Absolute Choice 7

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  Shi Xiaobai indeed found it troublesome, but he truly had a girlfriend. Furthermore, he did not mind telling others who his girlfriend was.

  Shi Xiaobai frankly said, "This King's girlfriend's name is Kali. All of you probably don't know her."

  With this said, Mozzie and company gaped, before spontaneously scoffing with a "tch", as they gave the look of 'whoever believes you is a fool'.

  Shi Xiaobai was surprised and asked curiously, "Why that reaction?"

  Kevin rarely had a chance to put Shi Xiaobai down, so how could he miss this opportunity? He said, "Although I know you picked a random name to brush us off because you do not have a girlfriend, I never expected you to use the name Kali. Shi Xiaobai...we are all from Gaia. Who doesn't know about the three powerhouses of Gaia, Her Excellency Kali? Cough. Her Excellency Kali's age can be your grandmother's grandmother's...to the n-th time. Rumor has it that she's old and ugly. Furthermore, her temper is terrible and she has an odd personality, an old hag that strangers shy away. Yet, you say Kali is your girlfriend. This joke is way too exaggerated!"

  Mozzie quipped as well, "Lord Shi Xiaobai...Grandma Kali is very famous. Don't use her as a joke for no reason."

  Mu Yuesheng also anxiously said, "Rumor has it that Her Excellency Kali's temper is even odder than His Excellency Hisith’s. Also, rumor has it that she has been chaste all her life, and people curse her behind her back as an old hag or old virgin. Although, it's not pleasing to the ears, it's evident that Her Excellency Kali is a person who cares about her chastity and well-being. It's best your joke doesn't reach her ears!"

  When Shi Xiaobai heard the trio's words, he frowned deeply and said with a solemn expression, "The rumors you heard are all extremely ridiculous. Kali looks more like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. She's as pretty as a pixie, with a very gentle personality. This King likes her a lot. It's completely opposite from what you have heard. Forget it, it's best when you see her in person. This King will find an opportunity for all of you to meet her one day."

  Seeing Shi Xiaobai's expression look so serious, as though he was fuming, the trio did not dare to say anything more. They were filled with doubts. Could all the rumors regarding Kali be fake?

  Shi Xiaobai was indeed rather angry, but it was not because of the trio's words, but angry over the rumor-mongers' slanders.

  Kali held a very special spot in Shi Xiaobai's heart. She was not to be slandered.

  No one noticed that the silent Ka Xiaozi had lowered her head. There was a complicated looking smile on her lips, as though it was an angry sneer, but also a relieved smile.

  The mood turned slightly heavy.

  Shi Xiaobai did not wish to harp on this topic, so he quickly changed topics and said, "Oh right, what happened during This King's afternoon nap?"

  When the trio heard this, they were slightly taken aback before they realized what he meant. The afternoon nap Shi Xiaobai was referring to was the period he was unconscious.

  Depicting unconsciousness as an afternoon nap was very Shi Xiaobai.

  Mu Yuesheng, who had been defending by his side ever since he began 'taking an afternoon nap', knew the situation the best. She began describing what had happened during that period of time.

  Mu Yuesheng did not embellish the situation too much, nor did she mention how she had hurt her hand while protecting him. She simply told Shi Xiaobai that after he fell unconscious, due to the goodwill he had accumulated in the previous levels, many rookies chose to protect him. Along the way, the black-robed youth that he had killed revived. There were people who were killed protecting him, so the rookies ran away in fright, leaving only nine people to protect him.

  Mu Yuesheng very seriously informed Shi Xiaobai of the names of Pulp Farmer and company.

  Mu Yuesheng finally added, "Oh right, there was a mysterious person protecting you in the dark. If not for that shot that blew up the head of the black-robed bloody figure at the critical moment, the situation would likely have been rather dangerous."

  When Shi Xiaobai finished hearing this, he said gratefully, "Thank you to all of you. This King will remember this favor."

  Kevin embarrassedly said, "Don't thank me. I came late. I basically didn't help at all."

  Mozzie stuck her tongue out as she said, "It's all my fault for running too slowly."

  Shi Xiaobai shook his head and said, "It's enough to do your best to rush to me. This King just woke up about half an hour ago, and slept more than ten hours. What happened during this period?"

  In fact, Shi Xiaobai was eager to know how Mozzie and Kevin were able to clear the fifth level. He had a nagging feeling that this matter should have been rather complicated.

  Kevin cleverly realized what Shi Xiaobai was asking about, so he said, "So you woke up half an hour ago. In that case, you were probably unconsci-...having an afternoon nap for twelve hours. There were quite a lot of things happening during this period of time. The first oddity was the fifth level's Level Lord did not descend although the time was up. The next big thing was the bloody figure reviving. It began scouring the world to find people to vent its anger. It destroyed the Life Epaulettes of many rookies, and no one could stop it. But thankfully, the bloody figure was randomly given the Death Epaulette. After he vented his anger for ten minutes, he was sent away. Therefore, there were still rookies who 'luckily' survived. Mozzie and I happened to tide over the calamity."

  "Later on, Mozzie was randomly assigned the Death Epaulette, but by then, the top ten in the official forecast had already cleared the level, while the remaining rookies were mostly 'killed' by the bloody figure. In addition to the Level Lord not descending, Yuesheng, Mozzie and I formed a three-person group and managed to succeed surviving ten minutes. Of course, it was mostly thanks to Yuesheng. After she broke through to the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, her strength was almost equivalent to Pulp Farmer and the rest. Typical rookies were no problem for her. Later on, I was also randomly assigned a Death Epaulette. Yuesheng protected me as well...so, Mozzie and I, with the help of Yuesheng, together with the Level Lord being on strike and the bloody figure's frenzy...we managed to luckily reach the sixth level."

  After Kevin depicted the series of events in detail, Shi Xiaobai could not help but give a Like to the duo's good luck. Of course, the most important thing was because of Mu Yuesheng's protection, if not, luck would not have been sufficient. After all, the rules of the fifth level were very disadvantageous to slower-moving people like them.

  However, there was a nagging feeling that there was something odd with the fifth level's Level Lord going on strike.

  For some reason, Shi Xiaobai could not help but feel a sense of foreboding.

  At this moment, Kevin seemed to think of something as he added, "Oh, right. I forgot to tell you about the situation regarding the sixth level. During the past ten or so hours, four dragons have died in the sixth level. As such, four 'Bravehearts' have been sent to the seventh level. It might sound like a coincidence, but the four people happen to be the top four as predicted in the official forecast—Speechless, Mu Lengxi, Sunless and Pulp Farmer. Furthermore, the order in which they slew the dragons was just like their ranking. Now, the fifth dragon has already appeared in the mountain valley in front. All the rookies are basically gathered here. I did a count, with the two of you here, there's a total of forty-five people."

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he cocked his head to give a look. They were gathered here to chat, while the other rookies that were gathered on the other side would occasionally cast curious looks at them, but no one took the liberty to disturb them.

  Shi Xiaobai immediately felt somewhat curious. He asked, "When This King woke up, the fifth dragon should have descended, right? Why are all of you gathered here after half an hour?"

  Kevin said with a wry smile, "The path into the mountain valley is blocked and the outer perimeter of the mountain valley has a domain which no one can break through it. Although there's a hole in the domain, that domain is blocked b
y an immobile monster. No matter what we do, we aren't able to make it move."

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he was slightly surprised. What monster left so many people at their wits' end?

  Shi Xiaobai immediately said, "Let's go. Bring This King there!"

  Kevin nodded and turned around to head forward. The rest immediately followed.

  Shi Xiaobai turned his head sideways to Ka Xiaozi beside him. Noticing how she didn't look well and recalling how this bubbly girl had been silent for a while, he could not help but ask out of concern, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"

  Ka Xiaozi looked up and said with a smile, "Nothing. I'm just wondering what monster can block so many people."

  The group proceeded forward, walking past the gathered rookies. Turning round a bend, they saw a path that led into the mountain valley.

  A monster was blocking the path.

  The monster was truly extremely odd. From its shape, it was clearly a gigantic ball. Along its circumference was a disk, making it look like a medallion.

  However, this ball and disk were clearly made out of diamond!

  It had two eyes like night pearls that were about the size of basketballs.

  This was no monster. It was basically a priceless treasure!

  Wouldn't one try to carry away such a treasure even if it risked one's life?

  However, the dozens of people could only stare and were unable to move the gigantic diamond monster?

  At this moment, a deliberately raised voice rang out from the midst of the whispering crowd. It was filled with disdain.

  "Aren't you all irritating? Stop fucking talking so highly of Shi Xiaobai. Let me make this clear, even if he were to use all his strength, he will not be able to move the monster!"

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  Author’s Note: Made an error in estimation. The plot can only be pushed forward next chapter. Don't beat me. The next chapter will really push the plot.

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  Chapter306 It's time to bring out the big guns

  "Aren't you all irritating. Stop fucking talking so highly about Shi Xiaobai. Let me make this clear, even if he were to use all his strength, he will not be able to move the monster!"

  The voice was deliberately raised, overwhelming the voices of everyone else. As such, it was also heard by Shi Xiaobai and company.

  Everyone could not help but turn their heads over. The person who said it was a youth that looked frivolous.

  When the youth saw everyone looking at him, he timidly took a step back, but quickly he worked up the courage to say, "Even the combined forces of Feng Yuanlin, Zhou Chuchu, An Mo, and Liu Yu were unable to move this diamond monster by a centimeter. Why would Shi Xiaobai be able to do so? All of you are like braindead fans saying how we can soon go past this with Shi Xiaobai here? I can't bear hearing this anymore!"

  The mood suddenly became strange. The rookies gave the youth strange looks before they gaped.

  "Although Shi Xiaobai is two-timing, his strength is nothing to be maligned. If he can't do it too, then we probably do not have any way of crossing."

  "When I heard him clear the first level in less than twenty seconds, I immediately thought that it was impossible. When I saw the legions of demonic beasts during the counteroffensive against the Demon City, I thought it was impossible too. Not long ago, I heard that only the Hero King had managed to conquer a Level Lord, and I thought no one else except the Hero King would be able to do it, but Shi Xiaobai managed to do it. So now, I believe that there is nothing Shi Xiaobai can't do."

  "I sense some sour grapes. Although Shi Xiaobai truly makes you jealous and envious, it shouldn't go as far as suffering from sour grapes because of him, right?"

  "I'm a brainless fan, so? Are you going to bite me?"

  "Pui! Even Feng Yuanlin and the others said that the monster will not be able to obstruct any further with Shi Xiaobai here. Are you unconvinced?"

  "..."

  What happened was rather surprising. These rookies who were cursing how Shi Xiaobai was two-timing immediately took his side and supported him. Most people believed that Shi Xiaobai had a way to move the monster as well.

  The youth's face turned extremely ugly. He was feeling as terrible as him having eaten a fly. He could only insist, "Let's see what happens. Shi Xiaobai definitely will not be able to move the diamond monster, not even a centimeter. If, if he could to it, I'll run naked in the woods."

  Hearing the youth's words that went for broke, the rookies were somewhat dumbfounded, but soon, they burst out into dismissive sneers.

  "Who are you running naked for? Are you planning to blind our eyes?"

  "It's fine if you are ugly, but taking off your clothes to pollute the environment would be your fault."

  "Pui, with someone like you, you dare to reveal your dick?"

  "Gross. The scene is just too sick. I don't even dare to imagine."

  "..."

  Upon hearing the crowd jeering him, the youth's expression turned even uglier. He suddenly felt somewhat regretful for mocking Shi Xiaobai out of his inability to suppress his jealousy.

  Fuck, all of you were having fun putting down Shi Xiaobai, but now, there wasn't a single person supporting him.

  What sort of magic did Shi Xiaobai have? How did Shi Xiaobai make all these rookies from various organizations, who were usually proud and mighty, so trusting of him?

  From afar, Shi Xiaobai heard the crowd's conversation and felt his heart warm up. He never put jeering at heart because he would quickly use action to smack faces. However, to be supported while being jeered at, this seemed to be his first.

  Of course, it appeared as though there was a danger to it. As the crowd had placed him on a high pedestal, he would suffer from a terrible fall from the pedestal if he were to fail to move the diamond monster.

  However, Shi Xiaobai was never afraid of challenges, nor did he worry about being placed on a pedestal.

  He only wanted to say, come on, let the praise and ravings be more intense!

  Ka Xiaozi gently touched his arm and said with while beaming, "It's time to bring out the big guns."

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised before he nodded. He had a nagging feeling that Ka Xiaozi would occasionally say something cheeky. For example, the sentence, "it's time to bring out the big guns", seemed to be...something he had previously said?

  "A coincidence?”

  At this moment, four people walked out of the crowd, towards Shi Xiaobai and company.

  They happened to be Feng Yuanlin, Liu Yu, An Mo, and Zhou Chuchu.

  Other than the voluptuous Zhou Chuchu, Shi Xiaobai had a slight impression of the four.

  Liu Yu had once defended City #1 with him. He had met Feng Yuanlin on the crystalline grounds of the third level, Thousand Stone Doors. He remembered An Mo to be a person whose flute tunes were horrendously jarring to the ears.

  Furthermore, he had learned of their names from Mu Yuesheng just a while ago. She had also briefly described their appearances, so Shi Xiaobai was able to immediately recognize them.

  As such, Shi Xiaobai was the first to speak, "Thank you for protecting This King for ten minutes. This King will definitely remember it."

  Remembering it was Shi Xiaobai's promise.

  The promise sounded simple, but its value definitely exceeded everyone's expectations.

  Feng Yuanlin scratched his head and said, "Don't, don't thank me. It's quite embarrassing."

  Zhou Chuchu immediately snapped, "Excuse me? The most shameless person is you!"

  An Mo said with a serious expression, "Shi Xiaobai, this diamond monster's defense is crazily high. The dozens of us have attacked the diamond monster together but to no avail. Even if you use that attack that instantly killed the black-robed bloody figure it might not be enough. However, I still choose to believe you because you have done many impossible things."

  Liu Yu said with sigh as well, "According to this penniles
s priest's deductions, it's impossible to shake the diamond monster's defense at the Psionic Mortal Realm."

  When Shi Xiaobai heard what the two said, he was slightly alarmed. The attack he used to instantly kill the black-robed bloody figure was Excalibur augmented with One Second Shura. The price he paid was extremely high. It was his strongest move at the very moment. Although his psionic power back then was insufficient, preventing him from being able to fully use his power, it was still very terrifying.

  This move could not even shake the diamond monster's defenses? How terrifying was this diamond monster?

  Shi Xiaobai turned his head to observe the diamond monster. It was laying on the ground silently. Its eyes did not even move, as though it was a lifeless object.

  Shi Xiaobai gathered his killing intent and was surprised to discover that the diamond monster only had one fatal red line on its body. Furthermore, the red line was located in the core of the diamond ball. The motionless line was very thin and short.

  This was the diamond monster's only weakness. It was completely hidden in its interior, making it equivalent to not having any weakness at all.

  At this moment, Mu Yuesheng walked towards Shi Xiaobai's side. She whispered, “Anything other than physical attacks seem to be completely ineffective against the diamond monster. My electric bolt, the flame and ice attacks of other rookies were absorbed the moment they touched the diamond monster. However, its physical defense is equally terrifying. Dozens of them attacked at the same time but failed to even leave a mark. They didn't even manage to shake it."

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he was slightly surprised.

  Non-physical attacks were ineffective, and its physical defense was extremely heaven-defying.

  What sort of history did such a diamond monster have?

  As Shi Xiaobai pondered, he walked forward and came to a spot three meters away from the diamond monster.

  Everyone gradually quietened down. They cast their gazes at Shi Xiaobai. Although they verbally said that they believed that Shi Xiaobai could change the impossible into reality, they were still not certain. This was because the diamond monster's defense was too exaggerated. It was so exaggerated that they suspected if the diamond monster was something the assessment program deliberately released to eliminate them.