"It seems I have quite a connection with this place."
While waiting to be teleported, Bai Ye couldn't help but smile.
The current situation bore some resemblance to when Bai Ye entered that Mount Natagumo restricted area in his previous life. Both times, he had entered the area by chance, and then, after someone activated the Mount Natagumo restricted area, Bai Ye was forcibly pulled into it.
However, in his previous life, when entering Mount Natagumo, Bai Ye didn't even have a gacha machine, and his other aspects were also somewhat lacking.
After all, the world Bai Ye belonged to was quite peaceful, and he couldn't obtain any innate combat abilities in his own world.
Therefore, in the early stages of the World Battlefield in his previous life, Bai Ye's life could truly be described as "barely surviving."
Back then, on Mount Natagumo, Bai Ye was incredibly miserable. Other chosen ones hunted him, and the spider demons in the mountain also hunted him. It was truly a sight too horrible to behold.
"But..." Bai Ye casually materialized the Nanming Lihuo Sword and said with a smile, "This time, it seems things are quite different."
Bai Ye's current strength was incomparable to his previous life, and moreover...
With the Nanming Lihuo Sword in hand!
Bai Ye suddenly felt like his luck had turned. He had just been lamenting that although he had the Nanming Lihuo Sword, it had no immediate use.
And then...
This restricted area appeared!
What are others playing?
Stop playing, go home, go home, go find mom. Mom has everything, the best sausages, and only Kang Shi Fu instant noodles.
Meanwhile...
The three-minute countdown ended, and Bai Ye was teleported into the restricted area.
He glanced around...
There was no difference.
The interior of the Mount Natagumo restricted area was not much different from the exterior; it was all mountainous terrain.
However, Bai Ye quickly discerned the direction and started running.
Bai Ye remembered the way!
It was very difficult to remember the paths in a mountain forest, let alone when Bai Ye entered Mount Natagumo in the early stages of the World Battlefield.
In other words, Mount Natagumo in Bai Ye's memory was almost ten years removed from the present!
But perhaps because Bai Ye had been bullied so terribly on Mount Natagumo back then, his memory of it was still vivid. Although he couldn't recall the entire restricted area, he could remember about seventy to eighty percent of it.
Three restricted area missions...
Bai Ye wasn't particularly interested in the first restricted area mission, but as the first mission, it was entirely incidental.
This was because completing the second restricted area mission would likely require completing the first mission simultaneously.
And to complete the third restricted area mission, one would definitely complete the first restricted area mission.
Therefore, Bai Ye's main objectives were the second and third restricted area missions.
The Nichirin Blade and breathing techniques were both abilities of the Demon Slayers. It was hard to say how strong they were. There were weak Demon Slayers and strong Demon Slayers, the key being the mastery of the breathing techniques.
As for Bai Ye, breathing techniques were somewhat similar to the Five Spirit Curses. Breathing techniques had several forms, from low to high, serving as both offensive skills and a way to enhance physical attributes to a certain extent.
Of course, Bai Ye's evaluation was that they had less potential than the Five Spirit Curses.
However, since he had encountered them, Bai Ye didn't mind acquiring them.
As for the third restricted area mission...
Bai Ye had no interest in the blood demon arts of the spider demons. Based on Bai Ye's situation in his previous life, the spider demons' blood demon arts were extremely powerful.
But with Bai Ye's current strength, if he was lucky, he might get a black-quality blood demon art, which would be decent. However, random blood demon arts could potentially be blue-quality.
Those would be of little use to Bai Ye.
What Bai Ye cared about was...
Demon Blood!
Demon blood had an effect similar to the T-virus, capable of strengthening physical attributes, and its enhancement was about 30% higher than the T-virus, reaching an enhancement of about eight times the physical attributes of a normal person.
In addition, it could also grant blood demon art abilities.
Overall, it was a very valuable item.
In fact, according to Bai Ye's memories from his previous life, the demon blood of the lower ranks of the Twelve Kizuki was black quality, the upper ranks could reach red quality, and as for the Demon King...
It was naturally gold quality without a doubt!
However, demon blood had side effects. After consuming demon blood, one would turn into a demon. Unless it was the Demon King's demon blood, consuming other demons' demon blood would result in the inability to survive in sunlight.
Therefore, Bai Ye would definitely not consume demon blood.
Although the strengthening of physical attributes and blood demon arts were very attractive, the price of the side effect was indeed not small.
Not being able to see sunlight meant that, except for some special areas, one could only be active for half the time, wasting too much time.
However, demon blood had great trading value, as it was a method that could explosively increase physical attributes in a short period, and the increase in physical attributes was the most precious form of self-improvement.
Furthermore, there was a way to compensate for the side effect. As long as one obtained the Demon King's demon blood, they could move in sunlight.
As for the fifteen God Stone fragments, there was nothing more to say. Who didn't like God Stone fragments?
Bai Ye liked them even more, as they were essentially "baby milk money" that Bai Ye needed to feed his Steel Slime.
And as Bai Ye was thinking...
Suddenly, the sound of fighting came from ahead.
Bai Ye looked up towards the front and could see three chosen ones already engaged in a fight.
The reason?
What reason was needed for chosen ones to fight each other?
Especially as the World Battlefield progressed, more and more restricted areas opened up, and everyone had more and more God Stone fragments. Fights would become more frequent.
This was because fighting would make it easier to obtain God Stone fragments, and easier to obtain more God Stone fragments. Consequently, the competition for restricted areas and restricted area missions would become more intense.
Therefore, Bai Ye was not surprised that people were fighting as soon as the restricted area opened.
On the contrary...
It was only natural!
Then...
With a bang!
Bai Ye suddenly stomped on the ground, creating a small pit, and then accelerated forward.
The three people engaged in combat hadn't even realized what was happening when a strong gust of wind swept past one of them.
Then...
*Poof!*
The sound of flesh tearing echoed at this moment!
The chosen one's eyes widened, and he looked at his chest in disbelief. His chest had been completely split open, and crimson blood continuously splattered onto the ground.
The remaining two chosen ones were greatly alarmed, and then...
*Poof!*
The sound of flesh tearing echoed again.
A blood line suddenly appeared on the throats of the two, and then both of them widened their eyes and slowly knelt to the ground, falling face-first.
Even in death, they never understood how they had died!
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