Absolute Choice 7

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  The youth stretched out the index finger on his right hand as a silver halo bloomed on his fingertip. He quickly drew in the air what looked like a magical incantation.

  A gigantic silver shield appeared beneath the stone dragon, covering its entire body.

  "Peng! Peng! Peng!"

  More than a hundred golden beams struck the silver shield, causing the silver shield to quiver incessantly, and very soon, cracks began to appear, as though it was about to shatter at any moment in time.

  But only up to the final sword beam's strike, did the precarious silver shield shatter!

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback.

  Was this a coincidence? Or was it calculated ahead of time?

  This youth was not a simple person!

  Shi Xiaobai immediately felt his fighting spirit stir. It was not going to be easy to eat the stone dragon, but the harder it was to obtain it, the more compelling it was!

  Shi Xiaobai was contemplating how he could slaughter the stone dragon that was hundreds of meters in the air with an inclination to fly even higher, under the 'aloof' youth's hands.

  At this moment, a shout came from the sky.

  "Watch your feet!"

  It appeared to be a shout from the youth.

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised as he suddenly felt an inkling of danger. He immediately came to a halt, and thankfully, Crab Steps possessed a deceptive trait to it. The level of changes he could do was what most movement techniques could not match, so Shi Xiaobai was able to seemingly violate the principle of inertia as he came to a sudden stop.

  After coming to a stop, Shi Xiaobai looked in front of him. In front of him was a wide ravine hundreds of meters across!

  The ravine spread through the desolate desert without any end in sight. It looked like endless darkness, and the gap that spanned hundreds of meters was impossible to cross with one's strength alone.

  If not for the youth's reminder, and Shi Xiaobai's perception of danger, he might have plunged headlong into the ravine while he was fully focused on the sky.

  Shi Xiaobai did not have wings after all. He had no way to forcefully cross a ravine. From the looks of it, he could not succeed in his chase.

  The stone dragon seemed to discover this as it raised its head and roared, as though it was cheering how it had finally shaken the human off.

  Shi Xiaobai pouted. Food that was nearly in his mouth had flown away. It was infuriating!

  Shi Xiaobai immediately felt famished from his anger. Taking out a rock from his pocket, he stuffed it into his mouth and chewed on it.

  Hey, this rock was beef-flavored. It had quite a nice chew to it.

  Shi Xiaobai began devouring the rocks to vent his anger, secretly swearing to slaughter that stone dragon the next time he encountered it, so as to have a taste of stone dragon meat.

  At this moment, there was a sudden sound of the wind that echoed above him.

  Shi Xiaobai looked up and saw the stone dragon that had already fled return!

  Huff, puff....

  The stone dragon flew closer and landed beside Shi Xiaobai.

  The stone dragon warily watched Shi Xiaobai with great hostility, while on full alert. Clearly, it had flown back reluctantly.

  Then, it had to be the youth on the dragon's back that flew back because of something?

  Indeed, the youth's voice was immediately heard from the stone dragon's back.

  "This brother, can I buy some food from you?"

  The youth leaped from the stone dragon's back and stared at Shi Xiaobai with burning eyes.

  Shi Xiaobai found it somewhat amusing.

  He was planning on eating the stone dragon the youth was riding, but now, the youth was trying to buy food from him?

  What food did he have to offer?

  But seeing how the youth had warned him to watch his feet despite it being superfluous when it came to him, the youth did not appear to be someone wicked. As such, there was no reason for Shi Xiaobai to give him a stinky face.

  Shi Xiaobai shook his head and said, "Sorry, This King does not have any food to sell."

  The youth's eyebrows pricked up, clearly unaccustomed with Shi Xiaobai's way of addressing himself. However, he quickly pointed his fingers at the rock in Shi Xiaobai's hand and said with a laugh, "Isn't that food? You must have quite a lot in your pockets."

  The rock in Shi Xiaobai's hand had been bitten through halfway. Regardless of who it was, the rock looked like food that resembled a rock, if not, how could anyone eat it?

  But Shi Xiaobai knew very clearly that the rock was not really food, but because there was a problem with his body. He could only say, "Sorry, this is not food, but a rock."

  The youth frowned slightly and seemed somewhat unhappy. He said, "Brother, the thing seems like a rock, but the both of us know that it's actually rock cake, a famous delicacy in the capital. I have not eaten for some time now, and I'm having a craving suddenly after seeing it. If you can't bear to part with it, just say so directly. Why is there a need to give such a lame excuse? I saw you eat a few of the rock cakes with my own eyes. The one in your hand is bitten halfway. Are you telling me that you are eating rocks?"

  Shi Xiaobai fell silent. Indeed, he was eating nothing other than rocks.

  But if he said so, the youth would probably believe that he was treating him for a fool.

  Shi Xiaobai could only shake his head and said, "It's really a rock."

  Shi Xiaobai was reluctant to scam others. After all, the youth had warned him to be careful.

  The youth sighed and said, "Are you willing to sell a slice of rock cake for 100,000 bucks?"

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback.

  The youth immediately stretched out two fingers, "200,000?"

  Shi was somewhat startled, unsure of a response.

  "300,000?"

  The youth said with a heavy tone, "A million. A million to buy a slice of that rock cake. How about it?"

  Shi Xiaobai felt helpless.

  Spending a million to buy a rock...

  Sigh, this matter was so hard to refuse!

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  Chapter333 A Difficult Nemesis

  Although rock cakes were a famous delicacy in China, it was just a dessert, costing a thousand bucks for one slice. However, the youth immediately offered a hundred thousand and later added it to a million himself.

  Others would be bewildered if they were to hear him offer a million for a slice of rock cake and exclaim the phrase, 'having money makes you capricious!"

  Of course, that was the case if it were really a rock cake.

  Shi Xiaobai felt somewhat helpless. This was clearly not the rock cake the youth was thinking of. It was just a rock, a random piece of rock that could be found anywhere on the ground, an ordinary rock that could be easily picked up from the ground.

  Was he trying to scam himself by paying a million bucks to buy a crappy piece of rock for eating?

  "This is really a piece of rock."

  Shi Xiaobai struggled internally and finally shook his head to reject the youth's offer. While doing so, he swallowed the remaining rock in his hand, and out of habit, took out another rock from his pocket and took another mouthful, looking jubilant in the process.

  The youth's face immediately turned black.

  Hey, you are eating it so sumptuously while mentioning that it's just a piece of rock, are you treating me for a fool?

  "It seems as if you do not believe that I have a million bucks, nor do you believe that I will use a million bucks to buy a slice of rock cake. Fine, I will snatch a rock cake from your pocket and stuff a million into it!"

  The youth's eyes turned slightly cold.

  Who would believe it if he were to tell others that he could not buy a slice of rock cake with a million?

  In that case, he could only be oppressive and forcefully 'buy' it from him.

  With his strength,
snatching a few slices of cake would have been an easy task, something he took for granted. He had already done enough to offer a million bucks to buy the cake.

  As for the reason why he would use a million to buy a slice of rock cake? It was because he had a craving for rock cake. As such, the rock cake was worth a million.

  Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai was delighted instead of turning furious. He said, "Perfect, This King happens to have something to snatch from you as well!"

  Shi Xiaobai had been coveting the stone dragon for a very long while, but he was unsure of the trigger for casus belli. Now, his 'robbery' was justified!

  The youth chuckled and said, "Fine, then let's fight. If you can win, you can take anything from me, including my life. If I were to win, it wouldn't be as simple as taking a slice of rock cake from you!"

  Shi Xiaobai's eyes turned slightly austere. He never expected the youth to instantly escalate the matter to a life-and-death battle. This person was a little odd.

  However, Shi Xiaobai naturally wasn’t afraid as he immediately summoned the black sword. Most of the time, strength was much more useful than reason.

  "Using a sword in front of me?"

  The youth scoffed as his eyes flashed a silver beam. A black sword appeared out of nowhere in his hand!

  Shi Xiaobai's pupils constricted slightly. This black sword was identical to the black sword in his hand!

  The next moment, golden points of light began emerging out of the ground as it slowly gathered towards the youth's body, giving his body a golden luster.

  This was the power of Shi Xiaobai's Sword Truth—Excalibur!

  Mimicry?

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised. The sword intent emanated by the youth was not as simple as imitation!

  "Take that!"

  Without waiting any longer or grapple over who should attack first, the youth slashed right at Shi Xiaobai!

  Golden sword beams burst out forcefully!

  Shi Xiaobai pricked his eyebrows up slightly. He activated his Sword Truth as well, producing a golden sword beam that was hardly any different from the one it was meeting!

  "Boom!"

  The two golden sword beams collided and shattered.

  "Bang!"

  As the golden sword beams shattered, two translucent sword beams shot straight out like a cicada casting off its skin. Once again, they collided with a boom and shattered!

  The scene looked like it was a mirrored reflection.

  "Take another strike of mine!"

  The youth laughed out loudly and slashed with his sword once again.

  As he raised his sword, there was a whistling of the wind.

  As the sword cleaved downwards, a sword beam surged down like a strong gust of wind!

  A hurricane stirred up large amounts of sand, dicing the rocks on the ground as it swirled towards Shi Xiaobai!

  This was the Kun Peng's Sword of Wind!?

  Shi Xiaobai similarly used Kun Peng's Sword of Wind to resist the attack. As the two sword winds clashed, they reached a stalemate for a moment before sounds of sword beams clashing resounded incessantly.

  Once again, this clash of swords was like a reflection of each other.

  The youth said with a laugh, "Come on, it's time for you to attack. Use whatever move you have!"

  Shi Xiaobai fell silent.

  Did this youth think of him as a fool?

  Using other moves to let him imitate them as well?

  Shi Xiaobai had figured that it was likely that the youth had a superpower that allowed him to copy the moves or even items of others. His Sword Truth power and Kun Peng's Sword of Wind had been learned by the youth when he was pursuing the stone dragon.

  Shi Xiaobai gradually lifted his sword. If any attack he used could be mimicked, he could only use the easiest method, a competition of speed and power!

  Shi Xiaobai charged at the youth and slashed out!

  This attack was the purest and simplest Beginner Sword!

  The youth could read Shi Xiaobai's intentions. While shaking his head with a laugh, a silver light flashed in his eyes. A silver shield appeared in front of him, instantly blocking Shi Xiaobai's sword.

  Following that, the youth took a step forward and the black sword in his hand transformed into a silver spear!

  "Tyrant Spear!"

  The youth bellowed as a cold beam flashed. The spear thrust forward with a domineering force as though it was a dragon!

  Shi Xiaobai's heart leaped.

  Wasn't Tyrant Spear one of Pulp Farmer's moves?

  From the force coming at him, the youth's strike was much stronger than Pulp Farmer's Tyrant Spear!

  Shi Xiaobai's sword had been blocked by the shield, and was momentarily unable to parry the thrusting spear; therefore, he could only retreat.

  At this moment, the silver spear in the youth's hand transformed into a purplish-golden wheel gun.

  The transformation took only an instant, and at the moment it completed its transformation, the youth had pulled the trigger!

  A purplish-golden bullet shot out at Shi Xiaobai!

  This was no doubt Sen Senyuan's attack!

  Shi Xiaobai knew the power of this bullet. He did not dare to block it with only Beginner Sword, so he had not choice but to quickly dodge sideways and escape the explosive range of the bullet!

  "Boom!"

  The bullet exploded as sand blasted in all directions and filled the sky, like a mushroom cloud.

  Shi Xiaobai had just managed to escape the blast range, so he was not injured.

  But he was now facing a dilemma. The youth had countless means and it was unknown how many moves he had learned from others. If he only restricted himself to using Beginner Sword or Kun Peng's Sword of Wind, it was unlikely for him to defeat the youth.

  Knowing that his moves could be replicated, Shi Xiaobai did not even plan on using the essence of Crab Steps, 'flash motion'.

  However, if he did not even use Crab Steps, how was he to defeat the mysterious youth that had a wide array of techniques?

  The youth could apparently tell Shi Xiaobai's dilemma, or it should be said that he had intended to force Shi Xiaobai into such a dilemma.

  The youth chuckled and said, "Shi Xiaobai, you should not only be this strong considering how you have conquered five Level Lords. Come on, use the most powerful techniques you are proudest of, or else...this will be the end of your trial."

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  Chapter334 Not only mimicry

  Shi Xiaobai was not surprised that the youth knew of his identity. After all, he was rather famous among the rookies at present. It was very likely that news regarding him had spread throughout each level in the trial. Many of his features were very identifiable.

  In fact, Shi Xiaobai had also roughly guessed the identity of the youth. Although they had exchanged only a few blows, the trouble and pressure the youth gave him was higher than any rookie, much higher than Sen Senyuan and Pulp Farmer.

  The rookies with such power that participated in the trials could only be the ones ranked first or second, Speechless Li or Mu Lengxi in the official forecast. Shi Xiaobai did not know the identities of these two people.

  However, Mu Lengxi was apparently a girl based on the official forecast's information. Then, the mysterious and powerful youth that had arrived in the seventh level was most likely Speechless, a person he had frequently heard people mention, but had no understanding of him.

  Apparently, this was a person who rendered people speechless.

  Using a million bucks to buy a slice of rock cake and even going to the point of using force to force a sell was indeed rather speechless rendering. Furthermore, the strength he possessed made him feel rather helpless.

  Speechless had requested to buy a rock cake from Shi Xiaobai from the very beginning. Shi Xiaobai had rejected it a few times, and he had even told him that it was only a rock. In fact, Shi Xiaobai co
uld have thrown the rock in his hand or a rock from his pocket to let the youth test its authenticity, then everything would have been simpler.

  But in actual fact, the matter was not as simple as it seemed.

  Place yourself in the other person's shoes, if you were to see someone eating a cake that looked like a rock with relish, but when you bit at it after it was given to you, only to find out that it was a rock, what would be your first reaction?

  Would you really think the other person was truly eating a rock?

  No, you would think the other person was playing you for a fool! A certain trick undetectable to you that had replaced the cakes in your hand or pockets with a rock might have been employed.

  When that happened, Shi Xiaobai would have to come up with a new explanation and a cumbersome way to prove himself.

  Therefore, explaining would only create new misunderstandings, and misunderstandings needed new explanations. Trying to prove that he was really eating a rock was quite a troublesome matter to begin with.

  For a stranger, Shi Xiaobai naturally could not be bothered to explain or prove that he was really eating a rock.

  But from the looks of it, explaining was futile. It would only steer itself in the path the youth wanted.

  Shi Xiaobai said scornfully, "Speechless, since you wanted to fight This King from the beginning, why is there a need to go through so much trouble?"

  Seeing his identity and goal seen through, Speechless did not quibble. He said with a chuckle, "There's no other way. There is no one in the trial that dares to fight This Emperor. Pulp Farmer, Liu Yu and the rest run whenever they see This Emperor. It wasn't easy to meet a passable opponent, so how can This Emperor let you go? Therefore, it's best if you want to fight, and even if you don't, you have to!"

  With Speechless's ability to 'imitate' the moves and abilities of others, there was indeed no one who would be willing to fight him.

  However, Shi Xiaobai was different.

  He was not afraid that his moves would be stolen, or even easily replicated.

  This was because a move depended on the person using it. Different executors of the same move, regardless of how powerful it was, would definitely be different.