The three great sects might gnash their teeth in exasperation toward it, but they nnot could respond to the three local sects' actions nor counterattack. After all, if their plan worked, they were prepared to handle the other local sects' crazed revenge. However, they did not expect that such an unexpected and shocking change would happen to their plan and they would lose in such a miserable manner.
Once the three people in charge met each other, they found that neither of them had expected that Jade Fox Palace, Righteous Sect, and Blood River Sect's revenge would come so soon and arrive so fiercely. It was so fast that they did not have time to make any preparations for retreat.
*****
One hour later, the forces from the three great sects quietly appeared at the town gate to the north.
With the protection of Lu Mingyue, Evil Wolf, Monk with Thick Eyebrows, and various top-class elites, more than two thousand people broke through the lockdown formed by the three local sects. They jumped up their horses and left in a cloud of dust.
When the three sect masters received news of it, theys did not send anyone to chase after them. They only watched the people leave until they were thirty-one miles away, then turned away.
Absolute Nonsense and the others knew that the three great sects were forced to break through. If they did not want to be trapped in Baokang for all time, breaking out was the only thing they could do!
Even though they could not settle the blood debt once the three great sects left and could not continue with their revenge, it still meant that the three great sects had been completely defeated, and they had completely retreated from the stage of competing for Baokang and Shennongjia's resources.
*****
In a small town that was thirty-one miles away from Baokang were people from Class One Hall, Towering Palace, and Cold Moon Palace. They finally slowed down there and chose to rest for a while.
"Palace Master Lu, you're the only one who has fought against Happy face to face. What level do you think he has reached?"
The person who spoke was the one in charge of Towering Palace's people. He was the only one who had not met Happy face to face before, and at that moment, he no longer chewed on a green foxtail. When he spoke, his expression was solemn and stern. The failure in the operation forced him to reevaluate his strength, along with the disparity in strength between Towering Palace compared to the other great sects.
Lu Mingyue sat by a table alone.
When he heard the question, he snorted softly. "If it weren't for the fact that I had spent too much qi earlier, there's no way Happy would have been able to gain the upper hand against me. But there's no need to doubt that Happy has an ultimate technique. It'll be very difficult to defeat him!"
"An ultimate technique?!"
Everyone's hearts froze. They were incredibly shocked.
"Whose legacy did he inherit?"
Monk with Thick Eyebrows and Evil Wolf were stunned for a moment before looking over with interest.
"I don't know the details about that."
Lu Mingyue closed his eyes with an arrogant look on his face. He appeared to not want to think deeply about the question.
The young man from Towering Palace remembered something at that moment. "One of Towering Palace's Dharma protectors, Shangguan Lian, mentioned something like that to us before. He said that Happy might be practicing an ultimate technique."
When he finished speaking, the people around him turned their faces toward him, including Lu Mingyue. His expression was attentive.
"Oh?"
"Even though it's just a guess, the possibility is very high. Remember the battle at Mount Song of Shaolin Temple? Happy was also there back then."
"Of course we remember that."
A hind of anger appeared on Evil Wolf and Monk with Thick Eyebrows' faces.
The first failure Class One Hall had suffered was at Mount Song. They were embarrassed by Happy, but they never found the chance to take revenge.
The young man shook his head. "I'm not talking about that time he was at Punishment Mount. I'm talking about the time before he went to Punishment Mount. Happy once stayed a very long time in a broken temple. Do you remember that there was a master in that broken temple? There was also a very powerful and eminent Buddhist monk who guarded that place."
The group's eyes lit up. They understood what he said.
"Are you saying?"
"That's right. The eminent Buddhist monk's qi realm was definitely not below Moksha Realm. His Lion's Roar could kill hundreds with just one shout. With that sort of power, perhaps even Nine-tailed Fox wouldn't be able to win against him.
"At that time, Dharma Protector Shangguan thought that there was something really strange about the eminent Buddhist monk's disappearance. Then, he pondered over it, and he came to the conclusion that with such a powerful elite serving as garrison, there had to be a very powerful hidden quest inside…"
"Are you saying that Happy received the legacy of an eminent monk in the broken temple?"
"That's right!" The young man nodded seriously with a stern face.
"Dharma Protector Shangguan once said that Happy did not use that skill to force him to retreat when he fought against him. This means that even without that ultimate technique, his abilities are still very terrifying."
The group nodded.
At that moment, a tall and built man with a straight back and an incomplete silver mask covering half of his face suddenly walked out from the crowd who had been watching them from a distance. He arrived in front of the group with steady footsteps, and he said one sentence that no one expected, "Fight against me, Lu Mingyue!"
Chapter 332 - For Money!
The area outside the small town went completely silent!
All gazes instantly focused on the mysterious man's incomplete silver mask. They did not see any hint of mockery on his face, only determination and a fire that burned because of an indomitable spirit.
The elites from the three great sects were shocked, then sized up the mysterious man with doubtful expressions. They did not quite understand why he would mention challenging someone whom very few would dare to challenge at that moment and in that location.
They even suspected he had come from Baokang.
When Lu Mingyue noticed that the mysterious man did not have any emblem that showed his identity and that he had also never heard of a powerful player who wore a silver mask, a hint of impatience appeared on his face.
Someone from Cold Moon Palace walked out from the crowd and cursed the stranger arrogantly. "Who do you think you are? Did you think that you can actually fight just because you demanded it? Go back to where you came from…"
Right when he said those hurtful words, the mysterious man turned his face slightly, and his emotionless eyes shot through the cold holes of his mask. His gaze landed on the person who spoke without him saying a word.
At that moment, a faint chill landed on the speaker, but only Lu Mingyue, Evil Wolf, Monk with Thick Eyebrows, along with a few people from Towering Palace noticed it. Their expressions became grave, and their gazes filled with shock and bewilderment when they looked at the mysterious man.
Killing intent!
His killing intent felt as if it had physical form. Even though it only appeared for a moment, they still felt it. The mysterious man seemed to have disappeared from their sight for an instant and turned into a double-edged sword that stood tall in the room. His killing intent was so aggressive that it felt threatening! Even the strongest people present felt deeply threatened.
"Whew." Lu Mingyue's expression changed. He made his subordinate back away, and with a solemn expression, he walked toward the mysterious man.
"Why should I fight against you?"
"For money." An unnaturally gloomy look flashed past Silver Wolf's resolute face. He then added, "I need to find someone who is worthy for me to attack for the sake of money."
The group was stunned silent. The answer clearly caught them by surprise.
"No." Silver Wolf seemed to be a man of few words. His sentences were so short and crisp that people found it uncomfortable.
"Since you're not hired, why did you come for me? Will you get money if you fight against me? Who'll give it to you?" Lu Mingyue had a puzzled look.
"As long as I defeat you, the official developers will accept my battle replay, and people will naturally give me money." Silver Wolf's tone was as indifferent and calm as before.
Lu Mingyue and the people around him suddenly understood what was happening.
"The pay-to-view battle replay system…"
The pay-to-view system had just been launched, and someone had thought about using it to record themselves defeating famous people to earn money. By the looks of it, he was another one of those people who were affected by Happy.
Lu Mingyue could not hold back from feeling frustrated. But when he remembered that he was now so famous that someone challenged him, he calmed down.
"You came specifically for me?"
When he saw that Lu Mingyue seemed to have understood and accepted his challenge, Silver Wolf answered faintly, "That's right."
Then, right before the group's shocked gazes, he brought out his weapon.
At the end of the longsword was a terrifying arc that formed a hook. It looked very aggressive and threatening.
"That's your weapon?"
"I'm Silver Wolf, please grant me your instructions."
Silver Wolf no longer wasted his breath and took hold of a pair of parting hooks in a reverse grip. With his cold and determined expression under his mysterious and incomplete silver mask, he looked very cool.
Evil Wolf and Monk with Thick Eyebrows frowned slightly.
Lu Mingyue's strength was enough for him to be on par with the top ten on the Dragon and Phoenix Rank. There were few in the game who could fight against him, but for some reason, they felt like something unexpected might happen when he faced the mysterious and cold Silver Wolf, who stood tall, exuded the presence of a soldier, and held the strange weapon.
"Hmph!"
Still, Lu Mingyue was one of the strongest players in the game right then. He had extraordinary confidence and pride, and he would not cast aside his dignity because of some strange person.
He spread his hands, and under loud cries of surprise in the area, he spread his red robe and drifted out from the group. He stopped in the air above Silver Wolf's head like an immortal.
To the Cold Moon Palace members, there was not much meaning to the fight. The difference in strength was too great!
"As long as you can force me down, I will attack; otherwise, it would be best for you to choose another target to challenge." Lu Mingyue's tone was cold, and his actions showed his pride.
Silver Wolf frowned and patted his waist without batting an eyelid.
He then placed a small and exquisite boomerang on the hook. The next moment, the boomerang and parting hook seemed to come alive. The boomerang,bfixed tightly on the hook, spun around madly. The parting hook looked as if it had endless magic contained in it. With just the spinning, Silver Wolf made it seem as if the boomerang was stuck on the longsword.
"Go!"
He shook his parting hook, and the boomerang turned into a sharp whirlwind that could not be detected with a n.a.k.e.d eye. It roared and flew out.
A crystalline light trailed behind it without any target. It sliced through the air before it howled and vanished.
Lu Mingyue shuddered without warning, as if his balance had been interfered with, and he nearly fell from the sky.
The pupils of Evil Wolf, Monk with Thick Eyebrows, and the others who knew what was going on shrank!
'So fast!'
The attack speed of the boomerang surpassed even the speed of high-tier throwing knife techniques at Grandmaster Realm. They could not capture its attack trajectory, and at some point in time, the boomerang cut off one of Lu Mingyue's threads, which was connected to a flying needle.
But Lu Mingyue reacted quickly. He swiftly used a second flying needle to regain his balance.
However, right when he regained his balance and before he could even put on a relieved expression, a ray of light suddenly came charging at him!
Slap!
Lu Mingyue was shocked and alarmed. The thread of the flying needle that he had thrown just then was instantly cut. He was caught off guard and could not help but fall to the ground from the sky.
Buzzzz!
The boomerang returned to Silver Wolf's parting hook, and it spun even faster than before. Silver Wolf looked at Lu Mingyue with an indifferent expression and asked mockingly, "Do I have the right now?"
Lu Mingyue's eyelid twitched. A solemn expression then appeared on his face because of the abilities Silver Wolf had showed. He stared at Silver Wolf's boomerang, and he hid his hands in his sleeves.
Even the elites who were watching the fight by the side were shocked!
The boomerang had clearly left their field of vision and surpassed a throwing knife's greatest attack range, so they did not expect that it could still come back. Moreover, Silver Worlf had accurately judged and controlled the trajectory of Lu Mingyue's second flying need. This ability alone was enough to threaten the powerful players on the Dragon and Phoenix Ranks.
As expected, Silver Wolf did not come with good intentions!
Everyone's wariness increased. At the same time, they could no longer determine who would win the fight.
Whoosh!
The boomerang once again vanished from the parting hook.
Lu Mingyue focused. He moved his feet on the ground, and around a dozen flying needles were thrown in a manner as if a woman had just flung her hair.
They might have seemed harmless, but in truth, each flying needle was under Lu Mingyue's control, and with Sunflower Aura helping him, he could control their speed and direction at any time he liked, making them unpredictable.
It was the profound secret behind Needle Tide!
But Silver Wolf did something that no one expected. He moved forward with swift and short footsteps. With each step, his speed increased until he charged forward!
He suddenly threw the parting hook in his left hand, and it went charging at Lu Mingyue at lightning speed!
The weapon had been released from his hand!
Someone actually dared to do such a thing during a duel?!
Chapter 333 - Target, Happy
At the moment the parting hook was about to miss its target when it was close to Lu Mingyue, he moved left with he keenly noticed something, but the alarm bells in his mind still rang out very loudly in his heart.
'Not good!'
His expression changed, but it was already too late.
Thud!
The boomerang returned, and it was like a high-speed rotating cutter. It crashed into Lu Mingyue's body. He trembled, and it instantly pierced through the true qi that formed his body fortification.
At the same time, Silver Wolf charged in front of Lu Mingyue.
Needle Tide! Sunflower Aura!
At the moment his life and death was about to be decided, Lu Mingyue's attacks reached the peak of what he could execute. He managed to save himself from the desperate situation of being killed by the parting hook by a hair's breadth.
Silver Wolf and Lu Mingyue's duel could be said to have happened in a flash!
Both of them executed all their killing moves, their profound skills, and the skills whose essence they had mastered.
Yet even the players who found themselves dazzled by the attacks and did not know what was going on could still tell how the fight was proceeding when they saw Silver Wolf rush forward regardless of the costs while he executed his series of advances before Lu Mingyue's evasive maneuvers due to his injuries. Many people were speechless upon the sight of it, and they were deeply shocked by Silver's fierce and fast killing moves!
Silver Wolf said nothing, but he did not stop
either.
Even though he was slightly shocked and found it a little regretful that Lu Mingyue was able to avoid the fatal blow by moving horizontally, he did not give up on the idea of going after him and killing him. His eyes grew even more mysterious and profound beneath the incomplete silver mask.
He curled his left hand, and the parting hook landed steadily in its spot in his palm!
Whoosh!
Another boomerang jumped to the parting hook in his right hand before being sent off.
Silver Wolf did that with both of his parting hooks at the same time. To the onlookers, his movements were already so complicated that even spirits could not predict his movements. Both Evil Wolf and Monk with Thick Eyebrows stopped speaking. They held their breaths and stared at the duel without blinking. They did not want to miss even a single scene.
"Damn it!"
Lu Mingyue's face was filled with anger.
Silver Wolf had taken complete control of the rhythm of the battle.
Once Silver Wolf destroyed his Sunflower Body Fortification with a boomerang, he decided to use the same method.
Lu Mingyue clenched his teeth and executed Sunflower Aura to its greatest limits.
At the same time, he threw his Needle Tide outwards and moved it in an unfathomable fashion. Right after that, he executed a Soft Palm Strike from his sleeves.
The instantaneous and explosive attack from the inheritor of Sunflower Manual was very shocking!
If Lu Mingyue brought out such an explosive attack without caring about the usage of his qi, it was a clear announcement that he was forced to fight desperately with his full strength.
Sunflower Aura was an ability that greatly affected a person's speed and sight. The first time Silver Wolf went up against it, he was also affected, and he made various errors in his judgment.
Thud!
For the first time ever, his boomerang missed. When it turned around to return to Silver Wolf, it landed on the ground nearby. It did not serve as any form of threat to Lu Mingyue, and Silver Wolf made the sensible decision to not throw anymore parting hooks. Otherwise, he would soon have to fight "alone" against Lu Mingyue.
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