They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 71 The Longhu Mountain Incident Concluded (4000 words, please continue reading, please recommend)

The plot involving Gong Qing and Tian Jinzhong didn't change much.

Dan Lei's prior warning only prevented Rong Shan and a few disciples from escaping; with Gong Qing, the traitor, present, they were all drugged and rendered incapacitated.

Later, when Lü Liang copied Tian Jinzhong's memories, Dan Lei did not stop him. When Gong Qing wanted to end Tian Jinzhong's suffering, Dan Lei intervened.

In Dan Lei's view, since Tian Jinzhong's memories had already been copied, he was free. He could live a good life in Longhu Mountain, and there was really no need for him to die.

So, Dan Lei stepped through the air and landed directly in front of Tian Jinzhong, his ice sword slashing down at Gong Qing's hand holding the steel needle.

However, Gong Qing's position as the acting leader of Quanxing was not earned through boasting.

Even if someone is acting as the sect leader, without sufficient skill, they won't be able to get the Quanxing group to obey even once.

Therefore, Dan Lei's sword missed its mark, and Gong Qing withdrew his hand in time, grabbing Lü Liang and leaping backward to retreat without leaving a word.

At this moment, the most excited person in the room was Tian Jinzhong. Upon seeing Dan Lei arrive, he immediately shouted...
"Young friend Dan, please capture that short-haired kid with glasses! I'm begging you!"

However, Tian Jinzhong probably never imagined that Dan Lei was just there to coast along.

Although Dan Lei almost instantly killed the Quanxing members who were covering Gong Qing's retreat with a single sword strike, he did not chase after them after the battle. Instead, he deliberately looked at Tian Jinzhong with a conflicted expression.

Tian Jinzhong was now truly frantic, and he immediately roared...
"Young friend Dan, don't worry about me, I'm fine. Go and chase after those brats from the Quanxing Sect!"

Since the saying goes that you have to go all the way in an act, Dan Lei didn't chase after him immediately. Instead, he used a healing potion to wake Rong Shan up.

Gong Qing was very careful with the medicine; he didn't use the kind that could kill people, and he specifically instructed the other Quanxing disciples to show mercy to the Longhu Mountain disciples.

Because he knew better than anyone how terrifying Zhang Zhiwei was, and he didn't want to push him too far.

In the original story, he was telling Tian Jinzhong the truth; he was genuinely afraid of taking on Tian Jinzhong's life.

Therefore, Rongshan woke up immediately after being doused with water by Danlei, and then Danlei said very seriously...

"Master Rongshan, protect Elder Tian. If anything goes wrong again, you will be doomed."

After saying this, Dan Lei darted off and chased after him.

However, Gong Qing and the others had long since disappeared, and Dan Lei did not chase after them, but instead headed towards his last target.

Baron Grylls, a former special forces soldier, is skilled in covert assassination, and it won't be easy for the Giant Eagle Puppet to find him.

Fortunately, Xia Liuqing, who was traveling with him, was not so good at hiding and was discovered by the giant eagle puppet, which led to the discovery of Baron, who almost never exposed his body in the open.

By this time, the two had already fought with Feng Baobao. Because Balun couldn't bring himself to attack someone who wasn't hostile or threatening, and Xia Liuqing wasn't fixated on the so-called acting sect leader's mission, they easily let her go.

The two are currently on their way down the mountain.

However, just as Dan Lei was about to catch up with the two, he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from behind.

Without any hesitation, Dan Lei instantly switched places with the war eagle puppet in the air, letting it take the hit for him.

It was Baron who attacked Danlei; he had been lying in wait on the road for some unknown reason.

At that moment, wielding a short sword imbued with Qi, he sliced ​​off the war eagle puppet's head with a single strike.

And the next second, he darted back into the woods, his presence vanishing instantly.

Dan Lei felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the slash from the air. Although he was protected by the power of destiny, he couldn't escape a cut on his neck from such a sneak attack.

Although this injury isn't fatal for Danlei, it's still quite frightening.

Therefore, Dan Lei directly ordered the gorilla puppets that were far away to come over and protect him. Dan Lei had not brought these two puppets with him before because he thought they would make too much noise and make it easy for others to discover that his movement path was not to chase Gong Qing.

However, before the gorilla puppet could return, Dan Lei flew on his flying sword to the forest where Baron was hiding.

Because the Six Treasures Immortal Thief can absorb the life force of heaven and earth, the user can use this characteristic to completely disappear his aura and remain motionless. Combined with special forces-level stealth and concealment of killing intent, even Dan Lei was unable to detect him in advance.

Of course, this is assuming Dan Lei didn't use any special scanning methods.

After all, the Six Treasures Immortal Thief cannot make the user invisible. Once they move, the noise generated by the physical collision between their body and the surrounding environment cannot be hidden.
Therefore, Dan Lei chose the simplest method to force Barron to appear and "shock".

With a simple gesture, Dan Lei raised his hand, and a simple magic circle formed in his hand. Then, a shockwave swept across the forest below.

Under the physical impact, Baron could no longer hide. He dared not gamble that the enemy would not be able to find him amidst the complex ambient sounds, so he simply jumped out, raised his knife, and confronted Danlei in the air.

At this moment, Baron clearly intended to stall for time until Xia Liuqing returned for a two-on-one fight. Therefore, contrary to his usual taciturn demeanor during battle, he took the initiative to ask...

"You just used magic, didn't you? I never expected there to be a master of magic in this land of the East."

And this warplane finally explains why I always felt like someone was watching me, but I couldn't find the target.

Baron's chatting during the battle was a bit of a character trait, so Danlei immediately guessed that he was stalling for time.

However, it would take some time for the two gorilla puppets to fly over, so Dan Lei replied with great interest.
"Don't you look at the basic information of the participants in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony? I clearly marked that they came from abroad."

"And if you feel spied on, don't you look up at the sky? My war eagle puppet isn't flying so low that it's completely invisible."

How could Baron not have seen the basic information of the participants in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony? He knew the importance of knowing oneself and one's enemy.

However, just because someone comes back from abroad doesn't mean they know magic. In particular, people from the East often look down on Western magic because of their own historical background.

As for the Warhawk Puppet, he doesn't even come out from under the shade of the tree, so how could he possibly look up and see it?

So Baron is now having a bit of a headache. Unlike the Eastern supernatural beings, whose techniques mostly involve short-range attacks, Western magic is the complete opposite; they are more adept at long-range bombardment.

A flying Eastern superhuman combined with Western magic—isn't that just a bomber?

Barron said he didn't bring any anti-aircraft missiles, so he really couldn't fight against this kind of enemy.

At this point, Baron could only think of one solution: to run as fast as he could, all the way down to the town at the foot of the mountain. Once he reached a populated area, the enemy's long-range bombing capabilities would be neutralized.

But the problem is, how can you outrun something that can fly with only two legs?

However, Barron thought the person who could break the deadlock had arrived. A gaunt old man with a black and white mask on his face, wielding a five-section black whip (perfectly replicated as an eighteen-section purple-gold male and female steel whip), roared in a theatrical voice...
"Hey kid, take this!!"

The person who arrived was Xia Liuqing, who had rushed back after hearing the commotion behind him. At this moment, he had already activated the God Mask.

The so-called divine mask is the collection and sealing of the spiritual energy revealed by people when they worship "God" (the target of the worship). When necessary, one performs it until others believe it, until one believes it oneself, thus embodying God and transforming oneself into God.

In terms of effect, the Divine Mask is somewhat similar to a Demi-Servant. However, in reality, the two are quite different, because one's power comes from a Servant in Valhalla, while the other comes from a person's spiritual power.

Moreover, the spiritual power of the divine mask needs to be sealed; it's not that you can directly draw power from the legend just because you played a certain role.

Therefore, the actual difference in combat power between the two depends on how much spiritual power the divine mask actually seals. If it is enough, theoretically, even if a true heroic spirit were to descend to earth, it would be defeated by the power of the people and forced to flee in terror, resulting in a scenario where the counterfeit crushes the original.

Of course, Xia Liuqing obviously did not seal away such exaggerated spiritual power, and the commotion he made upon returning was too great, so Dan Lei had already noticed it.

The reason we ignored him was because Danlei's gorilla puppet had also arrived.

As Xia Liuqing leaped into the air, two "shooting stars" fell from the sky, one striking Baron directly and the other intercepting Xia Liuqing.

Therefore, while Xia Liuqing was still in the air, she had to face the enormous fist of the gorilla puppet, which was full of imaginary energy, and it was a version that was falling from the sky.

However, the old man was using a divine mask that belonged to Yuchi Gong. Its special ability was to generate thrust directly from the target and control the direction of the thrust. The method of detection was not limited to seeing, but the thrust would weaken if the target was uncertain.

This move cannot be dodged, but fortunately, because the thrust originates from the target itself, it will not harm the target.

This resulted in the gorilla puppet's punch to Xia Liuqing not landing properly at all. It was as if it had encountered vector manipulation, and it instantly flew out at a ninety-degree right angle.

However, Xia Liuqing used her superpower on the gorilla puppet, and was a bit dumbfounded when facing Dan Lei.

For Dan Lei, Xia Liuqing had practically walked into a trap. After the ability of the Divine Mask Yuchi Gong was used up, he was just a skinny old man in Dan Lei's eyes. The magic materialized and directly pinched him in the air, with the ice sword in hand held to his neck. With a slight swing, he could decapitate him.

At that moment, Baron, who had just dodged a series of ground-slamming attacks from another gorilla puppet on the ground, saw the situation in the sky and immediately shouted...
"Don't hurt Xia, we surrender!!"

After saying this, he voluntarily dropped the knife and raised his hands to show his surrender.

Here, Baron surrendered, partly because he had a good relationship with Xia Liuqing and wanted to protect him.

Furthermore, he believed that Danlei was a reputable sect, and as long as he surrendered, his life would not be in danger. He could hand over the rest to Na Du Tong and then find a way to escape, which was better than dying here.

However, Danlei was not actually from a reputable sect.

However, since Baron, this foreigner, is so loyal and willing to surrender for Xia Liuqing, and the two of them are also quite likable in the original work, Dan Lei felt that he couldn't be too shameful.

Without saying a word, Dan Lei knocked Xia Liuqing unconscious with a karate chop to show his attitude.

Seeing this, Baron knew that Dan Lei was unlikely to kill anyone, so he still had the mood to smile.

"Friend, go easy on me, I..."

However, before he could finish speaking, the gorilla puppet behind him punched him in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.

Of course, Dan Lei didn't add any imaginary energy when he made the gorilla puppet restrain itself; Baron was simply stunned by the concussion.

Subsequently, Dan Lei unceremoniously used his Double-Handed Technique to copy the memories from Balun and obtained the cultivation method of the Six Treasures Immortal Thief.

Afterwards, Dan Lei, whose mischievous nature had kicked in, made Balen Xiong hug Xia Liuqing and lie on the ground, their faces almost touching.

After Danlei finished taking the photos, he ignored the two of them.

Anyway, given their physical condition, they'll wake up soon. The hope is that when they wake up and see this position, they'll stay calm.

Having obtained what he wanted, Danlei returned to Longhu Mountain in high spirits.

By this time, the Quanxing attack on the mountain had ended. Some of the Quanxing members who went up the mountain were dead, and some had fled. On the surface, the biggest achievement was that the houses surrounding the Celestial Master's Mansion were burned down.

But as soon as Dan Lei returned, Tian Jinzhong, who was being pushed by Zhang Zhiwei, anxiously asked...

"Young friend Dan, how are Xiaoyu... no, Gong Qing and Lü Liang?"

Dan Lei shook his head slightly at this question.
I couldn't catch up with them.

When I was tracking them down, I ran into an ambush set up by Xia Liuqing of the Quanxing sect and a foreigner.

This foreigner was incredibly skilled and even knew the Six Treasures Immortal Thief technique. After two rounds of fighting, they retreated when they realized they were outmatched.

Xia Liuqing's divine mask can generate thrust directly from the target. They used this move to avoid my flying sword's attack and have already escaped.

Moreover, I also lost a Warhawk puppet.

After saying that, Dan Lei had the gorilla puppet place the war eagle puppet, which had been beheaded with a single blow, on the ground to prove his point.

At this moment, the gap on the war eagle puppet's head still retained the aura of Balun Qi, which Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong could see at a glance.

Tian Jinzhong immediately looked disappointed, and his spirits instantly plummeted.

However, Zhang Zhiwei was quite philosophical about it at this moment, and he directly advised him...

"Junior brother, don't be so discouraged. I will avenge you for the injustice you suffered."

Then, Zhang Zhiwei bowed deeply to Dan Lei.

“Master Danlei, you saved my junior brother’s life. The Celestial Master’s Mansion is deeply grateful for your kindness. In the future, as long as it does not violate the laws of nature, this old Taoist will do his best to assist you.”

Dan Lei didn't refuse Zhang Zhiwei's thanks, even though he probably wouldn't need it in the future, just in case.

So Dan Lei simply returned the greeting and said...
"You're too kind, Celestial Master. I haven't finished copying the books in my room yet, and I'll probably be bothering Longhu Mountain for a while longer. I'm just glad you don't find me a nuisance."

Zhang Zhiwei had no objection to Dan Lei's desire to continue copying books at the Celestial Master's Mansion.

However, Lu Jin came to find Zhang Zhiwei this time.

However, upon seeing Dan Lei, he was instantly moved and rushed over, patting Dan Lei's shoulder and thanking him with tears in his eyes.
"Good lad, Danlei, you saved Linglong and the others. I won't say anything more, this old man owes you a huge favor!"
"If you ever encounter any difficulties with the Triple Rebirth in the future, feel free to come to me, and I will teach you everything I know."

Dan Lei was speechless in the face of Lu Jin's enthusiasm.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhiwei changed the subject in time, saying calmly...
"Old Lu, you came here to see me, right? Why are you suddenly getting all sentimental about Danlei, the patron of your destiny?"

Reminded by Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Jin immediately slapped her forehead, grabbed Dan Lei, and left, saying as she went.
"I almost forgot, I came to ask you for medical supplies. The wound medicine from before? We don't have enough."

However, with Danlei here, the medicine is still more effective than the medicine from your Longhu Mountain. Old Celestial Master, please send someone over quickly. I'll take Danlei there first!

　I felt a little dizzy last night, so I went to bed early and ended up sleeping until 1 p.m.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)