Chapter 500: Chapter 497: Magic and Martial Dual Cultivation Is Just This Unreasonable!

After two or three rounds of confrontation, combining the combat power value from "Strong Enemy Detection," Bai Pu had already sensed the opponent’s strength level.

Among them, Zavala is a Level 8 Enhanced Warrior, and the orc comrades he brought are basically Warrior Template.

With such power, they dared to plot against Garrison Academy. Who gave them the courage?

However, with the participation of a High Tier Awakened team, they might have found a loophole.

What Bai Pu didn’t know was that a combination of an Advanced Enhanced Warrior and a group of Advanced Warriors was not considered weak in any kingdom outside the two Holy Lands, at least it was a medium-level combat force.

And this "Lokhan Beastman Tribe" had a top-tier Lord Level combat force, which was of course the Lokhan Chief.

But the Lokhan Chief had a more important task—to create trouble at an important treasure site belonging to Garrison Academy, leading to Principal Bosh’s temporary departure. Otherwise, if Principal Bosh were in charge, no matter how many people came, it would be in vain.

Moreover, the Lokhan Beastmen were only one of the seven orc tribes, far from reaching the level of a kingdom, and sending this team to steal books was already their limit.

Bai Pu thought to himself, yet his hands moved without delay.

Sandfall Domain, activate!

Countless sand illusions formed a sandstorm, swirling angrily around Bai Pu.

Sandfall Fighting Qi, as a Demon Fighting Qi Cultivation Method personally comprehended by Bai Pu, naturally came with a highly compatible skill, namely the "Sandfall Domain."

It was essentially an evolved version of the Professional Skill "Blood River Territory."

[Sandfall Domain: Uses Sandfall Demon Fighting Qi to create a large-scale sandstorm illusion, dealing wind and earth mixed attribute damage to all enemies within range. The damage value converted into shield durability covers the user’s body, forming "Sand Armor." Enemies affected by the Sandfall Domain will have their vision slightly obscured and movement speed reduced by (67) points, unable to use acceleration or sprint skills with a priority not exceeding (9) points.]

[The Sandfall Domain also amplifies the speed of allies and has deformation effects.]

After successfully accelerating the conversion with the "Inspiration Ball," Bai Pu mastered the Sandfall Domain skillfully in the shortest time.

Unlike [Blood River Territory], [Sandfall Domain] is a tangible Lord Level Domain, easily covering several hundred meters and won’t have a priority disadvantage when confronting a typical lord’s domain.

This is the power of the Advanced Fighting Qi Cultivation Method, making professional energy more substantial, purer, and denser, naturally enhancing range and power more intensely.

"What’s going on?!"

Orc leader Zavala was stupefied; in the Sandfall Domain, even he, a Level 8 Enhanced Warrior, found it hard to move, let alone the orcs tasked to steal books, standing like punished students!

To avoid Bai Pu "bullying the weak" and continuing to slaughter his clansmen, Zavala could only charge himself to tangle with Bai Pu.

"Xilou! Domain confrontation!" Celestial Wolf hastily said.

Xilou’s mouth turned bitter, "My Phantom Realm, at most, counts as a Domain-like Ability, how can it contend with a Domain with a priority of 9 points? The range alone is incomparable!"

"Shrink it a bit, just cover the three of us. I refuse to believe that the three of us together can’t take down a recently successful Gangxin!"

At this point, Celestial Wolf’s speed was greatly reduced. He didn’t have the qualifications to rush over and duel Bai Pu. If it went head-to-head, it would just be taught a lesson by the Master Level Top Grade Mystical Art—Mountain Shattering.

"Then I cannot participate in the siege." Xilou took a deep breath and unfolded the Phantom Realm again.

As ink-colored phantoms clashed fiercely with the raging sandstorm.

The ink color faded considerably, while the speed of the sandstorm’s violent operation slowed only slightly.

"What’s going on, can only recover 17 points of movement speed?" Celestial Wolf was somewhat befuddled.

Not only that, amid the fierce onslaught of sand illusions, the ink color faded, and Bai Pu could vaguely see the positions of Celestial Wolf, Xilou, and Zavala, unlike the last time at the Red Sand Ruins, where not even a ghost’s shadow was visible.

Although even if he couldn’t see, Bai Pu could utilize the Master Level Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts to sense the vibrations of the earth, determining the enemy’s position.

He could also rely on the scent carried by the wind to "sense" the enemy’s location.

But it’s ultimately clearer to see with his own eyes.

Bai Pu’s confidence soared, and he laughed, "Celestial Wolf, the last one to use rank suppression on me was Hidden Snake, and he’s dead now, did you know?"

Speaking, the Sandfall Domain behind Bai Pu transformed into a gentle, invisible wind, pushing rows of bookshelves backward.

This was the improved control over Demon Fighting Qi energy after advancing to Level 7, relying on the original "deformation" special effect.

Although the control is not yet exquisitely precise, and occasionally tomes fall, it’s still better than leaving them in place to be destroyed by the aftermath of the battle.

Bai Pu "pushed" the bookshelves away, clearing a battleground, the aura shifted, already using Genetic Fusion.

After all, Celestial Wolf and Zavala are both a level higher than himself, with stronger Combat Specialization, so he couldn’t be careless.

Bai Pu’s Combat Specialization significantly enhanced to Level 9, blocking Zavala’s Bone Hammer with the great sword, causing Zavala to stagger back two steps—the determination values for power are equivalent, but Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts is simply unreasonable.

Then Bai Pu lightly tapped his brow with his finger, drawing out a strand of magic power, accompanied by a single-handed spell and a soft shout:

"Mud Technique!"

Fortunately, with the professional Passive Skill "Magic Chanting - Word-saving Abbreviation," the time for chanting the magic spell was saved.

Of course, Bai Pu’s mastery of Mud Technique was not yet proficient enough, requiring the last syllable of the spell, that is, the magic name, to activate it. Once proficient, even these three words can be omitted, allowing him to silently cast low-tier spells by then.

The field suddenly fell into a mire, sinking into the ankles. Celestial Wolf and others’ movement speed dropped by more than ten points, numerically countering the slowdown exemption of the Phantom Realm.

Magic and Martial Dual Cultivation is simply unreasonable.

Bai Pu stepped forward broadly, a sword with several feet of dark yellow Sword Qi directly piercing towards Celestial Wolf.

Celestial Wolf could only raise his blade to defend, and instantly, the blade emitted several feet of Evil Qi, manifesting his "Slaughter Mystical Arts" in his Basic Attack.

In the battle of High Tier Awakened, especially in the duels of Close Combat Martial Artists, there are often not so many fancy Skills and Special Effects, ultimately relying on each individual’s Attributes, Combat Techniques, and Mystical Arts, these solid strengths.

The fancy skills and special effects can’t kill, they merely provide a slight edge for a frontal hard clash.

For instance, Acceleration Skills dodge enemy attacks, Displacement Skills adjust positioning, and Control Skills make it difficult for enemies to Deflect.

These abilities, in the battle of High Tier Awakened, either exchange and cancel each other out or, like Bai Pu’s domain, forcibly limit the opponent from using them.