"Let's go!"
He said the last words with a growl and actually followed behind Happy outside the city.
Happy's provocation and Class One Hall's stance in the situation instantly stimulated many of the players in the market who thrived in chaos. They followed behind the group and sent information to their friends nonstop and called them over. When they arrived outside the city, a black mass of people surged over, and there thousands of them. They blocked the players who were just passing by from the battlefield, and they gave off a majestic presence. In fact, there were signs pointing that the crowd was going to get bigger.
"Happy has officially decided to go against Class One Hall?"
"My goodness! Is that true?! He has only just woken up!"
"That's right. Even if he obtained an ultimate technique at Mount Song, it's impossible for him to be able to use it so soon."
"Heh heh, but this time, the person who came over is a real branch master from Class One Hall, Fu Tianqiong! He's a Moksha Realm elite, and he has a full set of fourth-echelon demon vessels, and one fourth-echelon high grade divine weapon. The difference between him and those who Happy fought previously are like night and day!"
"Happy has run into a wall this time!"
"Why is he so rash?"
"I heard that Class One Hall is the one who provoked him first, and Happy is furious."
"Whew, we have something entertaining to watch this time."
The area outside the city was already bustling with activity.
Happy and the people from Class One Hall only stopped moving after they were one-tenth of a mile away from the city. They were quickly surrounded so tightly by players who were there for the gossip that they could not get out even if they wanted to, but there was a small empty spot left for their battle.
More people came to watch, but Happy just looked at the people from Class One Hall, completely unbothered by the crowd. "Do you intend me three against one? That's a little difficult, but it's not a problem. One and a half years ago, I've experienced all of Class One Hall's tricks. There were even more people at that time, and I don't even know how many people I killed."
Class One Hall's expression changed.
When they heard the words that came out of Happy's mouth, the players around them instantly burst into commotion! Their eyes sparkled. A large number of players began recording while mumbling under their breaths.
"It's inside information!"
"It's definitely inside information!"
"Haha! We're rich this time!"
There were quite a number of players who did not like Class One Hall. They regarded those people with derision. 'There're a lot of similar rumors during Happy's crusade of challenging every single player in existence.'
"...Stand down." Fu Tianqiong ordered coldly. While he looked awesome with a few subordinates by his side, this sort of situation made it easy to leave the image that they were bullying Happy with numbers.
"Hmph."
"Branch Master Fu, this person has a sharp tongue. You must absolutely give him the chance to run his mouth later."
"Don't worry. The hall master wants to preserve her dignity, and I, too, want the same. I won't give him the chance to stall for time." Fu Tianqiong took two steps forward and stared at Happy coldly with bright eyes. He spat out a few brutal words coldly, "I will let you fully understand that your era has long ended in this battle!"
Happy did not fly into a rage. Instead, he said with a calm tone, "No wonder you're just a branch master, and Dream Clouds is a hall master.
"Do you know the reason? Because Dream Clouds seldom speaks up when she attacks a person. She will only control things in the dark and kill in one strike. As for you, you talk too much."
"You sure have a sharp tongue!" Fu Tianqiong was not Happy's opponent when it came to verbal battles. And Happy immediately brought Dream Clouds into their conversation. He even spoke with an air of superiority.
Fu Tianqiong burned in anger, and without another word, he took the initiative to bring out his longsword. A sharp sword glare brought with a dazzling, phantasmal light. A trench was clearly dug out the ground, and it instantly charged in front of Happy.
Happy said nothing. Neither did he panic. He took half a step forward calmly without even having his shoulder shudder once.
The sword glare grazed past his body.
"You sure do this sort of children's tricks well, sir." As he spoke, he also did not forget to pat the hems of his robe.
Fu Tianqiong can actually be considered smart. He knew that Happy was really great at close-quarters combat, and he might not be able to gain any advantages with a sword technique. That was why he did not intend to shorten the distance but wanted to use long-range sword techniques to whittle down Happy's HP.
But Happy clearly had a lot of experience in this.
Forget about the fact that he did not even bother to parry the attack, he even started mocking Fu Tianqiong.
The sword glare that missed its target served as a background as to how relaxed and composed Happy was, and it made Fu Tianqiong look like an idiot.
If this continued, even Fu Tianqiong wondered whether the people around him will look at him in scorn.
"That's more like it." Happy tapped against the ground and charged straight at the wolf-shaped sword glares advancing at him while intersecting with each other, which meant he was also charging at Fu Tianqiong.
"Hmph!" A profound, spherical-shaped qi cover quickly emerged from Fu Tianqiong's body. The lower portion caved in a little, as if it received some sort of attack. Then, he continued charging at Happy without his momentum reducing in the slightest.
"Haha! So what if you have hidden force?! Did you actually think you can break my Origin Hybrid?! Die!"
While Fu Tianqiong laughed madly, a destructive sword momentum instantly enveloped Happy!
But he did not manage to remain laughing for long.
At the moment the sword glares gathered together into a few sparks and his attack was maximized, Happy's face and his mocking smile was torn to shreds. Then, Fu Tianqiong's expression changed drastically.
His sword glares missed their target!
The countless players watching by the side felt as if they saw something unbelievable at that moment. Happy, who had moved into the center of the sword glares, was just about to be pierced through, but his body avoided Fu Tianqiong's longsword in a bizarre but dangerous fashion, and he appeared next to Fu Tianqiong.
At that moment, Fu Tianqiong had used all his strength, and he had not mustered the strength required for his next attack. He can only watch as Happy rammed a fist into his c.h.e.s.t violently.
The spherical protective cover shuddered a little. Even though the effect on him was very minimal, the force that arrived subsequently exploded forth, and it seeped right into Fu Tianqiong's body.
While hidden force launched from the distance can be easily blocked by body fortifications, a punch with hidden force delivered at close distance can negate the body fortification's power and enter straight into the target's body!
Bang!
Fu Tianqiong curled up a little.
Happy quickly unleashed a series of attacks with his hands!
The speed in fist techniques was always the fastest, and especially when it came to close-quarters combat.
This was especially prominent with Dragon Claw, which was one of Shaolin Temple's best techniques.
All sorts of grappling moves, attacks aimed at acupressure points, along with an endless stream of attacks landed on Fu Tianqiong's body. His face was filled with fear, and he was practically unable to mobilize his strength.
Every time his true qi gathered together, Happy will immediately seize his arm, and when an explosive strength appeared, he will lose his balance, and a hidden force soon entered his body. In an instant, he was struck more than ten times, and while Origin Hybrid still had half its defense remaining, his body was already in a mess. His organs had already shifted from their
positions, and he coughed up blood nonstop.
The players watching the fight cheered in the beginning, but later on, their voices gradually died down.
They can tell that Happy's martial art was only at Life and Death Realm. While he had perfected it, its attack was not high, and he had a rather hard time when he had to fight against a Moksha Realm body fortification, and he was at a great disadvantage.
Even so, he still managed to make Fu Tianqiong be completely unable to fight back right when they exchanged blows. Fu Tianqiong was in an incredibly pathetic state, and no ordinary first class elite had the strength to do this to someone else.
As for the people from Class One Hall, their expressions changed repeatedly in the crowd.
Even though they wanted to rush up to save Branch Master Fu, there were plenty of powerful spectators, and while Class One Hall can save their branch master if they f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y interfered with the fight, Class One Hall's reputation might be reduced, and Fu Tianqiong might actually reject their help.
Because this was a fair one to one fight!
"Get lost!"
When Fu Tianqiont was about to be tormented to death by Happy, Fu Tianqiong suddenly released a fierce and enraged shout. A gray light exploded forth from his Origin Hybrid, and that violent force crashed so viciously into Happy that he was sent flying.
"Die!"
Fu Tianqiong was covered in blood, but even in that dishevelled state, he pounced on Happy viciously and launched a sinister counterattack.
Chapter 948 - Qi Cultivation Increasing By Leaps and Bounds
No matter what, Fu Tianqiong was a Class One Hall elite. Not only was the defense in his demon vessels astonishing, his Affinity was also enough that he was durable. The abilities in his Moksha Realm body fortification were extraordinary, and he was also quite the cunning person. He was able to tell that Happy's skills in dodging were extraordinary, and he had actually painted an image that he was suffering to lure Happy into his trap and make him relax his guard.
Origin Hybrid Qi, which was part of Origin Hybrid, exploded forth. He seized the opening Happy revealed when he was sent flying by the shock, and the longsword in his hands turned a cold light to shoot toward Happy's c.h.e.s.t.
The sword momentum traveled as quickly as lightning, and it was so fast that no one can see it clearly, but they did see Happy's body being pierced through.
"Beautiful, Branch Master Fu!"
"Haha!"
Right when the people from Class One Hall looked surprised and delighted, an unexpected situation appeared once more.
Happy's afterimage vanished from the air again.
Fu Tianqiong, who dashed forward rapidly to seize the chance to attack, felt his vision blue. Then, a violent leg-generated wind swept at his face.
'Impossible.' This was Fu Tianqiong's last thought.
Happy's motion of sweeping his leg was fixed in the air.
Fu Tianqiong's body flipped a few times while airborne, like wheat after it was harvested. He flew into the distance with his body twisted like fried braid dough. He crashed violently against the sturdy ground.
Bang!
Fu Tianqiong did not crawl to his feet.
It was silent all around him.
After Happy landed on the ground, he stared at Fu Tianqiong's body coldly while it slowly turned blurry. He looked up and swept his gaze over the group of Class One Hall members. He then calmly summoned his Hoof Shadow, and jumped on it.
"Giddy-up!"
He did not even bother with civilities. He just swung his whip and charged into the crowd that automatically parted itself for him. Then, he left into the distance.
"Did he win?"
"Fu Tianqiong is a rather decent elite in Class One Hall… and he can't win against Happy?"
"My goodness!"
"I'm going to upload this battle replay! Don't you dare stop me!"
"Ack! My firsthand information!"
While the crowd burst into commotion, the two stall owners who followed the crowd out looked at each other, and they were incredibly shocked.
This ending was different from what they expected.
And they were very certain that once this fight was over, the people from Blood Alliance and Class One Hall will not dare to underestimate Happy again and will treat him like a real opponent and enemy.
'No wonder the tower master values him so much!'
*****
When Happy arrived at the Mountain Villa of Ten Thousand Beasts, Hunter Clan came to greet him. Their faces were filled with excitement and disbelief. They looked incredibly high in spirits.
"Boss, you're great!"
"That's Fu Tianqiong, the branch master of Class One Hall's second branch in Beijing. He's definitely among the top one thousand in Class One Hall! And you actually managed to beat him up like a dog. Boss, take me in as your lacky!"
"You used a Life and Death Realm martial art to defeat a first-class elite at Moksha Realm? I—"
The words the group threw at him when they surrounded him enthusiastically caused Happy to not know whether he wanted to laugh or cry. He did not expect that in less than half an hour, the incident in Beijing had already traveled here.
"Alright, stop being so ridiculous. Let's hurry up and enter the manor."
"That's right. We shouldn't be gossiping. It's not as if you don't know Boss Happy's strength." Even Mu Qi had switched to calling Happy his boss, and Happy found himself a little speechless.
"By the way, I have something I want to show you. Help me analyze just how much it is worth, please." Happy no longer needed to open the path for the first three young courtyards. Old Pang and Young Pang can now easily solve the matter. At that moment, Happy remembered there was something he did not use in his Universe Bag, and he immediately brought it out to let the trap masters beside him to look at it.
"It's high-grade Wild Silk Net. My goodness, this is an item for traps that is at the level of a demon vessel! Boss Happy, where did you get it? This item seldom appears in the market!" someone shouted on the spot.
The people beside him nodded nonstop.
"Yup."
"I heard that demon vessel level traps can be used against Myth Realm elites. Wild Silk Net might not be an item that deals damage, it has great restriction abilities, and it can be used for a long time. It can even be used repeatedly. In fact, it's even more expensive than those powerful consumables at the level of demon vessels!"
"Are you saying that it's a good item?"
Happy was delighted. Good items can be sold several times the price of other items, and that, to him, was naturally good news. "I got it from the treasure house.
"I don't know the market quotation for this. Please, tell me."
"Whew, with it, we might be able to fight against some of the beast tamers at the beginning of Myth Realm at the three courtyards in the middle section. If you give it to us, we can place it in special contraptions made for shooting projectiles. We'll first bind those beast tamers…
"Wait, but it's rather troublesome to load this item into traps. We'll need a lot of time, and it requires great, delicate work," someone explained.
When he heard this, Happy immediately got rid of his idea of selling the item. "Alright, then I'll hand this item to you. We can split up and enter the three courtyards in the middle as we will today! Then, if something happens, we'll gather together."
"Alright!"
The trap masters were incredibly excited, and they waited for Mu Qi to distribute that Wild Silk Net with longing in their eyes.
Mu Qi was pretty good in his judgment as well. He found the most level-headed trap master and had him immediately load the item into a contraption. He also told him to only attack with it during critical moments, and it delighted the trap master so much that he grinned nonstop.
Their second day of gold farming began!
*****
"This Happy is indeed not a simple character."
Within the depths of Ghost's Domain was Ph
antasmal Shadow, who had a white veil over her face. Once she finished reading the contents in the letter, she could not help but release an admiring sigh.
"There are plenty of elites in Class One Hall, and no one over there is weak. Fu Tianqiong is a branch master as well, so that means that his strength and cunning is pretty good, but he ended being completely suppressed by Happy…"
"He is indeed pretty good. He has just entered Moksha Realm, and that means that his strength only remains at the peak of Life and Death Realm. I wouldn't be able to do what he did," the woman beside Phantasmal Shadow said, "Looks like I've truly underestimated him."
That woman stopped talking for a moment and said in worry, "But he's still very weak right now. If we hope for someone whose strength and skill remains at the point he stopped playing one and a half years ago to fight against Class One Hall, it's not wise. Right now, he has already alerted them and made Dream Clouds and Blood Robes to be on guard against him. I believe that he won't have an easy time in the game now."
"It's fine. We have plenty of Illusion Life and Death Pills. Besides, I've already sent someone to give him indirect hints. If he really can't get through the game alone, he will contact us on his own."
"Why aren't we taking the initiative to invite him to join us?"
"I thought about that. But this sort of person who is incredibly prideful won't easily submit to someone unless they lose once or twice," Phantasmal Shadow answered calmly, "From the first day he reentered the game, he did not bother to hide how brilliantly he shines, and he has his mind set on revenge by making things hard for Blood Robes and Dream Clouds. If I invite him now, he'll definitely not agree to it. No matter what, we've already delivered our intentions to him, and all we need to do now is wait."
"Should we wait for him? What if he's defeated like one and a half years ago? What should we do then?"
"If he's that easily defeated, then he's not worthy of catching One Emperor's eye. If that's sort of person, he won't be of any help to Wind Assault Tower even if we bring him into our tower."
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