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"You have been sent to City #7. As you have destroyed another city, you are now identified as 'City Destroyer Villain'. Every defender in City #7 will be informed."
The moment Shi Xiaobai opened his eyes and looked down from above, he immediately noticed that City #7 had ten defenders. No, there were more than that. He had only seen ten at a glance. There were definitely more than ten in this city!
The so-called random teleportation was vicious. Wasn't the distribution amongst the cities a bit uneven?
Shi Xiaobai decided promptly. As the ten defenders stared in shock, Shi Xiaobai had already used Crab Steps to rush down the waypoint.
Alarmed voices immediately filled the city which Shi Xiaobai paid no attention to. At an extremely fast speed, he rushed towards the Tree of Life.
"Quick, stop him!"
"Don't let him near the Tree of Life!"
"Kill him!"
"..."
About five rookies came from outside the city or inside the houses. More than ten rookies roared anxiously as they charged at Shi Xiaobai with weapons in hands.
Those long-range attack users who used guns or bows and arrows began to crazily fire at him.
Shi Xiaobai dodged with all he had in a bid to rush towards the Tree of Life as though he was crazy. After passing one rookie after another, in order to break through their defenses, Shi Xiaobai had chosen to forcefully take a few hits from them.
But thanks to 'This Turtle Is Hardest' and 'Unleaking Turtle Aura', these attacks that did not harm vital parts of his body became body-tempering fodder for Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai began using Crab Steps' passing off the spurious as genuine and mirages as he ingeniously darted past the attacking rookies. Just as he was about to approach the Tree of Life, there were already five rookies standing in a line in front of the Tree of Life, as though they were a solid wall.
Shi Xiaobai raised his bronze sword as he charged forward.
The five rookies bellowed as they immediately conjured a gigantic psionic barrier.
No, it was not a psionic barrier, but a psionic domain!
When Shi Xiaobai's strike hit the psionic domain, it felt as though he had struck hard steel. The only result was a tiny crack.
The other ten rookies that Shi Xiaobai had left behind were rushing over like ferocious wolves!
The five rookies did not rush forward in anger. Instead, they calmly combined their powers to continuously produce the psionic domain to protect the Tree of Life. This perfect choice plunged Shi Xiaobai into an extremely dangerous situation.
In front of him was a difficult to crack psionic domain, and behind him were ten rookies with burning killing intent!
Shi Xiaobai could only escape!
However, Shi Xiaobai did not escape straight away. Instead, he circled halfway around the psionic domain, and came behind the five rookies.
"Idiot. A psionic domain can defend in all directions. Do you think it will be any different by attacking from behind?"
One of the rookies that was putting up the psionic domain sneered.
"Quick finish him!"
The ten pursuing rookies did not dare to procrastinate. They charged towards Shi Xiaobai in a bid to surround him.
Shi Xiaobai suddenly came to a halt and took a deep breath. Raising his right hand, a golden beam of light suddenly shot into the sky.
The golden beam of light was different from the teleportation's. This golden beam of light was thinner and more exquisite. Its golden color was purer, and it was more resplendent.
A golden sword suddenly appeared in Shi Xiaobai's right hand.
"Two Peng Grills!"
Shi Xiaobai suddenly slashed out twice as a golden fiery crossbeam flew forward like from a cannon. With that, the golden sword in Shi Xiaobai's hand suddenly shattered and was reduced to points of light that scattered to the ground!
Shi Xiaobai immediately felt dizzy. Pulling the golden holy sword for just a second had nearly drained all his psionic power. Shi Xiaobai immediately used 'Unleaking Turtle Aura' and retreated!
The golden fiery crossbeam struck the psionic domain as the five rookies had their expressions drastically changed. Spewing a mouthful of blood, they were sent flying forward as the domain shattered, allowing free passage for the golden crossbeam to strike the Tree of Life.
"Boom!"
A tumultuous explosion sounded as half of the ten pursuing rookies were sent flying in dread by the aftershocks of the explosion.
Shi Xiaobai continued running forward and never turned back.
"A true man never turns his head to watch an explosion."
City #7, destroyed!
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The story that followed was a nightmare the ‘City Destroyer Villain’ left for the rookies.
Shi Xiaobai was constantly sent to other cities, and he was increasingly adept at destroying the Tree of Life. He also had various means of doing so.
There were not many fortuitous cities like City #7 which had many rookies gathered. However, with the passage of time, the number of rookies in each city was gradually increasing.
Therefore, despite Shi Xiaobai being more in line with the title of 'City Destroyer Villain', the process of destroying a city gradually became more difficult. But thankfully, for some reason, Shi Xiaobai never encountered any rookie from a city he had previously destroyed in any of the cities he was sent to.
It was unknown where all the rookies whose cities were destroyed by him had gone to.
This gave an advantage to Shi Xiaobai. Many's the time, he would rush down the waypoint the moment he arrived and head straight for the Tree of Life. The rookies would spend one or two seconds to realize what 'City Destroyer Villain' meant, but would eventually be a second or two too slow. They would then watch helplessly as Shi Xiaobai used a 'Two Peng Grills' strike to reduce the Tree of Life to black ash.
When Shi Xiaobai was sent to the city Kevin was in, Shi Xiaobai had chosen to give up on destroying the city. However, Kevin clearly could not stop the other rookies. Shi Xiaobai could only rush to a safe zone before using 'Teleport scroll'. At this moment, Kevin had stepped forward to help Shi Xiaobai hold back the other rookies, greatly increasing Shi Xiaobai's opinion of Kevin.
Shi Xiaobai did not meet Mu Yuesheng and guessed that she had already headed for the third level.
In fact, the reason why Shi Xiaobai's destruction of the cities went so smoothly was mostly because the truly powerful rookies had already headed for the third level. There were very few powerful rookies like Sunless, who had stayed behind in the second level for Mozzie.
And the remaining were just trash. There was no way they could compete with Shi Xiaobai's Crab Steps that was closing in on the Crest of Perfection realm. Although they could deal some damage to Shi Xiaobai with their advantage in numbers, they still failed to prevent Shi Xiaobai from destroying the Tree of Life in one strike.
The Two Peng Grills strike was too effective against the initial Tree of Life that had extremely low defense. It was truly an instant kill.
"Congratulations for destroying City #16. You have stolen 1320 Tower Defense Points. You have accumulated more than 500 Tower Defense Points. Do you want to head for the third level?"
City #16 was the fifteenth city Shi Xiaobai destroyed!
Shi Xiaobai could not help but slump down to the ground. He closed his eyes wearily. His body was filled with cuts and bruises.
Soon, the fiery voice resounded in his mind.
"Absolute Choice completed. Congratulations on obtaining a 'B-level reward', [Master Conquest Ball]: Using the Master Conquest Ball guarantees the conquest of any non-highly intelligent biological being that would be stored in the Conquest Ball's space, becoming a private pet!"
Shi Xiaobai was slightly stunned as a golden ball the size of a baseball dropped out of thin air into his palm.
Guarantees the conquest of any non-highly intelligent biological being?
Shi Xiao
bai's eyes brightened slightly. Although he did not know what the exact definition of non-highly intelligent biological being was, the word 'conquest' greatly satisfied Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai kept the tiny golden ball into his pocket and rested for a few minutes.
"Town Portal scroll!"
Shi Xiaobai bathed in the golden light. He currently had...13505 points. He was like a nouveau riche, so he had to return to his city to spend lavishly!
Ten seconds quickly passed. After a moment of haziness, Shi Xiaobai had returned to City #1!
However, at the moment he landed on City #1's waypoint, he heard a noisy din before he even opened his eyes.
Shi Xiaobai frowned as he slowly opened his eyes.
He was immediately dumbfounded.
He saw the city filled with people. There were more than a hundred people, or even hundreds of people. There were quite a number of familiar faces amongst them.
Weren't they the rookies that had been transported away after he destroyed their cities!?
Shi Xiaobai was instantly enlightened. It was no wonder he never met rookies that had been transported away a second time during his seventeen teleportations. After their cities were destroyed, not only were their Tower Defense Points stolen from them, they had been forcefully sent to his City #1.
"Tu! Da! Hei!"
The densely-packed crowd of rookies looked at the ‘City Destroyer Villain’ that made them gnash their teeth in bitter hatred as they gathered around him. Immediately, the waypoint was swarmed!
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Chapter234 Letting everyone clear
Nearly three hundred rookies crowded the waypoint, making it packed like sardines. With Shi Xiaobai standing on the waypoint, unless he had wings to fly, there was nowhere for him to hide.
Furious voices boomed.
"Tu Dahei, you actually dare to appear in front of us!?"
"This time, I want to see how you can escape from me!"
"Kill him! At least prevent him from using the exit command!"
"Although I just came from Nightmare Terror Island, Tu Dahei you have gone too far. You are not to be tolerated!"
"Him being a City Destroyer Villain is enough reason for people to eliminate him!"
"..."
The rookies slowly approached him with fervent killing intent, as though they were clouds of doom that were crushing down on a city. However, they did not act rashly or mindlessly rush forward. This was because they knew that Tu Dahei could use the exit command to escape in an instant. Rushing forward would only force Tu Dahei to escape.
They needed an outlet to vent their anger. Simply eliminating Tu Dahei was clearly not enough.
The rookies closed in on him as they slowly climbed the steps. They were like fierce wolves that were approaching their prey. They wanted to see fear, upset, and regret in Tu Dahei and him pleading them for mercy.
However, what disappointed them was that there was not the fear they wanted to see on Tu Dahei's face. Instead, he looked unbelievably excited.
Yes, the expression was one of true excitement. Tu Dahei's expression was excitement while being surrounded by an angry mob?
Are you kidding me!?
Finally, someone could not tolerate any further and got onto the waypoint from the side.
Immediately, it felt like an explosive was detonated as one rookie after another began climbing up the waypoint from the sides. The crowd on the steps to the waypoint was also jostling forward.
Just as the incensed rookies were about to pounce on Shi Xiaobai, a voice that wasn't very loud was suddenly heard by everyone.
"Everyone, This King has a way to allow all of you to clear the level!"
With this said, time seemed to come to a halt. The rookies halted and looked in disbelief at the center of the waypoint.
Shi Xiaobai stood in the middle of the crowd, as though he was surrounded by a pack of ferocious wolves. He was just about a meter away from the closet rookie. The rookie had even raised his saber.
However, Shi Xiaobai did not reveal a glimmer of panic. Instead, he was full of excitement while his eyes burned with a glimmer. He looked at everyone and said loudly, "This King can allow every one of you here to clear the second level and head to the third level!"
The rookies were startled when they heard this, but immediately they voiced their doubts.
"What a joke. Do you think we will believe you?"
"Everyone, don't believe his nonsense. This jerk is just speaking carelessly without concern for others!"
"Who would believe a City Destroyer Villain's words?"
"Let everyone clear the level? Can you create a worse lie that this?"
"..."
Shi Xiaobai calmly looked at the restless rookies and said loudly, "This King had long accumulated 500 points and could have headed for the third level at any time. Why do you think This King stayed behind in the second level? Why do you think This King would go to such lengths to destroy your cities? Why do you think This King is still standing here wasting his time talking to you instead of departing by transforming into a golden beam of light, making all of you look on helplessly?"
Shi Xiaobai's words made the rookies involuntarily stop. They were truly wondering "why" Shi Xiaobai did not use the exit command the moment they rushed forward. And from what Shi Xiaobai said, he already had more than 500 points. Then, why didn't he immediately escape to the third level?
Shi Xiaobai grinned and said, "That's because This King will be leading all of you to clear the level!"
The short-haired teenager that had been just shy of thirty points immediately shouted belligerently, "Shut up, if not for you, I'd have already cleared the level!"
Subsequently, there were a few furious voices that came from the crowd.
"Fuck, I was short of 50 points!"
"I was fucking short of 30!"
"Tu Dahei can you be any more shameless? Without you, I would have long cleared the level!"
"..."
The rookies stirred up again. A cold glimmer flashed in the eyes of the rookie that was about a meter away from Shi Xiaobai. He was waiting for the opportunity when Shi Xiaobai turned inattentive.
Shi Xiaobai looked the rookie dead in the eye, and without minding him, turned his head and sneered at the crowd. He said, "There will indeed be a number of you that were just short of a few points to clear the level, but most of you here only had about a hundred points. There is even a number of you here who just came from Nightmare Terror Island. You are completely different from the few who were just short of a few points. Those who came to the second level late, what sort of situation would you have faced? You would face a situation of the early batches of people leaving, but the demonic beast hordes will become stronger, making the situation more difficult for you. In the situation of no one being willing to spend their points to upgrade the Tree of Life, sooner or later... No, soon, your cities would fall!"
Shi Xiaobai's words were like a hammer, beating down on the hearts of all the rookies. Just as Shi Xiaobai said, there was only a small number of people among the three hundred rookies who were part of the first batch of rookies that were about to leave. A majority of them were from the second batch who were still far from the 500 points or even third batch that had just arrived.
And the last few words Shi Xiaobai said were something the second and third batch of rookies had already figured out. They were already complaining of the unfairness of the assessment program, so they did not retort when Shi Xiaobai said "Soon, your cities would fall."
In fact, the number of people in City #1 increasing so dramatically was not purely because of Shi Xiaobai. Some of them had failed to defend their cities, so a number of the three hundred people had been sent to City #1 after their city was overrun.
Furthermore, they had to admit that defending a city with three hundred people was much simpler. It could be said that although Sh
i Xiaobai had destroyed fifteen cities, it made City #1 more powerful than ever.
But!
"This is the reason for destroying our cities? So as to gather us together and defend together?"
"Fuck, do you treat us as fools? It was indeed very easy to defend a city with three hundred people, but what about the fucking points? Every wave of demonic beasts is limited. How long would it take to amass 500 points with three hundred people splitting the points?"
"Don't forget that the Level Lord will descend in time to come. When that happens, even if we have five hundred people, we might still not be able to defend the city. Do you think we have the time to waste with you?"
"Idiot. Although the other cities might slowly fall, but before falling, there would still be a batch of people who would be able to accumulate enough points to leave. And what you have done is push everyone into a pit of doom!"
"..."
The rookies were outraged as they looked at Shi Xiaobai as though they were looking at a retard. At the same time, they were rendered speechless. They found it fucked up that their cities had been destroyed due to such a retard's foolish thinking.
Shi Xiaobai looked at everyone with a look as though he was looking at a group of retards. In a state of speechlessness, he said, "When did This King say that you were gathered together to defend?"
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Chapter235 City Attack!
"When did This King say that you were gathered together to defend?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard Shi Xiaobai say this.
If not to defend, what else could it be?
Shi Xiaobai said, "This King going to great trouble to destroy your cities is of course to speed up the destruction of your cities, allowing the remaining rookies to gather together faster. Hence, when This King arrived in City #1, This King is very happy that all of you are gathered here! That's because the more people gathered here, the more confident This King is in leading you to the third level. The method is clearly not to defend for thirty waves, fifty waves or more, but..."
Shi Xiaobai paused slightly. Everyone involuntarily held their breaths. This was the moment the answer was revealed. It was also the reason why they had let Shi Xiaobai say so much. They were waiting for this moment. If Shi Xiaobai's answer did not satisfy them, they would vent all their rage at him!
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