Hidden Society's Gaste

The instant he infused the Death God's Power, Bai Xiaowen clearly felt the gargoyles' movements become greatly sluggish, as if they had been filled with glue and grown rusty, turning mechanical and stiff.

However, the gargoyles could still channel energy attacks, firing streams of Black Spirit Power that pressed down on Bai Xiaowen.

These streams of Black Spirit Power were merely the most basic form of energy discharge, far less powerful than standard Spirit Power Skills.

If Spirit Power was soldiers, then skills were the soldiers' weapons and the army's Battle Formation.

Without using skills, simply discharging Spirit Power was equivalent to driving a group of untrained, unarmed civilians onto the battlefield.

These Divine Bloodline Grade Gargoyles had originally possessed formidable strength and, naturally, powerful attack skills. But under the Suppression of the "Visage of the Death God," into which Bai Xiaowen had infused the Death God's Power, their ability to act was severely restricted. They simply could not cast attack skills or organize effective offensive methods.

Moreover, the longer the Visage of the Death God's rank Suppression lasted, the weaker these gargoyles' inclination to attack became.

"Very good, very good... This is my advantage."

Bai Xiaowen let out a breath. In an environment where Spirit Power could not recover automatically, avoiding battle whenever possible was naturally best.

However, just as Bai Xiaowen tried to suppress these gargoyles and enter the mausoleum, he sensed several powerful auras arriving one after another.

The first to arrive was a Blond Youth in a black robe. With a single step, he crossed a thousand meters and reached the Great Mausoleum at an astonishing speed.

"It's you, Lü Wang!"

The Blond Youth recognized Bai Xiaowen—or rather, he had identified Bai Xiaowen's aura.

"The Boss of the Hidden Society... the Chosen of the God of Shadows, Gaste Bibi." Bai Xiaowen glanced sideways at him.

Bai Xiaowen had long been mentally prepared for the Chosen of the God of Shadows to obstruct him. After all, the man had done exactly that in the Dark Ages Plane.

Gaste swept his eyes across the scene before the castle gates. The hordes of gargoyle statues, along with the powerful auras of the two revived Divine Bloodline Grade Gargoyles, secretly startled him.

Seeing Bai Xiaowen trying to influence the gargoyles, Gaste naturally could not stand by. He flipped out a Flower Sword and shouted sharply, "Lü Wang, die!"

A black shadow flashed. Gaste instantly charged before Bai Xiaowen, thrusting his sword as Battle Qi condensed into a fierce vortex.

Gaste was quite confident in his chances of victory in this battle.

Although Bai Xiaowen had taught him a lesson in the Dark Ages Plane, that had been because the Hidden Society had fallen into Bai Xiaowen's Ambush. The Demon Fire Teleportation Gate had helped Bai Xiaowen bring over a huge army, allowing him to maximize the advantages of a Domination System Lord.

In the Land of Origin, Bai Xiaowen had no way to bring his army in. At most, he only had several dozen Summoned Creatures by his side, greatly weakening his strength as a Domination System Lord.

More importantly, Xia Feng, that terrifying Sword Master, had also been at Bai Xiaowen's side back then.

Now, Xia Feng was not by his side either!

One on one, Gaste was full of confidence.

Furthermore, the situation on the Star of Death Omen also favored Gaste.

According to the oracle of the God of Shadows, those who did not wish for "Lü Wang" to become the God of Death made up the majority. Thus, most of the Chosen on the Star of Death Omen should stand against "Lü Wang," with only a small minority supporting him.

Even if Gaste could not deal with him immediately, an endless stream of Chosen would arrive afterward, likely forming a siege against Lü Wang.

Gaste understood that all he needed to do was hold Lü Wang back and prevent him from entering the Death God Castle before him.

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes as he watched Gaste, the Boss of the Hidden Society, thrust his sword. The Battle Qi vortex spun at high speed like a tornado, its momentum imposing. He muttered:

"His strength has improved greatly... Has the God of Shadows bestowed even more power upon him? But that only makes it harder for him to escape the God of Shadows' control. His life and death are no longer his own... Hm, it seems you do not mind."

The Overbearing Battle Qi vortex locked Bai Xiaowen in place. Gaste's attack clearly carried a certain artistic conception of Master Grade Swordsmanship Proficiency, placing immense pressure on Bai Xiaowen, who possessed only Expert Level proficiency.

He could not evade with movement techniques!

Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen had prepared in advance and placed a Sword Seal in the distance.

He activated the Shape Shift Dao Technique, swapping places with the Sword Seal and appearing several hundred meters away the next second.

At the same time, a thin bolt of lightning descended before Gaste, seemingly an attack Bai Xiaowen had sent out in the midst of everything to stop Gaste's pursuit.

For Gaste, a few hundred meters could be crossed in an instant. As for this hastily weakened lightning strike, it was even more insignificant. He shredded the lightning and arrived before Bai Xiaowen with a single step, attacking once more.

However, in the time it took him to take that step, Bai Xiaowen had already taken out the Silver Throne and sat cross-legged upon it.

Mind Power Armor!

Bolstered by Antahe's Psionic Secret Art and doubled by the Silver Throne, Bai Xiaowen's Mind Power Armor was exceptionally Overbearing, already comparable to the defenses of a Divine Descendant Creature.

What was more, Bai Xiaowen could continuously infuse it with True Yuan Power, rendering even attrition tactics ineffective.

Gaste's Battle Qi vortex was firmly blocked.

However, this Hidden Society leader, whose strength had greatly advanced, was decisive as well. Seeing that ordinary sword strikes had little effect, he immediately drew the Flower Sword across his palm.

The Flower Sword was stained with blood, and blood-colored petals automatically bloomed from it, spinning as they drifted through the air.

"Be buried!"

Gaste roared, swinging his arm and unleashing a vast amount of Battle Qi. Endless flower rain submerged Bai Xiaowen, seated atop the Silver Throne.

"Truly rash and impatient. You do not deserve such a bleakly beautiful sword intent."

Bai Xiaowen pointed with both hands.

Two Snake Thunders intertwined and coiled around the throne.

The flower rain and Snake Thunders collided, producing a violent explosion.

As the powerful explosive force surged outward, Gaste swiftly used the power of the Magic Mirror bestowed by the God of Shadows. Stretching and contracting like a worm, he evaded the fiercest blast.

Relying on the defense of the Mind Power Armor, Bai Xiaowen floated backward on the throne while launching another Origin Thunder.

Bai Xiaowen's timing was exceedingly ingenious. It came precisely as Gaste had just used the Magic Mirror's power to evade the explosion.

Thus, when Gaste emerged from the Magic Mirror state and prepared to continue pursuing Bai Xiaowen, he encountered the glow of Snake Thunder rushing straight at him.

This was one of Bai Xiaowen's strongest single-target attacks under the amplification of the Silver Throne and the Secret Art of Spiritual Power!

"I cannot take it head-on!"

Gaste sensed the danger and immediately shifted sideways, his body like a sword piercing through the air as he moved ten meters away.

Yet the lightning seemed to possess the tracking ability of a missile, following him as it shot forward!

With a sharp crack, Gaste was struck by the Origin Thunder.