Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 397: Chapter 189 Token_2

He was a representative of Black Origin City, and it was he who had forcefully suppressed those restless Black Origin City Knights.

But if he were gone... that would be interesting, a noble from Black Origin City, meeting with an accident under the watchful eyes of so many angels in a city within the Heavenly Kingdom. It would probably be very difficult for the two sides to collaborate again.

Li Yelai had taken on the identity of Yu Bai, actually hoping to use someone else to do his dirty work.

He had a token from Jin Shan, and when necessary, could disguise himself as a spy or messenger for Jade Blood Supreme.

Gretwin wasn’t one of the Ark Chosen Ones, and connections with Black Origin City were extremely difficult; meanwhile, Li Yelai could exploit the lack of information.

Thinking this, Li Yelai asked, ”Was Gretwin affected by Mei Wu’s curse?”

”It should be. Mei Wu’s curse is very powerful; even those who have severed all ties of affection would still be affected by it. One can’t help but develop a fondness,” the Little Mad King responded, ”and out of pity, they can’t bear to harm Mei Wu. This is the first stage. Having fondness, unwilling to harm.”

”With increased interaction over time, there arises an urge to draw closer, even the shrewdest of people can become fanatical, desperately wanting to see Mei Wu, this is the second stage.”

”And the third stage is having a strong desire to exclusively possess Mei Wu. Even if it means imprisonment, or even violence, one would want to keep her by their side. However, the third stage doesn’t last long, as long as there’s a prolonged period without contact, without seeing Mei Wu, it would regress to the second stage.”

”Currently, Gretwin should be in the second stage,” the Little Mad King stated, ”From the perspective of the curse, she’s really suitable for attracting forces. Otherwise, how could a non-pureblood creature garner so much support?”

”To charm so many people... it really is a terrifying curse... like a succubus?” Li Yelai inquired.

”No, it’s scarier than a succubus! After all, a succubus can’t seduce those with a wooden head. The sixth-generation Champion once met a succubus in a mysterious area.”

The Little Mad King seemed to smile, ”It was said that the succubus tried everything, attempting to seduce, but failed to sway the sixth-generation Champion.

The succubus became enraged from embarrassment, tried to force herself on the Champion, but was killed instead and cried pitifully when being exiled. She claimed that she would return to seduce him and make him her slave.”

”Is there such a secret history?” Li Yelai asked with a bit of a gossiping tone, ”Anything else?”

He knew that the Champions of past generations were valiant beyond compare, but he really didn’t know what they were like in their personal lives.

”That would be the fifth-generation Champion; like you, he was a Wanxiang Path Spiritual Ability User. A Mimic Taotie, capable of devouring everything. He devoured countless Forbidden Zone Creatures. You should know, in his pinnacle battle, three Overlords besieged the fifth Champion, ending with one eaten, one killed, and one grievously wounded and fled.”

Li Yelai nodded, the one who fled was the later-emerging Jin Shan, also known as Jade Blood Supreme.

”His strength was immense, second to none under the Supreme. Such heroic figures naturally had admirers. It was a girl from a Spiritual Ability Family, but alas, the Champion wasn’t emotionally intelligent.” After glancing at Li Yelai, the Little Mad King shook his head, ”And after he died in battle, that girl also passed away in depression. As a result, that Spiritual Ability Family holds a grudge against us in No.3 Border City.”

Li Yelai sighed, ”Were both Champions as wooden as that?”

Then, Li Yelai saw the strange look in the Little Mad King’s eyes.

Chasing Wind, who had just sneaked in, and another Ye Boshou, also looked at Li Yelai rather oddly.

The rest of the Ye Boshou didn’t take action, with communications handled by the two Netherworld Path Ye Boshou.

”Why are you looking at me like that?” Li Yelai asked in confusion.

”No reason, just listening to you gossip. Didn’t expect it to be about our own team,” Chasing Wind replied with a chuckle, ”It seems that every generation of Champions isn’t particularly high in emotional intelligence. Captain Yang Chen is the same. From what I understand, Captain Cang Bai from our East City Branch seems to have taken an interest in him.”

”I know about that,” laughed another, from the White Robe Team of the Netherworld Path Ye Boshou, ”Once, Captain Cang Bai asked Captain Yang Chen out and dressed up beautifully in the branch. But Captain Yang Chen thought it was for a sparring match, came out in Battle Armor without a cloak, muttering that for a mere sparring session, there’s no need for a cloak...”

It’s hard to imagine the scene, a girl dressed beautifully in anticipation of a date, whereas the man approached fully clad in Battle Armor, eager for a practice fight.

Damn, worthy of being the Captain!

Li Yelai chuckled, ”He really has the persona of ’not swayed by anything!’”

Since the Captain wasn’t around, they had the opportunity to mock him to their hearts’ content.

However, what was strange was that the looks they gave Li Yelai became even weirder.

Clearing his throat, Chasing Wind said, ”There’s also a joke being said that the Champions of generations are so unbeatably strong, are you envious? They’ve all traded their emotional intelligence for it!”

”Other Giant Cities have passed on the word that Champions of every generation are unbeatable among their peers, and they’re all blockheads.”

”Ha ha ha...”

Subsequently, several people used the Path-finding Compass to dispose of Yu Bai’s body.

Li Yelai, in the villa, began to play the role of Yu Bai and noted down some information about Yu Bai he had gathered.

Yu Bai, as a member of the Guard Knight Group, was nothing special in the eyes of the Angels, but compared to other Forbidden Zone Humans, he was already a big shot.

On the day of the execution, he would be responsible for a certain area of the spectator stand.

This indeed provided Li Yelai with the opportunity to bring his own equipment and Taboo Items in.

Moreover, for this assassination, the officials had prepared a good number of poison bombs and the like, which were enough to cause trouble for the intervening Knight Order.

Once the attention of the Forbidden Zone Creatures was drawn by the rescue, Li Yelai would be able to attempt to kill Mei Wu.

The other few took a few hours of rest and then left the villa. They still needed to gather more intelligence.

Not until the next day at noon, less than twenty-four hours away from the execution, did everyone return to the villa.

But the news they brought back was not good.

”The difficulty of assassinating Gertwin is too high, he is living near the Great Cathedral. There are Four Wings stationed inside, and we couldn’t get any closer,” Chasing Wind said, ”Unless we go all out in a full attack, it would be very difficult under these circumstances to assassinate Gertwin.”

”They are well aware of the importance of Gertwin as well,” Li Yelai thought, ”Then, let them come to me!”

”Even so, it may not necessarily be Gertwin who comes,” Ye Boshou of the White Robe Team said.

”That’s even better!” Chasing Wind laughed.

After discussing with everyone, Li Yelai took out a small box, and retrieved a Black Gold Token from it.

As the Black Gold Token was removed from the small box’s shielding,

In a flash, special Spiritual Energy on the token flickered.

Inside the mansion resting, Gertwin and the four Golden Armored Knights suddenly looked in a certain direction.

”That’s... the Spiritual Energy of the Supreme Lord!”

Jin Shu was full of astonishment, he couldn’t imagine detecting their lord’s Spiritual Energy here by any means.

”How could it be here?”

Gertwin also frowned, feeling that something was not quite right, but Spiritual Energy could not be faked.

It was like a human’s fingerprint, Spiritual Energy also had uniqueness. That was indeed the Spiritual Energy of Yushan Supreme, and it was created by the Supreme himself—a precious object. It was a call that only creatures of Black Origin City could sense.

Was it... the Supreme’s trusted agent? Coming here at this critical moment?

Could it be that Black Origin City was planning to call off this collaboration?

A sudden thought struck Gertwin’s mind; he could not give up halfway! For Mei Wu, and for himself.

He had already invested too much in sunk costs, and if he were to terminate this alliance, he would lose everything.

”Lord Gertwin...” Jin Shu spoke, ”He is summoning us to go to him.”

”How arrogant... It’s not the Supreme himself, why should I go to meet him?” Gertwin said coldly, ”You go and see what he wants to say. Use Taboo Items, don’t let the Angels discover your contact.”

”Yes!” Jin Shu saluted, took a piece of Beast Skin from the carriage, and wrapped it around himself.

The next second, he had disappeared without a trace.