Chapter 1111 - Three Hidden Problems (1/2)

Chapter 1111: Three Hidden Problems

Clang!

As the door to the meeting hall was shut, only two people remained in the hall. Then, Happy opened his eyes and quietly tapped his chair.

Thud, thud.

His rhythmic tapping seemed to have triggered some sort of mechanism. Suddenly, the sound of springs traveled into their ears.

One Emperor’s motion of rubbing the blade of his sword finally stopped. He cast a surprised glance at the armored walls, which were several inches thick, sliding down with a loud boom over the doors and windows.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

As if the Domino’s effect had been activated, armored walls continued to fall down one after another. In an instant, all the doors and walls were sealed shut, and the inside of the meeting hall instantly turned into a metal fortress with a tight defense.

One Emperor frowned when he saw this sudden change. His gaze landed on Happy’s face. “There’s no longer many things in the Chinese server that can threaten you. What topic exactly do you want to talk about that you require such secrecy…?”

Happy had suddenly done something so major and caused the atmosphere around them to be incredibly stern and grim. Even One Emperor could not keep his composure. He was unable to help himself but appear surprised.

“Of course there’s no need for us to maintain any secrecy if we want to talk.” While Happy spoke, he got up and walked to the center of the hall. “It’s been my wish for many years to fight against you. But while we were at Wind Assault Tower’s sect prison, both of us had our own concerns, and we didn’t fight at full strength. Since we’re a little free right now, could you let me see your eleventh and twelfth slash?”

“I see.” One Emperor’s eyes lit up.

One Emperor smiled faintly, and he stood up readily with his sword. At the moment he held his weapon, a sword will that surged to the heavens instantly caused the rather empty hall to be filled with a chill.

One Emperor’s voice hummed and echoed in the hall. “Even though I know that I am no longer your opponent, I am still very curious. I’d like to know how much of your strength I can force out of you…”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Happy bringing out his Golden Scale Divine Sword from his Universe Bag. It shone with a faint golden halo. One Emperor’s expression relaxed. In truth, he was actually rather worried that Happy would bring out Recondite Steel Heavy Sword just now.

When Happy heard this, he smiled faintly and answered, “You praise me too much. When I fought against Evil Emperor, I only won against him slightly because my defense was slightly tougher. But Evil Emperor didn’t lose to me, he lost to himself! In truth, as long as he could keep his cool, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything to him. He’s the one who revealed all those openings to me.”

When he said this, Happy could not help but sigh. “Even though I forced him to reveal all those openings, the main reason he lost is because Evil Emperor did not bring out his true strength and treat me as a powerful enemy.”

When he heard Happy’s calm and humble words, One Emperor did not say anything to interrupt him. He did not make any promises either. He only stood across Happy calmly as he watched Happy coolly make an argument about why he won.

“If Evil Emperor had treated me as a powerful enemy just like how he treated you right from the start, he wouldn’t have lost so badly.” Happy was not bothered by One Emperor’s indifference and quiet. He continued talking at his own pace. “In truth, I was surprised by myself being able to kill Evil Emperor twice. Right from the start, my goal was to use my full strength to stop him, but Evil Emperor’s goal was different. To protect his might as the strongest player in the world, his requirements toward himself were too harsh. He always hoped that he could use the fastest way to kill me instantly and suppress me with overwhelming advantage so that he could intimidate the people.”

One Emperor said nothing, but he could understand what Happy meant.

In all actuality, this was his thoughts as well.

Evil Emperor’s strength was still above Happy’s, but his overwhelming advantage had caused Evil Emperor to ignore the details. He wanted to use the shortest amount of time possible to kill Happy, and in the end, it led to Happy changing the tides a few times, thereby causing Wild Wolves and Class One Hall to be crushed completely.

“Evil Emperor has indeed lost to himself. He cares about his reputation too much, and he also paid too much attention to your experience of being in a coma for one and a half years.” One Emperor finally spoke. There was a myriad of emotions in his voice. At the same time, he stared into Happy’s eyes seriously. “One moment ago, I thought that you still don’t have the strength and right to become the strongest in the world, and the one who pushed you to gain that title is Evil Emperor. But I didn’t expect that you would be able to see through everything so clearly. Now, I’m going to cast aside my previous conclusion.

“Even if you’re still not the strongest in the world right now, sooner or later, that title is yours.”

When One Emperor praised him to the face, Happy became shy, which was something rare of him to do. “You don’t have to try and protect my ego. You told me before that once we get rid of Class One Hall and make Wild Wolves retreat, you will leave Lovely Land. That’s why we’re just friends. I, too, know that the title of a vice sect master won’t be able to keep you around…”

One Emperor instantly fell silent. After he remained silent for a few seconds, he spoke once more. “I’ve suddenly changed my mind.”

“Why?”

“Do you want to hear the truth or the lie?” One Emperor beat around the bush instead, which was also rare of him to do. He stared into Happy’s eyes with an underlying motive.

Happy could not help but quirk his eyebrow. “The strongest swordsman of the Chinese server is lying now?”

He sounded dumbfounded.

One Emperor ignored Happy’s light teasing. “The lie is that I suddenly don’t want to leave Lovely Land and want to continue being its vice sect master… The truth is that I don’t want the Chinese server to fall into chaos again and let Wild Wolves have the chance to take advantage of us.”

“Oh?” Happy’s lips curled up into the ghost of a smile. “Why did you say that?”

One Emperor did not answer Happy immediately. Instead, he stared at Happy’s calm smile and shook his head slowly. “Phantasmal Shadow is right. Just as she said, you’re born to be a leader. You know what I meant just now, and you also know that I won’t leave Lovely Land. That’s why you’re not worried about mentioning the promise we made in the beginning.”