Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 435: Chapter 206 Speculation on the Face_2

With great difficulty, he had used the Jing Family’s medicine to recover from his injuries and Spiritual Energy, only to battle against the Blonde Angel and her companions.

After the intense battle had once again depleted his Spiritual Energy, he had traveled through the night to arrive at this place.

The successive bloody battles had left him both physically and mentally exhausted.

After sealing up the cave with rocks, he sank into a deep sleep.

Until he was awakened by the voices from the Void Realm.

He twisted his body, his joints cracking audibly, and peered through the cracks in the rocks to the outside world, realizing it was already dusk.

”It seems I’ve slept for over ten hours. No wonder I’ve fully recovered,” Li Yelai thought as he listened to the declaration of some Overlord from the Void Realm’s Forbidden Zone creatures, and couldn’t help but mock, ”Turns out I’m quite the valuable commodity, my worth has skyrocketed, I can brag about this to my little sister when I get back.”

As for being wanted, Li Yelai didn’t care at all, being surrounded meant death anyway, what difference did it being wanted or not make? Wasn’t it all the same—to be chased and attacked by others?

Right afterwards, Li Yelai began to check his equipment.

Hmm, no equipment or Taboo Items were missing, and he even gained two spoils of war.

Qu Luoming’s Red Gold Mace, the Blonde Angel’s Golden Bone Sword.

The quality was not low, by human standards, both were B-grade Spiritual Ability Equipment.

The Red Gold Mace, which at a distance looked like a treasure sword, lacked a Sharp blade, had a four-pronged design and was actually a blunt weapon.

It was roughly the same weight as the Red Dragon Spear that Li Yelai previously possessed.

The Red Gold Mace had the Fire-type output ability of the Path of Zero, the Fire of Bifang.

It could release a burst of Spiritual Flames to attack enemies in the shape of a Bifang.

The power was very impressive, and the range of attack was quite large too.

But it had a cooldown; it could only be used once within half an hour.

That made sense, otherwise, if Qu Luoming had simply hidden and kept summoning birds, wouldn’t just be over? If dozens of Bifangs burned at once, who wouldn’t end up as a roasted bird?

The other was the Blonde Angel’s Golden Bone Sword.

A single-handed sword constructed from golden bones, elongated and sharp.

The mysterious substance inside it belonged to the Path of Babbling’s ”Voice of Disturbance.”

Once it emitted sound, it could interfere with the enemy’s Spiritual Energy. If he caught the right moment, interrupting the enemy’s ability just as they were about to use it, then it could disrupt that ability.

Too bad, Li Yelai’s melee combat with the Blonde Angel meant the weapon was knocked away—otherwise, she might have caused some interference.

Compared to the Red Gold Mace, the Golden Bone Sword wasn’t as strong in offense, but it had a decent auxiliary effect.

Li Yelai made two simple sheaths and straps for the Red Gold Mace and the Golden Bone Sword, stuffing them in and carrying them on his back.

He had no choice, as he hadn’t yet acquired the Fifth Sense, and thus couldn’t put the Spiritual Ability Equipment into the Soul Well. He could only carry them for the time being.

However, the bloodshed this time had brought him considerable gains, and his Spiritual Power Strength had also increased a bit. He made a few steps in the Void Realm’s projection; he was still quite a few steps... a lot of steps, really, away from the Fifth Sense.

Well, even though he was still a distance away from achieving the Fifth Sense, he could start considering Magic Potions.

Why not try Mimicry Dragon Breath upon his return?

A wide-ranging, long-distance attack method from the Wanxiang Path.

Afterward, Li Yelai took out the last two pieces of jerky from his pack; as he chewed on them, he recalled the details of the battle.

He had played all his trump cards to win the bloody battle. But he had also noticed something strange.

He didn’t know if it was an influence of the Blood God, but during battle, he would get extremely agitated, which was basically seeing red. His desire for slaughter would soar; he wouldn’t cease until all enemies were slain.

At that time, he distinctly heard several voices.

There was nothing much to say about the ones coming from the Blood God.

It talked the most, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to hear it shouting, ”Rivers of blood,” even when Li Yelai was straining on the toilet someday.

What truly felt eerie to Li Yelai was the voice from the blank mask.

It was clearly saying, ”If I were to become the Green Emperor one day...”

”The blood shall not dry, the fight not cease...”

”All foreign and domestic barbarians daring to raise arms shall be beheaded! Behead the barbarians!”

These three voices were strikingly different, with the only commonality being the permeating killing intent.

What was going on? Had he inadvertently met some condition that made the mask respond to Li Yelai?

Pondering, Li Yelai took out a Bone Arrow and started to scribble on the ground.

”’If I were to become the Green Emperor one day,’”... If Li Yelai’s memory served him right, the next line should be, ”May the peach blossoms be told to bloom.”

It was a verse from Huang Chao, the leader of a peasant uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

The ruthless figure who slaughtered all the aristocratic families.

The nightmare of aristocratic families; no matter your prestige or the longevity of your Family. In death, all creatures were equal.

All the aristocratic families were wiped out by Huang Chao, so much so that there were hardly any great families during the Song Dynasty.

Li Yelai drew the character ”Huang” on the muddy ground.

And the second phrase, ”The blood won’t dry, the fight won’t cease... battle? Old Qin people?”

Li Yelai then drew the character ”Qin” on the muddy ground.

The final phrase, ”All barbarians, near or far, who dare to bear arms shall be slain! Slay the barbarians!”

This Li Yelai knew, it was Ran Min who issued the order to kill barbarians!

During the Western and Eastern Jin, the Five Barbarians caused chaos, viewing the Han people as pigs and dogs.

Especially the Jie Clan. They even coined the term ”two-legged sheep.” Slaves and livestock that walked on two legs, driven like sheep.

Among them, the women were raped by soldiers at night and butchered and cooked during the day.

Under their rule, the status of Han people was even lower than wild animals, with numbers rapidly dwindling.

The leaders of the Jie Clan, Shi Hu and his sons,

were especially debauched, with over forty thousand women in their harem. They once captured 200,000 Han women and had soldiers violate them; after the deed, the women were slaughtered as military rations. They also enjoyed beheading beauties and sharing the women’s bodies with guests for consumption.

Li Yelai had learned of this bloody and humiliating history while managing the antique shop.

And Ran Min, Shi Hu’s adopted grandson, on ascending to power, began slaughtering the barbarians with blood flowing in torrents, exterminating the Jie Clan.

The butcher emperor...

Li Yelai pondered and wrote the character ”Ran” on the ground.

Looking at the characters ”Huang,” ”Qin,” and ”Ran” on the ground, Li Yelai fell into deep thought.

Without surprise, these three should be the existences mimicked by the Faces.

Like Xiang Yu, Huo Qubing, Li Yuanba, they are some kind of extraordinary warriors.

When murderous intentions boiled, they received a response, even three responses.

One mask, three responses?

This means... does each mask not have a specific candidate?

Instead, does Li Yelai himself need to activate certain conditions to unlock them?

Li Yelai’s Spiritual Eyes Path was Xiang Yu if it hadn’t been throat-cutting, could it have been some other existence?

If the Face of Huo Qubing, at the time, was not facing the Xiongnu cavalry,

but the Jin State’s Iron Fulu, could it have been Yue Fei’s mask that appeared?

Or facing an army of hundreds of thousands, could it have possibly unlocked Li Shimin in his Heavenly Strategy Admiral period?

However, if it were Li Shimin’s mask, it probably wouldn’t be the Netherworld Path, perhaps it would be the Divine Protection Path?

This means his own mask actually has other possibilities, but there’s no need for regret.

Li Yelai looked at the three characters on the ground, as of now, it’s known that in a surge of killing intent three existences can respond.

Just need to further strengthen the causality, and the fourth mask could be completely unlocked.

Huang Chao’s causality, the natural enemy of the aristocratic families...

If he overturned the Yaoqing Jing Family or the border’s Ma Family, those kinds of Spiritual Ability Families, it probably counts as fulfilling the causality, right? But is it possible? After all, the Spiritual Ability Families are still comrades. Whether it’s Jing Lin or Ma Hongyi, they are all comrades in arms.

As for Old Qin’s causality... its specific identity is currently uncertain, so it’s hard to speculate.

Ran Min’s causality, what could it be? Should he also issue an order to kill Forbidden Zone Creatures?

”No clues, huh,” Li Yelai shook his head slightly, ate the last piece of jerky, and stepped to blur the inscriptions with his foot.

”Enough, first figure out how to escape the Forbidden Zone.” Li Yelai donned his equipment, pushed away the rocks sealing the cave, and left the mountain cave.

Then, taking out the Path-finding Compass, he had discovered Life Material at the Great Snow Mountain in the Extreme Cold Mountain Range before, and the needle was still pointing in that direction.

Perfect to lead the way for Li Yelai.

Taking advantage of the night, Li Yelai re-entered the jungle.

And a few hours after he left, three angels arrived at the cave.

”The scent is right, it’s here. He’s been here, left about five hours ago,” one angel said.

However, he did not hear his companions’ reactions.

”Struck dumb?” He looked suspiciously behind him only to see two corpses and a fleeting shadow.

Alarmed bells of terror rang in his mind. Was something about to attack him?

He violently raised his weapon, intending to block and cry out for help.

But it was a whirlwind of disorientation until at last, he saw his own headless body slowly fall.