Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 83: Chapter 38 Desires

Even in his sleep, Li Yelai felt extremely fatigued but also exhilarated.

He had roughly counted, not including the Double Blade Knight, that he had personally killed at least over two hundred Grassland Cavalry, with the Zhe Lan King being just a bonus.

He had avenged the fallen comrades, the heroes.

As he entered deep sleep, his body, which had been enhanced by the Heart of Slaughter for two hours, began to emanate a majestic vitality.

So much so that the civilian personnel stitching his wounds were surprised to find that the needle could no longer pierce Li Yelai’s skin.

They had no choice but to give up, disinfecting and then bandaging the wounds.

After all, with such physical quality and strength, these wounds were likely to heal completely in just a few days.

Thus, when Li Yelai opened his eyes,

He found himself wrapped in many bandages, lying in a fairly large reception room with other wounded. Several civilian personnel acted as medics, moving back and forth.

Not far away, some civilian personnel were burning incense in prayer.

Despite the ventilation system being in operation, the air was still filled with the smell of disinfectant and incense.

This odd scene left Li Yelai somewhat bewildered.

”Hey, awake?” Cheese’s voice came from one side, and Li Yelai turned to look.

She was leaning against the wall next to Li Yelai, her pale face smiling just as when they first met: ”You have become a girl now, huh!”

”The same trick doesn’t work on me.”

Li Yelai smirked and asked, ”Are you okay? Where are you hurt?”

”No big deal, I just ate too many sweets and felt nauseous. Plus, my Spiritual Energy was depleted, so I came here to rest,” Cheese said with a look of disgust, ”I never want to eat any sweets again in my life!”

Li Yelai sat up, stretching his limbs.

With every twist of his body, there were crackling sounds everywhere, making Li Yelai feel refreshed.

Instinctively, Li Yelai felt that both his strength and response speed had greatly improved.

His abdomen now sported distinct abs, and the muscle lines all over his body were more pronounced.

”It seems the enhancement by the Heart of Slaughter had an effect,” Li Yelai clenched his fist, swinging it casually to produce a swooshing sound: ”I feel like I could kill a cow with one punch.”

”You’ve been enhanced by the Heart of Slaughter for two hours, well beyond the safe time. And you were in the midst of slaughter the whole time, which is even more dangerous!” Cheese said, slightly fearful.

Usually, colleagues who enhanced their bodies with the Heart of Slaughter were fixed to a restraint stand. Once the time was up, they immediately removed the Heart of Slaughter.

For Li Yelai to keep the Heart of Slaughter on and plunge into a killing spree was truly dangerous.

Once overwhelmed by the desire to kill, that would have been the end of it.

”Luckily... you made it through. Theoretically, after two hours of enhancement, your physical strength should be no less than that of the third Awakening on the True Martial Path. As for killing a cow with one punch, that isn’t saying much,” Cheese said, ”However, although it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, wearing the Heart of Slaughter for too long has left some scars on your chest.”

Hearing this, Li Yelai looked down at his upper body, wrapped in gauze, and indeed there were three red scars spreading from his chest.

”As long as there’s a gain, a few scars aren’t a big deal,” Li Yelai replied, leaning against the corner of the wall like Cheese had done, and asked: ”How long did I sleep?”

At the same time, Li Yelai sized up his surroundings, judging from the current situation, the Taboo Items must not all have been suppressed yet.

Otherwise, the wounded wouldn’t have been placed in a containment room used for suppressing Taboo Items.

However, the Taboo Item in this containment room was indeed the least dangerous.

D-level Taboo Item, Door God Sticker.

The effect was that, by placing two Door God Stickers on either side of a door or passageway and offering incense to them,

The Door God Stickers would become animated, popping out a Spiritual Barrier to protect the space behind the doors.

And if it went out of control, it would open all nearby doors.

Regardless of how the doors were sealed, they would be directly opened.

For humans, this was considered one of the most benign Taboo Items.

As long as offerings were made, protection could be received.

This was also the main reason for placing the wounded here.

”You’ve slept for about five hours,” Cheese replied, ”After you passed out, three different Taboo Items coincidentally appeared there and were promptly subdued by Bai Yang and the others. All were successfully suppressed. Counting the Zhe Lan King Flag and the Heart of Slaughter, a total of seven Taboo Items were subdued because of you. So, the Ye Boshou intend to apply for some Merit Points for you as a recognition.”

”There’s nothing worth recognizing; so many colleagues have sacrificed themselves, what is there to commend?” Li Yelai asked softly, ”What’s the situation now?”

”The Taboo Items in the upper districts have all been suppressed, but the battle in the Lower District is still fierce,” Cheese replied, ”Bai Yang and the rest have gone to support the Lower District, while we continue to stand guard in the upper district, awaiting reinforcements.”

”Let’s hope they triumph splendidly!” Li Yelai nodded, and then found his Crimson Long Sword and Jet Axe along with the Summoning Bell at his side.

Aside from the Summoning Bell, both the sword and the axe were badly damaged.

The high-intensity continuous combat had left the Crimson Long Sword riddled with notches.

And the Jet Axe had been damaged during the battle.

”You’ll need to spend some Merit Points to repair your Spiritual Ability Equipment, or perhaps replace it entirely,” Cheese picked up Li Yelai’s Crimson Long Sword, examined it briefly, and shook her head: ”It’s completely blunted, unusable.”

Then, picking up the Jet Axe to check, she suggested: ”I recommend having the Equipment Department customize a Hot Melt Axe or Hot Melt Sword for you. Although they lack Spiritual Abilities, they are exceptionally powerful.”