The operation was set for daytime, and Li finally got a taste of just how insidious and cunning undead creatures could be.
First came Li's attack. He had been lying in wait in the forest long before Aili and the others arrived. His task was to lure them into the swamp.
As if Heaven itself favored Li, the weather that day was poor. Dark clouds hung low overhead, as though a downpour could break out at any moment. It was perfect weather for an ambush. And in such weather, there was no need to worry about Yama King and the others being unable to display their proper strength.
Before long, Li saw the group approaching. The sight of more than sixty people made him breathe a sigh of relief. Since their numbers had increased since last time, their so-called reinforcements must have arrived. The number and strength of those reinforcements were entirely within what he could handle, which pleased Li greatly.
Besides, as long as their individual strength did not reach his level, it made no difference how many of them Hela's plan brought in!
Li waited until they had passed his hiding place before slowly stepping out from behind a tree. Like a ghost, he moved behind the person at the very rear of the group. Li slowly extended a finger and jabbed it toward the back of the man's head.
Li's body was incredibly strong now. If that finger truly landed, the man would have no chance of survival.
Yet the man was extremely alert, perhaps precisely why he had been walking at the rear. When Li's finger was less than half a centimeter from the back of his head, he suddenly lunged forward, then twisted around in midair and shouted at Li, "Enemy attack! Enem—"
Before he