Sword Among Us
chapter-169

Chapter 169: Class S Battle Assessment

Even though a tenth realm Flowering Knights’ Song could not deal heavy damage to the Thousand Year Corpse King, the first ever injury enraged the zombie. Its black pupils shone with a fierce light, and its chase grew even fiercer. He almost did not give Happy any chance to execute an attack. Wherever he went, the burial mounds would be flipped over when he attacked.

Happy might have successfully landed one hit, but he did not dare to be inattentive or relax. His expression remained calm, and he listened to his surroundings to determine the Thousand Year Corpse King’s attack trajectory. Then, he would choose the most effective way to avoid its attacks.

Whenever the Thousand Year Corpse King’s attacks landed, he would swing his saber.

Clang!

Every single time the Thousand Year Corpse King was attacked, its body would tremble slightly before its movements returned to normal. Its murderous aura would become even stronger, and its attacks would become even more impatient and fueled with anger.

Happy’s actions might have seemed to be in vain.

However, after Little North braced himself and approached the battlefield, he noticed that the Thousand Year Corpse King had cracks on its thin and black skeletal-like figure.

They might seem insignificant, but the more the corpse king was attacked, the more thin cracks appeared, and they were all connected to each other. Soon, the frighteningly fast and all-powerful Thousand Year Corpse King finally showed a barely noticeable lag in its movements.

During the battle, Happy made the best use of his time and was not negligent. He used his fastest speed to eat medicine.

Clang!

Once the faint cracks in the area which Happy attacked the most on the Thousand Year Corpse King’s body were all connected together, larger and deeper cracks appeared on its body. When the Hundred-battle Saber struck the Thousand Year Corpse King again, thin fragments flew out of the Thousand Year Corpse King’s body, and it lifted Happy’s spirits.

‘I’m almost there!’

Once the Thousand Year Corpse King suffered more than one hundred heavy blows, an opening was finally made on the sturdiest part of its body—its skin. Even though the Thousand Year Corpse King’s combat abilities were far above the other zombies, everyone feared the Thousand Year Corpse King’s movement speed the most. Once it was refined by Corpse Sect, it possessed high-tier lightness skill that was at pseudo-Grandmaster Realm. With its agile and deformed body, it could come and go like a ghost, and people would usually be unable to fend against it.

Happy calmed his heart down.

He could tell that the Thousand Year Corpse King’s movement speed had been affected, and it was no longer as difficult to locate it with a naked eye. When it moved, it also showed signs of weakness.

A normal player would definitely use such a safe strategy from the start to the end!

But that was not the case for Happy.

He had been suppressed for a long time by the Thousand Year Corpse King, so when he saw the monster begin to show weakness, he stopped moving in reflex. With a single move, he went to face the Thousand Year Corpse King head on.

A sparkle shone in the monster’s eyes.

It flashed its sharp claws, which could easily tear through metal, and with a black gust of wind that was filled with a foul smell, it delivered an attack on Happy at lightning speed.

The Thousand Year Corpse King’s movements might have become a bit slower, but to Blessed Realm players, its attacks were still deadly dangerous. However…

Happy tapped on the ground and turned around in an ingenious manner, just like a loach. He moved past the Thousand Year Corpse King, smoothly avoiding the monster’s poisonous claws, and sliced at its body.

The ferocious saber glare that spread out was long and sharp. It struck the Thousand Year Corpse King’s damaged body with a feather-light slash.

A black ink-like substance gushed out of the Thousand Year Corpse King’s body.

The Thousand Year Corpse King let out a shrill howl. It staggered backwards for a few feet with its deformed body, then turned around and tried to run.

“Excuse me?!”

Little North, who was so timid that he just observed the battle, widened his eyes as if he had just seen a ghost. He could not believe that a combat puppet would actually know how to observe the situation and flee just like a human when it saw that the situation was not good for it!

The Thousand Year Corpse King thought that with its speed, it would be able to flee easily when it was not surrounded. But unfortunately for it, it had ran into Happy, who knew its movements like the back of his hand. There was no way it could avoid a tragic end!

“Thinking of running?”

Happy had long since expected that the Thousand Year Corpse King would do it. Once he forced the Thousand Year Corpse King back, he tapped against the ground rapidly and kept close, like a maggot on bones. When the corpse king turned around resolutely, he swiftly activated Dragon Capture.

He caught it with ease!

Happy twisted the Thousand Year Corpse King’s elbow and swung his Hundred-battle Saber upwards. With the speed of lightning, he cut into the crack…

Crack!

The Thousand Year Corpse King’s right elbow fell with a great wave of black death aura.

Once it lost its right arm, the puppet lost its balance and began leaning heavily to one side, and even more weaknesses appeared. Its synchronization was also completely destroyed. The Thousand Year Corpse King’s movements became quite pathetic when it tried to flee again.

Happy frowned and chased after it. He executed Dragon Capture a second time.

The Thousand Year Corpse King was affected by the suction force. It lost its momentum because of the huge wave of power, and with inertia guiding its movements, it turned around. A sharp, dark-blue saber glare stabbed the wound on its right arm with a mighty force!

The Thousand Year Corpse King was pinned to the ground right then, its deformed body held in place by the Hundred-battle Saber!

It lowered its body with great difficulty and cast a glance away.

Boom!

A loud sound rose, and the Thousand Year Corpse King’s body imploded. It crumbled apart.

Thud!

A small Universe Bag fell from the Thousand Year Corpse King’s body and landed on the ground.

Happy’s eyes moved fast. He quickly scooped up the Universe Bag and opened it to look inside. Then, the nervous and solemn look on his face dissolved into a smile.

“Ding!

“Killed the Mystical Realm Thousand Year Corpse King!

“Battle Danger Assessment: Class S.

“Comprehension +1. Level of Flowering Knights’ Song increased. Flowering Knights Song: Level 95.37. Black Sand Invulnerable Body realm increase. Black Sand Invulnerable Body: Eighth Realm.”

The system notifications rang one after another.

At the moment the notifications ended, the smile on Happy’s face grew brighter.

As expected of a Class S battle, his rewards were great.

Flowering Knights’ Song had become very difficult to level up once it had reached its later stages, but right then, it increased by five levels. Of course, he knew that the system would provide increasing high-tier martial arts by one realm as a reward, but he was now closer to pushing Flowering Knights’ Song to Grandmaster Realm. At the very least, he had just cut down a whole day’s worth of training time.

Also, he gained a Comprehension point. Even his Black Sand Invulnerable Body had leveled up by a lot. His rewards were indeed very great.

“Big Brother Happy.” Little North came running over with his two now very miserable looking zombies. When he saw the black shards from the Thousand Year Corpse King scattered all around the ground, he was incredibly excited. “Can I have these— No, no, no, I mean, can I buy them?”

The shards from the Thousand Year Corpse King were materials that contained an even higher grade medicinal liquid. Once someone melted and refined them, they could get higher grade medicinal liquid to repair their zombies. It would also strengthen the sturdiness of their puppets’ physical bodies and increase their levels. It was something that was incredibly important for Corpse Controllers.

“Take it. I have no need for it anyway.”

Happy shrugged since the matter did not concern him. Even though high-grade medicinal liquid was rather valuable, there were very few Corpse Controllers during the early stages of the game, and there were even fewer who could afford such things. Because of that, he decided that he might as well do an act of kindness and give the items to Little North so that he could regard it as his reward.

However, Happy did warn Little North multiple times that he was not to spread the news of what happened and not to record it. Little North nodded vigorously and swore that Happy could be at ease.

After all, Corpse Controllers could be considered as a rather rare profession. Little North did not wish for there to be many people who would fight with him for resources in the mass grave.

Just as Little North picked up the shards all over the ground, Happy’s gaze was attracted by the Thousand Year Corpse King’s right arm. It was not too far away from him, and it was still letting out a faint black aura.