Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  He landed on the ground, and with a tap against the ground, he shot out like a cannonball. The next moment, he swiftly as well as resolutely threw a punch at Master of Breaking Vow's face!

  "ROAR!"

  The fist-generated wind was accompanied by a dragon's roar. It enveloped all the directions in which Master of Breaking Vows could possibly escape to. The air froze, and the roar was so fast that it could make a person gasp in amazement.

  Bang!

  Golden Bell Cocoon rose around Happy's body and trembled from the astonishing power that had crashed violently into it.

  'Again!'

  Happy attacked very quickly with his fists.

  Whoosh!

  It was as if there were hidden weapons tearing at space. When the punch landed on Golden Bell Cocoon, another punch quickly followed behind it at Master of Breaking Vow's arm, which he had swiftly brought up to block Happy's attack.

  Bang!

  No matter what, Master of Breaking Vows had dozens of years of practicing defensive martial arts. His body was as sturdy as metal. He managed to withstand Happy's palm attacks, which were each stronger than the last.

  However, Master of Breaking Vows had already pushed the terrifying qi of a great Inaction Realm fighter to its peak. His eyes became dark, and he stood firmly on the ground with arms crossed to protect his front.

  'Again!'

  Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm placed an emphasis on using the most violent strength to destroy everything before it.

  Once he threw a punch, he followed up with a palm strike!

  Each attack was followed by a dragon's roar and a wild, domineering air unique to Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm. With each attack and each step he took forward, his momentum increased, and the more he fought, the stronger his combat abilities became.

  No Regrets in Subduing Dragons…

  Bang!

  Happy attacked with an indomitable spirit, and his style of completely giving up on defense in favor of attacking clearly fit the ultimate profound secret within Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm.

  It was because Happy had understood the first essence of the technique that he could fight against an Inaction Realm fighter with his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, even though he was not even at the seventh realm yet!

  If he took even half a step backwards while he fought, his momentum would decrease, and he would not be able to bring out the essence and profound skill of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, which was an ultimate technique. It would become a common, supreme-grade martial art.

  Happy had used a few days to understand the martial art, and he could already enter the preliminary stage of seizing chances to increase his momentum as well as the might of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm to fight against great Inaction Realm fighters.

  The him at that moment could use a single palm to injure a Moksha Realm fighter with the experience he had acc.u.mulated with Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm. The damage he could deal with it was much greater when compared to Emperor Shocks World and Birth of the Flying Dragon.

  However, in Happy's eyes, his current condition was still not strong enough when compared to that person.

  Chapter 479 - Shaolin Temple’s Nine Yang

  The mighty and peerless palm-generated winds crashed against each other for more than half an hour in Bodhidharma Cave before they stopped, and the area became quiet again, but Happy did not come out of Bodhidharma Cave.

  He was in Mount Song for more than ten days.

  He came to Shaolin Temple because of master Kongxiang's promise to him at Eternal Peace Temple. The favor the elites from the six great system-allocated sects owed to him and the promise they made to him was great. There was no way Happy would let go of such a beneficial condition.

  Once Master Kongxiang personally came to receive him, Happy mentioned that he wished to have the chance to study Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill.

  However, the path to obtain Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill was filled with great trials and tribulations.

  Even though Shaolin Temple's Master Kongxiang did not refuse Happy, Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill was incredibly profound, so no ordinary person would be able to master it even if they practiced it. If Happy did not have more than one hundred Comprehension points and his experience from his previous life to take over the conversation to turn it to the quest requirements, he might have already destroyed the path to get Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill.

  However, the quest Master Kongxiang was also not easy!

  The first request was to steal Dragon Immortal Grass from Divine Black Ape as well as retrieve Shaolin Temple's ultimate technique, Flower-pinching Finger.

  One of them required Happy to get something from an Inaction Realm NPC, and the other was Flower-pinching Finger, which was one of Shaolin Temple's ultimate technique. Based on the value of the manual, Flower-pinching Finger was even better than Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill.

  Happy relied on his resolve and experience to easily complete the quest Master Kongxiang gave him and officially obtain the series of quests in Punishment Mount to obtain Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill. He had to help one hundred monks who broke their vows to expiate themselves from their sins as well as reform Master of Breaking Vows, who had been staying in Bodhidharma Cave for thirty years, so that he could return to the path of kindness.

  As of then, Happy had already reached the second stage of his quest, but he was stuck in Bodhidharma Cave of Punishment Mount for ten days.

  He had wanted to use brute force to make the monk submit, but he had been sent flying out of Bodhidharma Cave with just one palm strike, which allowed him to realize that his plan was quite impossible. He calmed down then and thought of how it would be a good chance to practice Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

  Master of Breaking Vows practiced fierce and strong techniques, and he usually did not like fancy skills. He fought and won against martial artists with strength alone!

  Hence, Happy's plan of quickly gaining Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill turned into him slowly understanding the essence of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm while he fought against Master of Breaking Vows.

  In the beginning, he could not even receive a few blows from Master of Breaking Vows. Later on, he relied on the extraordinary domineering air from his indomitable spirit and fought head-on against Master of Breaking Vows even when he was heavily injured, and unexpectedly, he sensed the domineering presence and the abstruse secret within Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm.

  It was indeed one of the strongest palm techniques in the world.

  Not only could its damage stand supreme above others, its greatest profound secret lay in the dragon roar that contained a mighty momentum. It could not just strengthen the user's body, but also weaken the opponent.

  Each style could suppress one part of the opponent, while whenever the user attacked, it could continuously increase their momentum and might.

  Happy advanced without turning back!

  When he brought out the domineering presence of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, he could increase his momentum at an astonishing speed. With a mighty and monstrous palm will, a great wave of qi would surround his body, and when they were gathered together, they could strengthen his attacks as well as resist and weaken the enemy's damage. What made them different from body fortifications, however, was that the palm will did not waste any qi, and it was constantly around.

  It could be said that once Happy pushed Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm to the seventh realm, the damage of his palm technique surpassed that of his Flying Dragon Sword Technique at the ninth realm. However, when he executed his palm technique, each palm could deliver at most two hundred damage. With an increase in qi realm, it could reach nearly three hundred points.

  If Happy delivered ten palm strikes, it would be equivalent to increasing his fighting prowess by a qi realm!

  He relied on this to fight with increasing ease once he got through the first rocky period. He attacked faster while the might of the dragon's roar
that surrounded him allowed him to move at ease. He could execute his attacks smoothly, and they came with the might of an avalanche. Like that, he had the power to fight against an Inaction Realm martial artist.

  And that was when Happy hadn't had the time to get down the mountain and retrieve his weapon.

  He had asked Heartless Iron to help him refine a pair of fourth-echelon Golden Gloves should he have the need for them while he practiced Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, but he did not have the chance to go down the mountain to pick them up.

  Of course, with Happy's speed, as long as he seized the chance to understand the essence within the eighteen styles of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, it was not impossible for him to find himself in a situation where he could have his level surprisingly increase by leaps and bounds. He did not have a high demand for equipment because of it.

  *****

  But no matter what, Master of Breaking Vows was an Inaction Realm fighter. He was unlike the normal monks who broke vows and only knew how to fight and kill. When he saw Happy suddenly pull back, he habitually took two steps backwards, pushed his palms together, and called out the name of Buddha loudly.

  "Amitabha! Young patron, your comprehension is astonishing, I am impressed."

  "Master, are you still unwilling to go back to the temple?" Happy asked as usual.

  Master of Breaking Vows shook his head slowly. "You cannot force things when it comes to fate."

  "Even so, I will not give up! If water can corrode a stone after years of wear and tear, then you will go back eventually as well. I will come again."

  Happy left Bodhidharma Cave without turning back and circulated Emei Sect's Nine Yang Skill outside the cave. He used qi continuously for Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, which required a lot of it, and it started boiling and surging into his body in an endless stream at that moment.

  Soon, he opened his eyes. He was high in spirits!

  Happy observed the situation of his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm.

  He had improved after fighting head-on against an Inaction Realm martial artist for more than half an hour. It went up by half a level, which was much better than if he had practiced against martial artists in a conventional manner.

  "Not bad, I lasted for an extra minute this time."

  Happy s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath in satisfaction before he looked up to stare at Bodhidharma Cave. He stood up, ignoring the fact that he had not gotten rid of the dust, and just walked into Bodhidharma Cave.

  'Again!'

  Soon, astonishing sounds of things clashing against each other rose from Bodhidharma Cave once more!

  "ROAR!"

  Furious dragon roars accompanied the frequent sonic booms and sounds of things crashing against each other. They echoed madly in Bodhidharma Cave.

  "He's so good."

  "Who is he?"

  "He actually uses an Inaction Realm martial artist for sparring."

  Quite a number of Shaolin Temple disciples on Punishment Mount curiously stared at Bodhidharma Cave, but they did not dare to get close to it. The man seemed to be a very short-tempered person, and if they accidentally offended him, they might end up getting sent flying off the cliff.

  But they did not expect that the person with the great palm technique not far from them was actually Happy, the top ranked player on Famous People Rank!

  *****

  More than forty minutes later, Happy dragged his tired body out of Bodhidharma Cave again.

  He exhaled, sat down cross-legged, scowled, and mumbled, "Bodhidharma Cave isn't wide, and when I fight for longer, Master of Breaking Vows' defensive martial arts become even stronger. Neither of us can do anything to each other. This can't continue… Besides, I can't understand just what are the limits of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm like this."

  After training with the monk for such a long period of time, Happy slowly noticed the predicament.

  Every time the damage of the palm technique went up until the tenth palm technique, his attack would not increase any longer, and Happy would find himself suppressed by Master of Breaking Vows. Then, once he suffered a setback, his attack would not climb any further.

  However, Happy could notice that it was not the limit of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm. There should be an even higher realm for it…

  Besides, he had a gut feeling that once he increased his attack to the eleventh palm, he could execute the eighteen palm styles that he'd never had the chance to understand before!

  Chapter 480 - Wandering Know-it-all Asks for Help

  Happy stayed for another two days on Punishment Mount.

  He practically spent all his time practicing Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm. As the time he could spend fighting against Master of Breaking Vows lengthened, his level also increased by a lot, and he reached the eighth realm.

  But it was a pity that acc.u.mulative damage of his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm did not manage to break through the wall of the tenth palm strike. Even though his attack power and speed had increased slightly, it did not bring much of an effect against Master of Breaking Vows.

  The monk was always able to suppress Happy's increasing momentum during critical moments and would forcefully suppress him during his eighth or ninth palm strike, so he would constantly suffer setbacks. Happy was thus unable to continue increasing his fighting prowess to a higher degree.

  His Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill quest was stuck, and he could not gain any progress.

  If it were not for the fact that Master of Breaking Vows could help him level up his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm at an incredibly quick speed, Happy might have long since given up on Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill and left Punishment Mount.

  One day, Happy walked out of Damo Cave as usual.

  Flap, flap, flap!

  When he sat down cross-legged to circulate his qi, a messenger pigeon suddenly flew to him from the sky.

  [My apologies, I need your help in something. If you're free, please reply me ASAP.]

  The person who wrote the letter was Wandering Know-it-all!

  Happy was stunned. It was only the second time that Wandering Know-it-all took the initiative to contact him. The first time, he mentioned that he would hide the fact that Happy had fourth-echelon masterpieces and his whereabouts in exchange for Mu Clan helping him take care of his disciple.

  Even though the terms he offered were very tempting, Happy did not want to become someone's babysitter, so he sent Silver Wolf to take care of Wind Chimes.

  What surprised Happy was that the disciple of Ghost Valley was not Divine Rod, who wandered about the world of martial artists, but the disciple of the infamous Six-fingered Demonic Zither. She was the famous Demonic Sound Duchess who had extraordinary strength!

  Happy pondered it for a moment before he quickly wrote a letter as a reply.

  [What is it?]

  Even though he was working on the quest for Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill right then, his progress was not great. Instead of staying in Punishment Mount, it would be better if he descended the mountain for a walk. He could continue practicing martial arts outside, and at the same time, he could pick up the fourth-echelon Golden Fist that Heartless Iron had sent to the bank earlier.

  Wandering Know-it-all replied quickly. [This is what happened. My disciple, Wind Chimes, was captured by Divine Arrow Eight Heroes for some reason, and your friend, Silver Wolf, has been locked up in a mansion in Beijing.]

  'How can this be?'

  When Happy read the news, he was so shocked that he s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath. He subconsciously tore apart Wandering Know-it-all's letter and quickly sent another one to say, [If something happened to Silver Wolf, he would definitely notify me. Why didn't I receive any news?]

  At the same time, he sent a letter to Silver Wolf, but the next moment, he received a notification from the system instead.

  "The player is currently in an abnormal situation. You cannot contact him!"

  Happy fell silent.

  Since Wandering Know
-it-all was the disciple of Ghost Valley and had Universe Secrets Inkstone in hand, his abilities in divination were matchless. Wind Chimes was his disciple, so it was only natural that he knew how she was doing through some method. That meant that his earlier message was most likely true.

  As Happy thought about that, a messenger pigeon flapped its wings and landed in his palm.

  Wandering Know-it-all had answered. [They're in a quest, and they can't contact anyone outside. I've been constantly making readings about my disciple's fate with fortune, which is why I noticed her abnormal situation. Right now, she's in a royal mansion in Beijing.]

  'What's going on?'

  Happy believed him, so it was unavoidable that a solemn expression appeared on his face. 'It's a good thing to trigger quests, but being detained by NPCs… is not a good thing!'

  Those who were detained usually ended up dead. They would either have to carry out highly dangerous quests specially designated for sacrificial pawns in battle or be detained for a period of time as punishment.

  Both were equally dangerous.

  Perhaps Wandering Know-it-all noticed that the situation was not right, which was why he quickly sent over a request for help.

  [I've made a reading of the quest. The imperial court is angry that Ruyang Mansion failed in their attack against the six great sects, and they're prepared to attack it. But Ruyang Mansion seems to want to atone for their crimes, and they've cast their gaze on Emei Sect's Zhou Zhiruo.

  Wandering Know-it-all's anxiety could be seen clearly through his words.

  But the bits of the plot that Wandering Know-it-all revealed allowed Happy to relax slightly. Soon though, he frowned.

  As expected, they were in a quest for sacrificial pawns!

  What made him the most troubled was that they had to fight against Zhou Zhiruo, a NPC with whom he would absolutely not be enemies.

  [Zhou Zhiruo has already mastered Nine Yin Manual, and her lowest qi realm is at the peak of Inaction Realm. Even if you add me into the mix, it's impossible for us to succeed. What are your plans?]