Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 676: Chapter 317: Coming to Settle a Grudge

Champion Team One’s proxy?

This guy is the Champion Captain?

Nightfall Mountain Lord’s four eyes revealed a hint of astonishment. Although it was trapped here, it managed to obtain some external information through official channels.

It was well aware of the value associated with Champion Team One; this guy could become a Captain Level presence during the Fifth Sense, even if he wasn’t a Divine Son of the Jing Family, his talent was not to be underestimated!

As for the Immortal Palace… it was no longer a secret.

The three Border Cities and the officials from the Lava Mine City behind the Giant City were all planning to dispatch official forces to explore the Immortal Palace.

This also attracted many outsiders, even people from the distant Kunlun Giant City.

Mountain Lord had sensed the presence of unfamiliar Overlords more than once.

These were the human forces plotting to share the spoils within the Immortal Palace.

Li Yelai asked, “With such deep ties to the Jing Family, you must be knowledgeable about the Immortal Palace, right?”

“Of course, your Jing Family people have taken my avatar into the Immortal Palace. So, I am aware of some of the dangers…” Nightfall Mountain Lord said.

Its core ability was to create avatars; as long as the self-consciousness of an avatar wasn’t wiped out, it could learn what the avatar experienced upon its death.

The Jing Family captured it during their exploration of the Immortal Palace and created many avatars, making them Summoning Items for Wanxiang Path Spiritual Ability Users.

To ensure the combat ability of these avatars, the self-consciousness of these Mountain King Avatars was preserved.

But they also became Pathfinders.

And when destroyed, the main body gained some information about the Immortal Palace.

Some avatars lost control of their body when they reached a marsh, only to watch helplessly as they were swallowed whole.

Some avatars encountered a golden pea, but before approaching it, the pea transformed into a humanoid figure and exploded their tiger head with a punch.

Some avatars were ordered to stand guard at night, only to see a sky full of insects rushing towards them, causing the avatar and the Jing Family squad to lose contact.

The Immortal Palace was far too dangerous; every region contained unexpected threats.

This fact was something the Jing Family had explicitly stated and had shared some information with the officials.

As for the deeper areas of the Immortal Palace, it was up to the officials to figure it out on their own.

The Immortal Palace was a place of both threats and opportunities; anyone wishing to claim the treasures within needed to think carefully.

This move indeed profited the Jing Family immensely, aside from the officials of No.3 Border City with whom they had already formed a partnership.

Other families who wished to enter the Immortal Palace had to negotiate with the Jing Family to trade for information and qualifications for entry.

Of course, the officials who held information also made a profit in this endeavor.

However, the Jing Family held the core information.

Even with many entering the Immortal Palace and the competition increasing, they still had the upper hand.

Especially in a unique terrain like the Immortal Palace, it was easy to fall victim to a “first encounter kill.”

Like the Returning Soul that Li Yelai had once encountered.

Had he not received corresponding information in advance and infiltrated the midst of the ghost-like creatures, it would have been impossible to find such an entity, let alone eliminate it.

The most likely outcome would have been for the Heavy Knight, as the ‘bride,’ to disappear before everyone’s eyes, taken away without any resistance. They couldn’t even see the enemy.

Recently, it was said that new ghosts had appeared within the Giant City.

A Processor was dealing with a task at night when they suddenly heard someone calling their name from behind.

It was their name, not their code name.

This caused the Processor to instinctively look back and see a pale figure dressed in white.

The figure was shriveled and skeletal, yet large, like a clothes rack draped with a garment.

The moment the Processor turned around, the “person” blew a breath, as if extinguishing a candle, aging the Processor by ten years.

This was actually the ghost’s ability; it could only know the target’s real name and compel the target to look back.

Then it could extinguish the ‘flames’ above the target’s head and on both shoulders.

Those three flames, in the terms of a Spiritual Ability User, represented the visualization of a person’s Life Force in the eyes of a ghost. Extinguishing one would cause a severe illness.

If all three were extinguished, the individual would be beyond saving.

This was the folk legend known as ‘Ghost Blow Lamp.’ If an ordinary person encountered this, the consequences were unimaginable.

Of course, for those with stronger Life Forces and fiercer Flames, it was nigh impossible to be extinguished.

And that Processor, unwary for a moment, nearly had their life taken in one strike.

Fortunately, as a Third Awakening Spiritual Ability User, the Processor had a Life Force far superior to the average person and was protected by a Spiritual Barrier.

After being affected, they only felt a rapid aging and sudden weakness in their body, while the Blowing Lamp Ghost became more robust.

But the Processor reacted quickly, understanding that they must not face the Blowing Lamp Ghost directly.

Therefore, they immediately turned and kept their back to the ghost, insisting on doing so regardless of its movements.

Eventually, they managed to kill the ghost with elbow strikes, kicks from behind, and leaning back with Iron Mountain Leans.

In reality, Blowing Lamp Ghosts weren’t powerful combatants; head-to-head, they were no match.

But the Processor had still nearly died.

This was a “first encounter kill.” Had their reaction been slower, their Life Force would have been completely drained.

In fact, those who fought Li Yelai, to varying degrees, also faced “first encounter kills.”

How could they anticipate that a Wanxiang Path user might possess abilities from other paths, or have so many trump cards?

Many strong opponents would require Li Yelai to expend some effort in a fight.

But due to the terrifying curse on the Doll’s hair, it was hard for them to counter and they were repelled.