Chapter 677: Chapter 672: How Long Can You Hold It Back?
After the war, in a meditation chamber at Lorich Magic Academy, Bai Pu sat upright.
In front of him were Wushan Divine Lady Wu Mingyue, Blood Spider Wu Qingyun, alongside powerful representatives from the Huaxia Battle Group such as Dai Sect and Heavy Rain.
Bai Pu did not conceal anything from them.
After understanding the seriousness of the situation, Wu Mingyue and Wu Qingyun immediately declared they would separate to investigate the clues.
Originally, they felt a bit embarrassed, having confessed their feelings to Bai Pu under the immense pressure from Prince Nabo Gang, thinking they were going to die.
Now, having survived, they were troubled with how to face Bai Pu.
Actually, given Bai Pu’s current demonstrated strength to confront the Prince of the Sea, he was already a unique presence among Earth’s Awakened. Even if he were to spend the night with both of them, no one would dare to criticize him.
Moreover, Bai Pu was the destined savior of Earth’s apocalypse crisis.
His status and power were not the issue.
The only hurdle was the dignity of Wu Mingyue and Wu Qingyun.
But the situation was urgent, leaving no time for them to consider their dignity; helping Bai Pu resolve the crisis of the collapsing magic core was the priority.
Bai Pu had forcibly absorbed the Earth Dragon Bead and the Abyssal Treasure Bead to save them. Both were well aware of this, which added to their urgency.
"I cannot make a move for now. I need to focus my heart power to activate the Viewing the Sea Combined Mystical Arts to suppress the rapid expansion of the earth element and water element magic cores within me," Bai Pu said.
"How long can you suppress them?" Dai Sect asked a critical question.
"Ideally, I can hold for about ten days without letting the fire element and wind element magic cores collapse. However, each time I fight, this time shortens, bringing the collapse deadline forward."
Bai Pu silently calculated and provided an exact answer, "Low-intensity battles are fine without using fighting qi. If it’s a moderate-intensity battle, the collapse deadline will be brought forward by at least a day."
"And what if you fight with full force? How many days will it bring forward?"
Bai Pu said with a wry smile, "A full-force fight would make the expansion irreversible, at most 48 hours."
"I understand." Dai Sect took a deep breath, "From now on, your strongest battle power mustn’t engage. Let the entire Huaxia Battle Group help you find the remaining two sources of top-level magical power."
"The good news is that Nabo Gang probably doesn’t have time to intervene either."
Bai Pu thought deeply and understood the sudden retreat of Nabo Gang, "The Reversing Dharma Bead I shattered was extremely important to him. His retreat must be because there’s someone in the Demon Fighting World who can help him repair it, someone like Purple Flame Phoenix Salajael! But that won’t be an easy task..."
"This leaves only the Sea Race Grand General under Nabo Gang to watch out for!"
Dai Sect frowned and said, "That Flying Fish Sea Race is indeed formidable. Although it was a sneak attack, it could instantly eliminate Drunken Flower Forest... this outburst power instills fear in the battle group members."
No one dared claim they had stronger survival capabilities than Drunken Flower Forest, who mastered the Mystical Arts system of Dancing Wind Reversal, except Bai Pu.
Heavy Rain coldly said, "The fellow is called Haqin. Leave him to me."
Bai Pu nodded, "Though the Sea Race is powerful, their forces invading the Demon Fighting World only consist of the teams of princes Gaton and Nabo Gang. Though Earth is weak, the Huaxia Battle Group encompasses nearly a quarter of the world’s top-notch experts! Besides Sword Saint Heavy Rain, we also have Power King Wenjiu and Divine Throne Massacre, powerful enough to confront the generals under Nabo Gang."
After stabilizing morale, Bai Pu began arranging plans.
"According to Prismatic Saint Dragon King Auriel, there is a source of top-level magical power of the wind element in Pale Earth Palace to the north and another in Howling Wind Highlands to the east. As for the top-level magical power source of the fire element, Auriel only mentioned one, which is Salajael."
Everyone in the room appeared troubled.
With Bai Pu unable to act, the Huaxia Battle Group confronting the revived Demon God Salajael was surely like ants trying to shake a giant tree, not a match on the same level.
"Don’t be limited in thinking."
Bai Pu smiled and said, "You only need to bring back the top-level magical power source of the wind element to me, that’s enough. As for dealing with Salajael, I can handle it myself."
"Right, as long as we get the top-level magical power source of the wind element, Gangxin can act on Salajael. Fully committed, Gangxin can maintain 48 hours before collapsing. We only need to win within 48 hours, acquire Salajael’s magical power source, and Gangxin can directly absorb it to achieve balance of the four-element magic core," Wu Mingyue quickly grasped Bai Pu’s intent.
"With the four-element top-level magic core, Gangxin’s strength will be even more formidable, and then the Sea Race experts won’t be a worry," Heavy Rain spoke to Bai Pu with a rather soft tone, even a hint of admiration.
Even the proud Sword Saint Heavy Rain clearly saw the enormous strength gap between herself and Bai Pu, and understood Bai Pu’s crucial role in the Spirit Realm war.
"Rooster, go contact the Wenjiu Brigade and Futu Team."
Bai Pu coughed and said, "The Wenjiu Brigade is in the eastern continent, heading to Howling Wind Highlands. The Futu Team will head north to Pale Earth Palace, both to seek the source of top-level magical power of the wind element."
Heavy Rain proposed, "The Futu Team has been lurking in the Istan Desert, investigating Salajael’s intel and making some progress. Should we leave a small number of skilled personnel to continue their covert investigation?"
Bai Pu shook his head and said, "Withdrawing the main force, leaving remaining personnel to stay covertly is too risky, and once exposed, they wouldn’t even have the power to resist."
"Although risky, the rewards are high. In this critical moment of Earth’s apocalypse crisis, risking is worthwhile." Heavy Rain insisted.
Wu Mingyue strongly agreed with Heavy Rain.
As the leader of the Hero Gang, she understood that kindness doesn’t lead troops, and leaving awakened behind doesn’t necessarily mean certain death, as long as they aren’t discovered.
Bai Pu nodded and immediately said, "There are still tasks with Laine, keep up with him... he is our main force against Salajael, he can’t be underestimated."
After the revival of Lorich Magic Academy, Laine once again received guidance from the Essence of Great Sage Jiehui.
Laine needed to go to three Divine-Demon Ancient Battlefields on Twin Star Continent to seek other belongings of Fighting Saint Dragon King – similar relics like the "Holy Dragon’s Jaw."
They are: Immortal Scale, Black Gold Claw, and Heart of the Dragon King.
Undoubtedly, these three Fighting Saint Dragon King relics would be the focus of contention between both native camps, as well as the Huaxia Battle Group and the Sea Race Otherworld Travelers.
The more relics acquired, the closer Laine’s dragon transformation gets to the original form of Fighting Saint Dragon King, making it more leisurely to counter Salajael’s True Red Domain, and may even be able to single-handedly battle Salajael.
On the flip side, Salajael had already noticed the inheritor of the Holy Dragon King through the Chaotic Stone Beach battle, and would definitely dispatch subordinates, especially giving tasks to Sea Race experts, to stop Laine from acquiring the Holy Dragon King relics at all costs.
