Chapter 766 - 761: I’m in a Hurry
The Doomsday Spear’s flame fighting qi stab ignited a great fire on the Tree Demon’s trunk.
Bai Pu’s current energy "purity" is at the Enhanced Lord Level, and with the Doomsday Spear’s purple weapon, it’s not inferior to a One-star King Level.
Logically, an attack at the One-star King Level should smash the Lord Level Tree Demon effortlessly, killing it instantly.
However, Bai Pu’s attack didn’t accomplish an instant kill; it merely burned a large hole through the Tree Demon’s trunk, and the invading fighting qi energy was exhausted and extinguished.
This is because Bai Pu’s basic attributes are relatively low (only about two-thirds of the same-level Lords in the Heart Demon World), limiting his basic damage value.
Moreover, Bai Pu’s personal template restricts his "maximum energy point" output per burst, affecting his combat power amplitude.
These two points are evidence of Bai Pu’s internal injuries that the natives see, unable to regain his peak power.
These two points are also the hard power differences between Bai Pu and a real One-star King.
Of course, there’s also the difference in soft power, which is the level of mental realm cultivation. In the Awakened World, a One-star King normally has at least the True Intent First Heaven level, while Bai Pu hasn’t even fully unified his composite mystical arts.
The shortfall in hard power is hard to quickly bridge, but the shortfall in soft power’s true intent level still has hope—this is also what Bai Pu told the Flame Blade Princess and other natives, to cultivate his mental realm to the "Ten Thousand Things in Nature" level, which is the true intent level.
If Bai Pu can truly achieve this, his combat power amplitude will increase significantly.
Not to mention just a single Tree Demon, even if a Demon Emperor comes, Bai Pu could hold his own against them!
The hole burned by flames looked terrifying, but to the Tree Demon’s vast body, it was just a small wound. After the flames went out, the Tree Demon’s wound quickly regenerated under the nourishment of demonic power.
Bai Pu shook his head slightly.
It seems that without using real skills, it’s going to be hard to kill this Lord Level Tree Demon!
With a single thought, Bai Pu immediately retreated quickly.
By now, the Tree Demon was enraged by him, abandoning Salacia and the others and pounding its four wooden feet towards Bai Pu in pursuit!
The Tree Demon’s stepping frequency was slow, but its stride was large, covering several hundred meters in one step, and its four wooden feet added to its speed.
Bai Pu had no choice but to deploy Gang Step, gliding several times and disappearing around one of Bone Dao’s forked paths.
The Tree Demon followed closely.
Seeing the Tree Demon’s terrifying crown disappear at the Bone Dao corner, Salacia let out a long sigh of relief.
She hesitated whether to chase after them or not.
If she went after them, the Tree Demon was simply too terrifying, and her life might be forfeit.
But if she didn’t chase, wouldn’t that mean betraying the handsome red-cloaked man who saved her?
Salacia turned back to look at the other battle scene.
The Furnace Squad, working in harmony, had already killed several of Julian’s teammates. Seeing the demeanor of Ashes Rein and others, it was clear they had no intention of dealing with the Tree Demon.
The Tree Demon running off was just convenient for Rein and the others to eliminate opponents.
In Rein and others’ eyes, removing a powerful competitor was more profitable than killing a Lord Level Demon—
Rein was a seasoned Awakened about to step onto the Ascension Plane, having almost reached the pinnacle of accumulation in the Awakened stage, similar to Huaxia’s Dai Sect and others, with an extremely low drop rate for treasure chests when killing monsters.
Salacia intended to wait until Rein’s battle ended, then go together to support Bai Pu.
But in the distance, shadows flickered, and a group of Awakened arrived! The leader shouted for Rein to show mercy and spare Julian and such.
Julian breathed a sigh of relief.
When Ashes Rein attacked her, Julian actually understood the other side’s motives and quietly sent a message for the nearby Muji Clan team to come over.
One must know that this time Julian applied for promotion to Major General with the support of four large teams! Among them, three were mobilized from the Silver Wind Clan, and one was elite warriors dispatched by Zorath of the Muji Clan.
This time, to pursue Salacia, Julian only took a small squad deep into enemy territory without bringing others from the Muji Clan team.
Otherwise, given her backing, with four large teams gathering, even the Furnace Squad wouldn’t dare to confront them head-on, only fleeing at the sight.
This situation made Salacia feel things were going wrong!
She clearly understood that the Muji Clan team was entirely under Julian’s command to aid her against herself!
If it were the Silver Wind Clan’s team arriving, she wouldn’t be so flustered.
With these thoughts, Salacia turned and hurried off towards the Bone Dao intersection, where Bai Pu and the Tree Demon disappeared!
This place couldn’t be tarried for long.
...
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Bai Pu rhythmically stepped with Gang Step, gliding at high speed.
Originally, Bai Pu could have gone faster, but he feared that if he ran too fast, the Tree Demon would give up the chase upon seeing it was hopeless, so he occasionally slowed down a bit to wait.
After running for a few minutes, Bai Pu paused his steps and stopped.
"This is far enough. Rein and the others won’t fight for long and might come over anytime... Gotta hurry, a quick battle!"
Bai Pu raised his hand and summoned Winged Tooth Beast King Da Fei.
Meanwhile, he turned around to face the pursuing Tree Demon head-on!
The Tree Demon’s four legs suddenly halted in their stride.
It hesitated and turned its head to glance at the Winged Tooth Beast King that had suddenly appeared behind it.
Feeling the formidable aura from the other side, not inferior to itself, the Tree Demon turned its head back to look at Bai Pu in front.
A dry, hoarse voice echoed from the large hollow mouth of the Tree Demon:
"Are you... a Demon Control Master? Why run when you have such a powerful demon beast servant?"
Demons also have intelligence, and high-level demons can speak. Generally, demons view humans as food, with no need for communication, charging straight into battle.
This Tree Demon evidently realized the formidable nature of the Winged Tooth Beast King Da Fei, feeling it might not be a match, thus taking the initiative to speak, hoping to communicate.
And also satisfying its curiosity.
Bai Pu shook his head.
"You’re willing to talk now, but I’m pressed for time..."
The massive body of Winged Tooth Beast King Da Fei was covered in a blue-golden shield, and then it vibrated its wings, diving swiftly towards the Tree Demon.
With the Tree Demon’s massive size, the Winged Tooth Beast King was merely a large mosquito.
But the basic attributes of both were similar! Representing that the Winged Tooth Beast King held superior attack strength, capable of point-to-surface penetration on the Tree Demon!
The Tree Demon’s six wooden arms bombarded in turns, but the Winged Tooth Beast King’s body surface glimmered with Melt Gold Armor, greatly reducing physical damage!
The remaining damage was absorbed by the Winged Tooth Beast King’s Shield of Mountains and Seas.
When the Winged Tooth Beast King closed in to a sufficient distance, it suddenly launched a Gang Step assault!