Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  Perhaps this cavalier commander's strength was equivalent to a martial artist at the peak of Inaction Realm.

  'Let's see how much you're worth.'

  *****

  In the beginning, different factions of power were just here to learn about and observe the points as well as names of those ranked in the top one hundred. They also wanted to investigate whether there were new quests that will be given on the second day.

  At that moment, someone with a keen eye suddenly noticed that a slight change had happened on the War Achievement Points Rank.

  One name had squeezed its way into the ranking board, and it was continuously overtaking the others ranked ahead of him.

  "Happy!"

  "His points are increasing so quickly! He's already in the top one hundred!"

  Right when the surprised cry rose, his voice quickly attracted everyone's attention in the main camp, especially those from Mu Clan and Class One Hall. They paid the most attention to this matter.

  When the first night arrived, they already went to find out how many points Happy obtained from the ranking board, and what surprised them was that Happy only gained a measly thirty-five points.

  Not only were the higher ups in Mu Clan flabbergasted by this result, even Class One Hall's Dream Clouds and her group found it strange. They did not know what happened.

  Naturally, they did not believe that Happy died in the battlefield.

  Class One Hall made a reserved assumption that Happy should be carrying out some sort of secret quest or was distracted by something else.

  There were many smart people who thought so as well.

  But there was one person who did not think so—Lu Mingyue.

  As the successor for Dongfang Bubai, he had been recuperating for more than half a year, and he had already practiced his Sunflower Manual to the point of perfection. His Soft Palm Strike was brutal, and he can kill easily with it. His flying needles attacked soundlessly, and he killed without form. His Sunflower Aura can also go through all sorts of changes.

  It can be said that the current Lu Mingyue was no longer the impulsive person who thought he could fight against the world with his imperfect Sunflower Manual.

  Even though Orochimaru still took first place on Demon Influence Rank with Profound Abyss Divine Palm and was ranked above Lu Mingyue, to Lu Mingyue, there were no more than five strong enemies who could hope to fight against him—Happy, One Emperor, Responsible Hero, Barren Murderer, and Red Dust.

  As the master of Cold Moon Palace, Lu Mingyue was actually a very ambitious person, but he was still a little wary of Happy. Besides, Cold Moon Palace was actually a small sect, and its core was actually not strong at all. Hence, it was always located near Raging Aquatic Dragon Island, and it never had the thought of fighting for dominance.

  But this time, Lu Mingyue saw hope in emerging in World of Martial Arts once more.

  This was especially so on the first day. The fact that multiple elites from the Chinese server had suffered a setback caused Lu Mingyue to feel incredibly excited.

  When other players faced the Mongolian cavalier army's iron hooves, very few of them had the ability to fight back, but Lu Mingyue's Flying Needle Technique was different from normal hidden weapons. The flying needles were not only fast, it was also very difficult for those needles to be seen with the n.a.k.e.d eye. Its damage was also astonishing, which was why when any cavalier went up to him, they will all die. If it were not because the Mongolian cavaliers he managed to find on the first day were too few and the battlefield was a little chaotic, causing Lu Mingyue to be unable to bring out his true potential, there was no way Barren Murderer and Silver Wolf can be ranked ahead of him.

  Lu Mingyue had wanted to head to the enemy camp a few times, but he was wary of attracting the attention of Mongolian elites and the powerful martial artists from the evil cult. If he died, all his efforts will be wasted, and the situation will be bad for him.

  Right then, when he saw that Happy's points were incredibly low, a thought instantly flashed in Lu Mingyue's mind, and it was one that caused him great unease.

  'Can it be… that Happy went to the enemy camp?!'

  Hence, when everyone cried out in surprise about Happy's ranking on the ranking board, Lu Mingyue moved in a flash and arrived near the ranking board. His gentle-looking, long, and narrow eyes were fixed on the name that was continuously shooting up the ranking board, and his eyes sparkled.

  97th: Happy. Points: 1,685.

  His points continued increasing, and his rank also increased.

  "It's so fast!"

  "He's still moving up! He's at the ninetieth spot now!"

  There were a few who were incredibly excited in the crowd.

  "Hiss…"

  Dream Clouds scowled and held her breath while she stared at the ranking board without blinking. Her eyes sparkled.

  Two minutes ago, Happy only had thirty-five points. She did not expect that he will have more than two thousand points within such a short amount of time.

  His rank continued increasing!

  His points also continued jumping up by leaps and bounds!

  68th: Happy. Points: 2,585.

  Happy's progress stopped at 2,585, and he was ranked at the sixty-eighth spot. His progress up the ranking board had been so fast that everyone gasped in amazement.

  Half a minute passed, and his points finally stopped moving.

  Hundreds of people released sighs of relief at the same time in the main camp.

  Countless players cast their gazes to Mu Clan's group.

  Mu Clan was also shocked and bewildered. They gathered together to whisper and talk to each other.

  "Could it be that he came back to submit his quest?"

  "I don't think so. If he did, he'll have notified us a long time ago."

  "Besides, I think that the clan master took a quest to perform reconnaissance at the enemy rear. At the very most, his reward will be one thousand points."

  "Happy should have arrived near the enemy camp."

  "The enemy camp?"

  Chivalry Sect's Red Dust and Lin Xiao frowned. They looked worried.

  "While Happy is good, the Mongolian army has the evil cult guarding them, and there is also Martial Paragon Bi Xuan with them. They're all matchless elites that we cannot hope to fight against. If we attract their attention, things will be dangerous for us."

  "Don't worry. While Happy might not be able to win against Myth Realm elites, since he has Nine Yang Divine Skill with him, he will absolutely have no problem in fleeing," Silver Wolf explained.

  "Might?" Wind Void keenly noticed something odd from Silver Wolf's words. She looked around and saw Mu Clan's reaction. What she saw caused a storm to rage in her heart, and it did not calm down even after a long time.

  Mu Clan was very calm about this.

  Aside from a few people looking worried, most of the higher ups in Mu Clan had an inexplicable smile on their faces, as if…

  At that moment, surprised cries rose again.

  "What the heck?! The points moved again! Three thousand! Three thousand five! He's at the top ten now!"

  The group of people feel their eyelids twitch madly!

  Chapter 817 - Demon Commander

  Happy, who was far away in the Mongolian enemy camp, did not know just how great of an impact and shock he delivered to the Chinese army with his act of killing Mongolian cavaliers on the plains.

  Once night fell, his points shot up to six thousand seven hundred points within less than twenty minutes from his initial thirty-five points. Not only did he manage to seize the throne for most points, he was also far ahead of countless players.

  This day was bound to be a sleepless night for many.

  But Happy's war achievements still reminded many people that even though the battle from both sides had come to a temporary end because the war drums from both sides had sounded for retreat, this did not mean that they no longer had the chance to obtain points for the day. While the army co
uld order their soldiers around, they could not order the players around.

  If the players also operated based on the routine of the warriors in the army to charge at the enemy during battle and return to the camp to rest when the war drums sounded for retreat, they will turn into complete Pere David's deer. They will not be of much use to the war!

  The people of the world of martial artists should have their own style in doing things!

  They should use their own creativity and freedom and use their own methods to affect the war!

  On that night, a large number of Chinese players left the main camp and quietly hid themselves in the plains. Among them was Lu Mingyue.

  'So he's just a 100-man commander.. Hmm? This is…' Once Happy got rid of that extraordinary Mongolian cavalier, he discovered to his surprise that the 100-man commander's axe was not broken when it fell on the ground. When he got rid of the remaining Mongolian cavaliers, he noticed that it was a second-echelon grade one masterpiece. Its damage was at 1,600, and its attributes were above normal grade one masterpieces.

  'They dropped refined weapons straightaway?'

  Happy was a little surprised and excited!

  Even though one second-echelon grade one masterpiece was nothing in his eyes, successfully refined weapons were still very valuable. As of current, grade one equipment had already become the norm among players, but the market was still far from being saturated with them. There was a large demand for them, and he will have no problem in selling this weapon off for one million.

  After all, many people now had the ability to fight for their equipment, and the price for them will naturally drop.

  However, since the 100-man commander will drop a second-echelon grade one masterpiece, it proved that the 1,000-man commander, 10,000-man commander, and even those generals will definitely drop higher grade equipment that were refined even greater than this!

  'This is a good chance…'

  "Happy! The main cavalier unit is here!" Yu Yan cried out in surprise not too far away.

  The scattered torches shone on the hundreds of Mongolian cavaliers' corpses. The plains returned to its state of dead silence. But soon, a cl.u.s.tered group of light from torches appeared at the horizon, along with flickering black shadows. They charged over with a destruction momentum, and Happy could even vaguely hear two sets of horse hooves leaving into the distance.

  'Players?'

  Happy's heart tensed up. He no longer had the time to guess whether they were friend or foe. He also did not dare to stay for a long time on the spot. He had to make sure that he left this troublesome place before the main cavalier unit arrived in this place.

  "Xin! Let's go!"

  Without another word, both hastily got on their horses.

  "Giddy-up!"

  They headed to the opposite direction without turning back.

  Fortunately, it seemed like only one group of patrols came over. Aside from the main cavalier unit behind them, no other shadows could be found on the plains. Darkness returned to the area, and it was extremely beneficial for the duo's escape.

  After fleeing for a while, when the main cavalier unit arrived at the place where the battle transpired, both of them resolutely put away their steeds and completely vanished from the plains.

  *****

  "Whoa!" With one shout, the sounds of horse hooves swiftly dwindled.

  As a built man in black armor gave the command, more than one thousand cavaliers stopped going forward and remained outside the miserable and chaotic battlefield without moving an inch further.

  It was clear that the man in black armor was the leader of the main cavalier unit. Regardless of his presence or his equipment, he was much stronger than the 100-man commander Happy previously killed.

  He narrowed his eyes slightly. "Go and take a look."

  The man in black armor sniffed the strong bloody stench in the air, and he found it hard to believe that in such a short time since the signal flare was fired, less than half of the hundreds of comrades who rushed over here died.

  "Yes, sir!"

  Dozens of cavaliers with torches in their hands quickly moved out from the group. The endless stream of firelight spread out neatly and quickly lit up a circular area of 328 feet. It also illuminated the hundreds of Mongolian cavaliers who descended into eternal slumber in this place. The countless familiar faces on the corpses were all reflected in the eyes of all those in this cavalier unit.

  Their pupils shrank in fear.

  "There's a 100-man commander here! He's the captain from the patrol camp!"

  When he heard a subordinate of his cry out in surprise, the man in black armor scowled fiercely, and his eyes burned in rage. "Those damn Chinese… Have someone come up to me!"

  "Here!"

  "Send word. Tell the others that there are Chinese forces who have snuck into our army rear. Have the khan send a few elites over!"

  "Understood!"

  The group of cavaliers quickly went off to carry out their orders.

  Right when they left the team, a loud and mighty voice suddenly rose from the back of the group. "There's no need for that!"

  A huge black shadow jumped over the group like a giant bat before he landed lightly in front of the man in black armor.

  He was a man who was in his forties, and he was built. His gaze was electrifying, and he had dashing eyebrows. His face looked like it was chiseled, and he had an awe-inspiring presence about it. There was a lavish looking purple cloak around his shoulders, making him appear incredibly mighty and great!

  When the man in the black man saw this person, his expression changed, and he quickly got down his horse. "Greetings, military advisor!"

  Whoosh!

  Almost at the same time, more than one thousand cavaliers got down their horses with a mighty momentum to kneel on one knee on the ground! A loud and neat sound wave spread out far and wide over the dark plains.

  "Greetings, demon commander!"

  When they finished speaking, the mysterious middle-aged man turned his face around. He was Demon Commander Zhao Deyan, the greatest martial artist from Demon Face Sect, the military adviser for the Mongolian army, and a proper Myth Realm martial artist.

  "What clues do you have?" When Zhao Deyan finished speaking, the man in black armor quickly answered.

  "My apologies for my ignorance! As of current, we do not have detailed information about the enemies, but we can be certain that our enemies are from the Chinese plains, and most of our comrades were killed in one hit, and there aren't many martial artists from the Chinese plains who came over here."

  Zhao Deyan did not say anything else. He took a few steps among the corpses while he swept through the scattered corpses on the ground with a cold gaze. Very soon, he found some clues from the wounds on the corpses.

  Most of the Mongolian cavaliers were killed by arrows, some of them were killed by the shock from a fierce and tough palm strike, and some… died from sword slashes.

  It was the same as the wounds on the corpses they saw on the way here.

  "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms… These are from Shifting Stars or from Heaven and Earth Great Shift. As for the sword technique, he or she attacked very quickly, and I can't tell as of now." With just a few words, Zhao Deyan managed to voice out some information, and he frowned.

  "Looks like it's the boy from the Murong Clan…"

  "The Murong Clan?"

  "Recently, a great talent of the later generation has appeared in the Chinese world of martial artists. He's pretty good, and he's a great problem to the evil cult… If it's him, you won't be of any use over here. All of you, go back! Now!"

  Once the main cavalier unit turned around and went back, Zhao Deyan looked away from the starry sky that was decorated by only a few stars, he quickly cast a glance at the two trails of horse hoof tracks in the distance before he laughed coldly. "You dare enter deep into the enemy rear right on the first day of the war itself? Youngsters nowadays truly do not know fear!"

 
When he finished speaking, with one loud whoosh, he vanished from the spot.

  The plains returned to silence.

  Chapter 818 - Quest Regulator

  "Strange. Why aren't they chasing after us?"

  When she heard that the sounds of horse hooves behind her had rapidly become weaker, Yu Yan could not help but turn her head around to look. Then, she tugged her reins in surprise to stop. "They went back…"

  Happy gradually slowed down. Hoof Shadow ran in a small circle before it returned to Yu Yan's side.

  The light from the torches swiftly dwindled in number and became dimmer in the direction of the horizon on the dark plains. It was clear that the main cavalier unit was prepared to return to the camp.

  When he saw this, even Happy could not help but appear shocked and bewildered.

  It was indeed strange!

  Logically speaking, since they had already lured the cavaliers from the main cavalier unit, when they passed by the corpses of those cavaliers Happy and Yu Yan killed, they should choose to chase after him.

  If something unusual happened, it meant that there was something fishy about the situation!

  Happy narrowed his eyes. He cast his gaze on the reconnoiterer hiding spot he discovered not too far away from them. His eyes sparkled for a while before he said to Yu Yan, "Let's forget about it. We'll stop here today. Let's be prepared to leave!"

  "Ah… okay."

  Even though she agreed to it, it was clear that Yu Yan was a little disappointed by the decision.

  She had been very surprised but delighted when Happy revealed his true identity, but now, in less than half an hour since they fought together, they had to return to the camp, and it was clear she had not fought to her heart's content yet.

  When he noticed how down Yu Yan was, Happy felt a pang in his heart as well.

  It had been more than one year since they joined the game, and he finally managed to meet Xu Xin in the game. Even Happy found himself a little reluctant to part.

  'Oh well, it should be fine if we just fight together for one night.' Happy made a decision in his heart.