His eyes sparkled, and Happy delivered a few finger-generated gusts from the distance.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
"Careful!"
As three Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction disciples grunted, those three people were sent flying away. The originally perfect formation instantly became incomplete.
The sword will that had just been formed and the intimidating pressure from those at the peak of Myth Realm was also largely weakened at the same time.
Happy seized the chance and activated Wave-like Subtle Steps once more.
During that period of time, he attacked repeatedly with his finger and sent multiple people flying, easily moving through the sword formation formed by the group of Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction disciples.
The Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction disciples had never suffered such a great loss before. When they saw their enemy reaching the top of the mountain as if he was traveling in a deserted land and injuring their own people in the process, they became indignant, especially when they saw him getting close to their sect.
"Stop chasing after him!"
At that moment, a loud voice stopped everyone from moving.
"The faction master has already said that if there is someone who manages to break our sword formation, then he is not someone we can handle. If we chase after him, we will just be adding to the number of casualties."
"But Seventh Junior Brother and the rest are injured."
Some of the disciples felt indignant and could not accept this, but that person's next words gave him a reminder.
"He already showed mercy to us by not killing us. He's too strong. We can only leave everything else to the faction master and the elders…
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It was only then that the people were able to not accept this. They looked in the direction where Happy had disappeared. In that direction was Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction's sect!
*****
After he got through the formation formed by forty-nine Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction disciples, Happy finally reached the highest place of the mountain.
The top of the mountain looked as if it had been cut off by a longsword.
At the moment he reached the top of the mountain, a violent gust of wind blew into his face. Even Happy felt a bone-chilling cold from the air. It was as if this was a chill that came from an ancient ice cave, and it could freeze a person's blood.
Tendon Changing Classic swiftly increased its circulation speed. A powerful wave of warmth from his qi and blood was released from his Dantian region. It quickly spread to his limbs through his meridian system to chase away the cold.
At this moment, Happy discovered the source of the chill.
On the huge mountaintop was a large ice stage that was built by big blocks of ice. It stood before Happy in an incredibly dazzling and magnificent manner. It covered a circular area of three hundred feet, and it was thirty feet tall. It was like a gigantic work of art that shocked all those who saw it.
However, the area Happy's spiritual senses covered was large. He could "see" from above, and he was still able to recognize that this large ice stage before him was not a work of art by Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction, but a huge arena.
Fixed to the center of the arena were multiple frozen longswords. There were more than one thousand of them. The only empty space was about more than thirty feet, and it was at the edge of the arena. Countless gashes caused by sword qi intersected each other densely on the arena. They looked horrendous, but they were filled with sword wills that were of varying degrees of strength.
To the side of the arena were two words that were written in energetic but also gentle calligraphy. "Heavenly" was carved to the right, and "Lake" was carved to the left. Its domineering air could be felt instantly.
"As expected of Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction… Amazing!"
When he saw this, even Happy was shocked by Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction's mannerisms. He sighed in his heart. Then, he looked up and saw four figures jumping forward from the red walls in the distance.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
They had outstanding body movements, and they appeared quickly. In the blink of an eye, they arrived above Heavenly Lake. Each of them chose an ice sword, and they stood proudly like statues in the cold wind.
Whoosh!
Four pairs of fierce and awe-inspiring gazes were fixed on Happy coldly.
'Elites at the middle stage of Myth Realm.'
With Happy's spiritual sense, no Myth Realm elite could hide his strength from him. In an instant, he could gauge their strength.
'Not bad.'
Sword Sect's master brought four elites at the middle stage of Myth Realm with him. Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction was clearly not any inferior to Sword Sect. They should have more than four Myth Realm elites in their faction.
However, Happy did not dare to be as careless with them as he did with the four elites from Sword Sect.
Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction had been setting up formations since Happy was at the foot of the mountain. The formation set up by the forty-nine disciples at the second station had given off the presence of those at the peak of Myth Realm. All this proved that the foundation of Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction's strength was not just in their swords, but also their formations.
Right now, these four elites at the middle stage of Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction also seemed to have formed a formation at Heavenly Lake.
No matter how great of a fool Happy was, he would not charge into the formation rashly and without any preparation.
If these four people worked together, they should display strength that would not lose to those at the peak of Myth Realm.
Breaking the sword formation formed by four Myth Realm elites would not be as easy as when he did it at the foot of the mountain.
When he thought about this, Happy instantly got rid of the thought of f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y breaking the sword formation. He walked forward slowly and went up Heavenly Lake through the stone steps.
He wrapped his fist in his palm and had his qi circulate in his Dantian region.
"I am Happy of Shaolin Temple. I have something to ask of the faction master of Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction, and I hope that you will pass this message."
His voice was like a thunderclap in spring. His clear voice spread out like waves due to the support from his sonorous qi.
At that moment, even the violent gusts of wind above the mountain seemed to have been suppressed by Happy's voice.
Happy's voice echoed above Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction's sky.
"Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction is not a place for you to act as you please. Since you have not killed any of our people, we will not make a fuss over this. Begone!" said a Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction elite standing on Heavenly Lake. His words were like a sword, and his gaze was electrifying. A faint pressure swept toward Happy.
However, while this sword will was outstanding in the world of martial artists, it only managed to sweep up Happy's sleeves slightly. He remained unmoved.
His prideful stance and powerful presence instantly made the four Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction elites wary.
The second person had fighting spirit burn in his eyes. He said, "You may meet our faction master, but you will have to first break the sword formation the four of us set up. If you manage to break it, our faction master will naturally meet you."
Once he finished speaking, Happy used his actions to reply to the man's words.
He took a step forward and jumped without hesitation. Then, he made it to the air above Heavenly Lake. When four powerful sword wills exploded forth, they made exploding sounds when they surrounded Happy. Happy surveyed
his surroundings coldly.
Heaven Crystal's quests, which had suddenly changed, were incredibly important. He did not have extra time to fight against them!
Chapter 1133 - Four Matchless Sword Formation, Tempted
Clang!
The four elders of Heavenly Lake drew their swords at the same time.
The sounds they made seemed to be one, and it was very pleasant and refreshing. Sword m.o.a.ns seemed to have filled the air in Heavenly Lake.
At that moment, even Happy felt a strange hint of fear in him when the four elders simultaneously drew their swords and caused the sounds of their swords scratching against their sheaths to come out as one. He frowned, and he could not help but size up these four people.
The four elders of Heavenly Lake had their swords pointed diagonally, each pointing to a corner of the arena. From Happy's view, their actions, their expressions, and gazes were incredibly similar. It was as if they were carved out of the same model. Their bodies exuded an outstanding sword will and presence. Also, even the frequency and magnitude in which their longswords trembled were astonishingly in sync.
As they breathed, four sword w.h.i.n.es echoed in the air above Heavenly Lake.
Four sword wills surged into the sky.
'I knew it, they aren't easy to deal with.'
Happy watched the four elders of Heavenly Lake quietly.
The frequency and magnitude of the longswords' tremors did not change, but the sword w.h.i.n.es echoed madly in the air, and they fused together in abnormal harmony.
The sword w.h.i.n.es entered his ears, and it was as if they were coming from within him. It caused his heart to be agitated.
A complete and powerful aura was quickly formed above Heavenly Lake as the four powerful sword wills fused together. Naturally, Happy was the only target for the aura, and he had the full force of the attack ram into him.
Whoosh!
His sleeves fluttered madly.
As the powerful sword wills and imposing momentum charged at him with a huge pressure, Happy noticed a strange change appearing among the four people's qi.
Their qi was increasing!
As the wind howled fiercely, the qi within the four elders of Heavenly Lake quickly rose from the middle stage of Myth Realm to the later stage of Myth Realm.
"..."
When he noticed the change in the four elders' qi, Happy's expression quickly turned solemn.
When the forty-nine Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction disciples set up their formation, they gathered everyone into one united whole, and they used the formation to gather their united strength into one body, which allowed them to gain the presence and strength of those at the peak of Myth Realm, but the weaknesses in their bodies did not disappear because of it.
The four elders of Heavenly Lake used the profundity in the formation and actually increased their personal strength by another level. They managed to push themselves from the middle stage of Myth Realm to the later stage of Myth Realm.
This formation had surpassed what Happy knew!
Even though their qi realms had just changed and increased by one level, there was a clear difference in strength between those at the later stage and the middle stage of Myth Realm. Their weaknesses would also disappear completely. This meant that Happy was no longer facing four normal Myth Realm elites, but four elites at the later stage of Myth Realm whose strength was comparable to Sword Sect's master.
What was even more terrifying was that the strength of the formation was clearly not limited to this!
Thud! Thud!
The four elders of Heavenly Lake had already attacked.
They tapped against the ground. The four men turned into four astonishing sword lights, and they charged at Happy from four directions of Heavenly Lake.
A system notification arrived.
"Ding!
"You are caught in Four Matchless Sword Formation!
"Your movement speed has been reduced!
"Your accuracy has decreased!"
"What the heck?!"
When the system notifications rose, the four elders from Heavenly Lake had already arrived in front of him. Four powerful sword wills pierced through the world, and with four astonishing sword qis that tore through the air, Happy felt as if the air around him had been s.u.c.k.e.d away. For a moment, he was suppressed from four directions, and he did not have any room to avoid their attacks.
Even if he activated Petite Dragon now, it would be useless.
What caused Happy to feel that this situation was bad was that the closer the four people were, the more in sync their qis were. The four sword wills had started merging together in the air, and their power quickly fused together and became stronger!
"I knew it, there's something strange!"
Happy immediately got rid of the thought of using the Dragon Swings Its Tail to destroy the formation. Their qis were shockingly in sync, and as they fused together, Happy could not even imagine just who he was supposed to counterattack at the moment he activated the Dragon Swings Its Tail.
Boom!
A thought rose in his mind. A powerful flow of qi instantly surged out of Happy's body. His eyes sparkled. He had activated his qi realm.
Happy attacked.
At the moment the four people's momentum were about to reach their peak, Happy swiftly disappeared in the distance.
However, as if the four elders on Heavenly Lake knew where Happy would go, the sword momentum in the air turned. Then, like a large, snow-white dragon tumbling about, the sword momentum bore its fangs and headed to the left.
"I knew it. It's led by qi activity. My qi will be targeted by the sword wills in the sword formation, and I can't break free from it."
"Hmph! If you knew about this, you would have acted differently, I suppose. But it's too late for you to think about running now!" A cold bark of laughter that sounded like thunder rose in the air. The sword momentum instantly released thousands of sword qis, and they went to pierce Happy, who had just appeared.
In an instant, Happy's body was completely covered by the dazzling sword qis.
The four elders of Heavenly Lake sneered coldly at the same time and retreated. They moved like phantoms back to their original positions, as if they never moved.
But right when they were about to stop attacking, a lively voice gasped in admiration, and that sound came forth from the snow and fog that exploded and filled the air.
"...Amazing… This is simply amazing. Did Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction isolate itself just to research these sword formations?"
The four elders' expressions instantly changed.
Then, the four people saw something unbelievable!
A figure slowly walked out of the dancing snow.
Even though his shirt was slightly torn, he was still as imposing as ever. His gaze was intense as he returned to the center of Heavenly Lake.
"How could this be?!"
"You're actually alright?!"
"..."
The four people saw the disbelieving shock in each other's eyes.
Just now, they had attacked at full strength without holding back in the slightest. Their full-powered strikes had landed on him. Forget about an Inaction Realm Shaolin Temple disciple, even an elite at the later stage of Myth Realm would be instantly severely injured by the attack. But this…
They simply could not believe their eyes.
*****
When Happy walked out of the dancing snow, he looked up once more, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.
In truth, just now, for the first time ever, Happy had sensed an unprecedented danger from the four elders of Heavenly Lake.
At the moment the four people's attacks landed on him, he even felt the strength of someone who was almost One with the World landing on him.
If the four people's attacks had not come from all directions and the power in the force-bearing points were completely the same, Happy would definitely not be as relaxed as he was right now. At the very least,
he should have been sent flying off Heavenly Lake.
But the forces from the four directions were negated by his true origin aura, and because of it, he managed to remain unmoved, as if a miracle had happened.
To Happy, the attacks from the four people just now were the same as the attacks from two elites at the peak of Myth Realm.
If a sect possessed two elites at the peak of Myth Realm, it would definitely not be a nameless sect in the world of martial artists…
Even though Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction only obtained this effect by using the sword formation, Happy believed that the sword formation could help Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction stand above other sects and allow them to be ranked among the top with the major sects in the world of martial artists.
'Sword formation.'
A sparkle shone in Happy's eyes.
There were plenty of formations in the world of martial artists, but most of them had strict requirements. Take Shaolin Temple's eighteen staff monks. Since they were players, if they wanted to bring out the effects of the staff formation, their strength must be about the same, and their teamwork must be great. This also meant that they had to spend a lot of time together, or else, it would be hard for them to truly turn the formation into their own strength.
In the past, the eighteen staff monks caused the staff formation to collapse because it became increasingly difficult for them to maintain the balance of power among them at the later stages of the game. The party dissolved into individual players.
There were plenty of people who practised formations in the game.
But the time, patience, state of mind, and teamwork needed could cause a normal player into despair.
Professional players would not care about forming parties and using this sort of method to get easy wins. In fact, they regarded this sort of thing in disdain. All of them were more inclined to increase their own strength. Hence, three years ago, formations started to gradually fall into oblivion. Very few people used it.
But now, the formation Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction displayed was incredibly profound. It was clear that they were much more high-class than the cheap stuff sold in markets in the game.
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