Bai Ye watched the Cutting King, who had risen again, panting.
The loose bandages on his body were slowly tightening.
"Bandages?"
Bai Ye felt he had discovered something peculiar. The opponent probably didn't possess super-regeneration abilities, because even super-regeneration wouldn't reach this level.
The problem must lie in...
The bandages!
Bai Ye realized he couldn't treat the Cutting King as a normal biological entity.
As long as the bandages remained intact, no matter how the body was cut, the bandages seemed capable of reassembling it.
Then, he would cut the bandages!
Bang!
Bai Ye took a sudden step forward, transforming into a streak of lightning and rushing towards the Cutting King. He raised his sword and slashed forward.
And then...
"Hmm?"
Bai Ye raised an eyebrow. He hadn't cut through!
The current Lei Huo Qing Ming was a weapon of supreme quality, yet it couldn't sever the bandages. This was preposterous.
"Ah!"
At the same time, the Cutting King roared, his dual blades once again slashing at Bai Ye.
His sword intent was potent!
As the strike was unleashed, a silver blade aura shot out.
Bai Ye tilted his head, and the blade aura grazed his cheek, soaring into the sky.
Instantly, the sky was filled with dancing blade light.
Countless blade auras appeared, obscuring a portion of the sky in moments. Then, densely packed blade lights converged, descending from the heavens like a silver waterfall.
The blade auras were immense, spanning dozens to hundreds of meters, striking terror into the heart just by looking at them.
Bai Ye didn't even glance at them. He simply raised his hand and slashed upwards towards the sky.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The sounds of thunder and fire explosions continuously echoed, followed by a pillar of lightning, carrying flying fire, shooting towards the sky and colliding with the descending waterfall of blades.
With a boom, the sky erupted with a shattering sound.
The violent impact caused the entire sky to tremble, and then ripple-like waves of energy spread outwards in all directions, pulverizing the surrounding clouds.
The Cutting King's exceptionally terrifying strike was effortlessly parried and brought down by Bai Ye.
After blocking the strike, Bai Ye grabbed the Cutting King's body and pulled him up from the ground, saying, "You think I can't do anything to you just because you can't cut through the bandages?"
Bai Ye sneered. Large patches of poison suddenly appeared on his body and seeped into the bandages.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
Almost instantaneously, the Cutting King let out a scream and struggled wildly.
Bai Ye curled his lips. Just as he expected.
Lei Huo Qing Ming shouldn't be unable to cut through the bandages, or at least, it shouldn't be completely unharmed. The opponent's bandages couldn't possibly be of higher quality than the enhanced Lei Huo Qing Ming.
There could only be one possibility: the bandages had extremely high resistance to physical attacks, or were completely immune.
Therefore, a different method of attack was needed.
As the poison continued to seep into the bandages, white smoke constantly rose from them, and they began to melt under the venom.
And as the bandages broke, a look of horror and pain contorted the Cutting King's face.
Then...
Pfft!
Bai Ye reached out, and Lei Huo Qing Ming returned to his hand.
The sword rose and fell, its tip trailing a silver light as it grazed the Cutting King's neck. Immediately, the Cutting King's head flew off.
"This time..." Bai Ye said, looking at the bandages on the ground that had been corroded and broken by the poison, "there's no way to recover, right?"
The surroundings were silent.
The bandages did not wriggle like snakes again, and the severed head naturally did not speak.
Even the body beneath the bandages began to turn into blood due to the poison.
Bai Ye shrugged. "It seems there's no recovery."
After speaking, Bai Ye looked in the direction of Xue Cheng and walked forward, with Lei Huo Qing Ming slung over his back.
Snap, snap, snap...
Xue Cheng was silent for a moment, then suddenly started clapping, and looked at Bai Ye, smiling, "Impressive. I truly didn't expect the Evil Spirit Guild to have a master like you. Interested in finding new employment?"
Bai Ye said, "What? The Hidden Dragon Society?"
"Is that not possible?" Xue Cheng replied, "Everything the Evil Spirit Guild can give you, the Hidden Dragon Society can also give. What the Evil Spirit Guild cannot give you, we can still provide. In fact, whatever they give you, we'll give you double."
Xue Cheng spoke with confidence. Although the Evil Spirit Guild was currently enjoying a surge in morale, even surpassing the Hidden Dragon Society in fame after their large-scale recruitment, the resources controlled by the Evil Spirit Guild were certainly nowhere comparable to 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 Guild.
Did Xue Cheng misunderstand?
It was best if he did. If his strength made the Hidden Dragon Society feel a sense of crisis, then the Hidden Dragon Society would inevitably guard against the Evil Spirit Guild.
In this way, the relationship between these two factions would naturally worsen, and they would be more prone to conflict.
This was the outcome Bai Ye wanted to see, so why deny it?
Xue Cheng thought 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 have a detailed chat at the tavern?"
Bai Ye suddenly smiled, looking at Xue Cheng and saying, "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 Cutting King had been slain!
This truly made Xue Cheng's heart palpitate.
In terms of pure strength, Xue Cheng believed he was on par with the Cutting 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 a match for Bai Ye.
Weighing the pros and cons, Xue Cheng's first reaction was to recruit Bai Ye. If that failed, then to seek peace.
To put it directly, Xue Cheng conceded.
However, the matter was as it was; everyone knew it, but you couldn't say it out loud.
And then...
Bai Ye said it, not only said it, but said 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 caused Xue Cheng's gaze to darken once more.
At that instant, Xue Cheng felt a familiar sensation from Bai Ye, which made him feel a sense of strangeness, but he quickly understood.
He had felt a similar aura from the Cutting King.
The aura of a madman!
The aura of slaughter!
The aura of bloodiness!
In that moment, Xue Cheng understood something.
Although Bai Ye said these words with a smile, he was not joking.
Bai Ye was serious!
He wanted...
Blood!
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