Chapter166:SideQuestFour

"Ihadn’texpectedthatIwouldneedtolearnhowtoproposesomeday."Lookingatthegreengemonhisfingertip,YunXifeltthattheremustbesomethingwrongwiththisworld.

HehadpreparedhimselftodiehundredsoftimestochallengethemostterriblemonstersinWaterGod’sworld.However,therewasnosuchmonsterthatheneededtodefeat,oratleast,theenemyhadn’tappeareduptillnow.

ShayaLongnis,theSkySwordwasstillinherprimaryform.Evenordinarypeoplecouldkillthegreenslimeseasily.UsingthepowerfromhisWaterGod’sMask,hehadeasilycollectedthousandsofShayaLongnis’avatars,andthegreengemaggregatedbygreenslimeswasshakingonhisfingertip.

"YouareapartoftheSkySword’savatars?It’sreallyhardtoimagine."Pinchingandrubbingthegreengem,YunXifeltthatithadaverysmoothfeeling,likeagirl’sskin.

ThegreengemjumpedaroundinYunXi’shandandseeminglyitwouldn鈥檛escape.Probablyitsintelligencewasn’tabletosupportitsunderstandingofthemeaningof"escape".

Aslimewasn’tacreaturethatlivedbyitsspeed,defence,orattack.Itwassimplybecauseitcoulddivideitselfinfinitelyandcouldsurviveinanyarea.

OnecanfindIceSlimeonice-cappedmountains.

OnecanfindLavaSlimeinlavalakesinvolcanoes.

OnecanfindSandSlimeindrydeserts.

OnecanfindDeepSeaSlimeinplacesthatweretenthousandmetersdeepunderthesea.

Thinkingitovercarefully,theslimeracewasn鈥檛strong.However,nomatterhowharshtheenvironmentwas,theslimeracecouldproducesubspeciestosuittheenvironment.

Ifitwasn’tbecausetheslimeracedidn’thavetoomanystrongindividualunits,probablytheywouldbeabletoriseamongstallkindsofraces.

No.Infact,slimeracewasrisingbecausetheyhadhadtheirrace’schild,ShayaLongnis,theSkySword,whowasalreadyasstrongasagod.Asanon-humanbeing,shehadbeenrecognizedasaSkySword.Thisfactitselfhadshownhowstrongshewasandwhatgreattalentshehad.

Infact,itwastoodifficultforYunXitodealwithsuchanenemynow.However,nomatterhowdifficultitwas,YunXiwouldn’tuseitasanexcusetorunaway.

"So,ifIwanttosurvive,theonlychoiceistoproposetothegirls?"YunXithoughtagainandagain.

Themeaningofthistrialhadgraduallybecomeclearerinhismind.Fromthesleepingbeautyinhisnewbietrial,totheprincessimprisonedinthetalltowerinhisformaltrial,thentothesidequestinthistrial...heguessedthatthestarswereteachinghimhowtolove.

Unliketheprevioustrials,inthisworld,hisgoalhadbeenexpandedtodozensoftimesbigger.Thistime,hehadtoproposetoalltheStarwingKnights.

"Icanbecomestrongerandstrongerthroughproposingandthereisn’talimit?"YunXiacutelyrealizedthekeypointtoachievehisquestsinthisworld.

YunXicouldoverlaphispowerwithotherpeople’spowersinfinitely.Thiswasastrikingproperty.Habitually,YunXiusedhisbest-knownunit,greenhippo,asthemeasurementcriteria.Ahero-rankedpersoncouldslaughterahundredgreenhipposaseasilyaswinking,butitdidn’tmeanthattheperson’spowerwasahundredtimesstrongerthanthegreenhippo’spower.

Overlappingaperson’spowertoanotherpersonwasn’tsimplyequaltooneplusone.Forexample,itwasn’teasyforanordinarypersontobeatthe10secondbarrierin100-metredash.However,ifanordinarypersoncouldoverlaphisstrengthwithanotherperson’sstrength,thepersonwouldevenbeabletobeatthe8secondbarriereasily.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃様)

Thechangeinquantitycausesthechangeinquality.IfYunXi’sstrengthwastwotimesstrongerthanthegreenhippohefacedinhisnewbietrial,thenhecouldbeatdowndozensofgreenhipposatthesametime.Oncethelimitwasbroken,hecouldbecomeaninvinciblegodofwar!

YunXicountedhowstronghewouldbecomeafterheobtainedallthegirls’powers.Hewasshockedbythecalculation.Heprobablywouldn’tbestrongenoughtodefeatShayaLongnisatthattime,buthewouldstillreacharealmthatwasbeyondhisimagination.

Moreover,SideQuestFourdidn’thaveanupperlimit,whichmeantthathecouldproposetoasmanygirlsashewanted.Theoretically,hewouldfinallybeabletofightagainsttheSkySword.Ofcourse,itwasjustatheory.YunXididn’tknowhowstrongtheSkySwordwas,andhowmanygirls’powershewouldneedtoobtainbeforehecoulddefeattheSkySword.

Attheleast,itwouldn’tbesufficientifheonlyproposedtotheStarwingKnights鈥檊irls.Hedidn鈥檛knowhowmanystrongbeingswereinWaterGod’sworld.However,iftherewasalegend-rankedunmarriedfemaleandsheacceptedhisproposal,hewouldstandachance.

Istherereallysuchastrongfemaleexistinginthisworld?

"Isn’tthisabug?"AfterobtainingWaterGod’sMask,YunXifeltthatthepowerhecouldusenowwasalreadyveryexaggerated.

However,SideQuestFourhadlethimrealizethatifhecouldunderstandhowtoloveandhowtoproposetoalotofgirls,eventhefourthrankwouldbecomejustastartingpointforhim.