AC Chapter 22 (1/2)

Chapter 22: This King has So to Ask You

The rookie training began officially on July 1, yet it was already July 4, 10:30a the calculations, shi+ Xiaobai had played truant for three days, and was late for two-and-a-half hours on the fourth day Riko had specially e not to be late, much less play truant It was unexpected that shi+ Xiaobai’s single deep uilty of both

Thehe should do was of course to rush to the training grounds, and explain the reason why he had violated the rules to the seely-peculiar instructor However, shi+ Xiaobai was in no hurry He slowly found a small haversack in the house, and constantly stuffed food and drinks into it He even began carefully selecting which foods to bring

“Being late for alate for a few hours is also late, so why should This King worry?”

With this thought in mind, shi+ Xiaobai left the residence slowly, and soon was on the road Steel City re him several ti ground were south of the [Annihilation]’s jurisdiction zone It was the southern end of Steel City

However, which direction was south?

shi+ Xiaobai looked at the crossroads in front of him and automatically stopped shi+ Xiaobai stood at the crossroads for very long before he ed to encounter a passer-by He i which direction south was, he began walking along the roads that were paved with black steel However, every time he encountered an intersection, shi+ Xiaobai would patiently stop and wait for a passer-by and ask for directions before he continued on

Throughout his journey, he constantly walked and stopped, but he finally arrived at the southern end of Steel City, where a gigantic iron gate was

“This is the Gaia South Gate that leads to the Demon World!”

shi+ Xiaobai awed as he looked at the steel gates, before turning to face a surprised gate-keeping guard He was planning on asking for the location of the rookie training grounds

The rookie training grounds were already located rather close to the South Gate, so the guard pointed out a specific route for shi+ Xiaobai in a friendlyout according to his directions

However, after three corners…

“Eh, did Uncle Deht at the fourth intersection?”

shi+ Xiaobai thought in silence for three seconds, and decided to abandon the painful thinking process He stopped at the crossroads and began waiting

It was already noon, and the sun was shi+ning brightly After standing there for a er stand it As he looked around, he saw a short warehouse-like steel building shi+ Xiaobai i’s shadow

As he walked, he suddenly hear a thu had collided into steel However, as it was slightly farther away, it didn’t sound very loud, in fact, it was nearly inaudible

shi+ Xiaobai pricked up his ears as he could vaguely here the colliding sounds co As he headed towards it, the sounds beca, the colliding sounds was nearly deafening

“Peng! Peng! Peng!”

shi+ Xiaobai took step after step towards the back of the steel building, fro sound, it did not see a hammer to strike the steel walls Soon, he reached the corner and began faintly hearing violent grunting

“Puff! Puff! Puff!”

The breathing sounds seemed like a violent wind that blew out of a hole in the mountains, with a force that seemed to be able to tear shi+ Xiaobai involuntarily slowed down his footsteps as the breathing slowed down too

He was getting closer and closer shi+ Xiaobai had finally reached the corner of the steel building Standing still for a few seconds, he slowly took a step forward, leaning his body slightly and turned his head I

At the boundary of sunlight and the shadows stood a ht, filled with jaw-dropping muscles And hidden in the shadoas his front that seemed to contain explosive power At this s ith his fists while spewing beast-like breathing from his nostrils