Pulsed power drilling with multiple selective drilling fluids

An apparatus that is part of a drill string for drilling a wellbore in a subsurface formation, the apparatus comprising:

• a drill bit that includes at least one electrode coupled to a power source, the at least one electrode to periodically emit an electrical discharge based on electrical pulses received from the power source;
• a first port to output a first type of drilling fluid having a different composition than a second type of drilling fluid to flow downhole for removal of cuttings, wherein the electrical discharge is to be transmitted through the first type of drilling fluid and through a rock of the subsurface formation;
• a first flow path for flow of the first type of drilling fluid from a surface of the wellbore down and returning from downhole and back to the surface of the wellbore;
• and
• a second flow path that is separate from the first flow path and for flow of the second type of drilling fluid from a surface of the wellbore down and returning from downhole and back to the surface of the wellbore.