Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  Happy said nothing about that.

  [Class One Hall might have been suppressed badly during this period of time, but the forces affiliated to Class One Hall across the land did not suffer huge losses. Most of them still retained their power and have the ability to suppress the branches of Lovely Land. That's why, once war breaks out, they won't switch battlefields and will focus all the firepower at your headquarters. You best be prepared.]

  The suggestion and reminder Wandering Know-it-all gave were rather neutral and accurate. It was the same as the judgment Happy gave Lovely Land.

  'If Wild Wolves were not around, Lovely Land could destroy Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, the twelve Beijing sects, and the other affiliated sects in a month!'

  But since they still had Wild Wolves around, they had a force strong enough for them to turn the tides around at any moment. Hence, even if Lovely Land had Happy and One Emperor defending it, they had to face the trouble of being attacked on all fronts.

  This battle would decide Lovely Land's survival.

  In more accurate terms, Happy and Evil Emperor's fight would determine who the final victor of the entire war was.

  His reply to Wandering Know-it-all was very simple. There were only two words in the letter.

  [Got it!]

  Similar to Wandering Know-it-all, Phantasmal Shadow was also observing the north while she remained far away from the place that was about to go into an intense war.

  Phantasmal Shadow absolutely did not expect that Lovely Land would be able to reach this extent in the north. The fifty billion revenge fund that appeared out of nowhere had allowed Lovely Land's members to shoot up to seven hundred thousand people, and that number was already incredibly close to the lineup Wind Assault Tower only managed to get after spending four years in the game.

  Phantasmal Shadow had not just told Happy that if she knew that the north would turn out like this a long time ago, she would definitely not head south to stage another war. Instead, she would use Lovely Land's strength to launch a pincer attack against Class One Hall and the twelve Beijing sects. Even if they only had two days left before Evil Emperor got out of jail, they would still be able to completely change the situation in the north.

  Of course, the answer she received was rather comforting.

  [If Wind Assault Tower had not left Beijing and headed south, the people around Beijing would not have joined Lovely Land without hesitation.]

  All things were already predestined to happen, and no one could change it.

  Phantasmal Shadow might have become at ease because of it, but she was still a little worried about Lovely Land's fight to the death against Class One Hall.

  When Wandering Know-it-all sent her news that a certain person had actually leisurely headed over to Ghost's Domain to train, she could not force down the agitation and anxiety in her heart. She sent a messenger pigeon over.

  [I heard from Wandering Know-it-all that Evil Emperor reached a breakthrough while he was in jail. His control over that technique might have increased. Happy, you must be careful!]

  "That technique" naturally referred to the astonishing palm strike Evil Emperor used to shatter space in the battle replay that the official developers took and uploaded online.

  Happy found himself a little speechless toward Wandering Know-it-all and Phantasmal Shadow's repeated "harassment", but he also knew that it was because these two people were paying high attention to the battle, and they were also very anxious about it. So, he had to be patient and explain things to them.

  [Don't worry, I have a plan.]

  [I'm still quite worried. I'll mobilize my men and send them north through the river. Perhaps we can slaughter our way up north through the river.]

  Happy said nothing about that, but he finally understood what it meant by having everyone else being worried about his affairs while he himself was unconcerned.

  Of course, he would not say that.

  To someone who obtained everything since a long time ago, they would be very afraid of losing all that they currently had, but Happy had only spent a short few months before he moved from his position of having nothing to become the sect master of Lovely Land, and now, he even had everything that people could only dream of having.

  [If you move north, you might affect the situation in the north. As of right now, everything is still under my control, but if we lose the south, Wild Wolves will move north to Beijing without fear. At that time, I might not be able to control the situation.] Happy's words got rid of Phantasmal Shadow's thoughts of heading north.

  Once he ended his conversation with Phantasmal Shadow, Happy finally had the time to turn around and handle the Demonic Venomous Larvae that had been chasing after him tirelessly.

  The piercing baby's wail rushed into his ears like waves.

  Happy guessed that it might because of his Willpower.

  Those whose Willpower was strong would not be affected in the slightest by sound waves, no matter what form that came at them.

  'It's a pity that I'm not completely immune to Lion's Roar.'

  While he thought of this, Happy stopped resolutely and turned around.

  Whoosh!

  The Demonic Venomous Larvae was very fast. It's sharp wings sliced through the air soundlessly, and it brought with it a presence that could tear apart the person in front of it easily.

  Happy said nothing about that.

  A few months ago, Happy would still not dare to fight head-on against a Demonic Venomous Larvae at such close proximity when he was in Ghost's Domain. In fact, he would not even let this ugly thing get too close to him.

  But ever since he mastered Tendon Changing Classic and Marrow Cleansing Classic improved his strength from its very essence, his spiritual senses had long since become abnormal. Even if the Demonic Venomous Larvae was at the beginning stage of Myth Realm, its speed and tricks were no longer enough to let it escape from Happy's sights.

  He moved on the ground.

  Whoosh!

  The Demonic Venomous Larvae could not stop in time and charged past Happy. Its wings could only cut apart the afterimage Happy left on the spot.

  However, the poisonous insect's reaction was incredibly quick. It turned its baby face around and silently spat out a mouthful of green poison.

  Whoosh!

  It flapped its wings, and at the same time the Demonic Venomous Larvae spat out the poisonous liquid, it flew to the side in a very agile fashion. Its sharp wings and terrifying mouth locked down on Happy once more.

  "Pretty interesting."

  The poisonous liquid destroyed the afterimage Happy left on the spot. Happy's movements were already so fast that the poisonous insect could not react to it.

  But when Happy saw the Demonic Venomous Larvae fly at him again, he did not continue wasting time with the insect. He focused, and a powerful presence descended from the sky.

  "Roar!"

  A mighty dragon roar rose.

  A green dragon's body came down instantly.

  The Demonic Venomous Larvae was astonishingly quick. At the moment Dragon Coil descended around Happy, it had already arrived in front of Happy. Its round eyes shone with a savage and brutal light.

  Just when the Demonic Venomous Larvae believed that it would definitely tear apart its target this time, it only managed to crush Happy's afterimage again, and it rushed into the green dragon's body.

  At that moment, something abnormal happened.

  Happy had only performed a simple shift in his position after he activated Dragon Coil and moved three feet backward.

  But the Demonic Venomous Larvae which should have torn Happy apart looked as if it crashed into a wall. The green dragon's body tightened reflexively.

  "Ah!!!"

  The Demonic Venomous Larvae's wails became even more piercing.

  Happy watched while he was less than three feet from the insect, and a hint of a smile rose on his lips.

  Whoosh!

  Chapter 1098 - Evil Emperor Is Released fro
m Prison

  In the prison belonging to the Ministry of Punishment in Beijing, heavy shackles and chains dragged on the ground, creating loud and piercing clanging sounds. Evil King walked slowly among the prisoners with a face livid with rage.

  When he walked out of his cell, he felt as if a century had passed. He noticed a few other imprisoned players silently casting him strange and thought-provoking gazes, and his expression became even more sour. He wanted to immediately kill them to silence them, destroy their corpses to hide the evidence of his shame, and leave this accursed place.

  Unfortunately, his qi was sealed, and his hands and feet were bound by shackles that weighed heavily on him. Even the Moksha Realm NPC guards beside him, who were in charge of escorting him, could push him down on the ground with just one finger.

  "Hiss…"

  At the moment the main door to the prison in the Ministry of Punishment opened, a strong ray of light shot in, and the group of prisoners all used their hands to cover their eyes. At the same time, they also had delight appear on their faces.

  "Prisoner Wang Erlong, your sentence is over. You can come out now.

  "Prisoner Zhao Jun, your sentence is over. You can come out now.

  Evil Emperor was fifth in line.

  "Prisoner Evil Emperor!"

  Hence, even if Evil Emperor enjoyed the title of the strongest in the world, the NPC guards were not cordial to him or took extra care of him.

  "Your sentence is over. You can come out now."

  Evil Emperor was not afraid of the guards' fierce gaze. He slowly took two steps forward and allowed the guards to help him remove the shackles on his feet and hands.

  "I hope I don't see you again in prison, or else, your sentence will be prolonged by another day, understand?"

  The acc.u.mulation of might over a prolonged period of time had caused the guards to be able to put up an imposing presence out of sheer habit. Evil Emperor and the others had not had their qi unlocked either, and once the group of guards turned around and left, they noticed that the entrance of the Ministry of Punishment was just nearby. There were six Inaction Realm guards standing nearby, and they stared at the group with great hostility in their eyes.

  "Let's go…"

  "Let's go."

  Aside from Evil Emperor, the other prisoners did not dare say even a single word during the entire time they were released. It was only at that moment that they dared look at each other and leave the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

  Evil Emperor was the last to leave the prison.

  At the moment he left the Ministry of Punishment, his sealed acupressure points were automatically opened, and waves of qi slowly filled up his limbs before it started circulating in him.

  Whoosh! Whoosh!

  The sound of air being pushed rose, and black shadows shot in front of Evil Emperor from the crowd nearby. There were a total of forty-seven people who came over. Flame Wolf and Peach Blossom led the team, and they stood with their backs straight around Evil Emperor.

  "Leader!"

  Their voices sounded dark, but firm and domineering.

  The imposing presence among this group of top-class elites instantly intimidated the crowd surrounding them that they fell absolutely silent. Countless gazes were filled with shock and fear as they surveyed this group of people.

  Evil Emperor initially said nothing. It was only when Flame Wolf and the others showed up that Evil Emperor's expression became slightly better.

  Peach Blossom took one step forward.

  Evil Emperor understood why she did this. He picked up the medicinal pill that was the size of a longan from Peach Blossom's hands and tossed it into his mouth without even looking at it. Then, he asked, "Are all preparations made?"

  Flame Wolf nodded. "Based on your instructions, Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the people in the sects under Dream Clouds' hands have all set out. There are four hundred thousand people gathered outside the city, and there are fewer than fifty thousand people left in Beijing."

  "Let's go," Evil Emperor said those two words faintly.

  *****

  "He's here!"

  "Evil Emperor has been released from prison, hurry and notify—"

  "Those are the people from Wild Wolves! Isn't Class One Hall being too flashy? They even came forth to escort him? Why does this feel like the moment before a life and death gamble in a casino?"

  Evil Emperor was escorted while he was surrounded by Wild Wolves and Class One Hall elites. The group jumped on their horses and forced the crowd to make way for them on the busy streets of Beijing as their horses galloped forth. They rushed outside the city.

  This news soon spread through all of Beijing.

  *****

  Whoosh!

  Under those torches were a large group of people. They stood close to each other, and hundreds of thousands of people surrounded all of Beijing, but they were incredibly quiet. The scene was so magnificent that it was scary, so much so that many people who originally wanted to go out of the city stopped moving when they saw the lineup outside.

  Rumble! Rumble!

  Evil Emperor, Wild Wolves, and the elites from Class One Hall all rode out of the city.

  Even Dream Clouds, who usually did not show up in her army, sat on her horse with a stern expression. Her gaze was sharp. Once she got out of the city, she surveyed the area. More than two hundred top-class elites with extraordinary presences quietly rode out from the sides of the army and surrounded Dream Clouds.

  "We've been nursing this aggrievance for a week…"

  When Dream Clouds said these words, her tone was dark, and she instantly stirred up the hearts of the countless members around her.

  Many people lowered their heads and gritted their teeth.

  The silence lasted for a few seconds.

  Dream Clouds raised her head, and when she spoke again, her voice was so loud that all the people within a circular area of one-third of a mile could hear her clearly. "Today, we will get rid of this humiliation we suffered!"

  Shouts and roars spread through the plains.

  "RIDE FORTH!"

  Shi Huasheng released a roar that sounded like a lion's under the night sky, and thunderous sounds instantly rose on the ground outside Beijing.

  Hundreds of thousands of people headed to Ghost's Domaina at the same time.

  The ground trembled, and galloping sounds could be heard surging to the clouds.

  Many players on the city walls saw the dense wave of torches outside the city quickly moving in a zig-zagging motion. They formed a thick fire dragon that soon stretched out to the horizon.

  A lot of them s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths.

  Multiple snow-white messenger pigeons rose from the city gate, and they flew to the night sky.

  *****

  As the ground trembled from the distance, the leisurely zither notes in the pavilion within Wandering Know-it-all's mansion came to a screeching halt.

  Wind Chimes placed her hands on the zither strings, and she scowled. She could not help but ask Wandering Know-it-all a question while he continuously performed all sorts of readings and predictions.

  "Master, who will win this fight?"

  Wandering Know-it-all did not answer.

  His silence allowed Wind Chimes to know the answer.

  If her master knew the answer, he would definitely not be so busy that he did not even have time to eat.

  Knock! Knock! Knock!

  At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside the mansion.

  Wandering Know-it-all had not responded to Wind Chimes when she tried to probe an answer from him, but now, he raised his head as if he had been shocked, and he looked at Wind Chimes in shock. Who could possibly visit him at this moment?

  "Who is it?" Wandering Know-it-all and asked.

  Flap flap flap!

  Wandering Know-it-all's response was a snow-white messenger pigeon.

  He was stunned for a brief moment before he quickly retrieved the lette
r from the messenger pigeon's leg and opened it.

  He glanced at it, and his expression turned into one of shock. With quick strides, he got out of the pavilion and went to open the door.

  Outside the door were two men with the emblem of Lovely Land sewn on their c.h.e.s.ts. They warily looked around the area outside the mansion. Right when the door was opened, they slid inside like fishes.

  Wandering Know-it-all said nothing. In a great show of teamwork, he quickly shut the door and stared at the two young men in front of him in surprise. They could not have been over twenty-six years old.

  "Master, did you receive Happy's letter?"

  One of them quickly spoke. At the same time, out of habit, he pushed at the air above the bridge of his nose.

  Wandering Know-it-all was stunned. He quickly captured some bits of information from the way the person referred to Happy. But he just waved the letter in his hands while he quickly cast a glance at the item in his arms.

  "Young Lonely White? You're not one of the elites from Ji Feng in Lovely Land, but from Beautiful Robes Faction, right? You were formerly Happy's faction mate?"

  "As expected of the omniscient diviner of World of Martial Arts!"

  "Happy asked us to come over to look for you, and our goal here is to help you contact a group of people to help all of us in Beijing to attack Class One Hall's headquarters."

  Young Lonely Black (Chen Fan) came with Bai Lang. He cast a glance at Wind Chimes, who walked over from where she was not too far away, and said, "Time is urgent, so let's not waste it. Happy is not completely confident that he can win this fight, and we have to hurry."

  Wandering Know-it-all and Wind Chimes, who came over because she heard the ruckus, had their expressions become stern. They quickly led the two into the pavilion to discuss matters.

  "Do you know how many people Class One Hall and the twelve Beijing sects left in Beijing? How many people do you have? What do you want me to do?"

  "You don't have to worry about the people we have left in the city. Our people have already done a headcount just now on the one hundred and forty streets as well as thousands of restaurants in Beijing, and once we made a tally with the people outside the city, we've come to the initial estimation that they have fewer than one hundred thousand people left in Beijing. It will definitely go over this figure."