Free Web NovelChapter 379: Chapter 183: Dawn
Bai Wu came back, although no one realized he had left.
Don’t try to understand Well Water, you have to feel it. The way the Jing Family members feel the Well Water is ultimately different from Bai Wu.
Jing Wu even had a feeling that he had been apart from Bai Wu for many years, even though it wasn’t long ago that he had driven this human into a corner in the Mechanical City.
Jing Er did not act rashly, planning to test Bai Wu’s strength through Jing Wu.
Wu Jiu and Yan Zizai retreated but did not leave far behind.
After the Huangquan Island Master was beaten to the brink of death by Yan Zizai and the Black Gold Island Master was beaten to a highly uncertain fate by Wu Jiu, the outcome of the battle between the invaders and the defenders on the entire battlefield had been reversed.
With Bai Wu stabilizing Jing Wu and Jing Er, the Evil Fallen army led by Gu Hailin and the human army led by Qin Zong, in a tragic atmosphere, resolved to die but succeeded in beating the opponents back in defeat.
Wu Jiu and Yan Zizai might be able to hasten the retreat of the Twin Islands’ forces, but although they withdrew from Bai Wu and the Well Level battle, they never took their attention off it.
"If he’s in danger, you know what to do, right?" Wu Jiu said.
"Nonsense, when has it been your turn to tell me what to do," Yan Zizai replied.
The two men understood without words that if Bai Wu could not withstand the assault of the Well Level, they would not hesitate to join the fight.
The blacksmith and the mirror Evil Fallen were also paying attention to the battle, as the only remaining two generals of the Twin Islands’ forces who could still fight. They knew very well that if Lord Jing Wu killed Bai Wu, the battle would be over!
But soon, the blacksmith realized that things might not be as simple as he thought.
Jing Wu made his move, and at this moment Jing Wu did not hold back, taking it even more seriously than when dealing with Wu Jiu and Yan Zizai.
His speed was even the same as when he faced Lin Rui.
The ground shattered like a spider web under a heavy stomp, spreading nearly a hundred meters around.
Jing Wu, approaching like a cannonball, stirred up a powerful airstream that twisted the space, and appeared behind Bai Wu in the next instant!
The storm slammed into Bai Wu’s body, and as dust and debris flew, Bai Wu calmly turned around.
In his vision, advanced by Prayle’s Eye, he had already seen this scene.
Not just this scene, but the changes happening in many areas around him, Bai Wu saw everything and turned it into known information instantly, beginning to influence his judgment.
At this time, Bai Wu had already acquired the strong predictive ability he had in the casino when facing the God of Wealth. Maybe even stronger.
"Can’t avoid it, Jing Wu’s speed is very fast. Even Dwarf isn’t that fast without using Instant Shadow, right?"
"But fortunately, I probably won’t need to use too large a range of motion."
Bai Wu had already rehearsed the battle process in his mind before Jing Wu’s figure launched an attack.
Jing Wu, with his stormy approach and sudden appearance behind himself, within this process, although he couldn’t avoid it, he could make a defensive stance.
The punch released by Jing Wu, exploding in airflow, seemed to create an eye of a typhoon. Countless boulders were swept into the night sky by the gust.
Yan Zizai instantly planned to use Bipolar Transposition, but Wu Jiu stopped him.
This earth-shattering strike made the whole Baichuan City shake slightly.
The ground was still collapsing, a single punch having created a huge pit in the city center.
But Bai Wu was not in the pit.
Bai Wu’s figure smashed through one building after another, finally stopping on a billboard on the edge of the East City District.
He tore off the neon lights on him with one hand and twisted his neck. Shaking the dust off himself:
"What a monster. I thought that after drinking the Well Water, I could face you head-on, but it’s still not enough... Luckily, I managed to deflect some of the force, otherwise, I might have been sent flying out of Baichuan City."
Jing Er in the sky, looking at Bai Wu down below calmly dusting himself off, felt the situation was tricky.
Although Jing Wu is certainly not as good as himself, for other creatures, that punch was definitely fatal.
But this human, having been hit head-on, was able to stand up as if nothing had happened.
Jing Wu found it even stranger. It originally thought that Bai Wu couldn’t react to its speed. But when it got behind Bai Wu, its fist landed right in Bai Wu’s palm.
Although it didn’t see Bai Wu’s expression, it could feel the triumphant feel of "rock, paper, scissors," where the other party wraps rock with paper.
This must be an illusion.
Jing Wu furrowed his brow and locked on to Bai Wu’s aura, then increased his speed once again!
Literally as fast as lightning, ignoring the distance of space, Jing Wu appeared directly in front of Bai Wu.
The trail it flew through was like an air knife slashing through the city, leaving a long slash mark!
From the city center to the edge of the East City District, countless buildings were shattered, and from above, it looked like a scar belonging to Baichuan City.
If such force was exerted in a leap, what about a punch with built-up power?
Bai Wu was also retreating constantly, maintaining a state of relative motion to dispel the force of that punch.
But Jing Wu’s speed was much faster than Bai Wu’s, and in no time—
Bai Wu’s "paper" once again wrapped up the "rock," and although his body was shot straight into the sky, this time, Jing Wu felt it even more clearly...
"This human... can predict me? Impossible... Not even my youngest sister can predict me!"
Two punches.
Jing Wu had only thrown two punches, and everyone on the battlefield stopped, awed by a fight that was several levels above their own.
Looking at the trail of destruction left by Jing Wu, Wu Jiu, Liu Mu, and Nie Chongshan all felt the gap in absolute power.
But Bai Wu, after such two punches, although in a sorry state, was not seriously injured.
"Hurts, but not completely."
Bai Wu, having been struck up to more than four hundred meters into the air, felt the power of Jing Wu’s punches.
"Hmm... the gap should still be able to narrow a bit."
Bai Wu’s expression remained calm from beginning to end, enduring the hits calmly, analyzing while being hit.
So calm it seemed like it wasn’t himself being hit.
It’s not that he still has some kind of trump card, at least for himself, the trump card has already been used up.
Everything that follows can only depend on the reinforcements. In the future Bai Wu saw, his reinforcements were very powerful.
The advancement of Prayle’s Eye didn’t actually change much for Bai Wu.
Because the original Prayle’s Eye, in times of crisis, would also see the future.
Although not as comprehensive as it is now, seemingly covering the entire battlefield, the advanced Eye seemed to have removed many restrictions on "unanalyzable things."
And—the riddles became simpler.
However, since the Eye, like the "sacrifice," has its own will, sometimes it knows something yet doesn’t provide certain information.
Therefore, Bai Wu could see Jing Wu’s movements, but he couldn’t systematize or analyze just how strong Jing Wu really was.
Bai Wu guessed this might be related to the consumption of spiritual power.
He had been using Prayle’s Eye for a long time and could feel that sometimes it made him tired. Especially when obtaining some key information.
However, at this moment, in this duel, everything was already enough for Bai Wu.
"I don’t need to know how strong you are, nor do I need to understand the gap between us, but I do know that you can’t kill me in a short time, and that’s enough."
Bai Wu, leaping continuously into the sky, looked down at Baichuan City, where his star-like eyes reflected a different scene.
When Jing Wu approached again, unleashing two punches powerful enough to annihilate an opponent, it still couldn’t believe that Bai Wu could predict them.
So after drawing close to Bai Wu, Jing Wu tried attacking in a different way.
Countless black arms made of the Soul-Devouring Swamp tried to tear apart Bai Wu in the night sky.
But a layer of red light emerged on Bai Wu’s body.
The red door of the Inner World opened, and pure rage began to burn the black substance once again.
The two most pure forces clashed again!
Jing Wu was greatly shocked, in the Inner World, Zero had neutralized its Soul-Devouring Swamp with this power head-on.
It never expected that this power was not something Zero had been hiding but was provided by Bai Wu!
Jing Er finally stopped showing a look of pity; he too was incredibly astonished.
"Only extremely pure emotions can counter that power... How is this possible, the power of Jing Wu is actually being devoured..."
This force, which all living beings fear and that could instantaneously cause Evil Fallen Transformation, started to dissipate within Bai Wu’s rage!
Restraint.
Jing Er suddenly felt as if this person was like a creation, a weapon specifically designed to counter the Jing Family!
The essence of Buddhist light is also a pure emotional entity, akin to the Soul-Devouring Swamp, but rage is the most devouring among all emotions.
What made the Jing Family stand proudly among all beings was their powerful strength, as well as the control over various negative emotional entities granted by the Well.
But the latter no longer had any effect. At least not on Bai Wu.
"To kill this human, could it be that we can only use physical strength and sequences?"
The most powerful methods couldn’t kill Bai Wu; to kill him, they had to resort to secondary measures.
When Jing Er saw through all of this, Jing Wu also understood this layer.
In the third attack, Jing Wu finally confirmed one thing...
Bai Wu could see through its movements!
This came as a surprise to Jing Wu, could it be that Bai Wu had already bypassed the limitations of cause and effect and surpassed the younger sister?
Jing Wu, unable to accept this, instantly expanded the black matter behind it even more.
At that moment, Jing Wu exhibited a force that made everyone tremble in the high skies!
Like a gigantic ancient god, it extended eight tentacles each hundreds of meters long!
Wu Jiu could not imagine that a force that would turn people into Evil Fallen entities with just a slight touch, this monster could gather so much!
Yet more unimaginable was the fact that this power... was ineffective against Bai Wu.
The rage continued pouring out, and the red light of fury on Bai Wu, like a flame, slowly took the shape of a blade!
He seemed, like a god slayer facing an ancient god, still drawing his sword to fight. The massive black matter surged towards him, but with the red blade in his hands, he calmly cut through those terrifying black substances, strike after strike!
At 940 meters high in the air, the confrontation between Jing Wu and Bai Wu stunned everyone!
Eight massive black breaths crazily swept through the space! But Bai Wu, leaping and maneuvering continuously, also left a trail of red slashes in the area!
The huge black matter started to slowly dissipate!
For the power of rage, Jing Wu was not unfamiliar, but how much time had passed, Bai Wu’s mastery of this power... had already become much stronger than it was in Mechanical City.
The Bai Wu of today, not having fused with Zero, naturally could not release the towering rage as he could in the Inner World. freeweɓnøvel.com
He could only play smart, breaking strength with cunning! And when it came to the power of the Inner World, Bai Wu had indeed reached perfection.
Even so, to face the massive offensive of Jing Wu, the power within Bai Wu was still insufficiently bold.
But Bai Wu... still had another method to supplement his fury.
The soldiers of the Investigation Corps who had the injection not long ago were starting to suffer the backlash of the sedatives; the fluctuation in their emotions was extremely evident. Like absorbing the black barrier, Bai Wu now could not only burn negative emotions with his rage but also, due to his immunity to negative emotions, absorb them like a sponge meeting water.
Originally, many soldiers of the Investigation Corps only had five minutes of life left, but as Bai Wu transformed after drinking the Well Water... their lives were preserved as well!
Bai Wu, continuously gaining strength, although not as powerful in output as Jing Wu, could still use the pure rage from the Inner World unceasingly, cutting away relentlessly!
Red light traced dazzling paths through the dark night.
Finally, the god-slaying warrior in the sky cut off all eight tentacles of the gigantic demon god!
Seeing this, Jing Er could no longer sit still.
Jing Wu was clearly far stronger than Bai Wu, yet it stubbornly used the most ineffective method.
"Don’t use that power anymore, Jing Wu; he has purer emotions on him. Just kill him with the most common method, and that will suffice."
Jing Er brought his hands together, clearly preparing to make a move and join the battle.
After great effort to sever Jing Wu’s black aura, Bai Wu was ultimately struck by Jing Wu’s kick.
Of course, all of this was also within the scene Bai Wu could see. There was nothing out of place.
However, Jing Wu began to calm down, which surprised Bai Wu.
"The trash has learned to think... It seems it can still listen to Jing Er’s words; things are going to be tough for me next..."
As always, Jing Wu felt that his strike’s force had been greatly reduced by Bai Wu. Although it wasn’t like hitting the air, this sensation of constantly being outguessed was very irritating.
Despite Bai Wu crashing down like a meteorite, kicked into a corner of the North City District by Jing Wu, causing the entire residential area to collapse...
Bai Wu still stood up as usual, dusted himself off, and calmly calculated how much health he had left, how many more punches he could endure, and then... continued to take the beating.
Jing Wu found it strange, it was him doing the beating after all! But why was there a sense of being suppressed?
Bai Wu looked at Jing Wu in the distance; even though they were far apart, he could still see every detail on Jing Wu’s body.
This was also a minor benefit of Prayle’s Eye after its advancement.
He was waiting for expressions like the one on Jing Wu’s face.
Strength, speed, defense, vitality, perception... no matter which one, Bai Wu was well aware that he had indeed become stronger, but still nowhere near Jing Wu’s level.
But Well Water could bring breakthroughs with Innate Force, advance rare Sequences, and accentuate a person’s strengths even more.
Although Bai Wu’s style wasn’t muscular, his emphasis with Innate Force had always been "survival".
Bai Wu was very clear, as long as he didn’t die when facing the double Jing, that was victory.
It wasn’t a matter of lowering standards, but a genuine victory.
Jing Er said,
"His life regeneration is quick, almost on par with some monsters with abilities. Together, we should be able to kill him within five minutes."
Five minutes, huh?
Bai Wu nodded; two Well Level adversaries joining forces should indeed suffice to kill him in five minutes.
The duo hadn’t used any abilities because, for many Evil Fallen, the powers from those abilities might be strong, but still not as strong as their inherent powers.
"I hope this Angel Envoy can hold on a little longer."
The Angel Envoy, connected to Bai Wu, began operating at full power, with an amplification of 1500% as Zero initially projected.
But there’s a limit to the Angel Envoy’s amplification; compared to the Bai Wu of the past who could achieve a 15-fold amplification, relative to the current Bai Wu, the enhancement was probably only about 170%.
Jing Wu launched another rapid attack, but this time as Bai Wu attempted to block, Jing Er’s hand had already touched Bai Wu’s brow.
"So fast... I truly can’t react in time without using my eyes..."
Bai Wu guessed that Jing Er was at least 40% faster than Jing Wu; in the caliber of Well Level combat, even a 1% improvement is a new realm entirely.
But none of this... happened.
Because Jing Wu’s rapid strike and Jing Er’s ambush, the double Jing attack, in Bai Wu’s eyes, were about to happen but hadn’t occurred yet.
So when Jing Wu appeared behind Bai Wu and Jing Er tried to pierce Bai Wu from the front, Bai Wu had already assumed a defensive stance, narrowly evading the two powerful attacks with a sidestep.
One in front and one behind, one in the south and one in the north.
Two forces passed by each other, and terrible ravines appeared at both ends of the city center, north and south.
It was as if a super-giant swung a whip, leaving a mark on the back of the city.
Only Bai Wu at the center remained completely unharmed.
Jing Er was shocked that this human could actually dodge!
"But I can’t avoid what’s coming next."
As Jing Er thought this, Bai Wu had already seen the next future and began to plan his subsequent steps in his mind.
Doomsday Puzzle fragment · Manjushage, activate.
The fragment obtained in Shudu Prison could forcibly create a weakness on the opponent; Bai Wu started using it.
On Jing Er and Jing Wu, one acquired the Exhaustion attribute, the other the Sluggishness attribute.
"Not as useful as I expected, but still enough to weaken these two guys."
The combined strike of the double Jing was ingeniously avoided by Bai Wu, but the terrifying barrage that followed could not be evaded no matter what.
If Bai Wu and Yan Zizai are considered the strongest duo in High Tower, then Jing Er and Jing Wu are indeed the world’s most formidable duo.
Bai Wu’s body rose into the air, the entire space shattered like a broken mirror, constantly cracking, presenting to everyone’s eyes a stark sense of cleavage, but soon, it was continually repaired by the space itself.
No one dared enter this shattered area, even as Bai Wu’s vitality began to fade rapidly!
Even Wu Jiu and Yan Zizai couldn’t imagine how terrifying these two monsters could be when they went all out...
"I can’t feel Bai Wu’s presence at all... it’s as if that space has been completely cut off. I can’t imagine this is something you can do with just your fists."
"They are monsters beyond human imagination," said Wu Jiu, his concern clearly written on his face.
"Although he has strong regenerative abilities, as long as we keep up the relentless assault and the recovery can’t keep up with the damage, he’s doomed!"
Jing Er was calm, the monk now exploding with muscle, as if he had transformed from a compassionate elegant monk into a powerful one!
And Jing Wu also began to exert full strength, holding nothing back.
Even if enhanced by the Angel Envoy, even if weaknesses had been created, even if protected by a Guardian Spirit, even if strengthened by Well Water...
Facing such an onslaught, Bai Wu simply had no strength to fight back...
But he could see that future, so he was very calm.
And because he was so calm, Jing Wu completely lacked the sensation of beating his prey...
It was like beating a dead man.
The entire space was flickering as if it would turn to ash in the next second! Within this space, Bai Wu’s body was thoroughly broken, not a single bone intact.
The fatal strike was about to come!
The combined punch of Jing Wu and Jing Er, like a comet endowed with endless energy, struck toward the trivial dust.
Bai Wu, facing the punch that could turn hundreds of meters around into a death zone, still wore a calm expression... waiting for death.
"It won’t even take five minutes, this punch could directly kill me... so it needs to be a bit less powerful."
The Spider Web Link Domain expanded to its limit, and facing the unavoidable punch, Bai Wu could only use his prior senses to get all the preparatory work done in advance.
The Spider Web Link Domain could slow down the opponent’s speed, but relying solely on the Guardian Spirit still wasn’t enough to deal with the punch of two Well Level masters.
So Bai Wu started to play dirty.
Just as the punches from Jing Wu and Jing Er were about to converge, Jing Wu saw the figure of Bai Yuan.
Gaze of Spite and Desire, from the television ghastly tales, could create illusions that temporarily couldn’t be seen through.
How long this "temporarily" lasted, depended on the opponent’s observation and perception abilities.
How powerful Jing Wu was, the illusion could not even deceive Jing Wu for a second, but the hesitation in less than a second was enough for Jing Wu to do a lot of things.
Especially with Bai Yuan’s attractive yet annoying face, sporting an expression that was equally good-looking but even more provoking.
This was an accurate strike on Jing Wu’s sore point!
The collaborative punch instantly split apart.
Bai Wu was blasted into the depths of the earth by Jing Er’s punch. Jing Wu, on the other hand, struck the air...
By the time Jing Wu realized it was an illusion, the Bai Yuan controlled by Bai Wu showed a mocking expression, and said in a mocking tone:
"Why do you look like you’re hoping my HP is low and that hitting me wouldn’t put any pressure on you? And that any opponent you hate could be knocked out with just one punch? That couldn’t be, right?"
"Yes, precisely because there is some difficulty, when you hit me, the pain might be related to this... happiness? Sorry, how could you possibly be happy?"
The infuriated Jing Wu bombarded the void illusion with relentless attacks.
Meanwhile, Bai Wu, who had lost half his life from Jing Er’s punch and had plummeted deep into the ground, was desperately trying to stay conscious:
"Have you ever wondered... if... I am Jing Liu... why would I... tell you about the existence of the savior..."
Without Jing Wu’s punch, indeed, Bai Wu could not be killed directly, but Jing Er was very clear that a few more punches from him, and this human who could barely make him use his full power... would eventually die.
But what Jing Er didn’t know was that the most terrifying thing about people like Bai Wu wasn’t fists or eyes, but that mouth.
"The Well... has been opened... yet you have disappeared... so where... could Jing Liu... be?"
Jing Er was startled; Bai Wu’s words suddenly made him think of something.
"Ha ha... if you kill me... will there no longer be another savior? Ha ha ha... I’m just an ordinary human among many, one easily found within the Investigation Corps..."
"At most... I am someone with a bit more ideas... For someone like me, as long as a being like Jing Liu is willing... it wouldn’t be difficult to create several more, right...?"
These words were not Bai Wu being boastful.
Bai Wu had a clear grasp of Jing Er’s personality. On one hand, Jing Er was worried about a certain prophecy, but on the other hand, judging from his previous "fake compassion" words—
In his bones, Jing Er looked down upon humanity.
For Jing Er, humans were no different from grass, animals, or even pets.
Such a person would rather believe that humans are very ordinary, but that everything was manipulated by Jing Liu.
In the darkness below, Bai Wu’s life-force was astonishingly resilient. With just a moment to catch his breath, he could withstand another strike from a Well Level powerhouse.
Jing Er wasn’t foolish, and Bai Wu had many powers that could restrain the Jing Family members. Although Bai Wu’s words made Jing Er ponder some of his little sister’s schemes and realize he might have been lured away—
He still had to kill the human in front of him.
Bai Wu wasn’t panicking, revealing even more explosive information:
"Admit it, Jing Liu has some kind of scheme, and you’ve been calculated by her. Killing me is no problem, but think about it; she’s always searching for something, maybe you know what it is?"
Five minutes were up.
In the pitch-black night sky, someone noticed that there was light above the clouds.
Amidst the dark clouds above, the sound of a massive air current gushed, echoing over the city.
More and more people raised their heads, staring at the lights in the sky steadily closing in!
It seemed like an island floating above the sea of clouds, slowly descending!
Until it stopped at twelve hundred meters from the ground... and appeared astonishingly above the heads of everyone.
Jing Er, agitated by Bai Wu’s words, flashed a trace of fear in his eyes.
Of course, he knew what Jing Liu was searching for and was very aware that the person has been confined by the Well, not emerging for hundreds of years, and even more aware that the person had gone completely mad.
But what if... Jing Liu had some kind of means?
This thought chilled Jing Er to the bone, and at the same time, he also knew something: he had missed the chance to kill Bai Wu.
The blinding light in the sky dispelled the night; a temple-like structure filled with mechanical elements, floating in mid-air, prematurely ended the long night.
Baichuan City seemed to come alive at this moment, with every dark corner bathed in brilliant light.
Jing Wu, stunned, looked up at the familiar floating structure, not understanding why it was here!
After a scathing verbal attack on Jing Er, Bai Wu had already retreated a hundred meters and was also looking up at the sky.
He was as surprised as everyone else, but unlike them, his surprise had settled more than three hundred seconds earlier.
The strongest reinforcements of Baichuan City had finally arrived. The ruler of Mechanical City, Zero, emerged from the temple.
Bai Wu looked up at the sky and laughed.
He knew Zero would come, but what he didn’t expect—
Was that Zero would bring along the Core City of Mechanical City.
