Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

But when their arrows and hidden weapons were thrown in a manner that filled the air, they noticed that their hidden weapons, and arrows left the trajectory they originally set for them.

  Even though all of them struck the Mongolian cavaliers and more than half of the two hundred or so Mongolian cavaliers instantly fell from their steeds and died, the feeling they gave to the players was incredibly strange. The arrows and hidden weapons gathered together in the air, as if they were controlled by an invisible hand before they reset their target, and those weapons acted as if they had relation to them and were never fired from their hands.

  The group of people looked at each other at a loss and stopped.

  At that moment, someone finally noticed the sword glares that moved freely among the Mongolian cavaliers that had now spread out and had become scattered from each other. It was as if those sword glares were actually flowers of death that had bloomed, and they were continuously killing the remaining Mongolian cavaliers.

  "That person…"

  "He killed the 10,000-man commander."

  "Whew… Do you think what happened just now is related to him?"

  "What else do you think? You can't possibly think that this is something the Mongolian cavaliers did, right? Did you get your points?"

  At that moment. Someone in the group finally recognized Happy's sword technique from the rapidly reducing number of Mongolian cavaliers.

  "What a fast sword technique… Look, doesn't that guy look like Happy?"

  Boom!

  That one sentence caused the crowd to burst into commotion. Many people put on shocked expressions.

  "That should be him. Aside from a Moksha Realm player, who else will dare to rush into the Mongolian cavalry battalion alone?"

  "The technique he used just now should be Shifting Stars… He actually managed to shift all our attacks to other places, that's so amazing… I think all the points have been given to him."

  "If it's him, then there's no way we can play in the area anymore."

  The players who originally wondered whether they should go up and fight also had their restlessness die away, and they no longer decided to act rashly.

  *****

  They also fought with the Chinese army against the Mongolian cavaliers. Even though Mongolian cavaliers did not number more than two thousand, the battle had gained a different atmosphere.

  Barren Murderer had his skin turn entirely black, and there was no shine on his skin. He moved around fearlessly among the Mongolian cavaliers while there were all sorts of poisonous creatures crawling about in a dense fashion on the ground. Almost every horse was bitten to death, and the Mongolian cavaliers were forced to get down from their horses to fight. Just like this, Barren Murderer went up against the Mongolian cavaliers who wielded hatchets. He collided into those Mongolian cavaliers recklessly and did not care about the weapons that hit him.

  Even if those weapons hit fatal areas, as long as they did not go for his head, he did not dodge them.

  Heaven and Earth Great Shift could easily move the important positions in his body elsewhere, and it could also weaken enemy attacks or shift enemy attacks elsewhere. Even though he had to use quite a lot of qi for it, Class One Hall was not stingy when they gave their high-class medicinal pills to Barren Murderer…

  With each attack, he could kill a few Mongolian cavaliers.

  "Be prepared to set up an isolation zone, and don't let the Chinese army come and bother us."

  Evil Wolf rode on his horse with a ghastly look in his eyes. While a group of Class One Hall elites surrounded him, he paid close attention to the situation in the battlefield, and he will occasionally give some commands.

  "Order our hall members to not touch even a single Mongolian cavalier!"

  *****

  However, ever since morning came and the army set out, a fluctuation of points soon appeared on War Achievement Points Rank, and the changes were very frequent. The elites who were in charge of observing the points felt their hearts tremble in shock, and they could hardly contain their astonishment.

  Aside from a few people whose points increased rather slowly, the other people on the entire War Achievement Points Rank seemed to be seizing war achievements at a maddening pace, especially for the group of top-class elites who were close to the top. The speed in which they acc.u.mulated their war achievements could be described at lightning speed. In fact, the top ten players looked as if they were competing in a 100-meter dash.

  In less than half an hour, even the person with the least amount of points had increased nearly two thousand points.

  With yesterday's expression, the top-class sects came up with more effective strategies. They attacked at full strength, and Class One Hall's Barren Murderer pushed his points rapidly to eight thousand from his initial four thousand, and now, he was nearly in the nine thousand.

  Silver Wolf and Lu Mingyue were slightly slower in acc.u.mulating points, but their progress was just as staggering. They had already reached eight thousand, and the speed in which they increased their points was gradually increasing.

  Dream Clouds, Blood Robes, Phoenix Dances, Rampaging Dragon, Momo, Thunderous Battle, Little North, Red Dust, and Phantasmal Shadow swiftly reached the six thousand mark and soon touched the border of seven thousand points.

  Meanwhile, Langye and Violent Wind and Bloody Rain, who had already been rewarded publicly by the system, had their points exchanged with cavaliers, and they could be considered to have only appeared briefly in public eye for an instant before they fell out of the ranking board once more.

  Those who were ranked at the back and did not have their sects fully backing them naturally cannot compete with the people ranked at the top. However, their strategies were not to be underestimated either. Based on how quickly they obtained their points, they will definitely be able to get the title of a medium-rank captain within three to five days.

  As for the person ranked at the top…

  Class One Hall had originally wanted to overtake Happy once day arrived, but when they saw the five figured points on the ranking board and the points that rose at a continuous as well as crazed speed, they could not help but feel a great sense of helplessness.

  Happy only had a little more than seven thousand points in the morning, and he was not too far ahead of Barren Murderer. At that time, he was only around three thousand points ahead of him.

  But now, he already had more than eighteen thousand points in hand, and based on the rate in which he increased his points, he was about to break the twenty thousand point mark. He had managed to widen the gap between them by five figures, and there was no way they will not be able to feel helpless about it.

  *****

  The Mu Clan members in charge of staying back to observe the data were the Three Lonely Wolves, and they had volunteered themselves to do so.

  Ever since the trio turned South China Martial Arts Ranking Board into a ranking board that encompassed all universities in the south, their fame shot up by leaps and bounds, and many brands contacted them to work together with them. Right now, they could already be considered to be young billionaires in the university. It was very difficult for them to find time to train in a day, but they did not want to be too out of touch with the others, which was why they decided to take turns in observing the points.

  [What's the situation now?]

  When he received Glutinous Rice's messenger pigeon, Bai Lang, who was in charge of keeping an eye on the ranking board, and he quickly wrote down a few lines of data from the ranking board.

  The people dozens of miles away received the information in time.

  "Excellent!" He stopped for a moment, and a hint of gentleness appeared under Silver Wolf's resolute and cold silver mask. "A medium-rank captain only needs seventeen thousand points. Happy has already completed his quest beforehand. We'll need to work harder and get rid of this group of Mongolian cavaliers. Phoenix Dances and I should be able to reach the requirements."

  There were about two t
housand Mongolian cavaliers in one battalion, and that was a total of twenty thousand points.

  "That's right! As long as Langye as well as Violent Wind and Bloody Rain has yet to gather the full number of cavaliers, the first to trigger the large-scale quest will still be us!"

  Phoenix Dances was also extremely confident.

  Chapter 831 - Engaged in a Fierce Battle Against Class One Hall

  The progress in which Class One Hall and Mu Clan gained their points could be considered to go smoothly.

  With the golden title of being a top-class sect, it was not a problem for them to monopolize a large group of Mongolian cavaliers, and they were also very strong, which meant that others did not dare readily provoke them.

  But Wind Assault Tower and some large-sized sects did not have such an easy time. In fact, some of those sect alliances who were very famous and strong will often encounter competition from other factions of power and elites. Hence, they were forced to be engaged in full frontal fights with the Mongolian cavaliers to try and get more points.

  Wind Assault Tower ran into a huge problem at an area near the army.

  At that time, Dream Clouds and Blood Robes had just killed the group of Mongolian cavaliers they monopolized, and those two quickly changed their direction and found the Mongolian cavaliers Wind Assault Tower kited.

  When they arrived, they immediately ordered for Wind Assault Tower to leave the area, and those who had something to say about it were killed on the spot.

  "Dream Clouds, don't go overboard!"

  Even though Phantasmal Shadow was in absolute disadvantage when it came to how imposing she was compared to Class One Hall, they were currently at a moment where both sides confronted each other, and Phantasmal Shadow wanted to climb up to power, which meant that even though she might be weaker, she still had to do her best in the fight. Besides, she still had the people from Wind Assault Tower beside her. The region which Mu Clan monopolized was also three miles away. Even though there were thousands of Class One Hall elites who came over in an aggressive manner, she did not fear them, and it allowed her to rebuke them loudly.

  "Hall master, they're from Wind Assault Tower, and Phantasmal Shadow is personally leading the group."

  When she heard her subordinates report the situation to her, Dream Clouds frowned slightly, and she felt displeased.

  Naturally, she knew that Phantasmal Shadow had already become Mu Clan's ally. Phantasmal Shadow was a major factor behind why Towering Palace had lost so quickly and become a dying flower about to become a thing of the past. If Mu Clan had been alone in the situation, they will not be able to mobilize a large group of people, and it will be hard for them to force Towering Palace to that state in such a short time.

  Phantasmal Shadow had been a great thorn in her side over this period of time, and Dream Clouds hated her for a long time.

  Right now, when she saw Phantasmal Shadow, she could not help but have raging killing intent burn in her c.h.e.s.t, but no change could be seen on Dream Clouds' face. She only asked one question faintly, "How many people are there?"

  "Fewer than five hundred."

  When she heard her subordinate's answer, Dream Clouds cast a glance at the two thousand or so people who were still fighting against the Mongolian cavaliers and refused to retreat.

  "Kill them, and be straightforward in your actions. Don't drag out the fight."

  Even though the players will not be inflicted with the severely weakened status during the event period at the border of the two countries and it will not cause any effect to Mu Clan, each time the players died, the points they acc.u.mulated will be reduced to zero, and it will deliver a huge blow to Wind Assault Tower.

  "Understood."

  The Class One Hall elites received their orders and no longer hesitated. They swung their weapons and slaughtered their enemies.

  The people who originally resisted Class One Hall were immediately surrounded, and dozens of people died on the spot.

  Those thousands of Class One Hall members attacked unthinkingly, and they paid special attention to the people from Wind Assault Tower.

  "Bastard!"

  "You jerks from Class One Hall, you'll pay for what you did today!"

  "Tower master, leave!"

  The Wind Assault Tower members could also tell that Class One Hall was most probably taking revenge on Wind Assault Tower helping Mu Clan with this move. Wu Kuo led his group to fight as they retreated, and their main goal was to escort Phantasmal Shadow to safety.

  When she saw that the people from Class One Hall had attacked, Phantasmal Shadow's charming and beautiful eyes showed no alarm or anger. Instead, they sparkled radiantly, "No need! Big brother, send a messenger pigeon to contact Silver Wolf, Happy, Little North, Momo, or anyone of the higher ups from Mu Clan. Tell them about the situation here."

  "Class One Hall is going overboard with their tyranny, we'll definitely tell Mu Clan about this, but we'll have to leave first before we do anything else!" When he saw the people from Class One Hall surround them, Wu Kuo was anxious and livid. "You've finally got yourself more than eight thousand points, and if you die, all your efforts will be wasted! Hurry up! While they still haven't completely surrounded us just yet, we have to leave!"

  "Listen to me. You won't go wrong in this."

  Phantasmal Shadow stood her ground in incredible calm while she stared at the people from Class One Hall slaughtering their way to them with an aggressive presence. She showed no signs of wanting to leave.

  "You—"

  "Big brother, we can only gain something by losing something! Trust me!"

  Phantasmal Shadow stared into Wu Kuo's eyes calmly, and he finally calmed down gradually, but he still took her words with a grain of salt. "What do you mean by gaining something by losing something?"

  He still could not imagine how they could gain anything by losing more than eight thousand points.

  But while he spoke, he no longer retreated.

  Because Phantasmal Shadow always thought through everything deeply before she made any of her actions, and she will not act recklessly.

  Phantasmal Shadow smiled faintly.

  "You know as well that this morning, Langye as well as Violent Wind and Bloody Rain received the title of senior-rank captain, and they received their quests ahead of us. Forget about Violent Wind and Bloody Wind, while he's strong, he's in a sect to the south, and he has no relation with Class One Hall whatsoever. He'll need to take a few days before he can trigger that quest."

  "I know about that as well, but why are you mentioning them?"

  "Langye is the tower master of Sky Penetrating Tower, and it's a tower in Beijing. Right now, they should be one of Class One Hall's most loyal affiliates. If Langye and Dream Clouds work together, they will soon trigger a large-scale quest." Phantasmal Shadow's tone was calm.

  Wu Kuo gradually realized that he seemed to have caught on to something, but…

  "I know about those as well, but what does that have to do with us staying here to die?"

  "...You still don't understand."

  Phantasmal Shadow sighed in resignation. At that moment, she deeply suspected whether she was really related by blood with her big brother and whether one of them was actually adopted.

  "Mu Clan and Class One Hall have bad blood between each other. This time, will Mu Clan be willing to see Class One Hall seize the initiative? Of course not. The situation was fine in the beginning stages of the event, since everyone was busy acc.u.mulating points and stayed out of each other's business. No one was willing to turn complete enemies against each other, because they know that once they go to war, it will not benefit either side, but now, Langye's appearance has broken the balance."

  "...What do you mean?" Wu Kuo turned red in the face.

  Phantasmal Shadow found herself even more speechless. She stared at the Class One Hall elites who rushed over and enunciated her words clearly. "Mu Clan needs a reason to attack."

  Wu Kuo's eyes lit up. Then, he a
sked in slight worry, "But how do you know that Mu Clan will definitely attack?"

  When he saw this, Wu Kuo instantly s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath!

  "'We can only gain something by losing something!"'

  He finally understood what Phantasmal Shadow meant.

  Right now, Wind Assault Tower was Mu Clan's ally.

  If Mu Clan knew that Class One Hall had publicly attacked Mu Clan's ally and utterly destroyed them, there was no way Mu Clan will stand by and do nothing.

  When he thought of this, Wu Kuo no longer hesitated. "My friends, we're fighting to the end with those Class One Hall bastards!"

  Among enraged roars that sounded like tidal waves, hundreds of Wind Assault Tower members launched their counterattack with an indomitable spirit.

  This action even affected the Wind and Rain Alliance members who were fighting while retreating in order to leave the place!

  "Darn it!"

  "Phantasmal Shadow, that woman! She's forcing me to a dead end here! If I run now, how am I going to gain a footing in the alliance in the future?! If others know about this, they'll say that I can't even compare to a woman and that I ran around like a headless chicken because of a woman… If those from Mu Clan know that I abandoned an ally… Damn it! Brothers and sisters, go back! Slaughter your way back! We'll fight against those bastards from Class One Hall to the end!"

  "AAAAARGHHHH!!"

  Enraged shouts could be heard rising and falling as they surged to the clouds above the plains. Thousands of people turned back under Dream Clouds' astonished gaze!

  Then, a chaotic battle involving three sides soon broke out!

  Chapter 832 - Use the Momentum

  They rode on their horses and killed!

  The situation just went from bad to worse…

  The Class One Hall members might all have extraordinary abilities, but the hundreds of Wind Assault Tower members in the battlefield were all the elites in the tower, and it was the same situation for Wind and Rain Alliance. Both sides were of equal strength, and their total number were actually about the same as Class One Hall.