Chapter 869 - 864: Revolutionary Rules!
Chi Lijia clearly wasn’t impressed by this Fourth Grade True Intent bartender.
She snorted lightly, curbing her arrogance, and retracted her crimson whip.
"Luoshili, are you still alive?"
Luoshili clutched his neck, coughed twice: "I’m okay, Lady Chi Lijia."
Seeing Chi Lijia calm down, the nearly suffocated Luoshili hurried over to counsel her.
"Luckily, Lady Chi Lijia attacked me. If you had attacked Gangxin... and he wouldn’t let it go, causing the group to get involved, it could result in your disqualification from the battle assessment."
Quentin, head tucked down on the side, noticed the situation stabilizing and quickly joined in to back up: "Yes, Lady Chi Lijia! Gangxin deliberately provoked you to attack him! That brat is tough, your attack can’t kill him instantly. He’d take a minor hit and get you eliminated!"
Bai Pu, speechless, shouted: "Isn’t it you who came to me first?"
"You better shut up!"
The group of Red Race, including Quentin, glared angrily at Bai Pu.
Clearly, they feared Bai Pu’s indiscreet words would provoke Chi Lijia again, awakening the Second Personality.
But Chi Lijia was obviously not so easily provoked. She took a deep breath and walked straight up to Bai Pu, sat down.
"Bron is my brother. You killed him."
"Regrettable, but I’m not going to apologize."
Bai Pu replied, "He came to kill me, I counter-killed him, can’t blame others."
"He came to kill you, why didn’t you let him kill?"
Chi Lijia said coldly, "If you’d died, he’d have completed the mission, and my people could develop Sea Blue Star, regaining their homeland. Isn’t it all perfect?"
Bai Pu: ???
Three question marks popped above his head, Bai Pu shook his head and said: "It’s said that the Red Race are lunatics, seems true. There’s no need for further conversation."
"This is not a conversation. I’m here to issue your death notice."
Chi Lijia said lightly, "In 5 days, Burning Ash’s starship will arrive at Sea Blue Star. Gangxin, if you return to Sea Blue Star, you’ll die a rough death; go to Spirit Realm, and die even worse. Even if you hide in this building, you can’t hide forever. You have no way to escape!"
The threat from the Red Race fleet also made Bai Pu put away his smile.
Bai Pu said lightly: "In this battle assessment, I will obtain legal survival space for my home planet."
Chi Lijia sneered: "Gangxin, do you think the Major General Gaia battle assessment is a regular sparring duel, like the touch-and-go kind?"
Rein and Leia stood awkwardly, not daring to interrupt.
Only Bai Pu could withstand it, speaking timidly: "I understand each session’s rules are different. But the rules for this one haven’t come out; maybe it’ll revert to a tournament format?"
This is probing.
Chi Lijia snorted with a laugh: "You are wrong, very wrong! To be honest, Gangxin, this session’s rules are unlike any before! It is because I knew the rules in advance that I came confidently to issue your death notice!"
At this moment, a commotion arose nearby.
"Rules, the battle assessment rules are out!"
"Quick, look at the Gaia Mark, there’s information prompt!"
Bai Pu spared a thread of consciousness, sinking into the Gaia Mark on his chest.
"Ascension? How could it be..."
After Rein and Leia checked the prompt from the Gaia Mark, they were stunned.
The reason was none other than that this assessment’s rule... was too groundbreaking!
[ID 650116, the rules for the ’Silver Heart Great World Gaia Major General Battle Assessment and Extraordinary Seed Selection Contest’ you signed up for are as follows.]
[13 Cosmic Days later, you and 3226 other Major Generals of Gaia will enter the Ascension Plane: Dark Tide, facing dual tests of Ascension Plane and Spirit Realm War.]
[If your level has not reached Level 10, after entering the Ascension Plane, the experience points needed for promotion to Level 10 will be automatically supplemented.]
[In the Ascension Plane, all penalty rates for senior Awakened are removed, as are task reward penalties.]
[In the Ascension Plane, you can accumulate points through killing Otherworld Travelers, completing high-difficulty tasks, obtaining Spoils Treasure Chest, and gaining favor from Native powerhouses. Specific point conversion details can be queried.]
[The top 10 Awakened in this battle assessment will receive the Extraordinary Seed Quota. Awakened ranked 11~300 will become Extraordinary Seed Candidates. Awakened ranked 300~1000 can draw assessment rewards based on their rank.]
[This battle assessment can be participated in solo or small team mode, or teams (max 10 people) or armies (max 100 people) can be formed in advance. The score conversion ratio for solo or small team mode is 100%, for team mode it drops to 80%, and for army mode it drops to 60%.]
[Special Note 1: The difficulty level of the Dark Tide World is 10.3, approaching the difficulty of a Tier Two initial plane. Under this difficulty, all Tier One Awakened items are unusable.]
[Special Note 2: If you have not prepared for Ascension, you may withdraw registration within 24 hours. Awakened who do not withdraw within 24 hours must participate, or they will be treated as deserters and stripped of Major General Gaia qualification.]
After reading the information, Awakened Major Generals began to discuss heatedly.
Some Major General Gaia immediately withdrew their registrations, likely unprepared for Ascension.
Conversely, some senior Major Generals displayed a "Just as expected" expression.
Rein transmitted to Bai Pu: "Seems like Gaia’s Will is quite dissatisfied with our unwillingness to ascend, Awakened Major Generals who linger long in the Awakened World, taking this Extraordinary Seed selection opportunity to grant us liberation, forcing us to ascend. You’ve been caught in the crossfire."
Originally, Bai Pu had the opportunity to further hone his skills in the Tier One Plane. He hadn’t reached Level 10, his awakening time was short, and neither the treasure chest drops nor task rewards were subjected to Gaia’s Will’s penalties.
Now it turned into a choice between two options: either give up the Extraordinary Seed registration, or ascend directly!
Chi Lijia watched Bai Pu, sneered, and said: "You can also withdraw your registration. This is your last chance to live. But by doing so... Sea Blue Star will become the Yazd people’s treasure!"
Bai Pu ignored her, stood up, and looked at Rein and Leia: "Let’s go."
Withdrawal was impossible.
But there was no need to flaunt it, letting Chi Lijia know.
Watching Bai Pu, Rein, and Leia’s departing backs, Quentin murmured: "Could he be chickening out?"
"No. He will definitely participate."
Chi Lijia, arms crossed, sneered, "From Gangxin’s gaze, I can tell what kind of person he is! The Awakened path has been smooth-sailing for him, with eyes showing ignorance and fearlessness from never being beaten. People like this will only regret their recklessness before death!"