Blind Spot
Chapter 600 - 550 Heartbeat 2

Chapter 600: 550 Heartbeat 2

Budouna’s face turned cold, but she dared not rebel. She had tried to escape before, but that unknown power in her mind instantly morphed into a sword blade, ruthlessly stabbing her, causing unbearable pain, forcing her to return.

The Consciousness Seed left by Li Chengyi could also show its terrifying side at many times.

It could directly condense into the Sword of Wisdom, controlling all aspects of a creature from the depths of their spiritual consciousness.

Immediately, Budouna stepped forward, her body explosively swelling and transforming in the blink of an eye, taking the shape of a green Gem Dragon as towering as the Mountain Giant Demigod.

Without a second word, let alone a roar, she opened her mouth and a burst of green dragon breath shot out.

Boom!!!

The scorching dragon breath, carrying a force that could petrify everything into crystal, fiercely struck against the Demigod’s exterior.

But the dragon breath was blocked by a semi-transparent shield, splashing away like water and turning the surrounding trees and ground into green crystal.

"Foolish!" Demigod Melo laughed loudly as he lunged forward, actually aiming for the dragon breath and viciously grabbing Budouna by the neck, lifting her up.

Naturally, Budouna would not comply, and started to struggle.

In almost the blink of an eye, the two had switched to engaging in extreme close-quarters combat.

Thud.

Budouna was furiously slammed to the ground, half of her body smashed into the soil, disoriented and frantically clawing, struggling.

Her dragon tail whipped the Giant fiercely again and again, but the blows only scattered some small fragments of stone.

After flying out, the stone fragments actually circled back and reattached to the Giant’s body, returning to their original form.

Li Chengyi observed carefully on the side, silently taking notes.

The clash of these two behemoths was naturally loud, but Li Chengyi had encased the area in a Death Energy Array to suppress noise and energy when he arrived.

As long as they didn’t exceed a diameter of thirty kilometers, nothing would be noticed by the outside world.

The techniques of the Dead Qi Cult Nation were extremely practical when it came to concealment.

Boom!

Boom!!

Budouna, her neck seized, was repeatedly smashed into the ground.

But she was equally resilient, with injuries that healed as fast as they appeared.

Her method of recovery was to rapidly crystalize everything around her and absorb it to replenish her body.

The two fought for a full ten minutes, neither able to best the other, and Demigod Melo became impatient.

He released her and took a large step back, pulling a distance of a hundred meters.

He lifted his hands and slammed them down onto the ground.

"Ancestors of Nature, grant me the power to punish the heretic!!" he bellowed.

A rumbling noise quickly rose from the ground.

Before Li Chengyi could react, he saw Budouna’s body stiffen, her shiny scales rapidly darkening and losing their luster.

She seemed to weaken considerably.

Boom!!

At that moment, Demigod Melo made a dash forward, ramming his shoulder viciously into the dragon’s chest.

With a muffled crack, Budouna’s chest cavity collapsed inward, and she let out a painful roar, flying backward.

But she didn’t get far before a glint of gold sparked in her dragon eyes, and a green vortex suddenly appeared behind Demigod Melo.

From the vortex, more than ten meters in diameter, a sinister tendril of green crystal shot out.

The tendril, like a spike, pierced viciously into the Demigod’s back, running through his chest.

’It seems this must be Budouna’s strongest ability.’ From the vortex, Li Chengyi sensed a tremendously powerful energy fluctuation.

That power carried a divine essence, yet was impregnated with a dense greed and an even stronger dragon scent.

He guessed it might belong to some dragon deity.

Arrr!!

The Demigod Giant was also severely wounded.

The two colossal entities were evenly matched, and were now fighting fiercely.

Seeing this, Li Chengyi began to understand why the strong in this world did not prioritize speed.

Looking at these two behemoths, one’s recovery ability was stronger than the other’s, with no concept of vital points.

Looking at the individuals from Hades Congregation, they are even more like unkillable monsters.

Probably many other forces adopt a similar approach.

It is said that even if the powerful beings of The Holy Nation of Light died and their ashes were scattered, they could still be resurrected from nothing by an Archbishop’s Eternal Resurrection Technique.

In such cases, no matter how fast you are, besides running away, if the measures to counter them aren’t up to par, speed is truly of little use.

’Indeed, one must venture out into the world to understand many things clearly.’ The operation of different worlds varies in style, but each has its own rationale.

Thinking this, Li Chengyi nodded with satisfaction in his heart, watching Budouna being overwhelmed before him.

He raised his hand, and in his palm appeared a Golden Longsword.

"Enough, Budouna, step back," he commanded.

"Yes! Be careful, Master, his Demigod talent is a Natural Body, which reduces all sharp and blunt attacks by ninety percent! The bloodline of the Mountain Giant is originally a level lower than that of us Gem Dragons, but his talent has forcibly elevated it and even suppressed me!"

Struggling, Budouna quickly retreated, her front limb already brutally torn off, finding herself at an absolute disadvantage. If she didn’t retreat, she probably planned to flee anyway.

Her claws and teeth were virtually ineffective against her opponent; only magical attacks could work.

But she only had a few powerful magical abilities, making the fight extremely frustrating for her.

Melo, chomping on the dragon leg meat in his hand, watched Li Chengyi warily with the face on his chest.

"Who are you!? A human, and the Gem Dragons actually obey the commands of a mere human?"

"Your strength is not bad," Li Chengyi said with a smile, stepping forward and gradually approaching with each footfall.

"I’ve heard you’re a demigod who can fully stimulate your body and transform it into a divine body. I wonder if I might have a look."

"You think you’re worthy?" Melo naturally wouldn’t transform into his divine body just because someone asked.

Using his divine body was a great burden for him, as he could only activate it once every thirty days and for only half a minute at a time.

It was the demigod’s ultimate card for preserving his life.

"Not willing?"

Li Chengyi narrowed his eyes.

"Then...."

"How about now?"

In an instant, his figure flashed and disappeared from where he stood.

When he reappeared, he was already behind the demigod Melo, slowly sheathing his sword.

"What trick are you playing?" Melo frowned in confusion, turning around to look at him.

But as his body twisted, his field of vision started to change and wobble.

He seemed to be sliding downwards.

No...!

He swiftly realized what was happening.

It wasn’t that he was sliding down, but his upper body, including the part of his chest with a human face, was sliding from the right to the left towards the ground.

A thin, sword-cut wound had cleaved him from the shoulder to the waist, splitting him diagonally into two pieces.

"You!!!??" Melo exclaimed in shock and anger. His demigod’s innate physical strength swiftly kicked in, attempting to pull his upper body back into place to restore his torso.

His natural body’s power ensured that first, ninety percent of the physical hit’s impact was negated, and then it could draw limitless vitality from the surrounding earth to heal his injuries.

But what had just happened?!

He had actually been cut into two pieces with a single sword strike?!?!

"You’re regenerating your body," Li Chengyi suddenly said.

Melo staggered to the side, trying to put distance between them.

But the moment he heard those words, his whole body sank, and the divine fire in his mind dimmed instantly.

Immediately after, the divine fire erupted with a great force of resistance, attempting to counter the control of the Flower Language Ability.

One second.

It lasted for merely one second. The divine fire rapidly dulled, the flames shrinking over tenfold, from a bonfire to the size of a matchstick.

Melo, as if struck by a heavy blow, barely managed to restore his body, and then he toppled sideways with a thud.

He was completely stiff, utterly controlled by the Flower Language Technique.

"You resisted me for a whole second," Li Chengyi said as he approached with his sword held in hand.

He had a rough idea of the demigod’s limits now.

His durability was about on par with the Ten Seals, with vastly superior regenerative ability but far slower.

He could be considered as specialized in physical recovery and strength defense, possessing a certain last resort.

’Next, it’s the deities. I need to determine the strength of a specific deity.’

’Moreover, I need more strength in my hands to lay out my surroundings and to spread out and handle matters, so....’

Li Chengyi pondered for a moment, his gaze falling upon the motionless demigod Melo.

’Perhaps I could try the permanent effect of the Power of Persuasion with the Flower Language Technique....’

....

...

Half an hour later.

Li Chengyi and Budouna walked in and out of the forest park one after the other, much like ordinary visitors.

Behind them followed a tall figure shrouded in a thick, ash-gray cloak.

Li Chengyi’s eyes showed a hint of fatigue.

Anyone who’d used the Flower Language’s Power of Persuasion hundreds of times in a row would be exhausted.

This ability to permanently change someone’s allegiance certainly existed, but the probability was really, very slim.

At a chance of several hundredths of a percent, it wasn’t something to rely upon during normal use.

The saving grace was that after trying this time, he would know next time not to waste so much effort.

It is because he went to Panguang and strengthened his Consciousness Power that he could now control a powerful demigod; otherwise, his past self might have been overwhelmed after just a dozen attempts.

"Master, if you are looking for other demigods, there are none left alone within the Venus Federation, and most of the rest hide within the Church Group or the Sunlight Council," Budouna now spoke to Li Chengyi with even greater respect.

Having personally witnessed a stronger demigod being forcefully brainwashed into one of their own,

she couldn’t shake off the deep chill in her heart, and she was afraid.

Afraid of the terrifying sensation of having one’s sanity and even consciousness completely controlled.

Threads of fear continuously fed into the Evil Flower within Li Chengyi, making his mood all the more delightful.

"Melo, do you know where another demigod might be alone?" Dealing with a collective of deities was still premature, but gathering enough demigods to serve as minions first was quite a good approach.

"Over by the Sea of Fervent Fire, there’s an old adversary of mine, Poroduro, the Deep Sea Giant Octopus. He’s stronger than I am and also a lone demigod," Melo said, now exhibiting a profound piety and reverence toward Li Chengyi, as if he were a family member or a brother, an intimacy and respect that made Budouna alongside feel all the more terrified.

"Good. We’ll head that way then. You lead," Li Chengyi said indifferently.

The more he explored, the more he felt this world was quite suitable to remodel into a stronghold.

As long as he could determine the level of threat from the various diverging blind spots nearby and the various differing environments provided a variety of mutant flowers.

This would make his absorption of the Flowers’ essence much more convenient, as he would not need to simulate the different environments himself.

Of course, what mattered most was cost-effectiveness.

Since he had to search the area for Paine and his family’s whereabouts anyway, it made sense to also create a logistical base solely for himself in the process.

And to rule the world, he would need many hands and underlings, so...