Bai Ye remained with his hands in his pockets, looking relaxed.
Yi Mi’s strength had indeed surpassed Bai Ye’s imagination, but surpassing imagination did not mean Yi Mi was Bai Ye’s opponent.
Bai Ye said, "Since you aren't going to tell me what your mission is, I suppose I'll have to take a more permanent solution."
Killing him, of course, was a permanent solution.
Whether an enemy or an ally, killing them meant it was all over.
Yi Mi said, "I'm confident I can stall for another half hour."
Bai Ye paused, then chuckled, "Finally willing to speak?"
Yi Mi ignored Bai Ye's taunt and continued, "In half an hour, everyone with you will be dead. What about your mission completion rate?"
Bai Ye's pupils contracted. This guy really knew something. At least he seemed to understand Bai Ye's mission, otherwise, how would he know about the "completion rate"?
While Bai Ye was momentarily distracted, Yi Mi suddenly roared and slashed forward again with his blood blade.
As the blood blade swung forward, it exploded before even touching Bai Ye.
A large cloud of blood mist spread forward, obscuring Bai Ye's vision.
Bai Ye waved his hand, clearing the blood mist in front of him, intending to pursue Yi Mi. But at that moment…
"If you chase me, those people will all die."
"Trying to trick me?" Bai Ye cursed. "You think I was raised on lies..."
Boom!
Before Bai Ye finished speaking, a loud explosion suddenly came from a distance.
As Bai Ye turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, a pillar of smoke shot up into the sky, slowly dispersing to form a mushroom shape.
"You wait for me!"
Bai Ye watched Yi Mi escape and cursed in frustration.
However…
Allen and the others absolutely couldn't be in trouble. Otherwise, even if he killed Yi Mi, it would be meaningless. Wouldn't his hidden mission be ruined? If his hidden mission was ruined, he wouldn't be able to get the wish mission later. If he couldn't get the wish mission, why had he come to this godforsaken place?
Bai Ye’s thoughts raced. In the end, he had to admit he was being manipulated. He then quickly transformed into a bolt of lightning and left.
No matter what, the mission was most important.
Yi Mi?
No rush!
As long as this guy was still in the mirror world and still planning trouble, Bai Ye didn't believe he could escape forever. He would eventually fall into Bai Ye’s hands.
In a flash, after a streak of electricity, Bai Ye returned to the vicinity of the abandoned factory.
The factory had already been blown to ruins.
A hint of anxiety flickered in Bai Ye’s eyes. Based on the current situation, the magic array was likely not Yi Mi’s doing.
Firstly, in his previous life, Bai Ye hadn't heard of Yi Mi knowing magic.
Secondly, even if his memory was flawed and Yi Mi had learned magic in this life, he hadn't used it when fighting Bai Ye.
How could someone capable of creating such a magic array not use it in combat?
And this was naturally not good news for Bai Ye. If Yi Mi had stalled Bai Ye while someone else did something to Allen and the others, Bai Ye's mission would truly be over.
Bai Ye pondered this while observing his surroundings, searching for signs of the others.
Just then…
Boom!
Another explosion sounded, accompanied by a scattering of dust.
Bai Ye immediately turned back and transformed into fire again, heading towards the location of the thunderous roar.
A moment later, as Bai Ye materialized from the lightning, he saw Allen leading the charge against a monster engulfed in flames.
The monster had a humanoid silhouette, its entire body burning with flames, with black magical patterns crisscrossing its body. A circular magic array under its feet moved with its humanoid form.
"Isn't this a Fire Spirit!"
Bai Ye recognized the monster.
Summoning Magic – Fire Spirit Summon!
This was a growth-type magic. It started as black quality, but with proficiency, it could grow into gold-quality summoning magic. The summoned Fire Spirit's strength naturally increased with the quality.
The guy with Yi Mi also had some skills!
This kind of summoning magic that could grow to gold quality wasn't easily obtained.
Bai Ye thought as he pressed his palms forward.
Thunder Shock Purple Lightning and Blazing Emperor Flying Fire transformed into lightning and fire and slammed into the Fire Spirit's back.
Boom!
The moment they collided, an explosive roar erupted.
A massive fireball instantly exploded.
The Fire Spirit's body was blown to pieces, and a terrifying shockwave spread outwards, dispersing the flames.
However, after the flames traveled seven or eight meters, they strangely hovered in the air, then rapidly condensed and reformed into the appearance of the Fire Spirit!
The lightning and fire had some damaging effect on the Fire Spirit, but not much!
Especially the Blazing Emperor Flying Fire. Trying to destroy flames with flames was clearly an unreliable endeavor.
However, having its body shattered once had clearly displeased the Fire Spirit. It turned its head sharply towards Bai Ye and extended its palm.
Bang, bang, bang…
Explosive sounds emanated from the Fire Spirit's palm, and then huge fireballs shot out from its palm, hurtling towards Bai Ye.
Allen, while firing his gun at the Fire Spirit, shouted to Bai Ye, "Be careful!"
Bai Ye heard Allen's warning but showed no intention of dodging. He reached out and condensed a Thunder Fang Wrath Beast with his Steel Slime, then slashed forward.
A black sword energy flashed, and the incoming fireballs were split in two by Bai Ye’s sword, exploding in mid-air.
Heatwaves swept through, and flames surged.
Amidst the billowing black smoke, Bai Ye leaped out and slashed again with the Thunder Fang Wrath Beast in his hand.
Thunder Fang (Releases current from the blade, capable of aerial slashes, can be wrapped around the blade for reinforcement, and can be used with all lightning effects)
Sizzle!
A crisp crackle of electricity sounded!
As Bai Ye swung his sword, arcs of electricity danced on the Thunder Fang Wrath Beast, transforming into a massive lightning blade that swept forward.
Boom, boom, boom…
As the lightning blade passed, the fireballs released by the Fire Spirit were shattered one after another, and then…
With a hiss!
The lightning blade struck the Fire Spirit’s chest, cleaving its body in two!
However, it was only for a moment.
The cracked body flickered with sparks, then attracted each other, slowly merging together again. Soon, the Fire Spirit’s body was restored.
"Tsk!"
Bai Ye grimaced. He finally understood how annoying his Logia-type Devil Fruit's elementalization was.
Many people facing him must have felt the same way he felt facing the Fire Spirit.
At this moment…
Thanks to Bai Ye, Allen finally had an opening. Following Allen's signal, Gonzales quickly ran to a nearby pile of weapon crates and retrieved a large one.
Gonzales's eyes lit up, and he shouted to Allen, "Found it!"