Kleist casually wiped the surface clean and muttered to himself, "The speed is pretty fast, but it's still a bit short of being able to escape."
His figure vanished from his spot in an instant, reappearing hundreds of meters away the next moment. His speed was so great that his moving form was completely invisible. The highest level of flight technique is instantaneous teleportation, and although Kleist hadn't yet reached the pinnacle of instantaneous teleportation, his speed was still terrifying when he used flight technique at full power.
However, Kleist immediately retreated to his original position in a disheveled state. His mental energy field flashed in circles around him, emitting intense and dazzling halos. As the halos intensified, countless pink light spots suddenly appeared on Kleist's body. The light spots seemed to have a mind of their own, enveloping his entire body, and the range was rapidly expanding. However, as Kleist struggled to break free from his powerful mental energy field, the light spots gradually became sparse.
Above the white clouds, a red ribbon seemed to stretch across the sky, ending at Kleist. Points of light extended from his body, growing denser and forming a large pink mist around him. The mist churned incessantly, like a giant serpent stretching across the sky, with countless strange creatures and shadows seemingly wandering within it, inspiring awe in those who beheld it.
Kleist closed his eyes and pushed his mental energy field to its limit before forcibly and slowly driving away the light spots.
These light spots were formless and intangible, yet strangely, they generated a powerful suction force, like a giant magnet, trying to forcibly pull Kleist into the light mist. Although he didn't know what was inside the mist, Kleist had absolutely no intention of exploring it. While enveloped by the light spots, he even experienced a dreamlike, hazy feeling. Although extremely faint, his super-strong sensitivity allowed him to quickly detect that this was clearly a barrier trap. And a rather powerful illusionary barrier trap at that.
Illusionary barriers and traps aren't inherently dangerous; with sufficient power, they can be easily broken. However, even relying solely on intuition, Kleist sensed that this illusionary barrier was far from simple. A slight ripple of fear even stirred within him—a warning sign from a super-powerful individual about unseen danger, implying an attack that could threaten his life. This was something Kleist had never encountered before, and cold sweat involuntarily seeped from his palms.
The light spot seemed to be consciously circling around Kleist, trying to find an opening to continue its attack. However, the range of the super strong man's mental field was expanding, and the light spot had no choice but to retreat unwillingly. The light mist instantly shrank into a blood-red ball of light, and then slowly disappeared into the air, as if it had never existed.
Kleist suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell headfirst from the sky. In the instant the light mist disappeared, he clearly saw a completely different but terrifying world. However, that world only existed for a moment before disappearing. Kleist's heart was pounding. He knew that this terrifying world was the real world that existed in the light mist. If he had been sucked into the light mist, he would have been lost in the terrifying world by now.
"Damn it!" Kleist couldn't help but curse, his heart filled with dread and anger towards Ling Yun. Without a doubt, this was a trap set by Ling Yun. The two had been talking the whole time, and Kleist's senses had been constantly probing Ling Yun's movements. Under such circumstances, Ling Yun had calmly set up an illusionary barrier without Kleist's knowledge. Kleist was about to go berserk, wishing he could immediately grab Ling Yun and tear him to pieces.
He forced himself to calm down, recalling every detail of his conversation with Ling Yun. However, Ling Yun remained motionless in his memory. Apart from supporting the flight technique, his mental field showed no fluctuations whatsoever. This was impossible. No one could silently perform any extraordinary technique under Kleist's gaze, not even the Golden Miracle, unless it was a god.
The afterimage technique is not considered a high-level supernatural skill. Even a supernatural user with the strength of a private can easily use it. It is mainly used to paralyze the opponent. However, the afterimage technique cannot last for long. Moreover, the wind is strong at high altitudes. The afterimage technique may be blown away by the wind before it can be solidified. So how did Ling Yun manage to keep his form and spirit intact?
Moreover, Ling Yun had clearly anticipated his reaction. The barrier trap wasn't set up around the two of them, but rather at the first point where Kleist paused during his flight. If the distance was too close, Kleist would notice immediately; if the distance was too far, the trap wouldn't work. Only a perfect distance would be effective. This was the perfect balance, ensuring that Kleist, as soon as he flew out, plunged headfirst into the illusionary barrier, essentially sending himself into the trap.
To trick a super-strong individual like this requires meticulous planning and scheming. Kleist's eyes narrowed slightly again; he sensed a dangerous aura emanating from Ling Yun. Just before their conversation, he had been confident of victory, even against a super-strong individual of equal strength. This wasn't arrogance, but rather confidence in his own abilities. Even among super-strong individuals, there were varying levels of strength, and as the only general in the Heavenly Eye Society, Kleist was far superior to ordinary super-strong individuals.
But now, Kleist only felt a bone-chilling cold. The boy's plan was terrifyingly precise, so much so that he hadn't even noticed it. This was simply unimaginable, yet it had actually happened. Kleist even felt a lingering fear. What if Ling Yun hadn't run away, but had instead launched a sneak attack while he was struggling against the illusionary barrier...
He stood atop the white clouds, watching the direction Ling Yun had flown off in. In that brief moment, Ling Yun had vanished without a trace. Clearly, the boy hadn't bothered to ambush him; he had chosen to escape. No matter how fast Kleist was, he couldn't possibly catch Ling Yun.
"Only you can stop him..." Kleist muttered to himself, regaining his composure.
Chapter 392 The Purpose of the Golden Miracle
Ling Yun soared high in the sky like an eagle. To avoid being hit by the storm on a large scale, he had changed from a standing to a lying position, his fists outstretched, flying like Superman, streaking across the sky like lightning. His body appeared and disappeared intermittently in the misty white clouds. Some of the clouds were so thick and huge that flying into them felt like falling into a dense fog, and he could fly for a long time without seeing the clouds emerge. Fortunately, the panoramic view in his mind showed him various angles, presenting the distant scenery back to him, so Ling Yun was not worried about disappearing at all.
This was the first time he had used his flight technique at full power. After a brief period of discomfort from the cold and strong winds at high altitude, Ling Yun suddenly realized he had fallen in love with flying. It was an indescribable feeling, just like how people get used to walking on the ground. Moreover, after some practice, the consumption of his mental energy field gradually came under control. More often than not, he could conserve his energy by gliding. The flight technique only needed to be effective when he was in balance with gravity. Of course, if he needed to accelerate, he would have to constantly use the various techniques and abilities of the flight technique.
Ling Yun experimented several times and finally discovered with frustration that his flight speed, under the current wind resistance, could reach about 300 kilometers per hour, which was less than half the speed of running on land. However, on land, one often needs to navigate many curves, or even cross oceans or traverse mountains. In contrast, flying allows for rapid travel over the shortest straight distance. If there is a tailwind, the flight speed can more than double, which is a huge advantage over walking on land. Of course, the speed at which one consumes mental energy is also more than twice that on land.
This does not mean that the art of flight is useless or a useless supernatural skill. On the contrary, the art of flight can play its most important role at certain times. At least, Ling Yun now has a trick to escape. As long as he is not trapped in a barrier or a trap, he can completely avoid any attack by using the art of flight. Moreover, apart from Kleist, any supernatural being can only stare at him helplessly. Even the strongest one would find it extremely difficult to trap him.
Moreover, flight is not a simple supernatural ability, but like Destructive Thrust and Despair Moment, it presents a series of supernatural characteristics. A flight ability consists of several smaller supernatural abilities such as anti-gravity, levitation, turning and acceleration, and requires extremely flexible skills and extremely high-level telekinetic control, especially the latter is extremely important.
This means that not all superhumans can learn to fly, and in fact, most superhumans, even if they acquire the ability, cannot learn it because they cannot achieve the telekinetic control required for flight. Flight requires both strong telekinetic power and telekinetic control, and superhumans who can meet these two basic requirements are extremely rare. Ling Yun, on the other hand, meets both of these basic requirements.
The copying ability continuously analyzes the various data of the flight technique. After recombination, the flight technique is optimized like all other techniques. In fact, after optimization by the copying ability, the power of all techniques is greatly improved, and some are even directly upgraded to higher-level techniques, which is equivalent to upgrading from a slingshot to a cannon.
Of course, the copying ability is not a panacea. It will not optimize low-level abilities or those deemed impractical. It will only optimize them slightly. Moreover, the copying ability is rarely optimized for super abilities because super abilities often involve changes to a series of abilities, which are too difficult to optimize. It can only improve the basic data and list the options for Lingyun Supervisor to make the changes he is interested in.
Ling Yun has decided that after meeting Xiao Rou, he will teach her the art of flight. How pleasant and wonderful it would be for the two of them to fly together in the sky, truly a pair of lovebirds.
Thinking of Kleist's likely surprised and frustrated face, Ling Yun couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing. In fact, Kleist had overestimated Ling Yun. While Ling Yun was skilled, he wasn't skilled enough to silently set up traps and afterimages that Kleist couldn't detect.
The reason he was able to get away with it was because Ling Yun used the Mirror Image Technique after the Flight Technique. This unique technique, which he obtained from the fifth stage of simulation, is unique among all the unique techniques, just like the Copying ability. Only Ling Yun possesses it, so it is understandable that Kleist had never seen it before and mistook it for a similar afterimage technique.
The one communicating with Kleist was always the mirror image, not Ling Yun's true form. Ling Yun's true form was concealed using the Eye of Illusion. Since the Eye of Illusion had the function of isolating all detection, and Kleist had nothing to detect, he did not discover that Ling Yun had used a switcheroo trick, and only took the mirror image as Ling Yun's true form. At this moment, Ling Yun's true form roughly determined the range of Kleist's mental field strength by analyzing the copying ability, thereby calculating the approximate flight speed of this super strong person, and then calmly set up the Blood Sacrifice Illusion Technique around him.
This tactic was another copy of Matsumoto Tomoki's methods. Admittedly, although this despicable Japanese man was wicked and bloodthirsty, and Ling Yun disliked him intensely, his tactics were incredibly deceptive, nearly killing Ling Yun at the time. Therefore, Ling Yun applied his methods, from dealing with Tian Yuning to Loki and Hans from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau, and now to Kleist. Every opponent was a powerful super-strong individual, and Ling Yun's methods proved consistently effective; without exception, these super-strong individuals all fell for his tricks.
The two main reasons for this are the trap's concealment and deceptive nature. It doesn't attack you proactively, but waits until you unknowingly step into it, and by the time you realize it, it's too late to escape. Of course, only a powerful illusion like the Blood Sacrifice Illusion Technique can trap a super strong individual; otherwise, other illusionary barriers are completely ineffective.
Unexpectedly, Kleist was so powerful. Ling Yun had just sensed this and was secretly pleased that this general of the Heavenly Eye Conference had also fallen into his trap when he was dumbfounded to find that Kleist had broken free from the Blood Sacrifice Technique with his own abilities, almost causing Ling Yun to fall from the sky. It was as if the prey had fallen into the trap but was able to break free.
This was the first time Ling Yun had ever seen a superhuman actively break free from the Blood Sacrifice Illusion Technique, which was like a leech clinging to a bone. If it were him, there would be no way he could escape from the trap on his own.
Even in the main control base of the Supernatural Abilities Bureau, and even with the help of high-tech barriers, Deputy Directors Hans and Loki were completely unaware that they had fallen into the Blood Sacrifice Demon Art. As for Kleist, he managed to break free on his own simply because of a momentary lapse in judgment. The title of General of the Heavenly Eye was indeed well-deserved. Ling Yun sighed, feeling a little regretful at the same time.
In fact, he had considered ambushing Kleist after he was caught in an ambush, but the cost of doing so was too risky. After all, Kleist was a super strong man with the strength of a general, and it was highly likely that he possessed special abilities. Although the Blood Sacrifice Technique was powerful, it might not be able to trap him. Moreover, such powerful figures usually had extremely powerful means of self-preservation. Ling Yun did not want to push him too far and end up losing everything himself.
There are priorities, but the most important thing right now is to inform the Superpower Headquarters about the Japanese attack on the Superpower Bureau, and then ease the tension between the Superpower Bureau and the Superpower Headquarters to prevent a bloody battle between these two super organizations. As for Kleist, there will be plenty of time to settle accounts with him later. Superpowered individuals are nothing special; they used to be figures to be looked up to, but now it seems that superpowered individuals are not so remarkable. As long as he has enough time, Ling Yun is confident that he can defeat Kleist.
The boy was full of confidence in himself.
Kleist cleared up many of Ling Yun's doubts, but he never revealed the true purpose of the Golden Miracle. As he said, he genuinely didn't know. If it were a matter of great importance, the Golden Miracle would naturally not tell anyone its purpose. However, the fact that the Heavenly Eye Association was taking such a large-scale operation, even going so far as to incite conflict among the world's superhumans and use Ling Yun as a smokescreen to cover up its true purpose, was enough to prove that what the Golden Miracle wanted was something extraordinary.
As Ling Yun flew, he pondered the purpose of the Golden Miracle, searching his memory for as much useful and relevant information as possible. This was another effect of the copying ability on his brain. If he couldn't understand something, the copying ability would automatically perform a fuzzy search through a vast amount of information under his consciousness, providing Ling Yun with the most useful reference information possible so that he could make a more appropriate judgment based on a more comprehensive understanding.
In fact, Lingyun's brain is already close to being intelligent. To some extent, the ability to replicate has replaced the role of a computer. However, no computer in the world can achieve the level of replicating abilities. The ability to replicate abilities is unique.
A vague fragment suddenly appeared in the rigorous and orderly search. Ling Yun immediately noticed the fragment and pulled it up. It was a scene from the underground bar at the end of the trip to Hong Kong. Theodore first said that the Heavenly Eye was likely the Hell Soul Eye predicted by the Arbitration Institute. Then he said that the Hell Soul Eye was mainly used for unique religious activities, but he did not specify what kind of activities it was used for. Then Theodore seemed to think of something, his face turned very ugly, and he hurriedly said goodbye and left.
At the time, Ling Yun had just met with Xiao Rou and Xia Lan. The three of them were unaware of the attack in Hong Kong, so although they found Theodore's behavior strange, they did not express too much surprise.
The segment ended there. Ling Yun, however, fell into deep thought. Seeing the past memories now naturally brought him different feelings. The ability to copy was indeed useful. This segment undoubtedly represented new information, and it was very likely related to the Heavenly Eye and the Golden Miracle, and might even be related to the Arbitration Institute and the Dark Creatures.
If the Heavenly Eye is indeed the Hell Soul Eye prophesied by the Arbitration Institute, then according to Theodore, it should be used for some kind of mysterious religious activity. But what kind of religious activity could the Heavenly Eye possibly be used for? Moreover, it's hard to say whether the Heavenly Eye is indeed the Hell Soul Eye; Theodore didn't confirm it, only vaguely expressing the possibility.
Recalling the macroscopic world that Ling Yun had seen in the underwater barrier, which was transformed from the Heavenly Eye, Ling Yun suddenly felt a tremor in his heart for no reason. It was a huge power that humans could not control at all, a direct manifestation of the power of nature. If the Heavenly Eye wanted to destroy the world, according to the hints in the dream, it would be as easy as turning one's hand. And judging from the Heavenly Eye's performance in absorbing the spirit of the barrier, its power was beyond doubt.
What exactly is this tiny black bead? How can it possess the great power of nature? Does it truly have its own consciousness and life? Or is it simply a rare treasure? Ling Yun's mind was a jumbled mess. He couldn't figure out what the Heavenly Eye was. He sighed helplessly and turned his thoughts back to the true purpose of the Golden Miracle. Although he had a vague piece of evidence, it didn't actually prove anything. Ling Yun had only taken one step closer to the truth, but he still hadn't gained anything.
Another blurry fragment was found in the search. Ling Yun opened it without thinking, only to find that it was just information he had overheard, and it had happened not long ago. Ling Yun had overheard Joyce mentioning it at the underground base of the Superpower Bureau. There were only a few sentences, the gist of which was that at the invitation of the Arbitration Institute, Director Wisch and several deputy directors rushed to Europe to discuss important secret matters. As for what secret matters were, Joyce naturally wouldn't know, and was just chatting with Dr. Black. That was the end of the information.
Ling Yun's heart stirred again. Perhaps Theodore was right. The reason he was in such a hurry to return was because he had considered that something major might happen in Europe. The Arbitration Institute, which had always been aloof from worldly affairs, had actually invited an external supernatural organization to discuss secret matters. That meant that the matter was already very serious and could not be resolved by the Arbitration Institute alone. External forces were needed to intervene.
But what could be so important that it would attract such attention from the arbitration institute, even requiring the involvement of an external superhuman?