Chapter 539: This isn’t a boy, it’s a monster!
In the solitude of the night, Tyger Li and Eventide Great Wolf’s voice was exceedingly clear in the quiet courtyard. Their conversation was naturally heard by Shi Xiaobai and Mu Lengxi.
Mu Lengxi frowned as she glared angrily at her father. She found him despicable while the soldiers were detestable. They could not beat Shi Xiaobai individually and they were now planning on ganging up on him. To have six people at the Psionic Might Realm fight a single person at the Psionic Mortal Realm, did they have any honor?
Shi Xiaobai did not seem to mind. Such campy cookie-cutter plots of ‘defeating a trivial figure before another bunch of trivial figures come, and eventually, an old one coming’ was not a surprise to him. He was also long accustomed to fighting one against many.
Not only did Shi Xiaobai not show fear, but he took a step forward and said sarcastically, “This King told you to send the seven pieces of shit up together earlier on but you refused to heed the advice. Now, do you finally understand This King’s painstaking efforts? Do you know your faults?”
Tyger Li’s expression turned grim as he coldly said, “What a thick-headed mouth of yours! This Emperor wants to see if your skin is as thick as your mouth!”
Shi Xiaobai took another step forward and said with a laugh, “The skin on your face is the thickest!”
Tyger Li was incensed as he waved his hand at the six people behind him. He bellowed, “Slaughter him for This Emperor!”
“Yes!”
The six soldiers roared with their heads up, sending a reverberation through the night sky.
“Second Wolf, Third Wolf and I will restrain him in a guerrilla fashion. Fourth Wolf and Fifth Wolf, harass him from the sides while Sixth Wolf, find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack!”
Eventide Great Wolf lowered his voice as he quickly instructed his team. His expression was solemn as though he was about to enter a battlefield.
“Yes!”
The five soldiers responded with a solemn expression.
The battle strategy that Eventide Great Wolf had employed was used when they were fighting a powerful foe that they could not withstand directly. It was a ‘battle of attrition’ that they had no choice but to use. By restraining, harassment and sneak attacks, they could slowly enervate their enemy, draining the enemy’s patience and stamina before they finally devoured them.
Such a battle strategy was rather despicable and insidious. Typically, it was an unscrupulous technique used when they could not obtain victory in an above the board and straightforward manner. If others were to know that the Seven Wolfskins had used such a battle strategy to deal with a boy at the Psionic Mortal Realm, they would probably laugh their heads off.
However, Eventide Great Wolf had still decisively chosen this battle strategy. The other five did not raise any objections. It wasn’t because Shi Xiaobai was so strong that they had to use a strategy of attrition to garner victory but it was because they could not afford to lose.
With the battle strategy decided and the command issued, the six soldiers immediately took action. Eventide Great Wolf, Second and Third Wolf rushed straight at Shi Xiaobai, while Fourth and Fifth Wolf flanked him from both sides of the courtyard. Eventide Sixth Wolf retreated outside of the courtyard and disappeared into the darkness.
Mu Lengxi had a drastic change in expression when she saw this. She cursed at their shamelessness. For six to fight one, they truly had no shame to utilize such a battle strategy.
“This King will be right back. Protect yourself well.”
Shi Xiaobai showed no fear and was instead abnormally excited. Intense fighting spirit was invoked in him. After exhorting Mu Lengxi, he rushed at the trio that was charging at him.
His left foot moved to the left while his right foot went to the right. He took steps to both his sides and suddenly, his figure turned to a blur in the night.
“Here he comes. Left!”
Eventide Second Wolf alerted the companions beside him.
“That’s not correct. It’s the right!”
Eventide Third Wolf exclaimed in shock.
“Is it the left or right?”
Eventide Great Wolf’s furrowed his eyebrows. The boy’s figure in his assault at night was too strange. He would at times appear to the left but suddenly run to the right the next moment. It was a mixture of real and sham, truth mingled with falsehood. His speed was astonishingly fast and he was practically that of a mirage. They were unable to instantly discern his encroachment’s trajectory.
Eventide Great Wolf decisively roared, “Stop! Regardless of where he comes from, stand your ground with the formation in place. Take care of each other and kill him when he approaches!”
Eventide Great Wolf came to a halt as Eventide Second Wolf and Eventide Third Wolf immediately came to a tacit understanding. They leaned their backs against each other and took a triangular stance, going from initiating an offense to a passive defense.
Shi Xiaobai’s movement technique left them unable to grasp his whereabouts so they could only stand in their spot in defense to await his arrival.
Mu Lengxi gritted her teeth as she watched the scene unfold. She was infuriated. To stand defensively in the same spot when fighting three against one. Did they even have some shame?
However, Shi Xiaobai ignored it. Despite knowing that his opponents were hoping to make him suffer from his own scheme, he still rushed at the trio with Crab Steps. He moved like the wind and his location was indiscernible. Suddenly, he took a step to the left and appeared to the right of the trio before striking out!
It was like a sweeping inferno that came unexpectedly!
The palm was heading straight for Eventide Third Wolf’s torso!
Eventide Third Wolf was given a shock but his reaction wasn’t slow. He hurriedly brandished his saber and clashed with Shi Xiaobai’s palm.
Eventide Third Wolf felt his palm turned numb from the reverberating impact. He had nearly failed to hold the metallic saber but he had narrowly managed to block the strike. He thought to himself, “This boy is thin but he possesses such abnormal strength. Could he be the manifestation of some monstrous ox spirit?”
And on the other side, Eventide Great Wolf and Eventide Second Wolf had been waiting for the opportunity. Seeing Shi Xiaobai attack Eventide Third Wolf, they faced it in delight instead of alarm. As though they had seen a fish biting on a bait, they did not immediately aid Eventide Third Wolf and instead turned around and changed the formation of the triangle to entrap Shi Xiaobai into a triangle.
Eventide Great Wolf roared angrily as he punched at Shi Xiaobai’s chest!
Eventide Second Wolf raised his spear and thrust it forward, right at Shi Xiaobai’s back!
Although Shi Xiaobai was in between a pincer attack, there was a large chance of him being able to safely evade with the use of Crab Steps. However, he had a boldness that came from his talent. He did not dodge or evade. Instead, he turned ninety degrees and raised both his palms high up. He lunged with a partial squat and with an exhalation, he struck one palm to his left and the other to his right!
The Twin Dragons Fetch Water, The Dragon Fights in the Wilderness!
Eventide Great Wolf and Even Second Wolf did not know that Shi Xiaobai’s ‘The Dragon Fights in the Wilderness’ was one of the most profound palm strikes of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. It involved the left arm and the right palm, either ruse or actuality but there was no unique style. Furthermore, Shi Xiaobai could innately dual-task or even multitask, so as his palms struck out to his sides, he did not end up having too many things to concern himself with.
It was as though a massive dragon was raging through the wilderness as the dragon head spewed fire while its tail lashed out like a whip. Both the front and back was accounted for, allowing it to have no fear about being encircled by a hundred beasts.
Boom!
Eventide Great Wolf’s fist clashed directly with the palm but his outcome was not much better than Eventide Seventh Wolf’s. Similarly, he could not withstand Shi Xiaobai’s incredible strength and could not help but retreat.
Eventide Second Wolf’s spear stabbed straight into Shi Xiaobai’s palm. However, his spear failed to penetrate what was obviously soft-looking flesh. Instead, his arm turned numb from the resulting impact. Eventide Second Wolf could only retract his spear in resentment.
The trio had been sent retreating but they did not choose to continue embroiling themselves in battle. They immediately opened up a distance because the execution of their battle strategy was to restrain him instead of engaging in a desperate brawl.
At the instant when the trio retreated, Eventide Fourth Wolf that had taken the opportunity to ambush grasped the perfect opportunity to appear behind Shi Xiaobai. He thrust his dagger straight at Shi Xiaobai’s neck!
Restraining and surprise attacks were the essential qualities Eventide Fourth Wolf had as an assassin.
However, what left Eventide Fourth Wolf flabbergasted was that Shi Xiaobai seemed to have a pair of eyes behind his head. At the instant he appeared, Shi Xiaobai had turned around suddenly. That smiling face with that refreshing look left Eventide Fourth Wolf dumbfounded from shock. He could only bite the bullet as he thrust his dagger straight at the boy’s dazzling bright eyes.
Shi Xiaobai seemed to ignore it as he raised his palm to strike at Eventide Fourth Wolf’s chest!
Eventide Fourth Wolf yelped as he turned to run. He did not dare finish the strike with his dagger, afraid that Shi Xiaobai’s eyelids could not be penetrated. He was even more afraid of being hit. It was something he could not withstand.
When Eventide Great Wolf that had long retreated far back saw this scene, he immediately felt his scalp tingle. He thought to himself, “This isn’t some boy at the Psionic Mortal Realm, he’s clearly a humanoid monster!”
Not even a B-grade astral beast they jointly fought with great difficulty was as terrifying as this boy!