Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 230 - 108 Rescue

Chapter 230: Chapter 108 Rescue

"When luck plummets to a certain extreme, even the heavens cannot turn a blind eye and send down divine retribution."

Li Yelai, who had activated the Face ability, was exactly that kind of existence loathed by the world.

Malice was omnipresent, targeting Li Yelai through all sorts of so-called ’coincidences’.

The likelihood of a human being struck by lightning is about one in a million.

But for Li Yelai, who had activated the Face ability, it was a hundred percent!

In other words, he was bound to be struck by lightning!

And that was his strategy; with his Third Awakening Spiritual Ability User strength, he could hardly contend with high-grade members of the Insect Race like War Worms or Hunting Insects.

They possessed combat prowess on par with the Four Awakenings and even the Fifth Sense Spiritual Ability Users.

In a head-on fight, Li Yelai’s chances of winning were very slim.

So he used misfortune, dragging the enemy into a dangerous domain along with himself!

What he needed to do was survive within that calamity, outlasting his opponent!

So, as Li Yelai and the Hunting Insect arrived at the high platform, ferocious purple thunder accurately struck the top of the skyscraper where Li Yelai stood.

The thunder did not show favor to either side; both were simultaneously bombarded by the heavenly thunder!

However, being struck by lightning, the larger Hunting Insect suffered far greater damage.

Along with the terrifying peals of thunder, the Hunting Insect’s screams of fear echoed loud.

It couldn’t understand what had happened. Was it an attack by other human Spiritual Ability Users or pure misfortune of being struck by lightning?

When the connecting heaven and earth lightning dissipated, the Hunting Insect was left in a sorry state.

Relative to the War Worm, its defensive power wasn’t particularly strong.

The terrifying force of the thunder directly shredded its Spiritual Barrier and struck its flesh, leaving its entire body exuding the smell of charring.

After the lightning ceased, it struggled to move its severely injured body, trying hard to get up.

The lightning strike was over in an instant, but for it, it seemed too long; it had experienced the most powerful attack since its birth.

Even though there was not a single patch of good flesh left on its body, even though standing up took great effort, it had still survived!

It strained to open its four eyes, trying to ascertain the condition of that human.

Then, it let out a pained yet cruel laugh.

Because it saw the human who had led it to the rooftop.

At that moment, he was kneeling on one knee, his hair exploded like spikes, his body shrouded in black smoke, as if he got killed by the lightning strike.

This human, he ended up dying by his own methods!

Foolish!

The Hunting Insect strained to crawl toward the human, and to be cautious, it decided to crush the human’s body to ensure it was dead, then savor the flesh of the Spiritual Ability User. It hoped the recent lightning strike hadn’t affected the taste of the human’s flesh.

However, the next moment, it heard a heartbeat like war drums, growing louder and fiercer!

Dong, dong, dong!

That charred figure, which seemed burnt out, actually rose from the ground; the pervasive black smoke dissipated, and cracks appeared all over him. Glowing with formidable power, golden light twinkled within those fractures.

Li Yelai was, of course, still alive.

His defensive power was astoundingly remarkable, supported by the Shield Formation of the Shadow Army ’Immovable as a Mountain’ and the Abyss Dragon Scale, alongside the Spiritual Barrier.

He had taken a terrifying lightning strike head-on, and indeed, it had cost him dearly!

Under that lightning strike, the Shield Formation of the Shadow Army had been blasted apart, every Abyss Dragon Scale had been damaged, and the Spiritual Barrier had been pierced through.

As for the Scale Armor given by Jing Lin, it indeed possessed Spiritual Resistance and physical defense capabilities, but... it was completely useless against lightning!

This made his body, which had been enhanced by the Heart of Slaughter, terribly painful.

During the lightning strike, his heart had almost stopped; he almost died in that Heavenly Thunder.

And now, as he moved, the Abyss Dragon Scales on his body fractured completely, releasing the terrible power stored within!

Li Yelai had lured the Hunting Insect to the rooftop to attract the lightning strike, not just to pull the enemy into misfortune with him.

He also did it to push the storage effect of the Mimicry·Abyss Dragon Scale to its limits!

Li Yelai’s Third Awakening ability, Mimicry·Abyss Dragon Scale.

It not only offered tremendous defensive power but also the ability to absorb attacks and store that energy.

For safety’s sake, Li Yelai had never tried pushing the Abyss Dragon Scale to the limit.

He could only use the Abyss Dragon Scale as a defensive means.

Now, fighting against the Insect Swarm, battling War Worms, having been bombarded by Heavenly Thunder, the Abyss Dragon Scales had finally reached their limit!

The mimicry of imaginary Scale Armor struck by the thunder turned charred and emitted black smoke, with many cracks appearing on it; the Abyss Dragon Scales were about to crumble.

But equally, strong golden lines converged within the Scale Armor!

Stored within were parts of the force from every attack Li Yelai had encountered since entering the battlefield. Even if it could only absorb a third of the attack’s power, the accumulated energy had now reached an unimaginable level!

Li Yelai’s heart beat wildly, forcefully driving his numb body, stirring up all his strength, and charged towards the Hunting Insect!

Facing the extremely fast Hunting Insect, Li Yelai only had one chance!

Seeing that Li Yelai could still rise and carried a terrifying pressure, the anxious Hunting Insect decisively retreated.

But its numb flesh completely compromised its prized speed, leaving it no choice but to jump off the rooftop.

This building was forty to fifty meters tall. Normally, the Hunting Insect could reach the ground instantly and safely, but jumping down in its current state would likely result in severe injury.

But it couldn’t hesitate. It knew that jumping down didn’t necessarily mean death, but staying here meant certain death!

Therefore, it decisively leapt from the rooftop fleeing for its life.

But Li Yelai had already charged forth, without a moment’s hesitation, he leapt off the rooftop.