Since Xu Xin could overcome a great difficulty and catch up, it would be very easy for her to match the top layers once she had a Life and Death Realm martial art. At least, it would not be impossible for her to be at the same level as the top fighters on South China Martial Arts Ranking Board.
Breakfast ended in a happy atmosphere!
When he returned to the game, Happy had Xu Xin choose her own martial art manual.
Among them were Shaolin Temple's Zen Sword, Wudang Sect's Seventeen Big Dipper, Kunlun Sect's Flowing Clouds Sleeves, which was a palm technique, Mount Hua Sect's Moon Invitation Sword, and Kongtong Sect's House Ender.
Among the Life and Death Realm high-tier martial arts, those five could be considered to be high-class goods.
Right then, Mu Clan's development was extraordinary. Phoenix Dances and the others already had Life and Death Realm martial arts, and they did not need to be distracted by anything else. That was why Happy decided to privately settle the ownership of the manuals he had gained and keep them for Xu Xin and the Three Lonely Wolves, which was something rare for him.
"I have a third-echelon Clear Abyss. Even though its attributes aren't really that great, it's still pretty good. Take it. Then you can choose any of the three sword techniques to train."
"Alright."
Girls usually liked sword techniques more than any other martial arts. Xu Xin might not be with Happy in the game, but she could still sense his concern for her, and she felt warmth bloom in her heart.
Her gaze moved between Shaolin Temple and Wudang Sect's sword techniques. In the end, her eyes landed on Mount Hua Sect's Moon Invitation Sword.
"I don't quite understand Zen Sword, and Wudang Sect's Seventeen Big Dipper seems to be a little too domineering. I'll choose Moon Invitation Sword."
"I knew you'd choose this one."
Happy smiled and sent Xu Xin the manual without any hesitation.
"Moon Invitation places an emphasis on sword will, defense, and counterattack. You can ask for help from Glutinous Rice. Once you reach the higher levels with it, its might will be pretty strong."
"How did you know?" Xu Xin asked curiously.
It had to be known that only players who had practiced a certain sword technique until the higher levels were able to understand their killing technique and the profound secret behind it.
"I've experienced it before."
Xu Xin did not doubt Happy's words. She nodded and listened to his instructions. Once she put them to memory, she eagerly ended their conversation and went out of the city to train.
Chapter 457 - Title
Ever since the battle at Eternal Peace Temple, Happy vanished from the eyes of the players once more. This time, he did not show up for a full half a month, and Class One Hall suffered through it in great unease.
The three monsters of Class One Hall never left Beijing, and every day, they trained in their prisons without stop. Even Zhou Yu went to the north…
During that half a month, a slight change happened to the setup in World of Martial Arts.
Chivalry Sect was the leader to the south of Changjiang, and they rapidly increased their original forty or so branches to more than seventy. They spread out through various important cities, and many sects who had once served under Class One Hall switched to obeying Chivalry Sect.
Fortunately, Chivalry Sect was not as uncompromising as Class One Hall. They set up an alliance with one or two of the greatest sects in each city and shared the core resources with them. Hence, Chivalry Sect had a much smoother time in getting the resource points they wanted compared to Class One Hall, and they were also much more supported by the other gamers.
The area south of Changjiang became a solid fortress because of Wind Void, Lin Xiao, and Red Dust's management!
The trio also gained different titles in the game.
Wind Void became Mandarin Butterfly Heroine Duchess. Since her contribution to Chivalry Sect was not as great as that of Lin Xiao and she lacked the resolution to kill, mighty determination, and sufficient wariness, she was not suitable to be crowned an empress.
Lin Xiao then became Moral Chivalry Duke and Red Dust was named Monk of the World Red Dust.
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Naturally, the area north of Changjiang was still controlled by Class One Hall.
Even though Vice Hall Master Blood Robes died in Eternal Peace Temple, which resulted in three top-tier players and a group of strong fighters losing their reputation to a point like never before, it was still not enough to damage Class One Hall's foundation. Besides, once the disciples from the branches in the south were called back, Class One Hall became even stronger than before in the north. Nothing could move them there.
Dream Clouds attacked mercilessly.
She swiftly destroyed two large sects, and the people in the north who had been discussing Class One Hall's failures stopped bringing up that topic.
After all, people who were skilled were always better than those who were not or had just mastered a skill even if they suffered some setbacks. Besides, only some superficial parts of Class One Hall were damaged. They were still a roaring tiger!
Dream Clouds' encirclement there could be said to have been full of determination to destroy Chivalry Sect's foundation!
Three of the most outstanding leaders of Chivalry Sect had gathered in one place, and Tang Feng had led people from Assassin Hall to kill Red Dust.
Five of Class One Hall's best—Blood Robes, Zhou Yu, Child's Heart, Evil Wolf, and Monk with Thick Eyebrows—were sent together with the people from Perpetual Joy Sect, which should have made it impossible for anyone from Chivalry Sect to escape.
Once the three leaders of Chivalry Sect died, Class One Hall could instantly destroy all of Chivalry Sect branches in the north before they mobilized their forces to invade Changjiang and suppress Chivalry Sect until they could not fight back.
Mu Clan might do something while they were in Baokang, but their power when it came to fighting war and providing reinforcements was low. If they went out of Baokang, they would lose the support of the three local sects and become unable to turn the tides.
Hence, after the fight at Eternal Peace Temple, many people compared Dream Clouds to a fierce tiger who hid herself behind the scenes and would show her fangs at any moment. She became known as the fire goddess and the ruthless Cloud Empress Dream Clouds.
Zhou Yu's abilities could not be doubted, but it was a pity that he had fled during the battle at Eternal Peace Temple, and his glorious image was damaged slightly.
The players called him Zhou Lang Junior [1], or rather, Divine Spear Duke Zhou Yu, who was Zhou Lang Junior who fled a battle.
Blood Robes and Barren Murderer each died once due to Happy, but both were successors of an ultimate technique, and their abilities could not be questioned, so each of them was also given the title of duke.
The successor of Star S.u.c.k.i.n.g Great Skill became Star Duke Blood Robes. It was different from Happy's previous life when he was known as Star King.
The Undying Abyss King Barren Murderer who died once turned into Abyss King Duke. In Happy's previous life, he was known as Abyss King.
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Even though Changjiang served as the borders for Chivalry Sect and Class One Hall, they did not manage to stop the development of another mighty sect—Towering Palace!
They were the greatest market makers in the cities in the coastal area. Towering Palace never joined the conflict between Chivalry Sect, and they did not show any intention to side with anyone. They only focused on developing their branches in the coastal area.
There, they not only monopolized all the best resource points, they also often went to the sea to fight against pirates. They traveled from Heilongjiang in the north to Yunnan Dali, and not only did they run into pirates, they usually entered the territories of other nearby countries.
Right now, since they could not communicate with the players from Russia, Vietnam, North Korea, and South Korea due to language barri
ers, both sides thought that the other players were NPC pirates, and when they ran into each other, they fought…
No one knew the details of the fights, but Towering Palace managed to prosper. They enjoyed going to the sea and had a major operation almost every day, which made it clear that they never suffered any losses!
On Towering Palace's side, Clear Music was known as the calmest and wisest queen.
When she moved, she would create music. She was the Music Empress, Clear Music!
Merciless Saber and Loving Sword were at most top-tier fighters. They were at the same level as Evil Wolf and Monk with Thick Eyebrows, which meant that they were not at the same level as Blood Robes, Lin Xiao, and the others.
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In the map of the world which the three great lords divided into equal territories, many players found a territory that did not belong to any of the three great sects. It was a territory that belonged to a player sect that was not affiliated to the three great sects, and it was growing stronger at an astonishing speed!
Baokang!
It was situated to the north of Changjiang, and it was near Changjiang itself, but there was no Class One Hall force nearby, and Chivalry Sect did not take it into its territory either. The area was also some distance away from the coastal territories.
The dozen cities around Baokang were independent of the three great forces. They belonged to the China server, but they were not controlled by anyone.
Mu Clan proclaimed itself king there!
It was developing at a fast pace and showed sings of becoming the fourth great power in China!
Since all Class One Hall branches in the south had been destroyed, Mu Clan took over nearly half of them and divided the various resource points with Chivalry Sect equally in a straightforward manner.
Because of it, Mu Clan swiftly developed to a sect with nearly forty thousand people!
There were more than seven thousand people in War Hall. They were still in their initial stages, but they already possessed fighting power that surpassed what a normal large sect could field.
On top of that, Mu Clan's players who focused on occupations had been distributed equally among the resource points managed by the twenty or so branches. The profit they gained every day was impressive, and Mu Clan's storage was rumored to possess more than fifty billion taels of silver worth of resources.
They used their vast pool of resources as a foundation and swiftly developed a Pill Refinement Hall, Divine Weapon Hall, and Armor Forging Hall aside from their clan prison.
Not only did many herbalists like Pomelo pop up, forgemasters like Heartless Iron also came to them. They all received breakthroughs in their craft.
The herbalists made a grade two medicinal pill called Origin Leopard Pill. Whoever ate it gained 20% damage, 10% attack speed as well as movement speed, and 10% defense for two hours
They also created a grade two poison called Impure Arsenic Trioxide. When it was put on a weapon, the poison was effective for two hours. The abilities of those who got poisoned by it were instantly reduced by 60%.
If the poisoned person did not take in any strong antidote within three minutes, they would die. But even if the poisoned person took a strong antidote, they still needed half a minute to completely get rid of the poison.
Quite a number of elites from Mu Clan also received titles.
The man who commanded armies was Mechanism Duke Thunderous Battle!
The woman with Throw Spirit Sphere was Throw Spirit Duchess Momo!
The man with the silver mask was Silver Mask Duke Silver Wolf!
There was also Happy, who was known as an invincible player along with the mysterious One Emperor and who had never known defeat in the hands of a player. As of then, both their strengths were unfathomable and could not be measured.
Chapter 458 - Demonic Sound Duchess
Happy was very indifferent toward the dukes and empresses spreading like wildfire online. Compared to his previous life, Chivalry Sect's strength and impenetrability had changed many things, and Class One Hall experienced an unprecedented suppression. Abyss King and Star King, who were supposed to be two of the three kings, fell to dukes, and Clear Music, the master of Towering palace, unexpectedly managed to secure her spot in the fierce struggle, but her real strength might not necessarily have reached even the levels of a duchess.
There were also plenty of players who were not from the four sects who were given the titles of dukes and duchesses. There were more than thirty of them, and their numbers were still increasing.
Among them were Bright Moon Duke, Demonic Sound Duchess, and Lightning Duke.
Happy knew those were titles from the initial stages of the game, and no one had a clear guideline on how to give them, which meant that they could change at any moment. Some time was needed for experience in giving out titles to be acc.u.mulated. Once those who took advantage of the situation where no one knew how to get the title, whose strength was unstable, and who were lucky got cleared out, a ranking that was similar to the one in Happy's previous life would appear.
However, the ranking this time would definitely be different from the one in Happy's previous life.
Of course, there was also a possibility that it would end up just like before. With Barren Murderer and Blood Robes' abilities, it was not impossible for them to return to their previous positions.
The days right then were full of stability, and World of Martial Arts learned of peace. My Clan was situated in the middle of the three great sects, but they still managed to prosper. However, the direction of their development in the future would affect the other forces of power. Mu Clan was already so strong that no one could restrict or stop them, so they were bound to expand.
They could choose to develop their sect to the south of Changjiang and grow together with Chivalry Sect or move north of Changjiang to enter a conflict with Class One Hall and continue to suppress them.
They could also shift to the coastal area and get a portion of resources from Towering Palace who had already monopolized the resources there. All of those were possibilities before them!
For the moment though, Thunderous Battle, who had taken more than ten branches formerly belonging to Class One Hall in the south, did not continue to expand his clan. Instead, he continued to excavate and distribute the resources from his cities as well as take complete control of them.
World of Martial Arts, thus, entered a period of peace that was rarely seen in the game. However, no one knew just how long it would last.
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Since Mu Clan gained more great martial artists every day, had people like Momo, Little North, and Ancient Wind who served as the garrison, and had more than seven thousand powerful fighters in War Hall, the people in Beautiful Robes Hall returned to the peak of their condition, and Mu Clan's safety was no longer a problem.
The people who originally belonged to Beautiful Robes Faction did not talk about rebuilding Beautiful Robes Faction though. Everyone was already used to going around and saying that they were part of Mu Clan, which made them part of its glory.
But that did not mean that everyone was used to living in peace under Mu Clan's wings.
The humiliation of Beautiful Robes Faction being destroyed was still a heavy weight in their hearts, and everyone was constantly on guard. The students from the University of South China never relaxed. They always recalled what had happened on that day, and they did not wish for Mu Clan to go through what they did.
Beautiful Robes, Glutinous Rice, Tea Words, One Circle, and a few others went into the depths of Shennongjia to challenge it.
Rampaging Dragon, Bloody Flying Dragon, Bum, and some others borrowed a few fourth-echelon equipment from the clan to train with Stone Giants every day. They imitated Happy's extreme training method and tried madly to master their Life and Death Realm martial arts and high-tier body fortifications to increase their qi.
Everyone used all their time to increase their strength during the time of peace!
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br /> Mu Clan's elite, Silver Wolf, continued wandering around with Wind Chimes through the World of Martial Arts.
The voices of Silver Mask Duke and Demonic Sound Duchess could be heard everywhere from Sky Demon Sect to Taichi Sword Sect.
Silver Wolf reached Life and Death Realm, and he rose to fame with his Freezing Force, which allowed him to kill with his freezing palms. He gained the title of Silver Mask Duke, but lately, the players gained an even more astonishing discovery of him.
His attacks went from extreme cold to extreme heat!
Silver Wolf's Freezing Force reached the pinnacle of perfection. The enemies around him simply did not have a chance to execute their skills before cold poison invaded their bodies. Then, Silver Wolf would just need a few moves to defeat them.
But lately, Silver Wolf's palm wind had lost its freezing chill and gained great heat.
It was a heat that could make a person feel hot right down to their core!
Their blood would boil, and their qi would evaporate. No matter how high a person's damage was, when they stood in front of Silver Wolf, they would find themselves standing in front of the mouth of an erupting volcano.
There was once a few great players of evil sects who had accidentally ran into Silver Wolf. They were Life and Death Realm players, but with just two moves, Silver Wolf reduced them to Mystical Realm. Their qi was reduced incredibly quickly, and their body fortifications were destroyed within a few moves. In the end, they did not even have the courage to face Silver Wolf and just ran away dejectedly.
"So boring. We don't have anyone to rob."
When they heard the girl's murmurs, a number of people could not help but shudder, and they criticized her nonstop in their hearts.
'This devil… Who would actually be stupid and bored enough to go and bother you, Demonic Sound Duchess?!'
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