Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 176 - 82 Collapse_2

Chapter 176: Chapter 82 Collapse_2

Confronting him were countless pointy long spears coming at him like a swarm of bees or, perhaps, like a shower of shooting stars.

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Bee Swarm!

In that instant, the Flying Gunman seemed to be hit by dozens of long spears—his left chest was pierced, his right eye was gouged out, his fingers were severed, the tendons in his hands were ripped apart, his leg bones were smashed, his ribs were extracted...

All the agony he had once inflicted upon the Spirit Extinguishers was paid back in full!

"It’s not enough, not enough!" Li Yelai scooped up the now tattered Flying Gunman, then swung the long spear horizontally, heavily smashing it into his waist.

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Elephant Step!

With a ’crack’, a dull sound, his neck bones were directly shattered. He was also flung a dozen meters away, heavily crashing into a wall full of cracks, which then collapsed thunderously, burying the Flying Gunman.

’Thud, thud, thud’

Li Yelai’s heart pounded violently, as if the Heart of Slaughter was reattaching itself.

A voice echoed in his mind: "Sever his head, sever his head..."

A wave of brutal rage suddenly spread through Li Yelai, tinging his eyes with a faint red hue.

He suddenly felt an impulse to continue fighting, to sever the heads of formidable foes and embrace the glory of battle!

The impulse to kill was so sudden that even the vast shadow outside the Soul Well, Mr. Shadow, cast his gaze downward.

However, the sudden cry that sounded jolted Li Yelai awake.

Li Yelai turned his head sharply and saw in the teetering mall, people hiding inside a shop on the ground floor.

They were two adults in work uniforms, a man and a woman, and a young boy, seemingly a family.

The elder male was already lying on the ground with a bloodied head, life and death unknown, desperately being dragged by the woman and boy. The child was crying hysterically.

’Boom’—Li Yelai’s mind shook, and his body bristled.

There were people here at this time?

His battle with the Flying Gunman had caused the mall to become unstable, perhaps due to the effect of Calamity. The mall was about to collapse.

Was he about to kill these innocent people? Were there others here besides them?

With no time for fear, Li Yelai immediately broke free from the killing state and drove the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt toward them.

Because he saw that a heavy pillar on the second floor had broken off, with half of it collapsing and smashing down toward the three on the ground floor.

Filled with regret and self-reproach, Li Yelai sped on the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt, closing in just as the pillar was about to hit the three.

He thrust the long spear out instantly to brace against the stone pillar.

The heavy stone pillar caused Li Yelai’s heart to pound, his hands holding the bending spear, as the Dragon Colt beneath whinnied in distress.

But he made it in time!

"Move away!"

Li Yelai roared, his muscles bulging, his heart thundering to frenzy, twisting the long spear in his hands.

Single-handed Eighteen Strokes·Dragon Raising Head!

He actually managed to flip the heavy stone pillar away with brute force!

But whether it was too much force to bear, or the killer vehicle had been triggered...

The feet of the Thunder Stepping Dragon Colt suddenly gave way, and it collapsed to its side with a crash.

Li Yelai immediately twisted his body, releasing the summon, narrowly avoiding being crushed beneath the Dragon Colt. It weighed tons—had it fallen on him, his legs would have been done for.

However, before Li Yelai could catch his breath,

The entire ceiling above crashed down with a thunderous boom.

Li Yelai’s courage shattered, yet suddenly, he heard a whistling sound from behind.

Was that the sound of a Throwing Spear? The Flying Gunman wasn’t dead yet? His heart had been pierced, and he still wasn’t dead? Did he really need to sever his head?

Staring at the collapsed concrete wall, Li Yelai’s eyes widened in terror.

Turn back to face the enemy? Or move forward to save the three? How to save them?

This question did not cause Li Yelai to pause for even a moment.

Without looking back, he hurled the long spear in his hand, blasting it towards the location of the Flying Gunman.

Spiritual Ability Technique·Overlord’s Spear!

At the same time, quickly wiping his face, he switched his Face. Sealing Langju Xuhuo Qubing!

Shadow Army!

More than fifty Armored Soldier phantoms materialized at his side.

Li Yelai roared, "Wall!"

Block it for me!

...

The child, terrified, gazed at the wavering shop, his cries filled with despair and fear.

He clearly only wanted to wait for Mom and Dad to finish work so they could go home together, but somehow he found himself in this peril.

Watching the uncle with the Copper Face send the pillar flying, the child thought rescue was imminent.

Instead, he saw the entire ceiling collapse overhead, and he clutched his mother in terror, shutting his eyes.

However, the pain he expected never came.

Opening his eyes in surprise, the child saw that tall figure.

His arms spread wide, he braced firmly against the stone walls. Below his assault gear, his muscles bulged, and the heartbeat like war drums was so evident.

Beside him, blurry figures appeared, as though they were helping him hold up the heavy wall, or as if they were his thousands of troops.

He had come with his thousands of troops to save him!

Copper Face Uncle was a hero!

The child thought this but then saw blood seeping from the copper mask, dripping onto the ground.

And two sharp Throwing Spears protruded from this Copper Face Uncle’s abdomen.

The child and the woman watched this scene in horror.

At that time, a deep voice came from beneath the copper mask, "Don’t be afraid... your uncle is... a good person. See if that man is dead? He is... a bad guy."

Suppressing his fear, the child looked out and saw the Flying Gunman nailed to the wall.

With his left chest pierced, he should have died, but his heart was on the right side. He was a Mirror Man.

So, with strong resentment, the dying Flying Gunman propped up his broken, upper body to launch a final sneak attack on Li Yelai.

The sharp Anti-Spiritual power Throwing Spear directly penetrated Li Yelai’s Immovable as a Mountain.

Immovable as a Mountain’s Shield Formation had strong defensive power, but it was helpless against Spiritual Energy’s bane and couldn’t defend at all. The two spears stabbed directly into Li Yelai’s body.

But at the same time, he was pierced through the brain by Li Yelai’s backhand Overlord’s Spear and nailed to the wall, thoroughly devoid of life.

The bloody scene frightened the child into silence, while the woman nodded repeatedly.

"Gulu," Li Yelai swallowed the blood in his mouth and responded, "Good, don’t be scared... now... take your father... and go... quickly."

Li Yelai felt very bad. Being hit by the heavy concrete rocks caused him to spit blood, and the pain from his pierced abdomen nearly made him faint.

But he couldn’t fall here. Instead, he exerted all his strength to prop up those stone slabs.

Since it was because of him that these innocent people were suffering, then he must take responsibility.

Protecting the civilians... this was always the duty of a Processor!

He knew he wouldn’t die here. But... he might have to make a deal with Mr. Shadow again...

Watching the woman and child scurrying out of the shop, Li Yelai finally let out a sigh of relief.

What he was stubbornly maintaining as Immovable as a Mountain began to shake.

"Mr. Shadow... come..." Li Yelai called for Mr. Shadow in his heart.

But he heard a sigh instead, "What a pity, such a good opportunity for a deal..."

What did that mean? He didn’t want to deal anymore?

Li Yelai, whose consciousness was blurring, suddenly felt the stones on his shoulder lightening dramatically.

Not only that, but the tottering mall also stabilized instantly.

The air turned gel-like, securing the collapsing building, and those falling rocks slowly touched down with a certain slowness.

Was this... Air Control?

Li Yelai had seen this ability before. A few days earlier, he was training in this ability. It had exhausted him to near death.

At that moment, the stones on his shoulder were pushed off by a hand.

The Doll mascot suddenly appeared before him, and it seemed Li Yelai could see the panicked beautiful face through the mascot’s head costume.

Beneath the copper mask, Li Yelai smiled, "It’s you... that’s great... in my inner pocket... there’s medicine..."

After that, he lost consciousness.

The Doll carefully propped Li Yelai up and, after feeding him the Extraordinary Potion he carried,

Gently cradled him and left the mall.

Passing by the Flying Gunman, the Doll paused her step, extending her hand to retrieve the Red Dragon Spear from afar.

Then... she clenched her fist and smashed down fiercely.

Emotion surged in that blow - aftershock, anger, fear.

A pressure hundreds of times greater instantly acted upon the already battered corpse of the Flying Gunman.

"Puff"

The Flying Gunman’s flesh shattered, and in an instant, he was reduced to nothing but bones.

"Almost... almost..." the girl murmured in Ravings.