Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 346: Chapter 164 Seduction Tactics_2

Li Yelai twisted his right hand gripping the spear, executing the Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Reptile Turn!

His left hand quickly wiped his face, activating the Face mask.

By now, he had no choice but to deal with Long Lie first!

Whether Long Lie was an assassin or had gone berserk, he could not let him continue to take the initiative!

This was the East City Branch, and his teammates should soon realize something was wrong. He had to hold on until then!

The sharp spear ear rapidly rotated, Spiritual Ability Equipment’s ability was triggered, causing a violent airflow to converge at the tip of the Azure Dragon Halberd, turning into a dangerous drilling wind that assaulted Long Lie!

Using the airflow to form an air drill head, Li Yelai’s move was strong enough to penetrate metal.

Yet, Long Lie in mid-air executed an Aerial Stepping, quickly dodging the wind drill sideways, and once again launched a whip kick; the kick was like a dragon’s tail-swinging, the tearing airflow howling deafeningly.

True Martial Ability·Sound Bomb Heavy Strike!

Li Yelai, however, opened his startling Heavy Pupils, Weakness Breakthrough!

He swung his long spear horizontally, Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Elephant Trample!

Long Lie’s expression slightly changed, but without hesitation, he shifted his attack direction to whip strike at the spear shaft.

Under the state of Weakness Perception, no matter how high his defensive power, once his Spiritual Barrier was breached, his weaknesses would be completely exposed under Li Yelai’s Heavy Pupils. This forced him to take a defensive route, trying to kick Li Yelai’s weapon away instead.

With a heavy strike, the long spear momentarily bent, and instantly, Li Yelai’s hands were split open.

At the same time, a surge of Dark Force rushed into his body and exploded violently.

True Martial Path·Dark Force Bombardment!

This left Li Yelai stunned, a taste of blood rising in his throat.

But the strong Life Force within his heart surged, rapidly healing the splits in his hands and the discomfort in his chest.

Li Yelai pressed forward instead of retreating, his long spear dancing like a dragon as he directly thrust it toward Long Lie’s chest.

Surprise flashed in Long Lie’s eyes as he retreated to dodge, simultaneously pulling out a long spear from behind.

The long spear’s wide and large movements were bizarrely tricky.

The red tassel flicked, and in the interweaving with the long spear, it actually entangled the spear ear of the Azure Dragon Halberd.

In that instant, Li Yelai and Long Lie twisted their bodies and fiercely pulled.

Both sides wanted to use this opportunity to either snatch away the opponent’s weapon or directly fling them away.

However, in terms of strength, Li Yelai was ultimately inferior to Long Lie, and in the moment of twisting, Li Yelai was swung and smashed into the ground.

Seeing this, regret flashed in Long Lie’s eyes, but that regret quickly turned into shock.

Because the twirled Li Yelai managed to neutralize the force while in mid-air, the force exerted by Long Lie on him was bizarrely transferred back, even beginning to swing Long Lie upward.

Less strength, but superior in technique, thought Long Lie.

And this was the leveraging technique of Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Dragon Raising Head!

Feeling the rebound of that force, the experienced Long Lie immediately let go of his weapon, and lunged bare-handed towards Li Yelai.

Indeed, this was the best approach, abandoning the weapon, escaping the leverage of Dragon Raising Head, and taking advantage of the opponent’s momentum to attack directly!

This was also the best countermeasure against Dragon Raising Head.

However, Li Yelai was well aware of this tactic too.

Thus, he also instantly relaxed his grip, allowing both weapons to be flung away.

This essentially meant giving up his own advantage in technique!

Assessing this, Long Lie saw Li Yelai raise his right hand, the phantom of a Dark Gold Dragon Claw quickly emerging.

Losing a weapon meant nothing; ever since Li Yelai had obtained the Red Thunder Dragon Claw, he lacked no weapon, as he could always condense Dragon Thunder into a weapon!

But too slow! At this distance, how dare you use Dragon Claw? In this level of combat among Spiritual Ability Users, a delay of mere 0.1 seconds could be fatal!

Thought Long Lie, yet he immediately halted his steps.

He could have kicked Li Yelai away with a single kick in a fraction of a second.

But he dared not step forward anymore.

For in front of him shone a golden light, a fifteen-meter high Golden Dharma Image materialized, the towering upper-half of the Dharma Image almost touching the ceiling of the training room.

Before unleashing the Dragon Claw, Li Yelai quickly wiped his face and switched Face Masks. Hated Earth·Li Yuanba!

Executing the Divine General Dharma Image!

Even a Five Senses True Martial Spiritual Ability User, though stronger than Li Yelai by a factor, couldn’t outpower him tenfold!

But the Dharma Image imbued him with ten times the strength!

Once Long Lie approached the Dharma Image, he would be held firmly in place!

The Dharma Image also raised its arm, and an instant later, a massive dragon claw emerged atop the arm.

As the giant dragon claw tightened, a massive red thunder emerged—it was as if Gulan Sanks had returned to the world, unleashing its ferocious Red Thunder!

This was Li Yelai’s trump card.

The Dharma Image granted Li Yelai ten times his strength!

And when Li Yelai unleashed the Dragon Claw, the Dharma Image would do the same, amassing even more powerful Dragon Thunder!

Though it couldn’t reach ten times the intensity, it was still extremely terrifying.

Moreover, this was an ability only Li Yelai could use. After all, no Spiritual Ability User could possess both the Wanxiang and True Martial Path abilities simultaneously.

This allowed Li Yelai to unleash that terrifying giant Thunder Spear! Although it would consume a third of Li Yelai’s Spiritual Energy, the power was indeed terrifying!

Facing this enhanced version of Dragon Thunder, even a Five Senses Spiritual Ability User had to avoid its sharp edge!

Long Lie’s expression grew serious, but Li Yelai simply released the Dragon Claw, allowing the Red Thunder to dissipate.

”Is the probing over?” asked Li Yelai.

”You knew I was acting?” asked Long Lie, astonished.

”Of course. It’s not like someone would audaciously try to assassinate a Ye Boshou inside the official branch, right?” replied Li Yelai, ”Besides, after I yelled ’enemy attack,’ no one came to support us for so long. That’s too abnormal. Normally, the Moon Shadow Captain should have arrived by now.”

”Yes, I’ve been watching the show for a while now.” The Moon Shadow Captain indeed appeared, having unexpectedly shown up at the edge of the training field.

Accompanied by several Ye Boshou members, they spectated the battle and took many notes.

”It’s also good that Doll isn’t here at the branch, or else she might have slapped you both to the floor, stuck so tight you couldn’t peel yourselves off,” Moon Shadow quipped, and after watching the show, turned and left.

Then, several Ye Boshou approached, one of the female Ye Boshou said, ”Night General, please don’t mind it, only under such circumstances can you act on your most primal instincts.”

There was no assassination or traitors; it was just the Hu Ben Team testing Li Yelai’s reactions and abilities.

After dismissing the Dharma Image, Li Yelai complained, ”That was too dangerous, I thought you were actually going to kill me.”

Handing over a pharmaceutical, Long Lie said, ”Sorry, we hadn’t interacted with you before. To devise tactics for you, fixing flaws meant we had to resort to this. We’re not clear on what mission you’re to carry out, but the captain told us you might have to face it alone. So, we had to expedite the process.”

Mission? It must be referring to the task of hunting traitors? This mission is highly classified, even the Hu Ben Team isn’t privy to the details.

”How did your analysis go?” Li Yelai didn’t seem too upset, after all, they meant well.

”Not bad, although Long Lie didn’t reveal his trump card directly, the fact that he couldn’t defeat you in close combat within the first thirty seconds already proves your prowess in melee,” one Ye Boshou spoke, ”Afterward, you need to bait your enemies into engaging you in close combat. And preferably in an open terrain.”

Li Yelai nodded, that indeed was the case.

Most of Li Yelai’s abilities were geared towards close combat.

Both the Shadow Army and the Divine General Dharma Image required open terrain to properly unfold.

”But how should I entice enemies into melee combat?” Li Yelai asked, ”Especially when facing multiple opponents,”

”You possess the Mutant Dragon Claw, allowing you to attack from a distance and pose an extreme hazard within a certain radius,” Long Lie chuckled, ”Just maintain a certain distance, use the Thunder Spear to attack. That will infuriate them enough to seek you out for close combat.”

”We call it, ’seduction tactics’!”

”You guys sure know how to pick names!”