Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 183 Execution
Is there something wrong?
Li Yelai, who was shaken awake, immediately snapped out of his daze.

As he quickly crawled out of his sleeping bag, he grabbed the Thousand-Machine Black Umbrella that was placed to the side.

"Is an enemy approaching?" Li Yelai asked quickly, but he didn't hear anything unusual; the area was very quiet.

Could it be a being with ghostly powers, similar to the Returner?

"Put on your clothes and weapons, and come to the rooftop." The Little Mad King didn't explain further, took a step back, and disappeared into the shadows.

Li Yelai put on his trench coat, picked up the Thousand Chance Black Umbrella, and quickly arrived at the roof of the abandoned house where he was.

As starlight rained down from the sky, the Little Mad King stood beneath it, appearing mysterious and elegant. Yet, her beautiful face held a hint of solemnity.

She said, "Don't use psionic techniques, keep up with me using your physical strength."

As soon as she finished speaking, she took a step with her conspicuously long legs and leaped off the roof.

Her trench coat fluttered in the wind as she darted into the abandoned town like a black shadow.

Without using psionic techniques, relying solely on physical strength?

Li Yelai was somewhat confused. For psionicists, moving by stepping in the air was clearly more convenient.

Seeing that Little Mad King had already darted out, Li Yelai no longer hesitated. Carrying the Thousand Machine Black Umbrella on his back, he also leaped out from the rooftop, his muscle strength exploding, and with a single push of his legs, he crossed ten meters, jumping onto the rooftop of another building. Without stopping, he closely followed Little Mad King on the street.

Li Yelai's physique is unmatched among the Four Awakenings, and even the Dragon Hunter of the Five Awakenings True Martial Realm feels unable to overwhelm him.

After all, the Heart of Slaughter granted him a stronger physique, but it also made him a target of the Blood God. It was also because of the Heart of Slaughter that Li Ye absorbed even more Crimson Tree Sap, resulting in extremely rapid and continuous recovery of his stamina.

At this moment, relying solely on his physical strength, Li Yelai could rush more than 20 meters per second, which translates to a speed of approximately 80 kilometers per hour.

She managed to keep up with Little Mad King's pace, but judging from Little Mad King's relaxed demeanor, she must have deliberately slowed down so that Li Ye wouldn't lose her.

As Li Yelai approached her, he couldn't help but remark, "Can someone with long legs run fast too?"

Little Mad King glanced back at him: "Yes, follow me."

The two moved quickly, one after the other, and soon passed through the abandoned town. They rushed into the jungle next to the town.

After entering the jungle, the two slowed down considerably.

They only stopped when they reached the top of a small hill.

From the high point on the hillside, Li Yelai could see the lights in the distance.

It appeared that a caravan was advancing across the distant plains, their lanterns standing out starkly against the dim wilderness.

But the distance was too great; even with Li Yelai's physique, he couldn't see the other party's situation clearly.

"It can't be a caravan, can it?" Li Yelai frowned. They weren't far from the edge of the forbidden zone; extraordinary creatures and beings from the forbidden zone frequented this area. Surely no caravan would be so bold as to travel this route? Could it be trading with beings from the forbidden zone?

“No,” Little Mad King said, handing Li Ye a pair of binoculars. “If we get any closer, we risk being discovered. Let’s observe from here.”

Li Yelai took the binoculars and glanced at the distant firelight. His expression immediately changed.

It was indeed a team, or even a car team, but it wasn't a car team; it was a horse-drawn car team.

At the very front of the convoy were two giants, each nearly ten meters tall and covered in white hair.

They were bound by heavy chains, dragging the giant carriage behind them.

The carriage was five or six meters tall, made of an unknown metal, and exuded solemnity and majesty. Lanterns emitting green flames hung on both sides of the carriage, giving it a somewhat eerie appearance.

On either side of the carriage were four heavily armored cavalrymen riding strong warhorses.

The heavily armored cavalry, clad in thick, golden plate armor, wielded massive golden shields and lances. Each one exuded an incomparably majestic aura.

Their warhorses were all extraordinary creatures, with a size comparable to Old Horse No. 1, and clad in thick, heavy armor, resembling ancient behemoths.

In the middle of the procession were some smaller carriages, similar in style to those at the front, but pulled by extraordinary creatures. Following near these carriages were six knights clad in plate armor. Although these knights lacked warhorses, their imposing presence was in no way inferior to the heavily armored cavalry at the front.

Behind the ranks were numerous soldiers clad in leather armor.

The sight of such a strange convoy made Li Yelai's expression turn serious.

If Li Yelai's memory is correct, the armor of those heavily armored cavalrymen is very similar to that of the forbidden zone supreme 'Golden Mountain' that Li Yelai encountered in the Ark.

Could it be that these four heavily armored knights are Jinshan's subordinates? In any case, they must be related to Jinshan.

As for the knights in the middle of the group, their armor was somewhat similar to that of the dual-wielding knights that Li Yelai had once summoned.

If their strength is similar to that of the dual-wielding knights, then it means that these six knights are fourth-level psionicists!
Fortunately, Li Yelai and Little Mad King were far away from them, and neither of them revealed any spiritual energy fluctuations. They did not detect the two and continued to approach the border of the Heavenly Kingdom.

“This is a convoy from Black Source City!” Li Yelai said solemnly.

“Yes, indeed. And they are beings from forbidden zones with some status in Black Source City.” Little Mad King responded, “Only kings and generals of high status within forbidden zones are qualified to have giants pull their chariots. They seem to have been attacked by a supernatural creature in the distance, which is how I discovered them.”

"Why would the creatures of Black Origin City come to the Heavenly Realm?" Li Yelai asked.

According to his understanding, the relationship between the restricted areas is probably not very good.

Although all the restricted areas are uniformly aimed at humans, they are also targets of conflict among themselves.

They are both called the Forbidden Zone of Calamity, except that they use the same methods to invade the physical world.

But in reality, they have different civilizations and races, and there are also grudges between them.

There was a time when the penalty area and the penalty area clashed, armies marched out, and they fought each other until brains splattered everywhere, and even the supreme ruler of the penalty area was killed in battle.

This made the powerful humans who were watching nearby burst into laughter!
Therefore, Li Yelai found it difficult to understand why the creatures of Black Source City came to the Heavenly Realm.
Come on, of course you can come! If you lead the Black Source City's massive army into the Heavenly Kingdom, and fight the twelve-winged archangels of Heaven until your brains are splattered, and then banish each other...

The powerful figures in the giant city must be laughing so hard they immediately get up and wave flags and shout.

But this team doesn't look like they're here to start a war at all.

“They won’t erupt into a full-scale conflict until we humans are completely defeated,” Little Mad King explained. “There is communication between the forbidden zones, though it’s rare. However, after some human traitors entered the forbidden zones, they’ve been trying to establish a forbidden zone alliance. This has made communication between the forbidden zones more frequent. Enchanting Dance is one of them; her curses are equally effective against beings in the forbidden zones. She’s quite a diplomat.”

"Damn it, what a traitor!" Li Yelai cursed under his breath, his disgust for human traitors growing stronger.

Human traitors, desperate to avoid being punished, are the ones who most want humanity to fail. For their own safety, they go to great lengths to strengthen the connections within the forbidden zones—more so than the inhabitants of those zones themselves!
"Then what should we do?" Li Yelai asked. "Should we just let them make the best of it since they're already here?"

"What?" Little Mad King was a little confused.

“The Analects, since we’ve come all this way, let us bury it here,” Li Yelai replied. “Isn’t that the meaning?”

Little Mad King was speechless for a moment, thinking that Li Yelai's understanding of the Analects was somewhat strange.

However, the Black Source City's forces were of moderate size, and it seemed there was a high-ranking figure among them. If possible, eliminating them all might even sow discord between Black Source City and the Heavenly Realm. The Little Mad King's eyes flashed: "The two giants and the golden-armored heavy cavalry are roughly at the fifth level of the Awakening Realm, while the foot knights are at the fourth level. It's certainly worth a try, but it's too close."

Little Mad King certainly has the ability to do so. She is a sixth-level awakening expert and the strongest assassin in the giant city of the Netherworld Path. She has a chance to wipe out the team in front of her.

However, this place is too close to the Heavenly Realm. If we can't quickly eliminate all the enemies, the powerful beings of the Heavenly Realm will inevitably discover us, and then things will get complicated.

The Heavenly Realm will not give up the opportunity to hunt down a powerful human at the sixth level of awakening.

Moreover, once this team is intercepted, the plan to kill the human traitors will also be declared a failure.

The Heavenly Kingdom will surely notice, and it might even bring disaster to those comrades who have already approached or even infiltrated the restricted area.

The Little Mad King sighed, "What a pity."

The two could only watch from the hillside as the Black Source City convoy continued to drive away.

The two then returned to the abandoned town they had previously visited.

Seeing that it was already 2 a.m., Li Yelai said, "It's my turn to keep watch. You should get some rest."

"Okay, it's up to you." Little Mad King nodded slightly.

She immediately took off her trench coat, revealing her figure in a tight-fitting leather jacket underneath.

He turned around and crawled into the sleeping bag that Li Ye had left behind.

"It's quite warm," Little Mad King commented on the temperature inside the sleeping bag.

"Damn it, I'll take the night watch next time!" Li Ye complained, then, seemingly realizing that his words were inappropriate, changed his mind and said, "I'll bring a new sleeping bag next time."

Little Mad King smirked and closed his eyes: "Goodnight, teammates."

"Good night."

Afterwards, Li Ye went to a corner and checked his belongings.

A summoning bell, an Ark ticket, a small cloth bag given to him by the doll, and a black box.

This box was specially made by several master craftsmen from the official team; it has the effect of isolating spiritual energy.

Inside the box was the token that Jinshan, the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone, had given to Li Yelai.

At this moment, the remains of the Vast Supreme Being were also placed there, to prevent the spiritual energy fluctuations of both from being detected by others.

Li Yelai stared at the box, lost in thought. He wondered if he could use the token to find that team from before.
After they got light, the two had a quick meal and then set off again.

As humans, they naturally couldn't enter the Heavenly Realm as openly as the Black Source City's convoy.

Instead, one needs to take a small path explored by the night watchmen to enter.

These very paths were the source of heavy losses for the night watchmen.

When Meiwu betrayed them back then, she directly revealed all the secret routes she knew, causing many night watchmen to be ambushed and killed as a result.

It is said that the Ma family, a family of psionicists in the second border city.

The losses were devastating in that betrayal.

What's even more chilling is that Meiwu had received financial assistance from the Ma family and had a good relationship with them. The potion that made her a Four-Senses was provided by the Ma family.

As a result, several powerful members of the Ma family on the border were captured and personally executed by Meiwu. Who knows what kind of ungrateful wretches she raised?

Fortunately, the hidden roads between the border cities were kept secret. Otherwise, the human losses would have been even greater.

Today, the two of them need to travel to a hidden road.

"Pay close attention and remember these characteristics," Little Mad King reminded him as he drove.

Li Yelai nodded in response, noting down the characteristics he observed along the way.

After driving for more than ten hours, it was getting dark.

The vehicle drove into an abandoned tunnel in the valley, which had long since collapsed.

"Spend the night here?" Li Yelai asked. "If we're discovered in this terrain, it'll be difficult for us to escape, won't it?"

If one end of the tunnel is blocked, and the enemy blocks the other exit, wouldn't that be like catching a turtle in a jar? This is not an ideal stronghold.

Little Mad King shook his head and replied, "This is one of the routes we know. Even if we are discovered, we have other escape routes."

The Little Mad King didn't stop the vehicle; instead, he drove straight through the rubble, passing over the collapsed boulders.

They drove straight out of the tunnel, drove over a large pile of loose rocks, and arrived at a densely wooded valley. The sound of a waterfall could be heard in the distance.

After a strenuous drive through the valley, the forest in front of them suddenly disappeared, and what appeared before Li Yelai was an artificial platform behind a waterfall.

This platform is built along the inside of the waterfall and is well hidden by the waterfall.

It looks like a waterfall cave.
Li Yelai even saw an armored off-road vehicle on the platform. Had a colleague been there, or was it still there?
"This is one of our bases, codenamed Curtain Cave. It's also where we park our vehicles and leave messages." Little Mad King got out of the car, circled around another vehicle, and then took out two pieces of parchment from a corner of the rock wall on the platform.

After reading one of them, Little Mad King smiled and said, "So that's how it is. It's your team's Night Scouts, the Tiger Legion."

"Tiger Legion?" Li Yelai was taken aback; he was naturally familiar with the Tiger Legion group.

The 'seduction' tactic was actually devised by them for Li Ye.

They had previously said they had a secret mission, and after sparring with Li Ye, they left Jucheng overnight.

Unexpectedly, their secret mission, like Li Yelai's, was to kill Meiwu.

“No, their mission is to assist in killing Meiwu; you are the main force,” Little Mad King replied. “Neither they nor I can resist Meiwu’s curse. We can only assist you from other angles.”

Li Yelai nodded, then asked, "Where are they?"

"Judging from the coded message, they arrived here on the night of the 16th. They probably traveled at night. With the Spirit Eye Path, which has night vision capabilities, they wouldn't be affected even without headlights. They were much faster than we were."

"Three days ago? Then they should have already entered the restricted area?" Li Yelai asked.

“Hmm. At Zhu Feng’s speed, they can make the round trip easily.” Little Mad King responded, then looked at the second intelligence report, his expression changing slightly: “Zhu Feng returned here a few hours ago and brought news from inside the forbidden zone.”

Li Yelai took the second piece of parchment, and with just one glance, he felt a surge of rage.

"The Heavenly Kingdom has captured three Night Scouts from the Second Border City and will execute them on the 25th!"

(End of this chapter)