Sword Among Us Novel - Chapter 264
Chapter 264: Shadow Warriors
“Hurry! Retreat to the hall!”
Phoenix Dances reacted very quickly. When she saw that the people who were leading the fleeing group were the disciples from Wudang Sect and the thirteen staff-using monks, her expression changed. She gave a fierce order, and at the same time, she tapped against the ground and retreated.
It was very difficult to bring forth the advantage of numbers in the tunnel. If the ninjas who were chasing them had domineering power, it was very difficult for only a few people to go up against them. If there were Knife-throwing Ninjas behind as well, the situation would be even more dangerous.
Hence, when Phoenix Dances gave her order, Emei Sect also reacted in the same way. The seventy or so people turned around and ran without turning back. They fled madly out of the tunnel to return to the main hall of the blood-soaked royal mausoleum.
“Guard the place!”
Beautiful Robes Faction and Emei Sect quickly occupied a beneficial position and stood behind the stone pillar engraved with the picture of a dragon entwined around it. They drew their bows and nocked their arrows, and activated their qi realms as well as their body fortifications in preparation for battle.
The dense and chaotic footsteps became clearer, and they were followed by screams of pain that occasionally rang in the air. They reached the group’s ears from a distance and made everyone nervous. They felt fear for the unknown.
Whoosh!
A group of Wudang Sect disciples rushed out of the tunnel like the wind before the eyes of the two sects. Then, they were followed by Shaolin Temple’s thirteen staff-using monks. There was some degree of embarrassment on their faces.
They were back again!
They had just bade farewell to the people from the two sects when they were sent retreating. They were sent back before a group of beautiful mistresses, and their faces burned hotly. Even Ouyang Qing did not say anything, which was a rare thing for him. Once they rushed out of the tunnel in silence, they quickly regrouped and formed defensive formations near the tunnel. They looked as if they were about to face a great enemy.
“What’s going on?”
Tea Words seized the time and asked a Wudang Sect disciple who was close to him.
He had a nervous and grave expression. When he looked at the people from the other three sects in the tunnel, he saw in disorder and panic.
“They seem to have run into even more powerful ninjas inside. Quite a number of people from the three sects have died. They were not those ninjas’ opponents at all. We saw that the situation was off from the distance, so we ran out.”
Beautiful Robes Faction and Emei Sect were stunned.
By the looks of it, the people from Wudang Sect and Shaolin Temple had not even crossed swords with the ninjas in the tunnel. They had just retreated.
‘This is just… What the heck is going on?’
The people from Wudang Sect seemed to have noticed the strange gazes from the people around them. Their faces turned red, and they quickly explained themselves.
“It’s true that we didn’t fight against them, but the ninjas inside are very powerful. Some of them were flying around on the ceiling with great agility. Hidden Soul Guild’s boss was blocked from behind, and with three slashes, his body fortification was destroyed. He was nearly killed.”
The listeners were all stunned silent when they heard that. Their expressions even changed slightly.
Hidden Soul Guild’s boss was a middle-aged man. Even though he kept a rather low profile, he had pretty good strength. He should be someone who did not lose to the thirteen staff-using monks and Ouyang Qing among those in the royal mausoleum, and his body fortification was not weak either.
If the ninjas managed to break his body fortification with three slashes, then their damage should be equal to high-tier hidden weapons and they should be using Mystical Realm high-tier martial artists!
“Were there Knife-throwing Ninjas inside?” the mistress that Glutinous Rice respected a lot asked Ouyang Qing.
The latter stared at the entrance of the tunnel closely while he shook his head.
“I didn’t see. But aside from those Mystical Realm ninjas who moved on the walls, I also saw some ninjas in black wielding katanas. The ninjas we faced earlier cannot hope to compare to their damage. In a moment, we might have to face a terrible battle!”
As he spoke, the other people from the three sects finally rushed out of the tunnel.
A few ninjas dressed in tight-fitting black clothes, wearing red masks on their faces, and holding Tsurugis with yellow tassels attached to them shifted into the hall along with them like beautiful butterflies.
When they drew their swords and attacked, they were ruthless and swift.
The swords flashed, and two members of Hidden Soul Guild grunted. They staggered and were sent flying before they landed in a puddle of blood.
The ninjas’ eyes were brutal and cold. Once they killed a person, they fixed their gazes on the next person near them without any hesitation. In the blink of an eye, four ninjas with astonishing speed killed more than ten people. They attacked so quickly and ruthlessly that the faces of the people from Beautiful Robes Faction turned pale.
“Be careful of the Shadow Warriors! Their sword techniques are very good!” Hidden Soul Guild’s middle-aged boss shouted out loudly.
It was at that moment that most people noticed that Hidden Soul Guild’s master had lost an arm. He was covering his wound with a pale face. Under the protection of several Hidden Soul Guild members, he retreated into a corner of the hall.
‘Is Shadow Warrior the name of those ninjas who are moving really quickly?’
Thud, thud, thud, thud…
When most of the disciples retreated from the tunnel completely, more than twenty ninjas holding katanas in reverse surged into the hall like the wind. Their steps were short and swift.
The tunnel became empty!
The sects’ enemies were four Shadow Warriors with extraordinary skills and twenty-four ninjas!
The ninjas were clearly not as strong as the Shadow Warriors. They only had the average strength of those in the middle stage of Mystical Realm, and they were not difficult to deal with.
Once Phoenix Dances swiftly analyzed the ninjas’ strength, she shouted out a loud command. “Everyone! Gather your firepower to deal with one Shadow Warrior respectively! The other three sects should get rid of the ninjas!”
“Alright!”
Shaolin Temple was the first to respond to her call. When the thirteen staff-using monks spoke, they took the initiative to move into their Demon Slaying Staff Formation. They surrounded a Shadow Warrior who had charged deep into the hall. If they deployed the strategy of continuous fights, it should not be a problem for them to deal with a Shadow Warrior at Life and Death Realm.
When Phoenix Dances spoke, Beautiful Robes Sect sent One Circle to use his body, which had to be weighed in tonnes, to Provoke and lure a Shadow Warrior over.
His high-tier body fortification in Grandmaster Realm was much stronger than that of Hidden Soul Guild’s master, who was a half-baked tanker. Even when he withstood a few slashes, it looked as if the Shadow Warrior was just helping him scratch an itch. One Circle did not feel any sort of pressure. He bared his teeth and grinned before swinging his Arhat Axe like a wheel; he managed to hold back a Shadow Warrior on his own.
Wudang Sect was not willing to admit that they were weaker, so they grabbed one Shadow Warrior as well.
The last one was led away by a group of mistresses from Emei Sect, who had been hiding their strength till then.
Once the Shadow Warriors who were the greatest threat had been led away, Soaring Tiger Sect, Beggar’s Sect, and Hidden Soul Guild, who had suffered great losses, lit up in fury. They instantly vented all their grievances on the twenty-four Mystical Realm Japanese ninjas.
They quickly managed to control the situation!
However, during the intense and chaotic fight, a black shadow shot out of the tunnel without a sound.
Once it entered the hall, the man stopped for a moment and swiftly appeared near the people encircling the twenty-four ninjas.
That person landed behind the group, at a spot that no one paid attention to. They then thrust forward with a black Tsurugi without stirring up the wind!
At that moment, the solid black shadow gained physical form.
Everyone could vaguely see that the person had a curvaceous and sexy body. They were also dressed in a female warrior’s attire, which had a Japanese charm to it.
“Ah!”
“Ack!”
“Urk!”
There were three Beggar’s Sect disciples who were completely focused on attacking the ninjas. They suddenly screamed at the same time, and they were sent sprawling on the ground by a great force. A terrifying wound was on their backs.
The matter happened too suddenly. No sword glare was noticed, and the ambusher could not even be seen. No one caught sight of anything…
They did not even know how the trio died.
While the players were in shock, another ambush happened!
Three more people were killed in one slash! This time, someone finally saw the female ninja’s figure, which had instantly vanished into thin air!
“It’s a ninja art! Everyone, be careful!”
At the moment a clear voice rose, the ears of the Three Lonely Wolves, who stood among a group of people who were rather free in Beautiful Robes Faction, twitched. They craned their necks and exchanged a strange but delighted gaze.
‘That brat managed to get in?!’
