The blade light was terrifyingly numerous!
Initially, there were only a few dozen, but they quickly became hundreds, and finally surged to over a thousand. They were so dense that the original form of the blade light was completely obscured, resembling a colossal silver-white sphere of light that enveloped Bai Ye.
After all, this was a master from the Cang Long Hui, a member of their elite squad. When they truly fought for their lives, they were quite formidable.
However, the price was that the sword in his hand was ruined.
Bai Ye had a similar effect; the purple lightning of "Shocking Thunder Purple Lightning" and "Blazing Phoenix Flying Fire" also shattered weapons to unleash terrifying power.
Gao Ming and the others watched with shock.
The opponent's strike was like waves crashing against a shore, or like the heavens collapsing and the earth cracking. The silver-white blade light enveloped the area, and the sound of the blade whined.
In an instant, beneath that single strike, endless blade light surged like a sea, blindingly white. From afar, it looked like a cloud of silver-white mist, spreading in all directions, even surging upwards into the sky, forming a silver waterfall flowing against the heavens.
Within the space where Bai Ye and the opponent resided, a terrifying aura of annihilation emerged. This strike felt like it would leave no grass growing, a complete extinction of all life.
Silent and murderous!
Bai Ye, engulfed by the blade light, felt his colossal Thunder God physique being continuously cut, continuously disappearing, his body constantly shattering.
"Hahahaha hahahaha..."
The Cang Long Hui member laughed, his face contorted, and he roared, "You want to kill me? Let's see who kills whom!"
"Who did you say would kill whom?"
Just then, Bai Ye's voice rang out.
Within the blade light, the shattered Thunder God physique began to reform.
The scattered lightning arcs rapidly re-gathered, and in the center of the blade light, the Thunder God physique reappeared.
Behind Bai Ye, the five Thunder God drums began to vibrate.
With each vibration of the Thunder God drums, a thunderous sound would emanate, followed by...
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
Bolts of lightning descended from the sky, incessantly striking the blade light, quickly shattering it into pieces.
Bai Ye stepped forward, treading on the scattered blade light, and emerged once more.
The Cang Long Hui member was utterly astonished.
He was unharmed?
Was this even possible?
The Cang Long Hui member never received an answer, for Bai Ye had already raised his colossal hand and slammed it down with immense force.
That palm strike carried the fury of thunder!
A bolt of lightning descended from the heavens, striking the opponent along with Bai Ye's hand, and then...
With a bang!
The power of lightning surged into the man's body, causing him to explode instantly into countless charred pieces of flesh, scattering in all directions.
The ground also let out a deafening roar, as the descending lightning strike carved a colossal pit at least three to four meters in radius!
"You have killed a participant (Steampunk Civilization World)."
"You have obtained five fragments of God's Stone."
Having killed another person, Bai Ye looked up and surveyed his surroundings.
This time, Bai Ye did not pursue.
The opponent's desperate attack, while failing to save his own life, had at least managed to delay Bai Ye.
The other members of the Cang Long Hui had already scattered like birds and beasts, vanishing without a trace.
Although Bai Ye's elementalization and electric field-powered teleportation were fast, with no targets in sight, Bai Ye was helpless. He couldn't just run around blindly hoping for luck.
Moreover, looking at the corpses around him, Bai Ye felt that the gains were satisfactory.
The Cang Long Hui's ambush had failed, and they had lost several bodies, a significant blow to their strength.
However, there was also bad news.
Bai Ye's original plan was to make his appearance and settle the matter when the third-level Boss was being tackled, catching the Cang Long Hui completely off guard.
Now that he had revealed himself, the Cang Long Hui would undoubtedly be on guard.
But Bai Ye felt the problem was not that significant. Even if the Cang Long Hui was prepared, what could they do?
He hadn't even gotten serious yet.
Did they really think he only had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit as a means?
Bai Ye mused, then looked at Gao Ming and said, "Hey, hey, hey, are you stunned?"
Gao Ming was jolted back to reality by Bai Ye's call and quickly replied, "It's nothing, it's nothing. Did the Cang Long Hui people run away?"
Bai Ye nodded. "Mhm."
Gao Ming asked, "What should we do now?"
Bai Ye retorted, "You're the leader of the Evil Spirit Gang, and you're asking me?"
Gao Ming dismissed it with a smile. "You're the commander now, we'll listen to you."
Bai Ye thought for a moment and asked, "How's the collection of items on the third level going?"
Gao Ming beckoned someone over and said, "Liang Jie, how's the item collection going?"
A middle-aged man approached and said, "We've only managed to acquire seven items so far, and we have eight red-quality items that are considered backup and not definitively worth taking. And..."
Liang Jie hesitated before continuing, "It was actually going smoothly. I estimated we could finish within a week, but after these Cang Long Hui guys showed up, they occupied three relatively good game instances. And because of the conflict, our efficiency has dropped significantly."
After defeating the third-level Boss, three red-quality items could be taken.
But this did not mean that only red-quality items were produced on the third level. Wild monsters still dropped black-quality items. Red-quality items had to be found in instances or by killing Bosses, and it wasn't a guaranteed drop; it depended on luck.
According to Bai Ye's memory, the probability of dropping a red-quality item from killing a Boss was around 20%. Then, one had to pick and choose carefully, trying to take the best. It was indeed not easy to gather thirty-six items for a whole group.
Gao Ming said, "Bring up all the backup items first. We don't have that much time to be picky now. As long as they are red-quality items, it's not a loss. We need to speed up the rest."
Bai Ye replied, "I'll accompany you, it's no big deal. Do you have the respawn times for the instances and Bosses tracked?"
"We do," Gao Ming said. "After they scout the situation, they report to me, and I've compiled a timetable for them."
Bai Ye glanced at Gao Ming and then nodded.
Gao Ming claimed to be a good fighter, but Bai Ye hadn't seen it yet.
At least in terms of combat command, Gao Ming was clearly unqualified. His greatest contribution was saying: "Everyone listen to Bai Ye, everything will be directed by Bai Ye."
However, putting aside combat matters, Gao Ming was indeed a talent in internal affairs, always performing well and being highly valued by the Guild Leader Stenson.
Liang Jie took out a small notebook and looked at it. "The instances have been occupied by the Cang Long Hui, but I've sent people to monitor their instance refresh times. The fastest ones will reopen in six hours. However, two Bosses are about to respawn. One is called General Dong, with thirty minutes left, and the other is Red Tongue, with one hour and twelve minutes left."