Sword Among Us

Mistress Annihilation’s words might have caused quite a commotion among the players, but the matter was soon forgotten during the few fights that happened subsequently.

More Ming Cult disciples appeared, but they could not withstand the suppression from an army that numbered to millions. They were swept aside as if they were nothing!

However, when the people entered deep into the mountains, practically all of the martial artists from all over the game who were in charge of serving as the vanguard died. Those who survived moved back.

Happy had taken the lead in a few charges, and his status in Mistress Annihilation’s heart had risen. During the fights, Happy had also taken great care of the Emei Sect disciples. He tried his best to protect their lives, and they grew much closer to him than the group of elites. Every time they saw Happy return to the group, they would smile at him.

Mistress Annihilation even had Zhou Zhiruo bandage Happy’s wounds and provide him with medicinal pills. Zhou Zhiruo did not dare to be negligent. She obediently and seriously completed the tasks her mistress asked her to do.

Whenever they saw that, Ancient Wind and the others would complain that life was unfair!

They were also “inner sect disciples”, but the difference in treatment was too great.

However, when they asked about the accumulation of points, Happy said that he had accumulated a whopping seven hundred or so points, and the group of people instantly fell silent.

In just two hours, he had managed to kill more than seven hundred people, while Ancient Wind and the others had only killed at most around two hundred people.

It was no wonder then why Mistress Annihilation paid such great attention to him!

The other players did not say anything.

This sort of result stimulated many of the players’ fighting spirit. Once they noticed that the kill count might affect the thoughts of the important characters in the story in regards to them, they no longer followed behind Emei Sect, but charged forward in a swarm. They wanted to get as many points as possible before Happy and the other elites.

That was the reason why numerous players charged up the Light Summit like a tidal wave.

The same situation would happen sooner or later in the groups of the other five system-allocated sects.

With a few charges in which they managed to sweep through the Ming Cult disciples like they were twigs, the groups from the six great system-allocated sects pushed forward by several miles without wasting too much of their strength. They continued heading up the mountain.

Ming Cult’s disadvantage was completely revealed.

*****

“What the heck? Why are you still here?”

Many players moved forward at a languid pace while on the mountainside of Mount Huangshan. At that moment, many people from the back caught up to them. They said, “The people in front are already almost at Light Summit? What are you doing? Thinking about going up there to clean up after them?”

Those people said nothing. Their expressions were calm.

Most of them did not believe that the quest would end with one side gaining a sweeping victory. After all, Ming Cult had also gathered quite a number of players on their side. Besides, the Ming Cult had no fewer elites than the six great system-allocated sects!

The people who had caught up did not say much. They just shook their heads and rushed forward.

It was only when they left and disappeared from their sights that the group of people who were left behind stopped warily. They looked around and one of them said, “That bunch of fools are just charging forward to die.”

Once they finished speaking, that group of people’s clothes suddenly changed at the same time.

They were dressed in black shirts and pants, and there was an emblem of holy fire sewn on their chests. They had changed from players to disciples of Ming Cult!

Everyone’s expressions were cold, and their words were equally chilling. They no longer showed any facial expression.

“It’s here,” someone said coldly.

The others looked at each other at a loss.

“We can’t send messenger pigeons to each other, and if we log off, we’ll lose our right to join the battle. We won’t be able to log in within twenty-four hours.

“I reckon they’re trying to prevent us from leaking news to the world outside.”

The same transformation happened in various spots on Mount Huangshan. Many players turned into Ming Cult disciples without any sound.

At the same time, some hidden stones and bushes were suddenly flipped over. NPCs with unique clothes leapt out with agility while holding weapons and shields in their hands. Without any sign, they pounced on the players who were close to them and whose guard was low.

The tigers had entered a herd of lambs!

Screams of pain rose and fell!

The ambush had caught many people off guard.

When the players prepared to counterattack, the unknown people crawled into burrows like rats and vanished. They only left behind a bunch of corpses on the ground.

The players instantly looked at each other at a loss and broke into a cold sweat.

“Everyone, be careful! They’re from Great Earth Banner!”

“Gather together! Don’t split up!”

When the alarm sounded, everyone activated their body fortifications and qi realms. They paid close attention to the ground around them. Great Earth Banner’s abilities to dig tunnels was great, and they were skilled in ambushes.

While everyone paid attention to the ground, violent gusts of wind rose in the air.

They looked up.

Gigantic black things fell from the sky.

Bang!

Bang!

Many players could not avoid them in time. They were instantly struck so hard by those objects that they coughed up blood and were sent flying horizontally. Their body fortifications were simply not enough for them to block 1,100-pound heavy objects.

When the things fell to the ground, everyone finally saw that they were large and heavy logs with solid cores. There was a hook and a chain attached to each head and tail of the log. Those chains stretched up into the sky.

When everyone looked up along the chains, they that burly, half-naked men, who had broad shoulders and thick waists as well as frightening muscles, had appeared at some point in time on the branches around them. They stood in groups of two while holding hooks, and they hooked the huge logs again before they threw the logs on the ground once more with a loud howl.

Dozens of huge logs formed a large prison after flying past the players’ faces.

Many players tried to jump up and attack them, but while they were flying in the air, they were sent back by the logs. Then, they were killed by the logs that were sent at them from some other place!

While airborne, even if someone was a trained fighter, they could not use their skills.

Within an instant, the huge logs attacked multiple rounds with loud howls, and they heavily wounded many players. The logs were dyed red, and te players became incredibly anxious. They shouted loudly, “Hurry up and shoot them down!”

“Attack together, or else everyone will die here!”

Thud! Thud!

Before their voices could fade away, the ground around them suddenly burst open. The Great Earth Banner members who had vanished once they finished their ambush shot out from the tunnels that they had dug out beforehand.

“Kill them!”

With a loud shout, they gave rise to the tragic song that would be the fight between the players and Five Banner Division.

*****

The people at the rear were not the only ones who encountered people from Five Banner Division. The groups in front and the middle also faced people from Ming Cult’s Five Banner Division!

“Damn it!”

“Did Great Earth Banner dig through all of Mount Huangshan? Why are their people everywhere?!”

Poison liquid that spread through the entire area splashed on the crowd, and countless players cried out in pain. Their morale was reduced drastically, and moaning and wailing filled the area.

“Poisonous liquid, damn it!”

“The people from Tidal Wave Banner are also here.”

“Who has antidotes? Give me a bottle!”

“Damn it! I can’t even see clearly, how am I supposed to fight?!”

*****

The obstruction suffered at the frontlines was the greatest. The people there had, at the very least, three banners attack them. Quite a number of places even deployed Scorching Flame Banner straightaway. They lit up the entire forest in flames, creating a path of fire and surrounding small groups of people before killing them.

The players in front were defeated and retreated. They were quickly discovered by Happy and the others.

“What happened in the front?”

“I think we ran into the people from Five Banner Division!”

“Five Banner Division is nothing! You group of trash! Emei Sect disciples, come with me!” Mistress Annihilation said contemptuously. With her order, thousands of Emei disciples jumped into the air. They went up to the defeated martial artists who were retreating before charging into Five Banner Division’s battlefield.

“Kill them!”

Ancient Wind and the others charged forward without hesitation.

When Momo was about to attack, she was stopped by Happy, who called out to her before she could rush forward. “Stay here and protect Zhou Zhiruo. Also, help me locate Five Banner Division’s flag bearers in the meantime.”

Once Happy finished speaking, he rushed forward without stopping, leaving behind Momo, who was stunned, on the spot. She stared at his back.

“Protect Zhou Zhiruo?”