Chapter 169: Super Evolution, the Power of the S-rank Psionicist Bai Fu!
Hei Fu’s sudden dodge caught Holt by surprise.
He had originally planned to subdue Bai Fu in just a few seconds, but this delay had already dragged on for twenty to thirty seconds, far exceeding his expectations.
Still, he wasn’t angry at all—only excited.
With the Mental Secret Realm sealing off the workshop, even if he banged drums and danced inside, no one outside would notice anything unusual.
Therefore, before the next group responsible for transporting the Prayer Cards arrived, he had all the time in the world to slowly play with Bai Fu!
Of course, having time to play didn’t mean he actually would.
More than his personal pride or joy, Holt valued the mission assigned to him by the Secret Tower.
In short, he would first complete the task from above. Afterwards, if time was tight, he’d just kill Bai Fu directly. If time allowed, he’d use mental esper power to control Bai Fu into saying things that would provoke public outrage or doing things that would make people believe “the Saint is just a diva,” then secretly hand over the footage to the media as evidence to ruin Bai Fu’s reputation.
Honestly, he didn’t want to be this ruthless—but those Undying Ones had pissed him off.
Holt strode toward Hei Fu. Behind him, silver threads spread outward like dancing spider silk. The pressure emanating from those “threads” made Hei Fu feel like she had fallen into a quagmire, unable to move a single step.
“Aren’t you good at running?”
Hehe.
“Since you refuse to tell me where the Base Sample is, I’ll investigate it myself. Struggling is pointless. In the Mental Secret Realm, you can scream your lungs out, but no one will come to save you!”
As the distance between them narrowed to two meters, countless silver threads surged forth, completely wrapping around Hei Fu.
Alright then, let me read your mental wor—hmm?
Holt suddenly froze.
What happened to the mental world he expected? Why was there nothing?
He tried to read it, but all he saw was a blank white expanse.
Idiot. A True Spirit without even the ability to think would of course have a mental world that’s nothing but white!
Taking advantage of Holt’s bewildered expression, Bai Fu began her stat-point allocation journey.
The 【Psionic Insights of the Second Apostle】 she had just learned belonged to the Prayer category of advanced knowledge, but it was very different from conventional Prayer-type advanced knowledge.
【Only the living can deal damage】
That was the very first line in the preface of the 【Psionic Insights of the Second Apostle】. Everything that followed perfectly illustrated this principle—
Don’t worry about buffing or debuffing others just yet; when you’ve got free time, pray for yourself. Even as support, don’t suffer in silence!
This philosophy deeply resonated with Bai Fu.
She wasn’t at a stage where she chased after flashy skills. Her priority was survival—only then could she squeeze the Players, squeeze Yulia, or, when bored, squeeze herself.
The 【Psionic Insights of the Second Apostle】 did not disappoint her. The moment she grasped the knowledge, she unlocked a rare talent.
【You’ve comprehended a new Talent: [Critical Immunity]】
As the name implied, Critical Immunity allowed her to nullify all critical damage. The mechanism was that her body would temporarily psionify when attacked, meaning there were no weak spots to exploit.
This talent was incredibly powerful. Not taking critical damage massively boosted her tankiness, especially against opponents who relied on critical hits. Against such foes, Critical Immunity was akin to crippling them.
Bai Fu cheerfully clicked the upgrade button. Moments later—
【Class Transfer Successful】
【You’ve unlocked a new class: [Miracle Constructor], current level Lv1. Agility +1, Constitution +3, Intelligence +2, Inspiration +5, Attribute Points +6】
【You’ve completed your fourth Class Transfer. Each point of Constitution now gives +10 HP and +10 Psionic Value】
【You’ve learned new skills: [Intermediate Prayer Specialization], [Intermediate Prayer Enhancement]】
【You’ve learned a new skill: [Void Card Creation]】
【You’ve learned a new skill: [Prayer Card Recycling]】
【You’ve learned a new skill: [Shadow Doppelgänger]】
As always, psionic energy danced across her body, scalp tingling as though gentle electric currents were flowing through her.
Bai Fu was immersed in it. This sensation was nearly as enjoyable as doing experiments with Yulia.
The evolution of life was such a joy.
She could clearly feel her body becoming even more refined than before. She was still the same person, with the same facial features, but her skin had become even smoother and finer. Her body proportions leaned closer to the golden ratio. Even the shape of her fingers and toes seemed newly designed—with more perfect curves, more alluring color, and more harmonious aesthetics.
As for the other parts—well, with Yulia standing right in front of her, she was too embarrassed to measure them by hand.
“Every time I Class Transfer or undergo racial evolution, my body becomes more perfect. At this rate, I’ll evolve into the so-called 【Peerless Physique】 sooner or later.”
Of course, that’s assuming she still remained human—or at least a carbon-based lifeform. If she evolved into some other species without flesh, then what’s the point?
Bai Fu quickly glanced over the newly unlocked skills.
【Intermediate Prayer Specialization】 and 【Intermediate Prayer Enhancement】 were upgrades to her existing skills. Both enhanced Prayer Card effects. The former even granted an extra 30 Inspiration points.
【Void Card Creation】 was a card-based skill exclusive to S-rank Psionic Prayer-users. Just like its name, even without raw card materials, a Psionic Prayer-user could create a Prayer Card from scratch by consuming a certain amount of psionic power.
These handmade cards had the same effects as “official cards,” though they couldn’t be preserved long-term nor used by others.
Despite its many limitations, this skill remained the core of the card-based Psionic Prayer-user combat style. Their entire combat method revolved around cards—pull off amazing plays when you have many cards, but once you run out, your power drops sharply. This skill greatly reduced that anxiety.
Think I’m out of cards?
Watch this—Void Card Creation!
No doubt about it—this was a miracle-making skill.
【Prayer Card Recycling】 was also an extremely practical skill. Prayer Cards like 【Little Hei Fu】 or 【Psionic Shield】 used to vanish once deployed, even if they ended up not being needed. But now, with this skill, she could retrieve them in their current state.
This skill significantly cut card production costs for card-based Psionic Prayer-users. But Bai Fu didn’t care about that. What she valued was that now she could open a secondhand Prayer Card section in Anya's Mysterious Shop, using low-priced used cards to fleece the wallets of Players who wanted Prayer Cards but thought they were overpriced—true full-spectrum exploitation.
The last skill, 【Shadow Doppelgänger】, was a movement skill. Upon activation, she would enter the 【Void Spirit】 state, which was invisible to the naked eye. While in that state, her main body would forcibly relocate a distance away, leaving behind a psionic shadow to mislead opponents.
“Now that’s a good one!”
Bai Fu was thrilled. She could never have too many life-saving skills, no matter when.
After reviewing the skills, the next step was to continue upgrading and allocating stat points.
She still had nearly 200 million XP on hand. Bai Fu directly leveled up 【Miracle Constructor】 from Lv1 to Lv7 in one go. After reaching the S-rank tier, each level required significantly more XP. After this round of upgrades, she was still 18 levels away from her next Class Transfer.
That was a large gap, but she wasn’t worried in the slightest.
After this Class Transfer, her individual strength was already among the top in the entire Sea Lion System. With her strength boosted to this level and Fei Ye backing her, she could finally go all out in searching for other Beginner Planets.
As long as she could find even one or two Beginner Planets, she wouldn’t have to worry about a shortage of XP. Those planets were untouched territory for her. She didn’t even need to transform into some bone-sucking, marrow-draining super Succubus—just using her normal strength would be enough to squeeze out XP in the billions. Such a massive amount of experience would be enough to feed her to her heart’s content in a short time. Anything more than that, she wouldn’t be able to digest immediately anyway.
“Delicious Players, wait for me to pamper you, hehe!”
In fact, Bai Fu still had around 50 million XP left. That was enough for another two level-ups. But at this point, simply leveling up wasn’t as cost-effective as upgrading her skills.
She dumped all the XP into 【Intermediate Prayer Enhancement】 and 【Shadow Doppelgänger】, maxing both. Once maxed, the Prayer Card bonus from Intermediate Prayer Enhancement increased from 80% to 130%—a 50% boost that was nothing short of impressive. As for the maxed 【Shadow Doppelgänger】, there wasn’t a revolutionary change; it simply increased the movement distance and duration.
After completing her stat allocation, Bai Fu’s attributes saw an all-around boost—
【HP】: 20600/20600
【Psionic Value】: 28975/28975
【Qi】: 2290/2290
【Stats】: Strength 122, Agility 238, Constitution 374, Intelligence 230, Spirit 219, Inspiration 827
Compared to before, Inspiration had only increased by 104 points, but her Psionic Value had jumped by a full ten thousand.
Greater base strength, longer sustainability, higher damage bonuses, and more unpredictable combat style—this was Bai Fu, newly ascended to the S-rank tier!
“Once I master a few more S-rank advanced knowledge branches, unlock more skills and Prayer Card blueprints, and upgrade my levels in Psionic Construct, Phenomenon Construction, and Apostle’s Will, that’s when I’ll truly have evolved into my complete form!”
Bai Fu brimmed with ambition.
She had already endured the hardest days since arriving in the Star Sea. As long as she didn’t unluckily run into an overwhelmingly powerful opponent, the only direction left was upward.
Although she was still only in her mature stage—not yet a complete form, much less an ultimate form—even now, she was more than enough to send that so-called Titan Warhammer to his end.
Bai Fu had Hei Fu throw Psionic Vision on Holt.
【Name】: ?
【Template】: Special – Dream Infiltrator
【Main Class】: Dreamweaver Lv5［+75］
【Sub Class】: None
【HP】: 9780/9780
【Spirit Power】: 23140/23140
【Stats】: …, Spirit 767, …
【Threat Level】: Blue
“Spirit stat at 767—that’s already very high. The game rates his threat as Blue. In theory, Holt’s power isn’t far off from mine. But I’ve got Hei Fu, a special True Spirit, and I’ve got the buff from Blessing of the Mind.”
Not much difference?
Bai Fu smiled at Yulia, who had been staring at her since the moment she began her Class Transfer, and said, “Wait here. I’ll be right back.”
She didn’t have Hei Fu strike immediately. Instead, she prepared to flank Holt together with Hei Fu.
This approach was safer, but her main goal was to try and extract more information from Holt’s mouth—to uncover his true identity.
“He came looking for the Base Sample of the Dissociative Agent. He most likely belongs to the faction behind the Singularity Company. I have to figure out who they really are. I don’t want an unknown enemy holding a grudge against me.”
...
Workshop.
After several failed attempts to access the mental world, Holt’s mood gradually grew irritable.
He had calculated everything so carefully, successfully avoided everyone’s detection, and even captured Bai Fu. Yet when it came time to interrogate her about the whereabouts of the Base Sample, he hit a wall. How could he possibly accept this?
“Looks like you’ve got something that blocks mental probing. No wonder I couldn’t read any fear on your face.”
A sinister expression twisted Holt’s face.
“Useless. I’ve still got time—enough to completely shatter your mental will. You don’t need to talk. I’ll reconstruct the intel I want from the fragments of your mind!”
His eyes turned silver.
Right then, Hei Fu suddenly spoke: “The Base Sample of the Dissociative Agent is with you guys in the Singularity Company, isn’t it? What are you researching—something that can induce Mental Mutation in everyone? Or something that transforms people into Shadow Wraiths?”
As soon as she said this, Holt’s body jolted violently. The silver light in his eyes shattered. Shock and disbelief filled the depths of his pupils.
Even within the Secret Tower, only personnel with Level II clearance knew this intel. How could Bai Fu, an outsider, possibly know?
Could she have deciphered the Base Sample? No—impossible. She had only had it for about twenty days, and one-third of that was spent on Tianhu Star. If she could figure out its function in such a short time, what kind of pharmaceutical genius was she?
If she didn’t figure it out herself, then...
“You’ve planted a spy in the Secret Tower?”
Holt’s expression changed drastically.
He suddenly thought of something terrifying—if Bai Fu had spies feeding her intel about the Base Sample’s true purpose, then wasn’t it very likely she had already known he was sent by the Secret Tower?
Absolutely. It was far too likely!
Holt felt as though he had fallen into a trap meticulously laid by Bai Fu.
He suspected the truth was probably this—
The moment Bai Fu learned the Secret Tower had dispatched someone to find the Base Sample, she began watching him, hoping to extract more intel related to the Secret Tower from him. To ensure she could capture him, Bai Fu deliberately ran to Tianhu Star—a place that couldn’t be left easily once entered—then leaked her location publicly.
Unaware of the setup, Holt, thinking he had found a golden opportunity upon learning she was on Tianhu Star, had foolishly rushed over.
But how could this have been his opportunity? It was obviously the stage Bai Fu had built for him!
He thought he had planned everything to perfection, believed he had come up with a masterstroke. Little did he know that in Bai Fu’s eyes, he was nothing but a clown monkey performing on her stage. Every move he made had been under Bai Fu’s watchful eye. Just when he thought he was nearing success, he had actually been stepping ever closer to the abyss.
This bizarre turn of events left Holt dumbfounded. What was Bai Fu doing? Was she trying to die even faster?
He couldn’t comprehend it at all, but he didn’t have much time to think either. Every part of his body—from front to back, left to right, top to bottom—was wracked with excruciating pain.
He nearly forgot the passage of time. Just when he thought he was doomed, he suddenly saw the Big Black Fu strangling him explode like a balloon into fragments.
The tight grip on his neck loosened, and Holt was overwhelmed with joy.
The opening he had been waiting for had appeared!
He immediately halted the Psionic Storm, cast an illusion at Hei Fu, and then stumbled forward like a wounded beast.
As long as he could reach the ship, there was still a slim chance he might survive!
While running, he tried to contact his subordinates.
【Get the ship here now—quick! Watch out for Bai Fu, she’s not human at all, she...】
“Where do you think you’re going?”
A voice full of mockery rang out.
Holt stopped in his tracks. He looked up and saw someone standing in front of him—with a giant behind them.
“You…”
He had just opened his mouth when the hand of the second Big Black Fu reached out and grabbed him by the neck.
As he was about to react, Bai Fu snatched his communicator away.
Trying to destroy the communicator?
Keep dreaming!
Holt stared at Bai Fu, eyes trembling, full of fear. “What are you?”
A Bai Fu in front, another Bai Fu behind—and then there was Hei Fu. He couldn’t tell who was who anymore. He truly couldn’t tell. Were there really multiple Bai Fus in this world, or had his brain broken in the fight and was now hallucinating?
“Kill him.”
Bai Fu’s voice was calm.
Holt activated the Psionic Storm once more, fully resigned to death. There was no way to extract any useful intel from someone like him. In that case, they might as well kill him before he could take his own life—it would still yield some XP.
Following the order, Big Black Fu caught a flying Spinning Demon Blade and stabbed it straight into Holt’s eye socket. The blade vibrated at high speed, dark-type psionic energy surging violently into Holt’s brain.
Already gravely injured, Holt’s HP bar was finally emptied under the dual assault of high-frequency impact and Extra-dimensional Erosion. His head slumped to the side, and all signs of life vanished.
【You killed ？, 100% contribution. After level adjustment, you gained 4.5 million XP】
【You completed the special mission [Emergency Assassination], reward: 5 million XP】
Two pleasant prompts echoed in Bai Fu’s ear.
With Holt dead, she had gained 9.5 million XP and uncovered the mastermind behind the scenes—she was in a very good mood.
While inspecting Holt’s communicator, a noisy commotion suddenly came from nearby. Just seconds later, Fei Ye and Manu appeared one after another.
“What happened?”
The two stared in shock at the flattened workshop and Holt’s motionless body.
Bai Fu said, “This guy claimed to be my fan, but he was actually from the Secret Tower. He tried to kill me, but I killed him instead. Oh, here’s his communicator.”
She tossed the communicator to Manu.
“Secret Tower?”
Manu was stunned. The situation was already tense, and now the Secret Tower had suddenly shown up. Cold sweat began to bead uncontrollably on his forehead.
“Quick, have the tech team analyze this—see if we can extract any useful intel from it!”
Manu rushed to organize the investigation.
Fei Ye came over to comfort Bai Fu. “Are you alright?”
Bai Fu shook her head.
In the chaos, no one noticed a turret operator sneaking away in a panic.
That person was one of the Secret Tower’s embedded spies on Tianhu Star.
He was frantic. Holt was dead. The communicator had fallen into Manu’s hands. If they checked the logs, he would be exposed.
“If I’m dead either way, I might as well make one last big move before I go!”
While Manu and the others anxiously waited for the communicator analysis, a giant railgun on the first defensive line suddenly turned its barrel and aimed at the second defensive line.
By the time anyone noticed something was wrong, a violent explosion had already rocked the earth.
When the dust cleared, everyone behind the line was stunned.
“The second defensive line is breached!”
The terrified cry alerted Manu.
He rushed to the outer clearing and looked at the collapsed second line. Only one thought echoed in his mind—
It’s over!
PS: Thanks to Can God Dream for the reward