In the Yellow Pool, there grows patches of black lotus leaves. No one knows what type of plant they are, yet they can endure the corrosion of the Yellow Pool's liquid.

The lotus leaves grow more abundantly towards the center of the pool.

According to Bai Pu and the Hundred-eyed Demon's spiritual communication, the center of the Yellow Pool, where the black lotus leaves are most abundant, hides a small island, which is usually the resting place of the Demon General Ghost Leather.

As for the exact secrets hidden on the small island, the Hundred-eyed Demon is also unaware. After all, it is not a direct subordinate of the Demon General Ghost Leather; it's merely visited the Yellow Pool but never truly entered.

The shores surrounding the Yellow Pool originally had three demon teams patrolling, but now, not a single team is present.

Bai Pu's mind rapidly flashed through the map of the Black Swamp's surrounding area.

"Red Vine Hill is nearly a hundred kilometers away from the Yellow Pool! At the Demon General Ghost Leather's running speed, it would take at least an hour to arrive! In other words, I currently have at least an hour!"

Bai Pu is so bold also because Main Task 1 has been completed; he can return to the real world at any time, and the Spiritual Points, equipment, and items he has already obtained won't vanish.

Therefore, he can afford to take a gamble.

However, unless absolutely necessary, Bai Pu is unwilling to return to the real world. He hasn't exchanged his Guardian Camp Merit Points yet, and the Demon Lord's Skull is only Tier Two with 330 points of Demonic Power Value!

Bai Pu has verified that the Demon Lord's Skull, when reaching Tier Two Demonic Power Value, ultimately solidifies to a quality of Elite Level Demon Ghost Equipment.

Obviously, Bai Pu cannot be satisfied with that; he must at least obtain Hero Level Demon Ghost Equipment to be content!

That means the Demonic Power Value must reach Tier Three—above 1000 points, the higher, the better!

Even if both are Tier Three, the ultimate solidification quality is Hero Level Equipment (Golden), but Gold Equipment still has differences.

Bai Pu stood up tall, removed the Spiritual Shield, and walked straight towards the Yellow Pool.

Without the Spiritual Shield, the scent of living flesh immediately attracted the attention of the demons near the Yellow Pool.

The Yellow Pool began bubbling, as one demon after another resembling rotting corpses emerged, opening their dry, yellow eyes, and slowly crawled out of the Yellow Pool!

Bai Pu's equipment skill: Nine Chapters activated!

[Rotting Corpse Ghost (Ordinary Level 3)]

[Species: Demon Species/Demon Ghost Race]

[Attributes: Power 12, Agility 8, Constitution 17, Spirit 4]

[Skill 1: Rotting Toxins: The attacks of the Rotting Corpse Ghost carry a decay effect, continuously lowering the target's life value limit (stackable).]

[Skill 2: Acidic Liquid Shot: The Rotting Corpse Ghost forcefully vomits the enhanced acidic liquid from its abdomen, corroding the enemy's flesh and causing moderate damage.]

[Skill 3: ???]

It's a monster with an ordinary template, and its basic attributes reveal its weak strength.

However, Bai Pu remains cautious, carefully analyzing the data, discovering that [Rotting Toxins] can stack up to 10 layers, reducing the life value limit by 5% per layer!

And it lasts until healed.

If stacked to 10 layers, it essentially cuts the life value limit in half, making it very easy to fail if another strong Leader Level demon is encountered.

Bai Pu took a deep breath, drew out his sharp long saber.

The Rotting Corpse Ghost's attack method was close-ripping and scratching, so Bai Pu chose to exploit the reach advantage of his saber, killing it before it could approach!

With a flash of cold light, Bai Pu struck the first Rotting Corpse Ghost.

Suddenly, a transparent ripple of wind appeared in his eyes! Bai Pu's mind moved subtly, and before he realized it, he followed the wind's trail, cutting another strike!

Two-Handed Swordsmanship Level 4 Effect: Wind-Seeking: When you attack with a two-handed sword class weapon, a Wind-Seeking effect is added; when hitting an enemy, it's possible to follow the wind's trail for another strike!

Such a special effect is considered a divine skill for defeating weaklings because after hitting an enemy with the second strike, it's possible to continue striking with a third following the wind's trail!

If enemies are weak enough, Bai Pu could even continuously unleash the Wind-Seeking effect, like a powered-up spinning wheel that, once started, cannot stop!

The Rotting Corpse Ghosts before him perfectly met the "weak" characteristic.

At the moment, by the Yellow Pool, Bai Pu's knife light danced like a silver dragon, drawing trails of winding paths! It's not a skill, but it's better than a skill.

It's indeed something birthed from the guidance of the strong native Dongbo Cheng!

Unlike Dongbo Cheng's graceful and splendid style, Bai Pu's knife light was broader and more violent, like a storm.

This also relates to Bai Pu's basic attributes, as agility is his weak point, while Power and Endurance are his strengths.

Two or three strikes would defeat a Rotting Corpse Ghost, and before long, the ground was littered with the corpses of Rotting Corpse Ghosts.

Most Rotting Corpse Ghosts didn't even have the chance to use [Acidic Liquid Shot] before being split in two, while a few that did spew acid were dodged thanks to Bai Pu's exceptional observation predicting their positions ahead of time.

Observing the fragments of demon bodies scattered on the ground, Bai Pu originally thought to let the Demon Lord's Skull taste the Rotting Corpse Ghost, but as he pulled out the ox skull, he received a prompt message:

[Demon Lord's Skull]'s Demonic Power Value has reached Tier Two, and only Elite Level and above (including Elite) demon items can increase Demonic Power Value.

"Too picky."

Bai Pu shook his head slightly, casually opening the few white treasure chests dropped by the Rotting Corpse Ghosts.

Besides a few scattered Spiritual Points, Bai Pu drew some miscellaneous items, all sold to the Spirit Realm Will for money.

However, among them, he drew a rather decent item.

[Corpse Raft: Special item, crafted from the bones and flesh gathered by the Rotting Corpse Ghost. Cannot be taken out of this world.]

Bai Pu immediately chose to summon the Corpse Raft, a palm-sized exquisite model.

Seeing the highly corrosive nature of the Yellow Pool's water quality, Bai Pu had no interest in personally testing it. He originally thought there should be a path provided by the demons here to enter the Yellow Pool; apparently, it all depends on this special item, the Corpse Raft.

Following the usage prompt, Bai Pu placed the Corpse Raft into the pool.

Suddenly a strong wind arose, blowing the remnants of Rotting Corpse Ghosts into the pool.

The pool seemed to have a dark opening, swallowing all the corpses of the Rotting Corpse Ghosts, and then bubbles began stirring, a raft crafted from bones and flesh suddenly emerged from the pool water.

This raft was about two meters long and one meter wide, constructed of white bones, with membranes stretched between the bones by Rotting Corpse Ghosts.

Bai Pu stepped onto the raft alone. He didn't bring along his two demon slaves, gave assignments to the Demon Spider Lady and Hundred-eyed Demon, and chose to venture into the Demon General's lair independently.

Under an intangible force's guidance, the Corpse Raft smoothly glided forward.

Bai Pu's brows slightly furrowed.

In Bai Pu's small range Mental Scan, the situation beneath the pool's surface had been projected.

Turns out beneath the Yellow Pool, there are numerous Rotting Corpse Ghosts! They are disturbed by the Yellow Pool's waving water and begin moving towards the Corpse Raft.

Among them, there are several fast-moving shadows under the water, clearly not Rotting Corpse Ghosts, but another, stronger demon.

Dirty, withered fingers gripped the edges of the Corpse Raft, Bai Pu remained calm; with a flash of his long saber, he severed all fingers without damaging the Corpse Raft itself.

However, there are too many Rotting Corpse Ghosts; one pair of fingers was severed, and two pairs, three pairs emerged from the water beside...

Bai Pu remained composed, simply practicing Combat Specialization. The Wind-Seeking effect kept triggering, knife light flashed continuously, fingers severed one after another falling into the Yellow Pool.

Suddenly, a splash broke the water's surface; a yellow shadow shot through the water, swiftly flew towards Bai Pu from mid-air!

Bai Pu, struck by the force, trembled slightly but immediately stabilized. [Heavy Armor Mastery]and [Strong and Firm]combined stand against knockback and knockdown effects surprisingly well.

The yellow shadow, instead, rebounded, landing with a slap on a piece of black giant lotus leaf, crouching to power up.

Bai Pu then finally saw clearly, the yellow shadow turned out to be a half-human tall Frog Demon!

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