You suffered continuous poison damage. Your talent skill, Self-Adaptive Evolution, stored a new form: Inactivated Blood Image! In Inactivated Blood Image form, your heartbeat accelerated, your blood temperature continued to rise, and your immune system operated at full capacity. Your ability to inactivate foreign toxins increased, toxin damage was halved, and poison duration was halved.
This was the fourth Self-Adaptive Evolution form. It was highly effective against toxins, but Bai Pu did not choose to switch. In the new form, his original Keratinous Skin form would become invalid, leaving him without damage reduction against the sharp damage inflicted by Fish Intestine.
Bai Pu directly activated his class skill: Flesh Armor! Flesh Armor was weak against a single enemy. The shield replenished at only 1 to 5 points per second, nowhere near enough to keep up with the enemy's output. It could only temporarily slow the bleeding effect.
So Bai Pu simultaneously activated the Evolution Heart's third talent ability: Gene Fragment!
You spent 50 Origin Source points to temporarily fuse with the combat gene fragment of a deceased powerhouse. Target locked... Blood Hand Colen! You temporarily fused with Blood Hand Colen's combat gene fragment. You temporarily gained 8 Strength; your Fighting Specialization temporarily increased to Advanced Level 5.
In an instant, Bai Pu felt as though he had been enlightened. It was as if he were the Blood Ring General of Brandenburg Northland, a lion overlooking all around him! Blood Hand Colen had been the leader of the Blood Ring Faction in the Brandenburg Northland region, equivalent to the regional final boss. If he had not run into Duke William by sheer misfortune, he would have been an exceptionally hard bone to chew.
"My turn!"
Bai Pu's voice was calm and powerful. He shifted slightly aside, dodging Fish Intestine's next dagger thrust, then reached out and seized his opponent's wrist!
The grab was exquisitely timed. It looked as though Fish Intestine had willingly extended his wrist into Bai Pu's hand! Fish Intestine's eyes widened, and he immediately tried to yank his arm back. But the moment he pulled, he realized something was even more wrong. Bai Pu's right hand was like an alloy handcuff, clamped tightly around his wrist. He could not break free for the moment.
A tall figure charged over like a whirlwind, the pommel of its sword slamming into Fish Intestine's lower back. Immediately afterward, the Skeleton Warrior gathered strength, preparing to unleash a sweeping strike.
The Skeleton Warrior's skill, Ruthless Assault, dealt 37 points of blunt damage to you.
"How did he get an elite monster as a bodyguard?"
Fish Intestine felt as though his lower back had been smashed apart. The startled thought flashed through his mind.
Suddenly, Fish Intestine's wrist became as slick as though it had been greased, slipping free from Bai Pu's grasp. Enduring the agonizing pain in his lower back, he dashed to the left and barely avoided the Skeleton Warrior's charged sweeping attack.
However, Bai Pu's bone mallet had been waiting all along, sweeping from right to left! It looked as though Fish Intestine had taken the initiative to slam himself into it.
That blow churned Fish Intestine's stomach, nearly making him vomit acid!
Fish Intestine felt a chill of terror. This was simply beyond comprehension—why did Bai Pu possess such powerful combat awareness and such an excellent grasp of the overall situation? And strength that did not lose to someone with Strength Specialization at the same level!
Run! Fish Intestine made his decision almost instantly. Ignoring Containing Light, who was beside him desperately channeling a spell and attacking with energy bolts, he chose to flee. Rocket-like flames suddenly burst from his heels, sending him shooting forward over fifty feet!
"Trying to run?"
Bai Pu switched into Inactivated Blood Image form, reducing the poison damage to 4 points per second and shortening the poison duration to 5 seconds! He activated Unstable Shield, chased for several steps, then immediately launched Leaping Strike, vaulting over Fish Intestine's head and blocking his path. He turned and swung in a horizontal strike.
Fish Intestine saw the blood-red shield on Bai Pu's body trembling slightly. Clearly, powerful energy was gathering, ready to erupt! He had no desire to continue fighting and tried to slip away sideways. But in the next second, a frigid, sinister energy struck him, freezing him to the bone. The combat notification from the Spirit Realm Will made his heart sink even deeper!
An unknown enemy cast Crippling Spell on you. Your movement speed decreased by 34%, and your attack speed decreased by 34%! (Due to your level suppression, 16% was resisted.)
With his movement speed drastically reduced, Fish Intestine was powerless to shake Bai Pu off. He could only watch helplessly as the blood-red shield exploded. He barely had time to raise both hands over his head and face in a token defense.
Boom! A massive 57 points of concussion damage burst outward with the explosive shockwave. Fish Intestine was like a tiny boat amid raging waves, spinning as he was blasted backward!
The concussion damage also applied a slowing effect. Stacked with Crippling Spell, it made Fish Intestine stagger so badly that he could barely even move his legs! Bai Pu pursued closely and threw a howling punch! Having fused with Blood Hand Colen's combat gene fragment, the attack method he knew best and was strongest at was still hand-to-hand combat! The punch carried spiraling force as it smashed squarely into Fish Intestine's chin.
Crack! Crack! Fish Intestine seemed to hear his own cervical vertebrae breaking. His entire body was launched high into the air as he sprayed out blood.
The Skeleton Warrior, which had arrived in great strides, had already finished charging. Its towering body spun once in place, and its greatsword swept out!
Whirlwind Strike!
Fish Intestine's eyes bulged. That strike emptied his last remaining Health Points.
Fish Intestine collapsed, half his body mangled beyond recognition, blood flowing merrily like a small river. His bloody item, Battle Shackles, had instead become the noose binding him in place, preventing him from escaping! There were still a full 23 seconds remaining.
"You... why?" Fish Intestine asked hoarsely.
Bai Pu did not answer. He ordered the Skeleton Warrior to raise its greatsword.
Fish Intestine smiled miserably and used his last breath to roar, "This isn't over... this is only the beginning!"
The Skeleton Warrior's greatsword came down.
Awakened: Fish Intestine has died!
Above Fish Intestine's corpse, a treasure chest with a blue base covered in wisps of blood-red lines floated silently.
Elsewhere, Containing Light, entangled by the Undead Bone Mage, had no ability to support Fish Intestine at all. The moment she saw Fish Intestine enter a near-death state, terror filled her heart. Before Fish Intestine even died, she chose to withdraw.
While acting in self-defense, you killed a hostile Awakened. Your Bloody Value will not increase. Current Bloody Value: 0. You obtained a Bloody Treasure Chest. The related deceased had 4 points of Bloody Value. When drawing from the Bloody Treasure Chest, you are more likely to obtain high-value items.
Bai Pu walked over, his footsteps steady and forceful. This was the first time he had killed an Awakened, yet for some reason, he was exceptionally calm and felt little discomfort.
He placed his palm on the Bloody Treasure Chest and chose to open it.
With a rustle, numerous cards with blood-red backs spun and fluttered inside the chest, which glowed faintly red.
Based on the deceased's Bloody Value, you may filter the rewards and eliminate one of the following options. A: Spirit Energy Points carried by the deceased. (Number of cards: 2.) B: Equipment worn by the deceased. (Number of cards: 8.) C: Items in the deceased's Storage Space. (Number of cards: 14.)
Without hesitation, Bai Pu chose to eliminate option C.
At once, more than half the blood-red cards spinning within the chest turned into wisps of Spirit Energy Particles and vanished, leaving only 10! Then, the 10 blood-red cards flew out and floated before Bai Pu.
Based on the deceased's Bloody Value, you may filter the rewards and eliminate 4 low-value bloody cards, in order from lowest to highest value. You may also choose not to eliminate any and draw directly. Current number of draws available: 2.
Bai Pu chose to eliminate the low-value cards. Another four bloody cards dissolved into wisps of smoke and disappeared.
Only the final six bloody cards remained before Bai Pu.
"These should be the most valuable items Fish Intestine had on him. They're basically all equipment."
Bai Pu reached out and tapped one. The first bloody card on the left flipped over, revealing the image of a dagger.
Extra release for the trial recommendation! Everyone, please turn on update notifications. There will be more after the promotion!
Before you continue