In a remote corner of Steel City, Shi Xiaobai threw down the sword in his hand with a "clang". He leaned against the wall, his eyes filled with a faint sense of melancholy.
As Pear wished, he had completed smacking faces, but this smacking was not considered ruthless. Furthermore, it had ended in a hurry, so it was difficult for it to satisfy the readers. At the very least, a group of readers would definitely be dissatisfied and complain that it was not satisfying enough.
However, there was no other way. Shi Xiaobai had his own difficulties. The reason why he could "one-shot" Heartless was obviously not because his own strength had crushed Heartless, but because he had used a special method.
This special method was called — taking pills!
When Kevin's impression of Mozzie rose to the level of "Like", Shi Xiaobai received a C-level reward. And this reward was three golden pills.
These three pills were called "One Second Shura". Its function was very simple. At the instant the pill was crushed, 99% of the consumer's Psionic Power would be instantly compressed, and all of it would explode in a second.
When Shi Xiaobai slashed out with his sword, he had crushed the "One Second Shura" he had been holding in his mouth a long time ago. Although his Psionic Ability realm was not considered high, his Psionic Power reserves were actually very rich. After being compressed in an instant, it reached a terrifying level.
Together with the King's Beginner Sword he had just mastered, this seemingly ordinary strike contained astonishing power.
The most direct manifestation was Heartless' black sword shattering. Just the storm produced by the sword beam sent Heartless flying more than ten meters back as he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Against a super rookie whose Psionic Ability realm was higher than his and whose talent was extremely heaven-defying, Shi Xiaobai's strike had stunned everyone. He had punched through a steel wall and one-shot super rookie Heartless, successfully creating a mysterious and powerful image.
Following that, Shi Xiaobai had said those words, a lie that he had deliberately fabricated.
But in fact, compared to the Zeus rookies, Shi Xiaobai was more infuriated by the audience that lived in Steel City. He was infuriated that they were gloating at the Gaia rookie delegation. He was infuriated that they did not have any sense of collective honor.
Therefore, compared to the lie, Shi Xiaobai wanted to curse at the audience even more.
However, Shi Xiaobai eventually chose the lie.
"Foolish citizens are still citizens. As a king, I should guide them, right?"
Shi Xiaobai told himself.
Therefore, he chose to deceive them. He told the Gaia audience, the residents of Steel City — Gaia's rookies were filled with hidden talents!
Such a lie was very difficult to believe, but after he one-shot Heartless, no one dared to directly deny it.
That is enough, then.
This was enough to change some of the audience's attitudes, and it was enough to "win back the hearts of the people."
When his subjects laughed at his country, as a king, he could not be blinded by anger, for his subjects were ignorant followers, and their actions depended on what they saw.
They saw that their country was weak, so they mocked and ridiculed them.
If you reprimand your subjects, or even punish them or issue bans, it will only worsen the conflict and cause a large loss of popular support.
However, if the country suddenly displayed astonishing strength and created a feeling of 'Ah, so my country is just keeping a low profile' to its subjects, then the ridicule and ridicule would naturally come to an abrupt end, and the hearts of the people would be greatly different.
Such an example was extremely appropriate for Gaia, but as the "ruling class", not only did the upper echelons of Gaia not realize this, they even coldly watched from the sidelines, allowing it to develop.
Therefore, Shi Xiaobai had no choice but to complete the matter himself. Regardless, Gaia was the first organization he joined. He had made quite a number of friends here, so he had feelings for Gaia.
After saying the important lie, Shi Xiaobai finally could not hold on any longer. "One Second Shura" had drained 99% of his psionic power. If not for "Unleaking Turtle Aura" forcefully holding on, Shi Xiaobai would have collapsed long ago.
After quickly saying the lie, he rushed out of the stadium and found a secluded spot. Only then did he fall to the ground. He did not even have the strength to move a finger.
With his strength alone, Shi Xiaobai had used a few minutes to change the final outcome of the battle exchange.
However … he did not feel much excitement or joy.
"This King is unhappy that I can't fight them all."
Shi Xiaobai looked up into the sky with a depressed expression.
This wave of face smacking was ultimately too short. Furthermore, he had not avenged the seven crushing defeats. It felt like something was missing.
Blue Thin, Shiitake.
However, Shi Xiaobai had tried his best and made the best choice. It could be said that for Gaia, he had changed his usual way of doing things.
"Just you wait, Zeus. This matter is not over yet."
Shi Xiaobai grinned and suddenly thought of the upcoming mass selection. At the mass selection, they would definitely meet the Zeus rookies again. When the time came, Shi Xiaobai would definitely make them understand that a King was not to be easily angered.
"Ka-cha, ka-cha, ka-cha …"
Suddenly, a strange sound came from his side. Shi Xiaobai used his remaining strength to turn his head with great difficulty and was immediately stunned.
He saw the snow-white loli appear from his right hand at some point in time. At this moment, she was hugging the purplish-gold silver dragon sword and was nibbling on it. The way she was drooling made it seem like she was enjoying a delicacy.
Her tiny mouth and snow-white teeth were gently biting on the dragon patterned sword, as though she was biting a crisp biscuit. With a few crunching sounds, she chewed on piece after piece of steel. After chewing a little, she squinted her eyes and happily swallowed it.
At this moment, more than half of the purplish-gold silver dragon sword had been bitten off.
Seeing Shi Xiaobai turn his head, the loli angrily stopped. She put on a pitiful expression and said tearfully, "Big Brother, I'm hungry ~"
Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised as he asked, "Swords are your food?"
Shi Xiaobai's ability to accept things was extremely strong, so he immediately guessed the possibility.
"Yea!"
The loli immediately nodded and lowered her head to look at the sword in her arms that only had half a sword left. She looked up at Shi Xiaobai cautiously, as though she knew she had done something wrong, but she had a cute expression of wanting to make the best of it.
Shi Xiaobai never had any resistance towards cute loli. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Eat it. In the future, This King will find a bunch of divine swords for you. Eat as much as you want!"
The loli was stunned as she nodded her head vigorously. She let out a light laugh and her face was filled with a blissful smile. She opened her mouth and was about to continue biting the remaining half of the sword.
Shi Xiaobai smiled slightly and continued looking up into the sky. He did not know whose sword it was that was stabbed into the ground. Back then, the situation was urgent, and he felt that using the sword was very convenient, so he had unknowingly brought the sword along with him.
Now, a large chunk of the sword had been eaten. Although he felt sorry for the sword's owner, it was already too late. He wished that the sword's owner could restrain her grief.
At this moment, there was a series of footsteps coming from around the corner.
The loli's expression changed as she quickly stuffed the remaining half of the sword into Shi Xiaobai's hand. Then, she transformed into a blob of golden light and entered Shi Xiaobai's right hand.
When Shi Xiaobai heard the footsteps, he turned his head slightly.
Soon, a beautiful girl appeared in his vision. The girl was dressed in an azure-colored dress. She did not have any expression on her face, but her beauty was stifling.
The azure-dressed girl walked out from around the corner and when she saw Shi Xiaobai sitting on the ground, she let out a soft voice that sounded like a cat's meow.
"My sword …"
As the azure-dressed girl said this, she suddenly looked down and saw the remaining half of the purplish-gold silver dragon sword in Shi Xiaobai's hand.
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(PS: This chapter has explained to everyone why the face smacking was written in such a manner, but I still feel that it needs to be explained solemnly.
1. The plot of beating up the Zeus rookies by himself was too cliché. Furthermore, Shi Xiaobai did not have a stance, so the Zeus rookies had no reason to cooperate with him in a seven-on-one fight. This forceful face smacking would only become a toxic point.
2. I believe quite a number of people can tell that this was not done to pave the way to smack faces, but to pave the way for the subsequent mass selection. It is a plot written to allow the other important supporting characters to mature. If everyone does not like such a plot, then write less of it in the future. Everyone can just treat it as me having a screw loose and write more about Shi Xiaobai in the future.
3. This wave of face smacking also had its pleasurable points, but the pleasurable points were in the future. This short chapter of Shi Xiaobai's posturing would bring about all sorts of pleasurable points in the future, so there is no need to worry or be anxious.
This part of the story wasn't easy to write. The way I chose to slap the face at the end could have easily turned into a fatal point. Personally, I felt that I had designed it pretty well. At the very least, it didn't fall apart. Moreover, it should have left some sense of anticipation. A few of the characters were more developed.
The last time I saw a book friend say, "This is a joke. Everything else is just fleeting clouds. If you don't write jokes, no one will read your book."
Back then, I felt somewhat upset. I even suspected that if I didn't write jokes, no one would really read my book.
But later on, I told myself, no, I can't become that kind of "unchanging" writer.
This book will adhere to the style of jokes because I'm good at it. However, I wish that I can write new and more interesting things. I will try hard to improve myself.
I hope that everyone can give me some patience and tolerance. Forgive me for my occasional willfulness!
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