Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 244: Chapter 114 Lament for My Compatriots_2

The insect swarm had been suppressed hundreds of meters away, but with the appearance of the War Insects on the defense line,

they turned into the insect swarm’s moving fortress, enduring the firepower assault and covering the swarm as it drew closer to the human defenses.

At the same time, War Insects launched attacks from behind, hurling some of the swarm directly into the defensive lines, immediately breaking out into a melee with the Human Warriors.

Fortunately, every defense line had a Spiritual Ability User and Border Iron Guard present; with them around, even up close, these swarms couldn’t stir up too much trouble.

However, the sudden onset of the war had caused the Processors to wear grave expressions.

”There are so many of them? It looks like the insect swarm has already devoured a substantial amount of biomass.”

Inside the defense line, Jing Lin, who had just rescued a few Human Warriors by slicing two Hunting Insects apart with his blade dance, looked particularly solemn.

The number of the insect swarm was somewhat exaggerated.

After all, currently, over eleven shelters had been breached, totaling three hundred thousand humans devoured by the swarm. Adding the original creatures of the Doomsday Forest, after several days of bloody battles, the swarm’s numbers hadn’t dwindled, but rather increased.

”If it’s not an act, then Ben Lei must hold some extremely important intelligence!” Jing Lin said, ”So, the swarm is sparing no expense to breach the shelters, wanting to kill Ben Lei.”

”We’ll discuss all that once we’ve held off this wave of insects!”

Li Yelai, after firing off the hot melt from his Black Umbrella to fend off a Hunting Insect, quickly responded.

Now, Li Yelai and Jing Lin, along with a group of Processors, a squad of Iron Guards, and a platoon from the City Defense Army, were jointly defending a defensive line.

Facing this number of the swarm, a Spiritual Ability User charging in alone would certainly be ground down; at least, Li Yelai and Jing Lin, as Spirit Users of their tier, were still unable to disregard such a terrifying number.

Humans had to rely as much as possible on fire points to exterminate as many of the swarm as they could.

And the task of Li Yelai and the others was to protect the position from being breached by those Advanced Insect Race members that couldn’t be eliminated by ordinary fire powers.

Li Yelai hesitated; using his curse here wasn’t exactly ideal around his teammates.

He figured he might have to take the initiative to plunge into the swarm, depending on the situation.

At that moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly lit up beside Li Yelai.

”Damn!”

Li Yelai, who had previously been struck by lightning, instinctively dodged.

He had thought his luck was that bad? He hadn’t even summoned Face yet! Was he about to be struck by a bolt from the blue?

However, this time wasn’t what Li Yelai imagined; the figure appearing beside him was... no, it was the Moon Shadow Captain!

At that moment, he was shrouded in electric arcs, like a bolt of crimson thunder, instantly appearing beside Li Yelai. As he appeared, a batch of the swarm that was approaching was struck down by the lightning.

”Indeed, it’s you, Night General!” Moon Shadow was clad in some extraordinary species’ Scale Armor, wielding a Blade Shield with crimson lightning flickering within it.

They say that the Zero Path possesses extremely strong long-range offensive capability, which is jokingly referred to as ’Master Mage’ by other Spirit Users.

But Moon Shadow’s weapon of choice was a Blade Shield.

This Blade Shield could also form a large Shield Axe.

Speaking of Master Mage, he was wearing Heavy Armor and wielding a Shield Axe that could cleave through War Worms. He was more of a True Martial than True Martial itself.

He turned to Li Yelai and asked, ”Are you healed?”

”Not completely, but I should be able to fight!” Li Yelai clenched his fists, feeling some discomfort and pain.

Even with his sturdy physique, bone injuries weren’t going to heal so quickly.

”Good, having you here is a positive thing,” Moon Shadow said with a faint smile. His gaze shifted to the swarm being ripped apart by the frontline and to the approaching War Insects saying, ”Under these circumstances, we need your abilities.”

”My abilities?”

Li Yelai was puzzled; as a Third Awakening Spirit User, even if he possessed Face, he wasn’t nearly as capable as the captain. He wasn’t even as effective as a Ye Boshou.

But soon, Li Yelai realized what he meant and asked, ”You mean you need my curse?”

Li Yelai’s Curse of Misfortune certainly had a way of attracting enemies.

But on the Battlefield, with so many high-level members of the Advanced Insect Race around, Li Yelai’s curse probably didn’t have any other use except to cause troubles for his teammates.

Moreover, the influence of You Must Meet Strong Enemies had a limited range. Strong enemies within a few kilometers could be attracted, but beyond that, there was nothing that could be done.

Otherwise, the authorities would have long since arranged for eight hundred Axe Men to let Li Yelai continuously trigger You Must Meet Strong Enemies.

One strong enemy after another could be attracted and slaughtered until all the Advanced Insect Race was wiped out; eventually, they would even reach the Disaster Fog Master.

But the range wasn’t that large, unless... the Catastrophe Fog Master was nearby.

But according to official knowledge about the Catastrophe Fog Master, it was certainly still hiding in some distant corner, silently producing insect swarms. It would not come to this battlefield.

”This battlefield must still have higher-level insects of the Insect Race, we need to find a way to locate it. That’s where your ’You Must Meet Strong Enemies’ curse comes in,” Moon Shadow replied, ”Are you willing to actively break into the swarm and activate ’You Must Meet Strong Enemies’?”

”Of course,” Li Yelai nodded, agreeing immediately with Moon Shadow’s idea, but he still asked, ”If I activate the curse now, I’ll probably only attract those War Worms, right?”

War Worms, Hunting Insects, and other high-ranking insects, for Li Yelai, were already formidable enemies.

”No worries, once the War Worms are all dead, that fellow won’t be able to escape,” Moon Shadow said with a smile, ”As for safety, I and the other captains will help you clear out those War Worms and other things.”

”Good!”

Li Yelai nodded after pondering and chose to trust his teammates and comrades.

”Then I’ll clear the way for you!”

Moon Shadow looked at Li Yelai with a slight smile, thrusting the long blade into the shield’s slot.

Transforming the Blade Shield into a Shield Axe, he then gripped the Shield Axe with both hands and swung it fiercely downward, his body tilting as he did.

In an instant, a multitude of Thunderbolts surged from the ground, striking the swarm in a flash and cleaving a War Worm a hundred meters away in two.

As the War Worm fell, the swarm behind it no longer had cover and was torn to shreds by the firepower.

At the same time, Li Yelai shouldered the Big Black Umbrella, and amid the astonished and surprised gazes of the surrounding soldiers, he charged out of the position alone.

He activated Face, Wolf Vanquisher of Juxu, Huo Qubing!

Deploying Shadow Army, Move like a Thunderclap!

Nearly two hundred phantom figures of Heavy Knights surfaced beside Li Yelai and, following his charge, trampled over the corpses of the War Worms, drilling directly into the nearest swarm!

In that instant, countless insects of the swarm were crushed by the phantoms of the Heavy Knights! Their shadows were seized by Li Yelai, turning into new members of the Shadow Army!

Although without the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt, Li Yelai’s impact force had greatly decreased, and the power of ’Move like a Thunderclap’ had also weakened a lot.

But even just with Li Yelai’s own impact force, it was enough against the lower-level swarm.

Even an unlucky Hunting Insect, caught in the chaos, was heavily injured by Li Yelai’s collision.

As the number of Shadow Army increased, Li Yelai’s army formation became increasingly strong.

Seeing a huge War Worm suddenly rise from the ground, Li Yelai did not retreat but advanced.

He switched Face to Hated Earth, Li Yuanba!

Using ability, Divine General Dharma Image!

The next second, a golden-armored giant that was not smaller than the War Worm materialized above the battlefield, attracting the attention of many Spiritual Ability Users and the insect swarm.

The giant was heroic, wielding a huge Golden Umbrella, and with a twist towards the War Worm, it fired hot melt!

However, it was just Li Yelai’s actual Black Umbrella that shot out a Hot Melt Bomb, while the Dharma Image only mimicked the motion without actually firing the Hot Melt Cannon.

’It seems the Dharma Image can’t fully replicate weapons; otherwise, I could’ve just been a Hot Melt Cannon stand,’ Li Yelai thought to himself, still not fully understanding his Divine General Dharma Image.

After testing out that the hot melt was ineffective, he decisively pulled out the Three-pointed Two-edged spear from within the umbrella, aiming at the War Worm with Single-handed Eighteen Pokes·Rhinoceros Charge!

And at the same time, the War Worm slammed down its arm, clashing hard against the Divine General’s long spear.

The next second, the War Worm staggered back several steps, crushing many of its own kind beneath it.

And Li Yelai felt a great force wash over him, retreating several meters along with the manifested Dharma Image.

But this only made Li Yelai smile; a few days ago, he had been chased around by the War Worm.

Now, he was actually able to match strength with the War Worm!

The improvement was obvious! He was becoming stronger and stronger!

Facing the second and third approaching War Worms, the Dharma Image showed a smile, sweeping with the spear across the swarm.

Whether it was the oracle dreamscape or not, Li Yelai’s desire to kill was rising evermore!

”Come on, enemies of humanity, embrace the glory of battle!”

”I will cut off your heads to console the spirits of my fellow humans in heaven!”

A throne of skulls? No, I mourn for my compatriots!