Chapter 786 - 781: You’re Impressive
[Karmic Fire: Red Lotus Mystical Arts Special Effect. When inflicting Red Lotus Mystical Arts damage on an enemy, it adds layers of Karmic Fire; the higher the damage from a single attack, the more layers are added. Karmic Fire will have a negative interference on the enemy’s mind; the more layers, the stronger the negative effect. When the number of layers reaches 20, the target will temporarily enter a state of madness.]
[Note: If no new layers of Karmic Fire are added to the target over time, the existing effects will naturally diminish. The rate of diminishment is proportional to the target’s spiritual will strength.]
"Red Lotus Karmic Fire..."
Dongbo Chengzhi watched the Demon Throat raging and attacking its surroundings and said, "It seems like a spiritual attack... but its effect is too significant."
"This is due to its own sins."
Bai Pu said, "An enemy struck by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire will see their past sins. The phantoms of wronged souls that perished within the Demon Throat will continuously assault its spirit. Its random attacks are actually directed at those phantoms..."
Dongbo Chengzhi realized, "The Demon Throat is deeply sinful, so when burned by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, the spiritual attack is also strong."
"It also relates to the extent of the damage caused by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire."
Bai Pu added.
If the Red Lotus Karmic Fire only caused superficial wounds, the Demon Throat would at most feel somewhat irritable, and as the damage deepened, it would gradually see the phantoms.
But now, the Demon Throat, in an unguarded state, took a direct hit from a composite Mystical Arts attack of Tide and Red Lotus, suffering huge damage in a single instance, piling up more than 10 layers of Karmic Fire, causing it to lose its sanity, commonly known as "stunned."
In such a state, having been stunned by massive Red Lotus Mystical Arts damage, Bai Pu’s subsequent weak Red Lotus Sparks could bypass the Demon Throat’s spiritual defense line without obstruction, invading its spirit, making it even more frantic, rapidly stacking up to 20 layers.
Because at this moment, the Demon Throat had no spiritual defense line to speak of!
The Illusion of Emperor Qing let out an angry hum and disappeared.
"You’re incredible..."
Dongbo Chengzhi gave Bai Pu a highly regarded compliment, dodging the sweeping tail of the Demon Throat with some difficulty, "But with this guy going mad here, how should we break the Barrier of Emperor Qing?"
Bai Pu smiled slightly, flicked his finger, and a drop of crimson pure blood flew out, landing directly on the head of the Demon Throat.
The Demon Throat shuddered all over, then struggled violently.
The intense evolutionary instinct within the pure blood threatened the main consciousness of the Demon Throat, giving this Demon General a brief moment of "clarity," leading to fierce resistance.
Seeing the pure blood being forced out bit by bit, Bai Pu took a deep breath and once again thrust his spear wrapped in Red Lotus Mystical Arts, nailing the Demon Throat’s still unhealed throat to the ground!
The Red Lotus Mystical Arts invaded the spirit, the main consciousness of the Demon Throat sank once again.
Finally, the evolutionary instinct completely shattered the main consciousness of the Demon Throat.
Bai Pu chose not to retain the main consciousness of the Demon Throat, turning it into a mutated demon.
This process was different from dealing with the Illusion.
The master of the Illusion, the Red Emperor, was dead, with no possibility of betrayal, whereas the master of the Demon Throat, Emperor Qing, was still alive, and there might have been some contingency left on the Demon Throat.
It’s definitely not because the Illusion can transform into a beauty!
With a crackling sound, the elongated body of the Demon Throat rapidly became stout and short, eventually shrinking from several dozen meters to ten meters, thickening by several folds.
Moreover, most of the numerous insect legs of the Demon Throat retracted into its body, replaced by six thick segments extending outside its decayed shell.
The tips of these segments had sharp pincers, like six retractable long spears.
After the evolutionary instinct replaced consciousness, it quickly turned the Demon Throat towards a form more conducive to combat and slaughter.
"You... you’ve subdued the Demon Throat so quickly?"
Seeing the Demon Throat stand with its hands down, standing loyally by Bai Pu’s side, Dongbo Chengzhi was wide-eyed, "Your means are far superior to those of the Xiyuan Clan... By the way, how many Demon Generals can you subdue?"
The Xiyuan Clan was a Demon Control Master family of the heart demon world western lands, leaders of the "White Tiger Oath."
Bai Pu lightly tapped his brow, feeling a bit of a headache, and said, "Subduing these Demon Generals of the Underworld is somewhat strenuous. Now, even the first Demon General of the Underworld is making me uncomfortable... If I were to subdue a second, the success rate would probably drop significantly. By the third, the success rate would be more negligible, and even if successful, it would be hard to maintain."
In terms of attributes, Bai Pu’s hard strength is, after all, weaker than that of a Demon General.
Although the success rate of a contract with a Pure Blood Servant depends on the template comparison, Bai Pu, as the de facto Enhanced Lord Template (in terms of energy strength and priority), has no problem enslaving a Demon General with just Lord Level strength.
However, because the Underworld is too difficult, and the Demon Generals are excessively powerful, Bai Pu needs to "occupy" more heart power to maintain control over a Demon General slave.
In this regard, the Illusion occupies much less heart power from Bai Pu because she hasn’t received any strength bonus from the Black Heaven Descent Plane World Waymark, so Bai Pu’s heart power usage on the Illusion is minimal.
For instance, when Bai Pu is in the Original Sin World, his heart power is 100, and enslaving a Bishop in the Original Sin World occupies 20 heart power.
Now, Bai Pu’s strength has increased in the heart demon: World of the Black Heaven’s Descent, and the heart power limit can be considered as 200; however, enslaving a Lord Level Demon General requires at least 80 heart power!
This does not contradict Bai Pu’s ability to have five Pure Blood Servants in the same Plane World; five is a quantity limit, but the quality of the servants is also limited by heart power.
"Alright, you’re incredible, subduing the Demon Throat. So how do you plan to deal with the remnant consciousness of the Galo Ancient Tree and break the Barrier of Emperor Qing?"
Dongbo Chengzhi, in his heart, had already estimated his friend’s strength as highly as possible, yet he still found that he had underestimated his friend’s strength, who seemed to always have aces up his sleeve.
So, knowing well that the Galo Ancient Tree would be very, very difficult to handle and that Emperor Qing’s Barrier was nearly impregnable, Dongbo Chengzhi still held onto a sliver of hope.
"First, I will awaken the remnant consciousness of the ancient tree. Since this barrier uses the power of the Galo Ancient Tree as its source, then following this power path should lead me to the core of the Galo Ancient Tree."
Bai Pu walked again to the northern wall of the palace, extended his finger towards the cyan light of the barrier.
A drop of pure blood passed through the northern wall, quickly infiltrating it.
Bai Pu closed his eyes, his consciousness slowly integrating into the root network of the Palace of Roots wall, extending downward.
This sensation... was like jumping with eyes closed into a bottomless dry well.
An endless sense of weightlessness came forth, unaware of how long it was falling.
Through the pure blood, Bai Pu finally sensed a massive ocean-like energy body, which was the foundation of the Galo Ancient Tree.
And above this ocean energy body, there existed an illusory ancient tree faintly glowing in the conscious vision.
Evidently, this illusory ancient tree was the remnant consciousness of the Galo Ancient Tree!
At this time, it was in slumber, unconsciously gathering its vast ocean-like demonic power energy. The illusory ancient tree rooted at the bottom of the energy ocean, extending above the sea surface.
However, the central trunk of this illusory ancient tree had been forcibly truncated, unable to grow taller, replaced by myriad auxiliary branches spreading in all directions.
"Just as well... otherwise, I wouldn’t dare provoke this ancient entity."
Bai Pu sighed softly, letting the pure blood fall onto the branches of the illusory ancient tree.