The basic effect of the Steel Slime was to solidify items, which wasn't particularly useful.
However, Jin Sha's initial guess was that as the Steel Slime improved, it would gain amplification effects.
This was crucial. If it merely solidified existing items, its utility beyond convenience would be limited.
But if it could amplify the solidified items, that would be a different story entirely.
It could potentially turn a red-quality item into gold quality, or a gold-quality item into super-quality, provided the amplification was significant enough.
And now...
Jin Sha was gone, and no one would ever see how powerful the Steel Slime could be cultivated.
But Bai Ye had achieved it!
The "Steal" effect wasn't very useful because it was temporary. Bai Ye usually used it to exploit bugs, as stolen weapons could also be recorded into the Gate of Babylon, thereby increasing the number of weapons within it.
Furthermore, Steal did not possess any amplification effects.
However, Synthesis, Reinforcement, and now Enchantment all possessed amplification effects.
While Synthesis didn't have explicit amplification attributes, it certainly provided an improvement upon successful synthesis. Reinforcement could boost all effects by 10%, or a single effect by 25%. Combined with Synthesis, this was already a very good amplification.
Now, with Enchantment, it provided a 10% amplification to effects, and weapons would have their base power enhanced, while armor would have its base defense strengthened.
Most importantly, it could stack with Synthesis and Reinforcement.
This meant that after Synthesis boosted base attributes or added attributes, it would then receive a 20% overall effect amplification, or a 10% overall effect amplification plus a 25% single effect amplification, with an additional 15% amplification to attack or defense.
Don't forget...
Bai Ye also had Magic Chant!
Magic Chant, as the strongest amplification magic, included an option to enhance oneself with elemental power, amplifying the effects of any item or ability related to elements by 15%.
Since Enchantment required the use of elemental abilities to enchant, after enchanting, the Steel Slime became an element-related item, further increasing its effect amplification by 15%. This brought the total effect amplification to 35% overall, or a 25% overall amplification combined with an 80% single effect amplification.
To be even more extreme, if Bai Ye was willing to spend two God Stone Shards, Magic Chant could additionally select another reinforcement direction, or double the effect of a single reinforcement direction.
As a result, the Steel Slime's overall effect amplification became 70%, or a 25% overall effect amplification paired with an 80% single effect amplification!
As Bai Ye thought about it, he himself gasped.
With such stacked amplification, a red-quality flying sword like "Thunderclap Purple Lightning" would directly become gold quality, and could surpass most gold-quality flying swords.
It could even be more useful than Chinese divine artifacts like the Xuanyuan Sword.
After all, the Xuanyuan Sword depended on the user's physical attributes, while Thunderclap Purple Lightning did not.
Moreover, the Steel Slime's amplification was not limited in quantity; anything solidified by the Steel Slime could be amplified.
Therefore, Bai Ye could actually amplify a pile of items simultaneously!
The most crucial point was...
The Steel Slime had only reached red quality and could still continue to grow.
Given its current level of power at red quality, what about gold quality?
The phrase "promising future" was entirely fitting.
The only thing Bai Ye needed to consider was that such continuous stacked amplification effects consumed a significant amount of mental energy. Even with Bai Ye's excellent mental power, he likely couldn't sustain it for too long. One or two items were fine, but it was uncertain how many more items could be amplified.
"It seems I need to find some items that can strengthen mental power?" Bai Ye murmured, stroking his chin. "These kinds of items are hard to find!"
Just as there were no drugs that could restore mental power, items that strengthened mental power were also very rare, which was a problem for Bai Ye.
However, Bai Ye wasn't overly concerned. Not many people could force him to go all out, and in normal combat situations, he wouldn't have to worry.
After reviewing his gains, Bai Ye shifted his attention back to the current battle.
Wei Zhuxie's death had indeed significantly impacted Bai Ye's plans.
What Bai Ye could do now was to quickly eliminate the two targets in front of him, thus forming a triangular cycle.
Hamiel wanted to kill Bai Ye, Bai Ye wanted to kill Li Jiayi, and Li Jiayi had to kill Hamiel!
But Bai Ye still had an advantage.
Li Jiayi currently had zero pursuits, and Hamiel was a formidable obstacle. Hamiel's current pursuit count was one, the same as Bai Ye. However, Hamiel was being held back by Bai Ye. Although Bai Ye had lost two targets, Lancegard and Dale, he could still pursue two others.
Thinking of this, Bai Ye's mood improved considerably.
Advantage: Me!
"The question is, where can I find people?"
As Bai Ye pondered, he took out his Hunter's ID tag and began to examine it.
The intelligence sharing function within it was constantly refreshing information.
The battle at the hotel was also shared as intelligence. The previous entry for Bai Ye's intelligence was twenty minutes ago: the Hunters had failed to find Bai Ye in the alley, and the intelligence had ceased.
Hamiel's alert was seventeen minutes ago, suggesting he had also fled.
Then, Li Jiayi...
"Aha!"
Bai Ye immediately let out a rather ungracious laugh. Li Jiayi's intelligence was still being updated. The latest news was that Li Jiayi had hidden in a mall's nursing room.
Li Jiayi was quite cunning; nursing rooms definitely wouldn't have surveillance cameras. But Li Jiayi forgot that it was late at night, and the Hunters had no reservations, directly pushing open the doors to search.
Therefore, Li Jiayi was still being pursued.
Moreover, not only was he being pursued, but he had also been charged with an additional crime: a pervert who trespassed in a nursing room!
Although Li Jiayi wasn't pursuing Bai Ye at the moment, and this incident didn't have a significant impact on Bai Ye, seeing the guy in trouble made Bai Ye can't help but want to laugh.
But at this moment...
"A warehouse fire has broken out at 223 Riasna Street in the East District, suspected to be caused by a battle between wanted individuals. Hunters in the surrounding areas are requested to immediately proceed to the area, evacuate the public, and seal off the streets."
A new intelligence notification appeared, making Bai Ye's eyes light up.
The area he was currently in was the South District. If nothing unexpected happened, Hamiel and Li Jiayi wouldn't be able to reach the East District so quickly. That left only one possibility.
The remaining two were fighting each other!
For Bai Ye, this was naturally very good news. After all, eliminating one would make the other the next target.
Since that was the case, why wait?
Bai Ye quickly spread out his electrical field, and then...
With a crackle!
Bai Ye's body transformed into current and vanished without a trace.
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