Absolute Choice 7

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  A struggle flashed in Shi Xiaobai's eyes, but he eventually chose not to chase the dragon.

  It was difficult to get such a blessing in disguise. By angering the dragon, it had inadvertently revealed its location, allowing them to seriously injure it. Although chasing up to it might allow him to kill it, if something extraordinary happened again here that resulted in the failure of the mission, it wouldn't be worth it.

  A few rookies had tried chasing due to their unwillingness to give up, but the dragon's speed was astounding. Even Shi Xiaobai could barely keep up with it, so it was needless to say that the rest would not have catched up. They had to return resentfully after chasing for a distance.

  Shi Xiaobai gathered the rookies again, and having confirmed the man count, there were forty-nine people including him. There was not one less.

  Shi Xiaobai lightly heaved a sigh of relief, but he felt heavier too.

  This was because the Absolute Choice was not completed yet. It was unknown how far the choice of saving went.

  Making choices was honestly an exhausting affair. However, Shi Xiaobai could not force himself to sit back and watch the rookies die. Although most of them were strangers to him, they had protected him previously while he was unconscious. They had given him their applause and kudos when he had revealed his dominance. They were worth saving.

  In fact, as long as these people were not evil, and even if they were ordinary citizens, if one had the ability to make the choice of saving them after foreseeing that they would encounter danger, by choosing to stand by the side coldly, there was no reason or excuse that could be used to support such an act.

  People who believed that saving strangers were goody two shoes were in fact people without much thought. If one had the ability to save but chose to sit idle, then how different were they from murderers?

  Humans had a normal body temperature of thirty-seven degree Celsius. Blood was not cold when it flowed because humans are not cold-blooded animals. They are warm-blooded, righteous and kind... These things came by nature, but people would come up with all sorts of excuse to abandon them, but label the people who had preserved these things as goody two shoes. It was simply absurd.

  If this was considered a goody two shoes, then Shi Xiaobai would find it a derogatory label of something honorable.

  However, what Shi Xiaobai had to do next left him slightly confused. The rookies present were all cream of the crop, but for some reason, they appeared extremely frail during the Absolute Choice, giving him an illusion that a gentle breeze could kill them.

  Hearing the rookies proposing to split up to find the dragon, Shi Xiaobai immediately felt a gloomy cloud cover his forehead. He said to everyone, "The reason why This King got everyone to evacuate the valley was because there were such invisible monsters throughout the valley. Now, these monsters might have come out into the forest. So it's best that everyone gathers together and not run around!"

  Now, it was somewhat more convincing telling the crowd that there were invisible monsters in the valley. There was no need to explain much because the dragon was a fact that had appeared in front of them.

  After hearing what Shi Xiaobai had to say, the rookies immediately dismissed the idea of forming groups or going alone to find the dragon.

  Shi Xiaobai heaved a sigh of relief. He had the nagging feeling that he was taking care of babies that could die at any time.

  At this moment, Ka Xiaozi, who was quietly standing beside Shi Xiaobai, frowned slightly. She turned her head to look high into the sky. After a moment of pondering, a cold beam flashed in her eyes.

  ...

  A gloomy cloud floated in the sky, and on it stood four monsters.

  One of them wore a white mask and was dressed in aristocratic garb. It looked human, but it was a monster with a crimson tail.

  One of them held dual blades and had dark green skin. It had a gigantic demonic head, a monster many times larger than a human.

  One of them was completely black in color, a gigantic Nightmare Terror.

  One of them was dark purple, a demonic beast with a lion's head and a snake's body.

  The four monsters were watching the crowd in the forest from the cloud.

  Suddenly, the dual-blade demon said in a deep voice, "Why are there only four? Didn't I say to get at least seven?"

  The white-masked aristocrat shrugged and said, "The fuckers on the seventh, eighth and ninth level are too aloof. I already lowered my status as an aristocrat by sending them a request, but they responded with a 'get lost', so what can I do?"

  The dual-blade monster said coldly, "Back then, the allocation of the levels were done by the drawing of lots. Do they think that their status as Level Lords is higher because they are in the later levels? In terms of strength, they aren't even match for the dog on the third level."

  The gigantic Nightmare Terror cursed, "To speak the truth, we aren't any match for the dog on the third level either. Its strength is completely unscientific. As for that human that conquered it, it's even more unscientific. What should be said? The reason why the both of you called us here is not to watch a show, right?"

  The dual-blade demon said, "Chill, the show is just about to begin. However, we have encountered a problem now. We only have four of us, and we probably can't beat that pixie."

  The lion-headed demonic beast said with a joke, "Are you kidding me? That pixie is only at the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm. Any one of us can kill her easily, yet you say the four of us combined can't beat her?"

  The dual-blade demon chuckled, "What ignorance. That pixie may have sealed herself to the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, but her strength cannot be measured with realms. I've spent so much time in hell and have seen all kinds of mighty figures. I can grasp the difference in strength very well. The four of us combined can at best imprison her for less than twenty minutes, but we won't be able to injure her."

  When the white-masked Aristocrat heard this, he asked, "Can she be imprisoned for more than ten minutes? Are you sure?"

  The dual-blade demon said with a nod, "This level is the one I preside over after all. I have already set up a God Slaughtering Formation, and although it won't kill the pixie, with the four of us powering the formation together, imprisoning her for more than ten minutes wouldn't be a problem. However, none of us will be able to move during this period of time, so it's useless."

  "No, it will be useful."

  The white-masked aristocrat said with a chuckle, "If she's imprisoned for more than ten minutes, my Plan F can be implemented.

  The dual blade demon asked, "Are you confident?"

  The white-masked aristocrat said confidently, "Of course, aristocrats never do things without confidence. Believe me, I had plans, and have already done the preparations!"

  The dual blade demon gave a satisfied nod, "Alright, then let's implement it as soon as possible! Indeed, Aristocrat is the person to look up to in times of need."

  The white-masked aristocrat said with a laugh, "I love what you said. Then, shall we begin the show?"

  The dual-blade demon nodded. The other two monsters looked each other in the eyes as they inexplicably had a sense of foreboding.

  ...

  ...

  Shi Xiaobai obviously did not know of the four monsters hiding in the sky. He was fully absorbed with monitoring his surroundings.

  The rookies were also braced for attack against invisible monsters.

  Suddenly, there was a scream!

  "Dragon! The dragon is there!"

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this, his eyebrows pricked and he looked towards the scream but he saw the screaming rookie pointing towards him.

  Behind him?

  Shi Xiaobai hurriedly looked back. There was nothing behind him.

  Where was the dragon?

  At this moment, the rookies also began exclaiming loudly.

  "Dragon!"

  "The dragon is in our midst!"

  "Kill the dragon!"

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  The rookies clamored and nervously raised their weapons.

  Shi Xiaobai hurriedly looked around but he did not see anything. Where was the dragon? Why was everyone shouting? Could he be the only one who couldn't see it?

  Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai felt something strange. He calmed down and noticed that the rookies surrounding him had raised their weapons, but all their eyes were on him!

  Their gazes were filled with hostility.

  At this moment, Mozzie's nervous voice was heard, "Sis Xiaozi, quickly move away from the dragon!"

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  Chapter316 The dragon won't run away anymore

  "Sis Xiaozi, quickly move away from the dragon!"

  Mozzie anxiously shouted as Shi Xiaobai's heart skipped a beat. Turning his head, Ka Xiaozi was just beside him.

  Where was the dragon?

  Ka Xiaozi frowned slightly, as though she was wondering where the dragon was. Her red lips quivered, as though she wanted to say something...

  Suddenly, another golden line appeared from the ground, forming a gigantic golden array formation, while a beam of golden light shot down from the sky, striking straight at Shi Xiaobai!

  "Array formation!?"

  Ka Xiaozi’s eyebrows pricked up as she flicked her fingers, causing a radiant light to shine upon Shi Xiaobai, enveloping him within!

  At this moment, the golden beam suddenly made a turn and shot straight at Ka Xiaozi!

  "Heading for me?"

  Ka Xiaozi frowned as she shot out a colorful beam of light with a wave of her hand which clashed with the golden beam of light.

  At this moment, the golden lines on the ground formed a complete array formation, as it shot up into sky while blanketing the land beneath it. A luster flooded the entire world, leaving no room for shadows to hide!

  "I've underestimated the few of you."

  Ka Xiaozi suddenly disappeared into the golden light. With that, the golden luster that filled the world dissipated. Even the golden lines faded away.

  The change came too abruptly and in a baffling manner. The golden light and luster was not seen by anyone else except the target of the formation array. Therefore, Shi Xiaobai and company did not see the golden light. They only saw Ka Xiaozi flick her fingers and wave her hand, causing a radiant light to scatter and a colorful beam of light to shoot out, as though she was resisting something before...she vanished!

  She disappeared into thin air!

  Shi Xiaobai was momentarily at a loss and was unsure what had happened.

  However, there were people exclaiming loudly!

  "Oh no, Ka Xiaozi has been eaten by the dragon!"

  "Quick, quickly kill the dragon. Killing the dragon now might be able to save her!"

  When Shi Xiaobai heard the panicked screams of everyone, he hurriedly shouted, "Where? Tell This King where the dragon is!"

  He could not see the dragon, but everyone had suddenly been able to see it. Furthermore, the dragon had eaten Ka Xiaozi?

  Shi Xiaobai found it impossible to calm down. He could not sense the dragon's aura, and could not tell where it was. However, the Absolute Choice had yet to fail, which meant that Ka Xiaozi was currently still alive.

  He had to kill the dragon as fast as possible to save Ka Xiaozi!

  However, no one answered Shi Xiaobai's questions, as though they did not hear him. They shouted in outrage about killing a dragon before they began attacking!

  An icy-blue bolt was first to appear!

  Shi Xiaobai's heart jumped. The bolt of lightning was shooting straight at him!

  A mistake?

  Shi Xiaobai instinctively jumped away to dodge the bolt of lightning, but the crowd's attacks were already trailing right behind the bolt of lightning!

  These attacks did not land anywhere else, but were headed straight for Shi Xiaobai!

  It was not a mistake!

  “Boom! Boom! Boom!”

  Successive explosions resounded as Shi Xiaobai constantly dodged, but he was worried over Ka Xiaozi's situation, so he was unable to calm himself at all. He failed to dodge a few attacks, causing him to suffer some minor injuries.

  Shi Xiaobai immediately used 'Unleaking Turtle Aura' and 'This Turtle Is Hardest' as he looked at the crowd. He asked furiously and puzzledly, "Why are you attacking This King!?"

  As though they could not hear his voice, the next wave of attacks was launched. This time, they were no longer long-range attacks. Some of them were charging towards Shi Xiaobai bravely with swords raised!

  The crowd angrily shouted.

  "Quickly kill the dragon!"

  "Shi Xiaobai told us to take care of Ka Xiaozi before he left. If he returns to see so many of us failing to protect her, how can we even face him?"

  "Kill the dragon and save Ka Xiaozi!"

  "Fight it out with it!"

  "..."

  There was rage and anxiety in everyone's eyes. And the people taking the charge were Mozzie, Kevin, Mu Yuesheng, Feng Yuanlin and company. They had looks of consternation as they charged at Shi Xiaobai as though they were going for a desperate attack! They attacked angrily, with every strike a fatal move!

  Shi Xiaobai finally realized that there was something wrong with the situation!

  In the eyes of the crowd, "Shi Xiaobai" had left an unknown amount of time ago, and he had transformed into a dragon and had eaten Ka Xiaozi.

  What was going on? Was this a mass hallucination?

  Shi Xiaobai realized that they could not hear his voice at all. Instead, they were anxiously attacking him and every strike was a deathblow. For these rookies to be able to reach the sixth level, they were mostly authentically strong. Even though there was a huge gap between them and Sunless, Pulp Farmer and company, they were still the cream of the crop among rookies.

  Shi Xiaobai found it considerably difficult to dodge the deathblows from more than forty people after doing so for a few seconds. Furthermore, when the rookies discovered that he did not attack back, they were emboldened. More and more people charged up after mustering their courage.

  Soon, Shi Xiaobai found it impossible to endure it any further. He could only grit his teeth and fling a Bladestorm, forcefully breaking a gap where he broke through at an extremely fast speed.

  Now, he could only temporarily escape.

  "The dragon is getting away. Quickly chase it!"

  The crowd hollered as an electric beam of light shot out and chased up to him at an extremely fast speed.

  Shi Xiaobai looked at Mu Yuesheng, who had appeared in front of him in an instant, as a wry smile gradually suffused across his lips.

  The brown pair of eyes was slightly red. Her expression was filled with anxiety and anger. The moment she caught up, she did not say a word and immediately, electric bolts that jumped around irascibly shot towards Shi Xiaobai like snakes that came biting at him.

  Shi Xiaobai jumped backwards to dodge the lightning bolt. He turned his body and ran in a different direction. His Crab Steps had already reached the Crest of Perfection realm, so his speed was astounding, leaving behind only a mirage.

  Shi Xiaobai knew that Mu Yuesheng's Lightning Flashstep could only move in straight lines, so he chose to dash into the forest. By moving in circles in the woods, he very quickly lost Mu Yuesheng.

  However, Mu Yuesheng was not the only person chasing after him. The other rookies also anxiously came pursuing him. Although Shi Xiaobai quickly opened up a gap from them, they did not give up.

  The forest was filled with hullabaloo and killing intent. Angry shouts followed one after another.

  Shi Xiaobai knew that the result of their acts was because they had been confused by a particular illusion which made them think that he was the dragon and had eaten Ka Xiaozi. Therefore, the crowd was clamoring for his blood in their wrath.

  His fury was reserved for the mastermind behind this matter.

  However, Shi Xiaobai was without any c
lue why the crowd was experiencing hallucinations and why Ka Xiaozi had suddenly disappeared or whether she was presently safe.

  The multitude of questions with no answer to them made Shi Xiaobai's mind fall into disorder. He could not calmly dodge the crowd's attacks, so he could only temporarily escape.

  However, his worry for Ka Xiaozi prevented Shi Xiaobai from waiting for a moment. It was as though a fog had glazed over his eyes, making him at a loss as how to proceed forward with the countless holes and mud pools in front of him.

  The only thing certain was that the Absolute Choice had yet to fail. Ka Xiaozi was likely...still alive.

  "Damn it!"

  Shi Xiaobai had the nagging feeling like he was a kite being blown around wantonly by the wind. He could only passively face the abrupt changes and adversity. Every quagmire that appeared caught him off guard. Every end was extremely hazy, as though he had only revealed the tip of the iceberg.

  Shi Xiaobai gradually slowed his footsteps. At this moment, he had opened up a certain distance from the crowd.

  At this moment, a figure appeared in front of him. Upon focusing, Shi Xiaobai noticed that it was the black-robed youth that held a crimson sickle.

  When the black-robed youth saw Shi Xiaobai, it was as though he had seen a sworn-enemy. Raising his sickle, he charged at him!

  "Die!"

  The black-robed youth's hoarse voice was filled with malice and hatred.

  Shi Xiaobai frowned slightly. He did not mind slaughtering the black-robed youth with a single knife strike, but he was worried that the black-robed youth belonged to one of the targets needed to be 'saved'. Without any progress, he would not be able to change a thing if he repeated.

  Shi Xiaobai clenched his teeth as he turned to flee in another direction.

  The black-robed youth chased closely behind, but his speed was inferior to Shi Xiaobai, so he was soon left in the dust.

  However, it was unknown how the rookies were able to track his location in the woods. They were already running from another direction towards him.

  Shi Xiaobai subconsciously wanted to run, but he soon stopped.

  "What's the point of running away like that?"

  Shi Xiaobai took a deep breath. He had already realized that even if he could escape the pursuit of the crowd, it was not useful at all. He would not be able to answer the questions on his mind.