Chapter 825 - 820: Gangxin, You’re Daring!
Bai Pu wasn’t necessarily seeking to kill the enemy—after all, Awakeneds have plenty of equipment and tools for self-preservation.
Without using Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi or Composite Mystical Arts, Bai Pu’s attack priority wasn’t high; it was difficult to penetrate the self-preservation measures of these Advanced Awakeneds to kill them.
However, with Bai Pu’s illustrious achievements in slaying Rob and Bron, and subduing the Blood Bats, the vast majority of the Red Race Awakened dared not linger in his presence.
Wherever Bai Pu charged, the Red Race scattered.
Bai Pu was like a fierce catfish, chasing and driving the Red Race Awakeneds, helping them perform a beneficial escape exercise.
Of course, there were also those daring enough to raise a blade against the strong, but their attacks couldn’t break Bai Pu’s defense. Instead, due to intense fighting, their breathing became more labored, the infiltration of the Sea Heart Flame Mist more efficient, and the stacking of the Karmic Fire layers faster!
Meanwhile, the swarming Blood Sucking Demon Bat group had already stacked up to 20 layers of Karmic Fire, wildly attacking each other.
The remnant Red Race Awakened followed in the footsteps of the Demons.
Five minutes quietly elapsed, and Rein’s Fighting Qi was exhausted, as was the Heaven and Earth Copper Furnace True Intent Prototype.
However, at this point, Bai Pu’s group was rather relaxed. As long as they held their defenses, they could sit and watch the enemies kill each other. Only Mei Xi’s hatred for the Red Race remnants remained unabated, continually manipulating the Yellow Springs water to increase the intensity for the Red Race Awakeneds.
"Such powerful Mystical Arts Magic, capable of simultaneously manipulating eight hundred demons and multiple Awakeneds to kill each other."
Leia exclaimed as she looked at the blue and red mist.
Bai Pu shook his head: "Without cooperation, this skill is only good for bullying the weak. Against an Awakened expert, they can completely escape the mist before losing their mind."
The so-called cooperation refers to a large-scale closed barrier released by allies, such as Rein’s Heaven and Earth Copper Furnace True Intent Prototype.
Because the mist has a diffusion trait, its effect would be maximized in a closed space; otherwise, Bai Pu would need to continually output Energy to maintain the Core Area’s concentration.
Furthermore, the closed space ensures that the enemy cannot escape the mist’s range while sane.
Leia looked up to find that as the Heaven and Earth Copper Furnace True Intent Prototype dissipated, the Sea Heart Flame Mist also spread outward, becoming increasingly thin.
Only then did Leia feel relieved; mainly, the visual impact of hundreds of enemies not lacking in strength killing each other was too strong.
After a brief rest, the group acted again, eliminating all remaining Red Race people.
As for the eight hundred Blood Sucking Demon Bats, after most of them killed each other, the Sea Heart Flame Mist finally dissipated, unable to continue stacking "Karmic Fire" layers on them.
Once their minds were restored, the remaining Blood Sucking Demon Bats scattered, fleeing desperately.
Bai Pu and his group were now exhausted, with no spare energy to chase these Demon Bats.
Moreover, the defenseless Profound Water Palace was now the main focus of their plunder.
"Two pieces of news, one good and one bad... Which one do you want to hear first?"
Bai Pu received intelligence from the Heig team’s Awakened Scout and smiled as he spoke.
"The good news should be that Miss Salacia passed her Second Refinement mission, right?" Leia guessed.
Bai Pu nodded.
"And the bad news is..."
"The bad news is that the Demon Legion sent reinforcements, currently on the way to the Profound Water Palace, about an hour’s journey away. Although it’s only a Demon General’s squad, we can’t handle them with our current strength."
"Sending reinforcements so fast? The Demons are quite responsive." Rein said.
"It must be Alvarez and Tito, the two newly promoted Major Generals’ teams, who managed to inform the main Demon Legion." Bai Pu speculated.
Otherwise, with the flying speed of the Demon Bats, it would be impossible to cover hundreds of li in a short time to seek aid from the northern section of the Shadow Island Chain.
"Those two teams are pests. We should have eliminated them too when we could!"
The speaker was the Black Shark Queen Mei Xi. Since becoming Bai Pu’s Summoned Creature, she had naturally unravelled the World Mystery and could hear the "encrypted calls" between Awakeneds.
Rein laughed bitterly: "Taking them down is not easy."
Bai Pu nodded in agreement: "The strength of those teams is no less than two Demon Generals. They only fled when frightened off by me; otherwise, if forced into a desperate fight, winning would be uncertain."
"Would their departure affect the master’s plan?" Mei Xi had mostly avenged herself, except for that group of Awakeneds in the Star-Picking Tower.
Her loyalty and dependence on Bai Pu had increased, and she began worrying about his interests.
"No."
Bai Pu analyzed: "Since we have a ’Surprise Attack on the Shadow Island Chain’ war mission, the Demon Square’s Awakened teams would also receive relevant war tasks, such as protecting the Profound Water Palace.
"Since they fled the Profound Water Palace battlefield, they’d be considered traitors and deserters by the Demon Square. They were already defectors from the Guardian Camp, unable to find footing between the two camps. With little time left on the main task’s free staying period, returning to reality is their best choice."
After pausing, Bai Pu continued: "According to my estimate, the first main task should only have a day and a half of staying time left. Based on these two teams’ performance, they cannot earn Demonic Square’s recognition or trigger the second stage main task related to the Black Heaven Festival."
The group all nodded.
Bai Pu concluded: "To completely exclude interference from these two Awakened teams, we only need to delay submitting the main task until the end to trigger the second main task. By then, most other Awakeneds should have left."
"There’s still the Star-Picking Tower." Mei Xi reminded.
"Yes, rest assured... Regarding the Star-Picking Tower, I’ve long planted a seed via Dong Bochengzhi in Beiming Jihu’s heart. With the Native leader suspicious of the Star-Picking Tower, they won’t trigger the second stage main task for them."
Rein and Leia were impressed. Being able to chat and laugh with the Native leader in a world with a 9.2 difficulty, deciding the fate of other Awakened teams, was indeed cool.
"In comparison, let’s see what we can gain from the Profound Water Palace. As the Black Emperor’s only palace, it must have wealth far above the Palace of Roots..."
Bai Pu smiled as he stepped into the Profound Water Palace, passing through the collapsed promenade and directly entering the Forbidden Garden.
At the entrance to the inner hall, a shadow suddenly emerged.
A Spirit pressure surged overwhelmingly, stronger than the Phantom of Emperor Qing before.
"Gangxin, how bold you are! Daring to step into my Forbidden Garden!"
It’s the Black Emperor!
Rein and Leia were shocked: "The Black Emperor’s manifestation has a stronger pressure than Emperor Qing’s Phantom. Could the Black Emperor’s power be above Emperor Qing?"