When Happy's c.h.e.s.t crashed against Evil Emperor's hand, the thick true origin aura in his body was swiftly reduced to particles.
When true origin aura shrank by less than one-third its original size, the vortex in Evil Emperor's hands had already completely disappeared, and his bloody palm was pushed against Happy's c.h.e.s.t limply.
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Even an ultimate technique by an elite who was One with the World had not been able to completely get rid of Evil Emperor's attack. Happy could only watch himself crash into the vortex while it still remained as threatening as ever. He originally thought that he was going to die, but he did not expect that his true origin aura would be more sturdy than his sword force. It had actually managed to only have one-third of it evaporate.
The unprecedented sense of danger that enveloped his entire body abruptly disappeared without a trace.
The powerful suction force vanished.
Happy shuddered. He felt as if his soul had returned to his body, and he was a human once more.
But at that moment, Happy did not intend to waste his time being in a daze. He curled up the corners of his lips and stared at Evil Emperor with a mocking gaze. He also looked at Evil Emperor's arm, which had suffered through quite the severe backlash.
"It's no wonder why you didn't use this killing move during the last few times we fought. So, not only will you need to use up a lot of qi for this move, you will also suffer from backlashes. As expected of the supreme demonic martial art of the evil cult." As he spoke, Happy stretched out an arm and grabbed Evil Emperor's hand, which was still pressed against his c.h.e.s.t. "This move is indeed powerful, but unfortunately, you're still not strong enough to control it."
Before his voice faded away, a violent force rushed readily into Evil Emperor's body.
"Urk!"
Due to the backlash from the demonic martial art, Evil Emperor had become incredibly weakened, and his body was no longer threatening. He was instantly injured even further. He grunted, and black blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth.
"Curse you…" This was the first time Evil Emperor showed weakness in front of an enemy. His great anger and humiliation caused him to look as if he was burning. His eyes were red as he stared at Happy. "I fell into your trap this time, but next time, you won't be so lucky anymore!"
"Next time?" Happy's smile faded away. "Alright, I'll wait for you! But it'll be one week before you get out of the Chinese plains' prison and meet me. By that time, I should have already reached Inaction Realm. Are you sure that you will have the absolute chance of winning instead of dying in my hands like this again?"
Evil Emperor was just about to say something, but Happy did not give him the chance to retort. He had his other arm shoot out and seize Evil Emperor's throat.
Crack!
He exerted force without hesitation, and while a group Chinese players watched from the distance with excited but fearful gazes, Evil Emperor's head fell limply to the side.
Boom!
Then, Happy did not cast him another glance. He just took away Evil Emperor's equipment before he flung his corpse into the distance.
Bang!
Evil Emperor's nigh invincible might was finally crushed. His superior image had been completely reduced into a blurry corpse before the people.
At the moment he threw away the corpse, even Happy could not help but be befuddled by what happened.
'I made it…
'Wait. I killed Evil Emperor?'
Happy turned around, and he looked at the hand he used to crush Evil Emperor's neck in slight disbelief. He also looked as if he was mocking himself.
The area behind him remained silent for a few seconds before cheers and shouts as loud as waves shot up. The strength in it was so great that it nearly knocked Happy off the air.
"Evil Emperor died!"
"Haha!"
"Evil Emperor died! Happy killed Evil Emperor!"
"AHHHH!!!"
"We don't need to run anymore! We don't have to run!"
The feeling of being dragged to heaven from hell in an instant caused the people from the two sects to simultaneously shout hysterically. All of them started running all over the plains with their faces and necks red to tell others of this news.
It was only at that moment that Happy noticed that the group who were supposed to have left quickly had actually not managed to leave the battlefield before the battle ended.
It was too quick.
Due to his series of provocations, Evil Emperor had been forced to use an incredibly powerful attack in an attempt to subjugate Happy, and perhaps he had been thinking about using this killing move that would end up causing them both to be severely wounded to fight to the death with him.
When he thought of this, Happy could not help but shudder abruptly.
The power in that attack just now was extraordinary indeed.
If it were not for the fact that it was difficult for Evil Emperor to control it and he had used Full Winds in Long Skies without hesitation during that dangerous moment, a slight mistake would have caused a completely different situation to occur.
After this thought appeared in his head, Happy still felt a deep chill crawl down his spine.
If Evil Emperor died, he would have to be locked up for seven days in the imperial prison.
"Gosh, I'm lucky." While Happy revelled about how lucky he was, he noticed hundreds of people rushing toward him, and all of them stared at him with excited expressions.
However, due to the fact that he was wearing a human skin mask, Happy did not show how terrified he actually was, and the people could also not see how his face was covered in sweat.
"Why are you still daydreaming over here? Make a break and leave this place!" Happy schooled his face and rebuked him.
The group was shocked.
"Oh."
"Understood!"
The group looked as if they had snapped out of their dream.
Right when they were ready to run, Happy called out to them with a frown, "Come back!
"Write a letter and tell your boss about what happened here. Tell him that he doesn't need to continue chasing after the people from Class One Hall. Have him come back and escape from this place with all of you so that you can head to Ghost's Domain together!"
It was only at this moment that he remembered that not much time had passed. Ji Feng and the others should still be safe.
"Aye!"
The group was incredibly excited. They turned around at the same time to salute him, but they were terrified by Happy's cold and sharp gaze.
"Gosh, these people just completely forget about themselves after a brief moment of success."
Happy rolled his eyes before he had a thought appear in his head. He wrote a letter to Phantasmal Shadow to ask her about the situation on her side.
She quickly replied, [Everything is progressing as normal. Dream Clouds might have launched a counterattack, but we're fighting back based on the plan we set in the beginning. The situation is pretty good. We don't have a lot of casualties as of now, but Class One Hall has lost more than ten top-class elites, and they're all killed by One Emperor. Why are you so free? Did something happen over there?]
"Me?"
Happy was stunned for a moment before he let out a bark of laughter and replied, [Something did happen. I believe that Dream Clouds will know of it soon, and she will immediately retreat.]
Phantasmal Shadow's reply was very interesting. [How did you know? She really did retreat. All of the people from Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing sects all left! What exactly happened?]
"That's fast." Happy rubbed his forehead.
Seriously, Dream Clouds' plans were always flawless.
Right after Evil Emperor died, Dream Clouds immediately retreated. She must be thinking that she did not want to give them the chance to counterattack. If she chased them for too long, she will be giving him and One Emperor a chance to lead Wind Assault Tower and launch a c
ounterattack against them. Without Evil Emperor guarding them, Class One Hall will definitely suffer huge losses. At that time, they might actually be able to execute a beautiful play of turning the tides in Beijing itself.
When he thought of this, Happy could not help but sigh.
Seven days!
The next seven days should be the hardest seven days Class One Hall will have to face ever since they gained their power.
Without Evil Emperor protecting them, even if the few hundred thousand people in Beijing could intimidate other people, they could not intimidate Happy.
When he thought of this, Happy thought about things for a moment, and in the end, he could not hold back from sending a letter to One Emperor.
[One Emperor died, and Class One Hall won't dare stop Phantasmal Shadow from moving south. Interested in committing some crimes?]
Chapter 1083 - Lovely Land
Evil Emperor's fight against Happy was over in an instant, and the victor was decided just as quickly. This news not only caused the Chinese server to be shocked and be in a ruckus, more than one hundred countries in the country were also incredibly surprised.
What caused the people to be in even greater disbelief that when Evil Emperor died, he was actually being hunted by the Chinese imperial court.
Once he died, right after he reappeared in Guanlin Temple, he was locked up in chains and sent to the prison in the ministry of punishment, and his sentence lasted for one week.
Evil Emperor had to be locked up for seven days!
The repeated news caused all of World of Martial Arts to experience endless amounts of shock.
The people who originally thought that the situation in the Chinese server was basically set in stone and that the resistances could no longer cause much of a splash were rendered speechless by this news.
The players from other countries started talking about this matter on the official website, and they began speculating about whether Happy or Evil Emperor was stronger.
For a period of time, word that Happy had already replaced Evil Emperor as the strongest in the world spread out continuously.
The Chinese server burst into a ruckus!
The world, too, burst into commotion.
On this day, many people were shocked repeatedly.
The first was Dream Clouds.
She had originally been prepared to seize the chance of Wind Assault Tower launching their final struggle to crush Phantasmal Shadow's confidence completely. She did not expect that Evil Emperor would make such a huge mistake and die in Happy's hands.
If it were not for the fact that she had stationed people to keep an eye at Guanlin Temple and the people from Wild Wolves had quickly verified this information, Dream Clouds would think that a traitor had appeared among her people and had decided to crack a joke at her at such an important moment.
When she learned that Evil Emperor had really died, Dream Clouds nearly killed the NPCs soldiers on the city gate. She stared ahead with a dark gaze while she quickly gave her orders to have all the people from the twelve Beijing sects, Blood Alliance, Assassin Hall, as well as Class One Hall retreat into Beijing.
Once she thought about how Evil Emperor's death could possibly lead to One Emperor, Phantasmal Shadow, and the other forces of power as well as Chinese heroes fighting back, Dream Clouds even retrieved all the resources in her headquarters. She gave a strict order.
"None of you are to leave Beijing without orders for the next seven days!"
After she learned that Evil Emperor was killed by Happy and Dream Clouds retreated at full force, she repeatedly looked for Wandering Know-it-all, One Emperor, and Happy to verify the truth of the statement before she stopped, ordered her subordinates to retrieve all the people who died and were sent back to Beijing, and more than one hundred thousand people marched in plain sight on the government-made road in a mighty wave before they went south on the river.
The third was the manager of the pay-to-view battle replay system on the official website.
Shortly after Evil Emperor died, the manager quickly logged into the game personally and sent a messenger pigeon to Happy in the game. He said that the battle replay was already created, and they would split the profit by half. Once Happy gave the okay, he would advertise it widely on the homepage. He was openly trying to get wealth by scamming Happy.
[I want eighty percent of the profit. If you agree to it, I'll sign the contract. I'm really busy right now.]
Happy's reply to the manager of the pay-to-view battle replay system was very simple and straightforward. Once he sent the news, he no longer paid any attention to it. Instead, he watched One Emperor ride over from the distance.
One Emperor had a rare smile on his usually callous and indifferent face. "You did great."
Happy smiled. "Same to you. Has Phantasmal Shadow still decided to break out of the encirclement and bring her forces down south?"
One Emperor sighed in resignation. "I know that you want to fight and turn the tides, but our strength won't allow us to do that. You know it. Even though the number of people we have to force our way out is nearly two hundred thousand some time after you killed Evil Emperor, there are more than sixty percent of them who are not at the peak of their condition. With just a few ten thousand, forget about turning back and fighting against Beijing, it'll already be pretty good if Class One Hall doesn't end up gobbling us up whole."
When he said this, One Emperor cast a glance at the ten thousand or so people who filled up the plains behind Happy densely. He also saw Ji Feng standing beside Happy. He said with a myriad of emotions in his heart. "Looks like you're prepared to hold a huge campaign."
"Since Phantasmal Shadow has decided to develop her sect in the south, we can't not have forces in the north…"
One Emperor was puzzled and stunned when he heard this. "Are you saying…?"
"I'm staying."
Happy knew that One Emperor was shocked because of his decision. He said with a calm voice, "In seven days, Phantasmal Shadow can use her great foundation of strength to seize a territory in the south, but if no one holds Dream Clouds back in the north, she can send her two hundred or so aces in Beijing down south at any moment, and Phantasmal Shadow won't be able to last for long. That's why I've decided to stay and do my best in this."
Once he said that, not only did One Emperor put on a solemn and respectful gaze when he stared at Happy, even the people behind him were shocked. They did not expect that Happy would dare to make such a risky move.
"Evil Emperor will only be locked up for seven days." One Emperor reminded Happy with a solemn voice. "There are very limited things we can do here in seven days."
"I know. But as long as I can hold back Class One Hall's forces and make them be unable to leave Beijing, Phantasmal Shadow can do many things in the south." Happy's tone was as calm as usual. "If I stay near Beijing, not only can I hold back the Class One Hall forces in Beijing, I can also make the people near Beijing wary. My plan is simple. We will each lead a team and launch guerilla attacks at them. We'll make Class One Hall not dare to readily move north or south during the week. Now, it just depends on whether you dare stay here."
"If you're not afraid of it when you're hunted by the imperial court, why should I?" One Emperor smiled and nodded. "I'm on board."
"Since we're staying, we'll make them sink into utter chaos!" Happy smiled and raised his hand.
One Emperor quickly came to an understanding.
Right before countless people's faces, the two shook hands and sealed the deal.
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Evil Emperor's unexpected death and imprisonment for seven days caused the situation in the Chinese server to experience a slight change that looked as if it belonged to a movie script.
Wind Assault Tower was about to collapse completely, but they had somehow managed to get a precious chance to catch their breath while they were caught between life and death.
Due to Evil Emperor's death, Class One Hall could only watch
the remnants of Wind Assault Tower break out of Beijing and leave, because they had to face the intimidating might from Happy and One Emperor, who were two powerful players who were practically fiends to them.
On the first evening, out of the two hundred thousand people who broke out of Beijing, more than ten thousand people pulled in to the bank at Shanghai, and with more than ten Wind Assault Tower's aces leading them, the branches of Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing sects were all destroyed within a day!
After Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing sects lost thousands of men, they shrank in their cities and did not dare come out. They could only watch as Wind Assault Tower destroyed their branches.
It was followed soon by the second day.
Fujian! Xiamen! Foshan! Hainan!
Wind Assault Tower's members got on shore one after another in multiple cities in the coastal area, and they worked together with the people in the city to launch fierce counterattacks. In an instant, they managed to suppress Class One Hall and the other sects' might.
Due to Dream Clouds' stern order, Class One Hall and multiple sects did not fight back at all. In just two days, more than thirty branches were destroyed.
At the same time, the resource points outside these cities in the coastal area were taken down, and Wind Assault Tower's branches were swiftly set up.
But on the third day, it was clear that Phantasmal Shadow faced much more difficulty in her operations.
Dream Clouds already learned about how Phantasmal Shadow distributed her aces, and she mobilized a lot of her aces and Wild Wolves from other cities in the land to head to the other cities to protect her branches.
On the third day, Phantasmal Shadow only managed to take down six branches.
The fourth day was worse. She only managed to get two branches which had no value whatsoever.
"I knew that Dream Clouds wouldn't give us the chance to turn the situation around. She's defending her territory tightly and preserving her strength. Once Evil Emperor is released from prison, the pressure at Beijing will disappear, and the control in the Chinese server will return to her hands."
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