Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 491: Chapter 232: Decapitation Target, Emperor’s Fall! (5k)

Black Umbrella’s emotions fluctuated violently as he stared intently at the image composed of Blood Flies, unable to suppress a spiteful laugh.

”Good! Good! Good!”

”I had thought you died within the Disaster Fog, to my great regret.”

”Yet you have betrayed the Giant City, joined the Ember Church, and even become a Blood God Chosen!”

”Excellent! This time, I will make sure you have no chance to escape!”

If one were to mention Black Umbrella’s dark history, it would be how he was almost surreptitiously killed by the Night General, a Second Awakening youth, before the Fantasy Band incident unfolded.

Although he eventually managed to escape from the Giant City using a Taboo Item, the body that had been most compatible with him was destroyed, and all his subordinates within the Giant City were rounded up, making his losses extremely severe.

Consequently, at the onset of the Fantasy Band, he offered no assistance, his plans were no longer intact, and there were several oversights.

Golden Armor’s capture by the Mad King was, in part, due to his absence. Of course, neither he nor the people of the ark were aware of this.

In any case, the Sixth-sense Expert, known as the Corpse Disaster Messenger, not only failed to earn the rewards of Jin Shan but also became the laughing stock of those within the ark.

From that moment on, he had been plotting revenge against Li Yelai; he could accept being defeated and surrounded by the official captains, but being conned to death by a Second Awakening Spiritual Ability User was utterly intolerable.

Later, he used ’Copper Face’ to investigate the Night General and learned of the latter’s special ability: Mimicry Face.

This revelation gradually replaced Black Umbrella’s fury with greed.

Spiritual Ability Users with special abilities were exceedingly rare. They were his ideal choice for a new body!

But as fate would have it, Disaster Fog No.71 swallowed half of No.3 Border City. Afterward, the lucky survivor ’Copper Face’ was unable to gather any intelligence about the Night General.

Black Umbrella then conjectured that the Night General must have perished within the Disaster Fog, likely devoured entirely by the Slaughter Insect Swarm, given that Disaster Fog No.71 was far too dangerous. The survival rate for a Second or Third Awakening official Spiritual Ability User was slim.

He could only lament and regret.

But now, he saw the Night General once again! Or rather, the newly-anointed Divine Chosen of the Ember Church’s Blood God Sect, Emperor’s Fall!

”What is his ability?” Black Umbrella asked, trying to suppress the excitement in his heart.

”Ability... from eavesdropped intelligence, he should be a Wanxiang Path Spiritual Ability User,” Mo Ya responded. ”On the battlefield, he summoned Thunder Clouds by some means and wielded Thunder using Dragon Claws to kill the Plague Knights. But just now, he seemed to use another ability to obliterate an area of a hundred meters in radius. As far as I understand, a Four Awakenings Wanxiang Path Spiritual Ability User shouldn’t possess such a capability.”

’It’s him, indeed!’

’Normally, Four Awakenings Wanxiang can’t muster such a wide-ranged attack, but he can! His Face can!’

’He must have mimicked a Spiritual Ability User from the Path of Zero, thereby acquiring this capability!’

’He has become even stronger!’

’Excellent! This time, I will take my revenge personally!’

’Your flesh, your talent, your ability, all shall be inherited by me!’

Black Umbrella said to Mo Ya, ”I have a personal vendetta against him. I will intervene on your behalf and stop them. But this Emperor’s Fall must die, and his corpse must be left to me!”

”Oh? It seems this Emperor’s Fall is quite special,” Mo Ya chuckled lightly. ”Even you can’t hold back. Who is he?”

”He was once the Night General of the No.3 Border City Champion Team One, but now, he has clearly fallen and been corrupted by Chaos, even becoming a Divine Chosen,” Black Umbrella replied.

”Once part of Champion Team One?” Mo Ya was startled and then laughed, shaking his head, ”That Blood God really favors Champion Team One. If this piece of news were to be spread, there would be quite a spectacle to watch.”

Champion Team One had fought the Ember Church numerous times, especially the Blood God Sect, with both sides suffering casualties. The Champion Team One did not escape unscathed. Moreover, the Blood God Sect had lost more than one Divine Chosen and had even seen the terrifying projections they summoned for sacrifices cut down by the Champions.

The two factions were mortal enemies, locked in an endless struggle.

Now, with a member of the Champion Team being corrupted by Chaos, their reputation was in tatters.

If this news were to get out, Champion Team One would probably start a purge within its ranks.

The major Giant Cities would also lend their full support as this had severely detrimental implications.

”Since you are willing to take action, there is nothing better,” Mo Ya continued to inquire, ”However, I want to know, to what extent will you intervene? Forgive my frankness, but this is very important. My helper: are you a Sixth Sense Netherworld Spiritual Ability User or... the once Corpse Disaster Messenger?”

”Naturally, it is... the one you wish to encounter,” Black Umbrella revealed a smile, as formidable yet lifeless figures emerged behind him, ”But in the same vein, I must acquire his corpse.”

”Then so be it, we have a deal,” Mo Ya smiled. ”Let me witness the Corpse Disaster Messenger who has walked out of the Disaster Fog!”

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Elsewhere, to prevent further eavesdropping and surveillance by the Blood Flies, the Blood God Sect’s main forces relocated to an abandoned town far from the factory.

”Mo Ya, one of the Divine Chosen of the Eternal Life Faction, shares the same Wanxiang Path as you, and his most notable ability is the manipulation of Blood Flies.”

In a room prepared by the believers, Red Fury was explaining Mo Ya’s identity and abilities to Li Yelai.

”Virtual Realm Beast Language?” Li Yelai inquired; his Second Awakening Ability was also the Virtual Realm Beast Language.

”No, far more powerful than that. Those Blood Flies became his spies, able to synchronize sight and hearing within a certain range, and even capable of self-destructing to spread viruses,” Xue Yin replied. ”Virtual Realm Beast Language can’t achieve that.”