Absolute Choice 9
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That was because she did not want to lose his voice!
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
The girl remained expressionless, but her eyes turned myriad and complicated.
In the intense battle, she constantly found time to look at that exquisite face and that pair of black eyes. All she saw were eyes that remained expressionless but were burning.
He did not say a word nor did he make any sound. All he did was quietly chase after her.
How irritating!
How irritating!
How irritating!
Why aren't you saying something?
There's no harm to striking up a conversation even in battle, right?
Even some malicious derision would do!
Hey, quick say something.
Why are you suddenly so quiet and serious? Why do you keep chasing in such a deadpan manner? Are you so eager to clinch victory in this battle?
Indeed, indeed you should have been killed!
You...
"Bastard!"
Finally, she could not tolerate any further as that single word came out of her mouth in a very natural manner. It was like a chime that suddenly trembled.
The voice that sounded like a beautiful chime was not emotionless for the first time. Furthermore, it was not like a curse filled with anger. Instead, it will felt like a coquettish complaint that was filled with grievance. The word she said had a hint of a frail girl's charms.
Was that my voice?
How could that be my voice!?
The girl was given a shock from her subconscious voice and emotions. In her daze, her arm was nearly hit by the youth, but she was eventually unable to fully dodge it, causing a tiny tear to appear on her sleeve.
The girl retreated in a hurry. Her usual calmness prevented her from panicking, but she felt a sense of embarrassing vexation.
Seeing how the youth had charged towards her once again with a deadpan expression, that stance of attacking while disregarding everything else and that quiet and ice-cold silence made her suddenly think of a scene she did not want to recall.
A horde of ferocious beasts were charging at her in a frenetic manner. They had red eyes and cold killing intent, so regardless of how loudly she screamed, they would not respond or show any pity to her. They opened their gaping mouths which dripped with gross and smelly saliva. In between their sharp fangs were pieces of remnant flesh.
The beasts in her memory slowly overlapped with the youth in front of her.
At that moment, vexation turned to anger!
Anger was the source of killing intent!
A purple beam suddenly bloomed as the girl slashed out to clash with the youth's sword!
"Sword Truth!"
The girl who had been in a dilemma finally reached her tolerance limit. She produced killing intent and activated her Sword Truth!
The girl's sword slashed at the youth's waist. Midway, it was blocked by the black sword, and at the same time the white sword was thrust towards her chest.
But this time, the girl finally did not retreat. After she activated her Sword Truth, her strength immediately was able to overwhelm the youth's. The black sword could only block for a moment before he was left open. Her sword swung straight at the youth's waist. Her fair left hand that was covered in a purple glow and psionic power held the white sword that was thrusting at her chest firmly!
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"It's over." Dawn sighed in her heart.
Even though it was just a moment of rage, it was sufficient to generate killing intent within her. And having already figured out Shi Xiaobai's fighting style, the balance naturally broke the moment she activated the power of her Sword Truth.
At the moment when victory was imminent, she felt a pain in her left hand. Although she had used the power of Sword Truth and psionic power to protect her left hand, she had grabbed the sword with her bare hands. The sharp sword beam was still able to slice through her palm. As blood oozed out, it dyed her hand and the white blade in her hand red.
But at the same time, she could sense that her sword had slashed at Shi Xiaobai's waist.
Her strike was one that even the new Transcendent King who was proud of his physical toughness could not withstand, much less a weak human.
The outcome was decided and his fate was sealed.
At the next moment, his body would be sliced into two.
"Bam!"
A clash echoed but the sword that cleaved at the youth's waist flew out like a rocket and spun a few times in mid-air before landing firmly on the ground.
The girl suddenly widened her eyes.
"How is it possible!?"
Her sword had failed to slice through the youth's waist!
What sort of monster-like defense was that!?
Dawn was extremely shocked as her eyes landed on Shi Xiaobai's waist. She attempted to discover the truth to the matter before seeing psionic power that was gradually dissipating.
"Psionic Hardening?"
The girl frowned slightly. That was one of the most basic uses of psionic defense. It used psionic power to hardened one's body but it was limited in range. It needed greater precision as compared to Psionic Shield or Psionic Barrier, but its defensive ability was the best.
There was dissipating psionic power around Shi Xiaobai's waist, which clearly indicated that he had used Psionic Hardening.
But he was able to precisely use Psionic Hardening under the present situation?
"Could this fellow actually triple-task?"
It was well known fact that people were at their weakest while attacking. As offense and defense were two complete measures, it was very difficult to dual-task.
Dawn had used offense and defense simultaneously just a moment ago. At the same moment she slashed Lucifer's Sword at Shi Xiaobai's abdomen, she had used her left hand to grab the white sword that was thrust towards her chest. That was not something easily done. She needed to be able to dual-task in order to accomplish it.
And it was because she had experienced it which made her know how hard it was to dual-task.
However, Shi Xiaobai had just used his the black sword in his right hand to defend while attacking with the white sword in his left hand. At the same time, he had precisely used Psionic Hardening to increase his defense. This was triple-tasking that was much more difficult than dual-tasking!
Dual-tasking and triple-tasking only differed by a single number, but the enhancement from one to the other was like heaven and earth.
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Chapter442 Might as well slash out with one strike to end it once and for all
"It's not only triple-tasking. It's impossible to defend against that strike using Psionic Hardening alone, as all it does is it add a trivial amount of defense. The thing that truly defended against that strike is his body."
Dawn quickly pondered over the matter before coming to a shocking conclusion.
This Infernal King that claims to be human possesses a strong willpower that allows him to triple-task. Furthermore, his physical toughness exceeds the gargantuan who was in his fourth form.
How could he still be human?
He is practically a monster!
The rookies from afar exchanged looks with one another. Speechless's mouth twitched slightly. He had previously said with great certainty that once Dawn activated the power of her Sword Truth, the balance would immediately be broken and that Shi Xiaobai could even get one-shot. However, when all of that happened, not only was Shi Xiaobai uninjured, it ended with Dawn bleeding in her left hand. The way his face was figuratively slapped was done in such a ruthless manner.
Speechless looked at Mu Yuesheng, who had a mocking smile. He said stubbornly, "Ahem, that fellow is slightly stronger than I expected."
...
Dawn used her healing technique to treat her injured left hand. When she saw Shi Xiaobai only needed to catch a tiny breather after landing before charging over
, she finally could not help but shout, "So you weren’t just risking your life while we were fighting because you are confident that your defense can withstand my sword?"
Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback before he gave a serious nod.
Just from eating the Transcendent fruit, his physical toughness was on par with Leonis's. Now, having eaten the three holy items—Transcendent fruit, Celestial Jade and Infernal King's sword—his physical toughness was naturally no weaker than the gargantuan's. It was even superior to the gargantuan in his fourth form. Compounded with the highly concentrated Psionic Hardening, he was indeed confident he could withstand Dawn's attack. It had to be said that the holy items of the three domains were very valuable, and of course, it was also because of the heaven-defying ability of the Power of Taotie.
However, his choice of using a dual-blade kamikaze fighting style was not because of his confidence in his defense but because he had no other choice.
Shi Xiaobai felt a little bittersweet. His speed and strength was clearly above Dawn's, but he had failed to defeat her despite her not activating the power of her Sword Truth. That was because, in terms of battle strategy and impromptu judgment, he was far inferior to her.
She was like a battle-hardened warrior who possessed absolute calmness. She was able to perfectly dodge his every strike in a perfect manner before launching a counterattack. She never made a mistake nor did she give him any opportunity. He had to use the dual-blade kamikaze style to forcefully create opportunities for himself.
This was an opponent that had forced him to give it his all, but also an opponent that he could not defeat.
He did not know that Dawn was feeling bittersweet as well. She believed that she had been repressed by the scoundrelly dual-blade kamikaze style, to the point of feeling vexed, but now, she realized that she had been repressed by Shi Xiaobai's might.
The youth in front of her was faster and stronger than her. He was able to activate the power of his Sword Truth for prolonged periods of time and possessed a monster-like physical defense. She could not triple-task like him, so if she did not activate her Sword Truth, all she could do was constantly dodge and retreat. There was no way of winning against him. Even with her Sword Truth activated, she would still need to engage in an intense battle before she could clinch victory.
This was an opponent she needed to deal with seriously.
But...
She could not activate the power of her Sword Truth.
Due to a moment of vexation, she was angered enough to produce killing intent, but when that sword slashed out, she felt a sense of regret. The power of the Sword Truth lasted for only a moment before it disintegrated.
She knew that it would be very difficult for her to have any intentions of killing the youth again because she could not deny that to her, he was a unique existence.
But if she could not activate the power of her Sword Truth, there was no way she could win, other than waiting for Shi Xiaobai to no longer be able to maintain the power of his Sword Truth. He had activated his Sword Truth continuously for an extended period of time, so it was likely that his mental energies were about to be depleted, right?
"How long more can you maintain your Sword Truth?" Dawn hesitated for a moment before asking softly.
Shi Xiaobai grinned and said seriously, "This King's Sword Truth will not be deactivated before the outcome is decided."
His tone was filled with confidence, but she could not believe him.
Even if he had immense mental energy reserves, there was no way he could persist with the expenditure over a long period of time. The battle was clearly in a stalemate. Although he was unable to repress her fully, he was unable to defeat her. And she had no way to use her Massacre Sword Truth against him, so there was nothing she could do to him. It was unknown how much longer the battle would continue on.
There would be a final moment when his mental energies were completely drained, which would prevent him from maintaining the power of his Sword Truth. Furthermore, it was difficult to triple-task when one's mental energies were scarce. When that happened, she would be able to gain victory.
All she needed was to endure a little longer and drag it out to the point when he suffers a mental collapse. Then, everything would come to an end.
She just needed to endure to that moment to clinch victory. Even if she were unable to kill him when the time came, obtaining victory still matched her original goal.
However, wouldn't such a victory be a bit...pathetic?
Did it have to come down to her having to fight her opponent in a battle of attrition before clinching victory?
Such a victory felt worse than defeat!
"I do not need such a victory." She said to herself in her heart before making a decision.
"One strike!"
Dawn said in a deep voice, "Shi Xiaobai, accept one strike from me! If that strike fails to kill you, it will be your victory and I would have lost.."
She did not need to wear down her opponent to clinch victory. Compared to that, she might as well steel her heart to kill him!
Kill him or lose.
That was the decision she made. It was the way she steeled her resolve.
Shi Xiaobai felt slightly alarmed but he quickly realized something. He nodded slowly and whispered, "Come on, This King has already waited for a very long time."
He had been waiting for her to activate the power of her Sword Truth.
However, the thing he was eagerly waiting for was that one strike.
That strike that filled the world with whiteness, to the point of making the souls of everyone quiver.
"The Hero King's mental energies has recovered. She is about to use the power of her Sword Soul."
Speechless, who had nearly been killed by that strike, said with a heavy expression, "The power of the Sword Soul is far stronger than any attack at our level of strength. Despite trying my best, I was unable to withstand that strike. If not for the Hero King thinking that my heart was in the left side of my chest, I would have already died. This time, she will definitely not make the same mistake. Shi Xiaobai is really in grave danger."
She had been constantly repressed but had no way to produce killing intent to use her Massacre Sword Truth on Shi Xiaobai, so the only way was to drag it to the point when Shi Xiaobai was mentally drained to clinch victory.
But such a victory was no doubt a form of humiliation to Dawn. It felt worse than defeat.
She might as well slash out with one strike to end it once and for all!
Dawn held her sword with both hands as she slowly lifted it towards the sky. An astral soul which was about ten meters tall stood behind her. It was blurry, preventing others from seeing its true form. However, one could tell that it was wearing armor and that both its hands held onto a gigantic sword. Its posture was identical to the way the girl lifted her sword.
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Chapter443 This King's eyes can only accept victory
The power of Sword Soul was the third realm when it came to to sword techniques. The number of swordsmen that could comprehend it were few and far between. Not only did one need extraordinary perception, one also needed critical encounters. There were even a few of the ten Sword Masters in the world who still had not comprehended the power of Sword Soul. That was a power that far exceeded the power of Sword Truth, and obviously was not something rookies like them could possess. Even Sword Immortal Xu Taibai only managed to comprehend the power of Sword Soul at the age of thirty. He was one of the youngest people in history to have attained that achievement.
However, the Hero King had far exceeded that record to be able to comprehend the power of Sword Soul at such a young age.
Even in battles at the world-class Sword Master levels, the power of Sword Soul typically becomes the deciding factor. There was no need to mention how it was like in the Psionic Mortal Realm for rookies. The influence that the power of Sword Soul
has could even be considered as a bug. It was like a level ten character in a computer game equipping a level hundred weapon. Against monsters that were under level ten, it was obvious they they could be crushed with a single strike.
However, Shi Xiaobai did not understand the power of the Sword Soul. He did not know its principles or how it was achieved. However, he could feel the apprehension that came from deep within the soul, like it was an alarm that was constantly tingling his intuition that there was danger. It was telling him a solemn fact—He could not withstand that strike!
Even though he had experienced the immensity of the strike's power from afar, only when he faced the might of the strike did he realize how terrifying the power of that strike was. Speechless needed a lot of courage to dare face this strike head on.
The power of the Sword Soul was not something that should exist at this level!
But now wasn't the time to be panicking and afraid. There was even less time to grumble over how the girl in front of him had grasped this invincible power at this stage despite her young age. He only had one problem he needed to consider.
How was he going to withstand that strike?
He was lost in a complicated mental maze with thousands of dead ends. Was there a path that led to salvation?
What could he use to withstand that strike?
"Meaningless thoughts."
As though she was not in a hurry to end everything, the girl mocked with a deadpan expression, "In the period you are thinking over the way to survive, I could have killed you countless times."
But it was because I couldn’t bear to kill you that I had the dilemma in the first place.
The girl hid that ambiguous thought in her heart and felt even more eager to strike out. To her, killing him was like killing the only person in the world that could converse with her. It was natural for her to loathe to part with it.
Although she loathed to part with him, she felt the increasing need to slash out that strike. That was because in this battle, the youth might become an obstacle she would not be able to cross in the path ahead of her. She needed to kill him now before she immersed herself in the 'happiness' of being able to hear his voice. After all, misfortune was her true partner. This lavish 'happiness' was so realistic that it appeared fake.