Indestructible Body Of Vajra Of The Village Leader

Chapter 1277: Chapter 991: Mysterious Expert Steals the Alms Bowl

Taking advantage of the pause to restore his True Qi, Jiang Dali also diverted part of his attention to open the Jianghu Forum to check the situation over at West Lake Leifeng Pagoda.

He previously released two faction tasks for various Mountain Village Players and Eight Desolate Disciples to choose from, among which the task of West Lake Leifeng Pagoda was taken by the most players.

Due to the convenience of Hangzhou West Lake’s transportation, players from other vassal states can quickly reach it via waterways, and Hangzhou itself is an extremely prosperous city, making it a city with a significant flow of people on a regular basis. Therefore, not long after the task was released, it attracted a large number of players to participate.

For the faction task at West Lake Leifeng Pagoda, Jiang Dali set two task requirements.

These two task requirements could be considered the favorites for idle players.

The first is the task requirement of [Monk Descends the Mountain]—which means that as long as Shaolin has experts attracted by Leifeng Pagoda to come out to seize the Buddha Artifact, players can earn a generous amount of Cultivation Points and Potential Points.

Regarding this task requirement, players can participate at their discretion, making every effort to get Shaolin’s experts to descend the mountain, and those Eight Desolate Disciples in Shaolin can naturally contribute to this task.

Even if players find it difficult to make the Shaolin experts descend, as long as the experts voluntarily descend or are invited by other Martial World factions or masters, players can still earn half the standard Cultivation Points and Potential Points.

Second is the task requirement of [Participate in the Leifeng Pagoda Treasure Battle]—which means that as long as players are within the battlefield range of Leifeng Pagoda during the treasure battle, they can earn Cultivation Points, Potential Points, Black Wind Village Friendship Points, secret martial arts manuals, artifact refining vouchers, and many other generous rewards.

The longer players persist on the battlefield, the richer the rewards they can earn. Therefore, it can be regarded as a survival task that tests the player’s survival skills, making it particularly friendly to the many blood bull players of Black Wind Village.

For these two tasks, players don’t even need to do much; just participating can earn rewards.

Moreover, if they manage to do something, such as persuading Shaolin Monks to descend the mountain or striving to survive, they can naturally earn more and richer rewards. This, naturally, was pursued by a large number of players and was envied to the point of envy by players who had not yet acted as Eight Desolate Disciples, causing a strong reaction on the Jianghu Forum.

Throughout the Martial World, it seems that only the ”doting” Black Wind Village Chief frequently posts such beneficial idle player tasks, and each task is filled with excitement and anticipation, not boring at all.

Even the originally presumed monotonous large-scale task of Jingyan Palace has now stirred up players’ expectations and enthusiasm due to the advancement of the [Dragon Slaying Conference] task.

Therefore, the Jianghu Forum that Jiang Dali is now viewing is bustling with players cheering, while many players who have not become Eight Desolate Disciples are extremely envious and jealous.

However, compared to the unanimous praise from the players, Jiang Dali is more concerned with the various video posts about the battle at West Lake Leifeng Pagoda released on the forum.

Striking titles one after another catch his attention.

”The Shaolin Four Great Divine Monks go on a killing spree with Lion Roar Skill!”

”Who is it? A mysterious young monk stronger than the Four Great Divine Monks!”

”Demon Master Pang Ban, along with two mysterious men in black, makes a move, severely injuring the young monk and killing three Divine Monks. What unexpected things happened at the crucial moment?”

”The mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole follows behind, the fourth person seizes the divine weapon at the base of Leifeng Pagoda, causing huge waves on West Lake!”

As Jiang Dali browsed through these, his expression gradually became heavy and filled with amazement, murmuring to himself, ”Could it be that Shaolin has such a powerful yet young monk?”

No, it’s probably just that he looks young but may not be. Moreover, these mysterious people assisting Shaolin against Xiong Ba, judging by their martial arts, resemble Dugu Yifang from Unrivaled City and his two protectors, Mei Ying and Heart Demon, as well as Shi Wuzun.

So who is the fourth person who, under the noses of so many heroes, managed to seize the divine weapon?

Jiang Dali felt a great deal of shock and also a sense of accomplishment after watching all the related high-quality videos.

He never imagined that what was set as a scheme to alleviate Black Wind Village’s pressure by diverting Shaolin’s attention and probing the layout of Evil Emperor Xie Tiao and Demon God Bai Suzhen in Leifeng Pagoda would not only successfully draw out many unprecedented experts from Shaolin but also draw out a whole group of awe-inspiring experts.

However, thinking more carefully, it seems normal to have drawn out Xiong Ba and others.

Since his fight with himself, Xiong Ba was likely gravely injured by Wu Ming’s sword that day and probably did not let his guard down around him.

The World Association’s influence is vast, although mainly operating within the territories of the Divine Martial Country and Han Country. It has cultivated many spies and undercover agents in other vassal states as well, likely having already known about his every move at Leifeng Pagoda and the news of treasures within long before.

With Xiong Ba’s ambition, greed, and suspicion, the fact that he didn’t snatch the divine treasure within Leifeng Pagoda before may have been due to concerns about the dangers beneath Leifeng Pagoda and the God-searching Palace.

However, after lingering around Leifeng Pagoda for many days, Xiong Ba was probably also feeling threatened and didn’t want the treasure to fall into his hands, which is why he traveled a great distance to quickly rush to Leifeng Pagoda to seize the treasure.

Yet, the other party probably also found it surprising that this hypothetical enemy of his did not ultimately take action against Leifeng Pagoda but instead went to Liuma Plain to seek the War God Temple.

”Unrivaled City Lord Dugu Yifang did not want the Alms Bowl within Leifeng Pagoda to fall into Xiong Ba’s hands, so he actively went to prevent it, triggering what now seems to be the highest level of combat in Mixed Martial Arts World with player participation! Unfortunately... I, the village chief, was absent, hehe.”

Even though Jiang Dali felt regret, he did not feel remorse. Instead, he felt a sense of pride.

With his efforts causing these experts to engage in deadly combat, and with several of them being his enemies, it was akin to a ”dog-eat-dog” situation, which was something he was quite pleased to see.

He once again opened the most detailed and clear video to watch.

In the video, figures moved with the speed of a racing wind, engaging in frantic combat within Leifeng Pagoda. Each move and the resulting Qi Force and strength caused damage to Leifeng Pagoda.

In this battle, the young monk from Shaolin was especially eye-catching. His every move shone with Buddha’s Light, grand and magnificent, with strands of Qi Force transforming into Sanskrit golden characters as he single-handedly battled against Demon Master Pang Ban, Xiong Ba, and another black-clad person allied with Xiong Ba. Amazingly, he could hold off these three experts for twenty rounds without retreating.

The initial sight startled Jiang Dali.

He mistakenly thought this Shaolin monk was much stronger than Xiong Ba.

Upon closer examination, he discovered that the monk was formidable because his Buddhist skills seemed to be able to channel the power of the ”Alms Bowl” mechanism beneath Leifeng Pagoda, thereby exerting greater strength, appearing like a Buddhist War God.

Thus, it is understandable why this monk was so strong.

Because, according to the Heavenly Monk, if one can mobilize the power of this Buddha Artifact, the Alms Bowl, one’s True Qi power can increase tenfold, naturally becoming very powerful.

However, even so, the video showed that the monk was still defeated after twenty rounds and was severely injured after receiving a kick from Xiong Ba in the thirtieth round. If not for Dugu Yifang and his powerful entourage arriving in time, the monk would have died on the spot.

The video ended abruptly as Dugu Yifang and others rushed in, completely demolishing Leifeng Pagoda. In the midst of the collapsing rubble, a fierce battle broke out among top experts, and the exploding Qi Force killed the player recording the video.

From the fragmented video clues in other posts, Jiang Dali saw that in the end, neither Xiong Ba nor Dugu Yifang, nor the heavily injured Shaolin people, or Pang Ban and other demonic figures managed to obtain the Alms Bowl at the base of the pagoda.

A fast-moving, blurry figure burst through the ruins, resisting Xiong Ba’s Cloud Clearing Palm Force, and sped away with lightning speed, as if completely unharmed, enacting a classic mantis stalks cicada, the oriole follows behind scenario, snatching the treasure from under the noses of numerous top experts.

”Resisting Xiong Ba’s Cloud Clearing Palm Force and still able to run away so fast, who could this person be... Their body’s resistance capability seems to rival mine. Would Xiong Ba suspect it’s my doing?”

Jiang Dali carefully watched the video several times over, yet due to the sheer distance from where the video was filmed, he couldn’t discern any specific features of the person who took the treasure and had to give up.

However, this person, capable of evading many experts’ spiritual senses and laying dormant for so long, and able to withstand Xiong Ba’s strike without a loss of speed in escape, evidently is a powerful being with at least Three Flowers assembled, hence even the suspicious Xiong Ba didn’t pursue.

If he weren’t presently in Jingyan Palace, witnessed by many Abnormal People, gossip across the Martial World would likely be rife with claims that he, the fisherman, profited in the end by snatching away the Alms Bowl.

After understanding the whole event, Jiang Dali exited the Jianghu Forum, swirling with thoughts.

The expert who ultimately snatched the Alms Bowl left him with a lingering sense of an unknown threat.

Yet currently, he finds himself in War God Temple and unable to reach out, nor pays heed to it.

It’s better to focus on handling the faction task here, swiftly reaping the fruits of victory to enhance his strength...

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(Dropped a bit of the draft, so it’s a bit shorter, will write more tomorrow.)