Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 583: Chapter 273: Scapegoat

The care from the Emperor’s Fall Chosen One deeply moved the officers of the Fifth Legion and the Divine Chosen Servants.

Even though the Divine Chosen One was the assassination target of this incident, he comforted them instead.

Regardless of their servants’ disabilities, they were not abandoned; they even became Divine Chosen Guards with maimed bodies—a privilege second only to a Demon General!

This touched them profoundly.

This was actually not a big deal, but alas, other Divine Chosen were too inhumane.

The servants and trusted aides of the Red Fury Chosen One were immediately demoted and transferred once they were disabled, and that was still better than others.

The Blood Drink Chosen One was the most terrifying—too many of her servants and trusted aides had been played to death by her!

Now, such an act of profound kindness and righteousness by a Chosen One was extremely impactful for those from the Blood God Faction!

As a Demon General, Bai Ya held an admiration for Li Yelai that was beyond words.

At this juncture, they would probably be willing to become cannon fodder if asked.

Of course, they had no idea that the one responsible for all this was none other than the very Lord Di Yun they worshiped…

Li Yelai continued to soothe them while conveying the suspicions towards Black Origin City, telling them to recover well.

He really needed a Chaos Brigade that was utterly loyal to him. A team completely devoted to him could help him accomplish many things.

Like… letting them test the depth of the Forbidden Zone Creatures… Heh… the image couldn’t be too good!

Black Origin City, oh Black Origin City… there’s too much blame to be assigned later!

Afterward, Li Yelai left the relief fortress.

He planned to return to his room to discuss the current situation with the Little Mad King and to organize the materials they had recently acquired.

But just as he had left for a short while, Li Yelai saw a green glow emanating from a distant volcano and then a sudden tremor.

Green lava erupted again, though not as powerfully as before.

But there were still hundreds of peculiar green lava streams, streaking through the sky like green meteors, smashing into various places of the Main Base within several kilometers.

This time, there was no secondary damage to the Main Base.

There were hardly any survivors within that range.

The rescue teams consisted of Spiritual Ability Users who could easily dodge these meteors.

But soon, Li Yelai heard that the Old Demon General was seriously injured again while escaping from the volcano.

He was said to be injured during a deeper foray into the volcano when it erupted.

This made Li Yelai feel quite strange.

An Overlord Level powerhouse should have no problem wading through molten lava, so how was he injured again?

Though odd, Li Yelai couldn’t help but feel some schadenfreude.

However, that feeling of taking pleasure in another’s troubles didn’t last long, as he passed through an empty mountain path.

The voice of the Little Mad King sounded weak and painful in his ear: “Teammate, I need help.”

At the same time, Li Yelai felt his wrist being grasped, which made his face change color as he quickly headed toward his residence in the fortress.

…..

The mountain fortress where the Emperor’s Fall Chosen One resided was far from the battlefield and had not suffered much damage.

And at the moment, in a quiet room,

The girl in front of Li Yelai removed her upper garments, turning her back to him, revealing her fair and curvaceous back.

Li Yelai had no time to appreciate this beautiful scene; his entire focus was on how to carefully and effectively remove the black shards embedded in the girl’s skin. His voice was deep and anxious: “Does it hurt?”

The Little Mad King’s forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat; after catching her breath, she replied: “It does hurt a bit, keep going…”

Li Yelai took a deep breath and replied: “Hang in there, it’ll be over soon.”

He pressed down on the girl’s fair shoulder with one hand.

With the other, he slowly extracted a black shard that was stuck in the girl’s back.

Bright red blood flowed from the wound, particularly striking against her fair skin.

After examining the wound and ensuring no shards were left, Li Yelai quickly disinfected and bandaged it to stop the bleeding.

“Use the Jing Family’s medicine, it’ll heal faster,” Li Yelai took a few steps back, shifting his gaze away.

He’d rather not look at the current state of the Little Mad King unless it was to treat her wounds.

“The Jing Family’s medicine will temporarily suppress Spiritual Energy, which is too dangerous for us Stealth ones. I’ll just use the official medicine,” said the Little Mad King as she put on her clothes: “With the strength of my body, combined with the medicine, it shouldn’t take long to recover.”

Though she said this, her complexion was still somewhat pale, with sweat still trickling down her forehead.

Li Yelai then turned his attention to the black stone thorn.

Blood still clung to the stone thorn, and as Li Yelai touched it, he could distinctly feel the Spiritual Barrier on his palm vanish.

“This is… Anti-Spiritual power. No wonder it pierced your Spiritual Barrier…” Li Yelai’s expression changed slightly: “It was still too risky; you shouldn’t have gone to check the volcano. At least you should have discussed it with me first.”

He was, of course, aware of this sensation; he always felt Spiritual Energy being suppressed whenever he met his comrade the nun, which was considered a miracle among Humans.

For Spiritual Ability Users, however, such miracles were very dangerous.

“Hmm, it must be one of the defense mechanisms from the Treasure Vault. It’s mixed with Bone Powder from the Spirit Extinguishers,” the Little Mad King showed a faint smile: “But this way, the vault inside is completely destroyed, leaving no clues.”

After parting with Li Yelai, the Little Mad King had secretly approached the volcano.

Following behind the Old Demon General, she entered into the volcano’s interior.

She had to prevent the Old Demon General from finding the Treasure Vault.

Luckily, the destruction of the vault was thorough. The entire vault was crushed and exploded, and the Old Demon General found only a few Taboo Items among the rubble.