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Jegeumhak pounded his chest like a madman.
The Formless Horsemen who had been standing guard over him also moved violently to extinguish the sacred fire on his head.
My hair and skin burned, and a yellowish smell spread everywhere, but it wasn’t that painful.
The blood that burst from my nose was covering the smell of those guys.
Anyway, this is a ridiculous amount of internal energy consumption.
It manifested just once, but the dantian hits rock bottom.
Internal energy consumption is incomparable to when I first used the Gwangcheon Divine Palm.
How on earth did that old man Murong Jiang use this crude martial art?
Anyway, since the robe holding my hands and feet had come loose, I tried to move my body, but I could not move as I wanted.
Damn, this is a chance for a counterattack.
“Whew, Whew, Whew, Whew.”
Jegeumhak, spewing white steam from his face and chest, looked at me with a disgusted expression.
“You bastard…….”
He chews on his ripe, black lips as if judging what to do with me.
“I cannot let you live, if only to avoid leaving any future trouble.”
He says that, but Jegeumhak is just as much in a state where he can no longer move.
The guy knelt on the floor and screamed at the top of his lungs.
“That guy is going to be the biggest obstacle to our school!”
The members of the Formless Demon Brigade, who had been struggling to extinguish the flames until then, began to rise from their seats one by one.
However, no one moved easily.
Could it be that what I hoped for is about to happen?
“…….”
Jegeumhak forced his trembling legs to stand up and tried to approach me.
“Kill that bastard right now!”
However, the Invisible Horse Unit supported Je Geum-hak, who was about to collapse, and did not move an inch from their spot.
And then, I felt a strange oddness in his appearance. ‘Could it be that guy doesn’t know?’ Je Geum-hak was flustered that the Formless Flying Horse Unit was not moving.
“What are you doing! Didn’t I tell you to kill that bastard right now?!”
The Formless Horse Unit looked at me through the dark shadows where their faces would be, exchanged glances among themselves, and then began to raise their weapons.
The guy helplessly held captive struggles, but.
“Not me! That guy! I said kill him!”
Swoosh
The formless horse unit merely raises and encircles the golden crane.
In the end, it turned out this way.
Once I grasped the situation, I laughed at him to my heart’s content.
Are you just planning to leave?
“You stupid puppet bastards! Let go! I’ll grab that bastard by the throat right now…!”
The top priority of the Invisible Flying Horse Unit is the safety of the person being escorted.
If that safety is threatened, the Invisible Flying Horse Unit sometimes prioritizes the safety of the person being escorted over their orders.
The Formless Flying Horse Unit, having grasped the threat of the mutual destruction power, probably decided that protecting Je Geum-hak was the priority, thinking that he might die while trying to kill me.
Je Geum-hak, seemingly unaware of the situation, struggled desperately to somehow pry Bima-dae’s hands off, but they were not the type to let go.
“Let go! I said let go…! It’s an order!”
Watching Jegeumhak being dragged along, I forced myself to lift my arm.
As my senses did not return, I bit the inside of my mouth and forced myself to move.
As I made a suspicious move, the Formless Flying Horse Unit raised their swords in alertness.
And seeing that, I poured all my deadly strength into throwing a punch at Jegeumhak.
“I won, you bastard!”
As expected, the reaction is intense.
“……
“Argh! Let go, let go! I said let go, you bastards!”
He shot a Flying Dragon at Jegeumhak as he was being dragged away in a fit of desperation.
ping
The Invisible Flying Horse Unit set foot in the Gate Formation.
This damn bastard.…
How dare you say you’re just going to walk away against me, an extreme profit-hungry person?
I moved my dantian again.
I felt a sensation like a rake scraping against my lower abdomen, but I gritted my teeth until they would break and endured.
“If you lost at gambling…… you should leave the stakes behind!!”
Woong… … .
The area where Muhyeongbima-dae and Jegeumhak were trying to escape began to distort.
Upon seeing that scene, the Formless Flying Horse Unit hurriedly tried to thrust themselves into the Qi Gate Formation, but… …
I was one step ahead again this time.
Swish-.
With a small sound, the Socheon Sword Technique manifested and severed Jegeumhak’s arm.
Eventually, a groan of pain bursts from the guy’s mouth.
“Ugh!”
“……!”
Upon confirming that he had not been beheaded, the Invisible Horse Unit immediately led the bleeding Jegeumhak and attempted to disappear into the Gimunjin formation.
“I must not let Je Geum-hak get away. He has found out about me.” But if Je Geum-hak dies, the furious blades of the Formless Horse Guard will target my neck.
A barely obtained chance of survival. I have to get out of here alive somehow. ‘In that case… …’ Even if I can’t kill him, I have to turn him into an idiot.
I waited until the very end.
And the moment the entire Invisible Flying Horse Unit stepped into the Qi Gate Formation.
Raising his bet, he once again unleashed the mutual destruction technique.
Woong.
In the space that began to twist, the Jangpo men who had stepped into Gimunjin were startled and spread their Jangpo robes.
However, the time to do anything has passed.
puck.
“Quack!”
Je Geum-hak, who had been thrashing about in pain, rolled his eyes and vomited blood, then dropped his head and disappeared into the Gimunjin.
“Haa, I did it. Haa, haa, ugh…….”
My insides were twisted and I vomited out a gush of blood that had risen in my throat, but I didn’t feel refreshed.
On the contrary, my insides were boiling, as if there were fire in my stomach.
I barely managed to lift my head and check the spot where they had left.
“Damn it…… Damn it…… Damn it…….”
Je Geum-hak’s arm was attached to the tip of the Flying Dragon Bird, but he could not use his internal energy to pull or move his legs to retrieve it.
Thump thump thump.
I forcefully hit my thigh, but the leg still won’t move.
Instead of using my immobile lower abdomen and feet, I used both arms to crawl on all fours toward where Jegeumhak’s severed arm was.
And after struggling to remove the predatory armor from his arm… … .
Chak
I wore it on my arm.
At the very least, if we do it this way, we won’t have to play a game of wits over who gets this item.
Having finished the series of actions with a body that felt like it was about to die, I slammed onto the floor with a massive sense of exhaustion.
I lay down.
“Haa, haa, haa.”
It was so difficult that even breathing was distressing and painful.
However, a faint smile forms on the corners of my lips.
“Shit……. I won…….”
Even if Jegeumhak doesn’t know, the Invisible Horse Unit will now think of me every night and lose sleep.
Just as our Sojeongdae did when facing the Demonic Cult in their past lives.
They will toss and turn every day in anger, a desire for revenge, and their own helplessness.
Not knowing what to do with his unresolved emotions, he will probably curse.
Phew.
To think I can disturb their sweet sleep, those Sojeongdae bastards must be thrilled.
“I… I won! You bastards!”
As I completely surrender my body to the floor, my eyes slowly begin to close.
The inside is in such a mess that I feel like I’m going to die, but my mind is at ease.
Is it because my wrist feels sturdy?
It can’t be…
The biggest stake I won in this gamble was.
“Is this the wish of those Sojeongdae bastards? For some reason, I feel like the smiling faces of those disgusting guys are flickering before my eyes.#“What on earth is this…….”
Muyoung, who was secretly infiltrating as a supplier to the Black Alliance, could not close his gaping mouth.
“Ambush! It’s an ambush!”
“There is still a scar remaining!”
“Jin So-woon! Call Jin So-woon! That guy uses mind-reading(?)
We must unfold it!
“Don’t move! Anyone who moves is the killer! Investigate whether everyone is wearing human skin masks!”
The Black Alliance should clearly be buzzing with excitement in a sectarian fashion, but instead, it is filled with excitement and chaos.
I tried to just ignore it and move on, but it wasn’t happening in just one or two places.
Sounds of people dying could be heard from every hall and here and there.
Furthermore, those who saw the corpse are, for some reason, suspicious of everyone around them.
Their identities, disguised as jaengjasu, were also on the verge of being revealed.
“Muyoung, what should we do?”
Muyoung coldly suppressed his emotions in response to the question from Muil, who had infiltrated just like him.
“We will stop the infiltration and move with securing the target as our top priority.”
“yes.”
As soon as the order is given, he deliberately erases his ordinary gait and begins to display his footwork.
They climbed onto the roof to avoid people’s gaze.
It is unusual for the Head Guard of the Alliance to come out of the Murim Alliance like this.
Because when Jegal So-myeong first received the order, Mu-yeong was the first to object.
However, even the leader Hyeok Mu-gang expressed concern over the situation with the Black Alliance, so I had no choice but to come out here.
Because the situation with the Black Alliance is also connected to the current situation in Sichuan.
If the situation regarding the Black Alliance was not grasped, no one knew what would happen to the warriors dispatched to Sichuan.
“Hmm…….”
And Muyoung thought it was a great relief that they had come here in person.
Since entering Shanxi Province, nothing has gone according to plan.
Even now, didn’t the infiltration being carried out to monitor the movements of the Black Alliance fall apart immediately?
Anyway, the task now is to secure the target.
Finding out what happened at the Black Alliance is something to be figured out later.
They began to move toward their top priority mission.
at that time.
Hiss
-“Hmph!”
At the sudden, fast-flying wave of energy, the signalmen kicked off the ground simultaneously.
yet.
Kwa kwa kwa bang.
The spot where the signalmen were standing bursts open as if it had collapsed.
Powerful yet precise application of ki.
This means the opponent has formidable skills.
Muyoung prepared for battle in an unexpected decisive match.
however.
“What? It’s that Baekdo guy?”
The voice came from behind me. ‘What the…’ I turned my head to see a massive, armored figure with a slashing sword held up to my forehead.
Muyoung immediately recognized his true identity. ‘Hwang Bu-sik, the Great Emperor of the Four Emperors’ Staff!’ Such speed that didn’t match his massive body.
There was a reason he was well-known in the Black Continent martial arts world.
“hey.”
Hwang Bu-sik looked down at Mu-yeong’s sword, which had reached his neck before he knew it, and spoke.
It doesn’t seem like we’re targets for either of us, so should I put away the weapons? Or am I the target?
We are not assassins.
Only then did Muyoung retrieve his sword, which he had held tightly against Hwang Bu-sik’s neck.
Hwang Bu-sik also grumbled as he retrieved the sword at the same time.
“Why did you go out of your way to disguise yourself as a plowman and sneak in? It looks suspicious.”
Muyoung didn’t back down and shot back.
“Why swing your weapon without even checking? How stupid.”
“What? Ignorant??”
“Why, do you want to refute this?”
“Tch.”
Thinking he had lost the argument, Hwang Bu-sik clicked his tongue and gestured downwards.
“How can you say that after seeing the Black Alliance in this state?”
Hwang Bu-sik’s reaction was unfamiliar to Mu-yeong.
Even though he must clearly know that I am a warrior of the Murim Alliance, he doesn’t show much hostility.
Muyoung asked without letting his guard down.
“What happened?”
“What do you mean? That bastard Jin So-woon just made it happen.”
“what?”
Hwang Bu-sik answers in a very friendly tone.
“I don’t know either. I was told to prepare for a possible raid. Can this really be called a raid? It should be called a war.”
Muyeong found it extremely difficult to understand what Hwang Bu-sik was saying.
To begin with, I couldn’t understand the situation where he was revealing his current circumstances to me, a warrior of the Murim Alliance, without leaving anything out.
“He looks like a professional assassin; he’s roaming the palace committing murders. We’ve come out to catch him.”
Did Jin So-un say that?
“Right. Anyway, didn’t you guys come looking for them too?”
Muyoung couldn’t gauge how much he had to say.
Muyoung, having cleared his head for a moment, opened his mouth.
“We have lost contact with the Murim Alliance delegation that infiltrated the Black Alliance. Do you know anything about this?”
Is that so? Was I being blocked after all?
Muyoung’s brow furrows at the incomprehensible words.
“What does that mean?”
“There is something like that. If they are members of the Murim Alliance… go to that building over there.”
After finishing his words, Hwang Bu-sik immediately kicked off the roof and flew up.
A colleague asks Muyoung, who is staring at his retreating figure.
“Muyoung, what should we do?”
Muyoung gazed at the spot where Hwang Bu-sik had disappeared, then nodded.
I’ll go.
I couldn’t exactly trust the Black Daoist, but somehow, his attitude just moments ago couldn’t be seen as that of a complete enemy.#“Haa, haa, haa.”
Ak Byeong-bi, having turned the last remaining general into a slayer with a combined attack with Dang Seo-hui, gasped for breath.
They were scary guys.
It emitted something resembling poison mist, like the poisoner of the Tang family, and whenever weapons clashed, my head felt dizzy as if under a spell.
The long robe, of unknown material, absorbed or deflected attacks, so there was absolutely no way to deal with it.
It was a good thing that there were skilled fighters like Hyeol-ttu and Yeom Gwi-bi; otherwise, they would have died before they could even worry about Jin So-un and Il-myeong.
When I turned my head, it seemed that the situation with the bloody battle and Empress Yeom was not much different.
Even the Black Daoists looked disgusted by the sight of the robe-wearing men vanishing without a trace the moment they died, as if Hwagolsan had been scattered.
Are you alright?
At Akbyeongbi’s question, Hyeoldu, whose foot was in rags, brushed his hands as if he were sick and tired.
“I can’t move anymore. If you want to save me, go yourselves.”
After all, he faced three long-robed men all by himself…
In fact, just being in such good condition was an amazing feat.
Yeom Gwi-bi took on one, while Dang Seo-hui and Ak Byeong-bi together faced one; in terms of the bloody battle, it amounted to having done more than enough to fulfill its role.
However, the problem was that even among them, there was no one who could move anymore.
Tap tap.
Ak Byeong-bi opened his eyes wide upon seeing the figure falling right in front of him.
How could you?
To think that a being who should be in the Alliance Leader’s Hall would reveal their face to the Black Alliance ten thousand miles away.
“Clan Head Sam. Have you been well?”
At the greeting that was out of place in the situation, Ak Byeong-bi asked back.
“What happened?”
I came in a hurry because I lost contact with you all.
Suddenly, Akbyeongbi furrowed his brow.
“To think we lost contact… I bet you were sending messages regularly.”
Watching Muyoung remain silent, Ak Byeong-bi realized that the messages the delegation had conveyed had not reached the Murim Alliance.
Muyoung shook his head as he stared at Akbyeongbi, who had a serious expression.
“Let’s talk about this later. Where are Jin So-un and Il-myeong?”
At this, Akbyeongbi gazed beyond the gate at the pavilion where a red aura was rippling.
It’s inside there.
“What? You mean I’m trapped in Gimunjin?”
To think I was trapped in the Qi Gate Formation set up by the Black Alliance.
It is usually not a big deal.
However, Muyoung was dumbfounded by the words that followed.
“I wasn’t trapped. I went in to rescue them.”
“Save? Who on earth?”
“The commander-in-chief of the Black Alliance.”
A situation that is completely incomprehensible.
Why would Jin So-un and Il-myeong willingly walk into Gimunjin to rescue the commander of the Black Alliance, who are practically their enemies?
Come to think of it, those who were fighting alongside him are also extremely suspicious.
An old man who fights only with his feet and a woman who manipulates yang energy.
As Muyoung looked around with a suspicious gaze, Akbyeongbi approached where Hyeoldu and Yeomgwibi were standing and spoke.
“Anyway, there were circumstances.”
Then shouldn’t we go inside and take a look?
Ak Byeong-bi also thought that since Mu-yeong had appeared just in time, he could help Jin So-un.
“We are also thinking of doing that right now…….”
However, just as Ak Byeong-bi was about to speak, Dang Seo-hui took out mother-of-pearl bottles from her bosom.
Someone is coming out.
Wobble.
The red wall rippled once and spewed out the robe-wearing men who had entered the Gimunjin.
And in the center was Gun Yu-hyeon, with half his face melted away and blood gushing from his seven orifices.
“Those bastards……!”
As soon as Ak Byeong-bi finished speaking, a burst of energy shot out from the foot of Hyeol-tu, who had been grumbling that he couldn’t do it anymore.
Ppeong
Then, Yeom Gwi-bi’s flames soared, and Dang Seo-hui immediately unleashed a poison dance, blocking off all sides so that the enemies had nowhere to escape.
“W-what is this……!”
Even as Muyoung was flustered, unable to grasp the situation, a fierce exchange of blows took place.
wedge
The four personnel wielding the tension cannons deflect the attacks over and over again.
“Where is Jin So-un?”
Dang Seo-hee opened her eyes wide as if she couldn’t believe it.
At the same time, her hands began to move dazzlingly, as if she had a dozen of them.
but.
Whoaah
Just like before, the men in long robes, who were expected to block the way, began to leap into the air without delay.
puck
– *Puck*
The intense energy of the bloody battle shot out like cannonballs, targeting them, but even after being damaged by the energy, they were just running away.
“Damn it, that’s too fast.”
In the end, the figures of the Jangpo-in vanished without a trace, and a grave silence fell over the hall.
The wall rippled again.
Those who took up arms with the sole determination not to let Jangpoin appear again, anticipating his return.
“life?”……
The smooth head stopped moving.
“Gasp, gasp, gasp, y-please take this person. I have to go help Master Jin.”
“What? Weren’t we together?”
Il-myeong, drenched in sweat and his hair dazzlingly shiny, gasped for breath.
“Since Lord Jin ordered this person to be evacuated first…….”
“Surely that bastard Jin So-un wasn’t fighting Gun Yu-hyeon?”
Ilmyeong immediately answered Akbyeongbi’s question.
“How did you know? I was surprised too.”
As sudden silence filled the room, Il-myeong wore a puzzled expression.
Soon, Dang Seo-hui’s voice filled with despair fills the space.
“This makes no sense… Jin So-un is the leader of the Black Dragon Clan and the deputy leader of the Black Alliance. He is not someone who should die like this…!”
Instead of Dang Seo-hui, who had knelt in despair, Ak Byeong-bi calmly asked again.
“Surely, were Jin So-un and Gun Yu-hyeon fighting inside?”
“Yes. Clearly, while throwing this person at me…….”
Akbyeongbi interrupted Il-myeong’s speech.
Gun Yu-hyeon just escaped, carried out by those who appeared to be his accomplices.
“What? Then Jin Si-ju is…….”
Everyone in the hall looked at Gimunjin.
Everyone noticed what had happened inside, but no one spoke up.
“That guy…… in the end…….”
Ak Byeong-bi knelt on one knee and frowned as if in pain.
Muyoung, who had been watching the whole situation, felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
“To those living in the martial arts world, death can come at any moment, but the death of an extraordinary divine being like Jin So-woon always left a sense of inexplicable emptiness. ‘What a pity. I wanted to talk to him again someday… To think he has faded away like this.’ For some reason, Moo-young was reminded of the day they first met, when Jin So-woon had seen through his true identity and smiled wickedly.”
