"Ah, a ghost!"
Li Jia Yi thought to himself as he moved evasively. Suddenly, he felt himself bump into something. Looking up, he saw a massive face appear before him, with blood-red eyes, a gaping mouth, and a long red tongue lolling out.
This sudden turn of events terrified Li Jia Yi, nearly causing him to fall to the ground.
"Found you!" At the same time, Bai Ye's eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted, "Gengar, Shadow Ball!"
The thing that had suddenly appeared before Li Jia Yi, who else could it be but Gengar?
Facing a hidden opponent, one needed reconnaissance to find them. Bai Ye himself lacked this ability, but he had beast companions who possessed it.
On the other side, upon hearing Bai Ye's command, Gengar's body immediately floated up. Raising its short arms above its head, it condensed a Shadow Ball and hurled it forcefully at Li Jia Yi.
*Boom!*
The Shadow Ball landed, and a tremendous roar echoed.
A section of the ground was shattered, and dust billowed into the air.
Soon, Li Jia Yi leaped out from the smoke and dust, cursing Bai Ye under his breath. Where did that guy get so many good things? He even had beast companions now.
As Li Jia Yi pondered this, the sound of sword cries echoed from the sky once more. A seven-colored flying sword swiftly streaked across the air, descending towards Li Jia Yi's direction.
*Boom, boom, boom!*
Each sword strike shattered a piece of the ground, and dust flew everywhere.
Li Jia Yi was fast and incredibly agile, evading the flying swords with consecutive leaps. Just as he seemed about to be overwhelmed…
"Sun and Moon Radiance!"
Li Jia Yi reached out his hand forward. The twin wheels of the sun and moon flew before him, spinning continuously.
*Clang, clang, clang!*
The flying swords descended, colliding with the sun and moon wheels, and were then flung aside.
A moment later, Li Jia Yi had deflected all the flying swords with the sun and moon wheels. He then looked forward and his heart sank.
This time, Bai Ye had disappeared.
"Bad!"
Li Jia Yi immediately looked back and saw that while the flying swords were attacking him, Bai Ye had already charged up to the demon Krumit.
"Poison Dragon!"
Bai Ye roared and punched forward.
Purple venom splashed out, then rapidly condensed, forming the shape of a venomous dragon that charged towards Krumit.
Krumit suddenly looked up in Bai Ye's direction, his eyes beneath the mask glowing crimson.
Abruptly, an immense pressure erupted from Krumit's body. Black light appeared around him, like bubbles, shielding Krumit.
*Bang!*
The next instant, the black light collided with the venomous dragon.
After a deafening roar, the venomous dragon exploded, vast amounts of poison splashing outwards. Upon hitting the ground, it hissed and sizzled, leaving scorched marks. The surrounding plants withered and died instantly, corroded away.
Krumit did not speak but retreated backward. Immediately, a massive vortex appeared behind him, engulfing Krumit and causing him to vanish without a trace.
Li Jia Yi couldn't help but curse again. Krumit's escape meant his mission had failed. As expected, encountering Bai Ye always brought trouble!
Li Jia Yi thought to himself as he turned and ran into the forest.
With Krumit gone, there was no point in Li Jia Yi staying. Even if he continued to fight Bai Ye and somehow won, what would he gain?
Therefore, Li Jia Yi decisively slipped away.
On the other side…
"You saved the Lizardman tribe's chief, receiving a reward: Ruby Scepter x1."
"You failed to kill the mastermind, the demon Krumit. Mission failed!"
Ruby Scepter (Weapon) (Green): One of the treasures collected by the Lizardman chief, it is a scepter symbolizing royal authority. The dazzling ruby embedded within has the effect of absorbing magic. Effects: All Army Charge (Designates up to 150 targets. During combat, Power increases by 5, Speed by 5, Spirit by 15, and they enter an excited state with greatly boosted morale.) Mana Absorb (Absorbs magic, which can be used to strengthen one's Spirit attribute and Spirit Resistance. Current Mana Absorb state 0/500.)
After Krumit's departure, Bai Ye's hidden mission two was completed, and he received the Ruby Scepter.
But this thing…
was not what Bai Ye had imagined.
The Ruby Scepter was not a staff-like item as Bai Ye had envisioned, but a weapon that triggered buff effects.
150 targets with +5 Power, +5 Speed, and +15 Spirit, and boosted morale…
The amplification effect was not very significant. What could +5 Power and +5 Speed do? The main benefit was the increase in spirit, which weakened emotions like fear and timidity. When facing a powerful opponent, it could also reduce intimidation to a certain extent. But…
It was useless to him!
Bai Ye was dumbfounded. Where was he supposed to find 150 targets?
In comparison, Mana Absorb seemed slightly more useful. It was similar to the effect of the Five Spirit Disk, but on a completely different level. The Five Spirit Disk simultaneously increased all physical attributes besides Intelligence, and it also had five different elemental spells that could evolve.
As for the Ruby Scepter…
It could only strengthen Spirit and Spirit Resistance.
However, the Five Spirit Disk could not be measured by quality. In fact, the Five Spirit Disk had no quality at all.
The core of the Five Spirit Disk was the Five Spirit Incantations, but the core for enhancing the Five Spirit Incantations and physical attributes was the Five Spirit Disk itself. It was an effect generated by the overlap of spells and items, covering items, spells, and enhancements, making it difficult to define its quality by any single effect.
In fact, using the terminology of chosen ones in the Xianxia world, the Five Spirit Disk should be a cultivation method, a system for improving one's own strength, naturally making it difficult to define by quality. After all, cultivation was a matter of individual aptitude. In the Xianxia world, people cultivated with a focus on talent, and how could talent be reflected by the Five Spirit Disk?
It was simple: it depended on the speed of spirit gathering. If one had no talent, spirit gathering would be very slow; with talent, it would be naturally fast. Therefore, if one insisted on being precise, the faster the spirit gathering, the higher the quality of the Five Spirit Disk, and the slower the spirit gathering meant a lower quality Five Spirit Disk.
But due to this fluctuation and instability, it was hard to say what quality the Five Spirit Disk was.
Currently, even if Bai Ye was not exceptionally gifted, his talent was at least decent, and his spirit gathering speed was quite considerable.
Therefore, obtaining the Five Spirit Disk was something that could be used for a lifetime, helping Bai Ye continuously improve himself as long as he did not leave the world battlefield.
The Ruby Scepter, on the other hand, was much simpler. It was just a…
Green quality item!