Memories from a past life 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 past life, Bai Ye was a novice among novices, surviving purely by luck.
After scraping through the early stages with good fortune, he managed to accumulate some capital. Like most others, Bai Ye lived a mediocre, precarious existence through the mid-early stages.
He participated in forbidden zones, but mostly just caught scraps. Quests were practically non-existent for him. If lucky, he might occasionally pick up a Forbidden Zone Quest One or Two, but the ultimate Forbidden Zone Quests remained elusive.
By the mid-stage of the World Battlefield, Bai Ye's strength had slightly improved, climbing from the bottom to the lower-middle tier. This was thanks to acquiring 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, by using a temporary item that greatly boosted his combat power, achieved Mechanical Reconstruction. He then frantically leveled up his proficiency in it and began frequenting the Future Technology zone, which finally turned his fate around.
At that point, Bai Ye had entered the threshold of being a quasi-first-class expert. Then, by chance, he obtained a gashapon machine, and through its bug, acquired the Heart of Machinery, finally soaring to become one of the few top experts.
After occupying the East District and monopolizing its resources, Bai Ye earned the moniker "Twin Whites of the East District," becoming one of the prominent peak experts in the late World Battlefield.
Therefore, if Bai Ye were to encounter his past self at this stage…
He could beat him however he pleased, crushing him instantly.
However, the Vampire Prince Hamir was an exception; he was strong from start to finish.
First, the title Vampire Prince…
Hamir was truly a vampire!
Hamir hailed from a fantasy world. He wasn't human; his race was vampire. He was already powerful upon arriving at the World Battlefield.
Much like many chosen ones from supernatural or xianxia worlds.
But here was a problem: there were many types of cultivators in the xianxia world. Some cultivated swords, some cultivated dao, some cultivated the body. Those who didn't cultivate their bodies were actually 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 killed such cultivators as soon as he entered the World Battlefield. They could wield swords and perform dao techniques, possessing formidable means, but if their physical bodies weren't strong enough, they could be killed.
In fact, unless they were disciples from renowned sects like Situ Chicheng, with profound cultivation, ordinary cultivators might not necessarily be able to defeat a machine gun.
They still had an advantage compared to the chosen ones from most worlds, but it wasn't to the point where killing them was impossible.
Hamir, on the other hand, was the type who, upon entering the World Battlefield, left chosen ones from other worlds with no chance.
Vampires possessed innate, incredibly strong self-regeneration abilities. They could reattach a severed head or heal a pierced heart. Such a creature entering the World Battlefield in its early stages was a bug.
Their only weakness was holy light items. But in the early stages of the World Battlefield, how could one possibly acquire such a specific item?
Therefore, Hamir was strong, and always had been.
This continued until he fought Huang Quan for control of the West District, and was then overwhelmed by Huang Quan's undead army.
Even the strongest self-regeneration ability was useless against a dense horde of undead. A single person's spittle could drown Hamir.
Undoubtedly, besides Li Jiayi, Hamir Lexus was the second strongest in Bai Ye's eyes.
This was also because Bai Ye hadn't fought Hamir in this life. Otherwise, considering Hamir's strength in his past life, Bai Ye felt he might not be weaker than Li Jiayi.
However, after Li Jiayi and Hamir, the skill level suddenly dropped significantly.
The remaining two names Bai Ye recognized…
Wei Zhuxie, a sword cultivator from a xianxia world. He was said to be a disciple of the Qionghua Sect under the Queen Mother of the West, a legitimate sect in the cultivation world. And then…
This guy became Situ Chicheng's enforcer.
In Bai Ye's past life, Situ Chicheng was indeed very strong. In cultivation world terms, this was called a "supporter," but essentially, he was someone who ate off Situ Chicheng.
Bai Ye knew of Wei Zhuxie, not because his name sounded impressive, nor because of his strength, but purely because he followed Situ Chicheng.
His level was roughly at the boundary between quasi-first-class and first-class.
The last familiar name Bai Ye knew was Lansgaard. This guy would later join the Evil Spirit Group. He probably wasn't part of it yet; the Evil Spirit Group was newly formed, not yet prestigious enough to recruit experts of Lansgaard's caliber.
But even the current Evil Spirit Group was considered. In Bai Ye's memory, Lansgaard was merely one of the elite team leaders of the Evil Spirit Group, not as formidable as Yiqila, whom Bai Ye had encountered last time. Yiqila, after all, would later become one of the Twelve Evil Spirits of the Evil Spirit Group, a group considered the strongest fighters within it.
As for the other four, Bai Ye had never heard of them.
It wasn't entirely unexpected, though. The selection criteria for this wish quest were a bit questionable.
Hunting quantity referred to the eight individuals who hunted the most creatures in dangerous zones.
One could say they had strength; entering and exiting dangerous zones seven times and hunting large numbers of creatures certainly required a certain level of skill.
But to consider this the primary standard for measuring strength? Absolutely not.
To put it plainly, lurking in dangerous zones was indeed risky. However, being able to find suitable hunting areas based on one's own strength meant the danger wasn't that great.
Therefore, a high hunting quantity didn't signify much.
In fact, if Bai Ye hadn't initiated this wish quest, he wouldn't have even qualified to participate.
The reason was simple: Bai Ye rarely ventured into dangerous zones; his focus was always on forbidden zones or hidden quests.
To be more direct, Bai Ye played in the high-end matches, while hunting in dangerous zones was a low-end game.
As for why the two behemoths, Li Jiayi and Hamir, were among them…
Bai Ye could only say that these two truly disregarded decency. Grand figures like them went to low-end games to bully newcomers, utterly shameless.
Bai Ye pondered for a moment, assigning number one to Hamir, number two to Li Jiayi, number three to Lansgaard, and number nine to Wei Zhuxie. He took number eight for himself. The remaining four individuals were assigned numbers four, five, six, and seven.
This wish quest had a very difficult stipulation: only the pursued target could be killed. The pursuer could fight back and flee, but could not directly kill the other party, or they would be disqualified.
Therefore, the two Bai Ye considered the most troublesome naturally had to engage in a mutually destructive struggle.
Secondly, Bai Ye believed Li Jiayi was slightly stronger than Hamir, and on Bai Ye's "notebook," Li Jiayi was the type whose future was bright and thus needed to be eliminated.
Following this order, if Li Jiayi didn't deal with Hamir, he couldn't make a move on Bai Ye. Conversely, if Bai Ye cleared out the lesser opponents ahead, he could then confront Li Jiayi.
Weighing the options, was it harder to kill one Hamir or several minor opponents?
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