Chapter 64

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【System: Abyssal Lurker - Yeli has appeared! Please be cautious in your battle!】

The system's timely reminder made Yang Ye and the others understand. It seemed this was the BOSS's entrance animation? Quite eerie.

The BOSS hadn't fully revealed itself yet, but it started to taunt: "There are always some shallow-minded insects that crawl into the abyss, trying to peek at its secrets, but they end up seeing nothing and instead lose their lives! Hmph, I'm talking about you!"

The five of them looked in the direction of the voice, but saw no one!

Is this BOSS invisible?

However, no matter what, as players, they couldn't lose in terms of morale!

"Whether we die or not, we don't know, but we know you're about to die!" Yang Ye said, performing a sword flourish, his momentum strong.

"That's right, stop pretending! Come out, don't think we don't know where you are! Are you still hiding?" Li Yanxin also called out, his eyes darting around, searching for the BOSS whose "location" was already known.

The group fell silent, waiting for the BOSS to respond, but strangely, the BOSS seemed to have no reaction?

Why no reaction? Because Yeli was angry!

Lord Yeli was standing right in front of the group, and these guys were pretending not to see him!!

How infuriating!! Unforgivable!!

"Damn it, I, Yeli, am standing right here! Who's hiding?" Yeli shouted in anger.

To Yang Ye and the others, the voice was very close, but they couldn't see anyone. This BOSS was not simple... It could hide in space, completely undetectable even by the miner's helmet, and speak without revealing any trace...

"Amazing!" Yang Ye said with a serious expression, this was the most challenging BOSS he had ever encountered. He had never seen one that could evade the miner's helmet before!

And now, the miner's helmet showed the BOSS was right in front of them, but they couldn't see it! Its power was terrifying!

Is this the strength of the abyss? If even a small instance's BOSS is this powerful, how will we handle future instances?

"Hmm... The voice seems to be right in front of us, but we can't see its form... Its spatial abilities are far superior to mine, maybe even on par with my master's..." Taozi also looked worried.

"According to what you're saying, how are we supposed to fight this BOSS?" Chengzi asked.

"Let's observe and see if we can find its hiding place!" Yang Ye said.

The group's conversation was heard word for word by Yeli. He was not at all pleased by their flattery of his strength, but rather became even angrier, with a dense black aura of the abyss surging...

After a long silence, Yeli spoke again: "Daring to mock me! I, Yeli, will make you suffer!! Look down, at your feet!"

Look down? Why look down? It's a trick!

"Be careful, don't look down. This BOSS is really smart, it can trick us!" Li Yanxin said, deeply impressed by the BOSS's mystery and power.

The others nodded silently, in complete agreement!

"Damn it, look down! Look! Look!!" Yeli's voice came, sounding very angry.

"Chengzi, take a look..." Yang Ye said.

Chengzi did as he was told, looked down, and then immediately looked up. Hmm... Nothing happened...

"What did you see?" the group asked.

"Nothing, oh, I saw a small animal jumping..." Chengzi replied, looking around warily.

"Small animal?" the group was puzzled.

"..."

"..."

"Damn, no way!" Wu Di exclaimed.

The group, suddenly realizing what was happening, looked down and saw a palm-sized raccoon cat happily bouncing around—

Abyssal Lurker - Yeli (Abyssal Species)

Level: 20

HP: 250,000/250,000

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Skills:

Lightning Dash: Even rats can't match my speed! Yeli dashes with lightning speed, evading all skill attacks. After evading, there is a 1-second debuff period, during which movement speed gradually decreases to 80% and then recovers over 1 second.

Furki Sniffer: Derived from a dog's nose, it can distinguish over 6,000 different scents! Passive, detects hidden units and sniffs out incoming attacks to evade them.

Gigantify: No one can call me short!! When Yeli is mocked for being short, it becomes enraged and enlarges its body. After gigantifying, all attacks have additional area damage, the range of which depends on Yeli's size.

Abyssal Species: Does not drop equipment, but upon death, it returns to the abyss, granting a large amount of experience and strange trinkets.

(Hidden: Drops: Life Bud Formula, Furki Sniffer)

"Damn, so short! Hahaha... I thought it was powerful! It can only reach my knee when it jumps, scaring me to death! Hahaha." Wu Di laughed, placing one leg in front of Yeli for comparison.

The enraged Yeli had long wanted to attack these guys. Seeing a leg extended, it swiped with a claw, dealing nearly 1/3 of Wu Di's health, scaring him into quickly retracting his leg. Thus, the battle officially began.

To be honest, this Yeli was extremely difficult to fight, not because of its high attack or terrifying damage, but because it simply didn't fight!!

Once the battle started, the situation was like this—

"I dodged, damn... So fast, gravity control! Damn, it dodged again? Royal Slash... Where's the BOSS? Damn..."

"Space Collapse! Damn... I didn't miss! Teleport, I'll chase! Damn, it was just here..."

"Brave... Brave... Brave Guard... Damn, I won't chase anymore, my legs are too short, I can't keep up, I'll just wait here for a rabbit!"

"Been squinting for a while, can't even shoot an arrow..."

"Ha ha ha, I'm a priest..."

That's how it was... Yeli, this BOSS, simply didn't fight. Yang Ye and the others used all their skills to try to stop the BOSS, but Yeli didn't appreciate it, moving so fast that its Lightning Dash seemed to have no cooldown, even more frequent than Taozi's teleport. The only time they could attack was during the debuff period after the dash, but once the debuff ended, it immediately dashed again...

After more than an hour of this, Yeli had only lost 20% of its health.

"This won't work, we need a plan. We can't keep chasing forever." Taozi put away his staff.

"Indeed, this isn't a good strategy, we need a better plan..." Yang Ye agreed.

The group fell silent, staring at Yeli not far away, deep in thought.

Yeli seemed to notice their difficulty, standing still and playing, constantly regenerating its health, occasionally jumping, a clear taunt.

"I say..." Wu Di suddenly said, and when the others looked at him, he continued: "Let's surround it, chain our skills, that's the only way."

It was a last resort, but it was the only option for now.

The group discussed their skills, calculated their cooldowns, and decided to start with Taozi's Space Cut, tricking the BOSS into using its Lightning Dash. Then, Yang Ye's Royal Slash would follow immediately after Yeli's debuff, stunning it. Taozi would then teleport and use Space Collapse to stun it again, during which Yang Ye and Chengzi could attack. After that, Yang Ye would use Gravity Control to pull the small creature back, and if Li Yanxin could follow up with Brave Guard to force aggro, that would be ideal, but if not, it was fine.

With this plan, it seemed much easier.

"OK, let's start!" Yang Ye shouted, nodding to Taozi.

"Space Cut!" Taozi pointed his staff, and the first skill was cast.

The moment the skill appeared, Yeli immediately used its Lightning Dash, dashing away from the spot. Yang Ye kept a close eye on the BOSS.

Time's up! Debuff!

"Royal Slash!" Yang Ye's shadow flashed, charging directly at Yeli's position. Yeli, just out of its Lightning Dash, was in a debuff state, its speed at its lowest. To avoid the skill, it would have to rely on its Furki Sniffer, but unfortunately, the sniffer didn't work.

"Bang!" It hit Yeli, immediately followed by a normal attack. Taozi also teleported in, using Space Cut and Space Collapse almost simultaneously, stunning Yeli again before Yang Ye's stun ended, and also casting Space Cut early to refresh the skill.

At this moment, three arrows precisely hit Yeli.

Just as the Space Collapse stun was about to end, Yang Ye took a step back and used Gravity Control to pull Yeli, making it slightly airborne. This step back allowed Li Yanxin to cast Brave Guard at the skill's maximum range!

"Brave Guard!" The skill cast, Yeli immediately charged at the dual-bladed sword, and Li Yanxin didn't back down, taking the damage to allow the others to deal more damage, while Wu Di continuously healed Li Yanxin's dual-bladed sword.

Once the Brave Guard skill ended, Yeli immediately used its Lightning Dash to escape, and at this moment, the skills were refreshed...

And this was what they wanted to see—

"Space Cut!"

...

Two hours later, this small, bouncing creature finally fell under another round of coordinated attacks. Even in death, it didn't forget to threaten, fulfilling its duty as a BOSS—

"Ha ha ha... The gods of the abyss will return to this continent, wait and see!! Ha ha ha..."

Data fragments danced and then dissipated into the air. At this moment, the previously dark and eerie training ground was bathed in light again. The black aura dissipated, the ghostly white flames disappeared, and the surroundings became orderly, with the sounds of insects and birds filling the air...

"Finally, we're done, Xiaoye, quickly check what we got!" Li Yanxin called out, the first instance battle was so tough, but it didn't seem that tough?

"Right, if there's anything good, give it to me!" Chengzi also nodded and called out.

Yang Ye ran over to pick up the two items, looked at them, and wasn't surprised, as he already knew what they were. He then sent the item attributes to the team channel—

"Damn, I want the one at the bottom, anyone who tries to take it, I'll kill them!!" Wu Di shouted.

"Xiaoye, the top item must be shared!"

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