Chapter 761: Chapter 756: Invitation to Journey Together
"Promoted to Major General Gaia? Are there interdimensional invaders? I haven’t received any related notifications..."
Bai Pu frowned, indicating his confusion.
He was promoted to Major General Gaia in the Demon Fighting World under the context of a Sea Race Otherworld Traveler invasion, with the goal of the Trial Task being to independently kill the strongest Otherworld Traveler—Napo Gang.
"Haha, it seems Brother Bai’s information is quite limited."
Ashes Rein saw that Bai Pu’s expression didn’t look fake, and he understood, categorizing Bai Pu as a "talented expert from a remote planet" type.
He then explained, "There are many types of trial tasks for Major General Gaia. The one you mentioned, ’killing a strong Otherworld Traveler beyond your level,’ is the highest level of trial task. Others include resource competition, solving mysteries, etc., which are at lower levels. The one my teammate Leia is undertaking this time is a competitive selection type."
"Competitive selection? Is there a unified task goal, and then a race?" Bai Pu asked.
"It’s not a unified goal. In fact, each candidate applying for the Major General trial has different task goals, but all are very challenging. The candidates must complete their targets as early as possible and try to sabotage other candidates’ possible task goals..."
Bai Pu nodded, indicating understanding.
It seems that the Silver Heart Great World’s Major General Gaia promotion mode has a lot of room for external support.
For instance, the Star Map Scroll Lady "Leia" in front of him, while she needs to complete her final task goal independently, her allies can help her gather intelligence and disrupt other competitors’ tasks.
Moreover, some interferences around the task goal can also be dealt with by her teammates—
Bai Pu had experience in this. Although he killed Napo Gang alone, the top-tier experts of the Huaxia Battle Group were indispensable; they held off the team of Sea Race Awakened!
Of course, the Lords of the Demon Fighting World holding off Sarajael was also crucial.
If Bai Pu were to complete the Major General promotion task alone, the difficulty would have likely increased several times over.
Bai Pu further thought that Miss Salacia’s promotion to Major General involved deploying several large teams from the Silver Wind Family, with the resources spent being astonishing, so it’s no wonder that the Patriarch of the Silver Wind Family mercilessly abandoned her after her failure.
Whether Miss Salacia has regrouped and tried again for the Major General promotion is unknown; she has no team support this time. On the contrary, the illegitimate daughter of the Silver Wind Clan, Miss Julian, is said to be planning for the Major General trial. If Miss Julian successfully gets promoted, she might entirely replace Salacia’s status...
Bai Pu’s lack of information also allowed the "Furnace Blade" team to slightly let down their guard.
"Since Brother Bai poses no threat to our race, that’s excellent. Would Brother Bai be willing to accept my hire? I’m willing to offer twenty thousand Silver Dragon Coins."
Twenty thousand Silver Dragon Coins, that’s quite generous, equivalent to six to seven hundred thousand Spiritual Points.
"I took on a side task, planning to go to the Corruption Forest. It might not be on the way." Bai Pu said with some difficulty.
He was somewhat tempted, not for the twenty thousand Silver Dragon Coins.
Because Bai Pu realized that now, in the Heart Demon World, due to the surge in Spiritual Essence intensity, it’s become turbulent, a giant vortex!
Within this giant vortex, one can foresee many Golden Vice Admiral-level Awakened seeking promotion to Major General Gaia; along with teams supporting them, similar to the likes of Ashes Rein, those who have already been promoted to Major General Gaia, are definitely not few.
Adding the significant increase in power of the Heart Demon World natives and Demon experts, the disturbance Bai Pu alone could cause is minuscule.
Suppose, at some point, he encounters a Yazd team, trapped and used by their advantage in information and numbers, it would be too late to regret not having a team then.
In the Demon Fighting World, Bai Pu had a whole Huaxia Battle Group at his service.
In the Heart Demon World, Bai Pu is alone, but he can recruit allies to fight side-by-side!
Of course, Ashes Rein and the other two might be Reds in disguise, as the Spirit Realm Will offers a "transform appearance and attire to match the world’s style" service. Even if they are Reds, one cannot distinguish from appearance alone.
Bai Pu’s thought was, if these three were a small team of Yazd, it would be perfect to bring them under his surveillance.
As for whether these three would secretly report his location, selling out his coordinates?
Bai Pu had confidence in his Observation.
Suffice to say, the moment he encountered the trio today, his position was destined no longer a secret.
If the three were Yazd, even if Bai Pu refused the team-up and just left, they would still send out the information of "a suspected Gangxin expert Bai Yujing (alias) appearing at the Demon Bone Dao, heading towards Corruption Forest."
Running away doesn’t solve problems; facing challenges head-on is Bai Pu’s style. Besides, Bai Pu had a trick up his sleeve, using an alias.
In summary, if convenient, Bai Pu wouldn’t mind traveling with the three.
"Corruption Forest? Haha, what a coincidence, we’re also heading to Corruption Forest!" Rein said with a laugh.
This is no coincidence because this Bone Dao is one of the branches from Red Annihilation River leading to Corruption Forest... Since both parties are heading in the same direction at this crossroad, it’s highly probable they have the same destination.
"Are you going to Corruption Forest for Lady Leia’s task goal?" Bai Pu asked.
"Sorry, Brother Bai, we can’t disclose Leia’s Major General promotion goal to you," Ashes Rein replied.
"I misspoke." Seeing the other party’s alertness, Bai Pu ceased probing and instead agreed to Rein’s invite.
Rein was delighted, immediately looking to sign a contract with Bai Pu, but Bai Pu politely declined. He didn’t want to leave his real code on any agreement.
Rein had to change the payment method, first giving Bai Pu a five thousand Silver Dragon Coins deposit, and after the Spirit Realm exploration ends, paying the remaining fifteen thousand. If Leia succeeds in the Major General promotion, Rein would give an additional bonus of thirty thousand Silver Dragon Coins!
Altogether, it’s fifty thousand Silver Dragon Coins, equivalent to one or two million Spiritual Points. Bai Pu smirked, sighing internally at the extravagance of Silver Heart Great World’s noble heirs.
The group traveled together, and all the other demons they encountered were slain by their joint efforts.
Ashes Rein kept watching Bai Pu, and with the intensifying battles, a portion of Bai Pu’s strength was revealed—he refrained from using Composite Mystical Arts and instead fought with just Mystical Arts like Dancing Wind, Red Flame, etc.
Ashes Rein found that "Bai Yujing" didn’t match up with any Silver Heart Great World’s awakened strongmen he knew.
He could only confirm his previous assessment: "Bai Yujing" is a skilled expert from a remote planet, newly arrived at Silver Heart Great World, and thus not well-known.
After several days of trekking, the scenery within the Demon Bone Dao began to change.
The originally crimson soil gradually got covered with black moss. Walking on it felt soft underfoot, like stepping on a layer of fluffy sponge.
Around them and above on the dome, some black plants crept in through the large bone seams, exuding a decaying aura, yet their surface is exceedingly sticky, like the rotting root system of some plant.
"We should have reached the Corruption Forest area now... Be careful, the demons in the Corruption Forest are skilled at disguise; often, a dead tree, a red flower, is a demon transformed," Ashes Rein cautioned.
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