Chapter 64: it's not always about force...

In the 'Eternal Glory' main forum, they explained that there were different kinds of powers or forces in the game.

From sects, factions, clans, gangs etc...

But in all this, the ones spoken about majorly were the Eight Great Sects.

Each of the them were powerful in their own right and represented the pinnacle existence for any force.

According to the information given, Each sect teaches or hold at least six quality cultivation manuals and five different Martial Arts techniques.

Each force go through great lengths to study their identity outfits, which most times number up to ten due to the sheer size of these powers.

This is all for them not to offend the wrong person.

Joining one is easy... but getting out is a serious problem.

This is why Gu Lin Fang feels shocked about seeing a living person who was able to kill an inner sect disciple despite losing his cultivation after he was expelled from the beggars sect.

Now he belonged to one of the most Evil sects in the whole realm.

"Hand over the Maps in your possession and I'll let you go...we don't have to be..." Hou Dualan says lightly without any further movement.

Xin Xing snorted softly, "You don't need to pretend to be a good person, we are all Evil people... people like you are the type I hate the most.

I know you will just kill us once we hand over the map".

Lin Huang shuddered strangely and Gu Lin Fang was speechless, 'do you have to state the obvious and anger this person?'.

Without any words, a giant golden palm flew straight at the Duo!, Hou Dualan had launched a sneak attack!.

A bright golden light spread across the surrounding as the wind became agitated, spreading dust everywhere.

Xin Xing and Lin Huang dodged at the same time, obviously anticipating the attack.

Boom!

An explosion came shortly after the palm rushed into the distance.

"You are really as despicable as they say you are!" Xin Xing roared loudly as she charged at Hou Dualan.

The latter simply snorted and said, "you already said it yourself, we are not good people, so don't pretend to be cute here!"

His arms never stopped moving as a golden Qi circled across his arms like a gentle snake, an illusionary Buddha spread out from his body and rose as high as forty meters into the air.

Lin Huang quickly warned Xin Xing, "Stop!! He's using Buddha heart palm!!"

On the other side, Gu Lin Fang's expression changed from what he saw through shadow guard. The attack earlier had left the area not too far from him had been turned into a devastating mess, 'that's not a technique from the Bliss Valley, interesting...but this guys should be thinking of how to escape, how do this silver ranked Bosses want to compare to a platinum Boss who's renowned world wide?.

Anyway, this is a good way to guage the Gap, our cultivation levels aren't too far apart but...'

Hearing Lin huang's words, the yellow robed lady stopped immediately with a frown and manifested a Guqin from her spatial ring and placed it on her thigh, she took the pose of someone who's seated on an invisible chair, 'no wonder I suddenly became so irritable...looks like he came prepared'.

With such thoughts, She said to Lin huang with a look, "I'll provide you with support".

Gu Lin Fang was shocked by the amount of force Dou Dualan was releasing. Meanwhile, he secretly recorded the martial technique in his heart.

'Buddha Heart Palm...'

Xin Xing began to play a tune but Hou Dualan didn't stay idle either, He rotated his arm and spun on his feet before returning to his original position, in Gu Lin Fang's eyes, he could see a buff appear right under the Deacon's hp bar.

A strong wind spread out at an astonishing speed, It spread out in a circular motion around Hou Dualan, pushing against his enemies. Xin Xing didn't fall behind either, she played a note harshly and a purple energy shot at Hou Dualan.

Both forces deflected each other, Lin Huang smashed his palms together in a rigid motion and ended being slightly slower, being only able to mitigate some of the damage in time.

All this commotion was just from Hou Dualan applying buff on himself.

Lin Huang's upper torso was now exposed and he looked miserable, this was the worst time for him to be involved in battle.

Hou Dualan seemed to have noticed that as well, as he changed his focus.

A golden Palm print was shot out one after the other, Xin Xing changed her previous tune to a rushed one. Purple Qi struck out repeatedly as it deflected the attacks.

It didn't take long for a stalemate to occur, this made Gu Lin Fang suspicious.

'is he waiting for something or is he aware of my presence? Why is he holding back?'

It didn't take long for the other two to become suspicious as well, they increased their vigilance.

Hou Dualan's saw this and couldn't help smiling lightly, he didn't look like he was in a battle at all and it had to be known that he hadn't taken a single step away from where he had been standing since the beginning.

Even the carriage behind him was safe and sound, compared to the other two, the contrast was huge.

Lin Huang had been unable to do anything since the beginning, Xin Xing had been the one defending for both him and herself.

"Friend, haven't you watched enough?... I know you are with the last sheep skin, why don't you come forward?" Hou Dualan suddenly says, looking directly at the location the shadow guard was hiding.

Gu Lin Fang heard this and couldn't help wearing a twisted grin, He controlled the shadow guard forward, exposing himself and all the fighting seized.

Lin Huang retreated and approached Xin Xing, they both looked at the approaching figure and the first thing they noticed were the dead eyes below the bamboo hat, next thing they noticed was the fact that he didn't have a heart beat.

Soon Lin Huang recognized the shadow guard and couldn't help calling out lightly, "Brother Li"

Gu Lin Fang turned to look at the man by tilting the shadow guard's head lightly, 'If anything, I want all the Maps...too bad I haven't added the formation that let's me speak through the puppet'.

Hou Dualan didn't say anything, he was silently observing this new comer.

Gu Lin Fang looked at the puppet's durability and couldn't help frowning,

[6456/8000]

"this is troublesome, I can't lose the Jade spirit stone and the corpse either, not to mention the Demon suppressing Pagoda...

Wait, what am I thinking...am I being influenced by this world's people?, It's not always about force.

Just dispose the map and escape for now, there will be other opportunities in the future, from what I heard, The secret realm isn't opening anytime soon...

I'm not going to foolishly hold on to this sh*t and lose the... wait, the poison! Hehehe let's give you a gift to remember me by first.

It's obvious he's an arrogant person, boost his ego...

how did he make all the map wielders come out at the same time, it even influenced me somehow... dangerous".

As he was having his internal monologue, he continued walking forward until he stopped 30m away from the duo and 80m from Hou Dualan.

Everyone stood and silently watched the shadow guard.

Hou Dualan stood carelessly and didn't seem to have his guard up, but that didn't fool Gu Lin Fang, the Deacon's body continued to glow with a golden Halo surrounding him and Gu Lin Fang knew that was a defensive buff.

Lin Huang looked confused as he didn't get any reaction from the shadow guard, ' Corpse puppet?'

Suddenly the shadow guard moved, it brought out the sheepskin map and tossed it towards the Deacon like an attack...

Everyone tensed up for a second before, Hou Dualan caught the item subconsciously.

Once this was done, the shadow guard began to back off slowly without any other movement.

Xin Xing and Lin Huang looked at each other after noticing that Hou Dualan was inspecting the map, for some reason they felt the shadow guard had given them an idea as they tossed out all the eight maps in different directions before repeating the same action.

Suddenly the shadow guard jumped backwards before gliding slightly with [Banshee's footprint], Xin Xing and Lin Huang used their respective foot works.

Hou Dualan sneered at their actions and used Qi to control the other maps towards himself, 'you think you can escape so easily?'.

While doing all this, His face suddenly changed as he looked at his left hand before tossing the maps away, "CORPSE POISON?!!, YOU DARE!"

Xin Xing and Lin Huang's faces changed into different things, for Xin Xing it was shock but for Lin Huang it was joy, the Joy of finding traces of the mysterious corpse puppet.

Gu Lin Fang laughed lightly hearing the roar, 'That should keep you busy for a while, unfortunately, I couldn't see the battle I wanted... I wonder how strong the city lord is...

Let's bring this treasures back first, I'll think of a way to unlock the Pagoda later".

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[Ding! You have received +200 reputation points for deceiving a Platinum Boss character]