Absolute Choice
chapter-569-30041322

She had once smiled innocently and worriless, resplendent like a flower.

Later on, this flower withered, leaving only despair. When she was finally found, her defiled body had lost the vigorous vitality it usually had. There was no sliver of hope in her vacant eyes.

From those pair of eyes of despair, Hongyue could imagine the kind of debasement her sister had suffered while imprisoned by the human aristocrats. Every time she thought of it, she felt like her heart was being sliced apart.

Pixies were born with hope, kindness, and chastity, qualities of the seven virtues given to them from the World Holy Tree. Every lost of a virtue pushed them closer to corruption.

Humans had cruelly taken everything from her sister—her hope, her kindness, her chastity. The virtues she was born with were wantonly devastated, leaving her mauled all over.

But even so, her sister did not end up corrupted. She did not go against her beliefs because of hate and despair. She was a pixie who protected the Holy Tree, and she would forever do so.

Her sister had ended her life amid the embrace of the Holy Tree. No matter how sordid her body was, pixies who were born holy departed pure and untainted.

Unforgivable!

How could she forgive?

All humans had to die!

Hongyue wanted to return all the pain and indignation her sister felt during her suicide to the humans!

"Die!"

Her spear thrust forward suddenly as red petals swirled up into a bunch, like a blooming blood-colored rose!

Hongyue had attacked with a deathblow. The spear of the red rose stirred up ice-cold killing intent!

Whew!

Shi Xiaobai exhaled as he raised his psionic sword high. Golden dots of light rose up from the sky like bubbles as they slowly gathered towards the sword's blade and condensed a gigantic golden sword image. It was an amalgamation of countless Sword Intent, and manifestation of Shi Xiaobai's Sword Truth—Excalibur!

He transformed the obsession of victory into overwhelming strength, consuming Excalibur completely so as to deliver a deathblow in order to attain victory.

But back in the God Slaughtering Formation, while Dawn Li was piggybacking him to the ends of the world, they discussed ways to improve this move that Dawn had created. Eventually, it became Shi Xiaobai's strongest sword technique he knew!

At that moment in time, Shi Xiaobai could already control the inundating powers of Excalibur. He did not need to drain all his strength, and as such, he had split the might of Excalibur into different tiers!

Against Hongyue's strike, he only wanted to convey his Sword Truth and not defeat or kill her. The obsession of victory in Excalibur was not as intense and as such, it was the weakest Excalibur. Shi Xiaobai called it—Excalibur First Tier!

Boom!

Golden sword beams and blood-red petals collided like a pink rose being illuminated by dawn. The two fused as a splendor of colors erupted. However, the surging Sword Intent seemed stronger as it soon burned all the petals to nothingness!

Hongyue retreated several steps back as her spear-wielding right hand trembled slightly. She widened her eyes in disbelief. What kind of sword technique was this? Why did it contain such bright, potent Sword Intent?

Such fiery heat and pureness, bright but persistent Sword Truth actually came from a human? What kind of joke was this!?

"How is it possible!?"

Penny drew a gasp. Hongyue had been sent retreating with just one strike. The youth was actually that strong? It was no longer strength that belonged to the Postnatal realm. However, he clearly lacked the Psionic Soul aura which a Connate expert should possess!

"What a joke!"

Hongyue suddenly roared in anger as her beautiful face instantly turned warped and nasty. Her killing intent abruptly turned tempestuous as she charged at Shi Xiaobai with a boom. Her spear came lunging forward with countless afterimages as though they were bent on pulverizing everything that stood in their way!

Shi Xiaobai knitted his brows slightly. Was it not conveyed? Was his firm and immutable burning Shi Xiaobai not conveyed?

No, it had been conveyed. However, even such pure brightness and kindness could not dispel the dark fog that clouded her heart.

The blond, red-armored pixie's hatred for humans had far exceeded Shi Xiaobai's expectations. It was no longer simple racial animosity or prejudice. Instead, it was of a higher level, one that reached deep into the soul. It was anger that could not be easily resolved!

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Two short-ranged weapons—the sword and spear—clashed in an instant. Faced with Hongyue's frenzied attacks, Shi Xiaobai began passively defending.

Since the anger can't be resolved, feel free to vent it. Counterattacking would only make the situation worse. Therefore, Shi Xiaobai could only passive defend and dodge to convey his lack of animosity.

"Enough, it's really enough…"

Cherryblossoms frowned. Anyone could tell that Shi Xiaobai had no intention to fight. The way he dodged with artifice made it clear that he had abandoned many opportunities for him to counterattack.

However, Hongyue kept attacking like a rabid dog. Hatred had blinded her eyes and anger had washed away her reason. She roared, grunted, stabbing again and again without any pattern. It was as though she had really transformed into a wild beast that only knew to kill.

This was an unequal battle. No—this was not even a battle!

Cherryblossoms wished to step forward to stop this ridiculous farce, but the guards immediately stopped her.

The guard who held her back said with a reverent but warning attitude, "Miss Cherryblossoms, this battle is not something you should intervene in."

Cherryblossoms said anxiously, "Can't you tell? That human youth has no intention to return an attack. This isn't a battle! It's just a one-sided venting of anger and hatred! We are pixies chosen by the Holy Tree. We were born with the virtue of kindness. Anger is an original sin that we should resist against the most, isn't it!?"

"So what!?"

The guard lowered her head and said in a deep voice, "What do you know about Captain's anger? Do you know how much pain and torment Captain has been suffering the past few years? She abides by the order from Her Majesty to not leave our territory despite her desire to seek revenge on the humans. She suffers the torment of her hate alone. Every day and night, she cultivates crazily, using her body's exhaustion to numb the pain in her heart. This is something we all know. Now that she has the rare opportunity to…"

Cherryblossoms's eyes widened as she said in disbelief, "Has the rare opportunity to find a human that passed through the pixie forest, he will be made the target which Captain Hongyue can vent her anger on, regardless if the human is good or evil? Is that it? To vent the accumulated anger and hatred over all these years on an innocent human? We all know that the human traffickers and aristocrats were the main culprit in this, but why is the target used to vent her anger on a random replacement? What kind of joke is this!? What kind of joke are you pulling!?"

Cherryblossoms's breathing hastened as she turned to look at the other guards around her. Their eyes were filled with doubt and disappointment.

Was the life of Hongyue's sister life, but the youth's life wasn't? Was the pain Hongyue felt pain, but the youth's pain was nonexistent?

In order to full vent her accumulated hatred, she had treated every human as a foe. So it was this kind of selfish nature that blinded the eyes of the pixies!

"Sorry, I know doing this isn't right."

The guard whispered, "But to us, that human is nothing compared to Captain. It might be unfair, but humans have never treated us pixies equally! Miss Cherryblossoms, you won't be able to stop this battle!"

One guard after another surrounded Cherryblossoms. Captain Hongyue was venting the hatred and anger she had not been able to vent out over the years on this youth without any inhibitions. Before the youth fell, they absolutely would not allow for Miss Cherryblossoms to stop the battle!

Cherryblossoms smiled wryly and said, "By doing this… what's the difference between you and the humans you hate the most?"

The guards lowered their heads, but none of them made way.

Clanking, colliding, and explosive sounds rang as Hongyue destroyed everything before her in her mania. The youth was still defending and dodging without counterattacking. No one knew how long more the youth could last.

And who would stop this farce?

Cherryblossoms looked up into the clear sky over the city of the pixies. It was a cloudless sky for thousands of kilometers, but this was the first time she felt that the sky above pixie city was that dark and cold.

And at that moment, a tiny figure suddenly dashed out. While all the guards were focused on Cherryblossoms, a tiny figure could no longer sit idle as the farce before her played out.

"Princess!?"

When the guards realized in horror that the tiny figure had dashed out from the crowd, it was already too late to stop her.

The little girl named Kali bravely rushed to the battlefield that had gone out of control in a bid to end this ridiculous farce.