Chapter 370: Holy crap, why is Bai Fu so bad?!
Aetheron could sense an immense threat radiating from Bai Fu.
That power wasn’t exactly pure — at least not as pure as the Double Helix Tree that had fused with him — but its duration was so vast it made even his heart tremble.
“You …”
Before Aetheron could finish speaking, the colossal fist of the Majestic Divine Body came crashing down again.
Damn it.
Cursing under his breath, Aetheron dashed forward once more, clashing head-on with the divine body.
This wasn’t his first time fighting it, so he knew full well that the divine body’s existence had a time limit.
All he needed to do was hold out until then — then he could face Bai Fu directly.
Aetheron’s plan sounded good.
But he had still underestimated how much of a boost Bai Fu had gained after Yulia mastered the power of the Third Apostle.
Not only did she have an endless supply of psionic energy, she also gained a massive amount of stat points.
Bai Fu’s base stats were already absurd — 38,100 points — and with all kinds of bonuses added on, they now shot up past 67,000 in an instant!
When her attribute panel unfurled, Bai Fu saw nothing but the beauty of numbers — and the sweat she had shed along the way.
Really, she wasn’t bragging. She had shed a lot of sweat.
Who said the sweat from doing experiments with Yulia didn’t count?
If not for all that sweating, how could their relationship have become so harmonious?
And if they didn’t get along so well, how could she have gotten so many bonuses from Yulia?
“Watch closely — this is a full-power Ethereal Realm Field!”
Boom!
A terrifying force field descended, centered on Bai Fu.
Since ascending to Transcendent rank, this was her first time using the field skill without any restraint.
With nearly infinite psionic energy fueling it, the field’s intensity expanded tenfold. Under its influence, the world around her warped into grotesque colors.
And that was only part of the upgraded Ethereal Realm Field’s power.
Within the area it covered, Bai Fu was like a being granted supreme authority.
Space, energy — even the tiniest of particles — she could manipulate them at will. She was like a god of creation, using psionic energy as her brush and the field as her canvas, painting her own “mini Ethereal Realm” across the vast starry sky.
“Right now, I’m so strong it’s even scaring me!”
Bai Fu silently gathered power.
On the other side, Aetheron was still battling the divine body.
When the countdown reached the final second, his Piercing Heart Punch shattered the divine body apart.
Seeing that, Aetheron’s eyes lit up. He lunged forward, ready to finish Bai Fu off — but froze in place the next instant.
Bwoom!
“What the hell is this?”
Aetheron stared wide-eyed at the field surrounding Bai Fu.
Damn it, god or not, I’m killing you today!
Gritting his teeth, Aetheron charged in again.
Bai Fu’s field was terrifyingly strong, but the Ethereal Fragment he’d ripped from the realm through the Double Helix Tree wasn’t weak either.
If the previous battle had been a fist-to-fist clash of giants, then this was now a contest of divine arts.
The collision of the field and the fragment sent waves of psionic ripples bursting out.
Bai Fu, eyes cold, controlled the field and tried to crush Aetheron within endless distortion.
Aetheron roared, fists swinging wildly, each strike imbued with the power of the Ethereal Realm, tearing open rifts in the field through brute force.
In a matter of moments, both sides had consumed millions of psionic units.
Such a scale of battle was something Bai Fu of the past could never have imagined.
As the fight dragged on, Bai Fu shook her head helplessly.
Still not enough.
This damn Aetheron — ever since merging with the Double Helix Tree, his body was ridiculously tanky. Even before her burst skills ran out, she had no confidence she could kill him.
Guess it’s time to retreat for now.
If that’s the case …
A sly glint flashed through Bai Fu’s eyes.
“Supreme God’s Disciple, you’ve seen through my tricks — now it’s your turn to taste my trump card!”
“ !”
Aetheron’s pupils contracted sharply.
He suddenly remembered what had happened to Sui Xi — how Bai Fu had “taken her away.”
Damn it aaah!
But rage aside, every nerve in his body went on full alert.
What was Bai Fu’s trump card?
He saw it — the field around her body suddenly contracted, her whole form transforming into countless radiant blades that streaked straight toward him.
“Abyss of the Helix!”
Aetheron bellowed, standing firm like an ancient pine, his half-transformed body twisting grotesquely.
Don’t underestimate the top-tier Cosmic Treasure, the Double Helix Tree! Whatever move she had left, he was sure the tree could withstand it.
But instead of an attack, what came next was … the field itself.
The Ethereal Realm Field shrank rapidly until it spanned only a few kilometers. The twisted colors froze solid, forming an invisible prison that trapped him within.
“ ?”
Wait — where’s Bai Fu?!
Aetheron’s eyes widened. He saw Bai Fu opening a rift in the dimensional gap — and at that moment, she was jumping through it with Sui Xi in her arms.
“You gotta be kidding me!”
“Holy shit, you bastard!”
Aetheron realized instantly, almost fainting from anger.
Bai Fu didn’t have any trump card — she was just running away!
“Get back here, Starborn! If you’ve got guts, come fight me three hundred rounds! Bai Fu, you damn witch, deceiving a five-hundred-year-old man like me!”
Aetheron furiously pounded the invisible cage, his words turning incoherent.
After nearly ten seconds of relentless assault, he finally broke the prison apart — only to find that Bai Fu was already gone.
Fuming mad!
Eyes bloodshot, Aetheron wanted to give chase, but when he thought of the incoming reinforcements from the Original Pact and the Fourth Apostle already sneaking into the Ethereal Realm, he could only suppress his fury and give up.
“Bai Fu, I swear this isn’t over! You just wait — I’m going to expose you!”
Aetheron stormed off in rage.
Ten minutes later.
As the air rippled, a dozen figures appeared at the site of Bai Fu and Aetheron’s battle.
They were the leaders of the Original Pact, along with Angus and the others who had returned.
“Gone? Who won?”
Angus looked around in confusion.
The leader frowned. “I don’t smell decay. Seems neither of them died. A pity.”
He had wanted to use this opportunity to wipe out both Bai Fu and Aetheron, but it seemed both of them had been too clear-headed.
“Let’s go.”
Just as he turned to leave, someone beside him suddenly shouted,
“Leader, look at this!”
The leader stepped closer — and saw that it was a recording.
“Hmm?”
The leader enlarged the video and played it at ten times speed.
The video had been uploaded by the Supreme God’s Disciple. Filming himself, he loudly accused Bai Fu.
【Today, I’m going to shatter the saintly golden image Bai Fu has so carefully built for herself — the Star Sea’s No.1 Fraudster!】
【You must be wondering why I call Bai Fu the No.1 Fraudster of the Star Sea.】
【The reason is simple: there’s hardly a single truth that comes out of Bai Fu’s mouth. She’s either lying or on her way to tell a lie.】
【I know it’s not very appropriate for me to say this, since I’m her enemy — a thorn in the side of the Three Universal Civilizations, and now even an enemy of the Apostolic Holy City.】
【So, I don’t expect everyone who watches this video to believe me. I just want to plant a seed.】
【I believe that in this vast, intelligent universe, no pretender can hide forever. One day, Bai Fu will expose a bigger flaw — and when that time comes, you’ll think back to this video and know what kind of person she truly is.】
【Now, I’ll show you the evidence!】
The leader: “...”
What the hell is this?
He continued watching and saw that the Supreme God’s Disciple had indeed presented several “pieces of evidence.”
First: Bai Fu was not actually the God of the Ethereal Realm, yet she had long lied about being one and had profited greatly from that false identity. Members of the Original Pact could testify to this.
Second: Bai Fu was a wicked woman who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals. To fight the Apostolic Holy City, she had even seduced Sui Xi to make her defect. There was video evidence of this.
Third: Bai Fu was a battle coward — shouting about fighting to the death, only to turn tail and run faster than anyone else. There was also video evidence of this.
Fourth: Bai Fu was an actress. One moment she was fighting Lufas to the death, and the next, she suddenly began cooperating with him. There were videos, Original Pact witnesses, and even some of the Undying Ones who could testify.
【That’s all I have to say for now. If you have anything else to add, feel free to post in the comments below.】
The leader turned toward Angus and the others.
“Is any of this true?”
Angus replied, “The first and fourth points are true. Bai Fu isn’t the God of the Ethereal Realm, and she really did cooperate with Lufas. But the second and third — who knows.”
The leader nodded. Soon after, he noticed a few “revealing” comments in the thread.
“Check who posted these comments.”
Moments later, the Child of Prophecy replied.
“We can’t trace the commenters’ identities or locations, but judging from their techniques, it’s almost certainly the Saint and Corona.”
The leader twitched his mouth.
So, Bai Fu’s enemies are out here forming a club together.
Forget it — not worth worrying about.
He could already tell what the Supreme God’s Disciple was trying to do: to sow discord between Bai Fu and the Original Pact as well as the Three Universal Civilizations.
But the thing was — the Original Pact and Bai Fu were never allies in the first place.
“The Supreme God’s Disciple won’t let Bai Fu go. Child of Prophecy, find a way to locate him. The moment he fights Bai Fu again, that’s when we step in.”
“Leader, what do we do in the meantime?”
“You? Follow me. We’re going to see Lufas — I’m sure he’ll be happy to meet us.”
The Supreme God’s Disciple’s video caused a huge stir across the Star Sea, even overshadowing the triumphant news of the Three Universal Civilizations severely crippling the Apostolic Holy City through the Distant-Pit Plan.
After all, Bai Fu had always been at the center of public attention, and this time her accuser was none other than the Supreme God’s Disciple.
Still, few people actually believed what he said.
Like hell anyone’s gonna believe a villain running his mouth — only an idiot would.
Only the players from the Apostolic Holy City faction were heartbroken.
Holy crap, how can Bai Fu be this bad?!
Watching the video of Sui Xi throwing herself into Bai Fu’s arms, they nearly coughed up blood.
A large part of why they had joined the Apostolic Holy City was because Sui Xi, like Bai Fu, was one of the protagonists of Beyond the Stars.
They had thought that once Sui Xi grew strong enough, she’d rival Bai Fu — and then they could use her to crush Bai Fu in revenge.
【Tiny Bai Fu, still feeling smug now?】
And yet, Sui Xi had been seduced by Bai Fu’s beauty and defected to her side — how was that even fair?!
【Damn it, the revolutionary faction’s protagonist Élisée got taken by Bai Fu, and now the Apostolic Holy City’s protagonist Sui Xi too?! Damn devs, is Bai Fu your mom or something?! Come out here, I promise I won’t beat you to death!】
【Sui Xi, wake up! There are plenty of pretty women out there — don’t fall for Bai Fu! You’ll never be happy with her!】
The Apostolic Holy City players were breaking down in the forums.
Excavation-Princess and the others quickly arrived — to mock them, of course.
【Blah blah blah, you guys don’t get it — this is the power of Fu-fu’s charm!】
The community descended into chaos, while Bai Fu was laughing herself silly.
The Supreme God’s Disciple’s “exposé” had simply come too late.
If he had released it before the battle on Holy Land Star, it might have caused trouble — maybe even driven a wedge between her and Élisée.
But now…
“Holy crap, that Supreme God’s Disciple is such a jerk! Fu-sister, you clearly claimed to be the God of the Ethereal Realm only to protect me, yet he twists the story and says you did it to deceive people. Starborn jerk!”
Watching the video, Élisée was fuming, itching to leap into it and slap the Supreme God’s Disciple across the face.
“I’ll go public and clear your name right now!”
“Wait — don’t. Not yet.”
Bai Fu quickly stopped Élisée.
Now wasn’t the time to reveal that Élisée was the God of the Ethereal Realm.
That card would be most valuable when used against the Original Pact.
For now, she had a more pressing matter — synthesizing the Enhancement Potion using the Old Gene Repository from her quest rewards.
A few days later.
Yulia successfully fused the Holy Tree Remnant Heart into her body. After reconstructing her physical form, her power skyrocketed, reaching her Second Metamorphosis in a short time.
“The synthesis of the potion will still take some time — at the fastest, a week; at the slowest, half a month.”
“Half a month, huh? That’s not long. The Supreme God’s Disciple will also need time to capture the Fourth Apostle.”
And so, Bai Fu waited ten whole days.
During that time, the game entered maintenance for the Version 3.1 Update.
Bai Fu had been waiting eagerly for this moment.
Who doesn’t love getting buffed?
But this time, things turned out surprisingly different.
Buffs?
None.
Aside from some minor rebalancing, only two patch notes caught Bai Fu’s attention.
Starting from Version 3.1, she would officially become the poster girl of Beyond the Stars. Her portrait would appear as the launch icon of the new client.
A note suggested she should definitely check out the Program discovered in the Void by the First Seekers.
“Not bad — I finally made it! The one and only official poster girl! I bet the haters are fainting from rage right now!”
Bai Fu couldn’t help but hum in satisfaction.
But when she thought about the second note, her head started aching.
According to Angus, that Program was currently in the hands of the Original Pact. Getting it from them wouldn’t be easy — she’d have to plan carefully.
Well, whatever. For now — time for medicine!
Bai Fu pulled out the Old Days Elixir that Yulia had given her.