Chapter 972: An Old Acquaintance

“Brother Li! Brother Li!!”
In the backyard of the Murong family, Xuanfeng Xiao Li was focused on feeding the little white rabbit with his “Shenhe Finger” technique when he suddenly heard someone shouting his name. He quickly got up and greeted the newcomer in surprise, “Weren’t you supposed to set up a stall at the market? Why are you back so soon?”
The person who rushed in shouting was his junior brother, Wen Yuan—a mediocre player with no exceptional talent. Like him, he hadn’t made much of a name in the Murong family but still harbored delusions of obtaining divine skills like the “Shenhe Finger” and “Douzhuan Xingyi.”
“Brother Li, come with me quickly.”
Wen Yuan pulled Xuanfeng Xiao Li away excitedly.
The latter hurriedly stuffed half a carrot into the rabbit hutch and freed his hands. “Where are we going? Why are you so anxious? Stop disturbing me; I still have tasks to finish.”
“Senior brother, I want to take you to meet someone.”
“Meeting people? Who gives a damn? Can’t you see I’m feeding rabbits? Tell them I’m busy… Besides, it seems like you really can’t meet anyone—where’s your clothes? Were you robbed?” Xuanfeng Xiao Li sized Wen Yuan up; the kid was wearing nothing but plain undergarments, looking extremely awkward.
Only then did Wen Yuan realize he was naked…
“It’s not robbery. Something good happened.”
“Were you raped?”
“Tch! What’s on your mind?”
“Just spit it out. You’re scaring my rabbit! It won’t eat the carrot if you keep this up… I’ll make you pay!” Xuanfeng Xiao Li continued feeding his rabbit.
Wen Yuan rolled his eyes in frustration, but seeing his senior brother’s indifferent attitude, he had no choice but to start over:
“Senior brother, when I was at the market, I met a strange guy. He said he knew you and wanted to buy my clothes…”
“I definitely don’t know that guy,” Wen Yuan interrupted before he could finish. Xuanfeng Xiao Li replied seriously, “Who among my acquaintances would be stupid enough to buy your outfit? It’s just second-tier, second-grade equipment for temporary use…”
“That’s not the point. I was afraid people would look down on me because of my equipment, so I wore ordinary clothes from our Murong family…”
“…So you really were raped.”
Xuanfeng Xiao Li sighed without turning around.
“Senior brother!!” Wen Yuan’s face turned red with anger.
“Alright, since you thought of me first after being humiliated, go on…” Xuanfeng Xiao Li suppressed his laughter as he teased the rabbit.
By now, Wen Yuan had completely lost his temper, no longer in his earlier excited state.

“That guy said he knew you, then bought my clothes and everything on my stall, giving me two million taels of silver.” Wen Yuan’s tone was much calmer; even when talking about money, his expression remained gloomy. “He said he knew you and that if you came back, he’d bring you something.”
“…”
This time,Naruto finally turned around.
“Hmph, got excited just hearing there’s something of yours?” Wen Yuan snapped angrily.
Naruto shook his head. “I’m surprised. How could your junk of scrap metal sell for two million? One million would already be good… Now I’m interested. Who is this crazy guy?”
“Don’t you want to know what he asked me to give you?”
“The Black Heaven Demon Body? Are you kidding me?”Naruto didn’t need to guess, as Wen Yuan, in his excitement, already had the book in his hands.
YetNaruto’s expression was quite strange.
At present, most of the top ordinary experts in the martial world used defensive techniques at the Life and Death realm, and those using the Liberation realm already held a certain status.
“The Black Heaven Demon Body” was quite famous and considered advanced among defensive techniques, its value likely exceeding fifty million. It was beyondNaruto’s means, let alone this guy in front of him…
ButNaruto still didn’t believe Wen Yuan’s words.
Someone would stop him on the street to buy ordinary clothing belonging to a Murong family disciple worth no more than a hundred taels of silver? Spend two million taels on Wen Yuan’s junk worth less than a million taels? And casually hand over “The Black Heaven Demon Body,” worth over fifty million, to a stranger?
Naruto’s first reaction was that Wen Yuan must have suddenly gotten rich and was neurotically coming to show off to him.
“Senior brother, this really is something that person asked me to give you.”
“I don’t want to deal with you.”
Naruto simply squatted down.
Thud!
“The Black Heaven Demon Body” landed besideNaruto.
Realizing the significance of Wen Yuan’s action,Naruto’s heart warmed up. He slowly turned back, glanced at the secret book on the ground, then at Wen Yuan’s serious expression.
A few minutes passed…
“Take me to find him!”
Naruto put away “The Black Heaven Demon Body” and rushed out of the Murong family with the plain-clothed Wen Yuan, heading straight for the market!
…
To their surprise, when they found the young stall owner,Naruto was stunned to realize he had no memory of this person at all.
He had never seen him before!
Yet, amidst his surprise,Naruto noticed the strange atmosphere among the three people in front of the stall, so he and Wen Yuan quietly approached them…

The confrontation among the four was quickly understood by Windy Li. Although he didn’t know what they were arguing about, thanks to the “Black Heaven Demon Body,” Windy Li naturally sided with the young vendor. When he heard the young vendor explain the uses of the items in his stall so fluently, Windy Li had a feeling… the other party might truly be from the Murong family, and he might even know them. Could it be a human skin mask? Windy Li suppressed his excitement and curiosity. However, upon hearing what followed, he noticed a flaw… when the other party said that the city lord’s mansion was right behind them, Windy Li and Wen Yuan were clearly stunned. The city lord’s mansion was separated by several buildings, and the idea of there being mythic realm experts there was utterly absurd… there were no such experts in the city lord’s mansion at all, and those in charge of capturing fugitives were from the Six Gates. This kid was lying. Just as the two exchanged smiles, something unexpected happened!! At that moment, Windy Li’s breath stopped!! From the young vendor’s attack to the killing in an instant, the Golden Raksha’s neck was crushed like rotten wood, with a shrill sound of bones breaking, and its head twisted abnormally to the side. At the same time, the other hand, which had been happy, had already grabbed Yan Lang’s neck. But Yan Lang was clearly more vigilant than the Golden Raksha; despite being restrained, he activated his protective barrier, turning his defensive movements into pushes to ward off the attack. “Ugh!!” With a muffled groan, Yan Lang’s face turned pale as he staggered back in disarray. The neck is inherently a weak and vulnerable part. Although his protective barrier stopped the young vendor’s deadly strike, the push from the latter almost sent his Adam’s apple into his airway. Struggling to breathe, he retreated violently, his face turning purple, temporarily losing the ability to fight. In an instant, the young vendor had left three experts one dead and one injured. His lightning-fast attacks scared the players around, causing them to retreat in panic. “It’s really you!!” Bloody Sword realized what was happening and saw the condition of Yan Lang and the Golden Raksha, his expression turning extremely ugly. “How dare you attack in the city!” The one who launched the attack was Happy… Seeing Bloody Sword block in front of Yan Lang, Happy sighed secretly, then his gaze cleared up. “What’s there not to dare?” Without hesitation, he tore off the human skin mask he had taken from Wind Chime, revealing his true face. “Happy!!” People around cried out in shock. Windy Li and Wen Yuan were utterly stunned. What was going on? Happy?

The person who gave “Black Heaven Demon Body” to Windy Li was none other than the highly renowned super master Happy, who had been making waves lately.
…
Happy had naturally recognized Windy Li long ago, but he didn’t know how to speak now, nor was it convenient to do so.
Under the protection of Blood Prison Sword, Flame Wolf’s face turned purplish-blue, his features twisted in rage as he glared fiercely at Happy: “Good. I thought Bai Xiaosheng had no intention of avenging himself, but here he is! It seems all of this was planned by Bai Xiaosheng from the start—a trap set here to lure us in…”
“…” Happy remained silent on the matter.
It was already difficult enough to confront two peak Unaccomplished Realm masters whose strength rivaled that of Blood-Clothed Ones openly, let alone with them suspicious and on guard. This only played into their hands.
Yet to others, this news was like a level-10 typhoon—players who stayed far away from the battlefield showed shocked expressions as they stared at Happy.
Bai Xiaosheng?
What connection did Happy have with Bai Xiaosheng?
Countless questions popped into many people’s minds, including Windy Li, who even couldn’t help but ask Wen Yuan to pinch him to see if he was dreaming.
“There’s no other way. Your Wild Wolf Organization is simply too notorious and cruel. They even spared no one—even the disciple of such a kind person as Bai Xiaosheng. I agreed to help Bai Xiaosheng kill you guys because I really couldn’t stand it anymore…” Happy then dropped an even more shocking revelation.
Instantly, countless gazes turned toward Flame Wolf and Blood Prison Sword!
Wild Wolf Organization!
Many people paled at the mention…
It had long been known that the Wild Wolf Organization monopolized most of the global gang resources through intimidation, coercion, assassinations, and other vicious tactics. Only the Central Plains had remained untouched, a source of pride for the local martial artists—yet it was also the most sensitive topic.
Hearing that Flame Wolf and Blood Prison Sword were members of the Wild Wolf Organization, the players present immediately understood what was going on.
“No wonder they have such good equipment…”
“So they’re from the Wild Wolf Organization!”
“They came to the Central Plains to take on Bai Xiaosheng and our local masters!”
“Damn it!”
“That guy deserves to die…”
“So, Happy is now allied with Bai Xiaosheng to fight against the Wild Wolf Organization?”
A myriad of thoughts flashed through the players’ minds.
Soon, a sense of shared hatred arose among all of them!
“That cunning brat.”
Flame Wolf frowned, deeply anxious.

If Bai Xiaosheng revealed their identities, they wouldn’t fear him, because at most Bai Xiaosheng would send experts from those major gangs—someone in a high position giving orders, and ordinary players, influenced by various emotions, would usually ignore them. Then they could take advantage of the situation to make a profit. But Kai Xin had stirred up feelings of unity among ordinary civilian players, as he had no gang affiliation yet possessed fame, reputation, strength, and the Liberation Realm, making him a perfect representative of the general players. Naturally, Kai Xin saw everything clearly and anticipated that Yan Lang and Xueyu Dao would try to break through once the experts from the Six Gates arrived, grab what Jin Luosha had dropped, put it into their Qiankun Bags, and then rush at the two without pause! (Equipment would explode if killed under the effect of Tiansha Star.) Whoosh! As fast as lightning. Xueyu Dao’s long sword was even faster. However, perhaps due to the previous encounter in the reed marsh, Xueyu Dao fully activated his realm, activated his protective barriers, and used defensive moves, spinning his sharp sword in front of him to protect himself like a hedgehog. Yan Lang was still in great pain and unable to attack. Under Xueyu Dao’s cover, he held something in his hand but dared not act rashly, as he too had doubts in his heart! A master of the Mythical Realm… There was a master of the Mythical Realm in Gusu City. The item in his hand would surely work against Kai Xin, but if it injured someone else, it would be difficult for him to leave the Central Plains. Now, he could only rely on Xueyu Dao to fend off Kai Xin’s attacks, buy time, and wait for the master of the Mythical Realm to appear! Unbeknownst to him, Kai Xin had already figured out his psychology completely. Knowing that Yan Lang wouldn’t dare use such a highly destructive magic weapon casually, Kai Xin was prepared to take them both down in one go—after all, only Xueyu Dao currently had real strength. If Xueyu Dao fought him with a normal mindset, it might take some effort and time to defeat him. But now, under the shadow of defeat and using defensive moves was like showing off one’s safe to a thief. Coincidentally… Kai Xin was exceptionally skilled at countering moves. Step! Step! Step! Step! Four steps! Four swords! With each step, a wave of dark energy spread; each sword carried the full power of the “Mo Hong Mie Shi Jue,” targeting the four weak points in Xueyu Dao’s sword strikes. Kai Xin could launch his attacks quickly, but Xueyu Dao couldn’t block all of them in an instant. Attacks from above and below, combined from inside and outside! A muffled groan.

Happy realized that Blood Hell Blade had exchanged its long sword defense for four bursts of dark energy attacks.
Injured inside, his movements inevitably slowed, making his weaknesses even more apparent!
Black Flame rushed headlong into the blade’s attack, narrowly slicing a few bloodstains on Blood Hell Blade’s face.
Close range!
At this moment, Blood Hell Blade’s face showed a fierce expression and the look of a scheme succeeding…
Boom!!!
An astonishing wave of black flame emerged from behind Blood Hell Blade, from “Flame Wolf”.
The frenzied black flame instantly raised the temperature around them significantly.
Flame Wolf suddenly seemed to regain its mobility, looking triumphant as it spread its arms wide, using a restraining force to firmly bind Happy:
An aura!!
Happy was shocked.
“Die!”
As the pressure lessened, Blood Hell Blade suddenly laughed loudly and swung his blade without hesitation! The two of them coordinated perfectly, as if they had rehearsed countless times before.
In an instant, the blade wind reached Happy’s face.