Boom, boom, boom!
Flying swords danced, and sword qi continuously rained down, striking Bai Ye repeatedly.
That woman actually had some skill. If her control over the flying swords wasn't that familiar and the sword qi wasn't accurate enough...
Then victory would be decided by sheer numbers!
Continuous sword qi fell, completely pulverizing the ground.
The small path, originally just piled up with dirt, was instantly blown to smithereens, breaking off a section.
The man wearing glasses said, "Hold back a little, don't kill the person. Otherwise, we won't be able to get our hands on the item."
"I don't think that's necessary!"
Before the woman could respond, Bai Ye's voice rang out first.
Immediately after, Bai Ye's figure emerged from the swirling dust, raising Lei Ya Nu Shou and sweeping it forcefully to the side.
The sword wind exploded, instantly scattering the surrounding dust.
Then...
Bai Ye glanced forward.
Zzzt!
The sound of surging electricity emerged, and a large amount of current spread out in all directions.
An electric field formed!
Bai Ye's body was enveloped in azure currents as he took a step forward.
The next moment...
A bolt of lightning struck.
Bai Ye's body turned into a streak of electricity, shooting forward. After brushing past the woman, Bai Ye reappeared behind her.
Then...
*Splat!*
The sound of flesh tearing echoed.
The woman looked at her chest in disbelief.
A horrifying wound had appeared there, extending from beneath her neck to her abdomen, almost completely slicing her upper body in half.
A large amount of blood spilled out, covering the ground.
In that instant, the woman felt as if her strength had been drained. Her body slowly softened and collapsed onto the ground.
The flying sword, which had been suspended in mid-air, also fell to the ground with a crisp clatter.
"You have killed a participant (Modern Civilization World)."
"You have obtained six fragments of the God Stone."
After the decisive blow, Bai Ye did not hesitate.
He hadn't gone all out earlier because he wanted to familiarize himself with Lei Ya Nu Shou and truly experience how the elementalization of the Goro Goro no Mi felt in actual combat.
Now, Bai Ye had reached his conclusion.
Abilities of Gold quality were indeed powerful, especially since the Goro Goro no Mi likely had the potential to become Super quality.
However, there was also a frustrating aspect for Bai Ye.
The electric field teleportation was essentially a reinforced version of instant movement. Moreover, as long as he spread the electric field over a large enough area, Bai Ye could even perform long-distance teleportation.
Therefore, Thunder Breathing and instant movement seemed to have lost their value.
Besides that...
Bai Ye's spiritual body seemed to be rendered useless.
Bai Ye didn't use his spiritual body abilities much because they weren't very useful.
Spiritual body abilities had unique effects in certain situations and were extremely effective against enemies who relied solely on physical attacks.
Of course, even in his spiritual body state, Bai Ye couldn't use physical attacks.
However, abilities like the Phoenix's, manipulation of flying swords, and the Paper God's ability to control paper were either not physical attacks or were cast using mental energy, unaffected by the spiritual body.
Although the spiritual body could be used in combat, its greatest value lay in its physical attack immunity after elementalization, its ability to float, and its ability to pass through obstacles.
With these three aspects combined, it could save his life at critical moments.
As a life-saving ability, Bai Ye had tried his best to use his spiritual body abilities as little as possible.
His trump card, kept hidden, naturally shouldn't be revealed carelessly.
Now, it was no longer necessary to hide it.
The most valuable part of the spiritual body had been replaced by the elementalization of the Goro Goro no Mi.
In his elementalized state, Bai Ye would also be immune to any physical attacks.
In fact, some impure physical attacks would also become ineffective against Bai Ye.
For example, flying sword attacks could hit the spiritual body because manipulating them required covering the sword with spiritual energy.
The very concept of sword control relied on mental energy.
However, flying swords could not hit an elementalized Bai Ye.
Only pure non-physical attacks like sword qi could affect his elementalized body.
Furthermore, when his body transformed into electricity in his elementalized state, it could even retaliate against physical attacks.
Even though the spiritual body could pass through obstacles, Bai Ye could also pass through them when he transformed into lightning.
The spiritual body could fly. If Bai Ye covered the sky with his electric field, he could also fight with teleportation in the air.
This was clearly far superior to the spiritual body, and not by a small margin.
Of course, the two were not of the same quality to begin with.
As a result, the value of the spiritual body to Bai Ye had drastically decreased.
However...
After a brief period of frustration, Bai Ye didn't dwell on it.
This was the nature of the world battlefield; low-quality abilities, items, and props were gradually phased out.
In his previous life, Bai Ye had mastered over a dozen abilities, but he had only ended up using two or three.
In his previous life, the spiritual body had remained Bai Ye's ultimate life-saving ability because he hadn't found a replacement or anything better.
But with the Goro Goro no Mi in this life, it was normal to discard the spiritual body.
As Bai Ye was contemplating this, he suddenly heard a sound from behind him again.
Bai Ye turned to see a man holding a talismans. As the talisman burned, the moisture in the air condensed, forming water arrows that shot towards Bai Ye.
Daoist magic was still effective against the elementalization of the Goro Goro no Mi.
However...
"Too slow!"
The water arrows had barely been fired when Bai Ye's figure suddenly disappeared, reappearing behind the man. Then...
*Splat!*
Lei Ya Nu Shou in Bai Ye's hand pierced through the man from behind, cleanly impaling him.
After the blow, Bai Ye swiftly withdrew his sword, a spray of blood following. He then unleashed a punch to the side.
A large amount of venom seeped from Bai Ye's arm. As his fist moved forward, the venom sprayed out.
"Poison Dragon!"
The venom scattered in the air coalesced, transforming into a ferocious-looking poison dragon that soared forward.
The two figures directly ahead were startled and quickly leaped to the sides.
But the third man was not so lucky. His vision was obstructed. After the two in front dodged, he finally saw the poison dragon approaching.
At this moment, it was clearly too late to dodge.
"Ah!"
The man engulfed by the poison dragon screamed in agony as he was enveloped by the venom.
As the venom flowed, the flesh on his body began to rot at a visible rate, pieces peeling off.
Soon, the man was reduced to bare bones and fell to the ground.
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