Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  At that moment, Red Coral saw Happy's face clearly, and a dazed look flashed briefly in her eyes!

  Happy was dressed like a hunter in the mountains. He looked extremely uncouth and inconspicuous, yet this young man who looked like a teenager at the cusp of a.d.u.l.thood, gave off a hint of the relaxed and elegant air only m.a.t.u.r.e men would have when he strolled over. His relaxed expression and calm demeanor made others feel at ease, because he left them the impression that he was incredibly safe and confident.

  What made Red Coral even more curious was that when Happy joined the fray, the man with the fan and his group looked as if they were up against a great enemy. Even the way they spoke became very strange.

  "Well?"

  When he arrived in front of Red Coral, Happy came to a stop. He cast Phantom Jade an indifferent glance before he looked at the injured woman. As he admired her beauty, his lips curled up into a pleasant smile. "Are you interested in the deal I mentioned, miss?"

  Red Coral did not say anything. She blinked her bright and big eyes, looked at the young and handsome boy walking toward her, then at the man with the fan and his group, who surrounded them.

  "Of course! As long as you can protect my life, the jade slit ring is yours."

  For some reason, even if they were surrounded by enemies, Happy's attitude of there being no one around him affected her, and most of Red Coral's nervousness disappeared. Her head also became much clearer. A cunning light shone in her eyes.

  But a pity for her, Happy was not a young and naive teenager who was completely inexperienced in the workings of society. When he heard her words, he shook his head.

  "No, no, no. The deal I mentioned is not this."

  "Hmm?" Red Coral's smile did not vanish. She put on an act as if she did not understand it. "You don't want the jade slit ring? Could it be that you want me to pledge myself to you in marriage?"

  "I obviously want the jade slit ring. As for pledging yourself to me in marriage? I don't mind it if it's an additional reward."

  Happy's amused tone enraged the seven men in the area. 'This brat doesn't think of us as anything, huh? How dare he treat us as if we don't exist?! He's even flirting with the woman we're about to kill right in front of our eyes!'

  "Hmph, none of you men are good. You're the same as them, even though you're still so young." Red Coral turned her head to the side, as if she was just arguing with her lover. It made her look incredibly charming. Then, she asked with a huff, "What exactly do you want?"

  Happy smiled and swept his gaze over the seven people before he answered, "Give me the jade slit ring, and I'll kill them for you."

  He said it in such a relaxed and casual tone that it sounded like he was just commenting about the weather.

  His words made the seven people erupt in anger. "You impertinent brat!"

  The eyes of the man with the fan grew sharp. He closed his paper fan and tightened his grip around it. His expression was so dark that it looked as if he could turn milk sour with just his face.

  "Very well! I wanted to get rid of you after we killed the woman, but by the looks of it now… Hmph, you seemed intent on going against Purple Sun Sect. Very well. Very well!"

  The man with the fan paused for a moment before his expression turned cold. He tossed away the paper fan, slapped his waist, and a black, metallic longspear landed on his palm from the Universe Bag. "I, Young White Dragon, would like to see just how good you are!"

  The others activated their qi realms as well!

  The seven people had an imposing momentum, and their expressions were murderous. Their weapons were pointed at Happy and Red Coral.

  "If you want the deal, give me the jade slit ring, and I'll kill them for you. If not, treat it as if I've never existed. Once they kill you, I'll kill them, and I'll take the item from them. You don't have a choice."

  His final sentence was spoken without mincing words, causing Red Coral's expression to turn red before her face went pale, because she had wanted to scheme against Happy.

  "Hmph, here you go!"

  She placed the jade slit ring in Happy's palm in an impressive manner. She did not say anything else, as if she had accepted her fate.

  Happy took the jade slit ring and looked at it closely before he put it into his bag.

  "Hmph, I've recorded all of your words. If you don't kill them, then it means that you broke your promise. At that time, you will either give me back the ring, or I will upload the video of you not keeping your promise online. Ha!"

  As expected, Red Coral was not a person who was easy to deal with. Even if she was in a desperate situation, she still acted tough and threatened Happy.

  "Stop talking big." The longspear stopped in the air, and the man with the fan spoke coldly. "My men have already come in. Now, I'd like to see whether a powerful player who is of equal status to Xiao Shan and North Placating Duke will appear in this game!"

  Red Coral's expression changed. Then, she noticed two more people run in from outside the main hall to join the encirclement. They were the two Blessed Realm players who had been left behind to guard the entrance of the ancient tomb.

  Happy was only one man. Red Coral was his sole assistant, but she was injured heavily. Her combat ability was very limited!

  "You still have room for regret. Hand over the jade slit ring, and you can leave now."

  When Phantom Jade suddenly spoke, his gaze was fixed on Happy, as if he was trying to give a word of warning to him.

  Happy cast an indifferent glance at Phantom Jade with derision on his face. He spoke slowly under the dark gazes of the ten men, "You just have an additional two people coming over to die."

  "Kill!"

  The man with the fan roared and spun the black metallic longspear. His qi surged out of his body and into the spear, and he thrust it forward at the speed of lightning.

  The man with the fan might have usually acted like a scholar who considered himself to be distinguished and admirable, but he was second only to Phantom Jade in their group. When he attacked, he executed a fatal secret technique, and the momentum of that attack was like a bolt of lightning!

  The other eight people attacked at the same time!

  In an instant, the main hall looked as if a thunderstorm had come there.

  Happy tapped against the ground and leapt into the air.

  "Get down!"

  The two people who joined later clearly did not know about Happy's abilities. When they saw him jump toward them, they jumped into the air together in a show of great cooperation. One of them held a saber, and the other an axe. They swung their weapons at Happy.

  Whoosh!

  A cold glare shone. One of them discovered, to his surprise, a fierce light charging at his c.h.e.s.t the moment he jumped up. It was as swift as lightning, and he did not have time to react to the situation. Shock immediately appeared on his face.

  Thud!

  The person's body froze in the air. Pain instantly neutralized his strength. He howled in pain before he crashed to the ground, as if he had been cut in half.

  The other person was not in a better condition. He might also use a saber, but Happy used the high-tier martial art Flowering Knights' Song, and it was clearly much better than whatever that person used. Their sabers crossed, and the person was cut so deeply that he flew backwards with his saber. Blood gushed into the air. When he landed on the ground, he tried to struggle to his feet, but he never got up even after a long time had passed.

  In the first round, one person died and another was heavily wounded. Red Coral watched it with her eyes sparkling. She could not help gasping in admiration.

  Chapter 106 - Flowering Knights Slash

  "Very well!"

  Happy avoided the secret technique the man with the fan launched with his spear, which had charged at him like a hissing black snake. The disappointment in missing his target made the man's heart tumble, and he felt so displeased that he wanted to vomit blood. He had a hard time recovering, and when he did, he saw H
appy thirty-two feet away while one of his brothers was dead and another injured. His expression instantly became even paler and more savage.

  "I remember your name now, Happy! Just you wait! You provoked Purple Sun Sect without any reason. From now on, Purple Sun Sect will not rest until one of us dies!" he shouted fiercely. He practically hissed the final few words, making it clear just how great his hate for Happy had become.

  "Purple Sun Sect."

  Happy snorted coldly and flicked his wrist. A lancet knife shot out at the four people in front of him.

  Whoosh!

  As his qi tumbled about, the hearing of the man with the fan was no longer as s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e as before. His body had also not recovered to the point where he was at his best. When he saw a cold glare charging at him, astonishment appeared on his face, and he closed his eyes to wait for death.

  Slap!

  Even so, Phantom Jade did not show any hint of relaxation.

  The pressure Happy gave them was too great!

  This was the first time he met a player whose ability was so unfathomable. His attacks were powerful, free, unconventional, and relaxed.

  If they were up one against one, Phantom Jade did not have the confidence to win.

  However, their Young Master Young White Dragon had already turned them into enemies and even said that they would not rest until one of them died, causing Phantom Jade to be unable to say anything to mitigate the situation. He could only whisper to an injured companion who did not join the fight and who remained by the side to release a messenger pigeon to ask for help.

  But to his surprise, Red Coral swept her gaze over the area and exposed their intentions right on the spot, because she was as cunning as a fox.

  "Handsome boy, there're still seven people around. You have to hurry. Purple Sun Sect is great, and their men are powerful. If they call for reinforcements, no matter how strong you are, you will not be able to handle an unending battle. At that time, that jade slit ring might end up in their hands!"

  "Couldn't you just have kept quiet?!"

  Young White Dragon, the injured man, and Phantom Jade glared at her simultaneously. They were annoyed by how they had not been able to tell just how wicked this woman was and how they did not kill her earlier.

  "Alright!"

  The momentum of his blade changed, and he moved like a spinning top among the four people. He held the Hundred-battle Saber horizontally in his hand and swung it from his waist in an arc. The glare from his blade exploded forth, and he executed Flowering Knights Slash!

  The four people's expressions changed drastically. They did not have time to defend, and their blood spilled because the sword glare that had increased exponentially cut into them.

  The last person panicked, and when Happy came to a swift stop, he had a throwing knife buried into his back.

  The four people died.

  Happy s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath to recover from the fatigue of using a killing skill as well as to replenish the emptiness in his Dantian region.

  The skill he used just then was very famous. It was one of the three most lethal skills among the thirty-six skills of Flowering Knights' Song. As time passed, the skill would eat away his qi before it released all that it took in one move. It would increase the user's speed exponentially, and the lethality of the skill could kill multiple targets at once. It was incredibly domineering!

  In his previous life, Happy had never used this skill to get rid of other players, because it had far too many weaknesses, but if it were used to handle beginners, the effects of the skill were quite good.

  The atmosphere in the main hall instantly became strange.

  The only people who could stand on their feet were Phantom Jade, Young White Dragon, and the man who was previously injured. The three of them had clearly underestimated their companions' ability to stall for time. The moment they let their guard down, they found that all four of them had already died. It was easy to imagine just how shocked they were.

  The trio's expressions changed drastically, and they could not help but gather together.

  At that moment, Happy was no different from a demon in their hearts. He might be alone, but not even Phantom Jade felt confident in being able to handle him.

  "Brother, you can take away the jade slit ring, and Purple Sun Sect will consider to have lost in this matter, what do you say?"

  When he saw Happy draw close to him, Phantom Jade s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath and finally said the tactful words he had in store right from the beginning.

  After all, it was difficult for everyone to have reached their current level.

  If they died once, they would be injured for an entire month, and their combat ability would be reduced. It would be the same as their qi realm falling by a realm. It would affect their future development by quite a bit.

  "If you said this earlier, so many of your people wouldn't have died." Happy laughed coldly before he raised his hand and pointed at Young White Dragon. "You can all leave… but this person stays."

  Expressions of delight had appeared on the faces of the trio, but when they heard his last statement, their expressions immediately went dark.

  Young White Dragon was their sect master's son, which meant that he was their young master. If they cast him aside, how were they supposed to explain themselves to their sect master? It would be even more unpleasant than dying.

  Happy had not finished speaking just then. With his tone as cold as ever, he looked at Phantom Jade. "When you go back, warn your sect master that this person said that you will not rest until one of us dies, and ask him whether he wants it to become reality."

  Phantom Jade could not speak. He felt cold sweat drip down his skin.

  Happy had said whether the sect master "wanted" to it to become true, not whether it was "possible" for it to become true.

  It might just be the difference of one word, but Happy had shown that he was willing to go up to their sect to destroy it, and Phantom Jade did not doubt that if their sect master was angry and did something, Happy might come at Purple Sun Sect with the force of lightning.

  Phantom Jade s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath and nodded.

  "I will tell him." He then paused for a moment before he smiled bitterly. "But I cannot abandon my brothers. If we leave, we must leave together, and if we die, we must die together!"

  He said those words with firm conviction.

  When he heard Phantom Jade's answer, Happy's gaze as he stared at the man became much gentler. Even Red Coral had a hint of admiration in her eyes.

  Even though he knew he would die, he chose to do the heroic thing. As expected, there were really people like that in the world of martial artists!

  However, Happy would not let him have his wish fulfilled.

  Phantom Jade's expression froze. He raised his wrist, and his soft metallic whip immediately moved like a nimble snake. It left an afterimage in the air. It charged at Happy while crackling in the air. Its movements were clean and clear-cut. Phantom Jade wanted to gain the upperhand by striking first.

  Due to the length and flexibility of the weapon, not only were its offensive abilities strong, its speed and attack radius was greater than that of most weapons. But Happy knew one of the greatest weaknesses of whip techniques.

  They were highly dependent on technique! Their recovery speed was slow, and their ability to terrify others was inferior to their power in a real battle. Hence, there were few in the world of martial artists who could rely on wh.i.p.s to fight against top-class fighters.

  Some of the strongest whip users were still stuck being beginner level whip users even after playing the game for a few years.

  Happy did not panic. He noticed the arc of Phantom Jade's wrist when he moved it. Hence, he moved slightly and easily avoided the attack before he closed in on him.

  Phantom Jade's expression turned into one of agony.

  He was the strongest in Purple Sun Sect, and more than ten Blessed Realm players had died from his whip techniques,
but before Happy, his skills were like child's toys. This left a deep impression on Phantom Jade.

  When he saw Happy appear right in front of him and the intimidating glare from his blade charge toward him with an oppressive momentum, Phantom Jade instinctively gave up on fighting back, and he shut his eyes.

  Bang!

  Phantom Jade was sent flying away by the back of Happy's saber. The injured man lifted his sword to provide reinforcement, but he was too slow.

  "It's your turn."

  Young White Dragon's face turned pale.

  At that moment, regardless of the indignation or anger that was previously on his face, most of it had already disappeared. He had personally witnessed the youth toy around with the powerful fighters from his Purple Sun Sect. And when he asked it himself in his heart, he found that they truly did not have the ability to fight against him.

  Chapter 107 - Bewitching Treasure

  "I won't kill you. Your survival has nothing to do with me."

  The moment Happy drew the Hundred-battle Saber out of Young White Dragon, he turned around in an incredibly calm manner. When he met Phantom Jade and the other person's complicated and remorseful gaze, he warned them indifferently.

  "You should hurry up and deliver my words to your sect master. Tell him that I have the jade slit ring now, and if he wants it, he can come to me. I will be here. If he wants to take revenge, I will keep him company at any moment, and I won't hold back."

  Phantom Jade said nothing. His gaze was incredibly complicated. His eyes sparkled for a moment before he clenched his teeth and brought his two injured companions out of the main hall of the ancient tomb.

  In no time, only Happy and the heavily wounded Red Coral were left in the main hall!

  Red Coral swept her gaze over the corpses on the ground. She originally wanted to voice her disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e, but when she saw Happy cast her an indifferent gaze and remembered his astonishing strength, her heart clenched, and she swallowed the words at the tip of her tongue.