Blind Spot
Chapter 716: Rainstorm 2

Chapter 716: Rainstorm 2

"It’s that one," Zhang Xueying whispered. "After the great battle where the Family Alliance had formed a defense line to block the Xuanji Sect’s invasion, many lost beasts were scattered and missing. This one must be one that got away before. I discovered it by accident and haven’t yet had the chance to inform my master or the nearby families."

"You’ve worked hard," Li Chengyi said, looking at the enormous stone block before him.

If all went well, this giant fellow would be the first step in his plan to join the Xuanji Sect.

Raising his hand, he gestured for Zhang Xueying to step back, and then he began to approach the other party step by step.

When he drew close to a distance of twenty meters, the stone suddenly moved.

"Kill!!" The massive rock suddenly shattered, revealing a giant turtle inside that was coiled up with its body.

The giant turtle stood up, relying on its hind limbs to stand. In one hand, it held an axe, and a shield in the other, its entire body pitch-black, with eyes emitting a blinding white light.

Just as it got up, it lunged fiercely at Li Chengyi.

By the size of its body alone, it weighed at least a hundred tons. With accelerating speed, even the current Li Chengyi would not be able to handle it with just his flesh and blood.

Not to mention the pale golden True Yuan that was rapidly shining on its body.

But... in one aspect, it did not match Li Chengyi.

And that was... speed!

Whoosh!

Li Chengyi’s figure flickered, appearing instantly on the giant turtle’s shoulder; his right palm turned upwards, condensing a shadowy image of dark, jagged mountains, smashing down with a crush.

This was the Lushan Mountain Palm Technique.

The palm strength of the seventh layer Lushan Mountain Palm, coupled with the impact force of fifty tons, thunderously struck the giant turtle’s armored shoulder.

Boom!!

The two True Yuans collided, Li Chengyi’s being of a pale gold color, and so was the giant turtle’s.

Both were evenly matched; as soon as they came into contact, they burst into a myriad of golden light points.

"Foolish!!" The giant turtle bellowed with excitement.

Being a lost beast, its True Yuan was vast and mighty. A mere human actually dared to compete with it head-on for absolute strength—utter madness!

Hum!!

A greater output of True Yuan emerged from its body.

Its entire being seemed to be plated with a layer of pure gold.

But Li Chengyi remained standing on its shoulder, immovable, his hands still churning out True Yuan like a torrent.

His current seventh-level Lushan Mountain Palm, in terms of internal strength cultivation, was already equivalent to the peak of a first-rate realm.

As for the Golden Jade Martial Arts, finding a secret treasure to break through was the only thing needed to leap into the Golden Jade realm.

Add to that his terrifying fleshly body and high endurance, he naturally had a much larger capacity for True Yuan than common people, and thus gained more advantages when refining innate True Yuan.

The two stood in a stalemate for a few breaths.

The giant turtle’s True Yuan suddenly dimmed—it actually couldn’t hold on!

Before it could change tactics and retreat, the True Yuan collapsed violently, and the True Yuan belonging to Li Chengyi surged forward, smashing harshly into its right shoulder.

Boom!!!

A disc-shaped golden light exploded outward; the giant turtle screamed in pain, and like a wall, was brutally knocked to the ground.

The stream splashed up numerous water droplets, washing the canyon’s stone walls and turning them dark.

"It seems I’ve won," Li Chengyi said indifferently. He flipped backward, landing on a boulder.

This palm strike lacked technique; it was all about power. Through brute strength and the total amount of True Yuan, he had overwhelmed the giant turtle lost beast face to face.

The giant turtle lay painfully in the stream, the white light in its eyes beginning to turn red.

"Kill!!" It showed no signs of submission, struggling to its feet and swinging its axe toward Li Chengyi again.

The Ziwei Royal Authority didn’t take effect?

Li Chengyi’s brow furrowed.

He had clearly won just now, but the opponent, despite being severely injured, refused to submit, which seemed to prevent the Ziwei Royal Authority from taking effect.

This meant that the limitation of the Flower Language Technique required the opponent to truly admit defeat in their heart; otherwise, even if he could directly shatter their physical body, he wouldn’t be able to control them with the Flower Language Technique.

"Forget it."

Li Chengyi thought for a moment, then with another flicker, he appeared behind the opponent and delivered another palm strike.

The Lushan Mountain Palm Technique was much more useful than the Emerald Sea Sword Technique.

Even the basic moves of this palm technique were capable of enhancing the might of True Yuan. As long as one successfully condensed the mountain shadow, power could be increased by twenty percent out of thin air.

Very simply put, if one could condense five layers of mountains, it meant doubling the power.

Previously, Qiu Xueshan was able to condense eight mountain layers in one breath, increasing his innate True Yuan by one hundred and sixty percent, that is, by 1.6 times the power. Quite handy indeed.

And Qiu Xueshan had only practiced the Lushan Mountain Palm Technique up to the fourth level.

At this moment, Li Chengyi’s palm instantly condensed layer upon layer of mountain shadows, a total of fifteen mountain shadows, which kept stacking until they finally merged into a substantial dark hill.

Bang!

The small hill smashed downward.

Thump thump thump thump thump!!!

The continuous explosion of mountain shadows mercilessly caused the giant turtle’s shell to crack and collapse.

Within two breaths.

The giant turtle whimpered, falling to the ground on the verge of death.

Only then did Li Chengyi lightly land beside it, pressing a single hand onto its body.

Whoosh.

The entire giant turtle completely disappeared, as if it had been absorbed into some sort of spatial equipment.

At that moment, in Li Chengyi’s Mind Image World, the Sword Furnace floated in midair, rapidly shrinking the body of the turtle flying in from thin air and stuffing it into its flames.

Continuous burning sounds burst forth, and a vast amount of Consciousness Power flowed swiftly into Li Chengyi’s mind like a river.

The Consciousness Power quickly integrated into the surrounding dimensions, further expanding the scope of the dimensions.

’A drop in the bucket... too little. It seems that increasing True Yuan is indeed the proper way.’

Only when his cultivation had sufficiently increased could he burn consciousness power every moment, expanding the dimensional range.

Coming back to his senses, he looked towards Zhang Xueying, who was nearby and had been rendered speechless.

"Let’s go."

"...Yes."

Burning all things could bring a surge of consciousness power, but continuing like this, he would inevitably walk a path where he became the enemy of everything. That was a scenario Li Chengyi did not wish to see.

Therefore, as the time of his covert cultivation passed, an idea became clearer and clearer in his mind.

After spending two days subduing and controlling two first-class masters nearby, he once again began to attempt contact with the Xuanji Sect. This time, through these two subdued masters, he found a team of elite disciples from the Xuanji Sect who had just clashed with the Family Alliance and were retreating.

It was also quite coincidental that one of the controlled first-class masters, who practiced the Yellow Sand Palm, turned out to be a Xuanji Sect disciple infiltrated within the Family Alliance.

It was for this reason that he knew the route of the elite disciples’ retreat.

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North of Lushan Mountain, Secret Realm Great Prairie.

Amidst the thunderstorm, in the depth of night, streaks of human figures glowing with white light shot across the prairie like swift arrows.

The terrifying speed of over ten times the sound speed did not cause any sonic booms in this place.

Six human figures, like six streaks of light, moved in utter silence, swiftly traversing the prairie under the cover of the thunderstorm.

Just as the six were about to pass by a slightly raised mound of earth, suddenly from below, a burst of black light erupted, striking at one of the figures.

"Who’s there!?" The team leader roared, pointing a finger which released a golden light aimed at the black light.

Bang!!

The golden light instantly shattered the black light, scattering and annihilating it.

But immediately after, a figure emerged from the ground, throwing a punch at the six.

Not just that, several gray-black figures emerged from the earth around them, moving at various speeds and rushing towards the six.

The fastest among them, covered in thick black True Yuan, increased his attack speed to over ten times the speed of sound as well, sweeping up a vast expanse of flames with his palm, striking at the team leader.

"Quick battle, quick decision!" The leader sent a transmission. He struck out with a palm to meet the attack head on.

Boom!

The attacker, though not Golden Yuan, was able to withstand the innate Golden Yuan’s cutting edge with sheer density and thickness.

But it was only for a moment, as the leader’s Golden Yuan penetrated immediately and hammered viciously onto the fastest black figure.

There was a muffled ’thud.’

The figure’s body exploded, like a burst cloth, instantly turning into bloody chunks, dead beyond doubt.

The leader quickly turned to support his companions.

By now, the number of gray-black figures surrounding the six had grown to over thirty.

And from even farther away, more attackers were continuously emerging, a massive bone-chilling cold also eerily suppressing their bloodline circulation.

The ground all around condensed white frost, as the temperature plummeted by dozens of degrees to about sixty below zero.

And it was still falling.

The leader shattered another black figure with a palm, then turned to help the third person.

Suddenly, a terrifying gale of bloodlust struck.

A mirage of red-yellow wind and sand emerged from behind, striking him in the back.

Boom!!!

The thunderous explosion resulted as two massive Golden Yuans collided fiercely.

The leader felt a sweetness in his throat as he coughed up blood, immediately realizing that something was wrong.

It was a Golden Jade grandmaster on the same level as him!

Golden Jade grandmasters are experts who have cultivated their innate Golden Yuan to the pinnacle of strength and quantity.

Moreover, their martial arts are perfectly blended without a single flaw, never showing any weakness.

To step into the unparalleled realm, one must condense all their essence, energy, spirit, and power to form the innate Tao fruit.

With the innate Tao fruit, there is hope for reincarnation and true immortality.

That is why it is called unparalleled, as it signifies cutting oneself off from the world.

Because upon reaching this step, one naturally loses all ability to reproduce.

And no bloodline will ever leak out unless one reaches higher; such circumstances will not change.

Unparalleled experts either train their successors to establish family powers, preparing for reincarnation, or travel far and wide to accumulate a foundation for breaking through boundaries.

Why would they bother to waste time ambushing them here??

But before the leader could react, another terrifying black shadow, on par with him, drifted over and a sword beaming with black light pierced his chest in an instant.

The leader’s eyes widened in shock as all movement ceased.

His abundant Golden Yuan surged chaotically, threatening to explode any second, but it was quickly suppressed by two equal Golden Yuan forces.

"Can’t let you blow yourself up here. At this level, if you detonate, everything within hundreds of miles would be destroyed... That would be too much noise."

A shadowy figure appeared before the leader, looking down at him quietly.

"Who... who the hell are you...!?" The leader struggled to speak.

The face of the shadowy figure was momentarily illuminated by a lightning flash, revealing Li Chengyi’s unfathomable expression.

"Who I am doesn’t matter."

He extended his finger, gently touching it to the leader’s forehead, creating a small wound.

"What matters is, who are you?"

Hiss!

Instantaneously, Li Chengyi’s body dramatically transformed, shrinking and thinning like a noodle, and in a blink of an eye, he entered through that small wound, surging into the leader’s brain.

The Flower Language Divine Dark Dragon Bloodline ability activated.