Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  In truth, Yinshi had lost and died because the cold poison had invaded his body and diminished his strength and because he did not see that Happy had actually held back his strength and had recovered long ago. It was why when Happy's momentum had suddenly become fierce, he was taken off guard and got hit continuously. His movement speed decreased, and he was at a great disadvantage.

  Logically speaking, with Yinshi's body constitution, he should have been able to last until Jinjiu came, but what had been fatal for him was that when he noticed that the situation was not right, he tried to cry out for help, which made him open his mouth and take in a cold breath of air that was even more fatal than the cold wind blowing at his skin. In an instant, his true qi was frozen, and he could no longer move his body.

  Happy, who had Nine Yang Divine Skill, immediately noticed that Yinshi had revealed a fatal weakness, and he seized the fleeting chance to thrust forward without hesitation. It allowed him to kill the man straightaway!

  Once Yinshi died, Happy gained great benefits.

  He basically ignored the threat of Jinjiu being near him. He moved and grabbed an exquisite Universe Bag with gold borders from Yinshi's waist while also grabbing Yinshi's silver saber. A hint of happiness was on his face.

  [Wave Breaker Saber: High-grade divine weapon. Made from Deep Sea Destroyed Metal. After it was refined by Dharma Protector Yinjiu of the mighty northern clan, it is sturdy and cannot be destroyed. The toughness of the saber is astonishing.

  [You will require two hundred Arm Strength to use it at will, or else, your Body Movement will be reduced by 30 points, and your attack speed will be reduced by 20%.]

  Happy swept his gaze over Wave Breaker Saber before he swiftly put it into his Universe Bag.

  "Let go of it!"

  Jinjiu was incredibly enraged. He finally snapped out of his shock and, like a raging lion, he stomped on the ground! A saber glare filled the entire cave, and as scratching sounds were heard, a layer of the ice walls were sliced off. Cold wind swept up the ice and snow all over the place before coming at Happy with an astonishing momentum!

  Naturally, Happy would not face Jinjiu head-on.

  Once he picked everything, he tapped against the ground without hesitation. He pushed Yinshi, who had frozen into an ice sculpture, before charging out.

  "Bastard!"

  Jinjiu and Yinshi had shared a relationship as close as brothers for decades. When Jinjiu saw Yinshi's statue falling over, he quickly pulled back his saber momentum and caught it.

  Once he stopped, Happy vanished from the cave.

  "Happy! I'll cut you to pieces and make sure you die without a grave!" Jinjiu roared in extreme anger and chased after Happy with moves like thunder, which made the tunnel tremble repeatedly.

  Happy did not bother himself with Jinjiu's shouts. He just ran about and fled through the intersecting tunnels while he digested the information from the system notification that had rang repeatedly in his ears.

  "Killed a Myth Realm martial artist!

  "Battle Danger Assessment: Class S!

  "Increased realm of Universe's Lightning Destruction Style to the sixth realm!

  "Increased level of Arhat Body to 93.57!

  "Killed a peerless martial artist. Increased World of Martial Arts Reputation Points by 1,000,000 points! Obtained a bottle of a peerless martial artist's essence and blood.

  "Killed Yinshi. Triggered Jinjiu's Pursuit to the Death Quest!

  "Because you killed Yinshi, Jinjiu has entered a crazed state. His entire mind is filled with only the thought of killing you. As long as he lives, he will chase you to the ends of the earth!

  "Requirements to complete the quest: Kill Jinjiu! You can obtain Jinjiu and Yinshi's Great Saber Breaker Art, which they used their entire life. You can also obtain the Murong Clan's acknowledgement."

  "Killed Great Forgemaster Yinshi. Triggered Consecration of Nation Protecting Divine Sword Quest.

  "Hand over Yinshi's essence and blood as well as the incomplete Nation Protecting Divine Sword to a Forgemaster, and you will be able to obtain the complete high-grade divine weapon Nation Protecting Divine Sword."

  Happy took note of the system notifications. Even though the Nation Protecting Divine Sword Quest was an unexpected but delightful surprise, he really did not have the time to think about it.

  What he cared about the most was increasing the level of his Universe's Lightning Destruction Style and Great Saber Breaker Art manual.

  He had gradually begun to figure out some things about Universe's Lightning Destruction Style, and the higher his realm of that martial art became, the higher his chances of killing Jinjiu were. As for Great Saber Breaker Art, it was not in Yinshi's Universe Bag, but that ultimate technique was something that he was determined to get.

  Even though he did not like to torment other people's weapons just because he had a lot of free time on his hands, if he managed to get this ultimate technique, he could hand it to the other Mu Clan members to practice it.

  He might even be able to create another top-class player with it.

  While thinking about it, Happy led Jinjiu in circles around the extremely cold cave.

  He had already completely restored his qi, and he used his spiritual senses from Nine Yang Divine Skill to size up Jinjiu.

  Once Yinshi left the cave where Fire Qilin was, Jinjiu waited for a long time, but Yinshi never came back. It was rather difficult for Jinjiu to fight against Fire Qilin alone. He could not kill it with his own strength and had to suffer quite some setbacks in the fight. In the end, he chose to shake off the creature and go back to search for Yinshi.

  Happy noticed that there were quite a number of burns on Jinjiu's body, and even when he entered the extremely cold cave, those burns were red and angry. They were very prominent, and the burns on his saber-wielding arm were the worst. They stretched all the way to his shoulder.

  Jinjiu was in a slightly worse situation than Yinshi earlier.

  Happy even wondered whether he should quickly kill Jinjiu or waste time with him so that he could level up his Universe's Lightning Destruction Style.

  Chapter 725 - Red Dust Shows His Might

  Jinjiu and Yinshi might be good, but compared to Fire Qilin, they were still much more inferior. If it were not because Fire Qilin's wisdom could not compare to a human's, it might have long since killed the two men.

  But that meant that it made things easy for Happy.

  The extremely hot and extremely cold caves could stop countless martial artists, but Happy, who had mastered Nine Yang Divine Skill, could move about with ease.

  Once he killed Yinshi, Happy shifted his attention to Jinjiu.

  The situation was much better than he thought!

  Yinshi's death pushed Jinjiu into a crazed state, and he looked like a raving lunatic. He wanted to immediately catch Happy and devour him whole.

  But the fight against Fire Qilin had compromised his abilities. When he entered the cold cave, they were suppressed even more, and he soon fell into Happy's trap.

  Time passed second by second.

  *****

  While Happy was immersed in Sky Demon Secret Cave, the mysterious masked man in black who had appeared briefly in Yangzhou showed up once more!

  He went first to Chivalry Sect's Red Dust, Sweeper Monk's direct successor.

  The players who originally held endless expectations for the mysterious man in black were all stunned.

  Ever since causing a ruckus at Wind and Rain Alliance, Red Dust had lain low and now shown himself in front of anyone, but with Shaolin Temple's Demon Subduing Staff and One-fingered Zen, he struck down the man in black after he had swept through the south and north of Changjiang.

  Not only were the martial artists in the game unable to accept this, but most of the other player sects who believed Chivalry Sect to be the weakest among the four top-class sects were no different. They suddenly sensed a power explode from Chivalry Sect after they lay low for a long time.

  T
he top-class elites from Chivalry Sect had never fallen behind the other top-class elites.

  *****

  "Red Dust… Those people from Chivalry Sect sure hid their strength very deeply!"

  The sound of porcelain breaking could be heard in Class One Hall's headquarters. Dream Clouds, who had a noble temperament, would have shocked everyone if they had been present there. Her expression was sour, and her c.h.e.s.t heaved. Her palms were pushed violently against a burnt tea table; she had lost her usual calm and dignified mannerisms.

  Blood Robes stood quietly next to her.

  Aside from a faint hint of surprise and bewilderment on his face, he was blank, but he could understand Dream Clouds' violent reaction.

  The competition in the Chinese world of martial arts was far too fierce.

  Class One Hall was first suppressed by Chivalry Sect, and once they were distracted, Happy popped up as the top on Famous People Rank, and along with him came Mu Clan, which rapidly rose to power.

  Once Mu Clan became stronger, Class One Hall's grand ambition of conquering the entire Chinese server shrank to only the northern corner of the Chinese plains.

  One quarter of the territory was enough for Class One Hall to accept it and to quietly cultivate their strength.

  But Towering Palace had quickly become stronger because of the resources in the coastal area and their cooperation with foreign forces of power. Their fame rose and pushed Class One Hall from the spot as the second strongest among the four strongest sects to the third spot, though it had never been publicly announced.

  If it were not because of mistakes caused by various coincidences leading to Class One Hall cooperating with Three Dragons Guild and Happy personally going forward to suppress Towering Palace and completely destroying their prestige in the coastal area, Towering Palace might have already secured their place above Class One Hall. It would have made the rumor that Class One Hall was the third strongest sect in the game a fact.

  Being third meant that they were already at the back among the four top-class sects.

  Now, a mysterious man in black popped up out of nowhere and used a simple high-tier martial art without anything fancy about it to destroy the dignity of Class One Hall and Towering Palace's elites.

  But that would have been fine if that was all that happened.

  She had thought that the weakest top-class sect had already lost its ability to expand any further once it entered the shadow of its powerful ally, Mu Clan. It should have been difficult for it to escape being the first to be devoured by its ally and pushed down from its pedestal.

  That was why Dream Clouds did not expect…

  Instead of falling from its pedestal, Chivalry Sect stomped on Class One Hall and Towering Palace's face to become the second strongest player sect in the game.

  Red Dust was the vice sect master of Chivalry Sect and Sweeper Monk's successor, and he jumped from the twentieth spot on Dragon Rank to the third spot as well as the second spot on Famous People Rank.

  The duel had not only revealed Chivalry Sect's strength and the tenacity of their top-class elites, but also shocked Dream Clouds awake from her dream. She could suddenly see the potential dangers lurking around and threatening Class One Hall!

  Right then, Towering Palace was only surviving and developing in the coastal area because of Mu Clan's will.

  Chivalry Sect had suddenly revealed its power and how extraordinary it was before the people. They were like a sharp sword that was drawn and stopped all martial artists from continuing to look down upon them.

  If Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect chose to expand, Class One Hall and Towering Palace would be in a very dangerous situation!

  "Hall master."

  "Why didn't I kill this bane with my own hands while I was at Shaoshi Mountain…" Dream Clouds slammed her palm against the tea table.

  Bang!

  The tea table shattered, and bits of wood flew everywhere.

  Blood Robes said nothing, but his face was full of resignation.

  He knew just who was the bane Dream Clouds mentioned, and he also knew that ever since this bane speedily leveled up to Moksha Realm, no one in the Chinese server could control him.

  Besides, there was the largest and strongest organization in the Chinese server supporting him—Mu Clan!

  And the chip that he created for this bane had not grown enough to become the trump card that he truly needed right then.

  What caused him to want to cry and laugh was that before, he had helped Xu Yao's family when they needed it the most, but the day earlier, he received quite a large sum of money. Xu Yao had been the one to give it to him.

  She even told him that due to her management work in Mu Clan, her status and salary had increased. Happy had raised their salary to two hundred thousand RMB a month, and her bonus from last month had even acc.u.mulated up to eight hundred thousand.

  Blood Robes could sense that Xu Yao, who originally had no one to depend on, was slowly growing stronger and leaving his control.

  Class One Hall's headquarters became desolate and quiet once more!

  Only two people's barely audible breaths could be heard. It was like a physical manifestation of Class One Hall's situation.

  At that moment, a snow-white messenger pigeon suddenly flew in from the hall outside, and under Blood Robes' slightly startled gaze, it landed on Dream Clouds' shoulder.

  She frowned and took the letter to read it. Then, her frown suddenly disappeared, and there was joy and excitement on her face, as if she had finally seen light after a long storm.

  "Blood Robes, I need you to do something."

  Chapter 726 - Fight For Territory

  Dragon Sect was a grand name for a sect. In America, it meant supreme power. It was a sect built by a group of Chinese martial artists from China Town.

  It was the largest and strongest sect in all of America.

  But its reputation could not compare to the Chinese server's Class One Hall and Chivalry Sect.

  There was no other reason for it.

  Only when powerful people who were of equal strength to each other were gathered in a place where competition was great that others would pay attention to their fights and find their battles to contain entertainment value.

  It had to be acknowledged that the foreign Chinese players in World of Martial Arts used their understanding of the martial arts in the east to gain an advantage over other great American players.

  Hence, while many American players were having a hard time figuring out the game, the foreign Chinese players had already long since embarked on the journey to strengthen themselves by training!

  The disciples from various martial arts schools had an even easier time getting familiar with the skills, and they could cut training time in half.

  Even though they were slightly late in entering the game, once the players in the Chinese server reached Life and Death Realm, the foreign Chinese players also entered Life and Death Realm right after them to become the conquerors of America!

  There might be a lot of Chinese outside China, but there were not many of them in the game. Most of them joined the few Chinese organizations in their own regions.

  Dragon Sect was the strongest and most symbolic sect of the foreign regions.

  It had leaders, teachers, and disciples from three martial arts schools, who were connected to each other via political marriages, along with a group of passionate and young great players. Under the leadership of a few reputable people who were of the older generation, they controlled most of the resources in America.

  Unfortunately, this extraordinary result did not have much of an effect in the whole world because Dragon Sect lacked competitors who could challenge them.

  And the game was created by the Chinese. Most of the elements in the game contained the unique characteristics of eastern martial arts. Hence, many people believed that it was only natural that Dragon Sect would have success in America.

  Over the year, the Chinese server had bustled with a
ctivity and suffered through all sorts of storms. In the beginning, they had the emperor's birthday going for them. Then, they attacked Light Summit. The ability to gather hundreds of people in one spot was something that the other countries did not possess.

  Only China entered the frenzy of the martial artists' world right from the moment the game was launched, and everyone got to fully experience the charm of eastern martial arts.

  The most dazzling people at that time had been Dream Clouds, who was calm and used every method at her disposal for the things she wanted; Happy, who explored the game alone and did not stick to one method when he fought or acted; Lu Mingyue, who became the successor of Dongfang Bubai and acted in a very effeminate way; and One Emperor, who was mysterious and strong.

  They worked together with great martial artists who had different strengths from different eras, such as Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, the people from Shaolin Temple and Wudang Sect, and decorated the plains into a complicated, terrifying, and charming world for wanderers.

  As time passed, the Chinese forces of power in other countries should have continued to develop and monopolize their resources, but as more American forces of power spread out in search for more refined equipment and weapons as well as high-grade medicinal pills and martial art manuals, Dragon Sect finally noticed that their status had begun to shake.

  Even though their influence and strength in America remained at the top and no one could fight against them, there were many outstanding people in America whose influence did not lose to theirs.

  Moreover, a small group of Chinese would never be able to take care of the entire world. They could not keep an eye out on their entire region, and they could not develop in a manner that was as perfect as the Chinese server, where they could influence their players to develop all systems together.

  The weekly refinements and creation of medicinal pills had always fallen behind the Chinese server.