When comparing that tiny blade with Leonis's hundred meter tall body, it was like a tiny star in the vast night. And that lone star was sufficient to illuminate the entire night sky!
A one-shot of Leonis in his fourth form?
This unimaginable matter had really happened at that moment.
There were still Transcendents in the audience stands who were left dumbfounded. People were rendered speechless and they even forgot to breathe.
Liu Yu, who was weak, but still conscious had a face full of surprise. After a long moment of silence, he muttered to himself, "Shi Xiaobai, who are you really? By defeating Leonis, the fifth legend of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower has been born. Do you know what that signifies? Humans have never lacked geniuses, but it has lacked monsters like you. The four legendary stories happen to coincide with four ages of humanity. Does this mean that the fifth age of humanity has finally arrived? It looked like I need my master to infer on the Dao!"
After Liu Yu said this, he rested for a few seconds before heading to where Shi Xiaobai had landed. At that moment, Shi Xiaobai had fallen unconscious. From the looks of it, for him to one-shot Leonis, he must have paid an extremely high price.
And on the other side, the Transcendents that were still around came to the arena, immediately heading for Leonis.
"He's still breathing!"
"He's alive, King Leonis is still alive!"
"Quick, quickly get a doctor!"
Even though Leonis was a mixed child of the Transcendents and the lion-headed race, and even if he had just lost his reason and destroyed most of the city, nearly trampling to death hundreds if not thousands of Transcendents, he was still their king. It was where they placed their pride in, and the source of their confidence.
Compared to those who only enjoyed a reputation unwarranted to their worth, like the seven of the eight Bravehearts who ran faster than anyone in times of danger, King Leonis was worthy of the trust and respect.
The Transcendents naturally did not wish for King Leonis to die in battle. Thankfully, although Leonis was extremely weak, he was still breathing just barely. King Leonis was still alive!
Soon, the Transcendents, who had fled, saw the rain of blood as well as the sudden disappearance of Leonis's massive body and realized that the crisis was over. They carefully returned to the arena.
The news of Leonis being defeated proliferated Transcendence like wildfire.
And any Transcendent that witnessed the shocking scene found it impossible to exactly describe the truth of the matter. They could only vaguely tell everyone that—Leonis was one-shot.
This fact that sounded absurd naturally was not believed by most people, but the Transcendents, who were present were unanimous in their description, causing no one to doubt them.
But the story today was destined to become an exaggerated legend. It would also leave behind a thick stroke in the history of the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament.
A human that suddenly appeared managed to send Moya in his second form flying with a punch. He managed to break through his limits, crushing Moya in his third form with absolute speed.
Following that, he took the advantage against Leonis in his third form during a clash of punches. He even used an unimaginable punch to destroy the Lion King Punch, sending Leonis miles away.
Of course, the most exaggerated story was the scene missed by most Transcendents. The human had saved thousands of Transcendents with a single sword strike, before one-shotting Leonis in his fourth form!
Although this human did not enroll to participate in the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament, no Transcendent refuted this matter—this year's Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament champion title did not belong to the Transcendents, but it belonged to an unfamiliar and mysterious race known as humans!
Furthermore, with Shi Xiaobai saving hundreds if not thousands of Transcendents with his sword strike, he had won their respect and welcome despite speaking and acting extremely arrogantly before their eyes.
The strong were worthy of respect, and Bravehearts were welcomed. As Shi Xiaobai's strength and courage was one that they had a strong impression of.
Therefore, Shi Xiaobai, Pulp Farmer, and Feng Yuanlin, who were all unconscious, were quickly given the most luxurious of rooms. Liu Yu watched them by the side.
Leonis was brought back to his palace for treatment.
The Transcendents began working hard to repair the city.
The Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament came to an end.
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In the night.
The sound of midnight chimes sounded. The Transcendence Holy Tree's leaves burst out colorful lights that tore through the sky, illuminating the city and making the skyline iridescent.
Shi Xiaobai woke up at that moment.
Before he opened his eyes, he heard a rather familiar voice:
"Impossible! Although Boss Shi Xiaobai is very strong, so strong that I can't understand at all, it's too unscientific for him to be able to one-shot a monster like Leonis."
Immediately, another voice sounded:
"I don't believe it either. Being able to defeat Leonis in his fourth form is already extremely unbelievable. One-shoting is way too absurd. However, Liu Yu has no need to make such a lie that can be easily exposed. Are we just too ignorant? Shi Xiaobai's strength has already far exceeded our imaginations?"
The two voices were respectively Feng Yuanlin and Pulp Farmer, and from the looks of it, they had just awoken. Liu Yu had been telling them what had happened.
Shi Xiaobai gradually opened his eyes as a helpless smile suffused across his lips.
He had indeed one-shot Leonis in his fourth form, but it did not mean that his strength had reached the point of being able to one-shot Leonis.
On the contrary, he was still too weak. He had used the sword technique, Excalibur, a destructive strength that was only second only to the Turtle-speed Divine Punch, but all he did was deal a tiny bit of damage to Leonis. If not for Leonis being filled with the rich aura of darkness, and the Pig Slaughtering Knife being extremely effective against beings of darkness, he would have been left with no options.
Compared to the four legendary figures, he was still somewhat lacking.
"There's no point speaking any further. Since Benefactor Shi Xiaobai has awoken, why don't you ask him yourself if you don't believe!"
At this moment, Liu Yu happened to notice Shi Xiaobai opening his eyes, so he said so.
Pulp Farmer and Feng Yuanlin turned their heads. Since Shi Xiaobai was awake, wouldn't he have heard their doubting words?
The two of them immediately became a little embarrassed.
Shi Xiaobai grinned and said, "Thank you for buying This King three seconds. It doesn't matter if This King managed to defeat Leonis, nor does it matter if it was a one-shot. Most importantly, we never took a step back."
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Chapter371 This King has been targeted!
"Thank you for buying This King three seconds. It doesn't matter if This King managed to defeat Leonis, nor does it matter if it was a one-shot. Most importantly, we never took a step back."
When the three people heard this, they smiled and felt their hearts turn slightly warm.
Liu Yu said with a laugh, "Congratulations for defeating Leonis and becoming the champion of the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament. You have become the fifth trial-taker that managed to clear the seventh level in the history of mankind!"
Pulp Farmer said with a praise, "Shi Xiaobai, I am not even won over by Speechless Li, but today, you have won me over. No wonder Sunless likes you to even ignore her own way of the sword. You are indeed very excellent."
Feng Yuanlin said, "Boss Shi Xiaobai, regardless of the case, I'm definitely viewing you as my boss. Please take me in as a cheap lackey! Haha, to one-shot Leonis in his fourth form. Regardless if it's true or not, it will definitely become the f
ifth legendary story once it spreads out of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower. Furthermore, you have done so many deeds in the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower. Your reputation among the rookies must have exceeded Speechless. Hehe, you could definitely even become a celebrity hero in the future. When the time comes, I'll be a lackey of a celebrity hero. That would be sweet!"
The three looked rather excited. A land of trials at the Psionic Mortal Realm was nothing much, but the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower was different. This land of trials was related to the four famous legendary figures, and happened to tie in with the four ages of humanity.
Overlord Ji Feng began the warring ages. There were frequent wars, with skirmishes between countless countries, all because of Overlord Ji Feng.
And later, Sword Immortal Xu Taibai began the age of the sword. Wars were no longer fought between armies. Because of his appearance, it became a fight between the strong. The strongest person of a country would spar, directly deciding the allocation and distribution of land and resources!
As for the Conquest King's appearance, he ended the ages of the sword and warring ages. This was because the Conquest King had nearly conquered the entire world. A massive country was established, putting an end to war. Weak countries could only tremble in fear. At that time, there was a temporary peace.
And after the Conquest King became the Original Sin of Calamity, the world fell back into chaos. As time went by, there were more and more alien species and biological creatures from other worlds that invaded humanity. It resulted in the theme to become—survival!
Only after the Hero King's appearance, with him single-handedly establishing the hero system, creating the strongest age of humanity that was struggling to survive that lasted for thousands of years. As such, it was currently the Age of Heroes!
These four legendary figures had legendary stories could not even be described using several thick compendiums. However, they all had a common point. They had cleared the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower's seventh level at the Psionic Mortal Realm. Furthermore, only the four of them had managed to clear it!
It was apparent that the four legendary figures had already revealed talent and strength that exceeded their peers when they were at their weakest stage in life.
As a result, the worth of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower might have been a coincidence, but it made it different!
As people were good at finding patterns, there was talk that when the fifth trial-taker that cleared the seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower would appear, humanity's fifth age would not be far!
By placing the glorious term 'age' on a rookie sounded forced regardless of how one looked at it, but the stories of the four legendary figures left behind such a possibility, allowing people to choose to believe in it.
No one had managed to do it for thousands of years.
But Shi Xiaobai had managed to do it!
If it were anyone else, they would be extremely thrilled because it meant limitless bright future. It would bring attention from the entire country, or even the entire world, but Shi Xiaobai clearly did not know the meaning behind this. Even if he knew, he would not be overly excited.
Compared to the excitement Pulp Farmer and company were feeling, Shi Xiaobai was much calmer. His eyes even revealed a hint of sadness.
Liu Yu asked curiously, "Benefactor Shi Xiaobai, you don't look especially happy?"
Shi Xiaobai gave a helpless smile. He obviously could not feel happy. He did not plan on participating in the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament, and defeating Leonis to become champion was never in his plans.
Shi Xiaobai sighed and said, "There's something that This King needs to ask of you. This King and Sunless had arranged to meet in the seventh level, but from the looks of it, This King will probably have to go first. If you were to meet her later, please explain the situation for This King. Remember to tell her not to force herself to reach the eighth level. We shall meet outside the trial."
Shi Xiaobai was a person who thought extremely highly of his promises. Furthermore, he understood Sunless's personality. If she did not meet him in the seventh level, Sunless would keep waiting. Although it was unknown how long she could last in the land of the trials, she would definitely stay till the final moment.
Sunless was a sword fanatic as well as a path fanatic. She would walk a single path and never make any turns.
Pulp Farmer and company nodded their heads solemnly. Shi Xiaobai had protected Sunless in the fifth level and all three of them were present. They knew the reason why Shi Xiaobai made such a promise back then, and knew the effects of such a promise.
At this moment, Feng Yuanlin suddenly thought of a strange question and asked, "Eh? Didn't Boss Shi Xiaobai defeat Leonis? Why hasn't he been sent to the eighth level?"
With this said, the rest were lost.
Liu Yu thought for a moment and said, "Maybe becoming the tournament's champion is the true trigger condition? The tournament's organizing committee has yet to officially announce that Benefactor Shi Xiaobai is the champion of the tournament. In the morning tomorrow, it will be announced and with Benefactor Shi Xiaobai's status as champion decided, only then would everything be set in stone."
This explanation sounded like the most reasonable explanation at that moment.
A few people found it suspicious but did not put it to heart. In fact, defeating Leonis should have been considered clearing the level. Now, it was probably just following the necessary process.
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The next morning, the announcement of the tournament's champion was made. A few Transcendent officials personally brought the champion trophy to Shi Xiaobai and company's resting place.
But after a few hours, Shi Xiaobai was still not sent to the eighth level.
Liu Yu frowned. "What happened? Benefactor Shi Xiaobai has defeated Leonis. It was witnessed by This Penniless Priest. His status as champion has been confirmed, but why hasn't he cleared the level?"
Pulp Farmer and Feng Yuanlin frowned deeply as well, unable to comprehend the situation.
However, Shi Xiaobai gave a relieved smile. Last night, he already had a guess, and now, the situation was confirming his guess!
Shi Xiaobai whispered, "The reason is simple. The condition to clearing the level is to gain the approval of the assessment program. If This King isn't wrong, This King has been targeted by the assessment program!"
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Chapter372 The Sudden Appearance of the Choices
When Shi Xiaobai made the remark, Pulp Farmer and company were dumbfounded and found it incomprehensible. One of them asked, "You have been targeted by the assessment program? What does that mean?"
Shi Xiaobai gave a nod in silence.
The condition to clearing the seventh level was supposedly to gain the approval of the assessment program. Logically speaking, defeating the enhanced Leonis and becoming the champion of the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament was more impressive than the accomplishment Xu Taibai did back in the day. He should have gained the approval of the assessment program.
But after succeeding, Shi Xiaobai did not clear the level. The root cause being that he did not gain the approval of the assessment program!
Although Shi Xiaobai had defeated Leonis using the Pig Slaughtering Knife that was extremely effective against beings of darkness, it was still a part of his strength. Shi Xiaobai had used his strength to win the final battle after all, so there was no reason for the assessment program to not give its approval.
Continuing on along this line of thought, there was only one explanation. The assessment program had deliberately not given him its approval!
This hypothesis sounded ridiculous, but there were early signs.
This was because Shi Xiaobai did not know how he arrived in the seventh level. He was also not informed of the rules of the seventh level by the assessment program. He had met Speec
hless, and with him filling in the details for him, he got to learn the rules of the seventh level.
Back then, Shi Xiaobai had joked saying that he had been targeted by the assessment program.
But from the looks of it, it was very likely the truth!
The assessment program did not inform him of the rules and did not give him its approval after he defeated Leonis. This was clearly specialized treatment, of him...being targeted!
Shi Xiaobai explained what was on his mind to Pulp Farmer and company.
Finally, he sighed and said helplessly, "Let it be. This King is already used to being targeted!"
Pulp Farmer and company were left dumbfounded, feeling that the matter did not make sense.
At that moment, Liu Yu said, "Actually, This Penniless Priest has always been wondering how Benefactor Shi Xiaobai managed to appear in the seventh level. Who knew that you didn't even know as well... Benefactor Shi Xiaobai, there has been a matter that the three of us haven't brought up all this while, but it seems there's no need to conceal it... In fact, This Penniless Priest was the seventh Braveheart who slew the dragon. Feng Yuanlin is the sixth...and from what we learned, the fifth Braveheart to slay the dragon on the sixth level has the name...Mu Yuesheng."
When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he was slightly surprised. He never expected Mu Yuesheng to be able to take the fifth dragon for her own despite there being so many excellent rookies. It was apparent that Mu Yuesheng had greatly improved in strength by rising to the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm.
Following that, he understood the meaning behind Liu Yu's words. Shi Xiaobai said in surprise, "Then wouldn't This King be the eighth Braveheart?"
The first four Bravehearts were determined by the time Shi Xiaobai arrived in the sixth level. They were Speechless, Mu Lengxi, Sunless and Pulp Farmer. Then, according to Liu Yu's depiction of the events, the fifth Braveheart was Mu Yuesheng, followed by Feng Yuanlin and Liu Yu. Wouldn't that make him the eighth?
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