In his urgency, Li Cheng颐 condensed a golden sword in his hand and slashed down with force.

Dang!!!

With a deafening sound, he was sent flying.

The thirty thousand tons of force generated by the combination of the burst of Gentle Qi and Blood Essence was still not enough to withstand the vine's strike.

Stalling for only a moment, a large number of vines surged up from behind him, lashing out at Li Cheng颐.

Bang bang bang bang!!!

A terrifying barrage of thousands of strikes per second.

Amidst the clouds, Li Cheng颐 in his black armor was like a badminton shuttlecock, sent flying back and forth by the countless vines, rebounding incessantly.

Each strike from the vines tore away large pieces of his flesh and armor.

But he didn't resist, enduring silently.

As soon as his flesh was torn away, his body would immediately heal the wound, returning to its original state.

Under such a dense barrage of strikes, the clouds beneath Li Cheng颐 seemed to be raining blood.

Large amounts of flesh and bone fragments fell, some into the sea, others scattered by the wind, lost without a trace.

The beating continued for more than ten minutes.

Only then did all the vines slowly retract, disappearing bit by bit.

Several minutes later.

The last vine swiftly retreated.

Only Li Cheng颐 was left, flung high into the air by the final blow, his flesh torn open, his bones shattered countless times.

Now that everything was quiet, his body began to recover and heal again.

'Hua Yu (Flower Language): Radiance Force Field.' Li Cheng颐 gently activated his Hua Yu ability.

A golden force field enveloped his entire body, and his flesh rapidly repaired itself, returning to its normal form in just over ten seconds.

'As expected… this thing is a pervert. The more you resist, the more excited it gets, and the faster it evolves. If you don't resist, letting it whip you, it gets no feedback and slowly regresses on its own.'

Li Cheng颐 breathed a sigh of relief, his face pale, but his spirits were high.

Although he had lost a lot of vitality, and his body could only heal a dozen more times before he might die, figuring out how to deal with the Mother of Azure was good news.

'Too bad… one set of Flower Scale Armor is ruined. Luckily, I have plenty of Flower Scale Armor.'

A purple light flashed on his body, and he donned a special armor covered in purple magnolia patterns.

The Purple Magnolia Flower Scale Armor was characterized by jade-like light bands inlaid at the joints.

The evolved armor itself wasn't very ornate, resembling a Chinese skirt armor. A large diamond-shaped purple crystal was on the chest, with Flower Language beads constantly rising and falling, flashing purple light.

The new Flower Scale Armor couldn't fly, so Li Cheng颐 had to step on Blood Essence and return to the Golden City at full speed.

Soon returning to the Radiance Rain Ark, he found Paine, who was lying motionless on the deck in his Life-sustaining Suit.

"Are you okay?"

He helped Paine up from the ground.

"I'm okay, Uncle. I used Hua Yu again. To start the Radiance Rain Ark, you need to find the Divine Fire Engraving Ring. Only the Cipher Text Tower Society has it. Only the Divine Fire Engraving Ring has an isolation engraving that can avoid the Mother of Azure."

Paine said quickly.

"Divine Fire Engraving Ring…" Li Cheng颐 immediately thought of the golden-armored man who had punched through him before.

Uh…

He was confident in his strength, but not confident enough to fight against so many engravings with only three engravings.

'Wait… what if I lure the Mother of Azure to that golden-armored man?' An idea arose in Li Cheng颐's mind.

But just as the thought arose, a violent tremor shook the entire Radiance Rain Ark, causing it to creak.

"What's going on!?" He rushed to the railing and looked out.

In the distance, in the sky.

A vast storm of silver light points, like a giant wall, was covering and advancing towards the Golden City.

At this moment, the sea of clouds in the sky seemed to be divided into two halves.

One half was the silver light point storm.

The other half was the Golden City and the white sea of clouds.

"…This thing can come into the sky!?" Li Cheng颐's scalp tightened, and he grabbed Paine and ran wildly.

But he didn't run far.

White vines reappeared, surrounding him from below.

'Why at this time!!?' Li Cheng颐 was anxious. The silver storm was approaching behind him, and the Mother of Azure was chasing him from below.

He was also carrying Paine, who had the physique of an ordinary human.

Wait! Paine!? He must have a way!

"Uncle, go left!!" Paine's voice entered his ears at this moment.

Li Cheng颐 didn't hesitate and charged to the left.

Boom!!!!

Suddenly, everything in the world turned golden.

Above, below, and in all directions, all the sea of clouds, the vines of the Mother of Azure that were rising and surrounding him, and the silver storm approaching from afar.

Everything, everything.

At this moment, all were dyed golden by the massive golden light released by the door of rippling golden water deep in the Golden City.

In the golden light, a massive pillar of light, golden on the outside and black on the inside, shot out from the door, through the city, and struck the group of Mother of Azure vines waving in mid-air.

The pillar of light was over three hundred meters in diameter, like a golden stone pillar, completely enveloping Li Cheng颐 as well.

He only had time to protect Paine in front of him, and his back was hit by the huge, hot, and terrifying impact.

Pfft!!

A large mouthful of blood spurted out, and the back half of Li Cheng颐's body rapidly burned, charred, and disintegrated.

But the support of his massive vitality and Blood Essence allowed him to quickly heal his injuries, pushing away the charred body and growing new flesh.

Even though he was only on the edge, grazed by a small part of the light pillar, Li Cheng颐 lost half of his body out of thin air.

Hiss!!!

Fortunately, the Mother of Azure was there to take the brunt.

The white ball of Mother of Azure vines floated out of thin air below the light pillar, hissing as it endured the golden light pillar, seemingly enraged.

A large number of vines burst out from its surface, flying straight towards the Golden City.

And just then, the silver storm swept in.

Boom!!!

The terrifying silver light points were like countless sharp blades, cutting Li Cheng颐 frantically all over his body.

With thousands of cuts per second, each with a force of tens of thousands of tons, it tried to dismember all of Li Cheng颐's flesh.

At this time, any of Li Cheng颐's blood bodies or True Soul Fusion Form were useless.

The larger the volume, the more damage he would take.

On the contrary, maintaining a small volume would reduce the cutting damage.

His Blood Essence tightly wrapped around Paine, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain of being cut into pieces.

The Purple Magnolia Flower Scale Armor quickly broke, and then it was replaced with the Crape Myrtle Flower.

When the Crape Myrtle Flower was damaged, it was replaced with another.

Set after set, he didn't know how much time had passed.

Li Cheng颐's eyes had been gouged out, his scalp torn, and his skull would have been completely cut open long ago if it hadn't been rapidly growing and thickening.

Finally.

When Li Cheng颐's internal organs were shattered and he was on the verge of death for the thirteenth time, with only two chances left before he would die completely.

The storm suddenly stopped.

Ninety percent of the Blood Essence in his body had been consumed, and he was wearing the Sunflower Flower Scale Armor, which came with a giant tower shield, which helped him block a lot of cuts.

The Flower Scale Armor's strength was increased proportionally to his own physique, so the Sunflower was still able to play a role now.

Li Cheng颐 was covered in blood and looked around.

The storm had disappeared.

The Mother of Azure was gone.

The Golden City was still there, but it seemed even more broken. The golden door in it no longer had rippling golden water, as if it had exhausted all its power.

The tower forests also lost their radiation, seemingly having consumed too much power in the storm.

Li Cheng颐 looked at himself, covered in blood, his armor tattered, and his hair was still growing.

Paine in his arms was still there, but he was also covered in blood, and his body was faintly flashing.

He was obviously about to end his flash.

"Now, Uncle, quickly find the Engraving Ring. Now is the safest time!" Paine's face was covered with hideous blood mouths, one eye was cut open, and blood was constantly flowing down.

Li Cheng颐 looked at his miserable state and was silent for a moment.

"Sorry!" He quickly put him down on the cloud ground of the Golden City, and then he sprinted at full speed towards the Cipher Text Tower Society.

Bang!!!

He rushed into a white-edged golden tower.

Bang!!

He hurriedly rushed out from inside, followed by a golden female figure, with fiery golden ornaments floating behind her, the same female armored person who had punched through him before.

Bang!!

Another punch.

The golden armored man flashed beside Li Cheng颐 and punched half of his body into a bloody mist.

Li Cheng颐 screamed and was sent flying by the huge force, shooting towards the end of the clouds in the distance in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Paine had disappeared from the ground and returned to Earth and Moon.

Leaving Li Cheng颐 flying backwards at high speed, everything around him seemed to be passing by like a fleeting show.

His body healed rapidly, but this was the last healing. He had already been beaten to the brink of death once when he rushed into the Cipher Text Tower Society to find the Engraving Ring.

This time, half of his body was blown up by a punch, and the remaining Blood Essence could no longer recover his injuries.

And only the last set of Wisteria Flower Scale Armor was intact.

'Miserable, too miserable…'

Li Cheng颐 finally personally experienced how terrifying the Dead Angle after increasing the difficulty was, after hiding in Midraan for so long.

He felt that he was strong, but… what were these things he encountered here?

Mother of Azure, Divine Fire Golden Armor, Heavenly Calamity Silver Light Storm…

Each of these was a terrifying disaster far beyond his current level.

To put it bluntly, any of these three, if they were on Earth and Moon, would be world-destroying.

Fortunately, with Paine's guidance, he took the opportunity to get the Divine Fire Engraving Ring this time.

This was a replica of the one on the golden armored man's body, and it seemed to be specially used to cooperate with the Radiance Rain Ark.

Li Cheng颐 was now holding a palm-sized golden ring in his hand. There were golden engravings on the inner side of the ring.

In the center of the ring, a large Dark Sea number was floating: 9.

"I got it, it should be this. Then now, I should be able to try to start the Radiance Rain Ark."

Li Cheng颐 quickly reversed direction and returned towards the holy capital of the Golden City.

However, now that he was likely to leave completely, he couldn't help but recall the Eternal Dark Dragon Emperor who had been made into a specimen.

'Should I get some samples?'

Although the Shadow Dragon bloodline seemed to be getting worse and worse, it was still one of the good trump cards he used when he started from scratch. If it could be upgraded to a very high level…

'Perhaps, I can use Reverse Trace to make a mark here first.' Li Cheng颐 thought to himself.

Reverse Trace was the reverse way of Hua Yu summoning, allowing him to return to the location of the Hua Yu Pearl host on his own, but his power was far less than the pulling power of the Dead Angle.

He could only use this ability to transport people when there was no resistance.

And once he completely left this Dead Angle, it meant that he had no resistance to it. Reverse Trace might be able to work.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng颐 flipped his hand and took out a Hua Yu Pearl.

The number of Hua Yu Pearls increased according to the number of Flower God positions, so he still had extra Hua Yu Pearls available now.

'But, how can I use it to return here in the future?'

(End of this chapter)