Following that, Shi Xiaobai pulled the same tactic. Again and again, he attracted aggro and lumped the Nerubian Spiders into a clump before using Kun-Stewing Wok. The effects were outstanding every single time.
Not much later, only when the final Nerubian Spider died with a scream did Shi Xiaobai give a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, these Nerubian Spiders were mindless, allowing him to attract their aggro. If they had rushed at the Tree of Life mindlessly, Shi Xiaobai could not ensure the perfect safety of the Tree of Life. It was just too weak, as weak as an infant.
Every time he killed the Nerubian Spiders, the words, "Nerubian Spider has been killed, Tower Defense Points+1", would boom in his mind. This made Shi Xiaobai wonder. He believed that with subsequent waves, the number of Tower Defense Points would increase with each demonic beast killed, but from the looks of it, it wasn't the case?
Or could it be that the Tower Defense Points would only increase after a few waves?
If that was the case, the rookies that arrived at 'Tower Defense' late would face more powerful demonic beasts, but the accumulation of points would not be any faster. The disadvantage was obvious. No wonder the sacred voice said "Please ensure that you cherish the first few waves of attacks when they are weaker to earn enough Tower Defense Points."
Shi Xiaobai was slightly curious about the number of Tower Defense Points he had accumulated, but he had no idea how to make the query.
However, as soon as Shi Xiaobai raised such a thought, the sacred voice boomed in his mind.
"You currently have 380 Tower Defense Points."
Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback. He never expected to have earned 380 points so quickly. In that case, it was very likely he could earn 500 points by the next wave. He was at a great advantage.
Shi Xiaobai suddenly recalled of the bespectacled silver-haired girl guarding the eastern gate. However, not a single Nerubian Spider entered from the east gate, so it was obvious that the girl was not in danger but it was unknown if she had cleaned up all the spiders.
Shi Xiaobai turned to walk towards the eastern gate. At the entrance, he finally saw the silver-haired girl. There was nothing outside the city gate. The Nerubian Spiders probably were dead and cleared up by the assessment program.
And at this moment, the girl was standing at the city gate with a book in hand. She was engrossed in her reading.
"You like reading that much?" Shi Xiaobai asked softly.
The silver-haired girl raised her head slightly and smiled with squinted eyes. She nodded her head heavily. Her affection for books was palpable.
Shi Xiaobai did not bother her any further as he turned around and walked into the city. There were a few houses in the city that he had yet to explore.
However, just as Shi Xiaobai entered the city, a golden beam of light fell from the sky, landing on the waypoint!
The golden light dispersed and on the waypoint appeared a youth dressed in a loose Daoist outfit. He was handsome with droopy eyelids. His hair was pulled up into a knot, and held a horse-tail whisk. He was a Daoist priest.
Clearly, the youth in a Daoist attire was the third rookie that had been randomly sent to City #1.
At the moment the youth arrived, a thundering voice resounded throughout the world!
"A tenth of all trial-takers have arrived in the second level of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental World 'Tower Defense'. This level's Level Lord, [Demonic Beast Level Lord] will arrive in three hours. The countdown begins!"
The youth was apparently the last person in the leading team!
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Chapter227 You seem to have big breasts
After the youth in a Daoist outfit landed on the waypoint, he surveyed his surroundings with his drooping eyelids. When he saw Shi Xiaobai, his eyelids raised up suddenly. And with a few brisk steps, he jumped off the waypoint.
The Daoist robe flared as he floated to the ground with an extremely cool and refined pose.
The youth reached out his right hand and with his index and middle fingers stretched out, he pointed at Shi Xiaobai and said, "Benefactor! This Penniless Priest notices that your glabella seems dark, that's an ominous portent!"
Shi Xiaobai gave the youth a deadpan glance and turned around to walk towards one of the low houses.
The Daoist youth was taken aback as he hurriedly chased over and said, "Benefactor, do you not believe?"
Shi Xiaobai sneered and said, "Foolish mortal, This King doesn't believe in the Dao."
The Daoist youth ran a few steps and blocked Shi Xiaobai's path and said with a deep voice, "This Penniless Priest's name is Liu Yu. People call me "Half-Dao Sage", who is proficient at Dao inference. This Penniless Priest is able to prove that Benefactor has ominous signs!"
Shi Xiaobai stopped. Turning his head, he said, "This King gives you thirty seconds."
"Alright!"
Liu Yu cut the nonsense and waved the whisk in his hand forcefully at Shi Xiaobai, causing a white cloud to billow.
"The primordial universe of the Heaven and Earth, Mystic Heart True Teachings, Great Dao Inference, show!"
Liu Yu roared as the white cloud suddenly became as bright as a mirror. It reflected Shi Xiaobai's appearance, and in the cloud mirror, a black gas was lingering around Shi Xiaobai's forehead.
The cloud mirror lasted less than a second before shattering and dispersing like a white mist.
Liu Yu breathed out and looked at Shi Xiaobai. He said, "Benefactor, did you see what was in the mirror?"
Shi Xiaobai hesitated for a moment and said, "This King saw a vast heaven and earth, and This King was standing amongst the firmament like a god, with a magical robe on his body and a crown on his head. The left hand held an Optimus Staff, and the right hand held an Annihilation Axe. Behind This King were thousands of swords that filled the sky, and on the land, thousands of beings knelt in reverence!"
Liu Yu was dumbfounded and was momentarily at a loss for words.
"The thirty seconds are up."
Saying that, Shi Xiaobai turned around and ignored Liu Yu. Moments later, he arrived at the other side of a low house.
Liu Yu drew a deep breath after a long moment. With a wave of his whisk, another white cloud was produced.
And when the white cloud formed a mirror again, it reflected Liu Yu's appearance. In the reflection, there was also a black gas lingering around Liu Yu's forehead. And similarly, the cloud mirror shattered less than a second later.
Liu Yu drooped his eyelids again before sighing and saying, "Tu Dahei, you sure are great at bullshitting. You made This Penniless Priest's thoughts go haywire."
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Shi Xiaobai would never believe in any 'ominous portent'. This was because back on Earth, his roommate, Yang Wei, had previously had a mantra he often recited—"Hey beauty, you seem to have big breasts (ominous portent), I can help you take your clothes off (escape it)!"
Whenever Yang Wei saw chicks, he would say that line before coming back dejectedly. This made Shi Xiaobai have a negative impression towards the words 'ominous portent'.
If Liu Yu had used a different phrase, Shi Xiaobai might have listened to him attentively, but Liu Yu had used the words, 'ominous portent'. Shi Xiaobai could not even be bothered to carry on listening and had just been perfunctory with him.
Shi Xiaobai quickly came in front of a low house. He reached out his hand to sweep the dust off the sign. On the sign was a row of gray text, "Unlocked at the tenth wave."
Unlocked at the tenth wave?
Shi Xiaobai immediately stretched his hand out to push on the door, but felt as though he was pushing against a heavy mountain.
After pondering for a few moments, Shi Xiaobai gave up on using 'Turtle-speed Divine Punch' to forcibly break through the door. This highly-advanced program which bordered on fantasy probably did not leave behind a loophole of allowing a door that "unlocked at the tenth wave" to be broken through.
Shi Xiaobai turned around and went to the other houses. He realized that in the two houses he had yet to explore, the signs read "unlocked at the twentieth wave" and "unlocked at the thirtieth wave".
Shi Xiaobai was somewhat disappointed. From the looks of it, the only city resources he could use were the Points Treasury that required a great deal of points or the abandoned warehouse filled with junk. He could only stare at one helplessly while he had to search blindly among trash for the other.
Shi Xiaobai finally decided to head to the Points Treasury to see if there was anything good that could be used. However, when he entered the Points Treasury, he saw Liu Yu.
The two looked each other in the eye before turning away.
The two quietly read the walls of text. There were many enviable items that could be exchanged, but the number of points needed was too much.
After an unknown period of time, the sacred but authoritative voice boomed in their minds.
"The third wave of the demonic beasts, [Murloc Warrior] has arrived. Take note of your defense!"
"The fourth wave of demonic beasts would arrive in ten minutes. The countdown begins!"
Shi Xiaobai immediately reacted and looked at Liu Yu. He asked, "There's someone defending the eastern gate. Can you defend the south?"
Liu Yu immediately nodded and said, "Alright!"
The two turned around and nearly rushed out the door at the same moment. Liu Yu was not slow either, and quickly, he was outside the southern gate.
Shi Xiaobai did not rush out the city gate, and instead cut off another tree branch and went to a point which formed a triangle with the northern and western gates.
If he only needed to guard two gates, it was a breeze for Shi Xiaobai.
Soon, saber-wielding murloc monsters dressed in blue armor began surging from the two gates.
Shi Xiaobai waved the branch in his hand, causing the blue murlocs to gather towards him.
Shi Xiaobai first slew the Murloc Warriors that were charging in front before he slowly clustered the Murloc Warriors that were to the back. He began attracting the aggro and quickly, the Murloc Warriors mobbed together.
"Kun-Stewing Wok!"
Shi Xiaobai slashed out the Kun-Stewing strike as large swaths of Murloc Warriors crashed to the ground screaming. Even the murlocs that were not directly enveloped by the wok-shaped sword aura were inflicted damage by the boiling air around them. Immediately, they turned extremely weak.
The Kun-Stewing Wok was exceptionally effective against fish species!
Shi Xiaobai charged over and used Beginner Sword to slay the remaining Murloc Warriors, as though he was an autumn breeze that swept the leaves.
Just as there were fewer than twenty Murloc Warriors left, a hammer came crashing from the sky, as numerous Murloc Warriors were killed.
Shi Xiaobai turned his head in surprise and saw the adonis from Zeus holding a gigantic hammer beside him. The adonis had a cold expression, and at the moment Shi Xiaobai looked over, he slammed his hammer again. When he slammed down, it became a humongous white hammer.
"Boom!"
When the white hammer hit the ground, an explosion boomed. It caused the ground to quake as the handful of remaining Murloc Warriors were hammered to death by that strike!
The adonis glanced at Shi Xiaobai with a trace of hatred in his eyes.
Shi Xiaobai frowned. It was apparent that the adonis had been randomly transported here. The moment he arrived, he charged over to 'clean up the mess'. However, it was not to help, but to...snatch points from Shi Xiaobai!
Shi Xiaobai sighed as he silently inquired about the number of points he had accumulated.
He had...499 points!
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Chapter228 The Tree of Life is about to die
With 499 points, he was just one point short of 500. He just needed to kill one more Murloc Warrior to pass the second level, but it was ruined by the adonis!
Shi Xiaobai was rendered somewhat speechless.
This adonis fucking knew how to kill steal.
At this moment, the adonis turned around and said with a sneer, "Tu Dahei, you are not worthy of Miss Sunless. Be sensible and get the fuck away, so as to not incur ridicule on yourself."
When Shi Xiaobai heard this, his anger turned into amusement.
This idiot made him fall short of a point, yet he dared to say such nasty words?
It was impossible for Shi Xiaobai to tolerate the fellow. With a cold beam flashing in his eyes, he charged at the adonis.
The adonis was apparently prepared. He retreated frantically. Even with a metallic hammer in hand, his speed was still remarkably fast.
Unfortunately, he was facing against Shi Xiaobai. In front of Shi Xiaobai, his speed was as slow as a turtle's crawl.
Shi Xiaobai appeared nearly instantly in front of the adonis.
The adonis' expression drastically changed as he hammered at Shi Xiaobai with an angry bellow.
The hammer swept through the air, leaving reverberations behind that shattered an astral figure.
It was Shi Xiaobai's phantom image!
Shi Xiaobai had already appeared behind the adonis, and slashed his sword out at a lightning speed.
The adonis felt a chill in his heart as he frantically rushed forward. He traversed about a dozen meters out before turning around in a flustered manner. However, Shi Xiaobai had not chased after him and was still standing at his original spot.
The adonis heaved a sigh of relief. That strike had nearly killed him. He never expected Tu Dahei to be fast enough to dodge his attack.
Suddenly, the adonis felt a coldness on his scalp. Reaching out his hand to touch his scalp, he immediately shouted, "My hair!"
Taking another look, there was a lock of blond hair on the ground in front of Shi Xiaobai.
Wasn't that his hair?
At this moment, Liu Yu happened to enter the city. Taking a glance at the adonis, he burst out laughing as he said, "This Benefactor, where did you get this hairstyle cut? It's truly artistic!"
The adonis hurriedly took out a mirror he brought with him. His tears immediately flowed down when he saw his reflection.
From the reflection, the middle portion of his hair had been shaved clean. He looked like a balding middle-aged man.
Shi Xiaobai said coldly, "Remember not to infuriate This King. If not, the next thing that drops might not only be hair!"
After Shi Xiaobai said this, he headed for the Points Treasury. Although he was somewhat angry, he did not need to be too heavy-handed. However, for a wretch like the adonis, Shi Xiaobai would typically give them an impressionable lesson.
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While staring helplessly in the Points Treasury for a long while, Shi Xiaobai managed to see quite a number of superb items. He began to have all sorts of fantasies about them, but unfortunately, they were too 'expensive', with most of them not worth the points. As such, most of those fantasies were just that, fantasies.
During this period, the adonis came to look for Shi Xiaobai with a livid but trembling expression. He wanted to defend one city gate.
Shi Xiaobai was not oppressive enough to deprive the adonis of his right to do so. Furthermore, he was just one point short of clearing the level, so he did not mind the points.
Hence, they set the rules of one person defending per side, with no one interfering with the others.
Shi Xiaobai took some time to check on the bespectacled girl and found her sitting on a half-meter-tall stone by the city gate. As she waited for the beast horde to arrive, she read and looked truly relaxed.
Shi Xiaobai chatted with the talkative girl for a few moments before the sacred voice boomed again.
"The fourth wave of the demonic beasts, [Harpy Huntress], has arrived. Take note of your defense!"
"The fifth wave of demonic beasts will arrive in five minutes. The countdown shall begin
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Shi Xiaobai was momentarily surprised. The previous waves came in ten-minute-intervals, but why did it become five minutes at the fifth wave?
However, there was no time to consider this. Shi Xiaobai turned around and rushed to the city gate he was defending. When he rushed out the city gate, he saw birdlike humanoids obscuring the sky as they flew over.
Shi Xiaobai immediately slashed out 'Kun-Stewing Wok', killing a bunch of Harpy Huntresses.
Immediately, the sacred voice boomed in his mind.
"You have accumulated 500 Tower Defense Points. Do you want to head for the third level?"
Shi Xiaobai was taken aback before he decisively chose 'no'. If he were to leave, the harpies would be able to freely invade the city. Wouldn't he be harming the other three if the Tree of Life died as a result of his choice?
He did not mind harming the adonis or Liu Yu, but if he harmed the pitiful and adorable mute, it wouldn't be nice.
Furthermore, Shi Xiaobai remembered that the assessment program had previously said that he was free to leave at any time once he had 500 points. Hence, he was in no hurry.
Shi Xiaobai decisively used the same method of attracting aggro with the tree branch and clustered the harpies together.
The harpies shot out their arrows and immediately a rain of arrows came falling from the sky.
Shi Xiaobai constantly dodged and produced a few 'Kun-Stewing Wok' strikes before finally killing all of the harpies. During this time, he was always on the alert. Any time a harpy tried to fly past him into the city, Shi Xiaobai would hunt it down.
He did not even miss out on a single Harpy Huntress.
Shi Xiaobai turned around and headed towards the southern gate. He wanted to bid farewell to the silver-haired girl and head for the next level.
But at this moment, a sharp scream sounded from the city.
Following that, the authoritative voice boomed in his mind.
"The Tree of Life is under attack. It’s in grave danger. Quickly rescue it!"
Shi Xiaobai hurriedly turned around and raced towards the city gate. When he entered the city, he saw more than a dozen Harpy Huntresses forming a line not far from the Tree of Life. They were constantly shooting arrows at it!
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