Crack, crack!
The sound of ice freezing continued, and everything around was covered in frost.
The world was shrouded in cold silence.
Soon, the snow and wind transformed into a massive pillar, enveloping Bai Ye in its center.
Ice flowers bloomed one by one from the base, densely packed, rising upwards until they froze into a pillar formed by the condensation of giant ice flowers.
The hundred ice flowers had bloomed.
So...
Would Bai Ye die?
Rumble!
Suddenly, a massive roar erupted. The ice flower pillar cracked open with huge fissures, and then the ice flower pillar suddenly collapsed, scattering into countless pieces of frost.
Then...
Bai Ye reappeared before everyone's eyes.
Like a demon god, descending from the heavens.
Rumble!
Bai Ye descended from the sky. The moment he landed, the ground let out a deafening roar, shattering inch by inch. Countless碎石 (shattered stones) churned upwards, and purple-black smoke billowed outwards.
Bai Ye raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji, sweeping it forcefully outwards.
A wave of purple-black radiance spread out, shaking all the nearby shinigami away with a single strike.
In an instant, around Bai Ye...
No one was left standing!
One strike, total annihilation!
Bai Ye lowered his Fang Tian Hua Ji again, dragging it as he walked past the shinigami.
Suddenly, the young captain lying on the ground opened his eyes. As Bai Ye walked past him, their eyes met again.
"If we meet again..." the young captain said, "I will become stronger."
Bai Ye chuckled and replied, "Then, I look forward to our next meeting."
Bai Ye raised his head, dragging his Fang Tian Hua Ji, and continued walking forward until his figure disappeared at the end of the long street.
...
"Autumn is coming, are you feeling melancholic?"
Having left the Seireitei area, Bai Ye did not stop but continued forward, shaking off the somber and desolate mood.
The feeling of a lonely master felt superfluous to him at the moment. If he hadn't drawn from the Golden Gacha and obtained the embodiment of the God of War Lu Bu, that young captain would have easily crushed him!
Therefore, after recovering from his emotions, the first thing Bai Ye thought of was...
Run quickly!
With such a massive commotion, he couldn't stay in the Rukongai anymore.
Bai Ye was certain that he would soon be on the wanted list, and all the shinigami would start hunting him.
However, since he had already committed the offense...
Bai Ye was direct. He broke into the homes of the corrupt merchants controlling water and food in the Rukongai, directly looted a large amount of water and food, and then left without a second thought.
Too many debts don't weigh you down. It's all hanging anyway, would they hang him twice?
After stealing the supplies, Bai Ye made his escape. He left the Rukongai under the cover of darkness, and the shinigami wouldn't be able to reach him.
However, despite causing trouble, Bai Ye was very satisfied with his gains in the Rukongai. He obtained the uniform of the Black Organization, participated in the Twelve Great Battles and acquired the Phoenix ability, and the Zanpakuto Zabimaru was also a very good item. Apart from lacking God Stone fragments, the gains were almost perfect!
Then...
A flash of inspiration struck Bai Ye. He was currently in a state of embodiment with the God of War Lu Bu. Gacha items were supposed to last for twenty-four hours...
Since that was the case, he should definitely make good use of it!
Bai Ye quickly found his target!
Walking southwest from the Rukongai was a region called Fuling Mountain. This area was classified as a dangerous zone among the three major regions of the World Battlefield, with many malevolent spirits and zombies roaming about.
Danger was certain, accompanied by many opportunities. According to Bai Ye's memory, one could learn the art of corpse manipulation here and acquire zombies as familiars. Furthermore, there were quite a few exorcists in Fuling Mountain, from whom one could obtain Taoist magic and some exorcism tools.
However, Bai Ye was not interested in any of these. What Bai Ye was interested in now was solely...
Kill, kill, kill...
While the embodiment of the God of War Lu Bu was still active, how could the malevolent spirits and zombies in Fuling Mountain possibly be Bai Ye's match?
Therefore, Bai Ye's strength perfectly exemplified what it meant to fight from night to day, and then from day to night.
However, the zombies and malevolent spirits in Fuling Mountain were all insane, and so were the Chosen Ones who roamed Fuling Mountain. Just as they were about to perform an exorcism, a figure suddenly appeared, and the malevolent spirit was instantly dispersed.
Several Chosen Ones exchanged bewildered glances. What the heck was that?
On the other side, a group of people were besieging a zombie. A deafening roar echoed from the sky, and Bai Ye descended like a demon god, his strike splitting the besieged zombie in two. He then quickly leaped away, vanishing without a trace.
The Chosen Ones looked at each other. After a while, one of them finally spoke, "Is this the legendary flying zombie?"
When he was hungry, he just shoved something into his mouth. When he was thirsty, he drank some water. Bai Ye was truly in a killing frenzy.
The benefits brought by this frenzied killing were...
In less than a day, the Spirit Gathering of the Five Spirits Disk was full again.
Five Spirits Disk, Spirit Gathering (500/500)
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Spirit stats have increased by 5 points."
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Five Spirits Curses have been enhanced."
"Due to the enhancement of your Five Spirits Curses, Wind Curse has evolved into Warm Mist."
Bai Ye completed Spirit Gathering, and his physical attributes received another boost, this time a comprehensive 5-point increase in all physical attributes. Concurrently, the Wind Curse evolved into Warm Mist. However...
Warm Mist: Can restore a certain amount of Stamina, heal injuries to a certain extent, and conceal an area with mist.
Bai Ye was a little bewildered. Good heavens, after the Wind Curse was enhanced, it actually lost its offensive capabilities?
Restoring Stamina and healing injuries...
While these looked quite decent, and much stronger than pure Wind Flow offensive abilities, the Water Curse could also perform these functions. Even if the effect of Warm Mist was stronger, the effects were still overlapping, making it largely redundant. The only somewhat useful effect was concealing an area with mist.
This should be considered a debuff, used to deny enemy vision.
"It's better than nothing!"
Bai Ye wasn't sure if the enhancement of the Wind Curse was good or bad. It seemed he had lost an offensive method but gained a debuff skill.
However, Bai Ye felt he didn't particularly need the debuff effect of obscuring vision, and he didn't care about losing the Wind Flow attack of the Wind Curse. He had so many offensive methods, he didn't lack this one.
One thing was certain, though: continued enhancement of the Five Elements Curses would definitely require passing through each stage. Even if the effect of Warm Mist was somewhat disappointing to Bai Ye, it at least represented a step closer to the Taoist magic of the third stage.
Correspondingly, the Spirit Gathering of the Five Spirits Disk had increased again, becoming 0/1000.
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