Yimi clashed with the ceaseless lightning and fire, wielding his blood blade with keen senses.
Bai Ye approached from behind. Yimi immediately detected Bai Ye's movements, swinging his blood blade to cleave at the lightning Bai Ye had transformed into.
With a boom!
A fierce collision occurred once more.
The moment the blood blade descended, the ground shattered, and a slash mark over ten meters long abruptly appeared.
Simultaneously, the electric arcs Bai Ye had transformed into exploded, scattering in all directions, before quickly re-aggregating and reforming into Bai Ye's appearance.
Bai Ye looked at Yimi and said, "Two questions. First, do you represent the Rhine Company, or the androids? Second, what was your reason for shooting Li Chengjie?"
Bai Ye was a little curious about Yimi's mission.
As things stood, Bai Ye definitely represented the androids from the slums. If Yimi attacked him, it was likely he had received a hidden mission from the Rhine Company.
However, there was a contradiction.
Although Li Chengjie was in their group, he was a mole, a person from the Rhine Company, yet Yimi had shot Li Chengjie.
Therefore, Yimi did not represent the Rhine Company?
Then he could only represent the androids.
In that case, there was a possibility that Bai Ye and Yimi could still cooperate!
This was why Bai Ye asked the questions; he wanted to clarify these doubts.
However, Yimi clearly had no intention of answering and instead swung his blood blade towards Bai Ye.
Such a reaction...
Alright, Bai Ye wasn't entirely surprised.
If someone was fighting and suddenly asked about their mission, Bai Ye wouldn't tell them either.
The Steel Slime rapidly writhed again, quickly transforming into the Shadow Battle Axe, colliding with Yimi's blood blade.
With a clang!
The weapons met, emitting a clear, resonant sound.
The two began to exert force against each other, each wanting to overpower the other, but in terms of strength, they were surprisingly evenly matched.
Bai Ye was a little surprised. Yimi's physical attributes were quite good, not much inferior to his own.
Frankly speaking, Bai Ye didn't hold Yimi in high regard.
After all, even though he was a first-rate expert in his previous life, he was only a first-rate expert.
If the top experts participating in the Central Region War were divided into tiers, Yimi would belong to the first tier, but Bai Ye clearly belonged to one of the few at the apex of the pyramid, far surpassing the first tier.
Therefore, judging by his previous life's impression, Bai Ye truly saw no need to take Yimi seriously.
But the strength Yimi was currently displaying surpassed Bai Ye's estimations somewhat.
"Blood Freeze Path!" Yimi suddenly grunted, "Absolute Zero Blood Spear!"
The blood drifting in the air suddenly made a "crackling" sound, rapidly freezing into a blood-colored ice spear that shot directly at Bai Ye's face.
Bai Ye's reaction was incredibly swift. Seeing the blood spear freeze into existence, he abruptly twisted his waist backward, assuming an arched bridge posture.
The next instant, a cold gleam flashed. The frozen blood spear passed by Bai Ye's nose tip, barely avoided by Bai Ye.
After dodging the spear, Bai Ye simply tapped his toes, kicking Yimi's wrist and forcing him back. He then flipped up, interlocking his hands.
Thunder Beast (Releases a beast-like lightning projection with physical attack effects, aimed at ground attacks and defense)
Zzzt!
Large amounts of current emerged from Bai Ye's body, white-hot electric light flickering continuously before condensing into a ferocious thunder beast that lunged at Yimi.
Yimi, however, was not flustered. While retreating, he swung his blood blade forward in continuous slashes, engaging the thunder beast.
But the thunder beast was more ferocious than Yimi had imagined. Not only were its attacks continuous, but most importantly, the thunder beast was impervious to the blood blade's slashes.
Its body was constantly broken apart by the blood blade, only to heal again.
There was damage, of course. With continuous slashes, the thunder beast's body would eventually dissipate into electric arcs.
The thunder beast's characteristic was similar to Bai Ye's elemental transformation using the Goro Goro no Mi; it was immune to physical attacks. However, Yimi's Dou Liu Xue Fa clearly couldn't be classified as a physical attack.
Therefore, as long as the attack continued, the thunder beast couldn't hold on.
However, this was something Bai Ye knew, and Yimi did not. He only saw that the thunder beast appeared unaffected by his attacks.
"Blood Freeze Technique, Ice Peak!"
While contemplating countermeasures, Yimi suddenly slashed his blood blade forward.
A large amount of blood surged forward and then froze, resembling a small blood-colored mountain.
But the mountain could not stop the thunder beast's advance.
Rumble!
The thunder beast crashed straight ahead, and large amounts of electric arcs began to spread.
As the electric arcs spread, the blood-colored mountain emitted "crackling" sounds, large cracks appearing on its surface.
Then...
The thunder beast shattered the blood-colored mountain and continued its charge towards Yimi.
Amidst the shattered blood-colored ice, the thunder beast bared its fangs and claws, appearing exceptionally ferocious.
Bang!
Yimi was directly hit by the thunder beast, flying high into the air and tumbling seven or eight meters backward before crashing heavily onto the ground.
Bai Ye, hands in his pockets, walked towards Yimi and said, "I advise you to answer honestly. It's better for everyone this way!"
Yimi ignored Bai Ye's words, grit his teeth, and got up from the ground. Feeling a sweetness in his throat, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yimi didn't waste the blood. He raised his blood blade and swept it forward, the blood transforming into sharp, blood-colored spikes that hurtled towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye shrugged, then raised his right hand!
Snap!
Bai Ye snapped his fingers crisply.
The next instant, a large golden light screen appeared behind Bai Ye.
Within the golden light screen, there were numerous golden vortexes. Inside each golden vortex, there was a distinct weapon.
Gate of Babylon!
Do your blood thorns have as many weapons as mine?
Bai Ye sneered, extended his hand forward, and then densely packed weapons shot out towards the front.
Boom, boom, boom...
The incoming blood thorns were instantly engulfed by the golden radiance, and then the dense array of weapons continuously bombarded Yimi's surroundings.
The sound of the ground shattering erupted incessantly, a continuous cascade of dust and flying debris!
When the smoke and dust cleared, the ground was densely covered with concentric craters, each filled with a weapon. The entire area had sunk by at least half a meter.
Yimi stood in the center of the collapsed ground. He had managed to block the attack, but he looked quite miserable. His clothes were torn, and blood was flowing from his arms and waist.
A blood blade was thrust into the ground, propping Yimi up, preventing him from collapsing.
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