Free Web NovelChapter 380: Chapter 184: Bai Wu Transformed into a Well
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Looking at the anomaly in the sky, Jing Er was not panicked. He simply scoffed at himself:
"Having guarded the Well for years, in the end, I’ve been looking at the sky from the bottom of the Well, becoming a frog in a well. I never expected that there would be beings in this world that could confront us head-on."
The one he was referring to was Zero, and Jing Er was well aware that even with Zero and Bai Wu combined, they were no match for him.
But whether it was Zero or Bai Wu, today they both had given him quite a shock.
From nothing to something, from zero to one, such changes in any entity are seen as milestones of transformation.
On the battlefield, blacksmiths, mirror Evil Fallen, Gu Hailin, Nie Chongshan, and so on, all watched the giant floating object above their heads, forgetting the fight.
The meaning of the battle was in fact already diminished, as the whole battlefield, just like Bai Wu had predicted before the war started—
It would ultimately be decided by a few of the top powerhouses.
Bai Wu, as usual, dusted himself off and then kept moving closer to Zero.
Two against two.
Underneath the enormous bastion, Zero and Bai Wu stood side by side.
On the other hand, Jing Wu finally snapped back to reality.
"I’ll handle Bai Wu, you take on Zero," said Jing Wu.
"That seems reasonable," Jing Er committed Zero’s name to memory.
At the other end of the battlefield, Bai Wu exclaimed:
"Core City has been brought here, hasn’t it affected the Mechanical City at all?"
Zero analyzed Jing Er, puzzled as to why Bai Wu was still alive.
"I originally thought that if you died, I could harness my power to claim you for myself. I didn’t expect you to hold out against such force until now, truly unexpected. Your growth is astonishing."
Could this be the true reason for your belated arrival? Still harboring thoughts about my death?
Well then, never mind, I too am someone who’s wandered for over a decade, with a settled mentality.
Bai Wu restrained his soaring blood pressure.
At the same time, Zero added:
"This is not the Core City, and I couldn’t possibly take the Core City away. You could understand it as, I have built a new Core City. You will soon witness its power."
This time, Bai Wu was truly shocked. He had thought that Zero’s delay was due to bringing the Core City, but now it seemed that Zero had mobilized the entire Mechanical City to create a new Core City.
Looking at the massive bastion in the sky, even though Bai Wu didn’t understand its purpose, he now had a very strong sense of déjà vu.
It was as if Batman solemnly declared, "My superpower is being filthy rich."
Before the final battle began, Bai Wu finally witnessed the power of the enormous sky bastion.
It aimed at Baichuan campus, taking it as the center, a Mechanical City-grade shield was deployed.
The crimson shield passed through countless buildings, through the bodies of numerous Investigation Corps soldiers, and then through Gu Hailin, Liu Mu, Nie Chongshan, and other Evil Fallen...
It continued to spread like a mere phantom with no substance.
But when this red luminescence touched the intruders, destruction came in an instant!
Within the terrifying red light, countless evil spirits began to vanish.
The scene was as if the Evil Fallen from the outskirts of the Mechanical City were trying to forcefully enter the Inner City...
The moment they touched the shield, the bodies of the Evil Fallen melted and were destroyed under the extreme temperatures.
The blacksmith knew well that this was a defensive domain!
Black Gold Island also had a similar defense mechanism, only one used Spirit Possession through objects, while the other relied on technology.
The blacksmith made an immediate decision and began to lead everyone to retreat! Even if the final outcome was to be decided by a contest between four top masters...
He did not want these Evil Fallen, who could have survived, to die in vain.
As the shield continued to spread, engulfing several areas outside the Baichuan campus, the Island Masters of both islands finally realized... they were defeated!
At least without considering the participation of the Well Level, the allied forces of the two islands were defeated by one formidable human after another, along with the Evil Fallen!
With this barrier in place, it meant that the human-built refuge was about to have the same level of defense as Mechanical City.
To lead a large number of Evil Fallen in a direct invasion again would be an incredibly foolish tactic.
The blacksmith, the merchant, the judge—none of them had anticipated that the war would come to such a pass!
Humans had actually succeeded in enlisting such formidable reinforcements.
Xie Xingzhi stared at the massive structure in the sky, at the faraway red barrier, and felt incredulous.
"The boss struggled for hundreds of years and yet failed to achieve what he has accomplished... If only we could obtain the technology support from Science City... Then the research progress of the Xie family wouldn’t be so slow..."
This was a complex emotion, and Xie Xingzhi didn’t know whether to be happy or envious.
Qin Zong looked at the retreating Evil Fallen, at the soldiers of the Investigation Corps covered in blood of varying colors from the Evil Fallen, and full of wounds, and for a moment, he was transfixed.
"They’re retreating just like that..."
He didn’t know what to say, should he say humanity is very powerful? Yes, very powerful indeed, holding their ground in this environment and driving back the Evil Fallen’s army at every turn.
But as the huge floating object appeared in the sky and the battle came to an abrupt end... he felt a sense of dissatisfaction.
This dissatisfaction gradually faded, turning into anticipation.
"Humans have a long road ahead, but at least... at least this step, we can overcome it, right?"
He didn’t dare to voice this out loud; he was afraid of becoming complacent, afraid that in the next instant, fate could reverse the situation.
He turned his head, like many others, setting his gaze on another battleground.
The war still had one last battle. Win it, and humanity would truly have a refuge.
But if this battle was lost... all the advantages they held would vanish into thin air.
And in this battle, everyone was relegated to mere spectators, far from having the capability to participate.
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"Do you have a battle plan?" Zero continued to stare at Jing Er.
Bai Wu said,
"The opponent will surely use low-class against low-class, high-class against high-class. We’ll do the opposite. You take on Jing Wu, and I’ll handle that monk."
"Can you do it?"
Zero knew that Bai Wu had become much stronger, but there was still a significant gap between her and himself or Jing Wu.
Even more so compared to that strange monk, who even Zero felt was dangerous.
Bai Wu shook her head and said,
"It’s not about whether I can do it; it’s that I must."
As soon as Bai Wu spoke, he charged directly at Jing Er.
This surprised both Jing Er and Jing Wu. Had Bai Wu gone mad?
However, this was exactly what Jing Er had been hoping for. Though Jing Wu wanted to deal with Bai Wu, Jing Er was even more eager to eradicate this savior prophecy!
Jing Er had thought it would be hard to kill Bai Wu with Zero around, but he hadn’t expected Bai Wu to volunteer for death!
As for Zero, although surprised, he quickly accepted the situation.
He was well aware of Bai Wu’s nature; not someone who would act recklessly out of passion, but a rational madman.
Zero locked onto Jing Wu.
Against Bai Wu, Jing Wu had absolute certainty of victory, but against Zero, this mechanical beast who had defeated him twice, he had no confidence.
Therefore... Jing Wu smartened up.
He didn’t engage directly with Zero.
Rather, he waited for Bai Wu’s death, having absolute confidence in Jing Er’s ability to kill Bai Wu. Once Jing Er killed Bai Wu, the battle dynamic would change to two against one.
But Jing Wu... miscalculated this time.
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Bai Wu’s punch was very fast; to Wu Jiu, this was the speed he could achieve only if he exerted his full strength.
But such speed, in front of Jing Er, was it any different from the slow movement of a tortoise?
Jing Er watched Bai Wu with a compassionate expression, different from his usual demeanor. This time, he revealed a look of salvation.
Whether it be a savior or Little Sister’s conspiracy, anything that threatened the Well would be eradicated.
Jing Wu’s arms kept manifesting strange patterns, spreading like ancient tree roots across his muscles.
He easily dodged Bai Wu’s punch, and in an instant, was behind Bai Wu.
No matter how strong Bai Wu’s vitality was, a full-force strike from a Well Level would be enough to obliterate this person.
In that instant... Zero’s palm targeted Jing Er, but was intercepted by Jing Wu!
All things between heaven and earth felt the essence of that punch; the powerful force twisted gravity in this space, and the stones danced irregularly.
Jing Er stared at the opening exposed by Bai Wu, the compassion in his eyes completely dissipated, replaced by a surging torrent of murderous intent.
It seemed as if, in the next second, Bai Wu would be "salvaged" by Jing Er using his full power.
However, Bai Wu... suddenly vanished.
If one didn’t perish in distortion, then one would erupt from it. Having endured the most twisted of times...
During these times, Bai Wu profoundly experienced the essence of the Well Water.
He experienced the irregularities, the absolute chaos, in that strange space.
The top fighters all have their own domains: Jing Er’s domain brought extinction to all beings, Jing Wu’s domain was a devouring evil.
And after being cleansed by the Well Water, Bai Wu’s domain... was unknown.
Once the domain was activated, it’s as if one returned to the distorted times of the Well Water.
The sun lacked warmth, the moon lacked color, the wind ceased to flow, the fire ceased to flicker, light brought cold, and sounds became chaotic.
A suddenly twisted domain emerged.
Getting repeatedly struck, constantly sensing the opponent’s power, endlessly calculating possibilities, and waiting for some future to arrive... that was what Bai Wu had done until now.
He successfully tricked both Jing Wu and Jing Er, unleashing his greatest trump card at the moment it was most likely to succeed.
There were rules but no rules; gravity collapsed here, time stopped here. All systems began to descend into chaos.
And Bai Wu’s own cognition, thought, memory, rules, genetics, fortune, and all external things began operating according to some twisted rule!
These completely unrelated concepts and physical entities, fundamentally different, in the absolute distortion... all became a unified thing—power!
This was a twist far more terrifying than Wu Jiu concentrating all his strength in one place, a rule entirely opposite to extreme balance... extreme chaos!
As if everything apart from life and will itself began to twist, consolidate into a mass, forming a punch with the power to explode!
In that moment, Jing Er actually sensed the presence of the Well!
What a chaotic, what an unordered moment it was.
Bai Wu was clear that he couldn’t use his domain on such a person twice!
This powerful twist, before further development and mastery... could only be used once!
But once was enough!
The Bai Wu who had vanished abruptly appeared behind Jing Er, his mighty punch coming through, piercing directly through Jing Er’s back!
In that moment, the monk’s eyes turned blank, and the intense pain made his consciousness dissipate instantly!
At the same time, Bai Wu, who had released the twist, began to collapse and fell from high above, crashing to the ground.
Jing Wu and Zero, one rushed toward Jing Er, the other toward Bai Wu, and the battle that hadn’t yet arrived was abruptly over.
Bai Wu breathed heavily, his gaze weak.
The huge Power of Twist allowed him to create a "diluted version of the Well" centered on himself.
Turning everything about himself into power and striking the opponent, the blow had exceeded the realm of a full-force strike.
But this punch wasn’t supposed to hit Jing Er, who should have been able to easily avoid it.
It was just that Bai Wu, taking the risk of being beaten to death by Jing Er, had successfully established an illusion in the opponent’s mind that he had played all his cards.
"This punch can only injure him, maybe not even severely, but now you have entered a weakened state. You really are a madman."
Zero stood in front of Bai Wu.
Bai Wu said,
"I may have been defeated, but more and more vicious characters will take the stage."
On the other side, Jing Er slowly rose to his feet.
Bai Wu’s fist, which twisted everything, as Zero had said, merely inflicted damage on him, and it couldn’t even be considered a serious injury.
The body that had been pierced was quickly filled with a black substance, a scene Zero had witnessed in the Inner World.
Bai Wu had overdrawn all of his power, and had twisted the rules just to deliver that punch earlier. For a short while, Bai Wu was no longer capable of fighting.
Jing Er was very clear about this, that one punch wouldn’t change anything.
But Jing Er was still shocked by Bai Wu’s punch.
Because Bai Wu had displayed a method that only Jing Si should have been capable of; the Well created a twisted area, while Jing Si created an "Inverted Well" domain, an eternal starry sky.
To Jing Er, this was almost a miracle.
But after all, Jing Si was someone who had plunged entirely into the Well... that he could survive was already a miracle.
So why did Bai Wu possess a similar ability?
This twist was still weak, but Jing Er had no doubt that he had witnessed a "miniaturized Well."
He simply couldn’t imagine, if one day, this man could skillfully use this Power of Twist, would he become an existence capable of facing the Well Level head-on?
Could a human really achieve such a thing?
The thought of eliminating Bai Wu grew stronger, yet the events that followed gave Jing Er the feeling that he might have missed an opportunity.
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Bai Wu was aware of this outcome, but he was very clear that this punch had to be thrown.
Because there was a little girl not too far away watching him. And indeed, he did owe that girl.
Just one minute before Bai Wu threw that punch, a note popped up in his eyes.
"Okay, looks like I’ve become the Spoiler Eye now. Am I to say goodbye to that subtle, luxurious, nuanced, riddler version of me forever? I hate the current me who’s powerful, handsome, omniscient, and loved by everyone—yeah, right! Who wouldn’t like to cheat and spoil?
Let the Prophet remind you, Little Pitiful, who’s holding the balloons, has also arrived. Ah, although spoilers are shameful, who’s to blame when that’s exactly what I do?"
Had Hong Yin not died?
This news indeed surprised Bai Wu.
But whether Hong Yin had died or not, he should take revenge for her.
That’s why the scene that followed took place, where Bai Wu used his biggest trump card after absorbing Well Water... Twist.
While Zero was protecting Bai Wu, a familiar Grudge Barrier appeared beside Bai Wu, and a girl in a black dress, holding even larger balloons, stepped out from the shadows on the other side of Zero and Jing Wu.
The girl glanced at the injured Jing Er on the other side whose already astonishment-filled eyes from seeing Bai Wu now held even greater shock.
This little girl... actually survived? She lived by absorbing his grudge?
Wait... shouldn’t she be grateful to him for giving her power? Why... did she stand on the other side?
The girl in the black dress stood beside Zero, even though it was odd how the Guardian by her brother’s side had changed from a short person to a mechanical one. But for her, as long as he could protect her brother, that was all that mattered.
"Brother, I’ve come to see you."
The girl extended her small hand, freёwebnoѵel.com
Her tone was very calm; to her, even though she almost died not long ago, none of it mattered.
Even though she knew there was someone in Baichuan City who could easily kill her, she still came without hesitation. frёewebnoѵēl.com
Bai Wu slowly stood up, took the girl’s hand gently, and said,
"You’ve had a tough journey, Hong Yin."
The strongest spiritual power, Evil Fallen, Hong Yin, arrived in Baichuan City!
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