Blind Spot
Chapter 157 - 146 Enlightenment Two

Chapter 157: 146 Enlightenment Two

Pu pu pu.

In the continuous footsteps, the woman in the Black Wolf mask quickly approached Sima Gui, with her long blade flickering several flashes of light.

"How did you find our temporary hideout?" she asked in a deep voice.

"??" Sima Gui didn’t react, somewhat dazed.

"Forget it, it seems like I’ve been used again." The woman couldn’t be bothered to talk nonsense; she knew she wouldn’t get anything out of him by his expression.

She bent slightly, gripping the handle of her knife tightly.

Clang!!

A red glow burst forth, and the blade in her hand instantly emitted a puff of white vapor, the blade cutting through the air with a speed far beyond common sense, creating a sonic boom as it chopped towards Sima Gui not far away.

Too fast.

Sima Gui only felt a blur before his eyes; he didn’t even have time to blink, or to feel anything, not even pain.

Everything... was over...

Pu.

He fell backward as if all strength had left his body, collapsing to the ground and looking up at the sky.

The blood beneath him... Huh?

Where’s the blood!?

Suddenly, Sima Gui realized something.

He felt under himself, then touched the outside of his arm.

Then he sat up and looked toward the woman in the Black Wolf mask.

Behind her, unbeknownst when, stood a large, purple-black armored figure.

The figure held a golden longsword, chopping fiercely at the outside of the woman’s arm.

His sword had not landed a solid hit, but was instead intercepted by the black blade in her hand.

Blade and sword clashed.

Boom!!

A golden sword tip suddenly broke off and flew out, sheared by the force of their confrontation.

The spinning sword tip hit Song Ran’s shoulder, who was entangled with a figure in a black cloak not far away.

With a muffled thud, Song Ran was sent flying as if hit by a rhino, his body lifted into the air and thrown into the woods.

"Shit...!" Sima Gui swallowed, feeling like he was just there to make up the numbers.

He knew Song Ran’s strength, a semi-cyborg who exercised daily and had received strengthening injections, not many but still enough to unleash over a ton of force barehanded.

But now... Song Ran, who weighed over six hundred pounds, was sent flying just by being hit by a broken sword...

Filled with panic, Sima Gui hurried over to help Song Ran up, and the two of them quickly retreated in the direction opposite to where Li Chengyi was facing.

"Thug?"

The woman in the Black Wolf mask recognized Li Chengyi’s identity at a glance.

"You know me?" Li Chengyi was somewhat surprised.

"My brother Zhou Yan, thank you for taking ’care’ of him," said the woman in the Black Wolf mask coldly.

"Zhou Yan?" Li Chengyi suddenly remembered the leader of Utopia whom he had killed with the Titan Sunflower.

This woman was related to Zhou Yan?

"I am his sister. I taught him all his combat skills since he was young," the woman continued.

"You killed him once, so, this time..." she drew another black blade with one hand.

"I’ll kill you once!"

Suddenly, she sprang up from the ground, kicking up a blizzard of dirt.

In a blink, she was in front of Li Chengyi.

A horizontal slash!

Ding!!

The golden sword and the black blade collided.

Two massive forces instantly erupted, clashing against each other.

Under their feet, the earth exploded into craters, rocks, grass, and sand scattered in the blast, then fell like raindrops.

A powerful gust blew off the woman’s cloak and the Black Wolf mask, revealing her true form.

Her metal skin was black with red edges, with fine white circuits occasionally running from her torso to her face.

She wasn’t in human form at all, but a pure mechanical reinforced human in its complete form.

Around her head was a ring of glowing red bands, seemingly used as sensory eyes.

Her arms, her legs, everywhere there were page-like overlapping armor patterns.

On her back and waist, there were various weapon modules.

"Not bad for strength, but... still too weak!"

The woman’s arm suddenly glowed red.

The strength surged up by sixty percent in an instant!

Bang!!

The sudden increase in immense strength forced Li Chengyi back several steps. Before he could stand firm, the two black blades were already closing in again, slicing towards his neck.

The sharp blades tore through the air with a shriek, the skin on his neck tingling from the proximity even before they reached him.

The speed was too fast, the force stronger than his, and the skill even more refined and concise, lacking any superfluous flourishes.

It seemed, all the people Li Chengyi had been continuously fighting recently were masters with extremely strong combat skills.

’Looks like it’s time for a quick decision...’ he thought to himself.

He stepped back several paces, his hands conjuring up the golden sword.

A faint glint of gold passed over his body.

’Flower Language Technique.’

Li Chengyi’s eyes suddenly widened.

’All-Star Dragon Shadow Sword!!’

Instantly, a golden Sword Wheel appeared behind him.

The Soft Qi within his body exploded like a bomb, all pouring into his right hand with a strike as swift as lightning.

The Flower Language Ability of Drunken Hand acted at the same moment, forcibly fixing the woman in the Black Wolf mask in place for an instant.

It was this instant.

A golden stream of light turned into a circle and flashed across her body.

Whoosh!

A sword-shaped hole appeared out of nowhere in the woman’s chest.

She struggled to rise.

Then, one after another, golden streamers shot out at a speed even she couldn’t react to, piercing her chest, creating several holes of various sizes.

The Golden Swords on the Sword Wheel swiftly diminished in number.

In just three seconds,

all nine Golden Swords had pierced through the woman’s chest and into the ground.

Especially the last Golden Sword, which almost severed her neck from her chest.

Thud.

She knelt on the ground, her Black Wolf blade stabbed into the earth.

"This move... an unseen module..."

Something strange happened.

The hollow wound in the woman’s chest began to heal rapidly on its own.

Not only that, but her almost-severed neck also righted itself and reconnected.

In no more than a second, as if time had reversed, the injuries on her body fully mended.

"That kid was right... No wonder White Skeleton wanted to recruit you. Thug... you do have potential! And behind you, there truly is a team of complete innovators," the woman said as she picked up the Black Wolf mask from the ground.

"You’re unharmed?" Li Chengyi’s eyes inside the helmet narrowed slightly.

"What do you think I am? Just some low-quality product to be casually disposed of in Silent Fortress?" The woman laughed.

"Whisperer is a military-level full-body suit from the Red Temple for external use. It’s at least one notch stronger than the Earth, Ocean, Sky— the trio of civilian suits available in the market," she said, moving her black blade.

"Of course, had you destroyed all my regeneration modules in one go just now, we probably would have had to meet again some other time. But sadly, it seems you don’t have the experience," she added.

"Looks pretty impressive," admitted Li Chengyi, genuinely nodding this time.

If it weren’t for his Flower Language Ability, he might not have been able to defeat the person before him at all.

"Then, let’s start the second round," the woman crossed her two swords in front of her.

Whoosh!!

In an instant, bright golden light filled the area.

The All-Star Dragon Shadow Sword exploded once more, shooting forth.

This time, fully focused, the woman suddenly dodged the first sword.

She charged at Li Chengyi at full speed, her black blade striking the second coming of the All-Star Dragon Shadow Sword.

Clang!

Fighting single-handedly against the full force of Li Chengyi’s power, naturally, she was not an equal opponent. The woman’s right hand was knocked aside, but she did skew the trajectory of the Golden Sword, sending it flying off course.

Close!

Closer!!

In a blink, the woman closed the distance and was mere meters in front of Li Chengyi.

’Glint Flash.’

In an instant, his right shoulder burst into a dazzling, blinding golden light.

Quite abruptly, with no visible light-emitting device.

Without seeing any movement, preparation, or signs.

The golden light exploded out of nowhere, blindingly bright.

The light was searing, boiling hot, like a series of dagger-sharp blades being compressed to their limits and then erupting violently.

Hisss!!

The blinding light was not just light, but also a piercing force; it truly punctured the woman’s body in a flash.

The immense impact instantly sent her flying backward, crashing down onto the muddy ground.

Boom.

The sky was overcast with clouds, the sound of thunder rolling on.

The woman lay on the ground, her body riddled with numerous holes.

The holes varied in size, some as big as fists, others as small as needle tips.

Every edge of the holes showed signs of being scorched, making it impossible for them to heal again.

"What was that just now!!?" She simply couldn’t comprehend that unseen weapon system that revealed no signs of charging or preparatory motion, not even an emission port to be found.

It had simply burst into existence out of thin air...

"Big sis!!" A figure in a black cloak roared not far away, fending off Colin and thundering towards Li Chengyi with a furious shout.

"It’s useless," Li Chengyi stood still, calmly watching as the frenzied figure rushed toward him.

Only after actually using Glint Flash did he realize how formidable the Flower Language Technique, born from the Ultimate Floral Dress, was.

Shhh!!

Once again, a golden flash exploded and vanished.

The mechanical body of the figure in the black cloak was obviously nowhere near as resilient as the woman with the Black Wolf mask.

In just a moment, he was flung backward as if struck by a truck, smoke billowing from his body as he crashed to the ground violently.

Upon impact, the entire right side of his body had evaporated completely.

"What in the world is that!!?" The woman with the Black Wolf mask eked herself up, staring fixatedly at Li Chengyi.

High-temperature rays? Lasers?

Unlikely!

Lasers or pure high-temperature rays couldn’t possibly have such a strong impact.

In that instant, it felt as if she was smashed by a shower of blazingly hot swords.

No chance to dodge, and no time to react.

It was light, extremely fast.

Just like... like the small tactical nukes she had encountered before!

But if it was a close-range bomb, why was he unharmed? Why even was there no recoil?

Unfortunately, the woman had no chance to ponder further.

Suddenly, she looked up at the distant sky, where fleets of aircraft were speeding toward them.

"Next time... I’ll come looking for you again! Remember, my name is Zhou Tan!" she declared.

All at once, her body, along with the other two figures, began to glow with a dim red light.

The red glow grew brighter and hotter.

Boom!!!

Three explosive noises burst forth.

Li Chengyi raised one hand in front of him to shield himself from the approaching blast wave.

He suddenly understood.

Compared to Floral Dress, the real strength of Evil Flower was not in amplifying power or speed.

Because relative to modern technology, such advantages weren’t all that significant.

The truly unsolvable aspect was the diverse, bizarre, and unreasonable Flower Language Abilities!

Like Drunken Hand, like Sturdiness, like the current Glint Flash.