Sword Among Us

Yang Clan’s Spear Technique!

It was the most domineering high-tier spear technique at Life and Death Realm!

Its damage far surpassed that of the other martial arts at the same realm, and it was especially so for its three great killing moves. Each one of them could break stalemates since they were moves that had been perfected by generations of Yang clan generals on the battlefield. Their damage was not beneath that of ultimate techniques.

“I didn’t expect…”

Happy stood thirty-two feet away from Zhou Yu and stared at his calm and relaxed side profile. Zhou Yu was the first person to be able to remain so calm while facing him after Child’s Heart, Blood Robes, Evil Wolf, and Monk with Thick Eyebrows died.

He could also tell that Zhou Yu had already figured out some of the hidden elements in the game within the past seven months or so.

Happy closed his eyes.

He used his qi to sense the flow of air around him. The information it gathered was then reflected in his mind. Zhou Yu had actually managed to use less than a year to experience battle will, while he had taken two years to do it.

Happy wondered just how Class One Hall had managed to draw Zhou Yu to their side.

He tightened his grip over Nation Protecting Divine Sword and acted just like Zhou Yu. He retracted his qi and slowly shut his eyes, raised his legs, then took a step forward.

When his foot landed, it was as if faint ripples spread out from under him, and he quickly caused the air around him to change.

The dark world swiftly turned bright and colorful. Air that was about the same in strength and color surrounded him, and it seemed to form balls of dazzling fire that were extremely clear and easy to see.

There were three balls of light behind Happy and one ball of light in front of him, and they attracted his attention the most. One of the three balls of light behind him was rather weak, one was as strong and fierce as a small sun, while the last one just drifted about. It was All-powerful Medicinal Stone, and it seemed like Marvelous-handed Sect had quite an extraordinary control over qi.

The ball of light in front of him was incredibly inconspicuous. In fact, it was abnormally inconspicuous.

However, while only faint waves of aura surrounded it, they were extraordinary, and it was difficult for anyone to not notice it.

Happy stood still for a few seconds before he took his second step.

Another wave of ripples appeared!

Happy could clearly sense that a small change had happened to the faint aura belonging to Zhou Yu; it seemed to have inadvertently become a little stronger.

Even though it was still as inconspicuous as ever, Happy could sense that Zhou Yu had already locked his gaze on him, and as he drew closer, his emotions changed slightly.

Happy slowly took another step forward.

A dangerous aura suddenly came from the area ahead. Even though it was only for a short moment, Happy caught on and knew that it was from Zhou Yu.

That aura instantly gathered together!

Zhou Yu’s aura swiftly grew much stronger than before and continuously gathered at the tip of his spear.

But at that moment, Happy stopped moving.

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“What are they doing?”

Even though the members of Class One Hall were rather far away, they did not leave immediately. They watched the progression of events at a relatively safe distance, but all they could see was that the two men had actually shut their eyes and retracted their qi. It piqued the crowd’s curiosity to the max.

“Why aren’t they moving?”

Some people understood why Zhou Yu would stand still. After all, he had to face Happy while all their elites had died. He could be said to be facing great pressure.

But Happy was also incredibly careful, and that puzzled many people.

From the moment Happy appeared, he had fought ruthlessly and killed them at the speed of lightning, as if they were twigs. That was why when Happy stopped after he took each step, many people held their breaths. They felt that the atmosphere was incredibly solemn.

Shangguan Lian and Musical Note were extraordinary to begin with, and they could somewhat tell what was going on. They could also understand that the two men had entered a relatively profound state. While faced with an opponent of equal strength, they were both actively searching for openings, but they did not want to reveal their intentions and openings through their qi and gazes.

‘Is this how real great players fight?’

Not only did the elites from Towering Palace pay attention to this, but even Lin Xiao and Wind Void held their breaths. They did not dare to breathe while they stared at Happy and Zhou Yu. They found that they were solemn and filled with an exciting heroic air.

The atmosphere grew more solemn with each passing moment.

Half a minute passed, but Happy did not take another step forward.

Zhou Yu’s eyelid twitched. A faint trail of red seeped out from the corners of his mouth. Yang Clan’s Spear Technique greatest emphasis was in accumulating strength and killing intent! If one accumulated strength for too long, killing intent would fill their bodies, but it would have no place to leave. The user’s qi and blood would surge in their body, and in the end, they would injure themselves.

At the moment Zhou Yu’s qi became chaotic, Happy moved.

Boom!

Both of them attacked at the same time. Neither was faster than the other.

When two armies fought, they would be the most wary of accumulating too much strength before they even fought against the enemy.

At their peak, they would be strong, but too much waiting, and their strength would decline, and if it continued, they would grow weaker and weaker.

Happy seized the chance when Zhou Yu’s presence weakened and advanced brazenly. He was like a foreign object that suddenly entered an area with a lot of sensors, and he brought out circles of ripples that appeared at an astonishing pace as he moved at lightning speed.

Zhou Yu reacted very quickly. Right when his qi caused him problems, he realized that the situation was bad for him, and he resolutely gave up on accumulating strength. He tapped against the ground to shoot backwards!

One retreated, and the other chased after.

They did not attack each other, but their fight seemed to have already started. Their actions were incredibly strange to the onlookers.

But at that moment, anyone could tell that Happy had gained the upper hand. Zhou Yu might have been retreating quickly, but his movement speed was slightly inferior to Happy’s.

Nearly half of the thirty-two feet between them were instantly closed.

Clang!

Happy drew his Nation Protecting Divine Sword boldly, and the fierce sword force was like dazzling light belt that could tear through the galaxy.

Zhou Yu’s expression became stern when he noticed the aura that increased exponentially behind him. He shook his longspear in an ingenious manner, turned around, and snorted coldly. He executed a Horse Turn, and the tip of his spear shot out from an incredible angle. The thrust was accompanied by waves of sound from a vortex and the horrifying shouts from countless battlefields. The attack traveled forth with an indomitable spirit!

Flying Dragon Sword Technique went up against Yang Clan’s Spear Technique!

The sword force and silver spear clashed violently against each other in the air.

Boom!

A violent gust of wind crashed into the two’s faces, and both of them lost their balance because of their opponent’s fierce strength. They could not control themselves and were forced to retreat more than thirty feet.

Zhou Yu’s spear technique gave him a little bit of an advantage. When he saw Happy’s gaze being as solemn as before once he stood still, he frowned. He used the force from Happy’s attack and tapped against the ground. Then, with an astonishing speed, he shot up the wall. With a few jumps, he vanished on the other side of Eternal Peace Temple.

He left without hesitation.

The people from Class One Hall were instantly dumbfounded when they saw Zhou Yu run. They immediately fled as well.

“Kill them!”

Wind Void had already recovered from some of her wounds. When she saw that the people from Class One Hall wanted to run, there was no way she would let it happen. She shouted angrily and chased after them with Lin Xiao and All-powerful Medicinal Stone.

“Big Brother Lin!” Happy called out to Lin Xiao. The latter quickly noticed that there was something off about Happy’s actions, and he swiftly stopped to turn back to him.

When Lin Xiao arrived next to him, Happy no longer had any worries. He stopped trying to suppress the hidden injuries within his body, and a trickle of blood spilled out from the corners of his mouth. His face turned pale, and he gasped for breath.

“As expected of the second on the Dragon Rank. That Horse Return nearly caused my organs to shift from their original spots.”

Quite a number of martial artists beyond the wall were shocked, and it was only at that moment that they understood that Happy had actually been injured quite badly during the head-on clash just then. It was no wonder then that Happy did not chase after the Class One Hall members with Wind Void.

Realization dawned on the faces of Shangguan Lian and Musical Note at the same time.

Lin Xiao’s gaze was solemn, and he took the initiative to serve as Happy’s guardian.

“Zhou Yu’s strength is indeed extraordinary. He actually managed to injure you with one thrust? It’s no wonder then why he managed to suppress my sect master so thoroughly for a short period of time.

“It’s all thanks to you coming this time; otherwise, Chivalry Sect would have been in great danger. But we still didn’t manage to kill Zhou Yu. In the future, he will definitely be in great trouble.”

“Zhou Yu is indeed outstanding, but he’s not in that much of a good condition after receiving my sword strike either.”

There was blood at the corners of Happy’s mouth while he circulated Constellation Breathing Technique.

“The most brilliant thing about him is his head,” he said calmly. “I intentionally suppressed my qi so that I wouldn’t show any signs of my injuries, but he didn’t fall for it. If I could make him spend a little more of his qi, I could have killed him. Heh, looks like my acting still isn’t that great.”

Lin Xiao was stunned.

It was only then that he remembered how he had shown signs of weakness and killed Evil Wolf as well as Monk with Thick Eyebrows in one go. He laughed. “Brother Happy, I didn’t expect you to be such a sly fox as well.”

“Heh.”

Happy chuckled, but it affected his wounds, and his smile immediately turned into an anguished grimace.