Blind Spot
Chapter 387 - 354 Yingfeng 2

Chapter 387: 354 Yingfeng 2

The technique was not based on the Black Serpent Map, but another Vortex Diagram.

The principle behind it was to cause death energy to rotate at high speed, the faster the better, and at the peak of its velocity, to suddenly reverse its direction.

The severe conflict caused by the two opposing forces would create a great deal of chaos, effectively shattering the death energy imprints within.

Then Li Chengyi would absorb this now-purified death energy into his own body.

This was the Vortex Technique.

As Li Chengyi concentrated on absorbing death energy, time trickled by.

Every twenty minutes, he would enhance his Flower Language Technique.

Li Chengyi and the Skeleton Mage sat opposite each other like true scholars, diligently studying death energy.

Whenever Li Chengyi gained a new insight, he would quickly flip through his books to verify it.

His control over and understanding of death energy also skyrocketed during such interactive research.

Finally.

He lost track of how much time had passed.

Li Chengyi, for the ninety-seventh time, extracted flames of death energy from the Skeleton Mage.

Rip.

This time, the death energy in his hands ripped off a large swath of gray flames from the other’s body like a strip of tape.

He was slightly stunned and looked up.

He saw the Skeleton Mage sitting motionless, staring at him, its hollow eye sockets seemingly filled with an inexplicable sense of release.

In silence, it slowly turned into countless particles of ash, disintegrating from head to toe and scattering into the air.

With a plop, only a gray robe remained on the spot.

Li Chengyi was stunned.

Looking at the palm of his left hand, where a chicken egg-sized flame of gray death energy had ignited.

He had this vague realization that the Skeleton Mage might never appear again.

Putting away the death energy, he sighed and continued to pore over his books.

"Big brother, are you still there?" Yserine’s voice called out from a distance.

"Yes, what is it?" Li Chengyi replied.

"It’s about death energy. I’ve found that this energy and the special energy of the Floral Dress you wear have diametrically opposite characteristics. Remember when you asked me why death energy is so damaging to the Floral Dress? Even a slight brush brings harm; that’s the answer," Yserine quickly explained.

"Completely opposite?" Li Chengyi had already begun to grasp this concept.

Flower energy was certainly a type of life energy, so the idea that death energy was its opposing force made sense.

"Moreover, my teacher has given death energy high praise.

He says it’s a compound type of primal energy, more fundamental than electromagnetic energy. Death energy is intrinsic to all things and ordinarily imperceptible, lying outside of conventional realms.

But the very fact that you, in that Blind Spot, can directly contact and utilize it undoubtedly shows death energy’s immense potential."

"I understand," Li Chengyi admitted with a sigh of relief. "It seems my choice was not mistaken."

"Yes, so my teacher has asked me to inquire whether you’d be interested in studying with him for a while. It seems he also has a significant interest in death energy," Yserine said.

"I am very interested!" Li Chengyi responded eagerly, "So far, through Yserine, her teacher has indirectly provided me with considerable assistance. I’ve been curious about this profoundly mysterious being for a long time."

"That’s great. My teacher said that since he cannot leave the Blind Spot, despite his interest in many things from the outside world, he can’t obtain samples. That’s one of the reasons he took me as his student. If you can bring a variety of novel things to him, he might consider taking you on as a student as well," Yserine continued.

"I understand. Let’s arrange a time later. I need to resolve the issue of this Blind Spot first," Li Chengyi said.

"Alright."

The conversation ended.

Li Chengyi stood up, stacked a few books together, and picked them up.

An invitation from Yserine’s teacher was an unexpected delight, but it also carried certain risks.

After all, he wasn’t sure of the other’s actual strength. Judging only by Yserine, the person would be no weakling. If he harbored malicious intent...

"Stop thinking about it. First, absorb every nourishment this Blind Spot has to offer."

After absorbing the Skeleton Mage, Li Chengyi didn’t head toward where the Angel was but instead turned around and walked outside.

There was a large group of Skeletons outside, their death energy just as ripe for the taking.

Plundering death energy was essentially a contest of wills, but unfortunately for these Skeleton beings, they had encountered Li Chengyi.

With the powerful Flower Language Ability, he could compel them to willingly offer their death energy for him to absorb and devour.

Stepping out of the door,

Li Chengyi’s shadow flashed black and he suddenly vanished, reappearing amidst a cluster of Skeletons.

"You are already dead."

He chose his wording.

Compared to saying 1+1=2, this phrasing provided better cover.

Boom!

Instantly, all the Skeletons and Wraiths within a twenty-meter radius sank into the ground, their legs embedded in the earth.

"Peacefully yield everything you have... or I shall bestow upon you utter annihilation."

Changing the wording slightly, Li Chengyi felt it was more appropriate, although it sounded a bit melodramatic. The key was to mask the mechanics of activating Flower Language.

A minor hit to his image was worth the trade-off for strength, the core of everything.

"So, next..."

A thought flickered through Li Chengyi’s mind.

He opened his left hand, with a basketball-sized gray flame burning in his palm.

The death energy within him was like bone-chilling icy water, tremendously cold, far chillier than the soothing temperature of flower energy.

Just letting it flow would cause unstoppable damage to the body.

Fortunately, Li Chengyi’s physique was incredibly robust, and with the Radiance Field continually healing him, it didn’t take long to adjust to the cold’s debilitating effect.

"So... next, use..." Suddenly, Li Chengyi paused, as a spark of inspiration flashed through his mind.

’Wait! The essence of the Absolute Resistance Imprint is to resist targeted harm! With my Dragon Realm Evolution and the continuous healing of the Radiance Field, can I rapidly increase my resistance to death energy through injury training!?

The Dragon Realm allows rapid evolution, and unless it hits a new ceiling, this method can be used indefinitely!’

It was like how Muay Thai fighters kick trees to damage their leg bones and thereby stimulate their bodies to synthesize stronger bones to withstand external injuries.

What he was doing now was based on the same principle, only the healing speed of the Radiance Field accelerated the process.

Although it would shorten his lifespan, his concern right now was whether he could survive the next two years, so he couldn’t worry about that. Besides, the Shadow Dragon Bloodline surely had life-extending effects.

Standing in place, Li Chengyi fell into deep thought.

’Continuously using the Radiance Field combined with Dragon Realm Evolution to rapidly strengthen my resistance to a certain type of damage, if I expand this resistance training to cover various other types of injuries, could it eventually form what is called the Absolute Resistance Imprint?’

Using the Flower Language Technique as a tool to give himself a far stronger starting point than others.

Whether it was Flower Language or martial arts, all other systems could ultimately converge into the Imprint System.

’This method might be feasible. I can give it a try first, and then once I find the method to acquire the imprint within this blind spot, I’ll make further improvements by comparison.’

Relying on the tough skin and strong recovery abilities of the Shadow Dragon Bloodline, Li Chengyi slowly walked through the crowd of skeletons, turning every skeleton he passed into white ash.

A massive amount of Death Energy was continuously absorbed into his body.

With the constant repetition of Flower Language, the consumption of his consciousness power was very small, especially against these low-level skeletons and wraiths who were far weaker in strength than him.

But the sheer number of them was overwhelming.

Half an hour later.

Li Chengyi stopped absorbing and looked somewhat fatigued. He stood at the edge of a collapsed ruin, looking around at the empty ghost city.

Huge waves of Death Energy continued to circulate within his body, reaching its limit.

His consciousness could only control so much Death Energy; any more would automatically dissipate from his body.

That was about enough; it was time to find the method of acquiring the imprint.

The Equilibrium Imprint...

Li Chengyi turned and walked straight in the direction where the Angel was.

If he could obtain the method for acquiring the Equilibrium Imprint, then along with his many Flower Language Abilities, his strength would make a qualitative leap.

He had been stuck at Grade Eight for too long.

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In reality, in Yi Country, at Huanshi County Safety Bureau.

Inside the brightly lit white office, County Safety Bureau Chief Liu Shaoming stood up and shook hands with Barton.

"We just received the notification to assist the Ethics Committee. You are the survivors who just escaped from Star Lake, right, Mr. Barton?" he asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, please arrange for a flight to the provincial city for us, Chief Liu," Barton nodded.

They must gain the attention of Yi Country as quickly as possible. Merely talking without evidence and managing to get their asylum application through in Yi Country was already Good Fortune.

Therefore, to not implicate their host, they had to head as quickly as possible to the most powerful region in Yi Country to be protected by the powerful.

"It’s all arranged. The four of you can leave at any time. However, there are no direct flights immediately, so I’ve arranged for a small aircraft that can go directly to Tong City," Chief Liu Shaoming said solemnly.

"Thank you very much," Barton shook his hand firmly.

"When you want to set off, how about having something to eat and freshening up first?" asked Liu Shaoming.

"No, it’s urgent. We’ll leave right now."

After leaving a message, Barton and the others quickly left the Safety Bureau and boarded a white aircraft.

The side of the aircraft lit up with the Safety Bureau’s emblem before it took off, heading toward the distance.

"Too much in a hurry to even eat, what’s the rush?" Liu Shaoming frowned.

"Are you sure they are from the Ethics Committee?" Deputy Director Lin An queried from the side.

"I’ve checked multiple times, and they are for certain. It’s just..." Liu Shaoming picked up the thermos cup on the table and unscrewed the lid to take a sip of warm water.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the Safety Bureau’s lobby outside the office.

"Hmm? Why is it so quiet out there? Weren’t there many people just now?"

"Uh, teams five and six just got back. There should be over a dozen people, right?" Deputy Director Lin An furrowed his brows and exchanged a glance with him.

A slight shift crossed their minds, and they both thought the same thought.

One raised his arms as the skin on them quickly turned into a metallic black color.

The other raised a hand and a silver briefcase in the corner morphed rapidly, dissolving into a silver short gun as long as a forearm, silently flying to one side.

But both of them failed to notice...

Their shadows.

Under the light, their shadows were slowly twisting and trembling, as if terrified of something.

Whoosh.

A breeze rose from the ground within the sealed office.

Through the window, a clump of muddy black shadow noiselessly slithered inside from a crack, and suddenly pounced on their shadows.

Click.

The lights went out.

Immediately after came the sound of two human bodies hitting the ground.

Not long after, a black cat with pale golden eyes entered through the Safety Bureau’s main door.

Minutes later, Liu Shaoming walked slowly out of the main door. He wore sunglasses over his face, and beneath the sunglasses were light gold dragon pupils, completely different from before.

"This world, apart from a few exceptions, is too weak... fragile as bubbles," he muttered in a language that had never been heard before on Earth-Moon.

"The lifeblood... has fled again... Go, find them for me, capture them," he said, turning his head to look inside.

Within the Safety Bureau.

Over a dozen officers stood expressionless, bowing their heads.

Their shadows, cast on the wall, showed large bizarre figures with crocodile heads on human bodies.

If Li Chengyi were here, he would recognize at a glance that these were none other than the Crocodile-headed Dragon Descendant figures that he had once encountered at the Silent Store.