Bang! Bang!
Boom! Rumble!
The players in the restaurants on the streets in the area felt like they were watching a movie. There were many people who were knocked down from the buildings like cannonballs or sent crashing into the nearest shops.
While Happy fought his way through the enemies, his momentum grew stronger! He threw one attack right after another, and they were as fast as lightning. The frequent dragon roars rose in the crowd as well.
It was as if an astonishing power had opened a path in a frenzy, and the frequency at which the roars appeared became faster and faster! In almost no time, the dragon-shaped vortex that surrounded Happy's arms gained the clear form of a dragon in front of him!
Countless players lost sight of Happy's body. They could only see a huge yellow dragon continuously charging forward. The people from Class One Hall fell one after another before him. They were all swept down in groups.
Happy went through his enemies as if they were twigs. Wherever he passed, he pushed everyone to the sides and made them scatter!
Chapter 495 - Perfected Undying King of Abyss Art
[Why haven't we withdrawn our men yet?]
Dream Clouds received the messenger pigeon from Langye while she was in Class One Hall's prison. When she learned that her people were still lined up near the city gate to intercept Happy and had already started fighting, her long and narrow eyes immediately lit up with a rarely seen awe-inspiring and angry look. Her silver veil began to shake.
The other side sent over a reply very quickly. [Vice Hall Master Barren spontaneously took up command and chose to attack. His reason is that Zhou Zhiruo is injured, and there are four Inaction Realm martial artists behind them.
[Vice Hall Master Barren believes that there is a very good chance that they will be able to kill Happy, but his strength is very terrifying. Some of our own who are famous for their body fortifications were killed with just one palm strike. We believe that he took Origin Leopard Pill!]
[Mu Clan's abilities in pill refinement are not inferior to our hall's. It's not surprising for Happy to use Origin Leopard Pill. You say that Happy killed Matchless and Thousand Army with one palm strike?]
When Dream Clouds sent her messenger pigeon out, the other party only replied after a long while had passed. [Sorry, hall master, I died just now.
[Happy was personally blocked by Vice Hall Master Barren. He should soon be surrounded and attacked by four Inaction Realm martial artists.]
Dream Clouds wrote nothing. When she read the first half of the letter, her expression became temse, but when she saw that Barren Murderer had personally held Happy back, she exhaled.
Ever since dying in Happy's hands, Barren Murderer practiced hard every day, and his Undying King of Abyss Art nearly reached perfection. His physical body changed, and his black skin was equivalent to a supreme body fortification. It was even sturdier than a fourth-echelon Golden Armor.
But when Dream Clouds thought about how Happy could actually kill Matchless, Thousand Army, and the others with one palm, she still felt ill at ease.
"Blood Robes, let's go!"
She donned her cloak, which made her look like a heroic female general, and went out while surrounded by a group of elites.
*****
At that moment, Happy was held back by Barren Murderer, whose skin was both black and white.
The division of the colors on his face was very clear when he appeared on the roof across from Happy with a cold expression. Just then, he had used this strange body to receive a full-powered strike from Happy!
"So powerful!"
Barren Murderer slowly straightened and he bared his teeth.
"As expected of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, one of the fiercest and toughest fist techniques in the world. It' as strong as a punch from an Inaction Realm martial artist."
The part that Happy struck head-on was recovering slowly but miraculously.
Happy focused his gaze. "Undying King of Abyss Art is extraordinary indeed."
"Thanks to you, I have been training day and night just so that I could perfect Undying King of Abyss Art. Now, I've succeeded."
When standing in front of Happy, Barren Murderer suddenly felt pleased with himself, as if all his gloom had just been swept away!
Thud!
Thud!
When he saw A'da and A'er land behind Happy, the smile on his face grew brighter. "How could you not greet us when you come to Beijing and allow me to show my hospitality as lord of the place? But now, it seems that someone else wants to kill you more than I do."
"Are you that confident that you can kill me?"
Happy swept a glance over A'da and A'er, then suddenly cackled coldly and looked around.
Barren Murderer's expression turned dark, and he snorted. "As expected of you, top ranked player on Famous People Rank. You can actually still afford to laugh in this situation? I have to say, I admire you. But I'd like to see just how you can escape from four Inaction Realm martial artists and my hands."
"Undying King of Abyss Arts emphasizes defense, not offense. In other words, you're just a tank. Can your speed and attacks even threaten me?"
When Happy saw that A'da and A'er had been forced to stay sixty-five feet away by Zhou Zhiruo, the smile on his face grew brighter.
"I'm going to leave Beijing with Sect Leader Zhou, but you think that you can stop me with just your abilities, Barren Murderer?"
His words were incredibly disdainful, and Barren Murderer's expression immediately became sour.
What Happy said was right.
Undying King of Abyss Art emphasized defense, not offense. If Happy insisted on forcefully breaking through, Barren Murderer could do nothing about it. Before, he had thought that Happy stopped because he was wary.
But when he heard Happy's words, Barren Murderer suddenly felt unease rise in his heart!
Since Happy understood the weakness of Undying King of Abyss Art, why did he stop and let the four Inaction Realm martial artists surround him?
While he was puzzled, he suddenly saw Happy turn his face around to face Xuanming Elders, who charged over to attack Zhou Zhiruo. "Lu Zhangke, if you don't want to have no space to stay in the world, then stand aside with your brother! Don't interfere with the matter today! Then, the grudge between us will come to an end!"
The area fell silent.
Barren Murderer's expression changed!
He looked past Happy's shoulder, straight on Xuanming Elders, who were prepared to join the encirclement.
"Do you mean it?!" Lu Zhangke's expression was complicated when he shouted his question loudly.
"I am a man of my word!" Happy swore.
Right when he finished speaking, Zhou Zhiruo, who was in a precarious situation, noticed to her shock that Lu Zhangke truly persuaded He Biweng to leave, and the pressure on her drastically reduced.
A'da and A'er looked at each other in puzzlement, but said nothing.
Zhou Zhiruo was already injured. With their strength, they could kill her themselves! Xuanming Elders' aid was no longer important at that point.
However, Xuanming Elders' sudden departure made Barren Murderer finally notice the faint scent of a scheme. The small hint of unease that had already been in his heart quickly grew.
Happy's aura gathered together. He clenched his fists, and a powerful vortex swiftly appeared out of nowhere above the roof!
W.h.i.n.e!
With a horrifying w.h.i.n.e, a large and black tornado rose from the ground. The tiles of the houses around them were torn out with tinkling sounds by a great suction force, which brought them into the dragon-shaped tornado above Happy's head. It looked incredibly magnificent.
Barren Murderer quickly sensed danger from that attack!
Happy, who had created the phenomenon, continued standing still on the ground. His voice was calm when he spoke.
"I came to Beijing to save someone and did not plan to get engaged in any sort of conflict with Class One Ha
ll, but since you took the initiative to cause trouble, I won't shy away from it…" He paused for a moment, and the fierce look in his eyes became clearer. "Treat this as your lesson."
"ROAR!"
He shook his fists, and the huge black dragon went sweeping downward from the sky! Its large body was nearly sixteen feet long. Once it absorbed the countless tiles in the area, it was practically a dragon with a physical form. The tiles were stacked together to form a detailed dragon, and it looked as if it had rushed out from the bottom of a chasm in a pool when it charged toward Barren Murderer.
It was Dragon Hides in Pool.
Before the dragon arrived, its threatening air and momentum already intimidated Barren Murderer so much that his face turned pale. He subconsciously took a step back while sensing an incredibly clear threat of death from the large black dragon.
"I won't believe that I can't tank this! Undying King of Abyss Punch, break it!"
Chapter 496 - Silver Mask Duke
"Undying King of Abyss Punch, break it!"
Practically all the players on the streets nearby could hear Barren Murderer's roars.
But Happy was right. Barren Murderer's Undying King of Abyss Punch emphasized defense, not offense. Compared to the fierce and tough Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, it was basically the same as him using his disadvantage to go up against his opponent's advantage.
The black, fist-generated wind from Barren Murderer was swallowed instantly along with the man himself by the large black dragon. The sounds were also torn into countless pieces by the violent dragon roars.
Rumble!
Wherever the large black dragon went, it looked like the houses were swept up by a Level 12 tornado. They were destroyed till there was only rubble left.
At the moment the dragon completely disappeared, Barren Murderer shot out like a cannonball into the wall of a house. He went right through it and crashed into the crowd on the street. His body was covered in numerous cuts, and he was drenched in blood. He looked like a broken and bloody man made of metal!
But what shocked the people was that there was a huge, bloody hole at the spot where Barren Murderer's heart was, and blood gushed out from it. However, despite such grave injuries, Barren Murderer's c.h.e.s.t still heaved. He did not die on the spot. The fortune brought by Undying King of Abyss Art was indeed great.
"Vice Hall Master Barren!"
"Quick! Protect the vice hall master and leave!"
Barren Murderer had a transcendent status in Class One Hall. When the people from Class One Hall saw that he had been defeated with just one blow from Happy, they forced down the astonishment in their hearts and rushed to Barren Murderer from everywhere. One of them picked up Barren Murderer on his back and tried to disappear into the crowd.
However, since things had progressed to this stage, there was no way Happy would let Barren Murderer live.
Even though he did not know how many sacred medicines Class One Hall had, those items were so rare that they could only be acquired with great luck. If one of them was used, it would be gone. Hence, today, Barren Murderer had to die.
When Happy prepared to attack, that Class One Hall member who carried Barren Murderer while he fled suddenly felt a hot palm-generated wind push against his c.h.e.s.t.
Thud!
The person might have activated his body fortification, but he was still sent flying back along with Barren Murderer. They fell in an incredibly pathetic manner.
'What the heck, another great player appeared!'
When the group found the person who had attacked from the crowd, they could not help but cry out in surprise.
"It's him!"
"Silver Mask Duke!"
Thud… thud…
As countless players felt their emotions surge and held their breaths, a cold-looking man with a big but evenly built body and a silver mask that covered half of his face calmly walk toward Barren Murderer.
Silver Wolf walked out from the crowd and said to Happy, who was on the roof, "Let me handle this person. Take Sect Leader Zhou and leave Beijing quickly. Don't linger in the area."
At the moment Silver Wolf appeared, Happy knew that Barren Murderer would not leave alive, no matter what. He felt at ease, and he turned his head around toward A'da and A'er.
"Sect Leader Zhou, let me handle them! Leave first!"
"ROAR!"
A'da and A'er had already witnessed the might of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm. When they saw the huge dragon head pounce at them, the sword force they delivered was negated in the air, and another palm strike came at them with an even more astonishing momentum.
Palm techniques were faster than sword techniques, and this characteristic was displayed to its fullest by Happy.
Zhou Zhiruo was barely hanging on. When she saw Happy blocking two people by himself, she did not force herself to continue fighting. She withdrew from the battle and headed to the city gate.
*****
The weakened Barren Murderer was on the streets. A hint of fierceness and uneasiness was in his eyes.
'I didn't expect that Silver Mask Duke would appear as well. Does that mean that Demonic Zither Duchess is also here? This is bad!'
Unfortunately, since he was badly injured, it was impossible for him to cry out a warning. His brothers from Class One Hall around him charged toward Silver Mask Duke simultaneously.
Silver Wolf was surrounded, but he remained calm and composed.
At the moment the group's attacks were about to touch him…
An astonishing heat rose into the air.
The people who were surrounded felt as if they had rammed into a ball of fire, and strangely, their attacks were weakened slightly at the moment they delivered them. They lost a great amount of their qi!
Even though they hit, not only did they not have the feeling that they had heavily injured their enemy, they felt as if their attacks had landed on themselves. They felt blood going up their throats, and a pressure settled on their c.h.e.s.ts, but that was not all. Their body fortifications also instantly became much dimmer.
Before they knew what had happened, reddish-white flames shot up from Silver Wolf's palms.
Whoosh!
The people felt their bodies burn, and they were sent flying by a great force.
"My qi…"
"He broke my body fortification with one palm?! How is that possible?!"
"Damn it, my qi realm fell to Mystical Realm!"
However, their body fortifications had been torn, and their qi realm fell by a level.
Silver Wolf seized the chance and charged toward them.
The gusts of palm-generated wind were accompanied by Wind Spirit Spin, and they sent a few Class One Hall members who stood in front of Barren Murderer flying.
There were a lot of people from Class One Hall around.
When Silver Wolf sent one batch flying, more people surged forward like a tidal wave!
Barren Murderer lay on the ground while looking around in panic.
He looked at the crowd, the roofs, the restaurants, wherever his eyes could see.
In the end, Barren Murderer heard a note from a zither.
Twang!
When the note entered his ears, Barren Murderer looked like he had been struck by lightning, and he shuddered violently! He redirected his gaze and locked his eyes on a girl in white, who sat cross-legged on the ground in the crowd with a zither over her knees and her hands on the strings.
She was very calm and composed. There was also a hint of slyness on her, since she sat in a spot no one would notice. She stared at the situation with Silver Wolf while she plucked the strings like she was making a mess of them.
There were no pleasant notes, only chaotic sounds filled with murderous intent.
When the sounds entered everyone's ears, the people in the area all felt sick in the heart and oppressed.
Twang, twang…
Wind Chimes plucked the strings even faster.
Invisible but sharp sound blades quic
kly took shape in the air!
Shick! Shick! Shick!
Dense waves of sound blades tore through the air.
The people who had drawn close to Silver Wolf had their body fortifications weakened to the point that they were like thin sheets of paper under Red Flame Palm's attacks. The sound blades crushed them with one strike, and blood marks instantly blossomed on their bodies.
One… two… four… eight…
The sounds of the zither became clearer, and the tempo became faster and wilder. It sounded as if there were thousands of horses running in a battlefield, and they were accompanied with the rising and falling of screams in pain. The people from Class One Hall fell on the ground in groups, and wherever the killing notes went, blood flowed in rivers.
At that moment, there was no longer anyone who did not notice Wind Chimes!
She and her zither became the center of attention.
Wind Chimes paid full attention to plucking her strings. She was incredibly fast, and illusions formed on her white robes. The number of wind blades also increased exponentially!
It was as if countless blades had cut into the group from Class One Hall members. Hundreds of great players were thrown off their feet and fell down!
The players nearby s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths and moved back to protect themselves.
Chapter 497 - Demonic Sound Duchess
The zither notes were like dagger-axes!
The demonic blades wreaked havoc!
There were not many Class One Hall members within a circular area of 328 feet who managed to survive. One of the few of them was Barren Murderer.
Undying King of Abyss Art was an incredibly rare ultimate technique. Once the constitution of the body changed, the body was as indestructible as metal. Even the organs and tendons got strengthened to their limits. The user could withstand the attacks from countless sound blades and still remain unharmed, so Barren Murderer lay at the center of the street while his body recovered bit by bit.
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