Blind Spot
Chapter 517 - 474 Whale Island Four

Chapter 517: 474 Whale Island Four

’This is the place!’

Li Chengyi raised his hand, and a bright Radiance Field suddenly emerged from his body, slightly illuminating the surroundings.

’It really works!’ he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Lien was a Common person, only able to rely on that box of matches, but he was not.

Using the light to guide him, he quickly flew forward.

The walls of the passage were quickly left behind, and suddenly, the stone wall in front of him disappeared.

The underground passage came to an abrupt end, completely finished.

Ahead was a cliff, below was pitch darkness, and it was the same pitch black in all directions.

Just like what Lien had seen years ago, the rocks at the end of the cliff were continuously shattering, turning into numerous black specks of light.

’Is this the end of the world?’ Li Chengyi raised his hand, forming a Golden Longsword, and slowly stretched it forward.

The tip of the longsword seemed to plunge into a black swamp, instantly dissolving into countless specks of black light.

Dismissing the longsword, Li Chengyi looked down at his own chest.

Indeed, a rope had appeared on his chest as well, but it was not a rough, primitive hemp rope like Lien’s, but a cold metallic black chain.

The chain stretched behind him, disappearing into the air, its end unseen.

Li Chengyi’s eyes grew cold, and he abruptly formed the Golden Sword, swinging it down in a slash.

’Whoosh.’

The blade of the sword passed through the chain as if through air, with no sensation of contact.

’Can’t touch it, huh?’

He recalled the data from the video. He must find the Stone of Hiding... to smash the chain with it.

’Since Geon has drawn off the people from Yuan Ying, where then is the Stone of Hiding? Where should I start looking for it?’

His original plan was to use Shadow Replacement on a member of Yuan Ying, which would reveal the secrets they held.

But now, he wasn’t sure if he could Shadow Replace these people who could merge with dead angles.

’However, being able to find and confirm the reason why the Blind Spot could continually lock onto us is a gain.’

Without the Stone of Hiding, Li Chengyi could only return, emerging from the passage.

’Could this trip really be in vain?’

There was a bit of irritation in his heart; had it not been for Geon’s interference, he might have already secured the Stone of Hiding.

But the empty surroundings indicated that there were no more clues to be found here.

’Do you think this will stop me?...’ Li Chengyi’s expression grew grim.

He raised his hand, and instantly three black lines shot out from his sleeve.

The lines rapidly expanded and became three fierce-looking, double-winged Shadow Dragons.

It was the Saul Three Dragons that had been shattered earlier.

’Go, find me a clue to the Stone of Hiding. I grant you permission to Shadow Replace and devour any deserving criminals, by any means necessary, regardless of the cost!’ he ordered.

He paused for a moment.

’If you succeed in obtaining it, I can promise to let you roam freely outside.’

The Three-headed Shadow Dragon, having their own ritual stolen, suppressed by the Dragon King Bloodline, and after being imprisoned for so long, looked at Li Chengyi with eyes filled with fear.

Upon hearing the command, the Three Dragons quickly bowed their heads.

’Yes!’

’Swoosh.’

The three Shadow Dragons suddenly turned into black lines and disappeared into the distance.

Their Shadow Flash distance was much farther than Li Chengyi’s.

This was something he had speculated on to some extent; it seemed related to the Shadows Affinity talent.

The Three-Shadow Dragon, who had lived in the Black Sea from a young age, was much stronger than him in Shadows Affinity.

Just like someone who had been swimming in the sea since childhood was definitely much stronger than a newbie who had just learned to swim in a pool.

Watching the Three-Shadow Dragons leave,

Li Chengyi turned to glance at the passage; with a flick of his hand, a speck of ash light shot out, accurately landing on the ground near the passage.

It was a mark of dead energy, a minor spell related to dead energy. Due to the extreme dullness of dead energy, this spell could last many years without dissipating.

After completing these tasks, Li Chengyi leaped into the air, also turning into a beam of black light, disappearing into the distant sky.

If he could not find the Stone of Hiding here, he would search for someone who might know the clue.

And on White Star... the most likely person to know...

Is only...

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Half an hour later.

White Star·Ilunbalu State.

Sky City Ybeith.

Giant silver-white buildings towering like a forest densely aggregated together.

Each building, reaching thousands of kilometers high, is a separate ecological system, a separate small society, and a small world.

The upper five hundred meters of the buildings are the so-called noble districts of Sky City.

Those living here are the Reinforced Human nobles of White Star, where the higher the altitude, the higher the rank and privileges.

The benefits enjoyed by the people also get better and better.

And the blue-domed building that reaches five thousand meters, its one hundred meter top is the core area of the White Emperor Imperial Family.

The gaps between the buildings here are like abysses.

The lights and billboards on the abyss walls extend downwards, where the dense flow of flying cars is incessant, and automated patrols occasionally deal with sudden traffic accidents, with most people having a smart assistant floating beside them.

Everything utterly different from Earth-Moon forms a bizarre and fantastical picture of the electronic age here.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the blue-domed building, a bald man in a suit and silver bowtie entered the building entrance composedly.

After his iris key was verified, he smiled and greeted everyone he passed just like usual.

Then he rode the elevator, heading to the fifth level where he worked, as normal.

Soon, the elevator reached the fifth level, the bald man entered, and before long, a high-ranking woman with brown big wavy hair and quick steps also entered the elevator.

The elevator continued upwards.

Arriving at the fifty-seventh level.

The woman exited the metal door, not returning to her own office but heading towards the highest manager’s office on this level.

’Director Sivrin, it is working hours now, please return to your workstation immediately,’

a cold mechanized female voice echoed beside the woman in the silver-white corridor.

She ignored it and continued walking toward her target office.

’Detecting more than two executives without personal assistants, initiating a full building self-check...’

The mechanized voice reacted swiftly.

’Self-check complete, two company executives, Tern and Sivrin, are unaccounted for, personal assistants damaged, suspected to have been attacked by unknowns. Initiating a call to the iron guard patrol.’

’So you’ve reacted already?’ The woman with big wavy hair who had reached the office door gave a slight smile, and suddenly her figure changed, transforming into Li Chengyi in a purple-black Floral Dress.

’This place is full of checks, all kinds of sensor self-check cameras, radiation positioning, and so on; to infiltrate secretly is too difficult... No wonder the Three-Shadow Dragon chose Earth-Moon as the starting point.’"

With a feeling of admiration in his heart, Li Chengyi thought that everyone here had to carry a personal assistant, that floating little gadget that everyone had. He had used Shadow Replacement twice, directly breaking the device to prevent leaking information, and now he had been instantly detected.

Too difficult.

He looked up, gazing at the silver-white ceiling above.

’Since that’s the case, then...’

Whoosh!!

In an instant, he leaped up, flying out and slamming hard into the ceiling overhead.

Bang!

The ceiling exploded, creating a large hole.

Not just that, one floor, two floors, ten floors, fifty floors.

He rocketed upward at breakneck speed, propelled by successive Glint Flashes, charging toward the rooftop.

As he watched the floors soar by, he was about to enter the floor where the Imperial Family lived.

’How dare you!’

A mighty roar suddenly exploded next to Li Chengyi’s ear.

At the same time, the floor-to-ceiling windows of the adjacent floor shattered, and a gigantic mechanical hand over ten meters wide thunderously reached in, grabbing for Li Chengyi as he surged upward.

It was a Divine Star General!

Li Chengyi scanned with his eyes, his body covered in Bone Armor, and the Golden Sword extending upward as well.

He was now invoking the power of the Imprint.

The opponent was not slow, also moving at more than ten times the speed of sound. With just one hand, it anticipated his upward surge; it was necessary to deal with this.

It was quite normal for a Grade Nine Divine Star General to have this level of proficiency.

This place was equivalent to Andu beneath the White Star, and it was not strange to have such high-level masters stationed here.

What was strange was.

’Why do you think you can stop me with such petty tricks!?’

With swords in hand, Li Chengyi’s eyes lit up with intense red light, and he charged head-on.

Whoosh!!!

A massive ’X’-shaped cut appeared in the palm of the metallic hand.

As the hand fractured, Li Chengyi vanished in a flash of black light, reappearing at a higher level.

This was the entrance to the Imperial Family’s area. His goal was to find someone of high enough rank who was in the know!

In the instant he appeared, countless blood-red beams of deadly light gathered around him, aiming to scorch him.

’Pathetic!’

The golden light exploded, and Li Chengyi unleashed several Glint Flashes in succession. The intense light from the ten Glint Flashes exploded in the confined space.

With a thunderous explosion, the heat and airflow instantly turned the core area into a sea of fire.

Several high-ranking Reinforced Humans, with terrifying sonic blasts, rushed toward him, their laser-like weapons slashing towards Li Chengyi’s chest with astonishing speed.

’Battle God Form!’

In the distance, a slender Reinforced Human with four gray metallic wings on his back was carrying a massive cylindrical laser cannon.

Whoosh!!!

Pure white beams shot out from the tips of the wings behind him.

The beams converged with the laser cannon in his hands, bombarding Li Chengyi with a volley of fire.

This was yet another Divine Star General.

The speed of reinforcements here was much faster than on Earth-Moon. Perhaps it was also related to being beneath the Imperial Palace.

White smoke poured from Li Chengyi as he was illuminated.

With a Shadow Flash, he crossed the distance silently, appearing behind the winged Divine Star General.

Four Imprints lit up faintly on his chest.

’Flower Language Technique: Hand of Obsession.’

Just as the Divine Star General was about to dodge, his body froze.

A single cut.

Boom!!

The Divine Star General was split in two, his body exploding.

In a high-speed duel, even a momentary pause was the distance between life and death.

’White Emperor! Show yourself!’

Li Chengyi, no longer bothering to disguise himself, shot upwards and out, flying toward the rooftop and the white palace that looked like it was built from countless gears.

From the memories of the high-level official he had used Shadow Replacement on, he had learned that the White Emperor’s regular haunt was this palace. He wouldn’t have headed straight here if he hadn’t completely verified the intelligence details.

Groups of full-form Reinforced Humans rushed toward him fearlessly, like a swarm of bees defending their queen.

Boom boom boom!!!

Many of the Reinforced Humans exploded into dense fireballs before they could get close.

Huge blasts of explosion kept hammering Li Chengyi. Some of the self-destructive forces were so great that they even left marks on his Bone Armor.

But they were just marks.

Half a breath later, the Bone Armor was restored as before.

This was almost the limit.

From the moment Li Chengyi was detected to the start of his sprint, only a dozen seconds had passed.

In this reaction time, multiple Divine Star Generals and a large number of suicidal Royal Guards in their complete form had appeared.

Unfortunately, against Li Chengyi at that moment, everything was frivolous.

One after another, he flashed past the machinery, slicing it apart in an instant.

The ripples from the explosions spread in concentric circles from within, causing the skyscraper to shake slightly.

Li Chengyi, like a black arrow, pierced through the floors, breaking into the top level of the white Imperial Palace like a shooting star.

Inside the Imperial Palace.

In the magnificent hall adorned with numerous white and gold mechanical orbs, a towering white female figure at over ten meters tall was silently seated on the throne, watching Li Chengyi as he rapidly approached.

Bang!!

The protective field outside the hall was chopped apart by a sword and dissipated.

Li Chengyi walked into the door, looking up at the throne.

Behind him lay the wreckage of exploded machines. Smoke and flames spread wildly.

In an extremely short time, no one was able to block his assault. This attack started with Shadow Replacement and was too sudden.

So sudden that no one had enough time to react.

And now, Li Chengyi was standing before the White Star’s supreme ruler. From beginning to end, it all happened in just twenty seconds.

’White Emperor. I have come for the Stone of Hiding.’

The White Emperor on the throne had a calm expression as she slowly stood up. Under the ghastly white crown helmet, a face decorated with mechanical lines emerged.