Blind Spot
Chapter 300 - 280 variables Four

Chapter 300: 280 variables Four

"Whale Seat, you are the strongest assassin, the one with the highest bounty in the Earth-Moon region! No one besides you could accomplish this mission. After you complete the mission, the organization will arrange three escape routes for you. In that environment where all technological devices are sealed off, with your abilities, no one will be your opponent!" The man with the small mustache spoke in a low voice.

"So what?"

"So, the higher-ups have entrusted you with full authority over this mission, which is the will of Xuan Ming Island."

Xuan Ming Island...

Upon hearing this, the smile on Whale Seat’s face slowly faded away.

Even someone as arrogant as he felt intense oppression and displeasure at the mention of this name.

He had killed his father and mother, severed emotional ties, and become utterly ruthless—all to chase after the ultimate purity of his own bloodline!

And the way Xuan Ming Island had initially sent people to invite him still irked him to this day.

"As a future Crown Prince, Zhou Shuo will definitely have incredibly strong Feiyi Masters guarding him, so the best opportunity for assassination is during the tournament where technological products are prohibited. Whale Seat, you must gain the chance for a close encounter with Zhou Shuo by winning the tournament and claiming first place..."

Bang!!

Before the man could finish speaking.

The man with the small mustache was instantly knocked sideways by a slap to the head, sent flying and crashing to the ground.

"Say ’must’ one more time." Whale Seat withdrew his hand. "And I’ll kill you!"

The man with the small mustache coughed a few times, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, slowly getting up. A flash of anger and fear crossed his eyes.

But he dared not resist.

Whale Seat was the physically strongest monster within Star Lake.

He had undergone over a hundred genetic experimentation and modifications; his body structure was far beyond the understanding of an ordinary person.

The limit of a common person’s strength was around a ton.

But Whale Seat, having undergone the organization’s internal Star Demon Surgery, which integrated special genes cultivated from Blind Spot drugs—the Star Demon Gene—far exceeded the limits of strength, speed, and constitution of an ordinary person.

However, the power of the Blind Spot was not so easy to utilize.

Although Whale Seat’s surgery was successful, his temperament had changed from the initially stable and introverted to the current extremist in search of the ultimate strength—a brawler madman.

In his presence, once he entered the Star Fiend state, all those so-called experts from various schools fell like chicks, utterly helpless against him.

This was precisely why the organization had chosen him as the best candidate for the assassination mission targeting Zhou Shuo.

It’s just that they hadn’t anticipated this guy being too unruly and completely uncontrollable.

He even dared to strike at his own organization liaison.

Picking himself up, the man with the small mustache wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Do not underestimate them; Utopia has also sent participants to the competition. It seems they have different schemes in play."

"What schemes?" Whale Seat picked up a glass of wine and gulped it down.

"It should be in retaliation against Jiu Yi. Last time, they lost many ministers and a large number of mid to high-level experts due to Jiu Yi’s consecutive assassinations, suffering heavy losses. With Red Temple’s style, they would never just let it go."

"That’s best." Whale Seat stood up. "If they are too weak, I wouldn’t even be interested in crushing them."

He walked over to the man with the small mustache.

"I hope it won’t be as dull as it was three years ago."

Three years ago, he disguised himself as another identity, and in the tournament, he beat to death or crippled more than a dozen contestants; upon discovering cheating by an opponent, he erupted in a massacre that resulted in hundreds of casualties, including the opponent’s team and the audience who supported them.

Afterwards, when he left, he was surrounded and attacked by Feiyi Masters but mysteriously retreated.

This was also one of his most lauded deeds, known as the strongest pureblood in the organization.

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Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, a week went by.

In the Chao Yuli Family estate manor.

A monthly routine family gathering was quietly commencing.

As one of the top three Great Nobles in Chao Yu, the Li Family controlled all of Chao Yu’s catering industry. Anything related to food across the entire industrial chain of Chao Yu, eighty percent was in the hands of the Li Family.

Song Yu Manor was one of the places where the Li Family regularly held meetings.

The manor itself was not on the surface but, like other Great Noble family estates, located three thousand meters underground in Chao Yu.

To say it was a manor was actually an understatement; it was a vast underground cavity exclusive to the Li Family.

Within the cavity, over a hundred thousand square meters of space had been crafted into an ancient-style garden complex with small bridges over flowing water.

Bright, floating light orbs suspended in the air provided soft, yellow sunlight-like illumination for the pale architectures of the complex.

Da Zhuang Li Chongnan, just like the previous meetings, sat alone at the edge of the lawn, carefully reading a "Comprehensive Explanation of Fighting Styles"—completely avoiding the younger people who were enjoying a music barbecue on the distant grass.

For a week, she had been going to her teacher, Li Chengyi, for intensive training, returning almost every day bruised and swollen.

Oddly, upon returning the next day, no matter the severity of her injuries, they would mysteriously vanish and she would be as good as new.

In addition to practicing the Holy Spirit Technique, she had now officially completed the second section of cultivation. The Sword of Wisdom energy she was able to gather was ten times stronger than at the start!

Not only that, but she could feel her flesh, bones, everything seemed to be continuously forged like toughened alloy; her whole body was significantly enhanced and strengthened.

And that wasn’t all; the most astonishing part was her Consciousness Power!

She had tested it; originally, her Consciousness Power was nowhere near enough to become a Feiyi Master.

But now, her consciousness strength had exceeded the official Feiyi Master standard by three times!

And this was just one week!

One week... For ordinary people, it was nothing more than working and resting, opening and closing their eyes in a flash of time.

But for her, it was a week of complete transformation.

"Xiao Nan, the essence of the Holy Spirit Technique lies in intent. If you can use the competition to hone your own intent against your opponents, to make your will purer, stronger, and more unshakeable, then your Holy Spirit Technique will definitely soar to new heights!"

The voice of her master, Li Chengyi, came through the earpiece.

"I understand," Li Chongnan replied softly.

"No. You do not know," Li Chengyi said. "The greatest strength of the Holy Spirit Technique that I created lies in willpower!"

"You do not need to accumulate it, as long as your willpower is strong enough, firm enough, unwavering, you can rapidly expand your own power by absorbing external forces, like a balloon inflating swiftly."

"Given the right conditions, you could reach a pinnacle in an extremely short time that ordinary people could not achieve in decades!"

Li Chongnan’s heart was boiling with excitement as she heard this.

In this week, she had personally experienced the exaggerated effectiveness of the Holy Spirit Technique.

Within a week’s time, her physical strength, endurance, and reaction speed had already far surpassed her past self and reached the limits of human potential.

And this was just the foundation; the true power lay in the Sword of Wisdom.

The Sword of Wisdom, which moves with the will, has a terrifying advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

"Da Zhuang. Why aren’t you joining the gathering?"

As she was contemplating, a familiar voice drifted over from the side.

A slender girl in a purple short skirt, with a smile brimming with laughter, carrying a drink, had approached unnoticed.

Her name was Li Chongying, Da Zhuang’s distant cousin. They got along well, usually banding together for warmth and comforting each other as they were both marginal members of their families.

"Several brothers from other families came today. Aren’t you going to check them out? I heard there are two from the Zhu Family, both with strong auras and abilities. If you can connect with them, maybe..."

Li Chongying was very pretty, to be precise, the offspring of the Great Nobility were mostly handsome or beautiful.

In this era, where genetic technology is so advanced that it can manipulate anything at will, the only thing that limits life is the Moral Ethics Committee.

Since everyone had pleasing appearances, what really determined superiority was talent.

"Not interested," Da Zhuang said indifferently.

"What’s wrong? Just keep me company, will you?" Li Chongying clung to her arm and cooed softly.

"Even if we go, what about it? Do you really think those elite talents would take a liking to you, a piece of trash?" Not far away, two clan girls in light red Suzaku patterned long dresses approached with a scoff.

These two girls looked alike, had similar builds, and were twin sisters of the same generation, named Li Chonglan and Li Chongen.

Yes, the very same Li Chongen who had previously asked Da Zhuang to borrow money.

"A talent waste who can’t even provide future support for them, having nothing, do you think you’re running a poverty relief? Completely relying on the man to support and pull you up? Who do you think you are?"

The speaker was the younger sister, Li Chongen, her eyes full of mockery, but as she spoke, she was looking at Da Zhuang.

Originally, her plan this month was to add her own money to what she could get from Da Zhuang, which would be enough to buy a model of intelligent flyer that the Zhao Family’s brother liked most, and then give it to him to establish a good relationship.

She didn’t expect that after making that promise, Da Zhuang, who usually agreed to lend money, would actually dare to refuse her?

Teenagers are at an age where saving face is critically important, and Li Chongen was now seeking confrontation in high dudgeon after being put down like this.

Li Chongying’s face turned ugly at her words, her smile fading, but she dared not retort.

Even the branches within a clan have their own hierarchies.

If she dared to resist, she would be targeted and suppressed immediately, and such suppression is not as simple as in ordinary families.

It could even affect her parents and relatives behind her.

Oftentimes, within a large family, it’s not just about individual comparisons.

"Da Zhuang, what did you mean on the phone earlier? Didn’t you agree to lend me money?" Li Chongen’s gaze shifted, landing on Da Zhuang.

"Sorry, I need a lot of money myself right now. I really can’t lend it," Li Chongnan said calmly, putting down her book.

"Heh..." Li Chongen raised an eyebrow and stepped closer. "Li Chongnan, I ask you for a loan because I respect you! What’s going on? Did you take the wrong medicine recently, daring to be so defiant with me?"

"Actually, I could lend you money," Li Chongnan said, passing the book to her sister, Li Chongying.

"That’s more like it. We are good sisters after all, when it’s crunch time, how could..."

"One slap for a million."

Li Chongnan’s voice interrupted her laughter.

All three were stunned, thinking they had misheard, or perhaps it was Da Zhuang Li Chongnan who had misspoken.

"What did you say just now!?" Li Chongen widened her eyes, staring intently at Da Zhuang.

"Do I need to repeat myself? Or are you deaf and cannot understand human speech?"

Li Chongnan’s eyes narrowed slightly, with a trace of Master Li Chengyi’s ferocity.

"One slap, for a million."

"Li Chongnan you!!!?"

Bang!!

A muffled sound.

Li Chongen’s body soared into the air, flung several meters away, and crashed to the ground.

She clutched her face, feeling dizzy and convulsing on the ground, unable to get up for a moment.

Several teeth mixed with blood spat out of her mouth, the left side of her cheek swelled up rapidly like a steamed bun, completely ruining the delicately made-up facial features.

At this moment, Li Chongying and Li Chonglan were both stunned.

Fights among peers within the family were not unheard of, but those were other people, mostly boys. For girls, and for someone like Da Zhuang Li Chongnan, known for her mild temperament, to actually hit someone was unthinkable!!

And the strength was so exaggerated, a slap that sent someone flying this far!?

Were they... dreaming?!

"Be careful with the force, don’t kill her," Master Li Chengyi’s voice rang in Li Chongnan’s ears.

"Understood," she replied calmly, walking towards the bustling barbecue area in the distance.

To attract the attention of the elders in the family, amidst the merciless competition among her peers, she had to show enough potential and strength.

Whether in martial prowess or willpower.

Otherwise, a weak individual could never become the successor.

"You!?" Her sister Li Chonglan couldn’t help but exclaim.

But before she finished, Li Chongnan made a casual sweep with her hand.

A colossal force hit her arm, causing her to lose her balance and be thrown several meters away, landing on her backside.

"Get lost."