"Ah, a ghost!"
Li Jia Yi thought as he moved evasively. Suddenly, he felt like he bumped into something. Looking up, a huge face appeared before his eyes, with scarlet eyes, a massive mouth, and a long red tongue dragging outside.
This sudden turn of events terrified Li Jia Yi, almost causing him to fall to the ground.
"Found it!" At the same time, Bai Ye's eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted, "Gengar, Shadow Ball!"
The one that suddenly appeared before Li Jia Yi, if not Gengar, who else could it be?
To find an opponent who was lurking, one naturally needed reconnaissance. Bai Ye lacked this ability, but he had spirit beasts that possessed it.
On the other side, upon hearing Bai Ye's command, Gengar's body immediately floated up. Its short arms were raised above its head, condensing a Shadow Ball, which it forcefully hurled at Li Jia Yi.
*Boom!*
The Shadow Ball landed, and a deafening roar echoed.
A section of the ground was shattered, and dust billowed into the air.
Soon, Li Jia Yi leaped out from the dust, cursing inwardly. How did that guy Bai Ye have so many good things? He even had spirit beasts now.
As Li Jia Yi pondered, the sound of sword hum filled the sky again. A seven-colored flying sword swiftly cut through the air, descending towards Li Jia Yi's direction once more.
*Boom, boom, boom!*
Each descending sword strike shattered a portion of the ground, kicking up dust everywhere.
Li Jia Yi was fast and extremely agile. He continuously leaped sideways, dodging the flying sword attacks. Just as he seemed unable to avoid one...
"Sun and Moon Radiance!"
Li Jia Yi extended his hand forward, and the twin wheels of the sun and moon flew to his front, spinning constantly before him!
*Clang, clang, clang!*
The flying swords collided with the twin wheels of the sun and moon and were then deflected aside.
A moment later, after Li Jia Yi had blocked all the flying swords with the twin wheels of the sun and moon, he looked ahead and his heart sank.
This time, it was Bai Ye who had disappeared.
"This is bad!"
Li Jia Yi immediately turned back and saw that Bai Ye, taking advantage of the flying sword attack on him, had already rushed to the side of the demon Krumit.
"Poison Dragon!"
Bai Ye roared and punched forward.
Purple venom was splashed out, then rapidly condensed, forming the shape of a poison dragon, heading towards demon Krumit.
Demon Krumit suddenly looked up in Bai Ye's direction, his eyes beneath the mask glowing crimson.
Suddenly, a massive oppressive aura erupted from Krumit's body, and black light appeared around him, like bubbles, protecting Krumit.
*Bang!*
In the next instant, the black light collided with the poison dragon.
After a loud explosion, the poison dragon was shattered, and a large amount of venom scattered outwards. Upon hitting the ground, it made "sizzling" sounds. The ground developed scorched marks, and surrounding plants instantly withered and decayed from corrosion.
Demon Krumit did not speak but retreated backward. Immediately, a huge halo appeared behind him, engulfing demon Krumit and making him disappear without a trace.
Li Jia Yi couldn't help but curse. Krumit's escape meant his mission had failed. As expected, encountering Bai Ye never brought him any good!
Li Jia Yi thought this as he turned and ran into the forest.
With demon Krumit gone, there was no point in Li Jia Yi staying here. Even if he continued fighting Bai Ye, what would he gain even if he won?
Therefore, Li Jia Yi decisively made his escape, quickly fleeing.
On the other side...
"You saved the Lizardman tribe's chieftain, receiving a reward: Ruby Scepter x1."
"You failed to eliminate the mastermind demon Krumit, mission failed!"
Ruby Scepter (Weapon) (Green): One of the treasures collected by the Lizardman chieftain, it is a scepter symbolizing royal authority. The brilliant ruby inlaid has the effect of absorbing magic power. Effects: All Army Charge (Designates up to 150 targets. During battle, Strength +5, Speed +5, Spirit +15, and enters an excited state with greatly increased morale.) Mana Absorption (Absorbs magic power, which can be used to strengthen one's Spirit attribute and Spirit Resistance. Current Mana Absorption: 0/500)
After demon Krumit left, Bai Ye's hidden mission two was completed, and he obtained the Ruby Scepter.
But this thing...
It was not quite what Bai Ye had imagined.
The Ruby Scepter was not something like a magic staff as Bai Ye had imagined, but a weapon that could trigger buff effects.
150 targets with +5 Strength, +5 Speed, +15 Spirit, and increased morale...
The amplification effect was not very significant. What could +5 Strength and +5 Speed do? The main benefit was the increased Spirit state, which weakened emotions like fear and timidity. Facing powerful opponents, it could also reduce deterrence to some extent, but...
It was useless to him!
Bai Ye was speechless. Where was he supposed to find 150 targets?
In comparison, Mana Absorption seemed slightly more useful, similar to the Five Spirits Disk. However, the tiers were completely different. The Five Spirits Disk simultaneously increased all physical attributes except Intelligence, and it also had five different types of Dao techniques that could evolve.
As for the Ruby Scepter...
It could only strengthen Spirit power and Spirit Resistance.
However, the Five Spirits Disk could not be measured by quality. In fact, the Five Spirits Disk had no quality at all.
The core of the Five Spirits Disk was the Five Spirits Spell. However, the core for improving the Five Spirits Spell and physical attributes was the Five Spirits Disk, a combined effect of Dao techniques and items. It encompassed items, Dao techniques, and enhancements, making it difficult to define its quality based on any single effect.
In fact, according to the terminology of "chosen ones" in the Xianxia world, the Five Spirits Disk should be considered a cultivation method, a system for improving one's strength. Naturally, it was difficult to define its quality, as cultivation depended on the individual. In the Xianxia world, cultivation emphasized talent. How could talent be reflected through the Five Spirits Disk?
It was simple: it depended on the speed of spiritual energy gathering. Without talent, spiritual energy gathered slowly; with talent, it was naturally fast. Therefore, if one were to be precise, the faster the spiritual energy gathered, the higher the quality of the Five Spirits Disk, and the slower it gathered, the lower its quality.
But because of this fluctuation and instability, it was hard to say what quality the Five Spirits Disk was.
Currently, even if Bai Ye wasn't exceptionally talented, his talent was at least not bad. His spiritual energy gathering speed was quite considerable.
Therefore, obtaining the Five Spirits Disk was something that could be used for a lifetime, helping Bai Ye to continuously improve himself as long as he didn't leave the world battlefield.
The Ruby Scepter was much simpler; it was just a...
Green quality item!