Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 449: Chapter 213 Part-time Divine Chosen

Li Yelai endured the severe pain in his arm as he groped through the collapsed cave, successively finding the corpses of three angels.

As for the Jin Mu Angel, there was not much to say. He had been pierced through by a Dragon Spear and even had his head chopped off by Li Yelai to be offered to the Blood God. His body was a mangled mess of flesh and golden hair, leaving nothing usable except a bone from a Golden Mane Hound. The location of the Golden Bell was unknown.

The corpse of the Heavy Armor Angel was relatively well-preserved. From his belt, Li Yelai found some medicines used by Forbidden Zone Creatures, but their effects were unclear, so Li Yelai did not rashly use them. The weapon of the Heavy Armor Angel was also missing, so Li Yelai could only strip off his clothes and put them on himself. Following the collapse of the cave, the temperature was still very low.

The Longbow Angel had been smashed beyond recognition. Her physical strength was far inferior to that of the Heavy Armor Angel, having been crushed by falling rocks. Li Yelai only found her left hand holding the Red Bow amid the rubble.

Clearly, the Red Bow was a piece of Spiritual Ability Equipment.

Since his left arm was severely injured and he couldn’t draw the bow well, he propped the bow with his left leg, pulling the string with his right hand, and infused Spiritual Energy to test it.

Indeed, he shot out five Light Arrows, smashing the rocks in front of him, but he could not control the arrows as the Longbow Angel could.

”It seems that controlling the arrows is a Divine Protection ability, and since I am not on the Divine Protection Path, I cannot harness its full power. I can only use it as a bow with infinite ammunition,” Li Yelai observed the Red Bow, quite satisfied with it.

Both the Xiang Yu and Huo Qubing Face had granted him exceptional Bow Step and Riding and Shooting Skills.

Now, having a Divine Protection Path ranged weapon, he just needed to infuse it with Spiritual Energy to release Spiritual Power Arrows, which was quite nice. It would definitely be useful.

Li Yelai stuffed the Golden Mane Hound’s bone into his backpack and slung the large red bow over his shoulder, before continuing to explore the cave.

As the cave continued to collapse, the chill permeated the space, making even Li Yelai uncomfortable, especially his fractured left arm, which seemed in a dire state under the frigid temperatures. He needed to quickly find a way out.

Unfortunately, the original cave was already complex, and he and Little Mad King had relied on official markers to navigate out of the cave. The extensive cave-ins had now disordered the layout, rendering even Li Yelai’s excellent sense of direction useless.

”This won’t do. I can’t withstand this for long with these injuries. Should I risk heading towards Snow Mountain?” Li Yelai looked toward a light at the distant cave ceiling. It was an exit created by the collapse, but with snow falling through—it obviously led inside the Great Snow Mountain.

The extremely low temperatures of the Great Snow Mountain were strange. The further one went up, the colder it got. The snowflakes from the summit were lethal, and the reason the angels’ main forces could not pursue Li Yelai was that an avalanche had brought the snow down from the heights.

If he ventured into the Snow Mountain...it would be a gamble, hoping the exit was not too high and the snowflakes were not deadly. He could frantically activate the Spiritual Barrier and decrease altitude in the shortest time. That would then be safe.

But the risk was too great, unclear about where the exit was located on the Snow Mountain.

”I need to recover from my injuries first,” Li Yelai thought to himself, figuring he had two ways to repair his body.

One was to enter the ark and then ask Jing Lin for some Jing Family medicine. The risk was that Li Yelai, as he was now, hardly did anything covertly, and the ark captain was a dangerous factor. Moreover, Jing Family medicine would suppress Spiritual Energy, which wasn’t sufficient in this environment and would likely lose warmth very quickly.

The second option was to unlock a new Face, as every time he obtained a new Face, all wounds on Li Yelai’s body would be healed. If he could unlock a Face, he would return to his peak condition.

That might be worth trying, unlocking a Face.

As Li Yelai contemplated this, he turned his attention to the Void Realm.

But he found that in that eerie space, a new Face had appeared.

Two black tentacles stretched out from the black fog, each holding up a Face.

The first one was obtained from Mei Wu. As for the second...

Li Yelai spoke up, ”You didn’t consume the power given to me by the Blood God and produce the extra Face, did you?”

Mr. Shadow did not respond, as always.

Li Yelai frowned, then looked at the two Faces. Subconsciously, he reached for one but suddenly noticed strange patterns and colors appearing on the stark white Face.

One corner of the mask was stained with blood-red, fierce patterns emerging. Before his fingers even touched it, an infinite murderous intent surged in Li Yelai’s heart.

’Blood Sacrifice to the Blood God...’

Li Yelai’s complexion changed, and he immediately withdrew his fingers, the Face turning back to a blank appearance.

”Is that... the Blood God?” Li Yelai’s expression turned grave.

That power just now was undoubtedly the power of the Blood God!

What was going on?

Was the power of the Blood God sealed within the Face?

If he wore that mask, would he truly become a Blood God Chosen One?

”What’s going on, Old Shadow?” Li Yelai frowned and asked, ”Witnessing heroes, imitating heroes, is a Blood God Chosen One also a hero? Why did such a Face appear?”

Li Yelai’s other Faces all came from history or legendary epics.

Xiang Yu, Huo Qubing, Li Yuanba... and then, a Chaos Chosen?

What kind of joke was this? Why did such a bizarre Face appear?

”Your Faces have nothing to do with me. You influenced the Face,” Mr. Shadow said calmly but with a hint of mockery.

”I influenced the Face? Do I subconsciously think I am a Blood God Chosen One?” Li Yelai pondered, ”Imitate...Wanxiang...so am I imitating the Chosen?”