Absolute Choice 5
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Chapter231 Shi Xiaobai has come
Due to the Absolute Choice, Shi Xiaobai couldn’t help but stay behind despite already having earned 500 points. However, he did not reveal any abnormalities. He bade farewell to the silver-haired girl with a smile. Only after the silver-haired girl had transformed into a beam of golden light and left did Shi Xiaobai turn around to head back into the city.
When he returned to the city, he noticed that two trial-takers had arrived during this short period of time.
They were strangers to Shi Xiaobai, so he only gave them a knowing nod. He then informed Liu Yu and said that he was about to leave the city.
Liu Yu would obviously not force him to stay. However, his mood was somewhat heavy. The four of them who came to City #1 at the beginning were clearly one of the cream of the crop among the rookies. But even so, they nearly failed while defending the first five waves. Now Shi Xiaobai and the silver-haired girl were leaving, while the adonis had used the exit command to return to human civilization.
He was the only one left.
There might be other rookies who might come later, but what would happen after he left?
Those weaker rookies who came would immediately face demonic beast hordes much stronger than the first five waves.
How could they defend against the hordes?
The cities would probably be destroyed one after another?
It was much better to destroy the other cities and gather all the rookies together in one main city. It would ensure that all the rookies that were later sent to this level would arrive in the same city. Later on, with the numbers advantage, most of them would be able to leave by defending the city.
By gathering the scattered sand earlier, the city walls that were formed would be stronger.
"Sigh, this penniless priest is too benevolent. The goal of the assessment program is to allow the survival of the fittest, and to let natural selection take place. What's there to be fair?"
Liu Yu sighed and composing himself, he turned towards the two rookies who had just arrived. He pointed two fingers at one of them and said loudly, "Benefactor, this penniless priest notices that your glabella seems dark, that's an ominous portent!"
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Shi Xiaobai obviously did not head for the third level because of the reason Liu Yu thought of. Instead, he entered the Points Treasury. In the Points Treasury, he had once discovered many interesting and strange exchange items. It also gave him a lot of fascinating ideas.
Previously, it was just fantasy, but due to the sudden appearance of the Absolute Choice, the fulfillment of one of Shi Xiaobai's fascinating ideas became necessary.
On an extremely secluded spot on the left wall, Shi Xiaobai found a particular line of text he had previously seen.
"Teleport scroll: Randomly sends user to other cities. Will be treated as an intruder. Requires 20 Tower Defense Points."
Shi Xiaobai grinned. After exchanging his Tower Defense Points for 24 Teleport scrolls, he exchanged for a Town Portal scroll that cost 30 points. Instantly, he spent 510 points.
Yes, Shi Xiaobai had chosen option two. To personally destroy fifteen cities!
It might sound unbelievable, but before the Absolute Choice appeared, Shi Xiaobai had such a thought when he saw the Teleport scroll in the Points Treasury.
Defending for thirty waves was quite an interesting option. However, the chances of success could be extremely slim. After all, at a later stage, the people who could leave would have left. The remaining were the weaklings after "survival of the fittest". Trying to rely on these people to successfully defend for thirty waves was fool's talk.
Of course, this was not the reason why the usually fearless Shi Xiaobai did not make the choice.
In fact, Shi Xiaobai had been in a dilemma regarding the two choices. If the two rewards of the two choices had a difference in levels, Shi Xiaobai would have immediately chosen the one with a better reward, unfortunately, the two choices were B-level rewards.
Only when the countdown began did Shi Xiaobai choose the option of destroying fifteen cities.
Shi Xiaobai's reason was in fact very simple, which is...
Not telling you at this time!
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City #19
At this moment, there were only four rookies defending the city.
Heartless said to a short-haired teenager beside him, "I have enough points. I'll be leaving first?"
The short-haired teenager was one of the Zeus rookies that had "ganked" Shi Xiaobai. He nodded at Heartless and said, "Alright. I'm just short of thirty points. I'll be able to leave in the next wave. Boss, go ahead. I'll soon catch up with you."
Just as Heartless was about to leave after giving a terse acknowledge, two rookies standing beside them suddenly said in a hurry,
"If all of you are gone, what are we to do?"
"With only the two of us left, how are we to defend against the wave after the next?"
The short-haired teenager said in a deadpan manner, "There will be other rookies sent here in a while."
One of them, a bespectacled rookie, said with a frown, "It's unknown when they will arrive. Furthermore, those who come later are definitely very weak. There's no way to defend the city with them."
Another slightly overweight rookie hurriedly said, "We are now around 200 points. Just stay behind to defend another one or two waves, and then both of us will be able to leave. If the two of you were to leave, we would have to restart again if the Tree of Life gets destroyed."
The short-haired teenager immediately sneered and said, "So what? What has that got to do with us?”
The slightly overweight teenager stiffened his face as he said, "We have at least defended two waves and can be considered to have gone through thick and thin. All you need to do is stay behind for another ten minutes. We will definitely repay you in the future!"
At this moment, Heartless suddenly said, "If the two of us were to stay behind to help you accumulate enough points, what would happen to the rookies after the four of us leave together? According to your theory, should the two of you stay behind to help the rookies that come later to gather enough points?"
The slightly overweight rookie's face turned aghast, but he did not know how to reply.
The bespectacled rookie muttered, "That...is different..."
The short-haired teenager sneered and said, "Different? What a joke. You think too specially of yourselves. To us, all of you are strangers. No one owes anyone else."
The slightly overweight rookie flashed a look of anger with his eyes as he angrily said, "Without the two of us, the both of you might not have been able to defend up to this point. Shouldn't you feel a bit of gratefulness?"
The short-haired teenager gave a disdainful laugh as he said, "What a joke. If not for the two of you sharing points with us, Boss Heartless and I would have long left."
The slightly overweight and bespectacled rookies were outraged. They were at a loss for words. Even though they wanted to throw invectives and attack them, they knew that they were no match.
Heartless sighed and ignored the duo. He walked to the side of the short-haired youth and whispered into his ear, "Be careful. After I leave, all of you might not be able to defend the city. Leave the moment you accumulate 500 points. You can't take care of others in such a trial."
The short-haired teenager nodded and said matter-of-factly, "Of course!"
Heartless did not speak a word further. He suddenly transformed into a golden beam of light that shot into the sky.
The short-haired youth glanced at the two rookies, as he was prepared to leave the moment he had enough points.
The two rookies looked at the short-haired teenager with angry stares that had a trace of bitterness as well.
At this moment, a golden beam of light fell from the sky as a black-haired yo
uth appeared on the waypoint.
At the same time, an authoritative voice resounded in the three people's heads.
"An intruder has been randomly sent to City #19. Make sure to take note of your defense!"
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Chapter232 Two Peng Grills
Intruder?
The trio in City #19 were stunned. They focused their eyes on the black-haired youth.
"Tu Dahei!?" The trio exclaimed in unison.
Shi Xiaobai turned his head to face the trio. He did not expect to see someone familiar. He walked down the waypoint with a deadpan expression.
The short-haired youth immediately shouted, "Tu Dahei, what's the matter about being an intruder?"
Shi Xiaobai waved the bronze sword in his hand and said, "Intruder? This King prefers you to call This King the Destroyer. This King is here to destroy this city."
The trio had their expressions changed drastically as they immediately charged in front of the Tree of Life. The short-haired teenager bellowed angrily, "What do you plan on doing?"
Shi Xiaobai did not answer him. Instead, he said, "Are you ready? Then This King shall be attacking."
Shi Xiaobai slowly walked towards the trio.
"You're courting death!"
The trio was alarmed and incensed, as well as somewhat confused. After looking each other in the eyes, they charged at Shi Xiaobai.
Although they did not know why Shi Xiaobai came to destroy their city, they had to stop him at all costs!
The short-haired youth pulled out a large saber, the slightly overweight rookie raised a stone axe, while the bespectacled teenager raised a spear.
The trio simultaneously frantically attacked Shi Xiaobai!
Shi Xiaobai instantly accelerated and burst forward with an astonishing speed. A blurry figure appeared in the trio's eyes which dazzled them. They could only attack based on their own sensations.
Without any surprise, their attacks missed, missed, and missed again!
Shi Xiaobai was as fast as lightning as he flashed past them one after another. In less than a few seconds, he had already broken their line of defense.
The trio turned around in horror and saw Shi Xiaobai raise his bronze sword!
"No!"
The trio yelled.
In their eyes, the back figure with the raised sword was as cold and cruel as a devil!
Shi Xiaobai slashed out when he was three meters away from the Tree of Life!
It was not one strike, but two!
Shi Xiaobai slashed out a diagonal right slash quickly before slashing another diagonal left slash. With the two slashes, they formed an 'X'-shaped red sword beam that shot towards the Tree of Life!
The moment the red-sword crossbeam slammed into the Tree of Life's trunk, a blackish-red pillar of flames burst towards the sky. The Tree of Life was consumed by the flaming pillar and in a few seconds, all the tree leaves were burnt to a crisp. The tree branches and trunk were completely blackened!
Shi Xiaobai slowly lowered his bronze sword. This sword technique was known as "Two Peng Grills", and was similarly deduced from the Kun Peng mantra from which he figured out "Kun-Stewing Wok" from. This strike was highly effective against vegetation like the Tree of Life that was extremely weak to fire!
The three rookies looked at the Tree of Life that had been burnt to a crisp by the flaming pillar that reached into the skies. Their eyes glazed over as the authoritative voice boomed in their minds.
"The Tree of Life has died. City #19 has been destroyed. You will be randomly sent to other cities after three seconds, and your Tower Defense Points will be reset to zero!"
There were only three seconds left!
During the last three seconds, the short-haired teenager chose to charge angrily at Shi Xiaobai. He wanted to seek revenge!
The other two rookies rushed to the Points Treasury in panic. They wanted to exchange all the points they had accumulated before it was reset!
However, they were too late!
The short-haired teenager missed again as he growled furiously, "Tu Dahei, this will not be the end of it!"
Heavens, he was just short of thirty points to clear the level!
The short-haired teenager was enveloped in a golden beam of light as he was sent to another city with great indignation.
The other two rookies were transported away before they even reached the Points Treasury.
However, the hatred in their hearts was not as bad as the short-haired youth.
This was because compared to them losing about 200 points, the short-haired youth was clearly worse of. They did not feel less fortunate when they saw someone more unfortunate than them.
Shi Xiaobai stood there in silence. It was unknown what he was thinking when suddenly the authoritative voice resounded in his mind.
"Congratulations for destroying City #19. You have stolen 860 Tower Defense Points. You have accumulated more than 500 Tower Defense Points. Do you want to head for the third level?"
Shi Xiaobai could not help but widen his eyes.
He could even steal Tower Defense Points by destroying the cities of others!?
There was such a good thing?
Shi Xiaobai felt as though he had discovered a brand new world.
This matter seemed like a computer bug, but on careful thought, other than as a result of the Absolute Choice, who would do such a wretched thing like destroying the cities of others?
Ignoring the fact that the "Teleport scroll" was located in an extremely secluded corner, even if a person had discovered the existence of the "Teleport scroll" and had equally fascinating thoughts just like Shi Xiaobai, it was unlikely that the person would generate such a thought of "seeking trouble whenever possible" when all the person needed was a simple requirement of 500 points to clear the level.
There was nearly no one who would partake in the destruction of other cities.
It had to be said that this was quite an unexpected surprise.
Shi Xiaobai's eyes brightened up as he surveyed his surroundings. He noticed that although City #19 had been declared destroyed, the low houses did not seem to undergo even the slightest change. Shi Xiaobai immediately headed for the Points Treasury.
However, Shi Xiaobai was informed that he could not use the Points Treasury of other cities when he tried to exchange his points.
Shi Xiaobai had guessed that was the case, so he was not too disappointed. He did not stay any longer and used another Teleport scroll.
He had to stay motionless when using the Teleport scroll or the Town Portal scroll. The channeling time was ten seconds, and he could not be interrupted during the channeling.
In fact, this made the act of destroying a city very dangerous. After all, the city he was sent to was random. Furthermore, the moment he was transported, he would be declared an intruder. If he failed to destroy the other party's Tree of Life, he would be the one doomed.
Ten seconds later, Shi Xiaobai left City #19.
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As he was enveloped by the golden beam of light, his consciousness went into a blur. A few moments later, it became clear as the authoritative voice boomed in his mind.
"You have been sent to City #22. As you have destroyed another city, you are now identified as 'City Destroyer Villain'. Every defender in City #22 will be informed."
Shi Xiaobai was slightly astonished as a few surprised voices were heard.
"Tu Dahei?"
"Holy shit, City Destroyer Villain?"
"Lord Shi—...Tu Dahei!"
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From the cacophony of astonished yelling, Shi Xiaobai heard a familiar voice. He turned his head immediately and saw a girl with orange hair running towards him from a short distance away. Who else was this but Mozzie?
On a closer look, there was an azure-dressed girl walking slowly behind Mozzie. She was Sunless.
There were four other rookies gathered underneath the waypoint as they
looked warily at Shi Xiaobai.
Mozzie ran to Shi Xiaobai's side and asked with a whisper, "Lord Tu Dahei, what's the matter with City Destroyer Villain?"
At this moment, Sunless had come to the side. She looked calm, but there was a trace of curiosity in her eyes.
Shi Xiaobai did not deceive them and said, "This King just destroyed City #19."
Shi Xiaobai did not artificially lower his voice. When the four rookies heard this, their expressions changed drastically. They questioned him loudly, "So are you now here to destroy our city?"
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Chapter233 A true man never turns his head to watch an explosion
"So you are now here to destroy our city?"
The four rookies raised their weapons.
Before Shi Xiaobai answered, Mozzie said, "So what if he destroys it. This Mosquito unconditionally supports Lord Tu Dahei!"
Sunless also nodded her head, indicating her indifference on this matter.
The four rookies stared at them with looks of disbelief as ten thousand horses with mud-stained hooves rushed across their minds.
Shi Xiaobai looked at the four rookies and said with a smile, "Don't worry. This King is just here in passing."
The four rookies were astonished.
What the heck did he mean by in passing?
Shi Xiaobai did not want to waste time. He obviously would not destroy the city Sunless and Mozzie was in. He whispered to the two of them, "Do your best. Head for the third level as soon as possible. This King has matters to attend to, so This King shall be leaving first."
Saying that, Shi Xiaobai used a Teleport scroll and a thin golden column of light descended upon him before it grew thicker at a visible rate until it completely enveloped Shi Xiaobai. This entire process took ten seconds which could be interrupted.
The four rookies wished for Shi Xiaobai to leave earlier, and with Sunless standing there, they did not have the guts to interrupt him.
"See you. Third level."
Just as Shi Xiaobai was about to leave, Sunless suddenly said softly.
Shi Xiaobai was taken aback before saying with a nod, "Alright!"