Rumble, rumble, rumble!
Flying swords danced, and streaks of sword energy relentlessly slashed down, striking Bai Ye one after another.
That woman actually had some skill. If she wasn't too familiar with controlling flying swords, and her sword energy wasn't accurate enough...
Then victory would be decided by sheer numbers!
Continuous sword energy fell, completely pulverizing the ground.
The small path, which was originally just piled-up earth, was instantly blown to pieces, with a section severed.
The man wearing glasses said, "Hold back a bit, don't kill him. Otherwise, we won't be able to get our stuff back."
"I think that's unnecessary!"
Before the woman could respond, Bai Ye's voice rang out first.
Immediately after, Bai Ye's figure emerged from the swirling dust, raising the Thunder Fang Furious Beast and sweeping it forcefully to the side.
Sword wind erupted, instantly scattering the surrounding dust.
Then...
Bai Ye glanced ahead.
Sizzle!
The sound of surging electricity appeared, and a large area of current spread out in all directions.
An electric field formed!
Bai Ye's body was wrapped in azure currents, and he took a step forward.
The next instant...
A thunderous bolt appeared.
Bai Ye's body turned into a current and shot forward. After brushing past the woman, Bai Ye reappeared behind her.
Then...
Gash!
The sound of flesh tearing rang out.
The woman looked at her chest in disbelief.
A terrifying wound had appeared there, extending from her neck down to her abdomen, almost completely bisecting her upper body.
A large amount of blood splattered out, covering the ground.
In that moment, the woman felt as if all her strength had been drained. Her body slowly went limp and fell to the ground.
The flying sword, suspended in mid-air, also dropped to the ground with a crisp clinking sound.
"You have killed a combatant (Modern Civilization World)."
"You have obtained six fragments of God Stones."
After one strike, Bai Ye didn't hesitate.
He hadn't gone all out earlier because he wanted to familiarize himself with the Thunder Fang Furious Beast and to truly experience how the Logia Fruit's elementalization felt in actual combat.
Now, Bai Ye had reached a conclusion.
The golden-quality ability was indeed powerful, and it was highly probable that the Logia Fruit could become a super-quality existence.
However, there was also a frustrating aspect.
The electric field's instantaneous movement was essentially an enhanced version of teleportation. Moreover, as long as the electric field's range was spread wide enough, Bai Ye could perform long-distance teleportation.
Therefore, the value of Thunder Breathing and instantaneous movement seemed to have diminished.
Besides that...
Bai Ye's spiritual body seemed to be rendered useless.
Bai Ye didn't use his spiritual body abilities much because they didn't hold much significance.
Spiritual body abilities had unique effects in certain situations, possessing a strong counter against enemies who specialized in physical attacks.
Of course, even in his spiritual body state, Bai Ye couldn't use physical attacks.
However, the Phoenix's ability, the manipulation of flying swords, and the Paper God's ability to control paper were either not physical attacks or were performed using mental power, unaffected by the spiritual body.
It was just that while the spiritual body could be used in combat, its greatest value lay in its physical attack immunity after elementalization, its ability to float, and its ability to penetrate obstacles.
With these three combined, it could save his life at crucial moments.
As a life-saving ability, Bai Ye had always tried to use his spiritual body abilities as little as possible.
His trump card, naturally, couldn't be revealed casually.
Now, there was no need to hide it.
The most valuable part of the spiritual body had been replaced by the elementalization of the Logia Fruit.
In his elementalized state, Bai Ye also couldn't be hit by any physical attacks.
In fact, some impure physical attacks would also become ineffective against Bai Ye.
For instance, flying sword attacks could hit a spiritual body because controlling a flying sword required mental power to cover it.
The act of sword control itself relied on mental power.
However, flying swords couldn't hit an elementalized Bai Ye.
Only pure non-physical attacks, like sword energy, could affect his elementalized body.
Furthermore, in his elementalized state, his body, transformed into electricity, could retaliate against physical attackers.
Even though his spiritual body could pass through obstacles, Bai Ye, as lightning, could also pass through them.
His spiritual body could fly. If Bai Ye covered the sky with an electric field, he could also fight with instantaneous movement in the air.
This was obviously far superior to his spiritual body, and not just by a little.
Of course, the quality of the two was fundamentally different.
As a result, the value of his spiritual body to Bai Ye had plummeted.
However...
After a moment of frustration, Bai Ye didn't dwell on it.
Being on the World Battlefield was like this; low-quality abilities, items, and props would gradually be eliminated.
In his previous life, Bai Ye had mastered over a dozen abilities, but in the end, he only used two or three.
In his previous life, his spiritual body had always been his trump card for survival because he hadn't found a replacement or anything better.
But now, with the Logia Fruit, it was normal for his spiritual body to be phased out.
As Bai Ye was contemplating, he suddenly heard another sound from behind him.
Bai Ye turned to see a man holding a talisman. As the talisman burned, the water vapor in the air suddenly condensed, forming water arrows that shot towards Bai Ye.
Daoist magic was still effective against the elementalization of the Logia Fruit.
However...
"Too slow!"
The water arrows had barely been launched when Bai Ye's figure suddenly vanished, reappearing behind the man. Then...
Gash!
Bai Ye's Thunder Fang Furious Beast pierced through the man from behind, cleanly impaling him.
After one strike, Bai Ye sharply withdrew his sword, drawing a spray of blood. He then threw a punch to the side.
A large amount of poison seeped out onto Bai Ye's arm. As his fist moved forward, the poison was flung out.
"Poison Dragon!"
The poison scattered in the air condensed, forming a menacing poison dragon that soared forward.
The two men in front were startled and quickly leaped to either side.
But the third man was not so lucky. Due to his obstructed vision, he only saw the poison dragon after the two in front had leaped away.
At this moment, it was clearly too late to dodge.
"Ah!"
The man engulfed by the poison dragon was covered in the corrosive liquid and began to scream in agony, his face contorted.
As the poison flowed, the flesh on the man's body began to rot at a visible rate, peeling off in chunks.
Soon, the man was reduced to bare bones and fell to the ground.
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