Sword Among Us

Chapter 1015: Inflict Injury on Himself as a Ruse

Perhaps no one was able to guess that Class One Hall, who was supposed to quickly fall apart when One Emperor and Demonic Zither worked together while Wind Assault Tower gathered together all the heroes in the world to attack them, had actually shown abnormal tenacity right from the start.

After an hour, even if Phantasmal Shadow had thought of many ways in an attempt to break the chaos that Class One Hall created, she failed.

During that hour, aside from One Emperor forcibly killing dozens of elites, Wind Assault Tower not only did not manage to make any progress in the war, they even lost hundreds great players.

The war arrived at a stalemate that no one expected.

One Emperor might want to take the initiative in attacking, but Class One Hall had seized Wind Chimes’ fatal weakness as someone with Nine Yin Blocked Pulses firmly in their grasp and used the hidden elites outside and inside Class One Hall’s headquarters to cause One Emperor to not dare to readily leave her side.

At that moment, even if Wind Chimes left the battlefield, it would not change the situation much, because they also had elites who used sound waves to attack. They had two players with golden cymbals and one mysterious elite who could use the Buddhist’s Lion’s Roar. If they joined the battle, the number of people they killed might not be fewer than One Emperor.

If the enemy did not move, they would not move.

The elites from both sides held each other back.

Class One Hall had displayed an incredibly tenacious and well-rounded plan to handle the situation, and they were determined to not have Demonic Zither and One Emperor, who were both elites with high battle power, to charge into Class One Hall’s headquarters.

Phantasmal Shadow said nothing about the situation. Her expression was calm, but the frown on her face still showed her current mood; she was not as calm as she seemed.

Ever since she became the strongest power in the Chinese server, this was the first time she truly fought against this powerful enemy who shared the same status as her.

Dream Clouds’ defense was excellent.

She had tens of thousands of people mixed in the streets around the headquarters to serve as soldiers who could create miracles, and they could provide reinforcement to the headquarters when it fell into a disadvantage at any moment.

There were endless streams of mysterious elites who held back Wind Assault Tower’s fighters.

Everything was done with familiar ease, and they fought in such a relaxed manner that they gave off the feeling that they were an impenetrable wall.

Phantasmal Shadow knew that she had only one choice right now.

She had to fight with force!

She was not the only one who had this thought.

Practically all those who watched the battle knew that aside from using countless people and fresh blood as sacrifices to break into Class One Hall’s headquarters, there was no other shortcut for them to break Class One Hall’s defense line.

But for some unknown reason, Phantasmal Shadow felt a hint of unease in her.

*****

“Tower master, the situation is not good.”

“If we continue dragging this out and still not enter Class One Hall, it will create a destructive impact on us and tour allied forces.”

“That’s right. During the battle at Dragon’s Gate, we seized the chance of Barren Murderer and the others lowering their guard to destroy two thousand Class One Hall elites. Even though we created our momentum from that battle and destroyed Class One Hall’s morale, even if we work together with the fourteen sects in Beijing, we won’t be able to take half a step into Class One Hall even after one and a half hours. Class One Hall will just become stronger and stronger...”

“Tower master, I know what you’re worried about, but the truth speaks for itself. It’s impossible to not pay a huge price if we fight against Class One Hall.”

“Tower master!”

“Give the order.”

Even when she faced her subordinates seeking permission to fight so enthusiastically, Phantasmal Shadow never wavered.

The number of Class One Hall elites in the headquarters was much higher than what she expected, and they were all strong. Without One Emperor and Wind Chimes’ help, even if they worked together with fourteen sects, she would not be sacrificing just one or two people to break the walls and tear down Class One Hall’s defense line. Even with one thousand to two thousand people, she might not fill in the gap needed to break the wall. She might actually need to sacrifice tens of thousands of people, and if Dream Clouds had further arrangements inside the headquarters, the situation would be even worse.

Destroying Class One Hall was not a normal physical activity. If she wanted to get rid of Class One Hall, she must first defeat Dream Clouds.

“Contact all sects, and have our members from the branches be prepared to fight!” Phantasmal Shadow ordered resolutely, “Tell them that I will only give them half a day’s time. They must absolutely take down all of Class One Hall’s branches!”

“Tower master?”

“Carry out the order!” Phantasmal Shadow said in great resolution, “Since she wants to stall for time, I will give her half a day. We don’t need to be in a hurry to fight the headquarters. Destroy all the branches at the perimeter, and the strength of Class One Hall’s headquarters will also be weakened, making it easy to destroy it. We can also destroy Class One Hall’s momentum and their strength while we’re at it. I’d like to see just how long she intends to drag this out!”

“Understood!” the group shouted!

Not far into the distance, One Emperor nodded quietly.

There was no need to wonder about Phantasmal Shadow’s ability when it came to making decisions involving sects.

This time, Dream Clouds and Phantasmal Shadow had staked Wind Assault Tower against Class One Hall, and this was a fight between the two most balanced forces in the Chinese server. Whosoever could seize the enemy’s weak point would be the one who would have the last laugh.

Phantasmal Shadow was able to be neither conceited nor rash even when all the people in the Chinese server followed her. She advanced gradually in the fight, and this alone was something that normal people could not do.

Flap flap flap!

Many messenger pigeons flew into the sky from the core of Wind Assault Tower.

When they saw this, many people knew that Wind Assault Tower was going to do something major!

When Dream Clouds learned of this in Class One Hall’s meeting hall in the headquarters, she could not help but rub the dragon head carving at the armrest on her chair, and she released a barely audible sigh. “As expected of Phantasmal Shadow, the woman I treat as a powerful enemy. She does live up to her title as an empress, and she’s cautious in every step she takes, but...”

She stopped talking for a while before Dream Clouds looked up confidently. Then, she spoke with an incredibly cold tone, “Unfortunately, no matter how much you work for, you will only ever have the title of an empress. You will never know that my ambition is not as simple as sharing the title of an empress with you. You will not be able to run from this disaster so easily.”

Once she finished speaking, Dream Clouds swept his gaze at Monk with Thick Eyebrows and his group. “You know what to do.”

“...Don’t worry. We’ve already notified them.”

“Good.” A faint smile rose on Dream Clouds’ face. “Since you want to throw the entire Chinese server into chaos, you forced me to use my hidden trump card. I will help you throw the Chinese server into further chaos. I hope that you will not disappoint me. Don’t fall before you finish withstanding my first counterattack...”

After she finished speaking, she looked at the area outside Class One Hall’s gate with a smug and cold sneer.

*****

“Phantasmal Shadow!”

“Sect Master Yuan, it’s you.”

Phantasmal Shadow looked over with a frown, but when she saw Yuan Zhixiong, one of the leaders of the eighteen sects in Beijing, squeezing laboriously to the front with a group of people, her expression was no longer as icy as before.

Sect Master Yuan and his group stopped while they were dozens of feet away.

“There’s no need for you to welcome us!”

The cold words uttered caused the people nearby to be stunned.

“I only came here to ask you a question. Tower Master Shadow, you asked us to come and fight against Class One Hall, right? So we gathered people through much effort and waited for your orders, but why is it that after an hour, we still haven’t done anything? You must know that not only I, but the other sects are also wasting our time with you. There are more than one million people who are wasting time with you!”

“Sect Master Yuan, you must remain calm.”

Phantasmal Shadow and the players nearby stared at Yuan Zhixiong in surprise. They found that the group’s expressions were not entirely friendly.

“Are we going to fight or not! Just say the word!”

Yuan Zhixiong’s tone was harsh, and he seemed very impatient and very reluctant to have come to this place.

“Didn’t I give you a letter?” Phantasmal Shadow frowned and pondered about this as her gaze moved about Yuan Zhixiong and his group.

“If you hadn’t written that letter, it would have been better. Now that you have, I’m just even madder than before!

“Hmph! What were your plans from before? You said that Wind Assault Tower will be in charge of a full frontal assault, and we were in charge of assisting you from behind. Right now, you’re asking our branches to work together with you to attack Class One Hall’s branches? Do you think I’m an idiot? Did you actually expect that I would listen entirely to your orders? Right now, you haven’t even attracted Class One Hall’s attention, and you’re asking us to attack Class One Hall’s branches rashly? We won’t even know how many people we will lose!”

Phantasmal Shadow was silent.

When she listened to Yuan Zhixiong mentioning the plan they discussed right in public, Phantasmal Shadow’s expression turned slightly unpleasant.

Many people turned to her while in an uproar.

One Emperor, who was not too far away in the distance, had already cast an attentive look over. Clearly, he noticed that the atmosphere over here was off.

Phantasmal Shadow stared at Yuan Zhixiong with a contemplative expression. Before he could finish speaking, she suddenly spoke to interrupt him, “If you don’t want to participate in the plan, you can get out. Now, please leave.”

“Nonsense!” Yuan Zhixiong’s voice was as loud as thunder.

The thunderous below immediately spread to a circular area of several miles. The entire circular area in Class One Hall’s headquarters instantly fell silent.

Everyone stared at Yuan Zhixiong in disbelief. They found that his face was filled with anger and indignation.

Even though Yuan Zhixiong was one of the leaders of the eighteen sects in Beijing, his act of scolding Phantasmal Shadow in public was still something no one expected, and they did not know what happened.

“Sect Master Yuan!” Phantasmal Shadow’s gaze gradually turned cold.

As the tower master of Wind Assault Tower, this was the first time she was scolded so unceremoniously in front of so many people.

But against her expectations, before Phantasmal Shadow could even fly into rage, Yuan Zhixiong looked as if he had been victimized, and he shouted in anger, “Phantasmal Shadow, you’re the most vicious of the lot! I know that you want to use this chance to reset the power setup in the Chinese server! You want all the factions of power in the Chinese server to become your strength! Everyone must listen and obey your orders, or they will be accused of working with Class One Hall and Wild Wolves! You want to use the chance to kill all of them!

“Did you actually think that I will give you that chance?! Today, I will reveal your true self to the people in the world!”

Yuan Zhixiong’s words, which were filled with qi spread far and wide.

The crowd instantly burst into an uproar.

Countless people looked shocked.

“What’s going on?”

“Didn’t Yuan Zhixiong ally with Wind Assault Tower to fight against Class One Hall?”

“Why is he turning against her now?!”

“What’s going on?”

“Is he turning against her before the battle?”

“Could it be that Yuan Zhixiong is actually from Class One Hall?”

“It’s possible! Class One Hall might want to divert attention from them—”

“But that Yuan guy sounds pretty logical.”

“Who said that? Come out.”

The people started discussing among themselves.

However, the situation was still under Wind Assault Tower’s control.

“Sect Master Yuan, so you’re actually on Dream Clouds’ side!” Phantasmal Shadow’s voice slowly spread out, as if she was sealing Yuan Zhixiong’s status as someone working with Wild Wolves.

“You’re the one who’s with Wild Wolves! I knew that once I show up, you will definitely say that I’m siding with Class One Hall! You threatened me with this last time and forced me to become enemies with Class One Hall! Now, I’ve turned enemies with Class One Hall, and you still say that I’m Class One Hall’s lapdog?! I’m going to fight you!”

As Yuan Zhixiong spoke, he rushed out of the street in anger!

Many of the Wind Assault Tower members nearly had already been angered by Yuan Zhixiong’s words. When they saw him taking the initiative to voluntarily enter the attack zone with his group, they delivered countless attacks on them.

In just a moment, the group ended the slaughter.

When Phantasmal Shadow saw these people’s corpses, she scowled and observed them for a while. Then, she cast her gaze in the direction of Class One Hall’s headquarters before she spoke firmly. Her voice spread out.

“Dream Clouds, what a woman! You are indeed full of tricks up your sleeves! Aside from Blood Alliance and Five Venoms, you have actually quietly gathered the major sects in Beijing by your side? Yuan Zhixiong’s act of coming up at me with a suicidal charge to set up a ruse to arouse pity should be your first move.

“Who else is involved in this? Don’t bother hiding anymore. Just reveal yourself. Don’t let me look down on you.”

When she said that, the crowd burst into an uproar!