Absolute Choice Chapter 379

Chapter 379: The Sudden Appearance of the Choices

When s.h.i.+ Xiaobai made the remark, Pulp Farmer and company were dumbfounded and found it incomprehensible. One of them asked, “You have been targeted by the a.s.sessment program? What does that mean?”

s.h.i.+ Xiaobai gave a nod in silence.

The condition to clearing the seventh level was supposedly to gain the approval of the a.s.sessment program. Logically speaking, defeating the enhanced Leonis and becoming the champion of the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament was more impressive than the accomplishment Xu Taibai did back in the day. He should have gained the approval of the a.s.sessment program.

But after succeeding, s.h.i.+ Xiaobai did not clear the level. The root cause being that he did not gain the approval of the a.s.sessment program!

Although s.h.i.+ Xiaobai had defeated Leonis using the Pig Slaughtering Knife that was extremely effective against beings of darkness, it was still a part of his strength. s.h.i.+ Xiaobai had used his strength to win the final battle after all, so there was no reason for the a.s.sessment program to not give its approval.

Continuing on along this line of thought, there was only one explanation. The a.s.sessment program had deliberately not given him its approval!

This hypothesis sounded ridiculous, but there were early signs.

This was because s.h.i.+ Xiaobai did not know how he arrived in the seventh level. He was also not informed of the rules of the seventh level by the a.s.sessment program. He had met Speechless, and with him filling in the details for him, he got to learn the rules of the seventh level.

Back then, s.h.i.+ Xiaobai had joked saying that he had been targeted by the a.s.sessment program.

But from the looks of it, it was very likely the truth!

The a.s.sessment program did not inform him of the rules and did not give him its approval after he defeated Leonis. This was clearly specialized treatment, of him…being targeted!

s.h.i.+ Xiaobai explained what was on his mind to Pulp Farmer and company.

Finally, he sighed and said helplessly, “Let it be. This King is already used to being targeted!”

Pulp Farmer and company were left dumbfounded, feeling that the matter did not make sense.

At that moment, Liu Yu said, “Actually, This Penniless Priest has always been wondering how Benefactor s.h.i.+ Xiaobai managed to appear in the seventh level. Who knew that you didn’t even know as well… Benefactor s.h.i.+ Xiaobai, there has been a matter that the three of us haven’t brought up all this while, but it seems there’s no need to conceal it… In fact, This Penniless Priest was the seventh Braveheart who slew the dragon. Feng Yuanlin is the sixth…and from what we learned, the fifth Braveheart to slay the dragon on the sixth level has the name…Mu Yuesheng.”

When s.h.i.+ Xiaobai heard this, he was slightly surprised. He never expected Mu Yuesheng to be able to take the fifth dragon for her own despite there being so many excellent rookies. It was apparent that Mu Yuesheng had greatly improved in strength by rising to the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm.

Following that, he understood the meaning behind Liu Yu’s words. s.h.i.+ Xiaobai said in surprise, “Then wouldn’t This King be the eighth Braveheart?”

The first four Bravehearts were determined by the time s.h.i.+ Xiaobai arrived in the sixth level. They were Speechless, Mu Lengxi, Sunless and Pulp Farmer. Then, according to Liu Yu’s depiction of the events, the fifth Braveheart was Mu Yuesheng, followed by Feng Yuanlin and Liu Yu. Wouldn’t that make him the eighth?

At that moment, Pulp Farmer spoke up as well, “Actually I have always had a presumptuous question that I wanted to ask you. s.h.i.+ Xiaobai, why did you kill the first, second, fifth and sixth Level Lords, and how did you do so?”

“Ah?”

s.h.i.+ Xiaobai was shocked when he heard this and asked in surprise, “When did This King kill the four Level Lords?”

s.h.i.+ Xiaobai had a deep understanding of the Level Lords’ power. Back in the third level, he had faced the Thousand Eye Demon Sovereign, and back then, he was powerless against it. He could only rely on Mu Yuesheng’s superpower to flee. If not for the Absolute Choice’s prize, the Master Conquest Ball, he might have been eliminated at the third level.

Killed four Level Lords? s.h.i.+ Xiaobai had no impression of that. Furthermore, he did not seem to have a reason for doing so!

After reveling in a moment of shock, s.h.i.+ Xiaobai quickly figured it out.

All the mysteries could only be a result after he lost his consciousness when he siphoned Kali of her power of corruption.

And the matter clearly had to do with Kali.

s.h.i.+ Xiaobai thought for a moment before he stopped delving too much on it.

Since it had something to do with Kali, there was nothing much to think about because Kali would never harm him.

Seeing Pulp Farmer and company giving him questioning looks, s.h.i.+ Xiaobai said with a laugh, “All of you might have heard of a fake s.h.i.+ Xiaobai. Anyway, This King has no impression of that matter, nor does he know how he arrived in the seventh level. It probably is related to why the a.s.sessment program is targeting This King. But it’s fine. It suits This King’s wishes. It would be too meaningless to clear the seventh level so simply!”

s.h.i.+ Xiaobai’s eyes s.h.i.+mmered with a light of joy and excitement.

If it were any ordinary person who faced such a situation, they would definitely feel extremely suspicious, eager to understand the truth of the situation. They would also feel annoyed that they did not clear the level despite defeating Leonis, silently cursing the a.s.sessment program for being so shameless in its targeting.

But s.h.i.+ Xiaobai would not do so, and in fact, he was even more excited. Fighting spirit burned more intensely in him!

This was the main reason why s.h.i.+ Xiaobai was different from others.

At that moment, s.h.i.+ Xiaobai’s body seemed to exude a halo in Pulp Farmer and company’s eyes. The three looked each other in the eyes and only shook their heads and gave a deprecating smile. They found s.h.i.+ Xiaobai even more impressing.

Feng Yuanlin asked, “Boss s.h.i.+ Xiaobai, where do you plan on going next?”

If he was truly targeted by the a.s.sessment program, where else could s.h.i.+ Xiaobai go now? What could he do?

In fact, s.h.i.+ Xiaobai was unsure himself.

s.h.i.+ Xiaobai could only ask them, “What about all of you?”

Feng Yuanlin answered, “According to what most trial-takers previously did, if they failed at challenging the tournament, those in good condition would head to the Infernal domain to challenge the Infernal King. After all, surviving a hundred days and what the Hero King accomplished are just too difficult, so we might as well challenge the Infernal King. Therefore, the three of us will likely head to the Infernal domain to challenge the Infernal King. Boss s.h.i.+ Xiaobai, do you want to join us?”

When s.h.i.+ Xiaobai heard this, his eyes lit up slightly. Challenging the Infernal King was something that interested him greatly. In fact, if he did not believe that Sunless was in Transcendence, he would have headed to the Infernal realm to kill the Infernal King immediately.

However, s.h.i.+ Xiaobai hesitated and finally shook his head. He said, “I think it’s best I don’t. If This King is really targeted by the a.s.sessment program, killing the Infernal King would be of no use. Furthermore, This King wants to carve his own path and make his own journey. Therefore, This King will not be heading to the Infernal domain.”

Since defeating Leonis was useless against clearing the level, it was unlikely there would be any changes even if he killed the Infernal King.

Although s.h.i.+ Xiaobai did not know what he should embark on next, he believed that matters would straighten themselves out with time. The seventh level was supposedly created from a real plane of existence, so there was definitely no lack of interesting matters in this world.

So why shouldn’t he take advantage of this rare opportunity to take a look around.

However, he was still curious as to what the so-called Hero King had managed and the reason why his deeds were considered the most legendary.

Just as s.h.i.+ Xiaobai was about to inquire, the world suddenly fell silent. Time came to a standstill at that moment.

A fiery voice resounded in his mind.

“Make your choice, youth!”

Several lines of black text appeared in that fixed frame.

[ Choice 1: Complete the King’s Mandate (B-level reward) ]

[ Choice 2: End the Age of Bravehearts (B-level reward) ]

[ Choice 3: Leave the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower (No reward) ]

“Make your choice, youth!”

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