Chapter 522: Chapter 519: We Humbly Request the State Preceptor’s Acceptance!

Clink, clank...

A series of clashes like raindrops of metal.

The Supreme Profound Sword attacked hundreds of times in succession, only hitting Bai Pu’s armor plate—

It didn’t pierce the skin!

This means the special effect "Absorption Mist" couldn’t be activated.

From a data perspective, Bai Pu only suffered a series of minor "-12" "-6" impact damages, among which were many "0"!

Ten seconds passed, and the black mist suddenly dispersed completely.

To say it dispersed, it’s more like the Supreme Profound Sword absorbed all the black mist.

With a crunch, the Supreme Profound Sword fell slantingly to the ground, its sharp blade penetrating the earth. The severed arm on the sword hilt had already dried up like a withered vine, breaking into fragments in the wind.

This demon sword requires life force to sustain.

Ideally, Youyan Guest’s life force should "activate" the demon sword, which then keeps dealing damage to enemies, absorbing their life force, and fighting to sustain the fight.

But Bai Pu is like a cast bronze and iron statue; the demon sword can’t absorb enough life force from him at all!

It can only continuously draw Youyan Guest’s life force, while the last move creating a sky full of sword shadows drained all of Youyan Guest’s life force, aiming to sever Bai Pu’s consciousness and turn him into a new Sword Slave.

But Bai Pu’s Dark Gold Tower Shield and endless damage reduction skills managed to withstand this burst safely.

After the Dark Mist of Heipeng Town Domain was retracted.

Misheng and Ye Zi, who had been watching eagerly, finally saw the result of this Lord Level pinnacle duel.

Great Song State Preceptor Bai Yujing remained upright, his breath almost unchanged, except for his shoulder’s white robe stained with blood, slightly disheveled.

Opposite him, Youyan Guest appeared gaunt like a wraith, barely breathing.

There were no words from "Bai Yujing", who horizontally slashed his heavy sword, taking off his head!

"Ximata!"

Misheng exclaimed inwardly.

The anticipated ending where both bosses were exhausted didn’t happen; the ideal scene of him finishing them off didn’t occur.

Things unfolded in the worst way, Bai Yujing defeated Youyan Guest head-on, without suffering significant injuries!

Misheng and Ye Zi felt the urge to escape.

But they didn’t dare to flee.

All they could do now was wait eagerly for Bai Yujing to deal with them, knowing that running prematurely would only result in instant death.

Prince Kang Zhao Gou, however, cared little for such concerns. Seeing his trusted peak strongman, whom he treated as somewhat of an immortal, fall miserably to the ground scared him to the point of losing strength in his legs.

"Help, someone, help!"

Zhao Gou scrambled to flee.

He hated this too-spacious manor profoundly and regretted his initial disdain for those uncouth Jianghu Wanderers, choosing to settle them in the front yard, too far from this place in his desire to distance himself from them.

Now that Youyan Guest was down, he couldn’t even find someone to guard him!

Misheng suddenly acted, flashing over to Zhao Gou’s side, pinning him to the ground.

"Bold, what are you doing?" Zhao Gou was furious and shocked.

"Prince Kang, face reality! Await Bai Yujing’s judgment," Misheng said blankly, not a hint of guilt over his backstab.

Of course, Misheng received notifications like "Prince Kang Zhao Gou’s favorability towards you greatly reduced" and "Your reputation with Prince Kang’s faction greatly reduced," but he didn’t blink an eye.

Factions can change, but legs can switch; life has only one.

Backstabbing Zhao Gou, if it could increase his survival chance even by 1%, Misheng wouldn’t hesitate.

Bai Pu dropped the small stone he held.

"Indeed, those Awakened with me have flexible moral baselines. Although disdainful, such people can thrive only in the Spirit Realm."

Bai Pu silently judged this.

He inspected Youyan Guest’s body.

As expected, Youyan Guest hadn’t dropped a Treasure Chest.

Bai Pu temporarily lost some Awakened traits—like dropping Spoils Treasure Chests upon defeating Native ones—but gained some traits akin to natives.

For instance, looting!

In Youyan Guest’s possession was a slightly yellowed manual, inscribed with the three ancient seal characters "Supreme Profound Scripture."

Opening it roughly, Bai Pu found it to be a comprehensive martial arts tome that included "Supreme Profound Heart Method" for True Qi cultivation, "Supreme Profound Sword Technique" for Sword Techniques cultivation, and an appendix with "Supreme Profound Sword Technique’s Three Mystical Arts."

"It’s a pity this isn’t a Profession Plane trial; Awakened learning abilities are restricted. Otherwise, it could verify against the Fighting Qi Cultivation Method; perhaps something East-West Fusion could be created."

Bai Pu couldn’t cultivate this tome, nor could Qin.

Moreover, this tome was acquired using the native’s "looting" ability; while Bai Pu could read and gift it, it couldn’t be carried outside this world.

He could only find an auspicious native in this world and gift it for cultivation.

Among Youyan Guest’s belongings, Bai Pu also found a black ring that seemed uncommon. He held it in his hand and received relevant information.

[Jadeite Ring: Precious item, special proof. Cannot be carried outside this world.]

Bai Pu frowned slightly, apparently he needed to investigate Youyan Guest’s background to understand the ring’s significance.

Finally, there was the pitch-black Supreme Profound Sword.

Bai Pu approached the Supreme Profound Sword, blowing on it, causing the vine-like arm on the sword hilt to scatter in the wind.

"This sword seems eerie... It’s like the Ancient Relics from the Demon Fighting World, containing the power of Gods and Demons."

The evidence is "Heipeng Town Domain," similar in power to "True Red Domain" and "Brahma Heaven Domain" from the Demon Fighting World; even Bai Pu’s upgraded Sandfall Domain couldn’t withstand the domain’s might.

Bai Pu pondered, what exactly are Gods and Demons?

Why do both the Celestial Hero World and Demon Fighting World backgrounds contain relics of Gods and Demons?

In Celestial Hero World, the Gods and Demons behind the Supreme Profound Sword, is there a connection with the Holy Dragon King or Demon God Salajael from the Demon Fighting World?

Can Gods and Demons manifest across different planes?

Bai Pu considered this and picked up the sword.

[Supreme Profound Sword: Item containing mysterious high-tier power. Cannot be carried outside this world.]

At the moment, the Supreme Profound Sword had lost its original ferocity; perhaps the consciousness within the sword was dormant.

As long as Bai Pu didn’t use blood to activate it, it shouldn’t drain him dry like Youyan Guest.

Bai Pu took back the Sword Scabbard from Youyan Guest’s body and stowed it away.

He then turned to Prince Kang Zhao Gou, as well as Misheng and Ye Zi, the two Awakened.

Of course, these three had always been within Bai Pu’s Spirit coverage. If they tried to escape, Bai Pu would surely cast a stone using Helical Throw at the first moment, relying on overwhelming Attributes and Fighting Qi Energy to strike them down.

Misheng signaled Ye Zi to keep an eye on Zhao Gou, then rushed towards Bai Pu, dramatically sliding down to kneel, burying his head tightly into the dirt.

"We willingly abandon darkness for light, beg the State Preceptor to include us!"