Chapter 628 - 625: Key of the Otherworld Traveler

[You have killed an Otherworld Traveler, gaining 17,926 points of Honor.]

[The opponent’s Wuya’s Will military rank was: Bronze Brigadier General.]

[Based on your rank: Golden Major, you have acquired a special item: Key of the Otherworld Traveler.]

Bai Pu reached out and grasped the radiant key, which gleamed faintly with a touch of dark gold. Instantly, a series of notifications came through.

[Open the Key of the Otherworld Traveler to select one item for extraction from the opponent’s leftover Equipment, Spiritual Points, or Storage Space.]

[If you choose Equipment, you will receive one item the opponent is wearing.]

[If you choose Spiritual Points, you will receive 50% of the opponent’s Spiritual Points account balance (converted to Gaia’s Will universal Spiritual Points).]

[If you choose Storage Space, you will receive (5) random items from the opponent’s Storage Space.]

Gaia’s Will is quite generous.

Originally, killing an Otherworld Traveler didn’t yield any Treasure Chests or similar spoils, only "Honor".

Unexpectedly, after Bai Pu was promoted to Golden Major, there was a "Key of the Otherworld Traveler" drop, similar to a treasure chest lottery.

Of course, this also had to do with the opponent being a Bronze Brigadier General, a master of that rank. Though not a seed candidate, they were quite significant in the Spirit Realm wars.

The most obvious was the Spiritual Particles released after Shell Face’s death.

Almost like tangible, pure particles, they merged into Earth’s space-time.

Clearly, the fall of an Otherworld Traveler of such level brought considerable benefits to Gaia’s Will. Sharing some of the benefits with Bai Pu was only appropriate—as a holder of a Golden Military Rank, he was considered a seed candidate for Gaia’s Will, one of their own.

Time was tight, and Bai Pu hadn’t opened the Key of the Otherworld Traveler yet; he stashed it away.

After killing Shell Face, there was still a blue-striped Otherworld Traveler and the Earth’s traitor "Zhuoyun" standing in Bai Pu’s way.

The Blue-striped Sea Race "Hassam" was terrified when he saw Boss perish. He never imagined that Bai Pu, who possessed a King-level Purple Weapon, could be so strong, regret flooding his heart.

Just as Bai Pu’s eyes swept over, Hassam hesitated no longer and spouted!

A stream of pure indigo energy was sprayed, transforming into large quantities of blue ink, instantly enveloping Bai Pu.

Surrounding Bai Pu in deep blue, as if immersed in the deep sea, losing all sense of direction. He tried to project his Spiritual Power outwards, but as his Spiritual Power threads entered the blue ink region, they disappeared without a trace like mud into the sea.

Not only was his Spiritual Power affected, but even Bai Pu’s Prismatic Domain (Wind) was impacted, with energy consumption to sustain the domain rapidly increasing, like stirring in muddy water, requiring far more energy than before.

Bai Pu retracted the Prismatic Domain.

"This... is really like the ink spray used by octopi to escape. Could this be the sea race’s Talent Skills?"

Bai Pu remained unafraid. At this moment, he was still under triple states of Adaptive Evolution, Ancestral Protection, and Demon Power Burst. Even with his Perception obscured by the blue ink, no one could kill him in just a few breaths...

Unless the opponent had several National Destiny-level Artifacts!

Feeling a shock, Bai Pu swiftly executed Gang Step to escape.

He realized that within the scope of the blue ink diffusion, the sprint speed of the Gang Step was cut by more than half! Originally fast as the wind, it now felt like jogging.

After a full four seconds, Bai Pu finally rushed out of the blue ink region.

The blue light of the Tide Mystical Arts flashed, and under the energy wash, the indigo staining Bai Pu’s body swiftly faded, and his blocked Perception was restored.

Bai Pu immediately expanded the Prismatic Domain (Wind), attempting to use the perception of wind to search for the enemy, but he couldn’t find Hassam’s trace.

"Lord Gangxin, the sea race with octopus markings sprayed ink and then dived into a blue teleportation gate, vanishing." Kunpeng, having split focus to observe Bai Pu’s battle from afar, reported through sound transmission.

"Teleportation gate? Didn’t we use a space disruption device to block the space-time of the Xian Mountain Border Area..."

Bai Pu slightly furrowed his brows, but now was not the time to delve deep.

His eyes turned to the last person standing before him: Zhuoyun.

"You’re not running?"

Bai Pu recalled that just now, his Prismatic Domain was temporarily retracted for a few seconds due to the sea race’s blue ink.

Zhuoyun was also an Agility-type strongman; if he wanted to escape, that time was enough for him to flee a long way.

"Lord Hassam ordered me to hold you." Zhuoyun said.

"You really listen, huh, willing to sacrifice your life for the sea race. With such awareness, why betray your own race?" Bai Pu furrowed his brows.

Zhuoyun shook his head, "I don’t run because I don’t have the Talent Skill for space teleportation. Even if I run, I can’t escape this Xian Mountain Border Area and will eventually be caught and killed by you."

That’s a truth. The Xian Mountain Border Area was sealed by the space disruption device, requiring teleportation skills with a priority no less than 10 to escape. Talent Skills inherently could have extra priority.

"So, if I’m to die anyway, I might as well die by your hand."

Zhuoyun’s face was indifferent, "I don’t regret my choice. By joining the sea race, I obtain the guidance I want. I just bet wrong, didn’t expect you to be this formidable, that’s all."

Drunken Flower Forest heard Zhuoyun’s explanation and sighed from afar, "Zhuoyun, you are too stubborn. With your current accumulation, entering the Ascension Plane, it’s possible to get a Strong Power Template, so why forcefully pursue the True Intent Prototype?"

Zhuoyun retorted, "Drunken Flower Forest, why haven’t you entered the Ascension Plane? Aren’t you also seeking to replicate the path Lord Discarding and Letting Go has walked?"

Drunken Flower Forest was momentarily at a loss for words.

True Intent is the top-tier skills of the Evolver level.

Top-tier Awakened, there’s a tiny possibility to glimpse their future True Intent path, which is mastering the "True Intent Prototype".

As an advanced form of Mystical Arts, even in a prototype state, True Intent possesses incredible power. Understanding the True Intent Prototype, then entering the Ascension Plane would give a much greater certainty.

Bai Pu observed that with the defeat and flight of the two Otherworld Travelers, the battle spirit of the Xian Mountain Awakened was wavering.

But as Zhuoyun said, these people couldn’t escape, and had to fight with all their might, trying to crush the official army and hoping to carve out a chance for themselves.

Bai Pu wasted no more time. At this moment, his hand speed had reached 301 points! When attacking, he was like having three heads and six arms, rendering Zhuoyun unable to deflect, with blood flowers blooming continuously from his body.

Ultimately, Zhuoyun was nailed by Bai Pu’s spear. Without Boss’s abnormal self-healing ability, being pierced in the heart by the spear was the end.

"Capture Iron Fox alive, the rest doesn’t matter!"

With a raise of his hand, Bai Pu joined the battle.