Shi Xiaobai obviously showed no mercy to these Forest Wolves. Hence, he could very clearly see the red lines on every Forest Wolf. These Forest Wolves were not very powerful, so they had numerous thick red lines on their bodies.
Shi Xiaobai brandished his sword around while the simple and unfancy Beginner Sword was not lacking in both strength and speed. Furthermore, by slashing at every red line, there was no need to describe how destructive his attacks were. Every slash caused a Forest Wolf to drop to the ground with a cry.
In a short while, the Forest Wolves that walked out of the purple portal were all killed by Shi Xiaobai!
Shi Xiaobai had been counting in his heart. A total of fifty Forest Wolves came out of this purple portal. So he had obtained fifty Tower Defense Points.
After killing the Forest Wolves, Shi Xiaobai did not dare to loiter any longer. Immediately, he charged towards the city gate which he reached in a few seconds at his blazing speed. However, he noticed that Forest Wolves were flooding in from the other three city gates. There were even a few Forest Wolves who were in close proximity to the Tree of Life!
Shi Xiaobai frowned. He had misjudged his clearing speed and the speed at which the Forest Wolves proceeded forward.
Beginner Sword was a single-target attack after all. Even if he could kill one wolf with one strike, killing fifty Forest Wolves still took him some time.
Shi Xiaobai rushed to the Forest Wolves, which were munching on the tree vines, and killed them.
Shi Xiaobai was very fast, and his actions were simple and crude. Every strike was direct and could even be described as suave. A large swath of Forest Wolves on the left died with a whimper like the scattering of leaves by an autumn wind.
At this moment, a human-like scream resounded.
Shi Xiaobai jerked his head back and noticed a few Forest Wolves pouncing onto the Tree of Life's trunk. They were ripping the trunk, resulting in the leaves on the Tree of Life to shake violently.
The scream, that sounded like a girl, was being emitted by the Tree of Life!
Shi Xiaobai immediately rushed over in anger. Slash after slash, he killed all the Forest Wolves that had pounced onto the Tree of Life!
However, there were almost a hundred Forest Wolves that surrounded the tree that seemed to ignore Shi Xiaobai's massacre. They pounced at the Tree of Life as though they were death squads!
The Tree of Life screamed incessantly as its leaves shriveled up at a visible speed. Green leaves began to turn gray as they dropped down the branches from the shaking.
Shi Xiaobai frowned. He knew that his clearing speed was not fast enough. If this carried on, the Tree of Life would be dead before he finished clearing the Forest Wolves!
He needed an attack that allowed him to strike a group!
However, all he had was Turtle-speed Divine Punch, Beginner Sword, and Massage Technique of God, which were all single-target offensive techniques. What could he do?
No, that's not right!
He still had another move!
This move was something he had recently learned. He had yet to try out this offensive skill!
Shi Xiaobai's eyes burned with an intense flame as he gripped the bronze sword tightly with both hands. As he slightly gathered strength, he bellowed and slashed towards the sky!
"Kun-Stewing Wok!"
The bronze sword slashed upwards towards the sky as a raging sword beam slashed out from the bronze sword's edge!
A moment later, a large sword aura in the form of a gigantic, transparent wok came crashing down from the sky. Dozens of Forest Wolves were engulfed when the transparent sword aura in the shape of a wok made contact!
"Woo! Woo! Woo! ..."
The dozens of Forest Wolves that were engulfed by the wok-shaped sword aura were instantly toasted red. Hot air emanated out from their bodies as the Forest Wolves let out whimpering cries as though they had been soaked in boiling water. Their bodies looked boiled as they crashed to the ground while still steaming.
This strike, Kun-Stewing Wok, was an Area of Effect (AoE) attack that Shi Xiaobai learned from the mantra in the 'Kun Peng Sword Technique' manual that Sunless had given him.
After killing more than half of the Forest Wolves in one strike, there were few Forest Wolves left. The pressure on Shi Xiaobai dropped drastically.
Shortly after, Shi Xiaobai finally killed all the Forest Wolves.
At this moment, there were wolf corpses all over the city, but soon, the Forest Wolves' corpses and the blood on the ground suddenly seeped into the ground. The city still looked as dilapidated as before, but it was restored to its original clean state. The bloody smell in the air was also dissipated by a sudden blow of a wind.
However, the luxuriant and vibrant Tree of Life had more than half its leaves withered. The green stems had also darkened.
From the looks of it, the Tree of Life's restorative ability was not very strong. If another few waves of stronger demonic beasts attacked, it was probably difficult for him to protect the Tree of Life alone. After all, the demonic beasts would charge straight for the Tree of Life without any reason!
Shi Xiaobai did not rest. Instead, he prepared to head to the other low houses to see if there were any resources he could use.
At this moment, Shi Xiaobai suddenly sensed something. He turned around abruptly and saw a person sitting on the stone step at the top of the waypoint!
The person was a petite girl with silver-white hair. She had amber eyes and wore a pair of black thick-framed glasses. Her skin was fair and she had delicate facial features. She held a book in her hand. At this moment, she was engrossed in reading the book while sitting on the stone step!
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Chapter225 This mute is a chatterbox
The silver-haired girl with the thick-rimmed black glasses sat on a stone step above the waypoint. She wore a white school uniform and a black, short skirt. At this moment, her legs were stretched straight out above the stone step, revealing a portion of her smooth thighs and white as jade calves. She was wholesome and beautiful.
The girl was engrossed in reading a thick hardback book in her hands. Beside her was a cute pink backpack.
Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback. This girl was probably another rookie that had been randomly sent to City #1 like him, but he did not know when she had arrived.
Shi Xiaobai hesitated for a moment before walking towards the waypoint.
The girl was engrossed in her reading, so only when Shi Xiaobai was past the halfway mark from the stone step did she look up from her book. Her confused look made her rather lovely.
Shi Xiaobai was just about to say something when he saw the girl quickly take out a board from her backpack. She pulled out an oil-based pen from the board and began writing on it. Her actions looked like she was well-practiced in this.
Shi Xiaobai choked back the words he was about to say as he waited silently.
In a while, the girl had raised the board at Shi Xiaobai.
"Tu Dahei? No, Shi Xiaobai? You are Shi Xiaobai, right?"
The black handwriting was not at all neat and was highly cursive, but it looked somewhat cute. After the line of text, the girl had specially drawn a puzzled-looking emoji. However, her drawing skills were not something worth complimenting.
Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised as he did not deliberately conceal the fact. He nodded and said with a smile, "That's right. This King is Shi Xiaobai. Girl, it looks like you have a pair of clever eyes that surpasses mortals!"
The silver-haired girl squinted her eyes with a smile, making her look lovely.
Shi Xiaobai took a look at the board, and said in wonderment, "You...can't speak?"
The girl blinked with her amber eyes. With a pull of the eraser on the edge along the board to remove the marks on it, she wrote a single word.
"Yea."
Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised. This was because he remembered Yama Minamiya saying
in the morning that mutes were banned from entering the training grounds. Then, what was up with the girl in glasses in front of him?
But before Shi Xiaobai asked another question, the girl had already finished writing another line of text.
"I have a question. How did you kill a hundred Darkness Nightmare Terrors in less than twenty seconds?"
Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised, but the girl only gave him a glance before she wiped away her words on the board and carried on writing.
"Were you randomly sent to the death waypoint?"
The girl did not wait for Shi Xiaobai's response and continuously wrote, erased, wrote again and erased again. It was as though she was writing out every question she had in one breath.
"You have a light-elemental AoE offensive skill?"
"Is your real name Tu Dahei or Shi Xiaobai?"
"Are you really stronger than Speechless?"
"Can you really defeat Pulp Farmer in three seconds?"
"Why do you call yourself This King?"
"Are you an idiot with eighth-grader syndrome?"
"What is your favorite anime?"
"..."
The girl kept writing her questions, and only after a very long while did she stop her inquiries. On the board remained only four words.
"I am very curious!"
The girl raised her writing board in front as she widened her amber eyes. Her left hand nudged her glasses, giving off a very adorable look of naive curiosity.
Shi Xiaobai knitted his brows and hesitated for a moment. He asked solemnly, "Do you really want to know?"
The girl's eyes immediately sparkled as she nodded heavily.
Shi Xiaobai grinned. The girl had sent him a barrage of questions, several of them had been asked without any scruples. If it were any ordinary person, they would have turned impatient or irritated, however, Shi Xiaobai wouldn't. Instead, he felt a sense of pity for her.
A girl like a tender cardamom sprig who was such a chatterbox was unable to speak. Wasn't that somewhat pitiful?
"This King shall kindly satisfy your curiosity!"
Shi Xiaobai said in high spirits, "Why can This King kill a hundred Nightmare Terrors in less than twenty seconds? Very simple. That's because This King possesses the power of light, so it is trivial slaughtering creatures of darkness. The waypoint This King arrived at was indeed a death waypoint for the Nightmare Terrors. Light-elemental AoE offensive skill? Against such trash with a power level of five [1. This is a common-day Chinese vernacular referring to trash. The origin of this term comes from a Dragonball character—the farmer, which Raditz encountered when he landed on Earth, only had a power level of 5.], This King can kill ten with a knife, leaving not a trace while traversing a thousand miles..."
Shi Xiaobai answered the girl’s questions one after another, while the girl listened intently. From time to time, she would ask questions after Shi Xiaobai gave his answers.
As time passed, the girl's eyes became increasingly brighter. The speed and frequency at which she asked questions were also increasing. Shi Xiaobai answered patiently even if the questions seemed somewhat abrupt. Some of the questions even involved his personal privacy, but Shi Xiaobai never revealed a look of impatience. He continued answering in a serious manner, although some of his answers had hints of 'exaggeration' or 'embellishment'. However, it did not stop the girl from relish listening to him.
The duo formed a tacit question and answer format until the sacred and authoritative voice boomed in their minds.
"The second wave of the demonic beasts, [Nerubian Spiders] has arrived. Take note of your defense!"
"The third wave of demonic beasts would arrive in ten minutes. The countdown begins!"
Shi Xiaobai's eyebrows pricked up. As they chatted, they had forgotten this important matter. He immediately turned around and was about to charge down the waypoint.
A hand tugged at his sleeve.
Shi Xiaobai turned his head and saw the girl writing on the board. On it were the words: "I can settle one side. The other three sides shall be left to Brother Xiaobai, okay?"
The girl seemed to be fond of Shi Xiaobai, so she had already began to address the older Shi Xiaobai affectionately as 'Brother Xiaobai'.
Shi Xiaobai immediately nodded and said, "Alright, the east gate is yours, but don't force it!"
After saying that, Shi Xiaobai quickly rushed to the western gate.
Shi Xiaobai could obviously defend four sides, but he could not fully guarantee the safety of the Tree of Life. With the silver-haired girl offering to settle the attacks from one side, it was only natural for Shi Xiaobai to readily accept it.
Shi Xiaobai rushed to the western gate. There were dozens of black spiders the size of wolves that were already approaching the western gate.
Shi Xiaobai immediately slashed out from bottom to top with his bronze sword!
"Kun-Stewing Wok!"
A transparent sword aura in the shape of a wok slammed down from the sky. The air in an area five meters in radius immediately boiled over when the strike touched down. The Nerubian Spiders that were enveloped in it let out shrill screams, and soon the black arachnid bodies quickly evaporated or disintegrated.
However, a few Nerubian Spiders managed to escape the sword aura's range. Many of the Nerubian Spiders were not struck, so the strike had only killed about a quarter of the Nerubian Spiders.
Shi Xiaobai frowned slightly. His Kun Peng Sword Technique was only at the Grasped Basics realm. In terms of range and speed at which it came crashing down, it was still far from satisfactory. Against the dispersed Nerubian Spiders, it was extremely ineffective.
Furthermore, 'Kun-Stewing Wok' consumed a great deal of Psionic Power. It could not be continuously used. Shi Xiaobai did not use Kun-Stewing Wok again, nor did he rush over to slash around with Beginner Sword. Instead, he turned around and ran back into the city.
When he rushed back to the Tree of Life, the western, southern and northern sides were beginning to be filled with Nerubian Spiders. The dense pack made them appear like black waves that slowly came flooding over.
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Chapter226 Aggro Mobbing
Shi Xiaobai took a deep breath and began to feel slightly pressured. The first few waves of demonic beasts were not strong, but they came in large numbers. Furthermore, they attacked the Tree of Life without regard for their lives. They ignored his attacks.
Shi Xiaobai did not need a long time to destroy all the Nerubian Spiders, but he could not guarantee the safety of the Tree of Life during this period of time. And based on the situation from before, the Tree of Life started off extremely weak.
Shi Xiaobai remembered that he saw an exchange option, 'Upgrade Tree of Life' in the Points Treasury. Therefore, it was obvious that upgrading the Tree of Life was necessary if one wanted to defend for a prolonged period of time. The chewing of a few Forest Wolves had managed to turn half of the initial Tree of Life gray. And for future waves, probably a prod on the initial Tree of Life would doom it.
However, this was not the time for Shi Xiaobai to consider the problem. The problem he was facing was about protecting the Tree of Life. If the Nerubian Spiders reached a distance one meter of the Tree of Life, Shi Xiaobai could no longer use 'Kun-Stewing Wok' on them, or it might end up damaging the Tree of Life as well.
"They have to notice This King's existence."
A glimmer flashed in Shi Xiaobai's eyes. If he could attract the aggro from the Nerubian Spiders and pulled them into a bunch, things would be a lot simpler.
However, how was he to attract aggro?
As Shi Xiaobai slashed out Kun-Stewing Wok, he calmly considered his options.
The Nerubian Spiders had already fanned out. They were less than ten meters away from the Tree of Life.
The more critical a moment was, the calmer Shi Xiaobai became.
Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up. He turned around and leaped on
to one of the large tree branches and quickly arrived at the base of the tree's crown. Without any hesitation, he sliced a tree branch with green leaves off the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life's crown immediately trembled violently and let out a soft cry.
"Sorry."
Shi Xiaobai patted the Tree of Life's trunk. With the luxuriant tree branch in hand, he leaped forward and jumped to the focal point of the fan-shaped formation the Nerubian Spiders were in.
The Nerubian Spiders let out fierce cries as they suddenly surrounded Shi Xiaobai’s position. There were even a few Nerubian Spiders that could not help but charge at him!
"Indeed!" Shi Xiaobai grinned.
These Forest Wolves and Nerubian Spiders were attracted to the dense life force the Tree of Life had. The tree branch in his hand also contained the life force these demonic beasts coveted.
Shi Xiaobai slashed out a few sword strikes, killing the spiders that attacked him. He turned around and ran to the side, but he did not run far. Instead, he maintained a safe distance from the Nerubian Spiders.
The Nerubian Spiders were creatures of instinct, with no intelligence whatsoever. Indeed, they were attracted by the tree branch near to them and had completely forgotten the distant Tree of Life that contained even more life force. They all turned to chase after Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai began to circle around the Nerubian Spiders and from time to time, a spider would charge at him. As Shi Xiaobai ran, he would use Beginner Sword until he managed to cluster the Nerubian Spiders into a mob. Only then, would Shi Xiaobai slash out Wok-stewing Kun!
The wok-shaped sword aura smashed down, and with the Nerubian Spiders grouped in a large cluster, there was no way for them to escape. A large swath of Nerubian Spiders was burnt to crisp as they issued out shrill cries.
After striking once, he would rush into the middle of the Nerubian Spider mob which had been emptied out. The Nerubian Spiders that had dispersed in fear would immediately scream and gather over once again mindlessly.
Shi Xiaobai used Crab Steps to rush out of the Nerubian Spider encirclement, and once again, maintained an aggro distance. The Nerubian Spiders apparently did not learn their lesson because their instincts were governed by their greed and desire.
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