Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 856: Chapter 400: Homecoming

Within the moving Netherworld Train, the official powerhouses stared in shock at the blood-colored cloak that Li Yelai was retrieving.

For a moment, they were all stunned. The Champion’s Cloak… why is it here?

Only when the current Champion confirms an inheritor and is no longer able to bear the Champion’s responsibility will the cloak be passed on to the successor. Or, after dying in battle, it’s retrieved and given to…

Back then, Captain Yang Chen was one of the inheritors, or rather, the only one who could don the Champion Cloak at that time.

The other inheritors either perished in battle or became disabled…

Now, the cloak that should have been on Captain Yang Chen appeared here, causing many official powerhouses to be dumbfounded.

“Could it be that Captain Yang Chen…” a powerhouse voiced in disbelief.

However, before the words were finished, a captain frowned and interrupted: “Pah, why speak of such inauspicious things?”

“With old Yang’s strength, he could send us and the Netherworld Train flying together without suffering a scratch!”

“That’s the Champion, don’t speak nonsense!”

“Indeed, Yang Chen’s battle strength is immensely strong now, invincible unless Supreme intervenes. Even I, who have stepped into the Overlord level for more than thirty years, am no match for him. And you all know, once Supreme makes a move, it signals an escalation in events, possibly erupting into a King Battle or even full-scale war… Currently, we haven’t received any news of the Giant City and the Forbidden Zone going to war.”

The Sword Mad Tyrant spoke: “Moreover, this isn’t Yang Chen’s Champion Cloak, or rather, it’s not the Champion Cloak of this era. There are more bloodstains on this cloak… this is, the Cloak from the future!”

“Night General, at the time, the Yunling Civilization should have used this cloak as a medium to deliver a Causality Strike on you.” The Sword Mad Tyrant looked at the cloak with a smile: “Now, indeed it should return to its rightful owner.”

From the future, yet returning to its rightful owner…

The official powerhouses suddenly understood, looking at Li Yelai with eyes of realization and admiration.

This is the Champion Cloak from the future, yet it’s Li Yelai’s possession, which means, the future Li Yelai… is the Human Champion!

The hero who dons the Champion Cloak and fights for humanity covered in blood!

For this, the powerhouses of Champion Team One were not too surprised, feeling a bit delighted inside.

Especially the Elite Night Patrols of Team One, they had long known Li Yelai’s talent and were aware of Captain Yang Chen’s expectations for Li Yelai.

As for the powerhouses of other divisions, after recovering from the shock, they nodded silently, they also had some suspicions.

After all, the outside world had also speculated about the Champion Inheritor.

Champion Agent, Night General.

Vice Captain, Zu Chao.

Leader of the Xuanjia Group, Liu Yun.

These three were suspected to be inheritors, at least candidates.

Previously, within the Immortal Palace, Li Yelai’s terrifying battlefield dominance and that heroic fearlessness made them even more certain of this point.

However, upon truly learning that the Li Yelai in the future line would be the Champion, they still felt a sense of shock and excitement.

And Li Yelai was likewise shocked.

‘That future me, is actually… the Champion?’ Li Yelai found it somewhat unbelievable.

When he initially joined the official ranks as a Processor, Li Yelai displayed extreme bravery.

Is he unafraid?

No, of course, he is afraid!

But… he thought of having Mr. Shadow as the ultimate safety net behind him.

If any crisis truly insurmountable appeared, he could make a deal with Him.

And if he worked hard, he could save more people. Compared to other human powerhouses, he already fared much better.

Just like he had thought back then, any risk-taking or possible death that followed was on the tab of ‘Black Shadow’ Young Master Shadow!

Thus, he suppressed the fear in his heart and raised an axe against the Void Realm Creatures. At worst, he could die and use up one transaction opportunity.

If he died, he still had Mr. Shadow as a safety net, but if his comrades died, then they truly died.

So, he was extremely brave, even daring to face those terrifying Calamities head-on.

At the same time, he did not consider himself a hero. He merely saw himself as a mimic… choosing him, Blood River, must have been blind.

And in that future, without Mr. Shadow, he still became the Champion, shouldering the responsibility of the Human Champion?

Is it that he became braver, or that he truly can shoulder that responsibility?

After experiencing so much danger and hardship, he could no longer distinguish… everything on the battlefield seemed to have turned into instinct.

Li Yelai fell into a brief daze, looking at the cloak in the ornate box. The cloak swayed slightly like a living entity, revealing a certain inexplicable sense of kinship.

The Champion Cloak from the future, countless generations of Human Champions have donned it to fight bloodily across the heavens. But in the end, it ended up in the hands of the Yunling Civilization.

The future Champions engraved the enemy’s blood on the cloak, as well as their own blood.

Li Yelai subconsciously thought of the thirtieth-generation Human Champion who sacrificed himself to kill the Time Worm in the future of the Scale Remains Civilization.

When the young man’s head was cut off, Li Yelai felt an uncontrollable grief.

A Champion’s passing… how many more Champions, how many Human Warriors will sacrifice in the future?

The glory of Human Heroes… can he bear it?

Li Yelai pondered silently, closing the ornate box.

“Not going to try it on?” The Sword Madman asked with a smile.

Li Yelai looked at everyone’s eyes. The words he was about to speak turned into: “I’m not wearing armor, it doesn’t match well.”

Li Yelai’s armor sustained severe damage in the Immortal Palace Battlefield. The mysterious material within it was shattered.