Sword Among Us

Chapter 735: Barren Murderer Returns to China

Mu Clan never relaxed in their monitoring of Towering Palace.

Silver Wolf even ordered his clan members to continuously search for the position of the twenty-nine people who did not die in the ambush against the branch to prevent them from getting out of Mu Clan’s tightly-woven net once they logged in.

The surveillance not only caused the tense and frozen atmosphere in Yangzhou City to continue, Towering Palace felt as if they had a thorn stuck in their throats. They could not breathe with ease, and occasionally, they even had verbal conflicts with each other.

An incredibly hostile air filled Yangzhou City.

Mu Clan did not show any intention to retreat.

Instead, a continuous stream of elites rode on their horses into Yangzhou City from other cities. Not only did they not manage to calm everyone down, they even brought about a prewar atmosphere that foreshadowed a mighty storm that would soon reach Yangzhou City.

The people who ambushed Mu Clan never logged in.

But Mu Clan did not show any signs of treating it as nothing. They were out for blood, and Towering Palace, which always stuck to their fundamental principle to cope with ever changing circumstances,was finally unable to sit still and do nothing.

A few major events happened!

On the day the mysterious masked man in black attacked Mu Clan’s branch and fought against Silver Wolf, he did not gain an upper hand in the short fight he had. Instead, his qi was continuously weakened, and he started showing signs of losing.

Once the branch was attacked and Silver Wolf resolutely left the battlefield, the mysterious masked man in black removed the mask on his face and left Yangzhou to build White Robe Sect.

Ever since then, there was no longer a mysterious masked man in black in the game, only Drifting Sword, the sect master of White Robe Sect.

Even though Drifting Sword’s fight against Silver Wolf did not cause too much of a shock and did not have the advertising effect he wanted, he still uploaded the battle replay to the pay-to-view system along with the first person battle replay against Red Dust, which quickly got very popular.

On the first day White Robe Sect called out to the people, plenty of great martial artists gathered!

It was not only because of Drifting Sword’s great strength, but because many people were curious about his status as a martial artist and hoped to learn something from him.

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When Mu Clan’s branch flag was shot down, dozens of Mu Clan members had charged out with a whoosh and stared at the group of people outside the sect with hostile glares.

“Who are you, and how dare you cause trouble at Mu Clan?!”

The people at the entrance were dressed strangely. Aside from the person in the lead wearing a Bamboo Hat and dressed like a Chinese martial artist, the people behind him were dressed in flowery attire. They had scarves of different colors bound around their heads and did not look to be Chinese.

The group did not move.

The leader with the Bamboo Hat took a few steps forward calmly, and his tone when he spoke was very calm. “Haha… Mu Clan, you sure are very famous. When I was in Persia, your name was mentioned there as well. As expected, your fame spreads far and wide.”

When he said that, his tone suddenly changed. “But you didn’t recognize me? That’s really saddening.”

The man suddenly turned into an afterimage and vanished from his original spot before reappearing on the stairs of the branch. He was incredibly close to the Mu Clan members.

Clang! Clang!

Everyone was shocked. They immediately sensed that there was something off about this person, and they quickly drew their weapons.

The person had definitely come to cause trouble!

“Hurry up and notify the three branch masters!”

“Branch masters?” The man with the Bamboo Hat chuckled. “No need for that. I was just passing by and wanted to say hello to all of you as well as give you a reminder.”

When he finished speaking, suspicion rose in the hearts of the Mu Clan members.

“You keep hiding yourself… Just who are you?!” Someone was finally unable to hold back his anger and shouted out his question.

“You’re too loud.”

No one could tell just how the man in the Bamboo Hat attacked, for they only heard a cold snort before things were over.

The Mu Clan member who spoke suddenly cried out in alarm. He was swept up by a violent gust of wind and left the ground. His body moved against his control and went toward that man in the Bamboo Hat.

The man slowly and calmly extended his hand.

“Urk!”

The Mu Clan member had shock in his eyes. It was as if he had just delivered himself into his opponent’s hands, and his neck was seized in a tight grip.

“Stop!”

“Save him!”

The Mu Clan members were furious. They drew their weapons and cut toward the arms and body of the man in the Bamboo Hat.

The shadows and glares from weapons could be seen everywhere!

The man with the Bamboo Hat retained his posture and was completely unbothered by the weapons. He exerted slight force in his arms, and the sound of bones being crushed could be heard from the Mu Clan disciples’ throat.

At the same time, the weapons struck his body.

Clang! Clang!

The man shuddered, and his Bamboo Hat and robes were torn.

The weapons from the Mu Clan members seemed to have struck an iron wall, and they were all sent bouncing back!

Their full-powered attacks were unable to deal even the slightest damage to the man in front of them.

The group was incredibly shocked.

Only a few people remembered something when they saw the bizarre black and white skin that was revealed before them when the man’s robes and Bamboo Hat were torn.

They pointed at the man who was like the king of demons and stood uninjured while laughing coldly.

“Undying King of Abyss Art!”

“You’re Barren Murderer! Class One Hall’s Vice Hall Master!”

More and more Mu Clan members recognized Barren Murderer, and they sucked in sharp breaths as they retreated.

Barren Murderer seemed delighted. He flung his arm and laughed madly. “HAHAHA! Looks like Mu Clan still remembers me!”

“I knew it, it’s you! Vice Hall Master Barren Murderer, today, you killed my friend! Do you intend to wage war against Mu Clan!” a Mu Clan member demanded with shock and rage.

When he finished speaking, a powerful force that he could not fight back suddenly sucked him forward. His throat tensed up, and he heard Barren Murderer’s voice in his ears. It had been deliberately lowered, and it was bone chilling.

“Then we wage war! Why else do you think I came back to China from so far away?!”

Crack!

The Mu Clan member could not even activate his body fortification. His neck was broken by Barren Murderer’s great Arm Strength, and his consciousness vanished.

In less than half a minute, corpses were strewn all over Mu Clan’s branch.

Barren Murderer moved through the corpses without even turning his head around and returned to the group of players who were dressed strangely. He put on a cloak, cast one final glance at Mu Clan’s plate, turned his head around, and left.

The martial artists who saw this were so excited by Barren Murderer’s crazed actions that they spread the news instantly.

Barren Murderer had come back, and the first thing he did was to kill a few inconspicuous members who were tasked to defend Mu Clan’s branch.

This action was different from Class One Hall’s way of doing things over the past half a year. They had laid low and just endured everything that happened to them.

Many people began making speculations.

Was Barren Murderer’s actions against Mu Clan out of his own free will or was he ordered by Class One Hall?

If it were the latter…

Many people sucked in sharp breaths.

If it were truly that person’s orders, then perhaps the entire game was about to descend into chaos once more.

But they were incredibly curious. Right now, Class One Hall was clearly at a disadvantage. Why did they take the initiative to provoke Mu Clan, who was like the sun in the sky? What exactly was Class One Hall thinking of? Did they gain a new goal, or did they have a new piece to put on the chessboard?

The last question was answered after Barren Murderer used his skill, and it stirred up the players in the game.

After inheriting Undying King of Abyss’ Art, Barren Murderer received a second ultimate technique, and it was a legendary, peerless technique known as Heaven and Earth Great Shift!

The world of martial artists was shocked!