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  Chapter504 Balance of One's Worldviews

  The Transcendence Holy Tree that truly existed in history was a supreme divine object which had created the Transcendents, Celestials, and Infernals. The imitation that was imprecisely produced on the seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower could not be compared at all. Under Shi Xiaobai's poison resistance and 'This Turtle Is Hardest', the poison from the counterfeit holy tree was not a poison but a tonic for Shi Xiaobai.

  However, the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison' that erupted after the backlash from the Transcendent King's heritage power was the real poison of the holy tree. The toxicity was terrifying beyond imagination! Even after 80% of the poison had been reduced through his poison resistant body, the remaining 20% was still fatal for humans!

  Shi Xiaobai's organs, limbs, and blood vessels were being encroached by the black poison as his skin turned black. His vital organs instantly fell victim and his cells rapidly died.

  His body was devastated and his biological processes were coming to a halt!

  If he was not rescued, Shi Xiaobai would die within a minute!

  Shi Xiaobai obviously would not sit idle. He immediately powered 'Unleaking Turtle Aura' as much as he could to hold off the numbing of his limbs. He raised his hands with great difficulty and pressed down on his temples. After pressing down a few times, he immediately moved from top to bottom, down his face, neck, shoulders, chest, and waist. He pressed down on himself in an orderly manner. It looked neither fast nor slow, but the speed of his hands had allowed him to finish massaging every part of his upper body in less than thirty seconds!

  Massage Technique of God!

  It was one of the most amazing and unimaginable prizes the Absolute Choice had given him to date. On the surface, it was known as an 'offensive skill' but in fact, it was not too much an exaggeration to call it a 'divine skill'.

  Shi Xiaobai had once used the Massage Technique of God to reduce Mozzie from a fat chick to a petite, cute chick. He had also used the Massage Technique of God to solve a problem that had plagued Mu Yuesheng for several years. He had managed to widen her Mind Expanse, a feat deemed impossible by the field of psionic ability research!

  The Massage Technique of God could even greatly reduce the fatigue in one's muscles and give fresh strength to a person's body. It even allowed an exhausted person to experience 'new life' like giving spring to withered wood through the massage. Back on the third level, Shi Xiaobai had used the Massage Technique of God to provide unlimited endurance for Mozzie and Kevin. He allowed them to train without rest in a short period of time, greatly increasing their strength.

  The Massage Technique of God was nearly omnipotent, so much so that Shi Xiaobai even believed that 'there was no problem in the world that the Massage Technique of God could not solve. If once wouldn't do, twice would do the trick'.

  However, in order to maintain the balance of one's worldview, the more imbalanced something is, the more limitations it would have!

  Just like Speechless Li's 'Mirror Replication'. Its powerful abilities were absurd but in fact, a superpower like 'Mirror Replication' had more limitations than the superpowers of Liu Yu, Pulp Farmer, and company. Furthermore, there was an 'absolute limitation'. However, Speechless Li would deftly avoid the 'absolute limitation' when using his superpower. Furthermore, he would use the ability to its utmost perfection under the limitations of 'Mirror Replication'. Dawn Li had previously seen through the imperfections of 'Mirror Replication'. In fact, that was one of the many weaknesses 'Mirror Replication' had.

  The Massage Technique of God naturally had limitations!

  Shi Xiaobai had discovered the first limitation on the third level. After repeatedly using 'Giving Spring to Withered Wood' on Mozzie and Kevin, it slowly became apparent that the effects were weakening. Although the decrease after each application was not obvious, with the passage of time and the increase in the number of applications, the cumulative decrease became apparent. It even reached a point when 'Giving Spring to Withered Wood' did not even affect the two.

  It was then apparent that the Massage Technique of God had a limitation when it came to the same person being massaged. Although there had been no systematic experimentation which prevented Shi Xiaobai from judging if the limitation was forever or just a temporary sensory overload. But at least, it was impossible to make the Massage Technique of God become a perpetual motion machine.

  This limitation was in fact rather acceptable. It did not seem to lessen the absurd properties of Massage Technique of God by too much.

  However, Shi Xiaobai had discovered a second limitation on the seventh level. This limitation could be deemed 'fatal'!

  Back in the array world of the God Slaughtering Formation, he and Dawn Li had been pursued by monsters. They had just engaged in a life-and-death battle, with Shi Xiaobai using all his strength to use Excalibur. Dawn Li had also used the power of her Sword Soul twice. Therefore, the both of them were completely exhausted. They escaped together and relied on each other without abandoning the other. In order to protect the other, they would push themselves to the fullest to the point of fainting. It also resulted in Shi Xiaobai being forced to use the 'evil seed of fury.

  In fact, Shi Xiaobai had once attempted to use the Massage Technique of God on himself before he attempted using it on Dawn Li in the array world!

  However, be it 'Giving Spring to Withered Wood' or the 'Massage Technique of God's other effects, their effects were nearly nothing on himself and on Dawn Li. It could even be said to be 'completely useless'!

  Shi Xiaobai had once pondered over the matter repeatedly before he finally had a vague inkling of the reason.

  The Massage Technique of God was not omnipotent. It had an absolute limitation!

  And the greatest limitation was—the difference in level!

  Why were the effects of the Massage Technique of God so prominent when used on Mozzie, Kevin, and Mu Yuesheng? Yet, it was completely useless on himself and Dawn Li?

  The root cause was that their 'physical toughness' was on a completely different level from the trio!

  Dawn Li was the strongest human in history. Not only was her sword technique extraordinary at the equivalent to the Psionic Mortal Realm, her 'physical toughness' also far exceeded her peers. There was no need to mention Shi Xiaobai. With the Power of Taotie's ability to 'consume and digest' the Transcendent holy fruit, the Celestial Jade, and the Infernal King's sword, his 'physical toughness' had been enhanced to the point of him being able to clash straight on with King Leonis in the Transcendence third transformation. He could be considered as a 'freak' to other humans at the Psionic Mortal Realm!

  The theory behind the Massage Technique of God was to use 'an unimaginable massage' to influence a person's body. It could be compared to molding a pliable piece of clay into various clay sculptures!

  The receiver's 'physical toughness' would clearly affect the effects of the Massage Technique of God. Soft clay was easily molded but what if the soft clay became hard metal? Could it still be easily 'molded'?

  This was the greatest limitation of the Massage Technique of God. Its omnipotence was only limited to 'physical toughness'. For soft clay like Mozzie, it was easily molded, but when molding metals like Shi Xiaobai and Dawn Li, no amount of pressing could deform them.

  Of course, this did not mean that the limits of the Massage Technique of God were that. In fact, the Massage Technique of God was an…offensive skill!

  Offensive skills had their proficiency differentiated into seven levels—Basics, Familiarized Proficiency, Exemplary Mastery, Dominating Refinement, Crest of Perfection, Bold New World, and Arhat Oversoul!

  Shi Xiaobai's Massage Technique of God had only reached the second level of 'Familiarized Proficiency'!

  If he reached the seventh level of 'Arhat Oversoul', he could even mold diamond, not to mention metal!

  However, the current reality was that Shi Xiaobai's Massage Technique of God was only at the 'Familiarized Proficienc
y' level. He could not effect any changes to his body.

  However, Shi Xiaobai had still used the Massage Technique of God on himself when faced with the danger of the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'. It was not because he was making a desperate attempt but that Shi Xiaobai had discovered that the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison' was rapidly destroying his bodily functions. His physical toughness was also decreasing!

  In other words, Shi Xiaobai's body was becoming extremely weak and feeble due to the permeation of the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'. Even a gentle breeze could rip his skin open. it was like metal that had been melted into liquid metal!

  When faced with that, the Massage Technique of God was like fish meeting water. It was finally able to showcase its 'divine power'!

  Shi Xiaobai used the Massage Technique of God to massage his entire body and attempted to cleanse the toxicity of the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'. However, it was already deeply infused in his bone marrow. An external application like Massage Technique of God could only clear the toxicity up to a certain extent but it would also simultaneously result in 'destruction and failure'. Possible outcomes ranged from crippling to death.

  Soft clay was easier to mold so they could be pressed in any way one wanted. However, Shi Xiaobai discovered that his body was not even comparable to soft clay.It was at best just sludge. Not only was it unpliable, pressing on sludge only made it mushier.

  Shi Xiaobai felt helpless. He could only restrict the wanton destruction of the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison' without affecting his physical condition. After lots of hard work, Shi Xiaobai finally managed to use the Massage Technique of God to temporarily delay the spreading of the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'. It was like freezing a roaring river into a frozen river.

  However, it was only temporary. The rapidly flowing river would be striking with all its might onto the frozen surface. The 'intensity' of the poison was slowly 'melting' the repressive effects of the Massage Technique of God!

  In less than ten minutes, the Massage Technique of God would lose its effects!

  Even the Massage Technique of God could only extend Shi Xiaobai's life from one minute to ten minutes. It was obvious how horrifying the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison' was!

  However, Shi Xiaobai did not give up. He slumped down on the ground and began to rack his brains.

  What other methods did he have to resolve the crisis?

  What other means did he have to resist the wanton destruction of the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'?

  Shi Xiaobai closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. Ideas flashed across his mind. He considered and rejected one idea after another…

  He would absolutely not give up until the final moment. He would not feel despair until the final second!

  No! Even at the last second, he would not feel despair!

  Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai, who was deep in thought, felt a warm feeling coming from the left part of his abdomen!

  This sudden warmth was extremely obvious and clear under the coldness that the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison' made his body feel!

  Shi Xiaobai suddenly opened his eyes and probed the left part of his abdomen. He realized that it was not a mistake. The other parts of his body were emitting a bone-chilling coldness but only that spot was extremely warm.

  Shi Xiaobai hurriedly pulled his clothes up and took a look.

  He was surprised that despite his body turning black, there was a portion around the left part of his abdomen that remained a milky-white, ruddy color!

  The outline of the milky-white skin resembled an important organ in a person's body.

  It was…the stomach!?

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  Chapter505 Unexpected Life-saving Straw

  The only patch of skin that remained white amid the blackness outlined the shape of a 'stomach'. With it being the upper left corner of one's abdomen, it matched the location of a human's 'stomach'. Without a doubt, the reason for the sudden abnormality was due to the human organ that is known as the 'stomach'!

  Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up as he hurriedly pondered.

  The skin around his stomach had returned to its whiteness and it emitted the warmth as expected from a human body. Clearly, it was because the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison' around his stomach had been cleansed.

  But why would his stomach automatically cleanse the toxins of the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'?

  Also, why was it his stomach?

  Was there something special about his stomach?

  Wait a moment!

  Stomach?

  Stomach!

  An organ that holds and digests food!

  And when food is mentioned, it would then be no doubt that it was the…

  The Power of Taotie!

  Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up. He quickly thought of something special about him…The Power of Taotie!

  It was a power that left Shi Xiaobai most confused. It had not only changed his 'tastebuds' and 'food cravings'. It made ordinary rocks taste like chicken and other inedible foods to become delicious 'delicacies'. He even had the perverse ability to convert the energy contained within objects into 'nourishment' that could strengthen his physical constitution!

  With the Power of Taotie, his 'physical toughness' rapidly rose from an ordinary level to that of a monstrous level that allowed him to clash with King Leonis head on. The abilities and effects could be deemed a bug in life.

  Shi Xiaobai had once pondered over the origins of the Power of Taotie. After all, it was an ability he had when he woke up after falling unconscious. It was as though a pie had fallen from the sky.

  Shi Xiaobai knew deep down that the Power of Taotie definitely had a secret behind it. After some thinking, he finally thought of a possibility!

  The Power of Taotie could very likely be the Absolute Choice's reward!

  Recalling that back on the sixth level, Shi Xiaobai had gone through twists and turns, repeating the Absolute Choice several times before he finally completed the A-level choice that required him to [Push down the raging Ka Xiaozi]. However, he had stolen the 'evil seed of fury’ power from Kali, causing him to lose all reason. Therefore, he did not know what A-level reward he had obtained!

  But on careful thought, the Power of Taotie had only appeared after he regained his consciousness after his rage ended.

  Be it from the time the Power of Taotie appeared or the 'unscientific' nature of its ability, it seemed to match the A-level choice of [Push down the raging Ka Xiaozi]!

  However, Shi Xiaobai did not have any evidence. Furthermore, he had the 'insatiable greed' of hoping that 'there might be another A-level reward', so he could not be completely sure of his guess.

  The Power of Taotie was of unknown origin but it was not necessarily the A-level reward.

  But now, with Shi Xiaobai in a dire state, the Power of Taotie had come to the forefront!

  What is going on?

  The Power of Taotie had modified his stomach, so now his stomach could even absorb and convert the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'?

  Or could it be that the Power of Taotie had changed the storage of food in his stomach, resulting in it having the ability to cleanse the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison' into nutrition?

  These two guesses arose in Shi Xiaobai's mind. Immediately, he took out a piece of jade and stuffed it into his mouth!

  Shi Xiaobai had just plundered some pieces of jade and accessories from the Infernal King's chamber. He had planned for them to be a snack, but now, they were critical!

  Shi Xiaobai constantly stuffed the jade pieces and accessories into his mouth. As time was tight, it was as though he was eating cotton candy. He would swallow after a few chews. In less than ten seconds, more than ten pieces of jade and accessories had been swallowed into Shi Xiaobai's stomach.

  He tried to sense his body and immediately felt his stomach heat up slightly. Looking down, his eyes widened immediately!

  He saw the stomach-shaped white outline expand!

  Just like in an endless dark sky, the glow of the tiny stars
had extended its range!

  Even if it was a tiny range, it was enough to shake the Earth!

  Every cloud had a silver lining. The Power of Taotie was able to convert food into anti-poison that could cleanse the 'Holy Tree Sin Poison'!

  Shi Xiaobai grinned as his eyes became as bright as the moon!

  How could This King's path end here?

  However, Shi Xiaobai's joy only lasted for a short while. He quickly frowned because, in the snow-white desolate plains around him, there was only empty whiteness. There was no plants or stones at all. It was completely empty!

  The energy from more than ten pieces of jade and accessories was only sufficient to cleanse a tiny bit of the poison. In this god-forsaken world, how was he to find sufficient food?

  He had a method to save himself, but he did not have the materials to do it!

  Shi Xiaobai frowned as he began pondering once again!

  Food, food, food!

  Where could he find food?

  Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up slightly. He hurriedly reached into another pocket and pulled out a golden ball!

  Master Conquest Ball!

  This was also the Absolute Choice's reward. It could conquer any non-human biological creature, allowing it to become a pet that was absolutely obedient to it.

  Shi Xiaobai pressed the button that stuck out from the ball's surface and opened the Master Conquest Ball. A white beam flashed and a snow-white colored mini-poodle appeared.

  The snow-white poodle was about the size of a palm. It floated and gave a standing posture. Its two front paws were curled to its chest as it cocked its head. It surveyed its surroundings with its large and dewy black eyes, and when it saw Shi Xiaobai, it immediately gave an excited bark. It pounced at Shi Xiaobai and placed its paws on Shi Xiaobai's face. It extended its tongue to habitually lick him with affection.

  But as it stretched its tongue out midway, it was stopped by Shi Xiaobai.

  "Woof?"

  The little white dog barked with a look of confusion. It finally realized that its owner was somewhat different from before. His owner's skin was black and he looked very weak. Immediately, it let out a sad whine, making it resemble a weak-willed and worried child's emotions.