'This is it!'

Li Cheng颐 raised his hand, and a bright force field suddenly appeared on his body, illuminating the surrounding area.

'It really works!' He felt a sense of relief.

Lien was an ordinary person, relying solely on that box of matches, but he was not.

Using the light, he quickly flew forward.

The walls of the passage were quickly left behind, and suddenly, the stone wall in front disappeared.

The underground passage ended abruptly, reaching its final point.

Ahead was a cliff, with darkness below and darkness on all sides.

Just as Lien had seen years ago, the rock at the end of the cliff was constantly crumbling, turning into countless black light spots.

"Is this the end of the world?" Li Cheng颐 raised his hand, condensing a golden longsword, and slowly extended it forward.

The tip of the sword seemed to pierce into a black swamp, instantly turning into countless black dots and scattering.

Dismissing the longsword, Li Cheng颐 lowered his head to look at his chest.

Sure enough, a rope also appeared on his chest at this moment. But it wasn't the rough, primitive hemp rope like Lien's, but a cold, metallic black steel chain.

The steel chain stretched backward, disappearing into the air, not knowing where it was connected.

Li Cheng颐's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly condensed the golden sword, slashing down.

Swish.

The blade passed through the chain in the air, without any feeling of contact.

'Untouchable?'

He recalled the information from the recording. He had to find the Stone of Concealment to smash the rope.

'Since Gorn helped me divert the Shadow People, then where is the Stone of Concealment? Where should I look?'

His original plan was to Shadow Substitute a member of the Shadow People to learn the secrets they possessed.

But now, he wasn't sure if he could Shadow Substitute these people with Dead Angle Fusion properties.

'However, being able to find and confirm the reason why the Dead Angle can always lock onto us is also a gain.'

Without the Stone of Concealment, Li Cheng颐 could only return and exit the passage.

'Could it be that this trip will be fruitless?'

He was somewhat irritable, if it weren't for Gorn's interference, he might have already obtained the Stone of Concealment.

But the empty surroundings indicated that there were no more clues here.

"Did you think you could stop me like this?" Li Cheng颐's expression darkened.

He raised his hand, and three black lines shot out from his sleeve.

The black lines rapidly expanded, transforming into three horned, winged Shadow Dragons.

It was the three Sal Dragons that had been defeated before.

"Go, find me clues to the Stone of Concealment. I allow you to Shadow Substitute and devour all those who deserve it, using any means, regardless of the cost!"

He paused.

"If you successfully obtain it, I can promise to let you roam free."

The three Shadow Dragons had their own rituals stolen, coupled with the Dragon King's bloodline suppression, and having been imprisoned for so long, they now looked at Li Cheng颐 with fear.

Hearing the order, the three dragons quickly lowered their heads.

"Yes!"

Whoosh.

The three Shadow Dragons suddenly turned into black lines and disappeared into the distance.

Their Shadow Flash distance was much farther than Li Cheng頤's.

He had some guesses about this, it seemed to be related to the Shadow Affinity talent.

The three dragons, who had lived in the Black Sea since childhood, should be much stronger than him in terms of Shadow Affinity.

Just like someone who has been swimming in the sea since childhood is definitely much stronger than a beginner who only learned to swim in a swimming pool.

Watching the three Shadow Dragons leave.

Li Cheng颐 turned his head and glanced at the passage, flicking his hand, and a speck of gray light shot out, accurately landing on the ground near the passage.

It was a Dead Energy Mark, a small spell related to Dead Energy. Because of the ultra-strong inertia of Dead Energy, this spell could last for many years without dissipating.

After doing all this, Li Cheng颐 leaped up and also turned into a black light, disappearing into the distant sky.

Since he couldn't find the Stone of Concealment here, he would go to someone who might know the clues.

And the most likely person to know in White Star

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Half an hour later.

White Star - Yilunbalu Province.

Sky City Ibes.

Towering, forest-like giant silver-white buildings were densely clustered together here.

Each building, thousands of meters high, was a separate ecosystem, a separate small society and world.

The upper five hundred meters of the buildings were the so-called noble districts of the Sky City.

The White Star Fusion New Human nobles lived here, the higher the height, the higher the level and authority.

The better the benefits people enjoyed.

And the Blue Top Building, which reached a maximum of five thousand meters, had its one hundred-meter rooftop belonging to the core area of the White Emperor Royal Family.

The gaps between the buildings here were like abysses.

The lights and billboards on both sides of the abyss stretched all the way down, with dense flying cars constantly flowing, and automated patrol officers occasionally going to deal with sudden traffic accidents. Most people had a smart assistant floating beside them.

Everything, completely different from Earth and Moon, formed a bizarre and illusory electronic age picture here.

At this moment, at the bottom of the Blue Top Building, a bald man in a suit and tie, wearing a silver bow tie, calmly walked into the building entrance.

After the iris key audit was passed, he smiled and greeted everyone he passed.

Then he got into the elevator, and like usual, headed to the fifth floor where he worked.

Soon, the elevator arrived at the fifth floor. The bald man entered it, and not long after, a senior female executive with long, wavy brown hair entered the elevator with a light pace.

The elevator continued upward.

It arrived on the fifty-seventh floor.

The woman walked out of the metal door, not returning to her office, but heading to the office of the highest supervisor on this floor.

"Supervisor Sifflin, it is working hours now, please return to your job immediately."

On the silver-white corridor, a cold mechanical female voice sounded beside the woman.

She turned a deaf ear and continued towards the target office.

"Detection reveals that more than two senior executives are not carrying personal assistants, and a comprehensive building self-check will now begin."

The mechanical female voice quickly reacted.

"Self-check complete, two senior executives of the company, Thorne and Sifflin, are missing, personal assistants are damaged, suspected of being attacked by unknown forces. Initiating a call to the Iron Guard Patrol Department."

'So fast to react?' The wavy-haired woman, who had now reached the office door, smiled slightly, and suddenly her figure changed, transforming into Li Cheng颐, dressed in purple-black scaly clothes.

'This place is full of checks, various sensory self-check cameras, radiation positioning, etc. It's too difficult to sneak in secretly... No wonder the three Shadow Dragons chose Earth and Moon as their starting point.'

Li Cheng颐 thought to himself, everyone here has to bring a personal assistant, which is that floating little thing that everyone has. He Shadow Substituted twice, directly destroying this thing to prevent leakage, and now he was discovered immediately.

Too difficult.

He raised his head and looked at the silver-white ceiling above.

"In that case, then"

Chih!!

In an instant, he leaped up, his body shot out, and slammed heavily into the ceiling above.

Boom!

The ceiling shattered, revealing a large hole.

Not only that, but one floor, two floors, ten floors, fifty floors.

He was like a rocket, rapidly using Radiant Flash to propel himself, rushing towards the top of the building.

Watching the floors rise rapidly, he was about to enter the floors of the royal family's residence.

"Presumptuous!!"

A huge roar suddenly exploded in Li Cheng颐's ears.

At the same time, the floor-to-ceiling windows on the side of the building were smashed, and a giant mechanical palm more than ten meters wide slammed in, grabbing at Li Cheng颐 who was rushing upwards.

It was a Star General level!

Li Cheng颐 scanned the area, his whole body covered in bone armor, and the golden sword also extended upwards.

He was using the power of the Imprints.

The other party was not slow, also moving at more than ten times the speed of sound. At this time, grabbing with one hand, they had also predicted his advance towards the upper floors. He had to solve this.

It was normal for Ninth Rank Star Generals to have this level of ability.

This place was equivalent to White Star's Andu, under the imperial city, it was not strange to have this level of expert stationed.

What was strange was.

"How could you think that you could stop me with these small tricks!?"

With dual swords in hand, Li Cheng颐's eyes lit up with fierce red light, and he charged forward head-on.

Chih!!!

A huge X-shaped opening appeared in the center of the metal palm.

The palm shattered, and Li Cheng颐's body flashed with black light, instantly appearing in the higher floors.

This was the entrance to the royal area. His purpose was to find a high-level insider!

The moment he appeared, beams of blood-red light suddenly gathered around him, aiming and scorching.

"Weak!"

Golden light exploded, and Li Cheng颐 released Radiant Flash continuously. The strong light from ten Radiant Flashes exploded in the enclosed space.

The resulting high temperature and airflow explosion instantly turned the core area of this floor into a sea of fire.

Several high-level modified humans rushed in with terrifying sonic booms, and weapons similar to laser knives slashed at Li Cheng颐's chest with astonishing speed.

"War God Form!"

In the distance, a slender modified human with four gray metal wings on his back was carrying a giant cylindrical laser cannon.

Chih!!!

The ends of the wings behind him also simultaneously burst out with pure white beams.

Several beams of light converged with the laser cannon in his hand and blasted towards Li Cheng頤.

This was another Star General level.

The support speed here was much faster than on Earth and Moon. Perhaps it was also related to being under the imperial city.

Li Cheng颐 was illuminated and white smoke came out of his body.

He crossed the distance silently with a Shadow Flash, appearing behind the four-winged Star General.

The four Imprints on his chest lit up with faint light at the same time.

'Flower Utterance: Entrancing Hand.'

The Star General, who was about to dodge, paused.

A slash.

Boom!!

The Star General was split in two, and his body exploded.

In a supersonic duel, even a moment of hesitation was the distance between life and death.

"White Emperor! Get out here!!"

Li Cheng颐 simply didn't bother to pretend, and shot upwards, flying towards the white palace on the rooftop, which was built like countless gears.

From the memory of the Shadow Substituted executive, he learned that the place where the White Emperor often resided was this palace. If he hadn't thoroughly verified the intelligence details, he wouldn't have rushed straight here.

Groups of completely modified humans rushed towards him fearlessly, like bees guarding the queen bee in a hive.

Boom boom boom!!!

Many modified humans exploded directly before they could even get close, turning into dense fireballs.

Huge explosive forces continuously bombarded Li Cheng頤's body. Some of the self-explosions were extremely powerful, and were enough to leave traces on the bone armor.

But that was all they were, just traces.

Half a breath later, the bone armor returned to its original state.

This was almost the limit.

From the time Li Cheng颐 was discovered and started rushing, only a dozen seconds had passed.

In this reaction time, multiple Star Generals and a large number of suicidal royal guards in complete form appeared around him.

But unfortunately, facing Li Cheng頤 at this moment, everything was illusory.

One by one, the mechs were pierced through and exploded in an instant.

The shockwaves from the explosions spread out in circles from the inside, shaking the building slightly.

Li Cheng颐 was like a black arrow, piercing through the floors, breaking into the white imperial palace on the top floor like a meteor.

Inside the imperial palace.

In the magnificent hall floating with countless white-gold mechanical spheres, a white female figure more than ten meters tall was quietly sitting on the throne, looking at Li Cheng颐 who was approaching rapidly.

Boom!!

The protective force field outside the hall was slashed open and collapsed.

Li Cheng颐 strode into the door and looked up at the throne.

Behind him were the debris of mechs exploding. Thick smoke and flames were sweeping and spreading.

In a very short time, no one could stop his突袭. This突袭 began with Shadow Substitution and came too suddenly.

So suddenly that no one had time to react.

And now, Li Cheng颐 stood in front of the highest ruler of White Star, taking only twenty seconds from start to finish.

"White Emperor. I have come for the Stone of Concealment."

The White Emperor on the throne was calm, slowly got up, and under the pale crown helmet, revealed a female face covered with mechanical matching lines.

(End of this chapter)