In short, there were three people who did not give up. Yama Minamiya and company did not intervene which caused the "abuse" that no longer felt the same to continue on. At this moment in time, people were not waiting for the moment Shi Xiaobai collapsed but for the moment Wang Lin and company would curse out loud with a "Fuck this, I'm done."
In fact, Shi Xiaobai was already extremely satisfied despite the increase being extremely slow near the later stages. In three hours, his physical numbers had risen to 19, and nearing the end, it was stuck for half an hour without showing any signs of breaking the stagnating trend.
As such, Shi Xiaobai already realized that the experience from the rookies, including Wang Lin and Xiang Wu, was utterly inadequate.
"It's time to end the battle. Time to use This King's Turtle-speed Divine Punch!"
Shi Xiaobai thought in his mind.
But at this moment, a clear face appeared in his mind. It was a delicate face with beautiful features beneath silver hair. A faint smile suffused on the face's lips.
"This King's right hand, King of Snacks!?"
Shi Xiaobai was immediately shocked because Chen Lingcun's face did not flash past his mind and instead was fixed in his consciousness. It was like a picture had forcibly occupied a computer screen.
Shi Xiaobai shook his head and blinked but he could not evict the clear face from his mind.
But immediately following that, the face in his mind started to turn blur and flash. The colors of the picture seemed to peel off, like paint that was paring.
At the same time, the experiences he shared with Chen Lingcun suddenly began playing from the end to beginning in his mind.
The scene of how Lingcun shattered his Psionic Shield with a light punch.
The scene of how Lingcun was mocked as the weakest rookie.
The scene of how Lingcun was called up the stage.
The scene of how Lingcun told him not to help Xiang Wu by acting impulsively.
The scene of how Lingcun analyzed how to conceal the identity of "Shi Xiaobai".
The scene of how Lingcun said "Shi Xiaobai is the hope of all humanity".
These scenes played frame after frame in his mind before they peeled off like paint, eventually turning to white blankness. And when Shi Xiaobai realized that every scene had gone white, he felt like they had all disappeared from his mind!
It was as though—his memories were being lost!
And at this moment, his mind had played the first scene of their meeting. Under the sunlight, that silver-haired youth was standing beside Ye Jiaquan with his hands in his pocket, a smile suffusing across his lips.
And this scene was just like the previous ones. It slowly lost its colors and turned a blur. It was about to turn to white blankness.
"No!"
Shi Xiaobai widened his eyes slightly as intuition told him that the moment this picture disappeared, he would completely forget the silver-haired youth.
Chen Lingcun would become an existence that never existed in his world!
"Make your choice, youth!"
A fiery voice resounded in his mind. Shi Xiaobai's body was frozen in time, but his consciousness regained its freedom.
He saw at a glance Hua Pengju and his four lackeys that were charging at him. Their face had hideous smiles and confident looks.
At the same time, black text materialized before his eyes.
[ Choice 1: Kill Chen Lingcun (A-level reward) ]
[ Choice 2: Save Chen Lingcun (B-level reward) ]
[ Choice 3: Give up on Chen Lingcun (F-level reward) ]
Shi Xiaobai finally realized that time had wound back, returning to the moment the Absolute Choice appeared. This meant that—he had failed the choice he made!
This meant that...
"Make your choice, youth!"
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Chapter120 Do not scream in pain even when balls shatter
"Make your choice, youth!"
The fiery voice continue to resound in his mind, as Shi Xiaobai's thoughts felt like they were being mixed into a mess, while the lost memories were immediately squeezed back into his head. The scenes that had to do with Chen Lingcun was pieced back one by one.
Moments later, Shi Xiaobai's churning mind finally calmed down, but the calm did not last long because Shi Xiaobai had realized a harsh reality—time had looped back, returning to the moment the Absolute Choice appeared. This meant that he had failed the choice of [Save Chen Lingcun] after three hours!
Shi Xiaobai recalled how he had failed twice back when he chose [Save Little Fatso], and both failures were a result of Little Fatso, Zhu Zhu, being killed by Sahadun. Hence, it could be determined that failure to save the target was equivalent to the target dying!
With the aforementioned conjectures, it all pointed to a conclusion—Chen Lingcun would die three hours later!
Shi Xiaobai's heart immediately turned heavy. Even if the Absolute Choice repeated again, he would still naturally choose [Save Chen Lingcun]. It had nothing to do with what position Chen Lingcun had taken up in his heart. Even if it was a stranger, as long as it wasn't a wicked person, amongst the choices of [Kill], [Give up] or [Save], he would definitely choose [Save].
He always remembered the final words his elder brother said to him in that tiny cupboard—He was the King who would eventually save the world. If he did not have the courage or will to save a single person, what was the point of talking about saving an entire world?
However, the most intractable problem in front of him was how he was to save Chen Lingcun.
The only information he now knew was that "Chen Lingcun would die three hours later". Where Chen Lingcun was, or what fatal danger he would encounter were all crucial clues that Shi Xiaobai lacked.
In such a situation, Shi Xiaobai had to first find out where Chen Lingcun was. And the person that could provide the slightest of clues about Chen Lingcun's whereabouts was clearly...Ye Jiaquan!
Shi Xiaobai's eyes slightly lit up. Maybe Chen Lingcun had said something before he left, or he might have inadvertently revealed where he was heading?
Maybe Ye Jiaquan knew where Chen Lingcun was!
...
...
Time once again began spinning. Hua Pengju and company were charging at Shi Xiaobai from different directions. They believed that had sealed off all routes of retreat for Shi Xiaobai, so their strike was both ruthless and decisive!
But this time, Shi Xiaobai did not retract the tip of his foot that was about to take flight!
Shi Xiaobai was feeling a sense of pity. After the time reset, his technique, "This Turtle Is Hardest" that reached level 19 returned to its original level 0. His body was still tofu crap, and in other words, the three hours of "happy ending" was done for nothing!
Also, at this moment, Shi Xiaobai no longer had time to tangle himself with Hua Pengju and company. He no longer had time to use "This Turtle Is Hardest" to cultivate his body because [Save Chen Lingcun] was an urgent matter!
Shi Xiaobai used Crab Steps and took the simplest and most direct method of lateral side jumps to dodge Hua Pengju's punch before shooting out of the five people's encirclement like a beam of light.
Although this process was simple, it was done extremely fast. Hua Pengju and company did not even see Shi Xiaobai's motions. All they saw was Shi Xiaobai flash suddenly and after sweeping up a whirlwind, he had escaped from their encirclement and sights.
At the instant when Hua Pengju and company's punches and kicks lost their target, they were unable to retract them in time, causing them to hit each other!
"Ah!"
Hua Pengju's groin had unfortunately been hit by Ah Six's kick into the nether regions. He screamed immediately and his thighs turned inwards as he squatted down. His hands covered his little partner at his groin as he constantly issued out a hissing sound.
Ah Six immediately exclaimed and hurriedly rushed to Hua Peng
ju. He had used a lot of strength in his kick and had failed to retract it in time. This kick had hit with full force! Furthermore, Ah Six kept feeling that he had kicked something spectacular.
"Bo...Boss, is...is that part of you alright!?"
Ah Six asked with a wretched face. He remembered that when he kicked Hua Pengju's groin, he had apparently heard the sound of something crunch.
Ah One and Ah Three also came beside him and reveal worried looks. Would their Boss...
Hua Pengju was already in a state of confusion from the pain. At the moment he heard Ah Six's question, he used his strength to pinch the lackey's hand he was holding, causing a heart-wrenching scream to immediately resound.
Hua Pengju's eyes were glazed as though he had no love in his life.
"My balls have shattered!"
...
Shi Xiaobai did not know Hua Pengju was experiencing the greatest suffering in the world when he dodged. If he knew of it, he would have said with disdain, "Real man do not scream in pain even when balls shatter!
Shi Xiaobai had already charged towards Ye Jiaquan at this moment.
At this moment, Ye Jiaquan was fighting Wang Lin's faction as a core member of Han Feng's faction. Three Team Blue rookies were fighting with Ye Jiaquan.
Shi Xiaobai frowned because he did not have time to waste on the three rookies. Without much hesitation, Shi Xiaobai easily flashed past two rookies and suddenly kicked the third one in the ass.
That person had his back facing Shi Xiaobai and after he was kicked by Shi Xiaobai's fast and violent kick, he was caught off guard while he uttered an "Ah" as he fell to the ground.
When the two other rookies saw this, they were immediately enraged as they turned around to attack Shi Xiaobai!
Shi Xiaobai did not retreat but instead proceeded forward. In a flash, he came to the middle of the two rookies and immediately following that...used Crab Steps' ability of passing off the spurious as genuine!
When the two rookies realized Shi Xiaobai was rushing to them, their eyes lit up. Seeing Shi Xiaobai use those funny footsteps, they charged forward with a dismissive sneer. At the same time, they raised their fists and punched at Shi Xiaobai's delicate white face!
"Aiyah!
"Aiyah!
Two cries of pain was heard as the two rookies punched each other in the face simultaneously. One of them lost three teeth, while the other spun a few times after being hit.
At the same time, the Team Blue rookie who had been kicked by Shi Xiaobai to the ground was quickly beaten by Ye Jiaquan after losing his numbers advantage.
The three rookies and Ye Jiaquan's confrontational standoff came to an end because of Shi Xiaobai's sudden intrusion.
Riko, who was constantly paying Shi Xiaobai attention outside the field, was stunned agape. As a bystander, she was able to clearly tell how Shi Xiaobai had dodged the combined attacks of Hua Pengju and company, and how he flashed past the two rookies to complete a sneak attack, as well as how he forcefully inserted himself between the two Team Blue rookies, and then finally use an extremely realistic fake move to make the two rookies hit each other in a silly manner.
Riko saw all of this and had seen it very clearly. In her opinion, Shi Xiaobai's series of movement was extremely quick, crafty and strange. It was even very magnificent!
When did Shi Xiaobai grasp such powerful footwork? Furthermore...what was this footwork?
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Chapter121 Filthy Turtle Divine Technique Combo!
"What footwork is this?" Riko wondered.
On first glance, it looked like "Crab Steps" that very few people cared about, but on careful thought, when was "Crab Steps", which was well known to be comical, ever this cool?
Yama Minamiya, who was beside her, was also similarly deep in thought. He could already tell that Shi Xiaobai's footwork was "Crab Steps", and in fact, was quite similar to Yaris' "divine Crab Steps". As a result, he could not help but think of the recent absurd news that did not stir any waves, and the news of how a person known as "IChooseDogLeading" cultivated Crab Steps to the Dominating Refinement realm at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm.
As the news had clearly described "IChooseDogLeading" as the representative contestant for battle arena cafe's [Gaia] branch, he had particularly sent people to investigate the matter, however the investigations came up with nothing. The residents who watched the competition described it in great graphic detail, and there was someone who even imitated the line "everyone present is a spicy chicken" with great flair, but there was no evidence to verify the matter.
Yama Minamiya was skeptical about the whole matter and finally ignored it. However, now with Shi Xiaobai using Crab Steps, he could not help but recall of this matter. Shi Xiaobai was similarly at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm and although there was no way to tell what tier the Crab Steps were because he apparently did not give his all against the few weak rookies, wasn't everything too much a coincidence?
Besides, Shi Xiaobai had disappeared for those few days. Actually, the so-called disappearance was mainly because Kali had chased away all the personnel that had been planted around Shi Xiaobai. Even [Gaia]'s upper echelons failed to grasp Shi Xiaobai's whereabouts.
"Could that news be true? Could Shi Xiaobai be 'IChooseDogLeading'?"
With this thought in mind, Yama Minamiya's eyes that looked at Shi Xiaobai turned burning hot. If that was the case...
"In the future, be nicer to Xiaobai. That temper of yours needs to be held back," Yama Minamiya looked at Riko and said seriously. Although he was not like the other members of the upper echelons, who hoped that Riko would become a "honey trap" for Shi Xiaobai, he was genuinely hoping that Riko would become Shi Xiaobai's friend at that very moment.
Riko was stunned as her mouth pouted as she had various thoughts on her mind.
Wasn't I being good to him?
Last night, we even...
Pui! Last night's matter is not to be mentioned!
...
...
If Riko and Yama Minamiya's eyes were unable to discern Shi Xiaobai's attainment, it was natural that those rookies who could not even see Shi Xiaobai's movements were completely lost in a foggy mist. They wisely chose to hurriedly scatter away. The combined forces of Tu Dahei and Shi Xiaobai was not something a few rookies like them could resist.
When Shi Xiaobai saw how no one came to disturb them, he immediately walked towards Ye Jiaquan and asked, "Steel Ox, did Lingcun say where he was going before he left?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Jiaquan was left in a daze as he scratched his head and said, "Me thinks...there was nothing."
Shi Xiaobai was immediately somewhat disappointed but immediately asked again, "Think again. Before he left, did he say anything strange?"
Ye Jiaquan immediately knitted his eyebrows and began thinking hard. Moments later, he said with a face of grief, "Me, Me doesn't remember."
Shi Xiaobai gaped his mouth and did not continue asking. Blaming or pressing Ye Jiaquan further clearly wasn’t the best thing to do. Now, the thing that he needed to do the most was think of how to obtain information about Chen Lingcun's current whereabouts.
"Brother Dahei, is Lingcun...in trouble?" Ye Jiaquan sensed that something was amiss and hurriedly asked.
"Nothing, even if there is, This King will easily resolve it."
Shi Xiaobai did not explain the matter as it was useless to make another silly ox anxious. After a moment of thought, his eyes gradually lit up. Maybe the other rookies could provide some clues?
But at this moment, the rookies were occupied in their own battles, and Shi Xiaobai did not have the time to ask them one by one. Now, he needed to make everyone hear his question and answer his question seriously.
Shi Xiaobai surveyed his surroundings but this time, no one stopped because of what he had done. The likely reason why people stopped the last time because he appeared fine after being b
eaten by Hua Pengju and company for several minutes.
Shi Xiaobai's eyes flickered as realized that he first needed to make everyone's heart stop a moment for him before they would prick their ears up for him.
"Steel Ox, for the next few minutes, do not let anyone come close to This King." Shi Xiaobai already had an idea and said to Ye Jiaquan. Then, he squatted down and arched his right knee. His fist faced the ground as though he was about to punch it.
Ye Jiaquan was slightly surprised before he nodded his head heavily. He then used a pair of fierce-looking eyes that seemed to warn any rookie that tempted to make a move.
Shi Xiaobai took a deep breath and clenched his fist tightly. Following that, he used an extremely, extremely slow speed to smash into the ground.
Those rookies who were paying attention to Shi Xiaobai, as well as Yama Minamiya and Riko, who saw the scene, were completely dumbfounded.
This punch was not only extremely slow, it was even slower than a snail's crawl. From top to bottom, his fist moved less than a centimeter a second. Shi Xiaobai's entire arm was trembling as though he was using all his strength, but at that extremely slow speed, it appeared as though it was soft and lacked strength.
What was he doing?
What Shi Xiaobai wanted to do was naturally make all the fighting rookies stop and listen to his question seriously; hence, he needed to stun everybody.
And Filthy Turtle Divine Technique's third move—Turtle-speed Divine Punch was perfect for the job.
Turtle-speed Divine Punch's name suggested that the punch would be slow like a turtle's crawl, almost impossible for it to strike a moving object. However, this punch lived up to its name as a "divine punch". Its power was quite impressive, and more amazingly, the strength of Turtle-speed Divine Punch did not have a fixed value. In a certain way, Turtle-speed Divine Punch's strength had no upper limit!
The slower the punch, the more powerful it was!
The theory behind it was like a compressed spring. The longer and deeper it was compressed, the more explosive and terrifying the bounce would be when it was released!
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