Every stone door had a glyph carved into them and each door had a different glyph. Every glyph looked exquisite and vivid. It was quite an amazement for anyone who saw it.
At this moment, there were a few dozen doors among the thousand stone doors that had been opened. The rest were closed.
And other than the thousand stone doors on the expansive crystalline ground, there were eight people.
The eight people were split into two groups. On one side were four youths dressed in different attires. The other four had three beauties and a rather handsome blond youth.
Amongst the three beauties, one was like a refined and otherworldly fairy. One of them had orange hair who looked adorable and cute, while another had brown short hair with a unique neutral charm. They were none other than Sunless, Mozzie and Mu Yuesheng.
At this moment, Mozzie was chatting incessantly with Sunless, but Sunless only listened to her quietly. Occasionally, she would respond with a few short words.
Mu Yuesheng stood beside the two as she closed her eyes in Cogitation. Occasionally, she would cut in with a word or two.
The blond youth beside the three was obviously Kevin. Kevin did not attempt to interrupt the three beauties as he knew he would be asking for a rebuff. He knew very well of the tragedy that the three would ignore him, so he was standing not far away and stared at four nearby youths who were dressed differently.
After an unknown period of time, the armored youth among the four youths suddenly said loudly to Kevin, "Are you all really going to wait all the way to the end? Maybe the person you are waiting for has already been eliminated at the second level?"
Kevin shrugged his shoulders and answered, "The fellow we are waiting for is never a reliable person, but the second level won't be able to eliminate him."
The armored youth said with a frown, "The rules require five people to form a team. But the leading team only has the eight of us remaining. If this goes on, the disadvantage of falling behind might be irremediable. One of you can come over, or one of us can go over. But you refuse, what's the meaning of this?"
Kevin said helplessly, "This Genius can't do a thing about this either."
The armored youth sighed and said, "Brother, why don't you come over? I think you look rather impatient from waiting. Although the three chicks beside you are nice, they aren't yours. You don't even have a chance to speak to them, so stop just standing there watching!"
Kevin smacked his lips and said, "That's different. Standing here, even the air smells sweet! It's best you wait for rookies from the second level to come. You are only missing one, there's nothing to worry about!"
The armored youth also said with a wry smile, "That's what we thought at the beginning too. But how long has it been, but it's like the rookies on the second level are undergoing constipation. Not a single one has passed up to now. Although the third level's trial is done with a five-person team, it's still a competition between teams!"
Kevin said, "I understand the rationale, but we can only wait. As for why the rookies on the second level are coming here so slowly. There is a reason. You will know later."
Kevin sighed silently. For the rookies in the second level to meet the City Destroyer Villain, Shi Xiaobai's ganking, it was truly depressing for them.
At this moment, five people walked out of the stone door that had opened. Leading the group was Heartless.
When Heartless walked out and turned his head, he saw Kevin as well as the three cute girls behind him.
Heartless frowned. "Tu Dahei still hasn't come?"
Kevin nodded with a deadpan expression. Looking at the burly teenager behind Heartless, he sighed in his heart.
Heartless' brows furrowed even deeper as he said, "With Tu Dahei's strength, there is no reason for him to not reach the third level. An incident probably happened. Waiting like this isn't wise. If he has already been eliminated, wouldn't that doom all of you as well?"
Kevin fell silent.
Heartless sighed and glanced at Sunless. In his mind, he reflected on how a person who did not easily fall in love was the one who became the most foolish once they were moved.
The burly teenager behind Heartless reminded him, "Boss, it's time to choose a door!"
Heartless nodded and turned around to leave.
At this moment, beams of golden light descended from the sky. It was not one or two, but a few hundred golden beams of light pouring down from the sky in an instant. It was as though a golden rainstorm had poured.
Hundreds of rookies instantly appeared on the crystalline ground. Bathing in the golden rainstorm, that scene was extremely shocking.
The existing people were dumbfounded.
What was going on?
Why did a few hundred people simultaneously be transported from the second level here?
The armored youth said with a stutter, "Wow, this constipation..."
After the hundreds of people rained down, the next few seconds were filled with the cacophony of cheers.
"Tu Dahei! Tu Dahei! Tu Dahei..."
The cheers boomed tumultuously as it resounded through the world.
Mozzie and company turned around when they heard the three words. Yet, they saw a person being suddenly thrown up and down by hundreds of people. Who else was he but Shi Xiaobai?
Kevin said stunned, "Wasn't this jerk cursed as the City Destroyer Villain? Why is he suddenly so popular?"
Heartless fell silent for a moment before saying, "For so many people to be simultaneously arriving at the third level, it probably has to do with Tu Dahei, but what did he do?"
...
The cheers lasted till the authoritative voice boomed in the rookies' minds. Shi Xiaobai, who could not stop the crowd's passionate throwing into the sky, finally landed on the ground to take a breather.
At the same time, the sacred but authoritative voice boomed in Shi Xiaobai's mind.
"Welcome to the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower's third level—Thousand Stone Doors."
"In the 'Thousand Stone Doors', there are a thousand stone doors. Every stone door leads to a small world. Every small world has its regiment of guards and a guardian BOSS. Killing the guardian BOSS would be deemed as earning the points for the corresponding door. When you have a thousand points, you would clear the third level."
"Once the guardian BOSS in the stone door is killed, the corresponding door will become empty, preventing anyone from entering."
"The thousand stone doors are divided into four levels of difficulty—easy, medium, hard, hell. Only after entering the stone door would you be informed what level the stone door world you have entered. At that moment, you are able to choose to leave the world, but you would be barred from entering another stone door for ten minutes."
"This trial requires five people to form a group. Please form a five-person team with any other four people. Once the group is formed, there cannot be any changes. After the team works together to kill the guardian BOSS, everyone will receive the originally defined points."
"A stone door permits only one team to enter."
"This level's Level Lord, [Thousand Eye Demon Sovereign], has been awakened an hour ago. It will descend in eleven hours. Please make haste."
"Please carefully choose your teammates. Wishing you best of luck!"
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Chapter244 It must be an illusion
The moment the sacred but authoritative voice was finished, hundreds of rookies caused a hubbub.
"Boss Tu Dahei, bring me along!"
"Boss Tu Dahei, form a team with me. I'll definitely not hold you back!"
"Let go of Tu Dahei, bring me along!"
"..."
Hundreds of rookies jostled to form a team with Tu Dahei, turning the scene into chaos.
The armored youth said, "Holy shit, is Tu Dahei that awesome? Should we try to get him too?"
There were a number of rookies who knew that they did not ha
ve the chance to form a team with Tu Dahei. Looking at the three adorable girls, they immediately prepared to request of them to form a team. As a 'flower guardian', Kevin immediately rejected them and said the last spot in the team was specially left for Tu Dahei.
The rookies could only walk towards the armored youth. Although they did not have chicks, they looked rather extraordinary. At least, their outfits did not look simple.
Previously, they had been helplessly waiting, hoping for rookies to arrive. Now, with a few hundred rookies suddenly appearing, the armored youth immediately had a change of heart.
With so many resources, was there a need for them to fill the vacancy without any thought? They had to be picky!
The armored youth pretended to be aloof and criticized the rookies that came seeking for a team. They were flatly rejected on the belief that the next one would be better.
Heartless was also curious over what had happened as he pulled a person aside to inquire. Upon receiving the answer, he was dumbfounded.
At this moment, Kevin had also pulled a random rookie and asked him politely over the reason of Tu Dahei's sudden popularity. Obviously, the rookie did not pass the opportunity to brag, even if he was not the one being awesome.
Very soon, the great deed of how Tu Dahei went from a City Destroyer Villain to a City Destroyer Hero was described by the rookies that were soon to turn into brainless fans. At times they would embellish the story. Some even deliberately concealed the matter of using aphrodisiacs. They described how Tu Dahei darted through demonic beasts that filled the lands and eight guardian towers with laser beams, and how he destroyed the Demonic Tree with a single strike, finally accomplishing the deed of destroying the Demon City alone.
Everyone stared confounded as they looked at Shi Xiaobai, who was still being surrounded by others and felt a tremor in their hearts.
Mozzie: "Heavens, Lord Tu Dahei is so cool!"
Mu Yuesheng: "It's so his style. Always rendering people so speechless."
Kevin: "Sigh, This Genius should never have compared with him. How can a human compete with a monster?"
Heartless: "Um, barely worthy of Little Sun."
Sunless: "..."
After a while, Shi Xiaobai suddenly squeezed out of the crowd. The rookies were like abandoned women as they looked plaintively at Shi Xiaobai's departure. Clearly, they had been rejected.
In fact, Shi Xiaobai did not care who he formed a team with. Although the saying goes 'you should never fear having a god-like opponent but fear having a pig-like teammate', Shi Xiaobai was confident that even with a pig-like teammate, he could still bring him posturing and flying in awesomeness.
However, since Shi Xiaobai had seen Mozzie and company, he easily guessed that they were waiting for him.
After Shi Xiaobai squeezed out of the crowd, he headed for the four. Mozzie immediately welcomed him with a giggle, "Lord Tu Dahei, you have finally come. We have waited till the flowers have wilted!"
"Sorry for keeping you so long."
Shi Xiaobai said to the quartet before blinking his eyes and said, "Let's quickly begin. Let's find which door has 'hell' difficulty!"
Mozzie: "..."
The hundreds of rookies finally understood. No wonder Tu Dahei had rejected forming a team with them. If they were in his shoes, they would definitely choose the three adorable chicks.
However, what's up with that blond youth?
Not only was he with the three adorable chicks, he could also be together with Tu Dahei in a team.
What sort of fucking dog-shit luck did he have?
The hundreds of rookies immediately stared jealously at Kevin. If gazes could kill, Kevin would have been riddled with a thousand holes.
Kevin felt the stress from being stared at, so he hurriedly said, "Let's quickly begin!"
...
The thousand stone doors each had a different glyph on their doors. However, most of the glyphs were in a shape of a creature. Occasionally, it would be a weapon or a mysterious design.
Although the assessment program said that they would be informed of the difficulty only after entering the stone door, it did not mean that they could not attempt to figure out what the difficulty of the stone door was.
The glyphs were all different, but they were very likely to have information that hinted at the difficulty.
Shi Xiaobai observed the glyphs on each stone door at an appropriate speed.
Kevin, who was being stared at intently, was rendered speechless as he said, "Are you really looking for the 'hell' difficulty stone door?"
What a joke. The others would shun ''hell''-difficulty stone doors out of fear, because the moment they encountered it, it meant that they had to choose to exit it. As such, they would waste ten minutes.
Shi Xiaobai silently nodded as he meticulously observed the glyphs on every stone door.
The higher the difficulty, the more likely the points gained were higher. The quartet had waited for him, resulting in them falling behind on their points. As such, finding the 'hell' difficulty stone door was pertinent. Right, it had nothing to do with how 'hell' difficulty was more challenging.
Kevin sighed in exasperation. Once Shi Xiaobai made his decision, it was impossible to pull him away from it even with ten buffaloes.
Mozzie followed Lord Shi Xiaobai like a blind sheep, while Sunless and Mu Yuesheng were in no hurry. The others followed behind Shi Xiaobai and began observing the glyphs on the stone doors.
The hundreds of rookies had also formed their own teams during this period of time. Nearly four hundred people formed nearly eighty teams. All of them randomly chose a stone door.
Moments later, the number of people was dwindling. Shi Xiaobai finally sighed and said, "This King has noticed how there are four different kinds of designs amongst these glyphs. However, it's hard to tell which design represents which difficulty. We should try all four designs!"
Mozzie and company were astonished. The three of them were still observing the doors, but regardless of how they looked, every door's glyphs were different. There was no pattern to them. Yet, Shi Xiaobai had already figured out the four designs?
Kevin anxiously said, "Then let's quickly try. Let's do this!"
Shi Xiaobai frowned. "This King has a feeling that has 'easy' difficulty."
Kevin waved his hand and said, "An illusion! It must be an illusion. Look at the ferocious tiger engraved in the glyph. Look at how vivid it is. It must be 'medium' difficulty or higher!"
Saying that, Kevin thrust open the stone door. The door led to darkness as a mysterious aura emanated out. They could not help but hold their breaths.
With the door opened, what was done was done.
Shi Xiaobai did not say another word and took the lead to step into the stone door. The others followed him.
The moment they stepped through the stone door, the authoritative voice boomed in their minds.
"Welcome to Stone Door #173 [Ogre Forest]. This stone door's difficulty is 'easy'. Please kill the guardian BOSS [Gargantuan Ogre]."
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Chapter245 What posture is teaching and learning
From outside the stone door, all they saw was darkness. However, the moment they stepped into the stone door, they immediately entered a world where the sun shone gaily.
They were surrounded by emerald trees, an idyllic scene.
Shi Xiaobai glanced at Kevin with a deadpan expression.
Kevin dryly laughed and said, "Your intuition is truly accurate. This door is actually the 'easy' difficulty. It was my fault, alright!?"
Shi Xiaobai gave Kevin a look of disdain before turning to the three girls and said, "Since it's the 'easy' difficulty, let's hurry. We should finish it as fast as we can."
Upon hearing this, Mozzie blinked her eyes in an adorable fashion. Sunless and Mu Yuesheng gave a serious nod.
Shi Xiaobai suddenly raised his right hand as a
creamy white light shone from his palm. Slowly, a pure white sword appeared, emanating an intense aura of light.
The quartet was immediately startled.
Sunless' eyes stared unblinkingly at the pure white sword in Shi Xiaobai's hand as she muttered, "This sword..."
Mozzie's eyes lit up and said, "Is this the Holy Radiance the other rookies were talking about that you used ten thousand points to exchange for?"
Shi Xiaobai nodded his head. This sword was Holy Radiance. After exchanging for it, he was able to bring it away from the second level and apparently be able to bring it to the mortal world. From the looks of it, Holy Radiance was one of the treasures of the training ground.
Holy Radiance was in fact constructed out of the purest powers of light. Shi Xiaobai discovered that his King's right hand was able to transform Holy Radiance into the power of light and store the power of the light into his right hand.
In this way, it was convenient for him to bring it around. Furthermore, his right hand was filled with the power of light. It made him feel extremely comfortable.
After Shi Xiaobai drew out Holy Radiance, he surveyed his surroundings. He noticed that dense forests lined both sides of the path, while there was a mountain cliff behind him. There was only a wide forest trail in front of him.
There was only one path. In that case, the Gargantuan Ogre was just in front.
"Let's go and quickly settle it!"
Shi Xiaobai waved his hand and led the people forward. The other four immediately followed closely behind.
The forest trail was extremely quiet, but the air was very fresh. Occasionally, there would be beautiful chirping that sounded like the pearly chimes from heaven. It felt like they were in paradise.
However, less than a minute's walk brought them to an end of the forest trail which ended at a sharp cliff.
They quickly came to the edge of the path and looked down. Immediately, their pupils constricted.
Beneath them was a large valley. The brown land stretched out for miles, and in this large valley, there were numerous blue ogres walking around. Their dense numbers made them look like crawling ants.
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