Sword Among Us

The zither notes were like dagger-axes!

The demonic blades wreaked havoc!

There were not many Class One Hall members within a circular area of 328 feet who managed to survive. One of the few of them was Barren Murderer.

Undying King of Abyss Art was an incredibly rare ultimate technique. Once the constitution of the body changed, the body was as indestructible as metal. Even the organs and tendons got strengthened to their limits. The user could withstand the attacks from countless sound blades and still remain unharmed, so Barren Murderer lay at the center of the street while his body recovered bit by bit.

However, after Barren Murderer was attacked by Dragon Hides in Pool, it was impossible for him to recover within a short period of time. His qi was in chaos, and his organs were damaged. He also did not have a quiet place to regain his strength.

When the area suddenly became quiet and the zither notes vanished, Barren Murderer, who had been busy executing Undying King of Abyss Art to circulate his qi and heal his injuries swiftly opened his eyes.

What he saw in front of him was the face of a cold man who had half his face covered by an incomplete silver metallic mask.

“Vice Hall Master Barren.”

Barren Murderer sucked in a deep breath and gritted his teeth. “Silver, I will definitely return the ‘kindness’ you did to me today one hundred fold!”

It was as expected of one of the three monsters of Class One Hall. Even when he was forced into a corner, he did not forget to make himself look murderous and ferocious.

Silver Wolf was like an iron tower. He looked down at Barren Murder, who lay on the ground unmoving and in a pathetic manner. He did not say anything, but raised his hand. His right palm quickly turned red in front of Barren Murderer’s eyes as if it was lit on flames.

All martial arts’ power was reduced once they lost the support of qi. Silver Wolf used his Red Flame Palm to evaporate qi and reduced Barren Murderer from his half black and half white state back to a normal person. Then, he easily killed him.

At that moment, Happy was still on the roof, sweeping the clouds and wind. His attacks and the dragon roars allowed him to fight fiercely against A’da and A’er, who were two Inaction Realm martial artists.

When Happy saw that Silver Wolf and Wind Chimes had ended their fight, he forced the two great fighters back without hesitation and shouted loudly, “Let’s go!”

Silver Wolf and Wind Chimes quickly packed up their things and, without another word, jumped up to charge toward the city gate.

Killing people inside the city would definitely bring imperial court after them. If they did not leave right away, then when the elites from Beijing came to attack, they would not be able to fight back even if they chose to stand together!

Aside from the Four Divine Constables from Six Doors, the Azure Dragon Commander, White Tiger Commander, Vermillion Bird Commander, and Black Tortoise Commander from Embroidered Uniform Guards, along with the eunuchs from Eastern and Western Depot, who had perfected Sunflower Manual, there were also many elites in the palace. If any of them came, the group would suffer heavy consequences.

Happy had already succeeded in this rescue mission. Zhou Zhiruo had rushed out of Beijing, and they had also killed nearly one thousand men from Class One Hall, along with their Vice Hall Master Barren Murderer. It was already enough.

Happy tapped against the ground, and he, Silver Wolf, and Wind Chimes, along with Thick Sword and Iron Sword, who protected her in the dark, quickly met up with each other. The five people rushed to the city gate beneath the city guards’ arrows.

Boom!

Happy threw a full-powered punch. The howling great dragon violently pushed aside the soldiers at the city gate and sent the people off their feet.

Wind Chimes followed closely behind him with a slightly pale. She had one hand on the zither while the other plucked the strings. Dense waves of sound blades spread out like raindrops.

Boom!

The countless archers at the city gate did not even have the chance to attack because of the sound blades. They cried out in pain and were cut down to pieces by soundless sound blades.

The group rushed out of the heavy encirclement without any danger and went out of Beijing.

Under countless players and city guards’ gazes, the group swiftly vanished from everyone’s sight, even that of A’da and A’er.

*****

When Dream Clouds led Blood Robes and a group of elites from Class One Hall to the city gate in the south, she saw several streets and shops destroyed and devastated. She also saw the corpses of players and patrol guards who did not immediately vanish strewn on the ground and roofs. Happy and his group were already long gone.

Dream Clouds and Blood Robes had incredibly dark and sour looks. When they found Barren Murderer’s corpse, Dream Clouds discreetly hid her fists—her knuckles were white from how tightly she clenched them—in her sleeves. She then raised her chin and looked around her with a fierce gaze.

There were many players who had stayed in the area to watch the scene, and all of them put away their pleased looks because of Class One Hall’s misfortune. They hastily avoided Dream Clouds’ eyes.

In their eyes, Beijing’s city was a safe zone, and it was fine even if they offended someone, but not too long ago, Happy used the truth to teach them a lesson.

Even if they were in the city that was governed by the emperor himself, they might not be safe.

More than one thousand people had been killed, but Happy, Zhou Zhiruo, Silver Wolf, and Wind Chimes left safely under the city guards and Embroidered Uniform Guards’ eyes. If anyone showed their delight over Class One Hall’s disaster right then, who knew whether Dream Clouds would vent her anger on them.

“How many of our own died?” Dream Clouds’ tone was cold and stiff.

Blood Robes did not speak. The person who answered was a Class One Hall member who survived by a stroke of luck. He had a sour look, and his expression was slightly complicated.

“We sacrificed more than nine hundred of our people. Actually, nearly half of them died in Happy’s hands. The others as well as Vice Hall Master Barren died in Silver Wolf and Wind Chimes’ hands.”

“Silver Mask Duke and Demonic Sound Duchess…” Dream Clouds’ eyes shone with a cold glare. “Very well…”

“Vice hall master, Happy and the rest are not too far away right now.”

That one sentence from the person who spoke caused Dream Clouds and Blood Robes eyebrows to twitch at the same time.

“Got it.” Dream Clouds’ expression was not very good.

Blood Robes found an excuse to send that person away, then he turned to Dream Clouds. “If Barren Murderer had not attacked, even if our reputation was tarnished slightly, we wouldn’t have reached this state.”

Dream Clouds remained silent. She knew exactly what Blood Robes wanted to say.

Barren Murderer had taken unauthorized action and sent people to intercept Happy, but in the end, he did not manage to kill him and just died himself, along with nearly one thousand of their people. Even though Barren Murderer and the one thousand members’ deaths were not fatal to Class One Hall, who had sixty thousand elites, it was Beijing, and it was the core of Class One Hall’s strength.

With this sort of thing happening in their backyard, it was the same as Happy slapping them in their faces.

If they did not handle the aftermath well, the event would deal a huge blow to Class One Hall’s reputation, and it would be a hindrance toward their future development.

Before, if someone mentioned that Class One Hall was the largest sect in World of Martial Arts, nine out of ten people who heard it would believe it. But in the future, if someone mentioned it again, nine out of ten people would mention what had happened in Beijing!

“Since they killed people in Beijing, Embroidered Uniform Guards and the people from Six Doors will definitely take action. Ruyang Mansion and the Eighth Prince might also send assassins. Langye knows the imperial court the most. Have him search for information.

“While they still haven’t left Changjiang to head north, we must kill one or two of them. Even if we can’t kill Happy, it’ll be good if we can kill Silver Wolf or Wind Chimes. No matter what, this time, we have to launch a full-scale attack regardless of the cost!” Dream Clouds said firmly.

Blood Robes nodded and quickly released messenger pigeons.

But what Blood Robes and Dream Clouds did not expect was that Langye would reject Class One Hall’s request in his reply. In fact, he used the fact that Happy had been able to invade Beijing and escape from it with his life intact as a reason for why he did not want to provoke him. Also, he needed to rethink the matter about him forming an alliance with Class One Hall.

Happy’s actions had destroyed Langye’s overconfidence toward Sky Penetrating Tower. For the first time, he understood that the golden brand of the three young masters of Beijing was not that solid of a shield.