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  "How can This King miss a B-class reward?"

  Shi Xiaobai looked at the undead legion that filled the lands. Immediately he beamed. Apparently, cultivating Crab Steps wasn't that difficult.

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  The next thing that happened made it unforgettable for everyone in the audience.

  Shi Xiaobai had actually ordered the undead legion to frantically attack him!

  For this, Wang Qiang and Kevin cheered.

  God DogLeading is magnificent! God DogLeading is invincible!

  The three-man team cursed.

  The bastard was indeed crazy.

  Biscuit and Sweets expressed that this was the first time they had seen such a wonder in the many years of being commentators. They could do nothing but be awed.

  Xiao Xiao fell silent for a long while before she directly headed for the archery training room. She planned on entering reclusive training for about half a month.

  Far away in the United States, Gino joked and said to Roy, "I think for the sake of our country, we should send a strike team to China to get rid of this kid."

  Roy did not laugh but instead said with fiery hot eyes, "His Crab Steps is about to reach the 'Dominating Refinement' realm. I've now seen China’s Yaris."

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  Washington S-class Hospital Central, Intensive Care Unit, Ward 1014.

  Wendy snapped the 'Teachings of the Saints' book in her hand and said softly, "Not a bad child, just a little naughty. However, he is resolute, brave, kind and has amazing talent. I look forward to his future."

  After saying that, Wendy turned to look at the uninvited guest who was sitting by the bed. It was a girl, or to be precise, she was a purple-haired girl wearing a gothic-style long dress.

  Wendy could not help but admit that this purple-haired girl was very, very pretty. It was the most beautiful existence she had ever seen.

  At the same time, she had to silently agree that this purple-haired girl was very, very strong. It was the most powerful existence she had ever seen.

  This was an existence that was not supposed to exist.

  "So this child..."

  Wendy pondered over her words before asking, "This child is a good seedling you are optimistic about? Is he your descendant? Or is he the successor you selected?"

  The purple-haired girl faltered slightly when she heard this. She slowly blinked and rescinded her distant gaze. She then turned to look at Wendy. With a moment of hesitation, she suddenly gave a playful smile.

  "You might not believe it if I told you. He is my...boyfriend."

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  Chapter103 Let us go home

  "You might not believe it if I told you. He is my...boyfriend."

  After Kali said those words softly, she suddenly felt embarrassed. Although she had lived for eons, she had never been exposed to the love between a man and woman. Saying the word "boyfriend" on a whim immediately made her turn embarrassed.

  Her heart began to race slightly when she recalled how she had become Shi Xiaobai's girlfriend on the first day they met.

  However, she did not regret her decision. Shi Xiaobai's heart had indeed moved her during that very moment. For that, she was willing to sign his so-called lovers' pact.

  Although she had not fallen in love with Shi Xiaobai as they had not known each other for long, she had placed Shi Xiaobai in a very, very important spot in her heart. It was a spot that no one had managed to reach.

  Wendy did not know any of this, and even if she knew, she would not be able to understand it. She dryly smiled and said, "Your joke isn't funny at all."

  A little kid at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm was still an earthworm crawling in the dirt, no matter how heaven-defying his talent was.

  As for the purple-haired girl in front of her, she was a phoenix that flew high above the nine heavens.

  Maybe there would be a day the phoenix suddenly sensed that the earthworm had the potential to be a flood dragon and gave him some opportunities, but there was no way it would fall in love with an earthworm, much less be the earthworm's partner.

  Wendy could only take Kali's words as a silly joke.

  In response, Kali only smiled and gave no explanation. When the day the earthworm became a flood dragon, no one would think the flood dragon unworthy of the phoenix.

  Both of them fell silent, having nothing left to say.

  Moments later, Wendy suddenly asked, "How do you plan on punishing me?"

  "Punish?"

  Kali lightly laughed and said, "He isn't injured, so why would I punish you? Oh, because you are the Bishop of Virtuality?"

  Wendy faltered before giving a bitter laugh. She said, "Yes, because I am the Bishop of Virtuality."

  "What a joke."

  Kali said, "A small terrorist organization is not worth me making a move. Furthermore, from my point of view, so-called evil might not be evil. So-called justice might not truly be justice. If I really want to mete any punishment out, America's Intelligence Agency, who chose to be oblivious, will be first to be razed."

  Upon hearing this, Wendy fell into a daze for a moment before she revealed a heartfelt smile.

  "Thank you."

  Kali glanced at Wendy and said softly, "Besides, I think highly of you. To establish the Church of Virtuality at the age of six and develop it to its present scale in ten years. As a human being, you are truly outstanding."

  Wendy could not help but smile, as she said, "If it's possible, I would rather be mediocre. But this is my destiny and my life. There is no way for me to resist it, so I can only go with it and do my best."

  Kali shook her head and said, "Destiny is in your own hands."

  Wendy lowered her head slightly and did not retort. She did not want to meaninglessly debate over this pointless topic.

  "I have a question that I'm not sure if you are willing to answer."

  Wendy suddenly thought of a question.

  Kali nodded and said, "Go ahead and ask."

  Wendy pondered over her words before saying, "With your abilities, you could have ended this farce right from the beginning. Even a virtual world cannot resist your coming. Why did you choose to make me transfer power to the child at the very last moment?"

  Kali was slightly surprised upon hearing this. She could not help but laugh, as she said, "If he were my student or a descendant I think highly of, I would have removed all of the Arch-Cardinal's power from the beginning and gave you some warnings."

  "However, he is my boyfriend, so I wish that he can see me as his equal. If I help him whenever he encounters difficulties or even use my own strength to make him someone strong, then how is he to get along with me? Will he think he owes me? Will he be unable to be his true self in front of me? Will he begin to form a reliance on my strength?"

  "I don't want that. I don't want there to be any differences in our standing or give him any reason to feel gratitude. So, I will not help him solve his problems or give him any strength. Only as a last resort would I use methods he has no way of realizing to give him a little help."

  "This time, he did very well. He did not need any of my help to perfectly tide through this round of difficulties. If not for that misunderstanding at the end that disgusted me, I would not have requested you to transfer your power."

  Kali paused and then gave a self-deprecating smile. "This is really the first time...I wish someone will treat me equally as an ordinary person."

  After Wendy heard this, she fell into a prolonged silence.

  "I am beginning to slightly believe that he is your boyfriend," Wendy said as she blinked her eyes. "He is truly lucky."

  Kali shook her head and said, "Actually, I am the lucky one."

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  Back when Shi Xiaobai's Crab Steps passed through the door of darkness and saved Xiao Xiao, he had in fact broken through his limits. He was just a tiny step away
from reaching the Dominating Refinement realm. As such, when he ordered a number of the undead legion to manically attack him, he just took about half an hour to completely break through to the Dominating Refinement realm.

  The familiar system's voice resounded in his head.

  "Absolute Choice completed. Congratulations on obtaining a 'B-level reward'—'Filthy Turtle Divine Technique'. This divine technique consists of three major systems—Body tempering technique: 'This Turtle Is Hardest', endurance technique: 'Unleaking Turtle Aura', fist offensive skill: 'Turtle-speed Divine Punch'."

  After that, knowledge surged into his brain and after having a momentary headache, he knew the body tempering art of "This Turtle Is Hardest" and the endurance art of "Unleaking Turtle Aura" by heart. He also obtained the proficiency of Grasped Basics with "Turtle-speed Divine Punch".

  Shi Xiaobai was immediately satisfied. Although he found the name Filthy Turtle Divine Technique somewhat odd, it was still a B-level reward, so it couldn't be that bad.

  After completing the Crab Steps mission, a profuse sense of exhaustion overwhelmed him. The sleepiness that he had forcefully repressed immediately shattered his will the moment he relaxed.

  Shi Xiaobai used the system privileges that the Bishop of Virtuality had given him and left the virtual world immediately. As for the Arch-Cardinal, Shi Xiaobai had fulfilled his promise of "sparing" him. However, with the Arch-Cardinal’s looks completely exposed, his future was not something Shi Xiaobai needed to worry about.

  Waking up from his virtual immersion, Shi Xiaobai got up from the virtual immersion cabin and stumbled over to the bed and plopped down into it.

  He was too tired. After seven consecutive days of intense Crab Steps cultivation, he had relied purely on his will. He even encountered the unexpected situation with the Arch-Cardinal, so it was a miracle that he did not suffer a mental breakdown. Now with everything coming to a perfect end, it was time for him to rest.

  "This King has created a miracle!"

  Shi Xiaobai buried his head into the pillow as he inarticulately grunted. With his eyes shut, he fell into deep sleep.

  A bright light suddenly flashed in his private room, with Kali appearing by his bedside.

  Her gaze was especially gentle, like the bright and pure moonlight.

  "Let us go home."

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  Chapter104 I'm back

  In a blink of an eye, three days had passed.

  A few news agencies had reported on the virtual competition that could only be described to be full of twists and turns, but it did not stir up much of a storm. It could even be said that it did not even set off any waves in China.

  This virtual competition was indeed filled with impressive highlights. Be it IChooseDogLeading, who managed to cultivate his Crab Steps to the Dominating Refinement realm at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm or the appearance of the Arch-Cardinal and the mutiny of the undead legion, it should have been something that became the talk of the town.

  But nothing could be further from the truth. The number of people that discussed this matter was simply miserable. This was because there was zero credibility to the reports in the eyes of the common populace.

  For some unknown reason, the recordings for this competition had been wiped out, so all the relevant videos were destroyed.

  In addition, the American Intelligence Agency denied that they had apprehended the Arch-Cardinal.

  It was as if the battle arena cafe’s [Gaia] branch was barred from revealing any information. Hence, IChooseDogLeading's identity was undisclosed.

  As such, there was no evidence left to prove the veracity of the matter.

  The people who watched competition naturally knew the reports were true and bore in mind the various incidents that God DogLeading had done, but these people were only a trivial fraction of the overall population.

  Most people who did not witness the incident immediately dismissed the story after listening to it. When they learned that there was no evidence to prove this matter, all they did was scoff. It was common for people to hear of strange anecdotes, so they did not have any interest in talking about unproven events.

  However, even if a few reports were falsely accused of being fake, it should have caused some sensation. Unfortunately, it ran into a bigger news item that completely drowned it out.

  People were discussing a matter of national concern for the past few days. There was a conflict between academia and organizations to the point of the National Hero Association needing to step in for mediation. Finally, it was decided on a practical contest between the different factions.

  This was actually an ongoing debate that had lasted a century—should one enter university to continue their studies or join a hero organization to gain practical experience after nine years of compulsory education.

  These two choices naturally had their assenters and dissenters which resulted in the two factions. The school faction was led by brand-name universities, Pehua University, Fudan University and ZJ University. The organization faction was formed by famous organizations like Zeus, Muses, Thor and Darkness, etc.

  These two factions had clear conflicts of interest which result in their incompatibility. Controversies were often sparked off between them, and it had turned extremely intense due to something that had happened recently.

  The transcendent National Hero Association had to mediate, eventually making both sides come to a consensus that strength was the deciding factor.

  As such, a contest completely organized by the National Hero Association came to the forefront.

  The contest was expected to have the National Hero Association investing lots of resources for the training of twenty people.

  The school faction would send ten freshmen while the organization faction would send ten rookies. These twenty people would come together to enter collective training that would be both open and intensive. Finally, they would compete in a competition that could be watched by the entire nation. The victor would win the priority to recruit talent for a year.

  This sort of intense and open factional contest naturally attracted the attention of everyone.

  The common citizens were naturally interested to watch the ensuing mayhem.

  As for many freshmen and rookies, they placed their minds on one of the twenty spots. It was a collective training which the National Hero Association would be investing heavily in, so it was a rare training opportunity.

  Furthermore, this collective training would give them greater exposure. With the entire country as witnesses, the participants’ reputation would greatly increase.

  Hence, when the school faction publicly announced that the ten spots would be open to all universities in the country, every freshman turned excited. There was a steady stream of people that applied. No one wanted to miss this golden opportunity even if most of them would be eliminated during the auditions.

  The organization faction also began their selections, but it was private. Every third-tier Hero organization and above were given a certain number of recommendation tickets. The recommended people would then undergo a massive selection before ten would be finally chosen to participate in the collective training of the two factions.

  [Gaia] was once a first-tier organization that was now second tier. It was only given four recommendation spots which happened to match the four divisions of [Gaia]. After a lot of deliberation, they decided to have an internal selection and recommend one person each.

  If any of [Gaia]'s rookies could be one of the ten to represent the organization in this matter of national concern, or even obtain excellent results during the collective training, it would no doubt improve the reputation of the organization.

  [Gaia]'s four Division Ministers naturally did not dare be lackadaisical. They immediately began a divisional internal selection process in an attempt to choose the most outstanding rookie from their own division
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  Noon.

  A helicopter slowly descended onto the metallic roads of Steel City. A beautiful girl with a single ponytail walked out from the helicopter and looked extremely excited.

  "Wow, I'm finally back. I'm not going to take on such a large-scale mission in the future anymore. Those Hero points or whatever can go to hell!"

  Riko carried her luggage and was in an excited mood. Having left Steel City for half a month, she had participated in a team-based Hero mission with friends she had known for years. Although they had encountered some danger, they managed to survive narrowly, giving them the chance to obtain quite a lot of Hero points.

  During Southern Gold City's meteor shower, she had happened to catch the latter half of the disaster and had killed a few F and E Class Astral Calamity Beasts, raising her ranking slightly.

  In summary, her experience outside for half a month was nothing memorable but there was nothing unpleasant either. Other than missing the carefree life in Steel City, there was nothing much to complain about.

  However, the moment she came back to Steel City, Riko felt like it was a long-awaited homecoming.

  "Sigh, I'm really not suited to be a Hero. Earning Hero points is just too tiring. Staying in Steel City is more in line with my values and life philosophy."

  As Riko walked home, she would occasionally exchange greetings with passers-by. Most people in Steel City knew her since she was the daughter of the Minamiya family and an Oceanic Pontus.

  "I wonder how Xiaobai is like now."

  One of the major reasons why Riko was yearning to return home was because she was worried about Shi Xiaobai.

  Would he be ostracized and bullied by others with him constantly calling himself 'This King'? His foundation was terrible, so would it be tough for him to participate in the rookie training? With him living alone, will he be able to have his meals or have someone to take care of him if he fell sick?

  Riko could not help but feel worried. She was after all his rookie counselor. Furthermore, she was the one who had recruited him into [Gaia], and not to mention, she was a member of that so-called Xiaobai's Hero Squad.