Chapter 595: Chapter 592: After All, Your Foundation Is Weak

Bai Pu pursued patiently.

Normally, when an ordinary person is hit by a supersonic Dark Gold Flying Axe, they would stagger, lose balance, and disrupt their flight rhythm. But with Bai Pu’s multi-layered superhuman resilience, being hit by the Flying Axe didn’t even cause him to flinch, allowing him to maintain his pursuit speed.

Finally, when Nine Netherworld shot the Silver Flying Claw for the third time, the opportunity came.

Bai Pu wiped his waist with one hand, and the Hand Guarding Staff "Savior" appeared in his palm. He suddenly struck, Helical Throw - Desperate Gamble!

The Hand Guarding Staff emitted a piercing whistle, like a purple electric light shooting out! It accurately hit the chain of the Silver Flying Claw.

The King-level Purple Weapon unleashed its power for the first time. The Silver Flying Claw shuddered violently, was pierced through in the middle, and embedded into the chest of a Mountain Giant Statue, pinned on it!

Nine Netherworld tried to pull it out, but the Hand Guarding Staff was deeply embedded in the Mountain Giant Statue with a strength of over 5.0, making it impossible to retrieve for a moment! He was pulled by the elastic force of the chain, crashing toward the Mountain Giant Statue.

Bai Pu stepped on Gang Step, his figure like a meteor, catching up almost simultaneously!

Bai Pu thrust his spear, the Prismatic Fighting Qi carved out a ten-meter-long Fighting Qi Arrowhead, stabbing Nine Netherworld’s back.

With the Silver Flying Claw equipment pinned, Nine Netherworld could no longer escape, and was about to be hit.

However, Nine Netherworld was, after all, a renowned Candidate.

Two misty Black Wings suddenly surged and condensed from Nine Netherworld’s back! With a single flap, Nine Netherworld soared into the sky, narrowly avoiding Bai Pu’s strike.

Those two misty Black Wings were also condensed from the [Netherworld Mist]. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Gangxin, don’t be surprised."

Nine Netherworld flapping his Black Wings, his voice full of the victor’s confidence, "If I relied on just one Flying Claw, how could I compete for the Celestial Being position?"

"I’m not surprised."

Bai Pu, stepping on the Hanging Sand Table made of Magic Sand, calmly said, "I disabled your Flying Claw to stop your long-distance displacement... Let me remind you, in my Domain, you cannot use any active acceleration and displacement skills!"

The Prismatic Domain once again engulfed Nine Netherworld, Bai Pu stepped on Gang Step, charging straight on.

Nine Netherworld was suddenly enlightened.

All his acceleration skills turned gray, unusable, and his two-step sprint skills were also sealed.

"The importance of the Thunderbolt Flying Claw...is even more significant than I imagined! Gangxin realized this, so he was willing to sacrifice one of his weapons in exchange for my Flying Claw..."

Nine Netherworld’s Black Mist also had a slowing effect, which could originally counter Bai Pu’s Prismatic Domain.

However, with weapons like the Doomsday Blade or Savior, Bai Pu’s Fighting Qi received an attack strength bonus. Even with damaged components, Bai Pu’s energy strength was comparable to a Lord.

In addition, the Wind Attribute of the Prismatic Domain had a countering effect on the Black Mist, forcefully negating most of the effect of Nine Netherworld’s [Netherworld Mist]!

This caused the slow effect on Bai Pu during the Domain confrontation to be much milder than it was on Nine Netherworld.

Moreover, Bai Pu’s [Prismatic Domain] could also seal acceleration and sprint-like displacements!

Nine Netherworld couldn’t maneuver quickly, while Bai Pu could—a close combat between the two was inevitable!

In an instant, Bai Pu was at Nine Netherworld’s side.

Nine Netherworld wielded a Single Sword, while Bai Pu held a Short Spear. Amidst the audience’s dazzling attention, they exchanged seven or eight moves, their weapon clashes almost continuous.

Nine Netherworld, worthy of a top expert, had reached Level 10 in One-Handed Swordsmanship. In contrast, Bai Pu’s One-Handed Long-Handled Weapon (Spear) Combat Specialization seemed only at Level 8 or 9.

Additionally, with an advantage in Agility, after a few exchanges Nine Netherworld regained confidence!

Another clash of Fighting Qi, and they both retreated two steps.

Nine Netherworld laughed aloud, "Gangxin, I know you’ve used a Talent Secret Technique for temporary enhancement in Combat Specialization! Alas, your foundation is shallow, and even with a Talent Secret Technique, you can only barely approach top master levels, but still can’t catch up! All I can say is, in the peak title battle, you’re not qualified yet!"

"Actually, I haven’t used Talent Blessing yet."

Bai Pu watched Nine Netherworld’s astonished eyes, calmly saying, "Now I will."

With a boom, a phantom of a strong figure holding a Short Spear merged into Bai Pu’s body.

Two-Handed Swordsmanship and Two-Handed Long-Handled Weapon Specialization inherently shared common points.

With the foundation of a Level 8 Awakened, Bai Pu sparred daily with formidable opponents in his Genetic Heart Image, honing both Single and Two-Handed Long-Handled Weapon Specialization to Level 7! Combined with being a Limit Breaker, that’s Level 8 Specialization.

Next, Bai Pu initiated Genetic Fusion, selecting a Genetic Fragment of a Gilder, soaring his One-Handed Long-Handled Weapon (Spear) Specialization to Level 10! Including the Limit Breaker, reaching Level 11!

Level 11 is a theoretically existing level. Because the Combat Specialization limit in the Awakened stage is Advanced Level 10.

Bai Pu thrust the spear, the less than two-meter-long Short Spear was not particularly fast, but in Nine Netherworld’s eyes, it seemingly filled his entire vision, with the tip glistening coldly. No matter which direction he tried to evade, the spear tip seemed to unavoidably pierce him like a shadow!

"Is this...the pinnacle of skills? Ten Thousand Things in Nature?"

Nine Netherworld’s face changed. Facing the pinnacle of skill, he could only choose to face it head-on! The Single Sword danced, creating layers of sword shadows, aiming at Bai Pu’s major vitals.

Attacking to force the enemy to defend, surrounding Wei to save Zhao—a brilliant strategy.

But Nine Netherworld underestimated one point, which was Bai Pu’s striking speed!

The Short Spear appeared slow, yet at the moment Nine Netherworld struck, Bai Pu’s motion abruptly accelerated, as if several frames had been skipped in the "pre-attack animation" scene, hitting Nine Netherworld with incredible speed!

Back when Bai Pu first faced the Blood Ring Emperor, the opponent also had such a technique.

Thrust, retract, thrust again—the interval between two attack actions represents the hand speed of an Awakened. Hand speed is determined by the Agility Attribute—an unchangeable truth.

The action process from thrusting to hitting an enemy is known as the "pre-attack animation"; the process from hitting the enemy to retracting is known as the "post-attack animation."

The Blood Ring Emperor could shorten the pre-attack animation, thrusting with lightning speed, catching the opponent off guard, increasing the chance of inflicting effective damage, at the cost of a slower retracting motion—extending the post-attack animation.

With Bai Pu’s Level 11 Advanced Combat Specialization, he did it better than the Blood Ring Emperor. Mastering fast and slow at will, even top Candidate-level experts like Nine Netherworld were deceived.

Nine Netherworld barely avoided a heart hit, but the spear pierced his shoulder.

Boom!

Under the explosion of Fighting Qi, Nine Netherworld felt half his body go numb, blood gushed fiercely! His half arm hung limply.

A Crimson critical damage number appeared on the big screen.

-1632!