Sword Among Us
Sword Among Us - Chapter 55: Butterfly Effect

Happy had attacked in a brazen manner, and he easily took away the lives of two of Dragon Tiger Sect’s good fighters, making all Dragon Tiger Sect’s aces, including the three people from the Nangong Clan, feel how resolute the Blue-robed Noble Sword User was about killing them!

Bang!

The two shields were pushed together. The people behind them went to the center of the shields and shrank behind them. They became much more cautious.

Even though Luo Zhiqiang’s tone was very unyielding and arrogant, he still broke into a cold sweat at the sight of Happy’s attack just then.

‘So fast!’

Even though there were quite a number of hidden weapons sects and powerful hidden weapons users in Hangzhou, they were all below the tenth realm. When they attacked, the sound of air being sliced was very clear, and their movements were very exaggerated. It was very easy to determine their target and trajectory, which was why the duo had underestimated Happy.

The attack just then had made them feel that they saw a hidden weapons expert. His movements were hidden and minute. They only saw a chilling light flash before people fell…

And he even struck their vital parts. He struck with the intent to kill!

“Just what realm is he?”

The other person from the Nangong Family was relatively more level-headed and cautious. He quickly glanced at the corpses of the two players who had died. The lancet knives were buried so deep in them that only the hilts could be seen. The depth made him suck in a sharp breath, and shock filled his eyes.

In truth, before he came to this place, he had asked a hidden weapons expert whom he was acquaintances with about his skills. That person was already near the tenth realm, and he said that the depth at which the hidden weapons sank into the target revealed the hidden weapons user’s level and realm…

If the user used throwing knives, each inch would mean one realm!

If the entire blade had sunk in except to the hilt, then the user had reached the highest realm when it came to throwing knives…

When he thought of this, Xiao Leng’s heart tensed, and he could not help but take a step backwards.

He knew very well how dangerous true hidden weapons experts were. Those who had yet to reach the tenth realm were already among the best celebrities in Hangzhou, and if they were good, what needed to be said of a hidden weapons user who was at Grandmaster Realm?

Xiao Leng instantly made his decision. He decided to have Luo Zhiqiang go and test Happy’s strength, because he was hot-tempered. If Happy was truly a hidden weapons expert in Grandmaster Realm, then his junior brother, who also pursued Nangong Ying along with him, would definitely not be able to get out in one piece.

But who knew…

“Senior brother Xiao!” Luo Zhiqiang suddenly turned around. “Let’s attack together!”

“What?”

Xiao Leng frowned slightly.

Luo Zhiqiang might have been crude, but he was not careless. He quickly explained himself. “Senior brother, you hold the shield and protect me. I’ll fight against him!”

“Someone give a shield to Brother Xiao,” Inquire the Dragon ordered one of his shield-wielding subordinates firmly. The underlying meaning behind it was that he would not allow Xiao Leng to refuse the order.

Xiao Leng smiled bitterly. Under Nangong Ying’s hopeful gaze, he quickly went to get the shield. He discussed with Luo Zhiqiang and decided that they would move one behind the other. Then, they charged at Happy.

Their plan aimed to specifically defend against throwing knives. They would use their shield to protect them and get close to Happy. Once they got close, the might of hidden weapons would be greatly reduced.

Inquire the Dragon instructed Long Meng and Zhang Pao to bring another war shield and moved just like Luo Zhiqiang and Xiao Leng to be in a position to attack Happy from another side.

When Happy was surrounded by four powerful Gate Realm fighters, he began to move backwards without having the chance to attack with his lancet knives. At the sight of it, Inquire the Dragon and Nangong Ying expressions filled with delight.

But they did not know that while Happy looked like he had been suppressed and forced to retreat, in truth, he was just widening the distance between them…

They were just four players in Gate Realm. Two of them held shields, which meant that they only had defence. They did not pose much of a threat in terms of lethality.

Did he even need lancet knives against two Gate Realm players?

Happy cackled coldly in his heart.

He retreated at a moderate speed and widened the distance between him the group from Dragon Tiger Sect. He kept his gaze fixed on the two people behind the shield before he quietly brought out his Noble Sword from his Universe Bag.

Even though his greatest martial arts were his saber technique and fist technique, since the two people came for the Blue-robed Noble Sword User, there was no need for him to reveal the martial arts he had at Grandmaster Realm.

Shing!

Shing! Shing!

At the instant the Noble Sword was drawn, the four people reached him. The two who were protected by the shields immediately drew their swords and attacked from the flanks. Judging by the sound, it seemed that the realms of their martial arts were not low. Both had already reached the tenth realm.

“Perfect timing!”

At first glance, Happy recognized that one of them used Nangong Clan’s Dwarf Star Sword Technique and Ground Martial Arts’ Sword of Madness. He grinned and used Eight Trigrams Steps, twisting his body and moving out of the way. He weaved through the not-exactly rapid attacks from the duo, and the Nine Palaces Sword sliced nimbly and so close to its enemy that it was like a shadow attached to them.

Happy soon stabbed the weak part of Luo Zhiqiang’s lower body from an unbelievable angle. Blood was instantly drawn.

Luo Zhiqiang’s thigh had been struck, and pain surged through his body. He instantly fell to his knees and could not keep up.

With just one attack, the stronger of the two was determined.

Inquire the Dragon was the first whose expression changed, and he shouted a word of warning. “Pao’zi, careful!”

But it was too late.

In the last few days, Zhang Pao had trained with the two players from the Nangong Clan and knew just how powerful they were. He also understood that their abilities were above his. When he saw one of them fall to the ground, he was stunned and instantly lost his composure! He did not even know how he executed his skills!

How was he supposed to know that he was up against a seasoned player who was familiar with countless martial arts and had a lot of battle experience? He was alarmed, and before they could exchange two blows, Happy tapped him with his sword and pushed him to the ground. He chuckled and went back a few feet to retreat from the battleground. He did not take their lives.

Xiao Leng and Long Meng had pale faces. They came forward with the shields to protect their fallen comrades and stopped in front of them. With faces full of fear and alarm, they stared at Happy like a powerful enemy!

The group behind them had clearly not expected that the four powerful Gate Realm fighters would be so weak that they could not withstand one single blow. The situation in which two of theirs died and two were injured instantly extinguished their fighting spirit. They knew that they could not advance, but they could not retreat either. They were caught in a difficult situation.

Happy cast a disdainful gaze at the people from Dragon Tiger Sect who had lost their will to fight. He lost any interest he might have had in killing them. In the face of the two war shields that protected four Gate Realm players, he slowly put his sword back into its sheath before he cast a glance at Inquire the Dragon, the sect master of Dragon Tiger Sect. The man had an expression as if he had just seen a ghost.

“You only have this much strength, and you dare to build a sect?” Happy said in a voice as if he was teaching a lesson.

This sentence was like a huge slap to the face for Inquire the Dragon.

Happy’s languid voice traveled at a moderate speed into the ears of all the people in the area.

“I don’t care if you built a sect, but you didn’t even order your subordinates to be more diligent in training and understanding the essence of martial arts to increase their strength. You only know how to take advantage of your strength to bully others, rob them of their resources, and provoke the heroes under heaven. You are just a disorderly crowd. If I must say, before long, you will end up with your sect destroyed.”

The group from Dragon Tiger Sect could say nothing about that!

He tutted. “Leave.”

Happy turned around and swung his arm. Without even turning his head back, he said, “If you have nothing else, stop bothering me. If you hold up my training any longer, I might just go and destroy your sect some day!”

The people from Dragon Tiger Sect looked at each other at a loss!

In the end, under Inquire the Dragon’s signal, they came forward with dejected looks on their faces and helped Luo Zhiqiang and Zhang Pao up, since they were injured. Then, they left the valley gloomily.

‘What the heck is this?’

They had come with raging anger and a mighty presence to surround Happy, but right after they met him, four of their people were defeated. Two of them were even elites from Dragon Tiger Sect and Nangong Clan. They had been mocked and taught a lesson by Happy in an indifferent tone. In the end, with all their dignity crushed, they fled!

“Big brother.”

Nangong Ying never said anything during that period of time. Once she left the valley, she looked at Inquire the Dragon with a worried expression. She was afraid that after the battle, her older brother would feel discouraged and disinclined to do anything further, and from there, lose his fighting spirit completely and just fall into a slump.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine.” The big man laughed bitterly and waved his hand. “It’s my fault for not listening to your suggestion. We should have tried to draw this sort of person into our sect and not offended him… Fortunately, he has a magnanimous heart. He should not hold a grudge against us, or else we wouldn’t have been able to leave alive.”

Nangong Ying instantly let out a breath of relief.

“Scholarly Immortal was right. I’ve indeed underestimated the heroes in this world and, by extension, the world itself. If I want to gain a standing in the game, I must have power, wisdom, and money, and none of them can be missing. Happy… was right.

“Long Meng, spread the word. Tell everyone that Dragon Tiger Sect has been defeated by Happy today, and we accept our defeat wholeheartedly. The Blue-robed Noble Sword User lives up to his name! From now on, all of Dragon Tiger Sect will avoid him if we run into him as a sign of respect.”

Nangong Ying’s eyes lit up, and Inquire the Dragon lost his dispirited look. He stared at the valley in the distance, and with a dazzling expression on his face, he said, “With my defeat today, I feel that World of Martial Arts is finally a bit interesting. However… to show that Dragon Tiger Sect is not a gathering of misfits, I, Inquire the Dragon, swear today to my dear sister and all my brothers that in the near future, I will definitely make Dragon Tiger Sect’s name ring through Jiangnan! We will gain a firm foothold in this game!”

“Yes!”

The group of people responded to him at the same time.

Happy did not know that his words that day had pushed Dragon Tiger Sect, which was supposed to be destroyed while it was at the eye of a storm, into an unknown direction.