Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 772: Chapter 362: The Inexistent Path of Destiny

“You Must Meet Strong Enemies” curse had finally been triggered, and Li Yelai originally thought it would have been one of those Ba Snakes.

He thought he could fight and retreat, dragging out the time until the requirement of confronting a strong enemy was fulfilled. Compared to Spiritual Ability Users with numerous abilities, Extraordinary Creatures were relatively easier to deal with.

But he hadn’t anticipated what fate had in store for him, a rather big twist.

The one who approached was no other, but a Wilderness Ranger, Yun Yue!

On the route where Li Yelai was leading his team to merge with others, through the ranger’s communication network, she successfully led a team of over a hundred people and joined forces with Li Yelai.

Since she was a Wilderness Ranger, Li Yelai was not familiar with them, only considering them nodding acquaintances.

All he knew was that Yun Yue was a newcomer among the Sixth Sense Spiritual Ability Users. To reach Sixth Sense at her age was already very rare among the rangers and inhabitants of Giant City.

He didn’t know much more than that; after all, rangers did not know each other well. They were all loners.

What was surprising was her frightening output ability!

In the Divine Treasure Vault, she blandly swung her blade, slashing out a streak of green light, crisply and cleanly dealing damage worthy of a red reward. And she did it all without a hint of monkey business!

Outsiders might think her strength was not bad, but officials familiar with the Wilderness Rangers were internally panicking.

The Wilderness Rangers who came to the Immortal Palace were all followers of that person. And the followers of that person were well-known for becoming stronger when facing stronger opponents, especially with a significant bonus against non-human species.

So, this was not her limit!

Now, Li Yelai had come to understand Yun Yue’s identity.

Looking into those clear, bright eyes, reflecting the dazzling green flame, Li Yelai felt a sudden heaviness in his heart.

She was… the Green Flame Chosen One!

Fuck, did using the Face of the Chaos Chosen get noticed before?

In such a situation, could running into a Divine Chosen be any more unlucky?

Even though Li Yelai was a part-time Divine Chosen who freeloaded off Chaos, and was also a Divine Chosen of the Dual Gods, he could not reveal this to the outside world.

If it was exposed, that would be troublesome.

“Lord Ye, do you have any thoughts about the flash of Chaotic Aura that briefly came from you just now?”

Yun Yue held her Horse-Cutting Blade, approaching with the blade dragging across rocks and sparking. The reflection of the green flame in her eyes grew increasingly radiant. Clearly, she had confirmed that the source of the Chaotic Aura was Li Yelai.

Her exquisitely calm face belied the complexity of her gaze on Li Yelai.

Probably, she did not expect the Champion Agent to possess a Chaotic Aura.

“Some things, I can’t explain well. There’s no need for us to clash at this moment, Ranger Yun Yue…” Li Yelai became alert, his left hand clutching the ring-headed knife, absorbing Blood and ready to strike. His right hand leaning on the Black Gold Dragon Pattern Halberd planted in the soil, the distant hum of the dragon’s roar echoing faintly.

If it really came down to a fight, Li Yelai’s current state was indeed at a disadvantage.

Spiritual Energy was low… Only two more uses of the Face, and he would exhaust his Spiritual Energy.

Using the Faces of Li Yuanba or Bai Qi, who consumed a tremendous amount of Spiritual Energy, he guessed that he could only use them once.

Under these circumstances, facing off against a Sixth Sense Chosen One—the outcome wouldn’t be too promising.

“To stand against such a formidable opponent…” Li Yelai cursed inwardly at the efficiency of the curse. Even at his prime, it wasn’t a sure thing that Li Yelai could defeat a Sixth Sense Chosen One.

Now, there was even less to say.

“Secrets that are difficult to explain… what might those be?” Yun Yue fixated on Li Yelai’s face, her eyes flickering.

“In certain situations, it’s not appropriate for me to disclose details to outsiders.” Li Yelai cautiously retreated, his ring-headed knife drawn but not released.

“Is that right… I am quite curious, why a Chaos Chosen would become a Champion Agent?” Yun Yue spoke, “Also, I’d like to know, when did you replace Copper Face?”

Yun Yue had suspicions about Li Yelai long before their encounter, even earlier than this.

Months ago, she had learned from Chu He that Copper Face was suspected to be a Chaos Chosen, though it was still unclear which Divine had selected him.

Just a few days ago, Copper Face had sent a map of the Heavenly Palace to Chu He and asked him to pass it on to the ranger.

So, Chu He found her inside the ark.

Was it trustworthy, coming from a Chaos Chosen?

Yun Yue was skeptical, but after careful investigation, she found the map to be accurate!

The Chaos Chosen had actually given out the correct map? Could this be a Chosen of Deceit Dao, a plot yet unnoticed?

She worried internally but still used the map to orient herself, gradually merging with human teams along the way.

Until… she met Li Yelai holding the same map.

The same map… At that moment, Yun Yue began to harbor doubts about Li Yelai.

As time went on, that suspicion grew stronger, up until just now.

Inside the ark, upon seeing the Heavenly Palace falling, she immediately left the ark and moved towards the direction of the fall.

That Heavenly Palace was a branch of the Time Tree, and while the branch might be wearing away quickly due to the fall, caution was still advisable.

And she successfully located that rapidly dissipating white branch.

Within it, she witnessed countless scenes.

The content of those scenes left her shocked, angry… and regretful.

At the same time, she sensed a flash of Chaotic Aura in the distance, seemingly from a sacrifice.

Stabilizing her emotions, she rushed over.

Just in time, she saw Li Yelai taking Blood out of storage space.

That unique golden space ripple pattern was very obviously the authority of a Fourth Ring Seat.

That is, the ark’s storage space!