Chapter 839 - 834: Three Calamities
Since Bai Pu acquired the secret teachings of the Beiming Xuanjing Style two days ago, he hasn’t had time to delve into them.
During these two days of rest, he’s been on the Turtle Ship, contemplating the Space Mystical Arts Curios—the Twisted Root, successfully understanding the Fifth Element, the Seventh Gate of Mystical Arts—Space Mystical Arts.
Based on the mystical skill "Dimensional Grasp," Bai Pu saw hope in unifying the Shattering Mountain Mystical Arts and Space Mystical Arts.
Bai Pu felt that the secret teachings of the Beiming Xuanjing Style could help him progress further.
After opening the secret teachings and choosing to contemplate, streams of information flowed into Bai Pu’s mind.
The Beiming Xuanjing Style is the top defensive sword skill in the Heart Demon World, emphasizing the sword force as solid and heavy as a mountain, using righteous might to crush the enemy.
This aspect closely resembles Bai Pu’s battle style too.
He is also adept at defense, attacking in a righteous way, yet the enemy cannot defeat or evade him.
"The Xuanjing Style suits my affinity better than the Wind Sword Style or Heart Burning Style."
"The heaviness of the mountain is the prerequisite for the power of Shattering Mountain. Think about it, the collapse of Mount Everest compared to a small hill, which is stronger? Naturally, the former has the might of world-breaking disaster."
"When taken further, achieving the peak power of Shattering Mountain and shattering along space’s trajectory... even space can be fractured! This is the convergence point of Shattering Mountain Mystical Arts and Space Mystical Arts."
During contemplation, prompts continuously appeared:
[Your understanding of Space Mystical Arts has deepened, current mastery level: Master. Attacks augmented with Space Mystical Arts will gain a 180% damage boost.]
[Based on your understanding of Space Mystical Arts, you can develop new Space Mystical Arts skills, forming a related skills system.]
[You’ve touched a new True Intent Prototype: Shattering Mountain Mystical Arts + Space Mystical Arts. Would you like to name this True Intent Prototype and refine a complete version?]
The prototype formed by Shattering Mountain Mystical Arts plus Space Mystical Arts should be Fourth Grade—Special Fourth Grade, similar to the Red Race Officer Rob.
Bai Pu chose no.
He knows that once he initially sets his True Intent Prototype, it becomes challenging to add new Mystical Arts to upgrade the True Intent Prototype during the Awakened stage.
The difficulty of adding new Mystical Arts to upgrade the True Intent Prototype is far higher than initially integrating multiple Mystical Arts.
The primary issue is the scarcity of related Tier One Awakened treasures; before ascension, it’s best not to consider upgrading.
Bai Pu instead felt he could take the opportunity of the combination of Shattering Mountain Mystical Arts and Space Mystical Arts to incorporate the "Viewing the Sea" Combined Mystical Arts, even the "Sea Heart Flame" Combined Mystical Arts, into Space Mystical Arts combination!
If successful, Bai Pu could achieve the four-element Mystical Arts combination of Shattering Mountain + Tide (Viewing the Sea Combined Mystical Arts) + Red Lotus (Sea Heart Flame Combined Mystical Arts) + Space Mystical Arts, only missing one Dancing Wind Mystical Arts to accomplish the Five Elements combination.
Once the five-element Mystical Arts combination is achieved, his path of the "Five Elements Combined True Intent Prototype" would be half-completed.
The combination of Dancing Wind Mystical Arts and Space Mystical Arts is still hopeful; Bai Pu still retains the contemplation chance of the third part of the [Dong Bochengzhi’s Swordsmanship Manual], which happens to be the "Wind Phase True Intent Prototype"—about the combination refinement approach of Dancing Wind Mystical Arts and Space Mystical Arts.
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Crystal Throne.
In front of the entrance to the Land of Crystals.
Dong Bochengzhi and others looked grimly at the gathering demon army ahead.
"Three divisions of the Emperor Yan’s Demon Generals have already arrived."
"Haven’t they initiated an attack yet?"
"They are waiting for more demon general troops to gather, estimating that four or five divisions would attack."
"With the strength of our expedition team, we can deal with at most three divisions of demon generals. Seems the demons calculated well; they want to crush us entirely with thunderous force."
A few native leaders talked with a somewhat tense expression.
"Is Lord Gangxin ready yet?" Xiyuan Zhang kept turning back, feeling restless as he looked at Bai Pu sitting cross-legged before the Crystal Celestial Pillar, like ants crawling all over him.
"Gangxin might not be able to shatter the Crystal Celestial Pillar either."
Beiming Jihu said calmly: "The demons are not in a hurry to attack, indicating Emperor Yan’s confidence. If he felt Gangxin had the slightest chance of breaking the pillar, he would urge the demon troops to start the battle."
After a pause, Beiming Jihu looked at Xiyuan Zhang:
"Better prepare for a transmission back to the Black Heaven Abyss. The Black Heaven Palace has yet to gather the demon army; we have a slight hope facing the Black Heaven Shell and the Three Great Demon Emperors in full strength.
"If we deplete too much power here, by the time we return to the Black Heaven Palace, we will inevitably be defeated."
Sweat on Xiyuan Zhang’s forehead stuck to his pale hair: "Wait a bit longer, wait a bit longer..."
Suddenly, a disciple of the Xiyuan Clan’s Demon Control Master exclaimed joyfully: "Lord Gangxin is awake! He’s standing up!"
Everyone turned to look.
In front of the Crystal Celestial Pillar, Bai Pu stretched lazily and slowly stood up.
His temperament had changed again, now possessing the weight of mountains, the intensity of ocean tides, and the formlessness of space.
Bai Pu stood there, naturally exuding an irresistible natural majesty, like humans facing natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, powerless.
"Gangxin, how is it?" Wu Mingyue hesitantly asked. In front of everyone, she refrained from calling Bai Pu by his nickname "Little Bai."
"Just finished cultivation; some energy overflowed."
Bai Pu closed his eyes, slightly restrained himself, and the pressure akin to a natural disaster instantly disappeared.
"We can bear this pressure; I mean, how’s your Mystical Arts cultivation?" Wu Mingyue persisted.
Seeing everyone’s expectant eyes, Bai Pu smiled slightly: "I have already combined ’Viewing the Sea’ Combined Mystical Arts with Space Mystical Arts, forming the three-element combination: Shattering Mountain, Tide, Space Mystical Arts.
"Earthquake, seaquake, aeroquake... corresponding to earthquake, tsunami, space rupture, these three disasters. I named it—Three Calamities Mystical Arts."
The Space Mystical Arts act like an amplification booster, enhancing the power of Shattering Mountain and Tide Mystical Arts and expanding the influence range of Mystical Arts’ power, forming a terrifying effect like a natural disaster.
Bai Pu shook his head regretfully: "Unfortunately, I wanted to integrate the Sea Heart Flame Combined Mystical Arts as well but failed. It seems the cultivation time for Sea Heart Flame Mystical Arts has been too short and the understanding is not deep enough."
"Can you break the Crystal Celestial Pillar now?" Wu Qingyun asked the question everyone cared about most.
"Currently, there’s a 540% Mystical Arts damage increase, up from the previous 360% by another 180%. The key is the addition of Space Mystical Arts, which helps in breaking the solid space here... whether it works, we must try again to know."
Blue-gold shield light had already been flickering on Bai Pu’s surface.
While speaking, he had activated the new Three Calamities secret skill—Mountain and Sea Calamity!
Mountain and Sea Calamity, derived from the original secret skill Mountain and Sea Appearance.
Due to the formlessness and shapelessness of Space Power, the Mountain and Sea Calamity shield remains blue-gold, but with a "Close but Far Away" feel, the blue-gold light appearing close, yet seemingly far.
Space Power did not amplify the Mountain and Sea Calamity Shield limit but made it difficult for enemies to lock Bai Pu’s position via Spiritual Sensing.
By activating the Mountain and Sea Calamity shield, Bai Pu could rely on speed and evasion to avoid most enemy skill locks.
Unless the enemy’s Spiritual Power is formidable, surpassing Bai Pu’s Spiritual Power to forcefully break through space interference and lock Bai Pu; or their energy is extremely pure, reaching the level of tearing space like Bai Pu, only then can they lock Bai Pu, forcing him into a head-on confrontation.