Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 86 Third Awakening! Mimicry: Abyss Dragon Scale
Sharp scales pierced through Li Yelai's clothes, the scales intertwining and colliding with a hissing sound like swords being drawn from their sheaths.

Li Yelai's heart pounded violently, like the thunderous drums of war on a battlefield!
A crimson light emanated from the wound on his chest, flickering with each heartbeat. It was as if something within him was about to burst forth.

Li Yelai himself let out a roar that was both extremely angry and extremely sad.

The various sounds mingled with the alarm in the awakening room, making everything seem so eerie.

This also turned Yang Chen and the others' faces ashen; it was clearly a sign that things were getting out of control!
At the very last moment before crossing the Well of Souls, Li Yelai was still affected by some kind of force.

No, it's more than just one kind of power!
Two forces are simultaneously distorting Li Yelai!
The clash and struggle between the two forces plunged Li Yelai into a certain extreme state.

He is walking into an abyss, falling into a state of complete loss of control!

"Inject stabilizer! Quickly!" Yang Chen shouted. Following his command, the instruments in the awakening room immediately activated. In front of the chair, shackles fell, binding Li Yelai who was screaming, while simultaneously spraying out a ghostly blue gas.

That's the latest official stabilizer, which can catalyze psionicists and also help awakening psionicists stabilize their minds.

However, Li Yelai struggled within the dark blue gas.

Sharp black scales pierced out from under the skin, then were suppressed by some force and broke off.

The scars, glowing crimson, once spread to his shoulder, but were then dispelled by the scales.

The interplay of these two forces caused Li Yelai to struggle painfully.

Inside the observation room, a civilian staff member shouted, "Night General's temperature has exceeded 42 degrees Celsius and is still rising!"

"Night General's heart rate has exceeded 150!"

"The stabilizers aren't working!"

"Prepare for military suppression!"

Cheese turned pale; at this point, it was only one step away from being beyond saving!

This filled her with fear, and her arms trembled uncontrollably.

The doll stood frozen in place like a statue, her entire body stiff. She gripped the billboard tightly, and in her turmoil, a large amount of gibberish appeared on it.

"Calm down, everyone!" Yang Chen's grip on the metal armrest was already deformed from his crunch. But he still calmly said, "It's not the final moment yet. It seems that the potion's power has collided with some other force, causing Night to fall into this state. As long as we can maintain our balance and safely get through the awakening period, we'll be fine!"

"It must be the Heart of Slaughter!" Night Watchman quickly interjected, "Night General forcibly activated the Heart of Slaughter for nearly two hours! It has indeed left behind some problems!"

"Then how should we intervene?" another scout asked.

Yang Chen said to Ye Bu Shou beside him, "Tell Yin Huo that I want to ask 'that person' for help! Just in case!"

Ye Bu nodded and turned to leave.

The so-called "that one" refers to the Soul-Severer!
With her abilities, she could forcibly halt all advancements and any loss of control!

However, the likely price is that Li Yelai will never be able to awaken three times again, but compared to completely losing control, this is the best outcome.

Then, Yang Chen looked at Cheese: "Cheese, you have to use your ability to awaken him. Even if there's only a sliver of rationality left, there's still hope! He's not out of control yet!"

Cheese nodded reluctantly, if the final rescue failed.

Then they have no choice but to suppress them with force.
Suppressing a victim who was originally a close friend of theirs!
Cheese rushed to the door of the awakening room and opened the safety door inside.

The moment the security door opened, a fierce psionic pressure was released.

But the oppressive aura was immediately suppressed; the doll had appeared behind Cheese without her noticing. She released even more powerful psionic energy, suppressing the energy mixed with various negative emotions and shielding Cheese from all interference.

Seeing this, Cheese took a deep breath and unleashed his psionic energy: "[Listen to me], regain your rationality! Many people are waiting for you."

On the other side, in the virtual realm.

Li Yelai could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion.

Just moments ago, he transformed into a colossal abyss dragon, roaring across the sky, unfurling its wings that blotted out the heavens, and revealing its claws.

Charge toward the Crimson Throne!
The next moment, he transformed into an invincible warrior on the battlefield, his blood-red power surging into his body, giving Li Yelai an endless sense of power and fighting spirit.

Holding a blood-red halberd, following the desire for slaughter, he raises the halberd to slay the dragon!
Li Yelai's efforts to maintain his rationality gradually crumbled amidst the uncontrolled fighting.

Then, a voice came.

This allowed Li Yelai to barely regain some of his clarity.

When he looked at his own body, his heart sank.

His hands were covered in jet-black scales, and his fingers had transformed into sharp, keratinous claws. Several cracks had appeared on his chest, spreading across his entire body, and a crimson light flickered with each heartbeat.

He didn't know if there were scales or red cracks on his face, but he was clearly in bad shape.

It's already starting to warp!

How could that be? Haven't I always been in great shape?

Could it be that Li Yelai recalled the sudden surge of bloodlust that welled up in his mind when he killed the Flying Gunner?

Did you already possess the potential to be twisted back then?

Or is it that I have already been noticed by some being in the virtual realm?
Thinking of this, Li Yelai tried his best to remain rational and looked at the Well of Souls on the other side.

A colossal black shadow, obscuring the starry sky, cast its gaze down upon everything that was happening to Li Yelai, like the giant eye of a star.

Seemingly noticing Li Yelai's gaze, He uttered an cryptic question: "A deal?"

Sure enough, Mr. Shadow was waiting for him to make a deal!
By making a deal with Him, one can escape this danger and successfully advance to the third level of enlightenment.

But this is only the third awakening. In order to protect more people, Li Yelai will never stop at the third awakening.

The four senses, the five senses, and even higher!

So many awakenings, do you have to rely on Mr. Shadow every time?
No!

Never make a trade until the very last moment! Right now, you have to rely on your own strength!
Li Yelai steadied himself and began to observe the two forces vying for power within him.

One of them clearly came from a magic potion.

This drove Li Yelai into extreme rage. Furthermore, sharp scales would grow, gradually transforming him into a dragon.
The other force, unsurprisingly, should come from the desire to kill.

Or rather, there exists a illusory realm connected to the heart of slaughter. Its remaining power is causing Li Yelai to fall into the abyss of killing.

Judging from the illusion of the previous battle, the power of the killing intent is even stronger.

In the illusion, Li Yelai, transformed into an invincible general, is fighting a bloody battle and suppressing the abyss dragon.

This means that the murderous intent is suppressing the power of the potion.

Neither of them were easy to deal with; if it were just one of them, Li Yelai might not have ended up in such a predicament.

However, it is also because of the struggle between the two forces that Li Yelai was not quickly plunged into irreversible distortion.

If it can be maintained, the balance between the two opposing forces can be achieved.

Perhaps then they could avoid getting out of control and successfully get promoted.

"Then the first thing to do is to suppress the desire to kill!" Li Yelai thought to himself, but he didn't have a good way to suppress it.

Therefore, he chose physical suppression!
Currently, Li Yelai is in a virtual projection form. This state is more like the soul form of a psionicist; even if injured, he will not die immediately.

Then, his right hand, which had already transformed into a sharp claw, decisively pierced into his chest.

Li Yelai, enduring the excruciating pain, grabbed his pounding heart.

As Li Yelai's heart clenched, the crimson cracks on his body suddenly dimmed.

At the same time, the invincible aura of the peerless general in the illusion also weakened instantly.

Li Yelai immediately switched to the perspective of the abyss dragon and began to control the already wounded abyss dragon to launch a desperate counterattack.

"Very good!" Li Yelai's body trembled with pain, but he still grinned.

He could feel the two forces within him fighting against each other, and his distorted posture was gradually returning to normal.

Although it was a bit painful, this method was not wrong!
Li Ye looked at Mr. Ying and said, "This time the deal won't go through."

Mr. Shadow's gaze fell on Li Yelai, and he seemed to chuckle: "I wouldn't even look at this paltry stuff. But once He sets its sights on a human, escape is difficult. The more you resist, the more He will love you. You will eventually need my power."

Him?
Seeing that Mr. Shadow rarely spoke so much, Li Yelai reluctantly asked, "Who is He? Is He stronger than you?"

Li Yelai did not forget his purpose of finding out Mr. Ying's strength.

What he most wanted to know was who was stronger, the Lord of the Ark or Mr. Shadow.

After all, Mr. Shadow still has three chains binding him, which might be restricting his strength. It would be awkward if Mr. Shadow couldn't defeat the Ark when it attacks.

However, Mr. Shadow did not respond. Instead, he moved his star-like eyeball, while his galaxy-spanning tentacle pointed in a certain direction: "He is looking this way."

Li Yelai's gaze was no longer confined by the narrow perspective of the Well of Souls.

Guided by Mr. Shadow's power, Li Yelai's gaze fell upon a battlefield countless light-years away.

A figure cast a gaze upon the enormous, blood-red throne, which resembled a galaxy.

His gaze fell upon Mr. Shadow, seemingly puzzled. Mr. Shadow, however, remained unmoved.

His gaze then shifted downwards to Li Yelai.

This is a gaze that spans countless light-years.

In an instant, Li Yelai's heart began to pound uncontrollably in his chest. Crimson cracks reappeared on his body, and his bloodlust surged.

In the illusion, the abyss dragon, which had initially held the advantage, was immediately put on the defensive.

A single glance was enough to cause Li Yelai's previously stable state to crumble? A single look could distort a psychic? Is this what a god is?
Do we still need to ask Mr. Ying to make the deal?

However, the next moment, the figure was forced to withdraw its gaze.

Because, in the midst of the battlefield, a cyan fire arrow, powerful enough to illuminate the entire virtual realm, streaked across the starry sky and pierced straight at the blood-red throne!
Mr. Shadow seemed unsurprised by this: "A chaotic civil war, huh?"

Li Ye had no time to feel fortunate, nor did he have time to consider any chaotic civil war.

As that gaze shifted away, he struggled to suppress his restless killing intent once more.

And he controlled the giant dragon to bite the invincible general to pieces in one gulp!
At the same time, the invincible general's halberd pierced the dragon's heart.

Both sides suffer!

This is what you've been waiting for!

Both forces were suppressed!

The twisted posture on Li Yelai's body completely disappeared, and then he stepped across the Well of Souls in one fell swoop!

In the physical world, Yang Chen and the others' expressions changed.

They sensed Li Yelai's action of crossing the Well of Psionic Energy.

They immediately entered the virtual realm and guarded the area around Li Yelai's well of spiritual energy.

In case any creatures from the virtual realm come looking for trouble!

"The last step, the last step! Hold on!" Yang Chen shouted in the virtual realm.

On the other side, as Li Yelai burst out of the Well of Souls, he clearly felt a power surging into his body and brain from within the illusory realm.

Psionic energy permeated his muscles, meridians, and bones, further strengthening his physique.

Unlike the previous starlight shower, which randomly granted abilities.

This time, the Abyss Dragon and the Invincible General simultaneously transformed into specks of light, gathering starlight and surging into Li Yelai's body.

Gain a specific ability: Mimicry - Scales!
In the physical world, within the branch's awakening room.

All of Li Yelai's scales fell off, and the crimson cracks that had spread to his cheeks healed instantly. A surge of spiritual energy erupted.

It was as if the inhuman monster that had roared earlier was not him at all.

The stark contrast startled everyone.

After a brief silence, some civilian staff members shouted.

"All indicators have returned to normal!"

"The potion's power has been completely absorbed!"

"The bloodlust has been completely suppressed!"

"Success!"

"Night will successfully complete its third awakening!"

Yang Chen breathed a sigh of relief and casually tossed away the railing that had been crushed into a steel ball.

Cheese felt a wave of exhaustion and lingering fear. Finally, he smiled and said, "You little rascal, you're really a handful."

The doll sniffed and held up the advertising sign: [Yay, congratulations! ヾ(ｏω)]
Inside the room, Li Yelai opened his eyes.

This awakening really showed him a lot.

Battlefield in a distant, illusory realm, a war between gods
But all of these are still too far away from me.

Looking at his cheering colleagues outside, Li Yelai smiled.

Now, all he wants is to become stronger and protect everything he has.

He stood up from his seat and smiled at everyone, saying, "I'm sorry everyone, I made you worry."

"It's alright, I'm just glad you're alright," Yang Chen said with a smile. "How was your performance this time?"

He didn't know what abilities Li Yelai would gain, after all, no one had ever used the power of the Black Dragon Armor to create potions.

"Very strong!" Li Yelai replied with a smile, this time the harvest was really good.

Afterwards, everyone went to the training ground.

Li Yelai said to Cheese, "Don't be shy, Cheese! Use your Words of Power to attack me! Let me show you my Mimicry Scales!"

Cheese raised an eyebrow: "Any kind of attack will do?"

"Uh, no spikes!" Li Yelai replied seriously. He vividly remembered how Cheese had killed an enemy with a single spike. The way he died was far too gruesome.

“Then be careful, I’ll attack your left arm.” Cheese nodded, then spoke: “Word of Power: Blazing Flame!”

In an instant, a flash of fire appeared, and Li Yelai's left arm exploded.

However, a set of form-fitting black scale armor appeared on Li Yelai's body, remaining completely unmoved by the explosion. Only a few scales on his left arm fell off.

"Such strong defense! It's the same as the third awakening, yet the Word of Power attack can't even hurt the main body?" Youye Bushou said in surprise.

"No," Yang Chen said with a smile, "It's not just that."

At this moment, golden patterns moved along the gaps in the scales of Li Yelai's black scale armor on his left arm to his left hand.

Then, Li Yelai's scales fell off, and he threw a punch, the powerful force of which made everyone's expression change.

This is definitely not the power that a Psionicist could unleash!
"While strengthening its defense, it absorbed a portion of the explosive impact, transforming it into its own power. It unleashed its power while disarming!" Yang Chen, with his sharp eyes, immediately exclaimed with a smile, "Mimitation - Abyss Dragon Scale!"

(End of this chapter)