The basic effect of the Steel Slime was merely to solidify objects, which was not particularly useful.
However, Jin Sha's initial guess was that with the Steel Slime's advancement, an amplification effect would appear.
This was crucial. If it only solidified existing items, it wouldn't have much significance beyond convenience.
But if it could amplify the solidified items, that would be a different story.
It could potentially turn a red-quality item into gold-quality or a gold-quality item into super-quality, provided the amplification was significant enough.
And now…
Jin Sha was gone and would never see how powerful the Steel Slime could be cultivated to.
But Bai Ye had achieved it!
The "Steal" effect was not very useful because it was temporary. Bai Ye generally used it to exploit glitches, and the stolen weapons could also be inscribed into the Gate of Babylon, thereby increasing the number of weapons in his treasury.
Furthermore, stealing did not possess any enhancement effects.
However, Synthesis, Reinforcement, and the current Enchantment all possessed enhancement effects.
While Synthesis did not have explicit enhancement attributes, success in synthesis would undoubtedly lead to improvement. Reinforcement could increase all effects by 10%, or a single effect by 25%. Combined with synthesis, it was already a very good enhancement.
Now, with the addition of Enchantment, which provided a 10% enhancement to effects, weapons would have their base power strengthened, and armor would have its base defense strengthened.
Most importantly, these effects could stack with Synthesis and Reinforcement.
This would then translate into Synthesis increasing base attributes or adding attributes, followed by a 20% overall effect increase, or a 10% overall effect increase combined with a 25% single-effect increase, with an additional 15% bonus to attack or defense.
And don't forget…
Bai Ye also possessed Magic Chant!
Magic Chant, as the strongest enhancement magic, had an enhancement option that stated: "Elemental Enhancement for oneself. Any item or ability related to elements will have its effect amplified by 15%."
Enchantment required the use of elemental abilities. After enchanting, the Steel Slime would become an element-related item, and its effects would be further amplified by 15%, resulting in an overall effect increase of 35%, or a 25% overall effect increase combined with an 80% single-effect increase.
To be even more extreme, if Bai Ye were willing to expend two fragments of the God Stone, Magic Chant could additionally select another enhancement direction, or the enhancement effect of a single direction could be doubled.
Thus, the Steel Slime's overall effect amplification became 70%, or a 25% overall effect increase paired with an 80% single-effect increase!
As Bai Ye thought about it, he couldn't help but gasp.
With such stacked enhancements, a red-quality flying sword like "Thunderbolt Purple Lightning" would directly become gold-quality and could surpass most gold-quality flying swords.
It could even be more useful than Chinese artifacts like the Xuanyuan Sword.
After all, the Xuanyuan Sword depended on the user's physical attributes, while Thunderbolt Purple Lightning did not.
Moreover, the Steel Slime's enhancements were not limited by quantity; anything solidified by the Steel Slime could be enhanced.
Therefore, Bai Ye could actually enhance a pile of items simultaneously!
The most critical point was…
The Steel Slime had only reached red quality and could still grow.
If red quality had already reached this level, what about gold quality?
The phrase "the future is promising" was not an exaggeration.
The only thing Bai Ye needed to worry about was the immense mental energy consumption from such continuous stacked enhancements. Even with Bai Ye's excellent mental capacity, he probably couldn't sustain it for too long. One or two items were fine, but it would be difficult to maintain for many more.
"It seems I need to find some items that can strengthen my mental power?" Bai Ye mused, stroking his chin. "Items like these are hard to find!"
Just as restorative drugs for mental energy didn't exist, items for mental enhancement were also rare. This posed a problem for Bai Ye.
However, Bai Ye wasn't overly concerned. There weren't many people who could force him to go all out, and in normal combat situations, he wouldn't have to worry.
After reviewing his gains, Bai Ye shifted his attention back to the current battle.
Wei Zhu Xie's demise had indeed disrupted Bai Ye's plans.
What Bai Ye could do now was to quickly eliminate the two ahead of him to form a triangular cycle.
Hamir wanted to kill Bai Ye, Bai Ye wanted to kill Li Jia Yi, and Li Jia Yi had to kill Hamir!
But Bai Ye still had an advantage.
Li Jia Yi currently had zero pursued targets, and Hamir was a formidable mountain to overcome. Hamir's current pursued target count was one, the same as Bai Ye's. However, Hamir was being held back by Bai Ye. While Bai Ye had lost two targets, Lancegart and Dale, he could still pursue two more.
Thinking about it this way, Bai Ye felt much better.
The advantage is mine!
"The problem is, where do I find people?"
Bai Ye pondered as he took out his Hunter's ID and began to examine it.
The information-sharing function within was constantly refreshing intel.
The battle at the hotel was also shared as intelligence. Bai Ye's last piece of intel was twenty minutes ago, stating that the hunters had not found Bai Ye in the alley, and the intel stopped there.
Hamir's alert was seventeen minutes ago. It seemed he had also fled.
Then, Li Jia Yi…
"Ah ha!"
Bai Ye let out a somewhat mischievous laugh. Li Jia Yi's intel was still being updated. The latest news was that Li Jia Yi had hidden in a mall's nursing room.
Li Jia Yi was quite cunning; nursing rooms definitely wouldn't have surveillance cameras. But Li Jia Yi forgot that it was late at night, and the hunters had no qualms about barging in and searching.
Therefore, Li Jia Yi was still being pursued.
Furthermore, not only was he being pursued, but an additional charge had been added: "Pervert who trespassed in a nursing room!"
Although Li Jia Yi wasn't currently pursuing Bai Ye, and this incident didn't have much impact on Bai Ye, seeing the guy in trouble made Bai Ye can't help but laugh.
It was at this moment that…
"A warehouse fire at 223 Riasna Street in the East District. Suspected to be caused by a battle between wanted individuals. Hunters in the surrounding area are requested to immediately rush to the area, evacuate civilians, and seal off the street."
A new intel alert appeared, making Bai Ye's eyes light up.
The area Bai Ye was currently in was the South District. If nothing unexpected happened, Hamir and Li Jia Yi wouldn't be able to reach the East District so quickly. This meant only one possibility.
The remaining two were fighting each other!
For Bai Ye, this was naturally excellent news. After all, eliminating one would make the other the next target.
If that was the case, why hesitate?
Bai Ye quickly spread out his electrical field, and then…
With a crackle!
Bai Ye's body transformed into electricity and disappeared without a trace.
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