Bai Ye pointed at the rotating disc on the gacha machine and said, "Spin this thing and you'll get a gacha!"
The gacha machine was Bai Ye's personal property, and other chosen ones could not help him draw from it. Otherwise, who would the drawn gacha belong to?
However, Zi Yuan was not a chosen one, but an indigenous inhabitant, so it didn't matter. The gacha drawn would still belong to Bai Ye.
Zi Yuan had never seen a gacha machine before, so she was quite curious about it. After hesitating for a moment, as Bai Ye instructed, she reached out, grabbed the handle, and turned the disc.
The machine's whirring sound echoed again, and then...
"What the hell!" Bai Ye's eyes widened as he looked at Zi Yuan and said, "Are you kidding me?"
Zi Yuan looked bewildered and asked, "What's wrong?"
Bai Ye bent down and took the gacha out of the machine. It was...
A color as red as blood!
A red gacha!
Bai Ye looked at Zi Yuan and said, "I feel so guilty now. This luck must have cost you three years of your lifespan!"
"It's fine," Zi Yuan said nonchalantly. "As long as we ghost people don't die in battle, living for six or seven hundred years is not a problem!"
Bai Ye: "..."
Good heavens, others pay with money, you pay with your life!
Bai Ye was instantly speechless. The first red gacha of this life was not drawn by himself.
As Bai Ye thought, he twisted open the red gacha.
Doku Doku no Mi (Devil Fruit) (Item) (Red): Consuming it grants a special ability. The user can produce venom from any part of their body, allowing them to be enveloped in immensely powerful venom. They can also release venom from any part of their body, and their breath can be converted into poisonous gas. However, care must be taken not to let food come into contact with the poison during consumption, as it will affect the user. Even with strong poison resistance, they will suffer from persistent diarrhea.
Weaknesses: Cannot come into contact with seawater or Seastone.
Effects: Poison (Except for the user's own poison causing minor effects (diarrhea), no other poison can harm the person who consumed the Doku Doku no Mi.)
Poison Ball: (Condense venom from one's palm into a poison ball and throw it as an attack.)
Poison Cloud: (Release poisonous gas from within the body. Upon contact, the body will be invaded by poison, and the five senses will gradually disappear.)
Poison Gas Bullet: (Spit out tear gas bubbles from the mouth to attack.)
Poison Dragon: (Release a poison dragon condensed from venom for attack. Upon contact, any object will be corroded by the poison.)
Poison Giant Soldier: (Form a giant skeleton-like soldier with venom, capable of large-scale attacks. Upon contact, the body will be eroded by poison, gradually losing vitality.)
...
Bai Ye stared at the opened red gacha, completely stunned, frozen like a statue.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Zi Yuan, seeing Bai Ye spacing out, couldn't help but nudge him and ask, "What are you spacing out about?"
"I'm going to fight the Pig Head Emperor one-on-one, I'm invincible!" Bai Ye snapped back to reality after being pushed and started laughing heartily, "I can take on two at once!"
Seeing Bai Ye laughing uncontrollably, Zi Yuan sighed, "Such a good person, why are you going crazy again!"
Crazy?
Bai Ye felt like he was truly going mad!
This was a red-quality special ability!
Most importantly...
This special ability was obtained through an item!
If the gacha machine directly produced a special ability, Bai Ye wouldn't be so overjoyed. This is because after the 24-hour time limit, the special ability would automatically disappear.
However, obtaining a special ability through an item was entirely different.
If a special ability came directly from the gacha machine, the special ability was an item of the gacha machine, so the 24-hour time limit would apply, and it would be recalled when the time was up.
But if the gacha machine produced an item that allowed someone to gain a special ability, it would not be subject to the 24-hour time limit. This is because the item produced by the gacha machine was the item itself, not the special ability. When the 24-hour time limit arrived, it should be the item that was recalled, not the special ability obtained through the item!
And since the item was a consumable that he had already used, there was no issue of it being recalled or not. The special ability obtained was related to the item, not the gacha machine, so it would not be recalled by the gacha machine.
Simply put...
Zi Yuan helped Bai Ye get a permanent red-quality special ability for free!
It was permanent!
Bai Ye excitedly opened his arms towards Zi Yuan and said, "Your great kindness, this junior is immensely grateful. I have nothing to repay you with, so how about I pledge myself to you..." xxs壹贰
Bang!
Before Bai Ye could finish, he received a punch to the face.
His nose stung, and he almost shed tears.
"If you don't want a hug, then don't!" Bai Ye covered his face and said, "Do you have to hit me?"
"Hmph!" Zi Yuan snorted coldly, "Are you going to save people or not?"
"Yes!" Bai Ye rubbed his nose and said, "Now, even if the Pig Head Emperor appears, I dare to kill him for you to see!"
With the red-quality special ability in hand, Bai Ye was filled with confidence. He then couldn't help but size up Zi Yuan. This woman was a chosen one! The first time she drew a gacha, she casually got a red one, and it was even a Devil Fruit, a special ability item...
If he used a shard of God's Stone to let Zi Yuan draw another one, and it turned out to be a gold-quality Devil Fruit...
"You're bragging," Zi Yuan rolled her eyes at Bai Ye's silly grin. As she walked forward, she urged, "Hurry up."
"Oh, coming."
Bai Ye came back to his senses and put away the gacha machine.
He'd better save the last draw for emergencies. If he really had to fight the Pig Head Emperor...
Boasting was one thing, but Bai Ye knew it was quite risky. Even with the Doku Doku no Mi, it might not be effective. The reason was simple: judging by Rimuru's physical attributes, the Pig Head Emperor's physical attributes were very likely to all exceed two hundred, and perhaps one or two even exceeded three hundred.
Therefore, while Bai Ye might not be at a disadvantage in terms of offense using the Doku Doku no Mi, in terms of defense...
Bai Ye felt he might be beaten to death in three punches.
Thinking of this, Bai Ye suddenly felt that life was full of ups and downs, and fate was unpredictable.
Bai Ye originally wanted to acquire combat methods, and special abilities were certainly a form of combat method. Moreover, the possibility of obtaining a red-quality special ability under normal circumstances at this stage was close to zero.
After all, black-quality items were extremely rare now. Without considerable strength, let alone obtaining them, one couldn't even think about it, let alone red-quality items.
Therefore, with the sudden acquisition of the Doku Doku no Mi, his combat methods had significantly improved. However, Bai Ye found that his physical strength seemed to be lagging behind again. Although the Five Spirit Disk could continuously improve his physical attributes, it was a gradual improvement and couldn't instantly elevate Bai Ye's physical strength to a higher level.
So...
Did he need to go find items that could strengthen his body again?
This was truly a case of plans not keeping up with changes!
...