Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 227: Chapter 107: Let’s See Who Can Survive Longer

Confronting the War Worm set to slaughter the survivor’s team, Li Yelai finally activated the Face.

He unleashed the Shadow Army after activating the Face of Sealing Langju Xuhu Qubing, charging with the force of the Heavy Cavalry Army, and directly burst through the heavy and colossal War Worm!

But the price was the complete death of the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt.

Already gravely injured, clashing with the War Worm, although it unleashed a terrifying charge, exceeded the force threshold it could withstand and dissipated on the spot.

Of course, it could also be that the Vehicle Killer’s curse was triggered; as Li Yelai’s mount, the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt couldn’t withstand the Vehicle Killer.

For Li Yelai, this was undoubtedly a tremendous loss.

Initially, with the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt, he transformed into a Gun Cavalryman, possessing great mobility and formation-breaking ability.

Even relying solely on the Shadow Army’s ’Thunder’ boost, he could directly kill a Hunting Insect, a specialized type from the Insect Race.

In the eyes of many warriors, even some low-level Awakened Spirit Users,

Li Yelai riding his warhorse was that peerless fierce general who could forge a path of unmatched prowess amidst myriads of armies, under whose long spear all would become wandering souls!

The Dragon Colt’s death weakened his combat power.

But now, Li Yelai had no time to lament, ’Old horse, oh, old horse!’

Instead, he immediately raised the three-pointed, two-edged spear in his hand and unleashed Swift as the Wind, transforming into Black Shadow and abruptly pouncing toward the War Worm!

At this point, to save more people, Li Yelai no longer restrained his power!

He would engage full power to hold off this War Worm, creating enough time for the survivor’s team to escape!

How could those people, who had hardly escaped from the threat of the Abyss Worm and the Insect Swarm, fall on the final stretch of their path?

”Ah!!!” Li Yelai let out a long howl, moving at high speed, his spear thrust directly towards the face of the War Worm, stabbing at its left eye!

Single-handed Eighteen Pokes·Rhinoceros Charge!

He aimed to destroy the War Worm’s eyes.

Being more advanced than the Hunting Insect, the War Worm was the equivalent of a fourth to fifth level Awakened Spirit User.

In a frontal battle, Li Yelai had almost no chance of victory, and he had to weaken the War Worm as much as possible!

Faced with a sudden flash of cold light, the War Worm instinctively closed its eyes.

As a specialized defense and strength Insect Race, it not only possessed a Spiritual Barrier comparable to a fourth level Awakened Spirit User but also had extremely high physical defensive power, with scales covering the lower half’s serpentine tail, the upper half was a pitch-black carapace, even the eyelids were covered with thick armor, like a massive can!

With a ’rip’ sound,

Li Yelai’s spear penetrated the carapace of the War Worm’s eyelid, but the thick Spiritual Barrier blocked most of the force, and the thrust that should have pierced its brain only made the spear tip penetrate the eyelid and could not continue further.

Its eyelid blocked my thrust?

Li Yelai felt a sinking feeling in his heart, trying to pull out the spear but finding it stuck tight by the taut eyelid of the War Worm.

The intense pain brought the War Worm back from its dazed state after being struck, it suddenly lifted its body, carrying Li Yelai with it.

Li Yelai quickly pushed hard against the War Worm’s body and face, taking the opportunity to exert force, pulling out the spear, and then retreated with Aerial Stepping and Swift as the Wind.

The completely enraged War Worm abandoned those scattering survivors, wiggling its bulky serpentine tail and the massive body approached Li Yelai.

The upright upper body alone was nearly ten meters tall, and the rapidly moving War Worm exuded an extremely terrifying oppressive force.

This in turn relieved Li Yelai, because the effect of You Must Meet Strong Enemies finally came into play.

”Come on, follow me!”

The War Worm’s defensive power could completely withstand Li Yelai’s attacks and forcefully strike at the team.

Now, being drawn away by Li Yelai, that was the best result.

Li Yelai controlled the distance between him and the War Worm.

In terms of strength and defense, Li Yelai was far inferior to the War Worm.

But if talking about speed, Li Yelai, with Swift as the Wind activated, was much faster than the War Worm.

In these days since the Disaster Fog appeared, Li Yelai had already killed too many of the Insect Swarm, and the number of consolidated Shadow Army had broken through to one hundred twenty.

This made the boost from the Shadow Army even more formidable, vastly outspeeding the War Worm that could only move on the ground.

This was also one of the reasons Li Yelai could entangle with the War Worm.

But Li Yelai struggled to breach the War Worm’s abnormal defense; indeed, he possessed the Overlord’s Double Pupils.

He could see through the War Worm’s weaknesses and break through them. As long as he could penetrate the opponent’s Spiritual Barrier, he could ignore the armor and crack open the War Worm like a can!

But once he switched to Xiang Yu’s Face, Li Yelai’s only advantage of speed would vanish.

It was possible that before he could ’open the can,’ he’d be slapped dead by the War Worm. He had to find the right opportunity... to switch faces.

At the same time, Li Yelai did not dare to land on the ground or move to high areas.

On the ground, there were still some Hunting Insects and other Insects hiding in the dark, and considering Li Yelai’s Calamity, those unstable ruins would probably give him a tough time.

And above in the sky... if Li Yelai ran upwards, he could naturally evade the War Worm, but the War Worm might likely chase after those survivors. That would be a loss far exceeding the gain. The Insect Swarm, after all, prefers eating extraordinary beings including Spiritual Ability Users, but if they couldn’t get those, they wouldn’t be picky.

And because of the curse of You Must Meet Strong Enemies, even if Li Yelai dodged the War Worm, other high-ranking Insects with the ability to fly would find him.

Li Yelai was pondering when he suddenly saw a large boulder falling from the sky.

Was that a piece of a shattered overpass?

Li Yelai was astonished, without time to think further, he immediately used Aerial Stepping to change direction in mid-air, narrowly evading the terrifying smash.