For a moment after Bai Ye left, Jeram felt a sense of relief.
The World Battlefield was a place where one could act on impulse. It was perfectly normal to be chatting amicably one moment and drawing blades the next.
Therefore, Jeram had been somewhat wary of Bai Ye making a move. With Bai Ye gone, he could finally relax.
But at that very moment...
With a flash of electricity, Bai Ye suddenly reappeared before Jeram.
In that instant, Jeram was almost scared off the boat.
Bai Ye said, "Lend me some food, I'm running out of rations."
"No problem, I have some," Jeram chuckled dryly and handed Bai Ye a bag of compressed biscuits, saying, "This should be enough for you to reach your destination."
"Great!"
With another flash, Bai Ye vanished into electricity.
Jeram let out a long sigh of relief, wiping sweat from his brow. "That was close, so close..."
"Hey!" Before Jeram could even finish speaking, Bai Ye's voice echoed from behind him. "Do you have anything for beast taming?"
"Huh?" Jeram was startled again and quickly turned around, only to find Bai Ye standing on the boat once more. He said helplessly, "I really don't have that. I haven't been to the beast taming areas, and I don't raise tamed beasts."
"Oh, never mind then."
Bai Ye once again turned into electricity and disappeared.
"Finally gone."
Jeram breathed a sigh of relief again, then his nerves snapped taut as he scanned his surroundings. Indeed, Bai Ye was nowhere to be seen.
Then...
"Hey!"
Bai Ye suddenly emerged from the water beside them, his head popping up and startling Jeram, who was looking down at the sea, face-to-face.
"Ah!"
Jeram let out a scream and finally slipped off the boat, his head hitting the water.
"Why are you so scared? I just remembered I didn't say goodbye to you." Bai Ye said, "I'm really leaving this time."
Bai Ye once again transformed into lightning and vanished before Jeram's eyes.
Jeram roared in anger, "If you have the guts, don't leave."
With a crackle, a bolt of electricity descended from the sky. Bai Ye stood at the edge of the leaf boat, looking down at Jeram in the water.
"Is there something else?"
"No," Jeram felt like he was about to cry. He said humbly, "I just remembered, I also didn't say goodbye to you."
Bai Ye asked, "Then, goodbye?"
Jeram quickly replied, "Goodbye, goodbye."
Bai Ye disappeared without a trace once more.
This time, Jeram wouldn't dare to speak even if he were beaten to death.
...
Meanwhile, Bai Ye had finally gone far away.
Kill Jeram?
To be honest, Bai Ye was a little tempted, but it wasn't a worthwhile trade.
What was the purpose of killing Jeram? Of course, it was for fragments of the God Stone!
Given Jeram's strength, he would definitely have quite a few God Stone fragments on him. However, how many fragments one could obtain was entirely a matter of luck.
The number of God Stone fragments one possessed determined the upper limit, but the lower limit was always zero.
Bai Ye had basically given up hope on relying on luck. Furthermore, Jeram wasn't an easy opponent. How could someone who could operate in high-level zones and pilot mechs be easy to kill?
The effort and reward of such a battle were likely to be disproportionate, so Bai Ye only thought about it.
Of course, that didn't stop Bai Ye from toying with Jeram a bit.
Getting back on his mount, Bai Ye finally had the mood to check his rewards.
Raging Waves: Unleash giant waves forward. The continuity and power are determined by the user's mental strength.
As a reward for killing the Poisonous Woman, Raging Sea Kirin's Might gained a move called Raging Waves.
There wasn't much to comment on. This ability was very straightforward, just an attack skill. It didn't specify that it had to be used in the sea, so rivers and lakes should be fine.
However, the characteristic of Raging Sea Kirin's Might was that it could only unleash its full power in the sea.
Bai Ye's evaluation was mediocre. The power should not be weak, but it wasn't a particularly eye-catching ability either.
Next was the mission reward for destroying the assault point.
Sea Beast World Opening Authority. Bai Ye directly passed on this one. He still needed to find Fang Hu and participate in the Summit War; he was already too busy. Did he really need to book another restricted zone?
And this restricted zone was no ordinary one. A level five sea beast like the Poisonous Woman was troublesome enough. What level of sea beasts were inside the restricted zone?
If there was sea, it would be somewhat manageable. If not, it would be a big problem. This restricted zone would likely be a burden on him in the short term.
The remaining two options were: one was that Raging Sea Kirin's Might could gain an effect called Divine Might.
Divine Might: Any target that battles you (attack judgment) will have their physical attributes reduced by 10%, and by an additional 1% every thirty seconds, with a cap of 15% (additional bonus physical attributes are not included in the percentage calculation). All mental attacks or mental-level effects will be invalidated against you.
This effect...
Bai Ye thought about it and came up with two words: Awesome!
It could reduce the opponent's physical attributes by up to a quarter, the only regret being that the additional bonus physical attributes were not included in the percentage calculation.
This seemed a bit difficult to understand, but it wasn't complicated.
Suppose Bai Ye's Strength was 100 points. A 25% reduction would mean a loss of 25 points.
At this point, Bai Ye picked up a weapon. That weapon had an effect that increased Strength by 30 points, and these 30 points of Strength were considered additional.
The effect of Divine Might would still only reduce 25 points.
Of course, this level of weakening was already terrifying, not to mention the invalidation of mental attacks and mental-level negative buffs.
As for Water Spirit...
This item, like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, was an elemental ability. However, one was lightning, and the other was water.
But Water Spirit was a weakened version, though it still reached golden quality.
The biggest difference from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was elementalization. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit could elementalize into lightning, but Water Spirit could not.
In its normal state, it needed to draw moisture from the air to fight. However, in areas with abundant water sources, it could surpass the power of the Phoenix. In its normal state, it was slightly inferior to the Phoenix's ability.
Bai Ye was a little conflicted. Both of these items were quite amazing.
However, Divine Might had to be attached to Raging Sea Kirin's Might. Although Divine Might itself was not affected by the environment, Raging Sea Kirin's Might's effectiveness dropped significantly in non-oceanic areas.
Water Spirit, on the other hand, was quite good, being a golden-quality ability after all.
The problem was the overlap. The things Water Spirit could do, the Phoenix's ability and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's ability could also do.
When used in conjunction, Water Spirit and the Phoenix had a negative effect. With the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, there was an increase in power.
The advantages and disadvantages were both very clear, making it somewhat difficult to choose.
After much deliberation, Bai Ye decided to choose Divine Might.
Although Raging Sea Kirin's Might's effectiveness dropped on land, it wasn't unusable. At worst, he could just wear Raging Sea Kirin's Might to trigger Divine Might and not use it directly in combat, treating it as a passive effect.
Conversely, Water Spirit's ability had too much overlap. Although water could enhance the power of lightning, the Phoenix's flames and lightning could also form lightning-fire, which could also enhance power, and the three could not be used together.
Therefore, Water Spirit's ability was very good, but its cost-effectiveness was really not high.
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