Blind Spot
Chapter 598: Clue 548 - Four (Thank you Alliance Hierarch Elvin2016 for the reward)

Chapter 598: Clue 548 Chapter Four (Thank you Alliance Hierarch Elvin2016 for the reward)

"Hahahaha!! Fools, you stupid pigs, thinking you can do as you please with just a bit of strength, do you have any idea where you are? Dare to barge in like this!?"

Inside the house, a disheveled old man as thin as a zombie, leaning on a Skeleton-headed cane, strolled out.

"Such an aura, this body, truly is top-notch research material! Indeed, today is my lucky day, first-rate experimental subjects delivering themselves to my door."

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a blast of hot wind scattered the curtains and tablecloths in the room, making them flutter and fly about.

Inhale....

Standing at the door, Li Chengyi took a deep breath.

Something terrifying happened.

That shockingly hot purplish-red electric arc, as if it were smoke, was all inhaled through his mouth and nose.

A few purple sparks even sprayed faintly from his nostrils at the end.

"Are you the Church Bishop Mo Jia?"

He looked at the stunned skinny old man across from him and asked.

The old man stood rigidly in place, his cane trembling slightly, without uttering a word.

The joy seen in his eyes just moments ago had completely vanished, turning into shock and ecstasy.

"To actually... to actually achieve such a degree!!! How powerful a body it is... If I could transfer it to myself... "

Hiss!

In an instant, there was a flash of black light, and Li Chengyi had already appeared behind him, slashing down with a hand-chop.

Bang!!!

Just then, a pale skeletal arm stretched out from the black robe and firmly blocked his chop.

"Huh?" Li Chengyi was somewhat surprised by his nonchalant attitude.

"You can block me once?"

"Hand of Hell!" Mo Jia’s body collapsed with a clatter, turning into a pile of bones.

Immediately after, the whole house began to move, the surrounding walls, carpets, and ceiling all sprouted countless pale bony arms, reaching for Li Chengyi.

Their speed was incredibly fast, almost reaching the speed of sound.

"Annoying."

Li Chengyi lowered his gaze.

His Radiance Field suddenly radiated outward.

The golden light shone in the darkness like a massive light bulb, melting the white skeletal arms as they approached.

The light also illuminated Mo Jia, hiding in a corner.

His complexion changed, and he quickly retreated; the cane paused, and the Skeleton head on top spewed a black smoke toward Li Chengyi.

At the same time, layers of gray, white, black, and purple protective fields appeared one after another, automatically shielding his body.

’Purifying Power!? A psychic attack!?’

Mo Jia’s expression turned ugly, knowing the power of the Hades Congregation inherently countered that of the Bright Church.

"You are the strongest Bishop I have ever seen," Li Chengyi said indifferently, stepping closer to him.

The black smoke collided with the Radiance Field next to him and was instantly diluted away.

"Are all Silver Tier this strong?" he curiously asked.

"Who told you I was Silver Tier?" Mo Jia said gravely. "Thirty years ago I stepped into Gold, and if it weren’t for the ongoing research here, I could have returned to headquarters and been promoted to Archbishop and obtained demigod status!"

"Oh?" Li Chengyi suddenly became interested.

No wonder this cargo wasn’t as fragile as before, upon closer scrutiny, this Mo Jia in front of him was comparable to the emerald Gem Dragon Budouna.

At least fighting either would present the same level of difficulty for him.

Easy and straightforward, but requiring a bit more effort.

Unlike the Silver, who couldn’t even withstand him moving a bit.

"Die, arrogant swine!!" Mo Jia struck his cane again, and suddenly a great expanse of white skeletal arms crazily grew from beneath their feet, intertwining into a massive bone hand reaching for Li Chengyi.

"Be still." Li Chengyi slightly raised his hand.

His Flower Language Ability activated.

With a light tap of his fingertip, right in the center of the massive bone hand’s surface.

Whoosh!

The huge bone hand, at least three meters thick, immediately halted in mid-air, motionless.

Indeed, his evolved Flower Language Ability no longer needed to be limited to complete biological life.

As long as there was a slight activity in an object, it could be used on it.

"How is this possible!!? My Skeleton King!!!" Mo Jia’s eyes widened; he was truly shocked this time.

Theoretically, in Ludian City, he was the true strongest.

All other Church Bishops were not on the same level as him in strength; he could easily annihilate all of them whenever he wished.

But now...

"It seems you really are Golden Level," Li Chengyi said suddenly in a gentle tone.

"I...." Mo Jia opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly a terrifying and mysterious oppressive force made it impossible for him to utter a word.

Standing in place, his eyes conveyed terror and fury. But no matter how he tried to stimulate the power of the Underworld within him, he couldn’t control his own body.

"What’s the most important thing to you?" Li Chengyi now slowly walked to his side, sat on a high-backed chair like old friends meeting, and casually picked up a petri dish from the table.

"It’s the Underworld Death Pearl hidden inside my cane," Mo Jia honestly answered.

"Anything else?"

"And my grandson Nior." Mo Jia’s eyes widened with horror as he unreservedly disclosed the two things most precious to him.

"Give me the bead, where is your grandson Nior?" Li Chengyi put down the petri dish and asked.

Mo Jia skillfully twisted open the skull head of his cane and tossed the black bead inside.

At the same time, he rushed to a room on the right, burst through the door, dragged out a frightened black-haired youth, hugged him, and sprinted towards Li Chengyi. He set the youth down and pushed him forward.

"Grandpa!?" The youth had no idea what was happening, fear written all over his face.

"From now on, you’ll follow me," Li Chengyi said with a smile, gently ruffling the boy’s hair.

"If your grandpa doesn’t obey, I’ll kill you."

Crack.

A crisp snapping sound suddenly came from the bones in Mo Jia’s body as he clenched his fists, struggling against the force within him.

He was resisting the Flower Language Ability that was controlling him.

Unfortunately, the gap between their powers was too wide.

Moments later, Li Chengyi, toying with a Sealing Sphere that flickered with black light, took the youth and left the Hades Congregation.

Only the bishop, Mo Jia, who had returned to normal, was left behind.

Soon after, a huge explosion sounded from within the mansion, followed by Mo Jia’s angry roar.

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Thousands of kilometers away from Ludian, in a vast grassland.

A stark white rock church emerged from the ground as if appearing out of nowhere, situated upon the desolate expanse.

Beneath the church, squads of knights clad in silver armor and white robes swiftly marched out the door, mounting their horses.

"People from the Divine Tribunal have gone missing in the Venus Federation—two elite members, one of which is a High-ranking Silver Priest. Their folks have been looking for some time now without any leads. Our main objective this time is to investigate who has the power to silently kill our two Silver Priests," said the leading knight in heavy armor, his voice low and forceful as he articulated the mission.

"The specific location is Ludian City in the Venus Federation. I’ve been there before—aside from Mo Jia of the Underworld, no one else should have that kind of strength, right?" A female knight a little behind him said, frowning.

"The ceremony must go uninterrupted. Whoever killed the High-ranking Silver Priest must be at least of Golden Level, so this time we’ll both go," said the team leader indifferently. "Once we find the murderer, we’ll carry out divine judgment immediately."

"Understood!"

Their target, at this very moment, sat quietly in his office, each hand pulling on strands of strange black thread.

The thread, smoky and hazy, sometimes clumped together or dispersed like a mist, as if having no solid form, yet Li Chengyi managed to grasp it in his hands.

His expression was calm as he delved deeply into exploring the Shadow Power.

The affinity for shadows bestowed by the King of Shadow Dragons, coupled with the secondary, formless enhancement of the Snow Lotus, had rapidly advanced his understanding and mastery of shadows.

Soon, a new shadow technique was spontaneously created.

’Shadow Leap.’

This was a simple skill he conjured by combining Shadow Flash with his own insights.

Compared to Shadow Flash, Shadow Leap’s advantage was its ability to teleport over long distances, but the downside was a preparation time of five seconds, and the risks were unknown.

Should any obstruction occur at the destination, there could be a horrifying phenomenon of both the teleporter and the obstacle violently colliding and overlapping.

This could lead to matter compression, where the stronger one prevails. Only someone of Li Chengyi’s robust physical constitution would dare to test such an ability.

This power was also in preparation for the Shadow Dragon Prison.

Thinking of this, Li Chengyi’s gaze subtly shifted.

His consciousness power quickly sank into the Primordial Spirit Sword Palace.

Inside the Sword Palace, the previously formed Primordial Spirit Sword Furnace was now complete. Its surface sparkled with the newly emerged eighteenth Origin Seal as it floated in the center of the palace, occupying the core area.

The fluctuation was not from it, but from another Primordial Spirit Sword Embryo that seemed inconspicuous before.

"Is that Tom!?" Li Chengyi approached excitedly. He reached out and gently touched the small-arm-length black Human-Faced Spirit Sword.

Tom’s face was gradually emerging on the blade.

Once it was fully formed, this sword would provide him with the nineteenth Origin Seal!

Enhancing the attack power of his consciousness all over his body.

This was where the strength of the Thousand Face Sword Canon lay.

"It seems Tom’s consciousness has been sublimated... Indeed, tempering has its benefits..." Li Chengyi looked at the nearly formed Tom’s face on the sword, his heart filled with joy.

This would be his first Human-Faced Sword, which held great significance.

Besides, the Human-Faced Spirit Sword isn’t fixed once formed. If the host continues to elevate their will, the corresponding Human-Faced Spirit Sword could also grow in power.

On this account, Li Chengyi held great expectations for Tom.

With a flash of dark light, he vanished from the office. When he reappeared, he was in a shadow across the street from the little detective shop that Tom ran.

This was the ability of Shadow Leap. Because he teleported in one go, surpassing the ten-thousand-meter limit, this consumed Li Chengyi’s consciousness power.

There’s no distance limitation; the stronger the consciousness power, the greater the consumption.

Standing across from the store, Li Chengyi could see why Tom’s consciousness had suddenly exploded in growth.

Inside the shop, Tom and another female friend were locked in an intense kiss, fumbling with each other passionately.

Inside Tom’s mind surged emotions of being moved, pleasure, guilt, and a touch of joy.

Clearly, something had happened between them before.

"Tom... kid, what are you planning to do?" Suddenly the two parted, and the woman lay in Tom’s arms, softly uttering a sentence.

"....." Li Chengyi’s smile froze on his face—there was already a child involved??

"Even though she’s not mine by birth... but if you’re willing to accept her, I still want to raise her. After all, she carries a part of my bloodline..." Tom looked at the woman with guilt.

"It’s okay, her mother is dead, and I will treat her as if she were my own child," said the woman seriously and gently.

"...Thank you..."

"No need... To be allowed to live together with both of you, to meet a man as magnanimous as you, I am truly fortunate..." The woman revealed a blissful smile.

"...." Li Chengyi struggled to maintain his composure.

These two... what the heck!?