Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  But if someone came causing trouble for him of their own initiative, he would definitely steal something from those people even if he had to chase them to the ends of the world. It was either that or he would stab them in the back when they were not paying attention.

  He did not enter the game to gain fame. He had come to enjoy the game.

  Hence, once many of the fighters in Happy's previous life learned of All-powerful Medicinal Stone's personality, they just pretended not to see him. They would not easily provoke the swordsman thief who could easily steal an item or two from them.

  When Class One Hall provoked such a person so early in the game, Happy could only say that they overestimated themselves and underestimated the heroes of the world.

  All-powerful Medicinal Stone paused for a moment, then his tone changed.

  "However, based on my observations over the past few days, aside from Class One Hall's hall master, who is now ranked first on the new Phoenix Rank and whom I do not dare provoke, there are also two other people who are very powerful.

  "One of them is Barren Murderer, and the other is Blood Robes. They're both vice hall masters of Class One Hall."

  Happy said nothing. Naturally, he knew this well.

  Those two were Dream Clouds' prided left and right hands and had even entered the top twenty of the Sword Among Us Tournament. They had stood above the others since the start of the game and walked ahead of everyone. They were very meticulous, and their efficiency in using various resources was incredibly great. Their comprehension was also outstanding. Even Happy did not have the confidence to handle them as of right then.

  "Those three people are not easy to deal with," All-powerful Medicinal Stone said with a solemn tone. "However, they're keeping a low-profile right now and focusing on training. I heard that they're working on reaching Mystical Realm, which means they will not get out to handle their guild's affairs unless absolutely necessary.

  "Dream Clouds is the one personally handling the operations and commands of the guild. She is even more terrifying than them, however. She has already sent out all her extraordinary internal members to recruit manpower and draw more people to their side to build new sects. As of now, Class One Hall has seven sects to the north of Changjiang. They've also built three sects in Jiangnan, and all of them have outstanding prestige in those areas!

  Happy said nothing, only frowning slightly.

  Even though he knew all of that quite clearly, he could not help but suck in a sharp breath while listening to All-powerful Medicinal Stone's detailed descriptions. He found it especially unbelievable that it was all done by a woman. Previously, he had believed that Barren Murderer and Blood Robes, who had always kept a low-profile, had contributed quite a lot.

  "Class One Hall is indeed not easy to deal with," Happy lamented.

  "That's right, if we wanted to destroy it in a short period of time, it'd be just a pipe dream!" All-powerful Medicinal Stone paused for a moment before a fierce look appeared on his face. "However, no matter how strong they are, if they want to stand in this game and be able to do whatever they want without fear, I will make sure to cause trouble for them."

  "What do you mean?"

  "We don't have to deal with Class One Hall directly. We can cause trouble to their subordinate sects. We might not be able to take care of the vice hall masters and hall master of Class One Hall, but I refuse to believe that we can't handle a normal internal member."

  But he did not manage to maintain his demeanor for long.

  "Of course, I will definitely not be able to do this alone. The people from Class One Hall can seldom be found without backup, and while I'm skilled in stealing stuff, I'm not very good at fighting…"

  All-powerful Medicinal Stone could only laugh bitterly.

  'What he said is true…' Happy laughed in his heart as well.

  He had heard that plenty of people had suffered in All-powerful Medicinal Stone's hands in his previous life, but the anger that filled their hearts was because they lost something important to them, not because they were indignant about losing.

  "That's why you came to me?"

  No expression could be seen on Happy's face. He looked very calm.

  All-powerful Medicinal Stone nodded. "I believe that the only person who is strong enough and interested in helping me would be you."

  Happy thought about it for a moment in silence.

  He then shook his head. "I can agree to your request, but it's not very realistic for us to target Class One Hall's subordinate sects. Forget about the probability of us winning against them. If we run around killing them with just the two of us, we'll waste too much time on the road. The advantage we acc.u.mulated in the early stages of the game would be completely wasted. So it's impossible for me to target Class One Hall with you, but I have a plan that I think you should consider."

  As he spoke, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

  Chapter 178 - Three Party Members

  When Little North returned, All-powerful Medicinal Stone had already left. Little North's face was full of curiosity. He would occasionally glance at Happy's side profile with slightly nervous expression. Even so, he looked rather cautious.

  "Alright, if you have any questions, ask." Happy was incredibly s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to that sort of gaze, so he could not help but say in disdain, "Staring at me like that, you're just trying to distract me, right?"

  In truth, he knew that it would be very strange if Little North could suppress his curiosity after hearing All-powerful Medicinal Stone talk about Class One Hall.

  "Heh heh…" Little North scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "I was also worried about you, Big Brother Happy. Um… do you really intend to go up against Class One Hall?" When he asked the question, his eyes began to sparkle in excitement.

  "It has nothing to do with you."

  "How could you say that this has nothing to do with me?" When Little North heard his words, his expression changed, and he became anxious. "No matter what, I, Little North, have already trained with you for so long. Big Brother Happy, take me with you! Don't worry, I promise you that I won't hold you back!"

  Happy did not answer. He only continued to train against the zombies quietly. He repeatedly executed the skills of Stormy Shadowless Kick. The shadows from his kicks were endless, and the wind from his punches roared.

  The sounds of something being struck repeatedly came from the zombie!

  By then, the damage of his Stormy Shadowless Kick had neared eight hundred points after the martial art reached the tenth realm. Together with the 380 additional damage from his Green Jade Shrouded in Heavenly Silks, his damage was now comparable to a normal high-tier martial art.

  But the damage of Stormy Shadowless Kick was not its most terrifying side!

  What was truly terrifying was its speed. Its punches were like the wind, and its kicks could not be seen. The punches and kicks were as swift as a storm and rained down on the zombie like drops of rain. The zombie's body was like a sandbag placed within a storm. It could not control it at all at that moment and could only sway left and right. There was absolutely no chance for it to counterattack.

  As Little Norther watched, the shock and admiration in his eyes became greater, and his decision to go up against Class One Hall with his Big Brother Happy became even firmer!

  "Big Brother Happy, take me with you."

  "Give me a reason."

  The four words that were thrown back at him as a response lifted Little North's spirits. Then, he looked dumbstruck.

  "What?"

  Happy defeated a zombie with just three punches and two kicks and turned around to look at Little North.

  "Class One Hall's members are strong, and they have great power. They aren't easy to deal with. I have a grudge against Class One Hall, so it's only natural that I have a reason to go up against them, but what reason do you have?"

  "Ah…" Little North thought about it. "Big Brother Happy, your enemy is my enemy, isn't that enough?" />
  "You are you, and I am me. That reason isn't strong enough." Happy did not turn his head around. He collected his spoils of war and continued heading into the depths to search for new training targets.

  Little North quickly followed after him and racked his brains for a better reason.

  "Class One Hall does every evil that can be conceived! I want to get rid of them for all that is just in the world!"

  "I think I'll have to kill you first, don't you think? Do you have a few screws loose in your mind?"

  Happy stared at Little North with a face full of disdain.

  Little North's face turned red. "I really don't have any sort of connection with them, but you asked me to give you a reason. I can only come up with a random one."

  "So why do you insist on following me?"

  "It's naturally because I want to become a powerful fighter like you, big brother!" Little North answered with his eyes sparkling.

  Happy said nothing. He mulled over his words carefully before he said in the end, "I can somewhat accept this reason.

  "But your strength is still not up to standard. How about this? I'll give you three days. If you can kill three Mystical Realm zombies in one go within three days, I'll let you join."

  "Three?" Little North's expression grew troubled.

  "If you can't even get through this level of difficulty, you can take back your words just now."

  When he saw Happy's gaze and tone gradually turn indifferent, Little North gritted his teeth and puffed out his c.h.e.s.t. "If you want three, I'll give you three!"

  As he spoke, he brought his two precious zombies and quickly left.

  He did not notice that the moment he left, Happy stopped and stared at his back with a smile for some time.

  But when put it into practice, the situation was a lot different

  After all, zombies were NPCs, and they did not know how to work together. The two zombie puppets, on the other hand, could bring forth twice or even several times their original damage under Little North's control.

  Once he truly studied working with his zombie puppets, he would definitely be able to reach a breakthrough within three days and improve greatly! He would also be able to truly bring out the essence and power of a corpse controller!

  A resolute look flashed briefly in Happy's eyes.

  Three days later, he would leave Luoyang, because two days after that time, something major would happen in the game, if his memory served him correctly.

  A sect with quite a lot of fame would openly set up Chivalry Sect in Fox Cave, causing hundreds of Blessed Realm players from Chivalry Sect to die in the second level of Fox Cave, thereby causing a major battle between sects would last for more than two months!

  The cities around Fox Cave would practically all be covered in flames of war. The battles that covered the world in dark clouds would not stop, because Yao Hua's wife would then turn into the Nine-tailed Fox and slaughter all players near Fox Cave and Immortal Fox Village. Blood would flow in rivers and corpses would be strewn all over the land. It was only then that the battle between the two sects would finally come to an end.

  However, Happy remembered that after a year, Chivalry Sect would be destroyed, and the sect that had fought against it for more than two months would be taken under Class One Hall's wing. It was also revealed that the nameless organization was the true mastermind who had fought against Chivalry Sect.

  "The Gods are watching whatever you are doing."

  He wanted to claim the chance to use Chivalry Sect to cut down the sect that served as Class One Hall's claw!

  Even though it was only one of the sects that served Class One Hall, it would bring quite a lot of benefits from Fox Cave for Class One Hall that could not be overlooked. Even if Happy could not destroy it, he would make it sink into a bad situation during the fight and make it so that the sect could not spend any time to develop.

  If he relied on only Little North and All-powerful Medicinal Stone on his trip to Fox Cave, it would not be enough. With only them, he could not manipulate the battlefield. He had to look for a few more teammates with abilities before he could do anything.

  Once Little North left, Happy brought out a messenger pigeon and a letter.

  His brush flew all over the paper. Once he was done, he stuffed it into the bamboo tube at the messenger pigeon's leg.

  He cast it a profound glance before releasing it.

  He calculated the time. It had almost been eight days since he had left the ancient tomb. If Thunderous Battle had been practicing Infinite Sword Technique, he should have reached Grandmaster Realm with it.

  With a body fortification technique at Grandmaster Realm and the Infinite Sword Technique at Grandmaster Realm as well, Happy believed that Thunderous Battle's combat ability would allow him to handle two top-tier martial artists without any problem. Even if he would not be able to go up against the three monsters of Class One Hall, it would be enough.

  But Thunderous Battle was different from Little North. He was the type who preferred silence and did not like fights. In Happy's eyes, such people would find it very hard to survive in the game.

  Soon, a messenger pigeon flapped its wings and entered the mass grave.

  Happy opened the letter, and there were three words written on it with firm brushstrokes.

  "I'll be there!"

  *****

  Thunderous Battle clenched the letter in his hands tightly while in the ancient tomb outside Yangzhou.

  In the last couple days, all he had heard were miracles of Happy fighting against countless Blessed Realm players by himself. Thunderous Battle, a level-headed man who had always loved peace, was stimulated by those tales to the point that his blood boiled. When he received Happy's letter, he made the decision to head to Fox Cave and join the expedition without any hesitation.

  Like that, Happy received his third party member!

  Chapter 179 - Strengthen

  There were only three days left, and Happy's mission became a heavy burden on his shoulders. Not only did he have to push Stormy Shadowless Kick to Grandmaster Realm so it would become his main skill after he reached Blessed Realm, he also did not want to set aside his Flowering Knights' Song, which was already at Level 96.

  Stormy Shadowless Kick had incredible attack speed and could help him bring out all his skills, battle experience, and power from his previous life to its maximum potential.

  Flowering Knights' Song might be slightly lacking in comparison, but its damage was more than twice of Stormy Shadowless Kick. Once it reached Grandmaster Realm, together with Wind Spirit Spin, it could also be used as one of his killing moves when he entered Fox Cave because of its astonishing power in group battles!

  Aside from Stormy Shadowless Kick and Flowering Knights' Song, he also had to level up Wind Spirit Spin.

  Besides a large number of fox monsters in Fox Cave, there would also be people from different factions and organizations. The distinction between them would be very clear. Even if they could not distinguish between who belonged to what group, it was still very easy to cause another organization to treat them with hostility. They had to have their defensive measures perfected, and by that, he meant body fortification techniques.

  Body fortification techniques were very important in World of Martial Arts! Their realm meant a player's ability to resist attacks, and it was the way to survive in group battles!

  Without any body fortification techniques or with only low level ones, even if a player had divine weapons and ultimate techniques, it was possible that they could die in a crowd.

  Body fortification technique and a lightness skill served as the basis to protect one's life. Only with them could a player bring out the full power of their martial arts and display their strength.

  Happy knew this very clearly.

  As of then, the Black Sand Invulnerable Body was only at the ninth realm. Even though it was not low, compared to some professional gamers and high-tier body fortification techniques, the differenc
e was like night and day.

  He had the high-tier body fortification technique, Golden Bell Cocoon, which was a high-tier martial art that corresponded with many low-tier body fortification techniques. But if he could not master Black Sand Invulnerable Body, the advantage of Golden Bell Cocoon would be pushed back indefinitely, and it was something Happy did not want to see.

  Even though his trip to Mount Song had brought him many unexpected surprises and rewards, and his abilities had increased greatly, Happy still had plans to perform a high-intensity training regime over the next couple to be more prepared for the upcoming trip to Fox Cave.

  He had to use the shortest amount of time possible to increase the level of his martial arts.

  It was of vital importance for him to hold the high-intensity training he always used during the later stages of the game in his previous life.

  Since the time he placed his notice, he had managed to buy four high-tier martial art manuals with the total of one million and eight hundred thousand taels of silver crumbs he had placed in the commission shop. Of course, he did not manage to buy the more popular and trending saber techniques and blade techniques. Instead, he got one bow technique, two spear techniques, and one axe technique.

  Happy sent all of the high-tier martial art manuals to Phoenix Dances and asked her to choose someone suitable from Beautiful Robes Faction to practice them. Then, he took the money she paid him and bought a set of gear that provided above average defense.

  With eight hundred thousand silver crumbs in hand, the range of items he could buy became quite wide.

  Aside from buying Yellow Dragon Archer Gear that was worth three hundred thousand taels of silver crumbs, he also spent one hundred thousand taels of silver crumbs to buy a set of Yellow Dragon Gauntlets and Yellow Dragon Boots.

  [Yellow Dragon Archer Gear: Increase 200 defense. Increase Body Movement by 3. Has a chance to reduce 20% of incoming damage.]

  [Yellow Dragon Gauntlets: Increase attack speed by 5. Increase Balance Recovery by 1. Increase Body Movement by 2.]