Chapter 290: Golden Armor

“Special kill of the Liberation Realm’s ‘King ofNinja’, battle assessment in progress…”
“Danger level: S-grade!”
“Battle assessment: A-grade!”
“Insight increased by 1 point; ‘Golden Bell Shield’ upgraded by 1 level, reaching 97.67 levels; ‘Seven-Star Sword Technique’ upgraded by 1 level, reaching 97.31 levels!”
“The King ofNinja is dead. Please swiftly eliminate the remaining ninjas on the second floor of the royal tomb and return to the Murong family to report!”
Lying quietly on the tomb’s carpet, looking at the corpse of the King ofNinja lying not far away, Kai Xin finally let out a deep sigh of relief. After taking several deep breaths, she struggled to sit upright under the indifferent gaze of the old swordsman. She took a Jade Dew Pill for herself, sat in seiza position, and began practicing the ‘Star Breathing Method’.
Now…
Several bones in her body were shattered, causing severe pain, making every movement extremely difficult. Fortunately, she had her protective sachet, and with the old swordsman by her side, she dared to heal herself so carelessly.
But!
With the death of the King ofNinja…
Her sect’s mission was completely completed; only some ordinary follow-up tasks remained.
It took a few minutes to heal her injuries. Kai Xin took another Jade Dew Pill, then checked her Qi Bag. Quite a number of these pills had been used during this trip to the royal tomb—four whole bottles!
“It’s worth it!”
Glancing at the corpse of the King ofNinja not far away, a joyful smile appeared on Kai Xin’s face. She slowly walked over, knelt down, and began searching. She pulled out a silver Qi Bag, her smile growing even wider as her heart heated up rapidly:
She had thought that with NPCs involved and the old swordsman being the main contributor to the kill, there would be no loot at all!
She quickly opened the Qi Bag and took a look inside.
Her body trembled.
A gleaming golden armor lay inside the Qi Bag.
“Impossible… So great…”
Kai Xin felt her throat dry from excitement as she swallowed hard. She slowly took out the golden armor…
But once she held it in her hands, it felt completely different.
Her expression changed!
“Impossible?”
Upon closer inspection, the golden armor was covered in countless sword marks and damages, with a shocking sword hole in its chest.
The damaged golden armor: It was originally a general’s armor from the Great Yan Empire. During the battle between the King ofNinja and the old swordsman, the armor was severely damaged and could no longer be worn, losing its protective function. It could only be restored by finding “Water-Sucking Stones,” “Explosive Crystal Stones,” and “Diamonds,” and then having a master-level “tailor” reforged and repaired it.

Defense: 800; reduces internal energy damage by 20%, maintains posture—unless a single instant damage attack exceeds the total of its defense by 1,000 points, in which case its posture is still maintained and its movements are not interrupted. Evasion ability increases by 20%, and agility increases by 10 points.
Extremely powerful equipment stats!
But upon reading the previous explanation, Happy suddenly felt deep helplessness and utter despair—those damaged golden armor pieces were definitely unusable at the moment.
Although they could be repaired, where could one find a master tailor so easily?
Moreover, of the three items mentioned, aside from the “diamond” which could be obtained from the Ninja King’s clone, the other two crystal ores were extremely rare even in his past life’s memories!
So far, no one seems to have obtained the “Water-Absorbing Stone” or the “Explosive Crystal Stone.” Even if one had dug in crystal mines day and night for the half year since the game’s launch, it would still be impossible to get them.
Because!
These two items are located in a tiny cave on the second level of the crystal mines.
Though small, it houses a “Stone King” that frightens countless martial artists—a rare monster born from high-grade ores. Its strength is comparable to that of the Ninja King wearing golden armor, but the Stone King is even more durable, has higher defense, and moves just as swiftly—no even the “Old Hero” can match it!
Perhaps because the Old Hero contributed most to defeating the Ninja King, the Cosmic Bag contained nothing but those useless, damaged golden armor pieces, which greatly disappointed Happy.
But thankfully, the hardest part of this mission was already behind them…
Returning to the Murong family should allow them to receive decent mission rewards.
Thinking of this, Happy finally managed to forget, for now, the huge disappointment caused by the damaged golden armor. With a sigh, he threw the armor into the Cosmic Bag.
His gaze fixed, it suddenly fell on the silver Cosmic Bag.
Happy’s eyes lit up quickly—idiot, there’s clearly more than just one “souvenir” this time! The silver Cosmic Bag is also a type of precious item; it can hold more items, is more delicate, and easier to use, and can even protect against thieves’ tricks.
He quickly transferred all the items from his old Cosmic Bag to the silver one, tied it around his waist, and hid it thinly beneath his belt.
However…
With the opening of the Cosmic Bag facing up and exposed, it wouldn’t affect the speed of retrieving items in battle.
“It’s not completely fruitless.”
Happy smiled. After giving one last glance at the Old Hero, he stepped away from the mausoleum of the Imperial Seal.
…

From the right-side passage on the second floor of the royal tomb, they moved unimpeded all the way to the hall at the end of that floor.
Even Happy had to stop in his tracks when he reached this place and cautiously observe from afar the group of ninjas in the hall… Dozens of clone ninjas and Fusang ninjas mixed together, along with a few shadow warriors with cold gazes. In the background, dozens of throwing-knife ninjas could be faintly seen.
Such a lineup!
Even more terrifying than the Ninja King!!
To rush in recklessly meant certain death.
However, Happy noticed a few familiar faces faintly visible on the other side of the hall, desperately gesturing excitedly in his direction.
Briefly stunned, Happy smiled.
Whoosh!
Snow-white homing pigeons flew over…
“Where’s the Ninja King? Got rid of him?”
“Mm! He’s trapped by puppets. There are quite a few ninjas in the hall. Let’s each draw half of them into the passage…” Happy suggested as the homing pigeons delivered the reply.
“Okay!”
The response from the other side was very brief.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The ninjas in the hall suddenly realized invaders had appeared at both ends of the passage. With strange cries, they rushed toward their nearest enemies.
All of them mobilized at once and charged into the passage.
On the opposite side of the passage, about a hundred people, well-prepared, blocked the ninjas at a corner, preventing the throwing-knife ninjas behind from seeing and attacking. They gradually encircled the clone ninjas and Fusang ninjas.
Happy’s side was more aggressive!
Because there was only one person…
But after luring a large number of ninjas deep into the passage, several groups of puppet guards rushed into the midst of the ninjas. Then, activating his improved “Golden Bell Shield,” he boldly charged into the crowd of ninjas!