Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  'Tang Sect members!'

  Luo Jing's expression changed, and he cursed in his heart, because he knew that the situation was bad.

  But it was too late.

  The saber wielder and the hidden weapons that came charging from the sides instantly surrounded him from three sides. Luo Jing's expression changed, and when he attempted to retreat, a hidden force suddenly shot out from the ground beneath his feet, and he staggered.

  Hidden weapons, saber glares, and an elite who kept on releasing hidden forces with his b.a.r.e fists. Three attacks landed continuously and accurately on Luo Jing. Luo Jing had been smug, but when he was suddenly involved in an ambush planned by several people against him, he finally lost his initial calm, and he panicked.

  "Sve me!" Luo Jing cried out in panic.

  Even though he was a hidden force elite and was outstanding, he still found himself having too much to deal with when he faced a hidden force elite continuously targeting him with hidden forces, was closed in by a saber wielder, and was locked down by long-ranged hidden weapons elites. If anyone else were in his place, they would also have too much to deal with and be thrown into confusion.

  There were already a few Class One Hall members who noticed Luo Jing's situation. A few of them drew close without hesitation.

  But at that moment, a man with a wide back rushed out from behind the saber wielder. He had a greatax in his hands, and his gaze was fierce. Without another word, he arrived behind Luo Jing from the side. He ignored the attacks that came from a few directions, shouted in anger, and rammed his greatax violently against Luo Jing's back.

  The powerful force practically shot through Luo Jing's body. He screamed in pain, and his body was thrown off the ground.

  The saber wielder ingeniously moved to the side. Luo Jing's body instanlty flew into Wind Assault Tower's crowd like a cannonball.

  Excited and crazed laughter rose. Luo Jing's terrified and pained scream swiftly rose. Then, he died.

  As for the ax wielder who ended up being surrounded by Class One Hall, dozens of intersecting wounds instantly appeared on his c.h.e.s.t and back, but he continued laughing madly while he swung his ax. While he gritted his teeth, he cackled in anger. "So what if you're a top-class elite?! You're the ones losing your lives in my hands!"

  Then, the last bit of his life bled away from his body.

  *****

  Wind Assault Tower's headquarters was now like a boiling pot of water. Everyone inside was engaged in fierce combat! As a group of Wind Assault Tower elites charged inside in a flashy manner from the entrance of the street outside the headquarters, a second battlefield swiftly opened up, and it attracted everyone's attention.

  "Phantasmal Shadow! It's her!"

  "Phantasmal Shadow is over here!"

  "Hurry!"

  "Surround her!"

  "Damn it… as expected of the tower master of Wind Assault Tower… she's such a pain… how many of us have died?"

  "Notify the hall master immediately! Have her immediately mobilize some elites over! Brothers and sisters, stop her! You must block her! Don't let her return to the headquarters!"

  Phantasmal Shadow did not bring a lot of people over, but their equipment was all pretty decent. Besides, Phantasmal Shadow was using Red Horsetail Whisk Lady's whip technique, and her whip shadow extended to twenty feet, which was something really rare. With her fluctuating qi producing an effect that was similar to Wind Spirit Spin, when she swung her whip, she could affect a circular area of thirty-two feet.

  Crack!

  Under multiple people's gazes, Phantasmal Shadow charged ahead of the others. She quickly pushed forward while she moved like a spinning top. She never stopped swinging her whip, and loud cracks rose in the air.

  Whip techniques were considered a unique martial art. If a person could use it well, their strength would be above a normal top-class elite. This was also the reason why Phantasmal Shadow could stand among the best players in the game.

  All the people within a circular area of thirty-two feet felt a black shadow cracking in front of them. Then, they heard a fearsome sonic boom by their ears, and they were thrown off their feet by a strange but powerful force.

  All-direction Agility!

  It was a support-type martial art that was even more powerful than Wind Spirit Spin. It could easily spread a person's martial art in all directions and produce the perfect AOE effect, but to use this support-type martial art, the requirements on the martial arts was incredibly high. A normal saber or sword technique could produce pretty decent effects with just Wind Spirit Spin, and because of it, All-direction Agility would produce insignificant effects. However, the advantage in the speed and area for whip techniques was incredibly clear, and when Phantasmal Shadow used All-direction Agility, she could dexterously and effectively increase her power, making her more intimidating, and she could also steadily control the direction of her whip.

  It can be said that All-direction Agility was basically made for Phantasmal Shadow!

  She moved around briskly, and her attacks swept through the entire area madly.

  In less than half a minute, at least hundreds of people were sent flying madly by Phantasmal Shadow. She gave off the air that she was about to sweep down an entire army.

  But soon, Phantasmal Shadow was blocked by someone.

  Whoosh!

  Her whip shadow crashed into a longspear in the air. The spear turned in the air in a nimble manner. Not only did it manage to negate the hidden force and power Phantasmal Shadow had attached on the whip, it even used the momentum to drag Phantasmal Shadow's whip to the point that she almost lost her grip over her whip.

  Phantasmal Shadow's expression changed. Her wrist trembled. She flung away the longspear that was bound by the whip, and the whip returned dexterously like a sentient snake to wrap itself around her arm. The tip of the whip was incredibly stickly, and many people's gazes were subconsciously attracted to it. They saw bright red blood drop on the ground, and no one knew how many people's blood was on it.

  Phantasmal Shadow stopped moving, and she stared at the man who stood across her.

  "Cangzhou's King of Spears."

  Cangzhou's King of Spears was quite famous in the Chinese server, especially when it came to his skill in spears. His fame in that area was great, and there were even people who said that this person's spear technique counterred whip techniques. Later on, he was recruited by Class One Hall, and the people said that Dream Clouds did it to counter Phantasmal Shadow.

  Cangzhou's King of Spears was in his thirties. He had a plain face, but his gaze and expression spoke of someone with a level head. His spear was directed diagonally downward. When he stood in front of Phantasmal Shadow to block his path, he gave off the feeling that he was as unshakeable as a mountain. This was clearly a sign that he had already mastered the quintessence of spear techniques, and he had now become one with the spear. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click /book/sword-among-us_13772664505174105/phantasmal-shadow%E2%80%99s-passing_49301056722627380 for visiting.

  "Empress Shadow, you should not have appeared."

  "Enough with the nonsense. Since you decided to follow Dream Clouds to work together with Wild Wolves and betray the Chinese server, stop pretending that you were forced into this situation."

  Phantasmal Shadow no longer had her usual calm. Her voice and gaze were both incredibly cold.

  Cangzhou's King of Spears was stunned silent for a moment. His expression froze. Then, he chuckled softly and mocked her. "It's just a game. There shouldn't be any talk about betrayal. When you seized the title of strongest, didn't you also use some underhanded tactics to do so?"

  "There's no wrong in using various strategies to fight for the title of the strongest, but I haven't reached the point where I will use everything in my disposal. This is something I admit that I can't compare with Dream
Clouds."

  As she spoke, she turned around and took a few steps to the left. Her whip shadow instantly left behind afterimages that were like a sentient snake in the air.

  Crack!

  "The subordinates will act the same way as their leader. Class One Hall won't be able to last long. You won't be able to laugh for a long time in our faces."

  Phantasmal Shadow snorted coldly and flung her whip a few times again. The encirclement that had just formed around her was pushed back, and the empty space around her became much larger.

  The Class One Hall members retreated in panic.

  Cangzhou's King of Spears scowled and cast her a glance.

  Even though he found these people who only knew how to use hidden weapons to be a disgrace, he was in Class One Hall, and he had to consider things in Class One Hall's perspective.

  He tensed his arm, and his longspear picked up shattered stones with a thud, making them fly in the sky like an arrow shower. With a vicious wind, they charged toward Phantasmal Shadow.

  Phantasmal Shadow never moved. She flicked her wrist, and a black whip shadow reduced those stones in the air into dust at lightning speed.

  "Dream Clouds shouldn't have sent you alone to fight against me, yes? Who else is there? Come out. You're all people who are quite famous, don't degrade yourselves."

  Once she finished speaking, a person walked out from the crowd behind Cangzhou's King of Spears.

  "Lion's Roar Shi Huasheng."

  "It's been a long while, Tower Master Shadow." Shi Huasheng walked out from the crowd, and he used his pinky to rub the center of his eyebrows in a flighty manner. His expression made it seem as if Phantasmal Shadow was already a trapped rat.

  Almost at the same time, a person walked out from the left side of the crowd, and another walked out from the right.

  "I'm Xie Lingyun. Please grant me your instructions, Empress Shadow."

  "I'm a monk. You can call me Indestructible Arhat." The last person was actually Monk With Thick Eyebrows.

  These four people had quite the status in Class One Hall.

  One of them had outstanding skill with the sword.

  One of them had Buddhist's Lion's Roar as part of his arsenal of skills.

  One of them had the strongest body fortification from the Buddhists, and he was Monk With Thick Eyebrows, who was known as Indestructible Arhat.

  There was also Cangzhou's King of Spears, who was deliberately recruited to counter Phantasmal Shadow!

  These four people were sent to attack Phantasmal Shadow, and the lineup was just slightly inferior to the treatment Happy received.

  "Not bad. This is pretty decent. At least Dream Clouds isn't so stupid to think that a few normal elites would be able to kill me."

  When Phantasmal Shadow said these words, the fighting spirit in her eyes was already burning fiercely, because she knew that this time might be the last fight she will command in Beijing.

  Chapter 1052 - “It’s Simple, Kill Me”

  At that moment, Happy was like a useless person. All his bones were crushed while he laid against the corner of the wall and did not move. In fact, even his pain had become numb. Now, he could no longer feel pain.

  Flame Wolf had been very excited in the beginning, but now, after torturing Happy for so long, his interest ran out, because Happy's gaze had already turned incredibly indifferent from the moment Flame Wolf crushed his fifth bone. He no longer clenched his teeth tightly together to bear with the pain, as he previously did. Aside from frowning a little when his bones were crushed, he only had mockery and derision left on his face, and it annoyed Flame Wolf to no end when he saw it. He felt incredibly defeated.

  Every time Flame Wolf crushed Happy's bone, he had to check the strength of Happy's pulse and know whether Happy could withstand another shock to his system. Later on, he had to spend a lot of power to completely break Happy's bone.

  Each time, he had to use a lot of qi.

  In the end, the blood and sweat on Happy's body gradually dried, but Flame Wolf ended up being drenched in sweat, as if he did something that required him to use a lot of his strength.

  All of this was seen by the Class One Hall members who passed by to watch the show. They also sensed an invisible chill that seeped into their bones from Happy, and they did not dare stay for even a second longer.

  When he saw that the war situation in the headquarters had basically become stable and no accidents like just now would occur anymore, Flame Wolf glared viciously at Happy, and under Happy's cold and derisive gaze, he moved him, "I admire your willpower, but I truly pity your intellect. If you had logged off since the beginning or just killed yourself, you might have already returned here and continued creating trouble for us, but now, you don't have a chance to do that anymore."

  "This is your counterattack?"

  Happy chuckled lightly in a very scornful manner, but his lips were dry. He lost too much blood, and his voice was a little hoarse. "When you said that, how exactly did you hope that I would react? Regret, or remorse filled with hate?"

  Flame Wolf said nothing, but his expression stiffened.

  Happy moved his lips once more with great difficulty. "Your expression right now is very interesting."

  Before Flame Wolf could school his expression, Happy went on. "Did you know? Just now, I had been counting. I was wondering how long you'll spend breaking my bones, but by the looks of it now, you're not that interested anymore. Did I make you feel defeated? You just broke 137 of my bones. Do you want to continue?"

  Flame Wolf still said nothing. His face instantly gained a purplish red tint due to his anger, but he refused to show any weakness. "Wind Assault Tower is about to fall. If you come back from Guanlin Temple, I'll be very interested in torturing you again."

  "With the likes of you?"

  Those words alone were enough to force Flame Wolf's mocking words back into his throat, and his face was now as red as a liver, but he could say nothing.

  At that moment, Evil Emperor's voice descended from the sky, and he was in time to help Flame Wolf get out of his current awkward situation.

  "Did you know, Happy? You've been intentionally staying here and went through torture but refused to kill yourself and be revived. You made me be unable to help myself but think, you're not actually thinking about helping Wind Assault Tower defend its headquarters. If you don't mind, could you tell me why?"

  Evil Emperor descended from the sky at a moderate pace and landed near Happy as well as Flame Wolf. While he was still above everyone, he pulled back the mighty pressure that caused everyone's hearts to tremble, and he spoke as if he was talking to an old friend.

  "Oh?" Happy quirked an eyebrow, and he threw a question back in a mocking manner. "Just like how I have a feeling that you don't actually want Dream Clouds to be able to so forcefully and smoothly control the Chinese server?"

  Evil Emperor's expression changed slightly before he smiled and said, "Your skills are much stronger than I expected, but I didn't expect that your oratory skills would be the same. You have a sharp tongue."

  "Can I treat that as you praising me?" Happy said in a mocking tone.

  It was only reasonable that he would make that guess, because Dream Clouds had never been a woman who would be willing to stay under someone's control, and she was someone who had a lot of schemes and plots in her mind. This time, it was highly possible that she used Wild Wolves to get rid of her strongest opponent in the Chinese server, but the strength she revealed might have also made Evil Emperor feel a little threatened.

  "You can think however you want."

  Once he finished speaking, Evil Emperor looked up and surveyed the area. He used his expression to tell Happy that he no longer had the d.e.s.i.r.e to continue talking with Happy.

  Now that Evil Emperor stopped talking, Flame Wolf also did not dare act wildly anymore. Then, Happy finally had a chance to catch his breath and straighten his thoughts.

  In truth, during that period of torture, Happy had ne
ver given up on paying attention to Wind Assault Tower. He had also been paying close attention to Phantasmal Shadow once she rushed to a spot 328 feet away from him, so he had a clear grasp of what she was doing.

  Wind Assault Tower could be considered to be over by this point.

  Phantasmal Shadow might be a great heroine, but compared to Dream Clouds, she was not quite as ruthless as she was, and she was gentler and more s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e. This was the reason why she lost to Dream Clouds. Of course, she only lost to Dream Clouds this once. If she did something to mend those two flaws, they will end up as her greatest weapons, and she will be just like Liu Bei during the era of the three kingdoms. Liu Bei's gentleness had caused him to be unable to shake off a lot of his burdens, but in the game, Phantasmal Shadow had a lot of chances. She might have failed this time, but it was not impossible for her to turn this flaw into her advantage and defeat Dream Clouds once more.

  Happy could tell just how reckless Phantasmal Shadow had been when she took the initiative to charge forward to die, and he could also see the effect it would bring in the future.

  If Phantasmal Shadow had not appeared since the start to the end, perhaps the reinforcements she led later on could fight in a fierce battle against Class One Hall, but some of the Wind Assault Tower members would definitely be disappointed.

  After all, even if she died, there were a lot of Illusion Life and Death Pills in Wind Assault Tower, and with those, she could offset a lot of things.

  As for Wind Assault Tower's headquarters, Happy knew that even if he died and returned from Guanlin Temple, he could not do anything with just his power alone.

  There were plenty of capable people in Class One Hall. Besides, they had Evil Emperor protecting them. Even if he returned, the situation might not necessarily become better.

  It was a regret that he was defeated so aggressively by Evil Emperor, but if he viewed this from another angle, it might not necessarily be a bad thing. As of current, who in World of Martial Arts could make Evil Emperor work together with so many top-class elites to ambush them?