Chapter 350: Crushing-Level Strength, Acquiring the Void Lord Core
Bai Fu felt that her current self was frighteningly powerful.
After successfully fusing with the True Spirit Marrow and activating the 【Twelfth Apostle】 talent, she obtained the first layer of enhancement.
【Twelfth Apostle】 had a total of five effects.
一. While inside the Ethereal Realm, she could directly draw upon the psionic/dark energy within to release skills. This was equivalent to having infinite mana. It was worth mentioning that this effect could be combined with the skill 【Ethereal Dimension Descent】, which temporarily turned the surrounding space into an Ethereal Dimension, thereby achieving short-term infinite mana.
二. Unless the True Spirit Marrow within her body was also destroyed, even if her entire body was obliterated, she could still revive after a period of time by absorbing psionic or dark energy.
三. Each 1 point of Inspiration converted into +150 Psionic Value, and each 1 point of Constitution converted into +50 HP. Both Psionic Value and HP recovery speed increased by +1000%.
四. All psionic skills’ base effects +100%, all Prayer Cards’ base effects +100%.
五. 【Psionic Transfer Hub】 talent effects improved, Psionic Legion bonuses greatly enhanced, Domain effects significantly boosted (including suppression against non-psionic class professions).
With these five effects activated, Bai Fu’s combat strength instantly rose by at least fifty percent compared to before.
If she fought within the Ethereal Realm, with infinite mana as support, her strength would more than double.
If skills like Ethereal Force Field—continuous damage types—could be kept active endlessly, the destructive power needed no explanation.
After successfully completing the third Divine Metamorphosis quest, allowing the Divine Fire seed to gain yet another layer, Bai Fu obtained the second layer of enhancement.
This round of enhancement was not vastly different from the previous one.
Among the four enhancements, 【Surpassing the Peak】 and 【Nurturing Divine Envoys】 were standard +1. Surpassing the Peak raised the base effects of Prayer Cards by 60%, and the maximum number of Divine Envoys that could be nurtured became five.
But the strengthening of 【Divine Metamorphosis】 and 【Ethereal Frenzy】 skills was much more special.
The remarks in the third metamorphosis quest specifically mentioned that this was a “special metamorphosis”: the more psionic attributes mastered and the more True Spirit Marrows possessed, the greater the exclusive bonuses gained after metamorphosis.
When the quest was settled, Bai Fu had mastered six types of psionic attributes. Although not as many as Élisée, it was still impressive, since the base requirement was just two attributes.
Thus, her new layer of 【Divine Metamorphosis】 increased her stats from the previous 【Base Inspiration +15%, base Strength and other attributes +10%】 to 【Base Inspiration +27%, base Strength and other attributes +22%】. The improvement could only be called astonishing.
Meanwhile, the 【Ethereal Frenzy】 skill outright evolved into 【Ethereal·Sunken Sea】.
The new skill functioned similarly to before, but the coverage area was larger, activation speed faster, and the energy released had become a mixture of psionic and dark energies.
After leveling from Dark Emperor Lv16 to Dark Emperor Lv30, Bai Fu obtained the third layer of enhancement.
With all three layers stacked, the result was that Bai Fu, standing before Gui Ji, had transformed into a terrifying Demon King!
【HP】: 8136105/8136105
【Psionic Value】: 15239694/15239694
【Qi】: 295325/295325
【Stats】: Strength 7433, Agility 7498, Constitution 13070, Intelligence 7941, Spirit 11809, Inspiration 23518
Compared to before, HP increased by 40%, Psionic Value by 60%, Inspiration attribute by 25%, fully surpassing the Void Lord before her—even though its total level was two higher than hers!
Had it felt the threat of death?
Bai Fu did not know if Gui Ji felt it.
But she was very clear that the space of the Void Dimension around her had felt the crushing pressure.
Yet, even though she had already surpassed Gui Ji in attributes, and Gui Ji was still heavily injured, for the sake of commissions, at the moment of “evolution,” Bai Fu still pulled out the 【Burning World】 skill card she had copied earlier from the leader of the Original Pact.
Burning World, activate!
A domain suddenly descended, invisible and vast. Bai Fu noticed that the psionic costs listed in her skill descriptions had all increased tenfold, even dozens of times.
Not bad—this debuff was vicious!
“Now, do you think your true strength is more frightening, or mine?”
Bai Fu grinned at Gui Ji.
Gui Ji’s body trembled uncontrollably.
In truth, it had already been trembling earlier, but that had been from injuries. Now, it was from fear.
At its current level of power, how could it not see just how terrifying Bai Fu’s true strength was?
“Wait!” Gui Ji cried out hurriedly. “What terms did they offer you? I’ll give you double—no, triple! Not only will I give you triple, I’m also willing to cooperate with you to kill Rufas, to remove your future worries. If you want me to help deal with the Apostolic Holy City, I can help too!”
Bai Fu spread her hands. “No need to trouble yourself. I’ll personally deal with the Apostolic Holy City. As for what’s on you… killing you makes it mine all the same.”
Damn wretch!
Gui Ji was both shocked and enraged.
At this point, it knew begging for mercy would no longer work. Only by resisting with all its might could it hope for a sliver of survival.
“Void Maze… what’s going on? Why can’t I generate the Void Maze?”
Gui Ji roared. It had wanted to set up a maze before itself to stop Bai Fu from approaching, but the skill that always worked had failed this time.
“Seems you still haven’t figured out the situation.”
Bai Fu appeared before Gui Ji in an instant.
She raised her right hand and slammed her fist onto Gui Ji’s lava-like face.
Boom!
Dark energy erupted violently.
Under the blast of the Psionic Burst skill, Gui Ji’s face was split cleanly in two.
Before it could reshape its visage, a massive black hole opened overhead, pouring down endless psionic and dark energy like boiling oil, drenching it in agonizing screams.
How could it dare to linger? It immediately tried to blink beyond the range of 【Ethereal·Sunken Sea】—but failed again.
To its horror, the surrounding space had changed. It was no longer the familiar, fluid Void Dimension, but rather…
The Ethereal Realm. Yes, the Ethereal Realm!
Welcome to my domain!
With 【Ethereal Dimension Descent】 activated, Bai Fu no longer held back.
She had nothing to say to Gui Ji now. She only wanted Gui Ji’s Void Lord Core!
Ethereal Force Field, Dark Energy Devour, Shadowed Burn, Boiling Dark World…
One after another, extremely costly yet equally powerful skills smashed into Gui Ji.
At this moment, Bai Fu had completely transformed into a merciless output machine, unleashing a relentless assault upon Gui Ji with no sign of stopping.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Under the barrage of bizarre psionic attributes, Gui Ji’s body gradually accumulated more than a dozen debuffs.
It resisted with all its might, even resorting to a desperate fighting style in hopes of scaring Bai Fu away and seizing a chance to flee.
Yet to its surprise, Bai Fu understood desperation better than it did.
Come, come.
Let’s see whose head gets twisted off first!
With the fourfold survival buffs of Superpower Convergence, True Spirit Marrow, Hei Fu, and the Ark of Heaven protecting her, Bai Fu faced an enemy incapable of inflicting fundamental damage upon her. She had no intention of dodging at all.
Just fight!
After being suppressed for several minutes, riddled with countless holes it could not heal in time, Gui Ji finally noticed a flood of writhing shadows approaching from the distance.
Those were…
Yes, the void lifeforms that roamed this region.
They must have sensed the battle here and had come to investigate.
Excellent! With their help, it might yet survive!
“Save me! I am Gui Ji. Once I leave here, I—”
Boom!
Before Gui Ji could finish, a black staff suddenly floated before Bai Fu.
The energy at its tip flared and erupted, releasing a dimensional-piercing beam that struck one of the approaching void lifeforms.
“Scram.”
Bai Fu shouted without even looking back.
“Sorry!”
Whoosh.
The void lifeforms fled several times faster than they had arrived, leaving only the mangled corpses of their companions, blown apart by the Sacrificial God Staff’s 【Sacrifice】 skill.
Gui Ji: “…”
Damn you all.
“Don’t worry, it’s your turn now!”
No sooner had the words left her lips than a colossal beast surged forth behind Bai Fu. Towering thousands of meters high, with a ferocious visage, it was the very incarnation of slaughter itself.
This was Kabaye, who had evolved alongside her during “evolution.”
Kabaye plunged into the surging Sunken Sea and seized Gui Ji in its massive grasp.
Gui Ji struggled desperately, but the force fields pressing in from all directions prevented it from breaking free.
“Bai Fu, if you kill me now, you’ll regret it! You underestimate Rufas. Let me go, and I can tell you Rufas’s weakness. That way, when he turns against you in the future, you’ll be able to counter him!”
Bai Fu ignored Gui Ji’s cries.
Gui Ji still refused to give up.
“I swear, if you spare me, I’ll be your pet. You can do whatever you want with me!”
“Even hand over your Void Lord Core to me?”
“…”
Gui Ji fell silent at once.
It was over.
It knew, no matter what, Bai Fu would never let it go.
Then I’ll drag you down with me!
Gui Ji let out a hysterical roar.
At this point, it no longer hoped to live. All it wanted was to take Bai Fu with it in death.
And Rufas, that Starborn—he must never be allowed to continue running rampant in the void!
“Since I’ll die either way, you’re coming with me!”
Gui Ji bellowed, triggering dimensional collapse.
As its body rapidly disintegrated in the collapse, it cried out one last time into the endless Void Dimension.
“Rufas colluded with outsiders and condemned me to death!”
Boom!
Gui Ji shattered.
The Ethereal Dimension shattered.
Bai Fu shattered.
But soon, Bai Fu’s body reformed through her Superpower Convergence talent. She seized the Void Lord Core crystallized from Gui Ji’s death and plunged into the Ethereal Realm.
While she calmly fused with the newly obtained Void Lord Core, the entire Void Dimension trembled from Gui Ji’s dying roar.
What? Rufas colluded with outsiders to kill Gui Ji?
“What do you mean I colluded with outsiders to kill Gui Ji?”
Rufas was dumbfounded.
He had no idea such a thing had happened.
He wanted to explain, but with the Original Pact’s pursuit plunging the void lifeforms into chaos, no one had the time or energy to listen to him.
Damn it, who did this? Who’s slandering me? This is vile!
Rufas nearly fainted from rage.