Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 252: Chapter 118 Praise the Calamity!_2

This signified absolute battle power!

As long as the Catastrophe Fog Master hadn’t evolved to King Level, the Old Mad King would certainly be able to kill it.

”But the Old Mad King... can only make a move once,” Sword Madman responded. ”And with the interval of the Flesh Barrier, no one can guarantee that the Old Mad King’s attack will hit the Catastrophe Fog Master.”

The Old Mad King was in too poor a condition and had to be wary of the Forbidden Zone’s actions.

This meant he had only one opportunity to strike, and this chance must not have any accidents or oversights.

It must hit the Catastrophe Fog Master directly, otherwise, all the sacrifices of the Human Warriors would be in vain.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought.

The cost...

For humans to ascertain the position of the Catastrophe Fog Master, they had to get through the underground network, break open the Flesh Barrier, find the Master’s location, directly stick the Jade Pendant on it, and lure the Mad King into attacking.

But the Abyss Worms of the Insect Swarm had dug out a complex and huge underground maze.

For a large human force to break through the maze, the casualties would be extremely horrific, with even the possibility of becoming lost within the maze.

And even if they reached the bottom, they would still face the sturdy Flesh Barrier.

It was said to be a powerful barrier strong enough to block the attack of a Seventh Awakening Spiritual Ability User.

The officials could use Taboo Items to pierce through it, but that would take some time.

This waiting period was the greatest variable.

Whether the remnant teams that broke out to the bottom of the maze could wait until that time was up was a question.

Therefore, Sword Madman had proposed this very risky plan.

Sword Madman looked like a middle-aged man with graying temples, but in reality, he was already over eighty years old.

He had been fighting alongside the Old Mad King since the early days of Giant City’s establishment.

He was among the oldest Spiritual Ability Users in Giant City.

But his talent only allowed him to reach the height of the Seventh Awakening, no further progress.

This was also nothing—there would always be young people to take over and fight alongside the Mad King.

However, after the tragedy of Champion Team One, everything had fallen apart...

So when the Disaster Fog descended, he took his team into it proactively, aiming to utilize what little time he had left to protect more human flame.

Sacrificing his and some of his comrades’ lives to pave the way for others was his idea.

He planned to enhance the power of his spiritual energy Phased Array to shatter the Soul Well when it erupted, directly releasing an attack to destroy the maze and barrier.

This way, humans would not have to face huge sacrifices and could successfully kill the Catastrophe Fog Master.

This was the only plan he could think of.

But most of the people participating in the meeting were rejecting this plan, with various proposals being put forward only to be quickly dismissed.

Watching the debating crowd, Sword Madman seemed to have returned to the tough early days of establishing Giant City.

This made him somewhat nostalgic; indeed, young people are the future.

Meanwhile, Li Yelai was lost in some thought.

He naturally did not want his comrades to sacrifice themselves this way and was trying his best to think of other possibilities. Could Mr. Shadow help him, cutting directly through the Insect Tide? Or perhaps use Calamity...

Calamity, maze, Catastrophe Fog Master, Flesh Barrier.... It seemed like there was some sort of pathway that linked them all together.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yelai looked at Sword Madman and said, ”In your plan, am I the one to prevent the Catastrophe Fog Master from escaping?”

Sword Madman snapped back from his memories and looked at Li Yelai. ”Correct, in my plan, the Catastrophe Fog Master is likely to choose to flee, and your ’You Must Meet Strong Enemies’ might be able to lock it down. As long as we can lock it down, there’s a chance to kill it.”

Sword Madman had a good impression of Li Yelai; as a newcomer nurtured by Champion Yang Chen, he naturally had kept an eye on him.

At first, the mysterious entity behind Li Yelai worried the Sword Madman and made him cautious.

But as he got to know him, the Sword Madman found Li Yelai brave and imbued with a sense of justice; he fearlessly resisted the Absolute Spirit Weapons to protect the citizens and initiated You Must Meet Strong Enemies to cover the civilians.

These heroic deeds gradually made the Sword Madman ignore the potential dangers behind Li Yelai.

And he decided to trust him.

”With my You Must Meet Strong Enemies curse to trap the Catastrophe Fog Master, it would be better to let me draw out the Catastrophe Fog Master myself. As long as we gather our forces around me, the enemy will keep appearing before us,” Li Yelai said.

”We have indeed considered this point, but your You Must Meet Strong Enemies curse has a limited range, and the Underground Maze is too large. By the time you lure and defeat them one by one, the Catastrophe Fog Master will probably have grown to King Level,” the Sword Madman said gently, ”I’m relieved that you can bring up this point on your own. You are a brave child, willing to face danger for the sake of others. But this won’t solve the problem.”

Indeed, the officials had thought of using Li Yelai, the famous Monster Brushing Cage, to lure out the master. But they couldn’t solve the problem of range.

Having Li Yelai wander the maze, the combat strength by his side would likely be consumed by the Insect Swarm by the time the master was drawn out.

Unless they could face the master directly from the start...

But with the range issue, it was no different than sending Li Yelai deep into the maze near the main force.

The casualties would be too great.

It would be better to use the Phased Array plan, which would result in far fewer casualties.

Li Yelai, however, had words like maze and calamity flashing in his mind.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he shouted, ”Mobius Ring!”

”What?” the Sword Madman was startled.

”The Taboo Item in the Black Prison of our East City Branch, the Mobius Ring Map!” Li Yelai quickly responded.

[Level C Taboo Item, Mobius Ring Map]

It possesses powerful reality-distorting abilities, and if it gets out of control, it will alter the surrounding space, causing spatial contradictions!

During the Fantasy Band incident, the Taboo Items in the Black Prison of East City went berserk, with the Mobius Ring Map turning the upper half of the Black Prison into a maze.

A corridor that led to the rest room turned into a holding cell—the dead-end walls became thoroughfares connecting everywhere.

The entire space was in disarray.

This caused many Human Warriors to get lost and fail to reunite with their teammates, resulting in heavy casualties.

”I know the Mobius Ring Map... What does that have to do with your curse...” The Sword Madman frowned, seemingly onto something, but it wasn’t clear.

Yang Chen, however, suddenly stood up, his eyes burning as he said, ”I get it! The Mobius Ring Map can affect space, throwing the entire maze into total chaos! As long as the range of the Mobius Ring Map reaches deep into the maze, even the Flesh Barrier where the Catastrophe Fog Master is located will be affected.”

”And once the Flesh Barrier and Catastrophe Fog Master are affected, they will no longer be at the deepest part of the maze,” Moon Shadow realized, her face lighting up with excitement, ”After the space is distorted, they could appear at any random location in the Underground Maze! Even the Swarm Dominator won’t know its own location!”

”Wait, even if they are no longer in the deepest part, we still won’t know their location. We’ve lost the knowledge of where it is. Even if it is randomly moved closer to the surface, we still have to rely on luck to find it. Don’t tell me it will randomly land on our... face... face... face!” A captain in the projector replied with a frown, then his expression changed to one of dawning realization, joy creeping onto his face, ”Holy shit!”

”Yes, luck!” Moon Shadow chuckled, ”For us Humans who want to kill it, finding it depends on luck. But normally, encountering the strongest creature in the Catastrophe is a calamity! But... who do you think it’s up against! It’s our No.3 Border City’s Causality Weapon, Night·Monster Cage·Will!”

”Turning a corner and running into the strongest creature in the Catastrophe, what tremendous misfortune! And we possess this strongest of misfortunes! This is exactly the misfortune we need!”

The Sword Madman was stunned for a moment, but finally understood everything everyone was saying!

If the Mobius Ring Map is activated, it will completely disrupt the Underground Maze, causing even the Insects themselves to become lost.

And the Flesh Barrier and master, once protected by layer upon layer of the maze, will be driven out of the depths due to the spatial distortion!

And where will it appear?

On the face of the person with the worst luck! It will become that poor soul’s calamity!

As long as they’re unlucky enough, the maze will deliver the most dangerous creature right in front of them!

And this is precisely what Humans need!

”Praise Calamity!”