Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 284: Chapter 133 Dragon-Devouring Vine

Ye Boshou, the attention of the City Defense Army was concentrated on surveilling the surroundings and the airspace.

But unexpectedly, danger came from underground.

Below the muddy ground, several vines as thick as a baby’s wrist, covered with thorns and even bearing eyeballs, suddenly stabbed upward.

Caught off guard, the Shield Formation of the Shadow Army instantly crumbled.

The defensive power of the Shadow Army’s ”Immovable as a Mountain” was extraordinarily strong, as each Armored Soldier of the Shadow Army transformed into a solid Shield Mountain, and with the increase in the number of troops, the strength of the Shield Formation grew even stronger.

If one day, Li Yelai could gather thousands upon thousands of Shadow Army soldiers into a massive Shield Formation, even a punch from the Spiritual Ability Supreme would make him cry out in pain while clutching his arm.

The defenses of Shield Mountain had almost no weak spots, able to protect against attacks from all sides and from above.

When I say ”almost”, it’s because the Shield Formation... had no defense against the ground. This was the only flaw in ”Immovable as a Mountain”.

Who would have thought the enemy would attack from beneath the ground where the troops were assembled? Could they really form a shield sphere?

Thus, in an instant, the perfectly aligned Shield Formation dispersed like dandelion seeds blown by the wind.

Under the moonlight, the Shadow Army soldiers clad in heavy armor were lifted midway into the air by the vines, pierced through, entangled and torn apart.

The soldiers let out silent screams, a scene indescribably eerie.

Even as Li Yelai, situated within the layers of the Shield Formation, noticed the danger instantly and tried to employ Aerial Stepping, in less than a meter above the ground he was already ensnared by two vines around his right leg and left arm.

They were only as thick as a baby’s arm yet exhibited an incredible toughness.

Even clad in Ming Guang Armor, Li Yeali could feel the horrific binding force. The sharp thorns seemed to want to devour his flesh and blood, but were impeded by the Spiritual Barrier and Armor.

Simultaneously, an even more terrifying pulling force struck, intending to tear Li Yelai apart in midair.

Is this the method monsters use to hunt their prey? No wonder there were no footprints, no external surveillance had captured it. It indeed initiated its attack from underground, directly dismembering its prey. Now, it targeted Li Yelai!

Li Yelai roared, his heart pounding like a war drum, his muscles bulged, his blood surged, he exerted force with his right arm and left hand, strenuously holding onto the vines that wanted to dissect him!

Meanwhile, his right hand holding the Big Black Umbrella, aimed a sequence of hot melt bombs at the vine around his right foot, the terrifying heat hitting the vine instantly.

The Spiritual Barrier on the vine was torn apart, and under the bombardment of three hot melt bombs, the vine around his right leg was completely melted through.

However, the vine in his left hand tightened suddenly and swiftly pulled downward, attempting to drag Li Yelai back to the ground.

At the same time, more, and thicker, vines stabbed out from beneath the ground.

Apparently, the monster recognized that Li Yelai was more troublesome than other prey and sought to pierce him directly in midair!

’Puh’ ’Puh’ ’Puh’

The dull sound of penetration followed one after another, as it was the Big Black Umbrella in front of Li Yelai that was penetrated by the vines.

The specially designed Big Black Umbrella from the Equipment Department, once deployed, could withstand the impact of bullets.

Yet, against these strange vines, it could only serve to buy some time.

But it was enough!

The moment he opened the Big Black Umbrella, Li Yelai drew the Azure Dragon Halberd and switched his Face.

Heavy Pupil Overlord, Xiang Yu!

Heavy Eyes Appear, Weakness Perception!

Li Yelai held the spear in one hand, Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Elephant Trample!

The long spear, following the black line of weakness, cleaved the vine wrapped around his left hand.

Following that, Li Yelai used Aerial Stepping to rapidly move away from the ground.

As the vine-like forest fiercely sprouted from the mud below, shooting towards the sky, it madly chased after Li Yelai in midair.

Like evil spirits bursting from hell, eager to drag their prey back to the abyss.

But a hundred meters away, a member of the Night Unyielding, Magnet, suddenly extended his hand.

A pitch-black Dragon Claw materialized, and as the Dragon Claw clenched, it forcefully pulled back.

Simultaneously, a tremendous suction force came from behind Li Yelai, pulling him out of the vines’ encirclement at an even faster pace.

This was Magnet’s ability, he and Li Yelai both being Wanxiang Path Spiritual Ability Users.

The Four Awakenings ability is a variant of Mimicry·Dragon Claw, called Dragon Capturing Claw.

Much like Li Yelai’s Abyss Dragon Scale is a variant of Mimicry·Scale Armor.

This kind of Mimicry·Dragon Claw can create either a gravitational or repulsive force, pulling targets through the air toward oneself or pushing them far away.

Of course, it could also remotely grab objects to strike targets. It’s one of the rare long-range attack methods within the Wanxiang Path.

”An attack from below the ground?” Magnet pulled Li Yelai to his side, his face showing a hint of fear, ”Had you not been strong enough, there might have been an accident.”

”Yes, I was almost caught by that tentacle monster.” Li Yelai harbored no resentment, as who could have anticipated the enemy would suddenly bypass the defensive points and initiate an attack from below the ground?

And in the instant Li Yelai was pulled back by Magnet.

Bai Yang and another female Night Unyielding, Qing Liu, made their moves.

Bai Yang first approached the muddy area where the vines were located, his right leg anchoring to the ground, his left leg forcefully lifted and then heavily brought down.

This was the True Martial Ability called Shock Stepping Wave, which Li Yelai had once witnessed when used on the Tattooed Man!

The terrifying power emanated from underfoot, the ground trembled as if in an earthquake.

Since the enemy hid underground, let the very ground shake!

As a Four Awakenings Spirit User, Bai Yang’s Shock Stepping Wave was far more powerful than that of the Tattooed Man, who could only affect a radius of about ten meters.

But Bai Yang caused armored vehicles a hundred meters away to shake.