Who made her an NPC!.

Chapter 288: Standing on the top with the body of the master [5k]

Since they were free anyway, after entrusting the Ark of Heaven to Yulia for safekeeping, Bai Fu and Dmitri boarded a spaceship to the Empire.

Although the painter did not join the Empire, she has always lived in the Star Abyss sector of the Empire.

The Star Abyss is adjacent to the Star Ring Island Star Region and Titan Industry. It is slightly smaller than the Edge World. The Star Abyss contains a large number of ancient galaxies. These galaxies are very close to each other, colliding, tearing, and merging with each other.

Not only that, there is also a very special gravity source in the "center" of the abyss of stars, which pulls all the surrounding galaxies to "fall" towards it.

The simultaneous occurrence of these two phenomena has given this large-scale galactic filamentary structure, spanning more than a billion light-years, the name the Starry Abyss.

Unlike the Star Ring Island, the Crown of the Universe, and the Vast Continent, the permanent population in the Star Abyss star region is very small.

Of course, this small number is only relative. In fact, the number of intelligent life living here cannot be simply measured in billions.

The Empire's development of the Stellar Abyss is more of a scientific research-based development.

What worries the empire the most is the research on the source of alien attraction.

Over the years, the Empire has sent a large number of scientific researchers to the area near the source of the anomaly, trying to figure out the real reasons for the gravitational anomalies and abnormal fluctuations in space curvature in this area. Unfortunately, to this day, no theory has been formed that can be recognized by most people in the academic community.

There are no massive celestial bodies near this area, and the gravitational force of other superclusters around it is not enough to make this space so abnormal.

Perhaps, only when the Empire completely masters the "dimension" can it truly understand the abyss of stars.

"It is said that the painter lives in the abyss of stars to study the source of attraction."

"The painter is a psychic painter like you, but her style is different from yours. You use the prayer summoning style, while she uses the [vision style], using prayer cards to cast various visions to fight the enemy."

"Except for the Virtual Realm Research Society, the painter has not joined any organization. She usually smiles, but in fact she is quite withdrawn and doesn't like to get close to others. This time we were able to contact her thanks to the Curse Master."

Dmitri patiently introduced to Bai Fu the information related to the painter and the Starry Abyss.

Bai Fu nodded repeatedly. Most of this information is not disclosed to the public and can only be known by entering this circle.

She didn't have a deep impression of the painter. The only thing she remembered was that after she defeated Zephyr, the painter's favorability towards her plummeted. She didn't know what the painter's attitude towards her was now after a few years.

With such curiosity, a few days later, Bai Fu and Dmitri came to the painter's residence.

Bessen Star.

The spacecraft landed on a green field.

When she walked out of the spaceship, Bai Fu saw the painter watering the flowers in the garden.

He was wearing old-fashioned clothes, hunched over, holding a small watering can in his hand. The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together, and a thick twilight flowed from the years.

If you don’t know the inside story, who would have thought that such a amiable old man is actually the supreme psychic being admired by countless people?
"Ms. Painter, long time no see."

Dmitri saluted the painter across the wooden fence.

The painter stopped what he was doing and said, "I didn't expect that a busy person like you would have time to come to my place."

Dmitri smiled and exchanged a few words with the painter.

He accompanied Bai Fu this time mainly because the Empire was worried that something might happen to Bai Fu.

Although the painter lived within the empire, the empire knew very little about her. The only information they had came from the Curse Lord Olson.

If she suddenly attacks Bai Fu, things would be terrible.

"Come in and sit down, try my cooking, and we'll chat."

The painter opened the small double wooden doors and invited Baifu and Dmitri to take a seat.

After Baifu and Dmitri sat down at the stone table in the yard, she brought out a plate of homemade pastries from the house.

During this process, Bai Fu did not speak, but just silently stared at the painter's favorability towards her.

【-twenty four】

It is much lower than the -29 recorded at the Virtual Realm Research Society gathering.

When she saw this number, Bai Fu no longer expected to get a color-quality prayer card blueprint. She just wanted to know how she had offended the painter, causing him to have such a low impression of her.

After finishing the first pastry while chatting, the painter suddenly took out a data storage device the size of a fingernail from his pocket.

"There is a prayer card blueprint called 'Painter's Whisper' in here. It is the most valuable of all the prayer card blueprints I have. I wonder if it can meet your requirements."

The painter pushed the data storage device in front of Bai Fu.

Bai Fu took the data storage device and pretended to check it, but in fact she threw an Apostle Vision at the storage device.

【Painter's Whisper (Color)】

The feedback surprised Bai Fu.

It's actually true!
Could it be that the painter really wants to make a deal?
Bai Fu nodded: "No problem, Mr. Painter, what do you want to trade with me?"

The painter placed his hands on his knees like a lady and said, "Before I tell you the details of the transaction, can you let me tell you a story?"

Bai Fu and Dmitri looked at each other and neither of them objected.

"This story is about me." The painter said, "I was born in a wealthy family and showed great psychic talent since I was a child. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Miss Bai Fu. My psychic talent may be even stronger than yours."

real or fake?

Bai Fu immediately became interested.

The painter laughed and said, "It only took me three and a half years to advance from an ordinary person to A-level!"

Oh, then you still have time to practice. It took me less than three and a half years.

Bai Fu did not say anything to undermine the painter's self-confidence; she played the role of a listener very well.

"At that time, I was very proud. I was born into a noble family and had outstanding talents. I had a smooth journey and never encountered any setbacks. I felt that I was God's favorite, until I met someone."

"She is also a psychic painter, but unlike me, she comes from a poor family and has poor talent. However, she is very pious. Her devotion to psychic power is something I have never seen before."

The painter raised his head slightly.

In her pupils, there seemed to be a reflection of a figure that shouldn't exist.

She is reminiscing and missing.

"I challenged her, and she refused to accept the challenge, but I kept pestering her, and she just beat me with the prayer card."

"With her, I tasted failure for the first time."

"I felt that she was cheating by defeating me with prayer cards. I was very dissatisfied and went to argue with her, but I was soon speechless by her profound knowledge, and thus suffered my second defeat."

"Of course I couldn't just give up like that. I'm such a proud person. I believed that as long as I worked hard, I would be able to defeat her in the field she excelled in. Just like that, I became a psychic painter."

"It's funny to say that the mentor who taught me how to practice didn't know as much about prayer cards as the person who defeated me. In order to defeat her, I had to go to the library to borrow the notes she wrote. The funniest thing is that she caught me when I was borrowing the notes. Can you understand how embarrassed I was at that time?"

The painter looked helpless.

Bai Fu nodded. Of course she understood, but if she were in that situation, she would definitely not feel embarrassed because she was very thick-skinned.

The painter continued, "I don't know if she noticed my embarrassment. She just said that if you want to learn, you can come to her directly. She is not stingy in sharing her knowledge. She hopes that more people can become loyal believers of psychic power like her."

"I thought since I had already lost face, I might as well learn from her. That's how we officially met. According to my initial estimate, I thought it would take me at most a year to defeat her, but... from the time we first met as teenagers until the day she passed away, I never achieved this goal."

"After I had studied with her for half a year, the war broke out and she joined the battlefield. The war lasted for seven years. I lost contact with her several times. Later, I also joined the war, but I was in charge of logistics and rarely met her."

"After the war, she was noticed by the Alculas Church because of her military achievements. She joined the Church and became a member of the Battle Sisters Team. I..."

"Alculus?" At this moment, Dmitri interrupted the painter with a cry of surprise, "Is it the Alculus that caused the spiritual disaster?"

The painter said, “That’s right.”

Demetri's pupils shrank. "Could the person you just kept talking about be Meli, the [Summoner] of Alculas?"

The painter said, “That’s right.”

The small courtyard suddenly fell into silence. Taking this opportunity, Bai Fu used her virtual heart to search for related events.

The incident took place at the junction of the Reborn Empire and Titan Industry, a super galaxy cluster called Seabuckthorn.

This supercluster does not belong to any cosmic civilization. Its internal forces are complex and intricate, with countless factions, wars breaking out all year round, and the environment is extremely harsh.

Alculas is a religion that advocates the use of psychic powers to heal the wounds of the world. 64 years ago, the Alculas religion held a sacrifice ceremony, intending to use this ceremony to summon the apostles to come and completely end the chaos in the Seabuckthorn Supercluster. The person involved was the "Summoner" Meli, who was very devout to psychic powers.

However, an accident occurred during the sacrifice ceremony. The apostle did not descend, but instead an uncontrollable amount of spiritual energy descended.

Under the impact of spiritual energy, the Alculas religion was almost wiped out, and the civilizations around the Alculas religion also suffered a severe blow. One of the civilizations called [Shapley] was directly destroyed as a result.

Finally, at the joint invitation of all forces in the Seabuckthorn Supercluster, Titan Industries took action to quell the spiritual disaster.

"Merry died before I could challenge her."

The painter took out a physical photo and placed it on the table. In the photo, she was young and she was young, cuddling with Mary.

"I tried to dissuade her, but she did it voluntarily. No one forced her. She has always been a devout believer in psychic energy. She summoned the apostles to come at the cost of completely integrating herself into psychic energy and bringing lasting peace to Seabuckthorn. In her eyes, this was not a sacrifice, but the happiest moment of her life."

"The day she walked up to the altar, I lost the only goal of my life. I felt a void in my heart. I thought that from then on, there would be no more sadness or joy in my heart."

"but……"

"A spiritual disaster has occurred."

"Everyone thinks the spiritual disaster was an accident. Yes, it was an accident, but not the accident you think. I stood there and saw with my own eyes the arrival of the apostles. However, the apostles did not bring peace, but killing. The apostles devoured Meli, devoured the people of the Alculas Church, devoured my hometown, and devoured my family. To this day, I still remember the expression on Meli's face when she found out that the apostles were going to devour her."

The painter's breathing became heavy.

She was no longer calm, and murderous intent gradually emerged in her eyes.

The people you admire, your family, and your hometown were all destroyed by the apostles. It's normal to feel such hatred, right?
Bai Fu said: "So, Mr. Painter, do you want me to help you deal with the descending apostle?"

The painter shook his head: "I will deal with the apostle myself."

"That……"

"This picture, 'Painter's Whisper', was developed by me based on Meili's research. It can be said to be the last thing Meili left in the world."

The painter suddenly stood up, leaned forward, and pressed his hands on the stone table.

"What I intend to exchange it for is...your life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, balls of spiritual energy fire rose out of nowhere above the earth, under the sky, and in the dust. Under the burning of the flames, the whole world changed.

The idyllic mountain residence with its clusters of flowers and flowers disappeared, replaced by ruins torn by the storm.

The aging painter disappeared, and in his place appeared a beautiful woman who looked to be in her thirties and exuded a noble air.

Bai Fu: “?”

No, lady, what are you doing?

Dmitri's face changed drastically, and he quickly stepped forward to stand in front of Bai Fu.

"Painter, what are you doing? I'm here, don't even think about hurting Bai Fu!"

In the storm, there were cold laughs everywhere.

"Annihilation, do you really think you can stop me?"

Dmitri lowered his head and found that the ground beneath his feet began to expand at a strange speed. In a very short period of time, the distance between him and Bai Fu was widened from one meter to several thousand meters. A twisted wall of psychic storm appeared between the two.

broken!
He raised his hand quickly.

To his surprise, his ability had no effect on the Storm Wall.

Hallucination?

Dmitri's face turned ugly. From his naked eyes and senses, he could not tell that the high wall of storm in front of him was fake.

Being able to achieve this level shows that the painter’s true ability is much stronger than he imagined!
How did this old bastard painter hide the strength of his energy level?

"Painter, are you crazy? Bai Fu has never provoked you. If you attack her, aren't you afraid of the empire's retaliation?"

The painter's voice sounded: "Bai Fu is very likely the reincarnation of an apostle. She is growing too fast, faster and faster. This is totally unreasonable. The last time we met at the headquarters of the Virtual Realm Research Association, I briefly sensed the apostle's breath in her. I have seen the apostle with my own eyes, so I will definitely not make a mistake. Although I don't know why I can't feel the apostle's breath from her this time, I can't let her continue to develop anyway. She must die!"

Bai Fu was angry.

That's too much. Just because I leveled up quickly, you say I'm an apostle. That doesn't make sense. I also said you're an apostle too!

But as she was getting angry, she suddenly thought of something.

and many more.

Could it be that the apostle's breath that the painter mentioned was the breath of the Pillar of True Spirit on Julia's body?

When sparring with Zephyr, although she did not merge with Yulia, she borrowed some of Yulia's power because of the connection between them.

"Just because I briefly had the apostle's aura, you want to kill me. Isn't that too impulsive? What if you find out later that I'm not an apostle?"

The painter said, "Even if you are not an apostle, I will kill you. Your existence is a huge threat to my plan! Apostles, or the power of psychic energy, should not exist in the world! Annihilation, don't worry, sooner or later, I will destroy the Rebirth Empire and Titan Industries! Meili volunteered to sacrifice herself, but she would go to this step of sacrifice, and it was inevitable that the things that the Rebirth Empire and Titan Industries did in Seabuckthorn fueled the flames!"

boom!
With a loud thunderous sound, Bai Fu found a very twisted-looking beast emerging next to her.

"Super-class summoned beast?!"

Dmitri in the distance could no longer stand there, and he immediately flew towards Bai Fu, but just after he flew a few meters away, the painter appeared out of nowhere in front of him and blocked his way.

"Annihilation, you should focus on yourself first!"

damn it.

Dmitri was furious.

If Bai Fu died here, it would be like the empire's upward path being suddenly interrupted. This kind of loss is something the empire cannot afford!
"Go away!"

Dmitri's supernatural powers were fully activated, but even though he completed his third divine transformation under Bai Fu's guidance, he still could not break through the painter's obstruction in a short period of time.

It’s over.

By the time he rushed to Bai Fu, Bai Fu would have probably already died at the hands of that super-level summon...

"Do you really think you have me in your hands?"

Suddenly, a cold voice was heard.

Dmitri and the painter were both startled.

They were not mistaken, the super-class summoned beast slapped Bai Fu on the head, however, apart from shaking slightly a few times, there was no trace of any injury on Bai Fu's body!
"If you had dealt with me earlier, I might have really fallen into your hands, but now, it's not enough for you to kill me with just this summoned beast of yours!"

One after another, the Legion Holy Boxes shattered into stars in Bai Fu's palm.

Stars are floating in the storm.

No matter how the storm roared or how it tore, the stars never wavered at all.

They are so tenacious and full of vitality.

When they finally stopped dancing, twenty +13 psychic legions appeared in the storm of ruins.

They were in neat order, and they were full of determination. They stood behind Bai Fu, waiting for the order from their commander Bai Fu.

At this moment, Bai Fu truly possessed the demeanor of the Dark Lord.

She pressed her right hand forward gently.

Rush!
In an instant, billions of true spirit summons passed her and turned into a tide of dark moon, drowning everything in their way.

(End of this chapter)