Devil Fruit!
Bai Ye felt his blood boil instantly.
The Mera Mera no Mi was definitely one of Bai Ye's trump cards right now.
How did it come about?
After drawing it from the gacha machine, it became a permanent ability due to a bug. The Mera Mera no Mi was only red quality.
The Goro Goro no Mi was directly gold quality!
As long as he ate the Goro Goro no Mi, since it would disappear, the gacha machine couldn't take it back, and it would become a permanent ability, the principle being the same as the Mera Mera no Mi!
Gold quality ability...
This was a gold quality ability!
It was clear that the Goro Goro no Mi was much stronger than the Mera Mera no Mi.
However...
The prestige of gold quality was a problem, or rather, the Goro Goro no Mi had some tricky aspects.
Its weakness was self-evident: like the Mera Mera no Mi, it feared seawater and something called Sea Prism Stone.
Secondly...
Proficiency!
The Mera Mera no Mi didn't have this, but the Goro Goro no Mi did. It could be understood as the prestige of gold quality, or as a drawback.
But from another perspective, this further represented the terror of the Goro Goro no Mi.
Without proficiency, relying solely on one move of teleportation and one move of lightning, the Goro Goro no Mi could achieve gold quality, directly crushing the Mera Mera no Mi!
So, what if proficiency was maxed out?
Thinking this way, Bai Ye felt that the Goro Goro no Mi might be more than just gold quality.
Because Bai Ye had actually seen a gold quality Devil Fruit before.
In his previous life, Bai Ye had obtained a Devil Fruit called the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi, which was also a gold quality Devil Fruit.
After eating that, there was no so-called proficiency, the ability was directly mastered, and the effect was the moves that the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi could use.
Then, based on Bai Ye's experience and deduction!
The Goro Goro no Mi was likely...
A super quality Devil Fruit!
Just like mechas that needed to collect parts to be assembled, or supreme martial arts, Daoist techniques, or sword arts formed by combining several incomplete scrolls.
It was just that for the Goro Goro no Mi to reach super quality, it needed to rely on continuous use to increase proficiency.
Before proficiency was raised, the current Goro Goro no Mi, like the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi that Bai Ye had seen in his previous life, was just ordinary gold quality.
However...
The future was promising!
Thinking this way, Bai Ye became even more excited. If Kamado Tanjiro were a woman, Bai Ye would unhesitatingly go up and give her a big smooch right now.
A lucky star!
This was definitely his great lucky star!
So, what was there to hesitate about?
Bai Ye picked up the Goro Goro no Mi and stuffed it into his mouth, taking a big bite, and then...
Bai Ye felt like crying, with a constipated expression on his face.
So unpalatable!
The Mera Mera no Mi wasn't tasty either; it tasted like drinking poisoned liquid, with a strange flavor, but it was bearable.
As for the Goro Goro no Mi, the moment it entered his mouth, Bai Ye couldn't describe the taste. He could only say it was more unpalatable than unpalatable, indescribably unpalatable.
At the same time, his mouth felt numb, as if he had eaten dozens of packs of popping candy in one go.
Was this the characteristic of Devil Fruits?
The better the Devil Fruit, the more unpalatable it was?
Thinking this way, Bai Ye almost wished the Goro Goro no Mi was even more unpalatable.
Bai Ye thought as he endured the urge to spit it out, forcibly stuffing the entire Goro Goro no Mi into his mouth. The juice was too awful, Bai Ye chewed it a couple of times and swallowed it directly.
At that moment, Bai Ye felt a warm current rise in his stomach.
Then...
Bai Ye looked at his arm.
That arm kept phasing out, entwined with arcs of electricity. As the phasing became more apparent, the current became more intense, and the scattered arcs became denser.
Bai Ye frowned, then said to Kamado Tanjiro, "Cut me."
"Huh?"
Kamado Tanjiro let out a doubtful sound of surprise.
Bai Ye said, "It's alright, just cut. I won't be harmed."
Kamado Tanjiro hesitated and then said, "Then I'm coming?"
Bai Ye nodded.
Kamado Tanjiro drew her Nichirin Blade, gave Bai Ye an apologetic look, and then swung the blade at Bai Ye's arm, not his body!
The next moment, the Nichirin Blade passed directly through Bai Ye's arm.
Everyone was stunned.
Bai Ye raised his arm and looked at the spot where Kamado Tanjiro had cut him. His forearm was completely severed, yet it didn't look like it was severed.
To be precise, the spot where he was cut turned into electricity. There was a wound, but no blood, and flickering electricity connected Bai Ye's arm.
Then...
Soon, Bai Ye's arm returned to normal, as if it had not been attacked.
"Is this what elementalization means?"
Bai Ye's eyes lit up.
He suddenly understood the meaning of "Logia" and "elementalization."
At the same time, Bai Ye also understood why the Goro Goro no Mi was gold quality, and even why it could improve proficiency and become a super quality ability.
This ability could actually turn his body into electricity!
Regardless of anything else, just this ability alone was enough for the Goro Goro no Mi to reach gold quality standards!
Physical attacks were completely invalidated, and even some non-physical attacks were immune!
Too strong!
The Mera Mera no Mi and the Goro Goro no Mi were completely in different leagues.
Of course, they were not in the same league to begin with.
Even without considering that the Goro Goro no Mi could still improve, one was red quality, and the other was gold quality.
Bai Ye instantly felt like crying.
Metaphysics...
Can still save the unlucky!
Kamado Tanjiro looked at Bai Ye's expression, which alternated between wanting to cry and wanting to laugh, and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Bai Ye, are you alright?"
He looks like a lunatic!
"I'm fine, I'm fine," Bai Ye said, grabbing Kamado Tanjiro's hand. "From now on, you are my brother. Come to me for anything, through water and fire. Anyone who dares to say half a word against you, even if they are one of the Nine Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, I'll chop them down."
Kamado Tanjiro was startled and quickly said, "Mr. Bai Ye, you can't joke about that."
"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't chop them," Bai Ye patted Kamado Tanjiro's shoulder and said, "I was just saying. Let's go, we need to keep moving!"
Bai Ye put away the gacha machine and hummed a little tune as he walked to the front, feeling his legs were no longer sore, his back no longer hurting, and he felt refreshed all over.
From now on, when drawing from the gacha machine, he must bring some native residents to help him draw.
Hmm...
A non-chief like Agatsuma Zenitsu is out of the question.
Kamado Tanjiro and the other two looked at each other, not understanding what had suddenly happened to Bai Ye. How could a normal person go crazy?
But seeing Bai Ye already walking far away, humming a tune, they could only quickly follow.
Continuing on their journey, Bai Ye fed the Snow Drinking Mad Blade to the Steel Slime for it to devour, then used synthesis to combine weapons. He was quite lucky; the synthesis was successful twice. Including the Snow Drinking Mad Blade, the weapons in the Gate of Babylon increased to 22.
At the same time, when Bai Ye was done, the trio finally arrived at the town in the neutral zone.
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