Absolute Choice 4

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  The audience was surprised before they slowly quietened down. They looked at Heartless and pricked up their ears.

  "Three minutes ago, thirty minutes ago, and even three hours ago, my friends and I had a view regarding this battle exchange."

  Heartless' voice was filled with a magnetic charm that matched well with his extraordinarily handsome face. When he spoke, he exuded an intense charm.

  Everyone could not help but be curious.

  What thoughts did the [Zeus] rookies have regarding this battle exchange?

  Heartless paused for a moment and said in a deadpan manner, "It was...not having any view."

  The audience broke into an uproar as they immediately gave a thunderous applause. This speech filled with undisguised disregard happened to be what the audience liked the most.

  Heartless raised his head, with an arrogant expression and said loudly, "We do not have many thoughts on opponents several levels weaker than us. We would not belittle them or hold back, but we would not give our all. It's just like stepping an ant to death. To us, it's just raising our feet to stamp downwards. Simple, direct and without any waste of energy, without spending time considering why an ant should be trampled to death. To us, this battle exchange is just a simple matter. It's so simple that we do not even have the desire to waste a word discussing it!"

  The moment Heartless said this, the [Zeus] rookies other than Sunless, were the first to applaud. A few even whistled.

  The stunned audience did not immediately react to Heartless's extremely arrogant speech. It was like he had disregarded himself of any humiliation. But soon, the members in the audience engaging in schadenfreude began applauding and whistling.

  The audience had their emotions stirred up by the atmosphere that smelled of gunpowder. Soon, they began joining the ranks of the whistlers. This was the treatment given to the strong. The [Zeus] rookies were powerful, and Heartless was even more stunning, so they had the right to be so arrogant. The audience enjoyed seeing their arrogant declarations.

  The audience supporting [Gaia] and the [Gaia] rookies felt their faces sink. However, they were unable to refute at all because despite Heartless saying an exaggerated truth, it was still the truth.

  Indeed, the disparity in power between both sides...was just too great.

  "But!"

  But!

  But?

  Heartless still had words to say, and even used a contrasting conjunction word?

  "But, I now have a new point of view!"

  Heartless scanned his surroundings with an arrogant look. His words attracted the attention of everyone.

  New point of view? Could this be...some unexpected twist?

  The corner of Heartless's mouth suffused a sneer as he said, "Due to some personal reasons, I have a new point of view. I want to express this point of view to my teammates. Listen well, my dear brothers and sisters. We will win, and that is inevitable, but! I ask of you, I plead of you to win faster! Win faster than ever!"

  The [Zeus] rookies all turned to look at Heartless.

  Before everyone fully understood what Heartless meant, Heartless took a few steps forward and turned to face his teammates and said loudly, "Everyone, do your best! End the battle as fast as you can! I will give a hundred Psionic Condensing Pills as a reward to the person other than me who wins the fastest!"

  When everyone heard this, they drew a gasp. A hundred Psionic Condensing Pills was worth ten million Chinese currency, furthermore it was something that had a price without a market!

  Other than Sunless, the eyes of the other five rookies burned immediately.

  However, Heartless's declaration had yet to come to an end. He shouted his remaining words almost immediately.

  "Also, I'm now declaring! That if I cannot finish a battle in three seconds, I will use another hundred Psionic Condensing Pills to feed the pigs!"

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  Chapter190 If Shi Xiaobai were here

  "Also, I'm now declaring! That if I cannot finish a battle in three seconds, I will take another hundred Psionic Condensing Pills to feed the pigs!"

  The throwing out of this statement was so astonishing that it dumbfounded everyone.

  Taking out a hundred Psionic Condensing Pills to reward the person who won the fastest. What sort of extravagant act was this?

  And another hundred Psionic Condensing Pills would be fed to the pigs if he could not finish his battle in three seconds. What sort of idiotic...Oh, that's not right, what sort of confidence was this, to the point of doing such a flagrant act?

  At this moment, numerous members of the audience became fans of Heartless.

  And of course most importantly, the audience were suddenly filled with anticipation for the seven matches. They looked forward to the visual feast of the [Zeus] rookies ending the match at the fastest speed possible.

  The five [Zeus] rookies were filled with anticipation. They wished for the battles to begin as soon as possible.

  A hundred Psionic Condensing Pills! It was ten million Chinese currency! This reward was just too tempting!

  In the audience stands, there was a corner which had an invisible barrier that blocked the light. The elderly God of Swords and One-Pun were sitting side by side in it.

  The elderly God of Swords laughed out loud and said, "Well done, nicely done. He resembles me back in my day!"

  One-Pun was silent.

  Taking out two hundred Psionic Condensing Pills to posture was all the result of your damn teachings!

  The faces of the audience who supported [Gaia] deep down and the seven rookie representatives sank. They could deeply feel the ‘insult’ from Heartless.

  The host had secretly received money from [Gaia]'s upper echelons, so he did not dare to idle any further. With a stiff expression, he said "well said" and quickly took over the microphone from Heartless's hand. Following that, he briskly walked over to the [Gaia] rookies.

  Now, the only way to turn the situation was to pay them back with more vicious words!

  The host scanned the group and immediately saw the domineering-looking Ye Jiaquan. As his eyes lit up, he immediately walked over.

  "Let us listen to what the [Gaia] rookies think of this battle exchange!"

  The host held the microphone up to Ye Jiaquan and winked at him secretly, gesturing to Ye Jiaquan to blow the bugles of retaliation.

  Ye Jiaquan took the microphone over with a deadpan expression. The audience also quietened down upon seeing this scene. This man that looked like a monster was probably someone with an extremely grumpy temper. It was a curiosity what sort of explosive words he would deliver after being humiliated in such a manner.

  The audience started to look forward to it.

  After Ye Jiaquan took over the microphone, he turned to look at the [Zeus] rookies and Heartless, who had a unruly and cold expression, and said, "Me will be the seventh one fighting. Me will work hard...to last past three seconds. But if Me luckily holds out for more than three seconds, can the Psionic Condensing Pills not be fed to pigs? Pigs will die from being fed Psionic Condensing Pills."

  The audience was stunned. They could hardly believe their ears. Such a burly man with a face of a ruffian was actually so gentle and kind? It was completely subversive, however...why did they suddenly feel like "it's better to support [Gaia]" after hearing his words?

  Many of the audience's eyes gradually softened down.

  Of course, there were members of the audience who mocked nastily. After all, Ye Jiaquan's words had the tone of humbling himself. It was easily considered a sign of weakness.

  Heartless' cold eyes turned colder, as cold as a snowstorm in the middle of winter.

  Sunless' eyes seemed to melt as she gently gave an undetectable sigh.

  Some people were pleased with Ye Jiaquan's declaration and felt like he was countering hardness with softness. Others were displeased with Ye Jiaquan's announcement and felt like it was an act of
a coward.

  And the person who was most displeased was the host. His face had turned black as he began to worry that the other half of the bonus promised to him at the end of the battle exchange had gone up in flames. He quickly snatched the microphone in Ye Jiaquan's hand and passed it over to the rookie beside him.

  The rookie appeared to be overly nervous. He spoke with a stutter, and did not seem like he was mad at all. The audience immediately laughed at him.

  The host turned anxious and snatched the microphone to pass to the third rookie beside him. That rookie had a flair for acting and said a sentence, "I want to ask, are there any rich guys on our side? If there's a rich guy, take out a hundred Psionic Condensing Pills to reward the person who lasts the longest. We will definitely do our best to last till the end!"

  His words sounded quite interesting and if this was a live broadcast variety show, the screen would probably be filled with "666” that resembled thumbs-up . However, using those words at such an occasion was simply being worse than a coward. The audience immediately burst into laughter, but their disdain towards the [Gaia] rookies grew stronger once again.

  The host nearly fainted as he snatched the microphone and struggled to say with a laugh, "Ha...ha. Wasn't that a very interesting declaration? The trash talking before the battle exchange shall end here. Let's immediately begin the first match of the battle exchange. Contestants, please go to your respective resting areas. Three minutes later, please send out your first combatant! I'll repeat the rules. Today, there will be seven battles, winning four rounds wins the match, but all seven battles have to be fought. The goal of this battle exchange is to learn from one another, so please do not use a Tianji horse-racing strategy!"

  The host put an abrupt end to the pre-battle declaration segment.

  The [Zeus] delegation, who could not wait for the beginning of the battle exchange, immediately turned to head to their respective resting rooms. As for the [Gaia] contestants, they slowly walked to the passage on their end.

  At this moment, there were three people on [Gaia]'s side that were feeling terrible. In his panic, the idiotic host had not chosen any one of the three of them to make the declaration. Regardless of how incapable they were, they would definitely have said something to regain their morale.

  However, the trio simultaneously had a thought. That thought hovered in their minds and took a long time before they dissipated away.

  Mozzie thought, if Lord Shi Xiaobai were here...

  Kevin thought, if that bastard Shi Xiaobai were here...

  Mu Yuesheng thought, if that darn hooligan Shi Xiaobai were here...

  If Shi Xiaobai were here, in a smack talking segment, then the people who would blow their tops in fury would definitely be the bunch of bastards across them.

  Ah, the sudden pining for Shi Xiaobai.

  ...

  ...

  After the rookies from both sides entered the resting areas, One-Pun and the elderly God of Swords suddenly appeared in the stadium. Every member in the audience stared widely as their hearts beat like thunder.

  Was the sudden appearance of the two men a result of them planning on crossing swords that had happened every decade in the past twenty years?

  The audience started to look forward to it.

  However, the host quickly stood forward to explain. One-Pun and the elderly God of Swords were to serve as the competition's referees. As this battle exchange permitted the use of weapons, the two mighty experts were to hold down the situation. They would fairly determine the outcome of the battle and save the person in need of urgent rescue if the time came.

  This sort of competition typically needed a mighty warrior as a referee, but for One-Pun and the elderly God of Swords to personally take up the roles as referees was surprising.

  This was too damn grandiose. It was just a few kids fooling around, but they actually used an S Class hero and one of the world-famous God of Swords as referees?

  [1. The Tianji horse-racing strategy can be read here. In summary, if there were three horses, by letting the best horse race against the opponent’s average horse, the average horse race against the opponent’s inferior horse, and letting the inferior horse race against the opponent’s best horse, one should be able to gain victory.]

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  Chapter191 Who should receive the Academy Award for Best Actor

  The audience was stunned, but they immediately responded with the greatest of enthusiasm. They could already count their lucky stars for being able to see the two godlike people in person, but to watch them be referees, they could boast about this for a year. That's not right, a decade wouldn't even be too much!

  However, if the audience were to learn the reason why the duo became referees, they would probably break out into chaos. That was because the elderly God of Swords had pestered One-Pun to witness the impressiveness of his two disciples up close.

  With his first time ever (of being a referee) being robbed away from him through such a lame reason, One-Pun was rendered speechless. However, he did want to properly witness how impressive the Ye siblings were.

  Three minutes was a very short period of time. As the audience cheered, the passage of time passed without anyone realizing it. Only when the two contestants appeared from their respective passages did the audience gradually calm down.

  The first combatant from [Zeus] came out from the right passageway. He had a burly figure and he was a youth with bulging muscles. He was startled the moment he saw the elderly God of Swords and One-Pun. Following that, he immediately thickened his face to ask One-Pun for his autograph.

  After One-Pun responded that he never gives autographs, the burly youth grinned at the elderly God of Swords, who immediately scolded out loudly with a chuckle, "Get lost". As a result, the burly youth hurriedly left them in a dejected manner. The audience could not help but break out into laughter.

  After the burly youth ran away, he directly ran towards the host by the wide. After passing the host a stopwatch, he said loudly, "Make sure to do a good job timing. If this bro gets a hundred Psionic Condensing Pills, I will give you three!"

  The members of the audience who were pouting finally could not resist the ridiculousness of the situation and burst out into laughter. Many of them took out their cellphones and found the stopwatch function and said jokingly, "We will time it together. Don't you try to bribe the judge!"

  The atmosphere and nature of the battle exchange were instantly twisted by the burly youth. Nearly everyone in the audience felt completely relaxed as they began to engage in private discussion as to how fast the burly youth would take to finish the battle.

  And in stark contrast with the burly youth was the blond youth, Kevin, who came out from the left passageway. Kevin's expression looked extremely distraught as though he was feeling very nervous. His eyes were burning with fury, and he did not appear as relaxed as the burly youth.

  Kevin had gotten his wish of being the first to battle. In fact, this did not comply with the rules as the rules stipulated that they could not use Tianji's horse-racing strategy. They had to go in order of weakest to strongest for the battle. Regardless of how bad Kevin was, he should have been stronger than Ye Jiaquan and the three rookies that were randomly roped in.

  However, [Zeus] clearly did not mind if [Gaia] used a Tianji horse-racing strategy. This was because in their opinion, their weakest horse could beat [Gaia]'s strongest horse.

  The elderly God of Swords walked to the middle of the arena as the noisy audience slowly quietened down. The match was about to begin.

  Kevin and the burly youth walked to their ready positions under the God of Swords' indication and stood a hundred meters apart.

  And this battle exchange was somewhat special because the both of them did not bring any weapons. To not bring any weapons in a battle exchange that permitted weapons meant that the both of them were Psionites that relied on physical techniques.r />
  Such Psionites were already rare in an era of "systematic weapon heritage". Offensive skills had slowly developed from an "era of punches and kicks" to an "era of weapons". There was even a trend of going from an "era of hot and cold weapons" to an "era of purely cold weapons".

  And there was only two likely reasons why the two of them only used their limbs.

  Firstly, either the families they came from held on to the tradition that was the "era of punches and kicks", and or secondly, they both had superpowers suitable for "fist and leg-based offensive skills"!

  Be it the former or latter, this battle was bound to be extraordinarily exciting because this was a competition of punches meeting flesh, as long as...both sides were nearly equal.

  "3, 2, 1..."

  The God of Swords shouted for them to prepare themselves as everyone in the audience concentrated. Quite a number of people were already ready to press their stopwatch buttons.

  The burly youth put his frivolous attitude away as his eyes turned fierce, as though he was a tiger that had gotten serious.

  Kevin took a deep breath. He had vowed to win this battle and smack [Zeus] heavily in the face. He wanted to make Mozzie think of him in a different light.

  "Begin!"

  The God of Swords' voice finally boomed as his figure instantly appeared outside the arena. The battle had officially begun!

  At that instant, the burly youth rushed out. The frequency of his paces did not seem too fast, but his footsteps were surprisingly wide. He looked extremely fast as every step on the ground caused a loud reverberation that quaked the ground gently.

  He was a Strength-based Psionite!

  The audience and Kevin arrived at the same judgment simultaneously. In fact, it was enough to come up with this judgment from the burly youth's appearance. However, the tumultuous way he ran had confirmed their speculations.

  Compared to the burly youth's vigorous charge forward, Kevin remained motionless. He did not move, but only slowly stretched out his hands, in a posture ready to face the upcoming blow.