After issuing the blood call, Bai Pu sat cross-legged to rest.

While resting, he casually re-inscribed the Flesh and Blood Spell onto the Strong Strike Armor.

After his professional skills leveled up to Level 4, Bai Pu felt that his mastery of the Flesh and Blood Spell had become more proficient each time he inscribed it.

Upon completion of the inscription and a brief rest, Bai Pu's Blood Fighting Qi and Spiritual Power were fully restored.

However, his Life Value did not recover to the full 760 points but only to 550 points.

This was because Bai Pu was still under the corrosion of the Earth Nether Acid, reducing his maximum Life Value to 550.

Only after the wounds from the Yellow Pool's water fully healed would his Life Value be restored to the optimal state.

"With 550 points of Life Value and my defensive capabilities, it should be enough to face an Elite Demon. But all my equipment skills are in cooldown, so facing the Demon General Ghost Leather is still insufficient."

Bai Pu exhaled gently. The strength of the Demon General Ghost Leather should be calculated in reference to Dongbo Cheng, even if slightly weaker, the gap would not be significant.

As for Bai Pu's gap compared to Dongbo Cheng... During the past two days of joint practice, Bai Pu had become quite clear.

Bluntly speaking, if Dongbo Cheng's strength is rated as 100, Bai Pu might only score 40 points.

The Demon General Ghost Leather should be around eighty to ninety points.

"I wonder if my second plan has been realized." Bai Pu sighed and steadily made his way towards the direction of the Demon Spider Lady's location, following his bloodline connection to her.

With this, both he and the Demon Spider Lady were moving towards each other, shortening the time needed to meet — at least, it should be before the Demon General Ghost Leather found him!

...

Before setting off, Bai Pu opened the five Yellow-striped Ghost Frog Treasure Chests from his Storage Space.

First, as usual, he received Spiritual Points, totaling 1633. Since entering the Heart Demon World, Bai Pu had amassed around ten thousand Spiritual Points, far exceeding the price of a D-level ticket, even excluding other gains.

The next step was card drawing, with each Yellow-striped Ghost Frog's treasure chest having only one draw opportunity.

Bai Pu drew a blue Elite Level ring, two Elite Level crafting materials called "Yellow-striped Ghost Frog's Tendons" and "Yellow-striped Ghost Frog's Soft Skin," and two B-level Demonized Weapons, the[Ghost Frog Flying Knife]!

The materials were left in the Storage Space for the time being.

The Demonized Weapon[Ghost Frog Flying Knife]was also to be regarded as a consumable item, capable of releasing a flying knife with potent corrosive acid!

The speed of the flying knife was comparable to the Ghost Frog's Thorn Tongue, making it difficult to dodge.

While the damage wasn't high, it could inflict corrosion effect, stacking fivefold within 10 seconds upon a successful hit! Each layer of corrosion effect could reduce the targeted area's Armor Value by 4 points.

Note that it only reduces the Armor Value of the area hit, for example, if Bai Pu is hit in the chest, the decrease would happen in the chest's armor. If it hits the leg, it reduces the leg's armor.

Lastly, there was the blue Elite Level ring named[Ring of Frog's Chirping], providing 3 Agility as an attribute, which was better than nothing, and Bai Pu wore it directly.

As he continued to move, after about ten minutes, Bai Pu sensed something.

The bloodline connection to the Demon Spider Lady was already very close.

Behind the Demon Spider Lady, there was another presence following at a leisurely pace. The aura was like the flow of wind, carrying a refreshing and graceful feeling.

Dongbo Cheng.

Bai Pu watched the handsome swordsman in blue. Although his face was slightly pale, and the blue shirt bore several tattered bloodstains, Dongbo Cheng's demeanor and spirit remained graceful.

"What happened to you?"

Before Bai Pu could speak, Dongbo Cheng frowned and asked.

The current state of Bai Pu was undoubtedly dire, with skin corroded by the Yellow Pool's water still not healed, leaving scars of varied sizes and depths all over his body. Some areas even had flesh and skin dissolved away, exposing pale bones.

Bai Pu shook his head and said calmly: "The lair of the Ghost Leather was heavily guarded. My strength was not yet sufficient... It's already not easy to have come back alive."

"You actually went into the lair of the Demon General Ghost Leather?"

Dongbo Cheng asked in surprise and then began coughing intensely, his blood staining the chest of his blue shirt red.

Seeing this, Bai Pu's gaze tightened. Dongbo Cheng was an essential role in Bai Pu's upcoming script design and could be considered a primary force! If his strength was severely diminished, unable to confront Ghost Leather, Bai Pu would need to change his strategy.

Fortunately, after coughing up some blood, Dongbo Cheng regained his normal state. He looked at Bai Pu complexly and asked, "How did you dare?"

Bai Pu said, "My Demon Servant should have delivered my letter to you by now. I've explained the reasons in it."

Dongbo Cheng pulled out the letter — in reality, written on a black scroll of the[Black Tortoise Oath Curse Seal].

At the time, Bai Pu had two Oath Curse Seals, one for personal use, and the other, having no immediate use, was used as letter paper.

The Demon Servant Bai Pu mentioned, who delivered the letter, was none other than the Demon Spider Lady.

Before boarding the Corpse Raft and entering the Yellow Pool, Bai Pu instructed his two Demon Servants, each with a task.

The task of the Hundred-eyed Demon was to ambush suitable locations nearby, ready to support Bai Pu at any time — this was Bai Pu's precautionary measure.

He estimated that after infiltrating the Demon General's lair, he should acquire considerable benefits.

According to the principle of the Spirit Realm Will that stipulates reaping rewards proportionate to effort and risk, encountering an Elite Level Demon interception before escaping Yellow Pool was likely; even if Ghost Leather couldn't come personally, he should have been able to communicate to nearby direct subordinates.

Unexpectedly, it was the Awakened Owl who came. Presumably, the Owl had already secured a position of trust under Ghost Leather, being entrusted with such a crucial task of guarding the lair!

However, the Owl failed to intercept Bai Pu, resulting in a definite mission failure.

The task given to the Demon Spider Lady was to take the letter temporarily written on the[Black Tortoise Oath Curse Seal]scroll by Bai Pu and head towards Red Vine Hill to find Dongbo Cheng.

This step of deduction was relatively complex, though Bai Pu wasn't wholly confident, as changes could occur at any moment.

Even the strongest strategists, no matter how multi-talented like Zhuge Liang renowned for prophecy and calculation, could only predict so much, as unforeseen variables always existed.

Based on Bai Pu's calculations, Dongbo Cheng, in Red Vine Hill, was sure to encounter multiple Demon Generals in a siege while trying to rescue Beiming Chuan and others.

However, Demon Generals didn't appear out of thin air; their total number likely balanced with the guardian's numbers in the Black Tortoise Mountain Range, suggesting that those available to Ghost Leather as potential Demon Generals were essentially neighbors, restricting their maximum number—

Considering the vastness of the Black Swamp, Demon Generals from other regions took a long time just to transmit messages.

Bai Pu assumed that two to three Demon Generals would emerge.

Dongbo Cheng would certainly face a brutal battle in Red Vine Hill but couldn't be utterly incapable of resistance.

Moreover, with Dongbo Cheng's character, he surely wouldn't stand by as Beiming Chuan and others perished. The top means for Demon General Ghost Leather to retain this Dancer of the Wind was by leveraging the lives of Beiming Chuan and others, forcing Dongbo Cheng to save them!

As for why the Demon General Ghost Leather knew Dongbo Cheng was coming to aid, Bai Pu understood clearly; definitely, there was a scouting task on the Black Swamp side as well, like the Owl.

For this reason, Bai Pu could adapt to local conditions, hiding near Red Vine Hill, waiting for the arrival of Glow and Cangying before eliminating them.

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