146: Someone's up to no good again.
"Ah?"
In the live stream, a small portion of viewers familiar with Bai Ye's performance in the Sacred Dragon Cup collectively uttered sounds of confusion.
Didn't they remember Bai Ye always relying on his powerful Physical Body to directly confront Demonic Beasts?
Why was he suddenly playing at transformation?
"This should be Beast Taming Talent Body Integration."
"Damn it, so he's not a pure Physical Body Beast Tamer, but a Body Integration Beast Tamer!"
"It's just an Extraordinary Level Ghost Orchid. What good is Body Integration? It'd be better to let that Elite Rank Train Hero on!"
In the live stream, some viewers who fancied themselves experts began to offer "professional" analyses.
"Body Integration Talent is indeed strong, but it also depends on which beast pet you integrate with. How much of an improvement can you get by integrating with an Extraordinary Level plant?"
"This time, he's failed at showing off and is about to be counter-killed, wasting rescue resources."
While these pessimistic comments flooded the screen, Bai Ye on the sea surface moved.
Bai Ye opened his eyes and felt the power within him, which was considerably stronger than his normal state.
His Fusion Talent had finally evolved after multiple疊加, and although its Rank hadn't changed, the restriction of only being able to fuse with Phantom Cat was gone.
Now Bai Ye could fuse with any of his own beast pets.
He named this state the Half-Immortal Mode.
After all, this was a city-wide live broadcast; he had to put on a show.
He raised his right arm, which was encased in Vine Armor, and dozens of thick Frost Vine Whips shot out from his arm, plunging into the churning seawater.
The Vine Whips churned rapidly in the water, and a massive plant vortex quickly formed with Bai Ye at its center.
Unlike Xiao Lan, who was at the Peak of Skill, Bai Ye preferred raw stats.
As long as the stats could achieve an overwhelming effect, technique became powerless.
The suction of the vortex was terrifying; hundreds of Rock-Skin Toothed Sharks leading the charge were swept into it before they could even react.
"Roar!"
The Rock-Skin Toothed Shark, which had reached Elite Beginner Rank, roared furiously.
With its roar, huge waves began to roll on the sea surface, continuously impacting the Vine Whips Bai Ye had shot out.
Heavenly Tsunami Kill.
The condensed towering giant waves were torn to shreds by the rotating Vine Whips upon contact with the plant vortex.
The shark, not believing its eyes, teamed up with over a dozen Elite Rank companions nearby, concentrating all their power into a massive Water-Rock Giant Tooth.
It fiercely crashed into... a single Vine Whip at the center of the vortex.
Even though their intelligence was suppressed by their frenzy, they still retained basic combat methods.
Tear open this vortex from its weakest point!
Crack!
A crisp sound came.
However, what shattered was not the Vine Whip, but the teeth collectively created by the sharks.
Only a shallow white mark was left on the surface of the Vine Whip; not even the outer skin was broken.
The shark leader was stunned. Their combined Skill couldn't even bite through a single plant vine?
This was unreasonable!
Before they could recover from their shock, the attacked Vine Whip suddenly lashed out.
Whap!
A cloud of white mist was whipped into the air, and that Elite Rank Rock-Skin Toothed Shark was directly sent flying, arcing through the air and crashing into the deep sea's cargo hold, which was being towed by the infinite.
The process was smooth and seamless.
The plant vortex grew larger and larger, and the dragging force it exerted on the sea surface became increasingly strong.
More and more Rock-Skin Toothed Sharks were swept into it, losing their ability to resist.
Bai Ye stood at the center of the vortex, the ice crystals on his Vine Armor glinting with cold light.
He extended his hand, wrapped in Vine Whips, and gently clenched it towards the vortex.
"Rise!"
Dozens of Vine Whips exerted force simultaneously, sweeping hundreds of Rock-Skin Toothed Sharks, along with a large amount of seawater, into the air.
Like dumping trash, they were precisely thrown onto the deep sea's deck and into its cargo hold.
The deep sea let out a groan of unbearable strain, and its hull sank a few more inches.
But thicker Frost Vine Whips extended from Bai Ye, wrapping around the ship's hull and releasing stronger cold air to reinforce a thick layer of ice on the ship's bottom.
"Sigh, I'll see if I can catch better Demonic Beasts later."
Bai Ye turned to look at the deep sea, which was being used as a storage container, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
The Extraordinary Level Demonic Beasts on it were actually not very valuable anymore; if he encountered higher-Rank Demonic Beasts later, the Extraordinary Level ones would have to be discarded.
On the sea surface of the Silent Windless Zone, only the faint hum of the infinite's engine and the distant whistles of approaching rescue ships remained.
The thousands of Rock-Skin Toothed Sharks that had been raging wildly earlier were mostly neatly stacked like frozen fish for sale in a supermarket on the deep sea's deck and in its cargo hold, forming a small mountain.
The remaining few timid ones dived into the deep sea without looking back, disappearing without a trace.
The rescued Beast Tamers crowded onto the rescue ship's deck, staring dumbfounded at Bai Ye, whose armor had transformed back into a Demonic Beast.
Damn, it really is a Second-Tier Beast Tamer and an Extraordinary Level Demonic Beast.
Are you using some special Body Integration item? Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.
Song San had previously worried that Bai Ye, being young and impetuous, would be swallowed by the shark swarm.
Now, it seemed he had worried about the wrong party entirely.
It was the sharks who should be worried.
Bai Ye disengaged his Half-Immortal Mode, and the Vine Armor on him transformed into purple light, reverting to Ghost Orchid, which obediently perched on his shoulder.
He walked to the ship's rail and had Xiao Lan use a Vine Whip to retrieve a昏迷 Elite Rank Rock-Skin Toothed Shark from the deck.
Bai Ye crouched down, carefully examining the shark's body.
When these sharks fell unconscious, their self-awareness also decreased.
Because of this, Bai Ye quickly discovered another faint consciousness within them.
The consciousness was too weak; if the sharks had been awake, Bai Ye would never have noticed it.
Just below the shark's dorsal fin, he found a pinprick-sized black hole.
Without Telepathy Talent, an ordinary person would never find it.
Continuing to probe with Telepathy, a faint but cold fluctuation came from the small hole.
"Sure enough."
Bai Ye took a small knife from his backpack and precisely cut open the skin around the small hole.
A grain-sized, constantly wriggling black egg appeared before his eyes.
[Name]: egg of frenzy
[Rank]: Mortal Advanced
[Description]: Parasitic in Demonic Beasts, it hatches into a Frenzy Worm by absorbing the host's vitality. During incubation, it continuously stimulates the host's central nervous system, causing it to fall into a violent, bloodthirsty state.
[Remarks]: A specialized Demonic Beast used by the Insect Nest Organization to create Demonic Beast riots. The technical content is not high.
"Insect Nest Organization..."
Bai Ye's expression gradually darkened.
Sure enough, it was these persistent guys.
From the Secret Realm in Luoxue City to the high-speed rail attack and now the fishing competition, they were like a swarm of annoying flies, omnipresent.
Strange, it felt like he had cursed himself too.
Song San leaned over, first giving Bai Ye a deep look of admiration.
With his Physical Body, he could send a swarm of Rock-Skin Toothed Sharks flying. Even in the entire Silent Windless Zone, Song San would dare to say that he and Old Brother Bai were invincible.
Then, he curiously looked at the wriggling egg in Bai Ye's hand.
"What is this?"
"Trouble."
Bai Ye didn't explain further, took a lighter from Song San's chest pocket, and burned the egg to ashes.