"You—"
"How arrogant. I'd like to know just what right do you have to be so arrogant."
The people behind him were infuriated. Evil Wolf laughed coldly and drew his swords, which shone with four colors. He swung them so they intersected with each other, and they turned into two rays of flowing light that shot out from the sides quietly.
The mysterious masked man in black seemed to have eyes growing on the back of his head. The moment Evil Wolf drew his weapons, he suddenly hooked his leg on the wheel of a cart.
"HAH!"
With a shout, the cart that weighed hundreds of pounds was thrown into the air. With a dull bang that sounded like a thunderclap as it charged through the air, it rammed against the people on the port.
Evil Wolf was not the only one affected. Class One Hall and Towering Palace's elites were all within the range of the attack
The group's expressions changed drastically!
When the two flying swords cut the cart, they scattered everywhere.
Boom!
"I knew it, something happened!"
"That guy is so strong! By the looks of his, his Arm Strength might be over 250 points!"
While the elites from Wind Assault Tower cried out in surprise, there was also delight on their faces because of Class One Hall and Towering Palace's misfortune.
They were originally worried that the mysterious man in black would divide the loot with Class One Hall and Towering Palace, but by the looks of it, they did not manage to divide the loot fairly, which was why they incited the mysterious man in black's wrath.
"Haha!"
"They're fighting, tsk tsk!"
"Is that guy a player or an NPC? He's too strong!"
"The people from Class One Hall can't fight against him at all."
The elites from various factions of power had drawn much closer. They stared at the chaotic situation at the port without blinking with a lot of excitement.
The mysterious man in back flew and avoided Evil Wolf and Monk with Thick Eyebrows' attacks, then turned around to deliver a kick from an unbelievable angle. He managed to kick more than forty Dragon Rank Class One Hall elites so violently that they coughed up blood and flew away.
At the same time, he used the force from the kick to retreat, allowing himself to avoid the suction force from Blood Robes' Heaven and Earth Reverse.
His techniques and his control over everything in the battle around him reached transcendence!
The brief contact allowed everyone to know who was the stronger among them.
"Just who are you?!"
Dream Clouds was enraged, but it was difficult for her to hide the terror in her eyes.
Evil Wolf, Monk with Thick Eyebrows, Blood Robes, and Tearful Bamboo were even injured when four of them attacked. The mysterious masked man in black's strength made a strong sense of danger surge in her heart.
She did not dare to treat him as a normal nobody anymore.
"It doesn't matter who I am. Hmph, you're so-called great players on Dragon Rank, but that's all there is to you. The elites of the four top-class sects are only so strong…"
The man's hoarse voice had an incredibly smug and arrogant tone.
The mysterious man in black crossed his arms over his c.h.e.s.t while he stared at Dream Clouds with a subtle look in his eyes. Then, his gaze suddenly landed on the duo beside Musical Note.
"Grim Green, I recall that you're ranked on the fourth place on Dragon Rank, and you, Vast Heaven… The people from Class One Hall aren't much, but I heard that your sword techniques are pretty good. Today, since we met, let's exchange a few blows!"
Grim Green and Vast Heaven said nothing. They subconsciously exchanged a glance and saw the grave look in each other's eyes.
If the scene previously had not happened, they might mock and reject that person's arrogant suggestion, but regardless of whether it was the control over his strength, over the situation, or his skills, all of them seemed to have been trained over and over again, which put a lot of pressure on others. The two even suspected whether he was the person at the top of Dragon Rank.
"If that's the case…"
"Please grant us your instructions."
For the treasures of Eunuch Yang's Warehouse, the two men agreed to the man in black's suggestion at the same time.
The people from Class One Hall were ridiculed by the man in black, but they did not fly into rage on the spot. Instead, they quietly retreated to the back and gave up space for the trio.
Just when everyone beyond the port paid attention to the progression of events at the port, no one noticed that a small boat had appeared at some unknown point in time at the center of the lake, and it was slowly drawing closer to the riverbank.
"I say, great grandmasters, there were many things taken from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse, and you're asking me to carry them alone? Isn't that a little too much? How am I supposed to do it alone?"
Happy stood at the bow of the boat, and his face was full of gloominess and resignation.
He had been chatting happily with Shi Qingxuan on the p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e boat when three great grandmasters had appeared to bring him to this damn boat, and they even ordered him to steal the resources from the marshall's army.
"Hmph! Excuses, excuses! If we don't ask you young'uns to do this sort of thing, are we supposed to do it ourselves? You just have to steal one of their boats and sail it near that island in the lake before sinking it. At that time, you will complete your mission," an old voice said from within the chamber of the boat.
Happy smiled wanly.
"Great grandmasters, you overestimate me. I'm not dumb enough to rob the marshall's elite cavaliers alone. Kuo Zhong, Xu Zhiling, and their strategists will all devour me if they find out that I stole from them."
"Don't worry. That batch of resources is used as a decoy. Most of the resources have already been secretly moved out. Hence, this batch will not be guarded by those people.'
"Since it's just a small portion, why are we still going for them so eagerly?"
Happy was extremely unwilling to fight against a legitimate army. Besides, they were also the strongest of all soldiers—heavy cavaliers.
"Enough with the nonsense, even a small portion of the resources from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse is priceless. It's incredibly important to the Murong Clan! You must obtain it!"
The voice from within the boat was firm, and its tone gave no room for argument.
Chapter 710 - The Accident of Being Dressed the Same!
The order from the Murong Clan's great grandmasters made Happy feel incredibly gloomy, but he was not an easy character either. A thought appeared in his mind. "But I'm still someone famous in the world of martial artists. If I show up and publicly snatch the items from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse, won't the imperial court realize that the Murong Clan is conspiring against the state?"
When he finished speaking, a cold snort came from the chamber.
"And the lass has always praised you for being smart? You're about as smart as a donkey! Don't you know how to change your appearance, cover up your face, and do whatever you need to do?"
"Cover my face?"
"That's right. Also, you're not allowed to use the Murong Clan's martial arts such as Shifting Stars and Joined Finger."
Happy was silent. He rolled his eyes while feeling a strong urge to slap his own mouth.
"Go quickly. When you go, bring at least sixteen treasure c.h.e.s.ts back, or else, when you come back, you will receive your punishment honestly."
The grand elder's words caused Happy to suspect that he was the old bastard Murong Bo.
The system notification came.
"Ding!
"Received clan quest. Put on a disguise and head to the port to steal from the fleet escorted by the marshall's elite cavaliers. You will bring the intercepted resources to your ship and sink it near Western Prison Island.
"During the period of the quest, you are not allowed to use any of the Murong Clan's martial arts!
No one you fight will receive any information about your identity.
"You will need to obtain at least sixteen treasure c.h.e.s.ts to complete the quest! One boat can only contain sixteen treasure c.h.e.s.ts.
"If you fail the quest, one of your Murong Clan's ultimate techniques will be destroyed."
'What the heck?!'
For the first time ever, Happy felt that it was a huge mistake for him to join the Murong Clan. The old monsters did not respect themselves once they became old and always thought about illogical things. Sooner or later, they would commit a great crime that will result in nine generations of the Murong Clan being punished.
Right then, Happy only wished that the Murong Clan would not throw at him a quest that would ask him to destroy the imperial court and seize the throne. Such a thing would be really troublesome.
'I have to proceed with caution now.'
Once the grand elders left, Happy sighed. His gaze landed on the noisy and chaotic port in the distance. "They actually managed to destroy the heavy-armored cavaliers' killing formation? Looks like it's the doings of a famous player on the ranks.
"If I only take one-fifth of the resources, it should not be too much, right?"
Happy looked away while he disguised himself.
However, when the boat he was on sailed near the port, he saw the disorderly and complicated scene, and his eyes, which were exposed to the world, showed dumbfoundedness. He could not help it.
'So many familiar people!'
Dream Clouds, Blood Robes, Monk with Thick Eyebrows, Evil Wolf, Musical Note, Clear Music, Vast Heaven, Grim Green, Shangguan Lian, Hai Dongqing… There were also more than ten Class One Hall and Towering Palace's other elites standing at the port.
But what caused Happy the most surprise was that there was a man in black standing as well.
He was dressed the same way as Happy—in a black shirt and pants, and also had a veil over his face. He currently had his head turned toward him and was staring at him with a strange gaze.
'We're dressed in the same way.'
That was Happy's first thought. He coughed in a slightly awkward manner and swiftly looked away. His gaze then landed on Grim Green and Vast Heaven, who looked rather pathetic.
A rather intense battle seemed to have happened at the port. More than ten empty carts were covered in sword gashes, and the ground was filled with holes. There were also gashes on the ground left behind by sword qi.
Even the man in black had a few gashes on his body.
Dream Clouds and the others stared at the man in black with solemn gazes. The atmosphere was unprecedentedly serious.
Dream Clouds only cast a glance at the second man in black who approached them with a boat based on the mysterious man in black's reaction.
Since they were not together, then the second man in black was just a nobody who rented a boat from somewhere and came over. Because of that, he did not attract much of Dream Clouds' attention.
"My friend, Class One Hall has spent quite a lot of time and energy to get this treasure from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse. We also sacrificed quite a lot of our hall members to get this far. If you say that you want to take everything with just one sentence, it doesn't quite make sense, does it?"
She stopped for a moment, then suggested, "How about this? We'll split the items into three portions. You can take thirty of them, and Towering Palace as well as Class One Hall will take a total of fifty."
Happy said nothing. Even though he did not understand the situation, based on everyone's positions, postures, and Dream Clouds' words, he quickly got an idea of what had transpired.
Dream Clouds seemed to be negotiating with the man in black to split up the eighty treasure c.h.e.s.ts from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse.
'Urk! My ears aren't deceiving me, are they?'
Happy blinked in shock.
Dream Clouds was a woman who cared a lot about profit and loss, yet she actually suggested that the man in black get the majority of the treasure c.h.e.s.ts? She even suggested that Class One Hall and Towering Palace split up the remaining fifty treasure c.h.e.s.ts?
Happy s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath and threw away his previous idea of playing the fool and acting wildly. His gaze turned slightly solemn, and he sized up the man in black, who had now looked away.
Perhaps the local lord, Towering Palace, would be able to make Dream Clouds give in to this point, but the man in black had popped out of nowhere, so it was not easy for him to be able to do this with his strength alone!
The man in black spoke, and when Happy heard his hoarse voice, he frowned slightly. "I already told you that if you have the ability to win against me, I'll leave and not take a single c.h.e.s.t."
"Sir, are you that confident that you can take all the treasure c.h.e.s.ts yourself?"
Musical Note was finally unable to hold herself back from speaking.
At that moment, there was no longer anyone who paid attention to the second man in black who rowed his boat to the port.
Even though they were curious about him, the man in black who had not spoken a single word or done anything was no different than a weed by the road.
"I'm not saying I'll take all of them. I just want to see whether the elites of the so-called top four sects in the game are really strong, or whether you're all just boasting all the time."
The first man in black stopped talking for a moment and chuckled softly while ignoring the slightly angry expressions from the crowd before him.
"Reality has proven that those who rank among the top of Dragon Rank are nothing. You can't even fight against me, who joined the game less than three months ago. Haha! If you monopolize most of the resources in the game with this kind of ability, then very soon, the power structure in the Chinese server will experience change."
"What do you mean?"
The amus.e.m.e.nt in the man in black's eyes did not diminish. As he spoke, his words became even wilder and more arrogant. "There's no meaning to it. I just believe that only the strong have the right to decide what happens in the world. This world of martial artists is wasted in your hands. Heh, today, I'll use the resources from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse and set up a sect to have fun."
Silence fell among them.
Dream Clouds and Musical Note's expressions changed drastically once more.
If the black-robed man really built a sect and fought for power in the Chinese server, the situation of the four sects who stood tall in China might truly change!
"What are you doing?!"
Just when everyone's attention was gathered on the man in black, he suddenly frowned and glared behind himself!
The others were stunned, and it was only at that moment that they found that the person who was dressed in the same way as the man in black was calmly untying the hawser at the port.
Chapter 711 - Angry Man in Black
The second masked man in black despicable act attracted the attention of all the people at the port, and the tense as well as frozen atmosphere from the group instantly became much fainter.
They originally thought that the man in black was not related to the second man in black, but the actions from the second man in black caused the people from the two top-class sects to show puzzlement.
But the mysterious masked man in black's actions got rid of their suspicions again.
"What are you doing?!"
There was slight disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e on the masked man in black's face. He stared at the person who was dressed in the same way as he was, and there was a slight frown on his face. He seemed to have noticed something from the second man in black's actions, which did not show any hesitation, and he had not even bothered to hide it.
Class One Hall and Towering Palace's elites stood at the port, and there was someone who had dared to untie the hawser right in front of their eyes. That person was either a madman, or was highly skilled, which was why he was bold, just like the first man in black.
But could it be possible?
The mysterious man
in black's shout did not cause the second man in black to be regretful or notice that his actions were wrong. He did not show any panic from being discovered either.
"Please continue, don't mind me."
The second man in black had an expression that said, "You don't need to treat me like a guest or anything, do whatever you were doing." And that expression was incredibly ludicrous in this sort of situation. But the mysterious masked man in black did not wish for his might to be destroyed.
He did not say anything.
He tapped against the ground, hooked on something, and flung it out.
A broken blade on the ground instantly turned into a flowing light that shot toward the man in black who was untying rounds of hawser.
"ACK!"
The mysterious man in black said nothing. He watched the cut hawser the man in black held.
The people from Class One Hall and Towering Palace also twitched a little.
'Is it a coincidence?'
The mysterious man in black frowned and stared at the second man in black.
But they did not expect that the second man in black will speak up to break the tense situation beforehand. He lifted the cut hawser in his hand and laughed. "Haha! Look at me, I'm so stupid! Why should I untie it, I could have just used my saber to cut it! This is so bothersome… Haha! Thanks, mate!"
Changing his voice was child's play to Happy, otherwise, if he had used his original voice, the people from Class One Hall and Towering Palace would have run a long time ago.
The mysterious man in black returned calm after a brief shock. His tone was indifferent. "Let go of the hawser. You can still make it if you leave now."
The killing intent in his words was already very clear and obvious, and his patience was gradually disappearing.
The man in black made a great show of being cooperative and put down the hawser, but he did not care about the threat from the speaker. Instead, he walked to the transportation boat.
He suddenly moved, rushed near a cart with short and swift footsteps, and rammed his shoulder against it!
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