Li Cheng颐's heart stirred.

He gripped the sword with both hands and slashed fiercely forward.

*Crack!*

In an instant, a streak of green lightning shot into the sky and landed on the ground in front of him, leaving a charred mark more than ten meters long.

"This sword...is powerful!" Li Cheng颐 was overjoyed.

He casually swung the sword around.

Even a simple swing could trigger the green lightning.

The amount of lightning varied depending on the speed of the swing.

"Good stuff!"

*Buzz.*

Suddenly, another tremor came from afar.

A black dot rapidly charged towards him. It was another mud armor monster wielding a heavy sword.

"Perfect, let me test how strong this sword i-" Li Cheng颐's expression suddenly froze before he could finish.

On the street in the distance, following closely behind the first mud armor monster, were dozens of black dots, all rapidly approaching.

As the distance closed, Li Cheng颐 could clearly see.

Those black dots were all mud armor monsters wielding green light heavy swords!

He raised his sword and turned to run without a word!

One sword could freeze him for several seconds. If so many appeared at once and took turns freezing him, he would definitely be finished.

One step, two steps, three steps.

Suddenly, the scenery before his eyes began to blur.

'It's coming! I'm about to exit!'

Li Cheng颐 steadied his mind.

He leaped up and turned around.

In mid-air, he swung his sword forcefully at the many black dots behind him.

A full-strength slash from above, with a slight slant.

Green light flashed on the sword.

Dense arcs of electricity rapidly converged into a beam, then transformed into a huge arc of electricity as thick as an arm, flying forward.

*Crack!!*

The mud armor monster at the front was struck by the arc of electricity.

Its entire body burst into green flames and spontaneously combusted.

The heavy sword in its hand fell to the ground, and the monster began to twist and struggle, collapsing to its knees.

In just one second, it silently shattered, turning into a large amount of black ash that rose into the sky.

Li Cheng颐 could no longer see this scene.

Everything before his eyes suddenly spun, turned white, and then gradually returned to normal.

*Beep beep beep!*

A series of urgent horn sounds woke him up.

"Trying to die, brat!"

Coming back to his senses, he was standing on the road surface. The automatic taxi he had been riding was nowhere to be seen.

Fine raindrops fell from the sky, hitting his face and body.

The driver of a black car behind him was blocked and unable to move forward, cursing loudly.

Li Cheng颐 steadied himself and walked onto the sidewalk.

*Hiss.*

As he moved his feet, the ground scraped and slid, and he realized he was still holding something in his right hand.

Looking down.

It was the black heavy sword that glowed with green light!

'Amazing, I can actually bring it out!' Li Cheng颐 was overjoyed. This was the first time equipment had appeared from the Dead Angle. His greatest gain from the Dead Angle before had been the Eternal Dark Book obtained through the Handshake (Jin Wo Zhi Shou).

That is, the mysterious book that recorded the Black Sea Ritual.

And now, not only had he found a clue to Li En, but he had also obtained a very powerful heavy sword from it!

'It seems that it's not absolutely impossible to obtain resources in the Dead Angle... To be precise, it should be extremely difficult to obtain resources.'

He knew very well that if someone else had entered that city, the result would have been certain death.

Because neither the mud monsters nor the mud armor people were something ordinary people could deal with.

Even purebloods whose genes were strengthened to the extreme would have died.

Even a character like him, who had surpassed the limits of the human body, with a strength of more than three tons and wearing the Floral Scale Armor (Hua Lin Yi) for amplification, could barely defeat one mud armor monster. Anyone else would basically be delivering food.

'What did Li En rely on to survive in that city back then?' A trace of doubt appeared in Li Cheng颐's mind.

Logically speaking, most technological equipment could not be used there, and one could only rely on oneself.

If one relied solely on simple equipment and chemical and biological weapons, it would be difficult to fight the monsters inside.

'Also, my car in the Dead Angle was destroyed, and the car in reality is actually gone as well...'

Thinking of this, Li Cheng颐 carefully observed his surroundings, confirming that he really could not see the automatic taxi.

He knew very well what this meant.

'This means that not only can living things enter the Dead Angle, but inanimate objects can too!'

"Truly...an extraordinary discovery."

Unable to help but sigh, he quickly took out his phone and contacted Yue Ji.

After a period of waiting, Yue Ji answered the phone.

"Court Master, your communication signal was interrupted for eleven minutes and forty-two seconds just now. Did you enter the Dead Angle again?"

Clearly, this Rainbow Candy AI was constantly monitoring everyone's situation.

"Yes. Help me record the following Dead Angle characteristics."

Li Cheng颐 walked behind a quiet store advertisement, facing away from the colorful lights, and began to describe in a low voice.

Several minutes later, the description was complete.

"Based on the strength of the Dead Angle creatures you described, this Dead Angle is preliminarily classified as Level 3 difficulty, with a mortality rate of over 99%. The separation from the clue is vacant. Please name this Dead Angle," Yue Ji replied.

Li Cheng颐 recalled the vast city and the dark rocky walls hiding huge eyes in the sky.

"...Just call it Dark City."

"The Dead Angle name is confirmed as Dark City. Provisionally designated as 3-1," Yue Ji replied.

"Who determined the difficulty rating? When was it implemented?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"Miss Da Xiong gave the suggestion based on the survival rate and the difficulty of treating the wounded. So far, the Flower Court has uniformly divided all Dead Angles into three levels.

Level 1: Ordinary people mortality rate 80%, Elites 60%, Rare 40%.

Level 2: Ordinary people mortality rate 95%, Elites 80%, Rare 67%.

Level 3: Ordinary people 99%, Elites to be statistically determined, Rare to be statistically determined," Yue Ji replied.

"What are the levels based on?"

"Based on the difficulty of clue investigation, the degree of danger existing in the Dead Angle, and comprehensive evaluation. Because the company is gradually contacting more and more Dead Angle people, and the number of cases that can be statistically analyzed is gradually increasing, statistics are obtained," Yue Ji said.

"Which Dead Angles have definite difficulty levels?" Li Cheng颐 did not expect that while he was busy improving the Evil Flower, the team had created so many classifications.

"Level 1: Grius Parking Lot, Silent Small Shop, Handshake (Jin Wo Zhi Shou), Su Ran Bookstore, White Rabbit Coffee Shop, Unmanned Ocean Park, Endless Staircase, Xi Mao Farm, Meng Sha Hot Spring."

"Level 2: Yun Mountain, Wolf Cave, Mist Street."

"Level 3: Dark City (provisional)."

"It seems...everyone is working hard while I'm away..." Li Cheng颐 sighed.

In the three-level classification, except for his own experience, the rest were obviously from other members of the team.

"Should I notify other members of the Court?" Yue Ji asked.

"Yes," Li Cheng颐 replied affirmatively. Carrying a heavy sword weighing hundreds of pounds, he had to go back and put the sword away, and immediately continue to absorb evil thoughts to strengthen his Flower God position.

The current situation was that the strength of the Floral Scale Armor (Hua Lin Yi) was not enough, both in reality and in the Dead Angle.

He could temporarily support it with a Level 4 Force Field in reality, which was fine. But that would not work in the Dead Angle.

The appearance of Dark City clearly indicated that the difficulty of the Dead Angle had begun to increase explosively.

He was not sure if this was only the case for him, or if everyone was like this.

He had entered the Dead Angle almost a dozen times so far. Although some were flashes, his intuition told him that whether it was a flash or something else, it seemed to be affected.

Terrifying Dead Angles like Dark City were likely to appear in this way.

'But Li En's strength, could it be similar to my current strength? Or even stronger than me? That's unlikely...'

Li Cheng颐 thought to himself.

'If he did not rely on strength or special abilities to ensure his safety in Dark City, then it proves that there must be some method within Dark City to avoid combat and ensure his own safety for a long time. Just like that striped cat.'

'It's just that I mistakenly chose to go out and face it head-on, and took the most difficult path.'

This reasoning was likely correct.

Li Cheng颐 disconnected the phone and took another taxi. Next, he had to hurry to perform magic tricks and collect evil thoughts to improve the third evolutionary form of the Gladiolus.

Currently, the Gladiolus's Flower Language (Hua Yu) of "Firmness" was the best choice for quickly improving overall protection.

After all, the Flower Language (Hua Yu) of "Firmness" could be used on all Floral Scale Armor (Hua Lin Yi).

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Thousands of miles away.

Shuoyang City, Lian'an Province, located between Long'an and Suiyang.

It was pouring rain.

Long Men Diao was kneeling on the first floor of his own manor, with a layer of black non-slip mat between his knees and the wooden floor.

In the luxuriously decorated living room of the manor, an old man with white hair and facial features that were seventy percent similar to his was sitting on the sofa.

The old man was wearing a black robe embroidered with all kinds of eagles in a messy manner. The majestic eagles were crammed together and stuffed into a small robe, like a group of black chickens squeezed into a can, without any momentum.

But the old man did not seem to mind.

He stared coldly at Long Men Diao kneeling down.

"A'Long, do you know what mistake you made?"

He was Long Men Diao's father, Ji Qiang.

He was also the leader of the largest Tiger Gang in Shuoyang City, with dozens of large and small bars, KTVs, game halls, tea houses, and the like under his command.

The core gang members who received wages numbered more than six hundred, and the peripheral gang members numbered in the thousands.

In Shuoyang City, he was also a huge potential force comparable to a member of the United Association (Lian Hui).

"." Long Men Diao lowered his head and said nothing.

"Without saying a word, you transferred two hundred people from the gang out of the province! What are you trying to do!? Are you trying to rebel!?" The old man stood up and kicked Long Men Diao hard on the shoulder.

With a *bang*.

Long Men Diao was kicked several meters away, but he quickly got up and continued to kneel down.

"Do you know that people from the United Association (Lian Hui) have come to our house!?! Your father has been serving them with good food, good drinks, and good fun, not only spending money but also apologizing, smiling, and explaining!

The Ya Long Gang is staring at them from the side, just waiting for your old man to make a mistake. But you, you can't wait to hand over the handle to them! Are you afraid that my family will not fall fast enough!?" Ji Qiang pointed at his son and cursed, full of disappointment.

"Dad, I was wrong," Long Men Diao lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

"Wrong my ass!!" the old man said angrily. "It's your father who was wrong! I was wrong to not just fucking kill you when you were born!"

He rushed up and kicked his son hard on the arm again.

Knocking him to the ground again.

(End of chapter)