Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  "Wait!"

  Shocked, everyone stopped moving and focused on Xu Yao.

  She bit down on her bottom lip and stared at Silver Wolf with indignation. "I don't think this plan is good. If we make such arrangements, Class One Hall might do the same as well. If we can't focus our firepower from the beginning, our scattered archers won't be able to threaten Class One Hall at all. At that time, we'll be the ones who'll suffer a loss."

  Silver Wolf said nothing, but he cast Xu Yao a glance. He found her intense reaction slightly odd.

  But he paid it no mind.

  "It's fine. Class One Hall doesn't have many people, and they have few archers on their side. If we kill one, they will have one less archer. At that time, you will only need to take care of defending against the rest. I will be at the back and pick out Class One Hall's archers." Silver Wolf was very confident in his boomerangs.

  "Alright!"

  Phoenix Dances also knew that Silver Wolf was very good. Since he could kill twenty or so Class One Hall elites within a short time, he should be able to handle archers with ease. She decided to follow through with his plan without hesitation.

  "I'll have to rely on you! Glutinous Rice, prepare a set of second-echelon equipment for Silver Wolf."

  Phoenix Dances did not forget about protecting Silver Wolf. She was well aware that as long as he was around, they would definitely be able to deal a severe blow and even kill more of Class One Hall's elites.

  Silver Wolf said nothing. He just nodded, not refusing Phoenix Dances' offer.

  Soon, nearly one thousand rather strong elites gathered in Beautiful Robes Faction. As the faction created more branches, the area of their headquarters also increased in a suitable fashion. They had even gained roofs above their two wings and halls full of people.

  Everyone was fully prepared!

  *****

  When the large group of people from Class One Hall rushed into Xuancheng with a loud roar that shook the earth, the atmosphere in Xuancheng instantly froze, and the air of hostility grew so thick that everyone knew that war was going to break out

  Boom! Boom!

  Horse hooves thundered against the ground. They brought clouds of sand in their wake as they swiftly drew close to Beautiful Robes Faction's headquarters.

  Blood Robes personally led the charge. He sat on a Hoof Shadow in a prideful manner while his robes fluttered loudly. His face was full of enthusiasm, and barely noticeable smile could be detected on his clean and bright face. It made people think that he had come not to destroy someone's headquarters, but to bring gifts and attend a banquet.

  Neigh!

  When the army arrived outside Beautiful Robes Faction's headquarters, Blood Robes could not see a single person in the square before the gates. Yet a freezing and murderous air filled up every inch of the land.

  "They say that fools fear nothing, and it is indeed true," Blood Robes mumbled under his breath, mocking the students, but he did not move forward recklessly.

  Blood Robes raised his hand and waved.

  Rustle!

  Groups of capable big men with great equipment and resolute gazes split up to the left and right like streams of water. They set up their formation in the empty spot ahead of Blood Robes and moved forward in an orderly fashion toward Beautiful Robes Faction's gate.

  When they were around 229 feet away, the one thousand or so people could see a bow formation in the headquarters, ready to fire.

  Blood Robes smiled coldly.

  He said nothing, but fired a few arrows at Beautiful Robes Faction's sign and flag. Once he received a notification from the system, he began to wait quietly.

  Ten minutes later, the Killing Star effect on Happy's body would disappear.

  Time slowly passed while the air in the area was nearly stagnant.

  Chapter 377 - Happy Appeared

  Vast Martial City [1] was a normal, middle-sized city, but it was quite famous because it was located close to the royal mausoleum, which was a favorable condition given to it by nature itself, and it found favor with martial artists. Many of the new sects that rose to power on a later date had their headquarters set in Vast Martial City, and they brought prosperity to it.

  The news of Happy's death first spread through Vast Martial City.

  The players in Guanlin Temple should have been a very unlucky bunch of people, but they had managed to witness a very shocking sight of Happy walking out, and the gloominess in their hearts vanished. Instead, they found glory in the fact that they had died at that time, and when they met someone, they told them all about it.

  According to them, when Happy left Guanlin Temple, quite a number of sects and great players in Vast Martial City thought about attacking him, and their target was his equipment.

  Since Guanlin Temple, there had been plenty of people who had trailed behind Happy either in broad daylight or in the shadows. They followed him wherever he took a step.

  At that time, Happy had not just gone to the market, but also to the commission shop. Then, he walked out of Vast Martial City in a rather listless fashion.

  Hundreds of martial artists headed out of the city as well; all of them wanted to be the ones to obtain Happy's equipment. They attacked him en masse, and that was how the bloody murder outside Vast Martial City had happened.

  None of the people who attacked survived.

  Even if Happy's abilities were reduced, he relied on his three-feet long sword and his sturdy Golden Armor Set to remain standing even when faced with hundreds of people. He killed people with a single slash of his sword, and in less than ten minutes, he had taken care of nearly three hundred people.

  Countless martial artists who had heard of the news and rushed over were so terrified that their souls almost left their bodies, and they dared not approach him. Once Happy turned around and chased dozens of them to death, the others did not even dare to remain in his line of sight.

  An hour after that, Happy changed to silver armor and appeared for a brief moment a few miles away. Then, he completely vanished from the people's sights.

  Now, the teams that were hunting Happy were already around sixty miles away from Vast Martial City, and the people in nearby cities also searched for him. They even set up checkpoints, but they could still not find him.

  Some people in Vast Martial City guessed that Happy had stayed for a long time in the royal mausoleum and had logged off for a while. Then, he must have hidden himself within the search area.

  *****

  Due to Happy's disappearance as well as the tense situation of Beautiful Robes Faction, some rumors gradually appeared in Vast Martial City.

  Class One Hall had just built their branch in Vast Martial City, and once Happy died, most of the resources in the royal mausoleum would definitely land in their hands!

  Originally, Class One Hall had the advantage of being an unshakeable force, but once Happy died, the resources in the royal mausoleum would become theirs, and they would definitely enter a period of time when they would be able to develop swiftly.

  The people from Class One Hall's branch in Vast Martial City strengthened their advantage nonstop to create great pressure on the local sects.

  *****

  On that day, a few of Class One Hall disciples worked together to visit a diviner's stall.

  "There's still ten minutes."

  One person checked the time, and he could not hide a hint of excitement in his quivering voice.

  His companions also looked excited and exhilarated. "Once Happy dies, we'll see who else will dare to stand against Class One Hall in World of Martial Arts!"

  Even though the Killer Star prevented them from finding Happy straight away, they had absolutely no problem in searching for him when it vanished. They grasped this fact and were prepared to locate Happy the moment he was no longer hidden. Then, they would send the news to Vice Hall Master Barren and the others at the same time. Even Hall Master Dream Clouds waiting for the news in Beijing.

  However, while they
waited quietly and counted down the time, black messenger pigeons suddenly flapped their wings among the crowd on the streets of Vast Martial City.

  Flap, flap, flap!

  The black messenger pigeons immediately attracted the attention of all the players on the street.

  Countless gazes focused on their landing points like spotlights. They gathered on the Class One Hall disciples who had stunned expressions on their faces.

  They were shocked speechless, and they looked at each other at a loss.

  'This was… the warning messenger pigeon when a sect's foundation was attacked.'

  "Who's cracking a joke now?" One of them took down the messenger pigeon from his shoulder and mumbled to himself with a frown, "Who is it? Who would be so blind as to attack us?"

  The group found themselves blushing in disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e when the public witnessed Class One Hall being provoked.

  They spread out the letter to take a look, and their eyebrows twitched.

  "Damn it!"

  "What blind and brainless crazy would do this!"

  The letter did not show that the headquarters was attacked, but that the branch in Vast Martial City had been attacked. The system notified them that they had ten minutes to return and defend their home ground.

  "Let's go!"

  "Let's go and take a look!"

  "Don't. Vice Hall Master Barren's orders are that we wait here and give him Happy's location within the shortest time possible. It's not as if there's no one at the branch anyway."

  "That's right, I'll send a messenger pigeon to Old Yu and ask him. It might be some bored bastard who has decided to cause trouble for us."

  But they could not be blamed for that.

  After all, aside from having a comrade who fulfilled the standards of Class One Hall located in Vast Martial City's branch, Barren Murderer himself personally served as a garrison. He also had thirty or so of Class One Hall's core members by his side, all of whom were top-tier elites.

  With that sort of setup, unless a sect decided to mobilize all of its forces to attack, it was impossible for them to touch Class One Hall's branch foundation in Vast Martial City.

  Once the messenger pigeon was released, they soon received a reply.

  [We don't know which bastard did it, but he cut off our flag, and he also impaled our signboard with a throwing knife. Once we rushed out, we could no longer find him. We don't know which bastard's prank is this. Damn it, don't let me find him, for if I do, I'll chase and kill him for three days and three nights!]

  Old Yu cursed up a storm in his reply, which made it clear that he was very angry.

  The Class One Hall members looked at each other and smiled on the street. They felt relieved.

  Most of the members of Class One Hall acted in a very flashy manner usually so they offended quite a number of people. The attack earlier was perhaps some members of Vast Martial City's local sects deciding to intentionally vent their anger.

  The group did not pay any more attention to it, and as time passed, the ten minutes were soon up.

  A small pouch filled with gold was slammed on the diviner's stall, and the Class One Hall members gave their order while looking down on the diviner.

  "Help me search for Happy's whereabouts!"

  When they saw the diviner happily take the pouch, the group was filled with high spirits, but at the same time, they could not help but curse the developers for their shamelessness. How could they charge someone so much money just to get someone's whereabouts?

  Last time, they only needed to pay a few thousand taels of silver to search for Happy, but now, the damn price had increased by tenfold, and they had to pay a few thousand taels of gold!

  Besides, searches usually lasted for some time, so they might need to spend tens of thousands taels of silver or even hundreds of thousands taels of silver. If they did it for an entire day, they would not even know just how much they had paid to the NPCs.

  Fortunately, the diviner was rather professional and very effective.

  He threw his oracle bones on the eight trigrams chart and calculated the results. Then, he handed a piece of paper to the Class One Hall member who had paid him.

  The latter hastened to grab the letter and read it.

  "Urk! This is…"

  The people on his sides saw his dumbfounded expression and were unable to hold themselves back. They snatched the piece of paper over…

  The next moment, their faces drained of blood. They drew their weapons and dashed over the roofs toward their branch at the fastest speed possible.

  'Damn it!'

  Happy's coordinates showed that he was right at their branch's entrance.

  They had stomped on Happy's tail with their actions!

  Chapter 378 - Hall Master of Assassin Hall

  Class One Hall's branch in Vast Martial City was filled with around one hundred people who stared at the man covered in golden armor outside their headquarters. They looked as if they were facing a great enemy, and when the man drew closer to them, they slowly retreated into the headquarters. Their expressions were stern and very dark.

  Most of the people in the branch had been sent out to chase after Happy, since they did not expect that the person they were looking for had not left area of the royal mausoleum. Instead, he had turned around to return to Vast Martial City and stayed inside it for a day and night, right under Class One Hall's noses.

  Even though the people from Class One Hall knew that Happy had died once and his abilities had been greatly reduced, a person who was especially skilled was still stronger than a person who was not very skilled.

  Happy's infamy had long since taken root in their hearts.

  When they realized that Happy had been right under their noses and had taken the initiative to come to their doorstep to provoke them, Class One Hall's members were more terrified than happy, and they did not dare to immediately attack him.

  After all, Barren Murderer's people would need at least two hours to rush back. Thus, the branch's main goal should be to hold Happy back and prevent themselves from losing their ground in Vast Martial City.

  They could not understand, however, how Happy, who should have been at least thirty miles away, would have returned to Vast Martial City safely while everyone was searching for him so carefully. He had done it without attracting anyone's attention.

  When the group sent news about what happened to the other branches and the headquarters, they asked for help from Barren Murderer.

  It was a person in a well-balanced silver armor that was dazzling to the eyes. It covered the entire person in a fitting manner, and there was a Bamboo that covered the eyes and face on their head.

  When the person appeared, they immediately caught quite a few people's attention, and the crowd cried out in surprise.

  "Silver armor!"

  "It's him!"

  Quite a number of people recognized him. It person "Happy" who had appeared for a brief moment in front of people yesterday. However, since he had arrived beside the real Happy right then, it had to be an impostor.

  When the person stopped beside him, Happy did not even turn his head around. "Medicinal Stone, I've caused trouble for you."

  "What are you saying?"

  The person took off his bamboo hat and revealed a slightly old and cunning face. It belonged to All-powerful Medicinal Stone, who had disappeared for more than a month.

  "How could I not be found when Class One Hall is in the area?" he said in a mischievous tone. "Count me in for your fight against their branch in Vast Martial City."

  Happy nodded without stopping. "Alright, this time we'll fight together."

  This was what happened.

  When Class One Hall came to the area of the royal mausoleum to set up their branch, All-powerful Medicinal Stone quickly followed them to secretly scheme against them with Happy in the royal mausoleum.

  But he did not expect that Class One Hall would be so intimidated by Happy that they would not even dare to enter the roya
l mausoleum, so his plan came to its natural death.

  However, Happy's accidental death had shocked All-powerful Medicinal Stone. He immediately realized that it was impossible for Class One Hall to not take action, which was why he took the initiative to contact Happy. He helped him form a plan in which he could attack them after All-powerful Medicinal Stone diverted their attention.

  However, what All-powerful Medicinal Stone did not expect was that Happy would still have to kill hundreds of players who chased after him, and what surprised him even more was that Happy gave up on leaving Vast Martial City to return to Baokang to rest and heal. Instead, he stayed an entire day in the restaurant before he attacked Class One Hall.

  He was truly gutsy!

  While admiring Happy, All-powerful Medicinal Stone took the initiative to return to Vast Martial City, switched to Silver Aquatic Dragon Set in the crowd, and decided to move as well.

  *****

  "What?"

  The news of Happy and All-powerful Medicinal Stone's appearance in Class One Hall's branch at Vast Martial City soon reached Barren Murderer. Together with his people, he has stayed for a long time around sixty miles away from the city. At first, they thought that the people from the branch were just joking with them, but once they verified the news, everyone realized that they had been tricked.

  "They're just asking for death!"

  [Hold them back!]

  "Comrades, let's go."

  The group summoned their steeds in anger and dashed back to Vast Martial City.

  At the same time, Dream Clouds also received the news of Happy appearing in their branch at Vast Martial City while she was hundreds of miles away. She frowned slightly, and her eyes sparkled. No one knew what she was thinking about.

  She could only guess vaguely that Happy's extreme reaction was because he had learned that Class One Hall was about to take revenge on Beautiful Robes Faction for destroying one of their branches.

  But the question was, did Happy have the power to take revenge right then?