Chapter 364: Chaos Sage

These people appeared extremely abruptly, and Bai Cangshu's 【Heart Net】 had no perception of them at all; only now, having realized their presence, did their heartbeats, breathing, and even some fragmented inner thoughts appear within the 【Heart Net】.

Bai Cangshu scanned with his eyes but did not see the 【Chaos Sage】 mentioned in the data, yet this ability to completely mask his perception was likely the cognitive-manipulation ability that Hongchen and that 【Sera】 spoke of.

The opponent's ability was more like turning the world into some kind of "stage play," where he could decide when which people or things appeared on stage.

Other things, even if right before your eyes, you would be unable to see.

Because these people were first perceived by him when they struck to cut 【Soul Artificer Xiluo】 in two, Bai Cangshu guessed that this manipulation ability of the Sage also possessed certain limitations.

Either the distance must be close enough, or the energy fluctuations and killing intent during battle could not be concealed; in short, this was not an ability that allowed one to be killed silently.

Bai Cangshu's thoughts turned quickly; even with a naginata held against his neck, he was not affected in the slightest.

The man holding the naginata noticed this and pressed the blade down, the cold edge making contact with Bai Cangshu's skin.

"Tao Baibai, don't think that just because you defeated a few mass-produced Title Reincarnators, you can really run amok in this world..."

The man wore a black pompadour curled backward, his features were sharp and angular, he stood over two meters tall with robust muscles, and he held the end of the three-meter-long naginata with one hand, showing he likely possessed considerable strength and control.

Before him, a red-haired youth, short in stature at only about one meter sixty-something, looked up at Bai Cangshu indifferently, while a curvaceous woman stood sideways with her body slightly hunched, her right hand hovering over the hilt of the sword at her waist, sharp killing intent permeating the surroundings.

On the other side, a blonde woman wearing black and white knight armor stood in front, holding a large purplish-red shield with both hands, blocking Bai Cangshu with a stern expression; the man beside her wore a loose t-shirt, was adorned with multiple silver accessories all over his body, and had a ring emitting lightning on the middle finger of each hand.

"Be careful, you'll get hurt."

Bai Cangshu raised a hand to press against the naginata blade while sizing up the members of the 【Chaos Sage】.

As a standard Elite Reincarnator team, besides the leader being powerful, almost every team member was an Elite Reincarnator capable of standing on their own.

Being at the 【Strong】 tier for all members was the most basic requirement.

Their personnel configuration and ability enhancements were very comprehensive.

Moreover, under the resource allocation of the Great Gathering, the basic abilities and specializations of these people would be raised to around lv7, and upon entering the high tier, they would gain at least two opportunities to choose 【Deepening】 characteristics.

It could be said that even if the 【Sage】 did not make a move, these people were enough to crush many teams of Title-level Reincarnators.

They did not view ordinary Title-level Reincarnators as any sort of big shots; from the perspective of their team, those who crossed the second Extreme Value to enter the third Ladder and then impatiently sought out some space-quantified titles, spending a large number of Singularity points to enter the so-called 【Title-level】, were all idiots.

Not only was it a waste of resources, but the inflated evaluation also made it easy for them to encounter enemies they could not match; the only benefit was being able to enter some high-resource worlds ahead of time.

The man codenamed 【Archimedes】 looked at Tao Baibai mockingly; frankly speaking, Tao Baibai was indeed a capable Reincarnator, and the rumors in the space were not exaggerated, as he had crushingly defeated Xiluo's team in less than a minute.

The speed was much faster than himself three worlds ago, when he had been tormented by Xiluo's Fullbring for a long time.

But now, three worlds later, he had already acquired the ability to instantly kill Xiluo; although it was a sneak attack, and he was not here to duel Tao Baibai one-on-one, this madman had violated the 【Iron Law】, and Lord Sage and Tang Sanzang had already made up their minds to kill him completely.

"Rest assured, my hand is very steady; I won't cut your neck easily~"

Archimedes' tone carried a teasing quality.

Except for 【Red Queen】, who held her shield in a defensive posture, the others also wore smiles on their faces.

Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow; he gripped the edge of the naginata, lifting it upward bit by bit, and looking at Archimedes' expression, he grinned, then wiped his thumb directly across the naginata blade.

Whoosh!

Blazing flames instantly ignited on Archimedes' body.

Under the burning pain on his skin, Archimedes instantly pressed the naginata down, and the shield in Red Queen's hand sank to the ground as golden holy light shone.

The next moment, the blazing flames extinguished; Archimedes only had singed hair, his black and white uniform was slightly burned, and the wounds on his skin had already healed.

Bai Cangshu looked at the disheveled Archimedes, his expression far more mocking and arrogant than the other's.

"You misunderstood; I was worried that if your blade got any closer, it would hurt you, ha~"

At this moment, Archimedes, Red Queen, Left Eye, Zhou Si, and Indra all clearly perceived Tao Baibai's unmasked malice and madness.

The opponent seemed to think he could fight the five of them alone?!

"Arrogant."

The woman who had been hunched over with her right hand hovering over the sword hilt finally looked up for the first time; her long purple hair was tied behind her head, revealing only her left eye.

Left Eye looked at Bai Cangshu with cold indifference, the surrounding killing intent condensed in an instant, and her right hand trembled.

Hum!

The water-like killing intent vanished instantly.

Ring!

A clear sword chime sounded like a high-pitched phoenix cry, the sound traveling thousands of meters.

Sword light like water shone in an instant.

Bai Cangshu's waist bent as if broken in an instant; the God's Artificial Eye between his brows could even see the ripples caused by the sword light slicing through layers of air.

Pfft!

The sword light swept over the car where Sanjiegun Li was hiding with Chui Xue; the car body instantly split and slid down, the sword light submerged into the ground, and there was no explosion, only the sound of the ground collapsing heard a moment later.

Bai Cangshu stood up, a red eye coming into view; the red-haired youth 【Indra】 looked at Bai Cangshu indifferently, and the muscles in Bai Cangshu's legs suddenly twitched as if in a spasm, his rising motion was disrupted, and caught off guard, he lost his center of gravity, his body appearing as if it were about to fall again.

Left Eye had already completed the sword-sheathing motion before anyone knew it, the stance of Iaijutsu formed once more, and she drew her blade again.

【Swallow Return】!

The Tachi left its sheath, and three blade lights shone simultaneously.

But Bai Cangshu's muscles bulged in an instant; amidst creaking sounds, his 【Perfect Purification】 body rapidly changed its muscle composition, his legs thickening by more than a circle, forcibly halting his momentum.

Indra just watched this scene quietly; sure enough, Bai Cangshu's thick legs suddenly bled profusely, and his whole body collapsed with a boom.

The three blade lights perfectly enveloped Bai Cangshu.

Red Queen pressed her right hand against the shield and raised her left hand.

【Giant Strength Art】

【Magic Armor Art】

【Blessing Art】

Buffs were rapidly and synchronously applied.

Zhou Si, who was wearing many silver arms, also spread his hands, the 【Eye of Lightning】 on his fingers opened simultaneously, and thunderclouds rapidly rolled across the sky.

Crackling sounds erupted between his hands, and intense Magic Power drew down thunder from Heaven, which he pointed at Tao Baibai with one hand.

Bai Cangshu's eyes trembled slowly as he reflected everything around him in his heart; under the effect of the Heart Net, he could even fully perceive the restless electric charges in the air.

The Chaos Sage and the others coordinated closely, their various abilities erupting in an instant; before they even landed, cold sword blades had already slashed into his body.

The moment the blazing flames ignited, they were dispersed by the woman holding the shield.

And the voluptuous woman's level of Quick-Draw technique was likely extremely high; he could feel the stinging pain as the blade shattered the Flame Dragon Scale and Armament Haki.

Sizzle!

The thunder in the sky crashed down, striking Bai Cangshu directly and triggering an explosion.

Archimedes finally made his move at this moment; he raised his three-meter-long naginata, closed his eyes slightly, and in his mind, he saw the image of Tao Baibai being instantly sliced into hundreds of pieces by him.

The next moment, he opened his eyes.

Splat! Splat!

Amidst flying pieces of flesh, Tao Baibai's body was brutally shredded.

Seeing this scene from afar, the Sage's expression returned to one of calm and indifference.

"Look, Tao Baibai and you are no different."

"Even if I don't make a move, you have no chance."

Hongchen was already being choked to death by Psychokinesis, but because he feared that if he died this time he would not be able to resurrect, Hongchen delayed taking his final breath, his face turning blue and purple, his eyes bulging.

Yet he still looked at the Sage, exhaling the little remaining air to say,

"You will regret this..."

Boom!

Intense Conqueror's Haki erupted with a roar, sweeping in from several kilometers away like a hurricane.

The Sage's expression turned cold; he saw a massive phantom appear on the battlefield, and countless amounts of malice, almost accompanying the Conqueror's Haki, radiated out in an endless stream.

(End of this chapter)