeared." Li Bai sensed the surroundings, then turned to look back at the cave behind him.

"He might have been swarmed by the lava monsters and turned into ash," Han Xin speculated.

"Haha, when the boss is in trouble, there's no one to save him," Xiang Yu joked.

"Let's go!" Li Bai leaped towards their next target.

Bald Qiang and the others quickly followed.

...

Of course, Li Teng hadn't turned to ash.

He simply didn't want to reveal himself.

So he waited until Li Bai and the others had left before he moved.

Then he got a bit lost, which delayed him slightly.

When he encountered a group of Magma Imps, he couldn't resist trying to summon his Battle Armor and the newly learned Hellfire Skill.

So the delay was somewhat extended.

By the time he arrived outside the cave, it was deserted.

To figure out where Li Bai and others had gone, Li Teng had no choice but to run towards the nearest highest mountain and climb to the peak.

Before long, Li Teng had spotted Li Bai and the others.

They hadn't gone far, but had headed to a large cemetery in the mountains.

There, they were engaged in battle with a group of ghostly entities.

After figuring out their location, Li Teng naturally dashed over.

Compared to parkour on rooftop ruins, rocks and mountains were child's play; in no time, Li Teng was near the battlefield.

This time, he didn't need to hide his presence anymore.

As soon as Li Teng got close, Li Bai turned and saw him.

"Huh? The kid isn't dead!" Xiang Yu was somewhat surprised.

"Maybe he didn't dare enter the cave and just left," Han Xin speculated.

"Why does he always follow you guys?" Bald Qiang asked Li Bai.

"Didn't you see he's also taking part in fighting the monsters?" Xiang Yu laughed and answered for Li Bai.

"True enough, he's working so hard, yet you guys don't share any spoils of war with him," Bald Qiang defended Li Teng.

"Didn't we give him a knife?" Xiang Yu replied to Bald Qiang.

"You can't treat the newcomer like that. Could that broken knife even be used? And you didn't explain things clearly to him, making him carry it for so long," Bear Big disapproved of Xiang Yu's actions.

"Then you give him the Nether Cold Pearl," Han Xin glanced at Cui Hua.

"You give him the Hellfire Bead first, then I'll give him the Nether Cold Pearl," Cui Hua replied to Han Xin.

Of course, that was never going to happen.

To them, actually giving these treasures to Li Teng meant that once the protection period was over, Li Teng would be the first to die.

...

Li Teng wasn't interested in listening to their conversation.

What interested him now was the new Evil Ghost Boss.

This new Evil Ghost Boss didn't seem to have high defense, but the seven experts present found it quite troublesome to fight.

It possessed a skill that seemed to be Teleportation, performing continuous teleports at intervals, making it impossible for the seven experts to lock down an attack on it.

Moreover, what was somewhat annoying was that it also had a Summoning Technique.

It summoned seven or eight Little Ghosts wielding the same type of ghostly dagger as Li Teng, similar to the little boss Li Bai and his trio initially encountered at the beginning. They tangled up the seven fighters' attack routes, allowing the boss to catch its breath and continuously launch long-distance Ghost Fire attacks from behind.

This was when Li Teng truly recognized the strength of Li Bai and the others.

Previously on the street, it seemed they fought with that little boss for a long while before they knocked it down; now, they were essentially finishing off one in three to five moves, then focusing their strength on the Evil Ghost Boss, which was teleporting around and summoning more enemies.

Li Teng had thought after learning the little boss's Ghost Dagger and Ghost Armor Skill that he was already strong enough to stand equal with them and fight the boss together.

Fortunately, he always preferred to keep a low profile and didn't do so.

Otherwise, he would have been laughed out of his teeth.

...

After a short while, dozens of Li Teng's model of ghost blades lay scattered on the ground.

Discarded on the ground, no one bothered with them.

No wonder they were called broken blades.

Li Teng's wrist vibrated slightly.

"Encryption algorithm of known type detected."

"Decryption successful!"

"Life Resource Points obtained: 1134 points."

"..."

Based on the Life Resource Points gained from the first decryption, Li Teng could deduce that this boss was much more powerful than the previous ones.

Its two skills were truly formidable.

Especially the teleportation skill, Li Teng was very envious of it.

A teleportation skill during combat! It was incredibly overpowered!

If timed well, it could completely be used to dodge fatal attacks.

The summoning skill was also formidable, creating an array of minions to act as meat shields, while it would attack from behind with ranged ghost fire.

The power of this ranged attack, ghost fire, didn't seem too great, not as powerful as Hellfire. Li Bai and the others could even dodge it using teleportation.

But its range was very long, from what could be observed in real battle, it was several times the range of Hellfire.

Moreover, once Hellfire left the Underground Lava Area, its power greatly decreased.

However, Hellfire was difficult to dodge, erupting suddenly from the ground; by the time it was felt, the fire was already burning one's bottom.

If he had to choose two out of these three skills, Li Teng would definitely pick teleportation and summoning.

Of course, having all three skills would be even better.

It all depended on how the Death God APP would choose at the time.

Since becoming an APP, the Grim Reaper could no longer communicate with Li Teng.

Li Teng had tried many methods, all to no avail.

The Death God APP's actions all had to be triggered automatically, especially the occasional appearance of new functions and new exchanges, the triggers for which Li Teng was also unclear about.

This Evil Ghost was severely injured and had very low hit points, which brought up a new problem.

It was actually regenerating health while teleporting! Together with the summoned Little Ghosts, this made it very difficult for the seven to inflict further damage.

More than five minutes had gone by without any substantial progress.

"I'm using my ultimate move! It will control its teleport! You guys go all out!" Xiang Yu was annoyed, shouting at everyone.

"Sure thing!" the others responded in unison.

Xiang Yu stepped back a few paces, seemingly gathering strength or accumulating inner strength.

A moment later, he seized the opportunity and charged fiercely, striking the Evil Ghost Boss, causing it to become stunned.

The others unleashed their ultimate moves, and for a time, the noise was deafening, as if the heavens were collapsing and the earth was splitting.

The Evil Ghost Boss could not withstand this wave of attacks and was directly overwhelmed.

The seven immediately rushed forward to start grabbing the spoils of war.

Li Teng stood silently on the side, waiting for that vibration on his wrist.

It came!

"Decryption successful!"

"Life Resource Points obtained: 31749 points."

"Teleportation skill acquired: Instant Teleportation LV1."

"..."

"Teleportation skill acquired: Instant Teleportation LV5."

"Introduction to Instant Teleportation."

"Soul Power Skill acquired: Summoning Technique LV1."

"..."

"Soul Power Skill acquired: Summoning Technique LV7."