Blind Spot
Chapter 498 - 455 Hope 1

Chapter 498: 455 Hope 1

Andu, Taiyi Palace.

Emperor Yi gazed at the mechanical dragon shadows circling and dancing outside, a flicker of worry flashing across his eyes beneath the helmet.

"There is some power... leaking, dispersing unconsciously...."

"Your Majesty, with Dongjun here, nothing will go wrong. Jiu Yi is the cornerstone; even Shadow Eater cannot possibly be stronger than Dongjun..." A charming woman clad in a golden red phoenix robe with a long train gracefully walked up behind him.

"I understand... It’s just... I’ve always had this ominous premonition." Emperor Yi turned around and gently embraced the woman.

"After all, you know that what we rely on is ultimately different from the strength of great ones like Dongjun. We are merely benefiting from our predecessors’ legacy; we ourselves are ordinary people."

"If not for this, the vast Yi Country would not have remained so stable. Those who rule must avoid being capable, yet not capable enough." The woman, the Empress of Yi Country, came from a minor clan and had climbed from the bottom.

At that time, Emperor Yi was just an ordinary person. The two had shared weal and woe for many years, and had long since reached a mutual understanding.

"You must keep a close eye on the Dark Palace. Should anything unexpected arise, activate the Supreme Crystal immediately," Emperor Yi admonished.

"I understand," the Empress nodded gently.

The power of the Imperial Family stemmed from the hereditary Supreme Crystal which granted Emperor Yi a colossal force no weaker than that of Dongjun – a divine object once retrieved by his ancestor from the Black Sea.

Owing to the peculiar nature of the Black Sea Blind Spot, only those of the Royal bloodline could utilize the Supreme Crystal.

Others could not even see it.

"By the way, what brought you here all of a sudden?" Emperor Yi suddenly regained his composure and looked at his wife.

"It’s his man who has come." The Empress spoke softly, "After so many years, I thought he had disappeared, but he has reappeared at this critical moment."

"He...?" Emperor Yi paused, then instantly realized.

As the emperor of a vast Empire that ruled the majority of the Earth-Moon’s land, he was privy to far too many secrets.

But of all the secrets, none were as important as that man’s affairs...

"I understand... Set a time, and I will meet him," Emperor Yi said somberly.

"Alright... I hope this time, there will be no danger..." The Empress gently hugged Emperor Yi, her voice filled with worry.

***

Inside the Blind Spot, an unknown dungeon.

Grey-white bones blanketed everything, immobilizing it.

They resembled cages, completely restraining all of the Blue Armored People and the Blue Armored Giant present.

Li Chengyi extended his hand.

Snap.

A finger snap.

Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!!

Bone spurs suddenly grew inside all of the bone sculptures surrounding them.

The spurs, like countless blades, impaled the Blue Armored People inside.

In an instant, more than fifty Blue Armored People lost their vitality and turned into scattered pieces of armor.

"I’m not too late, am I?" Li Chengyi asked with a smile.

"..."

Da Xiong slowly came back to her senses from the shock.

"We’ve got to get out... We must find a way to leave this place quickly!"

"To escape the law, aside from the conventional methods, there’s another – do you remember?" Li Chengyi asked.

"Are you saying!?" Da Xiong suddenly thought of something.

"The size of this Blind Spot is just right; it’s worth a try." Li Chengyi’s consciousness could sense that the core of the Blind Spot was actually this dungeon.

So, if the dungeon was completely destroyed...

"Back off... go further away," Li Chengyi instructed softly.

He hadn’t encountered a Blind Spot of this difficulty in quite some time.

"Brother Yi..." Da Xiong suddenly said.

"What if I see no reason to keep going forward?"

"Then keep going," Li Chengyi said, "Life, such a miracle, isn’t meant to be given up on so easily..."

White vapors emanated from his body.

"Meaning, if you can’t find it, then enjoy the present. No matter when, now, this very moment, everything you feel is absolutely real."

"Stand firm!" He was suddenly engulfed completely by the white vapor.

In an instant, a vast Giant Strength enveloped Da Xiong and threw her up high into the air.

As she fell back down, a gigantic white Bai Lu burst forth from the vapor, catching her with its back.

On the back of the thirty-plus meter tall giant Bai Lu, strands of white vapor bound Da Xiong securely in place, preventing her from falling.

She clung tightly to a bit of flesh around Li Chengyi’s waist, squinting her eyes against the powerful winds blowing her face.

At this moment, her mind was completely bewildered.

After being dumbfounded once, here she was dumbfounded again.

’Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?’

Da Xiong didn’t have time to contemplate the meaning of life anymore; she felt like a small boat in a storm, about to be flung from the high skies.

"Different things hold different meanings for different people..."

Li Chengyi’s voice, grand and clear, came from above like thunder.

"Do you want to know what meaning I find in all this?"

"...No! Could you please put me down first?" Da Xiong wanted to speak out, but the wind was too strong – as soon as she opened her mouth, it got blocked again.

The massive white vapor created a windstorm that caused her to cry, her face trembling with the force.

"It looks like you really long to be understood. Were my words so moving to you?" Li Chengyi, using his Consciousness Power to see Da Xiong on his back, felt somewhat moved.

"Don’t cry. If nobody can understand you, I’m still here," Li Chengyi said seriously.

At that moment, he felt his humanity was being sublimated, as if his actions all had a noble purpose – the belief in saving comrades, this was friendship!

"I don’t want to cry!! But the wind is blowing into my eyes and nose! I can’t help it!!" Da Xiong tried to shout, but her voice was weak compared to the wind and got drowned out by the noise immediately.

"The feelings moved you to shout out loud, but tears kept you from making a sound?" Li Chengyi was also touched. Seeing his team member so emotional, he too felt a faint sense of poignancy.

"Can you turn down the airflow a bit?!" Da Xiong yelled with all his might.

But the words had barely left his mouth before they turned into a mushy sound, resembling ’wa woo, wa woo...’

"Sit tight! Don’t be afraid!"

Hiss.

A massive Tri-pointed Halberd began to coalesce in his hands.

’I can’t beat the Imprint Ring with Divine Fire, I can’t beat the calamity, I can’t beat the golden light pillars, and I can’t beat the Mother of Emerald. But... being unable to beat everyone doesn’t mean I’m weak!!’

He swung the Tri-pointed Halberd, and the terrifyingly heavy weapon transformed into a circular disc beside him.

A streak of golden light flashed across his body; invisible blades converged, Soft Qi gathered and surged.

Countless Dragon Scales belonging to the King of Shadow Dragons covered his entire body, and his eyes ignited faintly with black flames.

"Dragon Transformation: Destiny Rising Sun Sword!!!"

At that moment, terrifying white Blood Essence gathered on the Tri-pointed Halberd, reinforced with layer upon layer of the Flower Language Technique, as Soft Qi erupted with all its might.

Sixty thousand tons of tremendous propulsive force, coupled with many strange controls and damage

All of everything transformed into a ring of white light that shot upward from Li Chengyi’s hands.

The underground palace was just less than fifty meters in height and was directly hit by the terrifying white light.

The sturdy stone walls began to shake violently. Under the onslaught of light, they cracked layer by layer and collapsed.

Boom!!!

The explosion echoed.

In an instant, the stone walls were penetrated; silver daylight shone down but instantly transformed into countless silver gases.

The gas swarmed into the underground palace.

Everything was corroded and dissolved under the sweeping of the gas.

Meanwhile, Li Chengyi, with Da Xiong in tow, charged straight into the sea of silver gas outside the underground palace.

Countless white Blood Essence wrapped around them, and deeper within, an abundance of the Flames of Death Energy quickly appeared.

The Blood Essence vanished, eroded away by the silver gas in the blink of an eye, but the inner layer of Death Energy, due to its superior isolation, completely protected the two of them.

In that instant, the bodies of Li Chengyi and Da Xiong also began to flicker uncertainly.

"It seems we’ve succeeded.. The outside world of this Blind Spot seems not to be the Black Sea but enveloped by another, even larger Blind Spot. But no matter what... we have managed to escape."

Li Chengyi’s form reverted to human shape, and he hugged the weeping Da Xiong around the waist.

"Are you moved?" he asked.

"...My eyes hurt, can we talk about this after we get back?" Da Xiong tried to speak but belched involuntarily due to a belly full of air.

She didn’t just want to burp, she also felt like farting... but she thought a beautiful girl shouldn’t ruin her image like that, so right now she was feeling very uncomfortable...

She didn’t want to die anymore, she just wanted to get away from Brother Yi as quickly as possible.

Though she was saved, the experience was so bad she thought she’d rather not go through it a second time.

"You’re so moved you can’t speak, right?" Li Chengyi sighed, "No problem... I’m a perceptive person, I understand what you mean, your emotions."

"Wa woo, wa woo..." My tongue is numb!

Da Xiong was at a loss for words.

"Let’s go."

With a sudden wave of his hand, Li Chengyi beckoned countless streams of Death Energy to flow back into his palm.

In an instant, the two disappeared and completely left the Blind Spot.

Puff.

The real Earth-Moon.

On the Everpeace Grassland, Li Chengyi and Da Xiong reappeared.

No sooner had they stabilized their stance than Da Xiong sprang to her feet and sprinted off, heading for the toilet in the house.

Rainbow Candy and others stood by, their faces blank, clueless about what had transpired.

"Don’t worry, she’s just too moved and afraid of losing her composure in front of you," Li Chengyi remarked.

Rainbow Candy blinked, then suddenly seemed to catch onto something and reacted. She smiled mischievously at Li Chengyi.

"Brother Yi, have you ever heard a saying?"

"Which is?" Li Chengyi looked at her.

"Speak slowly, fart quietly."

"...What kind of nonsense is that? It doesn’t make sense!" Li Chengyi said, puzzled.

"No, it’s just that you don’t understand," Rainbow Candy chuckled.

"Perhaps... after all, it’s been a long time since I’ve farted. Wastes, etc., are automatically expelled from the body during cultivation," Li Chengyi mused, stroking his chin.

"It’s good that everyone’s okay... but now is not the time for casual chit-chat," Xindela said gravely from the side.

He looked at Li Chengyi.

"I just received news that there is some trouble with the Space Army. It’s related to the Shadow Eater."

"Shadow Eater?"

"Yes, Jiu Yi would like you to come over immediately. Something incomprehensible has happened with the Shadow Eaters, and we need someone familiar with the Black Sea Blind Spots to investigate."

"Something incomprehensible? Is it urgent?" Li Chengyi squinted.

"The ship is here and ready to depart at any moment," Xindela said.

Li Chengyi turned to Rainbow Candy.

"Tang Tang, any clues on your end?"

"Jiu Yi is fine, but something has indeed gone wrong with the Shadow Eaters. During a temporary ceasefire, an anomaly occurred that led to the disappearance of at least two hundred thousand Space Army personnel."

"Interesting... in that case... I will have a look," Li Chengyi said somberly.

"Stay in touch," he told Rainbow Candy.

"Don’t worry, with me here, no one can cut off communication," the latter said, giving a thumbs up.

"Good! Xiao Zhong, I’ll leave the security here to you," Li Chengyi said, turning to the silent Xiao Zhong on the side.

"Leave it to me. Hai Sha is here too; he’s been a big help," Xiao Zhong nodded.

"Very well," Li Chengyi raised his head to look at the sky.

He faintly sensed that something was gestating and pulsating in the distant reaches of space.