With the end of the Holy Grail War, the Xuanyuan Sword was also nearing its reset time.
Therefore, the answer would be known in a moment's wait.
Soon, time ticked by, second by second.
The gacha reset time arrived, and the Xuanyuan Sword vanished.
But...
The Xuanyuan Sword within the Gate of Babylon remained!
"It worked!"
Bai Ye couldn't help but swing his arm. He had successfully exploited a bug. Weapons from the gacha machine could indeed be used to fill the Gate of Babylon.
However, there were still some issues.
First, the Gate of Babylon prioritized quantity over quality.
Simply put, whether Bai Ye drew a gold-quality weapon from a gold gacha using divine stone fragments or picked up a white-quality weapon, it made no difference to the Gate of Babylon; it was merely quantity +1.
This was very different from the Steel Slime.
But, overall, it was a good thing, as it meant he had a chance to replenish the Gate of Babylon every day.
Second, not all weapons could be recorded by the Gate of Babylon. Only cold weapons could be recorded.
Currently, Bai Ye still had the Pulse Twin Guns.
Firearms were certainly weapons, but the Pulse Twin Guns would not be recorded into the Gate of Babylon. This showed that only cold weapons could be recorded by the Gate of Babylon.
Pondering this, Bai Ye felt that the Gate of Babylon was acceptable.
Bai Ye's ultimate desire was undoubtedly the Ea, but the Gate of Babylon was also terrifying if the number of weapons was sufficient.
After all...
The quality enhancement had no upper limit!
This meant that gold quality was not the ceiling for the Gate of Babylon. As long as enough weapons were recorded, it could become an ultimate treasure.
Therefore...
Good news: As long as enough weapons were recorded, even confronting mechs or similar entities would be no problem.
Bad news: A large number of weapons needed to be recorded!
Bai Ye once again felt the bittersweetness of his situation.
"Let's pull the gacha to calm down."
Bai Ye deployed the gacha machine and began to draw.
One green...
One blue...
Another ordinary day.
The good news was that the green gacha yielded an arm blade, and the blue gacha yielded a flying sword called "Feiyan," both of which could be recorded into the Gate of Babylon and consumed by the Steel Slime.
It could be considered a good omen for an otherwise ordinary day.
Then...
A gold gacha!
It was impossible to evolve the Steel Slime to gold quality solely through divine stone fragments, at least not at present. Bai Ye's divine stone fragments were completely insufficient.
However, fifty thousand growth points...
Bai Ye felt that with some effort, it wasn't hopeless.
As for the divine stone fragments themselves...
To say Bai Ye wasn't heartbroken would be a lie. Divine stone fragments were precious, and by collecting them to form divine stones, one could leave the world battlefield.
But this was a relative matter. By consuming divine stone fragments, one could continuously become stronger, and upon becoming stronger, one could find ways to obtain more divine stone fragments.
Bai Ye deeply understood the principle that one couldn't catch a cub without entering the tiger's den.
In his previous life, Bai Ye had repeatedly wondered if he could have entered the central area, that central tower, and left the world battlefield earlier if he hadn't spent so many divine stone fragments on the gacha machine.
The answer was no.
Because if Bai Ye hadn't spent so many divine stone fragments on the gacha machine, he wouldn't have survived!
While thinking, Bai Ye spun the gacha machine.
As the machine whirred, a golden gacha soon dropped.
Southern Blazing Fire (Immortality Sword) (Gold): Forged from true Western gold and Southern Blazing Fire, it fuses metal and fire during refinement, transitioning from substance to essence over precisely nineteen cycles.
Effect: Sword Rainbow Crown (When the sword is unsheathed, it transforms into a magnificent rainbow attack, dazzlingly brilliant.)
Exorcise Evil and Avoid Disaster (Possesses a suppressive effect against all demons.)
Flowing Light Across the Heavens (Sword light explodes, transforming into one hundred and eight radiant beams for attack.)
Blazing Fire Shakes the Heavens (A sword array is formed with Blazing Fire, integrating offense and defense.)
Bai Ye's eyes lit up as he looked at the contents of the golden gacha. This was an immortal sword comparable to the Xuanyuan Sword. It required no enhancements or buffs; the Southern Blazing Fire Sword itself was synonymous with power.
Bai Ye tossed the sword to the Steel Slime, and then...
"The Steel Slime has consumed the Southern Blazing Fire and gained Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth: Current Growth Value: 125550 / 500000"
A single Southern Blazing Fire sword granted the Steel Slime seventy thousand growth points, equivalent to several ordinary gold-quality items.
If he had this luck every day, Bai Ye would not only quickly elevate the Steel Slime's quality to red but might even have a surplus of divine stone fragments.
"Wait..." Bai Ye's eyes suddenly brightened. "If I use the Steel Slime to synthesize, can I create a new weapon to add to the Gate of Babylon?"
Bai Ye acted immediately. He instructed the Steel Slime to materialize the Frost Condensing Sword and the Southern Blazing Fire, then began the synthesis.
"You have initiated synthesis. Success Rate: 95%."
"What the heck!" Bai Ye exclaimed, staring at the interface. "There's a success rate?"
Then...
"You have completed weapon synthesis and obtained a new weapon: Southern Blazing Fire (Frost)."
Bai Ye glanced at the interface. After synthesis, the Southern Blazing Fire hadn't changed much, except for the addition of the Frost effect.
Frost: When the flying sword attacks, it carries with it cold air, with a certain probability of triggering slowing, frostbite, and freezing effects.
The quality difference between the Frost Condensing Sword and the Southern Blazing Fire was too vast. It was less a synthesis and more an attachment of the Frost characteristic.
But the crucial part was...
The Gate of Babylon...
Currently Recorded Weapons: Southern Blazing Fire, Southern Blazing Fire (Frost).
Current Quality Enhancement: 8 / 15.
Among the weapons recorded in the Gate of Babylon were both Southern Blazing Fire and Southern Blazing Fire (Frost).
"Aha!" Bai Ye suddenly became excited. "I can cheat again!"
Bai Ye had already figured out how to quickly enhance the Gate of Babylon!
The synthesis performed by the Steel Slime...
Could be dismantled!
Bai Ye dismantled Southern Blazing Fire (Frost), and it reverted to two weapons. Immediately afterward, Bai Ye chose to fuse other weapons with the Southern Blazing Fire, but...
"What's going on?"
Bai Ye stared at the interface, stunned.
"You have initiated synthesis. Success Rate: 5%."
Bai Ye chose to fuse the renowned sword Bloodthirsty with the Southern Blazing Fire, but...
The success rate was only a mere 5%, leaving Bai Ye bewildered. What was the difference between this and being told that the synthesis had failed?
Bai Ye, refusing to believe it, switched to the Shadow Axe, and Bai Ye was utterly dumbfounded.
"You have initiated synthesis. Success Rate: 1%."
Good heavens, it dropped from 5% to 1%.
Bai Ye stroked his chin and pondered. He then changed the synthesis weapon back to the Frost Condensing Sword.
"You have initiated synthesis. Success Rate: 100%."