67: Spectre's Lair, Lord of Spectre

Upon stepping into the Ghost Lair, Huang Chen immediately felt the surrounding temperature plummet, and the air was filled with a biting chill.

This was a subterranean palace-like structure, with a four-meter-wide passage built from bluestone, and a dim yellow oil lamp placed approximately every 10 meters on the walls.

Standing at the entrance, he could vaguely see blurry ghost figures moving through the palace.

[Imp lv40 (Water Element users) Grade: Common]

Several Imps near the entrance immediately roared and lunged at Huang Chen upon seeing a living person enter.

Huang Chen's mind stirred, and lightning flashed around him.

To deal with Water Element users and ghostly creatures, he naturally chose the lightning skills of the Earth Element Users.

"Raging Thunder Shakes the Earth!"

[Raging Thunder Shakes the Earth: Earth Element Users Level 30 AoE Skill, consumes 15 Internal Energy points,

Summons lightning to attack enemies over a large area, dealing 5*Internal Cultivation damage, lasting 10 seconds, with a 1% chance to stun the opponent for two seconds.

Attack Range 4*4,

Proficiency lv1, Damage Coefficient 1x]

"Rumble~"

A lightning zone suddenly appeared in the direction the Imps were advancing, the massive roar astonishing in its intensity.

The 4*4 area perfectly blocked the passage.

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...Based on Huang Chen's attack power, the damage dealt to monsters should have been around 40,000 without considering elemental counters.

However, lightning was doubly effective against the Imps, instantly raising the damage to 60,000.

But the Imps were very fast, and their HP was estimated to be nearly 100,000. They crossed the lightning zone in just half a second and fiercely lunged at Huang Chen.

Huang Chen used a nimble Movement Skill to dodge while simultaneously releasing another Raging Thunder Shakes the Earth, causing the few Imps to instantly vanish amidst painful shrieks.

After killing several Imps, Huang Chen recalled the topography of the Ghost Lair, identified a direction, and sprinted away.

He had two goals for coming here: one was to train his Basic Movement Skill to Level 20, and the other was to kill the boss, Ghost Lord.

Now was the perfect time to use these small monsters to increase his proficiency.

As he delved deeper, the surrounding Imps increased in number, and a few elite "Ghost Heads" began to mix in.

But this did not affect Huang Chen's momentum. While maintaining high speed, he tried his best to dodge the skills, ignoring those that struck him.

Given his current HP and resistance, these skills could at most deal a few hundred points of damage to him.

It wasn't even as fast as his HP regeneration.

Huang Chen's Movement Skill proficiency was rapidly increasing.

Finally, after turning a corner, his Movement Skill proficiency reached the maximum level of 20.

Huang Chen felt his physical coordination rapidly improving, and dodging the dense barrage of skills became effortless.

[Ding! Congratulations, your Movement Skill has reached the Minor Accomplishment realm. You are undergoing Marrow Cleansing, bone structure +5]

[Ding! Congratulations, your Movement Skill has reached the Great Accomplishment realm. You are undergoing Marrow Cleansing, bone structure +10]

[Ding! Congratulations, your Movement Skill has reached the Peak Perfection realm, bone structure +15]

[Ding! Congratulations, your Movement Skill has reached the Pinnacle realm. You are undergoing Marrow Cleansing, bone structure +20]

[Ding! Congratulations, your Movement Skill has reached the Return to Simplicity realm. You are undergoing Marrow Cleansing, bone structure +25]

Huang Chen was overjoyed, and a dazzling light shone in his eyes.

Sure enough, once he completed Level 20 proficiency, his Movement Skill automatically recovered to the realm of his previous life.

The five realms granted him a full 75 points of bone structure.

He was currently Level 38, so 37*75 = 2,775 Potential Points. His total bone structure reached 197 points.

At the same time, All the women around Huang Chen heard the system notification about the increase in potential, and they all showed expressions of shock.

The extreme comfort transmitted through their bodies caused them all to groan aloud.

Xie Chunyan looked up in the direction of Area 886.

"What did Husband do?"

"Why did our potential increase so much?"

"This is almost catching up to my own Potential Points."

"Could it be the Skill Proficiency breakthrough that Husband mentioned?"

Xie Chunyan shook her head, increasing her speed slightly.

She couldn't wait to ask Huang Chen if this was the reason.

If it truly was, then the improvement of proficiency would become the top priority for the entire Forbidden City.

Its importance would even surpass equipment, level, and territory by several orders of magnitude.

Compared to All the women, this breakthrough provided the smallest boost to Huang Chen.

After all, he already had over 40,000 Potential Points himself.

Casually adding all the potential to his Movement Skill, Huang Chen's speed skyrocketed again.

This time, very few skills could hit him. In just a moment, he arrived at the entrance of the "Ghost King Hall," the deepest part of the Ghost Lair.

The large door was half-open, appearing antique gray-black overall.

A furious, chilling wind howled from the doorway, causing dread in anyone who heard it.

Huang Chen casually threw out several "Raging Thunder Shakes the Earth" attacks, sweeping away the Imps in front of the door.

Without hesitation, he pushed the door open and entered.

The "Ghost King Hall" was not large, about 100 square meters. Contrary to the area outside, there were no Imps inside.

At the far end, a ghostly creature entirely wrapped in a black robe was seated upon a throne.

[Ghost Lord lv40 (Water Element users) Grade: Silver-tier Boss]

The moment Huang Chen entered the door, the Ghost Lord suddenly stood up, raised its right hand, and pointed.

A blue water drop the size of a human head instantly materialized above Huang Chen's head.

"Da~"

The water drop rapidly fell, aiming straight for Huang Chen's head.

Huang Chen's Movement Skill had been elevated to the highest level. The instant the water drop began to fall, he dashed forward.

However, the water drop seemed to have GPS tracking; no matter how Huang Chen moved, it remained directly above him.

"So it's a lock-on skill!"

Huang Chen muttered to himself.

Since he couldn't dodge it, he might as well tank it.

Anyway, the Ghost Lord's attack was described as not being high.

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[Your body is being invaded by Frost. Movement Speed -75%, Attack Speed -75%]

Only 5,000 HP?

So it's a Control-type Boss.

Huang Chen raised an eyebrow.

Then don't blame me for being impolite.

Activating Void Teleportation, he appeared face-to-face with the Ghost Lord.

"Yang Guan Three Stacks!"

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Yang Guan Three Stacks was already Level 19, its attack bonus having reached 3.8 times.

A single move instantly knocked off a small chunk of the Ghost Lord's HP bar.

The Ghost Lord let out a painful, ear-piercing, and incredibly sharp shriek.

Stimulated by this sound, Huang Chen felt dizzy and his consciousness instantly blurred slightly, while his HP dropped at a rate of about 1,000 points per second.

However, he regained clarity after just one second.

"Another control skill!"

With a cold snort, Huang Chen continued to unleash Three-Fold Sun Strike.

The Ghost Lord seemed wary of Huang Chen's spear technique. The moment Huang Chen moved, it shrieked again.

But this time, it wasn't an attack; instead, its entire body became illusory, causing Huang Chen's Three-Fold Sun Strike to hit nothing but air.

"Da~"

After another water drop struck Huang Chen's head, the illusory figure the Ghost Lord had transformed into quickly drifted toward the doorway.