Netherworld Retrograde

With dozens of Golden-armored God Generals standing on both sides of the gate, the originally tightly closed palace doors slowly began to open, releasing a myriad of strange and radiant lights.

The palace gates were towering, and the two massive jade doors slowly parted, revealing limitless mystery and solemnity. They were carved with dragons and phoenixes, surrounded by auspicious clouds in lifelike detail, as if they were about to soar into the sky at any moment.

Upon seeing this, Li Yelai was momentarily stunned.

”Is this, inviting me inside?” Li Yelai asked in Virtual Realm Beast Language.

”Maybe...” Mountain Lord responded, ”Some palaces have specific entry requirements. I remember the last time Jing Family discovered an Immortal Palace, only females were allowed to enter; males were blocked outside. The Jing Family there obtained some formulas for Spiritual Medicine. Unfortunately, they only got the formulas.”

”And maybe you fulfilled this condition through the recent battle.”

”Are you saying, the condition for entering this palace is to defeat eight Golden-armored God Generals?” Li Yelai asked.

If that was the case, then the conditions of this Immortal Palace weren’t too strict.

Although it was tough for Li Yelai to fight on his own, mainly because he was heavily hit by lightning, even a mere infiltration of power had caused him much suffering.

But if he were with his teammates, even not too many, just the two captains working together, then defeating these eight divine generals would be relatively easy.

”That’s probably not how it works.” Mountain Lord responded, ”I come from the Forbidden Zone, Immortal Ruins, which, according to the Jing Family, has the same origin as this palace. In my opinion, it’s based on your strength to determine the challenge.”

”So, because I am a Five Senses Spiritual Ability User and alone, they dispatched eight Golden-armored God Generals?” Li Yelai murmured, ”If a Sixth Sense were to challenge...”

”The number would be even greater.” Mountain Lord glanced at those dozens of Golden-armored God Generals, his scalp tingling.

So many War Puppets, even an Overlord would meet his demise!

Li Yelai also realized the difficulty of the challenge in this Immortal Palace.

A single challenger meant deploying eight War Puppets; if it were an all-out attack unawares.

Then these vines might have to release all their Golden Peas.

To forcefully conquer this palace would likely cost a disastrously heavy price, wouldn’t it?

At the same time, Li Yelai also noticed that the eight War Puppets with whom he had battled previously, their wounds were regenerating.

With such restorative ability, even the method of the wheel attack would be futile.

”Phew... this was a fortuitous mistake.” Li Yelai muttered to himself. If he hadn’t challenged alone, perhaps this wouldn’t have been discovered.

Then, Li Yelai approached the gate, since he had already conquered one palace, he naturally wouldn’t leave empty-handed.

”Let’s see what good things are inside this palace. Though, I’m not holding out much hope...”

Li Yelai murmured as he passed through the golden vines into the palace gates.

At the moment Li Yelai entered,

The Golden-armored God Generals standing in two rows transformed back into Golden Peas and returned to the golden vines.

At the same time, the gates slowly closed.

”So it turns out, since only I completed the challenge, I have the right to enter, others wishing to enter would have to re-challenge?” Li Yelai pondered, ”That means... as long as I am the only one inside the Immortal Palace, I don’t have to worry about hostility from the outside. They have to get through these divine generals...”

”So, if I use Face here and attract monsters, will they also be viewed as challengers and be attacked by the Golden-armored God Generals?”

Li Yelai felt he had discovered an interesting point.

Inside the entire Immortal Palace, there were many Extraordinary Creatures. These represented the main dangers humans would face.

By Meeting Strong Enemies and using various ’accidents’ to lure them all over, could he efficiently harvest these Extraordinary Creatures?

As long as enough of the Extraordinary Creatures died, those official teammates scattered around the Immortal Palace would be much safer.

”Let’s try this out when I leave later. Better safe than sorry.” Li Yelai thought.

He stepped into the palace, seeing dozens of meters high jade pillars standing tall, supporting the entire hall’s dome.

These jade pillars were also carved with exquisite patterns, life-like as if they could spiral up at any moment.

However, some of the pillars were shattered, suggesting that this Immortal Palace had also endured some terrifying attacks; there were huge cracks in the dome above, which had been wrapped and repaired by golden vines.

Li Yelai approached a shattered and somewhat dim jade pillar, running his hands over it.

It felt very nice, smooth and delicate, yet also very hard. Li Yelai picked up a fragment of the jade pillar and tried to break it with force, managing only just to snap it.

”It’s very hard... I wonder what material this is made of.” Li Yelai muttered, realizing that it probably wasn’t feasible to demolish the pillars. The golden vines would likely rage.

Moreover, those intact jade pillars were even brighter, unlike the dim, shattered ones.

It seemed to be imbued with some sort of Blessing power. Without using Weakness Perception, he probably couldn’t utilize it.

But he took those broken fragments.

As one of the Ark Chosen Ones, he loved moving things. Just a simple touch allowed him to put eligible items into his storage space. It was simply too easy.

If he were in the Church’s Treasure Vault, this efficiency would even increase.

After placing several broken jade pillars into the ark storage space, Li Yelai continued forward, toward the depths of the great hall.

The entire palace was spacious and silent, seemingly not visited by anyone for hundreds of years. The originally spirit-filled jade stones now bore a layer of dust, appearing incredibly desolate.