The beast-taming area, a sea island.
Li Jiayi looked at the beast-taming ball in his hand, feeling an urge to shed tears of joy.
He could finally do things without being disturbed. He finally didn't run into Bai Ye, that jinx. It had been so long, and he had finally obtained what he wanted smoothly.
Heaven still favored him. As long as that annoying Bai Ye wasn't around, the world was beautiful.
But at this moment...
"Something's wrong, something's wrong..."
The beautiful little assistant suddenly appeared, rushing towards Li Jiayi.
"What's the hurry?" Li Jiayi said with his hands behind his back, "One must be calm, not impetuous. Those who achieve great things need to be composed and collected. Speak your mind if something's up. What's with all the panic? Come, breathe with me, exhale, and speak slowly."
The beautiful little assistant took a deep breath and then said slowly, "Bai Ye has entered Fang Hu."
Li Jiayi froze for a moment, then asked, "What did you say?"
The beautiful little assistant said, "I said, he has entered Fang Hu. No, to be precise, he has invaded Fang Hu."
"Damn it!" Li Jiayi cursed, "You should have said so earlier, instead of dawdling."
The beautiful little assistant said, "Those who achieve great things need to be composed and collected."
Li Jiayi: "..."
Seeing Li Jiayi's displeased expression, the beautiful little assistant cautiously asked, "So, we're not going to be composed and collected?"
Li Jiayi: "..."
The beautiful little assistant again cautiously asked, "Or perhaps we should just ignore this matter?"
"Ignore it..." Li Jiayi pondered for a moment, then curved his lips and said, "No, that guy might make things more troublesome. Let's go."
The beautiful little assistant said, "Where are we going?"
Li Jiayi rolled his eyes, "Nonsense, what are we talking about right now?"
The beautiful little assistant said, "About Bai Ye?"
Li Jiayi said, "Then where do you think we're going?"
The beautiful little assistant said, "To find Bai Ye."
Li Jiayi said, "Then it's settled, isn't it? In the future, don't ask me such simple questions."
"Oh," the beautiful little assistant said, "Then where do we find Bai Ye?"
Li Jiayi's body tilted, and he stumbled, nearly falling face-first onto the ground.
...
Overseas, Fang Hu!
After passing through layers of dense mist, an island soon appeared before Bai Ye.
Bai Ye stepped onto the island across the waves, and then froze.
Before Bai Ye was a stretch of beach, with a forest in front of it.
The forest was not dense, nor did it cover a large area. Looking beyond the forest, one could see a vast expanse of buildings.
The buildings were distinctly ancient Chinese in style, with red as the primary color.
Various pavilions, towers, and corner buildings exuded an antique charm.
However, things were not that simple.
Although the buildings looked antique, they gleamed with a metallic luster, as if constructed with modern materials and a significant amount of metal.
The towers were at least sixteen or seventeen stories high, and connected by sky bridges every few floors.
The sky bridges were also ancient-style arch bridges, but the surfaces were not paved with wooden planks, but with treads painted to look like wooden planks, capable of transporting people across the bridges.
Between the buildings, some carriages moved through the air, and what propelled these carriages were elevated railways built between the city structures. These carriages were, in fact, train cars.
Beautiful, but...
Also very strange!
A fusion of futuristic technology and ancient style?
And as Bai Ye was observing the distant buildings.
"Intruder, intruder, intruder..."
"Intruder, intruder, intruder..."
"Intruder detected, highest priority, eliminate intruder, attack system activated..."
Suddenly, a mechanical electronic voice sounded.
Bai Ye couldn't help but turn his head and saw two robots approaching him from the side. However, the appearance of these robots was also quite peculiar.
One robot resembled a red lobster about one and a half meters tall, while the other robot looked like a two-meter-tall red crab.
"Shrimp soldiers and crab generals?" Bai Ye was speechless, "This is acceptable?"
Before Bai Ye could recover from his surprise, a red light flashed in the eyes of the crab general.
At that instant, Bai Ye felt danger and instinctively leaped to the side.
Almost as soon as Bai Ye leaped away, two red energy beams shot out from the crab general's eyes, hitting the spot where Bai Ye had been standing.
With a loud boom!
A crater was blasted open in that spot, and a large amount of sand and dust was kicked into the air.
At the same time, the shrimp soldier, which had been walking slowly, suddenly sped up and in the blink of an eye, reached Bai Ye, its claw aiming for Bai Ye's head.
Bai Ye quickly leaned backward, dodging the attack, and simultaneously activated his mechanical reconstruction ability.
Almost instantly, the shrimp soldier's body was torn into four pieces, scattering into a pile of parts on the ground.
At this moment, the sound of energy accumulation sounded again, as the crab general intended to fire its energy beams once more.
The energy accumulation speed of the energy beams was extremely fast. Bai Ye turned his head but it was too late to activate his mechanical reconstruction ability to dismantle the opponent. He could only grab a Steel Slime, solidify it into a Thunderfang Raging Beast, and throw it forward.
With a loud boom!
The Thunderfang Raging Beast collided with the energy beam, emitting a deafening sound.
A section of the beach was once again blasted apart, and Bai Ye, taking advantage of this opening, quickly looked at the crab general robot.
*Crack, crack...*
The crab general robot's body quickly disassembled into a pile of parts.
Bai Ye stepped forward to examine the two dismantled robots and confirmed they were indeed robots. However, the glint of light within the parts caught Bai Ye's attention.
Bai Ye pushed aside the parts and picked up a stone emitting a faint green light. Then...
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Spirit stats have increased by 8 points."
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Five Spirit Curses have been enhanced."
"Due to the enhancement of your Five Spirit Curses, Rain Nourishment has evolved into Misty Rain Soul Revival."
Misty Rain Soul Revival: Whenever you are severely injured and on the brink of death, Misty Rain Soul Revival will automatically trigger, preventing your death and restoring your injuries to a certain extent. After each trigger, it cannot be triggered again within 360 hours.
This move is powerful!
Bai Ye's eyes lit up.
Misty Rain Soul Revival was a passive effect, simply put, it could save your life at a critical moment.
Although Bai Ye felt that with his current strength, the chances of Misty Rain Soul Revival being triggered were very slim, who wouldn't want an extra life at a crucial moment?
Even if this thing sat in his inventory and gathered dust, its value would be immeasurable.
While the Five Spirit Curses were enhanced, Bai Ye's greater curiosity was about that stone.
This thing was filled with incredibly terrifying spiritual energy.
...