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"The nonexistent sword in your hand actually exists. However, others are unable to discern its existence. If they do not know its true form, there's no way for them to see it. It is such an existence. But This King has always been accompanying you by your side. Therefore, This King is one of the few people that can see it. This King even knows the name you chose for it. You call the sword—Lucifer's Sword!"
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Chapter430 Always been stalking you
The blond youth could no longer remain expressionless. His ice-blue eyes flashed a look of disbelief.
"Why, why would you know its name!? I have never told anyone. It was a name I came up with on a whim a month ago. How did you even know?"
The blond youth's tone finally could not remain emotionless. There was a hint of an undetectable agitation. The nonexistent sword's name was something no one else could know except himself!
Shi Xiaobai said with a deep voice, "This King not only knows the name you gave the sword, but in order to vent the torment of yearning, This King paid a terrible price to let that hateful program create Lucifer's Sword! Although it's a fake Lucifer's Sword, This King has always carried it by his side, as if the one accompanying him was you."
With that said, Shi Xiaobai gradually lifted his right hand and said, "Use your eyes and witness This King's yearning!"
A golden beam of light bloomed from Shi Xiaobai's right hand as a sword gradually surfaced out of the golden light!
That was a sword whose blade had an innate golden sheen to it. The sword's hilt had a sacred look of pure whiteness. It did not look particularly special, but it exuded a strange and mysterious aura.
"Lucifer's Sword!?"
The blond youth widened his eyes suddenly.
The audience who were completely left stupefied during the entire process widened their eyes as well. That was because when the golden sword appeared in Shi Xiaobai's hand, they finally managed to see the true face of the nonexistent sword in the blond youth's hand!
The nonexistent sword actually existed. Only by knowing what it looked like would one be able to discern its existence and finally see it.
And at that moment, upon seeing the golden sword in Shi Xiaobai's hand, they realized the existence of the nonexistent sword!
That nonexistent sword was identical to the golden sword in Shi Xiaobai's hand!
It was completely identical, as though they were made from the same mould. There was no way to tell the difference!
But after a short second, Shi Xiaobai transformed the golden sword in his hand into shattered bits of golden light before it vanished.
"Sorry, This King can only let Lucifer's Sword exist for a second. But this second allows This King's yearning to not be as tormentous. Therefore, This King had created a copy of it at all costs."
Shi Xiaobai's eyes were filled with soft emotions.
The blond youth's eyes gradually lost its luster as his cold and resolute eyes turned flustered for the first time.
To know his inner thoughts.
To know the name he had come up with a month ago on a whim.
To the point of being able to create an identical Lucifer's Sword.
How could a simple program do all of this?
No, it was impossible to accomplish it!
Then, could it be that the Infernal King in front of him who was spouting clear lies actually be speaking the truth?
He had always been observing him from somewhere he could not detect?
"No, it's fake."
The blond youth muttered to himself as his eyes turned cold once again. It was colder than a winter's snowstorm as he coldly said, "You are more powerful than I imagined. Although I have no idea how you did it, your lie is nearly perfect to the point of nearly fooling me, but it is unfortunate. It is very unfortunate that you had a huge flaw from the very beginning. Due to the existence of that flaw, you are unable to perfect your lie! You can't fool me!"
The blond youth's heart seemed to be relieved. He had nearly believed Shi Xiaobai's words, but thankfully, the terrifying cheat had revealed his evil intentions from the very beginning. As long as the mistaken premise remained, then everything that happened after that was still wrong even if it was explained perfectly!
He can't fool him!
A smile suffused across Shi Xiaobai's lips as he said with a nod, "That's right. The clever you obviously discovered the biggest flaw from the beginning. However, that flaw was because This King has been trying to help you keep it a secret. But since it has become your biggest doubt, This King has no choice but to reveal the secret. Therefore, this is the most important piece of evidence."
The blond youth widened his eyes suddenly and could not help but take a step back. He gaped his mouth wide and said, "Impossible, could you have..."
Shi Xiaobai took a step forward and with a fiery gaze, he looked at the blond youth and said loudly, "The words ‘transcends sex’ were a completely incorrect premise. It was also the biggest flaw that you saw through at the beginning, but it's a secret This King has been deliberately trying to hide for you! Dawn Li, you possess a feminine name because you are a pretty young girl to begin with! Sorry, your disguise might be able to conceal it from everyone, but it cannot be concealed from This King who has been constantly watching you. This King even knows very clearly that there is a red mole under your right armpit. So how can This King not know that you are actually a pretty young girl?"
Dawn widened his eyes before subconsciously covering his chest. A dramatic change to his cold expression finally appeared on his snow-white face. It was a redness that resembled dusk. His ice-cold eyes were overtaken by the frailness of a young girl. As she bit her lower lip, she gnashed her teeth and said, "Shameless! Pervert!"
No matter how cold and resolute her heart was, to suddenly realize that she was being observed by someone in the dark, with her pure and virgin body being completely seen, to the point of observing a spot as private as beneath her armpit, a sense of gross humiliation could no longer allow her to maintain her calm.
Regardless whose eyes those were, such voyeuristic observation was an intolerable blasphemy to a pure and virgin girl like her.
Dawn's eyes were ice-cold as killing intent appeared. She believed Shi Xiaobai's 'truth' because he had perfected even the biggest flaw. She no longer had any way to doubt him. But regardless of the ten lifetimes being true or that they had any connections in their previous lives, she was a complete stranger to him. To her, he was a fake existence that she could easily kill.
But this existence that she did not think anything of had seen her body in secret.
This sort of feeling was like a lofty princess had her buttocks suddenly squeezed by an unkempt beggar. The humiliation was enough to stir her incessant rage.
The spectators from the three domains who had watched in shocked silence at the extremely interesting 'show' drew a gasp. They never expected that this interesting conversation with multiple layers reached such a depth. The Infernal King's words were especially filled with information.
And most shocking of all, the ice-cold and machine-like blond youth, who was decisive in his killings, was actually a young girl disguising as a boy! From the way her humiliation turned to rage, it was evident that she had admitted to the stunning fact.
That exquisite face that gave the first impression of being handsome was now revealing an embarrassed and angry expression. Indeed, there was an additional charm of a young girl in it.
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Chapter431 Loathe killing him
The shock the rookies from the human world had was different from the spectators from the three domains. They were already gaping in a speechless manner. At the beginning, they believed that Shi Xiaobai was speaking nonsense during his gay confession, but just as they were feeling impressed by Shi Xiaobai's bullshiting, they suddenly received such sho
cking news. They were momentarily unsure what was real or fake!
Liu Yu's lips were trembling as he said, "This Penniless Priest is actually beginning to believe Benefactor Shi Xiaobai's words are true. That cannot be bullshit he's cooking up. To know information that she is a man in disguise and that there is a red mole under her armpit, Benefactor Shi Xiaobai might really be..."
Feng Yuanlin interrupted by saying, "That's impossible, right? That Hero King is fake. The premise Boss Shi Xiaobai is making is that the Hero King is real, and that he was fake. That is clearly a twist of the facts..."
Pulp Farmer said in a deep voice, "If the Hero King is fake, how would Shi Xiaobai know of her psyche and know the name of the nonexistent sword, to the point of knowing that she was actually a female in disguise? All of that wouldn't make sense!"
Mu Yuesheng said with a frown, "What I'm worried about is different from all of you. Since the fake Hero King in front of us is an imitation, be it her attacks or personality, it is identical to what is written in the history books. But if the fake Hero King is really a female in disguise, could it be true that the Hero King that existed for real was also a female? Could it be that the real Hero King had successfully deceived the world, and lived as a man her entire life?"
Speechless said with a wry smile, "Heavens, if the real Hero King is a female in disguise, then for me to become the second Hero King, wouldn't I need to do a sex change operation? I refuse to believe that it is true, but on careful thought, when the historical Hero King established a hero organization, he was the only member that wasn't female. Despite all the beauties surrounding him, he remained single all his life. There wasn't even any rumors of him having any ambiguous relationships with others. This mystery has lasted for three thousand years, and now upon further thought, her disguise as a man would be the perfect explanation. However, if the Hero King were female, and had lived a man's life her whole life, no one would believe it if it was told to others, right?"
The few people felt like their intelligence was lacking. Shi Xiaobai's words progressed layer after layer with clear logic. It was undeniable and it caused what they knew to be twisted to the point of them not being able to figure out what was right and wrong.
Nugatory to sever, messy to unravel, but the conclusion was already out.
Dawn took a few deep breaths before finally forcing herself to calm down with her strong psyche. Typical girls might have attacked in rage, in a desperate attempt to dice up the pervert that 'blasphemed' her, but she did not do so. It was not because she did not want to kill him, but because she wanted to unravel the lie more than killing him. Even if the lie was perfected to the point that it seemed real, she refused to abandon her doubts.
However, when the lie was so perfect that it could pass the spurious as genuine, then there was no point doubting it any further.
Dawn fell silent for a very long while as the redness on her cheeks gradually vanished as they returned to their pale color.
"You have won. Even if it is a lie, I believe it."
After those words were said, the ice-blue eyes returned to its ice-cold calmness once again. Her sharp eyes were focused on Shi Xiaobai as though it was an unsheathed sword. She said coldly, "I'll treat whatever you said as the truth. Then, please tell me what is your goal? If you really understand me, you would not have said such a sordid confession, much less say things like 'are you willing to be a side hoe', but you actually did it. Your actions are filled with contradictions but your explanation is tight and flawless. Everything you did must have been for a particular goal. I'm very curious, no, I have to know your goal."
Dawn was regretting that she did not immediately kill the youth in front of her previously and that she allowed him to make the ridiculous lie become a fact that she had to believe. At that moment, she wanted to kill him even more, but she could not do it without any hesitation. That was because if she killed the youth, her questions could no longer be answered. She would frequently become vexed because of the questions in her mind.
Before killing him, she needed answers.
However, would he be honest?
He should know that once he resolved her doubts, she would not hesitate to kill him.
Would he be foolish enough to take the initiative to answer her doubts?
"Yes, you are right. What This King previously said was for a particular goal. And that goal has been accomplished. There's no harm telling you," said Shi Xiaobai.
Dawn was once again surprised. She realized that she could not maintain her perfect state of mind in front of the youth because he would often say things that completely caught her by surprise.
The goal she was eager to know had already been accomplished?
And there was no harm in telling her?
Dawn could not help but say with a deep voice, "Please tell me your goal."
Shi Xiaobai smiled. His fake gentle and emotive look returned to calmness. Like a teacher who was explaining an answer to a student, he said seriously, "This King has a simple goal—This King only wanted to know if you are a girl who was disguising as a male. Your reaction just now has given This King a confirmation, so This King's goal has been reached."
Dawn was surprised. Her state of mind she had just calmed down was shattered by the blow of the words. She said coldly, "Why did you use such a shoddy lie to prevaricate me? This doesn't seem like your style."
Shi Xiaobai slowly shook his head as he said, "Unfortunately, that was not a lie. And that was the only truth This King had said from just now! That confession and that so-called love, or ten lifetimes are lies as you believed. In fact, to This King, you are a stranger he has met for the first time."
Everyone was left gasping in silence again. After all that, to pass off a spurious lie that was filled with flaws as genuine, to the point of the person in question being forced to believe in the situation, he suddenly said that all he said was a lie.
The plot reversal that happened was so ridiculous that it was void of logic.
But Dawn remained in silence for a very long while after hearing his words. She began to calm down because she realized that her mental state was already in chaos. If she allowed it to continue, the youth in front of her would be leading her by the nose.
Her eyes turned cold and calm once again. She said in a deadpan manner, "Interesting. I have to admit that you are special. You are the only existence to date that has been able to make me perplexed. I want to kill you and am eager to do so. But I am unable to do it because you have created a paradoxical riddle filled with rock solid logic. And I thirst to know the answer to your riddle. Then, do you plan on being immediately killed by me after you answer my doubts, or do you choose to face me in silence, surviving to the point of me not being able to suppress the killing intent in my heart?"
Shi Xiaobai pricked his eyebrows and said with a chuckle, "Such a straightforward goad? Heh, but This King would not fall for such goading. Feel free to ask. This King will answer anything he knows. This King does not wish that the lie would become a fact."
Dawn stared at Shi Xiaobai for a few seconds. She realized she could not see through the youth at all. Questions filled her mind and she could not be bothered to choose. She simply asked, "Since everything is a lie and I'm a stranger you met for the first time who you think is a girl disguised as a male, why do you know the ideal woman in my mind? How did you know the name of Lucifer's Sword? Why do you have a copy of Lucifer's Sword in your hand? Why were you able to so confidently reveal that I'm a girl in disguise? Why do you know that my right armpit..."
When Dawn said to that point, she hurriedly shut her mouth. She did not wish to mention it, nor recall the embarrassed look she had just a while ago from her anger.
She fell silent for a moment before saying, "For now, first answer those few questions."
Shi Xiaobai chuckled to himself. It looks like she really had many questions. No wonder she was loathing to immediately kill him. However, the answers to those questions were actually very simpl
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Chapter432 Are you satisfied
Shi Xiaobai considered his words for a moment before he said, "Before answering your questions, This King must first make it clear. From This King's standpoint, This King is a real existence and a trial-taker from the human world. As for you, you are only an existence created by the assessment program. Furthermore, you are modeled after a great three-thousand-year-old historical figure in human history. You have to accept this premise or whatever explanation This King gives will sound like a lie to you. This King will guarantee that everything he says next is the truth. How about it? Are you able to accept this premise?"
Dawn fell into silence when she heard this. Her eyes flickered for a moment before she said with a sigh, "The premise you are talking about is completely opposite from my understanding. From my standpoint, I am a trial-taker from the human world, and you are a plot character that is refreshed every month in the seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower. From a rational point of view, I am unable to accept that premise. However, I have to answer the questions in my heart. So, go ahead. Even if I'll be deceived by your lies once again, I will listen to your response."
A smile suffused across Shi Xiaobai's lips as he said, "Very well. This King will tell you the boring answer behind the riddle. In fact, the Lucifer's Sword that This King took out was not an imitation but the real Lucifer's Sword. The great figure from three thousand years ago has already died. This Lucifer's Sword was left in the human world and This King managed to luckily be its new master. When This King signed a pact with Lucifer's Sword, there was a brief scene that flashed in his mind. In the scene, there was a blond girl wearing a long dark-blue dress and silver armor. She used a dark blue hair band to coil her hair up. She had bangs that split in the middle rolling down the two sides of her white face. She raised Lucifer's Sword and slashed out her sword against countless demonic beings. That strike shocked This King and it left a deep impression in This King's mind. It made This King who had never encountered sword techniques to have the intention of learning swords. And coincidentally, Lucifer's Sword had given birth to a sword spirit in its three thousand years of solitude. This King managed to hear the names of some sword techniques and the holy sword's name..."