Chapter 55: Xingtian's Ability!

Chapter 55: Xingtian’s Ability! (Thanks to the Patron, He Xu Wen Fu Sheng Ru Meng~)

Seeing Huai Xu separated from her head, Xingtian beneath the stage couldn't help but throw a punch in the air.

"Nice!"

His ability had taken effect!

This seemingly dead end had been broken by him!

As expected! In such a high-difficulty mission world, he, Xingtian, was also someone who could turn the tide of battle!

Why was Xingtian's martial arts cultivation only considered upper-middle among the Descents, and his psychic power level barely at the entry-level, yet he was still able to survive until now?

It actually relied on his special ability!

His ability was somewhat similar to Yoshikage Kira's "Third Bomb: Bites the Dust" from the fourth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Yet, there were differences.

His ability allowed him to place a visible mark on anyone.

Once the mark was placed, just like an NPC in a game, a red "bullseye" would float above the target's head.

This mark would last for half an hour, and within twenty-four hours after placing the mark, he would be unable to place a mark on another person.

As long as the marked person was killed within this half-hour (regardless of who killed them), the time would rewind to one hour ago!

At that point, only Xingtian himself would retain the memories of the following hour!

Then, when the time reached the exact moment of the target's death, the target would suddenly drop dead!

Furthermore, the cause of death would be identical to the way they were killed previously.

Moreover, if the target was killed during this period, anyone else who had died within this timeframe would also be resurrected.

Though, they likewise retained no memories of it.

In reality, Xingtian had experienced the exact same storyline three times.

The first time, he did nothing.

Similarly, two foreigners traded lives in a two-for-two exchange.

Then Pan Shuai stepped up and took one down together with himself.

After that, the fighting spirit of several foreigners was also ignited, leading to four trading for two.

At this point, the human side had lost seven people, and the dead side had lost four.

Then Li Guoping performed a one-versus-three before exhausting himself to the brink of death.

Lu Li also stepped up to stop the opponent.

Perhaps due to Pan Shuai's heroic sacrifice, Lu Li was ruthless and spoke little, directly and consecutively dispatching two in a flash.

At this point, facing the last person on the dead side, Lu Li, Xingtian, and the severely wounded, near-death Li Guoping all felt victory was within their grasp.

As a result, this very last person... actually turned out to be the big boss descending in person!

Lu Li, lowering his guard (from Xingtian's perspective), had his ability cracked and was subsequently defeated.

Following that was profound despair.

In just half an hour, more than half of the world's seven billion population was transformed into living corpses.

It would take less than two hours for the entire world to transform into a paradise of the dead.

Right at this moment of life and death, Xingtian confessed his ability to Lu Li.

But it was already too late.

Thus, Lu Li devised a plan.

He instructed Xingtian to use this ability on him, and then return to one hour ago!

Afterward, they could figure out a way to use this ability to eliminate Huai Xu's avatar!

At that point, Lu Li still believed in Huai Xu's integrity.

Meaning, if they truly won these ten bouts, Huai Xu would abandon the plan to transform the world into a paradise for the dead.

However, Li Guoping put forward a different opinion.

He demanded that Xingtian kill him so that time would return to one hour ago—when this duel had not yet begun.

Lu Li could not die; he was the last hope!

If... if this plan failed, at the very least Lu Li would still be alive.

Lu Li agreed as well.

Thus, Xingtian placed a mark on Li Guoping and killed him.

This was the first time time rewound.

At the beginning of this attempt, Xingtian informed Lu Li, Pan Shuai, and Li Guoping of his ability right away.

Because if they failed, everyone would die, so it wouldn't matter if they knew.

If they succeeded, time would be reshaped, and they wouldn't remember what ability Xingtian possessed.

This time, the process was no different from before, with Lu Li fighting desperately to the very last opponent—which was the body where the boss's consciousness descended.

She came forward and immediately showed weakness, indicating that if she couldn't beat them, she would join them.

She decided to submit.

Then, the moment she dropped her guard and approached Lu Li, Xingtian placed a mark on her!

The next second, Lu Li used all his strength to drag her into the dream world, and ignoring the consequence of brain death, he severed her head!

Thus, time rewound once more!

The previous reset caused by Li Guoping's death was overwritten.

And then came the present...

This time, Xingtian said nothing.

So everything unfolded according to Lu Li's script.

Huai Xu's current body was probably, most likely, truly dead.

To be honest, Xingtian had actually used this ability on Lu Li before.

In the previous world.

And he had indeed "killed" Lu Li.

Yet, he had no memories of what happened after that.

He only remembered that time rewound to one hour ago, and an hour later, Lu Li was still alive and well.

But he was incapable of recalling what truly happened after Lu Li "died."

The moment he tried to remember, a physical terror would grip him.

His body would rather commit suicide directly than recall what transpired after that moment.

This was the root of his inexplicable fear of Lu Li.

A myriad of thoughts rushed through Xingtian's mind as he stood below the stage, but in reality, less than three seconds had passed(?).

On the stage, Lu Li was also stunned when he saw Huai Xu's possessed body suddenly separated from its head.

Then he caught a glimpse of Xingtian's excited expression.

It seemed this was related to Xingtian; was it his ability?

Lu Li felt quite emotional inside.

This little brother Xingtian was simply too useful.

Not only was he obedient and capable of peacefully playing the role of a hanger-on, but sometimes he could also play a part, and on top of that, he could drop equipment and secret manuals.

He wondered if he would ever meet such a fine little brother again in the future.

Probably not.

As one of those so-called Descents, descending into the same world three times seemed impossible no matter how one thought about it.

Being able to do it twice consecutively was already absurd enough.

Lu Li lowered his gaze to look at the headless corpse.

On that head, a pair of beautiful pink eyes was blankly staring right at him.

"Sigh..."

With a sigh, Lu Li leaped out of the arena, then reached out and rubbed his fingers together. "Got a cigarette?"

"Coming right up~" Xingtian sycophantically fished out a cigarette, then pulled out a lighter to help Lu Li light it.

"Brother Li, what do you think we should do next?"

In these previous time resets, the furthest they had ever reached was right here, and beyond this point, Xingtian truly had no idea.

"Leave it to fate." Lu Li clamped the cigarette in his mouth, tilting his head back to look at the sky. "In the end, it still depends on her choice."

Xingtian followed suit and looked up as well.

The sky was completely empty, with nothing at all.

"Brother Li, what are you looking at?"

"None of your damn business."

"..."

Xingtian felt deeply aggrieved.

Yet Lu Li couldn't be bothered to entertain him.

Was he supposed to tell him that he, Lu Li, was looking at the scenery beneath Miss Huai Xu's skirt?

What a pity, what Miss Huai Xu wore beneath her skirt was actually damn trousers! You couldn't see a damn thing!

Indeed, Miss Huai Xu's true form was floating right up there in the sky at this very moment.

Lu Li had no idea what she was up to.

However, he found out soon enough.

After about a minute, the previously clear sky became overcast with dark clouds, blocking out the sun completely.

Huai Xu slowly descended.

Lu Li sighed. "We won, right? Can you not destroy the world now?"

Huai Xu tilted her head, covering her mouth with a light laugh. "No can do~"

Lu Li: "..."

Thanks to He Xu Wen Fu Sheng Ru Meng for the patronage ~
Thanks to Nianghua 682 Saigao, Bookworm 20210508011829457, Lanjia ⊙, Jiang Shu, Bookworm 20210620095155052, and Yasuo丶Jifeng for their tips ~
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