Chapter 925 - 920: Shell of Scorching Gold

The Four Symbols Shield was actually blasted apart by brute force!

That filled Bai Pu with a deep sense of dread.

Prince Rosgar, ranked No.2, was far stronger in raw output than Prince Nabo Gang, ranked No.9!

Back then, even Prince Nabo Gang had struggled to break Bai Pu's Shield of Mountains and Seas.

Now, after two upgrades from [Mountain and Sea Calamity] to the current [Four Symbols Appearance], plus Bai Pu's Endurance Attribute growth, the shield's absorption, especially its absorption against "specific attribute damage," had greatly increased.

When Bai Pu cast [Four Symbols Appearance], he had switched his Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi to the Water Attribute, targeting Water Attribute Damage.

Logically, it shouldn't have been blown apart this easily.

But the reality was right in front of him, and Bai Pu could only guess that Prince Rosgar was also a genius with Extraordinary Comprehension; that skill with the countless blue sword shadows just now probably had a Special Effect of "shield slayer," specifically targeting shields?

Or one of Prince Rosgar's pieces of Equipment had an effect similar to [Black Heaven Skull]'s "Adaptive Damage," so the blue sword shadows automatically shifted to an attack type that targeted the shield's weak Attribute…

Unfortunately, when facing an "Otherworld Traveler" like Prince Rosgar, Spirit Realm Will couldn't display combat messages.

Bai Pu had no way to obtain solid, datafied intel, and could only fire up his super brain and think at high speed.

"First I'll use my body to feel out his damage! Compared to a shield, the flesh can truly sense it, and I'll search for weaknesses in his attacks. With that kind of high-frequency, low-damage attack style, he shouldn't be able to one-shot me!"

With a crack, Bai Pu split the Doomsday Spear in two, while the Dark Gold Tower Shield flew out, turning into countless fine Armor Plates that inlaid themselves all around his body.

He had already put his Celestial Human Attribute Points into Agility back when he charged into the nest; now Bai Pu's Agility had soared to 332 points, and under the blessing of Prismatic Domain, his Movement Speed had further risen to 457 points!

At this moment, Bai Pu was like a ghostly Phantom, streaking around Prince Rosgar, his short spear stabbing again and again.

However, Prince Rosgar remained completely unmoved!

He didn't even need to turn his body; two arms and two Blue Crystal Rapiers in front, two arms and two Blue Crystal Rapiers behind, his sword swings wove out a mass of blue sword shadows that sealed him up tightly.

No matter which angle Bai Pu's short spear struck from, it was worn down by the blue sword shadows, its power consumed, then forcibly parried by the Blue Crystal Rapiers!

"Not a bad Domain, actually able to boost yourself while restricting the enemy's speed! Unfortunately, I long ago integrated the True Intent Prototype of 'Fog Illusion Blade' into my Body Technique—your slowing domain does nothing to me!

"But as for my Illusory Blade Domain—can you withstand it?"

Prince Rosgar's four arms suddenly spread wide, and a ring-shaped Domain radiating icy light erupted outward, clashing head-on with Bai Pu's Prismatic Domain.

Bai Pu's body suddenly felt a stabbing pain, as if he were standing in a dense forest made of blades, spears, swords, and halberds—move even slightly, and it was ten thousand needles piercing, ten thousand arrows through the body!

Although Spirit Realm Will gave no prompts… Bai Pu could clearly feel that within this azure Domain, every burst of high-speed movement would subject him to fine, continuous damage! The countless tiny cuts all over his skin were proof!

Unable to move freely, Bai Pu immediately lost his 400+ speed advantage.

Prince Rosgar smiled in confidence, his four arms once more swinging his swords. This time his sword forms shifted again, the tips trembling slightly, sketching out one enormous splash of water after another that wrapped around Bai Pu.

Every ring of rippling water carried an extremely sharp killing intent.

"Gangxin, weren't you so proud of your defense? Then I'll let you taste the pain of a thousand cuts—my weapon is called 'Scraping Scale Blade'; that name isn't for show!"

Clang clang clang——

Countless lethal ripples of water fully submerged Bai Pu.

Yet Prince Rosgar's confident expression quickly froze.

The ripples of water shattered!

A fierce radiance, indescribable and extremely repulsive to him, flared to life!

Bai Pu's body was covered in a layer of gold-red, energy-forged exoshell; those ripples that had just flooded him had only left scattered marks on that gold-red shell before vanishing into Nothingness.

At the same time, Prince Rosgar felt unbearable heat boiling inside him, and he suddenly spat out a huge mouthful of blood!

The blood evaporated in midair from the high temperature, turning to mist and dispersing.

In Prince Rosgar's vision, layers of Phantoms suddenly appeared; in that black War Fog, countless wraithlike figures seemed to emerge all at once, coming to drag his soul away.

"This is… a Mystical Arts Special Effect that interferes with the mind! Just a Composite Mystical Arts, nothing more—break—"

Prince Rosgar turned his own will into a sharp blade and swung hard, slicing apart the countless wraithlike Phantoms. This was his True Intent Prototype Skill—Blade Will, specialized for breaking Control and interference on the Mind!

The thirteen layers of "Karmic Fire" on his body were all shattered by that strike of Blade Will.

After cutting away the negative state, Prince Rosgar's mind was also much fatigued; this kind of pure-will attack could not be used continuously, or it would heavily drain both Heart Power and Spiritual Will.

He stared fixedly at the gold-red shell on Bai Pu's body. "What is that?"

"Shell of Scorching Gold."

Bai Pu let out a quiet breath.

After the battle with Naga General Volash last time, Bai Pu had been struck by inspiration and finally fused the two Skills [Melt Gold Armor] and [Steel Skin] together, even adding the effect of Passive Defense: Armor of Sand from [Demon Refining Sand]!

Of course, this was thanks to his Five Elements Mystical Arts Composite. The path of Prismatic gave Bai Pu a very high degree of freedom in Skill development.

[Shell of Scorching Gold, Level 7: Four-star Composite Mystical Arts Skill. Passive: You gain a layer of Magic Sand Armor that absorbs a total of (15000) points of damage (equivalent to the absorption of 100 units of Magic Sand), attached to the surface of your skin. You gain (363) points of Fixed Damage Reduction (regardless of damage type).]

[After activating Shell of Scorching Gold, you gain a total of (798) points of Fixed Damage Reduction. Each time you are attacked, a trace of Scorching Fire Force is stored inside the body of the Close Combat enemy; detonating the Fire Force will cause (1554) points of scorching damage. Fire Force stacks up to 10 layers, and you can also detonate up to 10 layers at once.]

[Shell of Scorching Gold Additional Mystical Arts Special Effect 1: Space Mystical Arts: After activating Shell of Scorching Gold, you can attempt to evade the Spirit Lock of Magic attacks.]

[Shell of Scorching Gold Additional Mystical Arts Special Effect 2: Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts: Your scorching counter-damage gains Shield Breaker effect, more easily causing Armor break and limb crippling, and will trigger a 1/3 chance Vital Attack instant-kill Special Effect (without needing to hit a vital spot).]

[Shell of Scorching Gold Additional Mystical Arts Special Effect 3: Red Lotus Mystical Arts: Your scorching counter-damage applies layers of Karmic Fire; the higher the damage, the more Karmic Fire layers are stacked. When the target's Karmic Fire layers reach 20, they will enter a berserk, mindless state.]

[Shell of Scorching Gold Level 4 Effect: Full Protection: Your Fixed Damage Reduction now applies to all damage types. (Already integrated into Skill Explanation)]

[Shell of Scorching Gold Level 7 Effect: Stripping Bomb: When your Magic Sand Armor peels off due to damage, you can manipulate it to transform into various explosive forms and launch them at high speed, dealing Blast damage according to the amount of Magic Sand contained. If you do so, you will lose that portion of Magic Sand until you refine it again.]