Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 236 - 110 Thunder_3

Chapter 236: Chapter 110 Thunder_3

"Is that the Commander Bug? Wasn’t it already suppressed?"

At that moment, everyone realized that a deep pit had formed beneath the Stone Giant, where some members of the Insect Race had secretly torn through the ground and freed the suppressed Commander Bug!

Li Yelai’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately utilized his ability, "Mountain!"

In an instant, the Shadow Army materialized, and the armored soldiers erected a Shield Wall for defense.

The slashing blade struck the Shield Formation, splitting open the defenses of several Armored Soldiers.

Seeing that a single blow didn’t suffice, the Commander Bug let out a cruel laugh and, with rapid consecutive slashes, the Armored Soldiers of the Shadow Army were decimated.

This creature was actually trying to forcefully break through the Shield Wall!

Its strength was too immense, they couldn’t continue to fend it off head-on, or they would never last until the Awakened Spirit Users could come to aid.

Li Yelai made a swift decision in his mind and instantly invoked the Shadow Army’s second ability.

"Wind!"

The soldiers instantly transformed into Light Cavalry, and Li Yelai’s speed surged, retreating over ten meters in a blink. In passing, he sliced through a Hunting Insect.

The Commander Bug swiftly pursued, but it could not close the distance.

If it came to a contest of speed, Li Yelai was not necessarily going to lose to the Commander Bug.

He had to draw the Commander Bug away until an Awakened Spirit User could free up their hands or receive support from other comrades.

However, the next second, Li Yelai’s guts nearly split with fear.

He chose not to retreat but to charge directly at the Commander Bug.

Because, right after Li Yelai’s rapid withdrawal, the Commander Bug immediately pursued, but at a certain moment, it unexpectedly shifted direction without warning... targeting Cheese and her two Processor companions who were about to support Li Yelai.

As Li Yelai was being attacked, Cheese was closing in on him with two other Four Awakenings Processors.

At this moment, she had become the target of the Commander Bug’s attack.

The Commander Bug moved at an extreme speed, evading the assaults of the Hunting Insects in a flash and slipping past Huang Tu and Iron Rain to charge directly at Cheese.

Huang Tu’s face drastically changed, and he immediately directed a Stone Puppet to block in front of Cheese.

Cheese also swiftly retreated, simultaneously using her ability, "Listen to me, close your eyes!"

But in the next moment, the sharp stinger of the Commander Bug pierced directly through the Stone Puppet.

The stinger suddenly split open, revealing a gaping maw teeming with sharp teeth — the Commander Bug’s trump card, the Shattering Teeth!

It twisted agilely, locking onto its prey with precision and speed.

Then, it bit down on the pale, delicate neck of Cheese, who was retreating.

’Crack’

The sound of breaking bones was so pleasantly crisp...

The Commander Bug was very clever; it had consumed many humans and witnessed the ways humans interacted.

It had seen humans sacrifice themselves to divert Insect Swarms away to protect their families.

It had observed humans being torn and chewed by swarms, yet still striving to shield their children in their arms.

It had even seen humans who were willing to put themselves in danger for others.

This seemed to be what humans called emotions, something the Insect Swarm couldn’t understand.

However, although it couldn’t understand, it could still be exploited.

Watching Li Yelai suddenly appear behind Cheese, his hands desperately grasping the Shattering Teeth, exerting his full power to prevent the teeth from closing.

The bones that had just been crushed were those of his own hands.

The Commander Bug revealed a smile. It was pleased. The prey had delivered itself.

Humans were really amusing...and delicious!

Meanwhile, Cheese felt so cold...

Her neck was punctured, sharp fangs piercing her skin and blood vessels, blood streaming rapidly from her neck as her life force drained away.

And the youth behind her was straining to pry open the Shattering Teeth; he wanted her to survive.

But the Shattering Teeth were gradually clenching, and feeling the fangs piercing her flesh, she understood that her death was inevitable.

It was all in vain, hurry and go!

Cheese struggled to make a sound. She didn’t want Li Yelai to die here too.

’Listen to me, survive.’

’Listen to me, forget about me.’

That way, he could live on without sadness, right?

However, all she could produce was a gurgling bubble sound.

As for Li Yelai, he was frantically summoning the strength in his entire body, his heart pounding insanely. He was desperate to pry open the closing Shattering Teeth, his craving for strength so intense.

Blood Sacrifice to the Blood God, Skull Offering to the Skull Throne! Offer it all, it can all be sacrificed!

Give me strength, Mr. Shadow!

Make a deal!!

Watching the girl before him about to die, Li Yelai roared. He regretted it. He shouldn’t have risked holding back the Commander Bug.

Then no one would have to die because of him, and Cheese wouldn’t have ended up like this.

It was all his own fault...damn it!

Give me strength! Anyone!

However, at that moment, he heard a resounding peal of thunder.

And a middle-aged man’s steady Héluò accent.

"Your dad promises you, after this battle, he’ll take you back to your grandma’s. You won’t ever be afraid of thunder again...Yuan Ba."