Unfortunately, they were in for a disappointment. After Happy trained for a whole day, Stone King was still as healthy as before and did not show any signs of collapsing.
When they saw how energetic Stone King was, the two women felt like breaking down.
They'd had a lot of confidence in the beginning, but it was starting to sink bit by bit.
Red Coral was unable to bear with it any longer, and she could not help but ask, "Happy, how long are you going to fight? You still haven't managed to kill it after a day, so do you need us to help?"
"Kill?" Happy was stunned. "I don't intend to kill it. I'm hoping it can serve as my sparring partner through the last three days…"
"What?! You're using it as your sparring partner?"
"What else did you think I was doing?" Happy spread his arms in question.
He was using a Moksha Realm boss… as a sparring partner.
Chapter 348 - Beautiful Robes Faction in Danger
Lecture Hall 1 in the University of South China took up a lot of space, and it could accommodate one thousand people. It was only used when a lecturer gave lectures. On that day, a few classes from a particular class year in the Computer Engineering Department were gathered together for a major class. They listened to an old lecturer with white hair giving a practical lesson on how to protect computers.
Phoenix Dances, the Three Lonely Wolves, and a few members of the higher management of Beautiful Robes Faction listened to the lecture seriously. Suddenly, however, all of their phones vibrated at once. With astonishment on their faces, they quickly brought out their phones.
They were stunned silent.
Phoenix Dances straightened in her seat!
Her expression was cold, and her eyes were fixed on the news on her phone.
Qi Ci stared at the message for a while. "We have trouble! Bai Lang, help us explain matters to Old Wang. Chen Fan, let's go!" After saying that in a firm voice, he stood up without hesitation and headed for the door.
Phoenix Dances looked hesitant, so Bai Lang said, "Phoenix Dances, you go. I'll tell Old Wang."
"Alright!" Phoenix Dances no longer hesitated. She called up Glutinous Rice, packed her things, picked up her bag, and left her seat in a hurry.
The old professor watched the couple people leave in a hurry through his reading glasses. He hesitated for a moment, but then continued with the lecture.
The next moment, however, an even stranger thing happened.
"Ring…"
All sorts of clear ringtones rose and fell in different spots in the lecture hall, and they were subsequently followed by urgent and hurried conversations once the owners checked them. The professor quickly noticed that an increasing number of students stood up from their seats. They either quickly gave him an apologetic gesture for their impoliteness, or picked up their things hastily and rushed out of the lecture hall with their waists bent.
Even though the lecturer was already at an age that he was no longer very strict with his students and did not make it compulsory for them to arrive for lectures, when he saw so many students leave their seats at the same time, he realized that something was off. He stopped the lecture and calmly pulled off his reading glasses before he wiped them with his handkerchief.
'Old Wang, you really are a good man.'
Some of the students who received the message did not immediately leave. They were hesitant and uncertain of what they should do. When they saw that scene, they whispered in their hearts that Professor Wang was the kindest professor who understood his students the most.
The professor's sight was not good. If he took off his glasses, he could not see what was far away from him.
If he took off his glasses and wiped them for so long, the meaning behind his gesture was very clear!
Rustle!
More people left their seats in a hurry. More than half of the people in the lecture that originally accommodated nearly one thousand people disappeared. Quite a number of girls stared at their classmates in surprise as their left. Their eyes were wide and full of questions.
When the stream of people moving out calmed down, Professor Wang put on his glasses again and looked around.
"Come, let's continue," he said with a calm expression.
Just when everyone thought it had ended, the phones on the tables in the lecture hall suddenly vibrated and buzzed again.
*****
When Phoenix Dances, Qi Ci, Chen Fan, and Glutinous Rice walked out of the lecture hall and exited the building, they saw a few students move past them on their bicycles and greeted them.
"Faction master!?"
"The Wolves as well? Are you guys skipping class?"
"Perfect timing! Hurry up, lend me your bike! Get it when you run to our dorm later!"
The group did not wait for bicycle owners to say anything. They quickly occupied them and rode into the distance with great force. They left behind a group of their friends who held their bicycle locks with dumbfounded expressions.
It was only when they heard the thieves shouting thanks at them did they snap out of their daze.
"Did something happen?"
"Who knows?"
They looked at each other and smiled wanly. They felt as if they had been wronged, but only a little. They were dressed in heavy cycling jerseys, but they did not have bicycles with them, and it made them look sort of weird.
When they turned their heads around, they saw countless people surging out of the lecture hall with a sound as loud as a thunderstorm. They came at them like a tidal wave and rushed past them without stopping.
They were even more eager and anxious than when they rushed to the cafeteria, and it instantly caused the few cyclists to be rooted to the spot.
They finally recognized a few familiar faces.
"Hey, what's going on?" They pulled one person over. That person had an anxious look on his face.
"Something came up."
"Duh, I'm asking you what came up!"
The cyclists had already noticed that something bad had happened. First, Phoenix Dances and some of their other higher ups had left, and they were followed by hundreds of students from the lecture hall. Something major had to have happened.
"War! Someone attacked our headquarters! Didn't you receive the news?"
"Damn it! I left my phone in the dorm."
The cyclists finally understood why Phoenix Dances and her gang had snatched their bicycles so urgently. They were alarmed, and while still wearing their cycling jerseys, they joined the crowd leaving the building. They looked really strange in the moving crowd.
*****
"Class One Hall sure knows how to choose their time!"
"Don't it? One Circle and the rest went to Baokang, and there aren't many elites who are left to protect the headquarters. The seven-day period over Happy's head isn't over yet either. Class One Hall is serious this time!"
Once Qi Ci and Chen Fan analyzed Class One Hall's attack, they soon noticed that Beautiful Robes Faction was in a perilous situation.
If Class One Hall decided to show no mercy and did not care about consequences, there was a high possibility that all the effort Beautiful Robes Faction had poured into its growth over the last few months would go down the drain. The number of elites in Beautiful Robes Faction right then was simply not enough to handle the attack from Class One Hall.
Phoenix Dances gritted her teeth.
"We must defend the headquarters no matter what! I promised him!" Her tone was firm, and there was an incredible resolve in it!
Qi Ci and Chen Fan said nothing. They cast Phoenix Dances a glance before they sighed with complicated looks. They then looked at each other.
*****
Fifteen miles away from Beautiful Robes Faction's headquarters in Wengcheng was a middle-sized county town. There was a large crystal mine nearby, so there were many sects that were gathered in that county town.
However, ever since Beautiful Robes Faction began to forcefully expand a month ago, thos
e sects were almost completely suppressed. The valuable crystal mine had also ended up in Beautiful Robes Faction's hands.
However, due to time constraints and Stone King in the second level, Beautiful Robes Faction had never officially explored the crystal mine.
Class One Hall had somehow heard of it from somewhere. Two days ago, a large group of their people suddenly appeared in that place, and they submitted an application to build a branch there.
Class One Hall's people had appeared very suddenly, and they did not leave the town. Besides, most of the elites from Beautiful Robes Faction had left to carry out their own tasks or quests. Hence, their arrival was unknown to Beautiful Robes Faction.
However, since yesterday night, the people from Class One Hall had began to frequently enter the training spots and various resource spots that Beautiful Robes Faction controlled. They even sent a group of their people to the crystal mines.
The conflict of interests easily led to disputes…
Some squabbles appeared between Beautiful Robes Faction and Class One Hall. However, at that time, both sides still managed to control themselves to a certain degree.
But on that morning, the situation rapidly went downhill. During a quarrel between Class One Hall and Beautiful Robes Faction, the people from Class One Hall suddenly went into a rampage and killed.
Immediately, an all-out war broke out.
The resource points in the wild, the training spots, and crystal mine were all burned by the flames of war.
Class One Hall, however, was made of a group of elites. They also seemed to have come prepared. They managed to quickly control the situation, and Beautiful Robes Faction lost more than one hundred men, which included the people in the crystal mine. All of them were killed and sent back to the county town.
Class One Hall did not stop there though. They led their people to Beautiful Robes Faction's headquarters, which was around a dozen miles away. And they went there with the force of a storm.
Chapter 349 - Competition
When Class One Hall acted against Beautiful Robes Faction, it was the third day of Happy's stay in the crystal mine. The one-hundred-and-fifty-men mining team had already become a gold mining machine for Mu Clan. They gained more than one hundred million taels of silver of revenue per day, and it caused Mu Clan's acc.u.mulation of wealth to reach extraordinary heights.
The miners came from Beautiful Robes Faction, Black Rose Clan, and some were hired locally. When they saw their contribution points continue to rise, they were all in high spirits.
The steady income from the second level of the crystal mine allowed them to earn more than what most players outside could gain. They could basically buy one masterpiece per day, so all of them mined the caves happily.
Happy was not idle either. Once Red Coral and Black Rose left, he bought a few low-tier martial arts from the market and practiced them on Stone King. Their realms increased by leaps and bounds!
But he only managed to push one martial art to the tenth realm.
Since he was still hunted by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, he did consider it a waste of his time. At the very least, he was another step closer to learning Shifting Stars.
'So happy right now.'
A messenger pigeon flew into the crystal mine, and Happy happily handed over Stone King to a member of Righteous Sect—it was their turn to lure Stone King around—before moving away from the fight. While he calmed down his surging heart, he opened the letter.
And frowned.
It was One Circle who had sent him the letter. It had a brief description of Beautiful Robes Faction's predicament along with his anger toward Class One Hall. One Circle and the others from Beautiful Robes Faction had already equipped themselves and were prepared to go, ready to head back to Wengcheng to provide reinforcements, and they asked Happy whether he wanted to join them.
Class One Hall's outrageous attack caught Happy by surprise!
Besides, Beautiful Robes Faction did indeed lack the power to protect itself at that moment.
Even though Beautiful Robes Faction's numbers surpassed even Jade Fox Palace, One Circle had led many of their elites to Baokang. Right then, they were certain to not be able to make it back in time for the war.
If Class One Hall truly wanted to attack Beautiful Robes Faction, then even if Beautiful Robes Faction made full preparations, they would not be able to stop the attack. Beautiful Robes Faction, Phoenix Dances, Tea Words, and the others might be in danger.
While Happy pondered about it, he looked up. A group of Beautiful Robes Faction members had stopped mining within the cave and looked at him anxiously. Clearly, they had also received news that Beautiful Robes Faction was in danger.
"Everyone, continue. Beautiful Robes Faction will be fine."
Once Happy placated the people, he quickly wrote two letters and swiftly sent them out.
Class One Hall should have been doing it as a counterattack to the alliance of the five sects in Baokang. Happy had considered the possibility that Class One Hall would be enraged after he stopped their plans to develop in Baokang County Town. After all, Baokang was one of the few counties that had a vast pool of resources. Yet right then, due to Happy's interference with the situation, Baokang had turned into an unshakeable military camp.
If Class One Hall's Dream Clouds could endure something like that, then he would have to admit that he admired her patience!
After all, all of it was happening right under Dream Clouds' eyes.
Beautiful Robes Faction was swiftly growing stronger, and Mu Clan rose to power as well!
Class One Hall would definitely not wish to see these two factions grow stronger in two different regions and joining together in the end.
Hence…
'So you want to destroy Beautiful Robes Faction, huh?'
Once he became certain of Class One Hall's plans, Happy could not help but feel a chill grow in his heart. He could not help but remember a certain person's figure in his mind.
The attack had a very clear goal. Class One Hall wanted to instantly wipe out all the forces of power in Wengcheng, and they had decided to provoke and attack the hot-tempered students from Beautiful Robes Faction first. If Happy tried to convince himself that there was no one guiding that girl's actions behind her back, even he himself would not be able to believe in his own words.
'You attacked me in my previous life, and now you betrayed all of Beautiful Robes Faction…' When Happy noticed that things had progressed differently from how they did in his previous life, for some unknown reason, he felt a little relieved and relaxed, but also strangely hurt.
Happy stood for some time in his original spot in the cave, his gaze gradually growing colder.
Flap, flap!
A snow white messenger pigeon entered the crystal mine. Happy quickly grabbed it, opened the letter, and read One Circle's reply.
[Got it!]
The answer was short and firm.
Happy's reply to One Circle had been that they were far away from Wengcheng right now, and even if they went back, they could do nothing. It would be better for them to stay here, and if something really did happen to Beautiful Robes Faction, Happy would go forth to destroy the closest Class One Hall branch to take revenge straight away.
After thinking about it carefully, One Circle forced down his agitation and agreed.
However, he did not know that Happy was worried that Class One Hall was actually trying to lure them away.
Happy had witnessed many of Class One Hall's methods. There were plenty of powerful sects who had been destroyed by Class One Hall's subordinate sects.
If Beautiful Robes Faction wanted to save them, they would then have to divide their forces.
And Happy would be caught in a difficult situation too. Should he save his people, protect Mu Clan, or take revenge?
Happy did not want to follow in the steps of those sects that were destroyed.
Since Class One Hall had decided to attack, then he might as w
ell fight to his heart's content and baptize them with blood!
He wanted to see how many people in Class One Hall could stop him while he had Silver Aquatic Dragon Set and Golden Bell Cocoon at great completion.
The second messenger pigeon flew back, but it was not the person Happy had sent his second letter to previously. Instead, it came from Chivalry Sect. When he looked at the hasty words written in a flourish, he instantly imagined Lin Xiao's anxious face.
[Brother, Beautiful Robes Faction is in danger right now. Class One Hall might be thinking about attacking you. I've already contacted some of my friends nearby to help. I hope that Beautiful Robes Faction can get through this disaster. Brother, don't be hasty. No matter what, Class One Hall has a great enterprise, and they have a lot of people as well. They are also very well organized. Don't let momentary personal loyalty affect your judgment; you still have Mu Clan! As long as Mu Clan is still around, we will have a chance to turn the tables around!]
Each sentence was written scrupulously. Clearly, Lin Xiao did not think that Beautiful Robes Faction had a good chance to emerge victorious.
But that was to be expected.
Regardless of their fight for the tribute in Mount Song, their actions in Fox Cave, or their united attack in Baokang, all of them were planned skillfully and thoroughly. They moved like lightning when they attacked, and Chivalry Sect knew it very well.
If certain unforeseen circ.u.mstances that no one had expected had appeared during those attacks, Class One Hall's operations would have been perfect.
For example, Class One Hall's sudden appearance in Wengcheng had caught Beautiful Robes Faction off guard. This alone was enough to show that once Class One Hall showed its fangs, the situation was basically set in stone.
Happy replied to Lin Xiao and thanked him for his concern. Then, the messenger pigeon from the person Happy had been waiting for for a long time finally entered his sight and landed on Happy's shoulders.
Under the messenger pigeon's beady gaze, Happy opened the letter in his hand. Then, he released a long sigh of relief.
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