Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 173 - 81 Prey

Chapter 173: Chapter 81 Prey

Inside the metal hut, the one-armed girl who was locked to the wall had long since descended into chaos.

She watched helplessly as the relatives and friends she grew up with were pierced through the chest and slaughtered to the last.

She also watched helplessly as her arm was seized by an axe and mercilessly chopped off.

She knew she would never again hear the scrawny declarations of love from the boy next door.

For he was dead, his neck broken, his face twisted in agony as he lay before her. If only he had kept hiding, there might have been hope to survive...

She also knew she would never again get to paint her nails with that long-awaited nail polish from Giant City.

Because all her limbs would be chopped off and flayed in front of her eyes to be made into some sort of weapon.

She knew her fate was to become a human tool, continuing to bring profit to these beasts.

The future was pitch-black, with only despair.

She wanted to die, she really wanted to die...

And yet at this moment, inside her once dim and lifeless eyes, a dazzling light was reflected.

A thunderbolt pierced through the camp walls! The newcomer, wielding a long spear and riding a Dragon Colt, displayed overwhelming dominance and sanctity!

That brilliant thunderlight lit up the entire abandoned tunnel, illuminating her eyes of despair.

It also illuminated the astonished faces of the three Flying Gunmen.

This was supposed to be their safest camp, and yet suddenly, a Cavalry had broken through the wall. Wouldn’t anyone be baffled?

Naturally, the newcomer was Li Yelai, who, upon learning that the Flying Gunmen had left the subway mid-journey,

deduced their approximate location. It had to be in some area of the tunnel.

After splitting up with the two members of Ye Boshou, he successfully located the hideout of the Flying Gunmen.

Consequently, he broke through the wall!

Without any hesitation, the Dragon Colt’s hoof thundered forward, a new charge began! Li Yelai thrust his spear!

The smoking woman closest to the wall was the first to face the brunt. Her face still showed surprise when she saw the long spear thrusting straight at her.

Li Yelai has always treated men and women equally, never hesitating whether the enemy was male or female, attractive or handsome.

The enemy, only a dead enemy was the best enemy!

Thus, Li Yelai’s thrust was swift and grim!

The smoking woman panicked, knowing she wouldn’t have time to evade the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt’s charge at such close range, but her eyes flickered, activating her ability!

Spiritual Eyes Path, Illusion Eyes!

The scene in front of Li Yelai suddenly changed; the dark underground tunnel transformed into a bloody slaughterhouse, and in an instant, the woman’s appearance morphed into that of a butcher with a massive physique, wielding a cleaver.

The butcher wore a pig’s head mask and had a stature even taller than an Iron Guard, with bloodstains mottling the cleaver, instilling a powerful sense of dread.

Even knowing it was a kind of illusion, the sight of the butcher lifting his cleaver chilled one to the bone.

This was the power of Illusion Eyes.

Its effect was to drag the target into an illusion with just one gaze, and the stronger the Spiritual Ability User, the more realistic the illusion created.

Powerful Processors could even inject the sensation of pain from the illusion directly into the target’s brain.

Therefore, even if one was injured in the illusion, while the body was unscathed, they would still feel very real pain. It was an illusion misleading the brain.

Moreover, the more powerful could drag the illusion into reality, achieving abilities that warped the fabric of real life!

That smoking woman was dragging Li Yelai into an illusion, attempting to create an opportunity for her companions to attack and to buy herself time to distance themselves.

Even if just for an instant, even if this Cavalry was momentarily intimidated by the sudden appearance of the butcher, or changed the direction of his weapon due to the butcher’s attack, she had a chance to escape.

But... She underestimated Li Yelai’s strength. How could a mere pig-headed butcher force back Li Yelai?

He had faced far more terrifying monsters!

His spear in hand did not hesitate and directly ignored the raised cleaver of the butcher, thrusting out as fast as a Spirit Snake, stabbing into the abdomen of the butcher!

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Spirit Snake Emerges!

In an instant, the illusion vanished.

And the smoking woman’s chest was directly pierced by the long spear, as Li Yelai exerted force with one hand, picking up the painfully struggling smoking woman and, with a backhand, impaled her onto the ground.

The smoking woman, already close to death, crashed headfirst to the ground and fell silent forever.

From an outsider’s perspective, Li Yelai charged, picked up, and slammed!

He instantly took the smoking woman down!

This caused the jackals outside the metal hut and the Flying Gunmen inside to tense up, but they did not stop their actions.

They now saw Li Yelai as a Spiritual Ability User who came to steal their property.

And the Spirit Extinguisher was their most precious asset; her blood, her bones, her muscles all possessed anti-spiritual energy effects.

They had to take away this treasure!

Thus, the jackal activated his ability. In an instant, thick black smoke billowed from him,

covering the entire camp.

Netherworld Path ability, Fog Concealment!

Li Yelai halted his charge, as it was somewhat dangerous to rush into the smoke without any visibility, and there was also the chance of accidentally harming the Spirit Extinguisher.

But he had not come alone.

At this moment, a figure emerged on the other side of the camp, a member of Ye Boshou’s team.

He uttered, "Gale!"

Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind swept through the tunnel.

All the black smoke was blown away,

revealing the metal hut inside, which started moving rapidly. It crashed through the camp wall in no time.

Turns out, the metal hut was actually an abandoned train locomotive.

This was also one of the escape methods of the Flying Gunmen and the others! Once the camp was discovered, they could start the locomotive and escape the encirclement.