Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 331: Chapter 157 Block the Door

Upon learning that the Heavy Knight was the ”bride”, Li Yelai was utterly astounded and felt the situation was ridiculous.

He couldn’t believe her parents could be so cruel.

To offer their own daughter to the Returning Soul.

It was conceivable that in certain situations, they had to give up their daughter, yet so much time had passed.

They could have contacted the authorities to deal with the Returning Soul.

Now, in Giant City, the presence of Spiritual Ability Users had become an open secret. Weren’t they supposed to seek official help when facing such supernatural powers?

But instead, they just watched as the Returning Soul came to take the Heavy Knight away.

Wasn’t she their daughter? Wasn’t she their own flesh and blood?

Due to familial issues, Li Yelai harbored intense resentment toward his own father.

His father had abandoned his gravely ill wife and left him and his sister behind, a total scoundrel.

But humans are inherently complicated, and in the presence of even more beastly people, Li Yelai’s father didn’t seem so despicable.

At least, he hadn’t been cruel enough to sell his sister.

He really couldn’t compare to the Heavy Knight’s parents!

In terms of being beastly, I, Li Yelai, concede you to be the strongest!

”They should be arrested and executed by firing squad for ten minutes!” Li Yelai grumbled angrily, then calmed down.

After all, these issues could only be considered after they had dealt with the Returning Soul.

”Damn, I didn’t expect the Returning Soul to be a lolicon,” Li Yelai glanced at the distant convoy and muttered under his breath.

”Indeed.” Jing Lin looked at the Heavy Knight and nodded in agreement.

The Heavy Knight was around Li Yelai’s age, about twenty-four.

But overall, she looked even younger than Shadow Stream, who was just nineteen.

Her height was about the same as Cheese’s, just under 1.6 meters.

But her figure was entirely different.

Cheese usually wore hoodies which made her look slim, so it wasn’t very noticeable. But Li Yelai knew her figure was very flattering... ahem...

No matter what the Heavy Knight wore, it wasn’t obvious... and with her delicate face, she had a youthful, immature look.

Now that the Returning Soul wanted her as a bride, wasn’t that lolicon behavior?

”Well said, but don’t say it again next time.”

The Heavy Knight spoke expressionlessly.

Unlike other girls, she didn’t like others mentioning her youth, making her feel as though she hadn’t developed yet.

”Directly engage in battle? There are many of them; we probably can’t defeat them without ensuring the safety of the people,” the Detective asked.

He himself was not very powerful in combat, but he knew well the capabilities of Li Yelai and the Heavy Knight, and with Jing Lin, the unfamiliar Four Awakenings Spiritual Ability User, they had a chance of winning, but... it was still unknown whether they could avoid innocent bystanders getting caught in the crossfire.

Now, the convoy had already arrived at the apartment building, and to directly engage in battle could indeed result in many unintended casualties.

”We can’t fight here. If it’s about fetching the bride, they must intend to take me out of the neighborhood. Maybe that’s a better moment,” the Heavy Knight responded. ”I’ll leave with them first, and you guys can act depending on the circumstances?”

”No, it’s too risky to just leave,” Li Yelai shook his head. ”Right now, we’re not sure how many Processors have entered the ghost dimension, but there certainly are some. They might have already started to plan or gather. So, I think the most reliable method is to stall!”

”Stall?” Jing Lin frowned.

”Yes, stall until our colleagues are fully prepared. Even if we have to fight here, we can ensure the safety of the civilians,” Li Yelai replied.

Before this, Li Yelai had already requested reinforcements, and several Execution Groups had arrived nearby, either staying in hotels, sleeping on rooftops, or just sleeping in their cars.

If nothing unexpected happened, some of them would receive invitations, thus entering the ghost dimension.

As long as they coordinated properly with Li Yelai and the others.

They should be able to protect the nearby residents.

”But how do we stall?” Shadow Stream asked. ”He’s already at the door. Even if we pretend no one is home, they’ll break down the door, won’t they?”

”It’s simple, the traditional fetching of the bride has never been easy,” Jing Lin chuckled. ”When the females of our Yaoqing Jing Family are to marry into other Spiritual Ability Families, those who come to fetch the bride not only need to give red envelopes but also have to defeat our gate-guarding stone lion puppets. Otherwise, they can’t even enter the gate!”

The stone lion puppets were usually decorative, but in reality, they were a kind of alert system with considerable combat capability. They were most convenient for testing the strength of the person themselves or the Spiritual Ability Users they commanded.

Over time, this had become a tradition of the Yaoqing Jing Family.

”In that case, your Jing Family really isn’t afraid of not being able to marry off your daughters,” Li Yelai commented, then responded, ”Then I have a plan.”

”Now, we’re like the bride’s maternal family, we should really give him a hard time!”

Since the other party was engaging in traditional bride-fetching customs, they would just go along with it!

....

”I don’t agree to this marriage!”

Li Yelai’s deep voice echoed through the old residential area, momentarily quieting the bustling bride-fetching procession.

In the apartment’s corridors, on the open grounds of the apartment complex, those bizarrely-shaped figures also simultaneously turned their lifeless eyes toward the door.

And the residents secretly peeking out covered their mouths in haste, not daring to make a sound.

They couldn’t imagine that under such weird circumstances, someone dared to respond? Someone dared to refuse?

Couldn’t they just hand over the person? Don’t you read the room at all?

And the handsome man knocking at the door also paused at these words.

He was not fetching a bride for the first time. As a Returning Soul, a condensed consciousness entity after the death of living beings.

He had traded with humans many times before and taken the promised rewards. Among them was taking away the ”bride.”