Blind Spot
Chapter 490 - 448 Golden City Two

Chapter 490: 448 Golden City Two

This is the Dragon King bloodline, huh....

At this moment, the feeling Li Chengyi had was....

Struck it rich!!

An uncontrollable joy surged madly to his head.

Let’s not talk about things like high-level shadow replacement; the key were his Strengthened Dragon Breath and Shadow Spring abilities, the most practical.

Strengthened Dragon Breath was already similar to Xiao Zhong’s innate bloodline ability, able to burn away an enemy’s shadow.

This ability, against many fire-resistant enemies, undoubtedly served as a weapon of immense lethality.

And Shadow Spring granted him an extremely powerful concealment ability, along with a doubled recovery rate. With his current healing speed... it was literally strength upon strength, the specific effects of which he himself wasn’t clear about.

It felt like his life-preserving abilities were maxed out.

Now, with that unknown new blind spot, Li Chengyi felt a lot more confident in his heart.

’Next, it’s time to familiarize myself with these talents... and then, find a new main flower.... to occupy the Tenth Divine Flower Position.’

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Two days later.

Dozens of kilometers outside of Quling Mansion, in a deserted village.

Li Chengyi and Da Xiong landed lightly, looking around.

"Hold on," said Li Chengyi as he waved his right hand.

A burst of Flames of Death Energy suddenly dispersed all around, sweeping over the entire village.

Once he confirmed there were no other living creatures around, he looked down at the ground.

Whoosh.

A shadow flickered, and he vanished on the spot, appearing a hundred meters underground within the profound earth.

His powerful physical strength forcibly displaced the surrounding black soil.

In an instant, Li Chengyi’s body morphed, his form rapidly expanding and forcibly displacing the surrounding black soil, quickly forming a spacious cavity about thirty meters high and over ten meters wide.

Then, he opened his mouth and exhaled a black-and-red dragon breath, which roared out tumultuously, igniting the surrounding cave walls.

The high temperature turned the walls into a crystallized state.

After doing all this, he waved his hand to disperse the death energy, the gray death energy began to cool the cavity down to a temperature that the human body could endure.

In just a few dozen seconds, a small underground cave was created.

Then, upward, a several-meter-long Golden Sword appeared in his hand. He aimed upwards and struck violently.

Before long, the Golden Sword cut through the black soil, pierced through the earth’s crust, and broke out from the surface.

Poof!!

As a large amount of black soil was flung aside, Li Chengyi returned to the surface. His white Blood Essence wrapped around Da Xiong, and they slid down the newly made tunnel into the ground.

A few seconds later, the two arrived in the underground cavity, where the overhead black soil sealed back up.

"From now on, this shall be our designated rendezvous point," Li Chengyi declared.

Da Xiong also practiced True Qi by now, but with only two years under her belt, and though the intensity had been bolstered through abundant resources and medicines, she was only slightly stronger than a common True Qi Martial Practitioner, two years equivalent to others’ three.

Compared to a genius like Li Chengyi, the gap was naturally vast.

"Understood," she said, surveying the surroundings before turning her attention to Li Chengyi.

"If it weren’t for the blind spot’s escalating difficulty, I’d really like to just stay here forever researching everything... Anyway, besides my team, there’s no one else over there that I care about."

"Whenever you get the chance, you can come. But for now, we must return," Li Chengyi adjusted his state, noticing that Da Xiong seemed to have undergone significant changes.

Compared to when they first came, her skin had improved greatly, and the aura emanating from her was much more intricate and more powerful than before, almost bestowing upon her... a superhuman feeling.

"You... experimented on your own body?" Li Chengyi suddenly asked.

"Hmm... made a few minor adjustments... fused with the latest cultivated Element Fetus No. 6 virus," Da Xiong answered with a smile.

"How much improvement? Any benefits?"

"Can’t compare to you, Brother Yi, there is a limit to virus enhancement," Da Xiong smiled.

"If you don’t want to say it, forget it. When we get back, I’ll immediately summon you over. Soon, I might be pulled into the blind spot. Keep an eye on the situation in Suiyang for me, alright?"

"No problem," Da Xiong nodded. She glanced at Li Chengyi, "So, what should I do? Get closer to you?"

She proactively leaned against Li Chengyi’s side, her hand curling around his arm, unhesitatingly pressing her upper body against him.

"You?!" Li Chengyi was taken aback, not concerned with the soft touch on his arm, but rather looking at her somewhat surprised.

His body temperature was now over eighty degrees - a scorching touch for ordinary people, but Da Xiong seemed comfortable touching him...

"What’s wrong? I’ve thought it over; after all, I’ll never be able to bond with a common person. But you, Brother Yi, are an individual who keeps surpassing my imagination in strength and are worth exploring for a lifetime. Why not... make each other happy?" Da Xiong looked at Li Chengyi with a slightly teasing gaze, pressing her body even closer to his.

Li Chengyi fell silent for a moment.

He reached out and gently rubbed her forehead.

"Don’t be afraid. If you really can’t hang on, find a blind spot to stay in forever, never come out," he said.

The charming demeanor on Da Xiong’s face froze, and her smile slowly faded.

"You saw right through me... Yes... I’m scared...."

"The blind spot’s difficulty is increasing. Last time, I almost died inside.... That fear... I really don’t want to experience it again...."

She looked up at Li Chengyi.

"The vast Black Sea, boundless and endless; if one could explore the unknown carefree, what a wonderful thing that would be... But unfortunately, every time I entertain such thoughts, the blind spot reminds me from behind that if I don’t run fast, I will die."

"That’s our fate, to find the root of the blind spot and break free from its clutches once and for all. Do you remember our original purpose?" Li Chengyi asked.

"To find the Eternal Wishing Book, to escape the blind spot for good," Da Xiong answered seriously.

"Do you believe in me?" Li Chengyi asked.

"...I do!" Da Xiong hesitated for a moment, then responded with utmost conviction.

"Don’t be afraid, just follow me," Li Chengyi’s eyes sparkled with absolute confidence, "As long as I am still here, still alive, sooner or later, we will definitely shake off the blind spot’s entanglement! Trust me!"

Da Xiong took a deep breath...

"Mm!"

She responded forcefully.

Holding Li Chengyi’s hand, she rested quietly for a while, adjusted her mood, and soon regained her usual poised, strong woman demeanor with everything under control.

"Ready." Li Chengyi whispered.

With a flash of black light, the Shadow Flash opened.

Suddenly, he disappeared from the spot.

Without waiting half a minute, very quickly, an invisible force swiftly descended upon Da Xiong, completely enveloping her, as if she was being erased from top to bottom by an eraser, and in the blink of an eye, she vanished.

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Earth-Moon·Suiyang City·Everpeace Garden.

At the center of the spacious courtyard, the space on the lawn suddenly twisted, forming a transparent vortex.

With a plop, like the sound of a fart, the vortex squeezed and pushed out a person.

It was Da Xiong, wearing a red dress with a cinched waist.

"Brother Yi?" She staggered to her feet, looking around quickly.

But there was no trace of Li Chengyi to be seen.

At once, she knew that Li Chengyi had been pulled into the blind spot.

Standing still, she fell silent, then placed her hands over her chest and closed her eyes to pray silently.

With a plop.

In an instant, a distortion wave flashed by.

A breeze blew, and at this moment, there was no one left on the lawn, only the faint fragrance lingering from Da Xiong’s presence.

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In the boundless sea of white clouds.

A massive sphere, composed of countless pure white spikes, appeared before Li Chengyi.

’Mother of Emerald!?’ His heart tightened, and without a second thought, he used Shadow Flash and rushed towards the golden buildings in the sky above.

Facing Mother of Emerald head-on in a disaster was not a wise move.

After moving a hundred meters, Li Chengyi looked back and noticed that Mother of Emerald had only its surface vines wriggle a bit before staying still, apparently not pursuing him as it did before for some unknown reason.

After taking a breath of relief, he used Shadow Flash again and moved forward another hundred meters.

Even after being strengthened, Shadow Flash still had a cooldown of one second, and though it still couldn’t be used in high-intensity combat, it was very practical for traveling and escaping dire situations.

Soon, he left Mother of Emerald behind, submerged by the clouds.

Li Chengyi looked up once more.

Above the sea of clouds, layers of cloud curtains piled up, becoming extremely thick.

The mysterious golden buildings were erected upon these clouds, stable and unmoving.

With continuous Shadow Flashing, flying at ten times the speed of sound at full speed, the golden buildings became closer and closer.

One after another, the light gold buildings, seemingly crafted from gold, reflected a splendid glow under the halo of light.

A few minutes later, Li Chengyi slowed down and landed in front of the cluster of golden buildings.

He floated down at what seemed to be the entrance.

On either side of the entrance were two buildings resembling golden boats, with their prows facing each other, each featuring a golden statue of a nude figure holding a pitcher, as if ready to baptize every living person who entered.

Li Chengyi stood at the entrance and looked inside.

Inside were bridges made of gold, one after another, obstructing the entrance on top of the clouds. To enter, one would inevitably need to pass through the circular arches under these golden bridges.

The bridges were lined with various golden statues, some holding fruit as if celebrating a festival, some sitting cross-legged facing each other as if playing chess, and others holding weapons, standing opposite each other as if guarding.

Li Chengyi did not rashly enter, but first approached the cloud layer and tested it with his foot.

Plop, plop.

The sound under his feet was as solid as stepping on soil, and with his current weight of more than three tons, it didn’t sink at all.

’This place... is interesting.’ He crouched down, took a handful of the white clouds, and began kneading it in his hand.

The walnut-sized cloud substance was like white clay in his hands, which he molded into a sphere and rolled back and forth.

’It’s very hard and has a strong tensile strength. This stuff looks like a cloud but isn’t actually a cloud...’ he thought, and discarded the lump of white cloud.

Li Chengyi focused on the golden buildings.

He moved to the left, slowly approaching the golden statues at the entrance.

Stopping a few meters from the statue, he reached out to touch the surface of the building.

The golden surface of the building felt cool and hard, and it was very smooth to the touch.

’I can only feel cold due to my high body temperature right now, but if I had modern instruments...’ Li Chengyi sighed internally.

He noticed that the buildings had intricate details, with diamond shapes surrounded by twisting vines used for decoration everywhere.

The ground patterns of the buildings, the floral designs on the wall columns, and the elaborate trimmings at the edges of the eaves were all made of various diamond shapes containing different symbols, decorated with complex twisting vines.

Standing up, he inspected the statue carefully, and finding nothing of note, he then stepped forward and walked inside.

As expected, this place should be the remnants of a city completely destroyed by Mother of Emerald.

There might not be much danger, but perhaps he could find some residual information about this place, providing enough clues for Paine’s help when he came in later.

Additionally, by not choosing the New Divine Flower Position this time before entering, he intended to save the spot for the anomalous flowers trapped within the blind spot.

After all, often times, where there is danger, there also lies great opportunity.