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When the Fox Cave Yao Hua's wife had created with her illusions crumbled, the effects of the illusion were lost, and the surroundings changed. Alarge group of players returned to the forest from Fox Cave.
Because of it, the second wave of slaughter began!
"Run!"
When they saw that a large group of players had stirred up the Nine-tailed Fox's ruthless and merciless killing intent because they had coveted Yao Hua's corpse, Dream Clouds, Wind Void, Musical Note, and the rest noticed just how bad their situation was. They cried out and retreated without hesitation. All of them moved like lightning.
Once the people from the three great sects retreated, the group which had been moving to Yao Hua's weapons from the side and the back became the targets of the Nine-tailed Fox.
Whoosh!
The cruel and merciless red light flashed in the Nine-tailed Fox's eyes, and she shot through the players who had been flying through the air to reach Yao Hua. She arrived right in front of Yao Hua's corpse ahead of them, and the killing intent in her body was quickly reduced by a large margin.
Half a second later, the players who had frozen in the air screamed in fright and broke down into countless bits.
Dream Clouds and the rest of the group managed to leave the dangerous place. They s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath while filled with fear. They felt like they had just brushed shoulders with the God of Death and did not dare to stay around for even one second longer.
They knew that the matter had not come to an end just then!
The Nine-tailed Fox had only stopped for a moment because she saw Yao Hua's corpse. Once she realized that it was impossible for her to resurrect him, the slaughter they witnessed just then would become just an insignificant prelude to the main event that was bound to come.
As expected, when they were less than one hundred and nine yards away from the forest…
Boom!
Lightning crackled in the horizon, and a thunderous boom rose into the air. The color of the world changed!
"Who killed my Yao Hua?!"
A hysterical and absolutely livid howl sliced through the sky in a forlorn and bitter manner. The shrill sound wave shook the entire land, and screams of pain rose and fell in the forest.
However, it only lasted for a few seconds before silence returned.
"RUN!"
The expressions of the people who had been running away changed. They felt a pair of eyes threatening death lock on their bodies in the abnormal silence. A powerful suction force affected their bodies, and their speed was drastically reduced. Immediately after, a murderous aura that filled the entire area rushed at them from behind.
The nine fiery-red fox tails swayed madly. The fox monster's face had a brutal expression, and only hatred and anger were left in the red pupils!
"She's too fast!"
"Split up!"
No one knew who made the suggestion, but right when it was spoken, the people from the three great sects quickly split into three groups and headed into three different directions. The nine-tailed Fox bared her teeth and fixed her eyes on one of the groups without any hesitation.
"Damn it!"
The group with Dream Clouds, Wind Void, and Musical Note was formed in haste, but all the members had chosen it for the highest survivability rate. None of them had been targeted by Nine-tailed Fox, and they ran one hundred and nine yards away before they summoned their horses. Then, they snapped their reins and urged their mounts to rush forward! There was still a grave and anxious expression that refused to go away on their faces. Even though the Nine-tailed Fox had been lured away from them, they were still unable to tell whether they could shake off the Nine-tailed Fox just like that.
"Just what realm is she in?! She's so damn powerful!"
"Bastard! She killed more than thirty of our brothers!"
The people cursed up a storm while they were on their horses. Based on the information the system gave them, they came to know that the ones after whom the Nine-tailed Fox had went were all slaughtered.
Each group was a mix of people from the three great sects. However, since Class One Hall and Chivalry Sect had the greatest number of people in each group, they were also the ones who suffered the most devastating losses. Towering Palace was luckier in this regard. They lost less than fifteen people.
However, the sight of a large number of their own sect's elites dying was something no one wanted to see.
"Whoever wants Yao Hua's divine weapons, you can go ahead and take it! Chivalry Sect has given up on it! Let's go!"
Wind Void's face was dark. She called out to her men, and the people from Chivalry Sect left with a trail of dust behind them.
Dream Clouds and Musical Note turned their heads around and cast a glance at the forest which had returned to calm while sitting on their speeding horses. Complicated expressions filled with the refusal to give up up appeared on their faces.
Chapter 252 - Demonic Fox Monster Slaughters a City!
Boom!
Six-tenths of a mile to the southeast of Fox Cave were Happy, Thunderous Battle, Little North, and All-powerful Medicinal Stone. They had heard the loud, thunderous boom at the same time. They also heard the Nine-tailed Fox's shrill howl filled with despair. Feeling wary, they tightened their grips over the reins. When they turned their heads around, they saw the blood-red sky and stopped. Shock was in their eyes.
"This is…"
All-powerful Medicinal Stone's eyes sparkled. He turned his head to the side and listened for a while. A frown gradually appeared between his eyebrows. "Yao Hua's dead!"
"I wonder who managed to kill him," Little North mumbled under his breath in an indignant manner. When he thought about someone seizing a divine weapon so close to him, he felt disappointment and disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e, and all of it was written on his face.
"I heard that Yao Hua was heavily injured, but his wife seems to have only suffered from qi deviation. Could it be that the war has just started?" Thunderous Battle's guess made Happy cast his an admiring glance at him.
'Even though he didn't see what happened in Fox Cave, he still managed to make an accurate guess. As expected, Big Brother Thunder might seem like a brute, but he has a sharp eye. He has an extraordinary ability in understanding things. I wonder why the never had any fame in my previous life?' Happy wondered quietly.
At that moment, the system sent them an unexpected notification, and it rang in their heads.
"Yao Hua's wife has fallen into the path of demons. She has turned into the Nine-tailed Fox, and she will bring evil unto all life. She will immediately charge into the cities around Wuhu. To prevent all lives from suffering from utter misery, all martial artists should take up the responsibility of getting rid of the demon to protect the path of justice!"
Ding!
A clear sound snapped them out of their daze.
"If you receive the quest to get rid of the demon and protect the path of justice, you must kill the Nine-tailed Fox, who is in Inaction Realm. You will then obtain the Nine-tailed Fox's divine weapon along with the demon vessel Fox Coat. You will also get the Nine-tailed Fox's Secret Art."
The four looked at each other at a loss when the system finished providing the notifications.
One divine vessel, one demon vessel, and they would also be able to receive an ultimate technique if they managed to complete the quest. This was perhaps the quest that provided the greatest and most shocking rewards since World of Martial Arts had been launched.
However, the difficulty of the quest was even more astonishing!
The Nine-tailed Fox was actually at Inaction Realm…
Happy knew about it since a long time ago, which was only natural that he was not shocked by the news. However, Thunderous Battle and the other two sensed a pressure that felt like a mountain placed on their shoulders, and they felt incredibly helpless toward the situation.
"Let's go back."
"We can forget about doing this quest. Let's not get hel
d up here."
After a brief pause, the trio came to one decision unanimously.
Even though the temptation of divine weapons and ultimate techniques was incredible, there was a difference of three qi realms between them, and it was not a difference that could be bridged with numbers. This was similar to how a thug who only ever fought in street fights could not fight against an elite martial artist. No matter how many people there were, it was useless.
They knew about this better than anyone else. Hence, they forced down the urges in their hearts, snapped their reins, and had their Hoof Shadows run in the direction of White Tiger Forest.
During their journey, Happy obtained a messenger pigeon from Chivalry Sect's Vice Sect Master Lin Xiao. He only wrote three sentences in his letter, and the content was very simple. [Thank you for the matter with Fallen Feathers Sect! Also, the Nine-tailed Fox cannot be defeated. The three sects have already retreated.]
Happy smiled and wrote two words in his own letter.
[Got it.]
Not only had Lin Xiao learned about Happy's party leaving resolutely after they destroyed Fallen Feathers Sect, he also came to the conclusion that Fallen Feathers Sect might have appeared to fight against his Chivalry Sect. At the same time, he also managed to figure out that Happy and his party had appeared to help lighten their burden, which was why he wrote a letter to thank them.
Happy did not think much into it and did not show any intention to engage in small talk.
The Nine-tailed Fox's appearance meant that the area around Wuhu would descend into chaos and darkness that it had never witnessed before. Most of the players would drop millions, and some of the more unlucky players would even drop equipment that were treasures which did not lose to divine vessels. With such a temptation, it would be strange if the players in Wuhu could resist.
Powerful players like Lin Xiao might value what they currently had and would not want to take risks, but many of the players who had just achieved some degree of success or had not even reached any sort of qi realm treated the punishment of death as something that was very light. As long as they could get some loot through sheer luck, they would gain rewards that were as great as the rewards of killing a hidden Boss.
This would make the people kill in revenge, and the Nine-tailed Fox would also give rise to a slew of hidden troubles with her slaughter.
Happy did not want to participate in such chaos.
*****
When the Nine-tailed Fox left Fox Cave, a group of people quietly rushed over from the distance. They swiftly headed in the direction of Fox Cave. Naturally, they were the survivors from the three great sects.
After all, the temptation of divine weapons was extremely great. Giving up on them completely was the same as letting something good go to waste. Besides, the loot that thousands of players dropped was enough for Class One Hall and Towering Palace to send scouts to take a risk.
They went to Yao Hua's tomb, however, all they saw was a forest that raged with fire under the blood red sky.
It was on fire!
Before the Nine-tailed Fox left, she chose to ensure that no one would steal from Yao Hua by burning the entire forest.
When the players came over, they found that the ground was ravaged by fire, and the earth was scorched. Not only had Yao Hua's body disappeared without a trace, even the players' corpses had been burnt to a crisp. The loot was also gone in the fire.
"Damn it!"
"Let's pick up the loot around the area first."
The people from the two great sects had to shift their sights to the few corpses outside the forest while comforting themselves in their hearts. 'At least we still gained something from this.'
*****
The areas that were less than six miles away from Wuhu turned into hell on earth. The Nine-tailed Fox prowled around Immortal Fox Village while full of anger. Wherever she went, the area would be left desolate, with corpses strewn all over the ground and blood flowing in rivers!
The players whose bodies had still not recovered did not know whether they were unlucky or fortunate. When they saw the Nine-tailed Fox appear outside the village, their expressions changed, and they logged off immediately. They had already witnessed teh Nine-tailed Fox's might, and they absolutely did not want to stay for even a second longer in front of this existence who was like the King of Hell.
Right after they saw the Nine-tailed Fox, they saw a red figure flash past their bodies at the speed of lightning, and it swept them aside with the force of a whirlwind. That figure went about madly venting the rage she bore because of Yao Hua's death.
Boom!
The people in the distance were about to turn around when an astonishing force erupted from under their feet. Countless shattered stones flew to attack them with a fierce power and turned them into meshes.
The walls of a few houses collapsed to reveal the players who were shocked and baffled inside.
Whoosh!
A dark blue saber glare cut at the shops from outside at the speed of lightning.
Boom!
A few players were sent flying into a pile of rubble strewn all over the place while covered in blood. They did not climb up again.
The Nine-tailed Fox wreaked havoc from the top to the bottom of Immortal Fox Village.
Once the savage and brutal Nine-tailed Fox passed through that place, she went up to the government-made road that led to Wuhu.
At that moment, many people appeared at the horizon with a mighty momentum. They were not slow and closed in on Immortal Fox Village in no time without noticing that the God of Death was swiftly approaching them. They were still immersed in the excitement of hearing about the Nine-tailed Fox and were fired up by the boundless enthusiasm of possibly killing her.
The Nine-tailed Fox moved like lightning. She brought with her endless rage to take revenge on the society. With the greatest speed she could muster, she vented her rage with her destructive abilities on the endless stream of people that came charging at her with a mighty force.
Savage howls echoed nonstop under the red sky.
Blood swiftly dyed the land red. It flowed down the government-made road and swiftly spread through Wuhu.
Chapter 253 - Fox Monster Escapes, Royal Mausoleum Appears
The day was already destined to not be peaceful!
The shock the Nine-tailed Fox experienced because of Yao Hua's death made her completely lose control. In her anger, not only did she kill tens of thousands of players, she had even destroyed Immortal Fox Village. She then ran to Wuhu County, and wherever she went, the land would be scorched!
The government soldiers and officers in charge of protecting Wuhu were not opponents of the Nine-tailed Fox, who was already in Inaction Realm. In fact, they were not even the opponents of some of the normal players. Before they got close to her, they were either torn to shreds by a sword aura that came charging at them or got buried under a pile of rubble from a collapsed wall. No one knew whether they survived the crash.
Bows, hidden weapons, and all the other long-distance weapons were ineffective against the Nine-tailed Fox.
She might have walked down the path of demons, but she was still intelligent. She formed a layer of defense with her qi and easily prevented any projectiles from touching her. She was not injured in the slightest, which terrified and shocked countless players. They completely gave up on the thought of killing the Nine-tailed Fox, and when they saw her in the distance, they would immediately use the fastest speed possible to flee from her.
However, the Nine-tailed Fox did not just move forward in one direction. She would occasionally go on the side where there were many people to rain down genocide while howling in anger! The collapsed houses showed the path that she took, and they also pointed to where she was headed next.
Within less than an hour, nearly one-fifth of the houses in Wuhu had collapsed. If anyone looked from above, they would find that Wuhu City was covered in wounds, and smoke could be seen curling up everywhere.
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However, the Nine-tailed Fox was just a part of the disaster.
The areas with plenty of dead would have a lot of people keeping an eye on them. Their covetous stares watched them from a distance, and once the Nine-tailed Fox left, they would immediately dash over like a swarm of bees to steal what had been dropped.
There was always a pile of gold under the corpses, and if the thieves were lucky, they could even get equipment. Regardless of whether the quality was good or not, many of the guilds, sects, and organizations cast their gazes on the areas with a relatively high number of corpses. Those with bad temper would even begin warning the others around them to not take their loot while they were still in the distance.
It was precisely because of this that once the Nine-tailed Fox left, an even greater chaos washed over Wuhu.
Usually, a few sects and forces of power would engage in a major fight for one rather good piece of equipment or because they wanted to occupy a rather good resource. They would dye the land with even more fresh blood despite the fact that the blood on the ground had not even dried off yet.
There were some players who were more unfortunate. If they were too hasty to rush in for looting, before the Nine-tailed Fox had left far into the distance, and started fighting, the Nine-tailed Fox would turn around and sweep through the area again, making the number of corpses on the ground twice what it was before.
However, this still did not stop the players from fighting for the wealth outside and inside the city. After all, as long as they did not die, they could proceed without hesitation and engage in the fights to pick up the wealth left behind wantonly.
Even the people from the three great sects were injured during the chaos of plundering and looting, because they were also involved in taking the spoils that belonged to no one. Once the imperial court no longer served as a deterrent in Wuhu because it had become a lawless place, Wuhu turned into a chaotic and dark world!
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