Chapter 471 (1/2)

”Welcome back”

The thousands of words in everyone's hearts were condensed to just two si words of e than any other words

However, such a warolden pillar of light that fell froures in the pillar of light slowly materialized

”shi+ Xiaobai?”

The rare smile that beamed on Sunless's face froze The others could not help but frown

Although they were already mentally prepared that the duo that was trapped in the God Slaughtering Forrievous injuries, none of them expected the scene before their very eyes

A cold, bright silver hair, a pale expression, a defiled body dyed red by blood, as well as the look in the pair of eyes that the bright, golden vortices in them could not e returned from hell

Was that 'shi+ Xiaobai', who effused a just and heroic fervor?

No, no, no He was undoubtedly shi+ Xiaobai, right?

Ignoring the loving ee to bachelors, the girl that was hugging the 'silver-haired devil' tightly ht be covered in blood all over, but she was clearly and definitely the girl that would one day beco in the 'past's future'

She had no reason to hug the 'devil', right?

That's not right There was apparently no reason for her to embrace shi+ Xiaobai in such an oblivious manner?

”Heavens, what exactly happened in the other world?” Speechless uttered in a how shi+ Xiaobai had become such a 'shi+ Xiaobai', he was s between the duo for them to have such a relationshi+p

Just as everyone was dazed by the strange scene, Dawn noticed so odd She slowly opened her eyes and htly adhered to 'shi+ Xiaobai''s chest upwards Looking up slightly, she squinted her eyes as she surveyed her surroundings

”Oh?”

The girl's eyes gradually widened and she looked somewhat incredulous ”We're out?”

What was entering her eyes was not that world with the crimson dusk The hellish scene that was covered with blood and guts was no longer present Her body was basking under the warly fresh air into her nostrils In the vast expanse stood huh she did not know theue impression of the youth that had his chest pierced by her strike and he was apparently surnamed Li as well However, none of that prevented her froht It appeared as though two of the girls had that hint of animosity in their eyes

Regardless of the circumstances, the world here was much more beautiful compared to the other world

Finallyshe had returned with him alive

”Hey, shi+ Xiaobai, we are back We are safe So, you can have a good rest You are too, too, too tired”

Dawn heaved a sigh of relief She took half a step back and looked up slightly She stretched out her hands to gently lift 'shi+ Xiaobai's pale face She stared at the glazed eyes that could not hide their emptiness She only felt her heart ache painfully for him

What sort of desperate situation did he experience, and what sort of resolution did he take, to be able to protect her under those circumstances or turn into such a state in order to protect her?

He was in dire need of rest

”Is that a joke? An hour ago, wasn't the two of the to stand down till they perished in an internecine struggle? How did it change completely in just a short hour?”

Speechless was du' in front of him were completely different from that cold and expressionless blond youth from before It was a completely different scene from the cold and ruthless appearance when she slashed out her Sword Soul in a bid to kill him and shi+ Xiaobai

What happened in that world during that short hour? What did that bastard, shi+ Xiaobai, do!?

”How can Benefactor shi+ Xiaobai's flirting skills be so that plebeians like us be able to co

Everyone was soes within an hour were so to Field Marshal Aweso was apparently a true existence that had traveled froh Field Marshal Awesomo's words were not reliable, they were not necessarily fake

If she were the true Hero King, then wouldn't it reatest historical figure in just an hour!?

Heavens, it was horrifying on pondering!

At thatunexpected happened all of a sudden!

”Be careful!” Sunless yelled

Froure had suddenly appeared behind shi+ Xiaobai It was Field Marshal Awesootten outside the battlefield It was unknohen he had recovered as he suddenly sneaked an attack!

The spot shi+ Xiaobai and Dawn landed happened to be in the vicinity of where Field Marshal Awesomo collapsed!

Everyone was alarmed, but they were more than ten kilometers away They were unable to provide any help instantaneously

When she sensed the surging killing intent rushi+ng towards her, Dawn frowned slightly Although she had caught sight of the figure whose head rese a sa not far away, she did not wish to alared to calnore the It was equivalent to de a line that shouldn't be crossed

But unexpectedly, the giganticnot far away suddenly ju on death He brandished his battle ax vigorously before he cleaved at her

No, to be precise, the target of the gigantic minotaur was 'shi+ Xiaobai''s head

”Not to be forgiven!”

Dawn's tender and teenage feelings of heartache immediately turned cold Her eyes instantly becaressive as a sword

Anything that atteiven!

She did not knoho the gigantic minotaur was, nor did she knohy it would suddenly attack 'shi+ Xiaobai', but she would absolutely not forgive the minotaur!

Dawn decisively waved her right hand, and like a bolt of lightning that flashed, she stretched out her index and er that resembled a sharp sword Instantly, she cut off the thick cloth rope that rapped around her waist, separating her froht adherence to 'shi+ Xiaobai'

After the cloth rope was severed, she crouched down abruptly, like a coh the side, she instantly appeared from under 'shi+ Xiaobai''s arm Immediately, she faced the minotaur that was about to strike 'shi+ Xiaobai''s back

When she crouched down, she raised her right hand and spread out her palrabbed down on invisible air and a purple pattern flashed in her palm Lucifer's Sword that had been dropped in the array world appeared out of thin air in her right hand

That ic” It was one of the ic rune had been inscribed on 'Lucifer's Sword' beforehand, she could suh a thick spatial barrier

But when she accomplished all of that, she was unable to be in tireatly expanded her physical strength

Dawn panicked but iritted her teeth and thrust her sword upwards towards Field Marshal Awesomo's arm, in a bid to force him to release his ax

However, Field Marshal Aweso the safety of his arer and humiliation It so happened that the boy that the azure-dressed girl was so worried about had appeared in his vicinity when he fully revived How could he e?

Field Marshal Awesoe look on his face Blue veins protruded out of his thick aric fate of having his body dis recovered to his peak after all the 'dae'

Therefore, he was presently at his full strength He cleaved at the boy's head in an indo Ax!

Even a mountain would be cleaved into smithereens by that strike, much less a head!

Dawn panicked and hurriedly twisted her sword's trajectory, in a bid to chase after the ax that she could no longer block

Just as the boy's head was about to be smashed into a mess!

Peng!

Suddenly, a blood-stained and pale-white hand reached out at a speed that could not be discerned It struck the ax and held it firmly The ax immediately came to a halt, unable to move another inch

”Impossible!”

All the veins on Field Marshal Awesoan to protrude His ox head turned purple, but no th he used, the battle ax that was in a firrip did not move even a centimeter

How could that silver-haired and bloodied boy have such strength!?

Suddenly, the silver-haired boy turned his head and took a glance at him

Just that single glance h he had plummeted into a frozen cavern An innate sense of fear rose up fro a nemesis he could never defeat

He subconsciously wanted to abandon his ax and flee backwards However, the silver-haired boy suddenly moved His speed was so fast that Field Marshal Awesomo failed to react in time All he saas a blur before the boy stood on his shoulders Furtherriped his arm

It widened its ox eyes and felt a baffling sense of panic However, for so hi Suddenly, the silver-haired boy's bloody hand that held his arm moved upwards!

All he saas a thick lih into the sky

Blood began to spew out suddenly like a bursting water pipe As the deluge of blood spurted out, pain began to overwhelm him

Field Marshal Awesomo let out a painful cry He found it unbelievable that a causal movement made by the silver-haired boy would rip his arm out It was so fast that the pain did not transmit to his brains in time

However, its nightun The silver-haired boy suddenly leaped froilely circled around his arms and climbed to his back

In object had been inserted into his body What folloas an excruciating pain that nearly caused hi inside of him had been separated

He cried out in pain as he slammed his left hand towards his back, but before his arrabbed his entire arainst the joint, the arm was dislocated and severed

The repeated blows of extre of thala And at thatsee into his foot In response, he knelt to the ground and when he lowered his head to take a look, he realized that it was a bloodied vertebral bone!

The boy had climbed behind him, and in an instant, ripped a portion of his vertebral bone out!

No, that was no boy at all, but a terrifying devil, a true devil covered in human skin

Just as he had furious and horrified thoughts, the devil's face suddenly appeared in front of his eyes That pair of frail and thin-looking hands that were stained in blood had already pierced his abdomen

Field Marshal Awesomo immediately felt the presence of a form of despair He yelled, ”No, no, no, no”

However, it was of no use The pair of hands did not hesitate as they easily stabbed deeper into his abdo out like rope, and was cut an to spew out the next second after they were pulverized

”Ah Ah Ah Ah”

Field Marshal Aweso torn apart piece by piece and the pain wassliced to pieces by a sword Furthermore, the pain caonizing

The spectators above the basin frowned for they had never encountered such a brutal and bloody scene Some could not bear to watch it while the weaker ones were already beginning to vomit

Speechless and company were dazed fro Field Marshal Awesomo apart while he still remained alive was shi+ Xiaobai

Even Dawn could not help but cover her ined how cruel the scenes in the array world were after seeing the hellish scene upon regaining consciousness, she still found it highly impactful when she saith her own eyes At the same time, she felt remorse while her heart ached for the devil before her The entle she found shi+ Xiaobai

While everyone was startled by the shocking scene, Earthbound Yaksha was the only one that had begun to take action If this continued, Field Marshal Awesomo could very well be killed It appeared as if the silver-haired devil was bent on tearing Field Marshal Awesoe could very likely exceed Field Marshal Awesomo's self-recovery ability and when the time came, he would die completely

Be it due to his warrior code or the friendshi+p of ten thousand years, it could not sit idle

However, just as Earthbound Yaksha moved, Sunless had already noticed its actions She was one of the few people present that could maintain her calm That was because she believed in shi+ Xiaobai's true nature Furtheruess the sequence of events in the array world Therefore, she did not get confused by the bloody scene, and instead reainst Earthbound Yaksha's actions

TheField Marshal Aweso an azure sword bea 'Meteor Steps' to chase up to it

”Scrarily It did not want to be e it evident how much it wanted to save the ox

Sunless re froed forward and suddenly slashed at Earthbound Yaksha's waist The angle was artful and incisive It contained rich powers of light, and it would be an absolutely devastating blow for Earthbound Yaksha

Earthbound Yaksha had no choice but to turn around and parry the strike with 'Vaiśravaṇa Heavenly Slash' It was secretly worried as it iainst burst out and it was prepared to kill Sunless first It believed that its 'enraged' mode would allow it to finish the battle in a short span of time

On the other end, the si action Its e-like body constantly advanced When it reached a viable range, it stretched out its tentacles towards the silver-haired devil that was engaging in wanton slaughter

Daas already alert of her surroundings She naturally wouldn't allow Shadow Wraith to succeed in its sneak attack When she saw the tentacles hurling over, she immediately took a step forward, and with an 'Instant Flashstep', she appeared where the tentacles were She slashed out with a swing of her sword The sword technique she used was 'Sacred Fire', s The sword burned with sacred flames and when the tentacles were severed, the flain of the tentacles

Shadow Wraith yelled in pain as it hurriedly severed its tentacle of its own accord It roaredthe dozen or more tentacles in the air before it suddenly smacked them out!

It was unknohen Speechless appeared behind Shadow Wraith Both his hands held a psionic sword as he thrust them towards Shadow Wraith With an abnormal pose, he reproduced 'Sacred Fire' that Mirror Replication had just obtained The holy fire stabbed into Shadow Wraith's assholeuh, into its body along with the sword

Shadow Wraith cried out tragically as the flames that contained holy powers consumed it However, it was not that weak to succue-like force in its body to douse the sacred fire

The rest had begun taking action as well

Mu Lengxi began singing Muse Silver that expressed courage and willpoasat that moment in time

Pulp Far joined in the battle as they headed towards Shadow Wraith that was the closest to them

Feng Yuanlin and Liu Yu tea Earthbound Yaksha in a three-corner pincer attack

At that ure dashed from thesonic boo from their shock, it had already appeared in front of Earthbound Yaksha

It was 'shi+ Xiaobai'!

What happened to Field Marshal Awesomo?

Looking sideways into the distance, the only thing left from where Field Marshal Awesomo previously as a pool of blood and a pile of sticky and nauseating bits ofthat could be considered complete was an eye socket that was a quarter its normal size As for the rest, they had been ripped to shreds

Earthbound Yaksha was incensed when it saw that Ignoring the chilling fear that it suddenly felt, it slashed at the silver-haired devil in front of it

The strike was known as the 'Wraith Slaying Devil Blade' which accu countless of wraiths froed hatred wraiths had towards the devils that abused them It was a blade technique that was specially used to counter devils

It did not have a chance to use it against pure and honest huainst the cruel devil

However, the silver-haired devil in front of it was not any ordinary devil It possessed an exaggerated agility that even high-grade devils could not attain With a turn to its side, it dodged the blade before stretching out a hand to grip Earthbound Yaksha's are of the ed forward Before the pain from the torn off limb spewed blood, the devil had stabbed Earthbound Yaksha's body with a hand!

”No! How could it be?”

Earthbound Yaksha watched in disbelief as its abdo pain overwhelmed its senses

It was an evil spirit froht and spectral powers could directly hurt its physical embodiment Why was a hand that was made out of flesh able to rip its body apart?

Earthbound Yaksha was destined to never know the answer The time offered to it to ponder was just too little because the pair of devilish hands did not wait a second to rip apart its prey

Tragic cries echoed throughout the basin once again Thankfully, Earthbound Yaksha was just a physical embodiment of an evil spirit It was a kind of specter, so the scene was not as gory and disgusting as before

But the degree of horror was enough to give people nightmares

Sunless, Liu Yu, and Feng Yuanlin ed to see the scene up close The visual ily Earthbound Yaksha cried, the silver-haired devil continued tearing its body apart like an unwavering machine It ripped out portions that was once Earthbound Yaksha's body and threw the apart a life, but a cheap blob of cotton

Liu Yu and Feng Yuanlin turned their heads away h the brutal scene Only Sunless stared intently She stood close by and focused on Earthbound Yaksha with a wary gaze Even though it had been torn to bits, Sunless did not wish to let down her guard of it possibly hurting shi+ Xiaobai before it died

The ten seconds that felt extre was actually very short Almost in a blink of an eye, Earthbound Yaksha's massive body had transformed into a pool of bloody water

All it took for a complete body to turn into s was ten seconds

This hy the scene had such an impact

And after coed straight for the frantic Shadow Wraith without even looking at the three humans

”He's not attacking us Does it mean that shi+ Xiaobai still maintains a bit of his consciousness even in this state? Or he would only attack targets that show anined calmness as he analyzed

”Latter” Sunless suddenly said Her eyes were still locked onto shi+ Xiaobai intently, but she had answered Liu Yu's analysis

”What are you basing it on?” asked Liu Yu

Sunless shook her head and whispered the word, ”Hope”

The latter ithout any basis, but she wished that it was the latter

That was because if it were the former, it would be too cruel to an awaken shi+ Xiaobai if he had even a tiny bit of consciousness regarding this matter

Shadow Wraith was being encircled by Dawn, Speechless, Pulp Far Its situation was much worse than Earthbound Yaksha, but it was able to use its massive body and extraordinary resistance to result in a stale too terribly

However, the silver-haired devil very quickly reached its devilish claws at it It was much faster than it had expected To be precise, the speed at which Field Marshal Awesoe was soine

Therefore, its tragedy befell it In front of the silver-haired devil, it was unable to put up the slightest bit of resistance That unreasonable agility e energy that was ripping out chunks of its body in a nonchalant manner It was like a natural executioner, one that was professionally trained to deliver death by dis

As its body was the largest a the three Level Lords, it had survived a few more seconds more than Field Marshal Awesomo and Earthbound Yaksha But because of this, the misery it experienced lasted for a few more seconds

Those few seconds felt like a few lifeti It was the cruelest punishment from hell that made it not even want to live for another second!

The wretched howling and crying echoed inside and outside the basin It made all the spectators turn silent It made the rookies only dare to stop and stare from a distance

Only when Shadow Wraith's body was co the deaths of the three Level Lords did the silver-haired devil stand in the pool of 'bloody sludge' His body was covered in fresh blood, dirty bits of e It was silent, like aits mission

Thatof the crowd It was as if the entire world had fallen into silence in shock

This continued to the irl, whose clothes were similarly blood-stained, suddenly took a step forward With a leap, she pounced into the silver-haired devil's ared hihtly

The robes she ere originally white in color and were untainted in any way Their original pure snohite color had now turned into a dirty blackish-red

However, at that moment, she looked holier and purer than a nun dressed in white robes

”Sleep, it'll all be fine after you sleep”

Dawn raised her hand as she gently caressed 'shi+ Xiaobai''s silver hair while speaking as if she was delivering a somniloquy

Not far away, Sunless gradually slowed down her footsteps Her calm expression and her dull eyes remained the same No expression or emotions could be read from them, but one could clearly hear the sound of her footsteps coht tremble of her body

”Got beaten to it”

She murmured with an inaudible voice

Other than that, no oneeach other without a care in the world, despite being covered in grim innards

The matter was over The three Level Lords were all dead The plot that was ainst them had been foiled Now, all that was left was to wrap up the situation

The silver-haired devil, no, shi+ Xiaobai had yet to be restored to his original state

At thatHe reolden vortices in his eyes that were constantly rotating had also stopped, and it looked more empty than they were before

However, he did not faint either Such a state could not help but make others worry for him

Dawn called out a few ti ht about it, she pulled away from his arms and took a few steps back

”Are you not sleeping because it's too dirty? I'll help you shower?”

It was unkno did the girl coan taking action

She held her hands together in front of her chest and with her pal a ball, she quickly chanted, ”By the Oath of Water, by thy name and by my body, Water Ball!”

Blue light condensed in between the girl's hands Suddenly, a ball of water about the size of a basket ball was raised up by the girl The ball of water constantly expanded in size and when it was about two h, it suddenly sprayed forward!

The large ball of water flew to a spot above 'shi+ Xiaobai' and suddenly burst It splashed down like a waterfall, drenching 'shi+ Xiaobai' The blood, dirt and flesh were cleansed away, but 'shi+ Xiaobai' remained motionless despite the impact

”Is thatTelepathic Relay

”It's o, the psionic cultivation syste e has very ordinary xi

In that short period of time, Dawn had sprayed three balls of water at shi+ Xiaobai He was h there were still stains on his clothes, the dirt on his skin had been cleansed by the strong force

The face that had been cleaned finally revealed its true appearance

”PssThat bastard is quite handsome after all”

Speechless found his words probleh, ”But unfortunately, he's still slightly inferior when compared to This Emperor”

The people present inored the second half of his sentence, but they nodded in agreeards to the first half of Speechless's sentence

The pale face looked better than before The silver hair gave hih his eyes looked e a part of the set of perfect facial features shi+ Xiaobai's originally delicate but not handsoes

Saying he looked like a 'hottie' was not accurate To be precise, he had a beauty that was neutral-masculine

Dawn gave a satisfied sazes of everyone She gently caressed shi+ Xiaobai's face If it was not done by a beautiful girl to a boy, it would look like a creepy sexual predator doing as he pleased to a motionless loli

No one made a sound to stop her because they realized that shi+ Xiaobai was completely cleansed However, Daas covered in dirt She did not even send a drop of water on herself, as though she did not care about her hygiene

”Didn't history tell us that the Hero King was a germaphobe?” Pulp Farmer whispered into Liu Yu's ear

”We ht have learned so He gave an answer that was of little research value so that there was no need to further investigate the truth

Nowas, the present Dawn Li resean

She caressed shi+ Xiaobai's face for nearly a ently, ”I'”

Leave? Where to?

Everyone fell into a daze

However, Dawn continued,

”I need to return to the place where I belong”

”I have to return because the time is up”

”After this separation, we ain because we are people froht even not be in the same 'timeline' and we are people from different 'realities'”

”But regardless of the case, I like you I like you very, very, verybetween men and women”

”This level of liking would never change no h we are separating, even though ill not have a way to h to have this many beautiful memories”

”But, I have a regret”

”I still have no idea of what you think of me up to now Do you”

”Hey, shi+ Xiaobai, do you like me, even if it's just a tiny, tiny bit?”

As she ignored everyone's looks, the girl boldly and passionately gave her confession before she left

A faint sadness and a rich sweetness permeated the air This was probably the beauty of love

”This is probably what it feels like to be a bachelor,” said Liu Yu

However, the cold in to function properly because of the heartwarirl's beautiful farewell and passionate confession were useless

The silver-haired shi+ Xiaobai remained motionless and unmoved

The girl sighed before she suddenly took a step back

”Do not forget me”

She looked like she was pleading and her expression looked heart wrenching

”Thenfarewellmy first love”

It was as if she was bidding hient voice

The girl took another step back and took a deep breath Looking up slightly, it was as if she was about to leave immediately

At that olden vortices in the pair of e

A fair hand raised stiffly

Everyone stared idened eyes as though they had seen a miracle

Daidened her eyes as well After a moment of surprise, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold shi+ Xiaobai's raised hand