The basic effect of the Steel Slime was merely to solidify objects, not particularly useful.
However, Jin Sha had speculated that as the Steel Slime improved, it would develop amplification effects.
This was crucial. If it merely solidified existing items, its significance, beyond convenience, was minimal.
But if it could amplify the solidified items, that would be a different story.
It could potentially turn a red-quality item into a golden-quality one, or a golden-quality item into a super-quality one, provided the amplification was significant enough.
And now...
Jin Sha was gone, and would never see how powerful the Steel Slime could be cultivated.
But Bai Ye had achieved it!
The "Steal" effect was not very useful as it was temporary. Bai Ye typically used it to exploit glitches; the stolen weapons could also be inscribed into the Gate of Babylon, thereby increasing the number of weapons in his treasury.
Moreover, "Steal" did not possess any enhancement effects.
However, "Synthesize," "Reinforce," and now "Enchant" all came with enhancement effects.
While "Synthesize" didn't have explicit enhancement attributes, as long as it succeeded, it would undoubtedly improve the item. "Reinforce" could boost all effects by 10%, or a single effect by 25%. Coupled with "Synthesize," this was already a considerable enhancement.
Now, with the addition of "Enchant," it provided a 10% enhancement to the effect and strengthened the weapon's base power or the armor's base defense.
Most importantly, it could stack with "Synthesize" and "Reinforce."
This would mean that after "Synthesize" boosted the base attributes or added attributes, there would be a further 20% overall effect boost, or a 10% overall effect boost combined with a 25% single-effect boost, with an additional 15% bonus to attack or defense.
Don't forget...
Bai Ye also had "Magic Chant"!
As the strongest enhancement magic, "Magic Chant" had an option to apply elemental reinforcement to oneself, increasing the effects of any item or ability related to elements by 15%.
And since "Enchant" required elemental abilities to enchant, once enchanted, the Steel Slime became an elemental-related item, further increasing its effect by 15%, bringing the total effect to a 35% overall enhancement, or a 25% overall enhancement plus a 40% single-effect enhancement.
To go even further, if Bai Ye were willing to spend two God Stone Shards, "Magic Chant" could select an additional reinforcement direction, or double the reinforcement effect of a single direction.
Thus, the Steel Slime's overall effect enhancement became 70%, or a 25% overall effect enhancement paired with an 80% single-effect enhancement!
As Bai Ye thought about it, he himself gasped.
Stacking the enhancements to this degree would turn a red-quality flying sword like "Startling Thunder Purple Lightning" into a golden-quality one, and it would surpass most golden-quality flying swords.
It might even be more useful than divine artifacts like the Xuanyuan Sword from Huaxia.
After all, the Xuanyuan Sword depended on the user's physical attributes, while "Startling Thunder Purple Lightning" did not.
Moreover, the Steel Slime's enhancements were not limited in number; anything solidified by the Steel Slime could be amplified.
Therefore, Bai Ye could actually apply enhancements to 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 golden quality?
The phrase "future is promising" was an understatement.
The only thing Bai Ye needed to worry about was that such continuous stacking of enhancement effects would consume a significant amount of mental energy. Even with Bai Ye's outstanding mental capacity, he probably couldn't sustain it for too long. A single item or two was fine, but with more items being enhanced, it would be difficult to say.
"It seems I need to find some items that can strengthen mental energy," Bai Ye murmured, stroking his chin. "Items like these are hard to come by!"
Just as there were no drugs that could restore mental energy, items that strengthened mental energy were also very rare, which was a problem for Bai Ye.
However, Bai Ye wasn't too 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 death had indeed disrupted Bai Ye's plans.
What Bai Ye could do now was to quickly eliminate the two opponents ahead of him, thus forming 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 captures, and the mountain that was Hamir was not easy to overcome. Hamir currently had one capture, the same as Bai Ye, but Hamir was being held back by Bai Ye. Although Bai Ye had lost two targets, Lancelot and Dale, he could still pursue two others.
Thinking about it this way, Bai Ye's mood improved considerably.
The advantage is mine!
"The problem is, where do I find people?"
As he pondered, Bai Ye took out his Hunter's ID and began to look at it.
The information sharing function inside was constantly refreshing intel.
The fight in the hotel had also been shared as intel. Bai Ye's last piece of intel was twenty minutes ago: the Hunters couldn't find Bai Ye in the alley, and the intel went cold.
Hamir's alert was seventeen minutes ago; it seemed he had also fled.
Then, Li Jia Yi...
"Aha!"
Bai Ye chuckled, not unkindly. Li Jia Yi's intel was still updating. The latest news was that Li Jia Yi had hidden in a shopping mall's nursing room.
Li Jia Yi was quite cunning, as nursing rooms definitely wouldn't have surveillance. But Li Jia Yi forgot that it was midnight, and the Hunters had no reservations, directly barging in to search.
Therefore, Li Jia Yi was still being pursued.
Moreover, not only was he being pursued, but he had also been charged with an additional crime: a pervert who trespassed into a nursing room!
Although Li Jia Yi wasn't currently pursuing Bai Ye, and this incident didn't significantly affect Bai Ye, seeing the guy in trouble made Bai Ye can't help but laugh.
But at this moment...
"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 areas, please proceed to the area immediately, evacuate the public, and seal off the streets."
A new intel notification appeared, making Bai Ye's eyes light up.
The area he was currently in was the South District. It was unlikely that Hamir and Li Jia Yi could reach the East District so quickly. This left only one possibility.
The remaining two were fighting each other!
This was naturally good news for Bai Ye. After all, eliminating one would make the other the next target.
If that was the case, what was there to wait for?
Bai Ye quickly spread out his electric field, and then...
With a crackle!
Bai Ye's body turned into an electric current and vanished without a trace.
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