Sword Among Us

Panda Novel

The group from Black Rose Clan saw the people from Life Ending Hall exit the ancient tomb one after another. The women did not even dare to breathe in the direction of the large number of people who left into the distance. No matter how thick-headed they were, they knew that the people from Life Ending Hall had not had an easy time in the ancient tomb. When the women looked at Red Coral, their eyes were filled with admiration and incredulity.

It was difficult to believe that Sinless in Light and Dark had lost to a nameless boy even when he had attacked personally.

It had to be known that over the last few days, Sinless in Light and Dark had built his reputation in Xuzhou and Yangzhou. He was known as the Enforcer, who was of equal standing to Quicksword and North Placating Duke!

“Coral… is the boy really that good?”

“You said that he’s not really old, right? Is he handsome?”

“Big sister, I think that we should ensnare him with our beauty and bring him to our family. What do you say? Then, Black Rose Clan will definitely gain great fame. Hehe… We’ll leave this glorious talk to Big Sis Coral!”

The women’s warm and cordial gazes were directed at Red Coral while they asked her all sorts of questions. At the same time, they teased her.

Red Coral might have been incredibly smug, but once she heard one of her sister’s teasing remark, she could not help but remember the calm and indifferent tone the person used on her, and inevitably, she became a little downspirited. She snorted and said, “Enough with it. That boy might be a little handsome, but he is eccentric. He’s not a good man.”

“Ah, then forget it.”

The women were incredibly disappointed.

They had hoped that they could get into a touching and sentimental relationship with a young and powerful martial artist who could defeat Life Ending Hall…

Black Rose smiled and said to Red Coral, “Since the matter is settled, should we go in and meet them?”

“No.” Red Coral shook her head. “That person is eccentric and very cold. We just needed him to sense our good intentions by sending the letter. If we go in, it won’t look good for us. He might even think that we haven’t given up on the jade slit ring.”

“Alright!” Black Rose did not force her. She nodded. “I’ll listen to you!”

She knew that Red Coral would have thought things through before she came to this decision. Besides, they had already formed a friendly link with him. They would definitely have time and opportunities in the future to get to know him. Hence, at that moment, after they discussed among themselves what they should do, the group of women quietly left the forest outside the ancient tomb.

*****

When the people from Life Ending Hall left, Thunderous Battle, who could barely fight down the shock in his heart, strode over. He sized Happy up as if he was looking at a monster. When Happy’s expression began to slowly suggest that he was spooked, Thunderous Battle sucked in a deep breath and spoke excitedly, “Happy, tell me honestly. how did you do that just now?”

In truth, when Sinless in Light and Dark attacked, he could tell that the person’s abilities were above his own. His ability to instantly close the distance was incredibly ingenious and skilled. With the assassination with his swift and fierce shortswords, he could kill a normal Blessed Realm player in a second. In fact, if he were prepared for it, he could easily get rid of an opponent who even had a body fortification technique, if it was not high.

However, Happy had defeated him with a simple slash…

Thunderous Battle only saw his saber shine with a bright glare. It spun in an arc, and a change in events reminiscent of plot twists in movies happened. Light and Dark was instantly struck twice. The first slash sent him back, and the second slash wounded him!

The actions were swift and decisive, fierce and filled with confidence. Thunderous Battle believed that if the armor had not negated part of the damage, Sinless in Light and Dark would have turned into a corpse.

“What? I don’t know what you’re saying.” When he returned to his normal state, Happy looked at Thunderous Battle with a strange gaze.

“I’m talking about that slash just now!” Thunderous Battle’s eyes sparkled, and his questioning gaze made him look like a very curious child. “I mean, how could you tell that he had already attacked? With his speed, if I were in your place, I wouldn’t have been able to react to the situation. You seem to have known his attack trajectory ahead of time…”

“I guessed it,” Happy answered without thinking.

“You’re lying.” Thunderous Battle did not believe him.

“It’s really just a guess. At that time, I did it entirely for self-defense. I didn’t think that he would be there, so I just…” Happy shook his head and answered in apparent seriousness to fool Thunderous Battle.

He had no other choice. He could not tell Thunderous Battle that he had played for three years and was already very familiar with the skills assassins preferred to use. If he did, Thunderous Battle might short-circuit like how computers would do when they received the wrong data.

Even though Thunderous Battle did not quite believe in his explanation, when he saw Happy shake him off and head to the Dirt Puppet nearby, he could only let it be.

“If you don’t want to tell me, fine. Just don’t get caught by me in the future…” While he grumbled under his breath, he returned to his territory and continued to train. However, he would occasionally stop and use a very strange and inquiring gaze to stare at Happy.

On the second day, Thunderous Battle logged in with his usual high spirits to continue training so that he could reach the tenth realm…

Happy used an entire night and afternoon to push his Flowering Knights’ Song to the eighth realm before he stopped, then he bade farewell to Thunderous Battle.

“What?” Thunderous Battle’s reaction was very extreme. He practically jumped out of his own battlezone.

While he avoided the Stone Giant’s pursuit, he shouted at Happy, unable to understand him. “Hey, why aren’t you aiming to reach Grandmaster Realm for your high-tier martial art with me right now? Where are you going?”

“Well, my martial art level has already reached my target, so I intend to steal a tribute—”

“Steal a tribute?”

When Thunderous Battle heard that, his eyes went wide. He was not horrified, but delighted.

“Good going, boy! I knew you had your own thoughts, ideals, and ambitions. The emperor’s birthday is three days later. Right now, most of the tributes are monopolized by the major sects and clans. With your abilities, it should not be difficult for you to attack a smaller force of power.” He paused for a moment before he mumbled in a tone that said he agreed wholeheartedly with Happy’s plan, “Not bad! You can train and get your levels up at any time you want. If you can get a tribute, it will be of great help to you. I won’t keep you around.”

When he heard Thunderous Battle words, Happy instantly smiled.

“Big Brother Thunder, if you’re interested, we can attack together. We could divide the spoils equally.”

“Me?” Thunderous Battle laughed wanly. “Forget it. I’ve been able to tell over the past few days that while your realm is several grades lower than mine, and your body fortification technique is not as great as mine, I am not your opponent when it comes to one-to-one battles. I’ll just stay here and bring my Infinite Sword Technique to Grandmaster Realm. I’ll have a chance to get those things in the future.”

He might be of a big build, but he was a sensitive man. After the few days of associating with each other, he had come to realize some things.

“If that’s the case, I won’t force you. Big Brother Thunder, we’ll part ways here. I hope to see you again in the future.”

Happy wrapped his fist in his palm and bade farewell.

Thunderous Battle smile fell away. He wrapped his fist in his palm and replied solemnly, “Yeah, we’ll meet again in the future!”

Once he finished speaking, Happy left the ancient tomb. He summoned his horse from the Horse Plate, snapped his reins, and rode to the government-made road to head to Xuzhou City at lightning speed.

Thunderous Battle was right.

There were only three days left until the emperor’s birthday.

During them, the people from Forest Union would surge forward. The people from Six Doors, Western Depot, and Eastern Depot would also begin to investigate the whereabouts of the tributes. They would place bounties on the players with the tributes, and for a period of time, all the tributes would leave the city, because the NPCs would forcefully interfere! World of Martial Arts would then enter its bloodiest and most chaotic moment.

Happy brought out a map while riding. It displayed the area around Xuzhou City, and the red dots marking the spots where the tributes were located were incredibly clear.

“It’s time to attack!”

He sighed softly, the sounds of it lost among the rapid hoofbeats of a horse galloping down the government-made road. They were as loud as thunder.