Blind Spot
Chapter 638: Causal 2

Chapter 638: Causal 2

Three days later...

Inside the secret room,

Li Chengyi was still sitting cross-legged.

Taking a deep breath, he felt extremely weak. His strength had greatly declined after losing the Giant Strength Imprint.

But in return, the True Fire within the furnace of the Primordial Spirit Sword Palace had become denser and more potent.

With the refined essence he received, he chose to continue strengthening his sword imprint.

Most importantly, the Floral Bloodline Primordial Seal, although burned, was able to recover, which was like getting a seal for free.

At this moment, he had only lost and transformed one Giant Strength Imprint. As a result, he actually had an additional imprint, increasing from twenty to twenty-one!

With a thought, black ominous flames suddenly ignited on his body.

The flames automatically flowed into his veins, permeated his skin, and fused with his bone marrow.

A power far more terrifying and stronger than before instantly filled his body.

How much stronger this power was, he was not clear, and he temporarily had no reference.

But this was not important. What was important was that he needed to choose the second summoning structure next.

Three days were enough.

Three days were equivalent to three years in Midlane. Li Chengyi went to his teacher Yin Yue first thing, absorbing new Flowers from the botanical garden, and then went to harvest Evil Thoughts from the Mosha.

Going back and forth like this, he finally brought the evolution count of Feilian to its final fifth time, which is the Ultimate Form.

This time, he did not immediately burn the Origin Seal but chose to seclude himself and wait for the moment the city gates would fling wide open as that true Taoist had mentioned.

Since the initial test was complete, he planned to maximize the use of the Flower Language Technique, aiding his rapid advancement in the cultivation system of Tian Ju Pavilion.

He completely abandoned the initial path of improving through the Evil Flower System.

But he had a hunch that this seemed more correct.

And just as he was quietly cultivating in seclusion and getting familiar with the new True Fire Realm over two days,

In the dark space above Earth-Moon, a vague shadow suddenly tore open space, created a crack, and lightly drifted out, flying towards Earth-Moon Planet.

The shadow was cloaked in a black robe, and its face was pitch black, revealing no features.

Even its eyes reflected no light.

It moved swiftly, crossing the atmosphere and the clouds, and soon arrived above Yi Country.

Bypassing vast ruins, the shadow quickly came upon a thick forest.

The sunlight shone, and the shadows of the trees swayed.

The forest had long since recovered from its past devastation wrought by White Wax and various Blind Spot creatures, with a vast expanse of vegetation repairing the wounds of before.

The nearby Blind Spot creatures, mostly expelled or eradicated by the people of Mingyuan in cooperation with the Garden’s warriors,

Blind Spot creatures, immortal and undying, would resurrect within their original blind spots even if killed, so the Red God led the powerhouses who joined the Garden to seal off the weaker entrances to the Blind Spots.

For the strong ones that couldn’t be sealed, elite fighters were assigned to guard the gates, with their territory limited to Suiyang City alone.

There were enough hands for the job.

In no time at all, the area around Suiyang quickly settled into peace and stability.

The return of Mingyuan brought peace and stability that attracted a large number of survivors from the outskirts to gather.

In just a short half-month, the population of the city area increased by nearly half, almost attracting all the survivors from the surrounding areas.

Various industries and production activities began to rebuild quickly, with AI-controlled production lines rapidly setting up a series of protective safety systems.

"A very nice Blind Spot."

The shadow slightly turned its head, as if scanning the serene scene below the forest canopy.

Then, his gaze fell on Li Chengyi below the ground in the base, who was closing his eyes and studying the Ultimate Form of Feilian.

"Still resisting the pull of the Source of Evil? Let me help you speed up a little..."

He stretched out his right hand, his finger pointing towards Li Chengyi.

"Go to your death sooner, take away the Evil Flower, so that Primordial King City can return to his Majesty..."

He murmured softly, and a pink halo suddenly appeared at his fingertips.

If someone could look closely, they would discover that the halo was actually made of countless tiny pink flowers.

The pink flowers, like countless grains of sand, gathered and scattered uncertainly, growing brighter and brighter.

The space-time around started to slow down rapidly with the increasing brightness of the halo, becoming stagnant and frozen.

This was a local space-time stasis technique that only a Saint could use.

"Who!?"

Suddenly, a fierce shout rang out.

Inside the underground base, Li Chengyi activated Shadow Flash and appeared in mid-air in an instant.

He looked up at the position of the cloaked shadow for the first time.

A sharp sense of threat was rapidly coming from that person’s fingertips.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Chengyi condensed the Golden Sword in his hand and shot out in a blink of an eye.

Sword Technique: Instant Prison!

Whoosh!!

The golden sword trailed a black streak, instantly crossing the shadow’s body, and coming to a stop behind it.

Li Chengyi’s figure also appeared behind the shadow at the same time, slowly sheathing his sword.

Bang!!

Countless golden sword lights mixed with the Sword of Wisdom exploded from within the shadow’s body.

Emotions bound the surroundings, the Sword of Wisdom burst from within, and Instant Prison cut at the vitals.

Threefold eradication, constrained by Li Chengyi’s exceptionally high sword prowess, was confined within this tiny area of a hundred square meters.

No other area was affected.

But, although successful, there was no trace of relief on his face.

Rather, he quickly moved away from the shadow.

The Sword of Wisdom flew back into his body in large quantities, while the shadow was still suspended in midair, motionless, even the pink halo at the fingertips was still gathering, brighter than ever. It was completely unaffected.

"A very beautiful strike." The shadow spoke softly, with a hint of a smile, and a hint of pity.

"But unfortunately... you and I are not in the same temporal layer, below the Saint Position, all offenses lose their meaning to us... All things return to their place, eternal is the only one. Your attack, to me, is like flowers in a mirror and the moon on water, no matter how strong or splendid, unable to break through the picture and touch my body."

"Saint Position..." Li Chengyi suddenly realized why the shadow’s attack was so slow.

This guy was also condensing an attack from another temporal layer, separated by a vast distance towards this place.

"Farewell." The pink light in the shadow’s hand had reached a blinding intensity, like the sun.

By now, everyone else inside the base had noticed something was amiss.

Shadows swiftly flew out, looking up at the sky.

Fortunately, team members had all returned to their respective blind spots to cultivate. Here, apart from Li Chengyi, there were only the powerful and researchers from Mosha’s The Garden.

"What is that!?"

"That shadow has no substance, but the light in its hand can actually radiate and disperse! How is that possible!?"

"Don’t all gather here, spread out! Pay attention to avoiding explosions!"

People from The Garden and Mingyuan began to sense that something was wrong and started activating emergency response systems.

A piercing alarm sounded above the forest sea.

Li Chengyi stared intently at the shadow.

"Are you one of White Wax’s people!?"

"Hehe...." The shadow neither admitted nor denied.

Hiss!!

In an instant, the entire vast forest sea, along with all the powerful beings at the base below, were plunged into stillness.

The wind stopped flowing.

Water droplets suspended midair, even the spray from the water and the dewdrops falling from the leaves, all hung motionless, like a painting.

Within the dark green sea of trees, branches and leaves were forcibly fixed in place in a bizarre stance.

A few ash birds flapping their wings out of the branches had their beaks open as if about to scream.

Everything, at this moment, seemed to have been paused, losing its dynamics.

Li Chengyi in the sky was no exception.

He maintained his sword-grasping, focused stance, with his hair and overcoat flaring backwards, no longer falling.

His eyes, motionless, stared at the shadow without turning, as if embedded in wax.

Throughout his body, only a small purple-black mark on the back of his hand still shimmered with a faint glow.

That was the special Mark of the Evil Flower.

At this moment, every power within him, be it his Primordial Spirit Sword Palace or the True Fire of the Sword Furnace, was caught in absolute stasis.

Even his thoughts, at this moment, almost came to a halt.

But it was just almost.

Just as Li Chengyi was about to succumb to the stop, a wisp of cooling floral energy from the Mark of the Evil Flower silently protected the Sword Furnace within his Primordial Spirit Sword Palace.

The Sword Furnace was the essence of Li Chengyi’s consciousness, the dwelling place of his true soul.

Under the protection of the floral energy, the True Fire within the Sword Furnace managed to move ever so slightly.

Although it was the slow, flickering burn of a flame, compared to the rest of the static outer world, being able to move was fundamentally different.

"Hmm? He can still move under spatial stasis?" The shadow was slightly surprised as it watched Li Chengyi.

It originally thought that dealing with the immature third generation would be as simple as freezing them in their tracks, then hastening their demise to complete the task.

But it seemed things had changed.

It pondered for a moment, then turned and flew towards Li Chengyi.

Crack.

Suddenly, a slight crisp crackling sound came from Li Chengyi’s body.

The shadow was taken aback slightly, its gaze dropping to his waist.

A Purple Jade Pendant hanging at Li Chengyi’s waist was now slowly developing a crack.

A white and inconspicuous fine line.

"This is...!?" The shadow felt that something was amiss.

Crack!!

Suddenly, a streak of purple lightning flashed across the sky.

The still heavens had become overcast with dark clouds at some unknown time, the thick layers accumulating continuously.

Thunder roared, and a fierce wind howled, inexplicably breaking the stasis of the Saint Position.

Boom!

Another thunderclap sounded.

A bolt of blue lightning flashed by, illuminating for an instant the deep recesses of the clouds right above.

It also lit up the huge blood-colored eye in the deep recesses of the clouds, silently gazing down upon this place.

The shadow raised its head, its gaze directly encountering that blood-colored eye that nearly filled half of the sky.

’Gathering Heaven!’

’Gathering Heaven!’

’Gathering Heaven!’

’Gathering Heaven!!’

In a flash, countless incantations echoed within the shadow’s mind.

It was as if an innumerable amount of people were sitting around him at that moment, chanting these two words in unison.

The sound waves seemed to break through all barriers, furiously drilling into the depths of the shadow’s consciousness, intending to brainwash and enslave it.

"What is this!?" The shadow’s voice, laden with a hint of anger, growled lowly. "Tian Ju Pavilion? A mere latecomer dares to interfere with our plans!?"

"Primordial King City? Indeed, they are our predecessors."

Suddenly, a semi-transparent ethereal Taoist appeared in front of Li Chengyi, blocking the shadow’s gaze.

"If you are aware of karma, it’s not too late to leave now," the shadow said coldly.

The old Taoist chuckled.

"Judging by your aura, you do seem ancient; I addressed you as my senior out of respect. But surely you don’t truly believe you hold that much sway?"

"I’ve heard that Tian Ju Pavilion harbors the ambition to unify Lian City, and now it appears to be true," the shadow said icily. "The karma involved with this matter is too great. You would be wise to act as if unaware; otherwise...."

"You have your karma, and we also have our true portion of karma. Should it have been the previous generation, you might have held some sway. But in this generation... our Pavilion is the strongest."

The old Taoist leaned forward slightly.

"I have traveled through numerous heavens and never met anyone who dared to demand respect from me to my face...."

"You!?" The shadow’s hand once again lit up with a pink halo, clearly furious and about to take action.

Just then, the dark clouds above burst apart, a purple bolt of lightning piercing through, descending from the sky and striking the shadow fiercely.

With a thunderous explosion, the shadow disappeared.

The stalled space-time suddenly shattered.

All things resumed their motion.