Chapter 178: Three Teammates

By the time they returned, Yaoshi Wanneng had already left. Xiao Bei looked full of curiosity, constantly glancing at Happy’s side, his expression tense yet cautious.

“Alright, ask if you have any questions,” Happy said, highly sensitive to such gazes. With a sigh, he added, “Staring at me like this—trying to distract me on purpose, right?” In truth, he knew Yaoshi Wanneng had already discussed matters with Yipin Tang. It was strange that Xiao Bei could hold back his curiosity.

“Hehe…”

Xiao Bei scratched the back of his head awkwardly. “I’m just worried about Brother Happy. Um… do you really plan to take on Yipin Tang?” As he spoke, his eyes sparkled with excitement.

“It’s none of your business.”

“How can you say it’s none of my business?” Xiao Bei’s expression changed instantly as he grew anxious. “After all, I’ve trained with you for so long, Brother Happy… please take me along! Don’t worry, I promise I won’t hold you back!”

Happy didn’t reply. He simply continued practicing against the zombie, over and over again, executing the moves of “Shadow Wind Leg,” with leg shadows flashing and punches whistling through the air…

The solid thuds of strikes kept coming from the zombie!

By this point, the killing power of “Shadow Wind Leg” at the tenth level had reached over 800, plus 380 from “Jade Silkworm Hand,” making its damage comparable to that of ordinary top-tier martial arts…

But killing power wasn’t the most terrifying aspect of “Shadow Wind Leg”!

What was truly terrifying was its speed—punches like the wind, leg movements invisible, rapid strikes falling like rain on the zombie. In the blink of an eye, the zombie’s body, like a sandbag in a tornado, became completely uncontrollable, swinging wildly from side to side with no chance to defend itself.

Watching this, Xiao Bei’s eyes grew even more filled with awe and admiration, strengthening his resolve to fight against Yipin Tang alongside Brother Happy!

“Brother Happy, please take me along.”

“A reason.”

The two words echoing back from ahead lifted Xiao Bei’s spirits, only for him to show surprise. “Huh?”

Happy knocked the zombie to the ground with a few punches and kicks, then turned to look straight into Xiao Bei’s eyes. “Yipin Tang has strong fighters and a vast influence—they’re not easy to deal with. I have a grudge against them, so naturally, I have a reason to fight them. What’s your reason?”

“Ah…” Xiao Bei’s eyes lit up. “Brother Happy’s enemies are my enemies. Isn’t that enough?”

“You are you, I am me; that’s not a sufficient reason.” Kai Xin turned back without looking, gathered his spoils, and continued deeper into the area in search of new practice targets. Xiao Bei hurried to keep up, racking his brains for a reason. “Yipin Hall does all kinds of evil! I must eliminate them on behalf of justice in the world!!” “I think I’ll eliminate you first—have you gone mad?” Kai Xin looked at Xiao Bei with disdain. The latter’s face turned red. “I really have nothing to do with them. Big brother, please let me explain—I can only come up with wild ideas.” “Then why do you insist on following me?” “Of course because I want to become a skilled expert like big brother!” Xiao Bei replied with gleaming eyes. “…” Kai Xin thought it over carefully before saying, “That reason is barely acceptable.” “But your strength isn’t very good yet. How about this—I’ll give you three days. If you can kill three Mysterious Realm zombies at once within that time, I’ll let you join.” “Three?” Xiao Bei looked troubled. “If you can’t even overcome such a difficulty, you might as well take back what you said earlier.” Facing Kai Xin’s increasingly indifferent gaze and tone, Xiao Bei gritted his teeth and puffed out his chest. “Three then!” With that, he took two zombie puppets and left quickly. Unaware of it, from that moment on, Kai Xin stopped and watched his retreating figure, smiling for a long time. A Creation Realm player, armed with two Creation Realm zombie puppets, fighting against three Mysterious Realm zombies at once—seemingly hopeless, like a three-on-three battle where Creation Realm faced Mysterious Realm, with a threefold disparity, making victory utterly impossible. But if it were actually put into practice… it might be a different story. After all, zombies were NPCs who didn’t understand teamwork, yet the two zombie puppets could deliver double or even multiple times the damage under Xiao Bei’s control. Once Xiao Bei truly delved into this, he would surely make progress within three days and achieve a breakthrough! He would then truly unleash the essence and strength of a zombie controller!! By then… a determined look flashed in Kai Xin’s eyes. Three days later was the day he would leave Luoyang City, because in the following two days, if his memory served him right, a major event would take place in the martial world. Fox Cave—a fairly famous gang—had openly plotted against the Heroic Gate there, causing hundreds of Creation Realm experts from the Heroic Alliance to perish on the second floor of Fox Cave, sparking a gang war that lasted over two months!

The cities near Fox Cave were almost all engulfed in war. The fierce battles continued without end. Yao Hua’s wife transformed into a nine-tailed fox and slaughtered all the players near Fox Cave and Fairy Fox Village, leaving rivers of blood and corpses everywhere, finally putting an end to the long-standing conflict between the two major factions.

However, Kai Xin remembered that a year after the collapse of the Heroic Alliance, the faction that had fought against the Heroic Gate for over two months joined the ranks of the First-Class Hall, revealing the true behind-the-scenes force that had enabled this obscure organization to resist the Heroic Alliance for so long. As the saying goes, “Heaven watches what people do.” At this moment, Kai Xin felt this saying was absolutely true. He wanted to take this opportunity to use the Heroic Gate to eliminate this lackey of the First-Class Hall! Although it was just one of the factions under the First-Class Hall, it had reaped many benefits from Fox Cave, contributing significant resources to its strength. Even if he couldn’t destroy it, putting it in a worse situation during the battles so that it couldn’t expand would still achieve his goal.

Going to Fox Cave relying solely on Xiao Bei and Yao Shi Wanneng wasn’t sufficient to influence the outcome of the war; he needed to find more capable teammates. After Xiao Bei left, Kai Xin took out a homing pigeon and a note. He wrote swiftly and placed the note in a bamboo tube at the pigeon’s feet. After giving it a deep look, he released the pigeon.

Calculating the time, it had been about eight days since leaving the ancient tomb. Lei Zhan, who was practicing the “Wuji Sword Technique,” should have reached the master level by now. With master-level protection and the master-level “Wuji Sword Technique,” Kai Xin believed that even if Lei Zhan wasn’t as strong as the three top figures of the First-Class Hall, dealing with two ordinary first-class experts would be no problem for him.

But Lei Zhan was different from Xiao Bei—he preferred peace and didn’t like fights. Yet, in this martial world, Kai Xin always thought it was difficult for such people to survive. So, he played a slight trick: the note simply invited Lei Zhan to go to Fox Cave together to seek treasures, explicitly stating that he had offended many factions and might face trouble, asking him to consider it this time.

Before long…

The homing pigeon flew into the mass graveyard. Unfolding the note, there were only three resolute words on it: “Be sure to come!”

…

Outside Yangzhou City, in the ancient tomb, Lei Zhan also clenched the note in his hand tightly.

These days, all I hear are stories of Happy single-handedly taking on countless players at the Creation Realm. Even the usually calm and steady man was stirred to excitement, and upon receiving Happy’s note, he immediately resolved to head to Fox Cave to join this adventure. Thus, Happy’s third team member was confirmed!