Chapter 642: Chapter 300 Return!_2
He had actually used the ark to obtain the Taboo Item, Fierce Fire Oil Lamp, from the upper echelons of the officials, which enabled him to move through the Snow Mountain at low altitude. And after entering a certain dangerous area, the hand bone of Supreme Vast burst into Flames, shielding him. It also allowed him to successfully find his father, Li Qiong…
But the Melting Furnace Captain was unaware of these pieces of information; he didn’t even know of the existence of the ark.
Therefore, Li Yelai had no choice but to resort to this explanation.
As for the Church’s perspective, they believed that Li Yelai had been equipped with the Taboo Item, Fierce Fire Oil Lamp, from the start in order to survive within the Snow Mountain. They didn’t know about the existence of the Supreme Hand Bone—otherwise, they might have turned it into Spiritual Ability Equipment…
Afterward, the Fierce Fire Oil Lamp went missing in Border City Number Two. It was actually taken away by the Little Mad King, completing the closed loop of information.
“Even in death, the Supreme Vast still protects his descendants,” Melting Furnace replied with a smile. “The lineage of Supreme Vast is in Lava Mine City. It’s quite a significant Spiritual Ability Family. After learning of this news, they are very grateful to you and wish to build good relations. The Divine Treasure Immortal Palace is about to open near Lava Mine City, and there’s a high chance you will go. Take this opportunity to return the remains of Supreme Vast.”
Li Yelai nodded, “That’s nothing, without the power of Supreme Vast, I would have frozen to death in the Great Snow Mountain long ago.”
Not to mention, being able to find his father, Li Qiong, resolved a deep concern for Li Yelai.
It was Li Yelai who should be grateful to Supreme Vast.
At this moment, Li Yelai noted that this abandoned city was rather lively.
Several merchant caravans were resting within the city.
This was rather unusual, considering the wilderness was very dangerous and some caravans would occasionally turn bandit. Usually, they wouldn’t gather together.
The last time Li Yelai visited such an abandoned city, there was only one merchant caravan, the Red Dart, and they were blocked in.
“Some families and official teams who have learned of the Immortal Palace’s impending opening are rushing here,” Melting Furnace said. “I don’t know how those distant Giant Cities and families, separated by two or three Forbidden Zones, got wind of this information. I heard that people from Kunlun Giant City have come… I have never seen anyone from that Giant City.”
How else could they have obtained the news… if not for the ark? At the last gathering, someone mentioned this information, which would be communicated to some Giant Cities and families by the scattered ark electors around the world.
Now, these teams from distant Spiritual Ability Families and Giant Cities have almost further developed the trade routes, making them safer.
Li Yelai saw several Spiritual Ability Users walking on air within the abandoned city.
Some young talents with different accents were sparring with each other.
“It seems this Immortal Palace will be quite bustling,” Li Yelai mused. He saw many youngsters with impressive spiritual strength; they must be members at the Heavenly Pride Level from various families.
Seeing so many human prodigies made Li Yelai extremely happy—the power of humanity was gradually accumulating and would eventually suppress the Forbidden Zones and Chaos!
“Indeed, some are quite arrogant. An outsider Overlord even wants to test himself against Captain Yang Chen, doubting whether it’s true that the Champion is invincible among his peers. Unfortunately, Captain Yang Chen is not in the Giant City, instead, he went outside Border City Number Two and slew an Overlord of the Doomsday Forest. That quieted many challengers,” one of the Elite Night Patrol laughed.
“Not bad, to challenge the Champion, one should at least defeat a Chaos Chosen first, right?” Another Elite Night Patrol also laughed and then patted Li Yelai’s shoulder. “Night General, you are also one of the rare strong ones. You’ll need to defeat a Chaos Chosen later to make a name for Champion Team One and keep those riff-raff at bay.”
Being a Chosen of the Chaos Twin Gods, Li Yelai could only nod and respond, “Chi!”
The reputation of Champion Team One was too resounding, and the domineering nature of being invincible among peers spread far.
It spurred the spirit of challenge in Spiritual Ability Users from afar.
Li Yelai guessed that currently in this abandoned city, there must be many talents planning to challenge Champion Team One.
However, even if some elites of Champion Team One were out on missions, they still possessed sufficient fighting power—there was no need for too much worry.
After journeying through the abandoned city and enduring a day’s jostling, Li Yelai once again saw the high walls of No.3 Border City.
Having been away from home for over two months, he could finally return home.
The caravan drove straight into the Giant City.
Looking at the bustling scene inside the Giant City, Li Yelai couldn’t help but smile.
“Finally back…”
The caravan passed through the Old City District and arrived at the East City Branch.
As soon as Li Yelai got off, his teammates lifted him high.
“Welcome back, Night General!”
“Well done, comrade!”
“Even though we can’t talk about it publicly, we know what you’ve done, great job!”
“Hey, you’ve reached the Fifth Sense? Good, good, good!”
His teammates cheered, carrying Li Yelai into the East City Branch.
Attracted a fair number of curious Spiritual Ability Users.
“Who is that?”
“That’s the Night General from Champion Team One.”
“It is said that he just completed a secret mission and has returned safely.”
“He looks good, very handsome, but is he strong?”
“I don’t know, but people from Champion Team One seem to have a lot of faith in him.”
“The confidence of Champion Team One? Interesting! Go challenge him, and let’s see the standard of Champion Team One!”
Li Yelai, of course, was unaware of the challenger who had appeared out of nowhere. Right now, he was being dragged by his teammates to the cafeteria for a grand celebration.
Currently, with Yang Chen absent, and more than half of the elite warriors away from Giant City, plus some teams dispatched on daily operations, Team One actually didn’t have that many members left. However, it was still bustling with excitement, as comrades from other teams also came over to join the celebration.
Li Yelai saw Starfire with his Two-Handed Spiral Sword and Shadow Stream, and he also saw the Heavy Knight and Detective.
But Doll, Little Mad King, and others were still on their way back from No. 2 Border City and couldn’t make it.
And his sister Li Yunyan… who couldn’t come to such a lively environment, was still at home.
“You’ve been out of contact for far too long!” Starfire clicked his tongue. “You’ve been gone for more than two months and come back with Fifth Sense? Did you cheat?”
“Did you make another offering for me?” Li Yelai teased.
“Who told me to be so kindhearted?” Starfire grinned.
Beside him, Shadow Stream chuckled, “My brother inquired about Team One a month and a half after you left, and when he learned you were missing, he was distressed for a long time. He said that Brother Ye might really be in trouble this time and set out many offerings for you.”
“Rest assured, he wasn’t wasteful. He ate it all before the expiration date. Just got a bit of indigestion,” the Detective added to the conversation.
The Heavy Knight, meanwhile, nodded to Li Yelai and said, “Welcome back. It seems I still haven’t been able to catch up to you.”
Her pace of advancement wasn’t slow; from the fluctuations of her Spiritual Energy, it seemed she was about to ascend to the Four Awakenings.
Quite a close race. Li Yelai had only awakened to the Four Awakenings two months earlier than her.
If it hadn’t been for Li Yelai’s blessing from the Blood God, allowing him to advance to the Fifth Sense, she might have caught up by now.
“I just had some opportunities outside,” Li Yelai responded. “As for you, you’re a bit more cautious.”
“Of course.”
It wasn’t until after a satisfying meal that Li Yelai was taken away by the arriving Captain Yin Huo, saying they needed to go to the headquarters to report the details of the mission.
“On this trip, you really pulled off something big!” Captain Yin Huo exclaimed as they rode in the vehicle.
Originally, Li Yelai was assigned to assassinate the traitor Mei Wu in the Forbidden Zone, but instead, he mistakenly ventured into Great Snow Mountain, found the Spirit Fruit, then became one of the Divine Chosen and went undercover in the Church within Giant City.
He met with Champion Team One and awakened former powerful members of the team, killing two Chosen Ones.
He then went to the Main Base, killed a vast number of elites, and destroyed the Treasure Vault.
In the end, he also killed a Chosen One in No. 2 Border City… and became one of the Chosen of the Double Gods.
Captain Yin Fire was overwhelmed when he learned of all this information.
Even the Old Mad King probably felt some shock.
These achievements were enough for the City Lord to step down!
Unfortunately, these achievements couldn’t be revealed… And of course, even if they were, no one would believe them.
Li Yelai didn’t mind much, instead he said, “Captain Yin Huo, please prepare a large warehouse for me, the bigger and more secretive, the better. I still have quite a lot of good stuff inside the ark!”
“This time, our No. 3 Border City is going to achieve A-level Spiritual Ability Equipment freedom! Every captain will get one, and even the Elite Night Patrol will be able to take their share. But priority should be given to our Team One. I’ve calculated, over a hundred pieces of Sixth Sense Mysterious Material, that’s enough!”
Captain Yin Huo sucked in a breath of cool air, then looked at Li Yelai seriously and suggested, “Why don’t you just become the City Lord?”
“Eh?”
(Err… The original plan was to write an extra chapter for 301 that couldn’t be published, but the plot doesn’t fit right now, so let’s postpone it…)