Netherworld Retrograde

71: Chapter 33 Nuomian 71: Chapter 33 Nuomian The Heart of Slaughter pulsed at the center of Li Yelai’s chest, as if it were a throbbing, eerie lump of flesh.

Like a spiderweb, the golden-red blood vessels and meridians extended from the Heart of Slaughter and clung to the skin.

Pumping an unceasing flow of strength into his body.

This force strengthened his flesh, making Li Yelai’s muscles grow more robust, his bones ever more resilient.

Li Yelai felt like he had obtained limitless power, with seemingly inexhaustible energy!

He could faintly sense that, if he were to activate the Overlord Face in this state,

he would endlessly replicate the Overlord of Western Chu’s ability to lift mountains and rivers, his dominion over all.

To break the Break Army Formation on his own was no longer a difficult task; with both strength and reflexes enhanced, Li Yelai was confident that he could pinpoint and shatter the weakness with a single blow.

But he was also acutely aware of the terrifying nature of this power.

It seemed as if a voice echoed in his heart, kill, kill, kill, as if to please some entity with murder.

However, that was it.

It remained unknown whether it would affect his personality later on.

“Why is the Heart of Slaughter moving on its own?” Li Yelai watched his chest’s pulsing heart, unsure whether to forcibly remove it: “Isn’t it supposed to merely tempt others to wear it?

How did it jump onto me directly?”

“It might be that before the body completely died, it controlled the chest muscles to beat forcefully,” Cheese approached quickly and looked at Li Yelai’s chest, her heart sinking, but still, she suppressed the panic in her eyes and tried to console him: “Don’t be nervous, Spiritual Ability Users have a certain resistance to the temptation of the Heart of Slaughter; you’ll be fine for a short period.”

Perhaps to ease Li Yelai’s tension, she whispered, “Now, I’ve seen your chest, so we’re even.”

“You better not ever go into business!” Li Yelai’s mouth twitched.

Following that, the two civilian staff previously chased by the killing machine also ran back.

On seeing the Heart of Slaughter on Li Yelai’s chest, they were startled but remained calm and said, “For Spiritual Ability Users, you are safe for thirty minutes.

You could forcibly remove it now, but the Heart of Slaughter will be very displeased and will drain most of your physical strength.

So, once removed, you’ll fall into a lengthy state of weakness and powerlessness.”

“Then I can only wear it for now; I still have at least a half-hour of enhancement.

If I remove the heart now, I probably won’t be able to resist the Dream-Eating Rhinoceros’s sleepiness,” Li Yelai spoke.

The effects of the Dream-Eating Rhinoceros were still at play; should he relax his guard or lose strength, soon he would likely be pulled into a deep sleep by the creature.

Under the current conditions, that would be fatal.

If another Taboo Item like the Heart of Slaughter appeared, Cheese would have to protect Li Yelai and fight at the same time.

Too dangerous.

After a few seconds of thought, Cheese nodded slightly in agreement, “There’s no other choice.”

Li Yelai continued to inquire, “I’m a Spiritual Ability User who has experienced a Second Awakening; does that affect the safety duration?

Does a higher level of awakening yield longer sustenance?”

“There’s a slight impact, but not a significant difference,” another civilian staff member spoke up: “Someone with a Third Awakening can last two hours.

Someone with a fourth can’t last an hour.

As far as we know, within half an hour, it’s safe.

Hence, for safety’s sake, officials provide free Heart of Slaughter enhancements to Processors with a Third Awakening.

After that, further enhancements cost Merit Points.”

Li Yelai nodded slightly, “Then I guess I’m enjoying the benefits a bit early.”

Afterward, everyone quickly examined the scene, only to find sadly that the fallen civilian staff had already been sacrificed.

But there was no time to mourn; after carrying the bodies into a rest room, they acted immediately.

According to the description by the civilian staff, they had encountered three Processors, but in the chaos of the map, they got separated.

Now, their plan was to attempt to regroup with the other Processors.

At that moment, Li Yelai began to miss the ‘Detective,’ if they had his tracking abilities, they could quickly find their colleagues.

Instead of running around in confusion as they were now.

“At the beginning, we were with three Processors chasing and suppressing the out-of-control Concealing Scarf, but after the Mobius Ring Map went out of control, we lost two Processors at a turn, and then we encountered…

a Cavalry!” one of the civilian staff spoke while on the move.

“Cavalry?” Cheese was taken aback: “There’s such a Taboo Item in the Black Prison?”

She and Li Yelai exchanged a glance, recalling the earlier sight of a containment room.

People trampled to death alive by horseshoes!

“Absolutely not!

I’ve worked here for five years, I know very well what abilities those Taboo Items possess.

But this Cavalry is definitely not among them, at least not in the upper layers,” the civilian staff said seriously: “Their equipment is not sophisticated, leather armor, Hunting Bows, scimitars…

must be some sort of Grassland Cavalry.

But they all had a Spiritual Barrier!

And their arrows carried a small amount of Spiritual Energy, enough to counter spiritual barriers.

Just one charge, and we were scattered.

The Cavalry chased after that Processor, and we were lucky to escape.”

“What happened next, as you saw, we then encountered the Heart of Slaughter!

Damn it!” the other civilian staff’s eyes reddened with anger.

Cheese’s face grew somber: “So you’re saying, some Taboo Item can summon Grassland Cavalry?

Could this be…

the danger level suddenly increased because of the Zhe Lan King Flag?”