"Senior, you praise me too much."
Happy calmed down the surging blood in his heart while he answered with a tone that could not be considered humble or respectful.
"Hmph! Don't be too arrogant…" Jinjiu's expression sank as if he had just made a very difficult decision, and he said fiercely, "If you can receive my next slash, then I will consider you to have truly mastered Shifting Stars."
As he spoke, he suddenly took a stance that Happy was very familiar with.
The man held his golden saber with both hands and stood with closed eyes. An astonishing momentum rose from his body.
Happy said nothing. He managed to recognize with just one glance that it was Yinshi's slash, which had the effect of freezing up space. It was probably the profound secret of Great Saber Breaker Art.
He had already activated Arhat Body's profound secret, Silver Light Arhat, earlier. He was not able to activate it again within a short amount of time, so if he tried to receive the slash head-on, it would be the same as him using his life to receive that technique.
While Shifting Stars could shift attacks to other places, the more terrifying an attack was, the harder it was to do it. Happy had been able to shift the attack moments before because he had been prepared for it.
Right now, however, Jinjiu was executing his slash with everything he had, and if anyone wanted to use Shifting Stars to deal with it, they could not be Happy, but the old coots from the Murong Clan…
But unfortunately, Jinjiu had coincidentally stood in front of two tunnels, blocking Happy's path to escape.
'As expected, the older you are, the more experienced you become.'
When Happy noticed that he had been unexpectedly cornered, he gritted his teeth.
Sparring for more than two hours had lowered his wariness.
When he saw Jinjiu slowly lift his golden saber and an aggressive presence that came cutting at his face almost freezing up the entire space, Happy could not help but suck in a sharp breath.
At the final moment, he gritted his teeth and put away his longsword.
Qu! [1]
Jinjiu naturally noticed how the aura around Happy's body gained substantial form, but when he saw that Happy had actually decided to fight against him head-on, he laughed coldly.
He shook his head and swung his golden saber resolutely!
The ground shattered without a sound, and space was split in half. The slash quickly rushed to Happy.
Almost at the same time, Happy completed Unmoving Bright King Seal. He opened his eyes swiftly and shouted a syllable that was so loud it shook space.
"Lin!"
Before the saber glare touched him, a black dragon shadow descended and surrounded him in the shape of a matrix. Once Happy finished uttering the truth, it instantly gained substantial form!
Boom!
Chapter 731 - Qilin Blood
Boom!
A deafening roar rang through the cave, and the saber glare instantly cut apart the black shadow of the sitting dragon. Under the enchantment from Unmoving Bright King Seal, however, the saber glare shattered as well, and fragments of it flew everywhere. It struck stones and dirt, which created chaos in the cave.
Once Jinjiu executed the sword slash, he lost track of Happy's location and all information about him.
He was in the chaos, but he remained calm. He paid attention to the changes around him, and his expression gradually turned grave.
Even a martial artist at the peak of Inaction Realm would not be able to survive a fully-powered Great Saber Breaker Art slash, but the Moksha Realm brat in front of him seemed to still have a breath left.
He recalled what happened just earlier: when the saber glare landed on the dragon shadow, he felt a sort of strength blocking and negating it. His saber glare was fierce, while that strength was gentle. They fused together perfectly.
Even though the dragon shadow did not manage to block it, the saber glare's power had been greatly weakened.
The profound secret of Great Saber Breaker Art had been triggered beforehand and negated!
He thought that it was Happy's body that was split, but by the looks of it, it was the sitting dragon which got hurt.
And it was just as Jinjiu suspected.
His qi waned, and he was in a very bad condition. In fact, there was a terrifying wound that extended from his shoulder to his waist. A faint silver sheen on his skin slowly faded away to reveal a normal shade of red.
Even though he managed to receive Jinjiu's strongest attack, he still ended up being greatly wounded.
"Hmph!"
Jinjiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he flung his golden saber. With a mighty presence, he positioned it diagonally with the tip facing the ground. A brutal heat burned in his eyes.
"Today, I will bury you together with Yinshi!"
Before he even finished speaking, he sensed a wave of qi rapidly becoming stronger in Happy's body.
Then, Happy formed a strange seal despite his heavy injury.
"Jie!"
The air trembled slightly!
Jinjiu was rendered speechless. When he saw it, his expression changed drastically.
"Nine True Words Seals!"
He had decades of experience in the world of martial artists, so he could tell what the seals were as well as their uses. He could also sense that Happy's depleted true qi was swiftly recovering, and his wounds were also healing rapidly. It was so fast that it could compare to a qi cultivation technique at Myth Realm.
There was no way Jinjiu would let Happy recover his energy and stamina.
The slash early had used up quite a lot of his qi. His c.h.e.s.t heaved, and it was difficult for him to recover. He forcefully circulated his qi through his body once and finally recovered his mobility.
But Happy "opened" his eyes almost at the same time. He ignored the sharp pain coming from his wounds and hastily brought out a strange looking red drop of blood from his Universe Bag.
He had no other choice.
Even though Nine True Words Seals' Outer Lion Seal had increased the recovery properties of Nine Yang Divine Skill, it was still impossible for him to recover from his wounds within a short period of time.
He had no other choice. He had to waste a drop of Fire Qilin Blood.
Happy's body immediately felt as if it was about to start melting. It became hot, and his skin lit up with a fierce red light. It was like he was about to start burning.
When Jinjiu saw it, there was only shock in his eyes.
He could clearly see that when Happy's body began shining with the red light, his wounds began to heal at a frightening pace. They fused together into a small wound before it rapidly evaporated, and his skin became as smooth as silk.
Happy's qi quickly rose as well.
Mystical Realm, Life and Death Realm, Moksha Realm!
His energy and stamina recovered in an instant.
Happy enjoyed the feeling very much and exhaled. It was as expected of a consumable demon vessel. Fire Qilin Blood contained great life force and healing properties, which was not something a normal person could imagine.
When it was used by Happy, the recovery effects were even more obvious. His qi and essence instantly recovered to their best condition!
Even though there was no longer any qi that spilled outward to increase the effects, when Happy furled his hands, he felt endless energy in his body, and there was a strong urge calling out to him to use that energy!
"Brat, die!"
Jinjiu recovered from the shock. He noticed that the situation was incredibly bad for him, which was why he drew his saber and swung it down at Happy's head.
Happy had a powerful urge calling out for him to use his qi. When he sensed the saber glare charging at him, he was not terrified but happy, and he raised his hand to push forward.
"ROAR!"
A dragon-shaped vortex that was about three feet wide shot out of his palm. With a clear and powerful heat, it rammed with a lightning fast speed against the s
aber glare that aimed to cut his face.
Happy did not not know whether it was because Jinjiu's saber glare had lost a lot of its might after Jinjiu lost a large portion of his power or whether it was because of the effects from Fire Qilin Blood, but he suddenly felt that there seemed to be something else in his palm strike, and its power increased drastically.
Bang!
A Myth Realm martial artist's saber glare shattered under Happy's palm strike, and the remaining force crashed at Jinjiu's feet. While it did not throw him off, he still drew two deep trenches on the already scarred ground. He only stopped when he crashed into the wall behind him.
He breathed in.
Jinjiu's face was full of shock and disbelief. His c.h.e.s.t heaved violently while he stared at Happy, who seemed to be surprised. "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms…"
Happy schooled his face and cast Jinjiu a glance. "That's right. I didn't expect that Fire Qilin Blood would provide additional effects for Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. The first palm strike has already reached Inaction Realm. Heh heh…"
Once he said it, he suddenly laughed. "I wonder whether it will have the acc.u.mulative effect for my later strikes too."
Happy's mind was attracted by Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms' might. He no longer drew his sword but bent his knees.
Whoosh!
He seemed to have reached a small breakthrough in terms of his speed.
Happy frowned a little.
By the looks of it, the phenomenon of Fire Qilin Blood causing his qi to spill out had caused his speed to increase. He was now faster than before.
While he thought about it, Jinjiu arrived nearby with a slightly shocked and alarmed gaze.
Boom!
When Jinjiu lifted his saber, Happy struck with his palm at the speed of lightning, and he sealed off Jinjiu and the saber's path before he slammed them against the wall behind them.
Jinjiu coughed up blood on his golden saber, and his face turned even paler. Finally, he was inflicted with rather severe internal injuries.
"I didn't expect your arm strength to have exceeded two hundred points!" he said laboriously. His words took Happy by surprise.
He furrowed his eyebrows a little.
Without hesitation, he threw Jinjiu at the wall beside him with a single palm strike before he quickly cast a glance at his innate attributes, and an enlightened expression appeared on his face.
'I see, so that's how it is!'
He turned his head around and saw Jinjiu sitting still by the corner of the wall with a pale face only found on those who were dead. His once dignified and untameable eyes were gradually losing their spark.
Chapter 732 - A Thief Visits
Two Myth Realm martial artists from the mighty northern clan had died in Sky Demon Secret Cave. To Happy, this was a good thing, but it also put him on high alert.
He obtained a lot of things from Jinjiu and Yinshi. Among them, his greatest reward was that his Universe's Lightning Destruction Style had increased to the eighth realm!
He had moved from Thunder to Lightning Flash.
The speed of each slash could already compare to One Emperor's first slash, and it was the most terrifying aspect of it all.
If there was anyone who wanted to evaluate who had the fastest speed with a sword in the game, Happy did not believe that there would be anyone s faster than him!
Universe's Lightning Destruction Style was the fastest sword technique among all Moksha Realm sword techniques that were available to him, and it had not even reached its peak yet. Happy had three more realms to go.
Aside from fighting experience, Happy had also managed to increase his Universe's Lightning Destruction Style realm because of the two bottles containing the essence and blood of peerless martial artists given to him by two Myth Realm martial artists.
Wave Breaker Saber and Scorching Sun Blade.
The two high-grade divine weapons had the effect of damaging opponents' weapons.
If it were not because Happy's Seventh Sword had already reached the fourth echelon, it would not have been able to last for such a long time.
Happy did not want to use either of the two weapons, but he knew that if someone went up against someone who had Wave Breaker Saber opr Scorching Sun Blade, they first would have to think about whether they had the money to repair their own divine weapon. After all, the better the quality of a weapon, the more expensive were the repair costs and the materials required for it.
Happy also obtained two Great Saber Breaker Art manuals from Jinjiu once he completed the quest.
'A Moksha Realm ultimate technique!'
There were also a few decent martial art techniques. One of them was Nine Heavens Fire Repelling Qi Cultivation Technique, while another a decent lightness skill that could only be learned by those at Moksha Realm.
'These guys... they sure had a lot of valuable things.'
Happy sincerely felt that it was completely worth it for him to have used the Fire Qilin Blood earlier.
Not only did he obtain two manuals of the martial art used by two peerless martial artists to protect their clan and two divine weapons that would produce two top-class elites in Mu Clan, he also obtained Fire Qilin Blood and Fire Qilin Scales, which were unexpected surprises.
Besides that, Happy also obtained another surprise.
It was in regards to the Nation Protecting Divine Sword, which had never been completed by the Murong Clan. Since he had obtained two bottles of essence and blood of two forgemasters, he could move the sword to a higher level and perfect it. Nation Protecting Sword would move from a grade one masterpiece to a high-grade divine weapon.
Of course, if it had just been upgraded from a grade one masterpiece to a normal high-grade divine weapon, Happy would not be affected.
The deal was that there was not just one fourth-echelon Nation Protecting Divine Sword in Mu Clan's storage. They were all refined by Heartless Iron and placed in storage because Mu Clan's resources sitting in their storage had provided him with the materials to refine those swords.
Two bottles of forgemasters' essence and blood could upgrade two fourth-echelon Nation Protecting Divine Swords to high-grade divine weapons, so there was no way that Happy would not be excited.
But after going through his loot, he felt a faint wave of exhaustion.
He had engaged Myth Realm martial artists in a high-intensity battle for a few hours. During that time, he did not dare to relax, so once it was over, in all honesty, he could only be described with one word: Tired.
Once Happy organized the loot he obtained from the two Myth Realm martial artists, he had to log off to rest for a while.
Even though the benefits he gained from Sky Demon Secret Cave far exceeded what he planned to gain, he still wanted to meet Fire Qilin, who dwelled in the depths of the cave and see whether he had the chance to level up Universe's Lightning Destruction Style even further.
It was basically impossible for him to kill Fire Qilin. The two Myth Realm martial artists had not been able to do so even after they spent a long time trying, so Happy had no confidence to kill it as well. He only wanted to use Fire Qilin to test his sword technique. That was all.
*****
Once Happy left the game, he habitually went to the balcony to sense the warmth from the sun on his skin, but against his expectations, when he reached the balcony, he heard the sound of a key being inserted into the keyhole, and he could not help but frown.
He remembered that it was not the weekend, so Xu Xin should still be in class. Why would she suddenly come so early?
Happy turned around, but the sound of the key turning in the lock did not reach his ears.
"Hey, buddy, you're an unfamiliar face. You don't seem to be a resident here."
It was Knife.
Happy was stunned when he heard him.
'A stranger?'
It seemed like Knife had been alerted of a stranger moving upstairs, and he quickly walked out from the apartment across from Happy's
to interrupt that person's act of opening the door.
Happy immediately felt a dark emotion settle in his heart.
He returned to the living room and walked to the door to cast a glance through the peephole. Then, he scowled and opened the door.
The young stranger outside was already subjugated by Knife and pushed against the stairs. He begged for mercy. "Ack! Don't! My arm's about to break—"
When he saw the door to Happy's apartment open, cold sweat immediately flowed down his face, and he stopped talking once his face and lips turned pale.
"Tell me where your key came from!"
When Knife saw that it was Happy who opened the door, his eyes returned to the young stranger once more, and he exerted more force on his leg. The young stranger could hear the sounds of his joints cracking.
"ACK! Bro! Brother, please spare me!"
The first thing Happy did was to stare at the key stuck in the keyhole. He pulled it out and cast it a glance before he tried to open the door. His expression immediately turned incredibly unpleasant.
The key might not have been the original copy, but it was clearly made based off of the original copy!
He said nothing and just brought out his phone in front of the young stranger, who was rapidly turning paler, and made a few calls. There were only three people who had the key to the base. One of they keys was in his hands, the other was in Xu Xin's, and the last in Lonely Three Wolves' hands.
Happy was originally in a good mood, but he did not expect that he would run into this sort of matter. If it were not because of Knife, he might have been in danger.
As for whether the event was to force him to buy peace or something else, it was difficult to say.
But no matter who it was, there was no one who could maintain a good mood when they ran into this sort of matter.
Happy called two people, and the answer he obtained was that they still had their keys!
Happy's heart immediately sank.
If the young stranger had managed to get the key without batting an eyelid, it meant that whoever sent him made sure that he was after Happy!
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