The light screen dissipated, and Bai Ye looked up at the Death Playground once more.
Many people were continuously rushing out. Although the Deer Head was blocking the exit, because it could only attack one target at a time, many managed to seize the opportunity and escape.
"It seems quite a few people will survive this time."
Bai Ye curled his lips, then turned and left, quickly disappearing into the mist surrounding the Death Playground.
Since his objective had been achieved, Bai Ye had no intention of lingering or joining the commotion. How many people escaped from the Death Playground had nothing to do with him.
After obtaining the spiritual body, Bai Ye's focus shifted away from the Death Playground, as he now had a new goal.
Regarding his physical body, Bai Ye felt he had reached a satisfactory point. From now on, he only needed to rely on the Five Spirit Disk for continuous reinforcement.
Therefore, Bai Ye decided to enhance his strength from other aspects.
Bai Ye believed he should focus on two areas. The first choice was abilities.
Abilities in the world of abilities were very suitable for combat. However, Bai Ye wasn't interested in ordinary abilities. As for powerful abilities, he knew of several ways to obtain them, but with his current strength, he felt he had no chance of acquiring them yet.
So, the second choice – equipment!
Despite having many items in his possession, only the Frost Sword was truly noteworthy. The Evil Dragon's Roar and the Hexagonal Prism Shield were both obtained from the gachapon machine.
As for other items, they all had more or less issues.
The Tarot cards were single-use consumables, gone once used.
The Cursed Cross provided continuous damage, a type of item suitable for prolonged battles, as its power was usually not very high.
The Death Strike's power was indeed substantial, but the limitations of a sniper rifle were self-evident. It was mainly for long-range assassination, and in regular combat, it was almost useless.
The Golden Scale Armor was of blue quality and quite good, but Bai Ye didn't know martial arts. Without being able to trigger its effect of increasing the power of martial arts by 10% when using martial arts, it was equivalent to wasting one-third of its effectiveness.
Then there were things like the Fossilized Pterodactyl's fossil and Super Stones, which Bai Ye had no idea how to use.
Thus, after a careful consideration, Bai Ye realized that the only item with truly high cost-effectiveness was the Frost Sword.
Given this, Bai Ye felt he needed to make a plan.
Firstly, he needed a defensive item. The Hexagonal Prism Shield was quite useful.
Secondly, it would be ideal to have another versatile weapon like the Frost Sword. A melee weapon would be the preferred choice, because when the Frost Sword was used for ranged attacks, Bai Ye's hands would be free. A secondary option would be another mid-to-long range weapon similar to the Frost Sword, which, when used in conjunction, could form a suppression fire. When close combat was needed, he would wield the Frost Sword.
Beyond offense and defense, Bai Ye thought that acquiring some special type of equipment would also be worth considering.
What constituted special type equipment?
One could refer to the spiritual body. The spiritual body was a special type of ability.
Overall, the spiritual body could be utilized in conventional combat through spiritual body switching. The ability to phase through walls and low-altitude flight were also applicable in combat. However, if the sole purpose was combat, the value of the spiritual body would decrease, as there were many combat abilities superior to it.
Therefore, the main value of the spiritual body lay in its ability to be used in combat while offering strong survival benefits.
However, "survival" wasn't always necessary, so it was an ability that was exceptionally useful at specific moments. Such abilities could be termed special type abilities.
By the same logic, equipment with a similar function would be considered special type equipment.
The practicality of special type equipment was usually not very high, but it was extremely useful in certain situations. This resulted in a low turnover rate for special type equipment. As long as the equipment's effect was sufficiently useful, even a common white-quality equipment could be kept and used indefinitely.
However, these types of equipment had a troublesome aspect: they often depended heavily on fate. It was quite difficult to specifically search for equipment with a particular effect.
As Bai Ye pondered equipment, he couldn't help but recall events from his past life.
Back then, Bai Ye, as someone who could reach the end of the World Battlefield, naturally enjoyed great renown. He was known as "An Army of One" because, at that time, Bai Ye primarily focused on the science and technology mechanical route and possessed his own mechanical legion. Mechanical things relied almost entirely on equipment, so many people assumed Bai Ye was an equipment-type player.
In reality, besides the gachapon machine, Bai Ye's primary reliance wasn't on equipment, but on an ability from the world of abilities called "Mechanical Reconstruction." Any metallic object, under Bai Ye's ability, could be pieced together into combat machinery. As long as his spiritual power attribute was sufficiently high and he possessed enough metal items, Bai Ye could assemble a mechanical legion.
As for this life…
Bai Ye had indeed considered the "Mechanical Reconstruction" ability and knew how to obtain it. However, this ability had a significant drawback: without sufficient metal items, Bai Ye was completely useless, and his mechanical legion would instantly become a solitary figure.
Of course, there was a more important reason: the "Mechanical Reconstruction" ability was not something Bai Ye could obtain at present. It was located within a space station called "Salem," which housed countless combat angels. Bai Ye felt that with his current strength, let alone going there to acquire "Mechanical Reconstruction," he couldn't even get through the door. Even if he managed to sneak in, he would be easily blasted into smithereens.
Therefore, Bai Ye temporarily set aside this ability and decided to focus on the present.
*Snap!*
Suddenly, Bai Ye thought of something and clapped his hands together.
"How could I forget about that thing?" Bai Ye exclaimed excitedly. "Although it became a bit lackluster after the World Battlefield entered its mid-to-late stages, it was extremely useful in the early stages!"
Bai Ye thought of something that was both offensive and defensive, and a complete set of good items. If he could obtain that item, both his offense and defense would be satisfied, and it also possessed special effects, making it a special type of equipment to a certain extent.
Bai Ye was the type to act immediately. Since he had set his sights on a goal, he naturally intended to act at once.
However, Bai Ye felt he needed to plan his route first. The Death Playground was located on the outskirts of this spiritual anomaly area, meaning that no matter where Bai Ye went, as long as it was across regions, he would almost certainly have to traverse a large part of the spiritual anomaly area.
"Then I'll go to Soul Society first!"
Having made his decision, Bai Ye began his journey.
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