The blade energy was terrifyingly numerous!
Initially, there were only a few dozen, but they quickly multiplied into hundreds, and finally surged to over a thousand. They were so dense that the original form of the blade energy was indistinguishable. Instead, it resembled a massive, silvery-white sphere that enveloped Bai Ye.
After all, he was an expert from the Canglong Society, a member of their elite squad. When they fought for their lives, they were indeed quite formidable.
However, the price for this was that the sword in his hand was now ruined.
Bai Ye possessed a similar effect. The Zi Dian aspect of Jing Lei Zi Dian and Yan Huang Fei Huo both involved the shattering of weapons to unleash terrifying power.
Gao Ming and the others watched with apprehension.
The attack unleashed by the opponent was like crashing waves against a shore, or like the heavens collapsing and the earth cracking. The silvery-white blade energy shrouded the area, and the sound of the blade hummed.
In a moment, under that single strike, the endless blade energy surged like the sea, a blinding white. From afar, it looked like a vast expanse of silvery-white mist, spreading in all directions. It even surged upwards, forming a reversed, skyward-bound silver waterfall.
Within the space occupied by Bai Ye and his opponent, a terrifying aura of annihilation manifested. This descending blade strike gave the impression of barren land, of extinguished life.
Silent yet murderous!
Bai Ye, caught within the blade energy, found his colossal Thunder God body constantly being cleaved, constantly vanishing, his form shattering repeatedly.
"Hahahahahahahaha…"
The Canglong Society member laughed, his face contorted as he roared, "You want to kill me? Let's see who kills whom!"
"You said who kills whom?"
At that very moment, Bai Ye's voice echoed.
From within the blade energy, the shattered Thunder God body began to reform.
The scattered lightning arcs rapidly converged, and in the center of the blade energy, the Thunder God body reappeared.
Behind Bai Ye, the five Thunder God drums began to vibrate.
With each vibration of the Thunder God drums, a sound like thunder erupted, and then…
Boom, boom, boom!
Bolts of lightning descended from the sky, relentlessly striking the blade energy, quickly shattering it into pieces.
Bai Ye stepped out from amidst the scattered blade energy.
The Canglong Society member was utterly astonished.
He was unharmed by this?
Was this even right?
The Canglong Society member never received an answer, because Bai Ye had already raised his massive palm and brought it down with force.
That palm strike carried the thunder with it!
A bolt of lightning descended from the heavens, following Bai Ye's palm and striking the opponent. Then…
With a bang!
The power of the lightning surged into his body. The man's form exploded in an instant, turning into countless charred pieces of flesh that scattered in all directions.
The ground also let out a deafening roar as the descending lightning blast carved a massive pit at least three to four meters in radius!
"You have killed a participant (Steampunk Civilization World)."
"You have obtained five God Stone fragments."
Having killed another, Bai Ye looked up and surveyed his surroundings.
This time, Bai Ye did not continue the pursuit.
The opponent's life-risking attack, while it hadn't saved his own life, had at least managed to delay Bai Ye.
By now, the other members of the Canglong Society had scattered like startled birds, vanishing without a trace.
Although Bai Ye's elementalization and use of electric fields for teleportation were fast, with the targets gone, Bai Ye was helpless. He couldn't just run around blindly hoping to find them.
Furthermore, looking at the corpses around him, Bai Ye felt he had gained a decent harvest.
The Canglong Society's ambush had failed, and they had left behind several bodies, a significant blow to their strength.
However, there was also bad news.
Bai Ye's original plan was to appear and turn the tide when they were tackling the third-layer Boss, catching the Canglong Society completely off guard.
Now that he had exposed himself, the Canglong Society would undoubtedly be on alert.
But Bai Ye felt the problem wasn't significant. Even if the Canglong Society was prepared, what could they do?
He hadn't even gotten serious yet.
Did they really think he only had the Goro Goro no Mi as his means?
As Bai Ye pondered this, he looked at Gao Ming and said, "Hey, hey, hey, are you stunned?"
Gao Ming snapped back to attention at Bai Ye's call and quickly replied, "It's nothing, nothing. Did the Canglong Society people run away?"
Bai Ye nodded. "Mm."
Gao Ming asked, "What should we do now?"
Bai Ye retorted, "You're the leader of the Evil Spirit Squad, and you're asking me?"
Gao Ming dismissed it with a smile, "You're the commander now. I'll listen to you."
Bai Ye thought for a moment and asked, "How is your collection of items from the third layer coming along?"
Gao Ming beckoned to someone and said, "Liang Jie, how is your collection of items coming along?"
A middle-aged man approached and reported, "We've only managed to acquire seven items so far. There are eight red-quality items that are considered backups and their necessity for transport is still uncertain. And…"
Liang Jie hesitated before continuing, "It was actually going smoothly. I estimated we could finish within a week, but after these Canglong Society fellows showed up, they occupied three relatively good game instances. Due to the conflict, our efficiency has dropped significantly."
After clearing the third-layer Boss, they could take away three red-quality items.
But this didn't mean the third layer only produced red-quality items. Wild monsters still dropped black-quality items. Red-quality items had to be obtained from instances or by defeating Bosses, and it wasn't a guaranteed drop, but rather dependent on probability.
According to Bai Ye's memory, the probability of obtaining a red-quality item from defeating a Boss was around 20%. Then, one had to carefully select the best items, and it wasn't easy to gather the thirty-six items for a full team.
Gao Ming instructed, "Bring up all the backup items first. We don't have much time to be picky now. As long as they are red-quality items, it's not a loss. Get the rest as quickly as possible."
Bai Ye replied, "I'll accompany you. It shouldn't be a problem. Do you have the refresh times for the instances and Bosses recorded?"
"We do," Gao Ming confirmed. "After they scout the situation, they report to me, and I've compiled them into a schedule."
Bai Ye glanced at Gao Ming and then nodded.
Gao Ming claimed to be a capable fighter, but Bai Ye hadn't seen his actual combat prowess.
Regardless, in terms of combat command, Gao Ming was clearly unqualified. His greatest contribution was uttering that sentence: "Everyone listen to Bai Ye, everything is under Bai Ye's command."
However, setting aside combat aspects, Gao Ming was indeed a talent in internal affairs. He had always performed well and was highly valued by their leader, Stanson.
Liang Jie consulted a small notebook and said, "The instances are occupied by the Canglong Society, but I've sent people to monitor their instance refresh times. The fastest ones will reopen in six hours. However, two Bosses are close to respawning. One is called General Dong, who will appear in thirty minutes, and the other is Scarlet Tongue, in one hour and twelve minutes."