Bai Pu advanced swiftly, his snow-bright long saber slashing down from above.

Owl drew the Bone Sword with a backhand, parrying lightly as he leaped back several meters. He sneered, "Not playing with you anymore, I'm leaving first!"

But Bai Pu suddenly shot upwards! Like riding a whirlwind, he lunged toward Owl.

Owl smirked, suddenly changing direction at a right angle to increase the distance.

Yet Bai Pu's saber tip carved an arc in the air, a gale immediately enveloped him, following Owl with synchronized turns!

Wind-Stepping Slash!

With a thunderous crash, Bai Pu landed, a powerful blast wave sent Owl flying, entering a floating state.

The long saber flashed with chilly light, accompanied by the activation of the Wind-Seeking Effect, weaving into a dazzling saber net!

In the brief floating time, Bai Pu had already struck three times!

Two of these strikes were critical hits.

Owl let out a miserable wail, thick black mist emanating from his body, quickly healing the wounds.

[Asura's Heart (Pseudo)] is indeed a formidable mutant skill; after Owl landed from the floating state, his wounds swiftly healed, and his Life Value returned to full.

However, the black mist on his body surface was completely consumed.

Upon landing, Owl immediately flung out spider silk to escape!

Just as he was smug before, now he was equally embarrassed.

Bai Pu snorted coldly, suddenly throwing his long saber! The blade encased in Blood Fighting Qi whistled and spun, crashing violently into Owl, causing his stature to halt, and the spider silk to fall limply.

Bai Pu dashed forward, catching the long saber with a hand, swung again, angrily cleaving at Owl's back.

Owl took another hit, pain searing through him. He roared: "Gangxin! You dream of killing me! This is the Dark Abyss!"

Owl suddenly leapt, willingly jumping off the high cliff.

In rapid descent, Owl raised his face, looking at Bai Pu at the cliff's edge: "Gangxin, just wait! When my Asura's Heart is perfected... I won't let you die easily!"

Forced to jump down the Dark Abyss, Owl's heart was bleeding. His Main Quest 2 was still incomplete, and now forcibly leaving the Heart Demon World meant all his later gains, including but not limited to Spiritual Points, equipment, items, were all going to vanish.

Of course, Owl was sure Bai Pu wouldn't follow him down, as this Dark Abyss led to the Demon Abyss Border Land, territory of the Superstar Alliance.

If Bai Pu went, he'd be walking right into a trap.

However, in the disbelief of Owl's gaze, Bai Pu also leaped down!

"How dare you..."

Before Owl finished speaking, he had already reached the entrance to the Demon Abyss Border Land. His surrounding scenery rapidly changed, his body quickly falling into stagnation, entering the level-completion settlement interface.

...

Bai Pu's form hovered in the air, also entering a state of stagnation.

Before him was a deep blue starry sky, behind him were the cliffs of Heart Demon: Oath World, faintly visible.

At this moment, the natives of Heart Demon: Oath World could still see Bai Pu's figure, but could no longer affect him in any way, as Bai Pu and they were in different strata of space.

[You are about to leave the Heart Demon: Oath Plane World.]

[Your quest item: Spider Demon Egg cannot be taken out of this world. Would you like to settle now?]

Bai Pu took out a small purple bottle.

[Black Emperor's True Blood: Spirit Realm Curio. The true blood of the dormant Black Emperor, capable of transforming demons dramatically.]

Bai Pu opened the cap, sprinkling the dark gold droplets of blood onto the surface of the Spider Demon Egg.

The blood on the surface of the Spider Demon Egg quickly seeped in. The originally pale surface displayed dark gold patterns, a dark gold light flashed vividly!

After the dark gold light flashed, the Demonic Power Value on the Spider Demon Egg turned into a strange number.

5200/3000 (Tier Three)!

Tier Three, which is the tier of Hero Level equipment, did not surprise Bai Pu. After all, the base material of [Spider Demon Egg] was the Demon Lord's Skull, and the Leader and Hero Profession corresponded, perhaps locking the equipment's limit.

But the strange thing was, why did the Demonic Power Value break the 3000-point limit!

After thinking it over, it should be because [Black Emperor's True Blood] possesses the demonic power to transform demons, thus breaking the 3000-point Demonic Power limit.

[You have chosen to start settlement.]

[Side Quest 2: Spider Demon Egg progress updated, current Demonic Power Value: 5200/3000 (Tier Three)]

[Equipment solidification in progress. Please select equipment type, available type: Unlimited.]

Bai Pu checked, the so-called "type unlimited" meant Bai Pu could choose any equipment part, including head, neck, chest, arm, hand, weapon... or any part.

Bai Pu had already decided, choosing a shield.

The Spider Demon Egg transformed into golden light, with a hint of dark gold. In the light, three different-sized shield shapes were soon projected.

There was a small arm shield, a medium round shield, and a large tower shield.

Bai Pu without hesitation selected the large tower shield.

The tower shield's coverage area, additional Armor Value, and Durability Limit were the highest among the three shields. The downside was its weight, reducing movement speed during use, requiring the holder's Basic Power to be very high to negate the speed reduction penalty.

After Bai Pu made the selection, the golden and dark gold light mixed, gradually coagulating, and finally solidified.

[Spider Demon Dominator Shield (Sealed)/Growth Capable]

[Equipment Quality: Hero Level (Golden)/Demon Ghost Equipment]

[Equipment Slot: One-Handed/Two-Handed]

[Equipment Requirement: Basic Power 20]

[Attributes: Armor +40; Endurance +8; Demonic Power Value 300/300]

[Additional Skill 1: Spider Demon Summoning: Summon a swarm of small Spider Ghosts from the Black Swamp to fight for you. While the Spider Ghost swarm is present, it consumes Demonic Power Value at 10 points per second until the value is exhausted. Demonic Power Value automatically recovers 1 point per minute, and the skill can only be activated with full Demonic Power Value.]

[Additional Skill 2: Devouring Enhancement: Consume a fallen strong person's body to restore a certain degree of Durability and gain a temporary enhancement effect (depends on the devoured target).]

[Additional Skill 3 (Negative): This Demon Ghost Equipment has a strong Demon Nature, the wearer will be continuously affected by demonic aura.]

[Durability: 80/80]

[Explanation: This shield, transformed from a demon, craves the body of a Lord Level strong man.]

"This should count as... a peak quality golden equipment."

Bai Pu assessed.

Regrettably, perhaps because the base material was the Demon Lord's Skull, a Leader Level material, it limited the upper limit of this Demon Ghost Shield, preventing evolution into Dark Gold Equipment.

Although, it was Bai Pu's small fortune. Now as peak quality golden equipment, the Basic Power requirement is as high as 20 points, 1 point higher than Bai Pu's current Basic Power!

One can imagine, if it really evolved into Dark Gold Equipment... the Basic Power requirement would probably be even higher!

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