"You have received a hidden quest."
"Slay the Upper Rank Six of the Twelve Kizuki. Quest rewards: Upper Rank Six Random Blood Demon Art x1, Upper Rank Six Random Blood Demon Art x1, God Stone Shard x15."
"So the demons in the Entertainment District are Upper Rank demons. No wonder the Sound Hashira had to personally intervene!"
Bai Ye showed a look of realization. A demon that Tengen Uzui had to deal with personally would certainly not be ordinary.
At the same time, Bai Ye wore a puzzled expression.
What was with these rewards?
Upper Rank Six Random Blood Demon Art was easy to understand; it meant randomly obtaining one of the opponent's blood demon arts.
But why were there two?
If it meant randomly obtaining two of the opponent's blood demon arts, then it would have just said "x2."
So, was there something more to this?
As Bai Ye pondered, Tsuruhina examined the obi and said, "This doesn't seem to be a demon? It's merely a demonic object."
Bai Ye snapped back to attention and said, "Of course, the matter isn't over yet."
The true demon was the Upper Rank Six. This obi was likely just the demon's possession, used to imprison its "food."
Bai Ye said, "Leave the cleanup here to you. Notify your husband, I'm leaving first."
After speaking, Bai Ye's body transformed into a bolt of electricity and vanished. When he reappeared, Bai Ye was already back on the streets of the Entertainment District.
Due to the sudden earthquake, many people had fled to the streets.
Bai Ye spotted Tanjiro Kamado among the crowd, looking around. He clearly hadn't run out because of the earthquake.
Instead, as the ground cracked from the battle, Tanjiro Kamado had smelled the scent of a demon from underground.
Bai Ye waved at Tanjiro Kamado from within the crowd, then moved through them to a nearby corner.
"Don't worry, there really is a demon, but I've already killed it," Bai Ye said. "But the matter isn't over. There are still demons lurking within the Entertainment District, and they are clearly more troublesome."
Tanjiro Kamado asked, "Mr. Bai Ye, do you have any leads?"
"Yes!" Bai Ye said. "Who is the most beautiful woman in the Entertainment District?"
Tanjiro Kamado replied, "Naturally, it's the Oiran."
Bai Ye asked, "And the most beautiful among the Oiran?"
Tanjiro Kamado thought for a moment. "Every establishment has its own Oiran, but the most famous are likely Koina Oiran of Tokito House and Warabihime Oiran of Kyogoku House."
Bai Ye said, "You go find Koina, I'll go find Warabihime."
Tanjiro Kamado asked in confusion, "Is the demon going to target them?"
Bai Ye replied, "The people who have gone missing so far are all beautiful girls from the Entertainment District. While I don't know the reason, the keywords 'beautiful' and 'girl' are certain. In that case, wouldn't the most beautiful girls in the Entertainment District become his targets?"
Tanjiro Kamado nodded. "That makes sense. In that case, I will definitely look after Miss Koina."
"En!" Bai Ye nodded, then added sheepishly, "Come back first."
Tanjiro Kamado asked, "What's wrong?"
"Give me some money," Bai Ye said, scratching his head awkwardly. "Finding an Oiran costs a lot of money. Without money, I can't even get into the establishment."
Tanjiro Kamado took out his money pouch and handed it to Bai Ye. "This is all I have."
Bai Ye nodded, took the money, and then went back to catch up on sleep.
Demons generally did not appear during the day, as they feared sunlight. Of course, operating within buildings was different. However, Bai Ye had just dealt with that obi. Bai Ye felt that even if the opponent was Upper Rank Six, they wouldn't dare to openly come out and cause trouble.
Walking along the street, Bai Ye checked his rewards.
The God Stone Shards were good, no need to mention them.
Recently, Bai Ye had collected quite a few God Stone Shards, all thanks to the generosity of Karasumaru and the brothers of the Evil Spirit Group, who bravely contributed their God Stone Shards.
With another fifteen added now, his resources were even more ample.
But it was still a distance away from a single God Stone. Moreover, Bai Ye felt he had no chance in the short term, especially with the gluttonous Steel Slime around.
Sound Breathing…
Although there were two missions, one of them was an advancement in Sound Breathing.
Bai Ye thought it was quite good. This thing should still be quite popular, especially the advanced version, which should be exchangeable for good items.
Besides that, there was another piece of good news…
The proficiency of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was maxed out.
Rumble-Rumble Fruit (Devil Fruit) (Item) (Gold): Upon consumption, it grants the user the ability to elementalize their body, becoming the ultimate Logia-type fruit. It allows the user to transform their body into lightning. While in the lightning state, physical attacks become ineffective, some energy attacks are also ineffective, and the user can unleash lightning to attack. Through mastery of the ability, the user can strengthen the power of their attacks and learn more techniques.
Weakness: Cannot come into contact with seawater or Seastone.
Current Proficiency: 0/3000
Techniques Unlocked: 3/12
Abilities: Teleportation (Utilizes the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's initial electrical field generation, transforming into an electric current, allowing high-speed movement within the electrical field and ignoring obstacles.)
Lightning (Releases terrifying lightning from the palm, possessing immense destructive power and a blinding light that can affect the vision of targets within a certain area.)
Thunderclap (A supersonic shockwave generated by lightning breaking through the air, repelling approaching attacks.)
…
Bai Ye's expression first lit up; it was a defensive technique. Then his expression sank. Bodyguarding with True Essence seemed to be going into retirement.
Although the Rumble-Rumble Fruit previously only had two techniques, Teleportation and discharging electricity, making it seem a bit monotonous.
However, Bai Ye actually had quite a few offensive methods and didn't lack them. So, being monotonous was fine.
But in terms of defensive means, Bai Ye was indeed quite lacking. Being able to add a technique now was a good thing.
Upon closer inspection, Bai Ye realized that Thunderclap wasn't a purely defensive technique, as it didn't block but rather repelled attacks.
Looking at it this way, the opponent might not even get a chance to touch Bai Ye. Moreover, even if they did touch him, physical attacks were still ineffective against Bai Ye.
Therefore, the effect of Bodyguarding with True Essence seemed even weaker.
After all, Bodyguarding with True Essence was a purely "blocking" type of defensive technique.
The fortunate part was that Bodyguarding with True Essence was part of the Five Elements Spell, and it would eventually be upgraded and advanced, so it wouldn't be completely useless.
As for proficiency…
The proficiency for the second stage had increased from 0/1000 to 0/3000.
It didn't seem like much now, but if it doubled every time, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had a total of twelve effects…
Bai Ye couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Steel Slime needed to devour things, the Treasury of the King needed weapons to be thrown into it, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit needed proficiency to be increased…
Was his future promising or fraught with hardship?
Just looking at it made Bai Ye feel a bit tired.
Fortunately, Bai Ye still had the spirit of Ah Q. Thinking about how depressing it was, he decided to stop thinking about it.
Back to sleep!
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