78 Slaughter (1/2)
”What?!” The sect master of Dragon Tiger Sect had received his sect members' message through the messenger pigeon while he was at Black Wind Mountain. He was so angry that he squashed the paper into a ball right on the spot. ”They're just one measly Heaven Domination Sect. How dare they touch our people!”
He made his decision on the spot and gave his order in anger. ”All of you are involved! Come down with me! We're going to kill them!
”Long Meng!”
When he heard his sect master call to him, Long Meng, who was now a vice sect master again, quickly went to stand before Inquire the Dragon to receive his orders.
”Mobilize our men immediately! We'll gather at the foot of Cold Mountain Temple!” Even though he was angry, Inquire the Dragon was not so agitated that he would immediately have his men head into the depths of Cold Mountain Temple.
”Understood!”
Long Meng's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly to voice his obedience. He knew that the time for Dragon Tiger Sect to rebuild their prestige had come!
He picked a group of people without hesitation and had them write rows upon rows of letters that contained the simplified order of their sect master. The messenger pigeons' wings fluttered, and they flew into the sky to spread through the area around Black Wind Mountain.
In moments, the Dragon Tiger Sect members scattered all around Gusu City received the messages from their fellow sect brothers. They immediately stopped whatever task they had at hand. Those who needed to return to the city went back, and those who could go out of the city straightaway went out. For a period of time, they moved like rolling waves. Endless Dragon Tiger Sect members appeared at the city gate. Many people had already figured out that something had happened and were secretly apprehensive.
The other sects in Gusu City sent news of this to their other sect members.
Soon, many people came to learn that Dragon Tiger Sect was about to engage in a fight to the death with Heaven Domination Sect.
”When two tigers fight, there is a high possibility that both will be injured greatly. Ignore them.”
The other sect masters knew that this was their greatest chance for development. The two greatest sects in Gusu City were about to fight. Regardless of who would die, both would inevitably be injured. At that time, when the foundations of both sects were shaken, it would be the time for the other sects to show their might.
Of course, there were quite a number of people who just wanted to watch the show.
The flow of people at the foot of Cold Mountain Temple increased swiftly!
*****
A devastating battle had already begun in the depths of the forest.
”AH—”
”Surround him!”
”You idiot! Don't let him escape!”
The roars of Heaven Domination Sect members rose and fell. Dozens of white-robed people formed a huge encirclement in the forest. They surrounded Happy and his group, but an agile figure jumped high in the air before it fell. Cold glares appeared and sliced through the dark forest. Whenever they appeared, they took away one or two white-robed people without a sound.
In less than half a minute, there were already fourteen players lying either dead or heavily injured. All of them had been struck by throwing knives.
Whirlwind Young Li, Eastern Green Gate, and Azure Wolf had their backs against a huge tree while withstanding the attacks from seven players who were at the outermost layer of the encirclement. They had quite a lot of wounds on their bodies, but they continued to defend themselves and held on tenaciously. For the time being, their lives were not in danger.
”Attack!”
”Attack!”
When he saw that the number of corpses on the ground was increasing by the moment, Leader Lin was so angry that his face turned red. They had not even managed to touch Happy's sleeve, and around ten of his sect members had already died. How was he supposed to provide an explanation for this later?
But there was still a simple logic that he understood!
Happy had to fight frequently, and he had to use lancet knives as well, along with using lightness skills. It would be impossible for him to last for a long time with just the qi in Gate Realm. Since things had already progressed to this point, they could only grit their teeth and continue. They had to make Happy run out of qi, and at that time, they would kill him once and for all!
However, if Leader Lin had seen one tiny detail, which revealed what Happy had done before he used his lightness skill, he would not have made his decision so easily.
As a veteran, Happy knew his own limitations. Hence, every single time he attacked, he would immediately eat a medicinal tablet to replenish some of his qi. Like that, he would recover slowly.
As his qi replenished bit by bit, even after Happy threw dozens of lancet knives, he did not show any signs of fatigue. Instead, because of his familiarity with this method, he became increasingly refreshed. The speed at which he attacked became faster, and he became more capable of manipulating the angle of his attacks. He gave off the air of being at ease.
Even though quite a number of Heaven Domination Sect members had practiced lightness skills, it was clear that no one among them had the patience to practice their qi cultivation technique and lightness skill together for a few consecutive days. Even their best could not keep up with Happy's rhythm and footwork.
During the beginning of the battle, quite a number of people did not notice this, but as more of their fellow sect brothers died, some of them could not help but be afraid. When they chased after Happy, they felt like they had turned into loyal moving targets whose sole purpose was to provide entertainment for him.