296 Last Minute (1/2)

Chapter 296: Last Minute

Shi Xiaobai had long guessed that the four sword techniques—Earth, Wind, Water, Fire—of the Kun Peng Sword Technique could be fused into one, so he naturally guessed that two of them could fuse as well.

As such, when he realized he was going to attack together as one with Sunless, Shi Xiaobai had a bright idea and used the Kun Peng Sword of Fire while their sword intents resonated!

The beams of the Sword of Wind and Sword of Fire intertwined with one another as they fused into one. Suddenly they formed a swirling vortex of fire that reached the skies!

This vortex of fire swirled in mid-air and was dazzling and as hot as a burning sun. Instantly, it completely illuminated the darkened sky. The darkness exuded by the Demon Calamity bullet was instantly dispelled!

When the gigantic outline of the demonic head clashed with the vortex of fire, a shrill boom resounded through the world as the demonic head was consumed in flames, turning into billowing black smoke that rose towards the sky!

The vortex of fire did not stop as it continued spinning like a top. Suddenly, it hurtled straight for Sen Senyuan’s location at an extremely fast speed!

The tree where Sen Senyuan was standing on was instantly consumed by the vortex of fire!

“Boom!”

An explosion boomed as the vortex of fire erupted towards the sky, like a flaming pillar that stood erect between the heavens and earth. It was scattered moments later as plumes of flames began smashing to the ground!

The rookies hurriedly conjured their psionic barriers to protect themselves, but the surrounding trees could not have such a treatment. The flames burned all the trees and slowly there was an inferno that spread through the entire mountain!

“Holy shit, quickly put out the fire!”

The rookies screamed as they began working together to extinguish the fire. Thankfully, the fire was quickly stopped due to the large number of people.

Everyone looked at Shi Xiaobai and Sunless in shock.

“Their Sword Truths were combined in such perfection?”

“What a powerful strike. This strike is completely different from the sum of its parts!”

“Using both swords in unison. As expected for a couple!”

“It is not without reason that Goddess Sunless likes Tu Dahei. Using swords in unison requires the couple to have equal understanding in Sword Truths. Furthermore, they must be able to accommodate each other’s Sword Truths. Among peers, who else other than Tu Dahei can match Goddess Sunless when it comes to sword talent? Even Heartless is far from it!”

“The power of that one sword strike was extremely terrifying!”

“Where’s Sen Senyuan? Has he been burned to death?”

“…”

The crowd began to talk excitedly as they looked up to where Sen Senyuan was originally standing. The tree had long been burned to a crisp, and Sen Senyuan’s figure could not be seen through the billowing thick smoke.

Only when the smoke dispersed did a sharp-eyed person shout, “Look, over there!”

After that person shouted, he suddenly burst into laughter.

Far into the distance in mid-air, a short-haired teenager was standing on two floating machine guns. It was quite a cool thing, but his clothes were blackened everywhere. There were black smears on his face due to the smoke, making his state rather sorry. It was in stark contrast to the defiant image he had a moment before!

Sen Senyuan’s expression could be said to be rather wonderful. There was anger and also incredulity. There was even a bit of fear. It also formed a stark contrast from his cold iceberg expression from before.

A person could not help but burst out laughing, triggering the rest to laugh out. Immediately, everyone could not help but mock him.

“Pfft, that style is so funny!”

“Haha, Sen Senyuan must have been beaten silly!”

“Serves him right. I’ve seen arrogant people before, but this is truly the first time I’ve seen such an arrogant and despicable person!”

“…”

At this moment, Sen Senyuan’s appearance was as though a lofty noble scion was being thrown into a cave of beggars. The stark contrast felt weirdly funny and had strangely tickled the crowd.

As the mocking laughter continued, Sen Senyuan’s extremely ugly expression turned sullen and terrifying, as though he wanted to eat them all.

Shi Xiaobai laughed as well, but it was not because of the contrast of Sen Senyuan’s current funny appearance. In fact, Sen Senyuan had always looked very comedic to him.

The reason why he was laughing was because the perfect fusion of the previous strike had confirmed his guess. He turned to give Sunless a look and saw her staring intently back at him with bright eyes, as though her heart was somewhat heavy.

Shi Xiaobai sighed and said, “There’s something that This King has to tell you. This King…already has a girlfriend!”

Shi Xiaobai still knew that there could only be one girlfriend at a time. Although the coupling of Kali and him was rather baffling, he had very good affections for Kali and he had already made peace with the fact of having a girlfriend.

Hence, towards the ‘like’ Sunless previously said, he needed to give her a responsible reply.

Shi Xiaobai made a mental note.

Sigh, This King is truly too excellent.

When Sunless heard this, she gave a puzzled ‘huh?’, as though she did not understand what Shi Xiaobai was trying to express.

Shi Xiaobai gaped but did not speak further. Slowly, he revealed a smile.

From the looks of it, Sunless was just like the former him. She did not know what he meant by a girlfriend. Even if she knew, she probably did not understand that there could only be one girlfriend. She might not even fully understand what it meant to ‘like’.

Unless he consulted Yang Wei, Shi Xiaobai would not have understood either.

This was because he was the same kind of person as Sunless. They only cared about the things they were obsessed about, ignoring other things. Even if they noticed something, they would have selective amnesia.

Sunless’ ‘like’ was not considered a confession because she did not even know what a confession was. She was only expressing her will that she would not hide behind him.

When Shi Xiaobai thought of this, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He did not wish that his ability to form a mutual understanding with Sunless with just a glance would be broken as a result of this.

At this moment, the authoritative voice suddenly resounded.

“This round of Life and Death Assault has only one minute left!”

The assessment program gave a reminder. There was only one minute left!