Chapter 688: The Great Demon Art

“You’re here for Master Yang’s treasure trove too!”
Wanwan’s face no longer showed its usual playful ease and cunning. It seemed the person before her was an even more terrifying enemy than Shi Feixuan. All traces of laziness vanished from her expression, replaced by utmost seriousness and vigilance!
“I’ve heard that Master Yang’s treasure trove holds treasures capable of destroying an entire dynasty. Both the righteous and the corrupt, as well as the imperial court, are very interested. Out of curiosity, I followed the crowd—nothing strange about that…”
“That’s human nature. But you shouldn’t have disrupted our Holy Sect’s plans.”
Wanwan sighed softly:
“Those who oppose the Holy Sect never end well.”
As they spoke, Yang Xuyan and the male and female demons arrived upstairs. All three pairs of eyes stared intently at the mysterious man in the hood at the table.
If glances could kill, the injured red-haired woman would have killed him countless times already!
Yet none of the three dared act rashly—although they sensed no trace of internal energy or threat from him, as if he were just an ordinary waiter. This only made him seem more terrifying.
“Who the hell is this guy?”
There were still many martial artists on the second floor, but they all stayed at a distance, watching. Each tried to recall characters from *The Legend of the Two Dragons*, but none seemed to match this man.
Confusion grew over time.
The atmosphere in the restaurant also grew tense, on the verge of explosion.
“Miss Wanwan, you’re overreacting. The Demon Sect has always been the archenemy of all martial sects—our enemies. Yet aren’t all those sects still thriving?”
The mysterious man in the hood calmly poured himself some wine, showing no fear at all despite the four people surrounding him, watching him warily. This only deepened the male and female demons’ confusion and unease.
“I didn’t expect the Dark Queen to be here too. It seems we should part for now. Goodbye!” Suddenly, the mysterious man spoke. Before the male and female demons could react, they saw him lift the wine pot from the table and, like willow fluff, leave the restaurant without a single move.
Not even Yang Xuyan could react in time. The only one who followed him out was Wanwan.
By the time the male and female demons reached the window, the two had already disappeared.
“So fast!”
“We don’t know who they are!”
They turned to look at Yang Xuyan, hoping to get some clues from him, but saw his gaze flicker complicatedly before he walked away silently.
“…”
“What should we do now?”

“What else can we do? The mission failed. The Queen of Darkness will surely punish us by sending us to that damned place for seclusion. I don’t know where this guy came from—he even managed to escape from Wanwan and Yang Xuyan.”
“If we complete this mission, we can directly enter Lord Yang’s treasure vault. That place must be even more formidable than the Secret Caves of the Demons. Who would have thought it would be ruined by this guy?” The red-haired woman gritted her teeth, holding her wound, clearly resentful.
The purple-haired man sighed, “Forget it. Lord Yang’s treasure vault will open sooner or later. We still have a chance.”
After a pause, he comforted the red-haired woman, “Yingshang, the person just now also said that with the appearance of the Queen of Darkness, the final key might still end up in our Holy Sect’s hands…”
Only then did the red-haired woman calm down and sit down to treat her wound.
……
Outside Yangzhou City.
The mysterious man in a hat sped ahead, his clothes fluttering in the wind, with Wanwan closely following behind. Yet, there seemed to be a constant distance between them; Wanwan couldn’t bring the man within her attack range.
The mysterious man’s expression was extremely grave.
They continued to race forward.
Suddenly, the world around them spun wildly as an astonishing force descended from the sky, with roaring waves coming from all directions:
“You brat from the Murong family! You let Monk Qingyuan and Masterifei Xuan escape. Don’t you plan to give me some explanation?”
“Hmph!”
Zhu Yuyan’s voice, filled with extreme anger and authority, made the mysterious man pause slightly.
The Great Demon Art!
He reacted quickly, a strange aura rising around him. It seemed as if a beam of starlight appeared in the air, and the force of the Great Demon Art acting upon him suddenly vanished as if it had hit nothing…
On the other hand, Wanwan, who was chasing behind, suddenly felt an astonishing force enveloping her. Her body felt as if it were trapped in mud, her expression changed drastically, and her speed dropped significantly as she fell to the ground involuntarily.
Whoosh!
The mysterious man suddenly accelerated, flying away by more than ten feet, quickly increasing the distance between him and Wanwan.
“Hm?”
Zhu Yuyan, who appeared behind Wanwan, frowned and let out a slight exclamation of surprise. “What a ‘Shift of the Stars’ technique! I never expected the Murong family to value this kid so much—they even passed on the teachings of ‘Shift of the Stars’ to him.”
Wanwan rushed over to the Queen of Darkness with furrowed brows: “Master!” She had been caught off guard earlier when Happy transferred the effects of the Great Demon Art onto her, plunging her into its grasp and causing her to lose track of their target.
“Forget it.”
Seeing the resentment in her disciple’s eyes, Zhu Yuyan decided not to pursue further.

“This kid is extremely cunning. With ‘Shenhe Zhi’ and ‘Douzhuan Xingyi’, even if we chase after him, we can’t do anything to him. Moreover, he has also practiced ‘Jiuyang Shen Gong’, so his internal energy is endless. He’s not afraid of exhausting his energy against me; instead, the more we chase, the further he’ll get. By then, it will hinder our sect’s important plans in Yangzhou.”
Hearing her master’s words, despite her deep reluctance, Wanwan had no choice but to give up.
However, this incident made her attitude less arrogant than before, when she thought no one in the younger generation could compare to her, Master Feixuan aside.
At least Happy was very young yet already capable of facing her head-on, and he had even managed to defeat her several times.
“Let’s go back.”
As the Yin Queen and Wanwan left, Happy quickly sensed it through the intuition of Jiuyang Shen Gong and turned back.
“The Yang Family’s treasure trove is vast enough to rival a nation. The Murong family’s ambitions this time are truly huge…” Happy had taken off his conical hat, his face showing a hint of resignation and laziness as he murmured to himself.
Over the past half month, Happy had continued to train frantically as usual! Not only had he completed the task of mastering a hundred martial arts from the Murong family and successfully acquired his fifth unique skill, ‘Douzhuan Xingyi’, but he had also finally raised his ‘Arhat Body’ from the ‘Copper Arhat’ level to the ‘Silver Light Arhat’ level. His defensive capabilities were now close to 4,000. By activating the Silver Light Arhat, he could neutralize or dodge 90% of damage within 3 seconds—almost invincible.
Otherwise, even if given a hundred times the courage, he wouldn’t dare to act recklessly in front of the formidable Yin Queen, Zhu Yuyan.
Although using ‘Douzhuan Xingyi’ for the first time consumed a considerable amount of his internal energy, the fact that it allowed him to counter attacks from mythic-level warriors left him highly satisfied.
He now felt a glimmer of hope of surviving what he thought would be a certain death in this “subversion mission”.