Lin Bei concealed his aura, turning into a wisp of shadow as he followed behind the Blood God Hall group.
With his current strength, while using "Death Stealth", there was simply no way the Blood God Hall members could detect him.
Inside the gathering camp, many Survivors had also come up to watch the excitement.
For most Survivors, this was a daily must-watch show.
Of course, spectating required keeping a safe distance.
Otherwise, a single careless moment could mean getting instantly killed by the aftershocks of battle.
Such things were common in the Abyss Sea.
Even so, many Survivors still flocked here one after another to join the commotion.
The reason was simple.
When a Survivor dies while challenging a World BOSS, they are not protected by the world's rules.
In other words, once they die, they die for real.
And whenever a Survivor challenging a World BOSS dies, they drop a pile of all kinds of treasures they had on them.
However, the World BOSS doesn't care about these drops.
So whenever this happens, it becomes a free-for-all for the on-looking Survivors.
After all, every one of those who can participate in a World BOSS challenge is a powerhouse of the Underworld.
The items they drop are rare treasures for most Survivors!
Therefore, each time a World BOSS challenge fails and someone dies, a bloody storm is bound to erupt in the outer Abyss Sea!
At this moment, everyone was staring intently at the Blood God Hall group, quietly awaiting the outcome.
The stealthy Lin Bei naturally noticed the others' behavior; after a moment's thought he understood the reason.
"This truly is a world that devours people without spitting out the bones."
Lin Bei sighed inwardly.
If he himself hadn't been strong enough and had the Critical Hit System to assist him, he would probably… already be like these people, turned into vultures in the desert, rushing forward the moment they smell blood, right?
He glanced at his current stats.
[Vitality: 136.9 billion (Epic Four-Star)]
[Spirit: 25.1 billion (Epic Three-Star)]
[Combat Power: 81 billion (Epic Three-Star)]
After consecutively leveling up 20 times, his Combat Power had successfully broken through 81 billion.
Among them, Vitality had reached the realm of Epic Four-Star.
With a single glance he saw through the strength of the Blood God Hall group.
Although the crimson-armored man and woman leading them were much stronger than the previous Order Dynasty's Xue Yi, their advantage was still limited.
They probably had some trump card specifically meant to deal with World BOSSes.
Otherwise, with their strength, killing a World BOSS would still be very strenuous in Lin Bei's view.
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
At the edge of the Abyss Sea, a huge Teleportation Array was glowing deep blue.
In front of the array stood an altar.
Around the altar were thirty-six sockets.
Clearly, they were specifically for placing the specialty crystals of the Thirty-Six Main Cities regions.
The Blood God Hall group stepped forward, took out the crystals, and placed them into the sockets around the altar.
Soon, a pitch-black light rose from the altar, enveloping everyone.
"Quick, take out your challenge tokens!"
Seeing this, the crimson-armored man Blood War immediately shouted, taking out the World BOSS challenge token he'd prepared long ago.
The others didn't dare delay and hurriedly did the same.
Only after everyone produced their tokens did the surrounding black energy become gentle.
Then the black energy condensed above the altar, turning into a dark, deep passage that seemed to stretch across space, directly linking to the huge deep-blue Teleportation Array at the edge of the Abyss Sea.
"Heh… after waiting so long, there are finally new challengers?"
A laugh came from within the Teleportation Array.
The next second, light converged inside the array, and a hundred-meter-tall black figure slowly emerged.
Everyone saw the conspicuous golden letters floating above its head at once.
[World BOSS: Blade Cutter·Salka]
[Combat Power: 1.5 billion (Epic One-Star)]
"Whew… luckily it's only Epic One-Star, we still have a chance."
Seeing the BOSS's info, Blood War couldn't help but breathe a small sigh of relief.
But soon, his expression turned grave and his nerves tensed again.
"Our luck's not bad; proceed according to the original plan!"
Blood War took a deep breath, looked at Blood Spirit beside him, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone's safety is in your hands."
"Alright."
Hearing this, Blood Spirit nodded lightly.
The other Blood God Hall members, resolute, each took out the equipment and items they'd prepared in advance and, following Blood War, flew into the spatial passage condensed from black energy.
Their figures vanished.
When they appeared again, they were already in a special space above the Abyss Sea.
"Heh-heh, you people… seem really eager to send yourselves to death."
Within the huge Teleportation Array, the hundred-meter black figure grinned, swung the pitch-black blades on its arms, and a bloodthirsty gleam flashed in its scarlet eyes.
The next second its figure disappeared from the array and appeared directly in that special space above the Abyss Sea.
"Attack!"
Without hesitation, the instant the World BOSS Blade Cutter·Salka appeared in the special space, Blood War gave the order and launched the first ranged strike.
The Blood God Hall members chanted hand seals; various attacks converged and landed on Blade Cutter·Salka's body.
In mere breaths, the dense black energy on the latter visibly dimmed.
Seeing this, Blood War showed delight.
"Keep going! Keep attacking! Don't give him a chance to breathe!"
Blood War continued to command, then took a crimson crossbow from his storage space, gathered all his strength, and shot an arrow at the BOSS's abdomen.
Swish!
The crimson arrow shot through the air with extreme speed!
In the blink of an eye it buried itself into the giant body.
"Arrgh—!!!"
An enraged roar came from within the huge black body.
"Damn! A sneak attack!"
The black aura completely scattered, revealing the fierce-horned figure beneath the mist.
Blade Cutter had a pair of massive Ox Horns on his head; his arms were thick and hung beside his knees, covered in irregular black blades.
At this moment, his groin gushed jet-black blood like a fountain.
His face was extremely gloomy.
"What a pity—although I used the Epic Level Bloodfiend Crossbow, my strength can only bring out less than half its power; otherwise that shot would've taken half his life!"
A flash of regret flickered in Blood War's eyes.
Yet before he could make his next move, a black blade swept across his neck, severing his head!
"...So fast!"
Blood War's mind went blank, an icy chill in his heart.
Bang!
In an instant, Blood War's body exploded, turning into a huge Crimson Cage that locked the furious Blade Cutter's four limbs in place.
Beside Blood Spirit, a crimson figure slowly condensed, finally becoming the pale-faced Blood War.
"Thanks, otherwise I..."
"No time for chatter; the array can't hold him long. While he's immobilized, keep using Bloodfiend Bolts to wear him down!"
Blood Spirit's face was calm as she spoke gravely.
Hearing this, Blood War snapped back to his senses, gave Blood Spirit a grateful glance, and immediately took out another Epic Level Bloodfiend Bolt. Gathering all his vitality, he aimed at Blade Cutter's bleeding groin and shot again!