Chapter 309: Bai Fu is Most Likely an Apostle’s Descent
When Bai Fu and Jonas were locked in a fierce battle, that Transcendent Mentalist quietly retreated more than a dozen li, shielding everyone behind him.
Finding that Bai Fu’s attention was not on him, he let out a long breath.
Very good.
It was now!
Buzz—
In an instant, a milky-white sphere of light, brighter than the blazing sun, appeared in the Mentalist’s palm.
At the very moment this sphere revealed itself, the entire surrounding world sank into an eerie silence.
This silence was not one of sound.
Rather, it was as if everything slowed down, until finally, it seemed to have frozen at some point in time.
“Helonis’ Supreme Glory—once locked on, this strike is absolutely unavoidable!”
The Mentalist raised the milky-white sphere of light high above his head.
Boom!
In a soundless explosion, the light burst forth, shooting out like billions of sharp arrows, flying toward both Bai Fu and Jonas.
As the rays streaked across the starry sky, they miraculously breathed a hint of long-lost vitality into the dead void.
But no one would admire this vitality, for behind it lurked an even more terrifying death.
Boom, boom, boom!
The planet began to rotate again. Bai Fu, locked in combat with Jonas, immediately realized something was wrong.
She had no idea where these things came from, only that they were dangerous. Yet even knowing the danger, she had no time to dodge.
The rays were unbelievably fast. In the very instant she noticed them, they had already struck her and Jonas.
“Damn, even his own ally gets blasted too? So ruthless? Does he really believe Jonas can withstand it?”
Bai Fu cursed aloud.
Under the relentless bombardment of the rays, she could not move at all. Even her psionics within could not be freely controlled.
Bang!
First to shatter was the psionic shield covering her body.
Once broken, it could not be reformed under such assault.
Crack!
Next to collapse was her Dark Force Field.
Without the mitigation of the field, the damage numbers above her head skyrocketed.
Crackle!
Then, under the ravaging light, her Cursed Combat Suit shattered and reformed repeatedly, dying over and over.
Rumble!
Finally, as more and more rays surged forth, as her HP bar grew ever shorter, her body exploded in a violent blast spanning thousands of kilometers—shattering into countless particles invisible to the naked eye.
The light vanished. Bai Fu vanished. In the empty universe, only Jonas remained, clutching his left arm, his body drenched in blood, chest heaving.
Jonas lifted his head and gestured to his companions that he could still hold on.
“Haha, it worked!”
Seeing this, the Puppet Master and the Mentalist were overjoyed.
At last, they had eliminated Bai Fu.
What use were endless techniques? What use was a body tough as city walls?
Once they unleashed Helonis’ Supreme Glory, she still had to die here.
Yet amid their joy, the Mentalist felt a pang of regret.
Helonis was unlike ordinary cosmic treasures. It was more like a production machine, periodically generating a single Helonis’ Supreme Glory.
The interval was long, and each production consumed massive energy.
For this operation, they carried only two Helonis’ Supreme Glories.
His original plan had been not to use even one against Bai Fu, so that they could keep both for themselves.
What a pity, what a pity!
Unlike the others who were either excited or regretful, Heinz was completely numb.
No way…
Wouldn’t this mean he now had to face seven Transcendents alone?
Seven Transcendents! What could he possibly fight with?
It was over.
All over. His dream of a Rebirth Empire was over. Everything was over.
Heinz sank into utter despair.
But his despair did not last long. He realized those Transcendents who had been held back by Bai Fu’s clones were still not coming to attack him.
What was going on?
He quickly looked around. He saw Hei Fu, Kabaya, the Prayer Angel, and the psionic army Bai Fu had summoned—all still locked in fierce combat with the strange Transcendents in the distance.
“?”
If the original body was gone, how could the clones still exist?
Unless… Bai Fu had never died at all!
Not only Heinz—Jonas and the others soon noticed the anomaly.
What was happening?
“I saw her body shatter with my own eyes, and I’m certain it wasn’t an illusion. How could she still be alive?”
The Mentalist’s face changed drastically. He quickly spread his mental power, trying to locate Bai Fu.
At that moment, a strange fluctuation appeared right beside him.
Not good!
The Mentalist prepared to flee, but Bai Fu reappeared first, flinging out her long-cherished skill card—【Home of the Lost】.
She had obtained this equipment card after completing an emergency mission during a Titan Industries ambush.
Though small, its effect was no different from the cosmic treasure Home of the Lost.
In an instant, the Mentalist, Puppet Master, Jonas, and the others suddenly found themselves within a tranquil starry sky.
Here, there was no Bai Fu, no Hei Fu, no Kabaya, no Prayer Angel.
Damn it!
“It’s an illusion—and an incredibly powerful one!”
The Mentalist was horrified. He tried everything, but still could not find a single flaw.
“Do any of you have a way to break this illusion?”
He called out desperately to Jonas and the others, while unleashing his full firepower, blasting his mental force in all directions lest Bai Fu ambush him.
Damn, damn, damn.
Even Helonis’ Supreme Glory could not kill Bai Fu, and she still commanded such terrifying Illusion Arts. Just what was Bai Fu?
A mere hundred meters away, Bai Fu shook her head hard.
That had been close.
Even though she had copied a 【Wall of the Pathseeker】, which massively boosted her durability, her body still could not withstand the blow of Helonis’ Supreme Glory.
After all, she was a Psionic Priest. Her main attribute was Inspiration, not Constitution. If her Inspiration and Constitution had been swapped, she could have bathed in the rays without issue.
Fortunately, when she fused the Gene Extraction Enhancement Potion of the Beast God, she had unlocked a new talent—【Super Aggregation】.
Super Aggregation allowed her to split her body into countless tiny particles. As long as not all particles were destroyed, she could consume energy to reconstruct her body.
Helonis’ Supreme Glory had shattered her body, dropping her HP to around 10%, leaving her near death. But she had survived, avoiding the follow-up barrage thanks to particle-division.
Then, as her HP continued to drop, she immediately used the healing ability granted by the 【Blessing of the God of the Ethereal Realm】, consuming 30% of her psionics to claw her HP back to 16%.
It wasn’t much, but that clutch heal let her survive until the strike fully dissipated.
“You people really went all out!”
Bai Fu snorted coldly, glaring at the Mentalist and the others trapped within 【Home of the Lost】.
The Mentalist, Puppet Master, and Jonas flung skill after skill, their gestures suggesting they tried to fly together and form a defensive formation. But they failed to realize they had been treading in place the whole time.
Bai Fu’s gaze lingered for several seconds before fixing on the Mentalist.
Jonas was badly injured, but as a tank with massive HP, attacking him in her current state might not pay off.
The Puppet Master was fragile, but he possessed substitution skills. If she struck and he evaded with a doppelgänger, it would be wasted.
“Now it’s my turn—draw card!”
Bai Fu swiftly drew a stack of Prayer Cards.
That was the advantage of a Psionic Priest. Even when her psionics were nearly drained, she could still fight to a degree through cards.
She had no time to choose carefully.
She just played whatever she drew. After all, her deck contained no healing—only damage cards, scouting cards, and sinister traps. Truly a deck from hell.
Dark Thorns, Stream of Annihilation, Phantom Torrent, White Nightmare…
One card after another flew out.
And here, in the Ethereal Realm, known as the sanctuary of psionics, the cards’ power was even stronger than usual.
For a fragile Mentalist, how could he possibly endure such a barrage?
“Ahhhh—”
Under an onslaught hundreds of times denser than Helonis’ Supreme Glory, his HP plummeted like water through a shattered dam.
It was over.
Truly over this time!
“Help me!”
The Mentalist raised his mental domain, flying frantically toward Jonas, hoping the tank’s broad body could shield him.
He knew it was a selfish move, but he had no other choice.
The good news was—Jonas did not abandon him upon seeing him fly over.
The bad news was that only after flying close did he realize the so-called Jonas was actually Bai Fu.
“Shit!”
The Mentalist had no time to fear for his own situation, no time to be shocked by Bai Fu’s appearance. Just as the thought of “this time I’m done for” rose in his mind, Bai Fu’s palm slapped across his face.
This was no ordinary slap—it was a slap fused with the Stream of Annihilation.
With one strike, the Mentalist’s head exploded like a watermelon.
But he was, after all, a Transcendent. A head bursting was nothing fatal.
“Hmph, still want to run?”
Seizing the opening, Bai Fu remotely invoked the power of the Paradise Ark and snatched his soul.
Even a Transcendent Mentalist was powerless before the mighty force of the Paradise Ark, forced to watch helplessly as his soul was bound by an invisible power.
Done!
Bai Fu toyed with the “Glass Orb” in her hand, a pleased smile appearing on her lips.
She was in no rush to kill this Mentalist. After leaving the Ethereal Realm, she would hand him to the Beast God for interrogation, to see if his origins could be revealed.
If so, excellent. If not, she would send him on his way.
Bai Fu placed the “Glass Orb” into the Eternal Night Pure Land. Just as she prepared to destroy the Mentalist’s body, she suddenly discovered several good items on him.
“Mentalist’s items? These can be given to Anya.”
“Helonis’ Supreme Glory? Well now, this is quite the treasure!”
Bai Fu held in her hand the special item that gave birth to the cosmic treasure.
At that moment, the Puppet Master and Jonas finally broke free from 【Home of the Lost】.
They truly had come well-prepared.
To kill Bai Fu, they had not only prepared Helonis’ Supreme Glory, but had also procured many Prayer Cards from the Painter.
Yet they never imagined that in less than a year after Bai Fu ascended to Transcendent, she would grow so much stronger.
Who had ever heard of someone who had just advanced to Transcendent being this monstrous?
Now, all their careful preparation seemed utterly useless.
What they could not accept even more was not only failing to kill Bai Fu—but also losing a companion.
This could not be tolerated!
The Puppet Master and Jonas’s eyes blazed with fury, ready to fight Bai Fu to the death.
They believed that although Bai Fu had survived Helonis’ Supreme Glory, her current state must be poor. That she appeared fine was only because she was forcing herself.
Their guess was not entirely wrong.
Bai Fu’s condition was indeed not great.
Her HP had recovered to just over 20%, but was still far from full.
And with Yulia absent, after frequent skill usage, her psionics had dropped to below 10%. Though her recovery was fast, she could not use any high-cost skills if a battle broke out again.
Yet low HP and low psionics did not affect Bai Fu’s attributes.
For she was half an energy-being.
No matter how low her HP, she would not suffer debuffs like ordinary beings. At most, the effects of talents such as “Eternal Night” would be weakened.
“Heh.”
Bai Fu fixed her gaze on the Puppet Master.
“Want to continue? Then now it’s your turn! Just now you used a cosmic treasure against me—now I will use a cosmic treasure against you. Let’s see if you can withstand this strike!”
Her left hand held Helonis’ Supreme Glory, her right the Sacrificial Staff.
Her left hand shone with milky-white radiance, her right with deep purple glow.
At this moment, Bai Fu resembled a witch of ultimate evil, terrifying to behold.
A cosmic treasure?
No mistake.
Bai Fu now wielded two cosmic treasures. No matter which struck them—
They would die!
Even Jonas, famed for his toughness, turned pale.
If he had been at his peak, he might still have exchanged blows with Bai Fu. But now?
Impossible.
If either he or the Puppet Master fell, the other would not escape Bai Fu’s hand.
Retreat!
Shameful as it was to abandon comrades, they had to retreat.
Bai Fu was too strong, utterly beyond them.
She was a monster. To kill her would require at least a Transcendent who had undergone three Divine Moltings, or a Transcendent holding a special cosmic treasure. Ordinary Transcendents were nothing but fodder.
“Really going to run?”
The Puppet Master’s face was ugly.
Seven against two, and they lost one, with the rest fleeing—what a disgrace!
“You don’t go, I’ll go.”
Jonas spoke bluntly. The Puppet Master, helpless, could only call for retreat.
Hearing Jonas and the Puppet Master flee, the other Transcendents were furious. But hearing the Mentalist had been captured, and that Bai Fu now held both the Sacrificial Staff and Helonis’ Supreme Glory, they were silenced.
If Jonas and the Puppet Master ran while they stayed, they would be next as targets.
“Go!”
Jonas and the others formed up and fled swiftly.
Bai Fu did not pursue. Instead, she secretly sighed in relief.
With her current psionics, she could not fully activate the Sacrificial Staff. Just now she had only been bluffing. Thankfully, the enemy bought it and retreated. Otherwise, she might have had no choice but to kill the Mentalist outright.
“Let’s go.”
Bai Fu flew to the battered Heinz.
Heinz froze. “You’re not chasing them?”
“No. First we must report this to the Empire. The Empire must send forces to Curse Lord and the others. Their goal was to kill us—Curse Lord and the others may also be in danger.”
Heinz nodded repeatedly.
Back when Bai Fu first joined the Ethereal Research Society, he hadn’t thought much of her.
Now, with time passed, looking at Bai Fu again, only one word remained in his heart—
God!
One against six, killing one, scaring off the rest—what else could that be but godlike?
Bai Fu did not hurry to leave the Ethereal Realm. She let Heinz go first while she returned to where AA and the others hid.
She planned to take AA and the others away. But to do it directly would look suspicious, so she used Jonas and the others as her excuse.
“Those people came searching for Apostles. I risked everything to drive them away, but they will return soon. Staying here is extremely dangerous for you!”
“What should we do then?”
AA and the others panicked. They did not want to die before even finding the Number Three Apostle.
Heh!
Perfect—she had the Eternal Night Pure Land. If they hid there, no one would find them.
Thus, Bai Fu tricked AA and the others into entering the Eternal Night Pure Land.
“Almost time to leave.”
Bai Fu stretched, opened the map, and flew toward the portal out of the Ethereal Realm.
What mattered most now was uncovering the identities of Jonas and the others, while also completing her Divine Molting mission.
…
On Bai Fu’s return to the Rebirth Empire, the Painter and the Tigerhead Man received word from Jonas and his group.
“……”
Silence.
Utter silence.
The Painter and the Tigerhead Man stared at each other in disbelief. They had never dreamed things would end like this.
“Impossible. A normal Psionic Priest struck by Helonis’ Supreme Glory could never survive! Go find the Weaver of Fate, find the Child of Prophecy—have them divine her true identity. I refuse to believe she is just some ordinary Dark Zone native!”
From the nearby chamber came the gritted, furious voice of their leader.
The Painter stared hard at the Tigerhead Man. “What do you think Bai Fu’s true identity is?”
The Tigerhead Man drew a deep breath. “I think your guess may be right—Bai Fu is most likely an Apostle’s Descent.”