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 gashapon machine, it glitched and became a permanent ability. 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 the Goro Goro no Mi would disappear, the gashapon machine couldn't take it back, and it would become a permanent ability, the principle being the same as the Mera Mera no Mi!
A 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 a tricky aspect.
Its weaknesses were self-evident, the same as the Mera Mera no Mi, it was afraid of seawater and something called Seastone.
Secondly...
Proficiency!
This thing the Mera Mera no Mi didn't have, but the Goro Goro no Mi did. It could be understood as the prestige of gold quality, or as a tricky part.
But from another perspective, this further represented the terror of the Goro Goro no Mi.
Without any 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 the proficiency was maxed out?
Thinking this, Bai Ye felt that the Goro Goro no Mi might not just be a simple gold quality.
Because Bai Ye had actually seen gold quality Devil Fruits.
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 thing, there was no so-called proficiency, and the ability was directly mastered. The effect was the moves that the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi could use.
Then, based on Bai Ye's experience, he inferred!
The Goro Goro no Mi was likely...
A Super Quality Devil Fruit!
Just like mechas that needed to collect parts to be manufactured, or supreme martial arts, Daoist techniques, and sword arts formed by combining several incomplete scrolls.
It's just that for the Goro Goro no Mi to reach Super Quality, it needed to rely on continuous use to improve its proficiency.
Before the proficiency was raised, currently, the Goro Goro no Mi was, like the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi Bai Ye had seen in his previous life, just ordinary gold quality.
However...
The future was promising!
Thinking this, Bai Ye became even more excited. If Kamado Tanjiro were a woman, Bai Ye would have gone up and kissed her without hesitation 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.
So disgusting!
The Mera Mera no Mi wasn't tasty either. It tasted like drinking poison, with a strange flavor, but it was barely bearable.
But the moment the Goro Goro no Mi entered his mouth, Bai Ye couldn't describe the taste at all. He could only say it was worse than disgusting, so indescribably bad.
At the same time, his mouth felt numb, like eating dozens of pop rocks at once.
Was this the characteristic of Devil Fruits?
The better the Devil Fruit, the more disgusting it was?
Thinking this, Bai Ye actually wished the Goro Goro no Mi was even more disgusting.
Bai Ye thought, while enduring the urge to spit it out, he forcibly stuffed the entire Goro Goro no Mi into his mouth. The juice was too disgusting, Bai Ye chewed it twice and swallowed it directly.
At that moment, Bai Ye felt a warm current rise in his belly.
Then...
Bai Ye looked at his arm.
His arm kept becoming ethereal, intertwined with arcs of electricity. As the etherealization became more apparent, the current became more intense, and the dispersed arcs became denser.
Bai Ye frowned, then said to Kamado Tanjiro, "Cut me."
"Huh?"
Kamado Tanjiro let out a doubtful and surprised sound.
Bai Ye said, "It's okay, just cut me. I'll be fine."
Kamado Tanjiro hesitated and said, "Then I'm coming?"
Bai Ye nodded.
Kamado Tanjiro drew his Nichirin Blade, gave Bai Ye an apologetic look, and then swung the sword 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, but it didn't look like it was severed.
To be precise, the spot that was cut turned into electricity. There was a wound, but no blood, and flickering currents 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 increase proficiency and become a Super Quality ability.
This ability could turn his body into electricity!
Putting aside everything else, with this ability alone, the Goro Goro no Mi could reach the standard of gold quality!
Physical attacks were completely nullified, and some non-physical attacks could also be immune!
Too strong!
The Mera Mera no Mi and the Goro Goro no Mi were not in the same league at all.
Of course, they were not in the same league in the first place.
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 the urge to cry.
Metaphysics...
Could still save the unlucky!
Kamado Tanjiro looked at Bai Ye's expression, which shifted between wanting to cry and wanting to laugh, and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Bai Ye, are you alright?"
He looked like a lunatic!
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Bai Ye grabbed Kamado Tanjiro's hand and said, "From now on, you are my sworn brother. If you need anything, just ask me. Whether it's water or fire, anyone who dares to say no to you, even the Nine Hashira of your Demon Slayer Corps, I'll still cut 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 cut them." Bai Ye patted Kamado Tanjiro's shoulder and said, "I was just saying it casually. Let's go, let's continue on our way!"
Bai Ye put away the gashapon machine, humming a tune as he walked to the front, feeling like his legs weren't sore anymore, his waist didn't hurt, and he felt refreshed.
From now on, when drawing gashapons, he must bring some native inhabitants to help him.
Well...
Agatsuma Zenitsu, being such an unlucky fellow, can forget about it.
Kamado Tanjiro and the other two exchanged glances, unable to figure out what had suddenly happened to Bai Ye, how a normal person had gone mad.
But seeing Bai Ye already walking away humming a tune, the three could only quickly follow Bai Ye.
Continuing their journey, Bai Ye had the Steel Slime devour the Snow Drink Saber, then used synthesis to combine weapons. He was quite lucky, succeeding twice in synthesis. Including the Snow Drink Saber, the number of weapons in the Gate of Babylon increased to 22.
At the same time, when Bai Ye was done, the three finally arrived at the small town in the neutral zone.
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