Sword Among Us
chapter-38

Even though Happy was heavily injured and his fighting abilities had been greatly reduced, he believed that he would not have much difficulty dealing with two players who had not reached any qi realm. In fact, he did not even want to waste any of his lancet knives.

He just waited until the two of them were very close to him before suddenly striking the ground. With a Flying Goose, he rose into the air. He seized one of the players’ shoulder and flipped to his back in one agile motion.

One pull, and one grab!

Four All-seeing Eyes clearly did not have enough real fighting experience. He did not expect that the target that was already in his hands would be able to escape, but his reaction speed was rather quick. He turned his sword, and without even turning his head back, he made preparations to thrust his blade at the enemy.

But he suddenly felt a powerful force surge through his body from his shoulder.

“Ah!” Four All-seeing Eyes shouted in pain.

He felt as if all the strength in his body had been dissolved by a force that was as strong as a lightning current. At the same time, the pain of his shoulder being dislocated shot through him. The sword thrust he delivered with his bronze sword instantly became weak and powerless. It brought no threat to Happy.

Four All-Seeing Eyes’ face turned pale, realizing that they had ran into a truly tough opponent.

Happy’s gaze was cold.

The way he executed the technique showed incredible familiarity. He swiftly dislocated one of Four All-seeing Eyes’ elbows, and the bronze sword was nothing to him. Then, with a swift motion, he punched Four All-seeing Eyes’ chest when he turned around to attack.

His punch landed right at the pressure point at the center of his chest!

Four All-seeing Eye’s body moved back while trembling violently.

Happy did not stop there.

Compared to his fight against Wu Hou and Luo Xiaotian, Happy did not intend to show mercy for a rascal like Four All-seeing Eyes, who wanted to take advantage of him while he was weakened. With a palm strike, he caused the youngster to cough up blood. Then, with the speed of lightning, he executed a waist side kick.

Four All-seeing Eyes looked as if he had been crushed by a train while he staggered backwards. His bronze sword left his grasp, and he was sent backwards as if a cannonball had hit him. He crashed against a tree and nearly broke it.

He slid to the ground limply.

He was defeated in just one hit. Before Four All-seeing Eyes could even register what happened, fear born from disbelief and confusion rose in his eyes. He slumped against the ground. There was no strength in his limbs. He continued coughing up fresh blood, and the clothes covering his chest were dyed completely red. His face was stark pale, and his chest rose and fell faintly. He was already near death.

Happy turned his head around and looked at Ghost Leader. His gaze darkened.

Since he had already attacked one, he would deal with the other as well!

Before fear could bloom in Ghost Leader’s heart and he could run away, Happy raised his hand and drew the Noble Sword.

Clang!

A clear sword whistle rose in the forest.

Ghost Leader was completely intimidated by Happy’s furious and swift attacks. He even forgot that he knew martial arts. He swung his sword in alarm when pain struck his chest. He then saw Happy standing in front of him. There was contempt in his eyes that were both cold-blooded and ruthless.

It was only at that moment that Ghost Leader truly understood just how terrifying the Blue-robed Noble Sword User was. He lowered his head with fear on his face and stared at the longsword swaying by his chest. He also stared at Happy. Then, he slowly raised his head and opened his mouth laboriously. He looked as if he wanted to say something.

Cough!

Happy tightened his grip around his sword hilt again. With an indifferent expression, he drew the Noble Sword from Ghost Leader’s chest.

Ghost Leader trembled and instantly lost his ability to speak. He covered the wound which had blood gushing out from it while he slowly slid down behind Happy inch by inch. In the end, he turned into a blurry image and vanished.

Once Ghost Leader died, Four All-seeing Eyes’ desire to live also swiftly vanished. In the end, he found himself unable to catch his breath, and just like that, he leaned against the tree and watched Happy while his body swiftly became blurry. He soon faded away.

Even after he killed two people, Happy’s mental state did not change. He picked up the money they dropped and returned to his spot to sit cross-legged. He continued using his qi cultivation technique to heal his wounds.

…

World of Martial Arts was a complicated but also simple game.

It was unlike other virtual games where players would be penalized for killing others with malicious intent and where players had proper ways to defend themselves. As wanderers who had martial arts, no one had bounties placed on their heads as long as they did not commit any crime in the cities.

In World of Martial Arts, all martial artists could fight and kill each other due to a grudge, but that did not mean that there were no rules regulating this.

Once someone killed a person due to a grudge, the sect or clan of the target could issue Revenge Quests. Hence, grudges would usually cause multiple disciples from both clans or sects to kill each other, and it would lead to a major battle.

The lesson Happy had learned in his previous life made him reluctant to kill anyone in his way.

Hence, if he ran into players like Wu Hou who were not innately bad, he would not try to murder them. However, if he ran into scum like Four All-seeing Eyes and Ghost Leader, he would not hesitate or show any mercy.

If he showed compromise to a person of noble character, that person would also treat him with respect.

But if he showed compromise to scum, that person would just want more. In fact, they would forever bear a grudge. Hence, Happy would rather attack as swiftly as lightning from the beginning. He ended their lives within the shortest amount of time possible and left behind an impression that they would find difficult to forget for the rest of their lives.

He believed that after this fight, not only would their abilities be greatly reduced, they would also be unable to recover from the shock for a short period of time. The image he left behind by killing them instantly while injured would haunt the duo like a nightmare.

As long as they were not people who were not bothered by anything around them, they would avoid him on their own and stay far away from him.

Happy closed his eyes again.

Once he circulated his true qi thrice, he finally restored his body to its best possible condition and returned to the city.

He had completed the quest perfectly, so it was now time for him to search for the governor and receive his reward for the quest.

With the Small Reversion Pill—the holy medicine to treat all wounds—he could go and take a risk in more dangerous places.

…

In the eastern area of Gusu City was a remote street. The players who walked by that place would occasionally see pale-looking players who either looked angry or dejected walk out of the Guanlin Temple. Their footsteps would be light and unsteady.

Every time they saw players like this, the passerby would look at them pitifully or be on guard against them.

The players who walked out of Guanlin Temple were people who had just died.

The punishment for each death was quite great.

Even though the punishment for a new player was insignificant, the damage to their qi realm would still cause some people who were almost at Gate Realm to feel enraged and depressed.

Four All-seeing Eyes and Ghost Leader were one of them.

They were just about to enter Gate Realm in a few more days’ time, and they had actually ran into such a situation.

Right then, even if they entered Gate Realm, not only would their fighting abilities not increase, all other aspects of their abilities would also decrease. They lost the advantage of those who were about to enter Gate Realm for no reason.

What caused their mood to become even more gloomy was that after they died once, they lost half their money.

The two thousand or so taels of silver crumbs they had saved up by living a frugal life were gone with the wind. After they were resurrected, they really felt like dying.

However, this was not their greatest concern.

They had thought that if they got rid of Happy and damaged his qi, the awe-inspiring reputation of the Blue-robed Noble Sword User would soon be forgotten by others. He might not be able to recover from the setback.

But they did not think of the consequences if they died.

After they came out of Guanlin Temple, they remembered that they might run into the Blue-robed Noble Sword User, that terrifying boy who had instantly killed them, at any random moment while they were outside the city, and their faces instantly turned even paler. They could not help but shudder; they were filled with so much regret that they wanted to die.

The two of them had worked together, but they could not even get rid of Happy after he was injured. If they ran into him in the future, did that not mean that he could destroy them with just a finger? And it was also clear that he was not a person who showed mercy. Even if they managed to avoid him for a time, they could not avoid him forever. If they died again, all their previous efforts would be in vain.

When they thought about this in-depth, the two people sighed repeatedly.

“We can’t stay in Gusu City anymore. Should we change places?”

“That’s the only thing we can do.”

And so, the pitiful Ghost Leader and Four All-seeing Eyes vanished from Gusu City from then on.