Hidden Valley.

Bai Pu stood on the ridge, overlooking below.

In the valley, a massive Sea Race corpse lay sprawled on the ground.

Whale Race, Pang Bo. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

In front of Bai Pu, a line of notification information appeared:

[You have slain an Otherworld Traveler, you have gained 13,396 Honor Points.]

[Target’s Wuya Will military rank: Bronze Brigadier General.]

[Based on your rank: Golden Vice Admiral, you have obtained an item: Key of the Otherworld Traveler.]

Bai Pu ignored the subsequent explanations, as his Honor Points had already reached 106,000!

[Current Honor Points progress: 106,402/100,000.]

[You have earned the opportunity for a Major General Trial, would you like to start now?]

[Warning: The Major General Trial opportunity occurs only once a year.]

"Start."

Bai Pu had no other choice.

Once promoted to Major General, Bai Pu could turn Earth into his "base."

By refining the planetary core, Bai Pu could "drive" the entire planet through a space warp to the Silver Heart Great World, avoiding the brunt of the Sea Race invasion.

[Major General Trial initiated.]

[Plane scanning, searching for suitable targets...]

[Search successful.]

[Golden Vice Admiral Gangxin, your Major General Trial Task target is: kill the strongest Otherworld Traveler in the Demon Fighting World: Prince Nabo Gang, without outside assistance.]

[Task deadline: equivalent to your remaining stay in the Demon Fighting World.]

[Failure penalty: none.]

Although there is no penalty for failure, missing the precious once-a-year opportunity is itself the greatest punishment.

"The task target is to kill Prince Nabo Gang? It overlaps somewhat with the Huaxia Battle Group’s corps task."

The corps task was to prevent Sarajael’s complete revival, and kill or expel all Otherworld Travelers (Note 1).

And Bai Pu’s Major General Trial was to single-handedly kill Nabo Gang.

"What if Nabo Gang runs away?" Bai Pu inquired.

"If the task target escapes, it is regarded as a Trial Task failure."

The response from Gaia’s Will was devoid of any warmth.

"Understood... it seems I must create a situation where the opponent cannot escape."

Bai Pu silently contemplated, "Luckily, the Divine Envoy behind Nabo Gang probably doesn’t dare take action in front of me to forcibly shield Nabo Gang."

If the opponent’s Divine Envoy took action, Bai Pu would activate the Gaia Seal, calling out Gaia’s Will for active supervision, surely making the opponent’s Divine Envoy unable to handle it.

With Bai Pu’s mental acuity, he naturally figured out the reason why Prince Gaton’s soul perished without Divine Envoy assistance back then.

Bai Pu then shifted his focus to his hand.

Whale Race Pang Bo’s [Key of the Otherworld Traveler].

Bai Pu opted to open it directly; this time he was uninterested in equipment but chose five items from the target’s Storage Space.

Among them, three were miscellaneous items, one was a consumable food item, and another was a tool.

[Electric Wave Snail (Sub-body): Activate the Electric Wave Snail sub-body to establish a long-distance communication with the Electric Wave Snail mother body. The Electric Wave Snail mother body must be in this world, and the target holder must agree to connect. Remaining usage 1/3, can be recharged at the mother body.]

"This seems to be a tool for long-distance communication used by the Sea Race. It feels more convenient than the Rooster’s Brass Button."

Bai Pu examined the seashell; at this moment, the Electric Wave Snail was still dormant, but Bai Pu knew how to use it; just a little injection of Professional Energy could activate it.

Bai Pu stored the Electric Wave Snail into the Storage Space, then surveyed the remaining miscellaneous items.

Among them was a quartz pocket watch with a seaweed outer shell, inside of which was a family "photo."

In the photo, the large-bodied Pang Bo sat on a chair, one arm around his petite Octopus Sea Race wife, the other hand patting the head of his elder Whale Race brother standing in front, and a girl from the Octopus Race playfully using her tentacles to tickle the Whale Race brother’s neck.

A family of four, looking very happy, with smiles almost overflowing.

Bai Pu slightly shook his head, sighing reflectively in his heart.

He sold off the other miscellaneous items, keeping only this seaweed quartz pocket watch in his Storage Space.

"Gangxin, this Whale Race was indeed gravely injured, yet did not flee, and instead stayed here to deliver itself to you, how nice."

The voice of the Wushan Divine Lady echoed, "This way, you’ve gained another batch of Honor."

"Hmm... I also can’t quite comprehend the reason."

Bai Pu cast one last glance at the corpse of Whale Race Pang Bo, "I have a hypothesis now... it may be related to another Prince of the Sea. Next, our main opponent should be this one...

"Prince of the Sea, Nabo Gang!"

...

Having dealt with the remnants of Otherworld Travelers under Prince Gaton, Bai Pu and his group finally awaited Laine’s emergence from seclusion.

At first glance, Laine seemed unchanged from before, with only a few fine scales above the corner of his eye.

Bai Pu stared at Laine for five seconds.

Remarkably, Laine’s combat power was now as high as seven thousand, an increase of over a thousand.

And this was just normal combat power.

According to Laine, his Ancient Relic "Holy Dragon’s Jaw" had unsealed to the second level, whereby his full burst state, the power boost was even more fierce than before with "Celestial God Descent."

Indeed, only with such combat power could one rival the Divine Descent Warrior, Ferudo, who possessed the Demon God Salajael’s Divine Power Aggregation.

The guidance from the Great Sage, former headmaster Jiehui, was indeed not mistaken.

And during these days, Amariel, Zuzana, and other teachers and students from the Lorich Orthodox Camp were busy running between towns still loyal to Lorich Orthodox, rallying the "Loyalist Army."

Lorich Academy’s legacy over hundreds of years had taken root deeply; even though the Great Sage Jiehui had died, many City Lords of the Pavir Plateau were still willing to follow the orthodox path.

Ferudo, meanwhile, was equally rallying City Lords who "knew the right time," while granting them Salajael’s Demon God Mark to organize the Demon God Rebel Army!

Though the war had not begun, that foreboding feeling of a looming storm and oppressive clouds over the city had already spread.

Finally, at Laine’s command, the Lorich Orthodox Army marched grandly towards the occupied Lorich Magic Academy.

Swearing to recover the academy and rescue the trapped teachers and classmates at Lorich headquarters and the Secret Magic Hall!

And Ferudo’s Demon God Rebel Army was also ready and waiting.

Both sides engaged in fierce battle outside Lorich Magic Academy at Chaotic Stone Beach!

Ordinary soldiers, under the leadership of their commanders, launched a desperate charge at the enemy.

The shouts and cries of battle echoed drastically, with someone falling into a pool of blood every second.

Sadogo wielded his Magic Wand, summoning one Molten Rock Element after another to battle a Mage on the other side who summoned a massive amount of Water Elements—this was Edwin, the new Summoning System leader promoted by Ferudo after Sadogo left, with whom he never got along.

Amariel was covered entirely in Battle Armor, like a steel can, wielding a Long Spear to charge into the battlefield, only to be stopped by another Magic Warrior wielding an iron stick.

Mages of the orthodox camp and those who had turned to Ferudo also engaged in magical bombardments, the gorgeous elemental lights lighting up the sky.