Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 1024: Chapter 492

Under Li Ye Lai’s intervention, the Yama Organization, which was supposed to grow and become a first-class force in the future, was completely wiped out.

Almost all of its higher-ups were annihilated, and the Spiritual Ability Users and Returning Souls they cultivated were also slaughtered.

Especially after discovering the miserable state of the abducted children and their methods of creating Artificial Returnees.

The attacks by the Ye Boshou became increasingly fierce, leaving no chance for the Yama Organization’s strongmen to surrender.

The Ghostly Tears Mine is an underground mineral deposit rich in Extraordinary Minerals. However, those who enter the mine will have their life force drained. If Spiritual Ability Users were to mine here, the cost would be high, and with one careless mistake, a precious Spiritual Ability User could be lost inside.

Thus, they contacted several merchant caravans to purchase young children, whose life force was more abundant. Compared to adults, they could survive relatively longer in the mine. Moreover, they were easier to manage and brainwash than adults.

The children brought in would be equipped with specially designed armor and gear so that they, though weak, could perform the mining.

After a period of training, they are sent deep into the underground mineral beds to extract minerals.

If they couldn’t submit enough minerals, their food could not even be guaranteed.

When the Ye Boshou rescued them, many of the children appeared emaciated, some having turned completely white-haired before even turning eighteen.

Most had an apathetic look on their faces, void of the emotions that children should naturally possess.

Those who truly couldn’t keep going were used as material for Artificial Returnees.

They would undergo extreme torture, buried alive in the Corpse Nourishment Land at the peak of their emotional pain and anger.

Subsequently, they would become a Yin Soldier or another type of Returnee.

These brutal methods incited extreme anger in the Ye Boshou. Surrender? Surrender, my ass!

They didn’t realize they were wrong; they knew they were going to die!

As a result, by the time the Ye Boshou finished, there were hardly any survivors left in the Yama Organization.

The remaining survivors were left for interrogation, to extract information about the caravans or factions that dealt with them. A reckoning would follow!

Champion Team One was originally a sharp blade and spearhead against humanity’s enemies, but they didn’t mind cleaning house for humanity.

They wouldn’t let any of the caravans supplying them with children get away!

Once the dust settled, three Ye Boshou went to the gathering point to contact the nearest Giant City and official caravans.

Meanwhile, Li Ye Lai ventured alone into the Ghostly Tears Mine.

As he entered the cave, he heard countless wails, as if someone were whispering curses in the dark mine tunnels.

At the same time, Li Ye Lai could clearly feel the surroundings seemed intent on devouring his life force.

The power wasn’t strong, yet it was so absolute that even a Sixth-Sense Spiritual Ability User couldn’t stop this subtle change.

But Li Ye Lai possessed Qilin’s Mythical Mimicry.

With the blessing of the ‘Qilin Body,’ his resistance to abnormal states was enhanced.

This caused Li Ye Lai’s life force to be absorbed very little, almost negligible.

However, as he delved deeper, he felt the rate of life force extraction accelerating.

For an Eternal Chosen One, this was inconsequential. Try to drain me if you can!

But for other Spiritual Ability Users, this was a major issue.

At least, with Old Mad King’s condition, there was no way he could come here.

“Indeed, something buried deep inside is drawing life force. The closer you get, the more life force is absorbed,” Li Ye Lai reflected as he went deeper.

Within the timeline of ‘Zhu Ye,’ the Forbidden Zone resurfaces, pressuring the Human Giant City greatly. Even after discovering the Ghostly Tears Mine, there was no spare effort to explore its deepest secrets, handing the Eternal Life Faction an opportunity on a silver platter.

Now is a good time to give it a try.

As an Eternal Chosen One, Li Ye Lai wasn’t afraid of insufficient life force.

However, Li Ye Lai dared not activate Face in the mine.

Judging from his understanding of his Calamity, using Face here would definitely cause a cave-in within three seconds. He was aware of his limits.

Thus, he grabbed a flashlight and cautiously ventured deeper into the mine, reaching its depths or what had been excavated to the deepest point after half an hour.

In this place, life was drained quickly. Despite the blessing, Li Ye Lai felt himself aging.

Li Ye Lai picked up a specially designed pickaxe and began to carve a passage.

With his power, the digging wasn’t too slow, and the stones and minerals he unearthed were tossed directly into the Reserve Space.

As Li Ye Lai dug for another half an hour, the sensation of being swallowed became stronger, and even his mighty vitality started to fade.

And Li Ye Lai discovered more Extraordinary Minerals, which were related to the mystery buried deep within.

When Li Ye Lai dug nearly a hundred meters down further, even he felt a sense of weakness.

“If I could activate Face, I might have instantly broken through the ground, accelerating the excavation. Or I could have Divine Protection Path Spiritual Ability Users dig remotely, better than me chipping away personally,” he thought to himself.

Immediately, his previously waning vitality surged once more. Activating the Incomplete Mythical Mimicry·Qilin.

His body became increasingly robust, his hair changed to a bluish-white, and a clear light flickered in his eyes.

At this moment, he transformed into a human-shaped Qilin.

Subsequently, he accelerated the excavation once again.

However, after digging several dozen meters more, the ground suddenly gave way beneath his feet.

This startled him, but he quickly performed Aerial Stepping, preventing himself from falling.