Absolute Choice 7

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  A look of anticipation flashed in Shi Xiaobai's eyes.

  Speechless quipped, "It was common for This Emperor to narrate stories to his younger sister back in the day. When it came to the highlight of the story, the look in her eyes would be identical to the one you currently have, but usually, at such a moment, This Emperor can't help but keep her in suspense."

  Shi Xiaobai said, "Therefore, you plan to keep This King in suspense?"

  Speechless gave a sinister laugh and said, "No, This Emperor plans to stop right here. To learn more, wait till next time!"

  Shi Xiaobai could not help but pull his sword out as he said coldly, "Wretch, pull your sword out!"

  Speechless guffawed before his expression turned slightly serious. He solemnly said, "Shi Xiaobai, to tell you the truth, This Emperor has only one goal in joining this trial, it is to replicate the legend of the Hero King. You and This Emperor are the same type of person, so This Emperor is somewhat afraid that if you were told what the Hero King did, you would not help but want to go down the same path. This is a very dangerous path that only admits one; hence, This Emperor does not plan on continuing the exposition."

  Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai shook his head and said, "You are wrong. This King is not the same kind of person like you. This is because This King will not walk down the same path others have gone down. No matter how legendary the feat accomplished by the Hero King is, This King would not deliberately mimic it. This King will walk down a path that belongs to him!"

  Speechless' eyebrows pricked up slightly as he said with a laugh, "It looks like This Emperor has looked down on you. Go ahead, create a fifth story that belongs to you. It's time for This Emperor to leave. The Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament is held in the country of the Transcendents, Transcendence, towards the east. The castle the Infernal King lives in is to the west. The other rookies have basically headed to Transcendence since participating in the Martial Arts Tournament is still the most mainstream method when it comes to clearing the level. You can go there and take a look."

  Shi Xiaobai nodded.

  Speechless waved his hand before he turned around and headed north.

  "See you next time."

  The north was where the ravine several hundred meters across was. Speechless quickly walked to the edge of the ravine as he leaped forward. Suddenly, a pair of crystalline wings appeared on his back. Lustrous light flashed as his wings were flapped and like a meteor, he flew straight towards the other end of the ravine.

  Shi Xiaobai watched Speechless leave but did not immediately make a move. He was hesitating if he should head east or west.

  Of course, the most important thing was because Shi Xiaobai was famished again. And with 'food' littering the ground, it would be a waste not eating it!

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  Shi Xiaobai indulged in the countless gigantic black scorpions and steel rhinoceroses. His stomach was like a bottomless pit, with no end in sight.

  Shi Xiaobai knew he would be satiated sooner or later, but he never expected that only after he finished all the 'food' on the ground to the point of him feeling sick from just catching a whiff of potato chips or chocolate, was he barely satiated!

  Shi Xiaobai ate an entire night till the early hours of the next morning.

  Shi Xiaobai sighed. Filling this stomach was quite difficult, and he had no idea how long this meal would last him. He wished he would not be famished so quickly again.

  Although he had a heavy heart, Shi Xiaobai was also feeling pleasantly surprised. After eating the countless gigantic black scorpions and steel rhinoceroses, Shi Xiaobai could no longer imagine how strong his physical strength and defense had become.

  Now, once his body completely absorbed the energy given to him by the food, Shi Xiaobai's physique would reach new heights in strength.

  Shi Xiaobai contemplated as he ate, eventually deciding on going to Transcendence to see the Martial Arts Tournament. Although killing the Infernal King was very attractive for him, he had promised to meet Sunless on the seventh level back on the fifth level. According to what Speechless said, the Martial Arts Tournament was the mainstream method used by most people. As such, it was likely that Sunless was in Transcendence.

  Shi Xiaobai did not plan on clearing the seventh level using the Martial Arts Tournament, but he wanted to fulfill the promise of meeting Sunless. He also wanted to take a look at how powerful the talented Transcendents were for them to prevent human trial-takers from clearing the level for thousands of years.

  Shi Xiaobai bolted through the barren lands and headed east. Along the way, all he saw was sand and limestone. It was a desolate scene.

  However, what looked like an oasis gradually appeared. Slowly, it was replaced by lush green plains, with an inkling of civilization.

  It appeared as though he was approaching Transcendence!

  Shi Xiaobai continued running and during this period of time, he was not as hungry as before. From the looks of it, eating so much 'food' in one go was effective.

  Another half an hour later, a gigantic wall appeared across the lush green horizon!

  The wall was nearly a hundred meters tall, and it stretched across the horizon, with no end in sight. The length was evident, and in the middle of the wall, there was a city gate about fifty meters tall!

  This was the city of Transcendence?

  It was really expansive!

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised as he felt a hint of anticipation.

  Shi Xiaobai was very fast, and in a few moments, he had gone from one end of the horizon to a spot in front of the city walls.

  When Shi Xiaobai came several hundred meters from the city gates, a domineering voice resounded from within the city.

  "Stop, alien!"

  At the same time, a gigantic head peeked out of the hundred-meter wall!

  It was a gigantic head that had little flesh, making it look like a large skull. Its head was more than ten meters in diameter and peeking out over the city walls, its body was situated behind the city walls.

  It was a giant more than a hundred meters tall!

  "Stop or die!"

  The giant roared, sending reverberations across the world!

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  Chapter339 Racial Discrimination

  A gigantic head peeked out of the city walls that were more than a hundred meters high. The head was ferocious-looking and it immediately bellowed angrily, "Stop, alien! Stop or die!"

  The roar was filled with intense killing intent. It was terrifying and if it were any ordinary person, they would stop in fright or even take a few steps back.

  However, Shi Xiaobai ignored it. Not only did he not stop, he accelerated instead.

  If it were nice words of persuasion, Shi Xiaobai would have stopped, but if it was a threat from the beginning, Shi Xiaobai would not stand for that!

  "You're courting death!"

  The hundred-meter-tall giant clearly did not expect a member of an alien race that was as small as an ant would dare to ignore its deterrence. Immediately, it was incensed, but since it was situated inside the city walls, it could only serve as a deterrent, so it could only bellow repeatedly.

  The bellows were filled with an imposing pressure as well as a turbulent gust of wind.

  "Shut up, or This King will eat you!"

  Shi Xiaobai found the giant's bellow harsh on the ears as he railed out angrily. With an extremely fast speed, he charged towards the city gate that was dozens of meters tall.

  The city gate was tightly shut and there were no guards at the gate. From the looks of it, the giant was the gatekeeper.

  Shi Xiaobai sneered as he made a mad dash towards the city gate before suddenly leaping up. He kicked at the city gate with all his strength!

  "Boom!"

  A deafening crash echoed. After consuming a great deal of 'food', Shi Xiaobai's physical strength was no longer the same as before. The power of his kick was rather terrifying
as it caused the entire city gate to vibrate incessantly.

  However, the city gate was rather hard, made of some unknown metal, so Shi Xiaobai had failed to knock it down with a single kick.

  "Open the gate, or This King will not stand on ceremony any further!"

  Shi Xiaobai looked up and yelled. Following that he began entering a punching stance.

  The giant's threats had pissed him off greatly, and it appeared as though there was no intention for the tightly closed city gate to be opened.

  If the city gate was still closed after ten more seconds, Shi Xiaobai did not mind letting the city gate have a taste of the horrifying power of Turtle-speed Divine Punch!

  The hundred-meter-tall giant found it unbelievable that an ant-like alien would dare to rave about 'eating it' or even dare to attack the Transcendents' city gate!

  This was a provocation on the mighty Transcendents!

  "Alien, you will definitely die!"

  The giant roared angrily as a large pair of hands appeared above the city walls. The entire city wall began to vibrate!

  The giant was planning on leaping across the walls by using the walls as support!?

  Shi Xiaobai immediately pulled his black sword out. If the giant dared to jump out, Shi Xiaobai did not mind slicing off its legs!

  At this moment, an anxious voice resounded from inside the city walls!

  "Stop immediately!"

  The moment this voice resounded, the giant immediately withdrew his hands and the shaking of the city walls came to a stop.

  "You fool, are you trying to tear down the city walls!?"

  The anxious voice turned into one of condemnation.

  The giant's deep voice sounded from inside, "No, Lord Moya. There is a lowly alien outside the city who ignored my warnings. He even dared to hit the city gate. It's a provocation on us, the Transcendents!"

  The scolding voice bellowed angrily like it was fuming, "Fool! Is this the reason for nearly tearing down the city walls? What right does a giant-halfling like you claim to be a part of the Transcendents? Also, your job is not to be a gatekeeper, but a gate watcher. Do you understand? All you need to do is report what is happening outside the city in a timely manner, and not take the liberty to be rude to outsiders! Yesterday, you nearly entered a conflict with the alien Bravehearts, and you have yet to learn your lesson today?"

  The giant lowered its head as its voice turned increasingly muffled, "But...today is the day of the Martial Arts Tournament. His Majesty, Leonis, instructed me to be vigilant..."

  "Shut up!"

  The scolding voice from within the city immediately cut the giant off. "Leonis only instructed you to be vigilant and to report if any Bravehearts come from afar to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament. It is not for you to bar them access. Fool, why aren't you opening the city gate yet!?"

  The giant grunted indignantly but did not dare to refute the scolding voice.

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this conversation, he slowly withdrew his fist. He did not have any grudges with the Transcendents. The only thing that slightly pissed him off was the giant's threatening words, but since the giant was only a watchdog, Shi Xiaobai would not go as far as to pick a fight.

  He found it odd. The hundred-meter-tall giant did not even dare retaliate verbally after being scolded in a such a manner. What sort of 'monster' was the other creature inside the city?

  At this moment, the heavy city gate slowly opened. It was obvious how heavy the city gate was from the screeching sound it produced as it dragged across the ground,

  Just opening this city gate would require tremendous strength.

  As the city gate slowly opened, it revealed the giant's body. It was extremely thin, as though it was a massive body that had been reduced to bones. The tiny amount of flesh did not make it look like a skeleton, but most of its large innards could be seen, making it look rather terrifying.

  The giant had pulled the city gate open with his bare hands before walking to the side of the city gate. The person scolding inside the city was finally seen by Shi Xiaobai.

  Shi Xiaobai's eyes immediately flashed a look of disappointment when he saw this.

  The existence that was freely scolding the giant was a tiny dwarf. He did not look much different from humans, but his skin was dark green in color. He had a single horn on the top of his head.

  Was this dwarf a Transcendent?

  Why could he scold the hundred-meter-tall giant freely?

  Shi Xiaobai was disappointed. The green-skinned dwarf, Moya, similarly flashed a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

  "So it's a human."

  Moya deliberately suppressed mutter did not escape Shi Xiaobai's ears.

  Shi Xiaobai's eyebrows pricked up slightly.

  From the dwarf’s tone, it appeared as though he looked down on humans?

  Moya gathered himself and said, "If I didn't guess wrong, you must be here to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament with the other humans that came yesterday. Although it's unfathomable how the God of Courage showed favor upon you humans with such weak physiques, the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament welcomes the participation of all Hexstar Bravehearts."

  Weak physiques?

  Shi Xiaobai frowned slightly as he said coldly, "You look down on humans?"

  Moya chuckled, "You are being overly emphatic. Humans are considered a mysterious and strange race to us. Yesterday was also the first day we encountered humans. But on the surface, it seems the physiques of humans are inferior to the most inferior species in the world of Bravehearts, much less comparable to us, the Transcendents. Of course, this is on the surface. If you humans are able to put up a somewhat impressive performance at the Martial Arts Tournament, I wouldn't mind changing my opinion. You are a guest, so I naturally don't have intentions of belittlement and am just stating an objective opinion. Whether I look down or not is nothing to do with my thoughts, but on you humans."

  Shi Xiaobai fell silent. The dwarf sounded exceedingly nice, but his words were filled with a discriminating tone despite him appearing to take on an objective standpoint.

  What an arrogant sentence of 'whether I look down or not is nothing to do with my thoughts, but on you humans'.

  This was the first time Shi Xiaobai felt racial discrimination from another race as a human. The crux of the issue was that you could not be angry after the dwarfs said those words, or it will appear as though one was turning angry from embarrassment, making it seem like a form of confession!

  "Open your eyes well and wait. Humans will very quickly prove their excellence."

  Shi Xiaobai sneered before striding into the city. He did not know how impressive the Transcendents were, for them to claim that humans were the most inferior species. As a human, regardless of how impressive the Transcendents were, the discrimination he endured was the precursor to him using his actions to smack the dwarf's face so much that it would swell into a pig's head in time to come!

  Moya was deadpan as a faint smile that exuded contempt suffused across his lips. He whispered, "Then I'll wait and see. Follow me, I'll bring you to your companions. The Martial Arts Tournament will begin soon, and I hope the lot of you would be able to give us a surprise."

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  Chapter340 To dare mess with This King, eat first, talk later

  After entering the city, the bustle of the city formed a stark contrast to the austereness at the city gate. As today was the day the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament was being held, Shi Xiaobai saw several races on the streets.

  According to Moya, the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament welcomed Bravehearts from all races. There was still a form of cohesion among the different races in this world after all.

  Shi Xiaobai saw dark-skinned dwarves the most along the way. Clearly, they were the prevailing look of Transcendents.

  However, it was as though every dwarf had a stuck-up attitude. They seem to
exude a sense of ethnic superiority against the foreign races.

  But strangely, the conversations he heard along the way were how Bravehearts of other races would lower their statures despite being mildly ridiculed. It was as though the green-skinned dwarves' contempt was a matter taken for granted.

  Be it a three-meter tall ape-headed man, or a ferocious-looking tiger-headed man, or a bizarre snake-bodied person, they appeared very respectful towards the green-skinned dwarves in the city.

  Even the most ordinary Transcendent would look at Bravehearts from other races with contempt.

  And what rendered Shi Xiaobai the most speechless was how these Bravehearts from other races look at him after being treated with contempt. They looked at him with extreme contempt!

  This blatant disparity from racial discrimination was infuriating.

  Shi Xiaobai nearly wanted to use his sword to slaughter all these strange and ugly Bravehearts of other races.

  A towering tree managed to divert Shi Xiaobai's attention away, saving these alien Bravehearts in the process.

  This towering tree was located in the middle of the city. It was several hundred meters tall; therefore, it could be seen even on the outskirts of the city.

  The towering tree's height was not only outrageous, it looked very strange as well. Its tree trunk and branches were brownish-black in color as a metallic sheen suffused from them. The leaves were like crystals refracting the luminance of the sunlight, as its massive crown was enveloped in a colorful luster.

  "This is the holy tree of the Transcendents, known as the Transcendence Holy Tree. It possesses divine power, so when the Infernal King's forces invade, the Transcendence Holy Tree will bestow its power upon us, making the Transcendents' Bravehearts even more powerful and courageous!"

  Moya was clearly accustomed to the shock outsiders had from seeing the Transcendence Holy Tree, so shocked that they would gulp their saliva. Therefore, he proudly introduced it.

  However, Moya never expected that the human in front of him was gulping his saliva, not because of shock, but because he had a craving!