Sword Among Us

Chapter 1109: One Battle, The World is Shocked

The ending of the battle at Lovely Land’s headquarters was against everyone’s expectations.

It was originally supposed to be Evil Emperor’s revenge battle after he got out of jail. When Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing Sects attacked at full force, the Chinese server was shocked. Everyone had even begun preparing to accept the fact that the legend that had spontaneously jumped to power—Lovely Land—would be destroyed.

But surprises just kept appearing in this battle.

First, Evil Emperor, who was known as an invincible force of power by the heroes in the world and Class One Hall, died twice in Happy’s hands, the title of the strongest in the world shifted to another person.

Then, four hundred thousand elites went up against one hundred and twenty thousand Lovely Land members who were gathered together spontaneously, and three hundred elites also went up against Happy and One Emperor.

The large disparity in strength caused Class One Hall to have a near overwhelming advantage, but they suffered multiple setbacks outside Lovely Land’s high walls.

They sacrificed one hundred thousand people for the first defense line alone!

Then, most of their firepower was dragged to the second defense line to the east, causing Lovely Land’s western front to completely collapse at the moment Lovely Land’s reinforcements arrived.

These two surprises caused Dream Clouds’ advantage to shrink to the point that it was barely unnoticeable.

However, very soon, this advantage was completely destroyed by the third accident.

Demonic Zither Wind Chimes, who had Nine Yin Blocked Pulses, arrived on the battlefield. With one piece, she led tens of thousands of Lovely Land members and elites from multiple sects to effortlessly destroy tenth thousand Class One Hall elites. Then, they ambushed Dream Clouds’ main camp from the rear.

These three surprises not only completely overturned Class One Hall’s advantage, they also caused Class One Hall to be stuck in a pincer attack, and they were forced into a corner.

The battle then lasted for less than ten minutes.

The remaining one hundred thousand people from Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing sects retreated from Lovely Land’s headquarters, and they broke out of the encirclement from all sides.

During this battle, Dream Clouds’ died. Blood Robes and Barren Murderer led tens of thousands of people and successfully broke into a nearby city. They went out to sea under the protection of the people from their branches on their way during their escape.

Evil Emperor also vanished from the battle.

This elite who had fused with the world and entered pseudo One with the World Realm did not continue staying at the battlefield to wait for Happy and One Emperor working together against him when he saw that Class One Hall’s winning streak was gone. He resolutely removed himself from the battle.

*****

This one battle shocked the world!

Evil Emperor fled into the distance and vanished without a trace!

Dream Clouds died in battle!

Class One Hall lost, and their headquarters was uprooted from the ground. Most of Class One Hall’s branches in the north were also destroyed on this day.

Even though some of the branches of Class One Hall and its affiliated sects were still left behind in various parts of the Chinese server, compared to the time when they were at the peak of their strength, it was clear that they had become much smaller than before.

During that day, many people left the twelve Beijing sects and Blood Alliance.

There were countless people who retreated from Class One Hall on that day.

There was no other reason behind it.

Right now, including Dream Clouds, more than two hundred thousand people were stuck in a few cities in the north. No matter where they went to, people would point fingers at them, and they were monitored by countless local sects and even solo players. Class One Hall was no longer intimidating to the Chinese players. Because of it, all the Chinese players now treated Class One Hall as their public enemy.

It was also impossible for them to set up a foundation outside the city.

If even the normal players did not dare to walk around, the famous players from Class One Hall and its affiliated sects absolutely did not dare to move around casually. Their names had already become affiliated to Wild Wolves, and no matter where they went, they would be discovered and had their identities revealed, and they would still be hunted down even if they left their sects.

Because of Class One Hall’s tragic fate, the restaurants in the cities were filled, and business bloomed for them.

*****

The phrase “Lovely Land is a group formed by a bunch of misfits” was completely forgotten by the people after this battle.

If they were just a normal group of misfits, how could they defeat Class One Hall, the strongest sect in the Chinese server?

Lovely Land’s headquarters was left behind, and not only did this cause Lovely Land’s name to become even more famous, at the same time, it began to show signs that it would replace Class One Hall as the strongest sect in the Chinese plains.

In just one night, Lovely Land had another one hundred branches added to their name in the north.

Many of the sects were originally worried that if Lovely Land failed after they paid for the use of the resource points and received their tax invoices, the resources would be redistributed, and they would lose all the money. At that moment, they searched for the people in charge of Lovely Land and hoped to pay the fees required for them to work together.

Unfortunately, at that moment, Lovely Land had already completely gained their footing in the Chinese server, and batches of occupation players took the initiative to join them. It was clear that if they personally controlled the resource points and developed those places on their own, it would be more suitable for long term and steady growth. If they wanted to work together now, the price they had to pay was obviously much higher compared to the promotional policy they offered before the battle.

This caused many of the sects who had originally offered their help out of courage and uprightness to be incredibly proud of their wisdom at that time.

In less than three days, Lovely Land set up hundreds of their branches, and the situation at the entire northern side of the server became stable.

Including Beijing, practically all the cities fell into Lovely Land’s control.

*****

At the same time, the situation in the south became better.

Even though Blood Robes and Barren Murderer led tens of thousands of people had arrived at the branches in the south, the failure of the battle in the north caused Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing sects to all suffer great losses to their foundation of strength. All the people in the branches had been paying attention to the entire process of the fight, and their morale was low.

Over the past few days, the south never launched any large-scale projects. In fact, they even had to put a stop to some of the operations they had to target Wind Assault Tower.

The battle situation in the north had directly affected the south.

The subtle change in atmosphere caused the local sects to isolate Class One Hall. In fact, a lot of them secretly contacted Wind Assault Tower.

Evil Emperor did not show up again.

The foreign elites Wild Wolves drew from various countries also left the Chinese server. All signs seemed to be hinting that Evil Emperor intended to give up on the Chinese server, or rather, his plan in conquering the Chinese server this time had already failed.

*****

“Has Evil Emperor truly left the Chinese server?”

When One Emperor heard this news at Wandering Know-it-all’s mansion in Beijing, even though he had been prepared to hear this news, he still could not help but quirk his eyebrows. He subconsciously put on a serious expression in order to verify the news.

Wandering Know-it-all smiled. “He has already gone out to sea since yesterday, actually. I originally refused to believe that he would admit to defeat so readily, and I was worried that this was just a way for him to be numb to the threat he posed. That’s why I never notified you, but now... I can be certain! Heheh... Congratulations!”

“I should be the one congratulating you. After the battle at Beijing, all the heroes in the Chinese server know just how terrifying you can get when you descend into madness, even though you’re the manifestation of a master scholar.”

When he remembered Wind Chimes’ performance yesterday night, One Emperor put on a rare smile. He also saw a hint of embarrassment from Wandering Know-it-all’s eyes.

“Stop shifting the topic. You know what I’m talking about when I congratulated you.” Wandering Know-it-all coughed and used the motion of drinking wine to cover up the embarrassment on his face.

“What?” One Emperor pretended to be dumb.

“You have always been a solo player. How does it feel to be the vice sect master of Lovely Land over this period of time?”

“Happy is the one managing the matters at Lovely Land. I’m just a vice sect master in name.” One Emperor looked away.

“You don’t say.” Wandering Know-it-all could not help but roll his eyes. “An elite like you has always been supposed to be used as a fighter. He can’t possibly ask you to use your mind after asking you to use your physical strength. Happy is not that sort of capitalist.” When he said this, he stopped talking for a moment. His tone then changed in a very subtle way.

“I saw the people from Lovely Land calling you vice sect master yesterday, and you answered to it very naturally. By the looks of it, you’re enjoying your current status after being in contact with others over this period of time. You’re no longer as cold as before. I’m really happy seeing how you changed.”

“...How was I like before?” One Emperor shook his head helplessly.

“How should I put it?” Wandering Know-it-all thought about this and put on an expression that meant he was recalling what happened. “You’re really cold. The first time I came into contact with you, I thought you were a killer. Then, when Phantasmal Shadow, you, and I became familiar with each other because of Wild Wolves, you became more like a human.”

“Thanks for the judgment.”

Wandering Know-it-all smiled frankly. “You’re welcome. But you’re even more like a human now. This is the first time you’re drinking with me, and I have to say, I’m really envious of Happy.”

“Hmm?” One Emperor could detect the underlying meaning in Wandering Know-it-all’s voice.

“We’ve known each other for a long time, but two of us have never been able to make you appear so much like a human. But how long has Happy appeared? He only contacted you a few times, and now, you’re already Lovely Land’s vice sect master.”

One Emperor quirked an eyebrow and declined to make any comments for a moment before he said faintly, “He’s the first person I admire ever since I entered World of Martial Arts. He’s also the only person I acknowledge in terms of strength and now stands above me. Two years ago, he only caught my interest. Now, he’s an opponent I want to challenge.”

Wandering Know-it-all nodded in silence.

He had to admit that Happy’s current strength was already incredibly terrifying. This sort of opponent was fatally attractive to One Emperor, who had stood proud and aloof for several years.

“Speaking of which, this is rather unbelievable. Happy could be said to have lived a legendary life over the few years he was in the game. He climbed to the peak before he sank to the bottom. Now, he rose to power once more, and he’s standing at an even taller place than before. The journey and the problems he had to face might be something that no ordinary person could experience.”

One Emperor nodded slowly.

“Right now, all Wild Wolves have retreated. They might be thinking about giving up on Class One Hall completely. I believe that soon, Lovely Land’s branches will fill up the entire Chinese server and will take Class One Hall’s place as the largest sect!

“Speaking of which, Phantasmal Shadow is quite unfortunate in that sense,” Wandering Know-it-all said faintly.

One Emperor subconsciously frowned and continued with the conversation. “In less than a month, Wind Assault Tower was reduced from the strongest sect to a sect that is only slightly stronger than a normal sect. It is, indeed, a highly lamentable fact.”

“This time, Happy is the greatest contributor to us being able to completely get rid of the disaster brought to us by Class One Hall and Wild Wolves. It’s only logical that he has everything he currently has.”

When he heard Wandering Know-it-all’s seemingly unwitting words, One Emperor turned his head around and cast him a discreet glance before he shook his head and smiled. “I know what you mean. In truth, I was worried about Phantasmal Shadow finding the situation unfair, and Happy had actually taken the initiative to talk to me about this in the past.”

“Oh?” Wandering Know-it-all looked dumbfounded. “He knew that you were interested?”

“In truth, I’m very curious as to why he seems like he knows everything.” One Emperor cast him a profound glance and said, “He said that Lovely Land will only be in charge of helping Wind Assault Tower get rid of the remaining forces of Class One Hall and set up branches in the south of Changjiang. We will not take any part in taking their resources.”

“Why do I feel as if this person is becoming more and more terrifying? He has just defeated Class One Hall, and he has already thought of so many things.” Wandering Know-it-all gasped in amazement.

One Emperor shrugged and had a faint look of resignation on his face. “I’ve asked him about this before, and he told me that after he became comatose, he thought of many things. He even said that he will definitely come to regret it if he let a problem run away, because it will just mean that he is breeding a calamity in the future.”