'I've arrived!'
He finally reached the fourth level.
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But at the moment Happy's gaze landed on the treasure box, his expression changed drastically.
The treasure c.h.e.s.t, which was his target on the huge net of chains, was bound tightly to the center of the huge net by four thin chains that were made of unique material. Happy had not even managed to notice them with his spiritual sense before.
Without thinking, Happy cut at the thin chains.
His sword qi turned into four sword sparks in the air and went to attack four directions.
At that moment, an accident happened!
Right when the sword qi crashed against the chains on the treasure c.h.e.s.t, the walls around him suddenly released the sound of springs, and countless dense holes covered every inch of the walls above him and in the fourth level.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Multiple dense, thin, and black needles shot out in a never-ending manner. There were so many of them that they were like hair on a person's head.
This scene caused Happy to instantly break out in cold sweat. Without another word, he used Dragon Capture to capture the chain, and he avoided the first wave of needles at hair's breadth. Then, he fell down from the air without daring to remain for even a moment up at the fourth level.
Whoosh!
Even so, his sleeves were already covered in fine holes, and it was torn into shreds now.
'Amazing.'
When he fell to the ground, Happy used a palm-generated wind with hidden force contained in it to weaken his momentum as he fell. Then, Happy looked up and could not help but sigh. 'What a powerful trap. If I didn't notice it with my spiritual sense earlier on… I guess even a martial artist who is One with the World will not be able to withstand such a fierce attack.
'As expected of the best barbaric merchant in the world. This trap alone is enough to keep his treasure safe no matter how many people come here.' Happy could only bem.o.a.n his inadequacy as he looked at the treasure box that was dozens of feet apart from him.
Just now, the sword qi he used to cut the chains had not only not managed to cut the chains, it had not even managed to cause even the slightest bit of damage on it. Even if he attacked it from below, it was impossible for him to destroy the chains and get the treasure box.
When he remembered the elegant floral patterns on the six faces of the silver treasure box, Happy could not help but be troubled. "Could it be that those things have the ability to open locks?"
His voice echoed slightly in the hall, but no one responded to Happy's question.
"Nope. I'm going to try again!"
Even though the terrifying firepower at the fourth level had caused him to have the same sense of danger when Evil Emperor shattered space, if such a terrifying trap and ingenious metallic design was just to protect a silver treasure box, it proved just how important that treasure box was. It could not be compared to the items in those normal treasure houses.
Thud!
Another stone tile was split into two when the sound rose, and Happy grabbed it.
Happy used the same method just now and jumped into the air in the same way. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the place where the iron chains were.
At that moment, the activated trap had returned to silence. However, the numerous holes tightly packed together in the walls around him were still opened.
This time, Happy did not attack the silver treasure box straight away. Instead, he grabbed the iron chain that was the size of a fist.
The iron chains swayed slightly.
The trap did not give Happy any chance. Another round of flying needles shot out.
Happy's expression changed, and he quickly executed a Thousand Pound Drop. At the instant the sound of springs rose, he plunged down from the sky and escaped from the trap beforehand.
When he landed on the ground again, Happy scowled. 'So I'll activate the trap the moment I touch the chains? That's troublesome.'
It was already hard enough to jump so high into the air, but the silver treasure box was secured on the chains by sturdy metal chains, and even if he touched it, it would cause the huge net of chains to sway, and it would in turn trigger that fatal trap.
As he listened to the continuous stream of sounds echoing high above him, Happy frowned and began thinking.
After half a minute, Happy made his decision to begin his third try.
The layout of this trap was completely different from the treasure houses he experienced in the past.
The treasure house he ran into might be dangerous, but there was a certain element in it that required him to bet his life to clear the trap. But the building here clearly required him to have absolute strength and wit.
Without strength and intelligence, no one could take the silver treasure box away.
Happy reevaluated the silver treasure box and decided to test it using Full Winds in Long Skies to see whether he could forcefully break the chains binding the silver treasure box.
If even the power contained in his strongest move mixed with Full Winds in Long Skies could not do anything against the chains, then it meant that he was not fated to get that treasure c.h.e.s.t, and there was no need for him to continue wasting his time in this place.
He would immediately log off and leave this place as well as give up on the treasure box.
Two stone tiles were fired into the air one after another.
If he used the stone tiles to knock against the treasure c.h.e.s.t in the distance, he would not activate the trap.
When Happy jumped into the air the third time, he raised his hand and pointed at the treasure c.h.e.s.t.
Whoosh!
The spiritual energy of the world in the air swiftly gathered together. It gathered between Happy's fingers like a vortex, and a milky-white vortex swiftly took shape in the black air.
Sun Finger!
At the instant he executed the ultimate technique that required him to gather together the spiritual energy of the world, a suffocating, powerful presence went charging steadily at the silver box on the chains as Happy slowly pushed his finger forward.
Then, in the air, the second, third, fourth, and fifth milky white vortices with astonishing presences were formed as Happy executed Sun Finger repeatedly.
Thud!
When the first Sun Finger crashed against the chains binding the silver treasure box, Happy did not even look at it. He flipped his body upside down, and when his head was directed downward, he stepped on the chains. At the instant the trap was activated, he shot to the ground at an even faster speed.
The sounds that were similar to locusts rose once more above him.
Boom!
When he was close to the ground, he executed a palm-generated wind, and when the powerful qi wave pushed back at him, his speed swiftly decreased. He then steadily flipped his body around and stepped on the floor.
It was only at that moment that Happy had time to observe the situation of the silver box once more. He tried to look at the effect of his full-powered strike.
Before he had his spiritual sense spread out, a faint sound of something rushing in the air suddenly rose, and something fell from above.
Happy's spiritual sense instantly locked down on the item that caused the sound in the dark space. He could not help but release a light gasp. He grabbed the air, and he seized the item that landed beside him.
When he unfurled his hand, he saw a thin chain that had been broken in half.
He s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath. Happy was able to immediately recognize that this was the thin chain that bound the silver treasure box. The place where it had been snapped showed that the impact from a force had directly snapped it in half.
When he saw this, Happy could not help but have joy appear on his face. He looked up.
'I made it!'
Even though the thin chains binding the silver treasure box was sturdy, the high damage in Sun Finger combined with Full Winds in Long Skies was enough to destroy it.
'With just three more times, I will be able to take down the silver treasure box.'
When he thought about how he was about to unravel the mystery behind the silver treasure box, Happy was delighted. He put away the snapped chain into his Universe Bag, sat down, and circulated his qi to recover it while he waited for Full Winds in Long Skies to finish cooling down.
But at that moment, the Buddha statue with the stern and dignified face not far away opened its eyes right before Happy, and a fierce light shot out of its eyes.
Two ghastly lights that were like will-o'-the-wisps suddenly lit up in the dark hall. Even Happy could not help but feel his skin crawl, and fear rose in his heart.
Chapter 1117 - Lion’s Roar, Fatal Thread
Happy slowly turned around in the dark hall and faced the two balls of blinding light that were like the will-o'-the-wisps in the darkness.
The astonishing in the Buddha statue forced him to temporarily stop his plan of continuing to get the silver treasure box. He frowned a little, narrowed his eyes, and sized up the Buddha statue a few times.
Compared to its previous solemn and dignified appearance, once the Buddha statue changed, it turned into a mechanical monster that released a grim and violent presence. Its eyes were locked up on him, and it gave off a pressure that only those who were superior would give off to those who were inferior.
But that was all to its changes. Even though the Buddha statue gave Happy a strange sense of danger, it did not do anything else. It only stared at him coldly while he stood at the center of the hall, and it was like a wild beast that was lying in ambush and was acc.u.mulating strength to hunt its prey.
But Happy did not dare to treat the Buddha statue with slight.
The huge net of chains at the fourth level of the treasure house was already dangerous enough that it could easily kill a Myth Realm martial artist. This Buddha statue also did not appear to be a normal object.
Thud… Thud!
Happy solemnly and slowly walked near the Buddha statue, but strangely, as the distance between them shortened, the sense of danger became much weaker.
The will-o'-the-wisps were just two huge, red gemstones serving as the Buddha statue's eyes. It was just sealed into its eye sockets using a unique material. It was terrifying when he stared at it in the dark while he was further away from it. Due to the distance and the atmosphere in the room, it became incredibly terrifying.
But that ruthless presence did not weaken in the slightest.
He just felt that there was a mysterious and dangerous element surrounding the Buddha statue, and it caused him to feel uneasy.
But if he wanted to destroy this huge thing, he would need at least half a day to do so. Perhaps he could destroy a certain, small, external part of the Buddha statue.
Yet Happy knew that he did not have much time to waste.
He turned around, and Happy could only temporarily squash down the uneasiness and puzzlement in his heart to cast his attention on the silver treasure box high in the air once more.
The difficulty in this treasure house increased once more.
By now, Happy was even more certain that the item contained in the silver treasure box was not normal, and he was even more curious about the box. The urge to unravel the secret with his own hands grew in his heart.
'No matter what you are, I'm getting that treasure box. If the Buddha statue tries to stop me, I'll destroy it.'
Happy cast the Buddha statue a glance through the corner of his eye. He stepped against the floor, and a powerful hidden force swiftly crushed a stone tile. Two shattered stone tiles flew into the air and landed automatically in Happy's palm.
He did not stop in the slightest.
Two rather large stone tiles were sent flying in the air at lightning speed one after another. A sword glare swept at then, and Happy rose into the air.
The entire process was done in one single fluid motion. His speed was faster and more decisive than before.
If anyone else were beside Happy right now and saw this scene, they would find it incredibly familiar when they saw Happy's expression, because Happy had the same expression when he faced Evil Emperor the second time. His gaze was calm, cold, and confident.
Thud! Thud!
At the same time he jumped up, Happy did not ignore the changes in the Buddha statue in the air. He multitasked. While he observed the actions from the Buddha statue, he stepped on the stone tiles and got to a spot that was 131 feet high in an orderly fashion. He quickly drew near the huge net with iron chains and the silver box.
When he saw less than 16 feet away from the net and the box, Happy quickly cast a glance at the condition of the silver box.
One of the four thin and exquisite chains had already snapped. However, the other three iron chains binding it from three other directions still bound the silver box tightly, and it showed no traces of shifting in position.
Whoosh!
He activated Full Winds in Long Skies and Sun Finger.
When the full power of the fourth realm Full Winds in Long Skies exploded forth, it did not lose to the power of a casual hit from those who were One with the World.
Powerful spiritual energy from the world surged into the finger-generated wind and snapped the second chain on the spot.
*****
"ROAR!"
However, just when Happy charged into the fourth level and attacked, the Buddha statue that had not moved even a single time suddenly opened its mouth, and the roar that was like those of a lion who just woke up swept toward Happy like a tornado sweeping across countries.
This was the Buddhist's Lion's Roar!
But this was much stronger than the Lion's Roar that Shi Huasheng used. The qi wave seemed as if it had substance. It created a circle-shaped impact in the air and instantly went for Happy's face like a cannonball.
Boom!
He was airborne, and the powerful sound wave from Lion's Roar crashed violently into Happy's body like a bulldozer. He grunted, and his true origin aura was unable to block the Lion's Roar that came from the Buddha statue. His body trembled, and he crashed violently against the wall before he plunged down to the ground from dozens of feet high.
As his qi and blood surged, he was unable to properly control his balance, and he crashed against the ground. The tiles were crushed to powder because of it.
But the defense from true origin aura and the strong physical body granted to him after he mastered Tendon Changing Classic allowed Happy to remain alive.
Happy could only count his lucky stars.
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If he had not been prepared to retreat when he attacked and swiftly left the fourth level, that Lion's Roar might have made him permanently killed him at the fourth level, because when he was pushed to the fourth level, he would have to wait for the fate of being pierced through by ten thousand needles!
When he fell from the air, the trap above him would automatically stop shooting. The Buddha statue also shut up and returned to its state of acc.u.mulating strength.
When he saw this, Happy gained a vague understanding of what happened.
Unless he activated the trap, the hidden weapons around the huge net of chains would not be fired.
But once he entered the fourth level, the Buddha statue would immediately attack.
The power in Lion's Roar was incredibly great. It could ignore the defense in Happy's true origin aura. If Happy had reacted to the situation a little slower, he might have ended up dead.
When he thought of this, Happy
found his heart filled with lingering fear. He sat down cross-legged to recover his damaged organs, which were injured by Lion's Roar. At the same time, he recovered his qi.
Right now, two of the four chains binding the silver treasure box had snapped, and with just two more strikes, he could get that box!
Even if he faced the dual threat of the Buddha statue and the trap, Happy did not intend to retreat.
A few minutes passed.
The Buddha statue did not move.
Happy stood up from the floor.
"You can't stop me."
*****
Bang!
As Happy crashed against the floor violently from the air and caused a huge pit to form on the floor, he was once again injured slightly because of Lion's Roar.
But this bit of injury had come in exchange for the third chain binding the silver box snapping.
Once it lost support from three chains, the silver box lost its balance. One end of the box was caught by a chain that was the size of a fist, and it hung high in the air while it swayed nonstop.
Happy did not observe it for long. He went to sit down and recover his qi as well as to treat his injuries.
The power in the double-layered trap was great. If any normal person came over, it would already be very difficult for them to get up so high, much less break those sturdy chains that were made of unique material while they had to face the dual threat from the countless hidden weapons and Lion's Roar.
'Let's hope that the item inside the treasure box won't disappoint me.'
Happy knew that one last attack was left before he could get the box. He recovered and immediately took action.
This was the final step. Happy became even more careful than before.
He pointed forward.
Snap!
The chain snapped on the spot. It lost the last thing securing it in the air, and Happy caught the silver box decisively with one Dragon Capture.
But what surprised Happy was that the springs in the fourth level did not start making noise. The Lion's Roar he had been expecting also did not come at him.
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