Chapter 718: Surprise! The Golden and Silver Months!

Solving the giant wolf didn’t take Happy much time at all. The lethality of “Heavenly Sky Thunder Strike” was not much less than that of “Arrogant Dragon’s Regret.” What was truly lacking was a sword intent that could make his swordsmanship even sharper and invincible…
In terms of speed and lethality, “Heavenly Sky Thunder Strike” was already on par with “Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms”!
Happy was well aware of this.
The only thing it lacked was the self-protection that “Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms” offered when harming enemies…
“Heavenly Sky Thunder Strike,” on the other hand, was an unreserved attack—maximum speed with slightly weaker defense. Moreover, if engaged head-on with “Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms,” before mastering the sword intent, one would be repelled by the latter’s increasingly powerful secrets.
But!
Happy could feel that after each sword strike, as if a voice in his ear kept saying, “You can go faster!” “Faster still!”
This forced Happy to strike again and again, swinging his sword continuously.
Standing near the black iron gate, Happy frowned in deep thought and reviewed his movements as if watching a movie.
A few minutes passed before he finally activated the black iron gate and entered the corridor of the Heavenly Demon Cave!
Navigating through numerous traps with ease, he soon reached the broken bridge.
Raising his speed to its limit, he passed through the rolling stone trap unscathed—having accumulated so much experience, he could even make it safely even with his eyes closed.
Those treacherous snakes were extremely obvious to Happy, who had an extraordinary sense of perception. He flicked his fingers to knock them away and collect them one by one.
Without stopping, he arrived in front of the smiling Maitreya…
In the past, every time he faced this guy, Happy would just let him run away. Not a single person in his past life had ever managed to defeat this man, whose escape skills were unmatched. This time, with his “Jiuyang Divine Skill” perfected and his realm elevated to Liberation, Happy naturally thought of keeping this smiling Maitreya.
Such special NPCs, once defeated, would surely drop rare supreme martial arts manuals, secret techniques, or divine weapons and magical artifacts…
But what Happy didn’t expect was…
The Heavenly Demon disciples, as childlike as they were, all looked shocked the moment they saw him, their faces turning pale as they turned and ran away.
In the brief moment of confusion, a group of Heavenly Demon disciples opened the stone door behind the smiling Maitreya and vanished without a trace!
“…”
It seemed the plot had changed again!
Taking a deep breath, Happy finally shed his cultivation mindset from earlier.

He had almost guessed that it must be his cultivation at the Liberation Realm that triggered some kind of narrative task, as he had never heard of such a thing in his past life.
And…
If it was a narrative task related to the Liberation Realm, then the difficulty would surely increase from its original level.
“It seems I have to give up the idea of training here in the Heavenly Demon Secret Caves…”
Kai Xin’s expression turned grim.
The highest boss here had always been the grand elder of the Demon Sect, at the peak of the Non-Action Realm. With the increased difficulty of the task, there were only two possibilities—one was that the Heavenly Demon Sect deliberately sent the Fire Kirin to cause trouble; the other possibility was that the Heavenly Demon Sect now had a being at the Mythical Realm leading them.
If it were the former, it would still be manageable…
But if it were the latter…
Kai Xin frowned deeply. Taking a deep breath, he involuntarily prepared for the worst…
……
Entering the cave where the Fire Kirin was.
The scorching heat posed no threat at all in the face of the “Nine Yang Divine Skill.” Kai Xin flew swiftly and soon arrived at the entrance of five passages.
The second one on the left was the passage created temporarily to rescue Song Yuanqiao. Now that there was no task left, only the second passage on the right was safe…
But for some reason, when Kai Xin’s gaze fell on the second passage on the right, he saw a faint red light coming from inside.
The Fire Kirin!
Frowning, Kai Xin immediately remembered the main purpose of his visit here—to meet this Fire Kirin and use its thick-skinned body to practice the “Heavenly Sky Thunder Annihilation Technique” of the Liberation Realm. Only aopponent at the Mythical Realm could help him rapidly advance in this cultivation realm.
After a brief pause, Kai Xin changed his equipment, grabbed “Sword Seven,” and rushed into the second passage on the right…
……
Roar!!!
Even before entering, Kai Xin could already hear the Fire Kirin’s roar, along with violent crashing sounds and thuds coming from inside the passage, as if it were fighting against something.
“?”
Startled, Kai Xin sped up without hesitation and cautiously approached.
As he went deeper, the air ahead became increasingly hot, and the passages around were pitch black. Without the faint red light illuminating the passage ahead, it would have been difficult to see what was inside clearly.
As the noises grew louder, the sound of fierce winds colliding became more intense, and the Fire Kirin’s roars carried an unmistakable hint of pain, as if it were injured. The temperature soared suddenly, seemingly entering a frenzied state.
The temperature kept rising!
Violent winds kept blowing in from one end of the passage.

Happy was already forced to activate the Nine Yang Divine Skill to ward off the overwhelming heat waves!
Slowing down, Happy tiptoed toward a corner.
He quietly peeked outside…
It’s better not to look!
How are these two guys here!!
The two guardians of the northern clans, whom he had met once before at the Sword Forging Hall of the Heaven-Shaking Fortress—Elder Broken Blade—were now in the Secret Caves of the Heavenly Demons, each wielding a dazzling golden and silver sword, engaged in battle with the Fire Qilin.
The Fire Qilin had over a dozen wounds on its body; at least twenty broken scales lay scattered on the ground, its flesh torn open and blood flying everywhere.
“…Who!!”
As soon as Happy peeked out, he was spotted by the two. With a sharp shout, one of the guardians, holding the silver sword, stepped out of the battle zone, his sword emitting a blinding glow.
Happy had had the fortune to witness the power of the two guardians’ Broken Blade technique and knew what would happen if that sword hit him. He quickly retracted his head and retreated several meters.
Boom!!!
The passage trembled violently.
A deep gash several meters wide was cut into the wall of the passage.
The silver-sword guardian appeared outside the passage entrance, his eyes narrowing slightly as he stared at Happy, showing a hint of surprise: “So it’s a kid. Doesn’t seem like someone from the Heavenly Demons sect, but you’re quite skilled… Tell me! Who are you? How did you end up here!!”
“I’m Happy, a disciple of the Murong family… I didn’t realize two elders were here fighting the Fire Qilin. I’m sorry for intruding…”
Happy had no idea that two experts at the Mythical Realm level were here. Standing about ten meters away, he replied respectfully, not daring to be careless.
“The Murong family… Happy… So you’re the one known in the martial world as the blue-clothed man from the Murong family of Gusu—‘Happy’. At such a young age, your title sounds quite bold.” Seeing that he wasn’t from the Heavenly Demons sect, the silver-sword guardian subdued his murderous intent and spoke kindly, “Tell me, what’s your purpose here?”
Although the other man seemed friendly, Happy didn’t dare relax even a bit. As he stepped back slowly as the other man approached, he thought to himself, “I came here because…”
Before he could finish speaking, the silver-sword guardian suddenly took out a black stone that was constantly vibrating slightly from his waist. His expression changed! He let out an exclamation of surprise, his gaze turning cold as he stared at Happy: “There’s something unusual about the meteorite powder… The Heavenly Crystal is on you, kid! Haha! After such a long search, it came to me effortlessly!!”
His wild laughter echoed through the passage, deafening!
Happy’s expression changed drastically!
Without saying another word, he stepped back and dashed away at full speed!