Sword Among Us

Chapter 729: Man in Black Visits

The astonishing news of Mu Clan building their branch in Yangzhou spread through all of Changjiang on the day itself.

The news of Towering Palace’s Musical Note and Clear Music personally coming over to interrogate Silver Wolf on the day the branch was built had also spread like wildfire. The hostile conversation caused quite a lot of unrest in the world of martial artists.

Many of the rather famous sect alliances secretly added forces to the coastal area.

If Mu Clan and Towering Palace decided to start a war, there was no need to mention that Mu Clan would be the one to profit from it.

But no matter what, Towering Palace had a lot of resources from various cities in the coastal area, and it would be difficult for Mu Clan to get all of them immediately. If the sect alliances mobilized their forces to pick what they missed, they would profit too.

After all, one resource point could bring great benefits to a normal sect, and if they could get a few of them, the resource points would ensure future development.

The sect alliances longed for Mu Clan and Towering Palace to immediately fight against each other so that they could profit from the chaos and gain some benefits.

But Towering Palace clearly did not have the determination to become enemies with Mu Clan, which shone as brilliantly as the sun. On the day Mu Clan built their branch in Yangzhou, their people just left resentfully with their faces red with rage.

But on that night, when the moon and stars were dim, something major happened in Yangzhou City.

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The mysterious man in black appeared once more in Yangzhou City. When he drew close to Mu Clan’s branch, he was noticed by highly alert Mu Clan disciples.

“Who is it?!”

The Mu Clan disciples were all on high guard against Towering Palace to prevent them from doing something extreme. They left behind quite a number of their people inside and outside the branch. When the scouts on the outer defense line saw the man in black walk out from the darkness, they alerted their people inside the branch immediately.

Whoosh!

More than ten men jumped out from the entrance. Their gazes focused on the masked man who was dressed in a black shirt and pants and walked at a leisurely pace.

“My friend, you have come very late. Are you here to look for someone or to cause trouble?”

The group of Mu Clan disciples moved into battle position.

If the person brought good news, why would he be dressed like that and have his face covered at night?

The sounds of weapons being drawn could be heard.

The man in black stopped resolutely and cast a glance at the plate outside the branch. His eyes burned fiercely before he finally said, “I’m here for both. Have Silver Wolf come out. Tell him that the man in black from Yangzhou Port has decided to fight against him.”

“Yangzhou Port? You’re that mysterious masked man in black!”

The expressions of the Mu Clan disciples changed.

Rumors about the man in black had flown all over the place. They said that his kick techniques had reached perfection and changed a lot of the people’s views toward martial arts. It also brought about a trend of those who were not ranked on Dragon and Phoenix Ranks to challenge those who were ranked.

There was only one reason for the man in black to appear at the branch. He had definitely come to challenge Silver Wolf.

“Wait.”

A Mu Clan disciple who seemed to have quite a lot of prestige in Mu Clan scrutinized the man in black a little before he turned his head around to give orders for his friends to put away their weapons. Then, he turned around and went back into the branch.

When the man in black noticed that the Mu Clan disciples had put away their weapons, a bit of emotion appeared in his eyes, which were so calm that nothing in the world seemed to be able to affect them.

‘As expected of Mu Clan!’

Even when there was someone powerful coming to challenge them, they showed a great degree of calmness and composure. They put away their weapons and became relaxed. Not only did this show great discipline and order, their expressions showed great confidence toward Silver Wolf.

‘They’re this confident about him?’

The man in black narrowed his eyes slightly. When he noticed the surge of emotions in his heart, he shut his eyes again.

Time trickled by like a flowing stream of water.

After half a minute, a loud and boisterous laugh rang from within Mu Clan’s branch and broke the calmness of the man in black.

“A friend of ours has come from a distance. It is a great delight for us!”

The man in black frowned again. He could sense a delight from the person’s laughter, as if he had been waiting for his arrival for a long time, along with a great deal of confidence.

The man in black’s heart sank without his own knowledge.

On the day he mastered his martial arts, there were two people he was unwilling to challenge in the game—Happy and One Emperor!

No one else ranked under those two could enter his sights.

But ever since his loss against the unknown man in black at Yangzhou Port, his confidence was ruined. Even so, he never got rid of his plan. With his momentum of defeating multiple top-class elites from Class One Hall and Towering Palace, he challenged quite a number of Dragon Rank elites and remained victorious until he was killed by Chivalry Sect’s Red Dust.

He tasted his second defeat there!

The man in black came to Mu Clan to meet the second strongest of Mu Clan, Silver Mask Duke, and use his fame to propel himself to being one of the top players in World of Martial Arts so that he could be acknowledged by the masses.

In the beginning, his plan was to pull off his mask once he defeated the elites from the four top-class sects and call out to the people so that he could build the fifth great sect.

But during his first fight, while he did manage to defeat the elites from two top-class sects, he lost to another man in black, and due to his own arrogance, he did not reveal his identity.

Then, he helped Red Dust Duke, who had been an obscure presence, by pushing him to the center of attention.

The battle at Mu Clan was his final chance!

Once he won against Silver Wolf, he would reveal his identity. Since he would have gained the glory of winning against the elites from three top-class sects, countless elites in the game would respond to him, allowing him to gather quite a strong force under him to fight for his place in World of Martial Arts.

But if he lost...

In truth, the man in black never thought about that possibility. But once he came to the branch, it suddenly flashed in his mind like a cold breeze.

But the man in black’s willpower was very strong. After the brief moment of his mind wandering, he quickly recovered. His gaze turned cold while he stared at the man with the silver mask walking down the stairs with a majestic gait.

The man in black said nothing. He frowned again.

He sensed an incredibly strong presence of a soldier from Silver Wolf. He was different from a normal player. Every step seemed to be measured, and the distance between them was all the same. His footsteps were steady, and there was a flame burning in his cold gaze. His breathing was rhythmic, and he inevitably drew people to his pace.

“You’re that mysterious man in black who defeated multiple elites from Class One Hall and Towering Palace at Yangzhou Port?”

Silver Wolf walked down the stairs and stood thirty-two feet away from the man in black. Not a single hint of emotion could be seen on his face.

There was a myriad of thoughts racing through the man in black’s mind, and they were all very complicated. Hence, there was no way he would let Silver Wolf take control of the conversation.

“You’re Silver Wolf, the second strongest in Mu Clan?” he asked in a cold voice.

Silver Wolf smiled indifferently.

He tapped against the incomplete silver mask covering his face. “I’m indeed Silver Wolf, but I wouldn’t dare claim that I’m the second strongest in Mu Clan.”

“Let’s cut to the chase. Today, I came here to challenge you. You’re free to choose the rules of the fight. Do you want to fight until first blood, or do you want to fight with everything we have?”

“You’re the guest, you choose,” Silver Wolf answered calmly.

No matter what, Mu Clan’s branch had just been set up, and it was at the center of the hurricane in which plenty of people were interested. It was the reason why the man in black’s arrival and Silver Wolf’s voice attracted a lot of spectators.

Whoosh!

Countless torches were quickly lit in the empty area around them.

The surroundings of the branch were lit up so brightly that it was as if daylight had arrived!