Shi Xiaobai shook his head and said, "They are all nice, but..."
At this moment, the astounded rookies finally managed to speak. In their eyes, Ka Xiaozi had suddenly descended, saving the dragon. She had even began chatting with the dragon. However, they could not understand the roars the dragon was making.
The rookies began asking:
"Ka Xiaozi, why did you save the dragon?"
"Didn't the dragon just..."
"..."
When Kali heard this, her gentle and warm expression immediately turned extremely cold. With eyes filled with rage, she waved her hand as a light swept across everyone.
"Open up your eyes well and see who is the person you were trying to kill!"
Kali's voice exuded a coldness colder than the ice and snow during winter. Although she knew that the rookies had been placed under an illusion, she was still feeling anger from the lingering fear that Shi Xiaobai had nearly been killed.
With the illusion removed, everyone could finally see the true nature of the dragon they were attacking. Immediately, they felt like struck by lightning. The faces of Mu Yuesheng and company turned pale. Their eyes were filled with disbelief and lingering fear.
Shi Xiaobai looked at everyone and gently said, "Don't blame yourselves. It wasn't your fault. Someone created an illusion, making all of you mistake This King for a dragon. All of you did the right thing. The ones at fault are the masterminds behind this plot."
"Sorry."
The people in the forefront turned pale. They kept apologizing as their eyes were filled with remorse.
At this moment, Kali looked up at the sky and coldly said, "Trying to escape?"
Kali turned to give Shi Xiaobai a glance. Seeing how his injuries were stabilizing, she whispered, "Rest for a moment. Those few fools are trying to escape. I'll capture them and leave them at your disposal."
Shi Xiaobai hurriedly asked, "Who are those fools? Where did you go just now?"
Kali shook her head gently and did not respond. Clearly, she did not want to reveal too many details regarding the God Slaughtering Formation. She did not wish for Shi Xiaobai to worry, so she whispered, "Just a few silly clowns."
Kali did not explain, nor did she give Shi Xiaobai a chance to inquire. Turning around, she walked into the light, clearly to pursue the masterminds behind this plot.
Shi Xiaobai gave a slight wry smile before heaving a deep sigh.
He knew that things could not be so simple.
Shi Xiaobai thought for a moment before he turned around and left the rookies that were filled with guilt.
...
Shi Xiaobai naturally didn't 'storm away', but to find a place where there wasn't anyone.
After finding a secluded spot, Shi Xiaobai stretched out his left hand's finger and began prodding the back of his right hand.
The golden pattern on the back of his right hand flickered vigorously a few times before a grumbling voice of a loli resounded from the back of his hand, "Big Brother, stop poking!"
A golden light bloomed as a snow-white loli wearing a white dress appeared. Her arms were held akimbo, while she pouted. She looked very cute and adorable.
Shi Xiaobai choked back the desire to squeeze the cute face and gently asked, "This King knows you are well-read. Can you tell This King...why Kali's hair turned silverish-white? Also, why does her body have..."
"An aura of darkness."
The loli continued Shi Xiaobai's sentence which he had stopped midway. She said in a childish voice, "What you felt wasn't wrong. That is indeed an aura of darkness. You happen to ask the right person. This Sword Spirit knows exactly what happened to her."
The corners of Shi Xiaobai's mouth suffused a wry smile. For some reason, he was very sensitive to auras of darkness and light. The first time he met Kali, he had a strong desire to stay close to her because of the purity and richness of the aura of light her body exuded.
But just now, he was surprised to sense a faint aura of darkness from Kali's body. The pureness of light had been tainted by darkness.
In addition to the silverish-white hair, Shi Xiaobai had an ominous foreboding. In order to not make him worry, Kali had chosen not to speak the truth. Therefore, the person he could inquire was the sword spirit.
But thankfully, the sword spirit knew what had happened.
"Can you tell This King?"
Shi Xiaobai's words had a pleading tone to them. He was very worried for Kali.
"Hmph, even if you had forbidden me to say, I would definitely have said it. That Big Sister made a huge sacrifice for you, but you didn't know a thing. It's so unfair."
The loli said loudly, "Big Brother, firstly, you have to know something. Big Sister is not a human, but a pixie. And since time immemorial, pixies have two camps—holy pixies and fallen pixies. These two pixies are arch-enemies, hating each other's existence. As for Big Sister, she was a pure holy pixie."
Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai's heart skipped a beat as he said in disbelief, "Do you mean..."
The loli nodded with a deadpan expression and said, "That's right. Big Sister is no longer a pure holy pixie. She will soon turn into a fallen pixie. That aura of darkness exists for real. That is the power of 'corruption' which is currently eroding the power of light that fills her body."
Shi Xiaobai's face turned pale as he hurriedly asked, "Why did she become like this?"
The loli snorted and said, "It was all in order to save you! The reason why holy pixies would undergo 'corruption' to become fallen pixies is because of obtaining a forbidden power. This power might come from wrath, greed, lust, envy, etc. That Big Sister needed power to save you, so she accepted the power of 'corruption' from wrath. That silverish-white hair of hers is proof of her 'corruption'. There have been several cases in history of pixies being corrupted due to wrath. People call it—Pixie Raging."
Shi Xiaobai's face turned paler upon hearing this, especially when he heard the last two words the loli had said. It felt like he was struck by lightning.
Pixie Raging!
Shi Xiaobai suddenly thought of the second choice in the Absolute Choice, [ Prevent Ka Xiaozi from raging ].
So...raging meant this!
At this moment, the loli loudly said, "Holy pixies value their power of light higher than their lives. Typically, they would rather choose death than choose to rage. This is because corrupted pixies would become mutated monsters like humans. Even they can't stand themselves. However, in order to save you, Big Sister was willing to give herself up. She was really too good to you. And with the matter done, there is no way to reverse the situation. You must treat her well in the future and live up to her devotion towards you. If you ever let her down, I'll definitely not forgive you!"
When Shi Xiaobai heard this, a relieved smile suffused across his pale face. He softly said, "Is there really no way to reverse the situation?"
Shi Xiaobai's voice turned gentler than the spring's wind.
At this moment, he finally understood why the Absolute Choice had given him such choices. It was because it was one of the choices.
If he did not guess wrongly, when Ka Xiaozi successfully hunted the masterminds, the choice of saving all the rookies would be declared successful. When the time came, he would have succeeded at Choice 1, but that was under the premise that Choice 2, [ Prevent Ka Xiaozi from raging ] would fail.
Saving all the rookies and preventing Ka Xiaozi from raging. It was the one or the other choice. At this moment, he had finally come to the fork in the road.
When the Absolute Choice declared his success, it would be too late to redeem the situation. When that happened, all the rookies would be saved, while Kali would rage because of saving him, turning into a fallen pixie.
But at this moment in time, the Absolute Choice had not been completed. This meant that there was redemption in all of this!
As long as there was a failure during Choice 1.
As long as the choice of saving all the rookies failed at this moment, everything could sti
ll be redeemed!
A resolute look flashed in Shi Xiaobai's eyes!
"Ah!"
The loli screamed as she saw a psionic knife suddenly appear in Shi Xiaobai's hand. Suddenly, at a speed that left no time for one to cover one's ears, he had stabbed it into his own heart.
This strike was determined, decisive and without any hesitation. It did not slow down, it was direct, resolute and clean.
Instantly, it stabbed into Shi Xiaobai's heart.
A smile suffused across Shi Xiaobai's lips as he met death with a smile.
Since the Absolute Choice said to save all the rookies in Dragon Mountain Valley, and he was a rookie, he was one of the targets to be saved.
If he died, the Absolute Choice would fail. Everything would repeat, wouldn't it?
Kali!
Ka Xiaozi!
You raged for This King, This King will commit suicide for you!
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Chapter320 You must return safely as well
"Make your choice, youth!"
The fiery voice resounded in his mind as Shi Xiaobai looked at the three choices in front of him while being lost in thought.
Ka Xiaozi was Kali and raging meant Pixie Raging, the acceptance of the power of corruption.
Shi Xiaobai chose to commit suicide to repeat everything. The goal was clear, he wanted to prevent Kali from raging.
But in the previous time loop, there were still many questions that remained unanswered.
Why did Kali suddenly vanish?
Why did the rookies fall into a hallucination where he was a dragon?
Who was the mastermind behind this?
With Kali's strength, why did she need the power of corruption to save him?
Shi Xiaobai was not omniscient like God. Everything he could see from his position was a haze, one which was dense and impenetrable.
Shi Xiaobai considered for a long while, failing to come up with anything. Only when the countdown began did Shi Xiaobai choose Choice 2, prevent Ka Xiaozi from raging.
Shi Xiaobai was a selfless person. He could silently save everyone without asking for anything in return, even if they were strangers.
However, Shi Xiaobai was also a selfish person. When Kali and saving everyone was placed on the same scales, Shi Xiaobai would lean towards the former.
He would still do his best to protect all the rookies, but if there were any rookie who succumbed due to their own silly acts, he would force himself to be cold-blooded unless the rookie was Mu Yuesheng, Mozzie and company in order to prevent Kali from raging.
...
Time repeated again. The pink-haired Ka Xiaozi was still like a timid and lovable girl standing beside Shi Xiaobai. The rookies were currently in the mountain valley, discussing the oddness of it and debating over where the dragon had gone to.
Shi Xiaobai looked to his side at Ka Xiaozi. After determining that she was Kali, the look in Shi Xiaobai's eyes changed slightly.
Ka Xiaozi was apparently very sensitive, allowing her to obviously sense the change in his eyes. Immediately, she asked out of curiosity, "Why?"
Shi Xiaobai hesitated for a moment as he whispered, "You might not believe it, but in fact This King..."
Since Ka Xiaozi was Kali, with Kali's powers, she could definitely weed out the masterminds ahead of time. She could use her absolute strength to nip the plot in the bud.
Then, the easiest way to solve this matter was to tell Kali what had happened in the previous timeline. She could definitely solve all the problems.
Pixie Raging might not necessarily be physically painful, but it was definitely a psychological torment. Even if he had to use the most cheesy means, Shi Xiaobai absolutely choose not to let Kali experience such psychological pain. Therefore, he decided to tell her about the Absolute Choice.
However, the moment Shi Xiaobai opened his mouth, time came to a halt. Everything in front of him turned still once again.
A cold voice resounded in his mind:
"It is forbidden to reveal any details of other timelines or the actions of the Absolute Choice. If breached, everything would repeat."
Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised, but not overly alarmed. In fact, he was mentally prepared. This was the first time he had decided on using the strength of others to complete the Absolute Choice, but he had the opinion from the beginning that this was equivalent to cheating, and doubted if it would be allowed.
Clearly, the Absolute Choice wished for Shi Xiaobai to be able to independently solve the difficulty he was facing.
Time paused for a minute before it continued.
Shi Xiaobai fell silent. Since he could not leverage the power of Kali, he had to rely on himself to resolve the predicament he was in.
"Oh?"
Ka Xiaozi puzzledly gave a 'yea', when she noticed how Shi Xiaobai stopped mid sentence.
Only then did Shi Xiaobai react as he whispered, "In fact, This King...has the nagging feeling that something is hidden somewhere, spying on us."
Ka Xiaozi blinked her eyes and softly said, "Is that so? I don't feel it."
Shi Xiaobai fell silent. She actually played the fool with him. Alright, you win.
Clearly, Kali did not think highly of the masterminds.
"Even a wise man sometimes makes a mistake. Although This King is powerful, there are always conspiracies that are beyond This King's expectations. Therefore, this spying feeling makes This King especially uncomfortable. Even if they are just silly clowns, This King will choose to strike first if he discovers them, to prevent the worst."
Shi Xiaobai seemed to be talking to himself, and appeared to be posturing, but in fact, he was insinuating Kali, warning her that even the conspiracies of silly clowns should be nipped in the bud.
When Ka Xiaozi heard this, she ruminated for a moment, but it was unknown if she took it to heart.
Shi Xiaobai did not speak further. Since the Absolute Choice had limited him to resolve the situation himself, Shi Xiaobai was not idiotic enough to try to look for loopholes.
The reason why Kali raged was clearly a result of him being caught in a sure-death situation. Kali could only save him by raging.
In other words, to prevent Kali from raging, the simplest and most direct method was to ensure his own safety.
...
Shi Xiaobai had a rough plan in his mind. Just like before, he hollered for the rookies to leave the mountain valley.
First of all, he had to save the farting youth and the youth that was running naked. Even though they were pig-like teammates, Shi Xiaobai wouldn't go as far as abandoning them.
But this time, not only did Shi Xiaobai use the Massage Technique of God to inhibit the urge of the farting youth's farting, he had also made him unconscious.
The farting youth was caught off guard. He felt Shi Xiaobai press his shoulder a few times before suddenly feeling very tired. Very naturally, he closed his eyes.
This farting youth had previously released a repugnant fart in the valley, causing the invisible monsters to attack him. Later on, he spat outside the valley, causing the wrath of the dragon. He was a pig-like teammate out of pig-like teammates. Having had a moment of thought, Shi Xiaobai decided to let the wretched youth take a nap, saving him from trouble later.
This time, Shi Xiaobai was in no hurry to leave. Instead, he waited till everyone left the valley before giving a few words of exhortation. Only then, did he rush into the woods.
Shi Xiaobai very quickly found the naked youth, which happened to be the moment the black-robed youth arrived.
The black-robed youth was feeling angered by the disgusting scene in front of him, and having also seen Shi Xiaobai, it was extremely incensed.
Shi Xiaobai did not say a word either and rushed towards the black-robed youth!
A psionic knife appeared in Shi Xiaobai's hand!
The black-robed youth waved his crimson sickle, but even if it was a d
ifferent timeline, there was no difference to the outcome of the battle.
The black-robed youth's power of darkness and power of bloodlust were too weak to withstand the Pig Slaughtering Knife.
Just like before, Shi Xiaobai's knife pierced through the sanguinary storm, shattering the crimson barrier, and continued thrusting straight at the black-robed youth's chest!
"Then let's die together!"
The black-robed youth's eyes turned ferocious as it chose to self-destruct. Even in death, it wanted to grab Shi Xiaobai to enter hell together.
"Die by yourself."
Shi Xiaobai sneered. At the moment the knife stabbed the black-robed youth's chest, Shi Xiaobai had already darted away like a hare before the knife stabbed the heart.
Previously, Shi Xiaobai could only rely on his inkling for danger to barely dodge in time. This time, he already knew of the black-robed youth's ruthless means, so how would he be dumb enough to wait for his self-destruction?
"No!"
The black-robed youth's eyes were filled with disbelief. His face was one of rage, resentment, and indignation. The knife had yet to pierce his heart. He was still alive.
But...because he believed he was sure to die, his self-destruct mechanism had already been activated.
"Boom!"
The black-robed youth blew himself up as drops of blood scattered everywhere in the forest. It caused the trees, ground, and rocks to turn charred black, a ruined mess everywhere.
However, Shi Xiaobai had already escaped more than a few hundred meters away, and was left completely unharmed.
The naked youth was awestruck.
An instakill of the black-robed youth. How was Shi Xiaobai so awesome?
"Big Brother Shi Xiaobai, please accept my kneel!"
The naked youth nearly knelt before Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai was silent. Bro, This King will be very satisfied if you just put on your clothes.
...
The blood worms that formed after the black-robed youth's self-destruct had previously caused great distress to Shi Xiaobai. The blood worms had chewed through the ligaments in his knee, limiting his mobility. It resulted in him being unable to use Crab Steps to dodge the attacks of the invisible monsters and the dragon.
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