Chapter 432: You have the shadow of the Three-Eyed (not really)
At this moment, Cheng Tian looked as if he had just been pulled out of water, completely drenched from head to toe, his chest heaving violently like a working bellows.
If it weren't for World supporting Cheng Tian, he would have collapsed onto the ground by now.
Uthen had initially wanted to check on his boss, but after seeing Cheng Tian wave his hand, he refocused his attention, albeit with a mind full of questions, on dealing with the remaining forces of Shadowloo and NESTS.
After Cheng Tian's ordeal, the progress bar for "Feng Shui Engine Research" in the Hammond Innovation Lab directly disappeared. After all, the Feng Shui Engine itself had transformed into a third eyeball embedded in Cheng Tian's forehead.
Rather than an eyeball, it looked more like a miniature Tai Chi diagram.
However, it seemed to be Cheng Tian's destiny. Such a rare imbalance of holy and demonic, or light and dark, power had very few things that could handle it.
And this Feng Shui Engine, pried from Juri Han's eye socket, was one of the few items that could perfectly balance light and dark powers, possessing the strength of "Tai Chi."
Of course, an eyeball alone wasn't enough; a suitable connection channel was also required.
Even Juri Han herself had endured rejection reactions and had to clear her left eye socket in advance of the surgery to make it her own.
Cheng Tian's action was extremely violent, lacking any scientific basis, and was almost entirely driven by instinct.
If Cheng Tian's frontal lobe hadn't been a mutated organ, and hadn't absorbed fragments of the Sun God Gem, then even doing this probably wouldn't have accomplished such a peculiar operation.
But in the end, Cheng Tian succeeded, and it even turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Unexpected new talents and new skills, jumping from A-rank to S-rank, directly overwhelmed Cheng Tian.
However, the somewhat exhausted Cheng Tian was now more focused on this third eye on his forehead, which he named "Tai Chi True Eye."
This eyeball was clearly different from Tien Shinhan's in Dragon Ball; it didn't give Cheng Tian a new keen vision. Instead, it was more like an additional organ that expanded and magnified his spiritual perception ability.
Its functionality should be closer to Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho or Sharaku Hosuke from The Three-Eyied One.
Among other things, the Dominator's detection limit immediately doubled, going from a 2.5-kilometer radius directly to 5 kilometers!
"Tai Chi True Eye: B-rank Talent / Lv -, Exclusive Talent, Composite Skill. After devouring and assimilating fragments of the Sun God Gem, your mutated frontal lobe further assimilated and connected with an eyeball containing the 'Feng Shui Engine' function. This eyeball can serve as a balanced transfer station for Holy Radiance and Demonic Nightmare, and can also greatly enhance the performance of your mental-Department skills.
You can choose to actively open or close it according to your needs.
When you activate 'Tai Chi True Eye' —
The percentage increase brought by using any skill marked with 'Holy Radiance' or 'Demonic Nightmare' will be evenly distributed into the 'Holy-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram.'
When the Holy-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram reaches 100% for both, it can activate the 'Heart of Holy-Demonic Form' with stacked holy and demonic powers, extending the maximum duration to 200 seconds (originally 100 seconds).
Your Holy Radiance-Tie and Demonic Nightmare-Tie skills will automatically choose the optimal judgment based on the target's current status. (Example: Cheng Tian's Holy Light defaults to having both 'light' and 'dark' attributes. If the target's light resistance is 50% and dark resistance is 0%, then Cheng Tian's Holy Light damage will be calculated based on the 0% resistance.)
Your spiritual perception range doubles, allowing you to form mental images of scanned areas.
Your spiritual power usage and flow will be smoother."
"Additional Note: Shurururu ru~ Shurururu ru~ Shurururu ru! (Cracked voice)"
Cheng Tian, with a curious and somewhat reckless urge, tapped the Tai Chi True Eye, which still had blood on it. Unexpectedly, the eyeball did not exhibit the instinctive closing reaction of a living eye when poked. Instead, it felt natural, like being poked through goggles or glasses.
At the same time, the touch of his finger felt like directly contacting a hard object, and it emitted a sound that Cheng Tian found somewhat familiar.
"...Isn't this the texture of the Sun God Gem?"
After tapping it twice to reconfirm and hearing the crisp sound, Cheng Tian nodded repeatedly.
If that was the case, he really didn't need to worry too much about having his eyeball gouged out.
Only I can gouge out others' eyes; no one can gouge out mine!
As Cheng Tian's thoughts stirred, the Tai Chi eyeball on his forehead began to slowly rotate clockwise, and Cheng Tian's spiritual power spread out rapidly, gently and steadily like ripples on water.
However, unlike before, when he could only use Dominator to locate humanoids and machinery, now all scanned areas formed a relatively precise image in Cheng Tian's mind.
The mental scan image presented a peculiar style of black background with white lines, but only units with "humanoid" characteristics were highlighted in a distinct color, which seemed to be somewhat related to their ability system.
For example, Fang, who already had several arrows in him and was showing signs of fleeing, appeared in a mixed purple and green color related to poison.
His own classmate, Eileen, who was currently drawing her bow, was a bright emerald green, like a storm blowing through a dense jungle.
Juri Han, whose combat power had plummeted due to the loss of the Feng Shui Engine, making it possible for even Decapre to hold her off alone, was a black and white color, as if marinated by the Feng Shui Engine.
And Maxima, who Cheng Tian had sent to assist in intercepting Balrog, was clad in a steel-like silver-gray.
This observation method, like having a God's-eye view, invigorated Cheng Tian, making him feel as if he was back to overseeing an RTS scenario from behind a screen.
Next, Uthen, who felt his boss had changed but couldn't pinpoint the exact alteration, precisely dispatched the Metal Dinosaur Guards to appropriate locations under Cheng's command, completing the final harvest of NESTS members and Shadowloo remnants.
It was a bit regrettable that Balrog and Fang couldn't be captured; they seemed to have sensed something and chose to flee.
Balrog was already infinitely close to the agility limit; if one wasn't careful, he could escape even with crowd control.
Fang, on the other hand, directly threatened to spread high-concentration toxic mist that would affect surrounding civilians if dispersed by the storm, and ultimately made his getaway.
But the final battle results were also unexpectedly rich: Bison was unconscious, Juri Han was captured alive, and Krizalid was barely clinging to life. And most importantly, Vega, the true leader of Shadowloo, was accidentally killed by Cheng Tian.
Undoubtedly, the underworld was about to be turned upside down.
However, Cheng Tian and his companions' night was not yet over, as there were still plunder permissions awaiting Cheng Tian and Eileen's use.
After entrusting the lab's safety to Bazett and Mina, the three, Cheng Tian, Eileen, and Uthen, pushing through their exhaustion, rushed towards the SIN department building, led by Decapre and other guides.
And at this moment, as Cheng Tian was on his way, four small energy spheres floated in his left palm and two in his right —
On his left hand were four forms: flame, lightning, frost, and whirlwind.
On his right hand, it was a Tai Chi form of Holy Light and Shadow intertwining and separating at times.