The plan had shattered into pieces, leaving Bai Ye in a foul mood.
However, there was still some good news to soothe his "wounded" soul.
The first piece of good news: the Five Spirit Incantations had leveled up.
The second piece of good news: the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had leveled up.
Half-good news: after midnight, Bai Ye could continue drawing from the gacha.
As long as the item obtained from the golden-tier gacha, drawn using God Stone Shards, could be consumed by the Steel Slime, the Steel Slime would undoubtedly evolve into red-tier.
The Five Spirit Incantations had leveled up.
"You have completed Spirit Gathering Cultivation, your Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Spirit stats have increased by 8 points."
"You have completed Spirit Gathering Cultivation, your Five Spirit Incantations have been enhanced."
"Due to the enhancement of your Five Spirit Incantations, Warm Mist has evolved into Immortal Wind Cloud Body."
Immortal Wind Cloud Body: Grants the user a 30-point speed increase and a 5% speed boost for 15 minutes. Movement speed will be further increased by 15 points and a 10% movement speed bonus will be applied.
Bai Ye's eyes widened. Finally, there was a powerful technique within the Five Spirit Incantations that he could actually use.
All along, Bai Ye's feelings towards the Five Spirit Incantations had been a mix of pleasant surprise and disappointment.
The Five Spirit Incantations were very potent. Despite not having a high tier, techniques with growth potential were not solely defined by their tier.
On one hand, Bai Ye's primary reason for needing the Five Spirit Incantations was the continuous enhancement of his physical attributes.
Physical attributes were undeniably the most valuable form of power growth. Nothing was more useful than strengthening oneself; this was a consensus among all top experts.
The Five Spirit Incantations had indeed satisfied Bai Ye greatly. Through Spirit Gathering Cultivation, his physical attributes had been in constant growth.
On the other hand, Bai Ye had also been very excited about the five different elemental divine arts that accompanied the Five Spirit Incantations. However, these divine arts had always been somewhat underwhelming.
They were very versatile, encompassing attack, debuffs, buffs, and healing…
But perhaps because they were too versatile, they lacked any outstanding qualities. As Bai Ye's strength grew, the divine arts of the Five Spirit Incantations became increasingly less useful.
Take the lightning-element divine art, for instance. Bai Ye had cultivated it to the third stage, Heavenly Lightning Sky Break. While its attack power wasn't low, wasn't the Rumble-Rumble Fruit more appealing?
Other buff and debuff divine arts were similar. They were useful, but not *that* useful, only seeing occasional use in specific situations, nothing more.
Now, at last, there was a divine art that Bai Ye could use continuously. This speed-enhancing effect was undoubtedly a significant improvement for him.
Even though Bai Ye possessed lightning-fast teleportation, in a real fight, relying solely on elemental lightning attacks wouldn't be enough. This was because while in an elemental state, he couldn't use other abilities or items.
And when he reverted to a non-elemental state and relied on his own movement, the value of Immortal Wind Cloud Body would become apparent.
The Five Spirit Incantations had delivered a pleasant surprise. Furthermore, with the emergence of Immortal Wind Cloud Body, only two more divine arts were needed for the Five Spirit Incantations to enter the fourth tier.
In his past life, Bai Ye had witnessed the power of the Five Spirit Incantations. The current Five Spirit Incantations were not at their peak and required time to accumulate power.
After this enhancement, Spirit Gathering had also increased to (0/20000).
With the Five Spirit Incantations off to a good start, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was also decent.
Rumble-Rumble Fruit (Devil Fruit) (Item) (Golden): Upon consumption, it grants the user the ability to elementalize their body into the ultimate Logia-type fruit, allowing them to transform into lightning…
Weakness: Cannot touch seawater or sea prism stone.
Current Proficiency: 0/22000
Moves Unlocked: 6/12
Effects: Teleportation…
Lightning…
Thunderous Roar…
Thunder Beast…
Thunderbird…
Thunder Dragon: Enhances lightning attacks, forming a thunder dragon that combines the strength of Thunder Beast and the speed of Thunderbird.
The increase in Rumble-Rumble Fruit proficiency meant an increase in lightning power. This was the terrifying aspect of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. When proficiency reached MAX, its lightning power would be formidable.
Even the most ordinary lightning attack, as a super-tier ability, was a horrifying existence.
However, the Thunder Dragon move was somewhat lackluster, essentially an enhanced Thunder Beast and Thunderbird…
But considering that Thunder Beast, Thunderbird, and Thunder Dragon could be summoned simultaneously, it wasn't that bad. The value of these three moves lay in their ability to materialize lightning, thus enabling continuous attacks.
Therefore, a pure increase in summon count wouldn't result in overlapping effects.
It was just that the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit made Bai Ye even more eager for stronger moves. As it stood, more proficiency was still needed.
Finally, there was the Steel Slime, which required a gacha draw first.
"Can consume, can consume, can consume…"
Bai Ye was rather passive. He didn't desperately need the gacha machine to increase his combat power at the moment, so as long as the Steel Slime could consume something, Bai Ye would be satisfied. Seeing red-tier quality within reach, Bai Ye didn't want to be stuck with the 24-hour delay again.
And the result…
The first blue gacha yielded a martial art without surprise or delight, called Kongtong Flying Dragon Staff.
Bai Ye didn't discriminate against martial arts. Powerful martial arts could even contend with divine arts from the cultivation world. But blue-tier…
Bai Ye chose to pretend he hadn't drawn this.
The second black gacha was an old friend, the Plasma Cannon…
Even the broken junk couldn't elevate the Steel Slime to red-tier, nor could it be recorded in the Gate of Babylon.
With one black and one blue gacha, his luck was acceptable, but utterly useless.
Bai Ye could only place his hopes on the final God Stone Shards.
Cheng Ying Sword (Weapon) (Golden): An ancient renowned sword, one of China's Ten Famous Swords. Legend has it that upon its forging, the heavens split and shadows appeared, and wild geese forgot to return.
Effects… 138 Reading Network
The effects of the Cheng Ying Sword were no longer important.
As one of China's Ten Famous Swords, its reputation was considerable. However, compared to immortal flying swords, it was a notch below. Among golden-tier weapons, it was at the lower end, but it was enough to allow the Steel Slime to advance!
Steel Slime (Item) (Red): A very rare mutated slime capable of consuming all objects and then merging with their characteristics to transform and use them.
Effects: Consume…
Condense…
Steal…
Synthesize…
Reinforce…
Condensable Items…
Enchantment: Can enchant mastered elemental abilities onto condensed weapons. The weapon's effects increase by 10%, attack power increases by 15%, defensive equipment attack power increases by 15%. Attacks can add enchantment effects. If no elemental abilities are mastered, this effect cannot be used.
Steel Slime Growth Value: 0/1000000
The Steel Slime had already taken flight at black-tier. And at red-tier…
It soared to the heavens!