Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 700: Chapter 328: Ignite

Looking at the huge amount on the bill, Jing Lin’s teeth almost shattered in discomfort.

Even as a core member of the Three Branches of the Jing Family, seen as a privileged young master in the eyes of outsiders,

his assets were actually just the profits from the companies under his own three branches.

This gambling event had made him invest a lot… so much that it pained his heart.

Those business members of the three branches were probably seeing red.

If it weren’t for the previous gambling event between Li Yelai and Jing Jing, which had earned him a lot, he would now be considering taking some private jobs as a detective.

“Ah, success or failure, it’s all because of Old Li,” he sighed helplessly and put away the ledger.

When he had first met Li Yelai, Li Yelai and Cheese had just subdued the Dream Butterfly Tree.

He could sense the trickery between the two and believed that Cheese had a high chance of conquering Li Yelai.

Unfortunately, Cheese went out to investigate and didn’t pierce through that barrier.

Otherwise, the gambling might have been settled long ago.

In fact, Jing Lin understood Cheese’s thoughts, thinking that she was about to travel long-distance, anything could happen, there were too many uncertainties about the future, so she dared not break certain concepts.

This was similar to someone else’s thoughts. The uncertainties about the future made them hesitant to reveal their emotions easily.

From this perspective, Cheese indeed was an independent, restrained, and rational woman.

That was also why Jing Lin bet on her.

But then, a simple-minded girl came along… and removed all obstacles in the most direct way.

What was this, a single force defeating all tactics?

It was also a blessing that the person had enough strength to suppress a Champion Agent…

“Capsized in the gutter,” Jing Lin complained, then took out his Spiritual Armor to check it, preparing to enter the Immortal Palace.

…

Meanwhile, on the other side, the rain poured down, and inside an off-road vehicle,

Li Yelai spun the Ranger Coin on the armrest.

He was driving the off-road vehicle onto the ring high road.

The communication distance of the Ranger Coin was around five kilometers, and Li Yelai planned to take advantage of the night to circle around the Giant City.

To see if he could connect with any Wilderness Rangers.

It’s possible that a few were inside No.3 Border City.

Back in the day, his father, Li Qiong, also used similar methods and spent a lot of effort to gather a group of Wilderness Rangers.

This was a characteristic of the Wilderness Rangers.

Thus, even if one was captured, it wouldn’t involve the others.

It was just a bit troublesome to look for them.

If unlucky, there might not be any Rangers inside No.3 Border City.

But this possibility was very low, the Immortal Palace this time attracted several Church Sects, also followers of the Chaos God, they might be interested, right?

So, Li Yelai traveled through the Ring City District and New District, reaching the core area known as Upper City District, or Main City District.

Compared to other districts, the Main City District was the core of the entire Giant City.

From an ordinary person’s perspective, this place was filled with tall buildings, representing high wages and high consumption.

In reality, it was roughly the same.

Most administrative units’ headquarters of the Giant City were in this area.

It wasn’t wrong to call it the essence.

At the same time, this area housed the most luxurious hotels of the Giant City.

Li Yelai looked at the array of tall buildings in the car and glanced at the unresponsive coin, continuing to drive.

He planned to start the search from the Main City District; there were many high-end hotels, and a significant number of foreign families temporarily residing here, the likelihood of encountering Wilderness Rangers was not small.

However, when he saw the Qikai Hotel, his gaze flickered.

That bastard Ye Han was in this hotel.

On the overpass, Li Yelai’s gaze landed on a distant luxurious hotel.

According to intelligence, Ye Han and his group had booked the luxurious suite on the top floor of this hotel.

It was a pity that it was inside the Giant City and the hotel held many innocent people too, otherwise, he really wanted to throw an Annihilation Thunder into that room.

Li Yelai thought, driving away.

As he increased the distance, Li Yelai suddenly heard tapping from amidst the rain. He glanced and noticed a vague black shadow outside the driver’s seat window, calmly and rhythmically tapping the window.

This startled Li Yelai as he was still on the flyover, moving at no reduced speed.

Even a Spiritual Ability User catching up at this speed wouldn’t be knocking so leisurely.

But despite the surprise, Li Yelai still opened the window, recognizing the identity of the visitor.

With the window opening, a stream of cold rain-laden air flowed into the vehicle.

Simultaneously, a fresh cool scent entered Li Yelai’s nostrils.

The window had only been lowered halfway when the figure had already passed through and, surpassing the driving Li Yelai, landed steadily on the passenger seat.

Such agility and precision…

“Are you not afraid you’d kick me?” Li Yelai wondered aloud, quickly closing the window as the inside of the car had already gotten wet during that brief period.

“What are you doing here?” Li Yelai asked in surprise, taking a towel from the ark’s storage space and handing it to the person on the passenger seat.

This person turned out to be Little Mad King.

She was still wearing a tight suit covered by a black coat. The rain had soaked her coat; for a Spiritual Ability User, once a Spiritual Barrier was activated, the rain shouldn’t be touching her.

Unless she was on some kind of stealth mission and had turned off her Spiritual Barrier.

Indeed, she took the towel, wiping the rain off her coat, and said, “I’m investigating Ye Han and his group, I just saw you and thought I’d hitch a ride.”