Blind Spot
Chapter 685 - 629 Dyes and Chemicals One

Chapter 685: 629 Dyes and Chemicals One

The general championship arena was set up in the northern suburbs of the Royal Capital.

A large park space was leveled, and enormous stone platforms for the contest were constructed.

Li Chengyi did not go directly to participate in the selection. As the Hierarch of the Martial Art Alliance, he had obtained a spot to directly enter the final competition.

Inside the Golden Bowl Hotel.

He did not waste any time and continued to sit cross-legged, studying the newly evolved Flower Language Ability.

The Evil Thoughts he had accumulated previously were now sufficient to evolve the Ziwei Flower.

And what he was testing at the moment was the Flower Language Ability that had evolved for the third time.

’Ziwei Flower Language 1: Persuasion Aura (Whenever you speak any persuasive Flower Language, there is a chance to permanently change the other party’s alignment within a 130-meter radius around you, with no limit on the number of persuasions)’

This Flower Language used to be one-on-one, but now it’s not limited in number and can be used as a group control ability.

The priority of Flower Language is extremely high, and it can be utilized in many situations.

But besides this, what Li Chengyi cared about even more was the second Flower Language.

’Flower Language 2: Good Fortune +3 (Recovery period is two days)’

It used to be that one increment of Good Fortune would accumulate every three days, but now it has changed to every two days.

Not too bad.

Next was just the last Ultimate Form evolution. The total number of evolutions for the Ziwei Flower was four, plus the original form, making for only five forms.

The Ultimate Form generally undergoes a significant qualitative change, in terms of both abilities and the Floral Dress, and so Li Chengyi was looking forward to this as well.

He withdrew his finger from the Evil Flower and stood up to stretch his body.

Now, as the strength of his body kept climbing, he once again felt the tight pain of his skin and muscles.

Once Eternal Vitality began, it could not stop until complete physical and mental death, so he had to find a way to dissipate the new internal pressure as soon as possible.

He pushed open the door and strode toward the room of Daoist Canglu.

Bang!

He entered without any courtesy.

Daoist Canglu was in the middle of showering, standing naked in the bathroom, as the sound of water flowed incessantly.

The two stood facing each other, eye to eye.

"Who let you in!!!" Daoist Canglu bellowed angrily.

"The door wasn’t locked. I thought you were free," Li Chengyi said nonchalantly. "Besides, we’re both men, nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Then why don’t you let me take a look at you!" Daoist Canglu retorted angrily, grabbing a towel to cover himself.

"I’m a Squirrel! Are you really trying to make an issue out of this with me, a Squirrel Person!" Li Chengyi raised his eyebrows and said brusquely.

"Dammit!" Daoist Canglu cursed under his breath. "And I’m pretty sure I locked that door!"

"Ah? Didn’t notice. Anyway, it opened right up with a light push," Li Chengyi said casually.

Looking through the glass, Canglu saw the door frame that had been broken and was crumbling. He was rendered speechless.

"Enough old man, spare me the small talk. I’m too bored; find me an opponent to play with," Li Chengyi said impatiently.

The internal pressure, growing nonstop, ignited a burning fire in his heart.

And indeed, his body temperature was rising from this relentless internal blaze.

"An opponent? The preliminary rounds for contestants from various countries are underway. Those people can’t even scratch your skin. Let’s talk about it in the final round," said Canglu helplessly.

"What about a hydraulic press? Is there a hydraulic press around here?" Li Chengyi, feeling intense impatience, struggled to contain his thirst for challenge.

"There definitely is one, but it’ll need to be arranged... the factories definitely have one," sighed Canglu.

"Arrange it for me. If I keep staying like this, it’s too dull. Just to be clear, if the final round doesn’t produce a decent opponent for me, I’ll completely trash the entire arena and the Tai Suqing Group!" Li Chengyi said brusquely.

"Don’t worry... you’ll get your wish... Tai Suqing Group has plenty of strong experts," Canglu assured seriously.

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Without hesitation, the hydraulic press training was arranged in less than two hours.

As a large industrial machine with an extremely high limit, the hydraulic press could support Li Chengyi’s cultivation to a very high level.

This made him develop a strong dependence on this kind of large machinery.

In a mechanical processing factory in the suburbs.

A group of machine operators watched with stunned eyes the Squirrel Person roaring under the hydraulic press.

Ahhhhhh!!!

"Not enough! More pressure!! Add more ahhhh!!!"

It was already a pressure of two hundred tons...

While this was nothing for the hydraulic press, the issue was that the thing under it wasn’t the usual large metal material they crushed, but a living creature!!!

A squirrel!?

A squirrel that looked like a human!

And it was withstanding the amplified pressure of two hundred tons!!?

This was straight out of legendary myths!

What does two hundred tons mean?

It’s comparable to nearly twenty adult elephants! A two-hundred-passenger plane full of people!

What Li Chengyi was currently battling was such a terrifying number, and all that weight was concentrated on the hydraulic press cylinder that was only the size of a bathtub.

Such pressure was even more frightening.

"It... says to add more...!?" The foreman trembled as he turned to Canglu.

Canglu was also sweating.

Partly from fear, partly from the massive heat emanating from Li Chengyi’s body.

An intense body odor, thick and strong, evaporated nonstop, permeating the entire surrounding factory.

"Continue." He too wanted to see the limit of Li Chengyi.

The foreman bit the bullet and resumed increasing the pressure.

The numbers on the gauge started to climb even higher.

The immense pressure continued to rise from two hundred tons.

Two hundred twenty.

Two hundred fifty.

Three hundred.

Three hundred forty...

Woah!!!

Suddenly, Li Chengyi let out a furious roar.

His muscles exploded fiercely as blood forced out of his veins by the pressure, squirting from his body.

But at this very moment, the effects of the second Life Vitality Imprint were quickly being digested, following the method he had used previously, in stages, and in combinations.

Huff...

The temperature inside the factory rose higher and higher, the noise from breathing sounding increasingly like a large bellows.

Some of the workers with weaker constitutions couldn’t bear it anymore and started leaving one after another.

The hydraulic press kept raising and falling heavily.

Li Chengyi stood below, repeatedly withstanding the terrifying impact of over three hundred tons.

Each time, a bit of blood was squeezed out of his body.

But this blood carried a high temperature, and upon falling to the surroundings, it quickly dried up, emitting a wisp of smoke.

"It’s truly... too terrifying..." Daoist Changlu couldn’t restrain a sigh as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Squirrel Grey’s enhancement seemed to have no limits; it was hard to tell just how terrifying he would become when he eventually entered the stage.

Not much longer.

Li Chengyi finally paused his training, walked down with smoke coming off his body, and jumped into the prepared ice water pool.

Sss.

A faint hissing spread, and clouds of white steam rose up.

Li Chengyi’s fur rapidly returned from red to grey.

His body had grown even bigger; far from being squashed shorter by the hydraulic press, he had actually become taller.

He was now around two meters forty.

"Old Cang, by the way, I always hear you and Old Red talking about the Celestial Virus, what’s so powerful about that virus? That Grandmaster I killed earlier, he didn’t seem much different from you guys."

Li Chengyi asked casually.

"The difference is quite significant, he was enhanced by the virus and unless he’s struck dead in one blow or shattered, he can recover quickly without any sequelae." Daoist Changlu approached and sighed.

"So his recovery is far better than yours?" Li Chengyi said.

"That’s one way to put it, and importantly, there are no sequelae; all hidden injuries can be healed," added Daoist Changlu.

"Can I see an example?"

"This is the Tai Suqing Headquarters; if you want to see, there are plenty of opportunities. Anyone from the Ta Suqing Group is a virus carrier," Daoist Changlu said. "Also, I have something to tell you; while you were training, Kui and Xiang Hanying have already gone together to visit the Grandmaster from the White Bear Clan who came to participate in the competition."

"The White Bear Clan? Boring social calls." Li Chengyi said indifferently. "When does the final start? I can hardly wait."

"It will be about five days of preliminary selections before those of us who are already through get a chance to enter the stage," Daoist Changlu said helplessly.

"Let’s go out for a look." Li Chengyi was resting his body; he couldn’t train anyway, and even with Eternal Vitality, enhancement required temporary rest.

"Go where?"

"To the Tai Suqing Headquarters," Li Chengyi said.

"...You’re not planning to start trouble, are you?" Daoist Changlu went silent before suddenly asking.

"Start trouble? How could that be. I’m just giving them a chance to kneel and beg for mercy. Would that be called ’starting trouble’?"

Li Chengyi raised his eyebrows.

"Promise me... we haven’t managed to get in touch with the other forces yet. Can you wait a bit longer? Everything here is interconnected... we must act cautiously," Daoist Changlu suddenly felt very weary.

"You guys are just too weak. Just go directly to their doorstep, kill those who don’t obey, enslave those who do, and crush everyone else. Wouldn’t that be clean and simple!?" Li Chengyi said discontentedly.

"But if we can’t beat them..." said Daoist Changlu helplessly. "Tai Suqing is a terrifying entity that even more than a dozen nuclear bombs couldn’t kill; we must not take him lightly."

"Oh? That powerful?" Li Chengyi was also somewhat surprised.

Surviving a nuclear bombing did indeed carry weight, but there were many possibilities.

After all, the core high-temperature zone of a nuclear explosion and the periphery affected by the blast were entirely different concepts.

"That’s why we’re using Xiang Hanying’s connections to unite all the other forces, preparing to confront them during the finals. At that time, a combined effort in a major battle will completely resolve Ta Suqing!" said Daoist Changlu.

"You have a way to deal with something not even nuclear bombs can resolve?" asked Li Chengyi, truly surprised this time.

"Of course, there is a way. But it requires time to initiate and also needs enough concealment. So, we need to distract them on the surface," Daoist Changlu explained.

"I can handle that. Easy!"

Li Chengyi nodded.

"What do you plan to do?" Daoist Changlu sensed that Li Chengyi understood what he meant and slightly relaxed.

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Boom!!!

In the Royal Capital’s urban area, a noble villa district was engulfed in raging flames.

Several three-story villas collapsed with a crash. From amidst the flames, a lightning-like shadow suddenly burst out, gracefully sweeping through the air and rushing into a dark alley where Daoist Changlu was hiding.

The shadow solidified and turned out to be Li Chengyi, who was supposed to be resting from his training.

"See, just burn down the villa district of the Ta Suqing Group’s executives, maim their family members, and that will get their attention," Li Chengyi said casually, his face covered with a black cloth mask to conceal his identity.

’But with your squirrel tail and distinctive physique... what’s the use of a mask anyway!?’ Daoist Changlu really wanted to retort.

Yet he didn’t dare say more.

"Why don’t you just kill them directly?" he asked with resignation.

"Why kill them? They’re innocent people; it’s not good to be so cruel," Li Chengyi looked at him oddly.

"....." So throwing them into the fire after breaking their limbs is your idea of being kind????

Daoist Changlu was at a loss for words.

Fortunately, all of the Ta Suqing Group who were still in the area were guilty parties; the truly innocent had already left, conscience-stricken.