dognovel Chapter 637 - 634: The Nation’s Fate Rests on One Man
Chapter 637 - 634: The Nation’s Fate Rests on One Man
In fact, the mindset of Dai Sect reflects the mindset of many top experts in the Huaxia Battle Group. Bai Pu’s primary task in commanding this Spirit Realm war is to resolve the trust issues of the veteran experts within the group.
Of course, Bai Pu has an innate advantage. He carries the high expectations of all of Huaxia with his Golden Military Rank, shouldering the fortunes of the nation.
The experts from the Huaxia Battle Group who came to participate in this battle mostly have their own requests of Bai Pu. When it comes to future commendations and rewards, the distribution of "tickets" is determined by the size of their contributions.
As long as Bai Pu proves his capability and dispels the concerns of the veteran experts, no one would mind being commanded by a young fledgling.
Bai Pu swung his blade and cut off Clare’s head.
The head of the patrol leader from Pang Sai can be seen as a pledge of allegiance, which might be put to use.
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Guided by Chen Dragon from the air, Bai Pu and his group soon arrived at the burnt village.
The village was deserted, with ruins everywhere, and the bodies of dead villagers lying scattered on the ground, silently telling the tale of the Pang Sai patrol troops’ atrocities.
"Look around and see if there’s anyone still alive!" Bai Pu said.
The group began searching.
Xu Dog searched the most carefully; he sensed a crisis.
When it comes to "scene details," Xu Dog always considered himself an expert. He originally hoped to contribute to the team with this and secure a "Senior Staff Officer" role from the leader.
However, in the recent skirmish, Bai Pu gave Xu Dog a good lesson.
The leader himself has such strong insight, what use do I have?
Xu Dog glanced back at Bai Pu.
Fortunately, Bai Pu wasn’t inspecting the scene at the moment but was resting with his eyes closed, pondering the course of action.
Xu Dog took a slight breath of relief; he really didn’t have confidence compared to Bai Pu.
Suddenly, a slightly sunken mark on the ground caught Xu Dog’s attention.
This was clearly a covered bloodstain, as if a bleeding person had been half-carried and dragged away.
Xu Dog’s spirit came alive, he activated the Professional Skill "Blood Tracing"! Instantly, within Xu Dog’s vision, the type of blood he "memorized" appeared as a highlighted green trace.
In Xu Dog’s vision, a faint green bloodstain extended outward, disappearing around the corner of a row of ruins in the village.
Xu Dog chased the bloodstain excitedly, and just at the corner, he suddenly heard a series of magical chants.
"Ancient Frost Spirit, heed my call, transform into sharp arrows, pierce the bodies of the impure!"
Xu Dog only felt the biting cold wind, chilliness coming at him; he glimpsed a series of ghastly white ice spikes shooting towards him like sniper bullets, startling him greatly.
Fortunately, he was also an Advanced Awakened, his Professional Energy activated, pouring into the pendant around his neck, forming a protective energy shield!
This protective shield could absorb 1580 points of Magic Damage, a skill attached to Xu Dog’s Golden Equipment "Rock Pendant," though its weakness was a duration of only 10 seconds.
The sound of dong dong dong arose, Xu Dog was knocked back repeatedly.
He was alarmed to find that each ice spike could knock off three to four hundred points of the shield’s durability!
The 1580-point shield could withstand a maximum of four ice spikes.
But the ice spikes flying toward him were almost a continuous line, likely over a dozen!
"This is the 5.2 world difficulty..."
A chill rose in Xu Dog’s heart; his Life Value was only around 1700 points, the unknown enemy’s string of ice spikes was enough to make him shiver all over with both shield and man shot through.
Suddenly, swirling sand surged in, attaching itself in front of Xu Dog, forming a Shield of Sand.
The subsequent ice spikes landed on the sand shield, only forming some slight ice blades.
At the same time, Xu Dog felt his body lighten, a gentle pull like an invisible giant hand pulling him backward.
Xu Dog quickly relaxed his body, not resisting with his strength. His whole person seemed to drift in the wind, flying back all the way.
The one who cast the Shield of Sand to help Xu Dog block the ice spikes was naturally Bai Pu.
The one who pulled Xu Dog over was the Wushan Divine Lady, her Jade Tide True Qi could be hard or soft; it was much gentler than Bai Pu’s Lasso Strike when pulling allies.
With a crack, Gang Step was activated, and Bai Pu leaped toward the corner of the row of ruins.
Swish!
A point of cold light shot over, it was actually a spear tip. The spear tip was wrapped in blazing Fighting Qi, like a blazing sun.
Bai Pu swept with his left hand, a Large Shield appeared in his left hand, Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi infused into the shield, forming a seemingly mountain-like thick wall of air, blocking this attack.
With a boom, there was a loud noise, and the spear tip bounced back.
Immediately, a puzzled voice sounded, "It’s... you?"
"Amariel, long time no see."
Bai Pu kept his breath steady, looking at the man and woman before him.
The man’s name was Amariel, one of the two "Lorich Magic Academy exchange students" Bai Pu met the last time he came to the Demon Fighting World at the Garrison Warrior Academy.
Compared to the last meeting, he hadn’t changed much, wearing a headscarf, holding a long spear, with a robust and vigorous aura.
Amariel specialized in "Dragon Slaying Needle" Demon Fighting Qi, and also practiced Life Spirit System Magic. Originally, he was a Level 8 Enhanced Warrior Template, but now it seemed he had improved further.
Seeing Bai Pu, Amariel didn’t show much joy in reuniting with an old acquaintance, only saying indifferently, "What’s the crew from Garrison doing at the Pavir Plateau?"
"Investigating."
Bai Pu replied with two words.
By now, Dai Sect, Chen Dragon, and others had all surrounded him; Bai Pu casually introduced, "These are partners I met while traveling the continent, all very reliable."
"Your reliability still needs to be assessed, let alone these partners you brought." Amariel’s tone didn’t carry much friendliness.
Conversely, the woman in the purple mage robe behind him was watching Bai Pu with interest throughout.
Bai Pu directly threw Clare’s head out, rolling it to Amariel’s feet: "The murderer of the village massacre has been dealt with by me; this is their leader."
Amariel’s eyebrow twitched, feeling inexplicably displeased.
The Pavir Plateau was the territory of Lorich Magic Academy, and a village massacre occurred within their territory, yet Bai Pu found and dealt with the culprit. This made him feel that the academy’s face was damaged.
Seeing the atmosphere a bit tense, the female mage in the purple robe smiled slightly, "Amariel, during such trying times, don’t be so constrained by territorial views. Everyone, I’m Zuzana Cunningham, a teacher at Lorich Magic Academy. Welcome to the Pavir Plateau."
Xu Dog thought to himself, no wonder she’s so powerful; it turns out she’s a teacher from the top academy, likely an Advanced Lord Template.
An Advanced Lord indeed has the ability to destroy him with a single spell; it’s not that he’s too weak. Xu Dog quietly comforted himself internally.
"Hello, Ms. Cunningham..."
"Just call me Zuzana."
"Alright." Bai Pu did not hesitate, directly getting to the point, "May I ask what happened at Lorich Magic Academy?"