Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 899: Chapter 423: Blood Lake_2

She knew, the Heartless Fruit could not parasitize or affect Yang Chen. Yang Chen could easily leave and preserve himself.

But he still chose to stay…

This choice will be extremely painful and despairing.

The thoughts of the First Team and the Fifth Team are actually to close off all entrances and eliminate the hosts as much as possible. Then welcome self-destruction…

Yang Chen himself would not be affected, but his teammates would all fall before him.

He would once again endure the pain of losing all his comrades.

Just like… the Floating of that year…

In his mind appeared the quirky girl, Cang Bai thought, he probably won’t last long either.

Can he withstand such a blow? Will he… be twisted?

“Don’t worry, there will be a way.” Yang Chen said softly.

“It’s really… rare…” Cang Bai smiled: “You can even comfort people now. Then… accompany me tonight?”

“Guard the night together?” Yang Chen looked at Cang Bai strangely. He didn’t mind, his physique was powerful, not sleeping wouldn’t matter. But Cang Bai was very fatigued lately, better not stay up.

Fuck, you really didn’t understand!

After a moment of silence, Cang Bai said: “There are no more extraordinary creatures nearby. Tonight, let’s have a few drinks, chat a bit, there probably won’t be another chance after this.”

After a moment of silence, Yang Chen nodded, then said: “Don’t worry, we’ve done everything we could. The rest is up to those who come after us.”

And at this moment, the two of them saw, from a distant ruin.

Several Ye Boshou, fleeing in disarray.

The Ye Boshou providing support outside were somewhat surprised, they had coordinated multiple times for the ruin conquest, how could they still be so battered?

“No, you guys…”

Before the words were finished, they saw an Ancient Dragon flying out of the ruin, and the silhouette riding the Ancient Dragon.

Seeing this scene, Yang Chen’s expression slightly changed.

And Cang Bai quietly said: “Your successors have arrived. The Night General has also entered Ten Thousand Dragon Lake…”

…

On the other side, Li Yelai was unaware of all this.

To avoid being noticed by those ambiguous cities, he and Cheese did not use spiritual energy, relying on physical power to traverse mountains.

They needed to find a hiding place, to preserve enough strength.

To possibly counter the cities that might open the path to the first layer.

And in the forest, Li Yelai and Cheese unexpectedly discovered a pair of brothers.

They looked similar, both should be Spiritual Ability Users, but not at high levels.

They were likely Hunters. Entering the forest together, hunting an extraordinary creature resembling a marten, which looked decent for sale.

When Li Yelai and Cheese found them, they were carrying their prey down the mountain, talking and laughing.

Their accent was extremely strange, fortunately, Cheese had spent some time at Ten Thousand Dragon Lake, able to understand some of their conversation.

“Seems like nobles from the city are willing to pay high prices to purchase the fur of such extraordinary creatures.” Cheese listened for a while and told Li Yelai.

However, a few seconds later, they seemed to start arguing.

There appeared to be a disagreement over the distribution of remuneration.

In the next instant, one of the men picked up a machete and hacked at his elder brother’s neck.

Both were Spiritual Ability Users, but one had counted while the other had not.

The elder brother instantly lost the ability to resist.

Only staring wide-eyed, incredulously at his younger brother.

Li Yelai and Cheese were also stunned, it all happened too fast.

And the younger brother was relentless, pulling the machete from his elder brother’s neck, then hacking again.

While uttering curses, with the machete wielded furiously, until the elder brother was disfigured.

Then, the younger brother seemingly woke from a dream, throwing down the machete, grabbing his brother’s corpse and crying out loud.

He didn’t understand why he killed his brother, why was he so impulsive?

But soon, he calmed down.

He fished some currency from his brother’s corpse. Throwing down the corpse, he carried the prey downhill.

A certain cruel and obscene smile appeared on his face.

His brother was dead, so the house, and sister-in-law, were to be taken care of by him…

However, the next second, he heard a heavenly female voice.

‘Listen to me, commit suicide.’

He actually couldn’t understand that language, but just from the sound, he could feel the owner of the voice was very beautiful.

This generated a certain evil interest within his restless heart.

In this remote place, whatever happens is not surprising.

Yet, at the moment he wanted to turn around, the machete in his hand had already stabbed into his own heart, twisting forcefully…

After his corpse fell to the ground, it twisted slightly, and a slender branch grew from his chest, quickly bearing a fruit.

[Spirit Word·Flame Burst]

With Cheese speaking again, the branch was instantly ignited, the fruit completely burnt.

“Seems like greed and lust were stirred up.”

Cheese said: “This is the Heartless Fruit. A simple conflict instantly escalated. This is also why teammates had to separate.”

“There once were two colleagues, who fought over sweet or salty in tofu pudding, they really got heated.”

“We went to intervene, almost caused other conflicts.”

After witnessing the ability of the Heartless Fruit firsthand, Li Yelai nodded solemnly.

Cheese looked at his side face and quietly said: “So, you must be more cautious… be wary of everyone.”

“You wouldn’t punch me just because I prefer sweet tofu pudding, would you?” Li Yelai asked.

“Best keep your eyes open when you sleep, I’m a salty party member!” Cheese hummed lightly.

Then, the two continued to venture deeper into the forest, finding a suitable hiding place on a cliff at dusk.

Below the cliff, there was a river. And both had the underwater breathing blessing.

If an incident occurred, they could dive into the water at any time.

Cheese used Spirit Language·Mud Swamp to soften the mountain’s rock, easily opening a cave in the cliff.

And Li Yelai had the Reserve Space, stocked with food, medicine, and daily supplies, so there was no worry. They didn’t even need to start a fire.

Then Cheese lit a scented candle in the cave.

Thin smoke swirled up, dispersing their scent, also hiding their presence.

This is the standard configuration for official Ye Boshou to spend the night.

After hiding the cave entrance, Li Yelai took out two sleeping bags from the Reserve Space.

And said: “You’ve been walking for a day, take a rest, I’ll keep watch.”

“I’m not tired… Unlike you rushing all night. I’m feeling good. You sleep first…” Cheese said: “Moreover, if you keep watch and find an enemy, you can’t act. Who knows they might be a host.”

This was why Cheese and Li Yelai traveled together, Li Yelai hadn’t been parasitized yet, encountering enemies would be troublesome. He had fighting power, but couldn’t fight.

And Cheese didn’t have such concerns anymore, she was parasitized, enemies dying by her hand wouldn’t affect her.

“This time, it’s like you’ve hugged onto a major leg. My Fifth Sense ability is quite strong.” Cheese hummed.

She advanced to the Fifth Sense a dozen days ago.

By that time, the Immortal Palace legacy was basically exhausted.

The official found that Cheese justified one of the legacies, so they sent several magic potions.

Cheese chose one of them, Immortal Talisman.

This ability has both powerful auxiliary and offensive effects. In simple words, it contains unimaginable power.

Among them, Immortal Talisman·Ding. Within a certain range, she could even immobilize five peers simultaneously.

If it’s just one unit, she could restrain them for several seconds.

Of course, if the opponent resists vigorously, the time would be greatly reduced.

Additionally, there are other talismans like Thunder, Entangle, Daze, Poison, Break.

Each has different effects, greatly enhancing Cheese’s combat power.

After all, it’s the Heavenly Court legacy, Cheese with Fifth Sense, could easily kill an Abyss Dragon using ‘Ding’ and ‘Poison’, the opponent was like a wooden puppet, moving a bit and stiffening a bit. Couldn’t resist, poisoned to death.

Now, Li Yelai couldn’t take action, she naturally felt quite proud.

“You sleep first, it’s none of your concern anymore.” Cheese waved her hand.

“Alright.” Li Yelai wasn’t polite, diving into the sleeping bag.

Looking at sleeping Li Yelai, Cheese chuckled ‘You really sleep, huh? Told you to be careful…’

‘Then I won’t be polite.’

Cheese ate a candy, cherry lips parted.

Immortal Talisman·Daze.