As the corpse fell, Bai Ye wiped the blood off his famed blade, Shixue, then stepped over the body and entered Pallet Town.
Now, grievances were settled.
If the opponent hadn't sought trouble after the Death Football match, Bai Ye wouldn't have acted.
But since they sought trouble...
He'd eliminate them all!
In his past life, Bai Ye had few enemies, precisely because all his enemies were dead.
It was the simplest and most decisive method. Since the opponent didn't treat the Death Football match as a mere competition in the Glory Arena and harbored ill will, Bai Ye could only resolve the grudges.
Upon entering Pallet Town, Bai Ye headed directly for the Glory Arena.
Since he'd teleported using a ticket, Bai Ye could teleport back directly from the Glory Arena.
Before eradicating the roots of trouble, Bai Ye was patient. But now that the matter was concluded, he was somewhat eager.
It had been five to six days since he left the Great Wall. He wondered if Mulan's letter had received a reply from Chang'an, and if his hidden quest would go to waste.
With these thoughts, Bai Ye arrived at the Glory Arena and found a service attendant.
Soon, a white radiance enveloped Bai Ye's body, shrouding him.
When the white light dissipated, he found himself in the encampment of the Great Wall Guards.
Bai Ye stretched and pushed open the large door.
"Huh?" Bai Ye looked at the doorway and muttered, "What's going on?"
The entrance to the tent was empty, not a soul in sight.
This was clearly abnormal. Normally, Mulan and Kai would spar here often, and even if they weren't present, other Great Wall Guards would be coming and going.
But now, in front of Bai Ye's tent, there wasn't even a shadow of a person.
Puzzled, Bai Ye walked out.
Soon, Bai Ye noticed many people heading towards the city gate, and looking towards the direction of the gate, he could see a sea of heads.
Bai Ye immediately moved towards the city gate. Upon reaching its vicinity, he found himself surrounded by a dense crowd. Looking up towards the battlements, he could faintly hear shouts of battle.
Bai Ye casually grabbed someone and asked, "What's going on?"
"What's going on?" The person glanced at Bai Ye and said, "Demon species attack. Move back, don't cut in line."
As he spoke, the person pushed Bai Ye aside and squeezed forward.
"Demon species attack?" Bai Ye looked around and said, "No wonder there are so many people."
The battlements were only so wide, and people had to spread out onto the Great Wall to the sides for others to ascend. Thus, everyone was currently waiting below the battlements.
Bai Ye had clearly arrived late, so he could only obediently join the queue. However, before queuing, Bai Ye first went to find the quartermaster.
"You have received a quest."
"Demon species are invading the Great Wall. Please strive to fight them. Quest rewards: Level 1 Demon Species (Merit x1), Level 2 Demon Species (Merit x3), Level 3 Demon Species (Merit x5), Elite Demon Species (Merit x20), Demon Species Leader (Merit x100)."
The Great Wall Guards' quests primarily awarded merit. Whether it was hunting, building, or running errands, everything yielded merit, which could then be exchanged for items.
However, the items obtainable in neutral zones were very limited, generally capped at blue quality, and the prices were astronomically high. The worst blue quality item cost three thousand merit, and accumulating three thousand merit would take about a month. During attack events, it was better, perhaps half a month.
But to get a blue quality item in half a month...
Bai Ye found these tasks unworthy of his time, a pure waste.
There were black quality items too, but...
A black quality Tang sword cost thirty-five thousand merit...
One could only exchange for a black quality item after half a year in the neutral zone. What was the point?
Therefore, lingering only in the neutral zone had no future.
With this in mind, Bai Ye found a secluded corner and took out the gashapon machine.
Since he had to queue to get onto the battlements, he had some time. He might as well pull twice. Besides, the reason Bai Ye had suddenly changed his reward to Steel Slime wasn't just because, as he told Jin Sha, the unknown future was more interesting, but because Bai Ye had a bold idea.
As the gashapon machine spun, Bai Ye prayed, "Cannon, cannon, cannon, give me a cannon!"
Fighting demon species, if he got an Italian cannon right now, he'd be soaring.
And then...
Vulcan Gatling (Machine Gun) (Blue): A world-renowned machine gun, known as the Vulcan. Caliber: 0.6 inches. Number of barrels: 10. Barrel length: 1524 mm. Overall length: 2032 mm. Rate of fire per barrel: 1000 rounds/min. Effect: Full Power (Your magazine is always full). King of Stationary Combat (After standing and firing for 30 seconds with no movement, your bullets' damage effect doubles).
Bai Ye looked at the blue gashapon that appeared...
Although it wasn't an Italian cannon, a machine gun with infinite ammunition was the ultimate harvester, incredibly powerful!
A machine gun was also quite useful against numerous low-level enemies.
Bai Ye wasn't picky. A machine gun was a machine gun. He then pulled another gashapon.
A moment later, the second gashapon rolled out of the machine. It was a green one. Just an ordinary day.
Yin-Yang Talisman (Weapon) (Green): A talisman that can inscribe Yin-Yang formations. After inscribing the formation, it can unleash area-of-effect attacks within the formation. Effect: Demon Bane (Damage bonus doubled against targets with demon, evil spirit, or ghost attributes).
"Things from the Land of the Rising Sun aren't that great. Feels inferior to Taoist talismans."
Bai Ye pouted. However, drawing gashapons this time wasn't Bai Ye's ultimate goal.
Soon, Bai Ye released the Steel Slime, and then dumped all his belongings onto the ground.
"Eat!" Bai Ye commanded, "Eat until you can't eat anymore!"
The Steel Slime wriggled its body, crawled onto the sword case of the Seven-Colored Rainbow, and as it writhed, the Steel Slime's body gradually grew, quickly enveloping the sword case. Soon, the sword case began to shrink at a visible rate, being devoured by the Steel Slime.
"Steel Slime has devoured Seven-Colored Rainbow and gained Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth, current growth value: 78/1000."
"Seven-Colored Rainbow only has 78 growth value?" Bai Ye brought over other items and said, "Eat, keep eating, eat it all."
"Steel Slime has devoured Ning Shuang and gained Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth, current growth value: 151/1000."
"Steel Slime has devoured the famed blade Shixue and gained Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth, current growth value: 209/1000."
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