Sword Among Us

When the maitreya monk saw that the purplish-green flames could not stop the invader’s footsteps, he suddenly sucked in a breath. His stomach bloated, and his body swelled up while he levitated. He became much bigger, just like how a ball would when someone blew air into it.

When Happy arrived in front of the maitreya monk, the maitreya monk became the same size as a round table!

It was the first time Silver Wolf and the others saw such a strange sight and ran into such a strange opponent in Inaction Realm. The maitreya monk sucked in air until his body became stable. He then shut his mouth and sealed his other orifices.

It was at that moment that everyone sensed a great danger that had been lurking around all the time.

“Careful!”

Before their voices even faded away, the maitreya monk suddenly spoke.

“A! Mi! Ta! Bha!”

Each syllable was enunciated clearly, and the dharani sounded as if it weighed tonnes.

Happy sensed a pressure that others could not sense. At the moment the maitreya monk said those four syllables, the pressure came at him from every direction, along with a feeling of suffocation that he could not describe. The air around him seemed to have been isolated from him, and his body froze for an instant. Then, he had to withstand the impact from the name of Buddha at full force.

The maitreya monk had sucked in a lot of air, but when he said the dharani, not a single bit of air spilled out from his body. It was still as swelled up as ever, and he looked like a bucket of firepowder that would explode at any moment.

Once the maitreya monk spoke, his body finally began to shrink rapidly. But his mouth remained as puffed out as that of a clam. It was so round that it looked as if there were a lot of things stuffed inside.

“Tut!”

A white flow of air gushed out of the maitreya monk’s mouth. White fog that looked like sword qi shot out quickly. Then, with the speed of lightning, it struck Happy’s chest.

Hiss!

Happy’s body was torn apart in the air.

Everything happened too quickly that Silver Wolf and the others did not even know what sort of attack the maitreya monk used. When they reacted to the situation, it was already too late for them to provide any reinforcements. Their hearts became cold!

However, the torn body in the air turned into a ball of afterimages that vanished. A golden figure broke out of the control of the dharani and dropped to the ground. Under the maitreya monk’s incredulous gaze, it arrived in front of him, stood still, then pushed forward with one palm!

Boom!

The maitreya monk’s body returned to its original size, and it was as if a lot of his true qi had vanished. When he was struck by Happy’s palm, he crashed violently against the wall behind him, shot through it, and vanished.

The group was shocked.

They looked at each other at a loss before they began to look around warily.

Only Happy stood his ground quietly and stared at the stone wall through which the maitreya monk had shot through. The maitreya monk slowly opened up a gap while the dull sounds of gears could be heard whirring. A scorching heat wave accompanied by dazzling red light gushed out from the gap.

The temperature in the heart of the mountain quickly rose!

“So hot!”

Wind Chimes and Momo were the first to find themselves unable to bear the heat.

Little North and All-powerful Medicinal Stone quickly switched their gear while feeling incredibly shocked. “Is that place a lava cave? It’s so hot!”

The temperature increased too quickly. In less than ten seconds, the party was already drenched in sweat. They felt as if they were struck by an endless heatwave, and it felt incredibly uncomfortable.

Silver Wolf stared at Happy’s unmoving body with a strange gaze while curiosity burned at him.

Happy was the closest to the stone wall that was actually a door, and it was the place where the heatwave was the fiercest. However, judging by his expression, he seemed to be able to completely adapt to the new temperature.

After a moment of thinking about it, Silver Wolf was no longer bothered by it.

Happy had Nine Yang Divine Skill with him, so he could get accustomed to a terrible environment much easier and be able to sense any danger.

However, what puzzled Silver Wolf was that the unmoving Happy seemed to be recounting and reminiscing about something.

It was a pity that he could not see Happy’s expression, or else he might have been able to discover something.

“What should we do now?”

“By the looks of it, there should be a lava cave inside. If we step inside, we’ll be roasted alive.”

“This stupid Sky Demon Secret Cave! Why is this a hellhole?!”

When the group looked at the stone door, all they saw were red ground and walls, turned such because of high heat. Quite a number of places had even been scorched black, and there were flames dancing on them!

The other places also seemed as if they were about to start burning at any moment! There was the smell of sulphur and smoke filling the air, so it was basically a world of fire inside!

Everyone instantly felt powerless and frustrated when they saw that!

It was very difficult to handle this sort of environment alone, so if they ran into enemies like the maitreya monk again, they would not even need to fight. They could just wait for those enemies to kill them.

Silence reigned.

Happy stood at the entrance of Qilin Cave and remembered the first time he entered that world of fire.

The heatwaves at the entrance of Qilin Cave had once stopped many people in their tracks. To fight them, elites brought out Fire Evasion Pearls, cloaks or clothes that were resistant to fire and water, and all sorts of divine arts before they dared to finally enter Qilin Cave. However, what they saw later was a hell that they could not even imagine existing!

And it was just one of the levels of Sky Demon Secret Cave! The inside was not really the heart of a volcano, but a manmade lava cave…

“That’s not right.”

At that moment, Momo walked forward and groped about the entrance with a puzzled expression on her face.

“When has China ever had any volcanoes… Is it fake?”

With just one sentence, she revealed that it was a trap. The party’s eyes lit up, and All-powerful Medicinal Stone was the first to rush forward with swift steps to begin groping about the stone door.

As expected, there was a rather hidden mechanism at a corner of the wall. All-powerful Medicinal Stone’s expression became full of joy, but right when he was about to activate it, a clear voice appeared from behind them, and it made him freeze.

“As expected of the elites of Mu Clan. You managed to find Sky Demon Secret Cave so soon…”

The six turned their heads around to look.

Phantasmal Shadow came over with five of her elites from Wind Assault Tower. Some of them were injured, and they looked incredibly pathetic.

But if they could arrive here, it meant that Wind Assault Tower was already pretty good. It showed why Phantasmal Shadow could create a large organization that could somewhat compare to Class One Hall in Happy’s previous life and even stand on equal grounds with them.

“Tower Master Shadow, you’re finally here.”

Happy saw All-powerful Medicinal Stone stand up calmly, and he knew that he felt indignant. They had worked hard to come here, but Phantasmal Shadow and her group had taken advantage of their hard work.

However, Happy did not reveal it. He just smiled and said, “It’s no wonder why you’re considered one of the top three sects in Beijing.”

“We’ve made fools of ourselves, Happy.”

Phantasmal Shadow was very polite, but she did not look away.

Wu Kuo and the others had long since witnessed the numerous traps in the tunnel leading to Sky Demon Secret Cave, and they were incredibly curious about the treasures inside. When they saw that Happy and the others had found the entrance, it was only natural that they observed it for a while.

But when they saw it, their expressions changed!

Phantasmal Shadow and her group naturally did not understand the traps. All of them just hesitated when they saw the tunnel, but they did not think that there was any other trap inside.

Phantasmal Shadow, of course, still noticed that there was a problem with the volcano. “This volcano looks a bit fake. It should not be long. It might be what Sky Demon Sect decided to use to scare and deter us from our tracks.”

With just a few simple words, she revealed the trap, and Happy nodded in approval in his heart.

“Since it’s fake, let’s go in. Coincidentally, I was fortunate enough to obtain a Fire Evasion Pearl in the past. It has an area of effect of thirty-two feet, and the effects of flames will be reduced greatly. Happy, if you don’t mind, why don’t we travel together?”