Netherworld Retrograde

"That damn Deceit Dao, finally got it killed!"

Li Yelai swung the long spear, shaking off the blood.

In the real world, neither the Human Giant City, the various Forbidden Zones, nor other Chaos Factions could capture a single Deceit Chosen One; not even how many such Chosen exist within the Deceit Faction is known. Too insidious and mysterious.

Now in this 'Core World,' Li Yelai had personally taken down one, marking a first blood.

As the last defiant Chosen was crushed into a puddle of flesh under the mountainous foot of the Bronze Demon God

the Supreme Heaven's influence on the Material World diminished to its lowest.

All existing Chaos Chosens from the Four Major Factions were dead.

In this world, there remains only Li Yelai as the Chosen One—an Eternal Chosen One!

The legacies and foundations of the four factions would all be inherited by him.

Which naturally includes all the Miracles and Elite Legions of the Four Major Factions.

"But before that, these guys need to be dealt with first." Li Yelai looked toward the still chaotic battlefield.

The Wanderers, the Alien Race Army, and the Chaos Army were still in a bloody slaughter.

Even when Li Yelai issued the command, the brainless Wanderers and those alien troops were already marked by him on the Chaos Army's attack list.

Thus, a brutal three-sided melee was enacted.

Thanks to the Chaos Army's earlier surprise attacks on the alien camps, the key Legion Teleportation Formations were completely destroyed. The aliens could no longer cross the Flaming Abyss to ignite war onto the human defenses.

Now, the Human side simply needs to firmly hold the Abyss Defense Line and wait for the enemies opposite to kill each other to exhaustion.

Li Yelai's Gilded Golden Wings gently flapped, carrying the still-confused Little Mad King away from the bloody battlefield below, flying toward the direction of the human defense line.

The Bronze Demon God emitted a low hum, its massive body gradually shrinking, liquefying, and finally retreating back into a dark, swirling tear drop, falling into Li Yelai's palm.

After the corrosion by the Chaos Sea, the Biomimetic Tear Drop's power had severely waned, almost "reset." The full form of the Six-Armed Bronze Demon God previously manifested at its peak now had only one arm remaining, and the rest had regressed to the primordial tear drop form, naturally weakening its combat power. Otherwise, Li Yelai could direct the Demon God to slaughter the near million-strong enemy army below.

The main reason being this world's Void Realm was completely sealed, preventing Divinity from naturally recovering. Coupled with the severe damage to the tear drop itself, unless it could again mimic the full form of the Old Mad King, it would be hard to unleash true Supreme Level power.

Even though Li Yelai unexpectedly benefited from this ordeal, realizing his "True Self" and obtained an opportunity to ascend to Overlord; once he leaves this world he would be able to breakthrough.

But the losses from this campaign were equally immense, his only partner, Little Mad King, still mired in confusion, reduced from a strong, reliable top-tier assassin to a bewildered, ignorant little girl, needing his care and protection.

Though her instinct to protect Li Yelai remained, her combat strength had significantly dropped, and Li Yelai couldn't possibly let her fight under such circumstances.

And his biggest trump card, the Biomimetic Tear Drop, was nearly half destroyed.

This made him sigh. Once he leaves this "world", he would very likely have to directly face the Heavenly Destiny Walker waiting outside; a brutal fight was inevitable. Both a troubled teammate and a weakened trump card were not good news.

"Once out, I must immediately rise to Overlord," Li Yelai resolved in his heart: "Otherwise, standing against a Supreme will be without any odds. My final step to perfecting my state of mind is complete. Only need to take the Magic Potion, and it should come naturally."

"As for awakening the past Champions' corpses with the Nether River Horn... unless absolutely necessary, I should not use it."

Even if the Biomimetic Tear Drop is destroyed in battle, as long as it can be sent back to the Old Mad King, once mimicking the Old Mad King again, it's as good as new!

But awakening the heroes' corpses with the horn, while it grants eight hours of peak power, once time expires, they return to dust. This move should be left for the time of counter-attacking the Forbidden Zone, the Supreme battle, or even the time of the King.

If it can be avoided, it should be avoided.

As for Mr. Shadow... hah, he would be eager to see Li Yelai in a predicament and make a deal with him.

Its priority slipped lower; if used... it should be against the King of the Restricted Zone.

Li Yelai collected his thoughts, turning his head to look at the girl who was still tightly clinging onto his arm. Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly in the breeze, and her eyes, once sharp and cold, now held only total dependence and emptiness.

Sigh...

"Partner..." he murmured softly, "I hope before then... you'll return."

The girl did not respond, instead holding Li Yelai's hand tighter, as if answering him.

....

Li Yelai soon successfully joined up with the human heroes who had come in support, led by the Sacred Hero Su Qiao and White Stone Hero Xia Ming.

"Li Yelai, your decapitation plan succeeded." Xia Ming spoke first, his eyes holding a look of approval, but upon seeing the girl following closely behind him, his expression slightly froze: "It seems... some mishap occurred. Is she... amnesiac? Similar to how we all briefly forgot about you earlier?"

Xia Ming is one of the few who knew Li Yelai's full plan. The two Heroic Spirits stabilized the frontline while his true body infiltrated the enemy lines using the Chaos Chosen identity, executing the decapitation.

"We were 'forgotten'... the depth of the aliens exceeded estimates, and we fell for it." Returning to the relative safety of the Abyss Defense Line, Li Yelai explained, "I managed to escape, but my partner... still needs some time to recover."

His gaze turned to the Sacred Hero Su Qiao beside him: "If I may trouble you, please assist my teammate with washing up and checking her condition, and find her a clean set of clothes to change into."

Yet Su Qiao's gaze lingered on Li Yelai's face, seemingly trying to find another person's shadow in that visage so identical to Zhu Ye's. Yet in the end, she confirmed that even with matching appearances and the same origin of Spiritual Energy Fluctuation, the temperament of the one before her and the moonlit solitary Champion was ultimately not the same person.

A faint yet imperceptible regret flickered across her heart, she nodded slightly, stepping forward: "Leave it to me."

However, when she tried to take the girl's hand, she found it still gripping Li Yelai's arm tightly, the knuckles white with force, with no sign of loosening.

Su Qiao shook her head in helplessness, looking at Li Yelai: "It seems she can't leave your side. Wait for a moment, I'll fetch the clothes, or... you might have to help her yourself."

"At least for distance." Li Yelai shook his head slightly, then said: "Now, what we must do is obtain all the legacies of the Chaos Faction. During this time, I have discovered the locations of all the sub-branches and Miracles."

"Humanity will gain more Miracles!"

(Apologies, got a bit stuck, here's 2K for now)

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