Chapter 561 - 558: Death Ode

Rosen?

Bai Pu looked surprised, glancing at the man in the black robe standing next to the "Blade Dancer" Isra.

Before the last exploration in the Lost City, he had seen Rosen from afar once, at that time Rosen was the only Official Voter present.

At the Mid-level Awakened stage, becoming an Official Voter was enough to see Rosen’s prowess!

Currently, Rosen had also advanced to the stage of an Advanced Awakened, unknown through what method he entered, as theoretically the Original Sin World shouldn’t allow an Advanced Awakened to teleport in.

Rosen raised his head, his grey eyes sweeping over Bai Pu.

"Alright."

He agreed with one word and then raised his right hand.

Whoosh!

A pitch-black area filled with wilted petal phantoms enveloped Bai Pu.

Initially, there was no prompt, because Rosen was an "Otherworld Traveler", not from the same Spirit Realm Will as Bai Pu, hence no precise battle information could be obtained.

However, after a brief pause, rows of small words suddenly appeared within Bai Pu’s retina.

[Withering: Four-star Secret Technique. Curse the land beneath the target’s feet, forming a vast area filled with negative energy, immediately applying a layer of Withering, reducing the movement speed and attack speed of affected enemies by (20) points. Every 3 seconds, a layer of Withering is stacked, up to a maximum of 3 layers.]

[Withering Level 4 Effect: Death Tracker: The Withering area moves with the target. The target is always at the center of the Withering area.]

[Withering Level 7 Effect: Frostbite: The Withering area becomes extremely cold, reducing the target’s movement and attack speed by an additional (20) points, and prohibits the use of any sprint-type acceleration skills within the Withering domain.]

[Enemy Talent: Soul Ferryman effective, enemies affected by the Negative Energy Spell of the talent holder will take additional soul damage (varies by spell type). Soul damage cannot be mitigated by Damage Reduction Skills, nor absorbed by Shield Skills.]

[The additional soul damage caused to you by the Withering domain is: 177 points every 3 seconds.]

Bai Pu suddenly felt his body grow heavy, as if he were standing in a frozen snowy field! He discovered that his displacement skills, Gang Wind Falling Blade, Gang Step, etc., couldn’t be used, even the acceleration skills from his shoes were unusable.

Receiving these skill information prompts evidently came from the Spirit Realm Will to which Bai Pu belonged, secretly providing support!

"Such a strong area control skill!"

Bai Pu opened the Sandfall Domain, reducing 50% of the skill’s effects through domain confrontation.

However, his speed was still reduced by 20 points, and in the next 3 seconds another 10 points would be decreased, totaling a 40 points reduction in movement speed!

Bai Pu’s Agility was only 73, which was already a weak point, now facing a 40 points reduction, he almost became a sitting target.

Rosen extended his hand once more. His Death Mystical Arts had been cultivated to a Master Level, creating his own system of Mystical Arts Skills—Death Ode! At his fingertips, strands of black energy, like lovers’ hair, floated towards Bai Pu.

Death Ode—Touch of Death!

Bai Pu took a hit with Touch of Death, immediately bearing 128 points of Dark Attribute Magic Damage. That was nothing, but the following prompt made his heart sink, as Touch of Death triggered Rosen’s talent "Soul Ferryman" again, causing Bai Pu to suffer 77 points of soul damage!

Judging from Rosen’s gestures, Touch of Death appeared to be his Basic Magic, with no cooldown time, requiring only a casting gesture to mobilize Professional Energy and activate again!

Although Bai Pu cultivated Melt Gold Armor, the cultivation time was short, he hadn’t developed into the deep-layer abilities of Melt Gold Armor and could only absorb Physical Damage at present!

What troubled him most was characters like Rosen, capable of restricting movement and casting from afar to keep delivering output.

Bai Pu abruptly raised his hand, and Lasso Strike launched, a dark yellow Fighting Qi Chain shot toward Rosen.

Before the lasso hit, Secret Technique Effect: Suppression launched first. However, Rosen only had a slight daze and awoke quickly from the Suppression effect.

The subsequent dragging also didn’t work, it seemed as though a hidden force stabilized Rosen’s figure, merely staggering him back a step.

Spirit Realm Will projected Rosen’s skill information onto Bai Pu’s retina once again.

[Bright Mirror Stilled Water: Three-star Secret Skill. Automatically resist knock-up and knockback effects with priority not exceeding (8). Increases resistance priority for Mind Control effects by an additional +1.]

[You are affected by Withering, current layers: 2 layers. Your movement speed and attack speed decrease by (30) points. (30 points resisted).]

[You are affected by Death Ode—Touch of Death, current layers: 2 layers. When Touch of Death layers reach 5, activate Death Ripple; when Touch of Death layers reach 10, activate Life Stripping.]

The skill information provided by the Spirit Realm Will was invaluable, clearly displaying Rosen’s formidable power to Bai Pu.

Breath-taking strength!

Bai Pu remained silent, a great sword in one hand and a shield in the other, striding towards Rosen despite the slowdown effects.

If there was only Rosen as an enemy, under fair combat conditions, Bai Pu still had the power to fight.

Rosen was indeed powerful, but Bai Pu was not weak either. Both had formidable strength to rival Lords of the same level, though Rosen leaned towards Magic System output while Bai Pu preferred Close Combat output.

Despite Bai Pu’s speed and sprint skills being restricted, Rosen was likewise limited! The Sandfall Domain was Bai Pu’s Professional Skills.

However, someone stood in front of Rosen.

The Blade Dancer, Holy War Legion Commander Isra.

With a roar, Isra revealed his Twisted True Form! Below his waist transformed into eight long spider-like blade legs, and the curved sabers in his hands simultaneously turned into hooked scythes attached to chains.

"Blasphemer, I will use your head to comfort Salomon’s soul!"

Isra lifted six spider legs, launching a dense rain-like stabbing attack, cutting off all of Bai Pu’s routes for dodging.

Bai Pu defended with his shield, and during the opponent’s attack pause, swept his great sword horizontally, leveraging Power to press and repel his foe! However, just as Bai Pu continued to advance, Isra, who had been pushed to the side, flung out his hooked scythe.

The hooked scythe circled Bai Pu’s ankle, the tug reduced Bai Pu’s speed further, making it impossible for him to approach Rosen.

Contrarily, Rosen leisurely performed Touch of Death, continuously increasing layers on Bai Pu, cutting down his Life Value!

The Bound coldly laughed at this scene: "Seems like you’re not all that. How careless the Two-Faced Man must have been to die by your hand—"

Before the words fell, the ground suddenly shook violently.

"No good, who activated the Rune Stone prematurely?" The Bound’s face turned pale.