Blind Spot
Chapter 374 - 342 Imprint Two

Chapter 374: 342 Imprint Two

He slowed his pace and tread lightly.

Li Chengyi’s hand manifested a golden longsword, which, to this point, had been the most frequently assisted by the Gladiolus among all Floral Dresses.

Approaching the skeleton, Li Chengyi nudged it with his sword.

With a clatter, the entire skeleton collapsed, turning into a pile of rotten bones mixed with its robe.

Simultaneously, a large tome with a black cover and golden patterns fell out of the skeleton’s embrace.

Li Chengyi glanced at it.

The cover of the book was inlaid with a strange pattern made of tiny green gems.

The pattern somewhat resembled flames, yet also looked like a burst of blooming flowers.

Beneath it was a line of small text, written in an unknown language.

From a few steps away, Li Chengyi could see that the gem-made pattern faintly emanated a pale green luminescence.

"Recite... recite... recite...."

Just as Li Chengyi was about to move forward and pick up the book,

a faint voice began to echo around him.

It was a neutral tone, indistinguishable as male or female.

It carried an air of authority, solemnity, and sonority, as if singing an opera, growing louder and more powerful by the moment.

The sound of clicking resonated.

Li Chengyi’s expression shifted slightly as he stepped back to observe the Four-Winged Angel statue.

The five-meter-tall massive statue was shedding minute stones, its skin riddled with numerous cracks.

With a snap,

its right arm moved.

A gleam of green light shone brightly from its forehead, resembling a diamond-shaped emerald, but it was liquid inside, with the luminescence flowing, making it look highly attractive.

In the following moment, the statue began to stir.

Its four wings behind it fluttered, its left leg stepped forward, and it planted its foot firmly on the ground, standing upright.

The light, gossamer dress covering its body had transformed from stone to real ash-grey fabric.

"Recite... recite...!" the Four-Winged Angel tilted its head to look at Li Chengyi standing before it.

In its large, solitary eye, a gold flame slowly ignited.

The pattern of the flames seemed to closely resemble that of the tome’s cover.

Li Chengyi took a deep breath as a circle of golden light flashed around his body, signaling the activation of the Floral Fortress.

Facing an unknown opponent, he naturally prepared for all eventualities.

He gripped the Golden Sword tightly, crouched down, and began to gather the Soft Qi within his body, ready to unleash his power at any moment.

"There’s no reason in this world to force someone to recite brainwashing scriptures," he muttered to himself, his gaze fixed intently on the opponent’s movements.

The Four-Winged Angel extended its hand, both arms morphing into two huge grey talons.

"Refuse to recite."

"Refuse to recite."

"Heretic."

"Eradicate."

Its forehead’s green light became increasingly dazzling.

Swoosh!!

In an instant, the Four-Winged Angel vibrated its wings and the five-meter-tall figure lunged forward, reaching out to grasp Li Chengyi.

’Shadow Flash!’ Li Chengyi dodged to the left.

He had not intended to resist the first strike head-on; instead, he planned to probe from the side to assess the specific strength of the opponent.

But...

The normally infallible Shadow Flash unexpectedly failed at this moment.

"!!??"

Caught off guard, he raised his sword to block.

Boom!!

The rooftop shook violently.

Li Chengyi was pummelled from above by the Angel’s enormous claw, the strike landing squarely on him.

The massive and terrifying force hit him like a shockwave, instantly penetrating his entire body.

This power far exceeded his expectations, and also far surpassed the limit of his strength.

A tremendous blow, weighing at least a thousand tons, immediately shattered the Golden Sword into countless Gladiolus Petals.

Next were Li Chengyi’s arms.

After his body was enhanced by the Shadow Dragon Bloodline and boosted by Dragon Realm, Floral Dress, and Floral Fortress,

even with all those enhancements stacked upon one another,

he still felt as though he’d been hit head-on by a truck as an ordinary person.

A hum filled Li Chengyi’s ears.

He suddenly heard nothing else, felt a piercing pain in his arms, and his legs nearly buckled, almost sending him to his knees.

With Shadow Flash ineffective, this abrupt strike caused significant damage.

With a loud roar,

Li Chengyi’s body rapidly expanded and grew, his eyes shining with red light as his skin became covered in layers of black Dragon Scales.

Having undergone Dragon Transformation, his strength and protection greatly increased, he dodged to the side, narrowly evading the Angel’s claw.

Boom.

The colossal claw struck the ground with a loud noise but left surprisingly little trace.

Clearly, the rooftop was also protected by some powerful force to prevent the floor from being destroyed.

Li Chengyi moved to the left side and before he could even catch his breath, he saw a blur.

The Four-Winged Angel appeared in front of him again.

He quickly gathered the Golden Sword, gripping it with both hands, and swung forward with all his might.

Crack!

The Golden Sword snapped, another thousand-ton force smashing down upon his arms. A cracking sound sent him reeling back more than ten meters.

Similarly, he had planned to use the Flower Language Technique: Enchanted Flower Hand to alter the trajectory of the opponent’s attack.

But bizarrely, the Enchanted Flower Hand was completely ineffective.

Fortunately, the Radiance Field, intended for healing, was still working, swiftly healing his injuries.

Given a few minutes of rest, the Radiance Field could completely cure Li Chengyi’s current injuries.

But unfortunately... the Four-Winged Angel wouldn’t afford him that time.

Swoosh!

With a flap of its wings, the Angel crossed over ten meters in the blink of an eye, and swung its hand down towards Li Chengyi.

If the tenfold speed of sound at Grade Eight was simply sheer velocity,

then the Four-Winged Angel’s striking speed involved a strange kind of vibration effect.

At the onset of its action, an eerie pause would occur throughout the entire rooftop centered around the image of the Four-Winged Angel, including Li Chengyi within its scope.

Invisible shocks, like ripples of various sizes, emerged out of thin air above all the spaces on the rooftop.

Everything fell into a sluggish halt where the ripples passed.

Li Chengyi initially couldn’t feel this sluggishness. In his perception, everything around him was normal.

But for some reason, the Four-Winged Angel seemed to be able to hit him head-on.

Boom!!

Another strike.

Li Chengyi’s arms snapped with a crack, finally breaking.

Agonizing pain shot into his brain, but he quickly suppressed it to avoid clouding his thoughts.

Just now, he had continuously used various Flower Language Techniques, but found that apart from Radiance Field and Fortress.

All other Flower Language Techniques became unusable.

Or rather, all Flower Language Techniques that could influence the Four-Winged Angel were completely ineffective.

Abilities like Shadow Flash that allowed instant movement were also nullified for unknown reasons.

This ability was not actually a Flower Language Technique, but an innate power of the Feilian Floral Dress.

When Li Chengyi wanted to use it, he found there were no shadows to leap through in the surroundings.

Even though there were shadows in some corners, he could not use Shadow Flash at all.

It only returned a feedback of no available shadows to leap through.

’Is this... some kind of partial anti-magic field!?’ Li Chengyi somersaulted to dodge another crashing colossal claw.

He hadn’t been this disheveled in a long time.

In reality, apart from immobility in Grade Nine situations, he feared no one.

But in the blind spot...

Only now did he realize that there were far too many monsters here stronger than him...

Any trace of the slight pride he had felt before was being utterly smashed by the Four-Winged Angel on the rooftop with both arms.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom!

The Four-Winged Angel kept moving rapidly, smashing down on Li Chengyi one blow after another.

Despite Li Chengyi’s all-out attempts to dodge, he was still struck every three moves.

Several seconds later.

Another claw was aiming for his location.

With his arms already fractured, Li Chengyi had no choice but to switch to the Sunflower Dress and use the giant shield to block.

At the same time, a pale golden wall rose in front of him as he invoked the Fortress Flower Language Technique.

Thump thump thump!!

The wall shattered instantly, turning into countless petals that vanished.

The angel’s huge ash-colored talon heavily crashed into the center of the giant shield.

Clang!!

The giant shield fragmented into petals, revealing Li Chengyi behind it, retreating rapidly.

In the air, invisible ripples emerged again, causing a momentary halt in his movement.

Seizing that brief pause,

The Four-Winged Angel’s claw struck Li Chengyi’s chest.

The golden armor broke, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, tumbling backward, flying out from the side of the rooftop and drawing a parabola downward toward the grey and ruined cityscape below.

In mid-air, Li Chengyi’s entire head buzzed dizzily.

The Radiance Field quickly revived his consciousness.

By the time he came to his senses, he was only a dozen or so meters from the ground.

’Damn it...!!’

If he crashed like this, already grievously injured, the fall would surely exacerbate his wounds. If it didn’t kill him, it would cost him half his life at least.

’Glint Flash!’

Boom!!

Instantly, Li Chengyi flipped over, face down, and his shoulder burst into a blinding golden light.

The light carried a powerful impact, propelling his falling body forcefully upward.

Thud.

Using Glint Flash to buffer and slow his fall, he crashed into a two-story building without a roof.

The dilapidated stone house quaked as its second-floor collapsed, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Li Chengyi knelt on the first floor, making a three-meter-wide shallow crater in the ground.

After a few violent coughs, he spat out blood-stained phlegm and stood up.

The golden radiance continuously healed the injuries on his body.

His arms, which had been broken moments before, were now gradually mending.

In a few minutes, they would likely be fully healed.

’Just what was that... thing!?’

Li Chengyi’s heart was heavy.

The strength of the Four-Winged Angel was far beyond what he could currently contend with.

He had no idea how the enemy created the bizarre state that prevented him from using Flower Language Techniques.

Without understanding this, entering the dead zone again would truly be dangerous.

’Why couldn’t I use Glint Flash just now, but could after leaving the rooftop? Is there something wrong with the rooftop, or is it the Four-Winged Angel that’s the issue?’

Once he left the rooftop, the Four-Winged Angel stopped pursuing and simply stood at the edge of the rooftop, looked down for a moment, and then vanished.

Li Chengyi gritted his teeth, feeling that if there were a Grade Nine evaluation within the blind spot, that creature could definitely qualify as one.

Whimper...

Suddenly, a faint sobbing sound drifted from behind.

Li Chengyi turned to look.

In this building, from a pile of rubble, slowly floated out large swathes of grey and white smoke.

The smoke quickly formed into an almost two-meter-tall grey and white transparent figure.

The figure was clad in a white cloak, with a skeletal face. Instead of human hands, it extended two branch-like long, sharp claws forward.

’A wraith?’

Li Chengyi remembered that the company’s documents indicated the existence of wraith monsters in this blind spot.

This was his first encounter with a wraith. Before he could study it closely, everything in front of him began to blur slowly.

He was about to leave.

This was a sign of the impending end of his time in the dead zone.

Just then, the wraith let out a grating noise like nails on a chalkboard and lunged forward, approaching Li Chengyi and touching his hand.

Hiss!

Both vanished from the spot.