Blind Spot
Chapter 553 - 508 Jié Qi 2

Chapter 553: 508 Jié Qi 2

"Run!!!"

The Seven Seals deacon from Qingmu Sword Sect felt his scalp tingle, realizing he could not even break through the opponent’s defense, he knew something was terribly wrong—they had encountered a freak.

In this world, there were those of great strength who enjoyed disguising themselves as novices, and without a doubt, they might have just met one!

Without a second thought, his whole body erupted with the power of the Origin Seals, helping him to break free and fly away to a distant place.

The other three were equally horrified and turned to flee, but it was already too late.

Compared to the Seven Seals deacon, they couldn’t even break free from Li Chengyi’s binding threads, and like insects trapped by a spider, they struggled helplessly in mid-air.

"If I killed you now, it might prematurely alert the Four Sects due to the sect’s sensing ability. This is not in line with my original plan..."

Li Chengyi looked at the Seven Seals expert who had barely broken free of his bindings, and a thought crossed his mind.

A semi-transparent sword light burst forth from his side—the Sword of Wisdom!

Nourished by the Sword Palace, the Sword of Wisdom’s power had increased at least several times over from before.

In just an instant.

The fleeing man’s back gushed blood as he plunged to the ground, convulsing violently, then was picked up by the Sword of Wisdom and flown back.

All four were now gathered.

Li Chengyi neatly placed them on the ground beside him.

Qiu Chen had already fled to ask for help according to his instructions, leaving Li Chengyi alone at the scene.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the four men on the ground, making them feel their skin crawl with despair in their eyes.

With his current realm and strength, to kill them would be too suspicious.

It wasn’t favorable for his subsequent investigation into the truth.

So...

At this moment, the Flower Language Ability he had previously chosen became useful.

"Sorry," Li Chengyi hesitated. He finally made up his mind.

"For my safety, I must inconvenience you."

He extended his hand, and the Mark of the Evil Flower on the back of his hand lit up in yellow.

’Flower Language: Seal of Love!’

biu!

The yellow glow turned into a beam of light that suddenly shot onto the body of the Seven Seals deacon.

Immediately, a torrent of detailed information flooded into Li Chengyi’s mind.

’You have decided to seal this person with a force imbued with love, based on the positive difference in life force units between you and the target. According to the supreme principle of using life to love, the target’s life will, from this moment, be sealed until they are reborn in fifteen thousand years.’

’Warning: The target’s maximum lifespan is insufficient to survive until the rebirth time; death of the sealed target may occur during the sealing period. Please confirm whether to continue the sealing.’

"Fifteen thousand years..." Li Chengyi’s mouth twitched slightly, realizing this was a seal unto death...

To be honest, he felt this kind of sealing unto death was much crueler than being killed by a single sword strike.

Still, for his own safety, he had to inconvenience them.

As for the attracting protector function of the Seal of Love, this was essentially like having a free jailer...

Li Chengyi understood in his heart and confirmed the information reflected back to him.

Immediately, the yellow light rapidly reshaped, covering the Seven Seals deacon completely, forming into a massive yellow heart-shaped bubble, completely obscuring the person within.

The heart-shaped bubble shrank rapidly, becoming smaller and then turning into a yellow heart-shaped crystal the size of a fingernail, flying into Li Chengyi’s hand.

Then, he looked towards the remaining three. The three were dumbstruck.

"You devil, what the hell did you do?!" one of An Xiang exclaimed, obviously not the type to fear death.

"You come to kill me, and yet you call me a devil? Interesting," Li Chengyi laughed.

"Forget it, it’s enough. I thought you had some skill, but if this is all you’ve got, you still dare to come after me?"

He was not in the mood for idle talk, and his Flower Language Technique triggered in succession.

Instantly, three more yellow heart-shaped bubbles formed.

’You have decided to seal this person with a force imbued with love... they will be reborn twenty-three thousand four hundred twenty-nine years from now.’

’You have decided... twenty-five thousand five hundred ninety-two years from now...’

’... and twenty-six thousand sixty-three years from now...’

Basically, it was a goodbye to the three of them in twenty thousand years.

Once he had turned all four into little love stones, Li Chengyi let out a slight sigh of relief and flew off towards the Faceless Sword Sect to leave.

’Judging from the sealing terms of the few, I can now probably live for about thirty thousand years or so. Indeed, Flower Language is even more abnormal than the Imprints... Much of this lifespan probably comes from the Green Fleece Mugwort’s Flower Language: Tenacious Life.’

He had flown less than five hundred meters.

When he suddenly remembered the Qingmu Sword Sect disciple who had been coerced by Qiu Chen and whom he had not yet dealt with.

He immediately turned around and searched the area quickly.

Soon, behind a hill, he found the trembling man.

"Don’t... Don’t kill me!" the man shouted, having clearly seen the scene of Li Chengyi’s handling the four people earlier.

So much so that now he didn’t even have the courage to resist.

Li Chengyi couldn’t bother with small talk. He raised his hand, and a beam from the Sword of Wisdom shot out.

Clang!

At that moment, a black-clad man with a golden mask appeared silently in front of him, as if by instantaneous movement, blocking the sword.

Boom.

The Sword of Wisdom was pinched and exploded by his fingers.

"I never expected, just thinking of passing by to check on Chun Yi, I would stumble upon such a big secret..." the golden-masked man emitted a sharp and unpleasant snicker.

"Bai Lu from the new generation of the Four Junior Swords of the Faceless Sword Sect, hiding so much strength that even a Seven Seals deacon was dealt with by you on the spot... Brilliant... truly brilliant!"

He began clapping softly.

"A mere twelve-year-old, capable of concealing his true strength and infiltrating the Faceless Sword Sect for so long without being discovered... Impressive indeed!" the golden-masked man laughed.

"I just modestly hid a little bit of talent, that’s all." Li Chengyi responded calmly. "Also, since you know even a Seven Seals is no match for me, you must be quite confident in yourself to show up, right?"

"You’re right," the golden-masked man replied with a laugh, "In An Xiang, everyone, high or low, shows themselves with a golden mask, so..."

Suddenly, he swatted to the left with his hand.

Bang!!

A thunderous explosion burst forth.

Li Chengyi had disappeared at some unknown point and had appeared on his left, slashing down with his sword.

The clash of their giant strength shook the air, and this time, Li Chengyi held nothing back. The sheer force of a hundred thousand tons surged within the blade of the Dingyuan Sword, pressing down heavily and bending the back of the opponent’s hand.

"You!? How!?" The man with the golden face suddenly changed color, feeling that something was amiss. This power seemed a bit too great...

He retreated rapidly, attempting to dissipate the force.

Streaks of fiery red flames burst from his hands, scattering in all directions, and quickly spreading the explosive force throughout the surroundings.

Before he could regain his senses, the kill move of the Faceless Sword Technique, Instant Prison, had already erupted.

Li Chengyi’s figure flashed, and the Dingyuan Sword in his hand suddenly split into several beams of green light that shot out like thunder and lightning, merging into one in mid-air, and then fiercely slashing down.

His already fast speed, with the use of Instant Prison, shot straight from fourteen times the speed of sound to sixteen times.

Only a streak of green could be seen in the air, appearing and vanishing in a flash.

The concentrated force of over a hundred thousand tons converged at this extremely rapid point and exploded at a very close distance.

In such a situation, even Li Chengyi himself would have no way to avoid this move and would have to withstand it head-on.

But this golden-faced man, his body shook violently, and from his skin erupted a large swath of golden-red flames.

The flames engulfed the surroundings, turning into a storm, and exploded forward with massive force, colliding directly with the sword light of Instant Prison.

"Blazing Phoenix!!"

After a sharp cry,

The green sword light was diverted, shooting off into the distance.

Amidst the flames and the cry, a golden-red blade emerged, thrusting towards Li Chengyi.

In that instant, Li Chengyi’s pupils focused, and for the first time, the Seal Ring on his chest lit up faintly.

This signified that he was going all out in this state.

The Seal Ring’s ten imprints each lit up with different faint glows, and from all the light, a strand converged in the center, forming a point of illusory semi-transparent silver brightness.

In the moment that light shone,

Li Chengyi’s entire body suddenly burst into silver flames.

The light soared into the sky like the opposing flames, knocking away the incoming golden-red blade.

"Seal Ring Virtual Light!? You have a Seal Ring too? How is this possible!!?" The golden-faced man’s voice came from within the flames, carrying immense shock and disbelief.

"Unfortunately... to prevent leaking secrets...," Li Chengyi’s eyes drooped, "I can only ask you to die..."

He spread his arms.

With a loud bang,

White smoke dispersed, and all the imprints lit up simultaneously with dazzling light.

A vast expanse of ashen clouds instantly covered a thousand-meter radius around them.

Without waiting for the opponent to react, a giant Ashen Trident tens of meters long burst through everything in the clouds, crashing down from above.

The golden-faced man felt a chill in his heart, and the deadly crisis raised goosebumps all over his body.

He hurriedly tried to use his magical instrument to move away.

But unexpectedly, as he looked at the clouds in front of him, his gaze paused, and his movements awkwardly froze as well.

The clouds seemed to faintly reveal the face of his deceased wife.

Boom!!!

A terrifying explosion exploded.

Massive shockwaves spread out in rings, creating strong winds that ripped and rolled the grass on the ground, tearing and flinging soil and rocks like raindrops.

The ground now had a conical pit hundreds of meters deep. Along with the survivor from just before, everything was completely obliterated.

Following a burst of yellow light, the smoke and clouds dissipated, and all was calm again.

Before long,

Li Chengyi shot out from the remaining clouds.

On his way back, he gathered Qiuchen and several other Sword Sect disciples, but he did not encounter Huo Qingkong and Elders like Yun Ling.

Upon returning to the Sword Sect and reporting the situation, a group of elders quickly took action, with some offering assistance and others providing comfort.

Li Chengyi was taken home by Kui Ling to check for injuries.

After confirming there were no injuries, Li Chengyi and a few disciples of the Qingying Group were let go.

The focus of the Sword Sect was now on the primary group members.

After all, even the weakest among the primary group were at the Five Seals level, and if they didn’t become elders, they’d be managers, who were considered the core layer of the sect.

By eight o’clock in the evening, finally, Huo Qingkong and Elder Yun Ling returned to the Sword Sect with the remaining disciples.

The Qingying Group was unharmed, but the primary group had lost one person, and two of the accompanying managers were also missing.

Yun Ling was covered in blood and had fallen into a semi-conscious state and was immediately taken away to receive emergency treatment.

On the contrary, Huo Qingkong was completely unharmed.

Inside the Faceless Great Hall,

The Holy Spirit Taoist looked at Huo Qingkong as he stepped in calmly.

"The Qingmu Sword Sect and the Yuheng Sect have joined forces, what about the Suyue Sect?" His expression showed some fatigue, having obviously just suppressed the backlash within his body.

"The Suyue Sect made no moves, and it seems they have broken the prearranged plan to collaborate," Huo Qingkong spoke indifferently.

The Holy Spirit fell silent.

"Sect Leader, I’m sorry... they were trying to kill, and I might have been a bit heavy-handed," Huo Qingkong’s eyes showed a hint of helplessness.

"I know how you are; in that situation, it’s impossible for you to hold back," the Holy Spirit Taoist sighed.

"Since conflict has already begun, let everyone prepare for battle... luckily, this time we were fortunate, and the juniors all managed to escape."

"If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave," Huo Qingkong said.

"Go ahead, it seems they’ve already found out that I can’t leave the Great Hall for long," the Holy Spirit Taoist said, "From now on, it may be up to you and a few elders to stabilize the Sword Sect."

"Teacher, rest assured, as long as I am here, our sect will not fall into chaos," Huo Qingkong stated seriously.

The Holy Spirit watched his only disciple leave the Great Hall and sighed softly, turning around to look at the Faceless God Statue.

Huo Qingkong’s solo killing of Ding Zao of the Red Frost Sword and the other two high-level experts with Nine Seals and Eight Seals seemed refreshing, but such high-level experts don’t simply emerge out of nowhere.

The people from An Xiang were almost all spies within the various sects. Strong individuals at the Eight Seals level, even for them, were few in number. The death of one with Nine Seals and another with Eight Seals was a total disaster for the entire Spring Division. The subsequent storm would only become more thorny.

The Holy Spirit sighed in his heart.

In fact, even he was starting to have some trouble discerning Huo Qingkong’s true strength.