"Tower Master Shadow's suggestion is fair, considering we can get two-thirds of it. It's fine, Momo, since it'd be very difficult for us to kill those elders one by one with just the two of us. Even if I can kill an Inaction Realm martial artist within a short period of time, I can only fight against two or three of them at the same time. You'll only be able to handle one, so the remaining two will create a lot of trouble for us."
Even though he said those words with the clear intention to placate Momo, he also revealed his thoughts and underlying meaning behind his words, telling the people from Wind Assault Tower that they were not to think that they were suffering a loss in this situation. With their strength, all they could do was provide one-third of power.
Momo snorted and turned her head away. She seemed to not be able to accept this decision at all.
But that was not surprising at all.
If Silver Wolf or Little North were around, would the people from Wind Assault Tower even be able to get any loot from them?
The people from Wind Assault Tower s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths on the spot!
Phantasmal Shadow frowned and stared at Happy's relaxed face. She was very shocked.
Even she had trouble believing that Happy could kill an Inaction Realm elite within a short amount of time! But Happy did not seem to have any reason to lie to them. Besides, if it was not true, the truth would soon come to light.
If what he said were truly the case, Wind Assault Tower would even owe Mu Clan a favor.
Wu Kuo and the others looked at each other at a loss, and there was a slightly awkward expression on their faces.
The atmosphere between the seven became rather tricky.
"If you can kill an Inaction Realm martial artist fast, then I am willing to help you stall for time. Pretend that I didn't mention the sharing of loot just now." Phantasmal Shadow's voice was no longer as flat as before, and there was a slight bit of spite against Momo when she said it.
"Alright!" When Momo heard those words, she quickly agreed to it.
"Momo!" For the first time, Happy used a stern tone in front of others. Then, he wrapped his fist in his palm and saluted Phantasmal Shadow as well as her party.
"It was by pure coincidence that we extended a helping hand to you just now in the tunnel," he said in a reasonable voice. "That matter is different from this, and we can't mix them together. If Mu Clan ever needs your help, I hope that you can also extend a helping hand.
"As for now, it's very simple. We're forming a party to carry out a quest together, so it's only natural that we act based on the rules of the world of martial artists and distribute loot accordingly."
He stopped talking for a moment and turned to Momo. "Don't say those words again."
"'kay."
Momo pouted. Even if she were stupid, she could already understand that Happy wanted to form a relationship with Wind Assault Tower. At the very least, he wanted them to maintain a friendly relationship.
"Please don't be insulted by what I said just now."
When the others saw the great change in Momo's attitude after she was scolded, they gasped.
It had to be known that very few people in normal sects would scold a top-class elite for something so trivial. The top-class players were all very arrogant, and they could not suffer even the slightest bit of grievance. Every single sect treated them like kings and queens. On top of that, Momo was even a woman, and they usually loved maintaining their dignity in front of others.
But Momo had not turned against Happy. Instead, she willingly took the initiative to apologize. Even Phantasmal Shadow was shocked, and she quickly nodded. "Momo, you must be joking. It's true that I shouldn't have asked for a portion of the loot."
"I already agreed to give you one-third of the loot, and I will keep to my promise. Alright, let's not talk anymore. We shouldn't delay matters. Prepare to take action!"
Happy's words quickly made the people come out of the state of exchanging pleasantries to swiftly enter the preparation stage for war.
"Phantasmal Shadow, take your people and guard the golden bell. I believe that you will have no problem with it. Remember, do not let anyone get close to the golden bell, at least before I kill all the evil cult disciples at the training ground and those evil cult elders appear! This is very important!"
When he reached the last part of his words, Happy could not help but give a stern reminder. He knew very clearly just how many evil cult disciples would charge to the golden bell regardless of all costs at that time.
"Don't worry. With me around, no one will sound the golden bell."
Phantasmal Shadow nodded gently. She knew just how important the golden bell was for the evil cult. She also knew that Happy did not just bench her with the task he gave her.
"Move out!"
*****
When an unfamiliar presence rose outside the training ground, the sounds of intense fighting finally became slightly scattered.
The group of evil cult disciples eventually stopped sparring against each other under the uneasy presence. They stared at the man and woman at the edge of the training ground with surprise and bewilderment.
"You don't seem like you're part of Sky Demon Sect."
"Who are you?!"
The two evil cult disciples standing in front of the others seemed to have a rather high status. They moved forward together and shouted at Happy and Momo. Clearly, they noticed something wrong about them.
Momo said nothing and ignored the evil cult disciples. Once she obtained Happy's approval, she slowly lowered her fourth-echelon Nation Protecting Divine Sword, tapped it against the ground, and moved like lightning!
Whoosh!
Under the evil cult disciples' wary gazes, she became one with her sword, turned into one astonishing white arc, and cut into the crowd!
"How dare you come into Sky Demon Sect?! You're asking for death!"
"Kill them!"
The evil cult disciples roared in anger. They grabbed their weapons and went up to Momo.
However, they had clearly underestimated her, who had Wind God Technique with her. Her dazzling sword glares were like sharp wind howls. The violent gusts swept through the fallen leaves, and dozens of evil cult disciples screamed in pain and flew outward!
"Hostile forces! Quick! Sound the alarm! Notify the elders in isolation to come here quickly!"
When the evil cult disciples outside the crowd saw Momo's astonishing momentum and sword skills, quite a number of them realized that the situation was bad. They quickly called out to sound the bell.
"Look! There's someone at the golden bell!"
"Damn it!" The evil cult disciples rushed to the golden bell in a swarm. "Hurry up! Everyone, go up! No matter what, we have to sound the bell!"
A group of people stayed behind at the training ground to continue fighting against Momo. The remaining ones rushed to the golden bell from a few directions.
Happy moved about at a relaxed pace. He went into the training ground calmly, and wherever he went, those who tried to get close to him and intercept him did not even know what happened before they felt intense pain shoot up their bodies. Once they coughed up blood, they fell back and landed on the ground!
He did not look at Phantasmal Shadow and the others fighting against the evil cult disciples, and neither did he pay attention to Momo's situation. He just walked to the entrance of the leftmost palace in a relaxed manner.
The entrance to the palace was shut tightly!
Happy walked up the stairs and arrived in front of the door. He placed his hands on the door, and with one push…
Creak!
When a loud, dull sound rang, the door opened slowly. The palace was very quiet. There was a golden Buddha whose name he did not know in front of him, and an emasculated old man sat properly on a cushion. He opened his eyes, which shone with an intimidating light, and fixed them on Happy.
Chapter 622 - The Terrifying Change at the Roof
There was only one evil cult e
lder at the palace!
At the instant the door opened, he snapped out of his meditative state. Anger flashed through his face, and an intimidating light shone in his eyes, which were fixed on Happy's face.
He was quite stunned upon examining it.
"How did you get here?!"
It was only at that moment that the evil cult elder noticed that there was something wrong.
The disciples in the three palaces and three halls might belong to different elders in Sky Demon Secret Cave, but they did not dare to go to the six elders' isolation grounds without being summoned.
When he saw an unfamiliar young face walk into the palace, he was first alerted before his eyes moved past his shoulder and landed on the training ground.
The mixed battle cries from more than one hundred evil cult disciples formed waves that reached his ears.
There were more than twenty corpses in the training ground.
The evil cult elder placed his hands behind his back and looked away with sparkling eyes. He then redirected his gaze to Happy to size him up. Even though his expression was slightly solemn and wary, when he faced a youngster who did not seem to be over twenty, if he had to be honest, the seventy-eighty years old evil cult elder found it hard to sense any sort of threat from him.
At the end of the day, it was just a young warrior who was at Life and Death Realm. Even if he were a disciple of a famous sect, his abilities would still be limited.
The evil cult elder stood up slowly, and an old and mighty voice slowly filled the palace. "Answer me! How did you get in here?! How did you obtain Sky Demon Orders, and how did you get through the Land of Despair and Death?! How did you get here?!"
When the evil cult elder rose, released his qi, and his fierce gaze landed on Happy's face, it was a huge pressure that descended on his target.
Unfortunately for him, his opponent was Happy.
It was not the first time he fought against evil cult elders. There were quite a number of elites at the level of evil cult elders who had died in his hands, and they included an evil cult great elder.
Happy remained calm under the evil cult elder's aura. He was very composed as he walked slowly into the palace.
When he faced the man's fierce and questioning gaze, he said, "That's all there is to Sky Demon Sect, hmm? How dare you make a ruckus and dream about destroying those who walk the righteous path in the world of martial artists? You want to rise from ashes? What a joke."
His last three words dropped in tone swiftly. They were loud and clear, and instantly angered the evil cult elder like a clap of thunder.
"Where did you come from, brat?! How dare you cause trouble in Sky Demon Secret Cave!" The evil cult elder was so enraged that he laughed, and his voice was like a wave that swept madly through the palace!
Happy said nothing.
When the evil cult elder urged his qi to circulate in him, circles of visible sound waves appeared in the palace, and they rushed to every direction in an endless stream!
Happy naturally had to bear the brunt of the attack, since he stood in front of the old man. However, he did not mind an attack of this caliber. He stood firmly and withstood the sound wave attack from the evil cult elder's qi like an immovable mountain.
His robes fluttered madly, but he never took even half a step back. He did not activate his Golden Bell Cocoon but only used Nine Yang Divine Skill to withstand the impact from the evil cult elder's attacks.
An astonishing scene instantly appeared in the palace.
The sound waves charged at Happy, who was dressed in normal robes, and they did so with the force of an avalanche.
It might have made it look like he was caught in a storm, but he was incredibly calm. It was as if roots had grown under his feet. He stood firmly in the storm and simply allowed his robes to fly back. His expression did not change.
A ball of fiery-red light surrounding his body withstood the invasion of the sound waves all around him. It repeatedly swelled up and contracted to spread out the pressure around him so the world around him would not affect him, and he gave off an air that said that no matter how strong his opponent was, he would just continue doing what he needed to do.
As for the evil cult elder, when he noticed that the pressure did not intimidate Happy, he gradually used his full strength to fight. He used his qi to make the youth automatically submit to him, but even if he released all his qi, Happy seemed to have an endless amount of it himself and was not afraid of engaging in a fight with qi. He continued to remain at the peak of his condition with a relaxed expression on his face.
As time passed, beads of cold sweat quickly covered the evil cult elder's forehead!
*****
Momo and Phantasmal Shadow's respective fights also drew close to the end.
Even though Momo did not have Happy helping her, her Throw Spirit Sphere and Wind God Technique were not something that normal evil cult disciples could withstand.
The training ground turned into a grave heading to hell!
Since their area of movement was fixed, the evil cult disciples could not hope to withstand Momo's attacks and speed, but the people who encircled Phantasmal Shadow and the others were incredibly enthusiastic and frenzied.
Even though corpses were thrown down the roof one after another, they had to be very careful when they faced the attacks from seventy to eighty Moksha Realm elites and had to make sure that no one sounded the bell. They simply could not take the initiative to attack and had to fight against many opponents at the same time.
In fact, they could not even avoid many of the attacks. They often had to use their bodies to withstand various attacks to prevent the remaining force from touching the golden bell and calling out the evil cult elders from the three palaces and halls to egress beforehand.
Whoosh!
A purplish-red whip shadow flew about the roof like lightning. Every time clear and terrifying sonic booms rose, an afterimage swept at an evil cult disciple.
The next moment, they were flung off the roof.
Whenever the offense in a direction was interrupted, Wu Kuo and the others would immediately sense the pressure on them being reduced. Then, they could help others in their defense and make sure that the golden bell was never struck.
However, even Wu Kuo was hit many times by the evil cult disciples to protect the golden bell.
Fortunately, him and the others were all rather powerful people in the world of martial artists. Their strength and defense were pretty good, and they had no problems with withstanding a few rounds of attacks. With medicinal pills supporting them, they managed to last through the assault.
Phantasmal Shadow and Momo were in charge of attacking from outside the circle and intercepting the evil cult disciples' offense.
The two women were like two hammers. Every single time they attacked, they killed at least two evil cult disciples. With the effect of Wind Spirit Spin, the evil cult disciples fell all over the place.
The number of evil cult disciples was quickly reduced from more than eighty to only around thirty!
When another three minutes passed, the evil cult disciples' number was reduced to fewer than twenty!
However, as time passed, the evil cult disciples adopted a fighting style that would guarantee both sides being heavily injured, since their goal was always the golden bell. Wu Kuo and the others were covered in no fewer than ten wounds, and they were drenched in blood.
At that moment, Wu Kuo's c.h.e.s.t was struck when he jumped forward to protect a friend, and he shouted in pain and anger, but he still used all his strength to kill the evil cult disciple who ambushed him. Then, he lost his strength and fell on one knee while panting.
It was very difficult for him to continue fighting after that. Even though he had Dew Pills, it took time for the pills to heal his injuries and restore his qi, and both needed to be prioritized.
"Careful!"
Momo resolutely put away her Nation Protecting Divine Sword, turned around, and jabbed
at the air repeatedly with both hands to kill all the evil cult disciples who drew close to Wu Kuo.
Phantasmal Shadow also noticed that Wu Kuo and the other three were heavily injured. They had lost their abilities to fight, so her whip momentum changed, and with a lightning fast offense, she struck repeatedly like a storm. Her whip shadows shot out like a vortex, and quite a large number of evil cult disciples were instantly sent flying off the roof.
One of the evil cult disciples suddenly missed his footing, and the palace finally could not withstand the people's repeated abuse. It collapsed with a bang, and many evil cult disciples fell.
The expressions of Phantasmal Shadow, Momo, and the others changed instantly!
Chapter 623 - Xing Wuzui
The palace's roof could no longer withstand the repeated abuse and destruction, and it cracked.
Boom!
A loud sound rose, and the roof collapsed.
The situation exceeded everyone's expectations. The expressions of Phantasmal Shadow and Momo changed, and they extended a hand to pull up Wu Kuo and the other three heavily wounded men. They dragged them away from the collapsed region.
"This is bad!"
The six people's emotions were not steady. They stayed by the pit and watched it nervously.
The remaining evil cult disciples resolutely gave up on ringing the golden bell because of this change, since some of their own had fallen through the hole. None of them showed any signs of panic, however. They seemed incredibly happy and excited instead.
"Hurry up!"
"Notify Elder Xing!"
A few evil cult disciples on the roof cried out in surprise, and when they looked at Phantasmal Shadow, Momo, and the others, there were hints of mockery and delight on their faces.
Momo looked at the evil cult disciples who had managed to survive by pure luck as if they were already dead. She curled the fingers of one of her hands, and an invisible power swiftly gathered in them.
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