Happy stood behind while watching Ninja King fight against the general puppets. He sized up the conditions of the puppets who were withstanding the brunt of Ninja King's attacks.
Boom!
Finally, the fourth general puppet perished.
The last general puppet from the back row went up to fill in the gap!
But even when the gap appeared, Happy still did not move. He stared at Ninja King calmly while the man was forced out of the tomb once more. Then, he quickly brought out a piece of paper to write: Get to the entrance! Be quick!
Once he was done writing those six words, he let his messenger pigeon fly.
After he finished, the fifth general puppet finally died in Ninja King's hands, and a gap finally formed at the entrance of the tomb.
A cold glare shone under the golden helmet. Ninja King could finally give up on dealing with the last three general puppets and charge in through the gap.
But there was no way the general puppets would let him go so easily.
They moved, and the original gap was shut, but another gap instantly formed in different direction from Ninja King.
Chapter 286 - Retreated In Time!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
When Ninja King moved, Happy instantly shot out.
They practically shifted at the same time, and instantly changed places. One of them entered the tomb, and the other appeared outside.
Phantasm Body Movement Skill was a lightness skill that allowed the user to suddenly explode with speed, so they could be as fast as phantoms. When Ninja King noticed that his prey was gone, Happy charged out of the tomb with a bang. He activated his qi realm, and his speed increased swiftly! With a few quick jumps, he managed to reach the end of the room. Then, with a push, he quickly appeared in a tunnel that was one hundred and nine yards away.
"Hmph!"
But who was Ninja King? There was no way he would willingly let a treasure as great as Nation Protecting Divine Sword be taken away by a nameless martial artist from China and disappear right in front of his eyes.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
However, he faced quite a lot of trouble in his chase. When he turned around, the three general puppets had all struck at him at lightning speed. They cut off his retreat, forcing him to temporarily evade their attacks.
He had to halt for a second before he could bypass the puppets and rush out of the tomb.
When he appeared at the corner, he found that Happy had long since ran into another tunnel. He'd done it so fast that it filled Ninja King with rage. He growled and vanished from the tunnel like a plume of smoke, leaving the three puppets behind him alone.
*****
The disciples from the four sects had a few puppets surrounded in a tunnel through which Happy had went.
Clang, clang, clang!
They were engaged in a chaotic battle.
Flap, flap, flap!
When another messenger pigeon landed in Phoenix Dances' hands, she was stunned for a moment. Then, she swiftly opened the letter, and her expression changed!
"What's wrong?"
The people around her swiftly noticed the drastic change in Phoenix Dances' expression. They revealed surprised expressions and surrounded her.
There were six words in the letter and two exclamation marks. This made everyone's expressions change.
"Let's go!"
The Three Lonely Wolves scowled, but they acted without hesitation.
They knew Happy well. If he had not run into something that was incredibly urgent or dangerous, he would absolutely not send such a short letter.
When they thought about it in depth, there might only be one person in the royal mausoleum who had the ability to make Happy, who had defeated Ninja King's Clone, to be in danger—the real deal.
All the members of Beautiful Robes Faction quickly received Phoenix Dances' orders.
"What's going on?"
The people from the other three sects noticed that the situation was off, and Yue Hua and Ouyang Qing approached her hastily.
The leaders' expressions changed, and they hastened to shout their orders.
"Stop!"
"Retreat!"
"Stop fighting! Retreat to the entrance! Hurry!"
The trauma they suffered from the bloody slaughter Ninja King's clone delivered to the three sects at the first level of the royal mausoleum still remained fresh in their minds. Once they heard that Ninja King might be chasing after Happy, they were immediately unable to remain calm and quickly sent orders to their people.
A small number of players in the battlefield still did not know what had happened. When they saw that the soldier puppets before them had one last breath in them, they focused their attention on them, and their reactions to the orders were slightly slow. They wanted to land a few more strikes before they left. But at that moment, they suddenly heard warnings delivered by qi from the distance in the tunnel.
"GO! HURRY UP AND LEAVE!"
Before Happy even arrived, his voice reached everyone!
The urgent warning was like rolling thunder that traveled into everyone's ears.
'They're here so soon?!'
"Go!"
"Forget about them! We have to leave first!"
They activated their lightness skills, and with the fastest speed they could muster, they returned to the entrance.
When they noticed that the situation was off, the people lagging behind finally realized that they were in danger. They ignored the soldier puppets chasing after them and turned tail and ran.
Fortunately, they were not far away from the tunnel.
When they reached the semi-circular hall, the group that had been lagging behind finally saw Happy appear from behind a corner. Ninja King came right after him. He was shining in all his golden glory that made him look like a mechanical warrior.
"Get in!"
The sects s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths. As expected, Happy had run into Ninja King.
Whoosh!
Right when a flash of yellow rushed past the tunnel, Ninja King stopped for a moment. His cold gaze swept over the people from the four sects, but he did not waste a lot of time on them. He swiftly went after Happy, who rushed to the other end of the tunnel.
"Whew!"
"It's Ninja King!"
"We're saved…"
A few seconds after Ninja King left, the group released a sigh of relief. They looked as if they had just escaped a disaster.
When Ninja King came over, they felt like they had danced with Death's scythe pressed against their necks. Their hearts pumped so quickly that they got stuck in their throats.
"Thank goodness Happy warned us on time, or else we would have died in that place…"
When they recalled the situation just then, everyone shuddered even though it was not cold!
"That's the real Ninja King?! That one gaze from him already made my soul almost leave my body! He's way stronger than his clone!"
The group had still not calmed down. Their hearts still pounded with fear.
Only the people from Beautiful Robes Faction were uneasy. Every single person from the faction had worry written on their faces.
Even though they had been relieved from danger, Happy had still not shaken off Ninja King. With his speed, he might be able to catch up to Happy at any moment. However, Happy seemed to be able to dodge his attacks as if he had predicted them ahead of time.
But could he keep fleeing? There would come a time when his qi would be depleted!
And Happy himself had once said that he was not Ninja King's opponent.
"Phoenix Dances, should we…" B.u.t.t Shaker turned to face his faction master.
Phoenix Dances seemed to know what he wanted to say. She scowled and shook her head with a grave expression. "It's useless. Even if we go, we won't be able to help…"
"I'll go!" One Circle suggested loudly.
"Your body fortification might be good, but you already had a hard time when you went up against Ninja K
ing's clone. You won't be able to last even a few hits when you face the real Ninja King. Even if you go, it won't make a difference."
Phoenix Dances shook her head again.
The people from the other three sects looked at the people from Beautiful Robes Faction with surprised expressions. Why did they seem to be even more in a panic when Happy was the one in danger?
"Happy took the initiative to send a letter telling us to leave because he knew that we wouldn't be able to help him. I think that we should let him handle the situation. He might have a solution."
Young Lonely White's words attracted everyone's attention. After all, he was Happy's dormmate and one of the people there who understood Happy the most. His words were even more convincing than those of Phoenix Dances.
"Besides, you saw it as well just now. Those soldiers in the second level of the royal mausoleum won't take the initiative to attack Happy., so he'll temporarily be free of danger. Think, even if we want to go, we'd have to get through the soldiers first!"
The players were instantly rendered silent.
At that moment, only one person among the people from Beautiful Robes Faction had a complicated expression. She did not say anything since the start, but her expression was very strange!
Naturally, that person was Little Jade.
The brilliance she usually had because of her beauty had been weakened when she stood among Phoenix Dances, Glutinous Rice, and the beautiful mistresses from Emei Sect. She had become no different from a normal player.
If Happy died in the second level of the royal mausoleum once, it would be a good thing for her. At the very least, she would not need to be as conflicted as she was right then because she did not know how to handle the matters.
Little Jade sighed without making a sound.
Chapter 287 - Old Swordsman
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
In the right tunnel of the second level of the royal mausoleum were two yellow figures. They moved swiftly, and the sound of air being slices apart could be heard. The people producing the sound were like phantoms.
The person in the front was dressed in deep yellow and was protected by a golden bell. The qi around him seemed to have gained physical form, and it was forceful as well as aggressive! Wherever he went, he moved at the speed of lightning.
However, the golden figure chasing after him was clearly stronger. That person was like a golden cannon that charged past the walls in the tunnel. Even though he was only performing simple maneuvers, the explosive speed of his every charge was extremely terrifying!
The one hundred or so yards between the two were swiftly reduced to zero, and when they passed by the semi-circular hall, the hunter caught up with the figure in front of him. He then delivered a sweeping kick without any hesitation.
Whenever that happened, the dark yellow figure fleeing in the front would instantly avoid the attack. The person did not even need to turn his head around. He could clearly discern his pursuer's attack trajectory through the gusts of wind and avoid the attack like a phantom.
Boom!
Ninja King left behind a deep pit that had cracks spreading out of it in one of the walls in the tunnel. Shattered stone flew everywhere, but none of them touched Happy, who had his Golden Bell Cocoon protecting him.
If that had only happened once, Ninja King would have thought that it was only an accident. But when it happened the second time, he found it a little strange, and when it happened a third time, Happy even seized the chance to leap behind a group of soldier puppets. He used them to widen the distance between himself and his pursuer once more. They were back to being one hundred yards apart from each other.
The cold glare from under the golden helmet became even colder, and he delivered a palm strike without hesitation.
Bang, bang!
The two soldier puppets who had become "alive" were instantly sent crashing into the wall by an astonishing force. By the time they regained their mobility through considerable effort, Ninja King had already jumped twice, stepped on the wall, and vanished behind the corner.
Happy had just released a sigh of relief when he heard a violent sound behind him, along with the sound of someone slicing apart the air as they charged forward. His heart tensed up again. Without batting an eyelid, he quickly stuffed another Dew Pill and medicinal pill into his mouth.
He had not spent a lot of qi while he was on his way there, but when he remembered the situation when he had been heavily injured and nearly died because of the one strike from Ninja King, he did not dare to be negligent. He made the cautious decision to remain at the peak of his condition!
When he turned into the second tunnel, Ninja King caught up to him once more.
Whoosh!
What shocked Happy was that this time, Ninja King did not attack him after he caught up to him, which he had expected to happen.
He looked sideways, and from the corner of his eye, he was just in time to catch Ninja King appearing by his side. At that moment, Ninja King turned his face to stare at him, and he looked like a cold and merciless God of War while running together with Happy for an instant.
Ninja King should have noticed by then that chasing after him blindly would not be effective. 'Could he be thinking about...'
A hint of unease rose in Happy's heart.
Before he could become certain, he heard a loud whoosh beside him. The golden figure appeared thirty-two feet in front of him and turned around to block his path forward.
Since chasing after him did not work, Ninja King decided to modify his strategy and switched tactics to block Happy. Once he turned around, he tapped against the ground and faced Happy, whose expression was unpleasant while he charged toward him. Ninja King's gaze was cold while he stared at Happy. He did not miss a single minor detail in his movements.
Thirty-two feet was a distance that could be traveled within the blink of an eye by two people with explosive speeds.
Whoosh!
The moment Happy landed and chose to charge through, Ninja King made an adjustment in the air. He delivered a downward kick with his golden leg that brought about a pressure and wind that filled the entire area. Everything in the area got frozen! Wherever his kick swept through, it locked down all the paths Happy could take around him…
Petit Dragon!
Happy's body twisted under the powerful gust of wind. He moved like a loach and slipped beneath Ninja King's leg. Without getting struck, he appeared thirty-two feet away.
Once his attack missed, Ninja King's leg crashed into the ground due to inertia. The great force not only created a huge pit on the ground, but injured Happy a little despite missing him. Ninja King's leg was numb though, and when he turned around, Happy disappeared behind a corner in the tunnel, which was sixty-five feet away.
Whoosh…
The red light in Ninja King's eyes became stronger. With a tap against the ground, he went after Happy. Regardless of whether it was for Nation Protecting Divine Sword or for his own dignity, he would not let Happy escape.
*****
Happy had more time on his hands that time after he managed to flee from Ninja King. While he took medicine to restore the qi he depleted while using Petit Dragon, he charged forward. He also optimized his trajectory to the best possible manner to reach the tomb at the end of the tunnel, because based on his memories, Yan Dynasty's greatest treasure, the heirloom seal, was placed there.
When Ninja King appeared behind him again, Happy remained calm. He used Petit Dragon to increase his dodge rate by 80% and successfully resolved the danger. He then took two more turns, and finally, with the help of the soldier puppets, he rushed into the tomb that did not have a lot of light in it.
Within the tomb was an old man dressed in green robes who had a white beard and hair. He held a sword in its sheath while standing with his back to the entrance. He seemed to be admiring the exquisite paintings that filled the walls of the tomb. Even if Happy suddenly barged in, he did not react. He seemed to be rather
relaxed and did not look like a puppet at all.
However, Happy knew that it was because Old Swordsman was the pride and joy of the top puppet master in Yan Dynasty. The man had really respected Old Swordsman, so he had added a lot of minor details, which was why the puppet was so outstanding and lifelike.
Once Happy entered the tomb, his eyes fixed on the brocade box that was placed on the jade stage beside Old Swordsman. The sight of it instantly filled him with great spirit.
Whoosh!
Ninja King stopped at the entrance and cast Old Swordsman a wary glance. Then, he saw Happy walk toward the heirloom seal.
"ARGH!" he growled andy stepped into the tomb with the heirloom seal!
A white sword glare appeared like a flash of lightning in the tomb. It crashed into Ninja King's c.h.e.s.t in an arc like a roll of silk that had been spread in the air.
Clang!
A great force dispelled Ninja King's momentum completely. He shuddered and staggered backwards from the attack.
Thud, thud, thud.
Coincidentally, he stopped at the entrance.
Ninja King's expression changed drastically!
Whoosh!
Ninja King rushed into the tomb again. This time, he charged straight to Happy.
"Die!"
At the same time, an old but awe-inspiring voice spoke in the tomb.
"How thickheaded…"
The sword glare that was as quick as lightning appeared again!
However, Ninja King had already made his decision to kill Happy. He did not dodge and threw a punch at Happy, who stood before the heirloom seal.
Clang!
Thud!
But Happy was not lucky that time either. It was a rare event that Petit Dragon was unable to help him dodge!
"Urk!"
Golden Bell Cocoon instantly became much dimmer, and Happy grunted. He then coughed up a mouthful of blood on the box containing the heirloom seal.
Qi that was delivered through the air was very damaging.
Even if Happy was injured, he did not stop moving. He quickly opened the box, took the dragon-shaped jade seal inside, and stuffed it into his Universe Bag.
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