Chapter 1133: The Disappearance of the Sky Crystal

Although he didn’t use techniques like Wind-Filled Sky or other supreme skills, relying solely on the strength enhanced by Happy’s “Meridians Strengthening Scripture” and “Bone Washing Scripture,” his “One Yang Finger” was already extremely fierce and domineering.
In less than half an hour, the proud sect master of the Sword Sect was left battered and injured—his bright robes covered in holes, his mouth bloody, and his left arm torn off, oozing blood, looking utterly pitiful…
As time passed, the sect master lost all his former dominance and sharp sword energy. He could only barely fend off Happy’s relentless attacks, staggering from step to step.
“Who the hell are you?”
The sect master had clearly spent a long time at the Sky Pool Sword Sect and was well aware of the rumors in the martial world. He knew that someone with such formidable skills couldn’t possibly be an unknown figure.
Happy laughed heartily: “Still asking so many questions? Don’t you find it pointless?” His movements never stopped.
“What grudge does my Sword Sect have against you that you’d come to the Sky Pool Sword Sect to cause me trouble…” Though of noble status, the sect master wasn’t afraid of death—especially not dying unjustly like this.
“You know why I’m here.”
“…”
The sect master grew silent again, his eyes flickering. “Did the Sky Pool Sword Sect send you to deal with me?”
“I have nothing to do with the Sky Pool Sword Sect,” Happy sneered coldly. “It’s all your fault for obtaining something you shouldn’t have. Do you still hold out hope? Underestimate me?”
At these words, the sect master’s face turned pale…
“You came for it? No, I thought I hadn’t revealed any clues back then. How did you know it was in my possession?”
“If you don’t want others to know, don’t do it yourself!”
Happy naturally wouldn’t reveal that he had experienced everything in another world. His enigmatic words left the sect master guessing wildly:
“I get it. You got the information from the Sky-Shaking Fortress. Only those from the Sky-Shaking Fortress know that this thing must be nurtured in a frigid place…” He gritted his teeth as he spoke.
“Hmph.”
Happy said nothing more. He expected the sect master to be unable to resist much longer. But strangely, so far, the system hadn’t given any hints about the Sky Crystal.

“Since you already know of its existence, I see no need to hide any longer. What you want is in the lake, tied to one end of the celestial silk… For its sake, I stayed in Tianchi for three years… Cultivating it for three years, only to end up using it to make a wedding dress for you.”
The Sword Sect’s leader’s face turned pale, his eyes lifeless as he forced a bitter smile. “Very well, you may take it. But I hope you’ll stop here and let me and my people go.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think this matter will end here. I think it’s better for you to stay.”
“You…”
Hearing Happy’s icy words, the Sword Sect’s leader gasped. “Don’t go too far. This is Tianchi. We’ve been fighting here for a long time. The people of the Tianchi Sword Sect have already heard the news and are on their way. Continuing this will not benefit you… Hmph! Once the whole world knows you’ve obtained the Sky Crystal… see how you’ll keep it!”
“Haha, there’s no need for you to worry about that.”
Happy laughed heartily. “Besides, after taking the Sky Crystal from you after three years of cultivation, do you really think I’ll just let you keep it?”
The Sword Sect’s leader’s expression changed abruptly. After a moment of paleness and blueness, he realized the other party truly intended to kill him and stay him here. With a firm decision, he said, “I can swear that after you take the Sky Crystal, you won’t tell anyone about today’s incident, as long as you spare me and my people.”
“Oh?”
Happy was slightly tempted.
As soon as the words were spoken, the two parted!
Snap! Snap!
They stood far apart.
The Sword Sect’s leader was finally freed from his ordeal. His left arm was injured, his right hand covered in blood. He stood there, holding his sword in a disheveled manner, panting heavily, looking nothing like a sect leader!
Happy only had a little ice and snow on his body. With a swirl of his vital energy, it instantly evaporated into vapor, making him appear even more imposing.
“Swear it!”
Although Happy wasn’t afraid of the Sword Sect’s revenge, it would still be good to obtain the Sky Crystal quietly and use it as a hidden trump card.
The Sword Sect’s leader stopped fighting, and the other battlefield also ceased hostilities. The two Mythical Realm experts who had pushed Silver Fox and Tiaozi to the brink also stopped and retreated.
Silver Fox and Tiaozi retreated without a word, sitting cross-legged to restore their internal energy and heal their injuries.
…
“My Sword Sect has always relied on the sword. Today, we swear an oath to the Sky Crystal!” The Sword Sect’s leader made up his mind. He walked slowly to where he had been fishing earlier and bent down to pick up the purple-gold fishing rod.
Crack!!
All the thin ice on the celestial silk slipped away.

Immediately afterward, the noise grew louder, and the once-flat ice surface was shattered by an invisible force. With the Sword Sect’s leader’s action, a circular hole appeared on the ice of the lake! Yet not a trace of the Heavenly Crystal’s presence was detected. Just then… The Sword Sect’s leader’s expression changed! “Damn!” “The Heavenly Crystal is gone!” As he spoke, he raised the purple-gold fishing rod in his hand, and the snow-white silkworm thread came out of the lake as if weightless, falling into his palm. Happy could see clearly that the other end of the thread in the leader’s hand was empty, seemingly cut off by some sharp object. The leader’s face turned pale with anger, his expression shifting repeatedly as he gritted his teeth: “It must be the work of the Tianchi Sword Sect. They took the Heavenly Crystal from underwater while I wasn’t paying attention!” After saying that, he turned his gaze toward Happy. “…” Happy’s eyes scanned the leader’s face, seemingly unbothered by the loss of the Heavenly Crystal, showing no sign of tension, only a faint hint of confusion in his eyes. … Ding! System notification: “Heavenly Crystal series tasks triggered!” “An ancient divine weapon has mysteriously disappeared from the Sword Sect’s leader’s hands! Search for clues to the Heavenly Crystal!” “…Now find the leader of the Tianchi Sword Sect to uncover clues!” … Silver Fox and Tiaozi both changed expressions. Clearly, aside from Happy, they too had received the system notification! “Heavenly Crystal?” The fight they had just engaged in was equivalent to half a day of training, yielding significant progress. But now, upon hearing about the ancient divine sword in the system notification, they both showed skeptical and excited expressions, looking at Happy. Only then did they realize that Happy had brought them to the Tianchi Sword Sect to search for that legendary ancient artifact—the Heavenly Crystal. “What should we do now?” Silver Fox transmitted to Happy. The latter shook his head… Actually, ever since the Sword Sect’s leader mentioned staying here for three years, he had suspected that the search for the Heavenly Crystal might not go as smoothly as planned. And indeed! In the world three years ago, the task he had received was only a brief opportunity to use the Heavenly Crystal, with only one day to nurture it; yet the Sword Sect’s leader had stayed at Tianchi for three years! It was likely that the leader had a better way to suppress the Heavenly Crystal’s violent energy more thoroughly. Thus, simply defeating a late-stage Mythical Realm warrior would hardly suffice to obtain an ancient divine weapon…

If the Sky Crystal disappeared today, the most likely culprit was naturally the master of the Tianchi Sword Sect—a master at the late stage of the Mythical Realm and the former owner of the Purple Bamboo Forest. But Happy really didn’t want to cause trouble for the master of the Tianchi Sword Sect. Just as Happy was distracted! Thud! The sect leader holding a purple-gold fishing rod suddenly stepped back and fell into the ice hole he had created… “Damn!” Noticing the sect leader fleeing, Happy’s eyelids twitched! Soon after, he spotted the other two top experts from the Sword Sect, who simultaneously darted left and right into the icy jungle and disappeared in an instant; as for the severely injured one, he had long since carried away the body of the one who died immediately and fled out of sight. In an instant, all three top experts of the Sword Sect had escaped! Since the Sky Crystal hadn’t been obtained, and if the sect leader was also let go, it would be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains—bringing endless troubles! “Damn it!” “Silver Fox, chase after the sect leader!…” Without bothering to pursue the two other experts from the Sword Sect, Happy gave an order and without hesitation leaped into the freezing ice lake. Thud!! Everything happened so suddenly that by the time Silver Fox and the others reacted, only two people were left on the dock. “Let’s go!” …Entering the water brought a piercing chill. The Meridian Training Technique automatically activated! Only then did the intense cold slightly ease, allowing him to gradually adapt. Happy’s target was the sect leader! Although two people had already escaped, if the sect leader survived, he was likely to issue a challenge to make a big deal out of today’s incident… Happy didn’t want to end up losing everything and even getting himself implicated. However, it had to be admitted that the sect leader had chosen a pretty good escape route! In water, his sensitive perception abilities were greatly weakened, allowing Happy to only notice movements within a ten-meter radius… By the time he adapted to the water, the sect leader had already disappeared, with only a faint sense of water currents coming from the west. “Trying to run?” Happy wasn’t good at swimming. But that didn’t mean his mind wasn’t sharp. The reason he let the sect leader escape earlier was because the absence of the Sky Crystal indeed caused a significant shock! Moreover, the sudden system task left Happy momentarily dazed and lost in thought, giving the sect leader a chance to escape. “You think you can just run away?” Crack!! His fingers dug into the ice above his head, and Happy stuck himself to the ice like a gecko, holding his breath as he moved swiftly beneath it. Five fingers made five holes!

Utilizing the strong grip provided by the holes, it could advance at high speed—much faster than swimming. Despite the resistance of the water flow, when a thin layer of true energy membrane formed around its body, its speed soared dramatically. It was like a black monster swimming beneath the ice, covering dozens of meters in the blink of an eye!
Very quickly!
The Sword Sect’s sect master entered Happy’s range of perception…