'As expected of the strongest player in the Chinese server!'
This thought appeared in Drifting Sword's mind.
His body froze, and right when he was prepared to accept the fate of being killed, he soon noticed that the situation was completely different from what he imagined.
The sword attack that could instantly kill him did not land on him. The series of violent attacks that came at him like a storm did not touch him at all as well.
Barren Murderer was completely enveloped in Happy's sword force.
The sword glares covered the air, and they were packed densely with each other. Barren Murderer was completely surrounded by Happy's attacks. He was separated from Drifting Sword. But Drifting Sword was close to Barren Murderer, which was why he could sense the violence in the attacks. To him, it was like a tornado. The sword glares cut at his face, and each other them seemed to be able to pierce through him when they landed on his body.
But these attacks were very real, and very damaging, and Happy had managed to execute eighteen of them in an instant.
When he faced multiple Dragon Sect elites, Barren Murderer had been able to remain calm, and his skin could remain as tough as metal. Yet with just one round of attacks from Happy, he found himself a little unable to continue keeping up his defense.
Barren Murderer said nothing. His face was pale.
He originally thought that if he attracted all of Happy's attacks, he could buy some time for Drifting Sword and fight against Happy until they reached a tie, but at the instant the sword glares pierced through his body, he felt that his body, which was supposed to be as hard as steel, sense a wave of pain that he found himself unable to bear.
Even the attacks from martial artists at the peak of Inaction Realm were not so hard!
Even though the sword thrust was not deep, Barren Murderer had never had his defense destroyed in one go before a martial artist at the peak of Inaction Realm. His Undying King of Abyss Art could negate 85% damage, and the remaining damage will practically not pierce through his skin because of the resistance provided by his sturdy skin!
But all eighteen sword attacks injured him.
In an instant, Barren Murderer had intersecting wounds appear on him. His four-echelon demon vessel also had clear gashes left on it.
It was too fast!
So fast that Barren Murderer simply could not react in time.
The sword glares were close to each other, and they were all dazzling to the eyes.
Barren Murderer had already lost his composure. While he cried out in pain, he lost any form of order in his thoughts. It seemed like he was completely surrounded by Happy's attacks, and if he could just take action, he will be able to reduce the damage of those sword strikes.
"Damn it!" When Drifting Sword saw Barren Murderer's situation and how he was completely forgotten by Happy, he became resentful. He gritted his teeth and swung his sword without regard of anything to block one third of the attacks Barren Murderer had to suffer.
When he saw this, Happy did not panic. He just laughed boisterously.
"Perfect timing!"
He activated Shifting Stars, and Drifting Sword's attacks was suddenly led to Barren Murderer. Not only did he not manage to help Barren Murderer reduce his damage, he had even added fuel to fire by causing even more wounds on Barren Murderer's body.
When he saw this, Drifting Sword's expression changed drastically, and he hastily withdrew from the fight.
Everything happened too quickly, so much so that no one by the side managed to see anything clearly.
They only saw Drifting Sword turning around to join the battle, but once he cried out in surprise, all his sword glares went toward Barren Murderer. Then, he moved away even faster than before, and many people found this baffling.
"Again!" Happy acted as if nothing happened. He attacked again and again while laughing nonstop, thereby locking down all of the places Barren Murderer could possibly move to, and he kept on leaving behind even more wounds on his body.
"Vice Hall Master Barren, Shifting Stars is too powerful. I really can't help you anymore. I'm sorry."
Drifting Sword no longer dared attack.
He knew that no matter how he attacked right now, once Shifting Stars was activated, he will just quicken Barren Murderer's death, and he could only laugh bitterly while he went to the side and admitted defeat. There was just no way he could fight this battle.
Barren Murderer said nothing, and he could only suffer in silence!
But there was no way Happy will allow him to do what he wanted.
When he saw Drifting Sword take a few steps to avoid the fight and no longer had the courage to fight, he immediately laughed long and hard before he executed a few sword slashes, turned around, and jumped into the air. He lifted his sword skyward, and once he acc.u.mulated his momentum, he swung his sword down with a force that could cut through the heavens, bringing with it an unbelievably loud thunderclap that landed with a bang!
Barren Murderer's defenses was indeed astonishing and could be considered as the top in the Chinese server. This was something Happy admitted.
He had managed to tank through the crazed rampage from Universe's Lightning Destruction Style, but Universe's Lightning Destruction Style placed an emphasis on its attack speed and sword thrusts.
When Happy executed this attack, several thunderclaps rose in the air consecutively, and every time it crackled, his sword momentum increased by leaps and bounds!
Barren Murderer was the first to be struck by this mighty air pressure. Before the sword even hit him, he had already been forced to stop moving under the sword momentum that came at him. The momentum that was as heavy as a few tonnes caused him to show panic for the first time into the fight.
Boom! BOOM!
During the powerful thunderclap, Barren Murderer was struck by a purple bolt of lightning that gathered in front of his c.h.e.s.t, and he was sent flying into the crowd behind him.
He knocked off quite a lot of martial artists watching the fight when he rammed into them like a cannonball before he crushed a wall. It was only then that he stopped.
With pale faces, many people watched Happy land on steady feet on the ground while the red on his face faded away. Then, they stared at the spot where the bricks had fallen to cover a person, and no other sound could be heard from that person. They s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath.
The victor was already decided.
"What's that sword technique just now? It's so domineering…"
"I don't know, but I seem to see that lightning bolt cut into Barren Murderer's shoulder just now. Tsk tsk, Undying King of Abyss Art…"
"That four-echelon demon vessel might need great repairs now."
Many martial artists whispered to each other, and when they looked at Happy, the respect in their eyes was even more prominent than before.
"Hurry up and check Vice Hall Master Barren!"
A lot of Class One Hall members shot out from the crowd. They quickly observed the pile of bricks and tiles.
"We have to find him."
Drifting Sword stood by the side and did not look at Barren Murderer's situation. He cast Happy a deep glance and completely wiped off the figure of the mysterious man in black he saw at Yangzhou Port.
The person before him was clearly much stronger than the man in black at Yangzhou Port. He absolutely had no chance of fighting back before Happy…
Happy stood unmatched!
Drifting Sword was even beginning to regret agreeing to form an alliance with Class One Hall a little.
He had accidentally chosen to become enemies with such an insanely powerful person!
Rumble!
At that moment, a loud sound attracted everyone's attention, and Barren Murderer stood up from the pile of bricks and dirt with a face full of dirt and dust. His body was covered in blood, and there was a terrifying gash on his shoulder. Half of his body was already sagging, and it was obvious that he had already lost his ability to f
ight.
"Move! I'm not dead yet!"
Barren Murderer walked out of the bricks and tiles angrily, and his gaze was fierce. "Happy, again!"
"Barren Murderer!" Drifting Sword frowned. He was prepared to tell him to stop fighting against Happy, but at that moment, he heard Happy say these words faintly.
"As you wish."
A destructive sword will swiftly rose in the alley, and Drifting Sword's expression changed drastically.
Chapter 791 - Break the Peace in Beijing
His body shuddered, and a yellow sword glare pierced through Barren Murderer's body.
The words that had already reached the tip of his tongue died away when Happy executed his sword qi calmly. He widened his eyes, and he stared at Happy in disbelief while he was more than sixty-five feet away.
The alley sank into dead silence once more.
Everyone held their breaths, and they stared dumbfoundedly at Barren Murderer, who remained in the stance of moving forward. Their jaws fell slack, and they said nothing even after a long time had passed.
The last to react to the situation were the Class One Hall members beside Barren Murderer.
Once Barren Murderer told them to back down, they only sensed a destructive sword will, and then, Vice Hall Master Barren no longer moved.
Silence fell among the people.
Finally, someone noticed that the situation was not right. When they fully registered what had happened, they took two steps forward and arrived beside Barren Murderer to take a peek at him. Barren Murderer's face had already become blurry, and a large, bloody hole appeared at the center of his eyebrows.
At the same time, someone behind him finally saw fresh blood pour out of the back of Barren Murderer's head.
The people were stunned silent. They felt as if they had fallen into an icy cave, and they found themselves unable to say anything for a long time.
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Happy looked as if he had done something very insignificant.
"If you want to die so much, I'll grant your wish," he said faintly, and when the system notified him that he won the duel, he turned around resolutely.
Wherever he went, the martial artists will not dare to be inattentive. They will move to the side and allow Happy to pass.
"Tell your hall master that I will be in Beijing over the next two days. If anyone wants to find me, go to Wandering Know-it-all's mansion." His provocative words came out of the end of the alley and traveled into Drifting Sword and the Class One Hall members' ears.
The group of people had their lips twitch, and they looked at each other with blank stares.
The people from other sects in the alley might seem to be delighting in Class One Hall's misfortune, but they did not dare laugh in Class One Hall's face. Still, they did talk a lot about it in private.
"He even came over here to cause trouble to Happy… Right now, the most powerful person in Class One Hall is Barren Murderer. Even when he worked together with Drifting Sword, they can't do anything to Happy, and it's already a huge slap in Class One Hall's face. Will Dream Clouds even think about causing trouble to him now?"
"Hehe, that's right. there's no sane person who will turn the other cheek once someone slaps them in the face."
"Towering Palace has already been destroyed to the point that they can't even lift their heads anymore. Class One Hall is alone, and will they even dare fight against Mu Clan? Right now, Happy has come to their doorstep to cause trouble. Let's see how Class One Hall will handle the situation."
"He came over here to cause trouble? I don't think so. If he's really here to cause trouble, he wouldn't come here, but would stay outside the city or Class One Hall's headquarters. There are plenty of places for him to cause trouble."
While the group of people stared at each other at a loss, Happy's voice traveled into their ears from a direction in the distance. Even so, his voice was clear. "By the way, it's impolite not to return gifts. Last time, Barren Murderer gave a great gift to Mu Clan when he came over to visit us, and I intend to return a gift. Hall Master Dream, if you don't have time, I don't mind going to your doorstep to deliver you your gift to show my sincerity."
Boom!
Hundreds of martial artists heard about this and came over, and they were instantly shocked by these words.
If Happy had just delivered a superficial provocation before this, then the words he said right now were filled with hostility and were specifically targeted at Class One Hall. Even if Class One Hall wanted to run, they will not be able to.
And just as they expected, quite a number of people noticed that once Happy said those words, the Class One Hall elites in the area immediately had their expressions change. Without another word, they turned around and merged themselves into the crowd to leave.
"Heh, this time, Class One Hall is in trouble."
"You don't say."
"That Barren Murderer… I thought that he'd be really powerful once he learned Heaven and Earth Great Shift, but in the end, he's nothing in front of Happy."
"He even deliberately went to Mu Clan's branch to kill them in such a flashy manner in the past, and he was really proud of himself for doing that too. Right now, I reckon Dream Clouds is so regretful that she'd want to pull her hair out."
"And it looks like Heaven and Earth Great Shift is really a derivation from Shifting Stars. Tsk tsk…"
Once the crowd discussed among themselves, they gradually left the alley. At that moment, there were already very few people who talked about Responsible Hero, who appeared out of nowhere, and no one even talked about Ximen Chuixue.
Happy defeated Barren Murderer and Drifting Sword, and he was now prepared to go to Class One Hall and give them trouble. This news soon spread through all of Beijing, and within a moment, a storm brewed in the city!
An uneasy atmosphere enveloped the city.
"Hey, did you hear?"
The restaurants, tea houses, markets, and streets had the same news circulate in them.
"I heard that Happy has already given Class One Hall the last diplomatic note, and if they don't do something to be responsible of what they did to Mu Clan's branch, he will personally head to Class One Hall's headquarters."
"You're just spewing nonsense at this point."
"Right now, the restaurants near Class One Hall's headquarters has already been entirely filled. Damn it, look at the seats near the windows! They're stuffed full of people!"
"Happy hasn't appeared yet, though…"
"That's right. This group of people, they're really just a bunch of people who crave nothing but chaos."
"Class One Hall is in big trouble this time!"
"Happy went to Yangzhou alone some time ago, and the result from it was that Towering Palace's headquarters was destroyed. They now only have fewer than ten branches out of the original hundred or so branches they had. This time… Heh."
"No way. There're so many elites in Class One Hall, and they're all so strong."
"Isn't Towering Palace powerful too? But they're still beaten down to the point that they don't dare say anything now."
"Yeah, I reckon that the distribution of power in the north is about to be renewed. If Happy really takes action, he can work together with the local sects, Chivalry Sect, Wind and Rain Alliance, and Wind Assault Tower…"
"Will Happy dare to go to Class One Hall's headquarters alone?"
"No way! Even if he has the courage of David himself, he wouldn't dare to! If he does, then we'll just sit back and watch how he dies!"
"It's not as if you don't know Class One Hall's strength. Can the two women from Towering Palace even compare to them?"
"So Barren Murderer, so what? Happy is alone, but Dream Clouds, Barren Murderer, Blood Robes, Zhou Yu, and Drifting Sword are all top-class players."
"Besides, he's alone. No matter how great he is, there will be periods of time where he is tired."
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"I say, he should just be trying to frighten Class One Hall."
"I don't think Happy is that crazy yet."
"That's right. Class One Hall's foundation is something one person cannot hope to destroy. Even if he hits it for a few days, it might not necessarily be destroyed."
"I think that he's just paving the way for the Mu Clan members for the quests in Emperor's Announcement. He's delivering a blow on Class One Hall beforehand."
"Even if he wants to fight against them, I don't think he has the ability to do so."
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Everyone was guessing how Class One Hall will deal with the subsequent situation. There were also people who were worried that Happy was prepared to destroy their last strong enemy in the Chinese server with his intention to attack Class One Hall and that he was beginning to make preparations to unify the Chinese server.
But the trouble maker who broke the peace in Beijing and stirred up a storm in it had long since arrived at Wandering Know-it-all's mansion. He was currently drinking happily with the man.
A few of Wandering Know-it-all's disciples sat by the side and watched the young man who could make the whole Chinese server tremble when he stomped his feet. Their gazes were curious and excited.
"This is good wine!
"Ha… it's been a long time since I drank like this. Feels good." Happy put down the large bowl and pursed his lips. The heat in his stomach spread out.
Nine Yang Divine Skill was very good when it came to helping its user get out of a drunken state. Even if Happy drank a lot of wine, he will not get drunk.
Wandering Know-it-all lifted his cup with a smile. "Then drink more instead of running around and fighting just because you're bored. This perfect peaceful Beijing has descended into chaos because of you.
"By the way, last time, didn't you tell me that you will only get rid of Towering Palace but will not fight against Class One Hall?"
Happy smiled mysteriously.
"This is this, and that is that." He stopped talking for a moment. Then, his voice turned dark. "We're not to the point that we have to fight at full force yet, but I cannot just stand by and do nothing for what Barren Murderer did to Mu Clan. It's a perfect moment now. We only have two days left until war breaks out at the borders. If Dream Clouds doesn't pay a little for what she did, it's not impossible for me to go along the flow and get rid of her headquarters."
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