Yimi clashed with the relentless thunder and lightning with his bloody blade, yet he was exceptionally perceptive.
Bai Ye approached from behind, and Yimi detected Bai Ye's movements instantly. He swung his bloody blade, aiming to cleave the lightning that Bai Ye had transformed into.
With a boom!
A fierce collision occurred once more.
The moment the bloody blade descended, the ground shattered, and a slash mark over ten meters long suddenly appeared.
Concurrently, the electric arcs Bai Ye had transformed into exploded outwards, scattering in all directions, before quickly re-aggregating and reforming into Bai Ye's shape.
Bai Ye looked at Yimi and said, "Two questions. First, do you represent the Rhine Corporation, or the artificial humans? Second, what was your reason for shooting Li Chengjie?"
Bai Ye was curious about Yimi's mission.
As things stood, Bai Ye was clearly representing the artificial humans from the slum district. If Yimi attacked him, it was likely because he had received a hidden mission from the Rhine Corporation.
However, there was a contradiction.
Although Li Chengjie was in the group, he was a mole, a person from the Rhine Corporation, yet Yimi had shot and killed him.
Therefore, Yimi did not represent the Rhine Corporation?
That left only representing the artificial humans.
In that case, there was a possibility of a cooperative relationship between Bai Ye and Yimi!
This was why Bai Ye asked the questions; he wanted to clear up these doubts.
However, Yimi clearly had no intention of answering and instead swung his bloody blade towards Bai Ye.
Such a reaction...
Fine, Bai Ye wasn't entirely surprised.
If someone were fighting him and suddenly asked about his mission, Bai Ye wouldn't tell them either.
The Steel Slime rapidly wriggled again, quickly transforming into the Shadow Battle Axe and clashing with Yimi's bloody blade.
With a clang!
The weapons met, emitting a clear, resonant sound.
The two began to strain against each other, each wanting to overpower the other, but in terms of strength, they were surprisingly evenly matched.
Bai Ye was somewhat astonished. Yimi's physical attributes were impressive; he wasn't much inferior to Bai Ye himself.
Frankly, Bai Ye didn't hold Yimi in high regard.
After all, in his past life, though Yimi was a top-tier expert, he was *only* a top-tier expert.
If the experts who participated in the final Central Region War were divided into tiers, Yimi belonged to the first tier, but Bai Ye was clearly among the few at the pinnacle of the pyramid, surpassing the first tier.
Therefore, judging by his past life's impression, Bai Ye really didn't need to pay much attention to Yimi.
But the strength Yimi was currently displaying slightly exceeded Bai Ye's estimations.
"Blood Freeze Path!" Yimi suddenly grunted, "Absolute Zero Blood Spear!"
The blood scattered in the air suddenly made cracking sounds and rapidly froze, forming a bloody ice spear that shot directly towards Bai Ye's face.
Bai Ye's reaction was incredibly swift. Seeing the blood spear freeze into existence, he twisted his waist sharply backward, adopting an iron bridge pose.
In the next instant, a cold glint flashed. The frozen blood spear grazed past Bai Ye's nose, narrowly dodged by Bai Ye.
After evading the spear, Bai Ye pushed off with his toes, kicking Yimi's wrist to force him back. He then flipped up, crossing his hands.
Thunder Beast (releases a beast-shaped lightning strike with physical attack effects, targeting ground attacks and defense)
Sizzle!
Large amounts of current surged from Bai Ye's body, brilliant arcs of lightning flashing continuously before condensing into a ferocious thunder beast that pounced towards Yimi.
Yimi was unhurried, retreating backward while swinging his bloody blade in continuous slashes, engaging the thunder beast.
But the thunder beast was more ferocious than Yimi had imagined. Not only did it attack repeatedly, but most importantly, the thunder beast was impervious to the slashes of the bloody blade.
Its body was constantly shattered by the bloody blade, only to heal itself.
Damage was indeed inflicted; with continuous slashes, the thunder beast's body would eventually dissipate into electric arcs.
The thunder beast's characteristics were similar to how Bai Ye utilized the Raiton Raiton no Mi's elemental transformation for his body. It was immune to physical attacks, but Yimi's Blood Flow style was clearly not a physical attack.
Therefore, as long as the attack continued, the thunder beast couldn't hold on.
However, Bai Ye knew this, but Yimi didn't. He only knew that the thunder beast seemed unaffected by his attacks.
"Blood Freeze Technique, Ice Peak!"
Yimi, while contemplating a countermeasure, suddenly slashed his bloody blade forward.
A large amount of blood surged forward and froze, looking like a small blood-red mountain.
But that mountain could not impede the thunder beast's progress.
Rumble!
The thunder beast crashed straight ahead, and then, vast arcs of electricity began to spread.
As the electric arcs spread, the blood-red mountain continuously emitted cracking sounds, large cracks appearing all over it.
Then...
The thunder beast shattered the blood-red mountain and continued its charge towards Yimi.
Within the shattered blood-red ice, the thunder beast bared its fangs and brandished its claws, appearing exceptionally ferocious.
Bang!
Yimi was hit squarely by the thunder beast. He was sent flying high, tumbling seven or eight meters backward before crashing heavily onto the ground.
Bai Ye, hands in his pockets, walked towards Yimi and said, "I advise you to answer honestly. It'll be better for everyone!"
Yimi ignored Bai Ye's words, gritting his teeth as he climbed up from the ground. He felt a sweet sensation in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yimi didn't waste the blood. He raised his bloody blade and swept it forward, transforming the blood into sharp, bloody spikes that flew towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye shrugged, then raised his right hand!
Snap!
Bai Ye snapped his fingers with a crisp sound.
In the next instant, a vast golden barrier appeared behind Bai Ye.
Within the golden barrier, numerous golden vortexes swirled, each containing a different weapon.
Gate of Babylon!
Are your blood spikes as numerous as my weapons?
Bai Ye sneered and waved his hand forward. Immediately, countless weapons shot forward.
Boom, boom, boom...
The incoming blood spikes were instantly engulfed by golden radiance, and then a barrage of weapons continuously bombarded the area around Yimi.
The sound of the ground shattering echoed incessantly, dust and debris swirling into the sky, and rocks flying through the air!
When the smoke and dust cleared, the ground was densely covered with circles of large craters, each containing a weapon. The entire area had sunk by half a meter.
Yimi stood at the center of the sunken ground. He had managed to defend against the attack, but he looked quite battered. His clothes were torn, and blood flowed continuously from his arms and waist.
A bloody blade was plunged into the ground, propping Yimi up, preventing him from falling.
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