Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  She shuddered, and the Philipine maid lowered her head before she left quietly.

  Once the Philipine maid left, Dream Clouds massaged her temples a little before she cast a glance at the microcomputer on the coffee table. She then called a person in slight exhaustion.

  "Contact Blood Robes."

  "Contacting… Please wait a moment."

  "...Yeah?" Blood Robes' voice sounded incredibly grave.

  "Did you see that battle replay?"

  "I did."

  "What do you think?" Dream Clouds asked while suppressing her impatience. But there was a mocking and self-deprecating curve on her lips.

  She originally thought that they could stomp and suppress a former elite however they wanted with their current strength after he quit the game for one and a half years. She did not expect that Happy would be able to crush their confidence bit by bit within such a short time.

  This meant that the training they did over the past one and a half years was not enough for them to catch up to Happy's footsteps.

  They trained for an extra year and a half and even gained a lot more experience compared to him, but Happy still managed to stand above them.

  This discovery caused her to feel depressed and resigned.

  Blood Robes remained silent for a long while before he replied, "We no longer have the chance for regret. Over the past few days he's in Jiangnan, I've already asked my people to attack that group of people from before. I reckon Happy will soon receive this news."

  "You've already attacked them?!"

  Her motions of massaging her temples came to a screeching halt, and Dream Clouds' eyes flew open. A solemn and uneasy look flashed briefly in her eyes.

  "In truth, since yesterday, we've locked down on more than forty targets continuously, and right now, we've basically killed all of them. They won't be able to help Happy within a short period of time." Blood Robes stopped talking for a while before he continued. "But now, Happy has Wandering Know-it-all's help, and it'll be even harder to fight against him now. This time, we've truly miscalculated."

  "It's not just a miscalculation. If he doesn't have Wandering Know-it-all's help, we still won't have a problem using Blood Alliance and Five Venoms to fight a war of attrition against Happy… But now, Wandering Know-it-all is helping him, and we're exposed while Happy remains hidden in the shadows. The right to launch the preemptive strike might no longer be in our hands," Dream Clouds said.

  "Even if you say this now, it's already too late! My relationship with Happy has already soured to this point, and there's no turning back for me. Happy will never have the chance to fight against me. As long as he doesn't build a sect, he will only be a nobody at the lowest level of the societal hierarchy in the game. Even if he builds a sect, I still have a lot of methods to destroy it. Hmph!" Blood Robes said in agitation, "No matter what, Dream Clouds, we can't be merciful toward Happy anymore…"

  "Merciful? Have we ever been merciful?"

  Dream Clouds remained silent for a long time before she said, "Since we've already started fighting against them, then do it perfectly. Kill them a few more times and make sure that those people are completely useless for a month! Also, find an excuse and kill those people who trained with Happy at Ghost's Domain. I refuse to believe Happy will be able to endure this after learning about it."

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  Once Happy returned to the game after he was done with rehabilitation, he organized the rewards he gained from the battles he went through this time.

  Aside from the demon vessels he obtained from Common Reed Land, he also completed three kills in Gusu City, and he obtained six fourth-echelon demon vessels from it, which had coincidentally allowed Happy to gather together an entire set of fourth-echelon demon vessels.

  With the current standards in the game, the attributes for the equipment could only be described as being of superior quality. Each piece had a defense that was more than three thousand, and they added quite a lot of points for the players' own attributes. All of them also had the rare characteristic of allowing the player to maintain his or her posture. As long as the damage taken was not too great, the player's next move would basically not be affected, and it was a very useful characteristic.

  With a set of fourth-echelon demon vessels, not only would Happy's defense and attributes increase by leaps and bounds, even his movement speed and attack speed would increase exponentially, and it was to the point that Happy could not quite get used to it.

  His current stats were starting to show signs of surpassing his other self.

  "I'll have to search for a chance to get used to this first."

  While the large jump in attributes was a good thing, if he could not get used to and control this new power, it would just end up becoming a burden.

  After Happy left Mantuo Villa and Lake Tai, he went straight to Sky Demon Secret Cave.

  Sky Demon Secret Cave was located at the ruins of Sky Demon Sect. In this world, most of the time, it was controlled by Class One Hall. In fact, Class One Hall had set up a branch outside the city, right in front of the ruins of Sky Demon Sect, and gathered together thousands of people to protect and monopolize this region.

  Their target was naturally to monopolize Fire Qilin Scale and Fire Qilin Blood in an even more effective manner.

  Speaking of which, Mu Clan's Sky Demon Branch was a copy of Class One Hall's prototype in this place.

  In truth, when he first reentered World of Class One Hall, Happy could already not control himself from thinking about fighting against Fire Qilin. He wanted to gather some Fire Qilin Scales and Fire Qilin Blood to stabilize his foundation to fight against Blood Alliance and Class One Hall.

  However, since those two great forces were already so strong that they occupy half of the Chinese plains, that was why Happy did not dare to act recklessly and enter Sky Demon Secret Cave.

  But now, the situation was different.

  With Wandering Know-it-all helping him to hide his coordinates and the human skin mask he obtained from Wind Chimes, he could go anywhere he wanted as he pleased.

  Happy used one day to reach Class One Hall's Sky Demon Branch.

  'Orders.'

  He suddenly remembered something very important.

  He needed orders to activate Sky Demon Secret Cave, and coincidentally, when Class One Hall monopolized the resources in this place, they also monopolized the plates. Not a single order for Sky Demon Secret Cave could be found anymore.

  'Am I to snatch some from Class One Hall?' Happy felt a little gloomy.

  Even though he would not hesitate or have any sort of trauma holding him back from attacking Class One Hall, he might not be able to gather together four plates immediately.

  But if he stayed here for long periods of time, he would just end up too conspicuous, and he felt that it was not too appropriate for him to do so.

  'I miscalculated.' Happy felt troubled.

  Just when Happy was prepared to buy Sky Demon Orders from the market, he suddenly received a messenger pigeon from Hunter Clan.

  He skimmed through the contents of the letter. Then, Happy's expression instantly turned dark.

  'Blood Alliance, Five Venoms, you sure did a terrifying job…'

  Mu Qi told him in his letter that last night, a group of people suddenly killed them and chased them out of Ghost's Domain because of a trivial matter. Their entire group died once.

  They had already noticed that this might be an act from Blood Alliance and Class One Hall, which was why they did not dare to continue staying at Ghost's Domain. They returned to Beijing overnight and went to Mountain Villa of Ten Thousand Beasts.

  But they did not expect that the people from Blood Alliance would already be waiting there, and they killed Hunter Clan once more in the name of clearing out the place.

  Right now, they had already died twice, and their status had dropped by twenty percent. The people from Hunter Clan no longer dared to get out of the city readily.

  Mu Qi also reminded
Happy in the letter to be careful of Blood Alliance and Class One Hall.

  'I originally wanted to let you go through a period of peace, but since you decided to cause trouble, then don't blame me for being ruthless…' Happy tore the letter and got up his horse without hesitation.

  His gaze turned cold, and he headed straight to Sky Demon Branch.

  Chapter 981 - Going to the Door and Causing Trouble

  Sky Demon Branch was one of Class One Hall's ric.h.e.s.t branches, because Sky Demon Secret Cave produced Fire Qilin Blood and Fire Qilin Scale, which was a rare, consumable demon vessel. Sky Demon Branch had not only always maintained a position where they were only second to the headquarters, it was also rather famous in the Chinese server.

  However, they would naturally place even more strength and powerful players to protect such astonishing wealth!

  Class One Hall had stationed more than ten thousand people at Sky Demon Branch, and there were always more than five thousand people online to guard the place.

  Those five thousand people could be considered as first-rate or second-rate elites in the game. Each of them had extraordinary skills, and any of the small parties from the branch could easily challenge Sky Demon Secret Branch, and they could even clear the entire Sky Demon Secret Cave.

  Aside from that, the four great elites of Sky Demon Branch would organize a Qilin Operation each week, and their goal was naturally the Fire Qilin itself.

  They thought of ways to obtain more blood and scales from the Fire Qilin.

  Even though they rarely succeeded, those four elites were core Class One Hall members. Each other had full sets of fourth-echelon demon vessels or divine weapons, and they could compete against the current top-class elites in the game.

  With four top-class elites and thousands of Class One Hall elites in the branch, very few people could get close to Sky Demon Secret Cave, even Sky Demon Branch.

  Over the course of time, this place started showing signs of being Class One Hall's sole territory, and this alone was enough to show just how great Class One Hall's skills and strength were.

  On this day, the members from Sky Demon Branch spread out in the ruins of Sky Demon Sect to train, just as usual. Aside from some of those wasteful ones in the branch who decided to use the branch prison to train, only the normal members who were in charge of guard duty were left in the branch. There were only one hundred people in it, because if there was no major operation or any important tasks, the people from Sky Demon Branch would usually not readily return to the branch. Instead, they would form parties to train.

  "Darn it, I'm in charge of guard duty again. Today is a weekend, you know. Those four titans will have an operation this afternoon. This stinks, I can't join them again."

  "Enough with it. You will only get guard duty once a month, and it will only last for half a day. There's nothing for you to complain about. If you really don't want it, then offer something for the branch storage."

  "Go away! If I do that, it'll just benefit jerks like you!"

  "Gosh, you really let your mouth run a lot, huh?"

  "Do you want to come down and spar with me with your sword?"

  "We'll spar, then! I'm not scared of you. I heard that you've been practicing a quicksword technique lately, and coincidentally, I've been practicing Yue Clan's Spear. Let's see who's stronger!"

  Once they exchanged words with each other, those Sky Demon Branch members just got down to the martial arts training ground.

  Their weapons flashed.

  More than ten Sky Demon Branch members surrounded the martial arts training ground, which was surrounded by wooden stakes, to spar. They exchanged blows with each other, and they could be considered to be searching for ways to spend time.

  Soon, the sound of thundering horse hooves suddenly drew close rapidly.

  However, the horse's momentum did not reduce even when it reached the perimeter of Sky Demon Branch.

  "Who the heck is that?"

  The group of people finally paid attention to the situation and stopped attacking.

  When they turned to the direction of the sound, they saw one person and a horse jumping over the hitching posts.

  "Don't you know the rules in Sky Demon Branch?!"

  "You aren't allowed to ride on horses when you're in the area of the hitching posts! Which branch did you come from?!"

  The leading Class One Hall members shouted at the top of his voice.

  With Class One Hall's position in the Chinese server, it had been a long time since anyone dared to cause trouble to them. The group of people just thought that someone from another branch had decided to come over to show off his talent on the horse in front of the others.

  However, as a few clear sounds of air being pushed away rose, Class One Hall's flag fell like a kite with its string snapped. The plate for Sky Demon Branch also shattered to dozens of pieces because of throwing knives filled with hidden force. Right under the Class One Hall members' shocked and enraged gazes, they fell to the ground with a bang.

  Black messenger pigeons descended on the Class One Hall members' shoulders.

  This was an alarm telling them that their branch was attacked.

  "Just who are you?!"

  While the Class One Hall members were shocked and enraged, their judgment was pretty good. They could tell with just one glance that the person's skill in throwing throwing knives continuously was great. It was not something that a normal person could do, and they only shouted at him at their spots instead of rushing over immediately.

  Thud! Thud!

  The person who rode over turned around, and his bone-chilling gaze landed on their faces like knives. There was a mocking tone in his voice. "Rules? Class One Hall's rules?

  "Today, I've come here to set rules for you!"

  Once he said those murderous words with grim determination, it would be strange if those Class One Hall members continued to remain still without moving.

  Their expressions changed. "So, you came to cause trouble! Brothers, attack! Take down that conceited bastard!"

  The group simultaneously lifted their weapons and charged out from within Sky Demon Branch.

  "Hmph. I have ten minutes, anyway, so I'll play with you." He pushed himself off of his horse and jumped high into the air.

  "Attack!"

  The Class One Hall members seemed to have been waiting for this moment. Half of them raised their hands and brought out their hidden weapons.

  But Happy did not even bother activating Petite Dragon. He traveled thirty-two feet with one step and headed straight to the Class One Hall members who rushed out of Sky Demon Branch. He did not think about turning back even once.

  Clang clang clang clang!

  Those hidden weapons landed on Happy like hail.

  Unfortunately, while the damage from Life and Death Realm hidden weapons was pretty good, it was far from enough to break the defense in a full-set of fourth-echelon demon vessels as well as the defense provided to him by an eighth realm Indestructible Body.

  When the Class One Hall members who came out of the branch to fight against Happy saw this, their hearts let out loud thumps.

  'What great defense! An elite has arrived!'

  The leading Class One Hall elite did not even know how Happy avoided his slash. His consciousness had already faded away before he could figure out what happened.

  The last thing he saw in his memories were a pair of cold eyes filled with endless killing intent.

  The murdered person did not manage to see what happened, but the people beside him could tell clearly.

  They clearly saw that at the moment their companion delivered his slash, their enemy closed in on him with the saber glare from their companion practically sticking to his skin. Then, he flung his longsword up and pierced through their companion's throat as easily as cutting air.

  'One dead!'

  After killing his first person, Happy pulled his sword out without stopping for even a moment.

  A black wa
ve of flames cut out in a terrifying manner. The sword glare that gushed out instantly enveloped all Class One Hall members.

  This was Happy's strength. Before he even put on the posture to draw his sword, he had already quickly launched an even faster round of attacks. His movements were so clean and simple that the people from Class One Hall could not react to the situation at all.

  But he had already attacked, so they could only brace themselves and activate their body fortifications to withstand the attack.

  But a pity for them, because Happy's attacks were not easy to receive at all.

  Bang! Bang!

  Wherever the sword glares went, the group of people would look as if they were struck by lightning. Quite a number of people coughed up blood on the spot. Their bodies went limp, and they were practically unable to hold their weapons with a steady grip.

  Ever since he practiced Tendon Changing Classic, Happy was even more adept in releasing hidden force. This time, he released two hidden forces in one go. One of them traveled in the air, and the other in the ground. One was exposed, and the other hidden. He would find it strange if these normal Class One Hall elites could block both.

  However, this exchange of blows allowed them to know just who their enemies were.

  "It's Happy!"

  "Darn it!"

  "Hurry up and send a messenger pigeon to tell the branch master to come back and provide reinforcements!"

  A person's reputation was important, because it could affect someone else's actions.

  While surprised shouts rose, the Class One Hall members all turned stark pale. They ran away from Happy, and a few of them even withdrew from the battlefield in a flurry to release messenger pigeons.

  When those messenger pigeons flew, more than ten people were stabbed to death by Happy.

  No matter what, his Great Demonic World Destruction Art had already reached the middle stage of the tenth realm, and he was only one step away from reaching completion for it. If he attached hidden force to his attacks, even top-class elites might not be able to withstand his attacks.