It was enraged.
Its fighting style was no longer focused on suppression as before—instead, it frequently used its Blink ability, repeatedly landing hits in battle and nearly destroying Bai Qiu’s armor.
Bai Qiu, too, seemed to have completely fallen into a disadvantage after provoking it like that, barely managing to survive under Gilshak’s relentless attacks.
“Whoosh!”
It slashed down with its blade.
Bai Qiu raised his spear to block, but in the next instant, Gilshak blinked away again—leaving its blade behind—and appeared behind Bai Qiu barehanded, throwing a heavy punch!
Struck by the punch, Bai Qiu was knocked several meters sideways.
Gilshak blinked again, retrieved the pitch-black blade, and vanished once more!
In fact, due to its Dark Power, many of its abilities were similar to Bai Qiu’s.
It could use energy to reinforce its body for defense, and also imbue its weapon with energy to enhance its attacks.
Even the trick of throwing a weapon and recalling it—something Bai Qiu could do—was something it could replicate.
But while flashy, that move wasn’t suitable for fighting Bai Qiu.
Even Bai Qiu himself wouldn’t have thrown his spear if not to refresh the duration of his passive.
Aside from the first wave of clearing enemies, and a second time when an unlucky Dragonfang soldier passed by, the later instances of throwing his spear were all desperate measures to kill enemies and refresh the passive duration—at times even putting himself in danger.
Thus, with slightly inferior stats compared to Bai Qiu, Gilshak could only rely on Blink to strike and retreat.
Seeing it disappear again, Bai Qiu instinctively swept his spear backward—but struck nothing.
At that moment, Gilshak appeared in front of him and slashed diagonally!
With the Dragonslayer Set (MAX) already heavily damaged, and the attack striking a previously weakened area, Bai Qiu was cut open with a wound over ten centimeters long!
…
“It’s over, it’s over! Boss Bai Qiu made it rage—now he definitely can’t win!” someone inside the safe zone shouted anxiously.
“Sigh! We’re too weak—we can’t help at all!” another said in frustration.
This was truly a battle they couldn’t interfere in.
Forget attacking—they couldn’t even see it clearly.
Their levels and attributes were simply too far behind!
Wu Tao stood atop the Sanctuary Black Tower, his eyes bloodshot with frustration.
He hated it—if only he had held on a little longer, the Sanctuary’s blessing skill could now have been used on Bai Qiu!
Now, despite possessing B- level magic power, he couldn’t help at all.
It was already difficult just to follow the battle, let alone intervene!
The [Sage] couldn’t help but sigh as well.
Though unable to leave the Sanctuary, he could still see the battle just outside the barrier through the light field.
He, too, regretted it—regretted using the Sanctuary’s extraordinary attribute blessing so hastily.
To use that ability again, he would have to wait at least another 24 hours…
…
Bai Qiu was sent flying once again.
He erupted with magic power, forming a stream-like pathway beneath him, reducing friction as he slid—seeking to increase both his speed and distance!
Faintly, a certain special change began to occur in the Purgatory Darkflame Spear in his hand…
Gilshak blinked again, predicting Bai Qiu’s landing point—but this time, it miscalculated…
Purgatory Darkflame Spear—Release!
In an instant, the spear in Bai Qiu’s hand shone brilliantly.
All the magical circuits within it entered an overheated state, and rings representing the Ring of Liberation began to manifest layer by layer!
Gilshak had just blinked to intercept Bai Qiu’s landing, but to its surprise, Bai Qiu had already raised his spear, waiting for it!
The gloom on his face vanished completely—as if he had been preparing for this very moment all along!
As it appeared at its destination, still in the posture of raising its blade, Bai Qiu’s spear pierced toward it with a deafening sonic crack!
Along with it came his ferocious grin—silent, yet enough to send a chill rising from the depths of its being!
Crack!!
The spear struck its chest, piercing straight through its breastbone.
Dark crimson flames clung like parasites, igniting fiercely from within!
In truth, this severe burning effect had always been there—it was just that before, its intensity wasn’t enough to deal meaningful damage.
Likewise, the dark energy carried by its attacks had been eroding Bai Qiu’s body—but Bai Qiu had forcibly offset that erosion with his immense magic power!
As Bai Qiu pulled out the spear, he caught sight of a purple orb hidden within its ribcage, from which waves of terrifying dark energy surged…
An unexpected bonus?
Without hesitation, he thrust forward again—less than 0.05 seconds between attacks.
Yet even at such speed, Gilshak still managed to escape using Blink…
Yes—this time, Gilshak didn’t use Blink to flank or ambush Bai Qiu, but instead to retreat directly.
Each blink widened the distance between them by fifty meters.
Only after reaching three hundred meters away did it stop, its soul-fire trembling as it stared toward Bai Qiu, uncertain and alarmed!
“How did this brat pinpoint my position so accurately? Was it coincidence? And that spear… it accumulated such terrifying energy. Until that energy is exhausted, I can’t engage him in close combat!”
But as it looked again toward Bai Qiu, an intense sense of unease surged within it!
[Gather all life and will, break free from the spine of the heavens—
the killing intent suspended above shall bloom at this very moment!]
The instant Gilshak began retreating with Blink, Bai Qiu had already started chanting the incantation for his Noble Phantasm.
Now that his magic attribute had reached C++, only a step away from B-, the sheer magnitude of his 80% reserve was utterly terrifying!
By the time Gilshak reacted, Bai Qiu’s Noble Phantasm chant was already halfway complete.
The overwhelming surge of magic seemed to trigger a phenomenon in the heavens and earth, turning everything within a ten-meter radius around him into a scene of golden brilliance.
This magic gradually compressed, gathering into the spear along with his chant.
Golden flames filled the entire Purgatory Darkflame Spear!
Realizing what was happening, Gilshak unleashed more than a dozen slashes of blade aura toward Bai Qiu—but it was already too late…
[Noble Phantasm — Spear of Converging Thrust!]
Bai Qiu’s attack erased the incoming blade auras as effortlessly as breathing.
Spear in hand, he charged toward Gilshak at astonishing speed!
The first 100 meters took 1 second.
The second 100 meters took 0.3 seconds.
The third 100 meters…
With the power of the Noble Phantasm, Bai Qiu’s speed increased exponentially.
Gilshak didn’t dare take it lightly—when Bai Qiu was still fifty meters away, it decisively blinked upward!
“What?!”
Blinking straight up into the air to a height of fifty meters, Gilshak had just appeared when it discovered—somehow—Bai Qiu was already in front of it!
The spear in Bai Qiu’s hand, now dyed gold, pierced forward with a world-destroying force, stabbing directly into its dark energy core!
“A Causality-type Noble Phantasm?! Aaaah!!!”
Gilshak cried out in terror, its soul-fire trembling violently.
Countless streams of dark energy surged from its core.
Even the long blade in its hand dissolved into energy, attempting to block Bai Qiu’s Noble Phantasm!
Crack… crack… crack…
Bai Qiu’s spear pierced through the hastily formed energy shield as easily as cutting through tofu.
Only upon striking the dark energy core did it meet any real resistance.
A shattering sound rang out as torrents of dark energy burst forth.
The fist-sized dark energy core was now more than half destroyed, and the remaining portion was riddled with cracks—as if the slightest touch would cause it to completely shatter!
— The end of the Chapter–
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