She had indeed thought about how it was possible for Happy to have his personality largely change after he woke up, and then, once she made up for her mistake, she could leave Happy and the city with peace in mind.
But she did not expect that Happy will react to the situation so quickly and voice her thoughts.
Chapter 964 - Dream Clouds’ Experience
At the moment she logged off the game, Dream Clouds, who was nearly thirty years old now, finally sighed in relief, as if she had a burden removed from her shoulders. She activated the limited edition gaming capsule which was worth ten million and walked out of it. There was a faint hint of sadness on her face, along with murderous intent.
She experienced Happy's point of view at Ghost's Domain for the fourth time just now. The entire battle lasted for more than half an hour, which meant that she had actually been experiencing Happy's battle for more than two hours.
She spent two hours to finally see through the accursed miasma in Ghost's Domain to fully experience Happy's true battle in Ghost's Domain.
She kept quiet.
She poured herself a cup of coffee, and Dream Clouds pushed open her floor-to-ceiling window before she came to her balcony to face the sea. The emotions that she had been suppressing for a long time was finally released a little.
'How long has it been?'
She could no longer remember when was the last time she experienced another person's view in a battle.
Was the last time One Emperor's fight?
It seemed like it.
It had been almost one year since an elite's battle replay caught her interest. Be it from the Chinese server or from other countries, none of the other elites managed to catch her attention.
But this time, she experienced the fight for more than two hours in the dark Ghost's Domain.
She sat down slowly in the white shed at the balcony and mumbled, "If it were not for the accident one and a half years ago, the current Happy might already be incredibly powerful…"
If anyone was there to hear Dream Clouds give such high praise to Happy, who was an enemy, they would definitely be dumbfounded.
However, most of those who had carefully experienced Happy's fight would feel the same thing.
The environment in Ghost's Domain was terrible.
Even though many people analyzed Happy's advantage in the forum, a top-class elite's strength was not the only thing required to be able to kill enemies so wildly and fearlessly in a truly dark area.
Each step taken must be done with incredible caution and careful thought in the narrow tunnel. One misstep would make a world of difference!
Being fast did not mean rushing around blindly.
Being strong did not mean automatic access to being able to move around freely.
The ability to listen to the wind to determine a certain thing's location was the peak of a player's ability, but in such a complicated situation, how fast did Happy's mind have to circulate? Just how tense was his mind at that time?
The massacre lasted for half an hour, and even if someone asked Dream Clouds, who was at Inaction Realm, to imitate that feat, she might not be able to.
This was exactly why Dream Clouds had entered the replay four times and continuously experienced Happy's point of view and experience until she understood everything about Happy's fight.
Of course, aside from shock, Dream Clouds also managed to gather quite a lot of Happy's information over the past two hours.
The first was his footwork.
It was nimble and amazing, and it had indeed reached a very high standard. The power in his sword technique was normal, but in Happy's hands, it was as if it had been transformed into something wonderful.
Also, Happy's qi cultivation was clearly abnormal. During the entire process, he did not take even a single medicinal pill, but he fought for over half an hour, and that was definitely a miracle.
The last and most amazing part was his skills.
It was an ultimate technique that was similar to a claw technique. It could easily seize an enemy and make the enemy freeze. That was very similar to the skill America's Wei Zhentian used, which allowed him to block acupressure points, but it was even more profound.
There was also one that was a dodging skill.
He had one offensive and defensive skill, and those two ensured Happy's safety to the maximum degree.
When he faced an opponent of the same level, those two moves alone were already enough to increase his chances of victory by several degrees! In Happy's hands, those two moves could only be described as terrifying.
She frowned and called back.
"You were watching Happy's battle replay?" Once the call went through, Blood Robes soon asked a question with a grave voice.
Dream Clouds faced the sea calmly and just asked a question without answering, "What do you intend to do now? We can no longer stop Happy's rise to power. You should know what it means when a person has his battle replay enter the top ten in the pay-to-view battle replay system."
Silence.
The breathing sounds from the other end of the phone were rather heavy.
Blood Robes absolutely did not think that Happy would be able to grow so quickly during the attacks. He was already very shocked that he could defeat the three elders from Blood Alliance, but he did not expect that Happy would be able to contact the manager of the pay-to-view battle replay system and get promotional support in the form of advertis.e.m.e.nts at the front page.
If he had a video that entered the top ten in the pay-to-view battle replay system, that meant that Happy might already be richer than Blood Robes!
Now, even if he used his previous tactics, schemes, and numbers to fight against Happy, the situation today would just happen again. The losses would just outweigh the gains.
"Based on your personality, since you've experienced Happy's point of view in the battle, you'll definitely not stop until you managed to analyze something. I wonder if you have any good ideas." Blood Robes threw the question back at Dream Clouds.
"Happy's strength cannot be underestimated. He has the ultimate technique Ten True Dragon Styles as well as a sword technique and lightness skill which are now rather powerful. Even if his Moksha Realm body fortification, Indestructible Body, isn't up to standard yet, it is already powerful enough to threaten an Inaction Realm player."
After he s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath, Blood Robes' tone became even graver. "I know that you have an underlying meaning in your words. I won't deny that even I don't have full confidence that I can defeat those three elders from Elder Hall, or else, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to call you. We must absolutely keep Happy in check now."
Dream Clouds smiled bitterly. "The point is, we can't keep him in check. You mobilized more than five hundred people this time, and he killed three of your aces as well as more than four hundred of your elites. Even if you switched to another place, I don't think the situation will be any better.
"What I'm saying is that even if we have a huge enterprise with us, we can't fight in a war of attrition against him."
She stopped talking for a while. Then, before Blood Robes was unable to hold himself back, she added, "Didn't you say that you wanted to attack those people who were once close to Happy?"
"I found some of them, but Happy seems to have no intention to contact them—"
"It hasn't been long since he woke up, so he might not know where they are right now. Why don't we remind them?" There was a hidden meaning in Dream Clouds' words.
"Are you saying…?"
"Over this period of time, hasn't there been someone who has been lively in the forums and has been helping Happy gain fame? This time, we'll help him. We'll dig out everything in the past so that he knows that there has been this group of people who did certain things before for him."
"Good idea!" Blood Robes laughed loudly from the other end of the phone.
"I know Happy. If someone is good to him, he'll definitely repay their kindness by tenfo
ld. These people lost a lot of opportunities for him, and as long as we bring it out, it's impossible for him to not care about them."
"That's why I'll have you make preparations. Once we've created quite the ruckus, attack using Blood Alliance and get rid of these people. Then, record the entire process, understand?"
"Haha! That's a good plan! It's not easy to fight against Happy alone, but if we force them all together, it'll be much easier to deal with. If Happy doesn't care about these people, then it'll be even better. At that time, we'll just direct public opinion a little and make this comatose elite who has just woken up have his entire reputation ruined!"
Chapter 965 - The Sky Demon Plays the Zither
Jiangnan had the nickname of the Village of Fish and Grain.
The scenery in Jiangnan was also incredibly beautiful. The place was filled with a faint and intoxicating scent of humidity. It allowed a person to feel refreshed, but at the same time, they would also be unable to help themselves but be enchanted in it.
There was an orderly green link separating the beautiful Common Reed Bank. The green link traveled down the bank in a zig-zagging manner, but it gave off a quiet feeling, and it allowed those who saw it to feel delighted.
Happy stood at the head of a small bamboo raft and felt the river breeze against his face and sniffed the refreshing scent from Common Reed Bank. As he listened to the bamboo raft pushing away the water, Happy felt even more intoxicated than when he drank Kaoliang liquor.
"Ferryman!"
"What is it, young master?" The ferryman was an old man in his fifties. He was an honest fellow but had a body that did not lose to a young man's. When he heard Happy call out to him, he continued rowing the raft in an orderly manner while he answered to Happy's call.
Happy did not turn his head around. He just pointed ahead of him, "How far away are we from Gusu City?"
"Hehe. Young master, you sure are hasty. Lake Tai's territory is not far away from us. Once we're past Lake Tai, in less than four hours after we get on shore, you'll reach Gusu City," the ferryman answered.
"Haha! Thanks!"
"Young master, you're too polite. I can't receive your gratitude."
Happy did not say anything else. While he admired the view, he shut his eyes and was prepared to head to the other world.
This was already his second day since he traveled downstream from Beijing. Even though he was moving very quickly, he still wasted two days' worth of training time, and it made him feel a little impatient.
Hence, over the past two days, he basically went to the other world to train.
He finally obtained time to train over there, and Happy naturally would not waste it. He searched for Myth Realm elites and caused them trouble, thereby pushing his Indestructible Body and Tendon Changing Classic to become even greater.
However, just when Happy was about to be dragged to the other world, he suddenly felt a violent gust of wind blow at him from the left of Common Reed Bank.
Whoosh!
It was as if that wind blew at the calm lake in Happy's heart, and he failed to summon the suction force pulling him to the other world. He woke up and opened his bright eyes.
The ferryman behind him clearly sensed a powerful presence from the young man sitting at the front of the bamboo raft.
Just now, this young man was as elegant as a scholar, but now, an even frightening presence of a wanderer surged out of him. That presence was not any weaker than the famous wanderers who traveled about Lake Tai.
Happy was silent.
He naturally ignored the ferryman behind him. With an electrifying gaze, he swept through the reeds which had been pushed down by a large degree by the violent gust, and he frowned slightly.
There was a martial artist around!
After a few seconds, Happy's expression changed.
Several faint and fragmented notes were mixed in the violent wind.
When he heard these notes, his qi and blood started surging a little, as if it was stirred up by the strange power contained in the notes.
A thought appeared in his mind. Then, without hesitation, Happy brought out a handful of gold from his Universe bag before he tossed it at the ferryman. "Wait here."
Once he finished speaking, without even giving a chance to the ferryman to answer, he tapped against the raft and shot twenty-six feet forward. Then, he tapped against the calm surface of the lake once more before he arrived at the bank.
Whoosh!
The sound of air being pushed and of robes fluttering rose, and the reeds curled a little, unable to bear with the force of the wind. A black horse then rushed into the distance without stopping even once.
When he watched Happy swiftly vanish, the ferryman opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a long time before he put the gold into his bosom.
"Young master, you must come back before nightfall!"
Common Reed Bank stretched out several miles, and the entire place was filled with a gentle layer of yellow water.
But in the depths of Common Reed Land was violent wind blowing vigorously. Three figures swiftly moved about, and as fragmented but piercing zither notes rose, dense waves of furious sound blades cut close to the two men chasing after the zither player, and those sound blades brought with them a violent momentum that could destroy everything.
The zither notes were fierce and domineering, but unfortunately, the zither player faced two enemies who were clearly not the usual martial art elite.
The two men had cold and aloof gazes and stared at the woman who had more than ten bloody gashes left on her arms with a stare as if they were looking at something dead. They swung their weapons together and easily dodged as well as crushed the sound blades coming at them while they pursued the white-robed woman.
The woman was dressed entirely in white. She had a cold presence, and there was a murderous glare in her eyes, but there was also a look of distress in her that refused to disappear from her eyes as well.
"Ambush from Ten Sides!
"Jade Fingers Plucking Stars!
"Deity and Demon Destruction!"
Even though Wind Chimes continuously strengthened her finger technique to force her enemies to back down, it did not work. The two people behind her were not only powerful, their equipment had also reached an astonishing degree. As they moved about, even if those sound blades touched their bodies, they would only bring up some sparks. Their bodies never swayed even in the slightest as they chased behind her. They did not seem to be injured at all.
'Their ability to retain their postures is seriously so domineering!'
"Haha! Wind Chimes, your Sky Demon Zither Notes might be extraordinary, but unfortunately, you ran into us!"
"To fight against you, we deliberately crafted two sets of fourth-echelon demon vessels that can retain our posture to a high degree! With our defense and with our abilities to retain your postures, you won't be able to run away from us!"
While they spoke, they moved about on the grass in a familiar manner to Wind Chimes' left and right. Their weapons yanked countless reeds from the ground, and those reeds filled up the entire region before forming two black wolves with fierce momentums. Then, they charged at Wind Chimes, leaving her no room to escape.
Because of their skills, each reed was as vicious as an arrow.
Wind Chimes was instantly in danger.
Her expression changed, and without remaining idle, she slapped her Sky Demon Zither.
Clang!
Sky Demon Zither flipped around, and all six strings faced the ground.
"Sky Demon Plays the Zither!"
"That girl wants to die with us! Careful! Dodge!"
When they saw Wind Chimes' resolute posture and presence, their expressions changed, but at that moment, they had already executed their attacks, and hence, they had to forcefully pull their qi back to dodge.
They rolled away in a pathetic manner, but it was already too late.
Sky Demon Zither looked as if it was supported by a giant
, invisible hand in the air, it spun around quickly, but Wind Chimes moved even faster. In fact, her fingers moved so fast that it was unbelievable. Her long hair was dragged up, even though there was no wind. It was as if she was a supernatural being. Her fingers manifested movements that were dazzling to the eyes, and she continuously formed waves of sound.
The silent zither sounds looked like ripples that crashed into air.
One ripple, two ripples… ten ripples… one hundred ripples. The ripples overlapped with each other and were packed densely together. In an instant, they filled a circular of 328 feet.
Even though the duo were quick in cancelling their attack and fleeing, they were not faster than the speed of the ripples spreading out in the air.
"Sky Demon Plays the Zither! End of Affection, Destruction of Righteousness! Kill!"
As a cold shout that sounded like judgment tumbled out of Wind Chimes' lips, the sound ripples that filled the air suddenly had an astonishingly explosive force burst forth!
Those sound blades seemed to have found their target, and they shot forward in frenzy.
Right when all the reeds in a circular area of 328 feet were cut, they were instantly cut down by those sound blades, and they were crushed into powder.
In less than three seconds, everything within a circular area of 328 feet was completely drowned out by the powder formed by the reeds.
While the two people chasing after Wind Chimes had good defense, they could not withstand the baptism of those thousands of sound blades. Their bodies were instantly pierced through numerous times, and they were reduced to a bloody mess. Like rags stained with blood, they fell to the ground with fear and shock in their lifeless eyes.
They were subdued.
The reed powder that filled the air spread out like dust.
The reeds within a circular area of 328 feet had now become shorted by more than six and a half feet. An astonishing wind swept through the entire area.
However, once Wind Chimes finished doing all this, she fell to the ground with no strength left in her.
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