Ghoul Containment Facility, Outer Perimeter!
Bai Ye assessed the current situation.
First, there were five kill targets. Judging by the oppressive aura exuded by the One-Eyed King, none of them should be easy to deal with.
Therefore, while five golden-quality items sounded appealing, deliberately pursuing kills…
Bai Ye felt it was better to go to sleep. Dealing with one was difficult enough, let alone five?
Of course, with a different approach, dealing with one was still an option, and at least one golden-quality item could be obtained.
However, Bai Ye felt that the more important objective was to be the first to leave the ghoul area…
The escape rewards were stacked. If he was the first to leave, he could claim rewards from first place all the way to fiftieth place, and even consolation prizes.
That would yield two golden-quality items, one red-quality item, and one black-quality item.
Wasn't that better than getting kills?
After contemplation, Bai Ye immediately made his decision. Kills would be a matter of fate, but securing a high ranking was paramount. To achieve this, he needed the ability to survey the entire area and the capacity to move within it.
Coincidentally, Bai Ye possessed both.
"However…" Bai Ye took a deep breath and said, "I've never tried to do this on such a scale. I suppose I should give it a shot!"
After muttering to himself, Bai Ye knelt on one knee and placed his hands on the ground.
"Electric Field!"
With a crackling sound!
Bai Ye began to discharge electricity wildly, countless arcs surging from his body, emitting flashes of lightning. He appeared like a blue-white sun, flickering in the night.
In the next instant, the arcs spread out frantically in all directions, sweeping across streets and buildings, pushing towards the distance.
Teleportation (Utilizing the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to generate an Electric Field, transforming into current, allowing high-speed movement within the Electric Field and bypassing obstacles.)
Bai Ye's objective was simple: to cover the entire area with his Electric Field. This would enable him to teleport to any location within the zone.
This way, Bai Ye could guarantee he would be the first to leave. Because if any selected individuals tried to escape before him, Bai Ye could appear before them and eliminate them.
But this was not an easy task.
It was simple in terms of operation, but not simple because extending the Electric Field to cover the entire area was no easy feat.
As the Electric Field continuously expanded, Bai Ye could clearly feel himself growing tired, a dull ache spreading through his body. More troublingly, along with the fatigue, drowsiness also crept in.
If he were to display his status screen, his Stamina and Spirit attributes would be seen plummeting.
Using the Rumble-Rumble Fruit also consumed stamina. In fact, the more powerful the ability, the greater its demand on stamina.
An ability of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's caliber not only consumed stamina but also simultaneously depleted spiritual energy.
The good news was that Bai Ye's spirit value had always been high.
Secondly, Bai Ye had some reserves.
Bai Ye took a cheese stick from his pocket, popped it into his mouth, and began to chew. Soon, his dropping attributes started to recover.
Bai Ye didn't stop. As soon as one cheese stick was finished, he took out a rainbow lollipop and began to crunch on it.
These were excellent items for healing injuries. The worst of them could instantly restore half of his injuries.
Of course, if injuries could be healed, stamina could also be recovered. It was a bit wasteful, but Bai Ye couldn't afford to worry about that right now.
After eating another chocolate bar, Bai Ye's eyes lit up. He had finally extended the Electric Field to the vicinity of the area's boundary.
With this, Bai Ye could now leave, directly teleporting to the boundary.
However, Bai Ye had no intention of leaving yet.
No one had reached the boundary yet, so Bai Ye felt secure. Therefore, while he couldn't defeat all five targets, he should at least take down one of them.
After all, Bai Ye still had an ace up his sleeve that could ensure he defeated at least one.
The next step was to lock onto one of the targets…
As Bai Ye was contemplating this, a commotion suddenly erupted from behind him.
"Hmm?"
Bai Ye turned to look and saw a large number of ghoul investigators rushing towards his direction.
Or, to use a more accurate term, the ghoul investigators were in a full retreat.
And facing them was a large group of clowns!
"Why do bad guys always like to dress up like this?"
Bai Ye had some familiarity with these clowns. They were likely a ghoul organization called the Clown Legion, who were supposed to appear within the restricted zone. However, due to the ghoul riot, they had been completely unleashed.
"There are more behind!"
At this moment, a ghoul investigator spotted Bai Ye and immediately attacked him as well.
"Hey, hey, hey…" Bai Ye shouted, "I'm not with those clowns. You rushing at me like this, it scares me…"
Bang!
As he shouted, Bai Ye raised his fist and smashed it into the face of a ghoul investigator.
Instantly, the ghoul investigator's features contorted, and he was sent sprawling to the ground by Bai Ye's punch.
Bai Ye twisted his body and delivered a spinning kick to the face of another ghoul investigator, saying, "Didn't I tell you? You guys are scaring me!"
Bang!
The ghoul investigator let out a pained cry and was kicked flying, tumbling endlessly on the ground.
While Bai Ye verbally protested, his body was quite honest as he took down two ghoul investigators.
However, the number of ghoul investigators before him was simply overwhelming. Even after taking down two, there was no discernible decrease in their numbers.
And…
The clowns of the Clown Legion suddenly launched an attack, engaging the ghoul investigators in a fierce battle. Simultaneously, many clowns leaped onto the surrounding buildings, rapidly moving forward.
Suddenly, a clown landed on a rooftop, then leaped down, aiming a kick at Bai Ye.
Bai Ye quickly dodged, and the attacker's foot met the ground, shattering a section of it.
"Hey, you guys attacking me too is a bit much, isn't it?" Bai Ye cursed, "Aren't we all ghouls?"
Bai Ye spread his fire wings to identify himself, but it was clearly ineffective. The surrounding clowns continued to charge at Bai Ye relentlessly.
In an instant, several clowns were clinging to Bai Ye, working together to subdue him.
"Who did I offend?" Bai Ye muttered, "How did I suddenly become an outsider to everyone?"
As Bai Ye pondered this, the wings on his back flapped, sending the encroaching clowns flying.
"Forget it, I'm done playing with you guys!"
Bai Ye pushed back the clowns, then his figure flickered, and he suddenly vanished without a trace.
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