One of the remaining two white stone plates shot to the left, and the last one went to the right.
But Evil King could be said to have reacted incredibly quickly.
He went in the direction where the first two stone plates went. When he jumped over Shi Feixuan's head, he struck Shi Feixuan's shoulder lightly, and Shi Feixuan's veil was dyed red with blood. The veil flew in the air, but Shi Feixuan still used the force in Evil King's strike to fly to one of the white stone plates she sent flying.
When he saw this, Happy, who had been wondering about whether he should chase after Evil King, was suddenly stunned.
One second later, Happy tapped against the ground, and without any hesitation, he chose to run in the other direction where Shi Feixuan was, where the last, lone stone plate was and which Evil King as well as Shi Feixuan never bothered to check.
If there was anyone else in the area, when they saw the three people charge to three different directions, they would definitely find it incredibly strange.
When Evil King saw that the four stone plates split up, his first target was naturally the two stone plates which were stuck closely together, since that meant he could multiple stone plates in one go.
And Shi Feixuan knew that she could not stop Evil King, but she did not want Evil King to get all the stone plates either. Hence, even though she was injured badly, she still resolutely wanted to seize one stone plate back to Kind Boathouse.
And Happy, the protagonist of the quest…
Originally, Happy's goal was to get all four stone plates.
But because of his carelessness, the system had actually set him up.
Shi Feixuan was not strong enough to fight against Evil King. In fact, she did not even have the strength to face him, and she was already injured badly. They had to face a large group of Arhat Buddha statues in the Arhat Formation later, and they were all at Myth Realm. Happy believed that he was still not strong enough to fight against the Arhat Formation and Evil King at the same time.
However, when Happy saw the distribution of the four stone plates, in an instant, he thought of something.
The distribution of the stone plates in this world seemed to have mysteriously coincided with the distribution of stone plates three years later.
Everything seemed to have been scripted.
Perhaps it was due to some force of power in the dark, Evil King gained two stone plates again, and Kind Boathouse gained one plate. Only one plate could possibly land in the player's hands.
When he saw this situation, Happy's first thought was that the system had set this up this way since a long time ago. The player was only allowed to get one martial art from the quest.
Even if the player was too strong, other situations might still appear.
For example, even if he fought against Shi Zhixuan head-on, not only would Shi Zhixuan's strength reach terrifying degrees, if he started fleeing, perhaps no one in the world would be able to chase after him.
As for Shi Feixuan, even though she was currently heavily injured, Kind Boathouse was a mysterious and unfathomable organization. Aside from Shi Feixuan, who wandered around the world of martial artists, no one knew where its other members were. Provoking Kind Boathouse was clearly not a wise decision.
The instantaneous series of thoughts allowed Happy to quickly make his decision.
However, Happy made another incredibly bold decision at that moment.
At the same time he chased after the stone plate, he quickly wrote a letter to Young Yu Yan, who was outside the Arhat Formation, to ask her about whether it was possible for her to activate a quest to help Shi Feixuan.
While he was airborne, he swung his brush.
[Shi Feixuan is injured badly! Help her!]
A snow-white messenger pigeon charged into the sky.
Even though Shi Feixuan was injured badly and the possibility of her charging out of Arhat Formation was not great, Kind Boathouse was a sacred place for Buddhists, and his instincts told him that while Shi Feixuan had the strength to leave the Arhat Formation, it was still unknown whether she could return to Kind Boathouse safely.
To Young Yu Yan, this was a chance!
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Thud!
At the moment his feet landed on the ground, Happy's eyes landed on the stone plate, and his eyes sparkled brightly. But soon, his heart returned to the calm state granted to him in Moon in Well, and he was as calm as the water in old wells.
He knew that from the moment he touched the stone plate, he must get ready to rush out of the Arhat Formation.
*****
Young Yu Yan released the messenger pigeon in her hands.
Whoosh!
She tapped against the ground, and Young Yu Yan gently landed on the head of the Arhat Buddha statue that was at the outermost layer of the formation.
When she looked down from above, she soon noticed three abnormal sights among the cl.u.s.ter of Buddha statues.
The sounds in one place were incredibly loud, and the Arhat Buddha statues over there all shattered as if they were placed in a grinder.
Evil King!
In another direction was a familiar presence. The fierce and domineering saber will from Dragon Saber and the Ten Styles for War, which allowed its user to advance with an indomitable momentum… was definitely from Happy!
The third direction was different. The Arhat Buddha statues over there were the only ones not attacking even though they turned around nonstop.
A snow-white figure traveling lightly moved about different Arhat Buddha statues. Even though she seemed to be in grave danger, she was progressing much faster compared to Evil King and Happy, and she was breaking out of the formation much more smoothly.
'Shi Feixuan.'
Once she was certain of her target, Young Yu Yuan stomped on the head of the statue and jumped to the direction where Shi Feixuan was without hesitation.
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It was just as Happy expected.
Even though Shi Feixuan managed to stagger out of the Arhat Formation, the successor of Kind Boathouse looked in an incredibly bad condition after she lost her veil. Her face was pale, and right after she rushed out, her body immediately became limp, and the stone plate in her hands quivered because she could not hold it tightly.
But this did not affect Shi Feixuan's wariness to her surroundings.
"Who is it?!"
Right when the sound of sleeves fluttering entered her ears, Shi Feixuan immediately forced her true qi out and got up from the ground, but it was clear that she had a hard time even holding her sword.
"It's me, Miss Shi."
"Miss Yu Yan, it's you."
It was only at that moment that Shi Feixuan noticed that the person who came over was Young Yu Yan, whom she met a few times. Her heart relaxed, and she instantly lost the last bit of strength supporting her. Her body fell limp against the ground.
"Miss Shi! Please wake up…"
Young Yu Yan was stunned! She did not expect that Shi Feixuan would be injured so badly…
"Evil King is about to arrive soon. Send me to an inn called Fate with Wealth, hurry." Before she fell unconscious, Shi Feixuan finally issued a quest.
Young Yu Yan cast a glance at the stone plate disappearing from Shi Feixuan's arms before she cast a glance at the unconscious person. She frowned, took the quest, picked up Shi Feixuan, and with a few jumps, quickly went to the nearest city.
Right when Young Yu Yan left into the distance with Shi Feixuan, Evil King broke out of the formation with a bang.
His gaze focused, and he stared at the direction in which Young Yu Yan disappeared with a ruthless gaze.
However, before Evil King could do anything, a loud sound rose. An Arhat Buddha statue crumbled, and while shattered stone pieces flew in the air, a black figure shot out of the formation from a spot near the stones.
Happy entered Shi Zhixuan's field of vision with a white stone plate.
Chapter 1087 - Profound Secret from the Insignificant Dr
agon Swings Its Tail
"Hand over the stone plate in your hands, and I will spare you."
When he saw Happy and the white stone plate in his arms, Evil King quickly got rid of his idea of chasing after the mysterious woman who saved Shi Feixuan. His gaze was redirected to Happy, and as he spoke, a surging, mighty pressure filled the air and enveloped Happy.
Happy said nothing about it, and he did not bother with it either. He just took his time to cast a glance at the pretty figure who disappeared into the distance, and when he faced the pressure from Evil King while his powerful qi locked on him, his Nine Yang Divine Skill and Tendon Changing Classic activated on his own, and a powerful qi rose from his body.
Happy just used his movements to show his unbending will and chose to Evil King.
Evil King's gaze turned dark, and he moved.
"Hmph!"
A thunderous voice filled his ears.
Happy just pulled his left hand upward calmly, and his Dragon Saber shot out with a howl. A golden saber glare perfectly locked down on Evil King's silent palm strike.
"You're pretty good." Evil King's swift palm strike had not been able to do anything to Happy. He snorted coldly. "Unfortunately, you're still too young and naive to think about using just these few tricks to fight against me."
Palm shadows filled the air, and the presence of a powerful martial artist at the peak of Myth Realm shot up to suppress Happy. He also used his attacks in an attempt to subjugate Happy.
Once Evil King raised his hand and his qi surged, Happy could accurately deduce and understand what sort of attack Evil King wanted to use. His true origin aura quickly enveloped his entire body, and he advanced by attacking with his saber.
Bang!
The black palm shadows landed on Happy's true origin aura, and they only managed to whittle down very little true origin. In the span of a breath, Happy's true origin aura recovered.
Evil Monk was shocked.
"Who are you to Mad Monk?!"
But as he cried out in surprise, Happy had already attacked with Dragon Capture.
Evil King's movements froze. Then, Happy executed Joined Finger and attacked Evil King's c.h.e.s.t. It was followed by a dazzling and incredibly fast saber glare.
Boom!
The flames of Evil King's body fortification rose around him briefly, like snowflakes. Almost at the same time it vanished, the finger force and saber glare that descended instantly crumbled.
"So… you're part of the evil cult." Evil King sent Happy reeling back with a palm strike before he jumped and landed lightly sixty-five feet away from Happy. His eyes were filled with puzzlement and shock as he sized up Happy. Then, he said something that caused Happy to be incredibly gloomy.
"I'm from Shaolin Temple." Happy rolled his eyes to Evil King's statement before he quickly realized that he had said something wrong. He snorted coldly and added, "The Murong Clan and Shaolin Temple can both be considered my sects. But it's really baffling for you to say that I'm from the evil cult."
"Nonsense!" Evil King smiled coldly. "You say that you're part of Shaolin Temple? You're from the Murong Clan, even if you share a very good relationship with Shaolin Temple, how could you actually get Shaolin Temple's supreme classic from those conservative, idiotic monks? What a joke! The evil cult is the only sect that does whatever we want, and aside from us, who would dare hand over Tendon Changing Classic to a person who is unrelated to Shaolin Temple?"
Happy instantly fell silent.
He finally understood why Evil King would call him a part of the evil cult. Happy inherited Mad Monk's legacy, and in a sense, he was already Mad Monk's successor, and before Mad Monk became a monk, he was indeed a part of the evil cult. In fact, he was the young master of Sky Demon Sect!
"Since you've already mastered Tendon Changing Classic and that thick-headed fool is taking care of you, I won't trouble you…"
Once he said this, Evil King showed that he wanted to stop fighting. He cast the white stone plate in Happy's hands with a reluctance to give it up before he turned around to leave without another word.
He might have made the entire thing sound nice, but Happy knew that once he realized that Happy had mastered Tendon Changing Classic and Nine Yang Divine Skill, and he could not kill him. That was why he took the initiative to retreat and leave so that he could search for the other target.
"Everyone has the right to punish those from the evil cult! Senior Shi, I'll have you die here!"
Happy naturally would not let Evil King go and cause trouble to Young Yu Yan. When he saw Evil King turning around to leave, he growled and activated Phantasmal Body Movement Skill. In an instant, he reached his maximum speed and went to grab Evil King.
"You're quite bold."
There was no need for Evil King to even turn his head around. With one remote palm strike, he dug a trench on the ground among the grass. It went straight at Happy, and without another word, Happy activated Dragon Swings Its Tail.
Bang!
At the moment the palm strike landed on his body, it increased the force driving Dragon Swings Its Tail forward. Happy looked like a dragon while he twisted in the air, and with just one fierce kick, he instantly arrived in front of Evil King.
But at that moment, when he managed to land an instantaneous kick on Evil King, Happy suddenly thought of something.
This was the true profound technique in Dragon Swings Its Tail!
It was the profound technique belonging to the third move in Ten True Dragon Styles.
If the enemy's attack was strong, then his body would turn into a vessel to absorb the enemy's power so that he could reflect all the damage he suffered to the enemy, because the damage in Dragon Swings Its Tail could inherit the enemy's damage and speed.
In the past, whenever Happy used Dragon Swings Its Tail, it was either when the enemy he faced was too weak, which made the effects in Dragon Swings Its Tail seem insignificant compared to the amazing effects in Dragon Capture and Petite Dragon, or it was because the opponent he faced was of equal strength to him, and he could never sense the true strength in the profound technique within Dragon Swings Its Tail.
But at that moment, Happy finally discovered the hidden attribute within the move.
This kick had surprisingly managed to make Evil King take half a staggering step back before he managed to regain his footing. He stared at the footprint Happy managed to leave on his c.h.e.s.t in disbelief.
"I see, so that's how it is."
When he discovered the different way to use Ten True Dragon Styles and how amazing it was, Happy even forgot to chase after Evil King while he had the upper hand after he landed on the ground. He stopped moving with his face full of crazed delight, and he mumbled under his breath.
He always had the thought that Dragon Capture and Petite Dragon were more practical than the next two styles in Ten True Dragon Styles, but by the looks of it now, it was because he had never discovered the secret behind the third and fourth style.
'I wonder, what is Dragon Coil's effect?'
When he thought of this, Happy suddenly had a great d.e.s.i.r.e to rediscover the amazing properties within the fourth style in Ten True Dragon Styles, because the third style, Dragon Swings Its Tail, had produced incredibly astonishing effects when fighting against powerful enemies, and as long as he could activate it at an appropriate time, not only could he be immune to the enemy's attack once, he could also transform the enemy's attack. If he managed to activate it while the enemy used his killing move, then the power in that move could not be underestimated!
While he thought about this, Evil King suddenly turned around once more and wanted to run once more.
Happy was already incredibly troublesome to deal with, since he had Tendon Changing Classic and Nine Yang Divine Skill. The sudden attack just now had also caused Evil King to feel slightly threatened and uneasy. There was no way he would continue staying to fight against Happy. When he thought about how the person who brought Shi Feixuan away was leavi
ng further into the distance, he did not even bother with executing a palm-generated wind. He just turned around and fled.
Once he understood the profound secret behind Dragon Swings Its Tail, Happy was even more unwilling to let Evil King go in his moment of ecstasy. He said nothing and just chased after him.
His true origin became full, and the air flowing out of his pores started coming out of him in waves.
He did not bother with saving up his qi. He started charging forward at maximum speed. He chased after Evil King, despite the fact that he was far away from him. No matter what, his spiritual sense could cover an area that was more than 625 feet, and it was impossible for Evil King to shake him off within a short moment.
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Evil King and Happy were both as fast as phantoms, but Young Yu Yan, who ran at the forefront, had a load on her, and she was not fast. Once she entered the government-made road, she summoned her steed, and Shi Feixuan woke up blearily because of the bumpy ride.
"He caught up."
Shi Feixuan's words terrified Young Yu Yan.
Naturally, she knew who Shi Feixuan was referring to with the "he" she mentioned.
When she took this spontaneous quest, she had been notified that she had to break free from Evil King's chase for within twenty-four hours. If she was caught up, Shi Feixuan and her lives would be in danger, and the quest would also fail.
Shi Feixuan's survival was nothing to her, but Young Yu Yan was worried that the stone plate in Shi Feixuan's hands would fall into Evil King's hands.
When she heard Shi Feixuan's warning, Young Yu Yan's expression changed. She remained silent for a few seconds before she quickly sent two letters. One was for Happy, and the other was for Silver Wolf.
In the letter for Happy, Young Yu Yan told him the details of the quest she received, and she also told him about her current situation. At the end of the letter, she mentioned that she was heading to the closest city.
She knew that Happy would definitely chase after her, and she gave him her destination because Happy might be able to take a shortcut and catch up to her.
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