Rumble, rumble, rumble!
Flying swords danced, and streaks of sword energy continuously slashed down, bombarding Bai Ye.
That woman was quite something. If she wasn't very familiar with controlling flying swords, and her sword energy wasn't precise…
Then victory would be decided by sheer numbers!
Continuous sword energy fell, completely pulverizing the ground.
The small path, originally made of piled earth, was instantly blasted to smithereens, breaking off a section.
The man wearing glasses said, "Hold back a bit. Don't kill them, or we won't be able to get the item back."
"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 the Thunder Fang Raging Beast and forcefully sweeping it to the side.
The sword wind exploded, instantly blowing away the surrounding dust.
Then…
Bai Ye looked ahead.
Zzzt!
The sound of surging electricity appeared, and a large area of current spread out in all directions.
An electric field formed!
Bai Ye's body was entwined with azure currents as he took a step forward.
The next instant…
A thunderous bolt appeared.
Bai Ye's body turned into a current and shot forward. After brushing past the woman, Bai Ye reappeared behind her.
Then…
*Splat!*
The sound of flesh tearing rang out.
The woman looked at her chest in disbelief.
A terrifying wound had appeared there, stretching from below her neck to her abdomen, almost completely bisecting her upper body.
A large amount of blood splattered out, covering the ground.
In that moment, the woman felt as if her strength had been drained away. Her body slowly softened and collapsed onto the ground.
The flying swords, suspended in the air, also fell to the ground with a crisp clatter.
"You have killed a participant (Modern Civilization World)."
"You have obtained six God Stone Shards."
After the strike, Bai Ye did not hesitate.
He hadn't gone all out earlier because he wanted to familiarize himself with the Thunder Fang Raging Beast and to truly experience how the elementalization of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit felt in actual combat.
Now, Bai Ye had reached a conclusion.
Golden-tier abilities were indeed powerful, especially since the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was highly likely to become an extraordinary-tier existence.
However, there was also a frustrating aspect for Bai Ye.
The electric field teleportation was essentially an enhanced version of instant movement. Moreover, as long as Bai Ye expanded the electric field's range sufficiently, he could perform long-distance teleportation.
Therefore, Thunder Breathing and instant movement seemed to have lost their value.
Besides that…
Bai Ye's spiritual body also seemed to be rendered useless.
Bai Ye didn't use his spiritual body abilities much because they weren't very meaningful.
Spiritual body abilities had peculiar effects in certain situations and were extremely effective against enemies who specialized in physical attacks.
Of course, even in his spiritual body state, Bai Ye couldn't use physical attacks.
However, the Phoenix's ability, the manipulation of flying swords, and the Paper God's ability to control paper sheets either didn't belong to physical attacks or were cast using mental power, unaffected by the spiritual body.
But while the spiritual body could be used in combat, its greatest value lay in its physical attack immunity after elementalization, its floating ability, and its ability to phase through obstacles.
These three aspects, when combined, could be life-saving at critical moments.
As a life-saving ability, Bai Ye had always tried to use his spiritual body abilities as little as possible.
His trump card, naturally, couldn't be revealed casually.
Now, there was no need to hide it.
The most valuable part of the spiritual body had been replaced by the elementalization of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
In the elementalized state, Bai Ye also wouldn't be hit by any physical attacks.
In fact, some not-so-pure physical attacks would also become ineffective against Bai Ye.
For instance, flying sword attacks could hit the spiritual body because controlling flying swords required covering the swords with mental power.
So-called sword control was inherently based on mental power manipulation.
However, flying swords couldn't hit an elementalized Bai Ye.
Only pure non-physical attacks like sword energy could affect his elementalized body.
Furthermore, after elementalization, his body, transformed into electricity, could even retaliate against physical attacks.
Even if the spiritual body could phase through obstacles, Bai Ye, transformed into lightning, could also phase through them.
The spiritual body could fly. If Bai Ye covered the sky with his electric field, he could also fight by teleporting in the air.
This level was clearly far superior to the spiritual body, and not by a small margin.
Of course, the quality of the two was not on the same level to begin with.
As a result, the value of the spiritual body to Bai Ye had drastically decreased.
However…
After being depressed for a short while, Bai Ye didn't dwell on it.
This was how it was on the world battlefield; low-quality abilities, items, and props were gradually eliminated.
Bai Ye had mastered over a dozen abilities in his previous life, but he only ended up using two or three.
In his previous life, the spiritual body had always been Bai Ye's trump card for survival because he hadn't found a replacement or a better ability.
But with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in this life, it was normal for the spiritual body to be phased out.
As Bai Ye was contemplating, a sound suddenly came from behind him again.
Bai Ye turned to look. A man held a Taoist talisman. As the talisman burned, the water vapor in the air suddenly condensed, transforming into water arrows that shot towards Bai Ye.
Daoist magic was still effective against the elementalization of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
However…
"Too slow!"
The water arrows had barely been fired when Bai Ye's figure suddenly vanished, reappearing behind the man, and then…
*Splat!*
The Thunder Fang Raging Beast in Bai Ye's hand pierced through the man from behind, cleanly impaling him.
After the strike, Bai Ye abruptly withdrew his sword, causing a spray of blood. He then threw a punch to the side.
A large amount of venom seeped out onto Bai Ye's arm. As his fist moved forward, the venom was flung out.
"Poison Dragon!"
The venom scattered in the air condensed, forming a ferocious poison dragon that soared forward.
The two men directly in front were startled and quickly leaped to the sides.
But the third man was not so lucky. Due to obstructed vision, he only saw the poison dragon after the two in front had jumped away.
At this moment, it was clearly too late to dodge.
"Ah!"
The man engulfed by the poison dragon was covered in venom, and then he let out a hideous scream.
As the venom flowed, the flesh on the man's body began to rot at a visible speed, peeling off piece by piece.
Soon, the man was reduced to bare bones and fell to the ground.
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