Phone novel Chapter 650 - 647: News of Death
Chapter 650 - 647: News of Death
"King-level Purple Weapon? Are you sure?"
Prince Gaton exclaimed in surprise.
"Really, that person’s attack strength completely surpasses that of an ordinary Spirit Realm Lord. I estimate his power is at the level of an Enhanced Lord! My Devouring Mystical Arts can only nullify a small portion of his energy; the rest is turned into injuries that I have to endure..."
Pang Bo pointed at the various wounds on his body, "Your Highness knows well that my defense is robust, yet I was still beaten like this..."
The Prince of the Sea, Gaton, looked at Pang Bo’s injuries and began to believe him a little.
"To injure you like this and break through the Flying Forbidden Curse, indeed is quite difficult. What do you think, is this Blue Star native human a match for me?"
Pang Bo hurriedly said, "How could he be your opponent, Your Highness? You are, after all, the Prince of the Sea, No. 47 at the Sea God Hall, the undisputed top strength on any Awakened Planet."
"At least you have some insight."
A shadow of a golden long-handled weapon suddenly appeared on Gaton’s lean, dark right arm, featuring three sharp blades, with two wings shaped like phoenix feathers.
"These Blue Star natives, not very powerful, yet they have quite a few nice things. For example, this ’Phoenix Wing Gilded Halberd’ is considered a top weapon in the Awakened World, perfect to replace the divine weapon on my right arm."
Pang Bo picked pleasant words to flatter him, "I suppose that King-level Purple Weapon is also meant for His Highness Gaton. Such surpassing divine weapons in the Awakened World can only be held by you, Your Highness Gaton."
"Haha... My ’Hundred Weapons Dao Body’ just happens to need to refine a King-level Purple Weapon to stabilize the Dragon Spine! Once successful, my ranking in the Sea God Hall is bound to rise significantly, and who knows who will be leader and assistant between me and ’Napo Gang’ then!"
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Skalaste Peak, Dragon Wall.
Dragon Wall is a gathering place of Ancient Dragon People, growing hardy Ice Plum Trees and Longan Fruits, which are the main food sources in the Dragon People Village.
Bai Pu and his group, under the effect of three different stealth spells, hid within the snow forest.
Suddenly, a sizzling electric sound emerged.
"Commander, Heavy Rain Team is requesting communication." Rooster’s expression carried a hint of tension.
"I remember you said that the brass button device should not be used casually for phone calls," Bai Pu said.
"Yes, the [Button-style Miniature Sound Recording Device] is best used for leaving messages. If forcefully activated, it is true that it can send a communication request to the host, but the cost of activating the hidden function is the device’s destruction."
Rooster paused and said, "However, Commander, rest assured, before matching with the Spirit Realm, I equipped each squad of the battle group with some spare tools. Even if the brass button is destroyed, it will not affect the contact between you and Heavy Rain Team."
"Looks like Heavy Rain Team is dealing with something major."
Bai Pu waved his hand and said, "Connect."
The electric sound quickly turned into a short "beep beep" sound, and then amidst whispering background noise, a clear cold female voice came through.
"Hello, is this Gangxin?"
The voice sounded a bit weary, but it was clear that this was the voice of the peak title holder, "Sword Saint" Heavy Rain.
"This is Gangxin. Heavy Rain Team, is there an emergency that requires direct communication?" Bai Pu got straight to the point given the limited call time.
After a brief pause, Heavy Rain said:
"We... encountered a group of otherworld travelers and engaged in battle. The result was tragic."
"What’s the situation?"
"The team was scattered. Some people escaped from the Demon Fighting World. Moreover... seven team members died in battle, including the captain of the Eighth Squadron, Cyan Vault."
"Cyan Vault is dead?"
Wushan Divine Lady and Dai Sect and others were suffocated.
Cyan Vault, a peer to them, with higher accomplishments. If not for Bai Pu’s sudden rise, Cyan Vault would have most likely successfully defended and continued to hold the "Celestial Being" title.
But such a top expert died just like that?
This gave Wushan Divine Lady and others a sense of disillusionment, as if their ears were hearing it wrong.
"Heavy Rain Team, a total of thirty top Awakened participated in the battle, including former Celestial Being Cyan Vault, Sword Saint Heavy Rain, Celestial Being Candidate Drunken Flower Forest, and other experts, and yet the battle was so brutal."
Bai Pu calmly asked, "Did you encounter the main force of the Sea Race invasion?"
Heavy Rain’s voice was slightly low and hoarse: "Unknown... It shouldn’t be the main force, their numbers were few. But the overall strength of the enemy was indeed above our Huaxia Battle Group members, especially their leader."
"What about their leader?"
"A slim and fit young man, resembling the ’Swordfish’ Sea Race from the database."
There was still fear in Heavy Rain’s voice, "He was terrifying, his entire body seemed cast from iron and copper, with no flaws! My attack power isn’t weak, but when landing on him, it could only add slight white marks at best. He was obviously barehanded, yet every motion carried the might of long spears and great axes, difficult to deflect!"
"How did you come across them?" Bai Pu didn’t believe in coincidences, in the vast Pavir Plateau, the probability of a team of dozens encountering the enemy was extremely low, there must be a reason leading the two teams to meet.
"We dug up a side storyline, needing to reach the abyss forbidden land of ’Ice Blade Gorge’ to find the Abyssal Treasure Bead. As it turned out, the Sea Race also received this task, but from an opposing camp. So we ended up fighting."
"They could also take on tasks?"
Bai Pu frowned, "Normally, otherworld travelers are targeted everywhere by the Spirit Realm Will, with natural negative reputation and favor in the native camp, making them easily attacked by natives."
Stepping back, even if otherworld travelers turned their favor positive, the Spirit Realm Will wouldn’t easily let them trigger mainline or sideline tasks.
But according to Heavy Rain’s description, these Sea Race members in the Demon Fighting World were not subjected to "targeting by the Spirit Realm Will", the Spirit Realm Will treated them just like native Awakened, fairly promoting the contest between two Awakened teams!
"I remember Ferudo’s subordinates also acted with the Sea Race, aiming to thwart Laine’s task. It seems the Sea Race indeed found a way to deceive the heavens and cross the seas, making it unrealistic to rely on the native power against them in the Demon Fighting World," Wushan Divine Lady said.
"Indeed, now I just want to know what this ’deceive the heavens and cross the seas’ method is..."
Bai Pu didn’t have time to lament Cyan Vault’s demise, rather he was pondering silently.
Spirit Realm wars are cruel. Bai Pu killed the powerful otherworld traveler Batali and scattered a Sea Race team, but ally Cyan Vault was also lost to the enemy, even Heavy Rain Team was scattered.
The Huaxia Battle Group lost at least twenty percent of its power in this expedition!