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“Tsk… Haa.”
The man exhaled a long breath and shivered.
“To think such a life exists…….”
It is a shame that he could not kill Dam Jung-ho, but his mission was never to assassinate a key figure in the first place.
I missed out on the small pleasures I would have gotten while working, but thanks to that, I saw other pleasures, so I don’t feel too bad.
“To think such a presence existed in the midfield. Hahaha.”
The moment I saw him, I forgot my original mission and an insatiable urge to kill surged within me.
He was an opponent who would surely bring joy just by seeing the emergence of the formidable demonic martial art, which rarely comes out on its own unless it is a formidable opponent.
I have always thought that way.
“I wish I had the chance to kill Yong So-ah, So Bul, or Baek Su-shin-nyeo someday.” “But to think there was another being this interesting.” Although he seems a bit lacking compared to them, he is a more desirable being.
Slurp.
Rough and coarse life.
I realized it the moment I saw the fundamental intent to chew the opponent’s flesh and strip the bones.
He is a beast.
And a monster just like himself.
A beast roaring across that vast land, rarely seen even in the new religion, unlike the countless flowers grown in the Central Plains.
How is it that someone who reeks of the foul stench of the Taoist sect emits such a rough aura?
Ah, that’s really a shame.
He could understand why Soma was more interested in him than in Yong So-ah. ‘Should I just kill him right now?’ The man, looking back at the path he had taken, soon shook his head.
He is a good guy who smashed Jegeumhak’s head. It wouldn’t be bad to give him a chance to live at least once.
That is certainly the case, but…
“Ugh… I just can’t get over the excitement.”
My gait was awkward because my body had changed according to desire, unlike reason.
Once the surge of desire arises, it does not easily subside. Something that needs to be relieved…
“Who is it!”
“How dare you trespass on Jongnam’s event!”
Do you want to die!
Just then, three warriors surround the man.
Those wearing the martial arts attire of Zhongnan and holding swords.
The man looked deliberately flustered.
He was so excited that he couldn’t even think to hide his appearance.
“Oh no… I promised not to leave a trace in the Thousand Cave…”
Since I had already seen three people, the chance to leave secretly was gone.
“Ah! If I eat it all, no trace will be left!”
Laughter slowly escapes.
At the man’s words, Jongnam’s disciples wore expressions of disbelief and radiated murderous intent.
What a lunatic!
“Do you really want to die?”
“What are you all doing! Subdue them.”
The man frowns at the overflowing murderous intent.
It was not because they dared to emit a murderous aura in front of me, but because their level was so low that it completely ruined my interest.
This isn’t even child’s play.
Crack—cracking—the sound of bones twisting comes from his hands and arms, and they begin to change shape.
“What, what is this…….”
“S-Sorcery!!”
Jongnam’s disciples opened their eyes wide at the sudden change.
“Look closely. It’s not some cheap trick like sorcery.”
The man wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and said
“Magic Way (魔道)
all.”
The disciples of Jongnam despaired at the horrific sight they had never seen in either the afterlife or the mortal world. Having mastered the Five Spirit Immortal Flower Technique, we moved once again.
Since I had obtained the Oryeong Seonhwa Yu, I planned to take advantage of the chaos to blend in with outsiders and get out of the cave, just as originally planned.
However, the number of outsiders who entered the cave was a bit smaller than I expected.
I quietly blended in with the crowd and listened in.
I heard something we hadn’t known before. ‘He blocked the entrance?’ I wondered why there were so few people compared to my expectations, but I was told that Jongnam had blocked the entrance.
He said that he has torn down the two entrances to combine them into one, and placed his disciples in front of it so that no one can enter or leave.
Why are they acting so extremely?
The warrior continued speaking.
“I heard that Jongnam knew the time when the Five Spirit Immortal Flower would appear.”
“……
Then do you consider it to have already come out?
“Seeing that Jongnam hasn’t left even after all this time… he must think one of us has it.”
The priests glanced nervously at the people with stern faces.
Fortunately, none of the deserters found our group suspicious.
The shape of the canteen was not much different from the one they carried.
“Still, you wouldn’t… use a killing technique, would you?”
The warrior’s voice creeps in softly.
Then, his voice trembles slightly, as if he is anxious.
Kill herb? ……
Ahem. What a pathetic trick! If you use a lethal technique here, do you know what will happen to Jongnam’s name!
“Th-that’s right! Even Jongnam wouldn’t be able to go that far, would he?”
The man who brought it up earnestly seeks agreement to quell his anxiety, but…
If everyone dies here, the outside world won’t know anything.
A sudden silence fell at a remark someone tossed out.
They had somehow managed to get in, but they painfully realized once again that they had entered the jaws of a tiger.
“W-Do you think we’ll just sit still just because it’s us!”
“Fine! If you act this unilaterally, we won’t just sit idly by!”
Then, a question is raised.
Then who will stand in front?
“huh?”
“Even if we take collective action, there needs to be someone to stand at the forefront, but who is going to do that?”
The warriors’ eyes grow sharp because he keeps nitpicking.
“What the hell, why the hell have you been saying it won’t work the whole time? Do you want to die right here?”
The warrior who had been causing trouble giggled despite the pressure from those around him.
“Go ahead and take a good look around. See if there are any disciples of prestigious sects here, other than lowlifes like us.”
Eunho firmly pressed down on Geumpyo’s trembling body to control it.
“It’s good to have pride in the sect, but you have to know when to step forward and when not to. And to be precise, it’s not exactly a prestigious sect…” As he said, every single outsider who entered this place was either a ronin or one who had no affiliation, even if they were grouped in two or three.
“Is there anyone who can stand against Jongnam, at the very least, to retrieve your bodies after you die? In front of those who deny knowing anything about internal affairs in the first place?”
Heh.
The warrior shuts his mouth and snaps his head away as if struck by the nail on the head.
As silence fell following that conversation, I led the priests away from the group.
As we distanced ourselves a little, Saryeon cautiously asked me.
“Executioner… what on earth happened?”
I’m a bit curious too.
Why did Jongnam suddenly start acting so extremely?
There are two suspected reasons.
The first is that, as someone mentioned earlier, I was anticipating the time when Oryeong Seonhwa Yu would appear.
Even if outsiders entered, the disciples would not have been turned away in places where the Oryeong Seonhwa Yu was likely to emerge.
“Just as Guncheonji and the clan leader had not moved from the same cave. ‘But it didn’t come out.’ Since the Five Spirit Immortal Flower Oil did not appear even after the expected amount of time had passed, and no disciple had discovered it, Jongnam could have naturally concluded that an outsider had taken the Five Spirit Immortal Flower Oil.”
The second is that Dam Jung-ho is unconscious.
Since the person known as the Big Dipper Swordsman, whom Jongnam deployed, hasn’t reappeared, aren’t they thinking that something has happened?
or not.’……
설마 그 씹새끼가 뭔 사고를 친 건가?’씨바, 눈깔이 제정신이 아니긴 했어…….
Just looking at the way he tried to sink Damjungho without delay, I don’t think he’s the kind of bastard who would get away with it without an accident.
Still, isn’t the time too short to say that I caused trouble?
Besides, even if he is a devil with nothing but murder in his head, if he had any brains, he wouldn’t do such a thing.
To put it bluntly, shouldn’t they also not be revealing their identities right now?
“Really… will Jongnam take ruthless measures?”
That cannot be known.
Only Jongnam would know just how determined he is.
The important thing is that Oryeong Seonhwa Yu is too precious an item to give up on just because the plan was ruined.
When the stigma of killing the ronin who entered Cheondong Cave and the Oryeong Seonhwa Yu were placed on the scales.
The scales will surely tip toward Oryeongseonhwayu.
And at the point where the entrance was blocked, Jongnam also seemed to have braced himself to some extent. ‘I guess I’ll have to scrap the first plan after all.’ The plan to gather a large number of outsiders, create chaos, and exit through the entrance fell apart.
Just then, Eunho spoke to me.
“Senior Brother, why don’t you just hide?”
“Just like when you obtained the Oryeong Seonhwa Yu, if you block off a few caves and hide inside while keeping your presence quiet, it will be difficult to find you.”
As expected, he’s a quick-witted guy.
However, it is not valid now.
“That’s a good idea, but they already have a perfect map, so they will eventually fall for it.”
Then what should we do?
What are you worried about?
“yes?”
I looked at the priests and curled the corners of my mouth.
I just need to leave the way I came in.
The original plan was to prepare up to three, wasn’t it?
Why do I live such a hectic life?
Well, I didn’t want to do that either… ‘Because in my life, things have never gone according to the first plan.’ I’m saying I’ve mastered the art of finding a way to survive.#“What happened inside?”
Cheol-sun-jik looked at the robe Cheol-hyeon-jik held out with a puzzled expression.
Cheolhyeonjik let out a small sigh and placed the long robe in his younger brother’s hand.
“Your shamanic robe is dirty. Since it’s daylight, some wounds are visible too.”
“ah…….”
Only then did Cheol-sun-jik realize his condition and took the long robe to put on. ‘It was a bit dangerous.’ Since he was near the entrance, he could tell immediately that the first entrance was collapsing.
Knowing Jongnam’s ulterior motives, Jin So-un was no longer in a position to ask for favors.
Cheol Sun-jik took advantage of the confusion and quickly came out of Cheondong Cave.
‘Still, I did stall for as much time as I promised. I suppose I did my part.’ ‘But I don’t understand what that second request is.’ ‘To erase their traces?’
And then he said, “Collect the iron bullets??” As expected, he is an unpredictable man.
I don’t understand, so I don’t know what to do.
However, even if they do not give you the promised amount because you broke the promise, you won’t suffer much loss.
He thought from the start that the Oryeong Seonhwa Yu could never fall into his hands.
Above all, the reason he went in was something else.
Did you see what you wanted to see before coming out?
I raised my head and looked at my brother’s face.
The redness has subsided, but the flesh is bulging out in the shape of the palm print.
With so many people watching, you should at least put a cold stone against it.
He deliberately averted his gaze from his brother’s face.
“Well, since Jongnam has blocked the entrance like this… I wonder what will happen.”
After the third entrance was opened, even the disciples of Zhongnan who had been waiting in Xi’an flocked to the vicinity of the Heavenly Cave.
Jongnam immediately closed two entrances, leaving only the smallest one open.
Cheol-sun-jik’s gaze turns toward the people of Jongnam.
Two middle-aged men standing tall between the clan leaders and high-ranking officials.
The presence of these two is more distinct than that of any other member of the Zhongnan Sect. ‘Two Big Dipper Swordsmen…’ Unlike the young Big Dipper Swordsman he had previously blocked, the level of these two is impossible to even gauge.
In a way, the people who are currently the strongest masters here.
The intention behind the two people staying outside the cave instead of entering is clear.
“That they will definitely capture the one possessing the Oryeong Seonhwa Yu. ‘Does this mean they are willing to commit murder and annihilation?’ At that moment, the heavens and earth shook once again.”
Rumble rumble.
And Cheol-sun-jik realized it in an instant.
It is clear that something else is going to happen.
This time, perhaps realizing it as well, the people of Jongnam began running like crazy towards the source of the vibration without delay.
“Soo, oh, oh, oh!”
Cheol-sun-jik chased after the Jongnam troops as fast as the long robe his brother had handed him fluttered in the wind.
And at that moment.
With a massive explosion, a part of the mountain corner spewed out rocks and piles of earth.
Collapse of the same form as before.
Cheol-sun-jik let out a hollow laugh without realizing it.
“It’s the bastard! The one who made the third entrance!”
“Jongnam’s disciples, go and capture him!”
“Go!”
Before the dust stirred up by the opening of another huge hole could even settle, the Jongnam disciples were sucked into the hole like madmen.
but.
Once again, the heavens and earth shake, and the tension explodes once more.
Some of them were spewed out of the hole with broken fingers, perhaps because they tried to withstand the tension.
He has a formidable background.
“I know, right. To think of a background like this…”
The Big Dipper swordsmen, slightly impressed, block the entrance to the cave.
Cheol-sun-jik swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
Did Jin So-un really obtain the Five Spirit Immortal Flower Oil?
No, putting that aside, can he really defeat the North Star Swordsman when he tries to escape?
at that time.
“Let’s goooooo!”
A mountain sound echoed through the cave, and something black shot out of it.
“Do you think you can drive us out with just a mere stone like this?!”
We must have looked down on them quite a bit……
huh?”
The Big Dipper swordsmen attempted to cut down what appeared to be a rock with a single blow using their swords enveloped in sword energy, but
Bang! Bang!
“W-what is this!”
Far from being cut off in a single blow, they were taken aback by the unexpected heaviness.
Five new black figures shot out of the cave like arrows.
“her…….”
The Big Dipper swordsmen were busy striking down countless heavy objects flying in, so they could not stop the five people hiding inside.
Mysterious object(?)
The Big Dipper swordsman, giving up on resolving the issue and attempting to stab five people with his sword.
Just then, a loud roar rang out once again from the hand of the one at the very back… …
Along with the bad voice.
Eat this!
Rumble!
Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa bang.
As a force of considerable destructive power, much smaller than the previous one but still formidable, was fired, the Hokuto Swordsmen had no choice but to instantly raise both arms to protect themselves.
And so, that stormy moment passed.
When they had barely managed to lift their heads.
“……!”
The five people had vanished without a trace.
“Hah, what kind of divine technique is this…….”
“What is this…….”
The Big Dipper swordsmen, having been absurdly blindsided, dropped their swords in despair.
And Cheol Sun-jik, who was taking in the entire scene. ‘I really… I really succeeded.’ He had to struggle and struggle again to hold back the surge welling up inside him.
But then. ‘Uh… …?!’ The object that struck the North Star Sword caught Cheol Sun-jik’s eye. ‘C-Cheol-hwan? No way… …!’ Only then did Cheol Sun-jik understand Jin So-woon’s second request.
After a moment of hesitation, he began to quietly gather up iron rings with a determined expression, unbeknownst to anyone.=======*Notice regarding the delay in uploading Chapter 295. We ask for your understanding, readers.
Episode 295, which was scheduled to be uploaded at 00:00 today, will be uploaded two hours later at 02:00.
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