Blind Spot
Chapter 566 - 521 Finish 1

Chapter 566: 521 Finish 1

Not long after Li Chengyi left, a sword light descended from the sky, landing steadily towards the Faceless Great Hall.

On the platform in front of the Great Hall, as the sword light dispersed, Huo Qingkong’s face was revealed, solemn at this moment.

He looked up at the Temple in front of him and strode into it.

"Teacher, I have returned."

Inside the Great Hall, the Holy Spirit Taoist remained seated in his original place, motionless, with his eyes tightly closed.

"You’ve worked hard... Qingkong," he replied softly. "This battle should establish a new structure for our Four Sects in the future... When I pass on my position to you, everything will become predestined."

"When will you pass the position to me, Teacher?" The cumbersome rules seemed to stifle a fire in Huo Qingkong’s heart.

The fusion was still ongoing, and if he were to succeed, all would be well, but if he failed, then his time was running short.

He could not waste a single second of the present.

"..." The Holy Spirit Taoist fell silent, seemingly not expecting him to ask this question.

According to the progress, Huo Qingkong should still be in the midst of fusion, but his strength was probably already showing the initial traits of a True Fire Powerhouse.

A True Fire Powerhouse ignites the Seal Ring, bringing about a huge qualitative change.

Normally, one would burn everything using oneself as kindling, overcoming all obstacles, and stepping onto the pinnacle to become a brilliant flame, a step of immense difficulty.

But Huo Qingkong was different...

"The Disaster Aura has grown stronger again... this time, if you manage to destroy the newly emerged aura eye along with the previous three, I will pass on the position immediately," said the Holy Spirit Taoist.

Huo Qingkong breathed a sigh of relief.

He could feel the increasingly colossal evil aura outside and knew he didn’t have much time. If he were still constrained by these complex rituals and rules, the upcoming battle would be dangerous.

Now that his master had given him a trial, as long as he completed it, he would be able to rid himself of the shackles and soar to new heights.

"Teacher, please wait for my return!"

Leaving these words behind, he turned and walked briskly out.

With the sword light rising again, Huo Qingkong had vanished from his original place, flying towards the source of the inner Disaster Aura.

The Holy Spirit Taoist sat alone before the Faceless God Statue, lifting his head to gaze at the faceless deity.

He suddenly let out a long sigh.

"Ming Cong."

A Taoist boy with golden scales on his face quickly entered from outside the door, bowing respectfully.

"Summon the other elders here. Prepare to activate the Thousand Faces Aerial Array."

"Ah?? But... that array indiscriminately attacks all living beings within the Disaster Aura Cave...." Ming Rui said, his face showing surprise.

The Thousand Faces Aerial Array, the ultimate fatal array of the Faceless Sword Sect, could only be activated in a life-or-death situation. It was the final killing move left to the descendants by Ancestor Chi Yuan.

Each of the Four Sects had such a trump card, able to gather the strength of all members to trigger a sudden change in quantity that leads to a qualitative transformation, thereby stepping into the Supreme Fire Realm.

And if it were led by the Holy Spirit Taoist himself, the power of the array would be significantly enhanced.

"Go.... Don’t ask why...." The Holy Spirit Taoist exhaled tiredly.

"But Qingkong has just entered there...." Ming Rui hesitated.

"It’s fine, I’ve given him a teleportation talisman. When the array is activated, he’ll automatically be transmitted out. It’s just that he might be transferred outside of the stronghold due to the array’s effects," said the Holy Spirit Taoist.

"Alright...." Ming Rui bowed slightly and left the hall.

Soon, all the elders notified arrived at the Great Hall one by one.

Aside from Kui Ling, who was still outside, the rest had arrived here.

"Where is Kui Ling? Where did she go?" the Holy Spirit Taoist asked as he scanned the crowd.

"She has been sent a flying sword message, Elder Kui Ling is on her way back," replied Elder Yun Ling.

"That’s good... Qingkong has gone to deal with the strengthened Disaster Aura. Once he finishes, we will join forces to activate the array and suppress the Disaster Aura eyes completely. I hope all of you will lend me your support," the Holy Spirit Taoist earnestly said.

"We will follow the leader’s decree," everyone responded in unison.

The four Disaster Aura eyes were stronger than before by not a small margin, such intensity could weaken Huo Qingkong’s strength in a short period, and then when he was exhausted, it would be time for the Demon Emperor to decide whether to fully activate the array....

As for the teleportation talisman... the Holy Spirit Taoist had not given anything of the sort....

After confirming the activation of the array, the elders left the Great Hall, leaving the Holy Spirit Taoist standing up alone.

He looked at the faces hanging on the walls around him, all of whom were former leaders and predecessors who had fallen from their sect.

"Please, honorable ancestors, lend your disciple a hand!"

He bowed respectfully to all the faces.

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Ten minutes later.

Martial Song Mountain Range.

A sword light shot forth, hovering gently above the mountains, gazing down below.

The damage and scars left from the previous battle between the Four Sects were already partially concealed by the sprawling snow.

"Gone? Has he left or..." Li Chengyi slightly frowned.

The environment was getting colder, and if he couldn’t find Huo Qingkong in time, he feared the whole world would be doomed.

Back then, he wouldn’t even have time to take Kui Ling and the others with him.

After all, the only known method of escape at this time was one: to kill the original entity.

Once sure that there was no one here, Li Chengyi took out his sect’s communication flying sword and lightly traced the blade of the small sword.

Ssch!

The flying sword left his hand, instantly flying towards the distant snow mountain.

Li Chengyi followed closely behind, tracking the large troupe of the Faceless Sword Sect with the flying sword.

The huge flying sword enveloped in a green halo carried the members of the Faceless Sword Sect as they hurried towards the Suyue Sect.

Leading them was Elder Long of the Suyue Sect.

Feeling the approaching communication flying sword from afar, Elder Long looked back. Seeing Li Chengyi approaching on the sword light.

"Faceless Sword Sect’s Bai Lu?"

"Bai Lu greets Elder Long. Have you seen our sect’s brother Huo Qingkong? I seek him for a matter," Li Chengyi inquired from a distance, cupping his fist.

"He has already returned, and Elder Kui Ling of your sect followed suit," Elder Long responded.

"Thank you," Li Chengyi rapidly turned the sword light and headed back to his sect.

His speed, after stepping into the Seventeen Seals, had been further enhanced, not just in terms of speed, but an overall passive increase in comprehensive velocity due to the integration with the Divine Flower Garment.

After all, the Flower Language Ability also includes types that amplify one’s overall physical strength.

At full speed now, the air on both sides seemed like threads, passing by in an instant.

Twenty times the speed of sound, that was Li Chengyi’s current maximum speed under normal conditions.

’All of this should come to an end....’

Feeling the coldness steadily increasing around him, the chill in Li Chengyi’s eyes deepened as well.

On the other side.

Inside the territory of the Faceless Sword Sect.

Kui Ling and the other five elders had already taken their places on the open ground in front of the great hall, sitting cross-legged in a circle, each with their nurturing Secret Sword laid flat on their knees.

Green sword lights bloomed from their bodies, converging on the body of the Holy Spirit Taoist at the center.

The green light was unceasing and growing more intense.

This was the aura of six Seal Ring experts gathered together, now fully integrated and poured into the body of the Holy Spirit Taoist, a True Fire Powerhouse.

The power of the Holy Spirit Technique was essentially a qualitative transformation of Consciousness Power.

An enormous amount of Consciousness Power nearly became tangible, wrapping around him like flowing water.

The gathered Consciousness Power, guided by him, turned into a green beam with a flick of his finger, shooting into the Faceless Great Hall.

It landed on the Faceless God Statue.

Suddenly, layers of wave-like white light burst forth from the statue, spreading outward.

It seemed like the transfer of energy as the white light from the statue rapidly covered the entire territory of the Sword Sect, enveloping all the disciples within it.

The Consciousness Power of the disciples was also drawn out in half at this moment, merging into the white light.

The white light covered the skies above the Sword Sect, as if waiting for something, motionless and only rippling like water.

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Inside the Disaster Aura Cave.

Any Disaster Aura in the air that met Huo Qingkong’s gaze was instantly cut down and crushed by the Sword of Wisdom.

Nothing could stop his advance.

Aura equivalent to the power of Seal Rings struck his body but had no effect, like a gentle breeze.

The weaker Disaster Auras couldn’t even penetrate the web of love threads surrounding him.

Even if occasionally, due to great density, one or two managed to slip through, they hit him as if something invisible greatly weakened them, and the remaining force was easily dissipated by a light strike from the protective Sword of Wisdom.

The first Disaster Aura eye, a swirling dark red vortex, quickly appeared in front of Huo Qingkong.

Indeed, with a huge howling, the dark red eye seemed significantly more formidable than when he had last seen it.

Huo Qingkong frowned slightly, waving his hand to condense the Sword of Wisdom, and with an Instant Prison, he burst forth and crushed the eye.

Only then did he discover that the green sword light that was a constant in his attacks had now also turned black and red.

It was a color similar to the Disaster Aura, almost indistinguishable unless observed closely.

But this thought merely flashed through his mind.

Easily depleting some of his strength to crush the first eye, he continued onwards without hesitation, arriving in front of the second eye.

The black and red sword light transformed into a Greatsword, a slash heavily crushing the grey-black eye in midair.

But the Greatsword itself also expended much of its energy, greatly reducing its size.

Huo Qingkong retracted the Sword of Wisdom, merging it into his own body.

’I knew the test given by the teacher wouldn’t be so easy to pass, it’s starting to get tough...’

The strength of this eye was more than ten times stronger than the previous one, and even he found it a bit difficult to destroy.

Continuing deeper inside, the third eye was even stronger, having surged by a large margin.

Huo Qingkong consecutively struck the eye over ten times with the Sword of Wisdom, combined with the suppression of the web of love threads, and took more than two minutes to finally destroy it.

The fourth eye, also the last one.

Its strength had reached the sum of all the previous eyes combined, then doubled.

’I must be quick! There’s not much time left ... that cold, evil aura outside is getting stronger and stronger...’ the Demon Emperor spoke up inside his mind.

’I know!’ Huo Qingkong said gravely.

The excruciating pain of integration continued, but with such integration, his strength, speed, and physique were all accelerating.

And as he destroyed the Disaster Auras, it seemed to stimulate an acceleration in the integration process.

The Good-Evil Fusion became even more intense.

At this moment, deep within his consciousness, in the Primordial Spirit Sword Palace, his black Primordial Spirit and the surrounding blood-red light had already integrated by over ninety percent.

The color of the blood light was becoming so faint it was nearly indistinguishable.

Meanwhile, a profound dark red seemed to emerge within the black Primordial Spirit.

Huo Qingkong looked at the last fourth eye, took a deep breath, and fiercely raised his hand.

Boom!!

All the wisdom-imbued Swords of Wisdom converged onto the Secret Sword, shooting out from his Sword Nurturing Pouch at this moment.

’Instant Prison!’

’Thousand Blades!’

The Secret Sword, imbued with the Sword of Wisdom, thrust forward at this moment, stabbing at the eye a thousand times in one-thousandth of a second!

The black and red sword light pierced back and forth over the final eye, the enormous stationary Disaster Aura and the Sword of Wisdom’s Secret Sword frantically rubbed, collided, and wore each other down.

At the same time, the integration throughout Huo Qingkong’s body also accelerated further, approaching its end.

Pop!

A Sword of Wisdom shattered upon collision with the Disaster Aura.

Then the second one followed.

The third...

He had condensed a total of nine, and in just a short time, three were destroyed.

It was then that the Good-Evil Fusion finally came to a complete end.

The black Primordial Spirit and the dark red bloodlight became one, and the blood eyes on the walls of the Sword Palace disappeared of their own accord.

The human-shaped Primordial Spirit alternated between black and red – the evil from the Faceless Scholar and the good from Huo Qingkong were fiercely struggling for dominance over the body and power.

At this moment, the Demon Emperor lurking deep within his consciousness was intently watching the changes in the Primordial Spirit.

If the dark red were to dominate the Primordial Spirit, it would mean their failure, and Huo Qingkong’s good side would be completely consumed, reduced to nourishment for the Faceless Scholar.

But if black took the upper hand, it would mean they had succeeded in weakening the power of the Faceless Scholar.

At that time, they would work together to destroy it on the spot, which could delay their demise by dissolving its power after it fully emerged for a longer period.

It also meant that the method was viable! The future held an additional sliver of hope.