Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 458: Chapter 217: The Silhouette in the Cave...

The middle-aged man clad in a black cloak swung the red wooden stick, unleashing a strong storm.

Such an attack would normally not affect Li Yelai.

If it were Wind Blades, it would certainly be dangerous, but it was just a storm; Li Yelai could force his way through it.

However, in the environment of the Great Snow Mountain, the Spiritual Energy in the storm was rapidly frozen by the terrifying low temperatures, thereby transforming into dangerous Ice Spurs or Ice Blades. Wrapping up the storm and menacing snowflakes, they crazily smashed towards Li Yelai.

Li Yelai’s Abyss Dragon Scales were hit repeatedly, some Ice Spurs even penetrated the scales and the Spiritual Barrier, stabbing into Li Yelai’s body. The horrific low temperature on his flesh caused severe hypothermia; his already fractured left arm gradually lost sensation, and his skin even began to turn black.

In the special environment of the Great Snow Mountain, the power of the storm increased several times over!

Along with the fact that the Withered could not be killed, even Li Yelai, with his injured arm, fell into a disadvantageous position. Unable to properly use his Red Thunder Dragon Claw, Red Mace, or Golden Bone Sword due to his injured arm, he found himself in dire straits amidst the surrounding assault.

As Li Yelai retreated, he swung the Dragon Spear in his hand. The spear flew like a dragon, ruthlessly piercing through the neck of a Withered.

Then, with one hand, he forcefully lifted the body and slammed it down onto the head of a second Withered. Smashed to pieces!

Two Withered were instantly killed, their corpses rolling down the slope. Just seconds later, however, they both stood up. They resurrected on the spot!

The Withered whose skull was smashed by Li Yelai again began to grow branches and repair their bodies as they spoke, ”Why do you refuse? The Divine Tree can grant you an Immortal body just like ours.”

”Indeed, you have seen it for yourself. Our flesh does not die and we can revel in wonderful illusions,” said another Withered, whose neck had been pierced, ”What you saw is all real. Usually, we live carefree as you’ve seen in Taoyuan.”

”You are so strong; if you join us, your status will surely not be low!” The middle-aged man even promised, ”You might even take my place.”

From their beguilement, Li Yelai learned of the Divine Tree’s abilities. The so-called Divine Tree seemed to possess the ability to transform the human body and create illusions.

The body becomes Immortal but transforms into half-human, half-tree monstrosities like them.

Meanwhile, the Divine Tree could deceive perception, thereby creating strange illusions to dominate. And in the illusions, they lived carefree and indulged in pleasures as Li Yelai had seen in the Taoyuan illusion. Perhaps, a considerable part of the villagers was indeed normal humans or angels under the control of illusions.

But all of this had to come at a price, otherwise, the pregnant woman would not have attempted to escape the village and commit suicide.

Flesh transformation, breeding, sacrifice... Several words flashed through Li Yelai’s mind.

”Ridiculous. I haven’t fallen so low as to survive by dreaming!” Li Yelai coldly responded, then looked towards the middle-aged man in the black cloak, ”Where did you get that garment?”

In the recent fight, Li Yelai noticed that the black cloak had some effects that he was familiar with.

Although there were some changes in appearance, that was definitely Ye Boshou’s black trench coat!

In the raging blizzard, the middle-aged man’s smiling voice came through, ”It didn’t quite fit, so I made some modifications. Why? Was it from one of your kin?”

Li Yelai’s gaze grew even colder, which meant that Ye Boshou had once fallen victim to them as well.

Under these circumstances, Li Yelai was no longer cautious, even if it would trigger an avalanche, he had to fight with all his might!

He had to finish off these damned creatures!

And the middle-aged man and the others sensed a dangerous aura.

However, just as Li Yelai was about to use the Blood River Chosen Face, a segment of the hand bone in the box he carried suddenly burst forth with a strong and scorching fluctuation, wiping out all the terrible chill within Li Yelai’s body.

That was the Supreme Hand Bone!

Indistinctly, Li Yelai saw a figure stride forth in front of him. Tall and valiant, walking between heaven and earth, he was a towering hero whose every move radiated boundless majesty.

Li Yelai couldn’t see his face clearly, but he could see that his eyes seemed to be swirling with stars.

He looked up towards the Snow Mountain’s peak, with a sense of wariness and hostility. His left hand lifted, and a ring of black flames appeared about a meter from Li Yelai. This shielded Li Yelai from the Ice Spurs and ferocious blizzard outside, isolating the severe cold that could freeze him.

That was... the Black Prison Flame Cage!

Li Yelai was shocked at heart. It seemed the hand bone had been aroused by some force atop the mountain.

Even in death, it held hostility towards its former enemy, releasing even greater high-level powers under the influence of the Great Snow Mountain.

Of course, it was also drawing upon Li Yelai’s Spiritual Energy.

It undoubtedly created an opportunity for Li Yelai. The Fierce Fire Oil Lamp had reached its limit; Li Yelai could no longer retreat up the mountain.

At this moment, with the protection of the Supreme Hand Bone, Li Yelai could ascend to greater heights on the Snow Mountain. The limit of height he could withstand rose!

Seeing this, Li Yelai was pleasantly surprised and immediately abandoned the idea of dying with his enemies, bounding towards the higher slopes of the Snow Mountain.

This caused the faces of the dozen or so pursuing Withered to change. Although their bodies were special and seemed unable to die, they had limitations, too. Moving any higher, they would be frozen to death. Like Li Yelai before, they had all reached the limits they could withstand.

Now, as Li Yelai suddenly increased his elevation, they could only watch helplessly as he rushed up the Snow Mountain and dared not continue their pursuit.