Chapter 958: A Shocking Discovery

Being a year and a half behind, what does Happy lack the most now?
Time? No!
It’s internal strength and martial arts proficiency!
After all, martial arts at the Life and Death realm are far inferior to those at the Liberation realm. That’s why Happy devotes himself wholeheartedly to practicing Liberation realm martial arts to enhance his overall strength, ensuring he has the ability to compete with Meng Yun and Xue Yi.
Meng Yun and Xue Yi’s strength isn’t actually at the top tier of experts…
At least in another world, these two can’t fully unleash the power and mystery of their ultimate skills, falling short even compared to Yin Hu.
With equal strength, Happy is confident in subduing Yin Hu, but he’s even more confident in defeating Xue Yi and Meng Yun despite being slightly behind!
So…
As long as his Liberation realm martial arts, defensive skills, and movement abilities improve, Happy is even confident enough to venture into the branches of the Blood Alliance and First-Class Hall!
Unfortunately, the higher the realm of a martial art, the more time it takes to master—this is what most hinders Happy’s progress.
Fortunately, before leaving Songshan, he obtained the ultimate skill “True Dragon Ten Styles,” which doesn’t require level advancement, as well as the supreme scripture “Yijin Jing,” which greatly enhances innate attributes, expands meridians, and boosts physical recovery abilities. Thanks to these, he entered the Liberation realm in little time.
But for Happy, it’s still not enough…
Unlike in the other world, now he faces the already massive Blood Alliance and First-Class Hall alone.
These two top-tier gangs can pose a deadly threat to him at any moment!
This is also why he refuses to use the “Life and Death Dream Pill” to heal his injuries—because he’s already prepared for the worst.
Once the members of the Blood Alliance and First-Class Hall start acting recklessly, the time he has for training will decrease, and the number of deaths will increase…
So…
After detecting a possible shortcut from the “Demon Infant Poison Insect” this time, Happy didn’t hesitate to search for another one.
“The weakness of the Ghost Scorpion is its mouth. Be careful.” With that, Happy quickly flew out of the small valley.
“The mouth?”
“Try it now.” “Hit it accurately!” “Don’t keep shooting its mouth. Wait for it to open its mouth and shoot then…” “It worked!! It really works!” “Haha! Great! The Ghost Scorpion’s shell is excellent material, worth over two hundred thousand. From now on, I’ll use hidden weapons against them, while you focus on leveling up.” The hunter family quickly divided the tasks.

A group of trap masters, under Happy’s guidance, indeed managed to fend off the eight monsters in this valley—without Happy’s help.
…
According to Yu Long, the Poisonous Baby Demons only appear at night, and there aren’t many of them.
But Happy was clearly lucky.
After leaving the small valley occupied by the hunter family, he happened to encounter a group of martial artists fleeing in disarray from the area! A few men cursed in frustration:
“Damn it, we ran into another Poisonous Baby Demon!”
“Hurry up and help these unlucky guys get out of here… we’ll have to find another place to train.”
“It’s the second time!”
“Damn!”
Happy had an idea and stepped forward to the group:
“Friends, I have a question. You said you encountered Poisonous Baby Demons—could you tell me where?”
“Dude, you smell like a Poisonous Baby Demon too. You must have encountered one too.”
“Those demons are restless at night. Who would’ve thought there are others as unlucky as us… Ugh, remember, there’s one here, and about two li further ahead, in a valley without torches to the left, there’s another one. Don’t walk into it.”
This group was quite helpful, voluntarily pointing out the locations and warning Happy to be careful before leaving.
Happy thanked them repeatedly. Once they were far away and out of sight, he quietly entered the valley and set up several torches outside—this way, even if there were no traps at the entrance, no one would likely come in.
As the torches were lit, the distinctive, piercing cries of the Poisonous Baby Demons quickly filled the air.
Two scorpions and a group of spiders, along with the Poisonous Baby Demons, came into Happy’s sight.
Cough!!
Drawing his long sword, Happy faced the Poisonous Baby Demon with determination:
“Perfect—I’ll use you to test it out…”
…
About forty minutes later, the Poisonous Baby Demon and all the monsters lay dead around Happy.
This time, as expected, he heard consecutive system prompts!
“I didn’t expect it to actually work.”
Looking at his own hands, Happy’s face was filled with surprise…
The sixth realm!!
With the lightness skill of the Liberation Realm, “Dongxu Bu,” even continuous running throughout the day might not raise one or two realms, yet after killing a Poisonous Baby Demon, he instantly reached the sixth realm, advancing by one entire level.
Additionally, “Mo Hong Mie Shi Jue” also advanced by five levels, reaching the peak of the sixth realm! He was on the verge of breaking through to the seventh realm! (Just over forty minutes of combat had also advanced him by two levels.)
You have to know…

After reaching the middle stage of 《Magic Swan World-Destroying Art》, the rate of level advancement slowed down significantly—it took almost a whole day to rise by one level. But now, in just two hours, he had already advanced by one level! The speed was astonishing! “Keep going!” He quickly picked off the venom sacs and wings of the Poisonous Baby Worms, stuffed them into his Qiankun Bag, and rushed out of the valley without pause, searching in the direction mentioned by the person earlier. With the level rewards from challenging the Poisonous Baby Worms alone, there was no need to continue practicing in the conventional way—although the conventional method helped one master each set of martial arts more proficiently, Happy had already practiced a set of Sword Techniques at the Liberation Realm level elsewhere, and with five years of diligent practice, he could quickly master and become proficient in any move. When Happy found the third Poisonous Baby Worm and killed it with all his might, he finally noticed something strange… The lethality of 《Magic Swan World-Destroying Art》 was extremely high. After reaching the seventh level, the black flames that separated from his body were over a foot long, like lively burning black flames. The speed at which they cut through the air increased, and so did the damage. Even in terms of numerical values, its power had long surpassed that of the 《Heavenly Sky Thunder-Destroying Style》 at the Master Realm, reaching over 13,000! With the addition of the four-stage famous sword techniques and the Liberation Realm boost, its power soared to over 24,000—an increase of more than 2,000 to 3,000 compared to before. Yet this time, it still took Happy over forty minutes to destroy the protective membrane of the Poisonous Baby Worm! “How is this possible?” Happy was slightly confused… “Can’t I speed things up?” “If I keep going at this pace for 45 minutes, I won’t have time to search for the fourth Poisonous Baby Worm. Day is breaking…” In the valley, the torches still emitted a faint blue glow, but the miasma around them had slightly returned to gray-black, and a faint light appeared in the sky. Full of confusion, Happy packed up quickly and left the valley, returning to where his fellow hunters were practicing. “How was your harvest?” As soon as he entered the valley, he was spotted by Yu Long and the others, who called out loudly. “It’s okay.” Happy seemed distracted. “What? Did it not go well without us around? Or…?” Yu Long noticed Happy was lost in thought and rushed over to comfort him. “No…” Happy gave him a strange look. “I’m just wondering why, even though my level rose from 52 to 67, the time it takes to kill a Poisonous Baby Worm didn’t decrease at all.”

“Of course, it’s only level 67… Huh? Wait! What did you say? How much has your swordsmanship improved?” Yu Long looked utterly astonished.
“Level 67, the seventh stage. It won’t be long before I reach the eighth stage…” (The third Demon Infant Poison Bug has improved by 4 levels, and the improvement will gradually slow down from now on.)
“Are you joking?”
“I’m not joking.”
With a very serious tone.
“…”
Yu Long gasped sharply, swallowed hard, and asked in a hoarse voice, “So, how’s your ‘Dongxu Step’ progressing? Has it improved at all?”
“It’s also at the seventh stage!”
“…”
Hearing Happy’s reply, Yu Long staggered and took a long time to recover.
“Boss, don’t tease me. I practiced a skill from the Liberation Realm intermittently for almost two months, and it took me nearly ten days of hard training to reach the seventh stage…” Yu Long looked gloomy, not knowing whether to be happy or smile bitterly.
“This is an S-level challenge.”
Happy reassured Yu Long seriously, “And you must keep this secret from anyone else. Tell your brothers not to spread word of it.”
Hearing Happy’s serious instructions, Yu Long quickly understood—few people in the Central Plains were likely aware of this method for rapidly advancing in cultivation levels.
Although there were few masters of the Liberation Realm in the Central Plains who could fight alone against Demon Infant Poison Bugs, this was an opportunity for Happy.
By using one day and two nights, he could quickly rise to become a true master of the Liberation Realm, one of the top fighters in the Central Plains.
But if word got out, the Blood Alliance and the First-Class Hall would swarm in like sharks smelling blood, taking immediate action instead of slowly mobilizing forces.
“Don’t worry, Boss Happy. I get it.”
Yu Long replied solemnly, “I guarantee no one will know.”
“Great!”
A confident smile appeared on Happy’s face. “With this secret, every night I’ll head straight for the ‘Demon Infant Poison Bug’ to rapidly improve my lightness skills and the level of ‘Magic Hongmi World-Annihilating Art’. The longer the Blood Alliance and the First-Class Hall delay, the better for me. By then, I’ll give them a big surprise!”
“By the way, Boss Happy, how much internal energy do you have now?”
“I’ve increased it by over thirty points in just one night. Not bad… I’ve already broken through 700 points!”

“If the people from Blood Alliance and First-Class Hall ignore you, can you reach the Wuwei Realm in a short time?” Yu Long said excitedly in a low voice, “That would be fun—once they realize your realm level, everyone will be terrified! Haha…”
“That’s not likely. Blood Cloak and Dream Cloud won’t give me a chance; they’ll attack me within three days at most! From now on, I must make the most of every minute and second for cultivation!” His eyes shone with determination.