Chapter 262: Sovereign of the Galaxy, White Nightmare · Bai Fu Descends!
The mont the prompt for completing the Awakening Quest popped up, Bai Fu opened her Attribute Panel.
She could hardly wait.
Nothing more to say—level up!
Her mind lightly touched the 【 】 behind the Apostle Walker class, pouring in 350 million XP. A pleasant notification sound rang out, bringing Bai Fu a wave of satisfaction that seed to sprout from the depths of her soul.
【Awakening Successful】
【You have unlocked a new class [Apostle of Truth], current level Lv1, Strength 3, Agility 3, Constitution 5, Inspiration 10, Attribute Points 10】
【You have completed your second Awakening. You have broken through a new bottleneck on your evolutionary path and have gained the qualification for Life Sublimation!】
【Calamity-class Stat Bonus Talent [Calamity Crown] removed】
【You have gained Domination-level Stat Bonus Talent [Domain of the Sovereign]】
【Your Talent [Extra-dinsional Erosion] has advanced to [Extra-dinsional Judgnt]】
【You have gained a new Talent [Supre of All Beings]】
【You have comprehended a new skill [Fusion · God of Psionics]】
【You have comprehended a new skill [Summon · Supre Might]】
【You have comprehended an exclusive skill [White Nightmare]】
A string of notifications blurred Bai Fu’s vision.
Bai Fu didn’t rush to click on Life Evolution, but first reviewed the various new abilities gained from this Awakening.
Just like the first Awakening, she gained a Rank Bonus, but compared to the old bonus, the effects of 【Domain of the Sovereign】 were much stronger than 【Calamity Crown】 by a whole margin.
Inspiration 20%, all other stats 15%.
All resistances 20%.
Physical damage reduction rate 5%, ntal Fortitude 50%.
All Psionic skills cost -20%, effect 100%.
Prayer Card effect 120% (bonus effect will continue increasing with level).
Domain · Sovereign.
【Domain · Sovereign】 was the domain unlocked upon advancing to Sovereign.
A Domain was essentially a special aura that could be freely toggled on or off and selectively applied to certain targets.
The effects of a Sovereign’s Domain varied between individuals—Bai Fu’s Domain was mainly for applying debuffs.
It could reduce HP and stamina recovery, weaken resistances, lower stats, and for targets with a huge power gap, it could even inflict the 【Intimidated】 state, rendering them unable to act.
“Impressive, no wonder they say a Sovereign is a walking war machine—Sovereigns don’t even need to strike directly; just standing there can change the tide of a battle.”
Joy surged within Bai Fu’s body.
If there were two Bai Fus in the world, and their Attribute Panels were identical except that one had a Domain and the other didn’t, in a fair fight, the one with the Domain could definitely beat the other until she owed for rcy.
Domains also had a hidden effect—they could counter other Domains.
In short, a Domain was the core ability of a Sovereign!
Bai Fu continued reading.
After 【Extra-dinsional Erosion】 evolved into 【Extra-dinsional Judgnt】, its effect remained the sa, except that instead of automatically detonating three seconds after stacking five layers, she could now manually control when to detonate. This gave it much greater initiative and greatly improved functionality.
【Supre of All Beings】 was a buff-type Talent. When Bai Fu transford into the Supre of All Beings, she could grant additional buffs to her Psionic summons, imbuing them with her own Psionic attributes, allowing their attacks to carry either the 【Dark】 or 【Apocalypse】 effect. This provided a trendous boost to the combat power of her Psionic Legion.
“This Talent truly lives up to the na of ‘Supre.’”
Bai Fu couldn’t help but smugly wiggle her toes.
The three newly unlocked skills were also quite ridiculous in effect.
Among them, 【Fusion · God of Psionics】 consud a massive number of Prayer Cards to fuse into a ti-limited Transcendent Psionic Lifeform. The more Prayer Cards fused, the stronger the combat power, with the peak even rivaling a weaker Sovereign for a short ti.
Clearly, this was a skill for the rich.
As for Bai Fu—she couldn’t say she was poor, but she also couldn’t say she was rich. Using it occasionally was fine, but use it too often and she’d soon be left with nothing but her underwear.
【Summon · Supre Might】, as its na suggested, allowed her to summon a Psionic lifeform from the Ethereal Realm that possessed supre might to fight for her.
Among the available summons, Bai Fu ultimately chose a strength-type Psionic behemoth over several hundred ters tall—【Kabaye】.
One reason was to make up for her own lack of physical strength; the other was because Kabaye looked incredibly cool. A white-haired girl standing on the shoulder of a massive, winged monster—that visual impact could definitely leave so Players utterly infatuated.
【White Nightmare】 was a special Faith-type attack skill. Its function was to emit a specific wavelength of Psionic shock into the target’s body, inducing hallucinations. This even worked on chanical lifeforms. The hallucinations varied by target, but they were never pleasant—otherwise, it wouldn’t be called a 【Nightmare】.
Targets hit would enter different abnormal states depending on the hallucination—
Dizziness, brainwashing worship, fear, confusion, aversion to life… there was always one that suited the victim!
“This is a control-type Psionic skill. It’s a pity my Psionic attribute isn’t 【Iridescent】, so there’s no extra bonus, but it still covers my weakness in ntal control—especially since it even has so effect on Sovereigns.”
Bai Fu nodded in satisfaction.
From the skill’s effect alone, it was clear that after entering the Sovereign rank, even a support-type Psionic Priest could begin to display death god–like might. For a main damage dealer like her, the improvent was even greater. Still, high-level Psionic Priests, while powerful, were extrely difficult to train.
Normally, the abilities unlocked upon advancing to Sovereign would be more than just these, but because Bai Fu had already mastered three pieces of Sovereign-tier advanced knowledge ahead of ti, she had already acquired several Sovereign-only abilities, such as Path of the Apostle, Transcendence, and Hyperspace Deploynt.
Closing the Talent and Skill description interface, Bai Fu opened the Life Evolution interface.
A good race determined her upper combat potential, so she was extrely cautious when making her choice.
【Your Life Strength and Psionic Integration have surpassed the evolution threshold. You have gained the qualification for Life Sublimation. Please choose one of the following Sublimation paths—】
【1. Void Manipulator】
【2. Fallen Child】
【3. Eternal Tribe】
【4. Cosmic Ghost】
【5. Night Watcher】
【6. Holy Spirit’s Kin】
Six options unfolded before her eyes, and Bai Fu quickly scanned through them.
【Void Manipulator】 was the advanced race of the 【Prophet】, an energy-based lifeform with even greater mastery over void energy. 【Fallen Child】 was also a void lifeform, but with traits more akin to a berserker—under void energy stimulation, it could erupt with multiplied power, but wasn’t too good in the head.
【Eternal Tribe】 was a beast-type race stripped of void power, with the potential to evolve into a 【Star Beast God】. 【Cosmic Ghost】 was a spiritual-type lifeform. The 【Night Watcher】’s form was similar to the 【Fallen Child】, sowhere between a void energy lifeform and a physical entity. 【Holy Spirit’s Kin】 was a special True Spirit lifeform.
“First, eliminate Fallen Child and Eternal Tribe—one’s brain is no good, the other’s ugly. Then eliminate Cosmic Ghost—I don’t benefit from Willpower boosts. Holy Spirit’s Kin is nice, but choosing it ans giving up my void skills.”
Bai Fu shook her head—she still greatly enjoyed the instant movent ability granted by 【Prophet Mark】.
Between 【Void Manipulator】 and 【Night Watcher】, she ultimately chose the latter. Choosing the forr would an becoming an energy lifeform, and then she couldn’t enjoy close physical contact. Plus, while the latter offered fewer void-related bonuses, it preserved humanoid form and thus better Psionic adaptability.
【Evolution Key detected—use it?】
“Yes!”
This was the mont Bai Fu had been waiting for.
The Evolution Key was a quest reward she had obtained after finding the base of the Ten Saints Council. It allowed her to set the key focus of her race’s evolution, turning evolution from uncontrollable to controllable—a massive power boost.
For Stats, she set Inspiration and Constitution as priorities.
For resistances, she set ntal Resistance as a priority.
For Skills and Talents, she set Mobility as a priority.
Once everything was ready, Bai Fu gently tapped the Sublimation button.
Boom!
It felt like a heavy blow landed on her chest. Her whole body felt uncomfortable—from limbs and organs down to her very cells—everything was trembling, everything was being reconstructed.
At tis, tearing pain burst forth. At tis, pleasure surged like when she did experints with Yulia. At tis…
This state lasted several minutes.
【You have completed a special Sublimation, stepping into a new realm of life. No clouds can veil your vision any longer. Your race has been changed to [Night Watcher (Bai Fu)]!】
【Race change complete. You have gained Stat Bonuses—
【Strength 141, Agility 119, Constitution 513, Intelligence 136, Spirit 121, Inspiration 691】
【Race Traits [Void Prophet], [Void Nest], [Void Walk] removed】
【Exclusive Skill [Prophet Mark ] evolved into [Void Shuttle]】
【Skill [Void Perception] evolved into [Higher-dinsional Overlook]】
【You have gained new racial trait bonuses—
Gain 1 Inspiration for each level up;
HP conversion from Constitution 50 per point, Psionic Value conversion from Inspiration 50 per point;
ntal Resistance 70%;
You have gained exclusive talent [Beco the Night];
You have gained exclusive talent [Night Infection].】
“No wonder they call it Life Sublimation—these stat bonuses are more than double what I got when I evolved into Earth Prophet!”
Bai Fu let out an exclamation of awe.
After evolving into a 【Night Watcher】, the three talents that ca with Prophet disappeared, but the talents and skills activated afterward were in no way inferior to those three.
【Void Shuttle】 had a teleport range ten tis that of 【Prophet Mark 】, reaching dozens of astronomical units, and it could teleport without leaving a marker in advance. The limitation was that it could only teleport three tis in a short period—any more and there was a risk of excessive void erosion turning her into a monster.
【Higher-dinsional Overlook】, as a perception skill, was more than ten tis stronger than 【Void Perception】.
【Beco the Night】 was a movent talent similar to Void Walk, but harder to track, faster in movent speed, and since “night” was an abstract concept, it ant that when Bai Fu used this ability, she could split into multiple images to confuse opponents.
【Night Infection】 was an extrely broken ability—lower-level targets hit by Bai Fu’s attacks had a certain chance of being “brainwashed” into becoming part of her legion.
“Now that feels good.”
Bai Fu let out a long breath.
She opened her Attribute Panel—
【HP】: 647591/647591
【Psionic Value】: 944421/944421
【Qi】: 23185/23185
【Stats】: Strength 1290, Agility 1432, Constitution 2741, Intelligence 1266, Spirit 1539, Inspiration 6317
After this Awakening, her HP had risen from 300k to over 600k, and her Psionic Value from 400k to over 900k. Her base Constitution and Inspiration had both increased by more than 1000 points. Now, if she went all out, her Inspiration could spike to over 10,000 instantly.
“No wonder they say you only truly stand atop the Galaxy once you reach the Domination-level rank. On paper, a Level 150 Calamity-class and a Level 151 Sovereign are just one level apart, but the difference in power…”
Bai Fu clicked her tongue.
If soone like Cecia—a pure tank—were to advance to Sovereign, her HP would probably shoot past 2 million. She could just stand there and let ordinary Calamity-classes hit her, and the damage would probably be less than her regeneration.
“Lucky I didn’t get bored and challenge the Head of State, or I’d have been a corpse long ago.”
Bai Fu looked down at her hands.
Fair and delicate—enough to make Yoshikage Kira stop dead in his tracks.
At a glance, who would think these hands contained the power to pierce stars and shake the galaxy?
Absolutely invincible.
Bai Fu felt that the shockwaves from her high-speed movent alone could probably rupture so ordinary starships.
Good. Since she already possessed such overwhelming power, it was ti to send the entire Glorious Forces to the heavens—and at the sa ti expose the true face of the Head of State to the whole universe.
Those who want to kill have to swallow a thousand needles first!
“Yulia, let’s go!”
Yulia looked at Bai Fu in astonishnt. “You advanced to Sovereign this quickly?”
Bai Fu grinned smugly. “This is Bai Fu speed!”
Yulia: “…”
How co you never showed this speed when we were doing experints?
Enough—ti to fuse!
Yulia clung directly onto Bai Fu.
Truthfully, she could no longer satisfy Bai Fu’s needs at this point—after advancing to Sovereign, Bai Fu’s appetite wasn’t ordinary; she could eat several of her in one sitting. But hanging on was still better than not hanging on.
Bai Fu flew out of the ship, and after two blinks, she appeared at the periter of the Glorious Forces’ headquarters.
Her sudden appearance imdiately drew the attention of the stationed personnel.
“Who?”
“Wait… isn’t that Bai Fu?”
When they saw Bai Fu’s face clearly, the stationed commander of the Glorious Forces, Siric, was dumbfounded.
What the hell.
Wasn’t Bai Fu being ganged up on by the Commander and the others? Why did she suddenly show up outside headquarters?
A sudden, intense sense of danger welled up in Siric’s heart.
Instead of ordering the guards to attack Bai Fu imdiately, he first contacted the Commander.
At that mont, the Commander of the Glorious Forces and the others were still besieging Hei Fu.
Speaking of which, the Commander found it odd—just monts ago, they had clearly beaten “Bai Fu” into only being able to defend, unable to counterattack.
Who would have thought that after a few dozen seconds, “Bai Fu” suddenly regained her composure—and was becoming more composed by the mont, as if she’d switched sothing on.
What the hell.
“What happened? Contacting at this ti?”
Sitting in the dical pod, the Commander frowned at Siric’s virtual projection. Siric quickly recounted what he had just seen.
“What?”
The Commander shot to his feet, completely forgetting the pain in his body.
Another Bai Fu—and she’s already found their headquarters?
If he rembered right, Bai Fu had a special Psionic clone—but there was no way that thing outside was just a clone, right?
If that’s the case, then the one attacking headquarters must be the real one?
If so, maybe it wasn’t worth worrying about—no, wait, how could it not be worth worrying? Bai Fu had no reason to know the location of their headquarters at all.
Unless…
“There’s a mole!”
If there really was a mole, then headquarters was in danger—and so were the secrets hidden there.
The Commander quickly logged onto the Starweb to search for related news.
The mont he saw the result, his face darkened.
【Bai Fu Livestream: I Have Arrived at the Glorious Forces Headquarters!】
This sudden livestream instantly beca the hottest one in the entire Edge Worlds.
At first, everyone thought it was a joke, but upon entering the room, they realized it really was Bai Fu’s stream.
What the hell?
When everyone thought Bai Fu had probably died at the hands of the Glorious Forces, she had sohow fought her way to their headquarters?
At this mont, in the livestream, Bai Fu was beating down the periter guards of the Glorious Forces headquarters.
“If she breaks through…”
Absolutely not.
They had to rush back imdiately.
The Commander looked between the Bai Fu in the livestream and the “Bai Fu” outside who just wouldn’t die, and suddenly faced a dilemma.
Should he abandon this “Bai Fu”?
“You stay here and kill this ‘Bai Fu’. I’ll handle the one over there!”
At this critical mont, the Head of State stepped forward.
The Commander let out a sigh of relief.
Good—if the Head of State was willing to take action, then everything was no longer a problem. Once he arrived, a single punch would be enough to smash Bai Fu—and her livestream—into dust.
“So you’re finally moving?”
Outside the Glorious Forces headquarters, Bai Fu glanced down at the map and saw the small dot representing the Head of State racing toward her position.
She didn’t act imdiately, but waited a little longer—until the Head of State, even if he realized the problem, would be too late to go back to save the others.
“The performance is over—ti to get serious.”
Tap!
In the depths of space, Hei Fu suddenly raised her right hand.
In an instant, over a dozen nano livestream drones flew out from her body. These drones quickly scattered into the distance and began broadcasting.
【Bai Fu Livestream: The Downfall of the Glorious Forces!】
The mont this new stream went live, it once again caused a sensation.
The audience was dumbfounded.
【Can soone tell what on earth is going on?】
【Why are there two livestreams?】
Hei Fu didn’t rush to explain the situation, but instead recited her lines to the cara: “For a long ti, the so-called righteous organization, the Glorious Forces, has been an unshakable shadow looming over the Taim people. Many innocents have died tragically at their hands. The Taim Civilization has sent forces to wipe out the Glorious Forces many tis, yet each attempt has ended in failure.”
As she spoke, mbers of the Glorious Forces kept launching attacks.
Waves of energy crashed against her body, yet couldn’t even tear her clothing.
“Why is this so? Is it truly because the Glorious Forces are powerful and highly skilled at concealnt?”
“Perhaps not!”
“Today, I will reveal the truth to everyone!”
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Hei Fu turned around and pointed directly at the Calamity-class mbers of the Glorious Forces.
The Commander of the Glorious Forces felt his scalp tingle.
“What on earth is she doing?”
No matter what, they couldn’t let “Bai Fu” keep this up!
Kill her—kill her now!
The Commander was just about to give the order for a full assault on Bai Fu when he suddenly saw an unusual deep-purple ripple appear behind her.
“That’s…”
His jaw dropped.
He saw it. The people around him saw it. The viewers in the livestream saw it too.
From within the deep-purple vortex, a massive claw erged, followed by a head, shoulders and neck, chest and abdon, wings, legs, and tail.
When it fully stepped out, everyone could see clearly.
It was a giant beast—over 400 ters tall!
It beat its wings, opened its mouth, and with great force unleashed a deep-purple psionic tide like a celestial sword, sweeping from left to right with the turn of its neck.
Boom—boom—boom!
In an instant, thousands of Glorious Forces ships caught in the sweep exploded one after another, like a chain of a thousand fireworks, painting the starry river in strange colors.
At that mont, the mbers of the Glorious Forces understood.
“Sovereign—Bai Fu is a Sovereign!”
The voice, filled with extre terror, echoed through the general broadcast channel, shaking the starry sky and the hearts of everyone who heard it.
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