"Steel Slime devoured the Black Order uniform, gaining Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth, current growth value: 251/1000"
"Steel Slime devoured the Pulse Twin Guns, gaining Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth, current growth value: 552/1000"
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Bai Ye had the Steel Slime devour everything in his hands, then looked at the Vulcan Gatling and the Yin-Yang Talisman.
This was Bai Ye's true objective!
For a fleeting moment, a flash of inspiration struck Bai Ye, and he thought of a possibility: if the Steel Slime devoured the items he obtained from the gacha machine, would it also remember and be able to transform into them?
If so, would everything he got from the gacha machine become permanent?
Just like how consumed items couldn't be retrieved, but the abilities brought by the items, not being directly obtained from the gacha machine, would be permanently acquired after use!
Thinking this, Bai Ye became a little excited and pointed at the Vulcan Gatling and the Yin-Yang Talisman, saying, "Continue devouring!"
The Steel Slime wriggled rapidly, quickly swelling up and enveloping the Vulcan Gatling.
"Steel Slime devoured the Vulcan Gatling, gaining Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth, current growth value: 578/1000"
"Steel Slime devoured the Yin-Yang Talisman, gaining Devour Growth."
"Steel Slime Devour Growth, current growth value: 581/1000"
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After devouring the last two swallowable items, Bai Ye had nothing left in his hands. His growth value was nearing six hundred, but he was still quite far from upgrading the Steel Slime to green quality.
The next moment, Bai Ye flicked his hand, and a light screen appeared before him.
Steel Slime (Item) (White): A very rare mutated slime that can devour anything, then fuse with the object's characteristics and transform into it for use. Effect: Devour (As it continuously devours, the Steel Slime's magic will strengthen, thus improving its quality). Current growth value: 581/1000.
Condense (Steel Slime can condense any devoured item).
Condensable Items: Black Order Uniform, Pulse Twin Guns, Seven-Colored Rainbow, Frost Condensation, Famous Blade Bloodsucker, Vulcan Gatling (15 hours 22 minutes), Yin-Yang Talisman (15 hours 22 minutes).
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"Damn it!" Bai Ye looked at the light screen and cursed, "It didn't work."
The Vulcan Gatling and the Yin-Yang Talisman had been eaten by the Steel Slime, but...
The permanent item acquisition Bai Ye had imagined didn't happen.
The items could be condensed, but unlike other items, the Vulcan Gatling and the Yin-Yang Talisman had a time limit behind them, which coincidentally matched the time until the gacha machine reset.
In fact, after thinking about it carefully, Bai Ye understood the reason.
The case of the Poison-Poison Fruit was different because the Poison-Poison Fruit itself was a consumable; once consumed, it disappeared, so the gacha machine couldn't reclaim it. The abilities from the Poison-Poison Fruit were obtained through the fruit itself, not directly from the gacha machine, hence they were retained.
However, the items devoured by the Steel Slime were simply swallowed by it, not consumed. Therefore, they would be reabsorbed by the gacha machine when the time came.
"Wait a minute..." Bai Ye's eyes suddenly lit up, and he murmured, "The items will definitely be reclaimed, but will the growth value obtained from devouring them be reclaimed?"
Bai Ye couldn't help but ponder. In theory, the logic of the Poison-Poison Fruit applied, so the items devoured by the Steel Slime were indeed related to the gacha machine and would be returned. However, the growth value obtained by the Steel Slime from devouring items was not related to the gacha machine, but to the items within the gacha machine.
This was similar to how the abilities of the Poison-Poison Fruit were related to the fruit itself, not the gacha machine; it was the same principle.
Therefore, could the Steel Slime's growth value be retained?
Bai Ye's eyes gleamed. If his guess was correct, he seemed to have found a way to rapidly strengthen the Steel Slime and improve its quality.
That is...
Consuming God Stone Shards and devouring Gold quality items!
However, whether this deduction held true would only be known after the gacha machine reset and the Vulcan Gatling and Yin-Yang Talisman were reabsorbed.
If the growth value remained unchanged, it would mean Bai Ye's speculation was correct, and he could rapidly upgrade the Steel Slime.
As for the present...
He should do what he needed to do.
"Steel Slime, condense!"
The black Steel Slime crawled onto Bai Ye, then wriggled and spread rapidly, transforming into the appearance of the Black Order uniform in the blink of an eye.
Immediately after...
Bai Ye reached out, and the Frost Condensation Sword appeared in his hand.
Frost Condensation (Flying Sword) (Blue): Absorbs the floating origin of the lingering dew, and washes with the swirling frost. Effects: Sword Control (wraps the body with frost, can attack autonomously), Sword Illusion Frost (uses the sword to create frost, randomly inflicting freezing, frostbite, and slowing effects on targets within a 3-meter radius of a designated area), Ice Wall (uses the sword to create an ice wall for defense).
Bai Ye deliberately opened the light screen and re-examined the effects of Frost Condensation. There were no changes.
However, because it was condensed by the Steel Slime, the Frost Condensation Sword turned completely black, from the blade to the hilt.
But the traces of use on the Frost Condensation Sword had disappeared.
The nicks on the blade that were left from previous battles were now completely gone. As Jin Sha had said, items condensed by the Steel Slime could be used permanently, with no worries about damage.
"It's not bad, and the condensation speed is fast enough, much quicker than retrieving items from my inventory. It's indeed quite convenient."
Bai Ye loosened his grip, and the Frost Condensation Sword turned into mud, quickly melting into Bai Ye's body.
He flicked his hand, dispelling the light screen, and stepped out of the alley.
There were still many people in front of the city gate. With the Great Wall Guard maintaining order, Bai Ye could only honestly queue up, waiting for people ahead to be sent up to the city wall one by one.
After about half an hour, it was finally Bai Ye's turn.
Upon reaching the city wall, there were still people all around. However, the Great Wall Guard was directing everyone to move to the sides to man the defenses on the Great Wall.
As Bai Ye walked, he glanced down at the base of the city wall and was truly startled.
"So many demon seeds?"
The area below the city wall was densely packed with demon seeds, frantically assaulting the city walls. Looking up ahead, the surging demon seeds seemed endless, like a black tide, madly rushing towards the Great Wall from the horizon, making one's scalp tingle.
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