Chapter 765 - 760: Tearing Space Apart
Rein’s team has already taken action, fiercely pursuing Julian’s side.
Meanwhile, Bai Pu and Salacia find little respite, for the Tree Demon still stands!
Bai Pu, having used the Strong Enemy Detection Skill, sees that the Tree Demon’s combat power reaches twelve thousand, at the very least a Lord Level demon, its strength comparable to an Enhanced Lord in normal difficulty!
Six arms, spanning kilometers, whipping around like six soft whips, lash down in an impenetrable assault.
Half of its offensive focuses on Bai Pu and Salacia.
The remaining half targets Rein and Julian’s battlefield.
A Muji Clan Awakened, gravely injured by Rein, hadn’t yet regained footing before being ensnared by the Tree Demon’s massive arm tendrils and fed into its gaping tree mouth.
Then comes the teeth-grinding sound of "creak-creak" from within the closed tree mouth, like millstones grinding, with a line of blood oozing slowly from its "corners."
The dark green eyes of the Tree Demon radiate a greedy longing for fresh flesh.
Whoosh, whoosh—
The wooden arms rain down.
Remember, these arms stretch a kilometer long, thicker than skyscrapers!
Although Bai Pu has Gang Step, against the immense ranged attack of the giant arms, he must continuously step on air to narrowly dodge it.
It’s not that he can’t withstand it but evasion is more cost-effective.
Salacia, on the other hand, isn’t as fortunate. Though she possesses displacement skills akin to "Flash Technique," and has significantly reduced its cooldown through skill level-up and equipment enhancement, it’s still not as practical as Bai Pu’s self-realized Mystical Arts skill, Gang Step.
She dodges the first strike, but doesn’t escape the second, crushed by a massive wooden arm.
Fortunately, Salacia had previously activated the [Forest Enclosure of All Things], encasing herself in verdant light, mitigating most of the damage.
Moreover, due to the Tree Demon’s massive size, its attack strength is dispersed (like lower pressure), inflicting merely six or seven hundred damage points on Salacia.
Yet, the Tree Demon’s massive arms strike one after another.
If the first hit isn’t dodged, escaping the second becomes even more challenging.
Then comes the third strike, the fourth... The Tree Demon’s relentless attack is like a roaring spinning wheel, exhausting the prey to the brink, wearing down its last breath, before drawing it into the tree’s gaping mouth for consumption.
Even if the Forest Enclosure could persist indefinitely, Salacia’s five thousand life points wouldn’t last for long!
Moreover, the continuous strikes against the Forest Enclosure are breaking Salacia’s ability to maintain its balance, shattering the barrier is a mere breath away; by then, each strike would inflict at least one or two thousand actual damage, potentially flattening her into a pulp.
Seeing Salacia struggle to fend off the attack, Bai Pu feels slightly surprised. The once-heir of the Silver Wind Clan, a Golden Vice Admiral Level Awakened, appears somewhat frail.
However, Bai Pu quickly understands.
Judging by the situation, Salacia must have been relentlessly pursued by Julian and his men, significantly depleting her stamina and energy.
This Lord Level Tree Demon has already reached Demon General Level strength, and since the Tree Demon isn’t afraid of wood-element magic, it’s understandable why Miss Salacia is struggling.
Bai Pu lets out a soft sigh, unable to stand idly by.
He retracts the Dark Gold Tower Shield and simultaneously draws out the Doomsday Blade Short Spear and Savior’s Hand Guarding Staff, snapping them together with a click.
Doomsday Spear Full Version!
Bai Pu’s power and endurance attributes soar once more, his aura expanding with every breath, like a towering mountain! He dashes across the air, merging with the spear as if a meteor, slamming towards the Tree Demon’s trunk.
It’s not some skill, but merely the pure energy of an Enhanced Lord Level, paired with the extreme speed granted by Gang Step.
The Tree Demon’s attention never leaves Bai Pu’s actions—for it had suffered at his hands in the first stage, nearly severed in two.
Seeing Bai Pu charging, the Tree Demon opens its mouth in a cold sneer.
Suddenly, a fissure filled with a foul and lifeless aura stretches across Bai Pu’s path.
Through the murky opening, faint glimpses of ashen flora, parasitized beasts, and a forest throne laden with decay and desolation can be seen...
"This is... a space portal! This Tree Demon actually has spatial abilities, intending to transport me to the Core Area of Corruption Forest, to the Rotten Wood Palace where Emperor Qing resides!"
Bai Pu feels the powerful pull emanating from the murky portal.
"Hah!"
Bai Pu’s response is swift, as the murky portal appears, he channels Fighting Qi, thrusting out a spear.
The spearhead erupts with a blue-gold brilliance, the purest of Demon Fighting Qi, under the augmentation of Viewing the Sea Mystical Arts, forming a sharp Fighting Qi Arrowhead! The blue-gold Fighting Qi Arrowhead strikes the murky portal dead on.
Crack, crack!
The power of this Fighting Qi Battle Stab already surpasses the nearby space’s bearing limit, causing the space to crack like a mirror!
The murky portal instantly loses its equilibrium, disintegrating. The space under the law of space-time rapidly mends, and in the blink of an eye, the portal vanishes.
Bai Pu didn’t use Compound Secret Skill: Mountain and Sea Appearance - Cannon Bombing this time, as the original power of Fighting Qi Battle Stab would be insufficient to tear a Tier One Awakened World’s space.
However, the Tree Demon’s spatial rift skill had rendered the nearby space somewhat "fragile," leading Bai Pu’s otherwise ordinary Fighting Qi Battle Stab to have such a terrifying visual effect.
Even Salacia, and the members of Rein’s side, widened their eyes, casting astonished glances this way.
The ability to tear space in a Tier One Awakened World is simply astounding. Either it’s King-level’s pure energy or the high amplitude brought by Upper-Grade True Intent...
But regardless, it’s not something an Awakened should ordinarily achieve!
Of course, there’s also skill augmentation, equipment enhancements, etc., making the impossible possible. Yet this still unequivocally proves Bai Pu’s might.
Using the rebounding shockwave from the Fighting Qi Arrowhead’s explosion, Bai Pu becomes a part of the wind in a dance, gracefully pivoting and drifting.
The Dancing Wind Mystical Arts, truly excels at evasion, allowing him to easily dodge the Tree Demon’s two subsequent strikes and, through Bai Pu’s will, letting him drift to the trunk of the Tree Demon.
Sizzle!
The spear pierces the tree trunk as robust as a mountain, looking just like a tiny toothpick.
But this toothpick, scorching hot, is akin to a red-hot iron stake!
The Tree Demon lets out a furious roar, and from the wound struck by the spear, crimson flames erupt.
The flames arise in conjunction with Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi (Fire).
Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi, as an exotic fighting energy, surges towards the Tree Demon’s core, expanding the flames as it progresses!