Memories from past lives weren't always accurate.
The reason was simple; not everyone was consistently strong.
Take Bai Ye himself. In the early stages of the world battlefield in his previous life, Bai Ye was a nobody among nobodies, surviving purely by luck.
After lucking through the early stages, he accumulated some capital and, like most people, lived a mediocre, precarious existence through the mid-early stages.
He participated in restricted zones, but mostly just got scraps. Quests were almost nonexistent for Bai Ye. If lucky, he might occasionally pick up a Restricted Zone Quest One or Two, but the ultimate Restricted Zone Quests remained out of his reach.
By the mid-stages of the world battlefield, Bai Ye's strength had improved slightly, climbing from the bottom to the lower-middle ranks. This was due to obtaining a red-quality flying sword through a hidden quest.
But that was about it. It wasn't until the world battlefield entered its mid-to-late stages that Bai Ye's fate was reversed. He acquired a temporary, significant power-boosting item, leading to Mechanical Reconstruction. He then furiously ground Mechanical Reconstruction proficiency, began frequenting the future technology zones, and finally turned his fortune around.
At that point, Bai Ye had reached the threshold of being a quasi-first-rate expert. Then, by chance, he obtained a gachapon machine, exploited its bug to acquire the Heart of Machinery, and finally soared to become one of the few top experts.
After occupying the East District and monopolizing its resources, he earned the title of "Twin Whites of the East District." Only then did Bai Ye become one of the few peak powerhouses in the late stages of the world battlefield.
Therefore, if Bai Ye were to encounter his past self in the current stage...
He could simply beat him however he pleased, crushing him instantly.
However, Vampire Prince Hamil was an exception, a case of being strong from beginning to end.
First, the title Vampire Prince...
Hamil was truly a vampire!
Hamil hailed from a fantasy world. He wasn't human; his race was vampire, and he was already strong upon arriving at the world battlefield.
This was similar to many chosen ones from other supernatural or xianxia worlds.
But there was a problem: in the xianxia world, there were many types of cultivators. Some cultivated swords, some cultivated the Tao, some cultivated the body. For those who didn't cultivate their physical bodies, their bodies were not much stronger than ordinary people. A stab through the heart or a slit throat would still kill them.
In this life, Bai Ye had already killed such cultivators upon entering the world battlefield. They could wield swords and perform Taoist magic; their techniques were formidable, but their physical bodies weren't strong enough, making them vulnerable to death.
In fact, unless they were disciples of renowned sects like Situ Chicheng with profound cultivation, ordinary cultivators might not be able to defeat a machine gun.
However, compared to the chosen ones from most worlds, they still had an advantage, but it wasn't to the point where others had no chance of killing them.
Hamil, on the other hand, was the type who, upon entering the world battlefield, could leave chosen ones from other worlds with no chance.
Vampires inherently possessed incredibly strong regenerative abilities. They could reattach a severed head or heal a pierced heart. Such a being entering the world battlefield during its early stages was a bug.
Their only weakness was holy light items, but in the early stages of the world battlefield, how could such targeted items be obtained?
Therefore, Hamil was strong, and had always been strong.
Until he contested territorial control of the West District with Huang Quan and was overwhelmed by Huang Quan's undead army.
Even the strongest regenerative ability was useless against a dense undead army. Hamil could have been drowned by a single person's spit.
Undoubtedly, besides Li Jiayi, Hamil Rexas was the second strongest in Bai Ye's eyes.
This was partly because Bai Ye had not yet fought Hamil in this life. Otherwise, Bai Ye felt that based on Hamil's strength in his previous life, he might not be weaker than Li Jiayi.
However, after Li Jiayi and Hamil, the skill level suddenly dropped significantly.
The remaining two names Bai Ye recognized...
Wei Zhuxie, a sword cultivator from a xianxia world, rumored to be a disciple of the Qionghua Sect under the Queen Mother of the West. He was considered a orthodox practitioner in the cultivation world, and then...
This guy became a henchman for Situ Chicheng.
In Bai Ye's previous life, Situ Chicheng was indeed very strong. In the terms of the cultivation world, this was called a "serving retainer," but in plain language, he was someone who freeloaded off Situ Chicheng.
Bai Ye knew of Wei Zhuxie not because his name sounded impressive, nor because of his strength, but purely because he associated with Situ Chicheng.
He was roughly at the borderline between quasi-first-rate and first-rate.
The last name Bai Ye was familiar with was Lancegard. This guy would eventually join the Ghost Legion. He likely wasn't affiliated now, as the Ghost Legion was newly formed and not yet famous enough to recruit experts of Lancegard's caliber.
Even in its current state, Lancegard in Bai Ye's memory was merely one of the elite team leaders of the Ghost Legion, not as formidable as Yichila, whom Bai Ye had encountered previously. Yichila, after all, would become one of the Twelve Devils of the Ghost Legion, considered among their strongest fighters.
As for the other four, Bai Ye had never heard of them.
This wasn't entirely surprising; the selection criteria for this wish quest were somewhat questionable.
The hunting quantity referred to the eight individuals who hunted the most creatures in dangerous zones.
One could argue they had skill, as venturing into dangerous zones seven times and hunting numerous creatures required a certain level of competence.
However, to consider this the primary standard for measuring strength was certainly not accurate.
Frankly, while there was danger in frequenting dangerous zones, the risk wasn't that great if one could identify suitable hunting grounds based on their own strength.
Therefore, a high hunting quantity didn't signify much.
In fact, if Bai Ye hadn't initiated this wish quest, he wouldn't have qualified to participate.
The reason was simple: Bai Ye rarely frequented dangerous zones, his targets always being restricted zones or hidden quests.
To put it more directly, Bai Ye played in the high-end games, while hunting in dangerous zones was a low-end game.
As for why powerhouses like Li Jiayi and Hamil were among them...
Bai Ye could only say that these two guys were truly shameless, acting like gods who went to low-end games to "fish," showing no regard for decency.
Bai Ye pondered for a moment, assigning number one to Hamil, number two to Li Jiayi, number three to Lancegard, number nine to Wei Zhuxie, and keeping number eight for himself. The other four individuals were assigned numbers four, five, six, and seven.
This wish quest had a very difficult rule: only the pursuing targets could be killed. The pursued party could fight back and escape, but they couldn't directly kill the pursuer, or they would be disqualified.
Therefore, the two individuals Bai Ye considered most troublesome had to be pitted against each other.
Secondly, Bai Ye believed Li Jiayi was slightly stronger than Hamil and was the type on Bai Ye's "notebook" with a bright future, thus a target to be eliminated.
Following this order, Li Jiayi couldn't act against Bai Ye unless he dealt with Hamil first. Conversely, if Bai Ye cleared out the lesser opponents ahead, he could then confront Li Jiayi.
Weighing the options, which was more difficult: killing Hamil, or killing several minor opponents?