Crack, crack!
The sound of ice freezing echoed constantly, and everything around was covered in frost.
In the world, everything was in silence.
Soon, the wind and snow transformed into a gigantic pillar, enveloping Bai Ye in its center.
Ice flowers bloomed one by one from the bottom, densely and continuously upwards, until a pillar condensed from giant ice flowers was frozen.
The hundred ice flowers had bloomed.
So...
Would Bai Ye die?
Rumble!
Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted. The ice flower pillar was suddenly torn by huge cracks, and then, the ice flower pillar suddenly collapsed, scattering into countless frost.
Then...
Bai Ye reappeared before everyone's eyes.
Like a demon god descending from the heavens.
Rumble!
Bai Ye descended from the sky. The moment he landed, the ground let out a loud noise, shattering inch by inch. Countless碎石 (suì shí - fragments of stone) were churned up, and purple-black smoke spread outwards.
Bai Ye raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji and swept it powerfully towards the surroundings.
A wave of purple-black radiance spread out, and all the nearby Shinigami were repelled by a single戟 (jǐ - halberd).
In an instant, around Bai Ye...
No one could stand!
One strike, all annihilated!
Bai Ye lowered his Fang Tian Hua Ji again, dragging it as he walked past the Shinigami.
Suddenly, the young captain lying on the ground opened his eyes. As Bai Ye walked past him, their eyes met again.
"If we meet again..." the young captain said, "I will become stronger."
Bai Ye smiled and said, "Then, I look forward to our next meeting."
Bai Ye raised his head, dragging his Fang Tian Hua Ji, and continued to walk forward until his figure disappeared at the end of the long street.
...
"Autumn is coming, so you're feeling melancholic?"
Leaving the area of Seireitei, Bai Ye did not stop but continued forward, also shedding the feeling of low and lonely despair.
The loneliness of the strong was something Bai Ye felt was unnecessary for him at the moment. If he hadn't drawn from the golden gacha and obtained the possession of the God of War Lu Bu, that young captain would have been able to crush him!
So, after recovering from that emotion, the first thing Bai Ye thought of was...
Run quickly!
With such a big commotion, he couldn't stay in Rukongai anymore.
Bai Ye was sure that it wouldn't be long before he appeared on the wanted list, and all the Shinigami would start hunting him.
However, since he had already caused trouble...
Bai Ye was also straightforward. He directly broke into the homes of the corrupt merchants controlling water and food in Rukongai, plundered a large amount of water and food, and then left without a care.
Too many debts to feel the burden, since it was all hanging, could they hang him twice?
After looting, Bai Ye directly fled, taking advantage of the darkness to leave Rukongai, and the Shinigami would have no jurisdiction over him.
However, despite causing trouble, Bai Ye was very satisfied with his gains in Rukongai. He obtained the uniform of the Black Organization, participated in the Twelve Great Battles and obtained the Phoenix ability, and that Zanpakuto, Senbonzakura, was also a very good item. Except for the lack of God's Stone fragments, the harvest was perfect!
Then...
Bai Ye suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He was still in the state of possession by the God of War Lu Bu, and the gacha item was supposed to last for twenty-four hours...
Since that was the case, he should naturally make good use of it!
Bai Ye quickly found his target!
Walking southwest from Rukongai was an area called the Tomb of Spirits. This area, among the three major regions of the World Battlefield, was a dangerous zone, with many evil spirits and zombies lurking about.
Danger was certain, and it was accompanied by many opportunities. According to Bai Ye's memory, he could obtain the art of corpse driving here and also get zombies as summoned beasts. Besides, there were also many exorcists in the Tomb of Spirits, from whom he could get Taoist magic and some exorcism artifacts.
However, Bai Ye was not interested in any of these. The only thing Bai Ye was interested in now was...
Kill, kill, kill...
While the possession of the God of War Lu Bu was still active, how could the evil spirits and zombies in the Tomb of Spirits be Bai Ye's match?
Therefore, Bai Ye's strength fully demonstrated what it meant to kill from night to day, and then from day to night.
However, the zombies and evil spirits in the Tomb of Spirits had gone mad, and the chosen ones who roamed in the Tomb of Spirits had also gone mad. They were diligently fighting demons and exorcising ghosts when suddenly, a figure appeared, and the evil spirit was directly scattered.
Several chosen ones looked at each other, what the hell?
On the other side, a group of people were besieging a zombie. Suddenly, a loud noise came from the sky, and Bai Ye descended like a demon god, splitting the besieged zombie in two with a single戟, then quickly leaping away, disappearing without a trace.
Several chosen ones looked at each other. After a while, one of them finally said, "Is this the legendary flying zombie?"
He stuffe anything into his mouth when he was hungry, and gulped down water when he was thirsty. Bai Ye was truly in a killing frenzy.
And the benefits brought by the frenzied killing to Bai Ye were...
In less than a day, the spiritual gathering of the Five Spirits Plate was full again.
Five Spirits Plate, Spiritual Gathering (500/500)
"You have completed the Spiritual Gathering cultivation. Your Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Spirit stats have increased by 5 points."
"You have completed the Spiritual Gathering cultivation. Your Five Spirits Incantations have been improved."
"Due to the improvement of your Five Spirits Incantations, Wind Curse has evolved into Warm Mist."
Bai Ye completed the spiritual gathering, and his physical attributes improved again. This time, it was a comprehensive 5-point increase in physical attributes. At the same time, Wind Curse had also improved to Warm Mist. However...
Warm Mist: Can restore a certain amount of stamina, heal injuries to a certain extent, and obscure an area with mist.
Bai Ye was a little bewildered. Good heavens, after the improvement of Wind Curse, it actually lost its offensive effect?
Restoring stamina and healing injuries...
While it looked pretty good, much stronger than a pure wind-based offensive effect, the Water Curse could also do this. Even if the effect of Warm Mist was stronger, the effect still overlapped, making it meaningless. The only useful effect was the mist obscuring an area.
This should be considered a negative effect, used to deprive the enemy of their vision.
"Better than nothing!"
Bai Ye didn't know if the improvement of Wind Curse was good or bad. It seemed he had lost an offensive method but gained a debuff.
However, Bai Ye didn't feel he needed the debuff of obscuring vision very much, and he didn't care about losing the wind-based offensive of Wind Curse. He had so many offensive methods, he didn't lack this one.
However, one thing was certain: the continuous improvement of the Five Elements Incantations definitely required crossing each stage. Even if the effect of Warm Mist made Bai Ye feel somewhat unsatisfactory, it at least represented a step closer to the Taoist magic of the third stage.
Correspondingly, the spiritual gathering of the Five Spirits Plate had also increased again, becoming 0/1000.
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