"Sure."
Wind Chimes did not voice any rejections.
Both of them quickly chose twenty people and went to Wind Chimes.
Then, when Green Lit Wooden Fish and Wind Void turned around to head into the crowd, Whirlwind Young Li looked up and cast Orochimaru an incredibly serious and wary glance. He also cast a guarded look in the direction where Green Lit Wooden Fish disappeared.
Even now, he remained suspicious of Orochimaru and Green Lit Wooden.
If Orochimaru had volunteered to protect Wind Chimes just now, he would definitely object to him, but Orochimaru had suggested Green Lit Wooden Fish go together with Wind Void, and he could not argue against that plan.
Now, he just hoped that Wind Void would be careful and also hoped that his suspicions were wrong.
Orochimaru also stared at the direction where Green Lit Wooden Fish disappeared. His gaze was dark, and when he completely disappeared, a cold and faint smirk appeared on his lips.
When he arrived near Wind Chimes, Green Lit Wooden Fish was blocked at the perimeter by Howling Moon and the others.
There were a total of fifty supreme-class elites who surrounded Wind Chimes tightly, and once he saw it, he immediately knew that Happy had made arrangements beforehand to protect Wind Chimes.
This formation caused Green Lit Wooden Fish to have his heart sink, but he had his final question in his heart answered. 'Demonic Zither Wind Chimes is very frail, and she has the important Nine Yin Blocked Pulses, there is no way she would not be protected.'
"Howling Moon."
A thought appeared in his head, and Green Lit Wooden Fish put on a hearty smile.
"I didn't know that you're already here!" While he spoke, he started walking over.
But the people outside stood close to each other and did not show any signs of wanting to move away.
Green Lit Wooden Fish was stunned.
At that moment, Howling Moon's voice came from within.
"Ah, it's you, Elder Wooden Fish. Heh. I'm sorry, the sect master has said beforehand that we are to protect Elder Wind Chimes' safety, and no one is to get close to the formation. I hope that you can forgive us for this."
"Formation?"
Green Lit Wooden Fish was stunned. He quickly looked around and wondered in his heart.
'These fifty people are standing really close to each other, what sort of formation can they form?'
But when he remembered the Forbidden Daiya Technique formations that the Wild Wolves formed with nine people in each group, he did not pay a lot of attention to the faint puzzlement in his heart.
When he saw the sound blades rising to the air nonstop to form rivers filled with murderous intent above the supreme-class elites, Green Lit Wooden Fish gradually became anxious and restless.
He knew that he was pressed for time!
Demonic Zither Wind Chimes was incredibly threatening in the battlefield, and with every second that passed, a number of people would die in Wind Chimes' hands.
The more Wild Wolves died, the smaller their chances were in taking down Lovely Land and Happy.
He could not wait any longer!
In his agitation, Green Lit Wooden Fish had a dazed expression on his face while he breathed and gathered his qi.
To him, right now, the difficulty in killing Wind Chimes was just a little higher. It would not be as easy and perfect as he originally thought it would be. Though the fifty supreme-class elites were not that difficult to deal with either because he could instantly kill quite a number of people if he suddenly attacked, it would no longer be easy for him to leave once he killed Wind Chimes.
But Green Lit Wooden Fish did not know that while he paid attention to Wind Chimes, Wind Chimes had already received a reminder from Howling Moon and was now on her guard.
Green Lit Wooden Fish might be a traitor that Class One Hall put in Lovely Land. In the beginning, when Howling Moon first received this news from Happy, he had immediately suggested to cause Green Lit Wooden Fish's reputation to be ruined.
But Happy had suggested that they act according to the situation. They were to monitor Green Lit Wooden Fish in the dark and not give him the chance to be able to cause great damage and chaos so that he could take action during a critical moment.
Howling Moon originally did not agree to this plan. After all, they already had a very powerful enemy in the battlefield. And right now, they had to even be on guard against a traitor their enemy planted among them. This traitor was even someone who only had a handful of people who could fight against him. The difficulty in this was incredibly high.
But in the end, Howling Moon still agreed to it!
"I see." Green Lit Wooden Fish paid attention to what Wind Void was paying attention to and said, "Since the sect master has already made arrangements, I will not overstep my boundaries."
Right when he said his last word, banging sounds rose.
He delivered three palm strikes, and caught off guard, three supreme-class elites were sent flying by a powerful force.
However, even when the attacks came at them at close distance, these three supreme-class elites could still react to the situation and remained wary. When the wind howled and their bodies reminded them of the danger, they quickly activated their body fortifications.
Green Lit Wooden Fish's main target was Wind Chimes. Hence, he did not try to kill these three people. He only sent these three people flying.
But he did not expect Lovely Land's reaction speed.
Almost at the same time he attacked and when these three supreme-class elites were sent flying, Howling Moon had already shouted unhesitatingly, "Traitor! Take down Green Lit Wooden Fish!"
Almost at the same time, the magnificent sound blade river above him changed direction.
When Green Lit Wooden Fish sensed countless powerful presences appearing from ahead and behind him, he was shocked, and he cursed in his heart. Because this meant that Wind Void and the others had quickly registered the situation.
He was forced to act. He could only activate his incomplete Buddha's Palm ahead of time!
Golden Arhat Bell!
At the same time his entire body turned a golden color, he locked down on the direction where Wind Chimes was. A dazzling golden light instantly devoured the people ahead of him.
"No!"
Wind Chimes was shocked.
Since she was too straightforward and honest, she was not alerted of the fact that Green Lit Wooden Fish was a traitor ahead of time. Even though she had instantly reacted to it, when she saw Green Lit Wooden Fish activating his killing move and swiftly noticed that he was targeting Wind Chimes, her face turned pale.
Green Lit Wooden Fish attacked too resolutely.
Once he attacked with Buddha's Palm, everyone's attacks looked as if they were snow melting before the sun. When their attacks landed on the gust he generated, they sank like stones thrown into the ocean.
"Protect Wind Chimes!"
"Ah!"
Pained screams and surprised shouts instantly gathered together.
At that moment, no one noticed that there was a discreet circle away from the circle protecting Wind Chimes. More than ten supreme-class elites stood still in their stations and surrounded one person and her zither, as if they were not at all concerned by the chaos happening ahead of them.
Xu Yao had her eyes shut in the crowd, and her hands were fixed on the strings.
Bang!
One of the zither strings shattered in Xu Yao's hands, and the seven strings turned into six strings.
Xu Yao opened her mouth and coughed up blood. Her face was a little pale.
It was only at that moment that the people around her looked shocked. They looked around them. After all, they had been tasked to protect Xu Yao, and no one was to harm her.
"I'm fine."
At that moment, Xu Yao raised her hand to speak.
Just now, when she used her zither force, Green Lit Wooden Fish instantly shattered it with his palm strike. In
her panic, she crushed her zither force as a counterattack. She did not expect that she would still receive a rebound.
She brought out a medicinal pill from her Universe Bag. A red flush quickly appeared on her pale face.
Xu Yao had a smile appear on her face.
Even though this happened suddenly, she did not fail in her task, and she protected Wind Chimes.
Green Lit Wooden Fish was rather unlucky.
Right from the start, he did not know that he was sold out by Orochimaru. Happy also learned of his secret identity a long time ago, and he also had nearly one hundred supreme-class elites nearby prepare to attack him.
He wanted to assassinate Wind Chimes, but he was forced to activate Buddha's Palm ahead of time.
Wind Chimes also gained the initiative at the moment he attacked. Hundreds of sound blades gathered together beforehand and gave off an incredibly murderous air, causing him to be unable to get closer even with Golden Arhat Bell.
The third surprise was Xu Yao.
She was the trump card that was hidden beside Wind Chimes. She helped withstand the most fatal strike for Wind Chimes, causing the assassination to fail.
When he noticed that his palm strike did not successfully kill his target and that he spent too much qi during that instant, Green Lit Wooden Fish's face turned a little pale.
Before he could see what was going on, he had his body sent staggering by the Lovely Land supreme-class elites around him. He coughed up mouthfuls of blood, and he did not even know why he died.
Even up to the moment he died, Green Lit Wooden Fish still did not know why he failed.
With endless gloom and indignation, he let out a cry and breathed his last.
Even so, Green Lit Wooden Fish's palm strike killed more than ten supreme-class elites in Lovely Land. Even Wind Chimes had her face turn pale, and she only managed to catch her breath because of the Fire Qilin Blood Happy gave her.
However, she would not be able to play her zither for a short period of time and continue playing the song of death.
The people away from the formation only saw a piercing golden light that suddenly shot out from the core of Lovely Land and sensed the terrifying presence from it. Then, the zither notes came to a halt.
Chapter 1259 - Joining the Camp
The piercing golden light that suddenly appeared from Lovely Land's camp was incredibly clear in the battlefield. All the people within a circular area of several miles noticed it.
Even though they did not know what happened, they knew that Demonic Zither Wind Chimes was over there, and now, they lost all signs of her at this moment. As long as they were not stupid, they could tell that this was not something good for Lovely Land. Something might have happened to Wind Chimes.
The two people in the air had naturally noticed this.
Evil Emperor smiled faintly and said in a manner that suggested he delighted in Happy's misery.
"What did I just say? Sect Master Happy, no matter the situation, you should not be too confident, lest tragedy strikes…"
Happy cast a calm glance in the direction where the explosion happened. He frowned a little and said nothing.
When he saw Happy's silence, Evil Emperor became even more smug.
"Well, aren't you going to look? You might have the chance to see the girl with the Nine Yin Blocked Pulses one last time."
"You're the leader of the Wild Wolves, yet I didn't expect that you would be so despicable as to use such methods." The more Happy accused him through gritted teeth, the brighter Evil Emperor smiled.
"Despicable? It's just a tactic. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not being strict when you recruit people. You let anyone join your ranks. You gave them money and weapons to attract them. But even if you put on airs and spent two million on your subordinates, it doesn't matter. They can't compare to the loyalty of my three thousand Wild Wolves."
"Hmph."
When he saw that Happy had become silent again, Evil Emperor thought that he had successfully provoked Happy. He had a thought appear in his mind, and he decided to strike while the iron was hot and continue provoking them.
"I believe that you have already guessed who betrayed you. Tsk tsk, you gave him a set of demon vessels, a high grade divine weapon, and one hundred million taels of gold, but you still can't buy his loyalty. How sad for you. Lovely Land has more than two million normal members, and it's far too easy to make them betray you. Today, the one who betrayed you is Green Lit Wooden Fish, and tomorrow, you might end up recruiting three more people who will end up betraying you."
"You don't need to worry about me in that regard. If you have the time to worry, you should worry about yourself a little more."
As if to respond to Happy's words, agitated zither notes suddenly rose from Lovely Land's camp.
The clear zither notes quickly turned into sharp sound blades that gathered into a river and appeared in the battlefield!
The mocking words that were on Evil Emperor's tongue died away. The smug and delighted expression he had froze on his face, and he looked incredibly hilarious.
Happy smiled.
He looked behind him for a moment before he turned around once more. When he saw Evil Emperor's rapidly darkening expression and saw a frosty look settle on his features, he smiled and said, "You're right, you shouldn't be too confident in everything."
Evil Emperor's response to those words was a cold and sharp look.
"You knew?"
With the power Green Lit Wooden Fish released, he knew that it was an attack that only those in the dao of heaven could block. The normal Lovely Land supreme-class elite would not be able to stop Green Lit Wooden Fish from assassinating Wind Chimes. The only explanation for this was that Happy had known about it beforehand and was prepared for it.
Happy smiled.
"It's just as you said. How can I not carefully investigate every single Lovely Land member who holds the rank of an elder or above? After all, I am a sect master. Did you think that I would hand Lovely Land over to a stranger without scruple? Did you really think that I spent nearly one hundred million taels of gold, hundreds of divine weapons and demon vessels, and offered Heavenly Saber Song Que's legacy just so that I can flaunt Lovely Land's wealth?"
He stopped talking for a moment, and Happy's smile faded away. "If that's indeed what I did, how could I have possibly been able to fend against Dream Clouds? She is a woman with a lot of tricks up her sleeves, you know?"
When he heard Happy's words, Evil Emperor's expression turned even more solemn. He knew that he had still ended up underestimating him.
Green Lit Wooden Fish had failed in assassinating Wind Chimes, and that meant that this chess piece was completely useless now.
But if Wind Chimes was not dead, all the Wild Wolves would be in danger!
When he thought of this, Evil Emperor's eyes focused.
"Wind Chimes must die!"
Whoosh!
He moved swiftly.
Evil Emperor might move like lightning, but Happy was not slow either.
The attack frequency for the Supreme Technique of the World was incredibly fast. Dozens of palm strikes instantly locked down on the paths Evil Emperor could take to escape, and he was forced out of the air.
"What is it? The battle has just started, and he can't hold yourself back anymore?" While Happy chuckled softly, he mocked him. Then, he quickly moved in the air to block Evil Emperor.
Evil Emperor did not say anything.
With the domineering defense and dodging ability provided from Demon Body, he continuously avoided the endless gusts and charged to Lovely Land.
If Wind Chimes did not die, the two thousand Wild Wolves could not hope to fight against Lovely Land!
"Get lost!"
When Happy sensed that his palm strikes were gradually unable to hold Evil Emperor back, he suddenly let out a roar that was accompanied by the domineering Dragon's Roar. More than ten palm strikes then struck Evil Emperor when he froze for
a moment.
"Urk!"
He shuddered a little, and he was forced back dozens of feet in the air before he stopped.
All his progress just now was gone. He was sent back to the spot where he originally was, and he had to temporarily stop trying to kill Wind Chimes so that he could recover the qi that he spent and calm the surging qi and blood in his body.
Evil Emperor felt so gloomy that he wanted to cough up blood.
At the same time, a group of supreme-class elites charged out of the center of Lovely Land and sent the Wild Wolves and Persian army scattering. They were now starting to counterattack!
Evil Emperor's expression turned incredibly dark.
Once Green Lit Wooden Fish died, the matter of him betraying Lovely Land was quickly sent to all Lovely Land members under Howling Moon's orders. Many of the Chinese players then started talking about it and cussing up a storm.
"Green Lit Wooden Fish actually tried to assassinate Elder Wind Chimes?!"
"He's a Wild Wolf?!"
"That traitor!"
"It's no wonder why he suddenly rose to power so quickly! Damn it! So Dream Clouds was causing trouble behind our backs!"
"That bastard! How dare he betray the Chinese plains?! If I see him, I'm going to kill him!"
"I dare him to enter the Chinese plains again!"
Such discussions rose and fell quickly around Orochimaru and Whirlwind Young Li. Quite a number of people discussed this while they stared at Orochimaru's back with guarded looks.
After all, Green Lit Wooden Fish had been sent to protect Wind Chimes by Orochimaru, and this guy had been in the evil path for years. Naturally, he could not be free of suspicion. If Green Lit Wooden Fish had been bought over, the chances of Orochimaru being bought over were high as well.
But when Orochimaru was under the people's wary gazes, he just cussed Green Lit Wooden Fish a few times as a show. Then, he became calm again, as if even if the world collapsed, it had nothing to do with him.
In truth, Orochimaru felt rather gloomy as well.
While Happy's words during the sect tournament had put him in a difficult position, it did not change his decision.
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