Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 1042: Chapter 504: The Distorted Clan Member (Part 2)

The detective said, “As for why they don’t want to alarm the authorities… judging from the information they disclosed to me, it’s likely to keep their family scandal from being exposed. It’s kind of a common problem among Spiritual Ability Families.”

“Family scandal?”

“Yes, it seems one of their family members has been twisted. It’s unclear if it’s due to Chaos Corruption or some other influence. It’s said to have caused a huge commotion within the family. Some family members were injured or killed, and even took away some hidden Taboo Items from the family.”

A member within the family twisted, and murdered other family members… The Zhou family probably wants to clean house, but doesn’t want the authorities to know.

After all, this isn’t a good thing, and it’s even considered a scandal.

Moreover, it involves Taboo Items… this family probably even more so doesn’t want the authorities to find out.

“So they found you? Planning to hire Spiritual Ability Users to solve the trouble secretly?”

“Yes, besides me, they probably hired some other Spiritual Ability Users as well. I was the last to receive the news, probably because they felt their combat strength wasn’t enough.” The detective said, stepping on the accelerator. The pitch-black vehicle drove into the night.

And all around, several Black Shadows moved silently. Following close behind…

A few minutes later, Li Yelai arrived at the agreed construction site with the detective.

At the same time, Li Yelai sensed multiple Spiritual Abilities surging in the darkness.

The detective stopped the car, opened the door, and said, “Sorry, we’re late. Are we the last batch?”

“Almost… Detective, it’s just you we’re waiting on.” A figure emerged from the shadows, a masked man.

Spiritual Energy surged around him, seemingly a Five Senses Spiritual Ability User.

At the same time, Li Yelai also noticed six figures hidden in the shadows. Two women and four men. Among them, three were not carrying any weapons.

Probably Five Senses Strong People, able to store Spiritual Ability Equipment in the Soul Well.

They didn’t seem very old, probably Spiritual Ability Users from other families, maybe even official members.

And their gazes were also fixed on the detective and Li Yelai.

The detective wasn’t very advanced, not yet reaching the Four Awakenings. And on Li Yelai… they sensed no Spiritual Energy.

“Detective, you’ve only invited one companion?” the masked strongman asked after glancing at Li Yelai.

“Yes, unfortunately, time was tight, and everyone else had their own matters. I could only find him…” the detective laughed, pointing to Li Yelai and said, “Although there’s only one person, he is extremely reliable. You can call him… Feng Yu.”

Feng Yu? Everyone pondered for a moment, confirming it was a name they hadn’t heard of. Probably an alias.

Indeed, it seemed like a play on words, it whispered in the night wind… Feng Yu…

A bit of a cold joke.

But everyone didn’t underestimate Li Yelai.

After all, the detective, as an intermediary, was quite renowned, so his companion was probably not weak.

And Li Yelai then took a ring-headed knife from the Soul Mirror and then threw it back into the Soul Mirror.

This revealed that he was a Five Senses Spiritual Ability User.

This made everyone nod silently, at least the detective was reliable enough to invite a Five Senses Strong Person for help in such a short time.

Perhaps, this was an Elite Night Patrol…

“Great, now that everyone is here,” the masked strongman said, “we can begin our operation.”

“First, please leave all electronic devices behind.”

“Electronic devices?” a strong person asked, “Why? Are you worried we’ll leak information?”

“No, it’s for safety reasons,” the masked strongman responded. “Don’t bring any electronic devices, otherwise, the opponent will be alerted in advance.”

This made Li Yelai and the detective exchange a glance, electronic device alert? What, does the opponent’s ability control data?

In the Divine Protection Path, there doesn’t seem to be such an ability.

“Better clarify,” the detective reminded. “We’ve already come here, so you can’t keep any more secrets.”

“I know, we’ll talk on the way. But please leave the electronic devices first,” the masked strongman said. “Even official communicators… the target possesses a Taboo Item that can target electronic devices. Bringing them would be very dangerous.”

“What’s the effect of the Taboo Item?” a strong person frowned and asked, “If it involves Taboo Items, why not seek official assistance directly?”

“We have our pride, friend. As for the Taboo Items, we didn’t even know they existed as Taboo Items until he took them, and we realized that piece of junk was a Taboo Item,” the masked strongman sighed.

After exchanging glances, everyone had to leave their phones, car keys, and even communicators in the car.

Then, they followed the masked strongman.

A group of people shuttled through the night, and at a further distance.

A doll raised an advertising board.

[Should I leave the advertising board too?!!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ]

“Hmm, since it’s a Taboo Item, it’s better to be cautious,” Cheese nodded. After everyone left the communicators behind and hid them well, they continued to follow Li Yelai’s team.

On the way, the masked strongman revealed the target of this operation.

He was a young man from a branch of the Zhou family.

In his youth, he had decent Spiritual Talent and quickly promoted to the Four Awakenings.

But for some reason, he got stuck at this level for a long time, twice attempting a promotion, which both ended in failure.

This was strange and unfortunate, but it was helpless.

The Fourth Awakenings might just be this young man’s limit, which isn’t too bad either, as the Fourth Awakenings is already quite strong.

But this young man was not willing to give up and stubbornly wanted to promote. So he began to refine himself.

This made Li Yelai and the others shake their heads; failing a promotion once was already very risky.

Many people might twist and mutate after failing once. He failed twice and managed to survive, which was already very lucky.

Another attempt at promotion… the risk was too high.

But perhaps persistence paid off, as after a period of honing himself, he surprisingly succeeded in promoting to the Fifth Sense.

This greatly surprised the Zhou family, and they planned to nurture him vigorously.

The Zhou family did have two captains in the past, but with their deaths, the Zhou family’s strength greatly declined, with only a senior at the Sixth Sense holding the scene.

If that young man could advance to the Sixth Sense, it would be a good thing for the Zhou family.

But at the same time, the Zhou family gradually noticed some Abnormal behavior from that branch young man.

He often challenged family strongmen or went into the wilderness to confront illegal Spiritual Ability Users.

After each encounter, he ensured victory, and his Spiritual Power Strength significantly increased with each victory.

This made the Zhou family senior members both puzzled and terrified.

This kind of improvement was too rapid, certainly, Spiritual Users would gradually strengthen their Spiritual Power Strength through bloody battles.

But not this efficiently.

When Li Yelai was at the Fifth Sense, he went through the Immortal Palace Battlefield, successively slaying Ye Han at the Sixth Sense, as well as strongmen from Yunling and the Scale Remains Civilization.

The whole battlefield was fought from beginning to end, even sacrificing Ye Han’s head and was commended by the Blood God. Li Yelai didn’t instantly promote to the Sixth Sense.

This kind of improvement wasn’t that swift.

But that young man visibly grew stronger, immediately stepping onto a higher level after defeating a tough enemy.

This forced the Zhou family to investigate him, suspecting he was hiding some secret.

During the investigation, they found the youth seemed to be conversing with someone.

This creeped them out, wanting to capture the youth.

But the youth detected it in advance. Before the Zhou family could react, he retrieved an undiscovered Taboo Item from a pile of discarded electronic waste.

Instantly, he paralyzed all of the Zhou family’s defense systems and through some ability, broke through the Zhou family’s pursuit, becoming stronger in the process.

He once disappeared from the Zhou family’s sight, forcing the family to give up the chase.

Until recently, the Zhou family rediscovered his hiding place. He never left the Giant City. Still in the Giant City.

Thus, this invitation occurred. They plan to take him down personally!

And take back that dangerous Taboo Item!