Chapter 313: Zhou Yu, a Emperor!

Boom!
The silver-armored general crashed like a cannonball from the sky into the reeds! The thick reeds were crushed beneath him as he sank deep into the ground, his eyes lifeless.
Ghk!
Kai Xin calmly and coldly sheathed his sword. Faced with the enraged guards and swarms of players, he felt an intense lack of internal energy, causing him to frown slightly.
He was still too anxious…
Techniques like Dragon Shape, Dragon Seizing Hand, and Seven Stars Shining Moon all consumed a great deal of internal energy. With little time left, he hardly had time to take the Jade Dew Pills, and after using them repeatedly, even at his Mystic Realm cultivation level, he felt a sense of exhaustion and emptiness from overusing his internal energy.
Countless enemies were charging at him!
Kai Xin felt as if a giant mountain was rushing toward him.
The overwhelming pressure made it hard to breathe!
Just as Kai Xin seemed on the verge of disaster, a thunderous roar came from the ships on the river:
“General Yang is dead! How much longer will you continue to aid the tyrant? Once the Murong family investigates this matter, see who can still protect you! None of you will escape blame!”
The group of guards who had chased Kai Xin paled at once.
“The general is dead?!”
“That’s bad… The general is dead! Retreat!!!” Amidst the chaotic screams, the guards lost their fighting spirit. Under the threat of the Murong family, they dropped their weapons and fled in panic, ignoring General Yang’s body even.
At the same time!
A large group of players, whose armor had disappeared, reverted to their original appearances. Their messy equipment and various gang insignias became clearly visible before Kai Xin.
…
Mission failed!
With General Yang’s death, all the players on the reed marsh returned to their normal forms. The uniform soldier armor vanished, leaving them as a disorganized crowd.
The group lost its leader.
Especially some gang members, who had been shouting the loudest before, stopped in their tracks upon realizing the mission had failed. They pressed their gang insignias against their chests.
What a joke…
Who were they supposed to fight?
Kai Xin!
In Wuhu, he had single-handedly destroyed the quite famous Five Poisons Sect and wiped out the elite of the Falling Feather Sect. Earlier, everyone had been disguised, allowing them to blend in. Even if they couldn’t kill him, they wouldn’t have to worry about consequences.
But now, the situation was different!

Morale dipped, and countless players gave up completely when they got within ten meters of Happy, especially those at the front, looking as if they’d been caught stealing, turning around and rushing back into the crowd.
And just like that…
Thousands of people charged fiercely toward Happy, only to surprisingly retreat at an even faster pace, looking extremely comical.
But!
The groups watching from afar couldn’t bring themselves to laugh.
“Truly worthy of being the number one expert on the ranking list!”
These people had witnessed the entire process of Happy killing the Silver Armor General from start to finish, and even now, they still felt a chill in their hearts.
“What kind of techniques were those?”
“To take the general’s head under the protection of a group of Life and Death Realm guards… truly fierce!” A few of them swallowed hard and exclaimed, “This must be what it’s like to take an enemy’s head from among thousands of soldiers, even though there was no actual fight!”
“Tsk tsk…”
Outside the crowd, the cool river breeze blew against the white veil on the slender woman’s face, messing up her strands of black hair… fluttering in the wind.
She casually swept her hair back behind her ear, and several nearby men caught a glimpse of her stunningly fair skin and charm.
“He was right. In that situation, he simply couldn’t afford to get entangled with the guards.”
The veiled woman pondered for a while before saying, “Every extra second spent fighting the guards meant more danger. By the time they were surrounded by the army, it would be hard enough to protect themselves, let alone break through… Happy just made the right choice. The only remarkable things about him are his decisiveness and strength.”
“Shadow Sister, it’s rare to hear you praise someone. Before it was Zhou Yu, and now it’s Happy… Who do you think is stronger, him or Zhou Yu?”
The man standing beside the veiled woman suddenly asked this question.
Everyone around showed interest.
Zhou Yu!
He had once held the top spot on the ranking list as the greatest expert, but now he had been pushed to second place by a mysterious figure called “The Emperor.”
Perhaps few people outside knew Zhou Yu’s story… but these people here had encountered him several times and had a very deep impression of him!
“…”
The veiled woman fell into thought.

“It’s hard to compare. Happy and Zhou Yu have both been famous for a long time. In terms of wisdom, strength, decisiveness, and luck, they are evenly matched. Although Happy enjoys high public prestige, Zhou Yu is also extremely remarkable. Though he isn’t very fond of training, he often advances beyond his level faster than ordinary people. Happy seems to have grown step by step, while Zhou Yu has made astonishing progress in secret, possessing a shrewd mind unmatched by others—like night and day, unable to coexist.”
After a pause, she added under the somewhat disappointed gazes of the crowd:
“If they fought, it would be very difficult to determine a winner… But now I’m even more curious about that person’s identity and strength…”
“Who?”
“The One Emperor!”
“Oh? That guy who never shows himself in public and hides to train?” Some showed disdain.
The woman in white shook her head: “I’ve studied Zhou Yu’s training progress. He’s fast—almost daily, he takes on challenges beyond his level. The speed at which his internal strength improves is slightly higher than that of top experts who train full-time. It’s basically impossible for others to overtake him, unless Zhou Yu stops himself… But ‘The One Emperor’ not only does that but also surpasses Zhou Yu. Just thinking about it makes me feel terrified.”
“…”
The crowd fell silent.
Even strong figures like Happy and Zhou Yu were merely casually praised by the woman in white… Yet ‘The One Emperor’ filled her with profound fear!
Who on earth is this guy?
…
At that moment, Happy already received a system notification indicating the task was complete:
“General Yang killed! Task completed!”
“Battle evaluation: A-grade!”
“Danger assessment: S-grade!”
“Seven-Star Sword Technique level increased to 98.85; Golden Bell Shield level increased to 99.01!”
Happy was stunned…
The evaluation was the same as when fighting the Ninja King, and the rewards seemed even higher… That battle was a true life-or-death struggle. Today’s fight, because she took the initiative from the start, allowed her to avoid most dangers—so it shouldn’t be S-grade, right? Or was the task content also taken into account?
As she pondered, Happy glanced at General Yang’s corpse…
A corpse of an imperial official should have something special, right?