Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 209: Chapter 98: Arriving Like Lightning!_3

The Fire Crocodile Dragon, as powerful as a Four Awakenings Spiritual Ability User, was severely injured in the midst of the Insect Swarm attack.

At this moment, it could not afford to attend to the pain all over its body, struggling to twist itself free from the insects.

It staggered to its feet and dragged its skeletal, battered body toward a farther escape, with the Insect Swarm relentlessly pursuing.

Like a feast, they fell over each other as they charged toward the Fire Crocodile Dragon, until it was completely devoured!

Li Yelai felt an icy chill in his blood. This was the Slaughter Insect Swarm! Dangerous and ferocious!

Seeing the Insect Swarm suddenly divide and attack the rear of the human troops, Li Yelai suppressed his unease and stepped forward decisively to intercept them.

Li Yelai, holding the Big Black Umbrella’s handle with one hand, used his left foot as a pivot and spun his body with his right foot, exhaling violently.

Like a spinning top, he charged into the Insect Swarm!

The heavy Big Black Umbrella swung, smashing the approaching beetles to pieces.

Crimson blood splattered on the ground, sketching a sinister scene.

Li Yelai had a thought; one beetle alone wasn’t much of a danger, lacking a Spiritual Barrier, but once their numbers increase, neither Spiritual Ability Users nor Extraordinary Creatures would likely withstand them. It was crucial not to be continuously besieged by the Insect Swarm.

At this moment, soldiers stationed at the rear of the troop also opened fire.

And eliminated the last few insects.

The human troop Li Yelai was escorting had now neared the shelter and was being met by soldiers from inside the shelter.

Thankfully, no civilians were injured.

But in the distant sky, a red Lighting Bomb ascended.

Was that... an official distress signal?

Li Yelai, seeing the entire troop had entered the shelter,

immediately summoned the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt and leaped into the air.

...

Meanwhile, in the fierce battlefield.

Continual gunfire, countless Insect Swarms torn apart, yet even more swarmed in.

In the rear of the troop, Cheese coldly watched as a monster emerged from the ruins; its dinosaur-like body covered in a black carapace, with four strong arms bearing sharp claws. A sharp spike trailed on the ground from its tail!

This was a Hunting Insect from the Insect Swarm, possessing potent close-combat destructive power and defensive capabilities.

It had just torn apart two Iron Guards opening the path and killed several civilians.

Only with combined effort of the escorting Spiritual Ability Users had they managed to barely restrain it here.

Cheese had just demolished a load-bearing pillar to bury it in the ruins, but it still hadn’t been eliminated.

Seeing the swarming Insect Swarm all around, Cheese felt a sinking feeling; things were not looking good.

Without reinforcements... the Spiritual Ability Users might be able to escape, but the civilians...

”Are you all okay?” Cheese asked softly, with two heavily wounded Processors behind her.

They had been ambushed by the Insect Swarm while facing the Hunting Insect and were severely injured.

”Of course!” replied the middle-aged Processor among them, clutching his twisted arm and grinning, ”I can still fight ten more!”

The young, heavily scarred Processor, looking at Cheese’s beautiful profile, his gaze thoughtful, then resolutely spoke.

”I’ll hold it off, you all go first!”

”Don’t be a hero, you’re not in the condition to hold it off... I’ll do it. You lead the troop...” Cheese’s gaze was calm, making the young Processor’s heart ache.

However, the next second, he saw light and laughter emerge in Cheese’s eyes.

That moment, her view of the world seemed to brighten.

Cheese looked up, smiling, ”You came just in time.”

Reinforcements? He instinctively looked upward.

The Hunting Insect did the same.

It sharply sensed the approaching danger.

As it looked up, what it saw was a Thunderbolt!

The person, holding a Black Umbrella and riding a steed, arrived like lightning!