Blind Spot
Chapter 427 - 390 Madness 4

Chapter 427: 390 Madness 4

"Since you’re willing, then take a few days to recuperate. Once your body is fully recovered, I’ll teach you the family tradition sword technique again," Wang Yiheng’s face showed a hint of joy.

This younger brother had always been lazy, his enthusiasm for practicing martial arts lasted only for a moment. Soon, if he didn’t see significant progress, his interest would quickly wane.

Martial arts are like rowing upstream, fail to advance, and you will retreat.

Thus, the foundation he had previously established rapidly deteriorated, wasting time and energy in vain.

But this time, it seemed like the younger brother had finally realized something and was determined.

I hope he can persist...

"Here is the mental mantra of our family tradition sword technique, which I usually carry with me for memorization. Take it and recite it well; remember to burn it immediately after you’ve memorized it," Wang Yiheng took out a neatly folded yellow paper from his pouch and handed it to Li Chengyi.

The yellow paper was folded into a small square, and its edges were already frayed, clearly having been frequently unfolded and refolded.

"Thank you, elder sister," Li Chengyi immediately took it and solemnly tucked it into his pocket.

Returning to his own courtyard, he carefully unfolded the yellow paper, which was finely written with lines of text that resembled mnemonic verses.

’Like a knife but not a knife, like a sword but not a sword, with advance there is no retreat, with retreat there is no advance. To advance is to focus the mind and lock the gaze; to retreat is to not be distracted by errant thoughts.’

’Pine pattern and deer horn, a single point like snow, to touch it is like a crack, to strike is like thrusting, the heart splits, and there is no master...’

All together, the mental mantra was merely two or three hundred words.

Li Chengyi, having reached the Shanchong Dragon Realm, had long surpassed many of the human body’s limits.

Additionally, the Holy Spirit Technique greatly enhanced the power of consciousness, which allowed him to easily memorize all of the content at a glance.

Consciousness power, when significantly increased and strengthened, also enhances one’s memory, understanding, imagination, response time, and so on.

This is a comprehensive enhancement of the brain.

It can be said that it is because of the foundation laid by the Seven Spirit Holy Technique that Li Chengyi was able to quickly grasp the numerous pieces of knowledge and spells of the dead.

For any spell, spiritual strength is the fundamental basis.

It is the same at this moment.

The enormous consciousness power granted by the Holy Spirit Technique allowed him to memorize the entire mental mantra as soon as he finished reading it.

After tossing the paper into a charcoal brazier and lighting it, watching it blacken and turn to ash, Li Chengyi carefully combined the remembered fragments to begin comprehending this so-called Pine Deer Blade Technique.

The core of the Pine Deer Blade is not techniques or movements, but True Qi.

Indeed, the martial arts here could actually cultivate True Qi!

This filled Li Chengyi’s heart with anticipation.

Having reached the limit with a flesh and blood body in Yi Country, after breaking through to the Dragon Realm, the path was at its zenith, with the road ahead completely unknown, something he had to explore slowly on his own.

Here, however, the cultivation was centered around True Qi.

The Wang Family’s True Qi was somewhat unique, known as Pine Pattern Energy.

This True Qi, as Wang Yifeng once said, was quite commonplace in all aspects, but with one exceptional feature.

When attacking, Pine Pattern Energy possessed extreme offensiveness.

As long as it was in operation, any touched object would instantly be blasted with large cracks akin to pine patterns.

Merely a touch would cause an explosion.

This was the formidable aspect of Pine Pattern Energy.

And the Pine Deer Blade relies on this Pine Pattern Energy, which is unique in Xinmeng Town.

It also made Wang Yifeng the third-ranked expert in the town.

’True Qi... This is indeed a rare thing...’

Li Chengyi carefully pondered the heart method and the incantation, which clearly stated that to cultivate True Qi, one must combine it with the Pine Deer Blade Technique, using movement to adjust the state of the body and refine it.

Sitting in one place and meditating wouldn’t yield Pine Pattern Energy.

Taking advantage of healing as an excuse, Li Chengyi simply stayed in the courtyard for several days, honest and obedient.

This place was already a huge Blind Spot, and even his natural Blind Spot Individual physique, which might have been forcibly taken away, could not play its role.

Because he was already in the Blind Spot.

This also allowed his remaining bit of worry to gradually relax.

In the blink of an eye, Li Chengyi had honestly stayed at Wang Family’s home in Xinmeng Town for four days.

During these four days, each day elder Wang Yifeng hurried home, looking exhausted, occasionally with some injuries, and his sword full of notches, switching several swords in succession.

The town also heard real mourning from time to time, obviously, people had died.

On the fifth day, under the doctor’s diagnosis, Li Chengyi was confirmed to be unharmed in terms of Qi and blood, and Wang Lin’s Clan finally breathed a sigh of relief, sending the doctor away to make a delicious meal for his younger son to replenish him.

The second sister was in Sifang Garden holding a thick-back single-edged blade, flipping and dodging, light as a swallow, the seemingly nimble blade technique would occasionally burst out a blade light inadvertently.

Within the blade light, there was a faint whistling explosion, and the blade even extended out for more than half a meter wide of ash-white luminescence.

Li Chengyi sat in the main house’s dining room, watching with rapt attention.

Having rested these past few days, he planned to officially go out for a walk.

Seeing the state of his predecessor, Wang Yifeng, the situation in this small town seemed to be unfavourable.

Although he was not Wang Yifeng’s true son, he had taken over someone’s body and lived here for so long. It was only right to exert some effort.

Of course, apart from these reasons, the main one was that he wanted to test how troublesome the red-eyed disease Blood Creatures, which everyone in the place feared, really were.

Only by truly ascertaining his own strength’s placement and level in this place,

could he seek advantages and avoid harm.

He did not believe that Midlane, which even the Shadow Dragon Clan dared not casually enter, would be a simple and non-dangerous low-level area.

Waiting for the second sister, Wang Yiheng, to finish practicing the sword, Li Chengyi quickly applauded.

"Second sister is very capable, the Pine Deer Blade Technique must have already reached the Minor Accomplishment Stage, right?"

The Pine Deer Blade Technique is divided into four stages from beginner to grand master: beginner, grasp, minor accomplishment, and grand master.

A simple and sincere division.

Wang Yifeng naturally had long reached grand master, cultivating Pine Pattern Energy to fill all the meridians throughout his body.

Of course, due to different physical conditions, the quality of Pine Pattern Energy after reaching grand master also varies.

Wang Yiheng said herself that her Pine Pattern Energy was somewhat weaker than her father’s at the same stage.

"What capability do I have? Big brother is the one. He practiced to grand master very early. But later, he felt that the family martial arts were too weak, so he sought other martial arts from somewhere... yet to this day, he hasn’t mastered them," Wang Yiheng sighed.

"But I think Pine Pattern Energy is very powerful... Big brother..." Li Chengyi didn’t finish his sentence.

Suddenly, the town outside violently shook.

The ground trembled slightly.

It was as if an earthquake had struck; the walls of the surrounding courtyard trembled, shedding sand and stones.

Ah!!!

A sharp, terrifying scream drifted in from outside.

It sounded like a woman’s hysterical cry, yet also like some beast wounded and enraged.

"So close!" Wang Yiheng’s face changed, and he turned to warn Li Chengyi, "Stay inside the house and don’t leave! I’m going to take a look. Don’t run around!"

No sooner had he spoken than, without waiting for Li Chengyi’s response, he took a step and in the blink of an eye reached the door, opening it and going out.

The distance of twenty meters was closed in just a blink, a speed that made Li Chengyi’s heart chill.

Wang Yiheng, a martial arts novice from a small town, was actually able to burst forth with such speed...

Li Chengyi stood up, his vast perception granted by the Seven Spirit Holy Technique rapidly assimilating all sorts of information from around him.

He glanced around and, in a flash, disappeared from the spot.

Shadow Flash seemed especially effective here, even the distance seemed to extend.

Flashing out of the courtyard, Li Chengyi appeared in an alley to the right, his body covered in the Feilian Floral Dress. With another Shadow Flash, he appeared in a gloomy lane thirty meters away.

After quickly verifying his senses, he flashed once more.

This time, he appeared in a winding path.

Shops lined both sides of the path, which was only fit for pedestrians, being more of a walking street than one for vehicles or horses.

The majority of the stores had closed their doors, the ashy-red wooden doors all locked up.

The varying shades of the grayish-black wall bricks had both deep and light colors, some adorned with various engraving marks.

A faint aroma of passing years pervaded the surroundings.

Li Chengyi stood still, his purple-black Floral Dress covering his entire body, wings quietly flapping behind him.

He made no move, merely waiting in the middle of the path.

According to his perception, the creature resembling a Red Eye disease victim was rapidly approaching.

The murky clouds slowly shifted overhead.

Li Chengyi sensed quietly, waiting.

One second.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

It’s here!

His eyes suddenly widened to meet a red shadow that abruptly emerged in front of him, and he threw a punch.

This punch broke the sound barrier, creating a sonic boom.

The friction with the air caused bright sparks, as if Li Chengyi’s entire right arm had ignited into flame.

The red shadow landed, too slow to react, and was struck by the punch on the spot.

It was a black-haired woman in a red dress.

Her skin was deathly pale, her eyes blood red. She had just touched down when she collided with a terrifying fist wrapped in black-purple armor.

Ah!!!

She opened her mouth to screech, reaching out to grasp Li Chengyi’s arm.

She was able to react this quickly to such speed!

Boom!!!

Their fists and palms met, but the woman was still a step behind, her hand striking Li Chengyi’s forearm without stopping the punch from hitting her chest directly.

A massive explosion resounded.

A circle of red light shielded in front of Li Chengyi’s fist, dissipating some of the force first.

Countless red dots flew about as if they were sparks flying from a blacksmith’s hammer.

Along with the dispersing dots, a vast force clung to the fist.

Li Chengyi hadn’t added any technique to this punch, it was a simple exertion of force.

Three hundred tons of force at twice the speed of sound—a punch without any finesse, but with terrifying destructive power.

In an instant, the red light on the woman’s chest shattered, exploded.

The fist slammed hard into her chest.

Boom!!!

Incredibly, the woman did not burst apart but was sent flying like a cannonball, hitting the stone wall behind her.

Even the stone wall didn’t collapse when she swiftly jumped down, red light surfacing once more on her body, though much dimmer than before.

Li Chengyi, however, raised his hand feeling a needle-like pain in his forearm as if it had been pricked.

"Is this the power of True Qi?" he speculated.

To hurt his flesh through the Floral Dress—True Qi was truly different from what he had imagined.

"Here we go again!" He watched the red-dressed woman across from him, her eyes growing redder, and flashed forward again, his left arm erupting with Soft Qi.

All-Star Dragon Shadow!

This time, it was six hundred tons of force coupled with twice the speed of sound.

As expected, the woman in red couldn’t dodge in time and was struck from behind by a punch.

Boom!

The red light shattered, and the woman let out a wretched scream as her entire body exploded into fragments of flesh and blood.

She was finished on the spot.

The blood and gore splattered the nearby walls and floor, painting a vivid red.

Li Chengyi frowned deeply.

Although he had slain his adversary, he could clearly feel a pricking pain in his left arm, growing stronger rapidly with time.

He immediately disappeared from the spot in a flash, heading swiftly back to the Wang Family.

Shortly after he left, two figures clad in leather armor rushed in, one wielding a thick-backed official sword with a faint white glow on the blade, bright and blinding.

"Where is the person?!?!"

"That individual just entered the lurking stage; we absolutely cannot let her escape, otherwise..."

"Wait, this on the ground... seems to be her!"

"!!??"