Absolute Choice 8

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  To the assessment program, Shi Xiaobai was special. It was an existence that could ignore the rules!

  Everyone was shocked beyond words. They never expected that the answer was so incredulous, but it was so reasonable. Even though it was just Shi Xiaobai's guess, his guess was enough to explain everything. So this had to be the answer!

  "What do you plan on doing?"

  Liu Yu said with a deep voice, "If the assessment program is really targeting you, and designates your identity as the Infernal King, it must have other tricks up its sleeves. It would not do this for nothing. What do you plan on doing next?"

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this, his eyes turned bright as he grinned. He said in a high-spirited manner without thinking, "This King is the Infernal King, which means that the entire Infernal domain is This King's! To target This King, there has to be a price to be paid!"

  Having become the Infernal King without any good reason, any other person would be trembling in panic.

  However, Shi Xiaobai was not alarmed. Instead, he was overjoyed. By becoming the king of the Infernal domain, it was equivalent to owning the entire Infernal domain!

  Shi Xiaobai only had one thought regarding the treasures in the Infernal domain—take them all, snatch them all, eat them all!

  Regardless of the tricks the assessment program had prepared for him, he would strike first and eat first as a form of politeness!

  However, there was a hidden concern in Shi Xiaobai's bright eyes.

  There was actually a very important basis for judging that he was the Infernal King.

  However, he did not tell anyone else because this basis came from the Absolute Choice that he had to keep secret.

  Complete the King’s Mandate.

  Don't forget that the Infernal King is also a King!

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  Chapter383 Gods and Demons

  There were a myriad of signs that indicated that the assessment program had assigned Shi Xiaobai the identity of Infernal King. Although it was just a form of inference and speculation, it was already able to explain nearly all the doubts. It was like a master key that could simultaneously unlock many locks at once.

  As for becoming the Infernal domain's Infernal King, Shi Xiaobai was overjoyed instead of being afraid.

  However, the situation made Shi Xiaobai involuntarily feel apologetic towards the people beside him. He said with a sigh, "Sorry, it seems the method of killing the Infernal King will not work."

  For the trial-takers whose identities were Bravehearts, 'killing the Infernal King' was one of the four known methods to clear the seventh level. However, if Shi Xiaobai was really the Infernal King, it was definitely impossible for the people in front of him to choose this method. Therefore, it was equivalent to cleaving away one of the means of clearing.

  However, the people in front of him apparently did not mind. Sunless did not care if she could clear the seventh level, while the silver-haired girl also shook her head with a beaming smile, indicating that she did not mind it.

  Feng Yuanlin shrugged his shoulders and said, "I came here just to join in the bustle. Only four people have been able to clear the seventh level, so I definitely wouldn't dare have any hopes of it!"

  Pulp Farmer said in a self-deprecating manner, "The three of us couldn't even defeat Moya, so how could we expect ourselves to defeat the Infernal King?"

  Liu Yu shook his head with a chortle as he said, "Benefactor Shi Xiaobai, your apology is somewhat redundant. To speak the truth, This Penniless Priest was already feeling extremely nervous from seeing the Infernal Queen. This Penniless Priest would likely be running if he faced the real Infernal King."

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he shook his head helplessly and asked, "Then, what do all of you plan on doing next?"

  Since the few of them had arrived to the seventh level, it was impossible for them to quit midway or give up easily. They would definitely try their best in an attempt to clear the level, so as to not leave any regrets even if they failed.

  However, the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament had already finished, and Shi Xiaobai had for some reason become the Infernal King. This meant that there were two fewer methods.

  The path ahead appeared to turn a lot narrower.

  Liu Yu said softly, "Now, there are three obvious methods. First, survive a hundred days, second, challenge the legend of the Hero King, and third, find a fifth method to clear the level! To be honest, This Penniless Priest is not confident with any of the three methods."

  "No, there is actually only two methods left."

  Pulp Farmer shook his head and said, "Did you forget that the legend of the Hero King is related to the Infernal King?"

  Liu Yu faltered slightly and said with a wry smile, "Well, you are right. This Penniless Priest carelessly overlooked that. In that case, other than finding a method to clear it ourselves, there's only the most screwed up way of surviving a hundred days?"

  Surviving a hundred days didn't sound difficult, but in fact, a hundred days represented a total of thirty-four calamities barraging trial-takers. It was not only a test of strength, but a test and torture of endurance and will.

  Typically, only trial-takers who failed to find any other method or failed the other methods would finally choose the last method of surviving for a hundred days. Other than Overlord Ji Feng, no one had been able to last that long.

  And the trial-takers that had experienced this would mostly describe such a method with two words—screwed up.

  When Shi Xiaobai, who had been always curious about the Hero King's fourth story but always forgot to inquire, heard Pulp Farmer say that the 'legend of the Hero King was related to the Infernal King', he could not help but ask, "What did the Hero King do on the seventh level?"

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  Since time immemorial, gods and demons stood on opposite sides in an eternal clash!

  This was an irrefutable truth. It clearly illustrated a single thing—gods and demons were mutually exclusive entities. It was like light and darkness, good and evil.

  But it also had an implicit truth hidden in it—With gods, there would be demons. With demons, there would be gods!

  Why was light considered light? Because of the existence of darkness!

  Why was good called good? Because of evil!

  This was the simplest and most unassailable fact in the world. There were always two sides of the coin that reinforced or opposed each other.

  And the world in the seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower was such an example.

  Although this world's era was termed as the Age of Bravehearts and the Infernal King, in fact, there were existences in this world that were the complete opposite from the devils—gods.

  However, gods were just a legendary existences to most people. They were entities of made-up fantasies.

  As gods had departed the world, no longer participating in worldly strifes, it was as though they had been wiped from the face of the mortal world.

  Only very few mighty figures knew that this world had gods. Other than the Infernal domain and the mortal world, there was a third hidden kingdom, known as the...Celestial domain!

  In the ancient books of the sages, a line said that—the Celestial domain is above the mortal world.

  Many people believed that the sentence meant that the Celestial domain lorded above the mortal world.

  But in fact, the sages vaguely indicating the existence of the Celestial domain and telling everyone where it was located!

  The Celestial domain was above the mortal world, which meant that it was in the sky!

  On the barren lands, Speechless kept heading north. The speed at which he proceeded wasn't fast, with him stopping and walking at times. Even though he did not appear too tired, he would occasionally sit or lie down on a cold and dead piece of rock. It looked like he was resting, but it looked more like he was wasting time.r />
  When night fell, he would simply lie down on the desolate lands and have a good night's sleep.

  Speechless was clearly heading in a particular direction, but he did not seem to be in a rush. Furthermore, it looked like he was intent on delaying the time of his arrival.

  Even with him deliberately wasting time, Speechless finally arrived at the northern ends of the Silent Desolate Lands at noon of the second day.

  The western end of the Silent Desolate Lands was the Door of the Bravehearts, and it was the only entrance to the Infernal domain.

  On the eastern end of the Silent Desolate Lands was Transcendence, the city closest to the Infernal domain. It was also called the edge of the mortal world.

  And on the northern end of the Silent Desolate Lands, there was an endless sea!

  This sea was deserted because it did not have any living creatures in it. There was only constantly churning dark blue seawater as well as the occasional storm or tsunamis.

  When Speechless came to the shore, he stared at the silent and churning sea from afar.

  After a while, a pair of gigantic crystal wings spread out behind Speechless. With a flap, he flew towards the sea.

  As fast as lightning, he flew in the sky. From afar, he was like a bright line that split the sky above the sea.

  The sea was boundless, but it was extremely boring. The sights one saw while flying was like a video being constantly repeated. Other than the ripples of the waves or the shapes of the clouds, there was nothing else that seemed to change.

  Such a flight was easy but boring.

  However, this deserted sea was apparently not that simple.

  After Speechless flew for half an hour, an enormous change suddenly took place in front of him.

  The clear and bright sky suddenly turned dark. Billowing thunderclouds covered the entire sky, as though night had fallen. There was the occasional deafening thunder rumbling and bright flashes of lightning that illuminated the darkness.

  Speechless was still flying, but instead of slowing down, he increased his speed. A few bolts of lightning grazed past him, having nearly struck him. Speechless remained expressionless as he calmly flew forward.

  Suddenly, during a brief instance of a flash, a horrifying picture appeared!

  Across the vast sea, a spiraling sea current a few hundred meters across flowed from bottom to top, piercing straight into the sky, into the thunderclouds!

  The sea current that surged into the sky was like a heavenly pillar. The speed at which the sea current was spiraling was much faster than common tornadoes or vortices. If one was sucked into it, one would instantly be ground into bits!

  And such a gigantic sea current that rose up into the sky was just ten kilometers away from Speechless.

  Lightning flashed, illuminating this horrifying scene briefly. It was also a warning to visitors that haven't visited this place in a while that this was a land of death which was not to be crossed.

  However, Speechless appeared as though he did not see it. He did not even change his direction.

  Within a kilometer from the rising sea current, winds raged. And even closer, space even seem to distort. The spiraling power from the sea current was just the tip of the iceberg, but it already possessed the power to rip apart any ordinary lives.

  But in the raging winds and distorted space, Speechless still did not change his direction, nor did he slow down.

  He flew straight without stopping, plunging straight into the skyward vortex column!

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  Chapter384 I'm only waiting for you

  "The Celestial domain is in the sky, and the only way to enter the Celestial domain is through a terrifying skyward sea current. The sea current is in a dead sea, and only by using the current's skyward flow would one be able to enter the Celestial domain. The existence of the Celestial domain is a secret unknown to the inhabitants of this world. But to human trial-takers like us, there have been people who have already discovered the existence of the Celestial domain over countless exploratory trials. There have been people who have done deep research on the Celestial domain's location and method of entry."

  "Of course, even if it's known, almost no trial-taker has been able to really enter the Celestial domain because the speed of the spiraling sea current is too horrifying. It’s a force no human body can withstand, and it would rip a person to shreds upon entry. Only a few lucky ones with special abilities or amazingly strong freaks of nature have a chance at heading to the Celestial domain."

  Liu Yu said, "And back then, the Hero King was one of the extremely few trial-takers who successfully entered the Celestial domain!"

  When Liu Yu said this, he paused slightly.

  Shi Xiaobai immediately motioned for Liu Yu to continue. He never expected that the world had such an interesting historical background. Not only were there devils and the Infernal King, there were gods that isolated themselves!

  If he knew of the existence of the Celestial domain, and that the difficulty of entering it was so high, Shi Xiaobai might have attempted it first.

  Liu Yu clearly liked to keep people hanging with his storytelling skills. He came to an abrupt stop for ten seconds before saying, "The Hero King successfully reached the Celestial domain through the skyward sea current and with his impressive strength, he obtained the recognition of the race of the gods, the Celestials, where he was given a grand reception. Even the distinguished Celestial King hosted a banquet for him!"

  Liu Yu gave a sly smile and suddenly said, "Benefactor Shi Xiaobai, try guessing what the Hero King did next!"

  Shi Xiaobai rolled his eyes and after a little thought, he came up with the simplest answer, "Kill the Celestial King? Or defeat the Celestial King, and after that became the new Celestial King?"

  This was the easiest answer to think of, but it was clearly not the real answer, or Liu Yu would not have made Shi Xiaobai guess.

  However, Shi Xiaobai could not be bothered and said the answer Liu Yu wanted to hear.

  Liu Yu shook his head in a happy mood before saying, "You guessed wrong. The Hero King did not challenge the Celestial King, but on the day of the banquet, he stole the most precious Celestial Jade from the Celestials!"

  "Ah?"

  Shi Xiaobai was truly astonished. Even though he did not know the deeds of the Hero King, a man who created the Age of Heroes was imaginably a righteous hero.

  Why would he steal a treasure of the Celestials?

  He believed that even if it was not a duel with the Celestial King, he must have done something that made one's blood boil.

  But it was unexpected that the Hero King entered the Celestial domain to steal a treasure?

  Shi Xiaobai murmured, "It must not have been this simple."

  Liu Yu immediately said with a laugh, "Of course it's not that simple! Not only did the Hero King steal the Celestial Jade, he even gave the Celestial Jade to the Infernal King! After that, he stole the Infernal King's Infernal Sword and rushed to give it to Leonis! Finally, through a technique stolen from the Celestials, he destroyed half the foundation of the Transcendence Holy Tree. All of this was accomplished by the Hero King within three days. It was such a short period of time that the three kings failed to react in time. By the time they reacted, they realized that their treasures were in the hands of another. They mistook it for the other party stealing their treasures. Therefore, this was how war that broke out in the Celestial domain, the Infernal domain and the mortal world, was instigated!"

  Shi Xiaobai was dumbfounded when he heard this. By stealing the treasure of the Celestial King and pushing the blame to the Infernal King, he later stole the Infernal King's treasure to push the blame on Leonis, and then pushing the blame to the Celestials by destroying the Transcendence Holy Tree, the Hero King had directly sparked a trifecta hatred relationship between the three races! To be able to accomplish such a difficult feat in three days was astounding.

 
; However, wasn't this the act too despicable?

  By instigating a war between the three domains, wasn't it cold-blooded and ruthless?

  Was the Hero King that pioneered the Age of Heroes a hero that shouldn't be admired?

  Shi Xiaobai asked in a deep voice, "This was what the Hero King did? This is the most interesting story out of the four stories on the seventh level of the Transcendental Tower?"

  Liu Yu chortled and said, "That's right. It's the most interesting story, one of the legendary stories of the Hero King!"

  Shi Xiaobai fell silent before his eyes lit up slightly, "The story hasn't ended."

  This was not the legendary story that he had in his mind. It wasn't even considered interesting, so how could it be called legendary!

  There was certainly more to the story.

  "Of course!"

  Liu Yu grinned and said, "The story has only just begun."

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  What sort of existence was the Celestial domain?

  Speechless had a clear imagination of the place through countless pieces of information. It was an imagination he was even sick of.

  But when he truly arrived in the Celestial domain, he had the mistaken feeling that it was both familiar and unfamiliar.

  It might have been a result of him being giddy after the constantly spiraling sea current, but he felt that he had come to this place thousands of times, but it also felt like he had never ever been here before.

  This contradictory illusion made him feel a hazy sense of reality.

  Speechless closed his eyes and rested for a while before slowly opening his eyes and taking slow steps forward.

  Beneath his feet were snow-white clouds. Walking on the clouds felt like he was stepping on cotton. Occasionally, there would be a hole in the clouds, allowing him to see the distant ground through it. It was a deep abyss that did not seem to have an end.

  One needed to be careful while walking on such clouds,

  but Speechless began to increase his walking speed.

  Before arriving, he did not want to arrive too quickly.