Blind Spot
Chapter 398 - 364 Shadow Eaters Four

Chapter 398: 364 Shadow Eaters Four

"So, why are you bugs so annoying?" Shadow Dragon Sal impatiently exhaled a breath of black smoke speckled with sparks and looked at the two people opposite him.

"Why didn’t all of you just all come out at once, instead of coming one by one to die, as if you’re in a hurry to die? Your strength is really not that great."

"..." Zhu Bin glanced at the tragic state of Zhao Chengyu behind him, his eyes serious and without a word, he quickly initiated the full-power mode of the Feiyi Dragon Slaying Blade.

"Is that the monster that ran out of the Black Sea?" Ding Xianhong’s face was solemn as he looked around at the wolf-ravaged ruins; just that one battle had completely destroyed at least one-fifth of Tong City.

The casualties caused were at least in the tens of thousands.

"The intelligence was wrong... The enemy’s strength... far exceeds our estimates. Immediately have Silent Fortress relay a message to Jiu Yi Headquarters, requesting support from the Military Precision Orbital Cannon!" Zhu Bin quickly said.

"Can the Tianma lock on to him?" Ding Xianhong doubted.

Tianma referred to the fastest and most precisely guided tactical missile of Yi Country.

To deal with such a small individual enemy, especially in an urban area, they couldn’t use large-scale bombing weapons but had to rely on high-supersonic precision tactical missiles to eliminate the enemy.

"Not sure... perhaps we have to rely on the two of us to delay for a lock-on position," Zhu Bin said, raising his right arm and softly chanting as he looked ahead.

"Level One Coordination Law: Spirit Scorpion."

Hiss!

In an instant, the gorgeous Chopping Knives behind him transformed, the blade splitting into two identical blades as if mirrored.

At the same time, the entire blade faintly exuded a pungent, sickly sweet scent.

That was the deadly poison of the Dragon Slayer Scorpion.

Rather than calling it a poison, it was more like a fearsome acid that could corrode and dissolve even mechanical metal.

"Level One Coordination Law: Tian Xie Cai."

On the other side, the blue diamond-shaped crystal floating beside Ding Xianhong suddenly unfolded, expanded, and transformed into a three-pronged spear gleaming with purple, blue, and red hues at its tip.

The spear was adorned with numerous wave and fish-shaped silver patterns, and on its grip was a silver carving of a serene, three-eyed Taoist sitting cross-legged.

"Stupid bugs," Shadow Dragon Sal looked disdainfully at the two people opposite him, "Good, as a welcoming gift for my kin. I’ll take your shadows."

He spread his arms, and twisted shadows began to wriggle and fly out from behind him.

"Let’s show you, even if my strength is suppressed here, I, Sal, will not be unsettled by the likes of you pathetic three bugs!"

"Dragon Fighting Art—Instant Shadow Dragon Killing Formation!"

Hiss, hiss, hiss!!

In an instant, all the shadows within a kilometer radius of the four people began to wriggle, twist, and split.

All of them shed tiny snowflake-like fragments of shadow that rose up from the ground.

It was as if snow were falling upside down.

Whoosh!!

With a faint sound, Sal had turned into a puddle of shadow, vanishing from the spot.

And at the same time, in the half-air surrounding Ding Xianhong and the other two.

Densely packed, at least a thousand shadows of Sal emerged simultaneously, forming a massive circle around the three.

"How can there be so many!?" Ding Xianhong’s eyes trembled, aware that the creatures of the Black Sea had myriad strange powers, but the scale and reach were beyond what she imagined.

This was a level she hadn’t imagined!

"We can’t fight here, lure him away!" Zhu Bin was the first to react.

He turned and flew towards the outskirts.

The greatest strength of a Feiyi Master was speed.

And the greatest weakness of a Shadow Dragon was also speed.

Ding Xianhong came to her senses too and, grabbing Zhao Chengyu, turned to flee.

She had thought that the two of them together could trade a few moves, but... the enemy had come out with a powerful move from the start, considering the situation it was best to move the battle away first.

"Did I say I’d let you get away?" Sal said coldly, the mockery in his eyes gradually fading.

"Infernal Breath."

He opened his mouth.

All the floating thousands of shadows did the same at this moment.

The massive shadow was sucked into their mouths and noses.

Boom!!

Black conical flames, only slightly weaker than the breath before, instantly covered the entire kilometer diameter of the ruins and the sky.

For a moment, the sky darkened.

The sky over the entire district was completely obscured, covered by black flames.

The air burst, and the temperature soared.

Ding Xianhong and Zhu Bin were extremely fast, but only managed to reach the edge area when the flames caught up to them.

They fully exerted their energy fields, managing just in time to make the Feiyi burst into silver and golden light before being completely engulfed by the black fire.

And at this very moment, at the Jiu Yi Fortress Headquarters, the Grade Nines turned their gaze towards this area.

Zhao Chengxi of the Black Phoenix looked quite displeased as Zhao Chengyu was seriously injured, and Ding Xianhong and Zhu Bin were suddenly at a complete disadvantage. He didn’t care about his brother’s well-being, what he cared about was the reputation of the Zhao Family; they couldn’t even deal with a Black Sea creature that had escaped.

"That guy who calls himself Sal learned our language so quickly; it’s clear that this invasion is completely different from the ones before.

Rumors always circulated in the Black Sea about many powerful entities; it seems now that some of them may be true," he said swiftly.

"We underestimated the Black Sea, and we underestimated that guy," Ding Meng frowned and said, "Let’s see if they can lead him to the suburbs and then have the military launch the bombardment."

"Should I make a move? The area is within my range," Elder Zhu Tanyang from Kongtong spoke up. His favored junior, Zhu Bin, was also in the team, leaving him no choice but to feel anxious.

But due to the immense strength of the Grade Nines, every single move could decide the outcome of the battle, so any action they took had to be reported to the high-level officials of various countries to avoid misunderstandings.

After all, the amount of energy needed for an intervention at their level was massive.

Without the support of massive energy sources, their Flying Yi and protective force fields couldn’t reach their full power.

"Let’s wait and see the outcome. If the military can’t handle it, then we’ll take action," Ding Meng shook his head.

Each one of them was being monitored by respective Divine Star Generals from the White Star, and any unusual movement could potentially lead to a resumption of high-level conflict between the two sides.

We shouldn’t end up trying to deal with a Black Sea creature only to cause Earth-Moon White Star to plunge into a great battle again.

By then, the casualties wouldn’t be minor.

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Black Sea.

Li Chengyi stood before the Y-shaped dark green pendant, looking at the blurry inscriptions on it.

He was certain he had never learned or seen this kind of script before, yet at this moment, he could strangely recognize the meaning of these two characters.

"Thousand Leaves..." he murmured.

For some reason, he reached out, and his right hand gently touched the large jade pendant’s surface.

In an instant.

A familiar icy chill traveled from the pendant into his hand, and naturally flowed into the Mark of the Evil Flower on the back of his hand.

"This is... Flowers’ energy!?"

Li Chengyi was startled.

He never imagined that here, in this mysterious Black Sea, he would encounter the unique energy of the Evil Flower which he alone had mastered!?

Before he could regain his composure.

A stream of fragmented information also flowed into his brain along with the Flowers’ energy.

’Twelve Flower Generals... Imperial Palace... three towers... Hundred Flowers, Thousand Leaves Army... fallen...’

The information was just bits and pieces, very chaotic, a mix of voices and images.

Because it was too disordered, Li Chengyi could not immediately sort it out.

He only roughly understood from it that this giant was a warrior from the Thousand Leaves Army.

Thousand Leaves, as the name suggests, meant there were a thousand warriors like this one.

From the brief understanding obtained from the information, it originated from a place called Primordial Soil.

He grew up there since childhood, entered Royal’s City as an adult, and due to exceptional talent, was chosen for one of the three towers, the Spirit Tower, and eventually trained as a member of the Thousand Leaves Army to fight for Royal’s City.

Only to fall here.

The information was like a big tangle of colored paper scraps mixed with voices, images, and text that needed to be pieced together bit by bit.

Beyond that, there wasn’t much he could quickly understand.

"Primordial Soil... Royal’s City? Could this be the origin of the Evil Flower?"

After all, the Twelve Divine Flower Positions and the Twelve Flower Generals had too high a degree of correspondence, and the Flowers’ energy just now also proved that this giant was definitely related to the Evil Flower.

He hadn’t expected that his accidental entry into the Black Sea would reveal information about the origins of the Evil Flower.

This was something Li Chengyi had never imagined.

He released his hand, watching the jade pendant gradually turn black and then completely crumble into black powder, breaking up, dissipating, and flying into the Black Sea to disappear.

’Thousand Leaves Army... Such a giant is just one of a thousand... What exactly is the origin of this Evil Flower!? There’s also Hundred Flowers, Twelve Flower Generals... just by the names, it’s clear that those at the forefront would definitely be a stronger structure than the Thousand Leaves Army. Otherwise, it doesn’t fit the principle of the higher the rank, the fewer the numbers.’

He continued walking forward.

After absorbing the information from the jade pendant, Li Chengyi felt a peculiar closeness to the remains of the giant.

He had a bizarre confidence that, even though the giant had fallen, it would not harm him, the master of the Evil Flower.

With this confidence, he quickly arrived at the giant’s face, the deep white bone cave.

Looking into the cave from the edge, it was deep and unfathomable, with thick ash mist at the bottom shrouding the view.

After hesitating for a moment, he lifted his foot, intending to walk into the cave.

"I apologize. Please do not enter..."

A clear voice rang out from behind Li Chengyi.

It wasn’t distinguishable as male or female, but the sound quality was childlike, innocent, and pure. It wasn’t in the language of Yi Country, yet Li Chengyi could easily understand it.

He quickly turned around, looking behind him.

With his current strength, the fact that he didn’t even notice someone approaching was alarming.

Standing behind him was a small boy with a handsome face and white antlers growing from his head, dressed in a white tattered robe.

"Who are you?!" Li Chengyi spoke up, scrutinizing the other carefully, especially the pair of stag antlers on his head.

"My lord, this is my body, my skeleton," the small boy bowed respectfully with a deep bend.

"My name is very long, and may be too much for human vocal cords to utter completely, so to simplify, you can call me Ye Lu."

"Your skeleton!? You are this dead giant!?" Li Chengyi was shocked.

Only then did he notice that the boy’s body was faintly transparent, a trait that seemed to belong to a Wraith.

"Indeed. My lord, because you possess powerful death energy, and are also the master of the Evil Flower, you are able to see me," the boy, Ye Lu, answered softly.

"You know about the Evil Flower?" Li Chengyi quickly regained his composure.

"Yes... It is the ultimate creation from Royal’s City. It was made to leave a glimmer of hope in the face of existential ruin," replied Ye Lu.

"What is Royal’s City? Where is it located?"

"Royal’s City is in Primordial Soil. As to where it is, I do not know. Our world has perished, and it’s gone. I was lucky to escape, but due to fatal injuries, died here..." said Ye Lu, his face flickering with a hint of sadness.

"What place is Primordial Soil!?"

"Primordial Soil... it’s a vast and boundless land steeped in corruption, evil, and chaos, home to countless sinful and strange creatures. Royal’s City was the core realm established by the Emperor of Flowers to draw nutrients from Primordial Soil," explained Ye Lu succinctly.