Chapter 414: The Inner Hall of Mount Brightness

Taking things one step at a time—this is indeed the happy reality for now, as well as for many players!
The main quest to decide the fate of Mount Brightness isn’t easy to interfere with. Although some people approached the leaders of the six major sects and others approached the top figures of the Ming Sect, everyone was walking on thin ice.
Mount Brightness—the headquarters of the Ming Sect.
In the vast hall, with all its subordinates gone outside to fight, no one realized that the Ming Sect’s headquarters was actually in grave danger!
Zhou Dian’s refusal to submit to Yang Xiao’s leadership over the Ming Sect enraged Yang Xiao, leading to a fierce fight between the two. Fearing Zhou Dian might be at a disadvantage, the other members of the Five Scattered Ones, along with Wei Yixiao, stepped in to defend him. Unexpectedly, after years of hard training, Yang Xiao had mastered the second level of his skill, Qiankun Da Nuoyi, allowing him to divert all attacks into their own bodies, neutralizing them. He also transferred Wei Yixiao’s unique skill, Hanbing Mianzhang, into everyone’s bodies. Yet dealing with six top experts at once left Yang Xiao too exhausted to focus on anything else.
The seven of them were stuck in a stalemate.
Worse still, Xiao Zhao, who had sneaked into the Ming Sect leader’s secluded place for meditation, accidentally brought Cheng Kun, the Master of Confused Thunder Fist, into the sect, who happened to witness the entire scene.
Two strikes from his “Illusory Yin Fingers” severely injured Yang Xiao and also wounded the Five Scattered Ones and Wei Yixiao…
In the vast hall, Cheng Kun’s triumphant laughter echoed: “If not for you seven fighting each other and wasting your strength, how could I succeed with just one strike? This is what they say—others’ misfortunes can be survived, but one’s own misdeeds lead to death! Hahaha…”
The seven top experts of the Ming Sect regretted their actions deeply.
Yet just as Cheng Kun prepared to strike, Yang Xiao used Qiankun Da Nuoyi to transfer everyone’s internal energy into Leng Qian. Leng Qian then turned around and, gathering the strength of the seven top experts, injured Cheng Kun, allowing the group to separate.
But…
This still didn’t resolve the Ming Sect’s crisis.
Compared to Yang Xiao and the others, Cheng Kun’s injuries weren’t too severe. At that moment, Zhang Wuji, trapped inside the Qiankun Yi Qi Bag, tried to stop Cheng Kun. But Cheng Kun still had enough strength to injure Zhang Wuji with another Illusory Yin Finger strike.
Seeing Zhang Wuji fall to the ground, the seven top experts grew even more anxious and hurriedly tried to recover from their injuries…
Just then, an accident occurred.
Two Ming Sect disciples dressed in black rushed into the headquarters hall.
The seven top experts were overjoyed: “Aren’t these Wei Yixiao’s newly recruited disciples? How did you come here?”
Cheng Kun was also shocked, his eyes flickering.

After the two rushed into the hall, they glanced around and exchanged pleased looks: Zhang Wuji was already on the ground, proving that Cheng Kun had exhausted his remaining strength. Now was the perfect time to act and gain the trust and goodwill of the Seven Great Masters of the Ming Sect.
“Reporting to Assistant Yang, we also heard fighting noises here and were worried that someone might have sneaked in, so we came to check…”
Yang Xiao and the others were all extremely astute. Though they suspected the two for violating their orders and returning to the main hall, given the special circumstances, they ordered them without hesitation to take advantage of the situation to capture Cheng Kun.
The two players had actually been lurking outside the hall for some time, patiently listening. They only appeared after hearing Zhang Wuji’s voice.
The timing was perfect.
However…
To their utter surprise, Cheng Kun stood up at that moment with a cold laugh.
“Hahaha! I sensed someone outside as soon as I arrived. Heaven is merciful, and I didn’t intend to silence them, but you insisted on barging in—so it’s not my fault.”
The two’s faces paled in horror.
“This is bad!”
“Let’s go!”
Unfortunately, against a master like Cheng Kun, their speed was utterly insufficient. With two blows from his Illusory Yin Fingers, they felt as if they had fallen into an icy cellar, their consciousness quickly fading.
The Seven Great Masters of the Ming Sect sighed again…
After killing two of their disciples, Cheng Kun grew even more arrogant. Seeing that the seven masters were severely injured and unable to recover for a while, he couldn’t help but reveal his true identity and the secrets buried for many years.
As usual, Zhang Wuji, hidden inside the Qi Bag while cultivating the Nine Yang Divine Art, grew furious…
Everything continued according to the predetermined plot.
Outside the hall, the few players exchanged serious looks. “The system won’t allow us to interfere or change the plot.”
The speaker had a mustache, a flute at his waist, and an academic air about him.
The other two also had distinguished appearances—one with a cold expression and a face devoid of emotion, his long sword flat and bladeless, more like a black iron rod. He still didn’t speak, merely glancing at the man in white silk across from him.
The latter nodded. “That’s right. There are few loopholes in the plot. The system is on high alert. It seems we can only go with the flow. Blindly interfering will only lead to destruction. Those two serve as a lesson for us.” After a pause, he suddenly leaped onto the roof.
The other two followed suit and landed beside him.

Looking down from above, the man in white silk spoke slowly, “It’s about right. The six major sects have already passed the mountain waist. At this pace, they’ll break through the last two defenses of the Five Elements Flag in no more than an hour. By then, it will be the moment when the masters of the six major sects confront our Mingjiao in a final battle. Let’s go down the mountain now… Since there’s no benefit to staying here, it’s best to earn some points before the decisive battle. Otherwise, we might end up with nothing at all—then this joke would really be too much.”

“Hmm, we can enter Guangmingding first, but if we get nothing, it will surely be laughed at by the martial world…” replied the scholar with a mustache, touching the flute at his waist bitterly.

…

On the mountain, under the combined attack from the Mingjiao disciples dressed as players and those of the Five Elements Flag, the six major sects and various skilled fighters from the martial world finally unleashed their true strength after sacrificing countless lives. The battles between them grew increasingly fierce!

As the Five Elements Flag’s tactics became less effective, the disciples of the six major sects gained experience and were no longer so passive! Often, as soon as the Five Elements Flag disciples appeared to launch a surprise attack, they immediately attracted the attention of highly alert fighters. With a shout, various flying knives and hidden weapons were thrown at them in large numbers, trapping them inside.

On the Emei Sect’s side, the members fought bravely and fearlessly, leading their fellow Emei disciples at the forefront. Their golden figures stood out sharply…

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two Flying Eagle Swords pierced deeply into the trunks of two Giant Tree Flag disciples, pinning them down. At the same time, a stunning sword energy blast struck the incoming giant logs.

Boom!!

A tremendous force erupted from the logs, sending countless pieces of wood flying like hidden weapons, covering the Thick Earth Flag disciples in front.

By suppressing the Five Elements Flag disciples in one direction with his own strength and creating a breakthrough, he quickly turned his sword toward the nearest Five Elements Flag disciple.