My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 166 - 165: Hiding the Head and Showing the Tail

Chapter 166: Chapter 165: Hiding the Head and Showing the Tail

The evening glow reflects off the sky.

At the village head, birds call to return to their nests from the treetops.

A young farmer stands at his doorstep, gazing at the distant mountains, with an inexplicable expression.

Locals call that mountain Sheepbeard.

"Young man, could I trouble you for some water?"

A traveler paused and inquired.

The farmer surveyed the traveler, noticing the genuine air of someone weary from travel, not a disguise.

Xu Ling nodded, "No need to be so polite, brother. I’ll go inside and fetch some water for you."

"Thank you so much."

Yan Tiangong gratefully clasped his hands, but before he lowered them, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Xu Ling stopped immediately, waiting for the laughter to subside.

"Alright, buddy, drop the act, will you?"

Yan Tiangong adjusted his expression and added, "You look nothing like a native. I bet you haven’t even disposed of the native corpse inside, right?"

He rubbed his nose and clicked his tongue in wonder, "Seems I can still smell a bit of blood."

Identified as a Death Fighter, Xu Ling remained unperturbed.

He began to leisurely massage his wrists, "Couldn’t you just pretend you didn’t realize? Must I be troubled to kill you?"

Yan Tiangong felt not the slightest threat, asking his own questions.

"The Node’s location hasn’t changed much recently—what does that imply?"

The farmer-disguised Xu Ling did not respond.

Yan Tiangong didn’t keep him guessing, explaining voluntarily, "The answer is clear—this Node fell into the hands of someone ruthless, who seems quite confident, obviously planning to kill off all the approaching Death Fighters alone."

"Moreover, it proves he isn’t overconfident—the Node has remained untouched after a whole day."

Yan Tiangong shrugged, "This is too fierce; I have no confidence in snatching the Node from such a tough person."

"So?" Xu Ling finally spoke again.

Yan Tiangong chuckled.

"So weaklings like us must stick together."

"What ability do you have to team up with me?"

"Well, bad luck—I only got a trivial support ability at random..."

...

The moon glimmered while a thin mist rose amidst the mountain forest.

[Ding!]

[Points +1, Current points: 267, Current ranking: 1/104]

Lv Bai lifted the pen and opened his eyes.

By the light of the bonfire, he asked Chang Shengtian softly beside him, "What’s next?"

"Uh... there’s nothing now."

Chang Shengtian sensed for a while and confirmed that those entering the mountain had disappeared.

After answering, he hesitated, cautiously adding, "Should be quiet for a while, right?"

Since he was helping Lv Bai locate, he clearly knew the fate of those entering the mountain.

This left him utterly puzzled by these Reincarnated Demons’ relentless pursuit of death.

Lv Bai glanced at the data panel on his retina.

[Double Points Reward Time Remaining—]

[03:48:19]

Less than four hours remained for the double points reward from gaining the Node.

He smiled, saying, "Afraid those Reincarnated Demons won’t keep quiet. Please continue monitoring."

Second Young Master Hu was still pinned down by the shadow of the serpent, action restricted.

However, upon hearing their conversation, he couldn’t help but inquire.

"Are Reincarnated Demons such a threat?"

He didn’t deny Reincarnated Demons were unstable factors; otherwise, he wouldn’t have preemptively controlled so many Death Fighters.

But even then, in his impression, Death Fighters were merely ordinary people with special abilities—hardly worth such attention.

Hearing this, Chang Shengtian’s mouth twitched.

Feeling like it wasn’t he who got beat up, right?

Lv Bai lifted his gaze to Second Young Master Hu, "Family Guardian Immortal still hasn’t identified new Reincarnated Demons?"

Second Young Master Hu’s expression froze briefly, awkwardly explaining, "Takes time to scour."

"Kept you alive by your usefulness, and now with no results, it’s difficult for me, you know."

Lv Bai’s tone carried some amusement, yet it left Second Young Master Hu alarmed.

He hastily responded, "I’ll urge them again."

Lv Bai noncommittally shifted his gaze, sparing a moment to appreciate the bright moon in the sky.

Unfortunately,

leisure time is always short.

Chang Shengtian then abruptly shouted, "Got it, North Slope—someone’s entering the mountain."

Before he finished speaking, he quickly corrected himself.

"No, not just the North Slope—a lot... why so many? What are these things?!"

Without questioning further, as Chang Shengtian mentioned the North Slope, Lv Bai closed his eyes and activated [Full Map Vision].

His vision elevated, and with the aid of [Full Map Vision], the scene of Sheepbeard Mountain was captured completely.

Chang Shengtian wasn’t mistaken.

Lv Bai indeed saw many figures entering the mountain.

However, those figures were neither Death Fighters nor truly people.

They were tens of thousands of corpses.

With decayed and damaged skin, merely humanoid skeletons remained.

Within the hollow sockets of the skulls, two eerie blue flames flickered.

Under unknown control, these countless skeletons carved paths through mountains, built bridges over water, resolutely marching towards Sheepbeard Mountain.

"Testing?"

Watching the legion of Skeleton Soldiers spread across the mountains, Lv Bai muttered.

Not many fools existed among the Death Fighters.

With the inexplicable deaths of those entering the mountain recently, it surely caught attention from those aware.

Someone wanted to figure out what ability Lv Bai possessed, while dormant Death Fighters were glad to see the result—even with all this movement from the Skeleton Soldiers, they wouldn’t sabotage it.

...

At a mass grave, some ten miles outside the county, stood a shack.

Without any lighting inside the shack, one could barely distinguish a man and two women sitting together.

"Ms. Tao, still no movement in the mountain?"

"You kids are as impatient as hammers."

The high school girl, known as Ms. Tao, waved dismissively, "My little ones haven’t seen the main character yet."

[Undead Catastrophe (Colorful): A strong summoning ability that utilizes corpses of the deceased to raise a Catastrophe Legion, spreading evil and terror among living beings. However, the undead lack cognitive abilities and only follow the summoner’s orders by instinct.]

The male Death Fighter seemingly accustomed to Ms. Tao’s coarse language, didn’t mind, rubbing his chin.

"Still need to use sparingly, huh? Only got so many Skeleton Soldiers; should send the Catastrophe Legion to slaughter the county first." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Haha..."

The other female Death Fighter sneered, "You think that hedgehog in town eats grass or what?"