CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 93: DEMONIZED WEAPONS

"Ha!"

The Ox Demon roared, swinging its thick, deformed arms with the force of an uprooting, slamming a wooden stake fiercely towards Bai Pu.

In this world’s backdrop, Demon Ghosts have an inherent bloodthirsty intent towards humans, and they crave human flesh and blood immensely.

However, before the Ox Demon’s wooden stake could land, with a faint ting, a piece of demonized spider silk had already pierced through its chest!

The Demon Spider Lady had launched a shameful sneak attack from behind the Ox Demon.

Bai Pu flipped over to sit up, and the spider silk on his body dissipated into a delicate spider web.

The toughness of the demonized spider silk comes from the "Demonic Power" injected by the Demon Spider Lady. As long as she withdraws the demonic power, the flexibility of the silk will naturally decrease significantly.

Bai Pu shook his hand and drew out a sharp long saber, striding towards the Ox Demon!

The Ox Demon, having been ambushed, let out a roar and turned to flee!

This creature, although unable to speak human language, isn’t lacking intelligence, knowing it had walked into a trap!

Those blood-red eyes glared at the "Demon Traitor," the Demon Spider Lady, almost spitting fire, knowing that if it escaped, it would definitely go to report to Lord Demon General and have this human-affiliated Demon Spider Lady torn apart!

However, the Ox Demon, being an endurance-specialized elite demon with secondary power, had speed as its weakness.

Bai Pu quickly closed the gap in just two steps, getting right behind the Ox Demon.

But before Bai Pu could launch his attack, the Ox Demon suddenly turned around, the massive wooden stake in its hands whistling through the air, sweeping across!

Reverse "Stake"!

This guy wasn’t as dumb as it seemed; instead, it was smart, knowing it couldn’t outrun its opponent, deciding to heavily injure one first.

Unfortunately for it, its opponent was Bai Pu.

As if he could foresee the future, Bai Pu’s footsteps paused slightly, and the gigantic wooden stake barely grazed the tip of his nose!

"Your running stance betrayed you."

Bai Pu said with a smile; through his deranged observation skills, he had noticed that at first, the Ox Demon’s strides were large, but each subsequent stride shrank, with the distance of the fifth step shortening by 32 centimeters compared to the first!

This was clearly not the change expected for someone fleeing desperately, which could only mean one thing: the Ox Demon was adjusting its strides, planning a counterattack.

After evading the Ox Demon’s powerful strike, Bai Pu certainly wouldn’t let its opening slip by.

Swish!

A flash of bright saber light cut through, leaving a trail of blood on the Ox Demon’s side.

The Ox Demon roared in fury, and its massive stake crashed into the ground, splashing a lot of foul-smelling black water, making the ground seem to tremble!

Combat Skill: Earthquake Wave!

This guy truly deserved to be an endurance-specialized elite, having first taken a piercing hit from the Demon Spider Lady and then a slash from Bai Pu, yet still full of life.

Bai Pu was slowed by the Earthquake Wave, watching as the Ox Demon strode away.

However, he wasn’t worried because the Demon Spider Lady had already blocked the Ox Demon!

Originally, the Demon Spider Lady and the Ox Demon were both Level 3 Elites, their strength relatively equal, but after becoming Bai Pu’s slave, her attributes received a boost from pure blood, and her specialties and skills were enhanced by the Limit Breaker title +1! Almost equivalent to a Level 4 Elite, she relentlessly beat down the Ox Demon!

The Ox Demon, knowing it was outmatched, continued to flee.

Bai Pu leisurely followed at a steady pace, and when the slow effect wore off, the distance between them was no more than 15 meters.

He performed a Jump Slash, gracefully landing atop the Ox Demon’s head, and with both hands, slashed down with the saber!

The Ox Demon attempted to deflect with the massive wooden stake, but a split second delay caused by the Demon Spider Lady’s silk striking its arm was all it took. Bai Pu’s long saber cleaved down, ripping open a gruesome wound on the Ox Demon’s chest, with dark green blood gushing out, hinting at the white bones beneath!

In just thirty seconds, the Ox Demon fell under the assault of Bai Pu and the Demon Spider Lady.

Bai Pu did not absorb the Ox Demon as a second slave. After all, he only had 1 drop of pure blood left.

Even if the pure blood kept regenerating, Bai Pu could at most have two temporary slave slots at a time, so he had to choose selectively.

The Ox Demon, like Bai Pu, had an endurance specialization, and apart from an area slow effect with Earthquake Wave, there wasn’t much to offer, so he wasn’t interested.

A blue treasure chest floated out, which Bai Pu opened immediately.

With only one chance to draw, Bai Pu didn’t expect to get anything good.

Unexpectedly, the card flipped to reveal a shield glowing with blue light!

[Ox Demon Shield: B-level Demonized Weapon, comes with skill: Demon Shield. Cannot be taken out of this world.]

[Demon Shield: Upon use, you can summon (1) Ox Demon Shield to encircle the front and back of oneself. The Ox Demon Shield can completely deflect attacks on its path, but it will consume demon power value. It disappears when the demon power value depletes, lasting up to 120 seconds.]

[Note: This is your first demonized weapon acquired from Heart Demon: Oath World. Collect 5 of the same demonized weapons: Ox Demon Shield, for a chance to combine them into a Golden Equipment: Ox Demon Shield.]

[Warning: This demonized weapon acknowledges you as its master and cannot be traded, otherwise it will cause demon power self-destruction.]

"Golden Equipment? Hero Level?"

Bai Pu’s spirit lifted, but after reading the item description and warning content carefully, he realized the frustrating aspect of "collect 5 of the same demonized weapons."

It’s obvious, even with a less thorough thought process, that the drop rate of demonized weapons must be low; he might have to kill several Ox Demons to get one!

This thing also comes with a forced binding to its owner, making it non-tradable; even major powers would find accumulation and synthesis a futile endeavor.

For a lone ranger, synthesizing a golden equipment is improbable, mainly due to the "cannot be taken out of this world" property, which mandates that 5 of the same demonized weapons be gathered during a single Spirit Realm exploration!

It would require killing dozens or even hundreds of the same Demon Ghosts to collect enough. Even if he did, synthesizing them successfully is just a matter of "chance," a nuance too complicated to go into detail.

"Forget it, I’ll just consider this as a B-level item for use in this exploration only."

Bai Pu waved his hand, indicating the Demon Spider Lady to bind his hands with silk, making him look like a human captive and set off to find his next destined demon.

Throughout the night, Bai Pu went on a berserk sweep.

With the "Demon Traitor" Demon Spider Lady leading, he strolled the perilous outskirts of the Black Swamp as leisurely as if it was his backyard.

Bai Pu truly felt the benefits of a higher level. During college entrance exams in the Three Kingdoms: Chibi scene, almost every native was at least two levels higher than him, making the battles tremendously difficult.

But here, facing demons of the same level or even lower, Bai Pu could virtually steamroll through!

However, just as Bai Pu expected, the drop rate for demonized weapons wasn’t high.

The treasure chests dropped by elite-level Ox Demons, Cat Demons, and other demons mostly contained demonized materials, and only in rare instances did they drop demonized weapons.

The Demon Spider Lady’s method of disguising Bai Pu as a captive to lure other demons to a "feast" also couldn’t work all the time.

Those Ox Demons and Cat Demons, specialized in power and agility, couldn’t detect any flaws.

But there was an octopus-shaped demon with disgusting, rot-infested eyes all over its surface that keenly sensed the Demon Spider Lady’s anomaly and escaped using an illusion technique.

Afterwards, enhanced elite-level demons began to appear. The demons on the Black Swamp’s outskirts started acting in teams, with the leaders often being Level 4 enhanced elites, some even including leaders!

Bai Pu grew cautious and dared not choose targets casually, as these demon teams were interconnected, and prolonging a fight would have other demon teams rushing over.

Bai Pu deduced another terrifying possibility.

Why could these ruthless, murderous demons follow orders and patrol the Black Swamp’s outskirts in an orderly fashion?

The reason could only be one: there’s an even more powerful demon commanding them! It could be the rumored "Demon General," a force comparable to native strong individuals like Dongbo Cheng.

This Demon General is likely lurking in the shadows, waiting for Bai Pu to appear so it can deliver a fatal strike!