by Fat Bread
"So... I can't..." Even Yun Xi had guessed this answer already, but when he heard it coming from Hua Huo's mouth, he still felt frustrated.
No! Even if the answer is 'no', I still can't give up!
He couldn't retreat.
Compared with the apostle candidates or true apostles he my encounter later on, this wasn't harsh at all.
Why did the stars create this trial world? That was for tempering his will and improving his strength step by step!
There were just a dozen 3rd-ranked people and a mysterious archer. Would they make him give up? He would never give up!
I want to win!
So, sorry, Hua Huo.
"Hua Huo... I will do something to you. Can you forgive me?" After thinking it over and over again, Yun Xi only got one idea in his mind.
The stars, forgive me! This was the only strategy that my simple brain could imagine!
"Yes? I forgive you, Little Xi." Hua Huo curiously looked at Yun Xi. Was he willing to let her help him pass the trial?
In fact, the trial really pissed her off. She couldn't bear the trial because it forced her Little Xi to die, again and again.
"Then, close your eyes, Hua Huo." Yun Xi stealthily walked up to Hua Huo with a red face.
"Gee, Little Xi, what do you want to do? No!" Looking at Yun Xi's face getting closer and closer, Hua Huo was in a dither.
No, when did her Little Xi become so daring? And why does he look so skillful?!
"Whoa!" As Hua Huo cried out in alarm, Yun Xi softly kissed Hua Huo's lips.
It wasn't their first kiss. In their childhood, he had secretly kissed her in their children's play. However, this time, it was different.
Looking at Hua Huo, Yun Xi managed to muster up all his courage to take this step.
You know, not long ago, his childhood sweetheart used a two-handed sword to cut a male Fiery Dragon into pieces.
To kiss such a Hua Huo was like challenging the evil dragon. If Hua Huo wasn't his childhood sweetheart, Yun Xi wouldn't dare try it.
Hua Huo's lips were soft and sweet. They were still as warm as in Yun Xi's memory.
At the moment he kissed Hua Huo's lips, Yun Xi clearly felt that inside of his body, Hua Huo's seed acted like a dry plant that suddenly got irrigated. It started to grow up at a ridiculous speed.
1%, 2%, 3%!
Chapter 56: The Dawn of Victory
"Whooooooh!" Sitting beside the bonfire, Hua Huo's little finger drew a circle on the ground round and round.
"My Little Xi is corrupted. You were bullying me!"
Her beautiful cheeks were fully blushed to the root of her ears.
If you looked carefully, you would find that in her dewy big eyes, there was excitement and agitation.
Because the relationship between Yun Xi and her had a rapid advance just now.
To Hua Huo, it was a great advance. Unlike all their kisses in the past, this time, Yun Xi's kiss had a special meaning.
Ah, what a wonderful world! She decided to keep this dream firmly in her mind. She must kept it in her mind! She didn't want it to become fuzzy like the dream she dreamt last time!
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"Ta!" Among the big burly stone soldiers, Yun Xi jumped up. However, his eyes kept gazing at the dangerous archer in red.
Just as he expected, at the moment he jumped up, the white-haired archer in red shot an arrow at him. The arrow rotated like a black hound jumping in the air. If he got hit, it would definitely cut through his body.
"Now!" Yun Xi held the newbie iron sword horizontally in front of himself and blocked the bloody hound-like arrow in time, then jumped out of the encirclement.
Flying Swallow Sixfold Attack!
The nimble sword light flashed among the crowd. The sharp strengthened blade of the newbie iron sword cut off the 3rd-ranked enemies' heads one after another.
This time, the speed of Flying Swallow Sixfold Attack didn't reach the limit that Yun Xi could reach. However, it was way more easy and smooth than any Flying Swallow Sixfold Attack he used before. The connection between his two moves was near perfect.
"Chi!" At the very moment Yun Xi just finished his Flying Swallow Sixfold Attack, the second sniper arrow was shot at him. This time, it was a lightning speed arrow and was shot at him through the crowd. If Yun Xi didn't kiss Hua Huo just now, he wouldn't have been able to dodge this arrow.
"Ding!" Still, at the critical moment, Yun Xi's focus reached a new height. He blocked the arrow, and using the impacting force of the arrow, he used Quicksilver Motion to step back, breaking away from the battle.
Step back. This was what Hua Huo's seed taught Yun Xi after its high-speed growth.
Temporarily stepping back wasn't equal to escaping, but for the sake of accumulating stronger power for the following attack.
It was extremely attractive to play one's power to the best and dancing the blade of battle. However, Yun Xi wasn't Hua Huo. He wasn't able to do that.
So, by combining it with his own characteristics, he decided to challenge his opponents and also grasped the dominant right in his own hands at the same time. That should be the best tactic.
Now, after kissing Hua Huo, Yun Xi finally grew to a degree that was able to do this.
3% growth degree. That not only improved Yun Xi's physical fitness, but also made his understanding of battles reach a new level.
For the first time, he tried to let Hua Huo's talent fit his body and change his battle style.
In the past, he was too reliant on the power of Hua Huo's seed; it could even be called as 'superstition'. He thought that, as long as he could play the power of the seed to the limit, he would never be defeated -
Till he met the terrible archer in red. He finally understood that Hua Huo and him were different.
When Hua Huo was at the 2nd rank, she could pass this through the bridge and no one could stop her. However, he couldn't.
The thing he could do was different from Hua Huo.
Admitting it made him understand Hua Huo's power much more and absorb the properties of Hua Huo's seed in the meanwhile.
Hua Huo could turn into a flying sword to kill the giant dragon, to kill everything refusing to obey her.
As for him, the thing he could do now was - Flying Swallow!
"Triple attack!" The sharp blade of sword flew in the air like a flying swallow. It shot down an arrow and cut off three high-level stone soldiers' arms at the same time.
He didn't need to give them critical attacks every time. He just needed to cut down their battle power bit by bit.
As long as he could control the rhythm of the battle, he could finally obtain victory!
The kiss with Hua Huo was the kiss from the goddess of victory that could bring him the dawn of victory!
"Ka La! Ka La!" In the face of Yun Xi's sword, the last stone soldier's body also toppled down to the ground. A smile appeared on Yun Xi's sweaty face.
He did it! Now, in the entire third district, there was only the last three red stone soldiers and the archer in red, who were standing at the end of the bridge.
The archer in red didn't give Yun Xi time to rest, but took the bow and adjusted the arrow, then shot to the sky.
"Come on!" Yun Xi rushed to the last enemies on the bridge.
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"Cough!" Bruised, Yun Xi dragged his tired body to return to the bonfire.
"Little Xi!" Hua Huo lovingly looked at Yun Xi. After walking through the bridge, Yun Xi didn't step into the square immediately, but walked back to the bonfire.
The last enemy, the archer in red, was more powerful than Yun Xi's expected.
Double Arrow, Shattering Arrow, Spiralling Arrow, and Tracking Arrow. Just in order to go to him, Yun Xi's body had been covered with blood.
The most desperate thing was that this guy's close combat ability wasn't any inferior than his archery. After sublimating Hua Huo's seed, Yun Xi still fought with him for over a hundred turns, then finally beat him down by using his enhanced newbie iron sword.
If it was said in a rude manner, perhaps among all the people Yun Xi'd seen, the archer in red was a person who was only second to Hua Huo. If Yun Xi didn't have the enhanced Hua Huo's seed, he was no match for him.
The thing which finally determined the winner was the gap between their weapons.
As Hua Huo said, the archer's two swords were made up of stainless steel, but it was still inferior compared to Yun Xi's newbie iron sword which had been enhanced to its limits.
After defeating the tough archer in red, Yun Xi was exhausted. He had to return to the bonfire to take a rest.
"Plop!" After walking back to the bonfire zone and feeling the warm fire again, Yun Xi directly stumbled into Hua Huo's arms.
Yun Xi was too tired. Though it was just a trial in a dream, but it still exhausted Yun Xi's mind and spirit.
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He heard a familiar song around his ears. It was so soft and peaceful. Was it a cradlesong?
Had the battle finished?
No, not yet!
Yun Xi opened his eyes, then saw his childhood sweetheart's smiling face and heard her soft song.
The position was right above himself.
"Little Xi, are you awake?" Hua Huo put Yun Xi's head on her knees. She softly wiped Yun Xi's forehead, gazing at him with her tender eyes.
"En. The trial's not finished." Laying on Hua Huo's knees, Yun Xi smiled at his childhood sweetheart with confidence.
Sure enough, you are my goddess of victory, Hua Huo.
Chapter 57: The Three Childes
At the end of the coastline, standing in front of the Great Tower with ignited huge flames, eventually, Yun Xi came to the last opponents of this district.
They were the noble geniuses from White Lotus Sword Domain or higher sword domains.
Childe Yun He, Childe Si Nian, and Childe San Quan.
Three people who had different temperaments.
Childe Yun He was from Yun He City. He carried the 'Crane Wings Twin Swords' on his back. They were twin swords, just like the swords the Second Childe of Yun He City, who had been defeated by Yun Xi just now owned.
Unlike the two Crane Swords, the curve of the Crane Wings Twin Swords was more smooth. At the side of their blades, there were beautiful wing-like lines.
They were true spirit weapons, famous as two swords that were handed down from generation to generation in Yun He City. In the future, it had the possibility to become a lower-grade Divine Weapon or even a True Divine Weapon.
If viewing from their weapons, Childe Yun He was the strongest one among the three people. The Snake Bones Soft Sword was no match for the pair of Crane Wings Twin Swords.
Childe Si Nian was from Si Nian City. He was over two metres tall, and had long and strong four limbs. He used a blue-lit two-handed sword.
Judging from its scale, his two-handed heavy sword looked a little like the standard two-handed sword Hua Huo used. However, it looked heavier and was full of oppressiveness.
Undoubtedly, it was a Spirit Weapon - a weapon belonging to the Hero rank.
The last person was Childe San Quan. He used a special sword, a fan sword.
It looked like a fan but it wasn't a fan. It looked like a sword but it wasn't a sword neither. This special weapon was made up of five sharp blades, and every blade was engraved with weird runes and looked pretty mysterious. Apparently, it wasn't a simple attacking weapon.
Associated with his identity of minoring in being Swordsman, Daoist Priest, and Alchemist at the same time, maybe this fan sword also had other secrets.
The three people all inherited their nobility bloodlines because they looked pretty handsome.
Childe Yun He looked pretty cultured. His appearance fitted the aesthetics of the people of eastern domains.
Childe Si Nian's bloodline was from the Western God's Domain. His over two metres body height and long, strong four limbs gave people a strong oppressive feeling.
Childe San Quan was from a high-level sword domain. He looked unlike a swordsman, but a little feminine.
At this moment, faint red lights emitted out from their bodies, which pointed out their identity as the strongest people in this district.
They had excellent bloodlines, received best educations, and owned the best equipments. They were the best children of nobility above all the people at the same age, and were generally rated as the top three people among all the candidates of the entrance examination of the Sword Palace.
Not only the exam of the Sword Palace. Amongst all 3rd-ranked warriors, they were still on the top of the pyramid of power.
People like the Five Tiger Generals couldn't compare with them at all. Maybe the archer in red, who was so poor that couldn't buy a good equipment, was slightly better than them. However, his combat power was still slightly inferior.
"There you are." Childe Yun He drew out the Crane Wings Twin Swords from his back, looking at Yun Xi as fiercely as a tiger.
"We were waiting for you for a long time." Childe Si Nian freed his hands and legs, he looked to be itching for a try.
"You've beat down one of us four kings. However, he is the weakest one among us. Don't think that we are as weak as him." Childe San Quan shook his fingers. When he looked at Yun Xi, he behaved as if he were looking at a corpse.
"We're the three strongest people."
I know. In common sense, you are the strongest 3rd-ranked people; geniuses above all geniuses.
Yun Xi looked at the three people, who were chosen as his ultimate opponents on the way leading to the Great Tower. He also admitted this point.
If he didn't have the Stars' Trial System for the Starchild, he wouldn't even be qualified to compare himself to these three people.
They were high and mighty and didn't even glance at Mortals. Only the Hero rank was their goal.
From their births, they had the best cultivation conditions and received the best educations. They had left all ordinary people far away behind them from the beginning.
These three people were the pride of the noble families of White Lotus Sword Domain. They were the seeds the noble families were going to send to the Sword Palace.
After they grew up, they would naturally occupy more discourse power in White Lotus Sword Domain, and help their families shore up their positions.
Class wasn't a thing that could be seen through eyes, but it had already been engraved in every corner of society.
In their eyes, as a baker, Yun Xi didn't even have the right to stand together with them.
"Say it, how do you wanna be killed?" Childe Yun He stepped forward. As a super genius educated by his noble family, he had absolute confidence.
Every time he used his Crane Wings Twin Swords, they must savor the addictive taste of the blood of its enemy.
Don't regard those so-called Childes as some hot house flowers. Since he inherited the name 'Childe Yun He' of this generation, that meant that he had really stepped in battlefield.
"You four kings are indeed very strong." Yun Xi held up his newbie wooden shield and rushed to Childe Yun He without hesitation.
"Ha ha, you're brave. As a reward, I will send you to hell!" Childe Yun He laughed and threw the female sword of the Crane Wings Twin Swords to the sky.
The light female sword drew an elegant arc in the sky, spinning round and round, flying at Yun Xi along a trace that could never be thrown by a human.
It looked like a flying crane wing, but also like a roaring dragon. This was the secret sword skill of Yun He City, a super sword skill that had been inherited from generation to generation.
That was too fast! Yun Xi reluctantly stopped his Quicksilver Motion halfway.
The next moment, a familiar scene happened. With a yell of rage, the hugest person of the three people jumped to the sky. As terrible as if a heavy mountain fell from the sky, he raised the two-handed heavy sword and chopped at Yun Xi.
Swifter, higher, and stronger. Compared to the combined assault of the first stone soldier army, these two people's joint attack wa
s perfect.
No, the most dangerous person still hadn't attacked him yet.
Where would he launch an attack?
"Hee hee!" With a cold laugh, three sword blades suddenly appeared under Yun Xi's feet, woven into a metallic sword net in an instant.
Was it some kind of daoist art, or some kind of occult art of alchemy? Yun Xi didn't even find what the method Childe San Quan attacked him was as he lost his biggest advantage - the flexibility his Quicksilver Motion brought to him.
