The value of absorption lies in using absorbed items to improve oneself.
Let's assume, how much would Bai Ye improve by absorbing three golden-quality items?
One could easily tell the improvement would be terrifying, and depending on the item's characteristics, there's even a chance for special effects to manifest.
Therefore, it seems incredibly powerful no matter how you look at it.
The issue lies with the temporary enhancement. While the duration might be extended based on the item's quality, it's still temporary. If Bai Ye absorbed three golden-quality items, would it last for a year?
If that were the case, Bai Ye would consider it game-changingly awesome.
The reason for its extremely low cost-effectiveness is also here. Trading three golden-quality items for half an hour of god-like power, while impressive, is no longer a matter of low cost-effectiveness; it's simply a lack of it.
However, it still holds value, as it's a trump card to keep hidden.
Additionally, the Five Spirit Curses were also improved!
With the advancement of the Five Spirit Curses, Bai Ye's various physical attributes finally surpassed 400 points, with his spiritual attribute exceeding 450 points.
Concurrently, the Daoist arts accompanying the Five Spirit Curses had all entered their final tier.
Fifth-tier Daoist arts would no longer be considered lackluster, but...
The increase in Spirit Gathering value was touching, and it would still take some time to learn the first fifth-tier Daoist art.
During Bai Ye's return to land, the world battlefield also saw frequent major events, with a hint of bloodshed.
Quite a few people survived the Summit War.
The survivors were generally of two types.
The first type were those with strength. Although they didn't leave immediately during the gathering of holy light, they forcefully broke out with their power when the holy light descended. For instance, Chi Jiuxiao and Huo Qingming were still alive, but Marguerite and Itachi Uchiha Gerad were dead.
The second type were those who were lucky and managed to escape disaster. They either ran into Marineford City or jumped into the sea. It wasn't guaranteed they would escape the holy light's judgment, but some did manage to survive by chance.
However, the outcome was equally tragic. At least seventy percent of the people died in this Summit War, but the remaining thirty percent survived. Through the mouths of these survivors, everyone learned about the brutality of the Summit War.
But no one mentioned Lilith, and no one knew how the holy light appeared.
Of course, a small number of people might have noticed, but they were only a minority.
At the same time, the heavy casualties of the selected individuals in the Summit War also caused a chain reaction.
This primarily affected the major factions.
The Hidden Dragon Society and the Evil Spirit Group both suffered heavy losses. Of course, the Evil Spirit Group fared much better. The Hidden Dragon Society invested a significant amount of manpower and resources into the Summit War, making the severity of their losses unimaginable.
The Evil Spirit Group, on the other hand, simply saw an opportunity to gain some advantage based on the situation and temporarily gathered personnel to set sail. Large-scale expeditions are not easy undertakings.
The Hidden Dragon Society also needed to prepare ships and oceanic beasts in advance. The Evil Spirit Group, acting on short notice, couldn't possibly acquire so many ships and beasts.
The same logic applied to the alliances of smaller factions. Most of them acted on impulse and didn't have the same preparation time as the Hidden Dragon Society. Even if they wanted to mobilize their entire force or dispatch a large number of personnel, they couldn't, only sending as many as they could.
Therefore, the Hidden Dragon Society was undoubtedly the most severely affected.
As the number one faction group, the Hidden Dragon Society had suffered a devastating blow, naturally leading some to become restless.
The logic is quite simple: everyone suffered losses, but if the Hidden Dragon Society suffered the most, that presented an opportunity.
It sounds bizarre, but currently, the various factions are competing to see who is more devastated...
The Evil Spirit Group has also taken action, engaging in several conflicts with the Hidden Dragon Society.
Bai Ye learned about these events while still at sea; Gao Ming informed him.
Bai Ye's first thought was about the reforms of the Hidden Dragon Society in his previous life.
The Hidden Dragon Society, centered around its own world, underwent reforms that even replaced its会长 (Huizhang - President/Leader). It began to accept selected individuals from other worlds, similar to the Evil Spirit Group, which was a historic step at the time.
After the rise of the Evil Spirit Group, the Hidden Dragon Society faced significant threats. It was through this method that they re-stabilized their footing and began to resist.
So, what was the fundamental reason for the Hidden Dragon Society's reforms at that time?
Was it also due to the Summit War, just like now?
But if the Summit War was so massive, Bai Ye would have heard about it then.
Therefore, the reforms of the Hidden Dragon Society in his previous life were likely not related to the Summit War.
This made Bai Ye feel a sense of emotion. The wheels of history had finally seen a major shift, or perhaps, his butterfly wings, diligently flapping, had finally caused a change?
In addition, Yimi had also contacted Bai Ye once. He was now the captain of an elite team within the Hidden Dragon Society, and in terms of combat, Yimi held the third-highest position.
Yimi had decision-making authority in all external combat operations.
This was definitely the treatment of a core member. Although Yimi didn't state the reason, Bai Ye could guess that with so many captains dead in the Summit War, the Hidden Dragon Society was likely short on personnel.
Even if Yimi wasn't considered one of their "own," Yimi could fight!
Currently, with the dire situation of the Hidden Dragon Society, who cared about loyalty? Being able to fight was enough.
Bai Ye was satisfied with this. The higher Yimi's status, the more information he could obtain, making it easier to stir up trouble.
Besides these, there was another major event: the neutral zones, or more directly, the safe zones, were destroyed.
Furthermore, five safe zones were destroyed.
This matter also had some connection to the Hidden Dragon Society.
The people of the Hidden Dragon Society were not well-liked. After all, the Hidden Dragon Society relied on their numbers to sweep through forbidden zones, engage in massacres, seize fragments of God Stones, and even permanently occupied some dangerous areas. Their record was notoriously bad.
Although the phrase "notoriously bad" doesn't carry much weight in a place like the world battlefield, as the world battlefield is a place where the strong prey on the weak.
But the key to the strong preying on the weak is that you must be strong.
Originally, due to the Hidden Dragon Society's power, most people tolerated them. But now, it was different. With the Hidden Dragon Society in decline, not only were other factions attacking them, but those who had long disliked the Hidden Dragon Society were also kicking them while they were down.
The incident originated when two teams from the Hidden Dragon Society encountered an ambush by other selected individuals while leaving a forbidden zone.
The saying "many ants can bite an elephant to death" sometimes holds true. When the survivors of an entire forbidden zone united and pursued the Hidden Dragon Society after exiting the zone, those two teams from the Hidden Dragon Society were helpless.
This was actually a very ironic situation.
No matter how many people the Hidden Dragon Society had, they couldn't possibly outnumber the selected individuals from an entire forbidden zone. However, in the past, these individuals would scatter and flee individually, never daring to unite and resist.
But now, they dared to, and discovered that the Hidden Dragon Society wasn't as formidable as they seemed.