Sword Among Us
chapter-229

[Robbed for no reason while hunting for Hoof Shadow! The famous master is nothing more than this!]

A red headline was pushed to the top of World of Martial Arts’ official website. The popularity of the post continued rising as the players were attracted by the two words “Hoof Shadow” and “famous master”. Soon, it became the hottest topic of the day.

The headline was mocking and judgmental, and the pictures and sequence of events that were included as the contents in the post were clear. It was a horrifying scene of Five Venoms controlling their venomous creatures while they fought against Corpse Controller Little North and the passionate Momo. The boy and girl were very extraordinary. The girl’s sword techniques were very agile and nimble, and the boy’s palm techniques were strange and bizarre, while the zombies were fierce and powerful. They killed the players from Five Venoms with incredibly clean attacks. Their fight was done in a very relaxed manner.

The sight of Happy appearing at the top of the ancient tomb with a mighty air and killing coldly to establish his authority was clearly shown in the battle replay. Countless players saw it, and soon, the crowd started condemning the trio on the official website!

For a period of time, countless people replied to the post and criticized Happy’s brutality and how indulgent he was of his party members.

Even though Five Venoms did not seem like a good sect, they were rather innocent from the start to the end. They had their operation of hunting the Hoof Shadow hindered and had ended up with their entire group slaughtered. Even the Hoof Shadow was snatched.

Many people cursed and criticized Happy.

[He cast aside his final shred of reservation for benefits. Happy, you’re at the top of the Famous People Rank! How can you not know how to protect your own reputation?]

[If they have the power to do so and want to kill you, it’s only natural that you have to grit your teeth and bear with it.]

[Oh my gosh, he’s actually someone like this?]

[Damn it! He’d best pray that I don’t run into him…]

[If the heavens want him to die, it will surely allow him to run rampant first! Just wait, Happy’s good fortune will soon come to an end!]

[Hmph… this sort of person should never have appeared on the Famous People Rank! It’s embarrassing for me to be on the same rank as this person!]

The replies filled the entire website. The criticisms and denunciations against Happy came like waves. Not only did they push him to the heart of the storm, there were even some people who replied to the post and said that they were willing to ally with Five Venoms, who were the victims this time, to mobilize their manpower in the name of the sects to kill Happy.

The chain reaction targeted at Happy soon spread to South China Martial Arts Ranking Board, but the people there reacted differently.

After all, they stood beside Happy. Even though there were some of the students from the University of South China who criticized him, they were in the minority. The majority were more careful and meticulous. With a tolerant heart, they went searching for trouble for Five Venoms and pointed out all the despicable actions Five Venoms had done in the past. Not only did they attack their act of controlling venomous creatures, which belonged to those who walked the path of evil, they also pointed out that Five Venoms had been the first to take action.

That was not all, however. A group of people from the Computer Engineering department formed a team with the Three Lonely Wolves as the leaders. In less than an hour, they dug out battle replays that had been posted on the official forum that denounced Five Venoms violating other players’ rights to build up an even stronger momentum to denounce Five Venoms.

[Five Venoms, can you even be considered a group at a disadvantage?!]

[You bully the weak but are afraid of the strong. This sect’s methods are a little disgusting.]

[You walk down the path of evil! Don’t even think about using this sort of petty tricks to deceive everyone’s eyes!]

There were countless other such topics against Five Venoms. They swiftly appeared in the major forums on the official website. Once the entire university’s force was mobilized, the evil conducts Five Venoms did in the past were swiftly discovered, and they were brought to light before everyone’s eyes.

In just half a day, the negative rumors targeted at Happy faded into obscurity. They were replaced by condemnation for all the evil conduct performed by Five Venoms.

The players were especially enraged by Five Venoms’ act of trying to kill someone to snatch a kill brazenly and then deploying the deplorable action of criticizing someone who was stronger than them after being defeated. This made many people who had at first accused Happy to feel incredibly ashamed and resentful. They felt that they had been deceived and manipulated! The tides changed, and now, it was Five Venoms that were pushed to the eye of the storm!

“Thank goodness we reacted quickly…”

The Three Lonely Wolves were in the dorms after they skipped class. Once they noticed that the direction of the accusations on the forum had changed, they finally released a breath of relief at the same time. Then, they turned around to speak to Happy.

“It’s fortunate that you suggested this earlier. If you only took action too late, your bad reputation would have been etched into people’s hearts, and the effect would not be very good.”

Bai Lang paused for a moment before he nudged the frame of his glasses higher up the bridge of his nose. “But how did you know that Five Venoms had done many deplorable acts in the past? Could it be that you planned this since the start?” he asked in puzzlement.

“No, it’s just that when I saw their actions not matching what would be done by upright people, I thought it would be a good idea to search for their past deeds. I didn’t expect that they had bullied and oppressed so many people before. It was luck to get myself out of trouble.”

Happy’s answer did not manage to clear up the trio’s doubts.

In their hearts, Happy was not the type of person who would kill someone and steal for some benefits. Besides, his expression was incredibly strange in the battle replay. There was a deep hatred on his face, which made it clear that it was not the first time he saw them.

Of course, when the battle replay was shown on the computer, the quality was not perfect. There was a possibility that all of it was just what they perceived and not the real truth.

“Dude, you sure know how to invite trouble. After stirring up such great trouble yesterday, you still had the time to run out for a date with the Great Beauty of the disciplinary committee outside the campus? And when you woke up, you even remembered to tell us your plan! Aren’t you too much of a monster? If I were you, I would have gone on a date with Xu Yao early in the morning.”

“Yup, Xu Xin and Xu Yao… Bro, just what are you planning to do?”

“Xu Yao is showing you a lot of affection right now, but you’re not taking any action. What’s going on?”

The trio spoke one after another.

To them, Happy was living a very blessed life!

He was famous, and in terms of his career… If they were to talk in terms of the game, they could say that Happy was also successful. If he exchanged all his items in the virtual reality into RMB, he would have at least five hundred thousand RMB.

There were also two beauties who had taken a fancy to him.

It was basically the dream of all men. If the Three Lonely Wolves were in his place, they would definitely not act as stupidly as him and do nothing.

“My attention is solely on the game right now. School romances are not very stable, and I wouldn’t feel at ease with one. By the way, let me tell you something. Xu Yao, the Great Beauty of the disciplinary committee, might have already asked Li Ning to figure out my identity in the game.” Happy’s calm voice attracted the trio’s attention back to him. “I just wanted to give you a reminder. What you want to do once my identity is exposed?”

“I see, so that’s what it is.”

The trio scowled and fell into deep thought.

“When you put it that way, it’s not that strange anymore. I was puzzled a while ago. You aren’t as handsome as I am, so why did the two great Xu Beauties take a fancy to you? If they knew your identity, I can understand it now. After all, even Phoenix Dances has dropped subtle hints that she was willing to become your girlfriend. With that being the case, it’s not at all strange that Xu Yao would have become attracted to you.

“It’s a pity. That’s another flower stuck in—” Before Chen Fan could finish lamenting, he sensed the temperature around him fall. He quickly stopped talking and changed the topic. “If that’s the case, before long, you’ll have to appear before everyone with your true self, right?”

When Chen Fan finished speaking, his three dormmates frowned. Stern expressions appeared on their faces.

“If your real identity is exposed, the worst case scenario will be that some sects will begin to target Beautiful Robes Faction, since it’s the faction built by the students of the University of South China. Looks like we’ll have to notify Phoenix Dances and Tea Words to increase their speed of building up the sect so we can get prepared beforehand.”

“Yup.”