On the other side, Glow was originally going to support Cangying, but the demonized spider silk shot by the Demon Spider Lady forced him to respond with all his strength.

Suddenly, an illusion appeared before him, and the figure of the Demon Spider Lady became much more bewildering, seemingly with afterimages!

Glow shouted, and a layer of pale blue halo quickly blossomed. He used the ability of Mental Scan to break the illusion interference of the Hundred-eyed Demon, but this also caused him to continuously consume his spiritual power, greatly reducing the power of other magic spells.

Glow hurriedly activated Flash Technique, escaping the pursuit of the Demon Spider Lady. In his busy state, he glanced sideways and found Cangying struggling under Bai Pu's long saber.

"Cangying! What the hell are you doing?" Glow shouted angrily, "It's taking you so long to deal with a newcomer who's only been awakened for a few months!"

It must be said, Bai Pu, when interviewed as the top scholar, repeatedly hinted that he was lucky to obtain the suffix "+1 from a Famous Family," thus connecting with the Wu County Lu Clan and establishing ties with the Grand General Gan Ning of Eastern Wu, which had a great misleading effect.

If it were last year's top scholar, Level 4 Hero Profession Wan Zhen here, Glow and Cangying would have run as far as possible.

Although they are experienced veteran Awakened, compared to Hero Professions, the strength gap is quite evident—of course, then again, the Level 4 Wan Zhen wouldn't appear in the world of [Heart Demon: Oath].

Even though Gangxin achieved sky-high test scores, in the end, she is just a Level 3 Enhanced Elite! There's no fundamental difference between her and Cangying and Glow.

Facing Glow's urging, Cangying said sullenly, "You're talking nonsense, why don't you try it!"

Cangying, facing Bai Pu head-on, felt it most deeply.

Agility specialists are the sharp knives, while endurance specialists are the shields.

When the sharp knife hits the shield, there are only two possible outcomes.

Either the knife breaks, or the shield shatters!

Cangying's strength is quite good, a fine knife with flashing cold light.

But Bai Pu's toughness, in the Plane World of low-level Awakened, is entirely at the ceiling level!

Other tanks are shields, but Bai Pu is a city wall.

Especially when battling within the domain of [Gravity Ball], the continuous adsorption power makes Cangying highly uncomfortable, feeling like wielding a knife in thigh-deep rapid currents, with reduced precision and frequent loss of balance!

Not good...

Glow felt something was wrong. He initially thought Gangxin was just an inexperienced newcomer, but during the actual combat, the terrifying strength was evident!

Within a few seconds, several of Cangying's Shadow Clones had already perished.

Cangying shrieked, transforming into an ink-black shadow, and fled rapidly!

This acceleration skill was indeed remarkably fast, even with a reduction of 16 points in movement speed by [Gravity Ball] (Bai Pu's current endurance value is as high as 33 points), he still managed to escape at high speed, making it impossible for Bai Pu to catch up.

Seeing Cangying escape, Glow lost his fighting spirit. His cloak flickered with blue light as he activated the equipment's additional skill: Soaring, to escape the pursuit of the Demon Spider Lady.

Suddenly, Glow felt a chill behind him! An invisible shackle far away clasped his mind.

[Gangxin used a Bloody Artifact: Combat Shackles on you. For 60 seconds, you cannot leave the Spirit Realm.]

Glow was all too familiar with this feeling!

Bloody Artifacts are something he often used on other Awakened, but today he became the target instead.

The chill contained within this Bloody Artifact was clear to Glow—Gangxin had developed a deadly intent towards him!

So Glow's first reaction was to flee!

At least to escape these 60 seconds.

He possessed an item called [Special Pass], a high-level forced disengagement item that could forcibly disengage from the Spirit Realm and return to reality in an instant. As long as he survived these 60 seconds, he would have the confidence to deal with Bai Pu.

Bai Pu tipped his toes, leaping high and pouncing towards the airborne Glow!

Glow sneered to himself.

This lowest-level displacement skill not only needed time to initiate a power-up jump, but the jumping process also took time. Moreover, the direction and strength of the exertion were completely visible to others, with too many disadvantages!

At the moment Bai Pu jumped, Glow determined the direction of Bai Pu's [Jump Slash].

He abruptly terminated the Soaring skill, landing lightly, and then activated the Flash Technique towards the opposite direction of Bai Pu's jump!

Their distance widened instead, growing longer as Bai Pu's Jump Slash flew by.

"Gangxin, you dare to come out of the city, very well! Once I find Owl, we'll take you down together!"

Glow shouted loudly.

However, he did not see that in mid-air, Bai Pu's eyes suddenly flashed with a trace of slightly confused contemplation.

The blade tip suddenly pointed in the air, the blood-red glow of fighting qi flashed again, bringing up a whirlwind! Bai Pu's entire being was changed in direction by the whirlwind, surprisingly a graceful turn, pouncing towards Glow's back!

[Your One-star Skill: Jump Slash, has reached full comprehension at 100%.]

[Jump Slash has mutated into a Two-star Skill: Wind-Stepping Slash!]

[Wind-Stepping Slash Level 1: Launch a long-range wind-riding leap towards the target direction, and in the air, you can change direction (1) time based on the wind's trajectory. On landing, it causes a whirlwind effect to nearby enemies, placing them in a floating state. The skill cooldown time: 120 seconds.]

Bai Pu landed behind Glow, and the whirlwind power enveloping him suddenly struck down, causing a booming reverberation as decaying pondweed and foul-smelling sewage spurted everywhere, flying high into the sky!

Compared to Dongbo Cheng's demonstration of grace and elegance at the time, Bai Pu's Mutant Skill [Wind-Stepping Slash] was more ferocious and fierce.

Both used the power of wind as a metaphor, Dongbo Cheng's demonstration resembled a continuous, soul-stirring willow breeze, whereas Bai Pu's resembled a ground-covering hurricane, howling away!

Glow was stirred by the whirlwind power, his footing slipped, and he lost his balance, falling into a floating state!

Bai Pu slightly powered-up, and the giant Tuo's phantom flashed behind him, activating the critical strike bonus of [Giant Tuo's Fierce Eye]!

With a furious slash, he then activated the weapon skill [Gale], three slightly smaller bright blade lights struck evenly, repeatedly targeting Glow's vital points!

Critical strike! Critical strike! Critical strike!

The succession of critical strike figures instantly zeroed out Glow's life value!

The ability to consistently land critical strikes was mainly because Glow was unable to defend while in a floating state, and after Bai Pu activated [Fierce Aura], his own critical strike value surged by 30 points, adding his initial 15 points of agility, bringing the total critical strike value to a high of 45 points, reaching the level of a Level 3 Agility Type Hero Profession!

That's why he could achieve continuous critical strikes.

After Glow died, a Bloody Treasure Chest emerged and was snatched by Bai Pu, who then looked at Cangying, who was running away.

Cangying's fleeing speed was truly fast, having already escaped over a hundred meters away.

However, the Demon Spider Lady was in hot pursuit! After Cangying's acceleration skill ended, the Demon Spider Lady, with higher agility attributes, got closer and closer.

Cangying, running along, suddenly lost footing, tripping on air and falling face-first into mud. He was furious, knowing that this surprise trip wasn't coincidental, but rather an illusion in his vision!

The ground he just stepped on, in his vision, was about five centimeters higher than the actual ground—this was a crucial difference for a rapidly running agility-type Awakened!

It was obvious that this was the doing of the Hundred-eyed Demon.

Cangying knew he couldn't outrun the Demon Spider Lady under the illusion interference of the Hundred-eyed Demon. This meant the frighteningly powerful Gangxin would soon catch up and kill him!

Recalling Glow being torn apart by the bright blade lights mid-air, Cangying's mouth twitched. Reluctantly, he took out an item resembling a pass, flipped it open forcefully.

The item swirled in the air, soon turning into a particle stream like light smoke, softly enveloping Cangying, rapidly fading his figure until it gradually disappeared.

Bai Pu stopped in his tracks.

Apparently, Cangying used a "Instant Disengagement" forced item to escape back to the real world.

At the place where Cangying vanished, a black scroll slowly hovered. Similarly, at the place of Glow's death, besides the Bloody Treasure Chest, there was also a black scroll.

Bai Pu picked up the two scrolls.

[You've obtained Black Tortoise Oath Curse Seal.]

[Main Quest 1: Oath of Guardianship, completed.]

[You have unlocked the functionality to exchange merits with the Guardian Camp. You can seek Granny Qian Mei at Beiming Dojo to use merits to exchange for supplies.]

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