Chapter 124: Crimson Flower
Chapter 124: Crimson Flower
Under the Evil Eye’s gaze, the Red-Back Centipede, shaped like a giant serpent, had faint fiery breaths floating around its body. Flames surged like tides, coalescing into the form of a fiery dragon that tumbled, boiled, and freely roamed. This blue-green flame seemed to be some strange poisonous fire, overflowing with a desolate and fierce aura that tainted the Void, leaving behind an eerie scarlet hue.
This was also—a demonstration of a Conceptual Realm!
“So that’s how it is!” Li Yi’s expression shifted as he suddenly understood.
This Evil Eye was certainly no living Lei Feng!
Not only did it teach Conceptual Realms, it also absorbed them to nurture itself.
Before long, the Conceptual Realm evolution finished. The Red-Back Centipede coiled up, sitting like a dragon.
Hum!
The vertical pupil hung high. A brilliant silver light shot toward the Red-Back Centipede.
The Red-Back Centipede was prepared. Its body leaped, swallowing that silver light. Its head trembled slightly, and from its movements, one could see its joy!
“Oh? There’s a reward too?” Li Yi’s eyes showed hesitation. He couldn’t recognize that thing. “But it’s not strange. Without some benefit, why would these magical beasts willingly demonstrate their Conceptual Realms?”
Next was that Death Knight.
The Death Knight looked up at the sky. From the gaps in its armor, countless purple-black vengeful spirits emerged, converging into a giant skull that cackled weirdly, the sound resounding through the skies. That sharp, loud laughter echoed in layers, mournful and reverberating, mixed with the wails of countless vengeful spirits!
Hearing it, Li Yi felt a splitting headache. His spirit grew fuzzy, as if about to crumble.
This technique was a roar similar to the Wail of the Undead, but it was more than ten times stronger!
Another brilliant silver light descended.
This silver light was even more magnificent, expressing the Evil Eye’s satisfaction.
One after another, in orderly fashion.
Tao Hua also showed her skill. With a single move, “Fleeting Splendor,” her blade left and returned its sheath like a ghost. The cold gleam reflected in the eyes, actually greatly satisfying the Evil Eye. The benefit she received even surpassed that of several minor magical beast lords, drawing sidelong glances from the beasts.
“This woman really has guts!”
The Evil Eye surveyed all, accepting everyone. Magical beasts took turns demonstrating, from strong to weak, spreading outward, not a single one missed.
Li Yi also focused on watching. However, perhaps due to dull aptitude, he gained very little.
Aside from the Death Knight’s roar technique, which reminded him of the Star Light Wraith’s Wail of the Undead and stirred some feeling, he gained nothing from the other Conceptual Realms.
He did not have the Gaze of the World, nor did he possess Zhangsun Shenji’s spiritual sensitivity. He could not simply observe a Conceptual Realm and make it his own.
Most of his Sudden Enlightenments came from actual combat.
Still, Li Yi was already quite satisfied.
Not to mention the roar technique with its countless vengeful spirits, just that faint, wisp-like Conceptual Realm of flowing water had already benefited him greatly.
“Hmm? It’s coming…”
The Evil Eye’s gaze had already fallen on the golden toad beside him.
The toad croaked a few times. On its body rose smoke interwoven with jade-gold and emerald green. Clearly, it was some path of extreme poison.
“So, what is my Conceptual Realm?” Li Yi rested his chin on his hand, thinking to himself. “Or rather, what kind of Conceptual Realm could gain greater benefits?”
Though unsure what the benefits were, Li Yi also wanted a share of the pie.
“I’m different from Zhangsun. I cultivate force primarily. I don’t have the ability to manifest a Conceptual Realm…”
A light flashed in his mind, fleeting like a white colt passing a crack.
“Wait, this is a Conceptual Realm demonstration, not a manifestation!” A faint gleam flashed in his eyes. Li Yi thought to himself, “In other words, even a Conceptual Realm not yet comprehended…”
The Evil Eye’s gaze arrived as expected.
Li Yi looked up, held his breath, and focused his mind.
An image formed in his consciousness, projected upward, turning into a light-and-shadow that floated and rotated on its own, every detail vividly clear.
Armed Equipment Blueprint—Profound Darkness Heart!
The Rule of Profound Darkness Heart might only be considered a tiny scale fallen from the immense body of the Soaring Serpent, but without a doubt, it was the genuine Conceptual Realm of the Soaring Serpent!
The Soaring Serpent, titled “Lord of the Nine Nethers,” was a water deity. The vastness and profundity of its Conceptual Realm absolutely surpassed any ordinary one!
“I guessed right!”
Li Yi could clearly feel the complex emotions within that towering vertical pupil: first dullness, then delight, then an inability to put it down.
Not just Li Yi, all the magical beasts sensed the Evil Eye’s joy from the spiritual fluctuations.
A brilliant ray of light, containing an object, descended from above.
Li Yi hurriedly caught it in his hand. This object was shaped like a glob of mercury, formless yet seeming alive, constantly changing.
In an instant, countless eager and angry gazes focused on him.
Even the four minor magical beast lords had jealousy in their eyes.
The several beasts beside him, with their restless stances, were clearly ready to devour Li Yi alive!
“Is this the so-called—’wait after school’?” Li Yi’s face remained calm. A faint gleam flashed as he stored the object into his Sumeru Ring. “What exactly is this thing? Why are they looking at me like I’m the killer of their fathers?”
After several thoughts, he had a plan.
At the first opportunity, escape immediately!
As for Tao Hua and that thing concerning the Empire, he couldn’t be bothered!
Father dies, mother remarries; everyone looks out for themselves!
…
The Colossal Beast Scripture Lecture slowly drew to a close.
A wave of spiritual fluctuation spread. The low-level beasts on the outermost periphery, as if granted amnesty, quickly fled outward.
“Oh? Leaving in order too?” Li Yi slowed his breathing, gathering strength. A sound of thunder surged within his body.
After a while, a second spiritual fluctuation spread. Level 1 magical beasts also fled one after another.
The third spiritual fluctuation!
“Go!”
Having prepared for a long time, Li Yi’s feet rumbled with thunder, swirling winds coiled around him. With one flying step, he actually executed the mystery of Echo Step, covering several dozen yards in a single stride.
Hum!
A sickly green shadow, like a swimming serpent, wrapped in a foul wind, wriggled and followed, slicing through the air with a piercing shriek.
“What is that?”
Li Yi’s figure flashed abruptly. Thousandfold Strategy rotated. His body moved like a rapid stream through a dangerous gorge, floating and sinking, dodging the attack.
Looking closely, it was actually a thick tongue.
The tongue missed, wrapping around a large tree. Using this as support, its owner leaped over.
This beast was actually the golden toad that had been beside him!
“Overestimating yourself!”
Li Yi shouted angrily. His hands danced continuously. Five pale blue water pellets condensed in his palms.
Within the water pellets, flowing water churned violently, swirling and rotating, their force like boiling. They were less like water pellets and more like five small whirlpools!
Within the Conceptual Realm of flowing water, what Li Yi had comprehended was that “living water” he had glimpsed when summoning Water Elementals.
The water pellets spun on their own, without beginning or end. Their ferocious power increased by fifty or sixty percent!
Inside him, the Black Dragon sang softly and the Dragon Turtle roared deeply. Two clear sounds rang out. Within the water pellets, an added touch of profound black and pale white, like a Yin-Yang symbol, boosted their power further.
“Die!”
The water pellets whistled, their shrieking sound no less than that of fireballs!
Boom!
The golden toad was mid-air, unable to dodge or shift. Hit by the water pellets, its belly caved in, its body flew backward, and even that large tree was uprooted.
“Croak!” The toad cried out angrily. No matter how hard it thought, it couldn’t understand how mere water pellets could have such power!
“It’s not a secret technique. The power of a spell is constant… But true powerhouses can integrate Bloodline Abilities, Metamagic Specializations, Conceptual Realms, even Dao Transformation Armaments into their spells, achieving power beyond their tier! This is the gap between Heaven’s Pride and ordinary people!”
Feeling this insight, Li Yi’s feet didn’t stop. He strode like a running bull, charging out!
Another figure blocked his path.
It was that giant turtle. Just looking at its rugged, mountain-like shell showed its powerful defense!
Crack!
A cold gleam flashed in his eyes. A sharp snap rang out.
Divine Execution Finger Snap!
The phantom of the Kui Bull roared. The shadow of the pitch-black Black Dragon showed off its might, fiercely pouncing out!
The Black Dragon’s shadow actually exuded a sense of substance.
A touch of Dragon’s Aura merged into the Divine Execution Finger Snap, adding ferocity.
Thud!
The giant turtle fell on its back, unable to move for a long while.
Dragon’s Aura had an especially strong deterrent effect on reptilian creatures. Although Li Yi’s Dragon’s Aura wasn’t orthodox, combined with the spiritual impact, the effect was still quite good.
He stepped on the turtle’s belly, using it as a springboard. Thunder mixed with wind sounds as he broke through the sky in a single step, soaring out!
“Huh?”
Mid-air, a sharp pain came from his lower back. It was his Mage’s Intuition frantically warning him.
Turning to look, a swamp dire wolf, mouth wide open, had wind blades spinning within. A giant wind pellet was about to form!
The target was his back.
“Ganging up? How shameless!”
Just as he intended to summon a Water Elemental, his mind stirred, and he stopped the action.
If this continued, getting bogged down in a melee would make escape difficult.
“Come on!”
Li Yi roared. That puppet blueprint that had saved his life once was placed behind him, while the dragon-man mask appeared on his face.
Mid-air, the sound of dragon roars was incessant. His figure instantly transformed into a fierce dragon-man.
“Siren Splits the Tide!”
A low grunt. All his scales trembled, like great waves and billows, forming a powerful defense.
The wind pellet roared, arriving upon him in an instant!