Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  "Sure."

  Silver Wolf had been busy in the real world for quite some time because of some matters there: the sales of his battle replay and the arrival of his three brothers. It had delayed him for quite a long time, which was why he had yet to start his challenges.

  When he heard Little North's suggestion, he nodded and agreed to it without hesitation!

  "Be careful."

  Happy knew that their strength was extraordinary, and they each had their own methods, which was why after he reminded them to be careful, he just wrapped his arms over his c.h.e.s.t and stood by the side to watch.

  Silver Wolf did what he usually did. He switched to the full fourth-echelon Golden Armor Set that was similar to Happy's and fourth-echelon Golden Gloves. Then, he calmly walked onto the stage.

  Little North giggled and brought out very eye-catching black equipment from his Universe Bag. Once he changed into it, the black light flowing on the patterns on the equipment fused together in a neat and orderly manner. He seemed to be enveloped in a faint layer of black smoke, which made him look very peculiar.

  "You managed to get the full Phantasmal Battle Armor Set from Sky Demon Sect?"

  Even Happy could not help but quirk his eyebrows once he recognized the set's origins.

  Phantasmal Battle Armor Set was even more famous than Golden Armor Set. It was known for its bizarre and poisonous nature. When its user moved and reached their maximum speed, it would trigger the unique effect of Phantasmal Battle Armor—Phantasmal Figures!

  It could create multiple illusions to confuse the enemy.

  When the user attacked, smoke would surround them, making it so the others would be unable to figure out their precise attack trajectory nor would know how to attack.

  Also, the defenses of Phantasmal Battle Armor were not any lower than those of Golden Armor.

  When Happy saw the thickness of the smoke around Phantasmal Battle Armor, he knew that it was at least third-echelon or even above.

  Then, Little North brought out a black arm that was as dark as ink and incredibly eye-catching. When he put it on, many people instantly saw a faint layer of dark clouds appear in the sky.

  The people who were fighting in the distance smelled a pungent stench and felt a suffocating presence. Quite a number of people in the righteous path frowned in the spectator seats.

  "Which sect does he belong to?"

  "How could we allow this sort of person to enter?"

  But despite them saying that, Little North was not the first person who seemed to be evil but had entered Hero's Mountain Villa!

  "I am Little North, disciple from a sect that shall not be named. I have come to show my strength!"

  Little North's Bone-corroding Palm had already reached Grandmaster Realm, and it allowed his palm to swiftly release a faint layer of poison. But with the black smoke concealing it, no one could notice it.

  Chapter 547 - Ten Thousand Poison Duke

  Little North's opponent was a disciple from Five Sword Sect Alliance. He was pretty good, but unfortunately for him, at some point in time unknown to him, he had been enveloped by the poison released by Little North. When he noticed that the situation was bad for him and that his status had dropped by more than twenty percent, he became shocked and furious, and he quickly attacked.

  "Perfect timing!"

  Little North did not panic. Black smoke tumbled about around him, and a black, poisonous hand swiftly appeared above the Five Sword Sect Alliance disciple's head.

  Slap!

  The Five Sword Sect Alliance disciple only felt a foul smelling wind charge at him. He was caught off guard and simply did not have time to avoid it. His body fortification appeared, and he was forced several feet away while feeling weak.

  Chasing after others while he had the upper hand had always been Little North's style. He attacked continuously with his Bone-corroding Palm, and the black poisonous palms surrounded the Five Sword Sect Alliance disciple like crows.

  The disciple had already been struck by invisible poison, and his status had dropped slightly, so even though he used his qi to suppress it and the poison never reacted, it forced him to use up a lot of his qi. And soon, he could no longer sustain his body fortification, and it was destroyed.

  With a palm strike, Little North left behind a wound. The black poison instantly invaded the disciple's entire body through the wound, and his status fell to the point that he was beneath Mystical Realm. He immediately admitted defeat then and got down the stage. The fight ended so quickly that it was almost as quick as that of Happy.

  "Haha! Next!"

  Little North placed his hands on his waist in high spirits while he called out loudly for his next fight on the stage.

  "I'll challenge you."

  An elder from Kunlun Sect flew to the stage. He was short, but his gaze was as calm as water. The veins at his temple popped out, giving him the image of a very capable and powerful man.

  When he landed on the stage, he quickly wrapped his fist in his palm and greeted Little North. "You're a disciple of Corpse Sect, aren't you? It's no wonder then why your skills with poison are so great. If that's the case, I, Impenetrable Steel, will ask that you accept my challenge."

  Once he finished speaking, a longsword shining with a cold light let out a hissing sound in the air and tore through the wind.

  Little North's expression could not be seen since the black smoke surrounded him, but based on how calm the poisonous smoke was, Happy knew that Little North would have no problem with the battle. After all, Little North had not used his full strength right then .

  He had three puppets with the strength of Thousand Year Corpse King. Each of them was as sturdy as a Moksha Realm NPC, and with their fearlessness toward death as well as the damage from corpse poison, no normal person could hope to fight against him.

  As expected, right after the duo began to fight against each other, Little North fell into a disadvantage and had to run in every direction to avoid the sword strikes. Impenetrable Steel attacked with bold strikes, but soon, two black and hard claws suddenly shot out from beneath the stage and seized his legs with a steely grip. They sank into his skin without any trouble.

  Thud, thud, thud, thud.

  He retreated dozens of feet away and tapped against some of his acupressure points to seal off circulation. His face was now livid with rage and purple from poison as he stared at Little North and the black hands from the floor that still had some black flesh on them…

  Bang!

  The arms that were like black steel suddenly pulled back into the ground and violently smashed against it to form a huge hole. Then, a creature crawled out from the ground and appeared before the crowd's eyes in all its bizarre and evil-looking glory.

  Impenetrable Steel released a breath of relief. Even though he had been poisoned and his condition fell, he could still fight. Yet at that moment, he suddenly felt something seize his feet again.

  Pain!

  Another pair of hands had seized his wounded legs…

  The pain went straight to his heart!

  Shock and fear finally appeared on Impenetrable Steel's face.

  "I give up!"

  With the ambush of the two zombie puppets, Little North quickly won his second match, and there was no suspense as to whether he would win his third match too. Even though the person who came up to challenge him was very strong and forced Little North to use his full strength, when all three of his zombies appeared and worked with his poison damage, he managed to break his opponent's body fortification after more than one hundred moves, and a wound was formed on his opponent's body.

  With the ripping and poison effects, his status immediately dropped by sixty percent!

  Naturally, Little North became the seventh person who won three consecutive rounds.

  The fourth to sixth people were Momo, Red Dust, and Night Rain Asura.

  The former two were successors of ultimate techniques, and they were not weak. The last was King Asura in H
appy's previous life and the person who stood on equal grounds with Star King Blood Robes as well as Abyss King Barren Murderer.

  When Little North's battles ended, Silver Wolf also got down the stage.

  When a fight turned into a battle of attrition, Red Flame Palm become a divine technique. If the opponent did not defeat Silver Wolf within a short period of time, they would basically lose their ability to fight because of Red Flame Palm.

  He won all three rounds.

  The eighth player who won all three rounds showed up!

  "I guess that Dream Clouds is definitely feeling pressured right now." When Little North walked down the stage, he cackled. "Class One Hall still hasn't taken any action. Could it be that they gave up?"

  "They're worried that Happy will cause trouble for them. If I were in their place, I would be worried as well. I would definitely not want Happy to use me to win another round."

  Red Dust stared at Dream Clouds and her group with a contemplative look. They really had yet to take any action.

  Little North whispered in an evil manner, "If I were in their place, I'd go up when we log off to eat and rest. But during the martial arts tournament, we cannot leave the place. Even if we log off, they won't know. Right now, Dream Clouds, Blood Robes and the others are definitely feeling very gloomy. Haha, I'll watch them and wait for them to go up the stage."

  "I have to say, even though this method is a little dreadful, if you go up against Blood Robes, Blood Robes won't be your opponent," Thunderous Battle said while smiling at Little North. "Blood Robes is the best at absorbing qi, but he wouldn't dare to suck your poison, and you have your zombie puppets helping you as well. If you fought against him, there'd be no need to wonder about who was going to win."

  "Why did you mention Blood Robes only? I can fight against the others as well, you know?" Little North combed his hair in a very pleased manner while he looked all over the place.

  Happy gave Little North a look before warning him, "You'll definitely have no problems fighting against Monk with Thick Eyebrows, but you shouldn't be too arrogant when it comes to Dream Clouds and Zhou Yu. Dream Clouds' Divine Flames Art is perfect for countering you at long distance, and it also has the same effect as Red Flame Palm. If you fight against her, you won't win. As for Zhou Yu, you have no chance to win at all. Your current strategy is of no use against Zhou Yu."

  Little North hunched his shoulders when he heard that.

  If someone else had said those words, he would definitely not believe them, and he might even go up the stage to refute their words.

  "We can momentarily ignore the people from Class One Hall. We'll just compete and fight for the top ten."

  "Top ten? I heard that the benefits for top ten aren't that great. Are you saying that none of us will get into the top three?"

  "If no accidents occur, the top three should be One Emperor, Vast Heaven, and me."

  Chapter 548 - One Emperor’s Quicksword

  What?!

  "Can this be considered an accident?"

  Happy's judgment had just been given when Vast Heaven, who had been talking happily with Clear Music, the palace master of Towering Palace, finally could not hold himself back and became the first to begin the second round of challenges.

  Perhaps it was because he had been provoked by the four people from Mu Clan who had won three consecutive rounds, but he suddenly felt that winning three rounds was not much of a guarantee for him to win the tournament, which was why he decided to break the silence of Dragon Tiger Arena.

  In the fourth battle, the players could choose anyone they liked as their opponent. Because of that, the fourth match was basically the same as getting a free point!

  Vast Heaven chose an elder of Shifting Flower Palace, who was not very powerful. He was only in Inaction Realm, and with Vast Heaven's Six Pulses Divine Sword, he soon won the match and became the first player to get four points.

  He then stood proudly on the stage.

  Vast Heaven swept through the area in high spirits.

  He looked at the people from Towering Palace, Class One Hall, and various other great players before his eyes finally landed on Mu Clan. It was only then that his eyelids twitched.

  "Someone finally couldn't hold back."

  "That's good. It's a perfect chance for us to witness just how hard the second round is." No one thought anything about Vast Heaven's fourth battle. The system would only assign someone to him for the fifth battle, which was when the difficulty would truly increase.

  But just when everyone waited for the system to give him an opponent, a familiar figure landed quietly on Vast Heaven's stage.

  The spectators instantly fell silent!

  Vast Heaven noticed the silence around him and turned his head around slowly. When he saw One Emperor's indifferent and calm face, his pupils shrank.

  "It's you!"

  "It's me."

  "What's the meaning of this?" Vast Heaven's expression changed slightly; it was clear that he wasn't feeling very happy about the proceedings.

  One Emperor had always been a legendary player who shared an equal status with Happy. If there were any players who gave him great pressure on Dragon Tiger Arena, then they would be Happy and One Emperor. These two people were the only players who could fight for the top three with him.

  But he did not expect that One Emperor would get onto the stage when he was about to challenge his second round of fights!

  "There's no meaning to it. You use swords, and I use swords as well. Let's see who's the better among us."

  One Emperor did not give any direct explanation, but to the people, what he said seemed to be the truth.

  Vast Heaven's Six Pulses Divine Sword was an amazing technique in the world of martial artists.

  Even though no one knew where One Emperor's sword technique came from, it was definitely not created by some nameless nobody. Because of that and his personality, it was very normal for him to have the thought of deciding who was stronger.

  But only Happy knew that One Emperor might not just have the simple idea of wanting to know who was stronger. He might also want to kill him.

  In his previous life, the successor of Six Pulses Divine Sword could not take even a single hit from One Emperor. His damage was extremely high, but his defense was as weak as paper, and that fact was especially prominent in the fight. There was no way for them to compare to each other at all.

  But even so, Six Pulses Divine Sword was a divine technique. Its sword qi was so sharp that it was not something a normal person could withstand, which made it very easy to show great splendor during the martial arts tournament.

  On top of that, the victor was decided based on points, so Vast Heaven would have a really good chance to seize first place.

  It was possible that One Emperor decided to fight against Vast Heaven because of one thought: he wanted to have the fight for first place to be the final fight in the martial arts tournament that Happy and he promised to have.

  Happy had come to realize that One Emperor was thinking of that from the moment One Emperor intentionally reserved the fight for the final moment in the tournament. He wanted the two final people left to fight to determine just who would have the title of the strongest before the martial artists in the world. After all, it was the title that everyone had been discussing for a long time!

  The other was the top on Famous People Rank!

  It was the reason why One Emperor never attacked once he entered Dragon Tiger Arena.

  He was waiting to get rid of unexpected factors, and Vast Heaven was exactly that—an unexpected factor in his eyes.

  When Happy realized that, he s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath, and his gaze focused on the stage became much more solemn.

  Vast Heaven seemed to have realized that his winning streak would end right then. One Emperor had decided to fight him for his very first fight, which meant he was absolutely certain of his victory!

  When Vast Heaven thought of that, slight self-depreciation a
nd a vast amount of refusal to admit defeat appeared on his face!

  "Come."

  After saying that, Vast Heaven used both hands and flicked six of his fingers at the same time.

  A clear clang was heard then.

  "Next."

  It was only at that moment that the people at the foot of the stage noticed that Vast Heaven, who had been prepared to execute his sword qi with six fingers, had become stiff and did not manage to move forward again. At the moment One Emperor finished speaking, a thin red line that was barely noticeable appeared at the center of his eyebrows. His life force was already gone; it looked like One Emperor had depleted him of his life.

  Whoosh!

  A lot of the martial art elites at the foot of the stage swiftly realized that the situation was bad. Many of the famous martial artists rushed up the stage with anxious expressions. "Quick! He still has one breath left! Illusion Life and Death Pill!"

  The villa master was naturally responsible when such a thing happened in Hero's Mountain Villa. He brought out a pill without hesitation and placed it in Vast Heaven's mouth.

  The other people glared at One Emperor. "Where did you learn your sword technique?"

  It was so fast that they did not have the time to save his opponent. Someone like that was just too terrifying!

  Vast Heaven's master, Duan Yu, felt it the best.

  When he saw that his disciple did not even have the chance to attack and was cut down to the point that he almost lost his life, he pointed an accusative finger at One Emperor for a long moment. He only managed to calm down after the villa master comforted him.

  "Prince Duan, don't worry. He'll be fine. With Illusion Life and Death Pill, as long as he has one breath left, he will be able to recover."

  "Thank you, villa master!"

  "Ah, I am deeply regretful that I could not protect him." The villa master turned his head around and smiled at One Emperor. "Young swordsman, you have great skills with the sword. Even us veterans did not have the time to save him. It's fortunate that you did not cause any major mishaps."