Bai Ye watched the Cutter King, who had just gotten back up, panting heavily.
The loose bandages on his body were slowly tightening.
"Bandages?"
Bai Ye felt he had discovered something fishy. The opponent likely didn't possess super-regeneration, because even with super-regeneration, it wouldn't be to this extent.
The problem must lie with…
The bandages!
Bai Ye felt he couldn't treat the Cutter King as a normal being.
As long as the bandages remained intact, it seemed this guy's body could be reassembled no matter how it was cut.
Therefore, he would cut the bandages!
*Bang!*
Bai Ye took a sudden step forward, transforming into a bolt of lightning and instantly appearing beside the Cutter King, raising his sword and slashing forward.
Then…
"Huh?"
Bai Ye raised an eyebrow. He hadn't cut through!
The current Lei Huo Qing Ming was a super-quality weapon, yet it couldn't cut through the bandages. This was outrageous.
"Ah!"
At the same time, the Cutter King roared, his dual sabers slashing towards Bai Ye again.
His saber intent was soaring!
As the saber was swung, a silver saber light shot out.
Bai Ye tilted his head, and the saber light grazed his cheek, shooting straight into the sky.
In an instant, the sky was filled with dancing saber light.
Countless saber lights appeared, momentarily obscuring a portion of the sky. Then, dense saber lights converged, like a silver waterfall, descending from the air.
The saber light startled the heavens, spreading tens to hundreds of meters wide. Just looking at it could make one's heart tremble.
Bai Ye didn't even glance at it, directly raising his hand and slashing at the sky with his sword.
*Rumble, rumble, rumble!*
The sounds of thunder and fire explosions continuously erupted, followed by a pillar of lightning carrying flying fire that shot into the sky, colliding with the descending saber waterfall.
With a *boom*, a shattering sound echoed through the sky.
The fierce impact made the entire sky tremble, and then ripple-like waves of energy spread out in all directions, shattering the surrounding clouds.
The Cutter King's terrifyingly potent saber strike was effortlessly blocked by Bai Ye.
After blocking the strike, Bai Ye grabbed the Cutter King's body, pulling him up from the ground and said, "You think you have me cornered just because I can't cut through your bandages?"
Bai Ye sneered, and a large amount of poison suddenly appeared on his body, seeping into the bandages.
"Ah, ah, ah…"
Almost instantly, the Cutter King cried out in agony, struggling frantically.
Bai Ye curled his lips. It was as he suspected.
Lei Huo Qing Ming couldn't possibly fail to cut through the bandages, or at least not without taking any damage. The opponent's bandages couldn't possibly be of higher quality than the reinforced Lei Huo Qing Ming.
This left only one possibility: the opponent's bandages had extremely high resistance to physical attacks, or were completely immune.
In that case, a different method of attack would suffice.
As the poison continuously seeped into the bandages, white smoke began to rise from them, and they were melted and severed by the poison.
And as the bandages broke, the Cutter King's face contorted with terror and pain.
Then…
*Puff!*
Bai Ye reached out, and Lei Huo Qing Ming returned to his hand.
With a swift movement, the sword tip traced a silver arc across the Cutter King's neck, and his head flew off.
"This time…" Bai Ye looked at the bandages on the ground, corroded and severed by the poison, "there's no way to recover, right?"
The surroundings were silent.
The bandages did not writhe like snakes again, and the severed head naturally could not speak.
Even the body beneath the bandages, due to the poison, began to continuously turn into bloody water.
Bai Ye shrugged. "It seems there's no recovery."
With that said, Bai Ye looked in Xue Cheng's direction, then walked forward with Lei Huo Qing Ming resting on his back.
*Clap, clap, clap…*
Xue Cheng remained silent for a moment, then suddenly began to clap. He then looked at Bai Ye and smiled, "Impressive. I never expected the Evil Spirit Gang to have a master like you. Are you interested in a change of scenery?"
Bai Ye asked, "What? The Hidden Dragon Society?"
"Is that not possible?" Xue Cheng replied, "Whatever the Evil Spirit Gang can give you, we at the Hidden Dragon Society can give. Whatever they cannot, we can also provide. In fact, if they give you X amount, we can give you double."
Xue Cheng spoke with great confidence. Although the Evil Spirit Gang had been on a winning streak recently, and even surpassed the Hidden Dragon Society in fame after large-scale recruitment, the resources controlled by the Evil Spirit Gang were certainly far inferior to those of the Hidden Dragon Society.
The Hidden Dragon Society had been collecting resources since the moment they entered the world battlefield.
"A pity!" Bai Ye said, "I'm not interested."
Bai Ye did not state that he was not a member of the Evil Spirit Gang.
Did Xue Cheng misunderstand?
The more Xue Cheng misunderstood, the better. If his strength could make the Hidden Dragon Society feel a sense of crisis, then the Hidden Dragon Society would surely be wary of the Evil Spirit Gang.
This way, the relationship between the two factions would naturally worsen, and they would be more likely to clash.
This was the outcome Bai Ye wanted to see, so why deny it?
Xue Cheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Since you're not interested, I won't force it. How about we take turns entering the game instances? We can also split the bosses, with each side taking half, or we can return to town now and discuss it in detail at the tavern?"
Bai Ye suddenly chuckled, looking at Xue Cheng, and asked, "Are you scared?"
Xue Cheng's smile froze on his face, appearing incredibly stiff.
In the adult world, some things are known but cannot be spoken.
The Cutter King had been killed!
This indeed made Xue Cheng's heart clench.
In terms of pure strength, Xue Cheng believed he was on par with the Cutter King, not weaker, but not stronger either.
Therefore, Xue Cheng easily concluded: in a one-on-one fight, no one on his side would be Bai Ye's match.
Weighing the pros and cons, Xue Cheng's first reaction was to recruit Bai Ye, and if that failed, to seek peace.
To put it bluntly, Xue Cheng had conceded.
However, while the situation was as it was, everyone knew it, but one couldn't voice it.
And then…
Bai Ye said it, not only saying it but saying it very directly.
Xue Cheng took a deep breath and asked, "What do you want?"
Bai Ye looked at Xue Cheng for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "I want blood."
This statement made Xue Cheng's gaze deepen again.
In that instant, Xue Cheng felt a familiar sensation from Bai Ye, which made him feel a trace of strangeness, but he quickly understood.
He had felt a similar aura from the Cutter King.
The aura of a madman!
The aura of slaughter!
The aura of blood!
In that moment, Xue Cheng understood some things.
Although Bai Ye said this with a smile, he was not joking.
Bai Ye was serious!
He wanted…
Blood!