Chapter 646 - 643: Shark Teeth Armor

Batali first confronted Bai Pu.

Batali, who always adhered to the strategy of "asymmetric combat," employed a tactical maneuver against power-type experts like those from the Dai Sect, utilizing agility against such opponents, while crushing agility-type enemies with sheer strength.

However, Bai Pu was not only stronger but also faster than him!

Moreover, at this moment, Bai Pu possessed the 40th layer of "Final Breath," and his attack speed was a dimensional strike against Batali. Coupled with his combat specialization, which had broken through the 10+ level...

Batali couldn’t even withstand a single encounter. Although they swung their blades or thrust their spears simultaneously, Bai Pu’s short spear, the "Doomsday Blade," always struck first, bursting a line of blood flowers on Batali’s chest.

With the Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts unleashed, Batali’s chest collapsed, and he spewed a mouthful of blood, causing his life value to plummet.

Under this injury, Batali’s slash was also shaky, easily deflected by Bai Pu’s Hand Guarding Staff.

The 41st layer of Final Breath, the 41st layer of Wall of Despair.

It should be noted that Bai Pu had to fight with full strength and cause "effective damage" to stack the layers of "Final Breath."

With Bai Pu’s currently unparalleled attack power, few could withstand several rounds of effective damage against his full output attack.

The current 40-layer state of Bai Pu was achieved at the cost of over half a Sea Race team’s casualties! Attempting to deliberately replicate it is very difficult.

The sneaky act of finding a teammate for mock combat before a boss fight to stack layers is unlikely to succeed — Bai Pu’s intentional restraint in attack or if his attack is deflected or blocked by a teammate, it doesn’t cause effective damage and naturally doesn’t trigger the stack of "Final Breath" layers.

Batali forcibly protected his heart and viscera with professional energy, stabilizing the shattered chest bones.

In fear and dread, he adopted a defensive stance, crossing his arms to guard his head and face, while his fingertips, palm edges, elbows, shoulders, and side ribs... every part of his body emitted phantom qi force like a shark’s sharp teeth.

Bloodline Mystical Arts: Shark Teeth Armor!

This move was originally an ingenious technique of both attack and defense, created by combining the features of the Sharp Mystical Arts with the Tiger Shark bloodline.

In defense, the Shark Teeth Armor functions as if the entire body is bladed, capable of deflecting incoming attacks to mitigate damage, quite similar to the "Protector" special effect of Bai Pu’s Dark Gold Tower Shield.

For offense, the Shark Teeth Armor enables the release of "shark teeth" qi force remotely with every move, assaulting enemies from a distance! This attack is imbued with the power bonus of bloodline mystical arts, making it not only lethal but also stealthy, catching enemies off guard.

Originally, the Shark Teeth Armor was primarily used for offense, with defense being merely an additional effect.

But now, facing Bai Pu, Batali dare only adopt a defensive stance, without the slightest intent to attack!

Clang, clang, clang...

A series of metallic clashes as dense as rain, as Bai Pu attacked as if stabbing a bronze man, each strike was deflected by the phantom blade of the Shark Teeth Armor.

Unable to penetrate the skin to cause effective harm, yet the parry and block inflicted recoil damage, accumulating bit by bit, enough to overwhelm Batali.

Because Bai Pu was too fast, with an attack speed of over 300, he nearly reached the speed limit of the Awakened.

"The fact that the Sharp Mystical Arts can develop defensive effects is truly refreshing."

As Bai Pu attacked, he observed his opponent’s weaknesses. He believed that no technique was flawless and every ultimate skill had its shortcomings.

"This Tiger Shark Sea Race’s bloodline mystical arts, its biggest weakness should be the excessive consumption... Constantly maintaining the Sharp Mystical Arts across the body is tremendously draining on professional energy, stamina, and mental focus, I estimate he can’t sustain it for more than ten minutes."

If Batali knew Bai Pu’s thoughts, he would definitely cough blood pleading for mercy since his "Shark Teeth Armor" couldn’t last ten minutes at all, barely holding for 100 seconds!

The Shark Teeth Armor was a big move, and sustaining it for a few seconds or dozens of seconds under normal circumstances was enough to determine the victor.

Sustaining it for ten minutes would be using a big move as a basic attack—a feat only an aberration could achieve.

"However, this move seems vaguely restrained by my Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts. If I could directly break this bloodline mystical art, I believe it would greatly aid in developing my Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts system, and may even further touch the true intent!"

Bai Pu was not content with the attrition warfare, waiting for the opponent’s big move time to end.

His comprehension was exceptionally high, continuously adjusting angles while observing the opponent’s skills and repeatedly striking, striving to further solidify and compress the potency of his Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts!

In Bai Pu’s mind, a flickering lightbulb appeared, waxing and waning.

That was the "spiritual mechanism" of a breakthrough in his comprehension of a higher level of the Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts. Once the mechanism was triggered and comprehension succeeded, Bai Pu’s strength would advance further.

While Batali was being suppressed, the Whale Race expert "Pang Bo" broke through the obstructions of Wushan Divine Lady and Blood Spider, advancing towards Bai Pu, joining with Batali to...

Take a beating.

It was inevitable; Pang Bo was even slower, strong in fierce strikes and powerful, but with Bai Pu’s current 41-layer "Wall of Despair" state, would he fear Pang Bo’s assault?

He could directly withstand it.

It was even difficult for Pang Bo to land a blow on Bai Pu, given Bai Pu’s current movement speed had surpassed 200 without field bonuses.

Pang Bo’s arrival merely added another sandbag to share the damage with Batali.

Rip!

The short spear pierced through, scraping a shallow streak across Pang Bo’s fatty layer.

"Devouring? This Whale Race strongman’s invincible defense is actually due to Devouring Mystical Arts..."

Upon engagement, Bai Pu detected the underlying flaw.

This three-meter-tall Whale Race expert, with the oil layer on his skin merely a facade, derived his ability to "slide away" attacks from Devouring Mystical Arts.

At the moment of attack, raised energy would envelop Pang Bo’s skin, automatically activating devouring mystical arts, absorbing and neutralizing the incoming exotic energy qi force!

Once the exotic energy of the enemy’s attack dissipated, the ensuing ordinary melee attack without energy easily failed to penetrate Pang Bo’s glossy, thick hide.

"These two Sea Race leaders are indeed tricky." Bai Pu thought silently to himself. Despite stacking to such a formidable state, he still couldn’t instantly defeat both.

But unbeknownst to him, Pang Bo, upon sustaining a scratch, looked as if he had seen a ghost!

"This human’s attack strength... is completely different from those two female humans earlier! The energy is extremely pure, my Devouring Mystical Arts can only dissolve a small portion of it..."

Pang Bo realized that now Bai Pu was confronting both himself and Batali together.

If it were a single combat situation, with Bai Pu going all out, the attack would be even stronger and fiercer, easily breaching his skin and fat layer to directly impact the internal organs, causing rupture damage.

His boasting two thousand life value would be depleted by Bai Pu in a matter of minutes.

"Batali! This human’s weapon... is very unusual!" Pang Bo noticed the purple glow of Bai Pu’s short spear and Hand Guarding Staff, and exclaimed, "This is... a King-level Purple Weapon!"

"Indeed, even among the Prince of the Sea, few possess a King-level Purple Weapon!"