Crackling, crackling!
The sound of ice forming echoed continuously, and everything around was covered in frost.
In the world, everything was in silence.
Soon, the wind and snow transformed into a colossal pillar, enveloping Bai Ye in its center.
Ice flowers bloomed one by one from the bottom, densely and endlessly upwards, until a pillar condensed from enormous ice flowers was frozen.
The hundred ice flowers had bloomed.
So…
Would Bai Ye die?
Rumble!
Suddenly, a colossal roar erupted. The ice flower pillar cracked open with huge fissures, and then, the ice flower pillar suddenly collapsed, scattering into countless ice crystals.
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 his feet touched the ground, the earth let out a thunderous sound. The ground shattered inch by inch, and countless fragments of rock churned upwards. Purple-black smoke spread outwards.
Bai Ye raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji and swept it forcefully in all directions.
A wave of purple-black radiance spread out, sending all the nearby Soul Reapers flying back with a single sweep.
In an instant, around Bai Ye…
No one could stand!
One blow, annihilation!
Bai Ye lowered his Fang Tian Hua Ji again, dragging it as he walked past the fallen Soul Reapers.
Suddenly, the young captain lying on the ground opened his eyes. As Bai Ye walked past him, their eyes met again.
"If we ever meet again…" the young captain said, "I will become stronger."
Bai Ye smiled and replied, "Then, I look forward to our next meeting."
Bai Ye raised his head, dragging the Fang Tian Hua Ji, and continued to walk forward until his figure disappeared at the end of the long street.
…
"Autumn is coming, so one feels melancholic?"
Leaving the area where Seireitei was located, Bai Ye did not stop but continued forward, also shedding that somber, lonely emotion.
Bai Ye felt that the feeling of a lonely master was somewhat superfluous for him at the moment. If he hadn't drawn from the golden gashapon and obtained the possession of the God of War Lu Bu, that young captain would have been able to crush him!
Therefore, after recovering from this emotion, the first thing Bai Ye thought of was…
Run quickly!
The commotion had been too great; he couldn't stay in this Rukongai any longer.
Bai Ye believed that it wouldn't be long before he appeared on the wanted list, and all the Soul Reapers would start hunting him.
However, since he had already caused trouble…
Bai Ye was direct. He broke into the homes of the corrupt merchants controlling water and food in Rukongai, robbed a large amount of water and food, and then left with a shrug.
More debts don't make one feel more burdened. Anyway, it's hanging anyway, can they hang him twice?
After stealing the supplies, Bai Ye fled directly, leaving Rukongai under the cover of darkness. Those Soul Reapers wouldn't be able to reach him.
However, despite causing trouble, Bai Ye was very satisfied with his gains in Rukongai. He obtained the uniform of the Black Order, participated in the Twelve Great Battles and gained the Phoenix ability, and that Zanpakuto, Zabimaru, was also quite a good item. Apart from the lack of God Stone fragments, the harvest was simply perfect!
Then…
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Bai Ye. He was currently in the state of being possessed by the God of War Lu Bu, and the gashapon item lasted for twenty-four hours…
Since that was the case, he naturally had to make good use of it!
Bai Ye quickly found his next target!
Walking southwest from Rukongai led to an area called the Graveyard of Spirits. This area, among the three major regions of the World Battlefield, was considered a dangerous zone, frequented by many evil spirits and zombies.
It was certainly dangerous, but it also brought many opportunities. According to Bai Ye's memory, he could learn the art of corpse herding here, and obtain zombies as spiritual beasts. Besides, there were also many exorcists in the Graveyard of Spirits, from whom he could acquire Daoist techniques and some exorcism artifacts.
However, Bai Ye had no interest in these. The only thing Bai Ye was interested in now was…
Kill, kill, kill…
While the possession of the God of War Lu Bu was still active, how could the evil spirits and zombies in the Graveyard of Spirits be Bai Ye's match?
Therefore, Bai Ye’s strength manifested what it meant to kill from night to day, and then from day to night.
However, the zombies and evil spirits in the Graveyard of Spirits had gone mad, and the chosen ones who roamed the Graveyard of Spirits had also gone mad. While they were busy subduing demons and eradicating evil, a figure suddenly appeared, and the evil spirit was directly scattered.
Several chosen ones exchanged bewildered glances. What the heck?
On the other side, a group of people were围攻 a zombie. A deafening roar suddenly came from the sky, and Bai Ye descended like a demon god, splitting the besieged zombie in half with a single戟 strike. He then quickly leaped away, vanishing without a trace.
The chosen ones looked at each other. After a while, one of them spoke, "Is this the legendary flying zombie?"
He stuffed whatever he could into his mouth when hungry and gulped down water when thirsty. Bai Ye was truly in a killing frenzy.
The benefits Bai Ye gained from this frenzied slaughter were…
In less than a day, the spirit gathering of the Five Spirits Plate was full again.
Five Spirits Plate, 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 Sorcery has been enhanced."
"Due to the enhancement of your Five Spirits Sorcery, Wind Charm has evolved into Warm Mist."
Upon completing Spirit Gathering, Bai Ye's physical attributes received another boost, this time a comprehensive increase of 5 points in all physical attributes. Simultaneously, Wind Charm had been enhanced to 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 dumbfounded. Good heavens, after Wind Charm was enhanced, it actually lost its offensive effect!
Restoring stamina and healing injuries…
While it looked quite good, much stronger than pure wind-based offensive effects, the Water Charm could also do this. Even if Warm Mist’s effect was stronger, the effects overlapped, rendering it largely meaningless. The only useful effect was concealing an area with mist.
This should be considered a negative effect, used to deprive the enemy of vision.
"Better than nothing!"
Bai Ye was unsure if the enhancement of Wind Charm was good or bad. It seemed he had lost an offensive method but gained a method for negative effects.
However, Bai Ye felt he didn't need the negative effect of obscuring vision much. As for losing the wind-based offensive capabilities of Wind Charm, he didn't care. He had so many offensive methods, he didn't lack this one.
However, one thing was certain: continuous enhancement of the Five Elements Sorcery definitely required progressing through each stage. Even if the effect of Warm Mist was somewhat unsatisfactory to Bai Ye, it at least represented a step closer to the third stage of Daoist magic.
Correspondingly, the Spirit Gathering of the Five Spirits Plate increased again, becoming 0/1000.
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