Countless clouds were scattered and parted by his impact.
Suddenly, new vines flashed into existence ahead of him, lashing downward ferociously.
Boom!!!
The power of this strike was even stronger than the last.
The terrifying giant strength slamd into Li Chengyi’s front without reservation.
’Enough is enough!!!’
In the blink of an eye, he rolled, and his body abruptly swelled and enlarged; dark energy surged out, covering the surroundings.
The next instant, as the dark energy dissipated, a huge grey-white creature, half-man and half-deer, appeared amid the clouds.
Giant antlers like branches adorned the creature’s head, standing six ters tall, its muscles bulging, with a grey-white substance that resembled armor covering its body.
Two grey-white floral imprints representing the Imprints slowly erged on its chest.
The armor was covered with spikes all around, fierce and majestic. In so areas, the patterns of the Floral Dress had even rged, with the dark purple-black petal marks barely visible.
Under these circumstances, the Feilian Floral Dress covered and fused into this Bone Armor.
Amid the clouds, vines sward from all directions, seizing the opportunity to pounce.
Li Chengyi was surrounded at the center, his hands swiftly condensing the Golden Longsword.
A massive gold sword quickly solidified in his hands. The terrifying length of the sword, over ten ters, swept fiercely at the surrounding vines like a giant shield.
Boom!!!
The sword blade and the vines ca into violent contact, and once more, the terrifying giant strength struck Li Chengyi.
But the extre pressure also gave the sword blade an unimaginable sharpness.
In just an instant, dozens of vines were severed by their own giant strength and fell.
The Golden Sword in Li Chengyi’s hands also suddenly shattered, dissipating into petals.
The Bone Armor on his hands burst open with a bang, turning into countless fragnts that vanished.
But quickly, new Bone Armor grew from beneath the skin, winding and solidifying to refill the gaps.
This was the mighty prowess of his Second Grey Bone Imprint.
As long as the Bone Armor was not completely broken, his body would remain unscathed.
The First Imprint gave him trendous strength, while the Second Imprint provided him with formidable defense.
Unless they utterly shattered all of his Bone Armor in an instant, such defense could maintain indefinitely until the bone matter in his body was utterly depleted.
The defense at this mont was far stronger than what he had tested before.
However, the formidable defense did not bring him any joy, as the severed vines seed to enrage the strange vine sphere in the distance.
Swiftly, hundreds of vines shot towards him, covering the sky and earth.
The whooshing sound of them tearing through the air was like the wailing of ghosts, spreading in every direction.
Li Chengyi’s expression changed slightly, and without a second word, he turned and fled frantically into the distance.
’Entering the deer body state allows to exert all the power of my Imprints, and combined with the Floral Dress, I can withstand much more strength than during the tests. But facing that monstrous thing... it’s still nowhere near enough...’
Moreover, Li Chengyi noticed that the vines chasing him were significantly faster than the first batch, reaching speeds varying between six and seven tis the speed of sound.
This developnt gave rise to an ominous suspicion in his mind...
While absorbing a vast amount of mories, he also involuntarily acquired many bits of information from different casting races.
Among these mories were extensive specific understandings of the Black Sea and other unknowns.
Sotis even idle chats with assistants could unintentionally reveal so precious common knowledge.
Like this sphere before him...
He seed to have heard about its general characteristics in the mories of so powerful beings.
’Could this thing be... the Mother of Erald!?’
The Mother of Erald, a legend in the Black Sea as the embodint of myriad natural plant lives. If categorized by danger level, it might be the highest-ranked entity he had encountered so far, second only to the King of the Death Angels.
Such beings typically only appeared in areas where vegetation was extrely scarce or on the brink of extinction.
It possessed a terrifying capability to mimic and evolve, able to simulate the defensive abilities of its opponent at a rapid pace and craft targeted ans of attack.
Lacking a single complex consciousness, its will was incredibly chaotic, having destroyed many powerful civilizations within the Black Sea.
The most crucial point is that the evolutionary capability of the Mother of Erald is unlimited... It feeds on Blind Spots, devouring all existing individuals, indestructible and uncontrollable. At least so far, no limits have been found.
This was a disaster-like terror!
Compared to the King of the Death Angels, this thing was actually more disgusting, at least the King of the Death Angels would stay quiet when not provoked.
But this thing acted on complete randomness, and if your Blind Spot had too little vegetation overall, you could be suddenly attacked by the Mother of Erald at any ti.
Lik Chengyi kept running while matching what he saw to the knowledge in his mory, and everything aligned perfectly with the traits.
The Mother of Erald didn’t an it was green; in different states, it showed different colors, mainly alternating between white and green.
’Trouble...’ his mind weighed heavily. If it really was the Mother of Erald, its level of trouble could far exceed any other Blind Spot creature.
With its bizarre mimicry and evolutionary ability, it wouldn’t take long for the vines to develop new abilities that could counteract his rapid movent...
’I must co up with a strategy...’ Although he had anticipated that this Blind Spot would be troubleso, he had not expected it to be this troubleso.
As he was rushing to escape from the pursuit of the Mother of Erald, the space in front of him suddenly twisted and blurred.
A massive traction force instantly locked onto his entire body.
Gurgle.
In an instant, Li Chengyi’s vision blurred, and his body rapidly disengaged from the Deer Human Imprint state, stumbling to the ground and steadying himself.
Before him was still the testing ground of the underground base.
Da Xiong was still standing in front of him, his expression of concern slowly becoming clearer from the blur.
He’s out!
He finally made it out!
The second prediction had passed, and what followed would be the third, which was to fully and completely enter.
"Are you alright, Brother Yi!?" Da Xiong had already realized that Li Chengyi had entered the Blind Spot, and seeing the cracked Bone Armor covering his body, he knew this Blind Spot must be extrely dangerous.
"I’m fine... but I’m afraid I need so ti to adjust. This Blind Spot is very troubleso." Li Chengyi took a deep breath, quickly determining a thod to cope in his mind.
The Mother of Erald within the new Blind Spot was too much of a hassle; if he were to enter like this, the outco would likely not be ideal...
After briefly explaining the situation with the Mother of Erald and the new Blind Spot to Da Xiong,
"Staying here would be a waste of ti, the best way to deal with the Mother of Erald is to conceal oneself. Not to confront her head-on," Da Xiong quickly suggested.
"Brother Yi, I suggest you take advantage of the last buffering ti and extend the ti at Midlane to think of a counterasure."
"That’s a good idea, I was planning to do just that," Li Chengyi nodded.
Properly used, the ti flow at Midlane could indeed serve as a temporary shelter, avoiding danger.
’In addition, before I go, I need to et soone else...’
Having perfected a substantial amount of martial arts, he could head to Midlane to focus on forming new Imprints.
This ti, he planned to concentrate as many Imprints as possible in one go.
In fact, top creatures of the Black Sea like the King of the Death Angels and the Mother of Erald all originated from repeated promotions, enhancents, and sublimations.
And what is nad an Imprint is actually a natural manifestation of certain common characteristics after sublimation.
That is all.
So, if one were to sublimate to a high enough level, even against the Mother of Erald, one might find a sufficient counterasure.
After all... according to the information in mory, the Mother of Erald initially evolved from a small cluster of naturally growing vines.
Simply put, the Mother of Erald should be considered a super-entity with who knows how many Imprints.
A mont later, Li Chengyi swiftly left the base and headed to the headquarters building.
Mingyuan Headquarters, twelfth floor.
Here, he once again t Paine, the Blind Spot Child of Destiny he had seen on the plane after a long ti.
Inside the modest office, Paine was shuffling a deck of cards, absent-minded and repetitive.
He looked more mature than back on the plane, at the age of eight, the ti when children should be studying, yet now he dedicated most of his energy to helping nurous Blind Spot Individuals in the rescue company.
This was his own choice.
It was for this reason that Li Chengyi had decided to entrust the Floral Bead to him.
"Long ti no see." Paine was waiting quietly for soone to enter the door when suddenly, a gentle voice unexpectedly rang out from behind him.
If this had been a few months earlier, he definitely would have been startled, but now, having entered countless Blind Spots, he had developed a calmness in his ntality.
Turning around, he saw the uncle whom he had t on the plane, the one who knew magic tricks.
"Hello, Uncle," he greeted politely.
"Sorry to trouble you," Li Chengyi said, as he definitely wouldn’t want to put all his eggs in one basket, so he specifically ca to ask Paine for a Flash Appearance into the Mother of Erald’s Blind Spot, to find a way out.
"For an obstacle that even Uncle finds tricky and seeks help for... this Blind Spot must be very challenging," Paine fell silent for a mont.
"What, if you’re unwilling, I won’t insist," Li Chengyi said softly.
"No... just, can you allow a few minutes to write a will for my friend?" Paine shook his head, calmly speaking.
"..." Li Chengyi was at a loss for words.
"Just a few minutes," Paine insisted earnestly.
"Sorry, is your friend soone from the company?" Li Chengyi asked.
"No, she’s a friend I t while playing at a pet park," Paine shook his head. "Her na is Xie Xie, and she’s as gentle as you, Uncle."
"Is that so? If there’s a chance, could you introduce her to ?" Li Chengyi said tenderly.
He really didn’t want to push an eight-year-old child so hard, but...
"No..." Paine shook his head, "I’ve talked to her about it, but she said Uncle is very scary, so I respect her thoughts."
"I... am scary?" Li Chengyi said in surprise, touching his cheek.
"Never mind, then it’s a deal, no hurry right now. Next ti... when I enter the Blind Spot again and need your assistance, Paine," he extended his hand earnestly.
"I’ll be ready," Paine nodded.
He had never seen Li Chengyi ask for help; this was the first ti, so without a second thought, he knew for sure that this Blind Spot would be very dangerous.
But...
He couldn’t refuse.
If it weren’t for Li Chengyi, he might have died in the vast desert of Sutan with his mother long ago...
Unlike now, with his mother’s terminal illness under control, and he himself needed by so many people... esteed and cared for by so many...
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