"Ah, a ghost!"
Li Jia Yi thought to himself as he maneuvered, suddenly feeling like he had bumped into something. He looked up to see a massive face before him, with scarlet eyes, a gaping maw, and a long red tongue lolling out.
This sudden development nearly scared Li Jia Yi to death, almost causing him to fall to the ground.
"Found it!" At the same time, Bai Ye's eyes lit up. He immediately shouted, "Gengar, Shadow Ball!"
The entity that had suddenly appeared before Li Jia Yi was none other than Gengar.
To find an opponent in hiding, reconnaissance methods were naturally needed. Bai Ye himself lacked this ability, but he had beasts that possessed it.
On the other side, hearing Bai Ye's command, Gengar's body immediately floated up. Its short arms were raised above its head, gathering a Shadow Ball, which it then hurled forcefully at Li Jia Yi.
*Boom!*
The Shadow Ball hit the ground with a tremendous roar.
A section of the ground was shattered, and smoke and dust billowed into the air.
Soon, Li Jia Yi leaped out from the dust, cursing Bai Ye inwardly. Where did that guy get so many good things? He was even raising spirit beasts now.
As Li Jia Yi pondered this, a sword cry echoed through the sky once more. A seven-colored flying sword swiftly streaked across the air, descending towards Li Jia Yi's direction.
*Boom, boom, boom!*
Each sword strike shattered a portion of the ground, sending sand and dust flying everywhere.
Li Jia Yi was fast and incredibly agile, dodging the flying sword attacks with a series of leaps. Just as he seemed unable to evade one...
"Sun and Moon Radiance!"
Li Jia Yi reached out forward, and the twin sun and moon wheels flew to his front, spinning rapidly.
*Clang, clang, clang!*
The flying swords struck the sun and moon wheels and were then deflected aside.
A moment later, Li Jia Yi had used the sun and moon wheels to block all the flying swords. He then looked ahead, and his heart sank.
This time, it was Bai Ye who had disappeared.
"This is bad!"
Li Jia Yi immediately turned around, only to see Bai Ye, taking advantage of the flying sword attacks on him, had already closed in on the demon Krrumit.
"Poison Dragon!"
Bai Ye roared and punched forward.
Purple venom spewed out, then rapidly coalesced, forming the shape of a venomous dragon that surged towards the demon Krrumit.
The demon Krrumit looked up sharply in Bai Ye's direction, its eyes beneath the mask turning scarlet.
Suddenly, immense pressure erupted from the demon Krrumit's body, and a black radiance appeared around it, like bubbles, shielding the demon.
*Bang!*
In the next instant, the black radiance collided with the venomous dragon.
After a deafening explosion, the dragon disintegrated. Large amounts of venom scattered outwards, and where it landed, it hissed and sizzled. The ground developed scorched marks, and surrounding plants instantly withered and decayed, corroded away.
The demon Krrumit did not speak but retreated backward. Following that, a massive halo appeared behind it, engulfing the demon and causing it to vanish without a trace.
Li Jia Yi couldn't help but curse. The demon Krrumit had escaped, meaning his mission had failed. As expected, he never had good luck whenever he encountered Bai Ye.
Li Jia Yi thought to himself, then turned and ran into the forest.
With the demon Krrumit gone, Li Jia Yi had no reason to stay. Even if he continued to fight Bai Ye, what would he gain, even if he won?
Therefore, Li Jia Yi decisively made his escape.
Meanwhile...
"You saved the Lizardman tribe's chief and received the reward: Ruby Scepter x1."
"You failed to kill the mastermind, Demon Krrumit, mission failed!"
Ruby Scepter (Weapon) (Green): One of the treasures collected by the Lizardman chief, a scepter symbolizing royal authority. The brilliant ruby embedded within has the effect of absorbing magic power. Effect: Army Charge (Designates up to 150 targets. During battle, Strength increases by 5, Speed by 5, Spirit by 15, and they enter an excited state with greatly boosted morale.) Magic Absorption (Absorbs magic power, which can be used to strengthen one's Spirit attribute and Spirit Resistance. Current Magic Absorption: 0/500)
After the demon Krrumit's departure, Bai Ye's hidden mission two was completed, and he obtained the Ruby Scepter.
But this thing...
Was not quite what Bai Ye had imagined.
The Ruby Scepter was not a magical staff as Bai Ye had envisioned, but a weapon that could trigger buff effects.
One hundred and fifty targets had their Strength increased by 5, Speed by 5, and Spirit by 15, along with a morale boost...
The amplification effect wasn't very significant. What could 5 points of Strength and 5 points of Speed do? The main benefit was the increased Spirit, which could weaken emotions like timidity and fear, and to some extent, reduce intimidation when facing powerful opponents. But...
It was useless for him!
Bai Ye was speechless. Where was he supposed to find 150 targets?
In comparison, Magic Absorption seemed slightly more useful. It was similar to the Five Spirit Disk, but on a completely different level. The Five Spirit Disk simultaneously increased other physical attributes besides Intelligence and also had five different evolving Daoist techniques.
As for the Ruby Scepter...
It could only strengthen Spirit and Spirit Resistance.
However, the Five Spirit Disk couldn't be measured by quality. In fact, the Five Spirit Disk had no quality at all.
The core of the Five Spirit Disk was the Five Spirit Incantations, but the core for improving the Five Spirit Incantations and physical attributes was the Five Spirit Disk itself. It was a combined effect of Daoist techniques and items, encompassing items, Daoist techniques, and enhancement, making it difficult to define by any single effect.
In truth, in the parlance of the chosen ones in the Xianxia world, the Five Spirit Disk should be considered a cultivation method, a system for improving oneself. Naturally, it was hard to define by quality, as cultivation depended on individual aptitude. In the Xianxia world, people's cultivation depended on talent, and how could talent be reflected by the Five Spirit Disk?
It was simple: look at the speed of spirit gathering. Without talent, spirit gathering was slow; with talent, it was naturally fast. Therefore, if one had to be precise, the faster the spirit gathering, the higher the quality of the Five Spirit Disk, and the slower the spirit gathering indicated a lower quality.
But due to this fluctuation and instability, it was difficult to determine the quality of the Five Spirit Disk.
As it stood, Bai Ye, even if not exceptionally gifted, was at least not lacking in talent, and his spirit gathering speed was quite respectable.
Hence, acquiring the Five Spirit Disk was something he could use for a lifetime, helping him continuously improve himself as long as he remained in the world battlefield.
The Ruby Scepter, on the other hand, was much simpler. It was just a...
Green quality item!
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