Chapter 218: Bai Fu’s True Strength, A Legend That Shook the Starsea!
The spaceship piloted by Bangula was nominally under the ownership of Representative of the Keura Tribe, Reynolds. Reynolds held high prestige on the Starweb, but after all, he wasn’t a military upper echelon like Manu, so he didn’t have the nerve to equip his own vessel with firepower on par with a military war mothership.
Even so, since this spaceship stretched over a thousand meters in total length, it was still considered a high-spec vessel by galactic standards. The two A-grade main cannons mounted at the front carried frightening power.
Once fully charged at 100%, a single blast from either A-grade cannon could tear apart a standard-sized colonial city.
Though this output was far from that of combat-type Calamity-class Psionicists, it still wasn’t something an ordinary S+ rank Psionicist could withstand.
So, when Bai Fu suddenly stepped into the firing trajectory of those two A-grade main cannons, Cecia, Scarlet Leaf, Anya, the passersby drawn by the commotion, Starweb officials, and the players watching via Global Livestream all had their hearts seized with tension.
What are you doing, Bai Fu, are you crazy? You’re a squishy Psychic Priestess— even tank-type S+ rank Psionicists have a hard time surviving orbital bombardment, what are you rushing in for!
Some shouted loudly, others spammed the livestream chat in frenzy.
In truth, everyone understood why Bai Fu chose to step forward.
Her nickname, “Holy Savior Saintess,” wasn’t for nothing. Seeing Bangula direct the ship’s cannons at the Onandi settlers—how could she possibly sit idly by?
Blasting the ship apart in time was impossible, so if she wanted to save the Onandi, there was only one way—use her body to block the orbital bombardment.
But understanding it didn’t mean it was emotionally acceptable.
Cecia and Scarlet Leaf immediately flew toward the ship, hating themselves for not being by Bai Fu’s side. Otherwise, they could have helped her take the blast.
Cecia was confident in her survivability, while Scarlet Leaf was ready to fully unleash the Void Blood, transforming into a void monster to endure it head-on.
On the other end, upon receiving the news, Manu was so anxious he slammed his desk into pieces. Whether for personal friendship or the broader strategic picture, he absolutely didn’t want Bai Fu to die on Shudun Star.
“All nearby personnel, whether on duty or on leave, get there immediately!”
No matter how anxious everyone was, the charged cannons still fired.
Two terrifying energy beams shot from the giant barrels, striking Bai Fu in just 0.01 milliseconds.
The impact burst forth with light brighter than the sun, illuminating the entire sky. From afar, the beams looked like divine spears thrust by gods, radiating an aura of sheer dread.
How terrifying was it?
Compared to these two “Divine Spears,” humanity appeared insignificant.
Even the energy spilling from the edges of the beams flattened the streets below—dust, stone, metal... all were hurled into the air by the shockwave and rapidly transformed into glass-like matter.
Deep scars were carved into the earth, stretching far until they met the emergency energy shields deployed across Shudun Star, where the damage finally halted.
Because Bai Fu stood directly in front of the cannon fire, absorbing most of the damage, the energy shields that bore the brunt merely trembled slightly and remained intact.
They held out. At least, the Onandi were safe for now!
But no one cheered.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the spot where Bai Fu had floated, the epicenter of the blast—desperate to know what happened to her.
At that moment, each second dragged like an eternity.
No one knew how much time had passed, but eventually, the cannons exhausted their charge.
As the blinding light faded, beneath the now silent night sky lay a city in chaos, molten debris still falling from the air, and lava slowly oozing across the scorched ground.
As for Bai Fu—there wasn’t a trace left of her at the spot she once stood. Not a limb, not even a speck remained.
Cecia froze. Scarlet Leaf froze. Manu froze. Even Bangula, who had given the order to fire, froze.
This dead silence lasted a second, then erupted in outburst.
“She’s dead! Haha! Loved standing in the way, now look—dead!”
Bangula slapped his thigh excitedly, not caring that the wound on it split open again, causing blood to gush.
At that moment, the players in the livestream also wailed.
【Holy shit, damn Mita—aaaaah!】
【Fake, fake, this has to be fake!】
Treasure Digger, who hadn’t followed Bai Fu to the site due to her own weakness, nearly fainted.
If Bai Fu was gone, what point was there in continuing her content creator career?
Damn Mita, damn devs—why drop the blade so suddenly?
Some quick-moving players were already posting on forums.
【This day was always going to come, because Fufu is just that kind-hearted. She’d sacrifice herself for others without hesitation. What happened at the Exhaust Cooling Plant already proved this. I just didn’t expect her to fall here, during a mission. If players hadn’t found Didier, Fufu wouldn’t have come to Shudun Star, and nothing would’ve happened.】
These analyses made sense, but Treasure Digger had only one reaction now:
I don’t care, I don’t care, it’s all fake! Fufu can’t die! She’s definitely still alive—she must be…
“Treasure! Treasure! Stop shaking your head, look at the stream, quick!”
After being smacked several times on the shoulder, Treasure Digger finally snapped out of it.
Watch the stream? What for?
Her eyes happened to land on the still-open livestream feed—and then she froze.
The camera zoomed out, settling on a half-collapsed building, with only the frame remaining.
Its edge glowed dark red from the heat, emitting steam. Inside the dust-choked ruins, a black silhouette staggered to its feet, spun around a few times, then bent down and put back on a shoe blown off by the blast.
“That—that’s Fufu!”
Treasure Digger shouted.
Holy crap—she actually survived!
In just one second, the entire mood of the chat changed.
【Awoooohhhhhh!】
【We are champions!】
The text-filled cheers surged like a tsunami.
If the players’ reaction was intense, the NPCs who truly understood the cannons’ power reacted even more dramatically upon seeing Bai Fu still alive.
“This… is this real?”
Cecia and Scarlet Leaf rubbed their eyes hard, afraid they were hallucinating from too much grief.
Manu’s hands trembled twice, mouth agape.
But no one reacted as dramatically as Bangula. The moment he saw a silhouette suspected to be Bai Fu standing up from the rubble, he slammed the console and pressed his face within a centimeter of the virtual screen, panting like a broken bellows.
Shocked. In disbelief. Then existential crisis.
Two cannon shots—and Bai Fu lived?!
Not only lived—she bounced around, bent over to put on high heels blown away by the blast, and her body moved without the slightest awkwardness.
Wasn’t she a squishy Psychic Priestess?
Countless minds crashed, their faces filled with horror.
Now, only Bai Fu remained calm.
The moment she appeared, she was confident she could withstand both shots.
Because what she had sent out was Black Foxtail. In her original plan, she intended to use Black Foxtail to stage a grand act—taking cannon fire to protect the Onandi. After Black Foxtail’s “sacrifice,” her main body would appear and bask in the public’s admiration.
But the moment the cannons hit Black Foxtail, Bai Fu changed her mind—because she realized her durability after ascending to S+ rank was far greater than she expected!
The two massive energy beams first had to go through the dual Psychic Shields tightly wrapping around Black Foxtail.
Yes, two!
One was the skill-based [Psychic Sanctuary], and the other was the Prayer Card version of [Psychic Sanctuary]. These two shields could stack, giving a combined shield value of 24,000 points.
After breaking through these, the beams faced Black Foxtail’s second HP bar granted by [Fictional Life], which held over 7,000 HP.
Only after wiping that out could the energy beams touch Black Foxtail’s true body—but even that wasn’t easy to defeat.
Look closely—this was the [Critical Immunity] talent!
Look again—this was the [Holy Spirit’s Blessing] skill, reducing 10% of incoming damage!
Impressive, right? But even that wasn’t Black Foxtail’s limit.
Bai Fu’s greatest reliance was the Advanced Field. Once activated, the Advanced Field could reduce up to 50% of incoming damage. Although maintaining the Advanced Field while resisting those energy pillars that surged like overwhelming waves required an enormous consumption of willpower, Bai Fu had only managed to persist for ten seconds before completely depleting her willpower bar. But still, the Advanced Field had lasted ten seconds, hadn't it?
Worth mentioning was that the second health bar also benefited from this damage reduction effect.
After breaking through numerous obstacles and finally dispersing Black Foxtail, the remaining energy of the two energy pillars had already been largely consumed. But standing before them now was Bai Fu, whose physical attributes were significantly higher than Black Foxtail’s and who was wearing the psychic construct [Fufu II] that reduced physical damage by 10%.
Oh, and Bai Fu also had [Life Drain] that she had stolen from Cecia. She could even have Yulia replenish her mana, allowing the Advanced Field to last even longer!
“If I don’t use any bloodsucking skills, I feel like my tankiness is already on par with Cecia’s.”
In the ruins, Bai Fu quickly scanned her attribute panel and the various in-game notifications that had popped up during the orbital bombardment.
She did a quick calculation: in full combat mode, she should be able to withstand four cannon blasts from the spaceship piloted by Bangula.
As for now, she had only taken one hit, and her second health bar wasn’t even depleted.
She had long examined her body—there wasn’t a single injury on her. Not even a burn scar. The only damage was some scorching that had caused her combat suit to tear due to the high heat of the energy pillar, but since the combat suit was a psychic construct made of psychic energy, all it took was a thought for the damage to instantly repair itself.
Good. This feeling was incredible!
She had completed so many missions, earned so many rewards, exploited so many players—this was the combat power she rightfully deserved!
Bai Fu took a deep breath, brushed off the dust clinging to her body, then gracefully flew out from the ruins.
After leaving the half-collapsed building and floating beneath the starlit moon, everyone could clearly see her.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Bangula was on the verge of losing his mind.
That Bai Fu hadn’t died from the ship’s cannons was already making him question his reality. But what was he seeing now? Bai Fu was not only alive, she looked completely unscathed!
That’s right—Bai Fu’s hairstyle wasn’t even messed up. That damned silver-white long ponytail still swayed in the wind.
Bangula felt as if an invisible rope was tightening around his throat.
“Are you human or ghost?”
"You guess?" Bai Fu said teasingly.
Guess? Guess what!
“I don’t believe it. Keep firing! If one cannon shot doesn’t kill her, then two. If two aren’t enough, then three. I don’t believe she won’t die!” Bangula’s eyes turned red, completely losing composure, his speech slurring with emotion.
But no one laughed at him at this moment.
Who could laugh right now?
What on earth was going on with Bai Fu—why didn’t she have a single scratch on her?
"Who the hell brought this monster into the Starsea?! Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Reynolds was utterly furious. Unable to see what was happening and only hearing the shouting, the Chief Steward also became anxious. He repeatedly questioned Bangula about what was going on, but Bangula, having lost his mind, couldn’t hear a word.
The ship’s cannons began charging again, but charging took time. However, at this point, Bai Fu wasn’t going to give Bangula that time. She wasn’t a masochist who enjoyed getting bombarded. Even if one shot couldn’t kill her, the pain and burning sensation from the high heat were still very real.
Besides, the energy shield near the Onandi settlement was now activated. She could now fight without any worries.
“I already gave you a chance, but you didn’t take it. Don’t blame me then!”
After surviving a cannon blast with her body, what came next was dismantling a warship with her bare hands.
Bai Fu transformed into her ghost form and, in nearly the blink of an eye, appeared on the outer perimeter of the warship.
And she wasn’t alone. Also appearing were Cecia and Scarlet Leaf, who had just snapped out of their shock at seeing her unscathed.
The three were all battle-hardened veterans. They knew this wasn’t the time for chit-chat. With just a glance at each other, they launched an attack at the same spot on the spaceship.
Though the attack from three top-tier S+-rank psionicists couldn’t be described as world-ending, it was more than enough to destroy the armor at the ship’s weak points.
By the time Bangula realized the danger and ordered the pilot to flee, it was already too late.
Hmph, trying to run?
Let me show you Heavenly Burial Impact!
Bai Fu was the first to dive in through the gap in the shield and the damaged armor.
Once inside the ship, nothing could stop her ghost form. She zipped through one wall after another, and before anyone from Secret Tower could react, she had already reached the cockpit.
“You!”
Bangula’s eyes widened in shock as he stared at the suddenly appearing Bai Fu.
Honestly, in all his years, he had never been this shocked this many times in one day.
He struggled to move his wounded body to escape, but he had underestimated how injured he was. Just as he stood, Bai Fu flung out a Prayer Card with her right hand, and a massive Big Black Foxtail suddenly appeared in front of him, gripping his head from above.
Normally, Big Black Foxtail wouldn’t have even gotten close to him, let alone grabbed his head. But today, as soon as it grabbed him, he realized he couldn’t break free at all. He was like a chick being violently shaken twice by Big Black Foxtail before it punched his abdomen.
He spat out a mouthful of blood and completely collapsed, unable to exert any strength.
“Weren’t you going to kill me? Well, I’m standing right here. How do you plan to do it?”
Bai Fu walked up to Bangula.
Now, with just one command, Big Black Foxtail could crush Bangula’s head.
Bangula trembled all over, filled with regret. Why had he messed with a monster like Bai Fu? If he had known this would happen, he should’ve fled the moment Reynolds was exposed.
At that moment, the sound of fighting rang out outside the cockpit. With a loud “boom,” the cockpit door was smashed open. Scarlet Leaf and Cecia rushed in one after another, the hallway behind them full of blood and corpses.
“Are you okay, Bai Fu?” Scarlet Leaf asked nervously. “Why did you rush ahead like that? I was so worried!”
Cecia didn’t approach Bai Fu. Instead, she locked eyes on Bangula.
“Bangula, I’m going to kill you and make you feel the pain of your blood draining dry!”
She was about to make her move when Bai Fu stopped her.
“Wait, don’t kill him.”
Capturing an S+-rank psionicist from Secret Tower alive was a rare opportunity—it would be too wasteful to kill him now.
Bai Fu planned to hand Bangula over to the Starweb.
Whether Starweb could extract key intel didn’t matter. What mattered was making Secret Tower panic—making them focus their attention on Bangula. That way, while Secret Tower was going mad over Bangula and the exposure of the Parasitic Insect Project, she could quietly contact that Wood whom Reynolds had exposed.
As long as she could obtain all four Dissociative Agent Base Samples from Wood and help the Dark Domain Insect Queen undergo Metamorphosis, helping Scarlet Leaf ascend to the level of Calamity, then no matter what noise Secret Tower made next, it wouldn’t concern her anymore.
All the scheming in the world couldn’t compare to power!
But the time she had to find Wood wasn’t much.
This battle on Shudun Star had completely exposed her strength. That would surely draw Secret Tower’s suspicion. Given the madness of the Master of Secret Tower, even if their attention was on Bangula and the Parasitic Insect Project, they might still send people to assassinate her.
“Alright, since you said don’t kill, I won’t kill him.”
Cecia gave Bangula a cold glare, then walked over to the control panel and landed the spaceship.
This battle had turned a city on Shudun Star into near-complete ruins. The losses were immense.
But upon learning that Bangula had been captured alive, Manu still became excited.
Though this battle’s results didn’t compare to those at Jingu Star, capturing an S+-rank from Secret Tower alive had never happened before. This could be the turning point in their war against Secret Tower!
“You…” Staring at the projection of Bai Fu that appeared on the communicator, Manu shook his head. “I don’t even know how to describe you anymore.”
She had unearthed Reynolds, the traitor colluding with Secret Tower; brutally beat Bangula; withstood the main cannon of Reynolds’s flagship unscathed; and captured Bangula alive. Any one of these four feats would cause a sensation on its own—but Bai Fu had done all of them. He already foresaw the tremor this would cause throughout the Gateway Cluster.
Bai Fu. A legend. A living legend!
After exchanging a few casual words with the representatives from Starweb, Bai Fu left under the excuse of being tired. Back on the ship, she shared her plan with Cecia and Scarlet Leaf, instructing them to go find Wood while she stayed on Shudun Star to give interviews and mislead observers.
Cecia and Scarlet Leaf had no objections. Bai Fu’s plan was indeed the best option for now.
Not long after, as footage of Bai Fu’s interview appeared on news channels, the Chief Steward finally pieced together what had happened on Shudun Star.