Chapter 17

Chapter Seventeen: Execution

Move!

One word, fast!

Xiao Bei launched a speed attack at the limit of his body's capabilities. His body suddenly glowed in the starlight, and taking advantage of the blinding light, Xiao Bei grabbed the arm of the yellow-robed man, who was covered in the tyrannical power of the sword, and twisted it fiercely, then his entire body violently flipped over!

This was a martial technique Xiao Bei had learned, similar to the death roll of a crocodile on Earth.

Xiao Bei firmly believed that in this situation, the yellow-robed man's entire body would definitely move as well!

"Zzzt!"

On Xiao Bei's hand, a layer of martial qi shaped like a star had grabbed the yellow-robed man's arm, and the sound of mutual corrosion could be heard.

The yellow-robed man, forced to move, twisted his body and rolled with Xiao Bei's death roll.

Xiao Bei, however, smiled.

He truly smiled.

At this moment, Xiao Bei smiled because he knew that the result of his deduction in his mind was completely correct... the small, ink-like stone followed him and, with a bang, was projected over as he rolled with the yellow-robed man.

It struck the yellow-robed man's body!

"Hisss."

Xiao Bei heard the yellow-robed man's voice, and at that moment, he knew his chance had truly come. The small, ink-like stone probably wouldn't kill the yellow-robed man immediately, as he was its master. Once the yellow-robed man felt the impact, he would definitely stop.

The death roll continued!

Xiao Bei's speed increased, and his legs, which were now behind him, fiercely stabbed the yellow-robed man.

Then, Xiao Bei released his hands, and his body rotated 180 degrees with the movement of his feet, stomping down heavily!

"Boom!"

The yellow-robed man's body was stomped down by Xiao Bei!

With the increased gravitational speed, Xiao Bei's palms turned into fists, and he delivered heavy punches.

After a few punches, Xiao Bei could feel that he had succeeded. This was his first battle on this continent, and he had won.

This also meant that he had made the right bet!

The yellow-robed man indeed had not yet reached the level of mastery with the small, ink-like stone. Otherwise, he would have used it at the beginning of the battle with the beast, not when he was truly overmatched.

This confirmed guess allowed Xiao Bei to ultimately defeat the yellow-robed man!

In the end, it was the yellow-robed man's lack of skill that led to his downfall!

After all, if the yellow-robed man could control it better, victory might have been possible!

Xiao Bei's decisiveness and wisdom were evident!

The yellow-robed man's life force was extremely weak, and the martial qi of the sword on his body had already dissipated.

Frowning, Xiao Bei sighed and increased the force of his foot.

The yellow-robed man, fell!

Xiao Bei also felt the small, ink-like stone fall as the yellow-robed man's life faded.

Holding the small, ink-like stone and looking at the yellow-robed man's corpse, which had died alongside the beast, Xiao Bei frowned deeply, somewhat disapproving.

Then, Xiao Bei extended his palm, and martial qi formed an invisible hand that lifted the beast's inner core from the yellow-robed man's tightly clenched hand. He took it.

Taking out a wooden box from his chest, Xiao Bei placed the beast's inner core inside.

Then, Xiao Bei struck the ground forcefully with his hand, releasing martial qi onto the surface. With a loud boom, the earth and rocks around the lake moved, burying the yellow-robed man's and the beast's shattered bodies.

"My heart has not yet reached the realm of decisive killing. Although I am confident in battle and act decisively, I still hesitate when it comes to killing, which is not good, very not good! This mindset, constrained by laws on Earth, must be abandoned! In a world of the strong preying on the weak, such a mindset can lead to minor setbacks or even death!"

"Over the next month, I will strengthen my decisiveness in this mountain range filled with beasts, change my Earthly habits, and study this small, ink-like stone to understand why it causes such a significant reaction in my Star Palace."

With this thought, Xiao Bei's body rose into the air.

...

Half a day later, deep in the mountains, in a dense forest, Xiao Bei sat on a large rock beneath a waterfall, holding the small, ink-like stone and frowning deeply.

This so-called small stone was definitely not a stone. If it were, Xiao Bei could crush it with one hand. The strength of this small, ink-like stone was such that even Xiao Bei's strongest attack, using the still oscillating Star Palace, had no effect. Even when he condensed his martial qi into "a sky full of stars" and focused the attack to a point, the small stone remained undamaged.

The hardness of this small stone was clearly extremely strong.

Moreover, from the fact that the small stone only fell after the yellow-robed man's life ended, Xiao Bei knew that this ink-like stone required a fundamental connection to be used.

This connection should be a fusion of essence.

The most direct method would be to drip his blood onto the small, ink-like stone and use the blood's感应 to control the stone.

After a half day of deep thought, Xiao Bei finally made his decision.

He would do it!

Piercing his finger, Xiao Bei dripped his blood onto the small stone.

It was no wonder that Xiao Bei, who usually made decisions quickly, took a half day to decide. The risk was too great... The yellow-robed man's frenzied state on that day made Xiao Bei suspect that it was related to the small, ink-like stone. Because the yellow-robed man had established a connection with the stone, he had gone mad, drinking beast blood and injuring himself.

However, Xiao Bei decided to take the risk because he felt that the relationship between the small, ink-like stone and his Star Palace was too extraordinary.

Ever since he had taken the small, ink-like stone, his Star Palace had been continuously rolling, never stopping. Xiao Bei had experimented by keeping the stone over a hundred meters away, and only then did his Star Palace stop rolling.

The "Star Canon" was a family secret of the Xiao family. Although it was not the most advanced complete technique derived by the ancestors, it was a genuine technique, not a heretical or evil method.

Based on the degree of the Star Palace's rolling, the rotation of the central star, and his perception of the sea of consciousness, Xiao Bei concluded that this was not a reaction to an enemy but rather a reaction to something familiar.

The "Star Canon" would not harm him. With this certainty, Xiao Bei decided to drip his blood onto the small, ink-like stone.

The blood dripped onto the small, ink-like stone, and Xiao Bei felt a buzzing in his mind, as if a thunderclap had shaken his brain.

The central star rotated unprecedentedly, and the Star Palace, formed by his sea of consciousness, rolled even more violently!