Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 246: Chapter 115 Changes in Causality_2

But it was just admiration, he had long known Li Yelai’s uniqueness.

Yet now, upon seeing Li Yelai’s third Face, he felt somewhat overwhelmed!

”Wow, you actually know? That’s quite impressive,” said Moon Shadow from a distance, observing the battlefield while deploying Thunder to eliminate the Advanced Insect Race attracted by Li Yelai.

”Of course! My great-grandfather was a True Martial Path Spirit Ability User who possessed this ability!” Jing Lin responded through gritted teeth.

His great-grandfather was the Eight Awakening Spirit Ability User of the Jing Family.

While not a king, his strength was not to be underestimated, and even the Forbidden Zone would not provoke him lightly.

Eight Awakening Spirit Ability Users were often termed Supreme; as long as no king appeared, they were unbeatable!

And what stunned people the most was his great-grandfather’s Divine General Dharma Image.

That was a powerful ability obtained during his Seventh Awakening.

That hundred-meter-tall Golden Dharma Image was enough to deter any force daring to challenge the authority of the Jing Family!

Now, Li Yelai, a Third Awakening Spirit Ability User, had acquired this ability through the Face. How could Jing Lin not be amazed?

Although, due to Li Yelai’s level of Spiritual Energy, the Dharma Image was only about ten meters tall, far less than his great-grandfather’s.

But Jing Lin knew that if Li Yelai were allowed to grow... not to mention more, if he grew to the Fifth or Sixth Awakening.

That would be like having a team leader with multiple powerful Path abilities!

”You guys at Giant City really found a good seedling! But you’d better be careful, his ability is so unique, some people don’t want him to live and grow,” Jing Lin said, his mind more determined on winning over Li Yelai.

Moon Shadow did not respond further but began to slay the fifth Advanced Insect Race attracted by Li Yelai, notifying him to move the battlefield, to draw out all the nearby lurking Advanced Insect Race and kill them, which would eventually bait out the bigger fish.

Li Yelai naturally had no objections, immediately switching Faces, activating the Abyss Dragon Scale, deploying the ’Thunder’ of the Shadow Army, and striking the Insect Swarm!

Watching Li Yelai weaving through the artillery fire, Jing Lin suddenly thought of the mysterious Book Holder in the ark.

The Book Holder had said that humanity’s fate was already sealed. Millions of humans would perish, but a dazzling star would also be born.

”Could it be that Night General is one of the stars that will rise from this Disaster Fog? Will I be part of it?” Jing Lin thought to himself.

At this moment, he did not know that the mysterious and powerful Book Holder was currently not in a good state of mind.

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The war between humans and the Insect Swarm had entered an intense phase from the start.

The pervasive Insect Swarm had nearly severed every defensive line set up by humans around the shelter.

With the deployment of War Worms, more and more Hunting Insects penetrated the defenses, some even posing a threat to the underground bunkers.

This caused bloody street fights between the Insect Swarm and humans within the human-constructed defenses.

Every room, every hallway, every inch of ground, became a contested stronghold for humans and the Insect Swarm.

Zhao Ling, a City Defense Soldier, was one of the soldiers defending this defense line.

Zhao Ling was a very brave City Defense Soldier.

He was born in a settlement in the wilderness.

His parents died during the local turmoil, making him an orphan.

Adopted by a passing merchant convoy’s guard and taken back to Giant City for upbringing.

His foster father was strict but good to him, yet he died when Zhao Ling was a teenager.

To fulfill his foster father’s wishes, Zhao Ling joined the City Defense Army after reaching adulthood, with excellent physical fitness and performance.

He became a glorious City Defense Soldier!

During the Fantasy Band incident, he was influenced by singing and unexpectedly became a Spirit Ability User.

But he didn’t join the Disaster Processing Bureau; instead, he continued to stay in the army, becoming a Legion Spirit Ability User.

In the future, he might even become the Political Commissar of his legion.

Now, he had just led a group of Human Warriors to kill a Hunting Insect, achieving a brilliant victory!

It should be noted that Hunting Insects are good at stealth and ambush, even Third Awakening Spirit Ability Users could be caught off guard.

And yet, this First Awakening Spirit Ability User, together with several Human Warriors, had managed to kill one, a rare case of the weak overcoming the strong in battle.

But he was now gasping for breath, both eyes red.

Because, just now, in order to eliminate that Hunting Insect, he had sacrificed several comrades.

The Insect Swarm was too numerous, many soldiers in his defensive line were sacrificed.

He watched helplessly as a building fell into the hands of the insects, the last Human Warriors blew up the explosives, burying both the structure and the insects.

This left Zhao Ling filled with intense grief and anger; he could only carry his injured comrade, desperately rushing toward the rear defensive line.

Looking at the bodies of comrades being devoured by the insects alongside the road, Zhao Ling felt powerless.

He could only keep moving forward, keep moving forward!

However, the comrade behind him was already breathless.

This made Zhao Ling even more pained, tears and blood sliding down his face, his Spiritual Power Well swelling even more, seemingly on the verge of a Second Awakening.

But he did not pay attention to his own Soul Well, and continued to carry his comrade’s body, sprinting. He at least wanted to preserve the body of this comrade, to prevent it from being desecrated by the insects.

However, when the ground nearby suddenly cracked, a giant Abyss Worm suddenly poked its head from the crevice.

This drove Zhao Ling into complete madness; he picked up his handgun and began firing frantically at the worm.

At the same time, loathsome voices echoed in his mind, hatred, revenge, glory, blood sacrifice... voice after voice was dragging him into the abyss.

Zhao Ling knew what those were, although he had not joined the Disaster Processing Department, he had received official Spirit Ability User training.

He was well aware that those were the corruptive forces from the Void Realm, trying to corrupt Spirit Ability Users.

But he did not want to resist.

He wanted to borrow this power, to avenge his comrades, to exterminate these aliens! To take their heads...

Even if it meant falling into the abyss and ultimately becoming a Sufferer, cleaned up by his comrades and the authorities, he was willing to take the risk!

However, just as he was crazily willing to accept the corruption to gain power,

The Abyss Worm nearby gave up its plan to crush him and suddenly turned its enormous body towards another direction.

Zhao Ling was startled, then saw in that direction a Spirit Ability User breaking through the insect swarm, dressed in armor with Dragon Scale projections appearing on his body, wielding a long spear and killing left and right in the swarm, directly confronting the Abyss Worm!

”Run! Run!” Zhao Ling screamed frantically, trying to urge the official Spirit Ability User to escape! To survive another day!

”Run!”

But he then heard the other shouting the same words, the same phrase shouted by two different people.

But the monster is on your face! What are you telling me to run for!

Zhao Ling wanted to scream desperately but saw that the figure was swallowed by the Abyss Worm in an instant, shouting: ”I’m fucking in!”

Then he was swallowed by the Abyss Worm.

Aaaah!!! Zhao Ling issued a shattering scream.

But he saw a golden light burst from the mouth of the Abyss Worm, and soon after, the giant Abyss Worm painfully writhed.

Zhao Ling was utterly dumbfounded, just then, soldiers rushing from the defensive line came to lift him towards the line.

This accident altered the path he was supposed to have taken into the abyss.

Meanwhile, a Book Holder in some corner of the world was watching as ’Zhao Ling’s’ destiny was being altered, originally a rising new generation of powerful Humans in the Disaster Fog, listed as one of their own.

Now, however, his path of growth was suddenly changed.

This made the Book Holder both angry and terrified.

He and his organization had acted according to the Book of Destiny’s guidance, orchestrating a battle in a certain gathering area that led to the death of Zhao Ling’s parents, succeeding in getting him adopted. And guiding him to join the City Defense Army, participating in the Fantasy Band incident, becoming a Spirit Ability User.

Why did an error occur at this most pivotal step?

Not only Zhao Ling, but also more than a dozen other listed entities had their paths altered to varying extents!

Who could it be?

What is it that’s disrupting destiny?

Is it a Chaos God? Or... something even more terrifying, karma?