IW: Chapter 218 - Shiroke: Give it to me! Bai Ye: No!
"Buwanga, be careful!"
"Don't worry about me!"
Shiroke's invisible energy affected the surroundings, and that dark purple energy transformed into sharp blades, directly striking the Four Sword Saints and Luxi.
Shiroke, who had been transferred here by Held, had gone mad.
She craved warm light, but everything here was cold, damp, and constantly tormented her.
However, there was an elemental magic circle set up by Held here; if Shiroke were at her peak, or even at 70% of her strength, she could have left.
But now, her power was less than one-tenth of what it once was.
Trapped in this Melancholy Cave, she had gone mad.
She wanted to drag everything she saw here into hell!
She considered everyone who trespassed into the Melancholy Cave as people sent by Held to kill her.
Apostles cannot kill each other, and Shiroke had also discerned Held's conspiracy during this time.
"Ah, it seems we might die here this time!"
After Siran barely blocked Shiroke's attack, Shiroke's next attack was already coming.
His tone carried a hint of ease, as if he didn't care at all if he died here.
Although there were some regrets, he hoped his name would appear in future stories.
Siran knew that if this continued, he would most likely die.
It didn't matter anymore; after coming here and realizing that this was an Apostle's problem, Siran no longer had any desire to return.
No matter what, dying in battle, and against an Apostle, was not so bad.
"Idiot, don't say such tragic words so lightly; it's not funny at all!"
Buwanga grumbled, he could actually understand Siran, it was indeed a situation where they would die.
As Shiroke's attack, in an unstoppable form, rushed towards the five people, Luxi, who was beside Agamzu, fell into an internal struggle, but in the next second, she knew what to do.
She would release her Ghost Hand!
Just as she was about to release her Ghost Hand, from the darkness not far away, a lightning-flashing blade shot directly between Shiroke and the Four Sword Saints, the lightning illuminated the dim cave, and the sharp sword qi simultaneously tore everything in its path into pieces.
Bang!
The sword edge passed directly through Shiroke's attack, striking the cave wall.
Crackling sounds
The crackling sound of lightning on the blade attracted their attention.
Who is this?
Everyone present was a little surprised, not expecting someone else to be here.
Tap. Tap.
The sound of footsteps on the ground grew closer, and following the sound, a figure gradually emerged from the darkness.
In the eyes of Siran and the others, a man in armor walked out of the darkness, and he paid no attention to them, time seemed to pause at this moment, only he continued to walk forward.
Reaching the location of the katana, Bai Ye pulled it from the wall, stroked the blade, and murmured, "Old friend, it seems you're really done for. Let Linnaeus take a look at you when we get back."
Autumn Leaf Blade, huh...
It was really hard on you just now for the sake of looking cool.
Bai Ye muttered to himself, but with everyone watching him, he had to keep up the act.
"There's no need for this battle to continue. I'm here to end it."
Bai Ye said, looking at everyone present, including Shiroke.
He didn't want to fight Shiroke.
If he were to eliminate Shiroke here with the Four Sword Saints, wouldn't he also fall into Held's trap?
Although this would affect a series of events such as Shiroke entering the Space-Time Storm later, causing a chain reaction, he was no longer the same person he was in Gran Forest.
In Gran Forest, Bai Ye had no means of stopping anything.
His strength was insufficient; at that time, he couldn't stop the fire, couldn't stop Celia from sacrificing herself, couldn't stop Alice from leaving. Everything was because he was too weak.
But now he had the ability to stop all of this, so why should he be like before?
He didn't want to be a pawn, whether it was Held or Mar. He wanted to see what changes would occur after he stopped all of this.
"She is an Apostle."
Barn breathed a sigh of relief while also looking at Bai Ye seriously.
The existence of Apostles had severely impacted the Empire and its surroundings.
He was here on the Empire's orders to investigate everything.
Investigation also meant solving the problems here.
Although Bai Ye's intervention just now gave them a breather, if Bai Ye intended to leave Shiroke in the Melancholy Cave, he absolutely could not stand by and watch.
"Her existence has already affected Arad."
Agamzu also slowly said at this moment. He traveled the Arad continent with Luxi, witnessing Arad being affected by the Apostle's power that Shiroke, in her madness, inadvertently transmitted from the Melancholy Cave.
In his opinion, Bai Ye might not know that all these things happened because of Shiroke.
Although Siran and Buwanga on the side didn't speak, their meaning was quite clear.
Seemingly sensing the awkward atmosphere, Siran quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Your Excellency, we don't want to fight either, but her existence has indeed affected Arad. I believe you've noticed the recent anomalies, haven't you?"
Isn't that right!
We can't win!
Siran didn't have that much integrity; since he couldn't win, he admitted it directly. Besides, he truly didn't want to fight, not if it wasn't because Shiroke was affecting Arad.
"I know all of this, and I know the anomaly is related to Shiroke. I will make Shiroke leave Arad, and at the same time, you should also regain some rationality. Let's discuss terms!"
As he spoke, Bai Ye's hand erupted with a powerful bolt of lightning that struck Shiroke directly.
And this lightning was not to attack Shiroke, but for Shiroke to absorb.
She had competed for energy with Antuen in the Demon World, and electrical energy was naturally included in that energy. Bai Ye, with the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, could naturally convert electrical energy at will.
Shiroke's calmness was also due to the lightning Bai Ye had imbued on the sword's edge just now.
It must be said, Held was indeed cunning, sending Sword Saints to fight Shiroke.
If she had sent mages to fight Shiroke, it would probably have allowed Shiroke to eat her fill.
Shiroke greedily devoured the electrical energy Bai Ye sent over, her invisible body recovering, her frantic thoughts receding, and her intellect regaining dominance.
Just as she was greedily absorbing the electrical energy Bai Ye was sending her, the flow of energy abruptly cut off. She looked at Bai Ye with a puzzled expression, and at the same time, there was some anger in her eyes.
She had just barely recovered some, and Bai Ye actually stopped giving it to her!
"Shiroke, let's talk. I know about your situation, you need to leave Arad." Bai Ye finished speaking, then turned his head to the Four Sword Saints and Luxi and said, "Excuse me, how about I have a good talk with Shiroke next?"
He didn't feed Shiroke until she was full.
Who knew if Shiroke would just directly attack and kill them all later?
So Bai Ye needed to keep Shiroke in a state where she could remain calm and not fall into madness, but still couldn't defeat the six of them.
Bai Ye estimated that if a fight broke out later, the six of them should be able to defeat the current Shiroke.
Listening to Bai Ye's words, the Four Sword Saints and Luxi exchanged glances, and then, with Siran taking the lead, everyone nodded in agreement.
The five left through the path Bai Ye had cleared earlier, but they didn't go far. They wanted to ensure that if Shiroke attacked later, they could immediately rush back.
"Are we just going to watch?"
Buwanga looked at the distant cave entrance, where no one could be seen anymore.
He also had a hint of worry in his heart; was it really okay to just leave like this?
"Otherwise? We don't have any strength left to fight now, so let's just rest."
Siran shrugged, not caring much, and simply sat down on the ground.
He couldn't fight anymore anyway, so he might as well take this time to rest.
"You really don't worry at all!"
Seeing Siran sit down, Agamzu simply stopped caring too.
He truly had no strength left to continue fighting now.
He hoped that person could make Shiroke leave this place.
Luxi, who was standing nearby, glanced at Agamzu and couldn't help but touch her Ghost Hand. She had almost unleashed her Ghost Hand just now.
"That guy."
Barn currently had no energy left to deal with Bai Ye.
Although he really wanted to know what was happening inside, it was no longer something he could stop.
Of course, if Shiroke left the Empire and left Arad, then it wouldn't have much to do with Barn.
So, deep down, he also hoped that Bai Ye could resolve this matter.
"Speaking of which, where did this guy come from? I've never heard of anyone with that title!"
The sword intent Bai Ye displayed just now was definitely that of a Sword Saint, no doubt about it.
And among the Sword Saints on the Arad continent who were also skilled at using lightning for attacks, it seemed like there really weren't many, right?
Siran rubbed his head, then looked at the others.
Barn shook his head, indicating he didn't know. Buwanjia hadn't been down from the Millennium Snow Mountain for long, so he naturally didn't know either.
When everyone's gaze fell on Agamzu, Agamzu gave a wry smile, shook his head, and then suddenly thought of something: "I seem to have seen him somewhere, but I just can't remember."
Agamzu felt that he had seemingly seen that person in his memory, but for a moment he had forgotten who it was.
Where exactly had he seen him?
The cave was too dark at the time, and he hadn't seen clearly, nor did he remember who it was.
Inside the cave where Shiroke was located.
She looked at Bai Ye and said without any politeness, "Give me electricity!"
She hadn't absorbed energy in a long time.
She could only move freely in warm places. She liked light and energy, which was why she had made her home in the Metro Center when she was in Pandemonium.
Later, after Held transferred her to the Melancholy Cave, the cold environment here made it impossible for her to leave, or even move.
There was no light, no energy, and no warmth here.
"No, let's talk."
Bai Ye shook his head and did not agree. He had not yet reached an agreement with Shiroke, so he would not consent.
"What do you want?"
Shiroke knew very well that to leave this place, she could only rely on Bai Ye, because even if she killed everyone present, she still couldn't leave.
But if Bai Ye provided her with energy, she could leave the Melancholy Cave.
After that, she would definitely return to Pandemonium to take revenge on Held.
"I know you were transferred here by Held, so my attitude towards you is not like that of others. I won't think of killing you, but I hope you can leave here."
The Apostles wanted to survive, and he also wanted to survive.
If Shiroke stayed here indefinitely, his life would definitely be affected.
Of course, the most important thing was that he still needed to benefit from Shiroke. If he killed Shiroke here, wouldn't his reward be gone?
"What good would it do to go back?"
Although Shiroke wanted to kill Held, Apostles could not kill each other, let alone her strength was no match for Held.
The current situation was that she could be transferred at any time.
Today it was the Melancholy Cave, but after she left this time, where would it be next?
She wanted to tell all the Apostles about Held's conspiracy!
"I don't care what you do when you go back, at least you have to leave this time!"
Anyway, after this, you can go wherever you want.
Just leave the Melancholy Cave for now.
"Let's make a deal."
Shiroke pondered for a moment, then looked at Bai Ye. She also wanted to make a deal with Bai Ye.
"A deal?"
A trace of doubt flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. After pondering for a moment, Bai Ye nodded and agreed.
He wanted to see what kind of deal Shiroke was talking about.
"That's right, I want to leave here. You help me leave, but I won't return to Pandemonium. I'll stay by your side, possessing your blade. In exchange, I can contain my power so it no longer affects Arad, and you can use my power, but you need to provide me with energy."
Shiroke no longer wanted to return to Pandemonium.
Because she knew very well that the outcome after returning would still be the same.
And leaving with Bai Ye, she was also considering whether it could change the outcome.
For her, the most important thing was not to be discovered by Held again.
And her large-scale energy absorption would definitely attract Held's attention, so hiding herself was useless.
But Bai Ye could.
After she absorbed Bai Ye's electrical energy just now, she felt her body had recovered quite a bit. This was pure electrical energy.
It was the kind that, if it were a magician's magic, she would have to convert it, and it might even injure her. But Bai Ye was directly a pure energy supply tool for her.
By staying with Bai Ye, she wouldn't have to fight for energy anymore.
She had a very unpleasant dispute with Anton over energy in the past.
So she had an idea: to stay by Bai Ye's side.
"You're following me?"
"That's right. I will split a wisp of my soul and enter the dimensional rift, then tell the other Apostles about Held's conspiracy. After that, I will remain within your blade."
This...
She was still splitting her soul.
But the good news was that Shiroke didn't die, but rather hid herself within his Autumn Leaf Blade.
Bai Ye was considering whether he should agree to this matter.
Was there any benefit for him?
Certainly there was!
However, he always felt that having an Apostle by his side seemed a bit strange.
He suddenly realized that if Shiroke could do it, wouldn't he also be able to get a big turtle later?
After all, Anton also needed energy, and what he lacked least was energy, since he was the first person to generate his own electricity. But if that were the case, wouldn't he be drained dry by these two guys?
Just giving Shiroke some energy made him feel much weaker.
"I'll become a Lancer?"
The Lancer's power originated from Shiroke.
But Bai Ye was now somewhat hesitant, because dealing with an Apostle was no different from playing with fire.
Shiroke was not some naive girl. She gave him power simply because she coveted his electrical energy, and also to avoid Held.
And by taking Shiroke away, he could get a chance at a lottery draw, and also use Shiroke's power.
But Shiroke would definitely find ways to take this power back afterward, because it belonged to Shiroke herself.
Unless...
He could ultimately suppress Shiroke.
So, Bai Ye seemed to understand that the current situation was a dilemma for him.
However, he was determined to agree!
At least, it would be a huge boost to his combat power in the early stages!
Playing with fire be it. While Shiroke still needed him, he would try his best to improve his own strength so that he could gain more initiative in the future.
"I agree to your terms, so the deal is done!"
"Give it to me!"
"..."
"Electrical energy!"
After hearing Shiroke's subsequent addition, Bai Ye muttered to himself. Shiroke's true form seemed to be a flower, right?!
Speaking of which, could she just finish her sentences?
It made Bai Ye worry a lot just now, that he was actually coveted by Shiroke.
"No, I don't have any left!"
Give what?!
He still needed strength to suppress the Demonic Sword Apophis and to leave the Melancholy Cave. Although he had the scabbard, who knew if Apophis would find other ways to get out?
Then, if he lost his strength, would he become Apophis's slave? Who could know that?
Therefore, unless he was certain of his safety, Bai Ye would absolutely not agree.
"Remember our agreement!"
After being rejected, Shiroke didn't continue to dwell on it. Instead, she took a deep look at Bai Ye, then the energy on her body exploded, directly blasting a huge dimensional rift out of the Melancholy Cave.
With a bang!
Even Siran and the others outside were startled. The five of them exchanged glances, then immediately rushed into the cave.
However, when they arrived there, Shiroke was nowhere to be found.
And Bai Ye had already tucked his Autumn Leaf Blade at his waist. Looking at the direction where the soul had left, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
She truly was cunning... She probably still didn't trust him, right?
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