Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 522: Chapter 245 Reins_2

The Book Holder slowly shook his head, not responding to the question.

Yet Li Yelai smiled to himself, there, following Black Umbrella, was another person making Li Yelai investigate himself.

It was, after all, thanks to the misleading information from the Jin Mu Angel.

Due to this, the outside world believed that within No.3 Border City, there still existed a Sixth Sense Championship Candidate.

A Sixth Sense Championship Candidate, yet unknown to outsiders, caused some sensitive powers to feel somewhat uneasy.

Thus, Li Yelai suppressed the smile in his heart and responded gravely, ”Honorable Book Holder, I have never received any information about a Championship Candidate. The Giant City might have hidden it very deeply.”

”Understandable,” the Book Holder nodded, ”After all, I haven’t been able to find him either. Do your best to look into it; such a powerful individual should not be absent from the list... As for the reward, how does a Magic Potion Recipe for the Fifth or Sixth Sense sound?”

”I will do so, Honorable Book Holder,” Li Yelai nodded, he naturally wouldn’t refuse something he could freeload.

Subsequently, Li Yelai continued, ”Speaking of which, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to propose a trade, for an Ancient Dragon Ball.”

”Dragon Ball? What is that?” An Ark Chosen One frowned, some electors had never even heard of such a material.

”Heh, Ancient Dragon Ball... the physical manifestation of power condensed by some powerful Ancient Dragons. Too rare indeed, you might not even obtain a Dragon Ball after slaying a dozen Ancient Dragons,” laughed one of the Forbidden Zone Creatures.

”Ten Ancient Dragons?” Many Ark Chosen Ones shook their heads; this was entirely beyond the limit of various organizational powers.

Ancient Dragon Species, once mature, have at least the power of the Sixth Sense.

Some individuals even possess the power of the Seventh Awakening. For many powers, hunting one Ancient Dragon is already dangerous enough, let alone searching for any Dragon Balls.

”We do have Dragon Balls in the Forbidden Zone, but Copper Face... you probably can’t pay the price,” said one Forbidden Zone Creature: ”To exchange for a Dragon Ball, at the very least, you must trade a Class B Taboo Item.”

Li Yelai frowned. The value of Class B Taboo Items was too high, especially those that could be utilized. They could almost be considered treasured artifacts.

”Ancient Dragon Balls are very rare, but we in the Forbidden Zone do have them. If you can bring a piece of Mysterious Material from a Human Overlord, I am willing to trade a Dragon Ball,” Jin Shan then spoke.

”That’s harder than a Class B Taboo Item,” commented an Ark Chosen One, smacking their lips, ”With luck, a Taboo Item might be found in an abandoned city or wasteland. The head of an Overlord isn’t easy to take at all.”

Actually, if it was just the Overlord’s Mysterious Material, Li Yelai might have thought of a way. He is now backed by the Giant City and the Church, controlling many resources.

But Jin Shan cunningly emphasized the Mysterious Material of a Human Overlord, clearly intending to weaken human strength.

Li Yelai could only shake his head; these were things he could not produce.

And as the assembly ended, the electors each left the ark.

...

Li Yelai opened his eyes and saw a graceful figure stepping out of the shadows.

Little Mad King said to Li Yelai, ”Back already? No one has approached.”

Li Yelai nodded, subsequently taking out the materials and recipes he had traded for.

The materials were provided by the Giant City for Li Yelai, allowing him to develop three types of Fifth Sense Magic Potions for the Wanxiang Path.

No matter which one Li Yelai chose, he could concoct it himself.

The reason he hadn’t concocted them in advance was in consideration of Li Yelai possibly opting for an Ability Variant, where additional materials would need to be added en route.

It was quite considerate.

But Li Yelai’s brows twitched slightly, the variant recipe given by Chu He was too difficult; it seemed tough to obtain a Dragon Ball.

Adding a Red Ancient Dragon Ball to the Magic Potion had a latent condition: the user must have personally experienced a bloody battlefield, and the casualties on the battlefield must exceed two hundred thousand.

This condition should be considered fulfilled by Li Yelai. Any Spiritual Ability User who had gone through the Disaster Fog No. 79 could be said to have met this condition.

Adding a White Ancient Dragon Ball had a latent condition: the user must remain in the high sky, thousands of meters above, watching the sun and moon change. And they must consume the Magic Potion when both the sun and moon exist in the sky at the same time.

This was rather abstract; with the current technological disruption of humanity, if Li Yelai wanted to stay at a height of ten thousand meters, he probably needed to frantically climb up using Aerial Stepping. This would be quite difficult.

Lastly, it was the Golden Ancient Dragon Ball. The latent condition was to have killed a strong being three levels above oneself.

Heh, now that condition was laughable!

Li Yelai was currently of the Fourth Awakening, and three levels above that... that would be an Overlord Level strong being!

If Li Yelai could kill an Overlord, what would he need a Dragon Soul for?

Li Yelai was indeed capable of killing beyond his level against the Fifth Sense, but facing the Sixth Sense, he could basically only flee. As for the Overlord of the Seventh Awakening... just one glance might be the end of Li Yelai.

Of course, if he traded with Mr. Shadow, then he wouldn’t have to worry about that point.

He’s talking big, guessing even the King of the Forbidden Zone could be slain.

But if making a deal with Mr. Shadow counts, then Li Yelai once utilized Mr. Shadow’s power to slay the Insect Master.

Back then, I was only at the Third Awakening, while the Insect Master... was at least at the Sixth Sense, even possibly the Seventh Awakening!

But Li Yelai also wasn’t sure if using external force counts as fulfilling the condition.

Anyway, at the moment, it seems that the highest chance of success lies with the red dragon ball.

”I’ve got to find an opportunity to get a Red Ancient Dragon Ball,” murmured Li Yelai.

”The Ancient Dragon Ball... From what I know, it’s a rare material used to craft Supreme Level Spiritual Ability Equipment. There’s no precedent for using it in potions. After all, it’s too precious,” said Little Mad King. ”Can you be sure the recipe is safe?”

”There is some guarantee when trading within the ark,” nodded Li Yelai.

”But such items are found by chance, not sought. If you can wait for me to reach the Seventh Awakening, I’ll help you hunt an Ancient Dragon,” said Little Mad King. ”But I won’t be able to advance to the Seventh Awakening until next year.”

”Oh, cut it out. With your impatience, you’re hoping I’ll wake up tomorrow at the Seventh Awakening,” Li Yelai teased.

”Then let’s look forward to Giant City,” responded Little Mad King, ”or perhaps the foundation of the Church?”

”Indeed,” Li Yelai said, then added, ”I’m going to change my clothes.”

Little Mad King nodded slightly and once again blended into the shadows.

Now, the two had successfully worked out their issues.

At least there was no longer the awkward situation of Little Mad King standing in front and watching Li Yelai change clothes.

Heeding Li Yelai’s advice, Little Mad King also hid in the shadows to change her clothes.

She might not care, but Li Yelai had to.

Afterward, Li Yelai left the room and soon found Gongsun Craftsman at the base.

And Gongsun Craftsman, as it happened, was also excitedly looking for Li Yelai, holding a crimson cord in his hands.

Was it... a rein?

”Lord, I have not failed my mission! I’ve crafted this set of Secret Treasure for you!” exclaimed Gongsun Craftsman with a cheerful smile.

Secret Treasure? Li Yelai was surprised.

Secret Treasures were generally made from derivatives of Taboo Items.

Because they were derivatives, the user didn’t have to pay the cost associated with Taboo Items.

One only needed to channel Spiritual Energy to trigger certain abilities.

Therefore, these were usually treasures that only the noble Spiritual Ability Users could obtain.

It was the Spiritual Ability Families or Forbidden Zone Families that would provide their descendants with Secret Treasures.

Like the green bracelet Li Yelai received, it was a type of Secret Treasure. Its original owner was Mei Wu.

After infusing it with Spiritual Energy, one could obtain protection from a shield with extremely high defensive power.

Of course, the green bracelet had now become a crimson bracelet.

When Li Yelai received Divine Favor, the green bracelet was also enhanced.

The green leaves turned blood-red, and its defensive power greatly increased.

It became the Blood God Seven-Layered Shield.

This Secret Treasure, placed within the Church, would be considered a divine gift.

Li Yelai looked at the blood-red rein feeling it indeed looked familiar.

After recalling carefully, he realized that the so-called rein was actually the bloody vasculature from the soul banner of the Black Umbrella’s original form!

”Is the effect corpse manipulation?” Li Yelai asked in astonishment, the Black Umbrella was really being peeled and dismantled to the bone.

He had once desecrated the bodies of Champion Team One members, and now he was truly getting his just desserts!

”Lord Di Yun has a keen eye!” Gongsun Craftsman flattered, explaining: ”Unlike the corpse control of the Divine Protection Path, this rein crafted from a derivative of a Taboo Item allows for very flexible manipulation of the corpses, making them move as if alive, even able to unleash 70% of their combat strength from when they were alive! And also, it can ensure the corpses don’t decay!”

”With this rein, my lord, you can control whatever mount you desire just by slaying it!”

Wow, this is quite a gift!