Absolute Death Game

Chapter 150 - 134 Zhang, you’re too righteous

As the figure grew closer, its features gradually became clearer, revealing the shape of a human dressed in robes. When the figure was only two or three meters away from Xiao Buli, his features were very clear indeed. Suddenly, Xiao Buli felt like the man looked familiar. Wait, that’s Du Yibo.

"Damn, why is it you?" Xiao Buli blurted out in surprise, feeling greatly relieved. He had been worried for nothing—it was just a teammate of his own. Could there be anything more absurd?

"What the heck are you following me for? I’m not into men," Xiao Buli couldn’t resist mocking. Du Yibo looked equally exasperated. "Damn, it was you? Why didn’t you say so earlier? I’ve been chasing you for ages."

Xiao Buli asked curiously, "Why were you chasing me?"

Du Yibo replied, "I thought you were an Earth Spirit, maybe taking on a mission or something, or perhaps a special monster that could drop loot when defeated. Turns out, I got my hopes up for nothing."

Xiao Buli thought to himself, what’s going on in this guy’s head? He came chasing after an unknown being without a trace of fear, thinking there was something to gain from it. But wait, could it be that he has the ability to fight underground? And from the sound of it, he has had quite the experience down there before.

"Earth Spirits? So there are monsters and NPCs underground as well?"

Du Yibo replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "Of course, and if you’re lucky, you might even find treasure chests and gems buried underground. It’s just that the chances are quite slim."

Xiao Buli realized that his Earth Escape Skills, which he only regarded as a life-saving technique, held so much more potential for exploration beneath the surface.

"Where did you learn your Earth Escape Skill?" Xiao Buli asked.

"It’s called Earth Escape Skill, and don’t forget, I’m a Five Elements Warlock. Is it so strange that I know Earth Escape? But you, how can you use Earth Escape?"

"Mine is called ’Earth Escape Skills,’ a unique secret of my sect."

Du Yibo inquired, "Which sect do you belong to, teaching such a spell?"

Rather than answering, Xiao Buli countered, "If you tell me your sect, I’ll tell you mine."

"Let’s forget about it then. I’m not particularly interested," Xiao Buli previously had no strong impression of Du Yibo. However, now that their abilities were similar and they were sharing the same predicament, they even felt a sense of common hatred and camaraderie. They chatted for a while and got to know a little about each other.

Although they did not reveal their respective sects, they exchanged knowledge about their own specialties.

A Five Elements Warlock can use spells from all five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. However, under normal circumstances, one cannot master all five elements because of the principle that the Five Elements can restrict each other, leading to the weakening or inoperability of spells from one element.

Hence, most Five Elements Warlocks choose to specialize in one element and support it with another.

Du Yibo professed to specialize in the Fire Element and to support it with the Earth Element. The Fire Element boasts great offensive power, while the Earth Element is good for defense, forming a well-rounded combination.

However, Xiao Buli immediately spotted a flaw in Du Yibo’s statement. According to what Du Yibo had said, the supporting element usually enhanced the power of the main element. Within the Five Elements Generating Cycle, it is ’Fire Generates Earth,’ not ’Earth Generates Fire.’ So, this guy’s primary element must be Earth, and the secondary one would be Fire, right?

The reason he always boasted his fire-based spells must be to conceal his true power. However, due to today’s special circumstances, he inadvertently revealed abilities like summoning the Rock Golem Giant and Earth Escape Skills, thereby giving away a hint of his true strength.

Having figured all this out, Xiao Buli chose not to expose the other man.

Du Yibo casually asked, "There shouldn’t be any issues up there now, right?"

"Let me check," Xiao Buli said, "Hey Wu Tao, how’s it over there, everything okay above?"

Wu Tao said, "I’m fine. I mustered all my strength, and finally managed to break out, but it seems like someone from the White Tiger Group is dead."

Xiao Buli was taken aback, "What happened?"

"I saw one of the White Tiger Group’s warriors get knocked off his horse by a group of wild boars and was trampled over, crushed alive. He couldn’t have survived that," Wu Tao said matter-of-factly, with a tone that was a mixture of schadenfreude and gloom.

Xiao Buli sighed, another unlucky guy.

"And those beasts?"

"How would I know, I don’t even know where I am right now," Wu Tao replied irritably.

At that moment, Zhang Yaoyang’s voice suddenly came through Xiao Buli’s earpiece, "Hello hello, can you hear me speaking? Everyone who can hear me, report your position now, and if there are any casualties."

Zhang Yaoyang’s voice rang out in the earpiece, and soon everyone reported their situations. Things were better than expected; although the Green Dragon Group had completely scattered, fortunately, no one had perished. It was a stroke of luck amid misfortune. Everyone also began reporting their coordinates, but Xiao Buli and Du Yibo didn’t say a word, as the underground provided no coordinate data.

"Du Yibo and Xiao Buli, what’s going on with the two of you? Why aren’t you speaking?"

"We’re on the run, just retreat first, don’t wait for us."

Once everyone knew they were relatively safe, a wave of cheers erupted.

"We’ve lost one on our side," Li Jian’s grim voice suddenly sounded in the team channel, and the cheering stopped abruptly. Although they were from different groups, they were all part of the same team. It was unexpected to lose someone on the first day of the team activity, especially without even experiencing a proper battle.

Knowing that their own end might come in a similar way one day, everyone couldn’t help feeling dejected.

Zhang Yaoyang sighed and said in the channel, "I’m very sorry."

"Sorry’s no use, the person is dead," Li Jian’s voice was fraught with suppressed anger.

"Hey hey hey, don’t talk like that. I only died in the game, not in real life," the deceased guy joked, then ingratiatingly said, "Leader Zhang, can you get me some severance pay? Say I sacrificed my life heroically while covering for the team’s retreat, can you?"

"Yeah, yeah, Leader Zhang, give us a hand," two clueless voices chimed in, the channel then went eerily silent. After a long while, Zhang Yaoyang in a very sincere tone said, "I will do my best. If possible, I’ll see if I can get you the two hundred thousand pioneering reward in addition."

"Oh yeah! You’re the best, Zhang, thanks so much," the fallen guy said, filled with excitement and exhilaration, not at all sounding like someone at death’s door.

(Yet another person oblivious to the truth, but it’s better this way, at least he can leave happily.) That’s what Xiao Buli thought to himself. (