Blind Spot
Chapter 516 - 473 Whale Island Three

Chapter 516: 473 Whale Island Three

Sharon had always kept an eye on Caesar—the guy managed to cause some trouble every now and then.

This time was no exception.

Whenever he showed any signs of abnormality, girls would get into trouble.

But... what she hadn’t expected this time was that the victim would turn out to be...

Splash.

Half an hour later.

"Someone fell into the water! Quick, someone come rescue her!"

"Where’s the unmanned rescue device!?"

"It’s already been deployed."

"The person was just here, how could they disappear all of a sudden!?"

A group of people shouted frantically for rescue alongside the boat, creating an uproar.

Sharon, however, stood there staring at the sea surface, dumbfounded and speechless.

Just now... just a moment ago, she had watched with her own eyes as Caesar, that damn guy, leaned sideways and tumbled into the sea outside the ship’s railings, vanishing from sight.

He sank like a block of iron, straight down without the slightest floating.

"...What on earth is this...!"

Sharon gripped her hair tightly, her mind filled with tangles and doubts.

What kind of trick was he planning to play this time?

Sadly... this time, Caesar had not returned by nightfall, and was still nowhere to be seen.

Whale Island.

The island earned its name for its striking resemblance to a giant blue whale.

A small number of islanders lived there, sustaining themselves by catering to tourists.

The monthly supply boat was their only source of provisions.

At the moment, on the dark, rocky beach lay three figures resting quietly against a large boulder.

"Will that guy come?"

The one who spoke had white streaked long hair and was clad in a blue robe, looking very much like a scholar from the ancient Yi Country.

"He definitely will come, it’s only a matter of when and how, but it won’t take long," said another person, with manicured brownish hair and a finely trimmed mustache, dressed in the noble attire of White Star, and strikingly handsome.

"My men encountered him last time in the Shadow-Eater’s Nest. He’s a thoughtful man, unlike the ones we dealt with previously. He seems to have a godlike confidence in himself," the last speaker was a two-meter-tall black-tailed squirrel who stood on two legs and folded his arms across his chest, squinting his eyes.

"Your kin have the sharpest senses, but sometimes that sharpness can mislead you," the middle-aged scholar spoke softly.

"We’ll see. Judging by his performance at the Shadow-Eater’s Nest, the man is capable. What’s peculiar is, his strength seems to have appeared out of nowhere. In just one year, he went from being an ordinary person to this level of power, which feels a bit exaggerated. Each of us, haven’t we all gained our power through years of training, transformation, and accumulation?" the mustached man wondered aloud.

"Where’s the bait?" the black-tailed squirrel asked.

"On the island. Since it’s bait, naturally we have to put out something substantial to lure him here," the mustached man answered.

"Who’s holding it?"

"Mina."

"It’s her, huh... The Yuan Ying is organized around a core leader and operates in six divisions."

Though considered a top-tier organization, its numbers were extremely small, with the total, including all subordinates, not exceeding one hundred.

Each division, when distributed, had only about a dozen people.

Mina was the leader of the sixth division.

"We should finish this quickly and go find her... Haven’t seen her for a long time, I really miss her," the middle-aged scholar couldn’t help touching his beard and revealing a hint of a mischievous smile.

"You’re old and still so lustful," the black-tailed squirrel said irritably.

"Since we’re bored now, why don’t we guess how long that guy can hold out?" the mustached man suggested, stroking his chin.

"I bet he won’t get past the second defense line and won’t even see our faces," the middle-aged scholar laughed.

"I guess one minute," the black-tailed squirrel said indifferently.

"Then I... will guess five seconds," the mustached man laughed.

"He’s here!" Suddenly, the black-tailed squirrel looked up into the distance.

"Your clan of Thousand Waters has the strongest sensing ability. If you say he’s coming, then he definitely is," the middle-aged scholar also looked up, gazing into the distance.

"I haven’t fought in hundreds of years. None of you move; let me handle this!" He rolled up his sleeves.

Hiss!

In an instant, a flash of lightning shot from the depths of their eyes.

"Change of plans, get back to headquarters immediately!" the leader’s voice sounded urgently in their minds.

"Wait, there’s only one Mina over there... Her power is not sufficient... What if..." the black-tailed squirrel faltered.

"Go back first. There’s an emergency situation! I’ll notify Mina," the leader replied quickly.

"But..."

"No buts!" the leader’s voice stopped abruptly.

The three changed their expressions slightly and glanced in the direction where Li Chengyi was approaching.

"No choice then, we have to let him off this time... Consider this kid lucky... And I was planning on getting revenge for Saruman," the mustached man sighed.

"Not like he’d really die; what’s there to fear... Let’s go. Sometimes luck is a form of strength. Weak is weak, no excuses," the middle-aged scholar scoffed.

"You’re looking for a fight, huh?" the mustached man’s face darkened.

"What? You think I can’t slap you to death?!" the middle-aged scholar was not backing down an inch.

After bickering for a while, the three sighed and suddenly turned into three streaks of white light shooting up into the sky, disappearing into the clouds in a blink of an eye.

A few minutes later.

The water churned, and a giant, dark green sea turtle surfaced, the size of a millstone.

With its limbs, the sea turtle quickly climbed onto the rocks.

Then suddenly, a faint glow lit up on its shell, which stretched like putty, growing taller and turning into a well-built, black-haired man.

It was none other than Li Chengyi, who had just rushed over from the cruise ship.

He looked up at the island before him.

Amidst the black rocks, there were scattered bits of golden sand.

The island teemed with lush coconut and palm trees, and at its center, there seemed to be a small forest.

The sea breeze carried a slight chill, causing a touch of discomfort to Li Chengyi.

’Something’s not right... How could a mere sea breeze make me feel uncomfortable?’ he frowned slightly.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and a grey flame lit up at the tip of his raised hand.

It was the light of death energy.

However, the normally extremely stable light of death energy was flickering like a candle in the wind at this moment, swaying unstably, as if it could go out at any time.

’This feeling...the Black Sea?’

Li Chengyi inexplicably lifted his head, as he was an individual who had opened the Non-Gate and could contact the Black Sea at any time.

The method of contacting the Black Sea behind the Non-Gate varied, and the simplest at this moment was to empty one’s mind, entering a state of clear consciousness and leaving everything to instinct.

However, just as he was about to contact the Black Sea, a surge of warning alarms went off in his heart.

In the final moment, he timely stopped his attempt to establish the connection.

"There’s a problem!"

After halting his actions, Li Chengyi furrowed his brows and withdrew the thought of continuing the contact, planning to wait until later.

"Next, it’s time to find that tunnel here and get the Stone of Hiding."

How to find the tunnel?

Li Chengyi did not know.

Neither did the information from Rainbow Candy mention it; he had originally thought there would be an enemy to lead him there once he arrived.

But there was not a ghost in sight.

’Perhaps something has come up, and they’ve stepped out for a while. I’ll just wait.’

Standing at the edge of the reef, Li Chengyi remained calm and waited quietly.

Ten minutes passed.

No one was around.

Half an hour passed.

Still, no one was around.

Two hours passed...

The sea continued its ebb and flow, and the sun slowly set in the west.

He was waiting for the enemy to show up, but...

"Could it be that this isn’t a trap? Have we all miscalculated?" Doubts began to rise in Li Chengyi’s mind.

Looking at the island before him.

He was clad in purple-black armor.

The Shadow Dragon Floral Armor of Feilian resonated and amplified his abilities with his current bloodline, maximally enhancing all aspects of his bloodline powers.

That’s why it was his favorite armor to use.

"Forget it, let’s finish this quickly."

Silently, wrapped in Blood Essence, Li Chengyi disappeared from the spot.

Five seconds later.

In the woods at the center of Whale Island.

With a flash of black light, Li Chengyi appeared abruptly in the midst of an ancient, abandoned temple.

"Someone was here ten minutes ago."

He sniffed, detecting the lingering scent of what seemed to be an expensive perfume favored by women.

Hum.

Suddenly, the ground in a corner of the temple automatically split open, revealing a black passageway.

By the grey-white broken columns, the black passageway continuously devoured the surrounding air, and occasionally, some leaves falling from above would be swiftly sucked inside upon approach.

"The place you are looking for... is right... there."

The familiar voice came again.

Li Chengyi abruptly turned around and saw the tall man in a grey coat.

He was still completely covered in his tight-fitting attire, much like a man in a sack.

"Is it you?"

It was Geon again.

"Was it you who led away the person just now?" Li Chengyi appeared to have realized something.

"Otherwise, you would have died... Go... hope is right there... With the Stone of Hiding, you can reach... farther..." Geon slowly backed away, further and further.

"Wait a minute! Don’t go just yet, clarify what you’re saying first!" Li Chengyi, with a Shadow Flash, appeared beside him, reaching out to grab him.

But to his surprise, the moment he used Shadow Flash, Geon disappeared from his sight.

It was as if he had vanished without a trace, like a jump cut in a film.

’Forbidden knowledge?’ He guessed that this might be the reason why the other couldn’t clarify.

Forbidden knowledge is difficult to understand.

The essence of information is combination, a compilation of many fragments.

And forbidden knowledge can prevent you from assembling these fragments into a complete stream of information, even if you possess all the pieces.

It’s like seeing countless fragments of eggshells, but never being able to put them together to form a complete egg.

’This guy, he can even affect the people of Yuan Ying... It seems I was somewhat wrong in my initial assumptions about him.’

Li Chengyi’s brows furrowed as he looked at the spot where Geon had disappeared, then he turned and gazed at the open passageway.

The people from Yuan Ying, when matched against the power of Shadow Eaters, would at least be of Single Seal level or above. If Geon could affect such likely ranks... then the waters here were deeper than imagined.

Stepping up to the passageway, Li Chengyi quickly discovered a box of matches placed in a niche on the passageway wall.

Under the matches, a line of small characters was engraved.

’Light is life’

Picking up the matches, Li Chengyi examined them closely. These were ordinary yellow matches with grey-black sandpaper sides for striking, branded on the front with a circle pattern that appeared to be a rough, hand-drawn sketch, which he could barely make out to possibly be a snake.

’Golden Serpent Ring?’ Li Chengyi speculated, slipping the matches into his pocket, then eyed the black passageway before him.

Without hesitation, he stepped inside.

Darkness!

Almost instantly, everything around him was plunged into total darkness.

Yet the passageway ahead instead lit up to reveal a vague corridor.

Sheer cliffsides, damp earth, and something that flashed overhead from time to time.

It was exactly as he had seen with Lien in the recorded images!

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