Blind Spot
Chapter 290 - 270 Searching for Merit 2

Chapter 290: 270 Searching for Merit 2

With a steady mind, Li Chengyi quickly recovered from the thrill of discovery and scanned his surroundings.

There were quite a few of the Purple Delicate Flowers, at least a dozen plants, each hosting dozens of blossoms, more than enough to satisfy his initial need for absorbing the energy of flowers.

Once the first phase of creating the Floral Dress was complete, he could evolve it using other exotic floral species!

"Truly fortune has arrived, and cannot be blocked!"

With this thought, Li Chengyi suppressed the joy in his heart and quickly began to absorb the flower’s energy.

’Confirm Purple Delicate Flower as the primary flower for the Divine Flower Position?’ the Evil Flower asked.

’Yes!’

Hiss...

A surge of flower energy began to flow into the Mark of the Evil Flower through Li Chengyi’s fingertips the moment the choice was confirmed.

And within a new grid, a pattern formed the shape of the Purple Delicate Flower.

A faint purple glow emitted from the back of his hand.

Li Chengyi’s hands moved swiftly, transferring from one blossom to the next.

A continuous stream of flower energy poured into him.

The completeness of the Floral Dress rapidly climbed from single digits to thirty, forty, fifty...

Time ticked on.

One minute...

Two minutes...

Pop.

Finally, with only a few Purple Delicate Flowers left, Li Chengyi stopped. The energy of the flowers was at capacity... It was done!

Checking the time, he didn’t say a word and turned to run.

Whoosh!

Shadow Flash flickered by, and in a blink, he had jumped onto a stone wall on the side of a spire, returning to the vast expanse of rooftops on the cliff.

This was also the location of the Faceless Scholar’s wooden hut.

It was only now that Li Chengyi realised in hindsight that, of all the places on the mountain top, only the residence of the Faceless Scholar was a wooden hut.

All the other buildings were made of stone.

This was somewhat strange.

But with time almost up, he dared not delay and immediately took a running leap, Shadow Flashing into the wooden hut.

Whoosh!

Just as he emerged from the Shadow Flash.

Needing to wait for one second to cool down.

A figure in a white robe, topped with a mass of heads, was standing right in front of him.

The neck of this white-robed person was like a string of grapes. Only, these grapes were all sorts of human heads.

Heads of the old and young, male and female.

Faceless Scholar!??

Such a ghastly and horrific figure had once left a deep impression on Li Chengyi, so he recognized it at first sight upon seeing it again.

Unlike the last encounter, the heads on the Faceless Scholar’s neck were not his own.

They were entirely different, varied in appearance.

In the span of one second, Li Chengyi caught a fleeting glimpse and noticed that many of the heads were styled in ancient hair buns, with some of the young women even wearing light makeup, subtle eyeshadow at the corners of their eyes, and green patterns on their foreheads.

’Could it be that this fellow... has killed everyone on this mountain??’

Li Chengyi’s heart chilled.

He couldn’t dismiss the possibility.

Because Yserine had once told him about the Faceless Scholar’s terrifying nature.

The fact that the creature couldn’t be killed was one thing. After all, creatures from the Black Sea all regenerate. But the main issue was that any attack which had once harmed him would become ineffective the second time around.

That was disgusting...

Within that second.

Li Chengyi and the Faceless Scholar faced each other, neither quite reacting.

As the cooldown passed.

"Ah!!!"

Li Chengyi was about to continue with Shadow Flash, diving under the bed to return to the Tightening Grasp.

Suddenly, an intense noise erupted, sweeping through the entire wooden hut, enveloping him within its reach.

The violent noise seemed to cause the surrounding space to tremble with a faint distortion.

The Shadow Flash he had just released caused his body to flicker and then stop in place again.

It hadn’t worked!?

"What’s going on?" Li Chengyi’s eyes widened.

There was only one minute left.

Although he didn’t know what the Faceless Scholar did to make Shadow Flash ineffective, his priority was to get back!

He immediately ran directly toward the wooden bed in the room.

There were two wooden beds in the hut: one from which he had emerged and another with a large canopy bed.

The Tightening Grasp was beneath the bed without the canopy.

The wooden bed was just behind the Faceless Scholar, he only had to get past him.

Li Chengyi thought it would be so simple, but as fast as he was, the Faceless Scholar was faster!

"Ah!!!"

It suddenly let out a howl.

A single cry, yet it seemed like hundreds of men, women, and children screaming together.

The complex layers of these shouting voices instantly covered and shook everything in the surrounding area.

An intense paralysis spread over Li Chengyi’s body, flooding through him.

Glint Flash!

In desperation, Li Chengyi’s shoulder burst into a blinding burst of golden light.

Countless beams of golden light bombarded the Faceless Scholar at close range.

The force of the impact and the searing heat pushed it back two steps.

Yes, just two steps.

Even the high temperature seemed useless, only causing a wisp of smoke to rise from its body. Not even the clothes were damaged.

Apparently, the Faceless Scholar had encountered this type of attack before and was probably already immune to it.

Only the physical force of the Glint Flash was somewhat effective.

But it was limited.

Shadow Flash was restricted, and Li Chengyi took advantage of the moment when his opponent was knocked back two steps, swiftly moving past him from the left and charging under the bed.

Suddenly, a chant-like voice resonated from the numerous heads of the Faceless Scholar.

The complex layers of voices blended into one, endlessly reverberating throughout the room.

Although it was just a sound, its speed should not have been so fast, yet Li Chengyi felt a numbness spread through his body just as he touched the edge of the bed.

His entire body was stiffened once more.

The voice seemed to have a mysterious power, compelling him to stand up involuntarily, turn around, and look in the direction of the Faceless Scholar.

A strange thought arose in his mind.

’Actually, the scenery here is beautiful, peaceful and quiet, no one bothers me, I don’t need to face danger or blind spots all the time, staying here, isn’t it quite nice?’

As this thought emerged, Li Chengyi began to harbor the idea of staying here.

At this moment, only fifteen seconds were left.

Underneath the wooden bed, black mist began to surge, clearly about to undergo a change.

Li Chengyi stood up, turned around, and was about to walk towards the Faceless Scholar.

Catching sight of the changes under the bed from the corner of his eye, a wave of indescribable anger surged through him.

The anger was inexplicable, but seemed to radiate from his heart, spreading throughout his body.

The Feilian Floral Dress covered his entire body, and instantly, streams of black qi radiated outwards from him in all directions.

At that moment, the Faceless Scholar extended its hand, gently reaching for Li Chengyi’s head, seemingly wanting to pluck it off to place upon its own neck.

Just as its hands neared.

In an instant, Li Chengyi raised his head and opened his mouth wide.

A roar, solid and invisible, burst forth from his mouth.

Roar!!!

Like the bellow of a wild ox, the sound instantly overpowered the countless noises emitted by the Faceless Scholar.

Li Chengyi’s face twisted ferociously as he raised his hand to condense the Golden Sword.

A door-sized, thick and heavy Golden Sword smashed down onto the Faceless Scholar’s head.

Boom!!!

A hundred tons of Giant Strength crushed down from above in that moment.

Clang!!

The Faceless Scholar raised its hand to block the Golden Sword, and the massive force tightly clamped onto the sword’s body.

The physical impact’s destructive power was entirely immune to it.

But it could not offset the impact of the immense mass.

The ground beneath it cracked, and countless fissures exploded beneath its feet.

Followed by a thunderous rumble.

Half of the wooden cabin’s floor completely collapsed.

The green light of the sky shone in from the outside, rendering everything a pale green.

Amidst the rolling noise.

The Faceless Scholar, along with the actual ground, slid down at an angle, crashing heavily onto the copper-colored roof below.

Li Chengyi let go of the Golden Sword, dispersed the Floral Dress, turned around, and ducked his head to dive.

The last two seconds.

He barely rushed into the rolling black mist under the bed and disappeared from sight.

Hiss.

A faint sound.

The black mist under the bed vanished, and just the next second.

The Faceless Scholar leaped into the air and returned to the side of the bed.

Looking at the empty wooden cabin, it tilted its head and let out an angry roar.

Ah!!!

The bizarre sound of countless people roaring in unison quickly spread throughout the entire mountaintop.

At that moment, the surrounding mountaintops with glowing green stones began to shine brilliantly.

Wisps of green mist floated out from the surrounding mountains, shooting into the central mountaintop.

All the green mist swirled around the central mountaintop, forming a semi-translucent, massive canopy, completely enveloping everything below.

The furious roar of the Faceless Scholar was quickly muffled by the giant canopy, no longer penetrating through.

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Bang.

Li Chengyi burst out from under the bed, gasping for breath.

At the last moment, he almost didn’t make it back. If he really got stuck on the other side, enduring the terror of being with the Faceless Scholar indefinitely, who knows how long he could last.

Waiting for Yserine to refresh and visit that blind spot again, he might have starved to death by then.

Moreover, that creature was immune to the same tricks and seemed unkillable. In other words, sooner or later, it would become immune to all of his techniques.

To be with such a monster for an extended period of time...

Li Chengyi felt he hadn’t lived enough...

The opposite side of the Tightening Grasp was his own bedroom at home.

After emerging, he took a deep breath.

Looking around at the blind spots, he simply sat down on the ground, waiting to leave the blind spot.

When Yserine was not in control, he could stay in the Tightening Grasp for at most half an hour before he could leave.

This was the time set by Yserine.

As the core of this blind spot, she had methods to send people in and out.

Only now did Li Chengyi have the opportunity to carefully examine the New Divine Flower Position’s main flower he had just acquired.

He had chosen it without a second thought after discovering it was the Flower Language Technique, but he hadn’t really seen what the technique was all about.

Now free, he finally had the time to check it out.

With one hand on the grid for the Mark of the Evil Flower, Li Chengyi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and with a hint of anticipation, checked the incoming information.

’Purple Delicate Flower (mutated): Amaryllidaceae, genus Purple Delicate Flower...’

He skipped the main flower details, focusing on the Flower Language Technique.

’Flower Language: Seven Spirit Holy Technique (modified to fit the main body’s physique) (Note 1: This is a fundamental technique of the Faceless Sword Sect, which can improve one’s consciousness strength, causing qualitative changes in the spirit, with the ultimate goal of cultivating into the Heavenly Holy Spirit. It focuses on enhancing willpower and may slightly increase bodily lifespan and strength.)

(Note 2: The technique can be taught to others, and the main body can recall related memories at any time, but it does not guarantee that the compatibility will match when others cultivate it.)

(Note 3: This is a chained technique that can only be unlocked and cultivated level by level, with no access to advanced content ahead of time. Be cautious, as previewing the content of techniques prematurely can cause irreversible severe damage.)’