Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 320: Chapter 151 Spiritual Power Elite_2

In the ceremony, Li Yelai will officially become a Night Warden and receive the black cloak that signifies his identity as a Night Warden.

Although the cloak isn’t Spiritual Ability Equipment, its value is no less than that of a Class-C Spiritual Ability Equipment, offering a variety of functions and decent Spiritual Resistance. It just falls a bit short in terms of physical defense.

Li Yelai nodded.

”As for the Night Warden team, you probably already have a clear idea of which one you’re suited for; it’ll depend on how well you can integrate with them,” Yang Chen said.

”Speaking of which, Captain, isn’t it time for our team to enter Black Prison and suppress the Taboo Items?” Li Yelai asked.

”Indeed, it’s our team’s turn to enter Black Prison,” Yang Chen replied with a smile, ”but since you brought back the Spirit Extinguisher, the security coefficient of Black Prison has significantly increased. There’s no need to station the entire team there anymore. And since you have the ark mission to handle, there’s no need for you to enter Black Prison this time either.”

The Spirit Extinguisher, Sister... Come to think of it, I really have to thank Black Umbrella.

If it hadn’t been for his backstabbing intentions, he wouldn’t have exposed the information about the Flying Gunman.

On the contrary, it ended up bringing immense benefits to the officials of the Giant City.

As a miracle of humanity, the Spirit Extinguisher is the nemesis of almost all Taboo Items.

Just her presence in the vicinity is enough to lock down the powers of the Void Realm. Non-physical Taboo Items, no matter how powerful, all become ordinary things.

And physical Taboo Items also see a significant decrease in their might. Even if it’s a rogue Taboo Item, it will quickly return to normal in front of the Spirit Extinguisher.

Besides a few highly dangerous Taboo Items, others can not resist the absolute spirit effect of the nun.

This drastically reduced the security pressure in Black Prison.

The official plans now are to transfer all the Taboo Items in Black Prison to one location to be overseen by the Spirit Extinguisher and a group of Spiritual Ability Users.

Then Yang Chen asked, ”By the way, since you’re not in your peak form yet, have you sorted out your mount?”

Indeed, Li Yelai might be a gunman, but at his peak, he was a Gun Cavalry.

”I’ve already contacted Black Umbrella inside the ark; once my trade is done, he’ll be able to craft a new mount for me. My old horse, No.2!” Li Yelai also showed an expectant look. He had just traded the heart with Chu He today, and as for the Heavenly Meteor Qilin, who knows how many days it would take.

”Wait a second!” Yang Chen’s expression stiffened: ”Old horse No.2? Wasn’t your mount that, what’s it called, Heavenly Meteor Qilin?”

As the Captain, Yang Chen was one of the few with the right to inquire about Li Yelai’s secret missions. Li Yelai didn’t hide much from him. He had seen pictures of the Heavenly Meteor Qilin.

It was an extraordinary creature with sharp wings and a body covered in silver scales. Although it wasn’t a Qilin, it looked very similar. But what did it have to do with a horse, with an old horse?

”Yes, that’s my second mount, so I preemptively named it Old Horse No.2,” Li Yelai nodded: ”It’s to pay tribute to the white moonlight in my heart, Old Horse No.1. That is the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt ...”

”Old Horse No.1 and white moonlight are completely unrelated, okay? Your white moonlight is the one you rode to death!” Yang Chen teased: ”Also, that’s a terrible name.”

Did Yang Chen inadvertently start a car?

”Couldn’t help it, Captain...” Li Yelai paused: ”I have a vehicle killer ...”

”Hmm... Oh~~~” Yang Chen realized, suddenly understanding Li Yelai’s logic.

If he had vehicle killer, then even the Heavenly Meteor Qilin could suffer the same fate as the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt.

Then it would be Old Horse No. 3’s or even No. 4’s turn.

Shit, these rare Summoning Items have become disposables for Li Yelai.

Who knows, by the time Li Yelai gets promoted to Captain Level, how many old horses will there have been?

Yang Chen grumbled in his mind but comforted him with his words, ”Don’t worry, maybe the Heavenly Meteor Qilin can withstand your vehicle killer?”

Fat chance! Even a Thunder Dragon, such an excessively large creature, was ridden to death, wasn’t it?

Following that, Yang Chen said, ”Anyway, since you have a mount, perhaps you can practice throwing spears. With the acceleration of the mount, the power might even increase some. Plus, with the mobility speed of the Heavenly Meteor Qilin...ugh, you’ve diverted me, with the effective attack range of your Red Thunder Dragon Claw, it can be made variable.”

Li Yelai nodded. Indeed.

The drawback of Dragon Claw was its slow activation, not an instant ability. If the enemy was too close, they might disrupt or interfere with it. If too far, he may not shoot accurately.

Li Yelai was not a Divine Shooter, although he had acquired the bow and arrow of the Overlord and the Champion Marquis, as well as horseback shooting skill. However, shooting required not just skill but continuous training and integration. Besides, there’s a difference between bows and arrows and throwing spears. He would have to train hard afterward.

But with a mount, he could activate the ability from a long distance. Once the Dragon Claw was out, he had already closed in to a mid-short range, where the attack speed was at its fastest!

Imagine Li Yelai clad in Ming Guang Armor, riding the Heavenly Meteor Qilin, wielding the Red Thunder Spear as he soared through the sky, accurately killing the enemy...

That would indeed make things much easier...

”I’ll go for special training later,” Li Yelai nodded.

”I happen to be an expert in throwing weapons,” Yang Chen immediately approved two thousand training throwing spears for Li Yelai and pointed to a newly erected metal cube in the distance, ”You can also practice your ’Spiritual Power Elite Transformation’ along the way. Get familiar with it now, and when you can pierce the throwing spear into the metal cube, you’ve mastered ’Elite Transformation.’ When you’ve worn out all two thousand throwing spears, you’ll have developed the feel for it.”

”Pierce through metal...” Li Yelai looked at the cork throwing spears and then at the distant metal cube.

”Yes, to pierce metal, you have to control the spiritual energy and structure injected into the object. Make the throwing spear sharper and heavier, so it can destroy objects harder than itself. Pay attention to this aspect; too much spiritual energy, and the throwing spear will be damaged. Too little spiritual energy, and it will dissipate in midair, losing its power in the end,” Yang Chen explained, casually picking up a throwing spear and tossing it, piercing a large hole through the distant metal cube.

The throwing spear was halfway into the metal cube, with the remaining tail outside, quivering slightly, like the strings of a guitar after a note has been played.

”I also lacked long-range attack methods back then,” Yang Chen sighed lightly, ”our True Martial Path abilities mostly rely on physical enhancement and strength, with almost no long-range techniques. So, I thought of this method.” Yang Chen sighed, ”At that time, I didn’t have throwing skills; it was Floating who taught me this.”

Floating... Cheese’s cousin... A member of his former team who had died... who had been killed by Yang Chen himself...

Li Yelai felt a heaviness in his heart.

Yang Chen continued, ”After two thousand, I mastered Spiritual Power Elite Transformation and developed a strong feel. I hope you can do it faster.”

Li Yelai nodded. Perseverance would compensate for his lack of talent; even without it, practice should yield results.

Then, Yang Chen left the training room.

Elsewhere, Li Yelai shared the news of becoming an Awakened Spirit User with his friends.

Bai Yang: [You’re quick, good! Come and visit my team sometime!]

Starfire: [Damn, Brother Ye! You’ve reached Four Awakenings already? Are you Ye Boshou now?]

Shadow Stream: [Cool, Brother Ye! Awesome, awesome!]

Detective: [Now that you’re Ye Boshou, can you still take on private assignments?]

Heavy Knight: [Congratulations.]

Doll: [That’s great! I’ll bring you something delicious tonight o(ﾟ▽ﾟ)o]

...

Cheese didn’t respond, as she was currently outside the signal range of the Giant City, and it was uncertain when she would receive the message.

She became Ye Boshou even earlier and must have entered the radiation range of some Forbidden Zone.

Ye Boshou, or rather the Giant City... its ultimate ideal was national recovery.

In fact, after the Calamity, there was no more concept of countries in the world. Only Giant Cities stood tall.

And Li Yelai was not a person of that era; he could only watch from history as that nation progressed from backwardness to prosperity.

Although he didn’t know the beauty of that nation, he knew that within it, people didn’t have to live amidst warfare and danger.

And this was enough to drive him to strive for it!

So, Li Yelai put down the Communicator, picked up a training throwing spear, and hurled it toward the distant metal cube!