Even if Bai Pu were to open the lead coffin again to hinder the Blood Ring pursuers, he could never achieve the same effect this time.

Because when Bai Pu is affected by the Flesh and Blood Plague, the accumulated influence will continue to calculate the total time of 300 seconds!

Simply put, the remaining duration he can withstand the influence of the Flesh and Blood Plague is about 160 seconds — such a short time would be far from enough to endure until the Enhanced Leader of the Blood Ring mutates and is slain!

Instead, there's a great possibility that Bai Pu himself would mutate, affecting the success rate of heart transplantation, leading to a loss outweighing the gain!

Moreover, the success this time was largely due to Schroeder the Scholar's confinement within his own constructed Blood Pool Imprisonment Array, limiting his escape range!

If not for this array, Schroeder could have easily fled far and used Blood Magic to drain Bai Pu from a distance.

Once at a substantial distance, the effect of the Flesh and Blood Plague Mother wouldn't be as overwhelming, and at the very least, Schroeder's endurance time would be counted as doubled!

Bai Pu had even envisioned himself chasing Schroeder while carrying the open lead coffin... Fortunately, it didn't happen; otherwise, too much time would have been wasted, making it impossible to drive away the Hidden Snake.

Perhaps to avoid the approaching Blood Ring Guard, Crazy Zen made no greetings, merely nodded slightly before escaping the battlefield like the Hidden Snake.

Bai Pu directly shouldered the lead coffin, then stowed the corpse of Schroeder the Scholar and the treasure chest he dropped into the Storage Space.

By now, the deranged Blood Ring General Ralph, leveraging his attribute advantage, had bitten the equally crazy, mutant giant wolf all over, leaving it battered and bruised, barely alive!

Bai Pu didn't dare linger long and had no intention of delivering a finishing blow. Quite the opposite, keeping this crazed general alive might cause trouble for the pursuing Blood Ring Guard soldiers!

Where Bai Pu stood was a black cliff, below which lay a swamp area, and further beyond an underground dark river.

Bai Pu reached out and took out an eyeball-like item, gently squeezing it, causing a faint blue light to emit from the eyeball tool.

Facing the blue glowing eyeball, Bai Pu softly said, "My task is complete, Yingwa brother! Lower the rope and be ready to set sail at any moment!"

This is an alchemy artifact produced in this world, called the Eye of the Crafty Tongue, similar to the Eye of Saigon, which previously duped Bai Pu.

The difference is that the Eye of Saigon is a very basic alchemical tool that can only be used at close range to transmit basic information using the principle of "inductive fragmentation".

Whereas the Eye of the Crafty Tongue, gifted by Master Noel, is of a much higher grade. Although it is also a one-time use tool, it can convey a few short phrases and has a slightly extended range.

Yingwa is indeed reliable, worthy of the sentiment of being Bai Pu's "close friend" on a unilateral level.

Less than a minute after sending the message, the blue glowing eyeball brought back Yingwa's response: "I'm ready here anytime, Dior brother!"

Once the message was conveyed, the blue glowing eyeball shattered in response.

Bai Pu took a deep breath and, with the lead coffin on his left arm, started running.

At the top of the cliff, Bai Pu leaped with strength, single-handedly grabbing a black vine dangling from the ceiling!

The vine swung like a swing, and upon reaching the highest point of the forward momentum, Bai Pu let go of the vine, grasping onto a second black vine and swung once again!

This ape-like crossing over the void was undoubtedly the best way to traverse the swampy area below.

Of course, there were costs to be paid, one being that the black vines dangling down contained those dreadful black beetles!

As the beetles bit into Bai Pu's skin, he could only activate an unstable shield to resist, trying his best to avoid the beetles' interference — falling into the swamp area would certainly spell trouble.

Another difficulty was the sparse distribution of these black vines, especially at the last segment.

The rope that Yingwa lowered was over a hundred meters from the last black vine! Although Bai Pu swung to the furthest distance, a gap of about twenty meters still remained.

Bai Pu took a deep breath and used his hand to gather energy before executing the Wind-Stepping Slash!

This was Bai Pu's first time executing the Wind-Stepping Slash while airborne. Fortunately, the desperate situation brought out his potential, and he surprisingly succeeded!

Carrying the heavy lead coffin in mid-air, Bai Pu leveraged the flow of the wind, making a sudden forward turn like performing a "double jump," finally grasping the end of the rope.

By this time, the crocodiles moving to the underground dark river area were swimming below, poised for action.

Fortunately, Yingwa and others above pulled the rope segment by segment, hauling Bai Pu up with sheer force.

Bai Pu caught his breath, noticing that his Wind-Stepping Slash had significantly increased in proficiency, advancing to Level 3! Moreover, thanks to the Limit Breaker trait, it's practically seen as Advanced Level 4, enjoying Level 4 effects in advance!

Now, during the process of being pulled up, it seemed to require some time.

Bai Pu scanned the Level 4 effect options of the Wind-Stepping Slash and found there were quite a few rare options like increasing the attack range of downward strikes, enhancing the jumping distance and height of the Wind-Stepping Slash, etc.

But what truly tempted Bai Pu was the last option.

[F: Protective Gang Wind: During the Wind-Stepping Slash leap, a protective Gang Wind is generated around you, reducing damage severity and granting immunity to control skills.]

Currently, the Wind-Stepping Slash combines two displacement effects and a knock-up control, making Bai Pu quite satisfied. A downside is, although walking on wind seems stylish and speedy, it inevitably turns you into an open target; encountering opponents proficient in meditation specialization, it's highly likely to be interrupted by a control skill.

By choosing the Protective Gang Wind effect, Bai Pu is immune to control during the Wind-Stepping Slash!

The priority of this additional skill effect should be 2 points — usually, two-star skill priorities are so. Adding Bai Pu's current base priority of 3 points, it can thus be immune to control below 5-point priority.

Currently, it seems a bit low, but if Bai Pu successfully changes professions, the base priority will rise again! By then, it will be immune to many hero profession control skills, proving to be highly useful.

After selecting the special effect, a kind of clarity flashed through Bai Pu's mind, the utilization of the rigid and fierce power of "wind".

He instantly comprehended how to generate an impregnable Gang Wind Body Protection while traversing on the wind.

His vision shifted, revealing that Bai Pu had been pulled to the entrance of the cave.

He flipped out of the cave entrance, observing the dense fog around and the remnant red sun rising in the east, recalling the night's ordeal through the ancient passage, with a sense of rebirth through a second life in a daze.

"Has Mr. Harvey arrived yet?" Out of humanitarian concern, Bai Pu asked.

"He's already resting on the ship, having endured quite some hardship. A large patch of skin on his hands has peeled off," Yingwa replied.

When Bai Pu and Luz stayed behind with the lead coffin for a last stand, Bai Pu had earlier advised Harvey to make a hasty retreat.

Relying on concealing potions and other alchemy products, Harvey made it across the swamp area without incident.

However, when grabbing the rope to be pulled up at the last step, Harvey's strength, compromised by an arrow wound on his shoulder, forced him to use a strong adhesive, sticking his own palms to the rope, barely escaping with his life.

Carrying so much was possible because Harvey had a storage alchemy artifact — just like Qin's necklace, capable of storing a significant amount of items.

The effect of the storage artifact was akin to the Awakened's Storage Space.

"Dior brother, what are you carrying?" Yingwa curiously sought to touch the lead coffin.

Bai Pu smiled, "What I'm carrying is... the future."

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