Chapter 596: Chapter 593: Counterattacking Against the Wind Is Unwise

[Your attack inflicted 1632 points of sharp damage on the Awakened: Nine Netherworld (788 points were shared)]

[The actual damage received by the target is: 844 points. A single strike exceeded 1/6 of the target’s total life value, rendering the target’s arm temporarily disabled.]

Nine Netherworld’s face turned pale. He had been trying to provoke Bai Pu’s emotions with rhetoric, but after receiving this hit, he finally shut his mouth.

He could feel that this spear strike seemed to contain illusions of a collapsing mountain, and his own body also had a tendency to shatter!

Nine Netherworld felt fortunate that his other dark gold equipment: the Siren’s Hide with the Siren’s Soul inside, helped to share about half of the damage.

If he didn’t have this damage-sharing skill, the full 1600 damage from this spear strike landing on him...

Even if it hit the shoulder, a non-vital area, the surging collapsing mental realm contained in Bai Pu’s Shattering Mountain Mystical Arts would definitely tear through his body, causing instant death!

But now the situation was still dire.

This hit had already severely depleted the primordial qi of the Siren’s Soul!

One of Nine Netherworld’s arms was already useless.

Ordinarily, Nine Netherworld would have already surrendered.

But his desire for the Celestial Human Title, and the unwillingness having prepared for full three years, made him grit his teeth and continue to engage Bai Pu in an all-out fight with a single-handed sword strike!

Bai Pu had no intention of dodging. He operated his Gang Step, treading on magic sand, closely pursuing Nine Netherworld, repeatedly thrusting with his spear.

Nine Netherworld, deserving praise as a Celestial Being candidate with an Agility value over 200, even with one arm disabled, was still able to launch dazzling single-handed assaults, delivering blow after blow, leaving marks on Bai Pu’s physique.

However, the damage numbers were hard to describe.

-98.

-107.

Occasionally, gathering all his strength for a critical hit, he could only deal two to three hundred damage.

Considering Bai Pu’s eight thousand life points... not to say it wasn’t even like a scratch, it was hardly even on the level of a scraping massage.

In contrast, although Bai Pu’s attack speed was somewhat slower, his effective hits were fewer than Nine Netherworld’s, but each successful strike dealt over a thousand damage, easily disabling part of Nine Netherworld’s bodily functions, resulting in real injuries.

This was despite Nine Netherworld’s Agility suppression, making it difficult for Bai Pu to land critical hits. If a critical hit occurred, with Nine Netherworld lacking the Siren’s Soul to share the damage, he might be instantly killed.

Boom!

Nine Netherworld, with a succession of three sword strikes, unleashed a powerful Mystical Arts sword skill "Three Holy Flower Slash," but it only left three few inches deep wounds on Bai Pu, with each strike causing less than three hundred damage, not even totaling a thousand.

Bai Pu hardened himself to take the Three Holy Flower Slash, using Nine Netherworld’s execution of the sword skill as an opportunity, he reversed his hand and drove a spear into Nine Netherworld’s abdomen.

-907.

An unadorned thrust, drained the remaining life points from Nine Netherworld.

At the moment of vanishing into white light, Nine Netherworld remained filled with resentment and unwillingness.

No, why do my ten strikes hurt less than his one hit?

...

On the big screen, the final freeze frame was on a close-up photo of Bai Pu.

His eyebrows were like a painting, full of heroic spirit, a majestic beauty from every conceivable angle.

In the official live broadcast room, commentators Qing Ning and Shuli snapped back from their shock.

"Alright, congratulations to Gangxin, successfully defeating the Celestial Being candidate Nine Netherworld!"

"We noticed that the combat styles of both strong competitors Gangxin and Nine Netherworld tend toward two extremes!

"Nine Netherworld’s attack speed is extremely fast, combined with the Black Wings flight, able to execute multiple effective attacks in a short time, incredibly splendid. Gangxin’s effective hit count was far less than Nine Netherworld’s, but each spear strike was tremendously forceful, the damage numbers he caused left us commentators in awe, we could barely comprehend his damage!"

"Yes, such one or two thousand damage strikes are truly terrifying, usually only top-tier experts scoring such exaggerated numbers sweeping small fries. But in a pinnacle title match, both participants are top-notch experts, and regardless of armor or equipment damage reduction ratios are extraordinarily high! Achieving such damage numbers is indeed rare. Lord Wenjiu, could you explain for us?"

Qing Ning passed the ball to Wenjiu.

In both the live broadcast room and the internet commentary sections, the focus was not on the brilliant battle process of this Celestial Human War, but on Bai Pu’s frightening damage numbers.

Do not think that one or two thousand damage is low, understand that for Advanced Awakeners, except for tank blood bulls, life value generally ranges only two or three thousand!

One or two thousand damage striking a vital spot is already enough to meet instant-kill standards.

Wenjiu, watching the victory shot of Bai Pu on the large screen, sighed with emotion:

"Sometimes, I really feel old. This Gangxin contestant, only eighteen years old, his combat power amplitude probably exceeds 15..."

"Could you please explain, Lord Wenjiu, what is combat power amplitude?" Qing Ning, being a beautiful commentator, a bit bolder than Shuli, immediately asked for clarification.

Wenjiu replied, "Combat power amplitude refers to the maximum output multiplier an Awakened can unleash."

"It’s well known that the Awakened’s attack power equals power attribute plus weapon attack power. Take Gangxin for instance, recently reviewed for Power King qualification, his limit power should be over 200 points, his regular state likely between one hundred fifty to sixty points. Assuming he’s using an Advanced Dark Gold +7 weapon, the minimum additional attack power is around 100 points, thus Gangxin’s regular attack power should be two hundred fifty points..."

Bai Pu returned from the Virtual Spirit Realm and was also watching the live stream.

Many wanted to interview Bai Pu, but few managed to get his personal terminal account, most would send interview requests through Li Ling’s assistant and then be blocked by her.

Bai Pu thus enjoyed his peace and watched the live commentary. The current Power King’s commentary was indeed worth watching.

Indeed, Power King’s Warm Wine made quite an accurate judgment of Bai Pu’s Attack Power—Bai Pu’s regular Attack Power is 274 points. This refers to the regular Attack Power, taking the minimum value of the weapon’s Additional Attack Power, not considering the maximum value—the maximum value of a weapon’s attack power is exerted through the user’s skill, falling under the category of "Combat Power Amplitude."

This refers to using the short spear Doomsday Blade. Switching to a fully formed long spear, the Attack Power would soar to 334.

Of course, the so-called +7 Advanced Dark Gold Weapon doesn’t exist. Even without Enhancement, Doomsday Blade’s regular Attack Power still matched or exceeded a +7 Dark Gold Weapon.

The Power King Warm Wine made an error in the process but got the right result.

In the live stream room, Qing Ning playfully continued to ask, "So how do you deal 1600 points of damage with just 250 Attack Power? Here, it also accounts for the armor and Equipment Enhancement Damage Reduction of the Nine Netherworld participant. The theoretical damage number without reduction must be higher."

Warm Wine nodded and said: "This involves the concept of ’Combat Power Amplitude.’ Gangxin’s Combat Specialization should be at Level 100, providing triple Damage Multiplier. Critical hits usually provide double multiplier, and Professional Energy Strength, Enhanced Hero also adds two to three times multiplier, weapon maximum Attack Power multiplier is usually slightly over two... Adding up these multipliers gives you the Combat Power Amplitude.

"Gangxin dealt 1632 output, considering Nine Netherworld’s splendid equipment and substantial Endurance Attribute, Gangxin’s theoretical output should be close to 4000! By this calculation, Gangxin’s output multiplier should be over 15 times, with his Combat Power Amplitude exceeding 15... That’s why I genuinely admire, the younger generation truly holds promise."

The female commentator Qing Ning nodded, counted on her slender fingers, and asked confusedly: "Lord Warm Wine, roughly calculating your mentioned multipliers, it should add up to a maximum of 10 times, which is quite different from the 15 times."

Warm Wine laughed: "There are some special circumstances, for instance, certain equipment once Enhanced to High Level, might have entries that change critical hit multipliers, increasing 200% critical damage multiplier to 300% or even higher! There are also other amplification methods, but generally, it’s Advanced Awakened level information, which I won’t delve into here."

All Advanced Awakened watching in the live stream room, including some Mid-level Awakened talents, had a word flash across their mind—Mystical Arts.

Mystical Arts can also amplify damage, with Top Grade Mystical Arts mastered to the Master Level, providing a 2.8 times Power Amplification!

However, even adding this 2.8 multiplier, the calculable multiplier barely reaches 14 times.

The origin of that last multiplier is a question that lingers in the minds of many Advanced Awakened.

Bai Pu also thought over it, his gaze finally fixed on one of the Attributes of the Doomsday Blade.

[Attack Strength +70]

During battles with the Doomsday Blade, Bai Pu indeed felt that his Fighting Qi flowing through the short spear was akin to passing through some amplifier, making the delivered Fighting Qi more condensed and the power stronger.

Originally, Bai Pu’s Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi transcended the Enhanced Hero Profession’s Cultivation Method, with a maximum single output Fighting Qi value as high as 200 points! That is a three times multiplier.

With the Attack Strength bonus from the Doomsday Blade, Bai Pu’s output of this 200-point Fighting Qi definitely had more power, equivalent to the output caused by three to four hundred points of Fighting Qi.

Not knowing the exact calculation, it indeed further enhanced Bai Pu’s multiplier by about two times.

Bai Pu estimated his base Attack Power at 274; his Combat Power Amplitude should be around 16~17 times, with the highest Ordinary attack output approximately between 4400~4600.

Therefore, Nine Netherworld, as a Top-level Awakened, has a high Damage Reduction coefficient within himself, probably mitigating six to seven tenths of the Physical Damage!

As an Agility-oriented Awakened, such a Damage Reduction coefficient is already astonishing.

Of course, Bai Pu, with Adaptive Evolution, has an even higher Damage Reduction coefficient, capable of mitigating eight to nine-tenths of Physical Damage. Suppose opening the Immortal King four-piece set Damage Reduction Skill [Ancestral Protection], the Damage Reduction coefficient would be even higher.

That’s also why Nine Netherworld, despite having a set of luxurious equipment, inflicted only slight damage on Bai Pu.

In this battle, Bai Pu did not activate the set Damage Reduction Skill nor used the skill of [Sufferer’s Shoulder Armor], not even utilizing Magic Sand’s ranged attack methods. The complete form Doomsday Spear was entirely held in reserve by him.

This is because most of the trump cards have not been exposed to the public. Bai Pu still plans to use them when encountering tough opponents, creating an element of surprise.

Currently, the online comments are overwhelmingly one-sided.

"Wow, Gangxin is about my age? An ordinary college student, he’s this fierce?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Gangxin: Anyone else?"

"Now things get interesting, Gangxin is still the captain of Xili Institute of Technology’s team in the University Competition? Unbelievable."

"University Competition? More like University Second Place Competition!"

"As a junior dog at Western Capital University, I hereby declare the champion of the University Competition this year is Xili Institute of Technology, the runner-up is Western Capital University, other schools please compete for third place."

"Haha, pop the champagne at halftime, right? This year’s runner-up is surely ours, Qianyuan’s, no one can take it away!"

The internet is in an uproar.

Bai Pu’s fan base grows exponentially.

Admiring strength is a common psychology for many, not to mention Bai Pu looks good, and his growth process is so inspirational.

Both new and old fans of Bai Pu rushed to various online communities, digging up and ridiculing the posts that once belittled and ridiculed Bai Pu.

"You think you can do it too? Then sign up for it first."

"Laughable, even a waste who can’t pass the qualification review dares to come and shadow the Candidate big shot?"

"Wake up, you won’t even see Gangxin big shot’s taillights in your lifetime!"

The post authors who suffered from being dug up bowed their heads like quails.

An unfavorable outing is inadvisable, wait till Gangxin loses, then step out and play the favorable game!