Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Li Yelai walked out of the room, took out a large number of mimicry heavenly soldiers, and distributed them to a team of elites who were protecting him.

They knew Li Yelai's background, so there was no need to explain to him the origins of these heavenly soldiers and forbidden objects.

With their cooperation and cover, the rest of the team members and comrades wouldn't think twice.

After all, isn't it normal for a championship team to have some trump cards up their sleeve?
"It seems headquarters has approved our operation." Liu Yun picked up the Shattered Star Spear and chuckled, "The strongest team with the strongest spear. Great!"

“I’m also worried that headquarters will refuse our attempt to conquer the Fog of Calamity in order to preserve our own forces,” Gu Yue said. “After all, when facing the Fog of Calamity, it’s either win everything or lose everything.”

This is a fact; if the deployed forces cannot conquer the calamity fog, then they will also be unable to leave it.

Then we would truly have nothing left. Not only would we lose the powerful humans who were devoured, but we would also completely lose the Ninth Generation Champion and the Champion Team.

The fact that the official headquarters was able to confirm support so quickly and complete the forbidden equipment demonstrates a great deal of determination.

It's estimated that the Supreme Council is already in an uproar.

"Losing more than half the population of a giant city, and losing a large number of our human prodigies, is too high a price to pay. Moreover, headquarters is well aware of our team's sorrow and determination," Dragon Hunter said. "Instead of ordering us to retreat, why not give us your full support to conquer the calamity fog and rescue our fellow humans who have been swallowed up!"

“That makes sense. Hopefully, we're not just taking a sunk cost.” Gu Yue looked at Li Yelai: “Captain Night General, among the forbidden items sent by headquarters, is the Black Dragon Armor among them?”

“Yes, but I’ll keep it for now.” Li Yelai nodded, without taking out the Black Dragon Armor.

The Black Dragon Armor, a Class B forbidden item, can unleash the full power of five senses once an ordinary person wears it.

And when a psionicist wears it, their combat power will be even stronger!

But the inevitable cost will be distortion!
This was once the armor crafted from the scales of a powerful ancient dragon by a dragon slayer.

But the curse is that the dragon slayer will become the dragon himself!
Once donned, the armor becomes part of the wearer's flesh and blood, becoming one with them.

While combat power does indeed surge, it also means that the user will be distorted into a humanoid ancient dragon.

In past battles, many powerful humans donned the Black Dragon Armor in despair, sacrificing their twisted bodies and inevitable deaths to fight for humanity once more, only to perish in the carnage.

Too many powerful humans have died within the Black Dragon Armor.

Now that the battle armor has come into Li Yelai's hands, it can be considered as an option given to the champion team by the official organization.

"You're keeping it?" Dragon Hunter shook his head. "You're the champion, give it to me. With my Sixth Awakening strength, wearing the armor, I might be able to defeat the Overlord!"

“This has nothing to do with identity,” Li Yelai shook his head and said, “I have the Philosopher’s Stone and the Crimson Lotus, both of which can pay the price for me. With some of my power, I might be able to withstand it.”

The Philosopher's Stone came from a strange village deep in the Great Snow Mountain, which was completely wiped out by the enraged Li Yelai. It was the spoils of the so-called divine tree.

There exists a village that used the Great Snow Mountain to forge the Philosopher's Stone.

The Crimson Lotus was a technique left to Li Yelai by that immortal during the Immortal Palace battlefield.

It has a similar function to the Philosopher's Stone.

Both can offset the cost of the forbidden substance for Li Yelai.

"Alright, no need to elaborate. We will conquer Fog of Disaster No. 49, but this is not an order." Li Yelai paused: "Are the rest of you willing to enter the Fog of Disaster?"

The support force numbers over eight hundred, most of whom come from different major cities. If anyone is unwilling to take the risk, Li Yelai cannot force them to enter the disaster fog.

"I know, we've told them the truth. Whether they enter the fog of disaster is their own decision," Gu Yue replied. "Not only them, but we also told the new recruits in the first team. But they still chose to fight alongside us!"

The current champion team has a lot of fresh blood.

They didn't harbor the same hatred for Disaster Fog #49 as the original members, but they still chose to risk everything to conquer Disaster Fog.

The support teams from the other major cities, after a brief discussion, mostly decided to take action against the disaster fog.

According to them, they risked their lives to break through the enemy lines to come and provide support, and they were fighting for humanity!

Now, it's just that the enemy has changed; the calamity fog is still humanity's enemy, there's no difference!
Yes, the human warriors who were willing to break through to get here would not back down just because the enemy has turned from a forbidden zone into a fog of disaster.

Damn it!

The remaining people were required to stay outside, either because they were too young, lacked the ability, or for other reasons.

Hopefully they can stay outside the fog; let the old folks handle the danger first.

It's natural to risk one's own life, but who wouldn't want their loved ones or younger generations to survive?

For example, Zhao Xiao, the elder brother, wanted Zhao Lin to stay outside the disaster fog.

I completely understand. If possible, Li Yelai would also like to keep some of the champion team members.

This naturally includes cheese. This is, of course, a matter of personal preference.

But Cheese anticipated Li Yelai's thoughts and whispered in her ear when Li Yelai returned to her room to rest: "Don't say anything silly. I am also an elite member of the champion team. I am not a weak woman who needs to be protected."

After speaking, Cheese paused for a moment, then added in a low voice, "Of course, begging for mercy doesn't count."

Li Yelai sighed inwardly. He knew Cheese's character very well: rational and resolute.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have left the giant city to pursue the truth.

"Moreover, my abilities synergize extremely well with the mimicry of the celestial soldiers, allowing them to unleash even greater combat power. Who knows who will be clinging to whom then?" Cheese gently patted Li Yelai's back. "Of course, you've already clung to them... or rather, endured it?"

The flirtatious tone made Li Yelai blush, and he retorted, "What time is it? Why are you still making suggestive remarks?"

"So, don't look so tense. As the champion, if you look so nervous, the other warriors will feel even more pressure." Cheese stretched out her fair finger and poked Li Yelai's cheek: "Alright, I'll go help out now."

Cheese is a psionicist of the Talking Path. She and her fellow path users must hypnotize the warriors, at least temporarily, to alter their fears.

Afterwards, Li Yelai waited in the camp for Fang Zhou's message.

Meanwhile, they awaited the arrival of the remaining fighting forces from the Bashu Mountain City.

The champion team needs external assistance to conquer the Fog of Calamity. This is indispensable.

As darkness fell, the first thing to arrive was a message from the Ark.

Li Yelai immediately changed his clothes and entered the Ark Hall.

Inside the hall, Jing Lin and Chu He had already arrived.

"Copperface, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Chu He looked at Li Ye and said, "I came as soon as the calculation was finished. I hope I made it in time."

As he spoke, Chu He raised his hand, and several pieces of animal hide appeared on the table in front of Li Yelai.

"The stone tablet has calculated four formulas, but they differ from the previous variations. This only represents four types of anomalies and doesn't determine the final ability gained," Chu He sighed. "After all, there are simply too many types of anomalies. Each mimicry anomaly is different. Perhaps, given a month, the stone tablet could deduce even more." "We don't have that kind of time," Li Yelai said regretfully. Was it just a tendency, not accurate? It was indeed a pity.

However, there are indeed many unusual phenomena, and they are closely related to the psionicists themselves.

For example, the fifth-generation champion is the Path of All Things, and the mythological mimicry is the Taotie. The otherworldly mimicry is Bloodbath in All Directions.

Within the strange phenomenon, he gains a boost in combat power when facing an attack.

However, in one-on-one situations, the boost is almost useless.

It belongs to the category of self-reinforcing anomalies, similar to the "sun and moon shining together in the night" phenomenon, but with more restrictions.

The extraordinary phenomenon of one of the overlords of the Lava Mine City is the resonance of mountains and rivers. This is a defensive phenomenon.

It can be said that each of the overlords of the Myriad Paths has their own unique phenomena.

Li Yelai originally thought that he could obtain a large number of formulas for unusual phenomena through Chuhe's stone tablet, and then choose a suitable one from them.

That's too idealistic.
Li Yelai picked up the formulas. These potion formulas were all similar, but it was these variations that led to the completely different phenomena that followed.

Four formulas.

They are offensive types. Before drinking them, one needs to bathe in the heart blood of three overlord-level psionic units. This is simple.

The enhancement type requires slaying a hundred times your number of enemies in a short period before drinking a magic potion. The enemies must be psionic units, at least at the fifth level of awakening. It's challenging, but manageable. The problem is, advancing on the battlefield is somewhat dangerous.

Weakening potions require the user to have at least three curses or debuffs active while drinking them. This is simple; Li Yelai obtained the Joyful Twelve-Sided Dice from the Blood God's headquarters.

By using dice, you can gain either a buff or a debuff based on the number rolled.

Similar to the Lucky Wheel, but this is a temporary buff or debuff.

It lasts for one hour and can be used multiple times.

The price is that after using it ten times consecutively, on the eleventh use, one will lose their memory for a week.

Given Li Yelai's luck, drawing nine debuffs shouldn't be a problem. The problem is that advancing with debuffs also carries risks.

Defensive methods require the use of weapons like swords and axes. They should only be consumed when the injury is extremely severe. This is somewhat abstract, but as the chosen one of immortality, Li Yelai has nothing to fear. Even if you made sashimi from his intestines, Li Yelai could instantly regenerate them.

After Li Yelai selects a certain formula, the extraordinary phenomena he obtains after his advancement will lean towards that particular type.

This, to some extent, prevented Li Yelai from making tactical mistakes.

But this is ultimately unstable; it's just a tendency, not a precise one.
As for Li Yelai's luck... well...

But now, there's no other way.

Li Yelai scanned the various recipes; offensive recipes were practically useless without any buffs.

Li Yelai has no shortage of damage output.

Furthermore, his strongest amplification comes from Li Yuanba's facial mask. Without the amplification from the Dharma Image, it's meaningless. We'll leave that aside for now.

The same applies to defense. Li Yelai's physical strength is indeed formidable, and he possesses a defensive system similar to the Shadow Army. However, Li Yelai's tactics seem ill-suited to this anomaly. Rather than focusing on defense, overwhelming the opponent with superior offensive power is the optimal solution.

That is the anomaly of strengthening and weakening.

The former directly increases numerical values, while the latter weakens the enemy in a certain aspect. Both can effectively eliminate the opponent.

After a brief moment of thought, Li Yelai still chose the enhancement category.

"This one will do, camellia, please." Li Yelai handed the recipe to Jing Lin.

"Alright, don't rush. I'll have them ready soon." After taking all the recipes, Jing Lin took out a box of mimicry celestial soldiers: "Here, take them, the more the merrier!"

Immediately, Jing Lin transformed into a beam of white light and disappeared.

His physical location is outside the official refinery.

Thanks to Li Yelai's sweeping away of the massive resources of the Blood God headquarters, plus the resources of the Blissful Branch in Wanlong Lake.

There is no problem with the formula and ingredients.

After obtaining the recipe, the potion-making process began.

And inside the Ark.

Chu He said, "Enhancement type? That's definitely the safest option."

“Yes, it can benefit from all my amplification effects 100% of the time, and it won’t disrupt my original tactical thinking,” Li Yelai replied. “Perhaps, offensive phenomena are also good, but they are ultimately risky.”

“I understand, I also like strengthening.” Chu He, as the True Martial Path, chuckled and said, “Is it urgent? If possible, you and Li Ming can team up to challenge for the third ring position. Multiple permissions are good too. The third ring position grants a cultivation space. With this space, no matter what happens within the disaster fog, you won’t go hungry. In my cultivation space, the rice and wheat I grow can already be harvested once a month. It has solved the problem of food and clothing for my people. It’s just that the spiritual plants grow too slowly.”

“I know, but we have no information about anything inside the fog of disaster. We can’t afford to drag this out any longer.” Li Yelai replied, “Captain, can the challenge for the third-ring seat be completed within a day?”

"Of course not. If you're sure you want to challenge, you'll have to wait three days. As for the time during the challenge, that depends on your own strength. It will take at least a day and a half," the captain said, seemingly quite interested. "Even if you were all chosen by the gods, or even human champions, you couldn't shorten the time. These are the rules of the Ark, and I cannot violate them."

As the captain of the Ark, he knew many, many secrets.

But because of the rules of the Ark, he cannot share it with others.

Otherwise, Li Yelai and the others wouldn't need to hide their identities at all.

Li Yelai and Chu He didn't care; they had expected this.

"Pity."

Li Yelai sighed. If they waited any longer, the situation inside the disaster fog might worsen. They couldn't afford to wait any longer.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Jing Lin returned.

They also brought a box of mimicking heavenly soldiers and a golden-red magic potion.

Li Yelai accepted the magic potion and the mimicry of the heavenly soldiers: "Everything is ready. You two, we'll meet again."

"nature."

"Be careful!"

As Li Ye returned to the physical world, he sensed a powerful aura approaching.

That immense spiritual pressure foreshadowed a monarch!
Finally, the King of Swords has arrived! (End of Chapter)