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  Riko felt that she had the important responsibility of taking care of Shi Xiaobai.

  "Alright, I'll do this. I've decided to take care of Shi Xiaobai and let him stay here permanently in Steel City. I shall not be leaving for the time being. Hmph, it's not because I'm being lazy to earn Hero points."

  As Riko walked, she arrived in the district where her apartment was.

  She immediately felt a little bit of anticipation.

  "I wonder how strong Xiaobai is now." Would he have reached the second level of the Psionic Mortal Realm in half a month? Would he have achieved the Grasped Basics proficiency of a few F Class combat skills?"

  "Right, that will a bit difficult. Although Xiaobai is a genius, it is still difficult."

  "I hope he doesn't disappoint me. I'm looking forward to it."

  Riko came to the door and took out her keys. A smile with a trace of anticipation suffused from the corner of her lips.

  "Shi Xiaobai, I'm back!"

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  Chapter105 Where the King's Blade Tip Points

  Above an endless expanse of desolate plains was uncountable people in genuflexion. Their bodies were covered in a golden aura but their faces were fuzzy. Their heads were lowered as though they were subjects bowing in respect.They resembled golden wheat fields that covered the lands.

  In the middle of this golden wheat field stood a black-haired youth. The youth wore a golden crown and was in a black and white robe. A simple move of his gave a majestic feel to him.

  "Thou shalt vow to be This King's swords forever!"

  The youth said softly, but it appeared as deafening as thunder.

  "Yes, my Lord!"

  The golden subjects responded in unison. The resulting sound boomed as it thundered throughout the world.

  "Born to be the sword!"

  "Body as metal, blood as fire!"

  Thousands, or maybe millions of golden humans swore in unison while in genuflexion. The world seemed to change color in response to their thunderous voice. Fog slowly hid the sun as the world fell into darkness.

  "Serving beside the King."

  "Fighting across countless battlefields undefeated."

  "Never to suffer defeat."

  Thunder rumbled through the sky as raging winds howled, but it was all drowned out by the resounding voices, like a small river being swallowed by the sea.

  "Where the King's blade tip points is where our hearts aim!"

  The moment this was said, golden beams shot out from the countless humans into the sky as they transmuted into a golden pillar of light which pierced through the heaven and earth. The world was lit up as the dark clouds that shrouded it was penetrated.

  "We swear that in this life, for all eternity, we are ready to be the King's sword! Slaying the King's enemies!"

  The deafening voices echoed through the clouds as countless golden beams suddenly contracted into thin lines before they disappeared without a trace.

  Above the vast desolate plains, there was only the youth with the crown left. As for the countless golden people, they had disappeared, and what remained were swords that filled the plains!

  All sorts of enchanted swords were embedded in the ground. There was nothing but a sea of swords as far as the eyes could see!

  "Swords, come!"

  As the youth summoned, all the swords began to violently tremble as they shot into the sky.

  Numerous swords gathered in the middle of the sun as they began fusing into each other, forming a sword handle with an invisible blade!

  This sole sword that was formed from millions of sword fell from the sky and floated towards the crowned youth.

  The youth reached out his hand to grab the sword handle as a clear ring from the sword resounded. The ring was filled with respect and joy.

  The sword was shapeless but it had heart!

  "Heaven Opening! Earth Rupturing!"

  The youth held the sword handle with two hands and raised it past his head. As his body leaned sideways slightly, he suddenly slashed diagonally at the heaven and earth!

  The sword was raised and then lowered.

  The lands immediately ruptured at the fall of the sword, forming a deep abyss ten miles wide and several thousand miles long.

  The sky was suddenly split into two, half of it was light, while the other half was darkness.

  The youth pulled back at the sword handle and watched the distant horizon calmly, as though he was watching another world.

  Suddenly, a vibrant voice resounded in the world.

  "I'm back! Shi Xiaobai hurry up and get up to welcome me back!"

  The youth was stunned as his unperturbed eyes suddenly flickered with a beam of light.

  "The sun is already shining high up in the sky to burn your ass, and you are still sleeping! Shi Xiaobai, you are such a pig!"

  The voice that filled the heavens resounded once again as the crowned youth frowned.

  "If you don't wake up, I'm going to punish you!"

  The youth opened his mouth slightly and kept turning around to look at the sky, his eyes flashing in panic.

  "Hmph, you are forcing me to make a move!"

  The moment the voice fell silent, the entire world suddenly began to quake. The youth raised his sword in the stance of a cleave but he suddenly felt his nose itch. As he gave a loud "sneeze", the world turned into darkness, and he could not help but open his eyes.

  After he opened his eyes, he saw through his hazy eyes a fair hand holding onto a flower petal, gently disturbing his nose with the petal tip.

  "Hmph, you have finally woken up, little lazy pig."

  As he turned his head sideways slightly, what came into view was a face with delicate features and a black ponytail that he had not seen for a long time.

  "Violent Girl?"

  Shi Xiaobai was gradually recovering from his half-conscious sleep paralysis.

  When Riko heard the words "Violent Girl", she was slightly stunned before she habitually raised her fist and smacked it into Shi Xiaobai's forehead.

  Shi Xiaobai had already cultivated Crab Steps so much for the past few days that it had become instinctual to dodge, so how could he miss such a simple punch? With a slight tilt of his head, he easily dodged the blow.

  Riko was slightly surprised when she missed. Without much thought, she muttered, "Yo, having not seen you for half a month, you have even learned how to dodge."

  Originally, Riko wanted to bicker with him, but she saw Shi Xiaobai slowly reveal a smile.

  "Welcome back, This King greatly misses you..."

  Shi Xiaobai's voice was ever so gentle.

  Riko's pupils contracted slightly as she felt her heart petrify.

  She never expected to have such a feeling after returning to the words "welcome back, I greatly miss you" after having busied herself away from home. It was a bit sour yet sweet. It had a tinge of bliss.

  "you...r cooking."

  Shi Xiaobai grinned and waved his hand to urge her. "Hurry up and cook. This King is a little hungry."

  The blissful smile that had bloomed froze immediately. The gaze that was turning soft immediately froze as well.

  "Shi! Xiao! Bai!"

  Riko fumed, "Hurry up and return me my feelings!"

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  Thirty minutes later.

  "Go ahead and eat, little lazy pig."

  Riko placed a bowl of rice in front of Shi Xiaobai as the corner of her mouth curled into a smile. Regardless of anything, she felt a small sense of achievement that Shi Xiaobai enjoyed her cooking.

  Well, just a bit.

  Shi Xiaobai looked at the four dishes and the bowl of soup placed on the table and could not resist wolfing them down. As he was too tired mentally from being in seven consecutive days of virtual immersion, he had slept for three straight days. This resulted in him being famished.

  "Aiyah, how hungry have you been? Don
't eat in such a hurry. It's not good for your stomach."

  Riko smiled as she watched Shi Xiaobai wolf down the food. After that, she picked up her cellphone and began reading news articles from the past few days.

  She had not been able to pay any attention to current affairs previously, but now, she had finally found time to do so.

  Riko scanned through the headlines that were mostly not of any interest to her.

  The hottest news was of course the collective training for the two factions. As the news was earth-shattering, Riko had already learned about it from others even though she did not pay attention to the news.

  She was no longer considered a rookie, so it did not concern her. The only rookie she was familiar with in [Gaia] was Shi Xiaobai, but in her opinion, regardless of how much a genius Shi Xiaobai was, he was too behind on his training, so it was unlikely he could even pass the internal division selection, much less be selected to join the collective training to represent the organization faction.

  As such, Riko did not pay much attention to the two faction's collective training.

  Suddenly, Riko's swiping fingers paused slightly.

  A news headline imprinted itself in her eyes.

  "China's Yaris, a man of God who cultivated Crab Steps to the Dominating Refinement at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm!"

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  Chapter106 This is a monster

  "China's Yaris, a man of God who cultivates Crab Steps to the Dominating Refinement at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm!"

  When Riko saw such a title, she could not help but mutter, "This must be click-bait."

  Riko naturally did not believe that anyone could cultivate Crab Steps to the Dominating Refinement realm at only the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, so she naturally came to the conclusion that it was a fake title meant to bait people into clicking. The content would have definitely lacked any authenticity.

  Riko greatly disliked such click-bait tactics.

  She continued flipping through the headlines when she suddenly saw another eye-catching headline.

  "So what if you are an Arch-Cardinal of the Church of Virtuality? Psionic Mortal Realm youth forces Arch-Cardinal to shout ‘hubby’!"

  Immediately, a gloomy cloud appeared over Riko's forehead. Why do people these days like to use such obviously fake titles? Don't they know not to cross the limits?

  Riko cursed in her heart as she continued swiping downwards before she was suddenly stunned.

  "A prediction of strength, battle arena cafe's [Gaia] branch's "IChooseDogLeading" would one day shock the world!"

  Riko hesitated for a moment before she clicked the news. There was no other reason other than the title having the word "Gaia".

  However, after she clicked and read it, Riko was left completely flabbergasted.

  This fucking person at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm cultivated Crab Steps to the Dominating Refinement who forced the Arch-Cardinal to shout "hubby" was named "IChooseDogLeading", and apparently he was a customer of the battle arena cafe's [Gaia] branch?

  Then wouldn't he be living in Steel City?

  "Phew, I almost believed in it."

  While Riko was reading the detailed information in the article and the narration of events, she nearly fell for this extremely absurd story. When she flipped to the comments section, she was completely disappointed. Nearly all the comments were negative, accusing the report for being fake. Many people pointed out how the article lacked any bit of evidence.

  "As I said, how can such a ridiculous thing happen in this day and age. Such an awesome character? Even if there is one, he definitely can't be in [Gaia]."

  Riko was acutely aware of [Gaia]'s decline. In the recently recruited batch of [Gaia] rookies, other than Shi Xiaobai, who had heaven-defying talent, and the other rookie with the S- Class evaluation being able to considered to be above average, the other rookies were just remnants of those who were eliminated from first-tier organizations.

  "Unfortunately, Shi Xiaobai has fallen back by so much. However, he will eventually be able to chase up and even surpass others."

  Riko smiled as she looked at Shi Xiaobai, who was still wolfing down his food. She was rather confident of Shi Xiaobai's talent.

  He would soon cultivate to the second level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, right?

  She had to urge him to work hard.

  With this thought in mind, Riko suddenly asked, "Xiaobai, if you want to have superpowers earlier, you need to cultivate to the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm quickly."

  Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai could not help but recall Riko's demonstration of "High Frequency Vibrokinesis". It immediately switched on an intense flame in his eyes.

  Be it Riko's High Frequency Vibrokinesis, Hisith's Underworld Poker or Dan Liang's Death Hypnagogia, they were all powerful superpowers that went as far as one's imagination.

  And as someone who possessed S Class superpower potential, he would be able to completely awaken his superpower once he cultivated to the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm.

  "This King will reach the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm soon."

  As Shi Xiaobai swallowed the food in his mouth, he said with a tone filled with confidence.

  He was already at the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, so how far could the fourth be?

  However, Riko was stunned hearing this.

  This little lazy pig sure is confident. Has he already cultivated to the second level of the Psionic Mortal Realm?

  To be able to break through two levels in less than twenty days was blazing fast.

  Riko hesitated for a while and decided to remind Shi Xiaobai not to be too complacent and slack off, hence, she said, "Cultivating to the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm isn't an easy task. After all, the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm is one of the two major steps in the Psionic Mortal Realm."

  Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai could not help but ask, "Two major steps?"

  Riko was startled before she laughed and said, "You have already been in rookie training for more than ten days, yet you don't know this common piece of knowledge?

  Shi Xiaobai gave an awkward smile. He had only participated in one day of rookie training that had gone on for more than ten days. He had played truant so it was indeed a sin...

  Riko rolled her eyes at him and patiently explained, "The Psionic Mortal Realm has two major barriers. The first is the barrier from the third level to the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm. The other is the one from the ninth to the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm. Hence, we call the fourth and tenth levels the two major steps of the Psionic Mortal Realm."

  "These two major steps are very influential. It can be said that the difference in strength between the first level to the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm isn't that great, but when facing someone at the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, the pressure is immense. The gap in strength from the fourth to the ninth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm isn't great either, but against a person at the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, one can only shy away by taking a detour."

  "These two major steps are very difficult to cross. You might take one year to rise five levels from the fourth level to the ninth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm, but the time it takes to go from the ninth to tenth level might take more than a year."

  "Hence, the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm isn't difficult to attain, but breaking to the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm is extremely difficult. You have to work hard at it!"

  Riko emphasized what she had said, with the intention to warn Shi Xiaobai that cultivation was not as easy as he thought.

  Shi Xiaobai digested Riko’s words. Thinking of how his Wavelet Shield had previously been shattered by Wang Lin in a single punch and how the three-man team was instantly killed by Xiao Xiao, he finally understood what
Riko meant.

  In short, going from the third level to the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm was extremely difficult. It was a hurdle, a major step.

  Shi Xiaobai silently ate another two mouthfuls before he suddenly found the food was not as delicious as before.

  Just thinking of how he could possess superpowers at the fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm and how he would be stuck in the third level of the Psionic Mortal Realm for a period of time, he immediately lost his appetite.

  Without a superpower, how different was he from a dead salted fish?

  "This King is full. This King will be entering Cogitation!"

  Shi Xiaobai put down his tableware and stood up. His facial expression looked extremely serious.

  Riko was left in a daze but she was very pleased with Shi Xiaobai's positive attitude.

  "Hold on, let's test your current cultivation progress first."

  Riko was still wondering if Shi Xiaobai had already cultivated to the second level of the Psionic Mortal Realm.

  Shi Xiaobai hesitated for a moment before nodding. He still had that bit of time to spare.

  Riko smiled and headed to her room.

  Not long later, she took out a metallic device that looked like a dynamometer.

  "Hold on to it and release your Psionic Power. The device will indicate the strength of your Psionic Power."

  Riko handed the Psionic Power measurement device to Shi Xiaobai.

  Shi Xiaobai nodded and held onto that Psionic Power measurement device that was made of some special metal. He began to fully release the Psionic Power in his body towards his palms as he stared intently at the numeric display.

  Riko also paid close attention to the display. Could Shi Xiaobai have exceeded her expectations and cultivate to the second level of the Psionic Mortal Realm?

  The numeric display numbers jumped before it eventually fixed onto a surprising number—4.1.

  "Holy shit! Fourth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm!?"

  Riko was stunned agape....

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