Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 152: Chapter 69 Revenge!_2

Now it was the Tattooed Man’s turn to consider this problem.

The Tattooed Man’s eyebrows twitched. After failing to shake off his pursuer through several retreats, he swiftly swung his Flame Great Saber, the blade engulfed in scorching flames, slashing at the Double Blade Knight’s weapons. Then, he twisted the saber to smack down on the Double Blade Knight’s shoulder.

It was a baffling move. The Double Blade Knight was clad in thick plate armor; even a strike with a saber might not cut through, so what good was a smack?

Yet, this simple smack actually made the Double Blade Knight shudder as flames seeped out from beneath the shoulder plate armor. The Double Blade Knight let out a silent cry of pain, and quickly executed a Flash Body to retreat.

The smack had actually ignited the Double Blade Knight’s arm, burning the mighty knight.

The mysterious material of this Spiritual Ability Equipment originated from the Flame Body Ability of the Path of Zero. As long as it could make contact with the opponent, it could ignite their body’s surface. Therefore, any touch would result in injury.

However, before the flames had dissipated, the Tattooed Man felt the hairs on his neck stand up.

In the next instant, a long spear burst forth from the void, piercing through the flames, aiming for the Tattooed Man’s neck!

It was Li Yelai, who charged directly into the brutal flames in mid-air, using them as cover to launch a surprise attack from an angle the Tattooed Man failed to anticipate.

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Rhino Charge!

”That’s really tricky!” The Tattooed Man tensed up inside, cursing inwardly at the sneakiness, and immediately raised his saber to block.

’Crack’

He, however, heard a strange metallic clanking sound.

To his shock, his saber’s blade had been trapped by the ear of Li Yelai’s Red Dragon Spear!

This caused the Tattooed Man’s heart to race as he felt a massive pulling force, his blade involuntarily dragged away.

Then, the long spear thrust forward in an instant!

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Spirit Snake Emerges!

By trapping the enemy’s weapon with the spear ear, flicking it away or to the side, and then thrusting rapidly, one could make it difficult for the enemy to defend or parry.

But the Tattooed Man, worth his salt as one of the Church’s elite believers, tilted his head and twisted his body to dodge the lethal thrust meant for his neck. The long spear’s tip grazed past his left cheek.

At the same time, he violently stepped forward.

Shock Stepping Wave!

And Li Yelai decisively twisted the long spear while leaping up, dodging the Shock Stepping Wave, and continued Aerial Stepping, hovering in mid-air.

The Tattooed Man, however, was clutching his left cheek, from which crimson blood flowed between his fingers.

”Good, very good!” he screamed in agony, his left cheek and ear torn to shreds.

Indeed, he had avoided Li Yelai’s Spirit Snake Emerges, but as Li Yelai spun the long spear, the sharp edge of the spear ear directly scraped off his left ear and facial skin like a vortex blade.

To be wounded to such an extent by a Second Awakening infuriated yet excited him.

Such an enemy, if beheaded and offered to my lord, my lord would surely bestow a blessing upon me!

Li Yelai’s expression changed, though, as he faintly heard the sound of walls cracking and metal twisting from above.

Calamity continued; even on this level, they still faced the threat of collapse.

Considering the intensity of the battle and the extent of damage above, a collapse was highly probable.

With his bad luck, this probability became a certainty.

And it still was going to fall on his own head!

Looking down at the Tattooed Man below, Li Yelai had an idea and immediately changed his direction of Aerial Stepping.

Plummeting suddenly, he smashed down toward the Tattooed Man like a meteor.

With a long spear in hand, he crashed down, executing the Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Elephant Trample!

The Tattooed Man roared in outrage, his hands gripping the saber as the blade erupted in intense flames. Enveloped in flames, he shot up to engage Li Yelai in a head-on clash!

This was his most powerful slash! And his quickest!

”To kill you! To offer to my lord!” he bellowed, forcefully propelling himself forward with his legs, Aerial Stepping! Flames trailed a dazzling glow behind him!

The two seemed poised to collide fiercely mid-air.

However, at the instant before they could crash, deciding the victorious move,

The Tattooed Man witnessed an eerie scene as Li Yelai suddenly stepped to the right, abruptly changing his descend direction, sliding past the oncoming Tattooed Man.

To not engage directly? Coward!

The Tattooed Man was fuming with anger, and then, in the next moment, all that anger turned into boundless horror.

Because, as soon as Li Yelai dodged aside, the ceiling behind him suddenly split open.

And then, an entire Underground Tunnelling Machine, along with the Chaos Egg and strong enemies and allies alike, just crashed down!

And the Tattooed Man was right below them!

”Ahhhhhhhh!” He screamed in extreme terror, desperately trying to change his charging direction. Who could have expected such danger to loom behind the enemy?

It was a pity that he charged too fast, too close. When he had only just made an Aerial Step to twist his position, he still couldn’t escape the inertia of his full-powered charge.

He smashed head-on into the massive tracks of the Underground Tunnelling Machine, brutally crushed to the ground.

The enormous impact pierced through his Spiritual Barrier, causing him to spew blood incessantly. But he exerted himself fully to execute Aerial Stepping, barely getting clear of the Tunnelling Machine before it smashed onto the ground, avoiding being crushed into pulp.

Boom! The colossal crash nearly pierced through the entire underground space.

The Underground Tunnelling Machine broke through this level, heading for a deeper one.

And the Tattooed Man stood up in terror from the ruins, looking for aid from his fellow Church believers.

However, when he looked up, he saw Li Yelai standing before him.

Li Yelai was also in a bad state, as the target of Calamity, even though he had avoided the Tunnelling Machine in advance, he was hit by the falling steel bars.

His body was already stained with blood.

But he was unmoved, swinging his Red Dragon Spear forcefully down.

The Tattooed Man felt a suffocating pain in his chest, severely injured, and could only raise his saber to clash.

Flames ignited, and every strike was ablaze!

He launched the angriest counterattack, creating a dense web of flame with his slashes!

’Boom’

’Boom’

’Boom, Boom’...

The sound of weapons colliding grew fiercer, but it carried with it a tone of despair.

Li Yelai wielded a long spear, while he himself held a great saber, and couldn’t match the speed of Li Yelai’s long spear strikes.

From the initial clash to the later parries, and finally to a cross-saber defense.

With every smash from Li Yelai, his blood churned and his innards trembled.

And Li Yelai’s spear thrusts were relentless, continuing non-stop. The whistling of the air was like thunder, like a Warhorse galloping in full power!

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Horse Hoof Thunder!

After being struck for the eightieth time, the Tattooed Man’s mouth and nose were already bleeding profusely, and he spat out a large amount of blood.

He was literally being shaken to injury by Li Yelai!

He stomped the ground with difficulty, trying again to execute the Shock Stepping Wave.

But Li Yelai had already leapt up in anticipation, dodging the shock wave while bringing down his spear with one hand.

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Elephant Trample!

”Wait... this isn’t fair...” the Tattooed Man started, struggling and in pain. It indeed wasn’t fair, he had been accidentally involved, severely injured, not in his peak condition. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been defeated so badly.

Li Yelai did not stop, he did not accept surrender from these beasts!

Fair? You dare to ask for fairness? Calamity is his method of attack!

The spear in his hand aimed for the Weakness and slashed down!

’Crack’

Directly cutting through both the Flame Great Saber and the Tattooed Man!

He had promised he would avenge his colleague, and now, he had fulfilled that promise!

Then, without any hesitation, Li Yelai made a sudden leap.

The moment Li Yelai left, not even a second later, the Chaos Egg that had fallen from the collapse to this level struck hard with its tentacles where the Tattooed Man’s body lay.

The Tattooed Man’s body was directly crushed and devoured by the Chaos Egg.

Afterward, the swollen body of the Chaos Egg surged towards Li Yelai.

Clearly, it had selected Li Yelai, the one with the lowest level of Awakening present, as its prey.

Great, you must meet strong enemies, and you send me a Chaos Egg, huh?

The Chaos Egg moved so swiftly, Li Yelai simply could not get away.

He then gritted his teeth and reached into his chest.

”Run, Knight!” a Processor blocked in front of Li Yelai.

At the same time, several other Processors rapidly closed in on the Chaos Egg. But the Chaos Egg was already too close!

”Don’t look at me!” Li Yelai shouted as well, and then quickly pulled out a strand of hair from his chest.

In an instant, the tentacled Chaos Egg suddenly screamed, rolling backward in terror.

The Doll’s curse, even the Chaos Egg had to fear!

The Processors, heeding the advice, happily advanced and assaulted the still-terrified Chaos Egg.

And they remarked, ”Fucking hell! You really do have a thing with the Doll!”

Li Yelai did not respond to his teammates’ teasing.

Instead, he saw in a daze, in the eerie space, the Tattooed Man reappeared before him, seemingly reborn, crying out in horror about something.

Then, a tentacle dragged him into the mist, devouring him completely...