Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 266: Chapter 123 Floating Sees the Blue Sky_3

”Just by beheading her, I could attain the power of the Blood God?”

”Or rather, by forsaking humanity, one could transcend everything and Ascend Demon into some kind of being?”

”You’re right! What are you hesitating for? There’s not much affection between you two, she’s just a human! Discard her and you’ll reach the pinnacle!” the giant continued to tempt.

Li Yelai, however, just managed a powerless smile.

His own bloodlust was indeed strong, especially during battle. That desire surged like a tide.

And yet, even so, this thirst was never directed at any teammate!

Sacrifice them? Ridiculous!

I fight for humanity, for all those I cherish; to ask me to sacrifice humans, sacrifice friends and family?

Fuck off!

Apparently sensing the offense, the giant angrily raised its hand to strike the throne.

In Li Yelai’s senses, time resumed flowing, his body once again seized and devoured by the tentacles. The Insect Master continued to laugh.

And he, having refused the boon of the Divine, was about to die.

But he found calm.

The Insect Master was happy, but it had celebrated too soon.

Li Yelai still had one last ace up his sleeve!

”It really is all about the company to shine.” Li Yelai’s body was nearly a ’dried corpse’ as he struggled to speak, ”Mr. Shadow! Help me kill it!”

”Hahaha... The deal is struck.” A deep laughter emerged from the Void Realm, that huge shadow obscuring the stars replied, ”You will be satisfied...”

As Li Yelai spoke, one of the chains upon the immense shadow in the Void Realm shattered with a roar.

The constraints on Its power diminished once more.

In that moment, all the Spiritual Power Monarchs and Divine within the Void Realm felt a peculiar yet imperceptible change.

Meanwhile, in the midst of the Disaster Fog, within the labyrinthine tunnels.

Li Yelai’s body instantly healed, his vitality replenished.

The Insect Master’s laughter abruptly ceased.

As its tentacle pierced Li Yelai, it began devouring his flesh and bones.

This human’s Causality Weapon would ultimately become a biomass and give birth to a new Insect Swarm.

But now, as a laugh echoed,

The tentacle that had been devouring Li Yelai suddenly stopped—no, it was more than that. It was actually beginning to extract power from the Insect Master itself!

”What exactly are you...” The Insect Master, panicked, tried to sever the tentacle, but its body could no longer move.

Then it saw Li Yelai.

No, this was no longer Li Yelai, but some kind of terrible creature... residing within him!

It clasped the tentacle and steadily approached.

”I should thank you, bug,” ’Li Yelai’ chuckled, the power he absorbed growing stronger.

The Insect Master was terrified, it roared, ordering the entire Insect Swarm in the shadows to move out and kill this human!

The Insect Swarm howled, but Li Yelai simply chuckled, ”Fall back.”

The next second, the swarm retreated, even a Forbidden Army Insect that had arrived here at this moment, now turned away from the Insect Master’s command, dropping to the ground in terror.

They... were now controlled by a higher command.

The Insect Master couldn’t believe it, ”Are you... the Insect God?”

In its memory, only the Insect Divine could command such power. But why would the Insect God help a human?

”I can be anything,” ’Li Yelai’ had already arrived in front of the Insect Master, blandly stating, ”Kneel.”

As he commanded, with a ’thump,’ the Insect Master indeed knelt down, its numerous tentacles beneath it drooping as if in submission to ’Li Yelai’.

”No!!!” The Insect Master screamed frantically, it couldn’t accept this! It had already passed the most dangerous phase, it would have swiftly grown stronger; why, why meet such a monster here!

”I am to become a Catastrophe; how could I die here! I...” It wailed in agony, it was being devoured, consumed by a higher being.

”If only I became King, I would never... I would never!” It roared, trying hard to lift its head to look at Li Yelai; it couldn’t accept it, it was so close.

At the last moment of consciousness, the Insect Master heard Li Yelai’s response.

”You have yet to become King; the Soul Well has limited your vision, seeing me as a frog at the bottom of a well beholds the moon. Should you by chance reach King among the Nine Awakenings, seeing me would be as a Floating speck beholds the vast sky.”