novelraw Chapter 236 : Calamity-level Assassin, Sovereign of the Shadowed Night Bai Fu!
Chapter 236 : Calamity-level Assassin, Sovereign of the Shadowed Night Bai Fu!
Chapter 236: Calamity-level Assassin, Sovereign of the Shadowed Night Bai Fu!
Before accepting the mission to deal with Bai Fu, Bloodthorn deliberately investigated the situation of Bai Fu and Dark Moon Tide.
He knew Bai Fu had a Hei Fu under her command, and he also knew Bai Fu had a vague and murky relationship with the Star Covenant.
But he did not flinch because of it.
So what if there was a Hei Fu?
Even Bai Fu herself had only just advanced to Calamity-level.
And so what if she had ties to the Star Covenant?
Kill the person, destroy the ship — even if the Oathmaster personally came to investigate, he wouldn’t be able to find out who did it. After all, the Oathmaster was a Transcendent who proved the Way through combat, without any special abilities to foresee the future or explore the past.
In short—
Compared to the reward offered by Hampton and the others, the risk involved in assassinating Bai Fu was completely acceptable.
Fifty million Credit Coins was not a small sum, and the formula for the Rose Blossom Potion was worth over nine digits. It was a gene optimization potion extracted from a special Stellar Beast that could enhance a Psionicist’s potential.
Although the enhancement probability was unstable, even if it only improved by one percent after use, it would still be decent. Besides, they could produce more Rose Blossom Potion to sell or trade with other organizations.
Only…
Bloodthorn clenched his fists.
He completely couldn’t figure it out.
It was already odd enough that there were two Bai Fus, but how could Scarlet Leaf also have two versions of herself? Could it be that Dark Moon Tide was a hotbed for twins?
Moreover, how the hell was Bai Fu a High Calamity-level? She had only advanced to Calamity-level half a year ago!
Bloodthorn stared intently at the black eye hovering above Bai Fu’s head.
He didn’t recognize the eye, but he could feel an unrestrained malice from its gaze.
That malice slowly pierced into his body like a needle, chilling him to the bone. In an instant, every cell in his body seemed to be screaming in agony.
"Commander, I sense something’s wrong."
Aldrich’s voice rang out, no longer calm and composed like before — the smile on his face had been drowned by beads of nervous sweat.
Then, the two Calamity-levels — one man and one woman — who flew out from the spaceship didn’t say a word, but their reactions weren’t any better than Bloodthorn’s. They all looked toward Bloodthorn, hoping he would come up with a plan.
At this point, what other good plan could there be?
Fight.
Bai Fu thought the same.
Just moments ago, she had received an emergency mission issued by the game.
The mission was to repel the Calamity Legion’s assault, and the reward was fifty million XP and one of Bloodthorn’s Skill Cards.
This reward wasn’t exactly tempting for Bai Fu, who had just captured two million fresh XP-farming Players, but she was very interested in Bloodthorn himself.
Because the Esper Evolution Tree Atlas had reacted — Bloodthorn possessed an S-rank Esper Power:【Septicemia】!
Since obtaining the Esper Evolution Tree Atlas, she had collected a total of seven Esper Powers rated A-rank and above. Now that she had run into an S-rank Esper, how could she not be tempted?
Be good and let big sister take a look!
Obviously, there was no way Bloodthorn would just stand still all day and let Bai Fu collect data, so she planned to handle it personally and let him experience baby-like sleep.
"I’ll deal with Bloodthorn. You three just hold off the others for now."
Scarlet Leaf had no objections.
She had sparred with Bai Fu many times — proper sparring — and each time Bai Fu, who was renowned for close combat, had managed to wear her out in just a few moves. So she believed Bai Fu would definitely not lose to Bloodthorn.
Go.
As her voice fell, Scarlet Leaf transformed into a fire phoenix, leading Hei Fu and the Scarlet Leaf True Spirit to charge at Aldrich and the other two.
The six clashed as one, battling with heaven-shaking intensity, shattering ice with every blow.
On the other side, Bai Fu wasn’t idle either.
Facing an opponent of Bloodthorn’s level, she immediately engaged at full capacity.
Eye of Sorrow and Dark Force Field took control of the field; with a casual wave, a psionic legion of thousands of summoned creatures appeared out of thin air and charged at Bloodthorn from all directions.
Then came Dark Cage, Spinning Demon Blade, Psionic Ray, Psionic Storm… she cast whatever she had.
In truth, a normal Psionic Prayer-user fought just like this — primarily through field control and ranged attacks. Bai Fu, who was better at melee combat despite her class, was already a mutant among mutants.
What kind of good Psionic Prayer-user had Constitution as their second highest stat!
This time, the reason Bai Fu didn’t immediately hit Bloodthorn with a Dark Burn Triple Combo was for two main reasons.
First, she wasn’t familiar with Bloodthorn’s abilities. If she rashly used the Dark Burn — which had a four-minute cooldown — and missed, she would be down a trump card for a while.
Second, although she appeared to be brawling with Bloodthorn, her actual target was Aldrich, who had been tied up by Scarlet Leaf.
Aldrich was a glass cannon; a single precise ambush would be enough to seriously injure him and completely break the battlefield balance on Scarlet Leaf’s side.
Once Scarlet Leaf and the others took down Aldrich’s group of three, the four of them against one would make it child’s play to take care of Bloodthorn.
"You think your psionic summons can stop me?"
Bloodthorn activated taunt mode.
He transformed into a raging Blood Demon, charging left and right through the psionic legion, scattering them like leaves.
Bai Fu ignored his words. While fusing and repairing damaged summons with Prayer Cards, she continuously threw out new cards to fill the gaps in her legion. Thanks to skills like Dark Force Field, Bloodthorn’s kill speed was far slower than her replenishment speed.
Bai Fu was patient, and so was Bloodthorn.
Time passed slowly. When there was only one minute left of Blessing of the Mind, Bai Fu suddenly stopped her actions.
Something was wrong!
Bloodthorn keenly sensed Bai Fu’s shift. The blood coiling around his body began to boil, bubbling furiously — he was fully prepared for Bai Fu to suddenly pull out a trump card and attack.
Just then, Bai Fu’s figure suddenly froze in front of him.
"An illusion? Where from? Above? Below? Left— no!"
Bloodthorn’s face changed dramatically, because he suddenly saw Bai Fu appear behind Aldrich.
Too fast, far too fast to warn him in time.
Why had Bai Fu suddenly appeared there?
He hadn’t sensed any bloodflow movement — Bai Fu had simply appeared out of nowhere!
Bloodthorn wasn’t wrong. Bai Fu had indeed blinked over.
Prophet Mark!
During the battle with Aldrich, Hei Fu secretly placed a Prophet Mark behind Aldrich.
Bai Fu and Hei Fu were, after all, the same Fu.
Therefore, the Prophet Mark placed by Hei Fu could also be used by Bai Fu.
Watch closely—this is our blood-boiling combo move!
The sword-formed Gloomy Staff shot out from Bai Fu’s palm like a cannonball, piercing straight toward Aldrich’s chest under his terrified gaze.
Dodge!
He had to dodge immediately!
Stimulated by the edge of death, Aldrich’s brain entered a state of overclocking. He felt like the flow of time around him had slowed down by many times.
Good. Now all he had to do was twist slightly to the side, and not only could he avoid Bai Fu’s ambush, he could also escape from the pincer attack from behind by Scarlet Leaf—it was a double win…
Boom!
Suddenly—
The dark psionic energy punched and palmed into Aldrich’s body by Hei Fu exploded as the three-second countdown of【Extra-dimensional Erosion】ended.
The explosion from within froze Aldrich’s body—he couldn’t do anything. He could only watch helplessly as the elongated Gloomy Staff pierced through his heart.
The next second, psionic energy surged out from Bai Fu’s palm like a flood, relentlessly hammering the shattered heart.
1692, -2081, -2172…
A barrage of damage numbers rose like a torrential downpour above Aldrich’s head.
Bai Fu calmly pulled out the Gloomy Staff.
"I timed that perfectly, you know!"
One strike, then a graceful retreat.
Bai Fu returned to Bloodthorn’s side, using the last few dozen seconds of Blessing of the Mind to block Bloodthorn.
Bloodthorn was already in red rage mode, but in the end, it was just impotent fury. Under the psionic legion’s relentless assault, he couldn’t break through for a while. Even when he briefly popped out, Bai Fu would force him back.
Taking this opportunity, Scarlet Leaf, Scarlet Leaf True Spirit, and Hei Fu unleashed a savage onslaught on the heavily injured Aldrich.
Aldrich was already a glass cannon, and Bai Fu’s earlier strike had cut his HP in half. Facing this kind of offensive, he couldn’t withstand it at all and was quickly finished off by the trio.
The balance was completely broken.
Bloodthorn saw it and panicked.
He had never imagined the situation would turn out like this. He had anticipated some unexpected events for this operation, but he had never expected a comrade to die here.
And at this rate, aside from himself with his special abilities, the other two Calamity-levels in the Calamity Legion would also fall here.
Losing three Calamity-levels at once—this would be as devastating to the Calamity Legion as losing a leg.
Sacrificing a leg to make Bai Fu a legendary name?
Retreat!
Bloodthorn had no will to fight anymore. He quickly called the other two Calamity-levels, who were already deeply shaken, through the internal channel.
The three joined forces and, after paying a certain price, finally broke out of the encirclement.
They didn’t spare a glance at the nearby Skeletal-class warship, flying straight toward outer space. Boarding the ship now would mean getting it blown up. The best course was to quickly rendezvous with the nine incoming ships from the rear.
"Trying to escape?"
This was a prime opportunity for a big win—Bai Fu absolutely wouldn’t let Bloodthorn and the others go easily.
Thus began a chase.
With that, the tide turned completely.
The hunter became the prey, and the prey became the hunter.
Actually, if Bloodthorn had turned back and fought Bai Fu now, the losses would have been far less, since the Blessing of the Mind buff had already expired. But in his panic, he couldn’t think of that.
Only one word remained in his mind—
Run!
And with that run, he gave Bai Fu plenty of time to unleash damage.
With assistance from the Eye of Sorrow, the female Calamity-level suddenly shuddered and fell into the state of Sorrow.
At this point, the rest of the Calamity Legion had no way to go back and save her. They could only abandon her and flee.
"Commander!"
The female Calamity-level looked despairingly at the fleeing spaceship that was growing smaller in the distance.
A few seconds later, a Heavenly Burial smashed into her head, leaving her dizzy. Surrounded by four Calamity-levels, she quickly lost her life.
"Nice, that’s over seventy million XP earned!"
Bai Fu quickly summoned the Silent Night ship.
Anyway, there were still several days until the internal meeting of the Origin Consortium. She had plenty of time to toy with this Calamity Legion.
While chasing the Calamity Legion, she didn’t forget to contact Andras and report the situation to him.
"???"
After hearing Bai Fu’s words, Andras momentarily wondered if he was hallucinating.
"You were attacked by the Calamity Legion, then casually killed two of their Calamity-levels, and now you’re chasing their commander Bloodthorn?"
I…
No.
Andras felt like he needed to take a moment—his heart couldn’t take it.
He leaned against the wall, and after a long pause, said, "I’m guessing the Calamity Legion was hired by Hampton and the others to ambush you, but I don’t have evidence yet, so I can’t confront them for now. Here’s what we’ll do: send me your coordinates. I’ll have my brother bring people to support you—let’s see if we can hit the Calamity Legion even harder."
Bai Fu didn’t refuse. She shared her location with Andras in real time, then smiled and said:
"Whether it’s Hampton behind the Calamity Legion or not, I already have a plan to make both Hampton and the Calamity Legion suffer."
"Oh? What plan?"
Bai Fu said, "I plan to announce at the meeting that I will fully commit to attacking the Calamity Legion until it’s wiped out. This will serve both as revenge and as proof that I’m worthy of further investment from the Origin Consortium. But to achieve that, I’ll need a little help from the Consortium—either a loan or intelligence support will do."
Andras instantly understood what Bai Fu meant.
With Bai Fu’s performance, as long as there was a single sane person in the Origin Consortium, they would support her plan.
When most people supported it, would Hampton and the others?
Maybe they would oppose it, but they wouldn’t be able to change the overall situation.
If the Calamity Legion had indeed been called by them, how would they feel watching Bai Fu, who had gained the support of the Origin Consortium, utterly crush the Calamity Legion?
If the Calamity Legion hadn’t been called by them, how would they feel watching Bai Fu, whom they opposed, soar higher and higher?
Andras couldn’t help but punch the air forcefully.
Although he didn’t know why Bai Fu had become so powerful, that didn’t matter at all. What he did know was—with a powerhouse like Bai Fu backing him, there was no way he’d lose this meeting. He would definitely trample Hampton and his group underfoot!
"I’ll fully support your proposal!"
"Pleasure working with you."
After ending the conversation with Andras, Bai Fu continued piloting her ship to hunt down the Calamity Legion.
Two days later, Andras’s younger brother arrived. With his cooperation, Bai Fu destroyed six more ships of the Calamity Legion in one go.
Unfortunately, Bloodthorn was just too slippery, and with the internal meeting of the Origin Consortium about to begin, she had no choice but to give up the chase for now.
"Time to attend the meeting. I’ll deal with him after. You think Bai Fu won’t strike back? Am I some housecat?"
Bai Fu shrugged.
She tallied the gains from this operation: a total of 170 million XP and a Skill Card from Bloodthorn:【Septicemia Curse】.
This skill cursed a target, making it impossible for them to recover HP during the curse duration—especially useful against enemies with lifesteal skills or tanky meat shields.
As the Silent Night headed toward the City of Knowledge, news of Bai Fu beating the crap out of the Calamity Legion en route had already spread.
Everyone who received the news, whether NPC or Player, was stunned without exception.
What the hell was this?
"How did she do it?"
"Didn’t she just advance to Calamity-level? How did she manage to counter-kill two of them during the Calamity Legion’s ambush?"
"Fake news, right?"
【Fu-fu is amazing!】
【No way! This is too much—is this the Sovereign of the Shadowed Night? I have no choice now, I’m joining Bai Fu.】
【Charge! I’m contacting the Bai Fu Foundation right now to get a free ticket to Ulysses Star.】
Affected by this huge news, many Players who had been brought to the Star Sea by other factions began to reconsider.
Although the factions that brought them here were fine, Bai Fu was clearly better—good looks, overwhelming strength, and generous with perks.
The great interstellar migration of Players had begun.
On the other side, when Hampton and the others received news from the Calamity Legion, they almost fainted from rage.
"This is what you called foolproof?"
But soon, they realized that wasn’t even the most infuriating part—because the internal meeting of the Origin Consortium had begun.