Netherworld Retrograde

57: Chapter 27: Promotion, the 2nd Awakening!_2 57: Chapter 27: Promotion, the 2nd Awakening!_2 “I understand, my projection is still too small right now; Void Realm Creatures generally can’t detect me.

Once I have undergone several awakenings and my projection enlarges, they will naturally sense my presence,” Li Yelai nodded.

“But I’m really not that lucky.

What if I really get caught?”

“Don’t talk about such unlucky things,” Cheese frowned, slightly displeased, and lightly kicked Li Yelai’s calf.

“However, it’s normal for you to have such concerns,” Yang Chen consoled.

“When you advance, we will also be watching over you from within our Soul Wells.

If any Void Realm Creatures really discover you and attack you, a mere Second Awakened like you, it’s likely not going to be a powerful Void Realm Creature.

We can scare it away, or delay it until your advancement is complete.”

“No wonder you need to protect us; this is like having a protector from an Immortal fantasy novel,” Li Yelai reflected.

“That’s why, with us here, what you really need to be careful about is the influence of the Void Realm,” Yang Chen said with a serious expression.

“According to our analysis, it might be the rules of the Void Realm, either leading you into a desire for slaughter, transforming you into a murderous fiend, or leading you to unleash your desires, or possibly tempting you to pursue some forbidden mystical knowledge…”

Li Yelai had heard this explanation multiple times but still did not fully grasp the peril.

“Is it a direct change of personality?”

“Yes, after being influenced, you will no longer be yourself, and you will have no awareness of the change,” Yang Chen said somberly.

“Like the Glutton I once dealt with.”

“He was originally a family-loving man, but the Ember Church led him to become a Spiritual Ability User, which directly twisted him.

To suppress the insatiable hunger, he eventually turned against his own wife and children.”

“There was also a leading scholar who, during his advancement, was seduced and thus obtained some kind of forbidden knowledge.

In his pursuit of this knowledge and so-called truth, he conducted human experiments on his own daughter and students, resulting in a saddening tragedy.”

“Turning a man willing to die for his family into a cannibalistic fiend, and a kind scholar into a delusional monster, that is the influence of the Void Realm’s power.”

Li Yelai was alarmed as he listened, “The Ember Church really does all sorts of evil!”

At the same time, Li Yelai felt fortunate that he had chosen to join the official ranks.

If he were a Wild Spirit Ability User and lost control without being immediately dealt with, who knows what fate his sister would face.

Devoured?

Sacrificed?

Li Yelai dared not believe he would do such things, but that is the distorting power of the Void Realm.

Before being twisted, those Spiritual Ability Users would not believe they would do such things either.

Yet, ‘Mr.

Shadow’ might not let himself be easily twisted by the Void Realm, right?

It’s hard to say; perhaps ‘Mr.

Shadow’ wants to twist him.

He still knows too little about Him; he needs to find an opportunity to probe further.

Li Yelai asked, “As a Spiritual Ability User of the Wanxiang Path, do I need to take a Magic Potion for my Second Awakening?”

Without the precise Magic Potion, a Spiritual Ability User’s ability is randomly acquired during advancement.

Random!

Therefore, even if Spiritual Ability Users are of the same level and follow the same path, their strengths can be vastly different.

Some Processors have extremely strong offensive capabilities.

Like Starfire, who, upon becoming a Spiritual Ability User, possessed tremendous destructive power, essentially becoming a human flamethrower.

While other Spiritual Ability Users of the same path might have auxiliary abilities like water source detection or electromagnetic interference.

The disparity in combat power among newcomers of the same path can be vast.

Isn’t that frustrating?

To avoid such situations, Spiritual Ability Users need to take Magic Potions.

Like Cheese, whose first two awakenings were auxiliary abilities, and only during her third awakening did she use a Magic Potion to gain an offensive ability, Speech Spirit.

Because she didn’t dare to leave it to chance anymore and could only spend Merit Points to buy Magic Potions.

“No, our Processing Department doesn’t have Magic Potions for the Second Awakening of the Wanxiang Path,” Yang Chen said regretfully, shaking his head.

“We only have Magic Potions for the Second Awakening of the Divine Protection Path and the Netherworld Path.

The other paths don’t have any; perhaps some long-established Spiritual Ability Families might…”

“However, for the third or fourth awakening of the Wanxiang Path, I can arrange a Magic Potion for you, I’ve even prepared some of the materials already.

But there’s really nothing I can do for the Second Awakening.”

Previously, Yang Chen’s confrontation with the Melting Furnace Captain was actually to acquire a rather rare material.

This could be used in the third or fourth awakening, laying a foundation for Li Yelai’s future awakenings.

“The Champion Captain really plays favorites!”

“That’s right!”

“Not fair at all, Captain!”

All the team members present immediately pointed fingers at Yang Chen.

Yang Chen grinned and retorted playfully, “Who among you haven’t I helped!”

Indeed, Yang Chen had spent substantial effort helping Li Yelai, intentionally giving him heavier responsibilities.