Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 901: Chapter 425: Emergency Signal

The entire team was equipped with beast skins or scale armor, fairly well-armed. They were rapidly traversing through the deep mountains.

Li Yelai could sense that there were quite a few Spiritual Ability Users among them. But their levels weren’t very high.

Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that they might be deliberately hiding their true capabilities.

At the same time, they were also driving two kinds of extraordinary creatures.

Hounds covered in scales, and birds with fleshy wings.

This was a characteristic of their civilization; they had mastered the means of taming extraordinary creatures.

Through iterations and breeding, they had cultivated relatively docile species.

Even if they weren’t Spiritual Ability Users, they could manage to command them to a certain degree.

These two types of extraordinary creatures were equivalent to their guard dogs and falcons.

They advanced rapidly through the mountain forest, employing the hounds and falcons to survey the surrounding terrain.

As they ventured deeper, some extraordinary creatures inhabiting the mountains were disturbed.

The extraordinary creatures, although eager to devour the Spiritual Ability Users, were equally wary of injury when facing the overwhelming forces of the city’s legions. The wild extraordinary creatures retreated one after another.

For a time, the forest buzzed with activity.

A flock of birds was startled, and after killing an army’s falcon, they were attacked by the Spiritual Ability Users, forced to abandon their territory.

As they swept across the sky, they left behind a pool of filth.

Li Yelai cursed under his breath, dodging to the side. Without using his Face, his luck was not much better.

Afterward, Li Yelai continued to watch the distant legion.

Are those the city’s troops… planning to comb the mountain? Searching for outsiders like Li Yelai?

Watching this scene, Li Yelai pondered.

From the current intelligence, he was able to confirm that the Ten Thousand Dragon Lake was under the control of the Jile Sect.

After the formation of Ten Thousand Dragon Lake, it was discovered by the Jile Sect, who planted the Heartless Fruit on the third layer of the lake.

Over years of cultivation, the Heartless Fruit parasitized all the extraordinary creatures on the third layer.

If it was not discovered by the outside world, the Heartless Fruit would eventually parasitize all humans and extraordinary creatures in Ten Thousand Dragon Lake.

However, after Champion Team One killed Black Umbrella, they obtained some intelligence from his legacy and investigated further.

They unexpectedly discovered the existence of Ten Thousand Dragon Lake.

Thus, this situation arose, although this accidental discovery broke the Jile Sect’s plan. But it also trapped Captain Yang Chen and the two official teams inside Ten Thousand Dragon Lake.

There were also shadows of the Jile Sect within some city-states.

In other words, could there also be Jile believers among these legions?

It made sense.

The faith of Jile is in the pursuit of sensory stimulation and extreme pleasure, which is the easiest form of corruption for humans.

According to investigations, wealthy merchants and nobles steeped in wine and lust were more susceptible to Jile’s corruption.

And within the civilization on the second layer of Ten Thousand Dragon Lake, there was a clear class distinction. The nobles who managed the city-states, the commoners of each city-state, and the slaves that appeared due to the city’s defeat.

In such an environment, those who controlled more resources and power were more easily devoured and corrupted by desire.

Perhaps, due to the emergence of wild Jile believers within Ten Thousand Dragon Lake, the Jile Sect from outside was drawn in.

Otherwise, a unified kingdom should have appeared within the second layer long ago.

Instead of these city-states attacking each other and engaging in senseless infighting.

Li Yelai contemplated silently, not acting impulsively.

Normally, he would not fear such a pursuit.

With his current combat capabilities, to ensure capture, they would need to deploy Overlord-level experts.

Not mentioning distant challenges, just the Ancient Sky Comet Dragon alone, most Overlords wouldn’t be able to catch up.

The problem was, Li Yelai could not be sure if they had been parasitized.

Acting rashly would likely result in becoming parasitized.

Most of the official experts on the second layer had fallen into this trap.

Glancing at the distant city-state legion, Li Yelai returned to the cave.

Considering that Cheese might be washing up, Li Yelai asked in advance.

After receiving a confirmed response, Li Yelai entered the cave.

Inside the cave, Cheese was sitting on a sleeping bag, drying her damp hair.

A faint mist emanated from her hair, adding a touch of ethereal beauty to her.

Li Yelai informed Cheese of what he had seen.

“It’s rather strange…” Cheese said, “In theory, searching the mountain is correct. After all, we outsiders are hidden threats. But they should also know that these armies pose no threat to us.”

“Not mentioning far away scenarios, even three Ye Boshous teaming up would probably prevent them from sounding an alarm, leading to their complete annihilation.”

“Unless, there are experts hidden behind them. Or someone among them is concealing their strength.”

“But there can’t be only one such search team. They probably don’t have that many manpower.”

Cheese pondered for a moment, “It’s likely the Jile Sect is up to some tricks again. Perhaps they learned that you and Captain Moon Shadow have entered the second layer and plan to parasitize you while they have the chance?”

“This possibility is not small. After all, my ride on the Ancient Dragon was too conspicuous. Also, my data may have been recorded by the relic. Through careful investigation, they should know I have arrived.” Li Yelai pondered for a moment and asked, “Then how should we act?”

“A few comrades skilled in infiltration are already inside the city-states. If the passage is restored, they will notify us. For now, we just need to avoid these search parties. With their hounds and falcons, we must be cautious.” Cheese said.

“Infiltrating the city-state… very dangerous. I remember you mentioned there were quite a few experts inside the city-states…”

Li Yelai recalled Little Mad King.

As the most formidable assassin of the Giant City, her stealth ability was nearly unrivaled. Even Chaos Chosen of the same level had difficulty detecting her approach.

But this also meant her missions were extremely dangerous. Any mistake would lead to her death without a complete body…

“Indeed, very dangerous. But to seal off the passage, they learned the city-state’s language and script, and after wearing local attire, they are indistinguishable from the natives. Relatively safer.” Cheese said.

“How do you communicate then? Aren’t you all separated?” Li Yelai asked. Due to the presence of the Heartless Fruit, every comrade operated independently.

“Though we’re unsure of each other’s hideouts, we are all dispersed around that main peak.” Cheese walked towards the cliff, pointing at a towering mountain in the distance.

“In case of extraordinary situations, the infiltrating comrades will transmit intel, and there will be comrades leaving marks on the mountain top that aren’t detectable by outsiders.” Cheese explained, retrieving a pair of binoculars from the pocket of her trench coat.

However, after one glance at the mountain peak, Cheese’s expression subtly changed.

Through the binoculars, a figure was seen on the distant mountain, cutting down the branches of five large trees.

This symbolizes… an emergency assembly signal!

“Something has happened!”

(Ladies and gentlemen, can you guess the target of the protagonist’s Sixth Sense Mythical Mimic?)