Chapter 604: Chapter 601: How About We Eliminate Cyan Vault First?

At this moment, Bai Pu was not worried about exposing his trump card strength. It was already the finals of the Celestial Human War, so even if it was broadcasted globally, so what? Those four opponents couldn’t watch the broadcast!

The Sand Binder activated the Black Rope Hell, transforming the invisible air into chains, attempting to bind the Winged Catfish.

The Winged Catfish’s body twisted violently, breaking free from the black ropes that were gradually taking shape, before they could fully solidify.

However, this step undoubtedly diverted a significant portion of the Winged Catfish’s attention. It had to keep struggling and twisting to prevent the black ropes from solidifying.

Seizing this opportunity, Bai Pu lashed out with the Doomsday Blade Short Spear, sending a dozen-meter-long Fighting Qi Arrowhead right into the spine of the Winged Catfish, creating a deep blood groove on its back.

Furiously, the Winged Catfish opened its mouth wide, and a blue Water Arrow shot towards Bai Pu!

[Source Water Arrow: Shoots a high-pressure water stream from within, causing moderate Magic Damage, doubling the damage to shields other than Earth Attribute Shield, tripling the damage to Water and Fire Attribute Shields.]

Fortunately, Bai Pu had the Demon Refining Sand skill and instantly cast the Earth Wall Technique to block the Source Water Arrow.

While the Winged Catfish attacked Bai Pu, the Magic Sand Plate beneath the Sand Binder’s feet had already brought him close to the Winged Catfish. Those arms, condensed from yellow sand, split into numerous lasso-like bindings, tightly binding the tail of the Winged Catfish.

The Winged Catfish hurriedly struggled, but the next second, it only heard a loud explosive boom.

The Sand Binder exploded!

This was the result of 10 units of Magic Sand combining to create a blast.

-5662!

The terrifying damage number flashed, and the Winged Catfish’s tail was blasted off, revealing its bare white fish bones along with red-brown blood stains.

Because of the excessively high single-hit damage, not only was the Winged Catfish’s tail severed, but the explosion’s power also penetrated along the fish bones into the spine, putting the entire fish in a severely injured state, greatly weakening its Fierce Aura.

"It seems this strategy is very successful. The Sand Binder can be used as an intelligent self-destruct bomb." Bai Pu silently confirmed this tactic.

Looking at the heavily injured catfish, Bai Pu seized the chance to drop a Pure Blood, intending to turn it into a slave.

However, when the Pure Blood landed on the Winged Catfish’s forehead, the Heaven’s Mark rune flashed on its brow, forcibly expelling the Pure Blood that was seeping in!

[The target carries the Heaven’s Mark and cannot be controlled by Pure Blood.]

Bai Pu shook his head, reluctantly retrieving the Pure Blood, and killed the Winged Catfish.

A mark with mysterious runes fell into Bai Pu’s palm.

[You have obtained a Heaven’s Mark. Current collection progress: 1/100.]

[There are a total of 100 Heaven’s Marks in the Catastrophe Abyss.]

[Every 10 minutes, the Heaven’s Mark will sense the position information of other marks for the bearer.]

A series of countdown numbers rapidly jumped.

"Ah Gai, you really know how to stir things up."

Bai Pu quipped, putting away the Heaven’s Mark, and flew into the depths of the Catastrophe Abyss.

Every 10 minutes, the positions of other Heaven’s Marks would be displayed. This was to prompt the five participants in the Celestial Human War to actively engage in PK.

"Since there are only 100 Heaven’s Marks in the Catastrophe Abyss, collecting one mark or 99 marks is actually the same."

Bai Pu silently calculated. Because there were only 100 Heaven’s Marks present, as long as Bai Pu held one, the other four would have to confront Bai Pu if they wanted to gather all 100.

Thus, Bai Pu quickly realized, after understanding the rules, that the primary task now was not to attack, but to survive!

Li Ling had gathered information on the other four contestants, and Bai Pu knew how tough they were.

The floating state wasn’t particularly favorable for Bai Pu. He was confident in defeating any single opponent, but facing attacks from two or three simultaneously made the outcome uncertain.

If it were a ground battle, Bai Pu wouldn’t fear facing the other four altogether.

Unfortunately, the Catastrophe Abyss offered no footholds. The high-wall sea waves beyond were out-of-bounds areas, departing meant disqualification; similarly, stepping onto the swirling sea water of the Abyss Sea’s eye below entailed an offside.

Maintaining flight for long periods was not an easy task for Bai Pu.

Not to mention Gang Step, which required Fighting Qi Energy for each activation, even the Magic Sand used as a platter slowly consumed its contained magic while lifting him.

Typically, the platter formed by Magic Sand consumed about 1 unit of magic from the Magic Sand to support Bai Pu’s body every hour.

At this point, Bai Pu’s [Demon Refining Sand] skill had just reached Level 7, raising the total limit of Magic Sand to 100 units, but previously he had only a Level 6 Skill, with 50 units of stored Magic Sand, and had blown up 10 units to obtain the first Heaven’s Mark.

Without recharging the Magic Sand, Bai Pu could maintain a floating state for at most 40 hours.

Though he could spend his own magic to recharge the Magic Sand for endurance, in this environment, Bai Pu’s own state was more critical. He didn’t want to face peak powerhouses like Cyan Vault under depleted energy circumstances.

Bai Pu descended, gradually approaching the sea eye at the bottom of the Catastrophe Abyss. The surrounding mist grew denser, and the appearing monsters became increasingly formidable.

Just as Bai Pu was about to engage a large mutated squid, transparent and gliding in the air like a parachute, he suddenly sensed a concealed, powerful aura rapidly approaching.

Bai Pu immediately ceased his attack and retreated, alertly looking towards the origin of the aura.

In the gray fog, dense ghostly energy surged with two faintly visible red glows. Within the ghostly energy, a vague human silhouette could be discerned.

"Are you the famous Gangxin? I heard that you’re the top contender for this year’s Celestial Human Title."

A hoarse voice emerged from the ghostly energy.

"Just some boring people’s flattery." Bai Pu replied calmly, having already recognized the visitor’s identity. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Hehe, my code name is ’Wild Ghost.’ Like you, I’m a contender for this year’s Celestial Human Title."

Wild Ghost spoke with an aged tone, "Gangxin, the biggest favorite for this year’s Celestial Human Title isn’t you, but the last Celestial Person Cyan Vault. His original strength was top-level, and he obtained a Golden Named Relic Weapon. In terms of raw power, he’s ranked first among us five! He deliberately pushed you to a high position to conceal his edge."

Pausing for a moment, Wild Ghost continued, "I have a proposal. Why don’t we four join forces to eliminate Cyan Vault first?"

Bai Pu’s heart stirred, and he quickly replied, "Wild Ghost’s proposal isn’t bad, but I also want to know the thoughts of the other two."

Wild Ghost chuckled lightly, "That kid Gu Fan has already agreed. If you agree, I’ll then look for Drunken Flower Forest. After eliminating Cyan Vault, it’s every person for themselves among us four."