Little North gulped with great difficulty. When he noticed that he did not obtain any response, he turned his head around and noticed that Happy was staring at some place else with his head turned to the side.
'What is it?'
He instinctively turned his head around and looked in the direction of Happy's gaze. Then, Little North's eyes were fixated on that spot.
A lot of firelight also appeared at the horizon to their sides, and along with them, galloping sounds that gradually grew clearer. Aside from the direction right behind them, they actually had three large cavalier battalions appear in one go around them, and they were drawing closer to encircle them.
"...Damn it, they're mad! How did two people coming here bring so many Mongolian cavaliers over?! If everyone is over here, we'll be jacking up our points like crazy over the night! Boss, it's no wonder why you were able to get so many points yesterday night!" Little North noticed that there were more than two hundred torches right ahead of them, and they were becoming clearer. Under the large layer of light, he could even see a large group of Mongolian cavaliers charging toward them.
There were around one thousand cavaliers in each direction, and that meant that there were around three cavaliers from three directions!
"Zhao Deyan, evil cult, what man and sect. They sure regard me highly."
Only Happy alone understood that not everyone can lure out this number of Mongolian cavaliers all the time. He noticed powerful presences mixed among the cavaliers coming over from all three directions, and a hint of wariness flashed in his heart.
At that moment, Little North was already so terrified that his knees felt weak. The thundering gallops came toward them from three directions, and an unprecedented pressure practically froze the entire dimension.
"We've already reached our goal. We can leave now."
When he saw this, Happy turned his head around, and he quickened his speed when he spoke, "Little North, when I lure away this group of cavaliers, immediately return to the camp. Have Silver Wolf tell everyone that they are to be ready to leave at any moment."
Chapter 848 - Meeting Zhao Deyan Again
"Little North, when I lure away this group of cavaliers, immediately return to the camp. Have Silver Wolf tell everyone that they are to be ready to leave at any moment."
Happy's words caused Little North to be utterly confused when he had been prepared to fight to the death. He blinked and asked hesitantly, "Boss, didn't you call me here to get points with you?"
"...Could you cut it with the nonsense? What time do you think it is? Why would I have the mood to get points with you? Aren't we going to fight Class One Hall anymore?"
Happy rolled his eyes and kicked Little North away before he said, "I prepared these guys for Class One Hall."
"What?" Little North immediately started causing a ruckus. He could not accept this. "Hey, boss! Even if we can't win against those Class One Hall bastards tonight, there's no reason for us to give them so many points! If there's really a need for it, we can just lead them around in circles on the plains until daybreak. Let's see how long they can last."
When he thought about how they will be handing over tens of thousands of points to Class One Hall, Little North felt so annoyed and disgusted that he was frustrated.
"Stop talking and go do what I said! There's a guy among the cavaliers that even I can't kill! Did you actually think that I'd be willing to give Class One Hall something so good? They won't be able to swallow this."
When he heard this, Little North's eyes lit up. He shuddered and quickly summoned his steed. "Then, I'll be leaving first. Boss, you take care."
Before his voice even faded away, he had already dashed madly away. He will even occasionally take some time to look at the large cavalier battalion behind him, and there was a profound look in his eyes.
His boss mentioned that the enemy in the Mongolian army was not someone he cannot handle, but cannot kill, and Little North immediately knew that there was a great meaning behind it! Without another word, he whipped his horse and made it gallop forth so that he can go back and report the news.
In the blink of an eye, the three groups of cavaliers were already 656 feet away from him. The light from their torches reached the sky, and they were about to surround him.
At that moment, Demon General Zhao Deyan finally spoke up. "Hmph! You led your forces during the day to attack my camp, and I knew that you will definitely not give up but choose to continue scouting out the Mongolian camp. I've long since prepared an ambush waiting for you here! I'd like to see just how you will escape from my hands tonight!
"Attack him!"
When he gave his orders, thousands of cavaliers rushed to Happy with a thunderous rumble.
At the same time, the Mongolian cavaliers on the other two sides also sped up in their charge.
Happy could see some eye-catching presences among the three other groups.
Aside from Demon General Zhao Deyan, each cavalier battalion contained one evil cult with a fierce, cold, and emotionless gaze. Happy immediately furrowed his eyebrows.
'This Zhao Deyan sure mobilized a huge force for something so small!'
But this also verified his previous guess.
"I originally thought that you're a heroic person, Demon General, since you're a wandering martial artist as well. I didn't expect that you brought such a large group of people with you… Hmph! I won't be entertaining you tonight!"
"Do you think that you can still leave?"
Zhao Deyan's voice rose from among the crowd in a mighty and loud manner. Horse hooves thundered against the ground. The people from the sides had already went to Happy's retreat, and they were prepared to form an encirclement.
He summoned his steed and jumped on his horse.
Then, he activated the skill to become one with his horse.
"Giddy-up!"
The entire process was done in one go.
The man and horse traveled like an arrow fired from its bow. With an astonishing speed, he quickly widened the distance between him and the large group of Mongolian cavaliers who tried to close the distance between them.
Thud thud! Thud thud!
But the Mongolian cavaliers reacted very quickly.
While they got closer, they slowly adjusted the direction in which they chased after Happy and stuck close to him. Some of them brought out bows.
Whoosh! WHOOSH!
More than one hundred arrows chased after him like the rain.
Usually, Happy will naturally be very happy about this. He will think that these Mongolian cavaliers were giving him points, but now, since this group of people were prepared for Class One Hall, he will absolutely not use Shifting Stars to weaken the fighting power in these Mongolian cavalier battalion.
If Zhao Deyan saw that the Mongolian cavaliers were not a threat to him and redirected the forces back, then everything that happened tonight will be in vain.
But while he did activate Shifting Stars, he did not send those arrows back. Instead, he just affected the attack trajectory for the arrows and made them divert from their trajectory. All of them landed behind his Hoof Shadow or at its sides.
The fletchings shuddered madly while the arrows were stuck in the ground.
The galloping sounds were as loud as thunder.
But Happy did not use his fastest speed to leave the place.
To make sure that the Mongolian cavaliers behind him did not lose their confidence, he only made sure that he was slightly away from the shooting range of the arrows. Then, he slowed down a little and made sure that the Mongolian cavaliers were in a constant state where they will be able to catch up to him if they just sped up a little bit. Happy was now absolutely in their attack area.
Boom!
Boom!
The sound of horse hooves could be heard nonstop. They gradually gathered together behind Happy to end up sounding like a flood, and it was deafening to the ears.
Happy rode ahead of them. Behind him was a lar
ge group of Mongolians crying out in their language, and he seemed as if he was in a perilous situation.
At that moment…
Bang!
A dazzling purple-red signal flare exploded above the plains, and it was so bright that it illuminated Happy's back to the point that it was the same color as the flares.
'...A signal flare?'
Once Happy turned his head around to take a look, he turned his gaze away, and he soon understood the meaning behind why the Mongolian cavaliers fired the signal flare.
He spread out his spiritual sense, and Happy suddenly noticed that there were a few reconnoiterers hidden in the ground ahead of him.
Based on their actions, they were already ready with their weapons and hidden weapons to appear and ambush him.
Torches and patrolling cavaliers also quickly appeared at the dark horizon in the distance.
This signal flare from the Mongolian cavaliers meant that everyone in the area was to encircle the enemy and stop them from moving anywhere else.
Once he understood Zhao Deyan's plan, Happy released a breath of relief. Right when his Hoof Shadow shot past the place where the three reconnoiterers laid in ambush, before he waited for the earth to be turned over, a dazzling white sword force shot through their disguise on the ground and violently tore open their bodies.
A pool of red blood sprayed all over the false patch of grass that looked very real.
Clang!
When he finished doing all this, Happy sheathed his Noble Sword without changing his expression in the slightest. He charged forward nonstop.
Patrolling cavaliers came charging toward Happy from the distance.
The two charging forces faced each other, and the distance between both forces rapidly shortened.
At the moment he entered the attack range for long-range weapons, dozens of hatchets came charging at him. Among them, two of the hatchets cut diabolically into Happy's steed.
If Happy lost his steed, Happy had to rely on his legs, and it was impossible for him to escape from the thousands of cavaliers under him.
"Get lost!"
Shifting Star immediately caused the hatchets to divert from their trajectory, and they landed on the ground.
Happy and his horse charged out at lightning speed! The patrolling cavaliers were pushed off their horses simultaneously like fallen leaves.
Chapter 849 - Extinguish the Torches! Log Off!
"What do you mean, you can't find Happy?"
At the depths of the plains was a dark place. Dream Clouds and Blood Robes looked down from above, and they saw a layer of firelight from the distance. Those ghastly words came out from Dream Clouds' mouth.
Blood Robes also stared at the two Class One Hall members in behind him with a solemn expression.
Those two were core Class One Hall members. They were pretty strong, but their main job was to gather information, and getting stronger was only their secondary task in the game.
Those two Class One Hall members looked at each other before the person on the left spoke up, "We don't understand the specific situation either, but based on the spies we allocated in Wind and Rain Alliance as well as Mu Clan, they did see Happy log off, but for some reason, he soon returned to the game and left with someone. They don't know where they went to, because no one dared follow them. They were afraid of exposing themselves."
The other person took one step forward and answered softly, "Hall master, based on the trajectory they left, they might have gone to the enemy camp—"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Blood Robes.
"Impossible! Happy won't be so rash. It doesn't make sense for him to do that either. Getting points from the enemy camp isn't something so urgent. Since he immediately came back after he logged off, there's definitely something urgent, but based on the report from the spies, Silver Wolf came back first, and once he logged in, he arranged people to be on guard around the area. He also expanded the guard area, which means that they have definitely noticed that we want to attack their camp," Blood Robes retorted firmly.
Then, Blood Robes made a suggestion with an urgent tone. For some reason, Happy and Silver Wolf's actions gave him a bad feeling. "Hall master, the enemy might have already noticed what we're trying to do. We can't delay this any further. Let's just attack before their entire army returns!"
That was what Dream Clouds was thinking about as well.
Right now, there were only around ten thousand people in the camp, which meant that the army was around half of their original strength. If Class One Hall attacked forcefully, they will be able to easily take down this group of people.
But Happy's act of leaving the camp at this moment caused her to be a little fearful, and she could not quite understand what he was trying to do.
She made an assumption that Happy should not have noticed Class One Hall's actions.
But now that the enemy cat had expanded their guard circle by several miles, it made the possibility of Class One Hall quietly launching an ambush to become zero. Also, she had other concerns.
Once they fought, they will be fighting on the plains where the moon was dim and the wind was strong. There was no light, and darkness surrounded them. Class One Hall might not be able to exploit their advantage in numbers.
"Hall master, there's no need to think about this any further! Time is gold, and if we drag this out, it'll not be beneficial for us! The difficulty for us to defeat them will also become greater. It's better that we take down their camp in one go and station ourselves in the area. Langye and his people have already surrounded Aru City, and we'll serve as garrisons over here. Once they log in, all of them will die! We'll completely push all four sects out of the limelight.
"Give the orders, hall master!"
The other two people nodded at the same time with burning eyes.
Dream Clouds s.u.c.k.e.d in a slight breath and stared at the camp in the distance. She nodded slowly. "Alright.
"Blood Robes, lead twenty thousand people to circ.u.mnavigate them and attack from the right. Monk, take twenty thousand people to circ.u.mnavigate them and attack from the left. We'll launch a three-prong attack, and we'll leave only the direction to the Mongolian camp open. Amazingly Poor, when the battle starts, keep yourself stationed in their camp, and kill all those who log in!"
While she gave her orders, the killing intent in Dream Clouds' eyes grew even stronger.
But against their expectations, the camp began to move about in frenzy.
Weapons were drawn, and the army moved into formation to wait for them!
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In truth, Silver Wolf had long since noticed where the Class One Hall members gathered.
Ever since Knife, Thunder, and Bar logged in, the trio were sent into different directions to scout the area, and before Thunder even got close to where Class One Hall was, he already sensed an abnormal presence gathering over there.
There was no way an army of tens of thousands of people could hide their footsteps, breathing, and voices. Besides, that army will occasionally send messenger pigeons to each other to chat, and while the messenger pigeons flapped their wings, the sound will be incredibly clear in the silent night.
As for Thunder, since he was dressed in night-traveling clothes and scouted the path ahead, no one noticed him. He just quietly moved to their borders.
If Silver Wolf was not concerned about the enemy spies in their own camp as well as the large number of people who had yet to return to the game, making it so that he cannot leave the camp readily, he would have gathered the people to leave a long time ago.
But now, Silver Wolf can only pretend that he did not know about them while he made a series of preparations in the dark. At the same time, he sent a message to Happy and the rest, and even had some people log off to tell their members to return to the game as soon as possible.
More than ten thousand people logged in one after another, and the number gradually grew near twenty thousand.
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p; Flap flap!
A messenger pigeon flew over.
Silver Wolf opened the letter, and his pupils shrank. "They can't hold back anymore, huh?"
Unhesitatingly, he gave orders to fight, and in a flash, those twenty thousand people in the camp quickly moved. The leaders of the four sects also gathered to Silver Wolf.
When tens of thousands of people dashed on the plains, they will cause quite the ruckus. Even if they had lightness skills, the violent wind that came charging at Silver Wolf and his army's faces caused everyone to have their breathing freeze. They did not dare to underestimate this force, and they quickly moved into battle position.
"Those with shields, come forward. Archers, stay at the back. Those with military titles, come and block the charge.
"Protect the cavaliers."
Silver Wolf, who had been prepared a long time ago, was naturally prepared for war since a long time ago. Before the army from Class One Hall appeared in the area illuminated by torches stationed at the outer sentry ring, he had already swiftly set up a defense line at the outer ring.
At that moment, the people from Class One Hall finally took action.
A dense wave of arrows shot out from the dark.
The torches set up at the highest points in the area were all extinguished. Darkness quickly devoured the region, and visibility at the camp quickly narrowed down.
The enemy army moved like the wind, and their footsteps were as loud as thunder.
Those tens of thousands of people began speeding up.
But the people from the four sects were like blindmen who moved around with their eyes open. They could not see at all, and their hearts thundered against their c.h.e.s.ts. They could only wait quietly as the people from Class One Hall approached the area.
"Class One Hall, you sure are sinister!"
A number of people clenched their teeth at the back. They activated their body fortifications and qi realms, and a crazed qi wave swiftly rose from the camp.
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