Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 935: Chapter 443:

However, once the Spiritual Ability is used, it might immediately reveal our position.

Then it would be another chase all over again.

‘Only five Imitative Heavenly Soldiers left, two Sixth-Sense, and three Fifth-Sense. Even with my assistance, it’s hard to eliminate the pursuers behind us.’

‘Once we’re stalled, the nearby pursuers will keep coming one after another.’

‘Should we leave the water surface and send a distress signal? Hope for some lurking teammates nearby?’

‘No time, they’re too close, we could be found out beforehand. We might be discovered before our teammates arrive…’ Cheese quickened her pace instead of slowing down.

Looking down at the unconscious Li Yelai, and seeing his frown gradually relax, Cheese couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly.

It’s really a lack of strength.

If only Li Yelai himself were awake and retained some combat power.

Then it would be our turn to hunt down the pursuers.

‘In the end, I was still too weak. I kept saying I surpassed you, but I was overtaken instead.’ Cheese thought, ‘If at this moment, the one carrying Li Yelai away was Doll… would there be any fear of pursuers? We’d turn back and blow up the Jile Army together.’

‘Is this what they call, beauty belongs only to the strong ones?’

Thinking of that shy girl, Cheese sighed deeply.

‘Compared to me, indeed Doll is more capable of helping you.’

The resentment, frustration, and jealousy in her heart were magnified under the influence of the Heartless Fruit.

But Cheese still suppressed the stirring in her heart, calmly considering her strategy.

‘Now, the enemy is in the open while I’m in the dark. As long as I don’t use Spiritual Energy, they’ll hardly find me. So, just muddy the waters…’

Cheese devised her plan in mind.

She immediately changed direction at a fork in the riverbed.

She originally intended to enter a tributary of this river and then go into the mountains to shake off the pursuers.

But the pursuers could roughly grasp her movement direction, clearly not only tracking through scent or trace.

Following the original plan would lead to being cornered in the mountains.

So, she took a risky move, actively entering Qing Lake, stepping into the realm of the Extraordinary Creatures.

Currently, many of the second-level Extraordinary Creatures are being parasitized by the Heartless Fruit. Such a high-profile intrusion into a territory would inevitably cause conflicts.

This might be the chance for her to retreat!

After entering Qing Lake, Cheese could clearly feel the danger around her escalating.

Extraordinary Creatures occasionally swam by in the distance; fortunately, Cheese hadn’t exposed a trace of Spiritual Energy, under the ‘cover’ of the pursuer behind, she avoided attracting the attention of the Extraordinary Creatures.

After lurking for a few minutes, an intense burst of combat fluctuations erupted from behind as expected.

Cheese’s eyes flickered, but she didn’t act immediately.

Meanwhile, two kilometers downriver, the City State Strong People emerged from below the water, lacking the ability for Underwater Breathing. They couldn’t sustain much longer underwater.

And Qing Jiao City Lord sensed everything with a frown. As a Sixth-Sense Spiritual Ability User, his sensitivity to Spiritual Energy Fluctuations was extremely high.

Yet, he didn’t sense any unexpected Spiritual Energy Fluctuations when the chaos was created just now.

‘Was it my misjudgment? Or, did she realize we were trying to lure her out?’ Qing Jiao City Lord squinted.

Yes, the combat fluctuations earlier were deliberately created by him, aiming to force Cheese to reveal her Spiritual Energy and escape.

But now, with the lure plan having failed, Cheese wasn’t lured out, and instead, some nearby Extraordinary Creatures were alarmed.

Their bloodthirsty gaze fixed tightly on the investigation team, becoming increasingly volatile and uncontrollable under the influence of the Heartless Fruit.

“Such a bother! I prefer smart women, but only in bed.” Qing Jiao City Lord acted instantly.

….

With more complex and chaotic Spiritual Energy Fluctuations transmitted over, Cheese breathed a sigh of relief, stepping into a cluster of reefs.

‘Just waiting for this…’

However, in the next second, Cheese felt her hairs stand on end as a mortal danger sensation came from the left!

The threat came too suddenly, and all Cheese could do was twist her body to the right at maximum speed to dodge, throwing the five Golden Peas she was holding in her hand.

At the same time, without hesitation, she decisively erupted with Spiritual Energy.

Using Dragon Roar·Charge!

Her body accelerated forward instantly.

Even as she carried Li Yelai in her arms, his head rested on her left shoulder! It was imperative to avoid the attack from the left side!

Yet in that instant, just as Cheese hoped to evade the ambush, she felt a heavy blow to her back, her specially designed backpack was torn apart, and the candies stored within scattered into the water.

A corner of a scarlet cloak was revealed from the pack, an angry roar seeming to emanate from it.

But simultaneously, Cheese’s face turned pale instantly as an unbearable pain surged from her elbow.

It felt like she could hear the sound of flesh and bone shattering, the brittle crack of hand bone echoed in her ears, making it nearly impossible to breathe.

She got two blessings and a curse on the Lucky Wheel.

The curse was increased sensitivity to pain.

This unimaginable intense pain almost crushed her will.

She could feel herself being quickly dragged away, bones and flesh being torn and bitten through.

She clung tightly to Li Yelai’s body with her right hand and, amidst the endless pain, spoke.

“Ding!”

Immortal Talisman·Ding!

Instantly, the dragging speed halted.

Cheese finally saw the face of the attacker, it was… an enormous Abyss Dragon!

It had camouflaged itself as a reef, lurking amongst the reefs to launch a deadly ambush on Cheese!

Without the Champion Cloak, Cheese and Li Yelai might have been torn apart.

Yet even so, its horrifyingly sharp teeth had bitten into Cheese’s left arm, dragging her tens of meters, staining the waters red with blood.

Cheese could see her left-hand fingers, already numb, twitching within the Abyss Dragon’s maw.

A burst of unspeakable fear and dread welled up inside her.

Just a little more, and it would have bitten off his head.

At the same time, another thought surfaced in her mind—she’d never wear a ring in this life….

Despite the excruciating pain in her arm, Cheese didn’t hesitate. Before the Abyss Dragon could break free of its constraints.

Dragon Roar·Charge!

This time, she charged… backward.

In that moment, with the sounds of blood and bone shattering, Cheese snapped her left arm completely. Clinging tightly to Li Yelai with her right hand, she rapidly retreated.

At the same time, the last five Imitative Heavenly Soldiers were unleashed, charging at the liberated Abyss Dragon.

Immortal Talisman·Entangle!

The nearby reefs and water plants seemed to come alive, twisting and converging rapidly, all binding towards the Abyss Dragon.

With excruciating pain in her arm, Cheese tore open a cloth bag with her teeth and right hand, swiftly dropping it, and turned to flee.

The bag spilled out strands of hair that sent the chasing Abyss Dragon into a panic.

Seeing Cheese and Li Yelai about to escape far away, it let out a furious roar, twisting its body to create a massive whirlpool underwater.

Countless reefs were swept up and hurled forward with immense force.

Hundreds of rocks of varying sizes rained down like meteors.

Cheese swallowed candies with effort, desperately dodging.

Dragon Roar·Armor

Dragon Roar·Charge

Dragon Roar·Knockdown!

Arrow Avoidance Protection allowed her to evade a massive reef.

But the protection could only trigger again in another minute.

For a moment, Cheese felt a tremendous force appear behind her, striking heavily, flinging her dozens of meters forward.

Blood gushed from her mouth and nose, her organs felt as if they were ablaze, and the sound of bones breaking resounded once more.

She tried to lift her legs, but found them unresponsive. For a moment, Cheese felt a tremendous force appear behind her, striking heavily, flinging her dozens of meters forward.

Blood gushed from her mouth and nose, her organs felt as if they were ablaze, and the sound of bones breaking resounded once more.

She tried to lift her legs, but found them unresponsive.