Blind Spot
Chapter 523: Escape from 480 II

Chapter 523: Escape from 480 II

"We have left our own realm and are now entering the Realm Whiskers," Yin Yue said calmly.

"Master, what are the Realm Whiskers?" Li Chengyi asked.

"Every realm constantly diffuses countless material Vitalities into the Black Sea Void. These channels where the diffused material Vitalities pass through appear in the Black Sea as long tendrils.

These are the Realm Whiskers. They are also the places closest to the boundary between the positive and negative realms."

Yin Yue looked at Li Chengyi.

"The most crucial point of breaking through the Five Seals is to capture the essence of the yin and yang changes of the great realm and integrate it into your spirit, reversing the nature of your thoughts and causing a qualitative change in your own divine essence."

"Your Uncle Guangli is a mighty practitioner of this path; he once captured this essence and in one fell swoop stepped into the later stages of the Five Seals. It took him only three months to stabilize his realm and begin attempting to break through the Six Seals," Yin Yue said, looking at the woman in the white Taoist robe.

The female Taoist smiled slightly. But with that smile, she caused a ripple in everyone’s mind, almost causing them to indulge in it.

Even Li Chengyi felt his heart tremble and, noticing this abnormal fluctuation, quickly concentrated his mind and practiced the calming technique of ’eyes on the nose, nose on the heart’.

As all the younger generation were swayed in their minds, his steadfast defense suddenly stood out exceptionally well.

Uncle Guangli couldn’t help but look at him with appreciation.

"You must remember, we of Tian Ju Pavilion are a grand Daoist sect, a noble lineage of the Black Sea. Any path that deviates from ours is considered perverse and heretical. The havoc wreaked by the Dead Qi Cult Nation, Golden City, and Heavenly Realm Dragons in the various realms in past years was also quelled thanks to our elders’ actions of slaying them one by one, taking away the Realm Stones and cutting off their vitality, leading to their demise."

"When Bai Lu walks the outer seas in the future, remember our sect’s identity well. Anyone who shames our name must be eradicated with all your might," Guangli said seriously.

"Yes. Disciple understands." Li Chengyi bowed his head in acknowledgment. In fact, he was somewhat worried at this moment—the Realm Whiskers seemed a bit too close to the Black Sea for comfort...

"You have accumulated some death Qi in your body and must have had some opportunities in the past, but remember, if death Qi is not refined, it will eventually have a great influence on your mind. Do not dive too deep," Guangli observed Li Chengyi’s cultivation carefully as if returning the favor of attendance.

"There’s also the Blood of the Shadow Dragon King. It seems your foundation is a fusion of human and dragon blood, which can temporarily increase your power, but it actually muddles your essence," she mused for a moment, then reached into her sleeve and pulled out a deep-blue Treasure Bead.

The Treasure Bead was the size of an egg, crystal clear like water, with a black-red eyeball floating inside, surrounded by wave-like red light that appeared and disappeared.

"This is a Thousand-Eyes King Eye I got from the Royal’s City, which can assist you in integrating the strength of different species into your own blood essence, making it a part of your innate attributes."

With a gentle toss, the Treasure Bead left her palm and flew towards Li Chengyi.

"Aren’t you going to accept it? That Treasure Bead is far more precious than the death Qi trinket inside your body!" Yin Yue reminded urgently from the side.

Without any hesitation, Li Chengyi caught the Treasure Bead and immediately bowed deeply.

"Disciple thanks Uncle for the generous gift!"

But after uttering just those words, he felt all the forces inside his body, such as the death Qi, dragon blood, blood essence, and others shake as if they were about to break free from control.

The Treasure Bead in his hand suddenly melted, turning into a deep-blue liquid and quickly seeping into the palm of his hand, vanishing without a trace.

"Alright, the Thousand-Eyes King Eye will purify the impurities and toxins in your body every moment, protecting you from all evils and making you invulnerable to a myriad of poisons. However, it is only useful against threats of the Thousand-Eyes King’s level or below. Be careful when you use it," Yin Yue cautioned.

Li Chengyi responded earnestly, sensing the envious gazes of his fellow disciples and Uncle Guangli’s three female disciples, he immediately knew this item must be something of great value.

"Alright, the time has come, Bai Lu. Prepare to float in the air and gather your spirit above your head," Yin Yue said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Li Chengyi concentrated and looked up to the sky.

The originally pitch-black sky began to reveal spots of light of varying sizes.

Some spots were spherical, some were chunks; their shapes and colors varied.

’Isn’t this... other Blind Spots?’ Li Chengyi suddenly realized. Had he already reached the Black Sea, outside Midlane!?

Wait a minute...

I remember, the King of the Death Angels... seemed to always be outside Midlane....

Just then, the vast openness above was suddenly obscured by an immense grey-dark wing.

Covered in countless feathers, each feather glistened with numerous strange grey symbols.

"What’s going on?!" Yin Yue was startled, frowning as he looked above.

"Is that the war weapon of the Dead Qi Cult Nation? It was destroyed by the Pavilion Master back then; why would it appear here now?!" Uncle Guangli, on the other hand, recognized the wings earlier than the others, showing a shocked expression.

Whoosh!

In an instant, fierce winds rose, and the grey wings receded, revealing a gigantic figure occupying the entire sky very quickly.

Countless layers of grey wings unfolded, casting the figure in darkness, its face a swirling vortex.

"Original...!" A sound like the merging of countless bell tolls resounded in the ears of everyone present in the courtyard.

"It is indeed that! The King of the Death Angels...!" Yin Yue now recognized the creature in the sky, looking disturbed.

"How could this be such a coincidence, that this foe which even the united forces of our sect couldn’t completely annihilate, appeared now?!"

He was well aware that their location was the target.

Quickly scanning his surroundings, his gaze immediately locked onto Li Chengyi.

"Bai Lu, do you have anything on you from the Dead Qi Cult Nation?" he asked urgently.

Li Chengyi looked just as troubled; it was just an Imprint Orb, it really shouldn’t be... How long had it been? And this creature was still lurking outside.

"It’s just an Imprint Orb I acquired by chance..." At this point, he dared not conceal anything and quickly explained.

"Impossible! A mere Imprint Orb cannot possibly attract an entity of this magnitude!" Yin Yue said sternly. "Release your Imprint for me to see!"

Li Chengyi dared not neglect, he put all his effort into operating his Blood Essence. All he needed to do was mobilize his strength, and the Imprints would naturally become active layer by layer.

Suddenly, four Imprints naturally lit up with white light on his chest, revealing themselves.

Giant Strength, two of Grey Bone, and one Shadow Dragon King Imprint.

Yin Yue and Uncle Guangli hurriedly looked towards the location of the Imprints.

"That is... the Original Body! You..." Guangli clearly recognized it sooner than Yin Yue, and he was the first to identify what it was.

"I... That’s not just any Giant Strength Imprint; the Dead Qi Cult Nation’s original body seed has been fused by you!" Yin Yue also recognized the cause, and his ordinarily solemn and composed face was now trembling with anger.

The Dead Qi Cult Nation had been exterminated for who knows how many years, and now it seemed that they had somehow managed to gestate a new original body seed using unknown methods, giving birth to a new hope for resurrection—only to have it taken and fused by Bai Lu!

"But this isn’t right! Typically, there are extremely powerful guardians around an original body; outsiders cannot approach it. How could you?!" Yin Yue could not understand.

Li Chengyi: "....."

Back then, it seemed that he had, controlled the Silent Angel to charge in and get the Imprint Orb...

If judged by the number of Imprints, the Silent Angel was probably a combat weapon of at least five Seals or higher.

It had compound type Imprints on it; if not for his constant grinding, he would not have been able to find a flaw to obtain the Imprint Orb.

Now it seemed...

"Not good! They’re coming!!" Suddenly, Yin Yue let out a harsh shout, and with a fierce movement, he grabbed Li Chengyi’s arm and threw him outward.

"Leave this place, don’t look back!!"

A vast blood-red light enveloped Li Chengyi, transforming him into a meteor that suddenly shot out of the courtyard and left Midlane from the side.

In that instant, Taoist Master Yin Yue had used some method that made Li Chengyi intermittently invisible. After leaping a great distance, he reappeared in the Black Sea.

In the blink of an eye, he had gotten far away from the King of the Death Angels and Midlane, heading towards the vast and boundless Black Sea.

Within the red light, Li Chengyi hastily looked back.

In one of the thick, colored tentacles of Midlane, the courtyard was at the tip of the tentacle, tiny as a grain of rice.

The great King of the Death Angels was reaching out a hand to grab at the courtyard, but two beams of red light rising from within the courtyard obstructed him head-on.

The King of the Death Angels seemed to be angered, increasing his strength and pressing down with his palm.

Crack.

The red light quickly dimmed, showing cracks.

"Damn it!" Li Chengyi’s eyes turned cold. He couldn’t let those who had been kind to him, such as his mentor Yin Yue, suffer from the trouble he had caused.

At that moment, he put his full effort into activating the Imprints.

The white light of the Giant Strength Imprint brightened once more.

It seemed that the commotion here had caught the attention of the King of the Death Angels. He stopped in his tracks, no longer reaching for the courtyard but instead turned around with a jerk, hunching his wings and chasing after Li Chengyi.

’I can only try to return using the reverse trace...’ Li Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief.

As he watched the vast King of the Death Angels chasing him rapidly, his whole body was covered in goosebumps, with his scalp feeling as though it was being pulled by Giant Strength. Every pore of his skin tingled painfully, giving him the illusion of being suffocated by a heavy weight.

Despite his body’s fear, he had no regrets.

A true man acts for righteousness and refrains from wrongdoing. He should do what he desires, adhering to the principles in his heart.

But as he mobilized the Flower Language and used the reverse trace.

Suddenly, he found that there was no response...

At the moment, around him in the Black Sea, there was no longer a shadow of Earth-Moon White Star’s Blind Spot. Midlane was also left far behind, out of sight.

The throw from Taoist Master Yin Yue made Li Chengyi cross an unknown great distance in the blink of an eye.

The bright red Blood Essence was still enveloping him as he flew quickly.

The King of the Death Angels was frantically chasing behind. Although his speed was faster than the red Blood Essence, there was no doubt that both were on the same plane of speed.

In the thick waters of the Black Sea, numerous new Blind Spots brushed past him. Some were gray and white, full of the aura of death; some shone bright like the rising sun.

Some were being gnawed on by countless black bugs, penetrated, on the brink of decomposition.

Some swelled continuously, as if they were living creatures that breathed and swallowed.

’Too far away?’ By then, Li Chengyi had already lost any sense of connection to the Floral Bead. Clearly, he was too far away from Earth-Moon and Midlane, so far that even the sensing ability of the Evil Flower couldn’t reach.

The King of the Death Angels was still eagerly pursuing from behind.

The distance was getting closer and closer, ever closer...

’I will not die here!’

All sorts of thoughts flashed crazily in Li Chengyi’s mind, a myriad of methods crossed it and were swiftly dismissed.

He saw how the King of the Death Angels, with a single bump, scattered and blew apart some of the smaller Blind Spots with ease.

’Unless I find a sufficiently strong and sturdy Blind Spot to enter and hide, otherwise... entering a small ordinary Blind Spot would be courting death!’

Li Chengyi’s mind was flooded with various Flower Language Abilities, Bloodline Abilities.

Suddenly, one ability flashed across his mind.