Chapter 822 - 817: Battle of the Profound Water Palace (Part 4)
Surpassing 400 points of Power.
Not only does it mean high damage, but merely the additional effects brought by such Power are astonishing enough.
With a loud bang, the mask of molten core armor on Bron’s face was forcibly chiseled open by the impact of a meteor.
The long spear pierced Bron’s throat at the critical point and then flipped upward and thrust!
Transformed into a Molten Core Giant, Bron’s body felt light, was thrown high, and then crashed heavily to the ground.
The ground surged with dust and airwaves like a meteor crashing down, leaving a gigantic crater!
Four front porch pillars of the Profound Water Palace were shaken to collapse by the strike of the Three-Pointed Star Fall.
Such might even left the Demon General Blood Bat stunned, staring at the majestic figure of Bai Pu, temporarily overwhelmed, hesitating to continue the attack for several seconds.
As the dust cleared, the core landing point of the crater was where Bron commanded the Molten Core Giant.
The surface lava of the Molten Core Giant was fractured into three neat pieces by three fierce Combat Qi Sharpness blades, revealing Bron’s true form inside.
Bron’s throat bore a bloody hole. The Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi stubbornly perched on it, hindering his Immortal Melting Core True Intent prototype from healing the wound.
Bron lost his combat effectiveness, but Bai Pu also paid the price.
Bai Pu’s back displayed numerous Ghost Claw scratches, and the back part of his "Armor of Sand" formed by the Demon Refining Sand rapidly shattered like an eggshell, covered in blood marks.
This was damage from the Demon General Blood Bat’s frenzied output on Bai Pu’s back, which not only broke Bai Pu’s Mountain and Sea Appearance Shield but also shattered Bai Pu’s Armor of Sand, ultimately inflicting 3,000 cumulative damage points on Bai Pu’s body.
Certainly, this was because Bai Pu instructed the Demon Spider Empress to protect Mei Xi against the Ghost Frog Group.
Otherwise, with Bai Pu’s Demon Power Release and the activation of the Dark Gold Tower Shield Protector, the damage caused by Blood Bat would be further reduced, perhaps unable to pierce the Armor of Sand at all.
Bron lay in the crater, his eyes blankly gazing at Bai Pu, a dull and dry feeling rising in his heart.
"You’ve grown stronger again... why..."
Bai Pu speared his heart, taking away Bron’s remaining Life Value.
He wasn’t fond of play-by-play commentary; if he could kill the enemy, he wouldn’t bother talking, as villains die due to excessive chatter.
Such progress is undoubtedly thanks to the first part of Dongbo Chengzhi’s Swordsmanship Manual.
The first part is the process by which Dongbo Chengzhi created his own Secret Sword Technique, inspiring Bai Pu to conceive many Mystical Arts skills, ultimately creating three Mystical Arts skills of his own: Illusionary Steps (Gang Step + Dancing Wind Mystical Arts), Three-Pointed Star Fall (Three Kingdoms + Meteor Technique), Sea Heart Flame Mist (Water Magic Low-level Mist Technique).
Among these, the most powerful is naturally the composite Mystical Arts magic martial skill: Three-Pointed Star Fall!
This is the combination of Three Kingdoms and Viewing the Sea Mystical Arts, with its spear outwardly tricking the enemy’s protective energy with Tidal Power, while inwardly delivering the destructive power of Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts.
The brilliance of this move lies in its fusion with the fire force of the Meteor Technique, additionally applying flaming damage from the meteor impact, synchronously casting Red Lotus Mystical Arts, causing the target to accumulate layers of Karmic Fire, unsettling their spirit.
The potency of this move already rivals Mountain and Sea Appearance - Cannon Bombing, with two advantages.
Firstly, it doesn’t require consuming the Mountain and Sea Shield; as long as it induces enemy stiffness, Bai Pu can seize half a second for power-up and sealing time to execute it. Secondly, the flame damage can layer Karmic Fire, with special effects of Spirit interference.
Bai Pu can further simplify the sealing and shorten the power-up time.
Of course, Mountain and Sea Appearance - Cannon Bombing also has clear advantages, with an extra priority +1, enabling Bai Pu’s attack to rip through Space.
The most critical point is that Cannon Bombing deals single-wave, single-phase explosive damage, compared to Three Kingdoms’ three-wave, five-phase dispersed damage, making it easier to execute an instant kill without needing Bai Pu to follow up.
Bron’s death didn’t leave Blood Bat any time for sorrow or shock, as in the next second, he felt the fire force erupt within him, rendering him stiff and suffering over 5,000 points of Fire Attribute damage — from Bai Pu’s Melt Gold Armor’s accumulated counter-damage!
Melt Gold Armor’s current skill level is only Level 5, reaching Level 6 with the Limit Breaker bonus.
With Bai Pu’s current Attributes and skill level, now there’s a fixed damage reduction (Level 4 Effect can also reduce Magic Damage) of 314 points, and each attack taken incurs 1,221 points of searing counter-damage!
Accumulating 10 times theoretically results in 12,210 points of searing damage, exploding within Blood Bat’s body, unaffected by additional Armor and Magic Resistance, relying solely on Blood Bat’s Basic Endurance to endure.
Therefore, this theoretical damage of 12,210 points actually caused 5,495 points of damage. Even though the Blood Bat has a long blood bar and won’t be instantly killed, it was enough to burn its insides, rendering it rigid and losing its ability to act momentarily.
This move’s cumulative counter-damage is extremely effective against Spirit Realm experts, but not as beneficial against the Awakened.
——Awakened individuals can see their own status bar. Those with high Perception can receive combat information prompts from the Spirit Realm Will, knowing that Scorching Fire Force is accumulating within them. Naturally, they will consume some Professional Energy to dissipate the Fire Force inside, and would not allow Bai Pu to unleash ten bursts of Fire Force, causing terrifying damage all at once.
The rigid Blood Bat was directly dragged over by Bai Pu’s Lasso Strike, and the Doomsday Spear whistled as it stabbed repeatedly, leaving the Blood Bat in a sorry state.
If not for the fact that [Three-Pointed Star Fall] requires a certain amount of Replenishing Qi time and cannot be cast repeatedly in a short time, Bai Pu would surely have made the Blood Bat experience the suffering.
Seeing Bron’s death, the Demon Square Awakened were shaken.
"Bron died just like that?"
"How is that possible? He had the Immortal Melting Core Third-Grade True Intent Prototype..."
Alvarez and Tito, who did not go all out in their battle against Rein, suddenly felt fear upon seeing Bron killed.
Especially when they witnessed Bai Pu seizing the residual power from slaying Bron, grabbing the Blood Bat out of thin air and launching a flurry of violent attacks, their fear intensified!
Killing Awakened prodigies and slaughtering native Demon Generals as if they were pigs or dogs, it’s terrifying!
Gangxin is too terrifying, no wonder Bron contracted steel phobia, Alvarez and Tito felt their psyches were becoming shadowed, and were also nearly getting "steel phobia"!
They regretted not heeding Bron’s words!
If only they had gone all out from the start, with a desperate attitude, dealt with Rein first, then besieged Gangxin, the outcome might still have been uncertain.
Now, the only option is to escape!
Fortunately, that terrifying Gangxin was still preoccupied with the Blood Bat.
The two newly-appointed Major Generals exchanged glances and simultaneously used their treasured life-saving items they were reluctant to use.
Alvarez tore open a glowing Scroll, and a vague angelic shadow immediately appeared behind him. A barrier that seemed forged of Holy Light surrounded him and Tito.
Rein’s attack fell upon the Light Forged Barrier but couldn’t shake it in the slightest.
With the protection of the Light Forged Barrier, Tito had no worries.
He crushed a small statue against his chest, instantly coating his body in a dark gray luster, making his skin appear as if cast from steel.
Tito leapt high and his Warhammer smashed into the ground, triggering a small-scale earthquake lasting 10 seconds!
But that wasn’t all. After the earthquake, sharp rock spears suddenly erupted from the ground, covering the entire battlefield.
This was the ultimate skill Tito could fully execute by borrowing Ancestral Power:
Earth Core Tremors - Rock Spear Assault Array!
As the Earth Core Tremors initiated, Bai Pu’s expression already changed. He sensed the earth being infused with violent Energy and predicted that Tito’s strike must have a second phase.
Bai Pu temporarily put aside the Blood Bat, flashing with the Illusionary Steps towards Mei Xi, wrapping his arms around her slender waist and soaring into the air.
Mei Xi was saved first because she needed to maintain the Water Curtain Celestial Splendor and couldn’t dodge Skills.
In the next second, numerous thick rock spears burst from the ground, piercing through each Demon Spider and Spider Demon.
The worst off was Bai Pu’s Demon General slave Demon Throat, which had been dealing with three Awakened teams and was already significantly damaged. Now, a rock spear penetrated its body from below, and it struggled briefly before succumbing.
"Come with me, retreat!"
While Bai Pu was rescuing Mei Xi, avoiding Tito’s big move, Alvarez charged towards the eastern side of the battlefield.
The battlefield was covered with a Water Curtain Celestial Splendor made of Yellow Springs Water, separating the interior and exterior of the battlefield.
However, Alvarez was evidently prepared. He raised a hand at his subordinates, and the Light Forged Barrier covering his body quickly shifted, enveloping the other Awakened in his team, providing them protection.