Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 903: Chapter 426: Reunion (Part 2)

‘Got it.’ Cheese responded, noticing bubbles rising from the noses and mouths of the two people. The bubbles floated upwards and merged into one.

This made her brow arch…

As they progressed, the riverbed got deeper and the light diminished. Their vision began to blur.

Cheese moved forward and grabbed Li Ye’s wrist: ‘You don’t have dark vision, don’t trip.’

She had recently acquired dark vision, and at this moment, she wasn’t affected at all.

‘Then I’ll be relying on you, make sure you don’t lead me into a ditch.’ Li Ye nodded; he indeed couldn’t see clearly now. Normally, he could use some abilities to illuminate, but currently, he couldn’t use Spiritual Energy.

He felt his hand being firmly held, the girl’s tender fingers grasping his palm.

Guiding him forward in the pitch blackness.

This feeling was very subtle, like losing all sight yet having a reliable companion holding your hand.

‘Something’s happening, hold on.’ Cheese suddenly whispered in his ear.

At the same time, Li Ye felt a strange sensation of twisting water flow on his left side. It seemed like something massive was moving.

Li Ye’s free left hand slightly raised, ready to pull out the long spear from the Soul Well at any moment.

‘What is it?’ Li Ye’s muscles tensed. Meeting an enemy under these circumstances wasn’t easy to deal with.

‘A One-eyed Abyss Dragon, about a hundred meters in front of our left. It probably hasn’t noticed us yet.’ Cheese said: ‘There’s a stone crevice here, let’s hide in it.’

One-eyed Abyss Dragon? Li Ye’s heart moved, recalling the unlucky dragon he knocked into the second layer.

In terms of bad luck, Li Ye certainly ranked first, while it… probably ranked in the top three.

Initially dominating at the lake’s bottom, unmatched, only to be knocked in by Li Ye as soon as it popped its head out, into this perilous second layer.

First, it was attacked by Captain Cang Bai’s avatar in the ruins, somehow finding refuge in this ghostly place.

It was truly unlucky.

After Cheese led Li Ye several dozen steps, he felt himself being squeezed into a small stone crevice. Then, a soft body pressed closely against him.

It was Cheese, who sent Li Ye into the crevice and stood in front.

‘What are you doing?’ Li Ye whispered, reaching out to touch the body in front, wanting to switch her to the back.

His physique was stronger, his battle prowess greater. How could he let Cheese stand in front of him?

As Li Ye moved, he clearly felt Cheese’s body stiffen.

‘You can’t even see, why push yourself?’ Her voice carried a slight tremor: ‘And you absolutely cannot make a move. It might have been parasitized… Quiet…’

Then, Li Ye sensed a colossal entity stirring the water, swiftly approaching.

Their hearts raced as the two crowded into the stone crevice.

The Abyss Dragon seemed to be less than twenty meters away from them; Li Ye could even feel its vigorous heartbeats and the accompanying bloody stench. Probably the dragon’s injury…

Li Ye held his breath, firmly embracing the girl in front, his left hand raised.

While he couldn’t kill the enemy, he could certainly incapacitate them.

However, generating Spiritual Energy fluctuations would attract enemies.

But even so, he wouldn’t let the girl face any threats. Future visions nearly became his nightmare; he would never allow such events to happen!

Fortunately, seconds later, Li Ye felt the Abyss Dragon retreat farther away. Perhaps it hadn’t detected their presence due to its unresolved injuries.

This allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief, at least the danger was gone.

‘Did it leave?’ Li Ye still whispered.

‘Mm…’ The girl whispered back: ‘You’re hurting me…’

It was only then that Li Ye noticed the soft sensation in his palm and immediately let go.

‘Sorry… I didn’t realize.’

In the darkness, the girl hummed lightly.

The next moment, Li Ye felt two forceful grabs on his chest, then his arm was pulled again: ‘We’re even, let’s go.’

Afterward, they continued underwater for about an hour, finally coming ashore on a deserted rock-covered beach.

‘Finally made it.’ Cheese sighed.

The two dragged their wet clothes into the forest.

‘Are we far from the rendezvous point?’ Li Ye asked, glancing back at Cheese, only to be stunned.

Earlier, the two of them took off their black trench coats and placed them in Li Ye’s reserve space to go underwater.

Beneath Cheese’s trench coat, she was wearing a white oversized T-shirt and black pants.

Her style of dressing was always of this loose-fit type.

But now, the river had soaked her T-shirt, making the loose garment cling to her skin, tracing out her distinct curves. Meanwhile, the wet T-shirt became almost translucent, revealing glimpses of her skin underneath.

Upon reaching the shore, she immediately unbuckled her pants’ belt, intending to change out of the heavy, soaked trousers.

As the pants fell, her fair legs appeared under the hem of the T-shirt.

In that instant, a voice of allure once again echoed in Li Ye’s mind.

Li Ye turned his eyes away: “Why don’t you let me know beforehand when you’re changing clothes? How many times do I have to tell you before you listen?”

He didn’t notice Cheese’s face slightly reddening; she placed a hand on Li Ye’s shoulder, using him for support as she removed the soaked pants.

“You’ve seen it before… You’ve touched it too.” Cheese whispered.

“I’m sorry… earlier, that was an accident.” Li Ye said, bewildered.

“Not all of it was accidental…” Cheese’s tone carried a certain grievance.

It was just after an accident that she was one step ahead of the Doll…

The resentment that had been barely suppressed once again surged under the allure of the Heartless Fruit.

Li Ye fell silent; he sensed a familiar unsettling feeling.

He then took out prepared clothes from the reserve space and handed them to Cheese.

Afterward, he walked away a few steps, reaching behind a tree, and the two each changed into clean clothes.

Cheese changed a bit faster, which allowed her to notice Li Ye’s black trench coat hanging on the tree branch.

Inside the trench coat pocket were three cloth bags. Two of them faintly aroused a sense of fear in her, while the other… bore a familiar pattern.

This left Cheese momentarily dazed, with a slight curl on her lips…

…

The gathering place for the Ye Boshous was located in an abandoned mine near the city.

By the time Li Ye and Cheese bypassed the search teams and roadside checkpoints and arrived at the abandoned mine, dusk had fallen.

Under the night sky, they saw the gathered official strongmen.

Now, counting Li Ye and Cheese, seventy-eight Ye Boshous had assembled here.

To avoid being taken down in one sweep, the officials spread out, and some might still be on their way.

Among them, Li Ye saw Moon Shadow Captain who had gotten lost after entering the second layer with him.

When they saw Li Ye and Cheese arrive together, they were extremely surprised. Some sighed.

Because the clothes under Cheese’s trench coat were very ill-fitting, clearly men’s clothes.

And the two of them appearing together made them somewhat pessimistic; has even the Champion Agent been parasitized?

They more or less knew Cheese’s attitude towards Li Ye…

But Moon Shadow said to the people around him: “I suspect it’s not the case, what do you all think?”

“Hard to say!” Liu Yun said: “Cheese is very rational… she wouldn’t drag someone into the Abyss for her own desires.”

Moon Shadow nodded slightly: “Besides, that’s the successor of Yang Chen, this brain is second only to the Champion. I suspect there’s no parasitism.”

Naturally, Li Ye didn’t know the discussions among the others. Once he entered the mine shaft, he greeted everyone.

“Everyone, I’m here.” Li Ye looked at Moon Shadow: “Moon Shadow Captain… you…”

Moon Shadow sighed: “There was misinformation, before gaining Heartless Fruit intelligence from contact with them, I had already killed a batch of Extraordinary Creatures. Now, I’ve been parasitized…”

Moon Shadow Captain was also first killed by the Heartless Fruit, leaving Li Ye alone among the official strongmen in the second layer.

“What about you?” Moon Shadow asked.

“I received a warning and didn’t take action. Now, I’ve not been parasitized.” Li Ye responded.

This surprised quite a few Ye Boshous.

Moon Shadow glanced at Cheese with a curious expression: “Just as expected from you…”

Then, Moon Shadow’s smile faded: “Now, we’ve located the position where our comrades are imprisoned.”