Sword Among Us Novel - Chapter 1226

Chapter 1226: Mobilized Lots of Soldiers, Trouble in West Region
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

This was bad!
This was absolutely horrid!
Ever since they left the Chinese plains, Blood Robes never enjoyed a day of peace and quiet. Bad things just kept happening to them one after another. One Emperor was like a nightmare that just followed him closely day and night.
Whenever he chose to settle in a place and was prepared to rest and recuperate, One Emperor would appear from some place and cause a huge ruckus. Even if they managed to keep things a secret and even if they switched to five different countries before they went to their destination, One Emperor would locate them accurately, as if he knew how to perform divinations. He just followed them like a maggot.
There was not even a need to talk about how strong One Emperor was…
Right after he used the black sword force, Class One Hall’s morale would be shattered, and they would not be able to summon the courage to fight back in the slightest.
As they lost and fled repeatedly and when the local forces controlled by the Wild Wolves in the five countries were crushed as well and were all destroyed by One Emperor’s sword, these forces were all vanquished by Lovely Land’s iron hooves.
Many times, Blood Robes sent a messenger pigeon to Dream Clouds to ask for help, hoping that Dream Clouds could contact the Wild Wolves and send more people to protect them and reorganize the order in the countries in West Region as well as chase away the local enemy forces and Lovely Land members who had settled in the countries in West Region, but unfortunately, even when they sent the news, the Wild Wolves reacted like stones sinking into the ocean. They did not react in the slightest.
After Blood Robes was defeated for around a month, as he looked at the shrinking team behind him, his patience and aggression was slowly destroyed.
But every cloud had a silver lining.
Just when Blood Robes was about to descend into despair, an unexpectedly good news came from Dream Clouds.
Around one hundred elite Wild Wolves rushed to West Region from different countries. In just a few days, they lit up the flames of war in the countries in West Region.
The local forces that were supported by Lovely Land were crushed by Wild Wolves. The thousands of elite Imperial Army forces that entered the West Region countries were also attacked with the fiercest attacks. Terror filled the air of the countries in West Region once more.
The Wild Wolves had finally launched their counterattack, and they were prepared to attack to protect their prestige in the whole world, in the Chinese plains, and the countries in West Region!
“Damn it!”
“They’re finally fighting!”
“Hall Master Blood Robes!”
“I thought that Evil Emperor had turned into a coward after losing twice to Happy. He finally gathered his courage…”
“Good news! Good news!”
While Blood Robes and a group of core Class One Hall members celebrated in a restaurant, someone suddenly rushed in from outside. He was incredibly excited. His face was flushed red as he rushed to Blood Robes.
“What news is it? Hurry up and speak.” Blood Robes and his group were able to recognize that this person was in charge of gathering information. Their eyes lit up, and they looked expectant. If the news was able to make this person so excited, it would definitely be something extraordinary. Besides, Class One Hall needed to have good news to boost up their morale.
But what they did not expect was that the person who gathered information would personally come over to deliver a piece of news that caused them to be in great shock for a long time, and they could not believe it even after a long time passed.
“Great news! One Emperor died!”
His loud voice penetrated through the air, and it entered everyone’s ears.
The restaurant fell silent. For a period of time, all voices faded away. The only sound that remained was that person gasping for breath. It was incredibly piercing to the ears.
All the Class One Hall elites, including Blood Robes, stared at the person who brought the news back as if they were staring at a monster. They practically had the words, “I don’t believe you” written on their faces.
“It’s true!” That person’s expression did not change. He explained with an incredibly agitated voice. “Wild Wolves mobilized more than three hundred elites to lay in wait at the spot One Emperor logged off. This time, the Wild Wolves have really used a lot of their resources. They sent more than three hundred elites to surround him, and when One Emperor logged in, he was instantly killed! Even the one thousand people from Lovely Land were killed in one go!”
Boom! Boom!
This news was like a powerful bomb that caused Blood Robes and his group to descend into a ruckus.
All of them struck their tables and got up in extreme excitement.
“Wonderful!”
“That bastard finally met his end!”
“Haha! That’s great!”
“The Wild Wolves have finally decided to be serious! Hall Master Blood Robes, tell us! What do you want us to do?!”
The Class One Hall descended into complete frenzy. They drew their weapons in a loud ruckus, and they burned with murderous rage, looking as if they wanted to turn around and slaughter all those who killed them so that they could get rid of their past shame.
Blood Robes’ face was red. He stood straight with sparkling eyes. In the end, he pointed at the person in charge of gathering information. “Are you certain the information is right?”
“It’s absolutely true. The Wild Wolves have even sent me the battle replay,” the person answered.
“Alright!” Blood Robes gritted his teeth. He struck his fists together. “If the Wild Wolves attacked One Emperor, it means that they have indeed decided to be serious, and they’ve decided to put things right once and for all! Hmph! That’s good… The claws Happy extended out of the Chinese plains have been completely cut off by the Wild Wolves…”
“That’s right. The Wild Wolves said this as well. With the group of elites that suddenly appeared, right now, there are at least one thousand and four hundred people in the countries in the West Region!”
“Hiss…”
When the group from Class One Hall heard this number, they sucked in sharp breaths at the same time, and their eyes sparkled in excitement and fervor.
That number was simply domineering!
With this group of people around, who could hope to stop the Wild Wolves in their tracks?
“Hall Master Blood Master, tell us, what should we do?!”
The group was already eager to do something!
But the moment they mentioned their subsequent action, Blood Robes’ passion instantly disappeared without a trace.
“My friends, I know what you want to do. But now, with the power we have left, we can’t fight at all. One Emperor has been killed, and Lovely Land will definitely be on guard. They will not appear easily. Even if they do, One Emperor will be the only one who will take action, and his attacks will be even more out of control and fearless than before…”
The Class One Hall members were not idiots. They could dissect what Blood Robes meant.
They could not attack!
Even if someone were to attack, it would be the Wild Wolves who would do so.
“Are you saying that we’re supposed to continue resting like cowards.”
“…Yes,” Blood Robes answered gravely with a nod.
Right when he finished speaking, the group’s morale, which had burned passionately just now in the restaurant, was mostly extinguished, as if a basin of cold water had been poured over them. All of them had resigned and gloomy expressions on their faces.
When he saw this, Blood Robes comforted them. “Don’t worry, everyone. Since the Wild Wolves have mobilized more than one thousand elites to gather in the countries in West Region, this means that they’re definitely going to take action in the Chinese plains. Trust me, this time, we won’t be resting for a long time. Very soon, we’ll be able to leave this place and return to the Chinese plains. At that time, you’ll be working hard!”
“That’s right!”
The person who agreed to Blood Robes’ words was the one in charge of gathering information. He said with an excited tone, “This time, the Wild Wolves gathered more than one thousand elites from various countries. They will definitely not be placing them in the countries in the West Region to let them just admire the scenery. Also, I heard that Evil Emperor might be coming personally! He’ll be able to reach within the next few days!”
The group had their curiosity piqued, and their hearts burned with great passion again.
“Evil Emperor?”
“And he deployed more than one thousand elite Wild Wolves!”
“He sent all of them into the West Region… What are they thinking of doing?”
“Could it be that he wants to invade the Chinese plains now?!”
They longed to gossip. The group used their imagination and discussed things.
Blood Robes used his fastest speed to give orders.
They seized time and immediately set up Class One Hall’s headquarters. They also searched for a suitable place to set up their station. At the same time, while they were protected by the Wild Wolves, they quickly set up various branches in the countries in West Region.
When Blood Robes received the news, Dream Clouds had also received news that more than one thousand top-class elites from Wild Wolves had quietly gathered at West Region!
One Emperor was killed, and the Lovely Land members were all murdered. Part of Lovely Land’s forces crumbled, and the forces who were formerly in power were in authority once more. These pieces of news caused Dream Clouds to notice that the situation in the country in West Region had changed drastically. At the same time, she managed to guess why Evil Emperor sent his forces to West Region in such an aggressive wave. He was definitely trying to mislead the public and divert Happy as well as Lovely Land’s attention. He wanted to use the chance when they were on guard to venture into Turkic land and search for the distressed Martial Paragon Bi Xuan.
To Dream Clouds, this was great news.
Once Evil Emperor turned Martial Paragon Bi Xuan into a furnace and perfect Great Dao Heart Demonic Seed Art, his strength would increase by leaps and bounds, and he would be able to suppress Happy. There were more than one thousand supreme-grade elites in Wild Wolves, and if they worked together as well as used their newest trump card—the Great Forbidden Daiya Technique—it would not be difficult for them to kill One Emperor to suppress the players in Chinese plains.
When she thought of this, Dream Clouds could not help but suck in a breath and look outside.
She had already not left this restaurant for days, and she lost count of the days she was not regarded with respect from others.
At that moment, she knew that her chance had arrived.
“I, Dream Clouds, am about to return to the stage of the Chinese plains with Class One Hall!” As she spoke, Dream Clouds gently touched the silver martial arts manual with golden lettering. She slowly caressed the two golden words on the cover.
Sunflower Manual!
“Hall Master!”
The door was pushed open. A person came in and said, “We received news from that side. They have already managed to figure out the top three people for Lovely Land’s tournament.”
“Oh?” Dream Clouds cocked an eyebrow. She instantly became interested. “Who are they?”
“The first is Wind Void! I believe you’re familiar with her,” that person said.
Dream Clouds frowned. “The former sect master of Chivalry Sect?”
“That’s right. She’s not easy to buy over.”
“She’s rich, and she doesn’t lack money at all. Besides, after I destroyed Chivalry Sect, she went up against me in every way possible. The possibility of us buying her over is zero. If her winning rate is the highest, think of a way for her to not attend the tournament.” A fierce light shone in her eyes as Dream Clouds instructed the two people behind her.
“Another one is an elite from the Murong Clan. His name is Whirlwind Young Li.”
“Where is he from? I’ve never heard of him before.”
“I heard that he’s Happy’s fan. Some time ago, he was acknowledged by the Murong Clan, and he obtained the ultimate technique, Shifting Stars. He used this to win against dozens of top-class elites during the pre-tournament, and he never lost. He’s the greatest dark horse in this tournament!”
“…It’ll be difficult to buy him over too.”
“The third person is Orochimaru. He’s the easiest to be bought over…”
“I remember this person. He’s someone famous of the Evil Rank, right?”
“That’s right. He practices the Six Yang Strikes of the Heavenly Mountain from Spirit Vulture Palace and Star Sect’s Star Sucking Great Skill. His strength is above supreme-class elites, and he has only lost once to Wind Void. Over the past three days, he won against more than two thousand people, and his chances of winning are very high.”
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Chapter 1227: Unexpectedly Strong Lovely Land
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After Happy handed Wind Chimes and Xu Yao to the sect master of Zither Sect, he rushed back to Beijing and went straight back to Lovely Land’s headquarters so that he could personally host the final segment of the tournament—the tournament between the top one hundred!
The final tournament would be held in the tournament area that Lovely Land had applied to use. The space inside was very big, and it could contain hundreds of thousands of people. The price to open it for a day was ten million taels… of gold. But it was worth the price. If they wanted to contain all the people who received the hero’s invitations, they really needed some place this big. Besides, the imperial court’s elites were in charge of managing the order in the tournament area, so no one would be able to cause trouble inside, which spared them a lot of trouble.
The tournament area was very magnificent. When Happy arrived here, the place was already packed full of people, and it was full of life.
“Ji Feng!”
When he entered the area, Happy spread his spirit sense around and quickly noticed Ji Feng, who was at the seat reserved for the host. He was currently craning his neck with an anxious expression as he looked at the entrances. Happy smiled and took the initiative to send a private message.
“Sect Master, you’re finally here!”
The anxiety on Ji Feng’s face instantly vanished. With just a few steps, he leapt off the host’s seat. “If you’re any later, I wouldn’t know how to explain things to the people.”
Happy ignored Ji Feng’s relieved expression and looked around the area. While he continuously nodded at and greeted the familiar faces who kept popping up, he asked, “It’s not time for the competition yet, right?”
“That’s what I said, but once the tournament area was opened, all those with hero’s invitations surged in to occupy seats. We couldn’t stop them either. Look, now, the tournament area is full, but there are still familiar faces outside who are asking me to increase the seats so that they could come in. I don’t know how to answer them.”
“Then we’ll add an additional one hundred thousand seats!”
“It’s one hundred taels of gold for one seat…”
“Get ten million taels of gold. If you can’t bring it out of the sect storage, I’ll pay for it from my own pocket.”
“I can, of course I can!”
Ji Feng wiped off the cold sweat on his brow and made a sarcastic quip in his heart. ‘One hundred of our elites can only get a total of five million taels of gold as a reward. Yet you’re spending sixty million taels of gold for the people who are watching? This… is a losing trade no matter how I look at it.’
Of course, he would not say this to Happy to his face.
Happy would only give him orders during important times. He was the typical sect master in name only. But… Ji Feng was happy about that.
At the same time they added seats, Ji Feng and Happy both got on the stage for the hosts.
It was a seat similar to the alliance master of the world of martial arts.
Boom!
At the moment they went to their straights, loud cheers suddenly rose from all sides.
“Sect Master!”
“Sect Master Happy is here!”
“Welcome, Sect Master!”
Astonishing shouts tumbled out of countless Lovely Land members’ mouths, but those shouts were very unified.
The people who were waiting for the tournament were shocked. They were surprised by the cheers around them. Then, they were affected by the passion of the Lovely Land members. At the same time, they stared at the white-clad young man who stood at the center of the stage for the hosts.
The players who had the chance to enter because of the additional seats surged in from all directions, and they were shocked by the additional sound as well. They thought that the tournament had already started, but when they heard the words clearly, they had their questions answered.
But they became even more excited. They must absolutely not miss such a grand and magnificent scene!
Happy was originally shocked by the unified sounds that came at him suddenly, but when he thought about it carefully, he turned his head around to look at Ji Feng. He then saw him tilt his head upward to stare at some spot on the ceiling. Ji Feng had a profound look on his face, as if he was examining it.
There was no need to deny it, this was definitely Ji Feng’s doing.
He giggled in his heart, and Happy raised his hand.
“The tournament hasn’t started yet. Everyone, please sit down. My friends, let’s wait with the rest.” His voice traveled forward mightily with the power of Dragon’s Roar, and it pierced through the roaring sound wave. It entered everyone’s ears clearly.
His display of strength was not done abruptly, and it was also executed beautifully.
“Understood!”
The Lovely Land members answered. The unified sounds caused the atmosphere in the entire tournament area to become incredibly strange. It was only at that moment that countless people noticed that most of the people around them were Lovely Land members.
It was only when they asked about it that they understood that this time, Lovely Land had actually spent tens of millions of taels of gold on their members so that every member who wanted to watch the tournament would not regret missing the chance to do so.
“No wonder…”
“I was wondering how Happy managed to get his sect members to be so unified when he is constantly running about everywhere.”
Quite a number of sect leaders in the crowd were shocked. Even though he was just a sect leader in name, he managed to make his sect so incredibly unified. His methods were so great that they were impressed.
However, after they obtained the figure for the money spent, everyone chose to remain silent.
“By the way, Sect Master, you sent a messenger pigeon while you were coming back, saying that you’re going to bring us a small surprise during the tournament this time. Is it…?”
Ji Feng waited until Happy sat down before he had a thought appear in his mind. He rubbed his hands together and arrived behind Happy to ask this question tentatively.
Happy did not need to turn his head around. He could already “see” Ji Feng’s constantly moving eyebrows and his slightly sparkling eyes. He was rubbing his hands with familiar ease. ‘This guy is becoming more and more like a person who only loves money.’
He made a sarcastic quip in his heart, but Happy answered calmly, “Let’s not talk about this for the time being. Tell me the results of the pre-tournament spars. Didn’t you tell me that you had a figure that you wanted to tell me personally after I came back?”
“Urk…” Ji Feng was rendered speechless.
When Happy sent him a messenger pigeon saying that he had a “surprise”, Ji Feng guessed that it was not something simple and was definitely either a legacy that would shock the World of Martial Arts or a matchless divine weapon. Ji Feng had already become numb because of the shock dealt to him by Heavenly Saber Song Que’s legacy and the batches of supreme-grade divine weapons and demon vessels. He refused to believe that Happy would bring out something normal and ordinary.
So, to be able to live up to Happy’s reward, Ji Feng prepared a surprise as well. He was prepared to let Happy know that he had not been idle over this period of time, and he had been very busy and responsible…
But what surprised him was that Happy had decided to beat around the bush and asked him to reveal his trump card first.
Ji Feng felt a little gloomy.
Before he even began his performance, he had to reveal his trump card. That feeling was horrible.
He rolled his eyes behind Happy and reluctantly brought out a scroll from his Universe Bag.
Happy saw it all and cackled in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. He just calmly waited for Ji Feng to finish his report.
Ji Feng wanted to stall it.
Just like that, Lovely Land’s first and second leaders had gone through a silent game of revealing their own trump cards right in front of the people’s eyes.
But the weak could not win against the strong. Ji Feng simply could not win against Happy. He opened the scroll and read the data on it to Happy through private messages.
“When Lovely Land was just built, the number of elites who are better than top-class elites we have and can be completely independent were nearly two hundred!” When he started reading the scroll, Ji Feng became serious, and his tone became stern and conscientious.
“Yeah.” Happy nodded quietly.
He remembered that at that time, the supreme-grade elites from Lovely Land were all people from various sects. Among them were people from Wind Assault Tower and Ji Feng’s sect. The others were all solo players.
At that time, the number of supreme-class elites from Lovely Land were almost as great as Wind Assault Tower.
But at that time, Happy had gone on to understand the situation about the Wild Wolves, and he learned from Wandering Know-it-all that Wind Wolves had three thousand supreme-class elites, and that was not including the forces of power from various countries that were working with Wild Wolves.
During then, he knew that he could not fight against and destroy Wild Wolves alone. Besides, if he wanted to make Lovely Land stronger, he needed players who were not of average strength. Their best strength must be up to standard, otherwise, they would just be able to fight on equal grounds with Wild Wolves with Wandering Know-it-all’s help.
Heavenly Saber Song Que’s legacy was born out of Happy’s thoughts at that time. That was why he had put it into Lovely Land’s sect storage so resolutely.
More than one million Lovely Land talked about this, and since his battle replay at Song House served as an advertisement, the news of the tournament spread through the entire Chinese plains.
Besides, over this period of time, all his actions of filling the sect storage and putting in batches of divine weapons and demon vessels was so that he could attract more supreme-class elites into joining his sect!
Even though he had not looked into it in detail just yet, Happy could guess that there should be quite a number of supreme-class elites who were attracted by it and joined Lovely Land.
Now, Ji Feng revealed the number of the top fighting strength in Lovely Land.
“During the pre-tournament spars, I secretly set up an examination group in the sect. There are fifty of them, and they are formed by the people who are elders and hall chiefs from Lovely Land. If they have any subordinates whom they believe are supreme-class elites, they could provide their names and battle replays in secret, and this group would be in charge of examining the battle replays.”
Happy was slightly stunned. He finally regarded Ji Feng properly.
His name as the Hero of Wisdom was not in vain.
Even though Heavenly Saber Song Que’s legacy and all his other actions were to attract supreme-class elites over, Happy never stated it out loud. But Ji Feng had clearly noticed his goal, and he chose a swift and effective way to select this group of people from the two million Lovely Land members.
If he could just make sure that this group of people stayed and started focusing his attention on training them, this group of people would prove to be of great help in the future.
When he thought about this in depth, Happy nodded in satisfaction.
“How many have passed your examination right now?”
“We’ve listed all the people who joined the pre-tournament spars, and there are a lot of them. Sect Master, you definitely won’t be able to guess the number.” When he said this, Ji Feng paused for a moment, and he subconsciously spoke with a cunning and smug tone.
“Oh?”
When Ji Feng said this, Happy’s expectations instantly turned into curiosity.
If Ji Feng said this, then there was only one meaning behind it.
The effects of his actions before this were good, and he had managed to attract quite a lot of supreme-class elites to Lovely Land, and the number was definitely more than he expected.
When he thought of this, Happy instantly became at ease.
He did not disappoint Ji Feng either. He went with the rhythm and came up with a number. “Did it surpass five hundred or six hundred?”
When they first built Lovely Land, they had fewer than two hundred supreme-class elites. If this number had already increased by twofold now, that would mean that they had obtained a number of supreme-class elites that was equal to the number of supreme-class elites Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing sects had at the peak of their strength!
“Five hundred…”
Ji Feng’s smug look faded away, and he stated a number.
Happy was slightly stunned. Then, he frowned. “Five hundred is already a good number.”
But before his voice faded away, Ji Feng added, because he had not finished speaking, “…is just the last three numbers.”
Happy was stunned. He turned around quickly and stared at Ji Feng. Ji Feng’s expression was calm as he nodded seriously. “We have one thousand and five hundred elites. During the pre-tournament spars, we’ve examined and filtered the players, and we have one thousand and five hundred supreme-class elites with us now…”