450 Might as well slash out with one strike to end it once and for all (1/2)

”It's not only triple-tasking. It's impossible to defend against that strike using Psionic Hardening alone, as all it does is it add a trivial amount of defense. The thing that truly defended against that strike is his body.”

Dawn quickly pondered over the matter before coming to a shocking conclusion.

This Infernal King that claim s to be human possesse s a strong willpower that allow s him to triple-task . F urthermore, his physical toughness exceed s the gargantuan who was in his fourth form.

How could he still be human?

He i s practically a monster!

The rookies from afar exchanged looks with one another. Speechless's mouth twitched slightly. He had previously said with great certainty that once Dawn activated the power of her Sword Truth, the balance would immediately be broken and that Shi Xiaobai could even get one-shot. However, when all of that happened, not only was Shi Xiaobai uninjured, it ended with Dawn bleeding in her left hand. The way his face was figuratively slapped was done in such a ruthless manner.

Speechless looked at Mu Yuesheng, who had a mocking smile. He said stubbornly, ”Ahem, that fellow is slightly stronger than I expected.”

...

Dawn used her healing technique to treat her injured left hand. When she saw Shi Xiaobai only needed to catch a tiny breather after landing before charging over, she finally could not help but shout, ”So you weren't just risking your life while we were fighting because you are confident that your defense can withstand my sword?”

Shi Xiaobai was slightly taken aback before he gave a serious nod.

Just from eating the Transcendent fruit, his physical toughness was on par with Leonis's. Now, having eaten the three holy items—Transcendent fruit, Celestial Jade and Infernal King's sword—his physical toughness was naturally no weaker than the gargantuan's. It was even superior to the gargantuan in his fourth form. Compounded with the highly concentrated Psionic Hardening, he was indeed confident he could withstand Dawn's attack. It had to be said that the holy items of the three domains were very valuable, and of course, it was also because of the heaven-defying ability of the Power of Taotie.

However, his choice of using a dual-blade kamikaze fighting style was not because of his confidence in his defense but because he had no other choice.

Shi Xiaobai felt a little bittersweet. His speed and strength was clearly above Dawn's, but he had failed to defeat her despite her not activating the power of her Sword Truth. That was because, in terms of battle strategy and impromptu judgment, he was far inferior to her.

She was like a battle-hardened warrior who possessed absolute calmness. She was able to perfectly dodge his every strike in a perfect manner before launching a counterattack. She never made a mistake nor did she give him any opportunity. He had to use the dual-blade kamikaze style to forcefully create opportunities for himself.

This was an opponent that had forced him to give it his all, but also an opponent that he could not defeat.

He did not know that Dawn was feeling bittersweet as well. She believed that she had been repressed by the scoundrelly dual-blade kamikaze style, to the point of feeling vexed, but now, she realized that she had been repressed by Shi Xiaobai's might.

The youth in front of her was faster and stronger than her. He was able to activate the power of his Sword Truth for prolonged periods of time and possessed a monster-like physical defense. She could not triple-task like him, so if she did not activate her Sword Truth, all she could do was constantly dodge and retreat. There was no way of winning against him. Even with her Sword Truth activated, she would still need to engage in an intense battle before she could clinch victory.

This was an opponent she needed to deal with seriously.

But...

She could not activate the power of her Sword Truth.

Due to a moment of vexation, she was angered enough to produce killing intent, but when that sword slashed out, she felt a sense of regret. The power of the Sword Truth lasted for only a moment before it disintegrated.

She knew that it would be very difficult for her to have any intentions of killing the youth again because she could not deny that to her, he was a unique existence.

But if she could not activate the power of her Sword Truth, there was no way she could win, other than waiting for Shi Xiaobai to no longer be able to maintain the power of his Sword Truth. He had activated his Sword Truth continuously for an extended period of time, so it was likely that his mental energies were about to be depleted, right?

”How long more can you maintain your Sword Truth?” Dawn hesitated for a moment before asking softly.

Shi Xiaobai grinned and said seriously, ”This King's Sword Truth will not be deactivated before the outcome is decided.”