Boom!
The cart was instantly thrown high into the sky and went charging at Happy like a cannonball while he walked to the transportation boat!
"Don't!"
This move had not only shocked Happy, but also terrified those from Class One Hall and Towering Palace behind them. They cried out in surprise.
"Don't destroy the boat!"
The transportation boat was right behind the man in black. If the man in black avoided the cart, the remaining force in the cart might destroy the transportation boat straight away and cause the dozen or so treasure c.h.e.s.ts to sink into the bottom of the river.
But it was already too late for them to take any action. The mysterious man in black acted too quickly, and in a moment, the cart had already charged over violently.
The group of people beyond the port were also a little surprised!
"He's not Happy," Phantasmal Shadow suddenly said these words after she s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath.
Wu Kuo and the others were stunned. "What?"
*****
When he faced the cart that came charging at him, Happy instantly scowled.
One of the reasons was because he was stunned by the power that this person could instantly bring out, so much so that he could actually throw up a cart that weighed hundreds of pounds, thereby allowing him to have astonishing damage in his attacks.
What was the most shocking was that the instantaneous but ingenious method of exerting force was definitely not something a normal person could do.
The second reason was because that person did not care about the safety of the transportation boat behind Happy, which made him a little gloomy.
The treasure c.h.e.s.ts on the boat were worth sixteen million taels of silver, along with sixteen demon vessels. He shouldn't have been so willing to attack it, right?
But even though the person was willing to attack the transportation boat, Happy was reluctant to have the transportation boat be destroyed because of him.
Even though there were still four of those transportation boats, they were still money!
Everything might have seemed to have happened over a long period of time, but it was over in an instant.
He frowned, and a gentle force instantly spread out of his body. He faced the cart that came charging at him like lightning, and a gentle power intercepted the cart in the air.
The cart seemed to have its direction forcefully changed by an invisible hand. Then, it went flying back at the mysterious man in black without having any of its power reduced even in the slightest.
This scene did not cause the mysterious man in black, who attacked first, to have shock appear in his eyes, even the two groups of people behind the port also s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths when they saw the scene of the cart changing direction. They avoided the area.
Even though the mysterious man in black was very ingenious when he used his strength, it was clear that even he did not dare face these attacks head on.
He tapped against the ground.
Whoosh!
Right when he jumped a little to avoid the cart, a loud bang rose, and the cart crashed violently into the port before it rolled more than sixty-five feet out with rumbling sounds.
The mysterious man in black said nothing. He returned to his original position, and when he looked at the second man in black, he no longer looked down on him like before. There was even a slight bit of solemnity on his face while he sized up the man who was dressed in the same way as he was again.
The people from Class One Hall returned to their original spots with solemn expressions, and they, too, stared at the second masked man in black with shock and bewilderment while they guessed his identity.
Today was really strange for them.
They ran into two men in black who were not willing to show their faces back to back.
Besides, these two were both top-class fighters with extraordinary skills.
If it were any usual day, Dream Clouds will think of all methods to get close to them and get their contact information so that she could do everything she could to draw them to her hall.
But this was Yangzhou!
And the two men in black's goal seemed to be the treasure c.h.e.s.ts from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse.
"I see, so you're someone powerful as well. It's no wonder why you look down on me." The mysterious man in black stared at the person who seemed to be a copy of him coldly.
"What is your name, sir? With your strength, you shouldn't be someone unknown in the game."
"I'll only take one boat's worth of c.h.e.s.ts. You can divide the rest of it on your own. I don't want to be involved in your mess." Due to the fact that he could not reveal his identity, Happy could only endure the pain of giving up the other four transportation boats.
But the mysterious man in black only chuckled softly. "I'll say the same thing as I just did. If you can defeat me, you can take all the things here."
"...I only want one boat."
"If you win against me, I won't even take a single boat. I'll even fight against those people for you." The mysterious man in black acted as if he did not hear what Happy said and just stared at him with burning eyes.
Happy sighed in his heart.
'I didn't expect that I'd run into a martial arts maniac!
'Oh well, sparring a little is nothing. I found a rather decent Moksha Realm sword technique from Mu Clan's storage lately, and I might be able to test out its might against this person.
'But since I can't reveal my identity, that's a little more troublesome.'
Chapter 712 - Man in Black VS Man in Black
Happy did not hear the mysterious man in black's arrogant words from before, or else, he would definitely say that he was a martial arts maniac.
But when the people at the port saw that the second masked man in black seemed to have agreed to the mysterious man in black's suggestion, they immediately became excited.
Their identities might be mysterious and unknown to them, but the mysterious man in black had an ingenious way of using his skills, had great strength, and his control over everything around him had reached transcendence, and the elites from Class One Hall as well as Towering Palace had personally witnessed his strength. He was among the top-class fighters in the game, and he might not even be inferior to Happy and One Emperor.
As for the second strange man in black who appeared at the port, his strength also seemed to be unfathomable.
Due to their veils, black shirts, and black pants, their duel seemed even more mysterious, and it gave endless room for imagination along with high expectations.
Immediately, everyone temporarily forgot about the treasure c.h.e.s.ts on the transportation boats and paid attention to the duo while they waited for them to fight.
"Attack."
The mysterious man in black's voice was as hoarse as usual. No one knew whether it was real or fake, but when Happy brought out a third-echelon masterpiece that looked like water, his eyes lit up.
Happy took the initiative to attack. He smoothly and orderly flung out a cold sword glare while looking nonchalant. "Are you fighting or not? If not, I'm leaving."
The mysterious man in black frowned.
He had thought that if he could have this person take the initiative to attack, he could read his thoughts, and he could make preparations as well as come up with strategies to deal with him beforehand. He did not expect that this person would be a veteran. He did not give him any chance to prepare at all.
The battle beyond the port had already ended, and the riverbank was full of people!
The mysterious man in black gritted his teeth and attacked.
The style and momentum of a grandmaster surged up from his palms and turned into an invisible pressure that enveloped the port, but he seemed to be moving at a calm pace.
"Just who is he? Why have I never heard of someone like this in the game before?"
Dream Clouds could not come up with an answer no matter how hard she thought about i
t. She stood behind the mysterious man in black and could clearly sense the pressure from him.
"That's right. When the Twin Demons appeared in the public eye, they had already done a series of quests, which is why they entered our sights long before they rose to the Phoenix and Dragon Ranks. This person's strength and technique are both very strange."
"Stop making wild guesses. Let's just continue watching, and we might come up with some discoveries."
To any Life and Death Realm martial artist, sixteen feet was the best distance to launch any attack, but what surprised the crowd was that the two men in black did not do anything.
They just stared at each other.
Their breathing was incredibly stable and even. They stared ahead as if they were focusing on nothing in particular. It seemed like they had entered a very profound state.
And because of this, the stern expression on their faces became even more prominent.
As the distance between them drew closer, an invisible qi wave stirred up the dust at the port and made their sleeves flutter.
The atmosphere was bleak and somber!
"What are they doing? Why aren't they attacking even when they're so close to each other?"
"Shut up!"
Both men in black attacked at the same time.
During that instant, Happy's Nine Yang Divine Skill could clearly sense a hidden force silently rushing at him. It was incredibly obscure.
His eyes lit up!
'A tremor?'
Happy did not dare to be inattentive. The longsword in his hands suddenly shone with an astonishing silver light, and it was like a bright, white, and round moon. It was so sharp that it tore through the ground and left behind a deep, sword-shaped trench.
The hidden force that came toward him from under his feet was instantly torn, and the remaining momentum of the sword shot out of the ground.
The mysterious man in black also reacted very quickly. He avoided the sword glare that resembled the moon, but did not retreat. Instead, he advanced and attacked with one hand. His momentum was filled with an aggressive pressure.
But when it came to seizing the initiative to attack, Happy had never been afraid of anyone.
Causing tremors in the ground was a battle strategy used during high-end fights between players during Happy's third year in the game in his previous life. Now, it was executed by a mysterious man in black, and it instantly stirred up a lot of interest from Happy.
His d.e.s.i.r.e for victory rose, and he did not back down. Without waiting for his sword momentum to come to an end, he pointed forward with his left hand, and with a technique from Bright Sword Technique, he tapped the air in front of him.
Even though the power of finger techniques in comparison to swords was slightly inferior, the finger strike required a lot of attention to detail, and it was just in time to face the palm strike that came from the mysterious man in black.
The pupils of the man in black shrank!
If the finger strike landed on his body, while it would not cause any severe damage and he would be able to block it once he activated his body fortification, neither of the parties had yet activated their body fortifications. Whoever did it first would be at lower ground.
The fight between elites would at times be determined by the depletion of strength in terms of details, and sometimes, it would be like a gamble between players. Whoever revealed all their cards first would lose!
The mysterious man in black instantly sank into danger. He pulled back resolutely, stopped moving, and flew up to quickly turn around. Then, he used his limbs to instantly fire a dense wave of leg shadows and fist shadows. He was so fast that it dazzled the people watching them.
Happy also frowned because of the sudden change in the offense.
Whoosh!
He took half a step back like a phantom before he turned around and thrust forward. His sword moved like water in autumn, and it quickly shot between the aggressive leg shadows!
Ting!
But Happy did not take another step. His sword shuddered, and a huge force traveled to his purlicue from his sword. His momentum was instantly broken.
They moved back at the same time, as if they had been shocked by electricity.
"I see, so you're someone from the same line." The brief contact caused the duo to have a deeper understanding of each other. The mysterious man in black cast a glance at Happy's veiled face before he said solemnly, "Sir, you're using a sword technique that is commonly seen in the game. It makes it easy for me to defeat it, while it won't be easy for you to defeat me with it."
Even though he had just entered the game, he had a history in martial arts, and he could easily remember most of the techniques in the game after he saw them once. He could recognize on the spot that the skill the man in black before him used was the rather common Bright Sword Technique and Flying Dragon Sword Technique.
His body movement was also the rather common Phantasmal Body Movement Skill. Most of the martial artists in the game practiced it, which made it very difficult for him to judge the person's real identity.
Happy elegantly brandished his sword.
"Sir, your Heaven's Leg Breaker might be pretty good, but I believe that it is not your best martial art either. You also did not activate your qi realm and your body fortification, so are you thinking of forcing me to use all my strength like that? Don't you think you're not being very sincere?"
Their dialogue was very casual and held no hostility, but when the people inside and beyond the port heard it, they felt like their words were as loud as a thunderclap.
The fight that dazzled the people's eyes was filled with danger and killing intent. There were plenty of moments that they could not even see well, and yet the duo stated that they had not used their full strength!
Chapter 713 - Normal Martial Arts
Even though the duo advanced and retreated during the time they fought against each other, they also clearly understood that neither side had used their full strength!
There was a big reason why Happy did not use his full strength. After all, not only could he not use the Murong Clan's martial arts, he could also not use Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms or Ten True Dragon Styles. Besides, he also could not use a lot of his equipment. He could only activate his qi realm up to Life and Death Realm, so his strength could be said to be put under a great restriction.
Even so, with Nine Yang Divine Skill's help, he did not have any problems with handling the mysterious man in black.
Instead, he was a little curious as to why the man in black could retain his strength when he faced Bright Sword Technique and Flying Dragon Sword Technique. What he showed already made him stronger than anyone else aside from One Emperor.
He was even stronger than Silver Wolf, because even Silver Wolf could not restrain his strength before Happy.
Even though Silver Wolf had a lot of experience in grappling and fighting, Happy was not inferior to him in terms of his experience in martial arts, and he also had a clear understanding of the various techniques' weaknesses as well as what was the best way to counter them.
'That's right! The way to break and counter techniques!'
When Happy thought of that, he finally understood why the mysterious man in black kept on giving him a strange feeling.
The execution of his techniques was full, and he was very skilful when he fought against Happy. His understanding of timing and techniques also looked like it came to him naturally. It was as if every skill and technique was already in his mind.
'Just who is he?'
After a brief period of silence, Happy's gaze moved past the mysterious man in black's shoulder to look at the increasing number of people beyond the port.
'This won't do. If this continues, I'll be in more trouble once I set sail, and variables might appear in the quest to sink the boat. I have to end the fight quickly and leave this place.'
Unbeknownst to him, the mysterious man in black did not know how to deal with the treasure c
.h.e.s.ts since the start, which was why he told the people from Class One Hall and Towering Palace that they could take all of them if they won against him. In truth, his main goal was to use the influence of Eunuch Yang's Warehouse as well as the glory of winning against the elites of two top-class sects to quickly rise to fame and become well-known.
Hence, the more people gathered at the port to watch, the less worried he became. In fact, he became even happier.
The more people there were, the greater his influence would become, and the faster he would turn famous.
Right then, there was no one who did not hope that there would be examples of normal elites suppressing the top elites and becoming famous. Regardless of whether it was for the hope of the emergence of the fifth top-class sect or to give the other players more hope, everyone longed to see someone like this appearing.
The mysterious man in black was quite interested in the second man in black's identity.
Hence, if he could uncover it at the last moment or figure out who he was, he was basically guaranteed to become famous in one day!
"There's an increasing number of people here. Let's end the battle quickly. I still have something to do," Happy said with a cold tone.
There were a lot of elite heavy-armored cavaliers struggling in the river. He did not want to attack them, and neither did he want to risk his identity being exposed, which would make him fail the quest. When he thought of the consequences of that, he scowled, and his expression became grave.
When the mysterious man in black heard it, he instantly laughed. "If that's the case, it's your turn to attack."
Happy expected him to say this, and he recalled some of the methods he had used in his previous life. When he opened his eyes, he tapped against the ground lightly without bothering to hide his strategy.
When the mysterious man in black saw the man in black raise his foot and tap against the ground, his eyes went wide!
"This is—"
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