hotmtlnovel Chapter 655 - 652: Composite Mystical Arts
Chapter 655 - 652: Composite Mystical Arts
"You are indeed very strong."
Bai Pu coughed lightly and finally said, "If my Mystical Arts hadn’t broken through, I might really not be your match. But your two subordinates facilitated the breakthrough of my Mystical Arts. Today, I am no longer who I was yesterday!"
In an instant, the ocean aura surged around Bai Pu, wave after wave of Qi Force roaring around him like a tide.
The tidal Qi Force also washed over Bai Pu’s towering figure.
Bai Pu stood like a mountain, exuding an aura of depth and solidity, blending with the tidal Qi Force, imposing and grand.
Blue and golden Fighting Qi light interwove around Bai Pu, forming a Blue Gold Shield.
Bai Pu stood on the ridge of Dragon Ring Cliff, like a blue-golden statue, his blue-golden eyes gazing at Prince Gaton without a hint of emotion.
"You’ve mastered Composite Mystical Arts too!"
Prince Gaton said incredulously.
He really hadn’t expected an Awakened from a mere low-tier planet to have mastered Composite Mystical Arts.
It’s well-known that understanding Composite Mystical Arts is very challenging, even for Awakened from Stilan Star, who have a well-established path to guide their cultivation. Comprehending Composite Mystical Arts at the Awakened stage is difficult even for them.
Not to mention, on the foundation of Composite Mystical Arts, understanding a "Compound Secret Skill."
The blue-golden shield Bai Pu currently displayed was clearly a Compound Secret Skill.
What Prince Gaton didn’t know was that because Bai Pu was an Earthling, his cultivation path differed from that of the Awakened on Stilan Star. He first grasped the Compound Secret Skill before comprehending Composite Mystical Arts.
Awakened from a Tier One Planet like Earth have an inherently more difficult path to Composite Mystical Arts.
They don’t first understand Composite Mystical Arts and then develop a Compound Secret Skill. Instead, they grasp the Compound Secret Skill and then comprehend Composite Mystical Arts.
It’s akin to understanding middle school questions before backtracking to elementary school content.
The difficulty level, compared to planets with a mature Mystical Arts system like Stilan Star, is tenfold or even a hundredfold harder.
This is also a significant reason why there’s an evident strength gap between top Awakened from the two planets.
Of course, Composite Mystical Arts are by no means commonplace.
Even among the Sea Race, which have a mature Mystical Arts cultivation system, those who can comprehend Composite Mystical Arts are as rare as hen’s teeth. If they are relatively young and have not been cultivating for long, they are eligible to join the Sea God Hall and become a Prince of the Sea.
After the initial shock, Prince Gaton quickly regained his composure.
He sneered and said, "I now admit you are a relatively strong native among the Earthlings, but a native is still a native. My Hundred Weapons Dao Body is also a Composite Mystical Art, and it combines the Gold Mystical Arts and Sharp Mystical Arts with my own bloodline talent, evolving into a Bloodline Combined Mystical Arts even stronger than yours!"
As he spoke, Prince Gaton was already charging forward, waving both hands continuously.
His left hand took the form of a hook, releasing binding Qi Force resembling chains entangling forward.
His right hand waved continuously, and a phantom of the Phoenix Wing Gilded Halberd appeared, shooting extreme sharp Qi Force at lightning speed.
Bai Pu, after activating the Mountain and Sea Shield, was unfazed.
His Mountain and Sea Shield could absorb over 2000 points of damage, and this was after Bai Pu’s robust Damage Reduction ability had reduced the damage.
The extra damage from the retaliatory force was mostly absorbed by the Mountain and Sea Shield, with just a minor expenditure of Fighting Qi Energy to replenish it, hardly a concern.
To Bai Pu, Prince Gaton’s Hundred Weapons Dao Body was not without weaknesses either.
Either it consumed a great deal of Energy, had limited duration, or significant side effects.
For example, being too rigid would lead to snapping; he had integrated high-tier top-grade weapons into his body, granting him hardness equivalent to such weapons.
If the Artifact Soul of those top-grade weapons were damaged, would it not imply damage to Prince God’s body too?
Moreover, once damaged, it would be difficult to recover like flesh and blood?
Bai Pu advanced to confront the attacks; this time, he no longer retreated to dissipate force, opting for a continuous hard clash against Prince Gaton.
The retaliatory force created slight ripples on the blue-golden shield of the Mountain and Sea Shield, evidently absorbing the extra retaliatory damage.
In this round of confrontation, Bai Pu did not retreat, thus exerting his advantages.
Bai Pu’s Combat Specialization is extremely high. In the state of Genetic Fusion, it had already reached Advanced Level 11 and Level 12—specifically Fighting Specialization Level 12 and Long-Handled Weapon Specialization Level 11.
Prince Gaton, however, lacked the unique title ability of a Limit Breaker, restrained by the combat specialization level of the Awakened World, merely capped at Level 10.
Of course, Prince Gaton is also formidable.
The Hundred Weapons Dao Body combines Sharp Mystical Arts, Gold Mystical Arts, with his own Swordfish Race’s bloodline talent, cultivating Bloodline Combined Mystical Arts. Additionally, Prince Gaton himself cultivated a 4-star Body Protection Skill, akin to Bai Pu’s Melt Gold Shield, ultimately forming a domineering, offense-defense integrated absolute skill.
The first passive effect of the Hundred Weapons Dao Body is the conversion of each fused weapon’s Attributes into Prince Gaton’s own Basic Attributes.
This parallels Bai Pu’s Gaia Seal’s Spirit Essence Internalization effect, resulting in extremely high Basic Attributes for Prince Gaton.
The second passive ability of the Hundred Weapons Dao Body offers comprehensive deflection against physical attacks.
Incoming physical attacks are deflected by the weapons integrated within various parts of Prince Gaton’s body. It’s similar to his subordinate from the Tiger Shark Sea Race—Batali’s "Shark Teeth Armor".
However, Batali’s Shark Teeth Armor is a Big Move with a limited duration measured in seconds. For Prince Gaton’s Hundred Weapons Dao Body, the defensive effect of Shark Teeth Armor is merely a passive ability, the difference being noticeable.
The third aspect rests on the attack layer. Prince Gaton possesses the power of a long spear or great halberd with every action, yet fights empty-handed, granting the highest attack speed bonus, categorized as an "extreme speed" grade for empty-handed combat.
This essentially transfers the attack speed enhancement coefficient of hefty long-handled weapons to the highest empty-handed attack speed coefficient, while retaining the weapon’s original Attack Power and range, naturally making it invincible.
Bai Pu capitalized on his slight speed and specialization advantages, constantly seeking vulnerabilities in Prince Gaton’s stance.
Every few moves, Bai Pu could thrust a swift short spear attack, bypassing Prince Gaton’s defenses, targeting conventional vital points like the chest, throat, abdomen, and lower regions.
Yet, when struck, corresponding parts of Prince Gaton exhibited outlines and phantoms of various weapons.
Appear as phantoms they might, they displayed firm defensive effects as if they were physical entities.
A continuous "clang clang" sounded; Bai Pu felt as if striking a steel-forged column, repeatedly making no progress.
The "Final Breath" effect of the King-level Purple Weapon Doomsday Blade needs effective attacks to hit the enemy and cause actual damage before stacking layers! Therefore, Bai Pu’s two Passive Abilities couldn’t accumulate layers, inadvertently countered by the Hundred Weapons Dao Body.
But Bai Pu remained calm, as the battleground beneath Dragon Ring Cliff was significantly in his favor, soon to reach a conclusion. By ganging up on Prince Gaton, even steeling like pure steel must eventually melt.
On the other hand, Prince Gaton, realizing his inability to breach Bai Pu’s Mountain and Sea Shield, felt somewhat restless.
His impatience led him to lose the composure of initial ease, resorting to verbal attacks, aiming to destabilize Bai Pu’s Combat Will.
"You’re challenging my passive abilities with your Fighting Qi. How long do you think you can last? No fear in telling you. My Hundred Weapons Dao Body consumes nearly zero Qi Energy! Even amidst a siege, completely unfazed!"