Chapter 491 (1/2)

: The Game is Coming to an End

Wu Shun was probably the fastest of all frontliners. After all, he played like a man possessed. Hard work often made up for a lack of talent. The game was not that difficult. Much of that had been exaggerated. Anyone who still marked up its difficulty after reaching the later stages of the game was probably just trying to stir up some drama.

It was just like the game – “Dark Souls III” in another world. Many people probably knew about the drama revolving around the “linking the fire” thread, and had expressed that they “would not link the fire”[1]. However, many of them did not even play the game at all. It was understandable to find the game difficult at the beginning as the controls were unfamiliar. However, as long as you have tasted death before, you would grow into it.

Wu Shun, who was furthest down the plot, seemed like he was acting as “Lu Xiaofeng”[2], a character in Gu Long’s[3] novel. If Gu Long’s novels existed in this world, Wu Shun and the viewers of his live stream would quickly notice that the plot of this decisive battle was a carbon copy of the one in Gu Long’s novel!

Ranking boards and stuff would be beneath legendary figures like the “Sword God” Li Xiye. Rankings did not mean anything to him whatsoever. However, he was a prideful man. He insisted that the Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng[4] who was trying to overtake him was a sinner among the martial artists. If he met him, he would most definitely kill him.

Hence, the Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng who would be shocked to the core from just hearing the Sword God’s name would skulk into the shadows as discreetly as possible. Nobody in this world did not know of Li Xiye, right?

As Li Xiye practiced the sword with reflective sincerity, he entered the realm of selflessness. Sincerity was not a power of the past. With the passage of time, the only thing that did not change after a decade was his sincerity.

When Li Xiye entered the Jianghu, he paid his respects before he killed as a sign of his sincerity to the sword. He only killed those who should be killed and never killed the innocent as a sign of sincerity to the people. Only when one was sincere to the sword, they would learn the way of the sword. However, when one was sincere to the people, they would learn the way of life.

After seven years of learning the way of the sword, he had succeeded. Until today, no one could match him!

The bitterness and pain involved in learning and practicing the sword were inexpressible, but Li Xiye never left the sword, not even when he ate or slept.

The owner of the anonymous city was a swordswoman who had recently risen into prominence. The Jianghu community called her the “Sword Master.” She was said to have extremely beautiful swordsmanship, akin to that of a goddess. Her swordsmanship did not seem to be the kind that was used to take lives. Instead, it was more suited for the performing arts… However, as the opponent was enthralled with the beauty and elegance of her sword dance, perhaps, at the next moment, they would quickly learn that the very sword she had used in dance had also ran right through their hearts.

This was the exact opposite of Li Xiye’s swordsmanship. Li Xiye’s sword was not used to perform, but to kill. To him, killing was the real form of art. However, he was not a murderer. He would not draw his sword unnecessarily. He either drew it when practicing his continual pursuit of the ultimate sword, or when he felt that someone deserved to die!

Take those who used concealed swords in surprise attacks. To Li Xiye, these people ill-suited for the sword. They were a great affront to the sword, so they had to be killed!

A player like Wu Shun who thought that he was extremely clear on the conspiracy of the owner of the anonymous city felt that he knew how she had grown so famous as well. He had been involved in the process, step-by-step. He also considered this to be further evidence of him being used by her…

Furthermore, as Wu Shun was making the most progress thus far, his live stream had been recorded and forwarded to major video websites, which undoubtedly misled a considerable number of players!

Of course, most of these people were just coming along for the ride!

These netizens did not actually play the game. They used these live streams as a substitute and imagined themselves playing in place of the streamer. It drove them wild —- —-

“What the hell! I didn’t expect the one who gave players the most warmth, the most wholesome sweetness to be the hidden supervillain final boss. How could this be?”

“Hehe, right from the start, I already knew that there was something off about this woman. This was why I said that the world of knights is a malicious world. There are no good people in it!”

“Those who are still treating this Nameless Swordswoman as their wives, wake up already. She’s the owner of the anonymous city, a big shot on par with the Sword God!”

“Am I the only one that thinks it only made her even cuter? A super strong boss with a murderous aura. If I were to fight her in the end, it would be so fun, yet so agonizing”