Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 353 - 168 Oathkeeper

[Identity: No.3 Border City Disaster Processing Bureau, High-level Processor, Ye Boshou]

[Awakening Times: Four]

[Belongs to Team: East City Branch, Champion Team One]

[Belongs to Execution Group: None]

[Spiritual Ability Path: Wanxiang]

[Specializes in Weapon: Long Weapons]

The above information about Li Yelai are the basic details that his colleagues in the Processor department can access.

The following, more detailed ability information can only be viewed by the team leader of Team One and the higher-ups.

Due to the special nature of his abilities, there has been further confidentiality on Li Yelai’s powers.

[Spiritual Ability Abilities: [First Awakening Ability: Wanxiang Face Mask]]

[Xiang Yu’s Face, Weakness Perception][Huo Qubing, Shadow Army][Li Yuanba, Divine General Dharma Image]

[Second Awakening Ability: Virtual Realm Beast Language]

[Third Awakening Ability: Mimicry·Abyss Dragon Scale]

[Fourth Awakening Ability: Mimicry·Red Thunder Dragon Claw]

[Spiritual Ability Equipment: Level B Heavy Strike Spear, Level C Azure Dragon Halberd, Level C Summoning Bell]

It can be said that Li Yelai has now reached his full combat potential.

Compared to himself during the Disaster Fog period, Li Yelai’s combat power has more than doubled.

His spiritual energy, weapons, and mounts have all greatly improved.

Now, if he were to face the Insect Swarm again, he would perform much better.

After obtaining the ability of Evil Star Falling, also known as ’Cute Star Sky Collision,’ his strength was further enhanced.

Even when facing a Five Senses Spiritual Ability User, he now has the means to challenge them, and even a certain probability to achieve a level-skipping kill!

Of course, this is still not enough. Li Yelai needs more specialized training to perfect his abilities.

But the time left to assassinate the traitor Mei Wu is running short.

The definitive time is about three days after the next ark gathering, which is in five days.

That adds up to just eight days.

Then, they must leave the Giant City and infiltrate the Forbidden Zone.

Otherwise, they will miss the assassination plan against the traitor.

Even if Li Yelai strives to strengthen himself during this time period, he ultimately cannot completely perfect his tactics.

His seduction tactics require high throwing precision.

But throwing skills are not so easily improved; Li Yelai has been frantically practicing throwing, having broken over a thousand practice spears already, and feels his arms have thickened, but he has not significantly improved his throwing accuracy.

This is not a skill that can be easily mastered.

Back in the day, Yang Chen also spent nearly six months and broke tens of thousands of practice spears to become an expert in throwing. But Li Yelai is pressed for time.

Currently, it seems impossible to complete his training before leaving the city.

But... fortunately, it is just almost impossible.

The taboo items owned by the officials could help Li Yelai.

No.3 Border City houses thousands of taboo items, some of which can be used to enhance Processors.

Like Heart of Slaughter, Ice and Snow Witch, Rules Estate, Bidirectional Wishing Well, among many other taboo items.

All can enhance the Processors’ own combat power, or strengthen their physique, or grant some mysterious blessing, or enhance the user’s abilities in some respects.

Of course, these all require the consumption of Merit Points and also carry certain risks.

It is said that every year there are Processors tortured to an unbearable extent because of using taboo items.

Hence, only Third Awakening Processors and above are permitted by the officials to use taboo items, and the higher the awakening, the more taboo items can be utilized.

Now, as a Four Awakening Ye Boshou, Li Yelai indeed has the authority to use taboo items.

And to improve his throwing skills in a short time, Li Yelai currently has only one option.

"That would be, the Oathkeeper, at two hundred Merit Points," Yin Fire stated.

He went into the suburbs in the middle of the night and pulled Li Yelai out of the mountains where he had fallen.

After hearing Li Yelai’s analysis, he said, "Although I do not know what secret mission you are undertaking, and even I cannot inquire about it, if you want to improve a certain skill in such a short time, then you can only obtain some kind of blessing or protection. And currently, the most suitable for you is the Oathkeeper."

Yin Fire, although fully responsible for Li Yelai’s undercover tasks, was unaware of Little Mad King’s plans, just as Little Mad King did not know about Li Yelai’s undercover identity.

Both tasks have high confidentiality levels and the respective heads are unaware of the other’s mission.

"Will there be any risks?" Li Yelai asked, which was indeed his intention, although his initial thought was to use the Oathkeeper’s oath to strengthen his defense, layering thicker armor!

But it seems now, enhancing his throwing ability appears to be the best choice.

"The Oathkeeper is a Level C Taboo Item, and not very high-risk," Yin Fire explained, "But when granting you a certain blessing, it will invariably give you another limitation, which is the curse!"

A curse, Li Yelai breathed out slowly, its cost could be big or small.

Severe like the Doll, Little Mad King, Little Sister, those unable to communicate normally with the outside world, or even unable to make contact with the outside.

Minor ones are like Shadow Stream, easy to be overlooked, missing a pair of chopsticks during meals?

"You also know, Yang Chen’s physical body was exceptional, able to withstand the Forbidden Army Insect with his flesh during the Sixth Sense Period. With the Oathkeeper’s oath enhancement, his defensive power was frightening. Even Lord Sword Mad, a Overlord-level strongman, had to frown and retreat when Yang Chen closed in, yet Yang Chen also thus received a curse, unable to heal wounds."