Chapter 272: Slaughter in the Passage

“Thud thud thud thud!”
In a passage barely five meters wide, over sixty clone ninjas, more than thirty Fusang ninjas, four shadow warriors, and seven throwing-knife ninjas rushed forward at lightning speed, closely following behind Happy.
Dressed in blue, Happy moved like a celestial being, running effortlessly ten meters ahead without even looking back.
His “Illusion Demon Movement,” nearly at master level, though not fast enough to escape them, also posed no risk of being caught. Moreover, the seven throwing-knife ninjas were at the back of the group, surrounded by others and unable to strike.
In just one minute, the effects of the two Jade Dew Pills fully dissipated. His internal energy, having surpassed the Mysterious Realm, returned to its peak, boosting his spirit greatly.
Yet Happy still didn’t turn around immediately.
The end of the passage was right ahead!
With a darkened gaze, he suddenly accelerated, shooting out like an arrow and bursting out of the passage in an instant. After turning, he disappeared from the sight of the ninjas behind him. The army of ninjas continued at full speed, rushing out of the passage as well!
The moment they entered the passage, the four leading shadow warriors’ expressions changed abruptly. They thrust their swords out from behind the wall in a flash.
This deadly strike, coming from the darkness at the corner, saw the sword shadows multiplying—one becoming two, two becoming three—exploding into a torrential onslaught, as if a long-repressed beast had finally revealed its sharp fangs!
The fierce sword light made the nearest shadow warrior’s hair stand on end. His expression changed instantly as he instinctively stepped back to avoid it. But unfortunately… he was blocked by those behind him… In that brief pause, seven or eight blood holes appeared on his body, and he collapsed pale against the crowd behind.
That wasn’t all.
As the swords moved, Happy flashed out from behind the corner like lightning, fixing his gaze on the severely wounded shadow warrior, ready to deliver the final blow.
At that moment, several deep roars echoed around them.
The three nearby shadow warriors quickly reacted!
“This body is still far from reaching the peak state of my past life… What a pity!”
Aware of the threatening attacks from the three enraged shadow warriors and the surrounding swarm of clone ninjas, Happy sighed in regret and immediately activated his Dragon Form.
Like minnows, he skillfully dodged the shadow warriors’ attacks.
Thwack!
All three attacks struck the nearby walls, leaving deep grooves seven to eight centimeters wide.
Taking advantage of his Dragon Form’s evasion ability, Happy darted into the crowd of ninjas like a minnow!

Without the threat of the Life-and-Death Realm “Shadow Doppelgangers” or the flying knife ninjas, everything around was ordinary Fusang ninjas and clone ninjas…
As soon as he entered, an icy, bone-chilling fighting spirit erupted from Kaixin’s body!
Kill!
The ninjas around him didn’t even have time to react or enough space to act. By the time they realized someone had suddenly appeared beside them, a blinding sword light had already swept across their faces…
The head!
The most vulnerable and fatal part.
Amidst the enemies, Kaixin didn’t even need to look deliberately. With his eyes closed, he held the Silver WolfSword Sword Sword Sword in a position that minimized resistance and swept sideways.
The sword light flashed like a wheel!
Heads flew off!
Blood splattered everywhere!
A few drops of scalding blood hit Kaixin’s resolute face.
“Kill a Fusang ninja and gain 30 points of chivalry…”
“Kill a clone ninja and gain 30 points of chivalry…”
“…”
Pfft! Pfft!!
In the passage, as several clone ninjas died, twice as many clones turned into clouds of smoke and vanished into thin air.
The narrow passage now offered a little space to breathe and recover.
With corpses lying all around, Kaixin, relying on the effects of his Dragon Form, slipped through the crowd like a ghost and headed back toward the main hall.
Sssh! Sssh!
The flying knife ninjas followed closely behind. Seeing Kaixin emerge from the crowd, they immediately grabbed handfuls of flying knives. The thin knives quickly split in midair, carrying endless killing intent, and rained down on the ninjas behind Kaixin from both sides.
Ah! Ah!!
Innocent ninjas suffered in place of Kaixin, with cries of pain echoing endlessly!
“…”
Hearing the screams behind him, Kaixin was momentarily stunned.
Turning back, he saw a row of ninjas, each with several flying knives stuck in them, their expressions miserable and furious. He almost burst into laughter.
He hadn’t expected using his Dragon Form to dodge the flying knives would inadvertently cause suffering to the ninjas behind him.
Of course!
The special terrain of the passage was also a contributing factor to this coincidence.
Kaixin had an idea.
He had never encountered such a situation before, but if he could make use of it, he might be able to do even more cruel things. With a quick thought, he abandoned the idea of killing the flying knife ninjas, slowed down slightly, and chased after them.
Although the seven flying knife ninjas didn’t understand why their own weapons were targeting their comrades, seeing Kaixin approaching, they immediately stepped back and continued to aim at him, firing more flying knives.
Seven flying knives instantly split into twenty-one!!

With a more fierce and aggressive stance, he locked eyes on Happy’s figure… While maintaining the “Little Dragon Form” from the True Dragon Ten Styles, Happy quickly stuffed Jade Dew Pills into his mouth to replenish his rapidly depleted internal energy.
Hiss! Hiss!
Apart from a few knives that were deflected by the Golden Bell Shield, when the other knives approached his body, it instinctively made mysterious evasive movements, twisting to dodge the attacks.
Due to inertia…
Most of the knives fell back onto the ninjas chasing behind. A few unlucky ninjas were knocked to the ground, cursing loudly.
With their own comrades hit repeatedly, the faces of the knife-throwing ninjas turned grim. Especially after being scolded by the senior ninjas, they exchanged glances but continued shooting their knives.
Happy was overjoyed. It seemed the ninjas behind them must have told them to aim more accurately…
In the third round, needless to say, Happy remained unharmed, and yet more ninjas behind him were eliminated!
With each clone ninja dying, its clone disappeared, freeing up considerable space in the vast passage.
In the subsequent rounds, even though the knife-throwing ninjas’ attacks missed entirely, the ninjas behind them had room to dodge, and no one was injured anymore.
However!
By now, there were less than twenty clone ninjas left behind, fewer than fifteen Fusang ninjas, and four shadow puppets… The force had greatly diminished.
Seeing this, Happy knew it was time to act! Delaying any longer would be pointless.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Stepping along the walls on both sides of the passage, he moved like a ghost in quick succession. With a firm push, he turned abruptly and rushed forward like a cannonball, faster than ever, toward the group of ninjas chasing behind.
Dragon Seizing Hand!!
Falling from the sky into the group of ninjas, he used the Little Dragon Form to dodge the first round of attacks. His left hand turned into a claw as he grabbed the first shadow puppet and clamped onto its throat.
Spurt!
Blood gushed forth.
Whoosh!
A dark figure flew back out of the crowd, touching its bleeding throat in terror.
Not dead!?
With a darkened gaze, Happy didn’t let go of the severely injured shadow puppet so easily. Activating the Golden Bell Shield at full strength, he braved the attacks of the group of Xuanmiao Realm ninjas. Clinging closely to the shadow puppet’s body, his gaze turned icy, and an even more ferocious sword strike followed!