Blind Spot
Chapter 466 - 426 return Four

Chapter 466: 426 return Four

Li Chengyi listened with increasing speechlessness, watching Da Xiong’s excited demeanor as the conversation veered further off-topic, he hastily steered it back.

"Let’s get back to what we were discussing earlier; I need to test the current state of my physical attributes. I will name this state ’Grey Bone.’"

Grey Bone was actually the name of the imprint, but due to the forbidden knowledge involved, he couldn’t directly tell Da Xiong the principles behind the imprint, so this was the next best thing.

Without opening the Fei Gate, it was impossible to come in contact with anything related to the imprint.

So he opted for this indirect approach.

"In the state of Grey Bone, I can freely control the growth, extension, and healing of my bones. The hardness of my bones at this stage is much stronger than before. Hence, I want to test the upper limit of my bone strength."

"Alright!"

Da Xiong understood the goal of the test.

He immediately tapped on the light screen.

Suddenly, a number of black gun barrels protruded from the wall cavities around them.

"Then let’s start with the basic weapons."

Li Chengyi nodded and spread his arms.

The imprint of the Grey Bone on his chest instantly lit up with red light.

Hiss!

In an instant, a mass of grey-white bone material pierced through his skin and covered his entire body, transforming into a set of thick grey-white bone armor in less than a second.

The encasing armor also significantly enlarged his frame.

Pop pop pop!!!

The surrounding gun barrels fired immediately, and a hail of bullets flew out, striking the bone armor on Li Chengyi’s body.

The constant pinging of ricochets filled the air, but not a single mark was left on the bone armor by the bullets.

"Switch to the physical Orbital Cannon." Da Xiong left the field and manipulated the light screen to change weapons.

Thanks to major resource and technology investments by the Mingyuan Group, a variety of weapons had already been installed in this underground base.

Among them were Orbital Cannons that required rail acceleration, which were now being brought into use.

"Brother Yi, I will test with different intensities of the Orbital Cannon. If you feel you can’t take it, raise your hand to stop. Is that okay?" Da Xiong asked.

Li Chengyi made a gesture indicating no problem.

Soon, the first Orbital Cannon shell, with a force of one thousand tons and the size of an adult’s fist, was accelerated and blasted out of the wall’s cannon port, turning into a grey shadow that smashed heavily in front of Li Chengyi.

Boom!!

The massive impact exploded, reverberating within the cave and quickly absorbed by soundproofing materials.

Li Chengyi stood in place, his legs sunk deeply into the ground, carving out two deep furrows that extended over ten meters.

The impact was tremendous, but there was only a small dent on the surface of his bone armor.

And the dent quickly recovered to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Let’s go up to two thousand tons." Li Chengyi said.

In compliance, Da Xiong quickly administered a two thousand ton shell that struck the front of the bone armor. This time, it slammed Li Chengyi back heavily, crashing into a high-strength compressed rock layer and creating a sizable crater in it.

This time, the indentations on the surface of the bone armor were much more pronounced, with clear cracks radiating outwards — the armor was likely penetrated halfway through.

With a thought from Li Chengyi, the bone armor rapidly mended like a living thing, restoring itself to its original condition.

Then came three thousand tons, four thousand tons, five thousand tons...

The damage to the bone armor grew deeper until, at seven thousand tons, finally.

With a crisp shattering sound, the bone armor encasing Li Chengyi burst apart, turning into countless white particles that scattered and disappeared.

He attempted to reconsolidate for a short time, but felt an emptiness in his bones, which indicated that a reformation was temporarily impossible.

Seven thousand tons...

That was his bone armor’s limit...

It was significantly higher than the maximum impact force he could exert himself.

"Worthy of an imprint focusing on bone growth..."

Li Chengyi estimated the capabilities of the Grade Nine Feiyi Masters he had encountered before. He figured that now, with the Gladiolus Floral Dress and Flower Language Technique layered on, standing in place and letting the Feiyi slash at him would likely prove difficult to break his defense in a short time.

Of course, given the small surface area and high pressure of a Feiyi, it wouldn’t be completely impenetrable, but it was a substantial improvement over the previous situation.

Previously, he could only rely on the combined protective capabilities of the Floral Dress and the Flower Language Technique.

More often than not, his strategy revolved around offensive attacks, gaining absolute control over his opponents and killing them.

Li Chengyi then tested his mobility, achieving seven times the speed of sound for short-range shifts. At full blast, combining all his skills and abilities, he could reach an impact force close to fifty-five hundred tons.

Utilizing sharp weapons like swords, this impact force could generate a pressure sufficient to slice through any known existing material.

"A great overall improvement; this session has been fruitful. I’ve nearly reached the average level of a Grade Nine. If I leverage the Flower Language Technique, I might even be able to touch upon Lord Dongjun’s realm." Li Chengyi was quite satisfied with the enhancement.

"No wonder you’re Brother Yi; no matter how hard we try, we can only ever chase after you." Da Xiong said with admiration.

"That doesn’t sound like something you would say. Get straight to the point if you have an ulterior motive." Li Chengyi changed into his regular clothes, gave Da Xiong, who was waiting off to the side, a look, and felt something was amiss.

"It’s like this, since you no longer need that shield anyway, Brother Yi, could I perhaps..." Da Xiong hesitantly spoke.

"I can lend it to you for research, but don’t get any ideas about keeping it." Li Chengyi glanced at the time and was about to speak with a smile.

Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat.

Thump!

A terrifying pressure that was indescribable squeezed him from all directions.

His vision went dark in an instant.

The immense and horrifying pressure enveloped his entire body in an enclosed space in a split second.

He lost his hearing and touch, and everything was pitch-black; not a single ray of light penetrated.

It was an absolute darkness with nothing in it; he couldn’t even see his own hands, much less determine whether they were moving or not.

The salty sea water, heavy as steel, squeezed from all sides, oppressive and terrifying.

’A new blind spot!! Here it comes!!’ Li Chengyi held his breath, not expecting the blind spot to emerge just as he had exhausted his Bone Armor, waiting for it to recover.

But regardless, now that it had come, his first thought was to figure out a way to get through it.

A splendid layer of golden Floral Dress rapidly wrapped around his body, the strongest Gladiolus Floral Dress augmented by the Flower Language Technique was the combination he used most frequently.

With his current physical strength, the Floral Dress further amplified in proportion.

Suddenly, the tremendous pressure surrounding him eased instantly.

With a slight sigh of relief, it was only now that Li Chengyi had the chance to release his Consciousness Power, extending it upwards.

In an instant, the scene hundreds of meters away fed back into his perception, but it was useless; it was still pitch-black hundreds of meters away.

It was the same below.

His perceptive power couldn’t sense any light at all.

In the darkness, Li Chengyi floated quietly.

Using his Consciousness Power, he continuously spread it around, searching.

Time ticked away, and finally, he detected a subtle difference.

A subtle difference between above and below.

Above him, a faint pulling force continuously came through.

’If that pulling force is gravity... then below, should be the direction of the sea surface!’

He recalled Xiao Zhong’s brother, Da Hei, who had died by being suddenly pulled into the deep sea and instantly crushed by the immense water pressure, not even having time to react before he was completely gone.

Now he was facing the same situation, but fortunately, his own physical strength was far greater than Da Hei’s, allowing him a moment of buffering time to keep sustaining.

Having determined the direction of up and down, Li Chengyi began to turn and swam towards the sea surface with increased speed.

Ten thousand meters, twenty thousand meters... fifty thousand meters...

After swimming at least a thousand kilometers, Li Chengyi’s Consciousness Power finally sensed a faint ray of light piercing down from above.

Seeing hope and the pressure weakening, he immediately sped up, racing towards the sea surface with all his might.

Gradually, shafts of blurred light began to appear in the surrounding water.

The golden sunlight penetrated the water, turning into pillars of light that brushed past Li Chengyi on either side.

With a kick of his legs, he suddenly surged upward.

Whoosh!

His head finally broke the surface of the water, breathing in the first gulp of fresh air.

"Cough, cough, cough...!" Unfortunately, the air contained no oxygen, just a foul-smelling unidentified gas.

It was as repugnant as rotten eggs.

Li Chengyi coughed a few times and then promptly entered a breath-holding state.

Floating on the sea surface, he looked around.

An endless sea of pitch black was all he could see.

No islands, no boats, no fish, only him, floating alone at the center.

"What the hell is this place!?" Li Chengyi had experienced many blind spots before, but this was the first time he had encountered such a terrible start.

He lifted his head, trying to examine the celestial phenomena...

But...

The view in the sky above stopped him dead in his tracks.

In the sky, where countless white clouds converged, a vast pale golden structure faintly glowing with light gleamed within the clouds, barely visible.

Quiet, dead silent, devoid of life.

For some reason, the large golden structure involuntarily reminded Li Chengyi of Western myths of a city in the clouds, a city of angels, or the kingdom of God.

But if it were a city in the clouds... why was there...

His keen eyesight allowed him to see clearly that the golden buildings were empty, without any sign of life or living beings.

Moreover, the architectural style didn’t resemble the divine and majestic style of angels.

It gave off more of a strange and precise feeling, mysterious runes and unknown symbols everywhere, with all sorts of crystals and gems.

It was as if countless golden intricate parts were assembled into pointed and ornate temples, but the style of these temples seemed more like some elements he was vaguely familiar with...

"This place..." Li Chengyi was no longer the simple student he once was; after much hard study and being imbued with the Flower Language Technique twice, his knowledge had far surpassed that of any scholar on Earth-Moon.

"Wait a minute...!" Suddenly, something came to his mind.

"That style... why does it somewhat resemble a bunch of Mage Towers clustered together?"

Li Chengyi was startled.

In the Death Energy System he knew, there were images of Necromancer Towers, but those were primarily in shades of grey and white, unlike here, where gold was the main theme complemented by various crystals and precious stones.

He withdrew his gaze and began to inspect his surroundings once more, confirming that there was nothing...

"Huh??"

Li Chengyi’s eyes suddenly widened, looking towards the far right.

On the distant sea, a silver-white light was streaking towards this place at great speed.

The light, like a colossal wall with its lower half piercing into the sea, moved effortlessly toward this side at great speed.

Although he didn’t know what it was, just one glimpse from afar made Li Chengyi’s skin crawl, as if a fatal threat was rapidly approaching.

Even when facing Lord Dongjun or The Shadow God in Midlane, he had never felt what he did now.

He glanced left and right, noticing that the silver wall spanned the sea’s horizon, with no end in sight, stretching upward into the clouds, leaving no place to hide.

Without hesitation, Li Chengyi turned and accelerated, transforming into the Feilian Floral Dress, combining Shadow Flash with wings, he shot out of the water, soaring skyward, and flew in the opposite direction of the light wall.

No matter what, he was intent on escaping from what seemed like a catastrophe of a light wall first.

After all, he was just there temporarily, and it would not be until the third time that he would truly enter this place permanently. Better to run and bide his time for now.