Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 1179: Chapter 581: Troop Assembly (2)

“Don’t talk about the golden age of humanity; mankind is about to face its most painful era.”

“You’re a Champion, having deceived All Gods to become the Chaos Chosen with a heart for humanity. You can draft a Chaos Contract for Giant City, allowing humans to gain chaos powers with low risks.”

“You are crucial to humanity. You shouldn’t take this risk, shouldn’t enter the Disaster Fog! Even before the Sword Edge King, I would say the same!” Liu Bo said, “If we fail… we truly have nothing left.”

“If possible, I’d prefer Mountain City to face Disaster Fog No. 49 alone. Even if our Giant City is completely destroyed, it won’t impact the Heavenly Pride from all paths; they are humanity’s future…”

“Then don’t fail.” Li Ye replied, “Mr. Liu, you’re being too hesitant. Failure means nothing left, so just win!”

After a moment of silence, Liu Bo nodded slightly, “Do everything we can… You can take Captain Pepper; he’s trustworthy and can help you mobilize the legion.”

“Alright, thank you.”

Afterward, Li Ye left the command room, and Liu Bo and Zhen Shan issued orders, with officers from each legion heading to the command room.

They will sign contracts, disseminating them layer by layer until chaos powers permeate Giant City.

At the same time, messenger squads rushed out from shelters, heading towards various areas of Giant City.

All shelters will arrange troop movements and follow Li Ye to attack the Forbidden Zone Army!

Li Ye was in the shelter, inviting several strong champions.

Members of Champion Team One, Li Ye certainly intended to take them.

Their combined strength was much greater.

Thereafter, it was Ma Hongyi and several family Heavenly Prides.

Due to limitations on numbers, Li Ye couldn’t invite many people, which left some Heavenly Prides staying behind regretting.

They truly wanted to charge enemy lines with the Champion.

“It’s just you, old Li.” Ma Hongyi glanced at the regretful Heavenly Prides and said, “They were originally quite proud, and it took effort to get them to cooperate. But now, they seem to have recognized you as their Champion.”

“They trust the Champion identity.” Li Ye replied. “By the way, old Ma, I heard you cleared the eighth floor?”

“Don’t call me old Ma… whatever. Suit yourself.” Ma Hongyi said helplessly, “My luck was better than Little Mad King’s, encountering an enemy that happened to be a residual sound avatar of a familiar strong champion. I put some effort into exhausting him to death; otherwise, I’d only reach the seventh floor.”

“And the Blessing I obtained is ‘Extreme Speed Assault,’ which boosts speed. The faster I am, the higher the attack bonus. If I can maintain extreme speed, the attack bonus can increase by 90%.” Ma Hongyi said, “Fortunately, my speed is not slow; it fits me well.”

Li Ye nodded; if he had the ‘Extreme Speed Assault’ Blessing, the power of Cute Star Sky Collision would be even greater.

It’s a shame… Li Ye felt the Blessings he had were still not enough.

He seemed to have quite a few Blessings.

But most actually came from Li Ye consuming Spirit Plants.

These were various minor Blessings concerning abnormal resistance; they weren’t particularly hard to acquire.

Next were the two Mythical Mimicry Blessings from Qilin and Kunpeng.

The actively acquired Blessings were only Oathkeeper’s ‘Remote Attack Specialization, Thunder Version’ and ‘Rainbow Through the Sun’

The Chaos God’s Chosen Blessing activates only when using the corresponding Divine Chosen Face.

‘It’s still a bit lacking. I need to see if Mountain City’s Taboo Items can provide me with a few more Blessings. Even if they’re not as good in damage enhancement as ‘Extreme Speed Assault’, something secondary will do.’

Li Ye was thinking to himself and turned to ask Mountain City’s Captain Pepper, “Does Mountain City’s Taboo Items have any that can provide Blessings?”

“Blessings?” Captain Pepper, a muscular man in his thirties, wasn’t tall but extremely robust, with a stern face and little expression.

He knew some of the secrets and was sent by Liu Bo to assist.

After thinking, he nodded, “Of course, there are two. One is too risky; the other is relatively safer, but such Taboo Items are usually kept at headquarters, and headquarters is not on this space layer.”

“Headquarters… It’s not on the third layer either. Then it must be on the first layer.” Li Ye nodded slightly, taking his time.

An hour later, Ming Lang, who went to track that chaos believer, returned.

Li Ye and the informed Ma Hongyi and others immediately found a room to gather intelligence.

Ming Lang stepped out from the shadows and said, “That guy went to the junction of the southeast city area and outskirts; I saw Plague Knights in formations and a large number of Chaos Fanatics there. Among the believers were humans and Forbidden Zone humans. They’ve occupied that part of the city, hunting many Horror Demons. For now, no chaos rituals have been used.”

“They… weren’t randomly teleported by the Dark Side?” Ma Hongyi frowned, “Or did they regroup after dispersing within the Disaster Fog?”

“Chaos Holy Artifacts aren’t called that for no reason. Likely activated the Chaos Holy Artifacts to resist the teleport of Dark Side Triple Heaven. At least most didn’t get randomly teleported away, retaining their coherent combat power. This is good news, otherwise, a bunch of Plague Knights running amok would be a disaster.” Liu Yun said.

“Bai Ya is on this layer, and Yu Mian on the third layer. This lets me consolidate chaos power against the Beastmen…” Li Ye thought and said, “Then let’s embark, head directly to the West City Branch. Take some civilians along the way, escorting them to shelters behind us while receiving troop and combat power from each shelter.”

“From east to west, crossing the Horror Demon occupied area, even with troop transports, speed won’t be swift.” Ma Hongyi said, “Although the Insect Race is ruined, Beastmen have been blocked by East Three Shelter. With the Champion, leader-level Horror Demons dare not show themselves, but many Horror Demons lack reason, relying solely on instinct. Be cautious!”

Ma Hongyi paused, “It’s a pity, if Mo He were here, with her ability, troop allocation would be most proficient. Might even be faster.”

Li Ye nodded quietly, agreeing.

Then the team embarked.

The fortress gates opened, troop transports revved up, carrying nearly 30,000 civilians to the rear.

Almost all were children, the elderly, and some pregnant women.

Now on the eastern front, adults, regardless of gender, have entered factories or engaged in militia training or repairing fortifications.

Among them, naturally, some felt fear, wanting to retreat to the relatively safe rear.

But they also knew that in this war, only one side could survive!

…

The main force continued moving forward, while Spiritual Ability Users transformed into scouts to eliminate any Terror Demon or other troubles blocking the march.

The Terror Demons naturally waited for opportunities; civilians outside of shelters seemed like tasty treats to them.

No matter how strong the Champion or vigilant the Spiritual Ability Users, they couldn’t protect this many humans simultaneously.

They still had opportunities.

However, when Li Ye captured a giant bear Terror Demon attempting to attack the convoy’s rear.

Straightforwardly decapitated it, skinned it, and roasted it over the fire, distributing it among the people.

This scene quieted the Terror Demons considerably.

The impact of hungry Terror Demons remained; humanity continued to face a food shortage.

While Terror Demons wanted to eat humans, humans equally wanted to eat them.

But this wasn’t enough to scare away many Terror Demons; they continued waiting for opportunities, ready to act when leader-level Terror Demons intervened.

Yet, as the team progressed, nearing various shelters.

Civilians were settled, and the number of soldiers and Spiritual Ability Users gradually increased.

The squad’s momentum grew stronger and stronger.

At the forefront, the Champion was akin to a Battle Banner rallying morale.

With the march, their momentum grew ever stronger until…

No Terror Demons dared to stand in their way!