However, Bai Ye had to face this issue squarely.
If the world battlefield wasn't so simple, Bai Ye would have to consider what the so-called Tower of Gods truly was.
What were the intentions of the master of this world battlefield?
Bai Ye's thoughts drifted, and at this moment, he suddenly felt something was amiss.
The next instant, Bai Ye looked up at the sky and saw a sword light descending in his direction.
*Zzzt!*
Almost instinctively, Bai Ye dissolved into lightning and vanished. The sword light then struck the ground.
*Boom!*
The ground suddenly shattered, sending large chunks of ice flying in all directions. A white mist of frost billowed around.
A figure emerged from the center of the frost, stepping out with a sword in hand.
Bai Ye looked at the figure and couldn't help but say, "You again. You're truly a persistent shadow."
Situ Cheng extended his hand towards Bai Ye and said, "Hand over the Life Crystal."
Bai Ye replied, "Come and get it yourself. If you had the ability, you wouldn't be trailing behind me like this."
Situ Cheng didn't reply. Since Bai Ye wouldn't give it up...
He would take it by force!
In an instant, Situ Cheng's figure flickered, appearing before Bai Ye, and he swept his sword horizontally towards him.
Bai Ye's body turned into current and shot up into the sky.
Situ Cheng looked up at the sky, his hands quickly forming sword seals. "Myriad Sword Art!"
In that moment, Situ Cheng's flying sword shot into the air. As it flew, it continuously split, one becoming two, two becoming four, four becoming eight, eight becoming sixteen...
In the blink of an eye, Situ Cheng was surrounded by dense phantom sword projections, all heading towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye reappeared in the air, his massive Phoenix Wings of the Sky unfurling behind him. He then sneered and pressed his hand down towards the ground.
Gate of Babylon!
Behind Bai Ye, a golden light screen flowed, like a radiant golden ribbon, followed by a vast expanse of golden ripples.
Dense weapons emerged from the golden ripples, continuously raining down.
*Boom, boom, boom!*
The weapons from both sides collided, emitting fierce sounds.
The impact generated large waves of energy that spread outwards, forming terrifying fluctuations.
Even the steel giant wall that Whitebeard couldn't breach, upon encountering the fluctuation...
*Clang!*
A deafening metallic tremor echoed. A trace of a slash appeared on the steel giant wall that rose along the inner bay.
"This guy..." Bai Ye frowned. "He's gotten stronger again!"
The strength of the Divine Followers wasn't fixed. Compared to the last time he saw him, Situ Cheng was clearly stronger. It seemed Divine Followers could also move freely in the world battlefield and enhance their strength, just like ordinary chosen ones.
As Bai Ye thought this, his figure flickered, turning into lightning and plummeting downwards.
Seeing this, Situ Cheng directly rode his sword into the air.
Bai Ye descended, but Situ Cheng went to the sky. However...
*Boom!*
As if Bai Ye had foreseen Situ Cheng's actions, the moment Situ Cheng soared upwards, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, hitting Situ Cheng directly in the back.
Situ Cheng stumbled from the impact, almost falling back to the ground. Bai Ye leaped up, his Thunder Fang Fury Beast aimed at Situ Cheng.
*Clang!*
A crisp clash of metal rang out!
Their weapons collided. Immediately after, the Steel Slime on Bai Ye's body began to writhe again.
Startling Thunder Purple Lightning, Blazing Phoenix Flying Fire!
Thunder Fire Heaven-Shattering Array (Startling Thunder Purple Lightning and Blazing Phoenix Flying Fire can be deployed simultaneously as a sword array. The effects of thunder and劫火 can stack, increasing by 15%).
The two swords quickly transformed into thunder and fire, flying out left and right, circling clockwise.
The moment the circle formed, a massive Dao talisman appeared in the center, and then...
*Boom, boom, boom.*
Columns of lightning rose one after another, trapping Situ Cheng in the center along the circular path.
The surrounding temperature began to rise frantically, and the sky turned a fiery red, like a sky ablaze with clouds.
Situ Cheng had seen this move before and didn't dare to be careless. He immediately rode his sword upwards, intending to leave this place. But the sword array had already been set, and how could Bai Ye let Situ Cheng leave just like that?
"You might as well stay and savor the taste of ice and fire!"
The Wings of the Sky on Bai Ye's back unfurled, and he shot upwards, flying directly above Situ Cheng, intercepting him.
At the same time...
The Steel Slime on Bai Ye's body also writhed rapidly, soon transforming into the appearance of the Raging Sea Scale Might.
Bai Ye reached out and pushed the Thunder Fang Fury Beast back into the Steel Slime on his body's surface. Then, he made a grasping motion with his hand, and the golden halberd of the Raging Sea Scale Might appeared in Bai Ye's palm.
"Sea Breaker!"
Bai Ye let out a low roar, then swung the halberd downwards.
The halberd carried an extremely heavy sense of pressure, causing one's heart to tremble.
Situ Cheng was strong, and he had never faced an opponent who made him feel such oppressive pressure, a pressure that made him feel restrained and completely suppressed.
In fact...
Situ Cheng's feeling was correct!
Because...
Divine Might: Any target you engage in combat with (attack judgment) will have its physical attributes reduced by 10%, and by an additional 1% every thirty seconds, up to a maximum of 15% (additional bonus physical attributes are not included in the percentage). All mental attacks or effects on the mental plane will be nullified against you.
This was the enhanced effect the Raging Sea Scale Might gained after Bai Ye destroyed the Sea Beast's advance point.
As long as Bai Ye completed an attack with the Raging Sea Scale Might, or the opponent attacked Bai Ye, in short, an attack judgment was achieved, any target would have their physical attributes reduced by 10%, and then continuously drop by 1% every thirty seconds until the 15% cap was reached, resulting in a combined 25% physical attribute weakening.
Therefore, Situ Cheng's feeling was entirely correct; he was indeed being suppressed. A 25% reduction in physical attributes was no trivial matter.
At the same time, Situ Cheng watched as Bai Ye swung his halberd downwards and quickly summoned another flying sword to protect himself.
But...
After that halberd strike...
Nothing happened!
Situ Cheng's face immediately showed surprise. But at this moment...
The ice surface below suddenly cracked.
After a massive fissure appeared, the ice on both sides surged upwards, and seawater poured in, engulfing a large number of marines and pirates.
This strike greatly surprised Situ Cheng. Bai Ye's halberd strike wasn't coming from above, but from below.
Situ Cheng wanted to turn to intercept again, but it was clearly too late.
At this moment...
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