Chapter 36

“Ouch…….”
Pain rushed through me as I leaned against the wall.
I tore off a piece of clothing, wrapped it around the wound, and applied a poultice.
After half a day of treatment, the pain eased a little.
“Huh…….”
I let out a breath and was about to head back outside when something caught my attention.
“Is it the top floor?”
It was dangerous, as my body hadn’t fully recovered yet, but my gut told me I had to go.
Grabbing my right shoulder, I climbed to the top floor.
A single room.
A huge wave of air was emanating from it.
Boom!
Something burst through the wall.
A form-fitting black robe and mask.
It was the same masked man as the one outside.
Its chest was sunken as if it had died instantly.
Peering through the hole in the wall, a middle-aged man with a red long gun was confronting the four masked men.
It was Elder Wen Hu and the masked men.
“Elder!”
I shouted, and Elder Wenhu turned to look at me.
The other masked men saw it as an opening and pounced on Elder Wenhu.
“Yuck. Stay away from me!”
Elder Wenhu shouted.
He was right, the four masked men were far different in skill from the masked men outside.
Elder Wenhu’s Six-Part Sword Technique blocked the swords of two of the masked men, but the spears thrown by the remaining two masked men flew through the gap, aiming for Elder Wenhu.
“Watch out…….”
Before he could finish shouting, Elder Wenhu’s left hand blocked the sword.
Thud, ground!
Elder Wenhu’s water sword struck only the sword face and changed direction.
That was it.
I could tell that I was only in the way now.
If I charged in, Elder Wenhu would try to protect me.
And the masked man will attack through the gap.
Just as I finished my thought and was about to launch myself downward, I heard a “squeak!
I turned my head to look and saw that Elder Wenhu had been wounded by the Masked One’s sword.
A gash in his side.
It looked deep.
“Ugh!”
With a grimace, Elder Wenhu swung his sword with a frenzied momentum.
The masked men hesitated for a moment, but when they saw Elder Wenhu’s deep wound, they calmly blocked his sword.
“Go!”
Was it because I was bothering them?
‘Kk…….’
As I thought that, my body moved at will.
I set my target and activated my telekinesis.
The sword slowed.
The masked man’s body shook as if in panic.
I took advantage of the opening and thrust my sword out.
Spinning around, the masked man blocked the blade.
Kwaang!
A loud bang rang out as sword clashed with sword.
“Crack!”
The level of the masked people here was far different from the outside world.
The sword of the masked man who had struck out in panic had a tremendous amount of experience.
In an instant, the wound was aggravated, and blood flowed from between his lips again.
“I told you to go!”
Elder Wenhu unleashed the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique, and the masked men unleashed a strange sword technique.
The sword slashed through the gaps in the plum blossoms.
“Oh no!”
Aaah!
A gaping wound on Elder Wenhu’s chest.
It’s not deep, but it’s in his chest, so the impact must be severe.
Elder Wen Hu stumbled back and shouted.
“How do you know the breakthrough formula of the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique!”
“Hmph. Nothing to know.”
One of the masked figures who had remained silent until now said.
A dry, cracked voice.
It gave me goosebumps.
Elder Wen Hu’s words also stuck in my mind.
”Those who know the Plum Blossom Sword Technique.
If that’s the case, then Elder Wenhu’s Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique won’t work.
“You just need to die. For His sake!”
Shouting, the masked man charged at Elder Wenhu.
Elder Wen Hu’s mind and body were shaken by the two large sword images and the ripples.
Dizzily, he parried the blades, but the masked man was looking for an opening.
A slash aimed for his throat.
Elder Wenhu’s eyes flickered.
“Stop!”
He shouted, focusing his telekinesis on the beast.
The masked man’s beast paused for a moment.
Elder Wenhu swung his sword, dodging the beast.
Squeak!
“This…… thing…….”
The masked man turned his head and looked at me.
His eyes were shaky and contained an emotion of disbelief.
Elder Wen Hu also took advantage of the masked man’s pause and quickly swung his sword, but he seemed to be just as surprised as the masked man.
However, he quickly recovered his emotions and said.
“I’ll ask what it is later. For now, let’s deal with these people.”
Elder Wen Hu unleashed the Six Compound Sword Technique.
He blocked the two masked men.
“Ha!”
I focused on the masked man.
Kagaak!
The twin swords in my left and right hands blocked the masked man’s sword.
My internal wounds were getting worse, but fortunately, I was able to use my telekinesis to block a little.
Kagak! Kang!
The sword flinched halfway through, as if the masked man wasn’t used to dual wielding.
That’s why I’m holding my ground, but my internal injuries are getting worse by the minute.
The wound from the wall charge, the shoulder injury from fighting five masked men, and the internal injuries from helping Yoo Hyuk execute him.
There’s only one way to win.
“Fast and furious!
He dodged the masked man’s sword and swiftly brought his sword down.
Kaang!
“Plum Blossom Rock!”
He shouted, unleashing the Plum Blossom Thunderbolt.
“……!!”
The masked man panicked.
If you know the formation of the Twenty-Four Plum Blades, you should know the formation of other Martial Arts.
But what I’m about to unfold is not a plum blade from the Volcano Sect.
It’s my own plum blade.
A wave of plum blossoms washes over the masked man’s body.
Papapapap!
The plum blossoms pierce the masked man’s neck.
Thump!
The masked man collapses, and I fall to the ground.
“Ouch…….”
My internal injuries are getting worse.
Thud!
Blood regurgitates.
Elder Wen Hu has already subdued one of the masked men, and he’s on his way to subdue the other.
Elder Wenhu is fighting with a serious face, so focused on the masked men that he hasn’t seen the deformed plum blade.
When he sees it, he is relieved and starts crying.
Weak Qin Qi, twisted Qi.
If I had been a moment too late, I would have been the one to suffer.
As I breathed while chanting the nine phrases of the Self-Healing Method, clean natural qi entered my body.
It cleansed the turbid aura and corrected the distorted qi.
But it was impossible to cure him completely.
He would have to go back out and fight the masked men again, and his internal injuries were too severe to heal with just chi.
You opened your eyes.
The smell of thick blood and dead bodies.
My whole body was covered in blood, and I felt sick.
It’s so brutal it makes me want to vomit.
I pushed through the broken door and stepped outside, where I saw a group of Late Elders, led by Elder Moonhu, overwhelming the masked men.
Clang!
Elder Wenhu’s sword technique bound the six masked men.
Man Qingfeng and Yu Hyuk sliced through the masked men like a windstorm.
The rest of the people, one by one, subdued the masked men.
It looked like I didn’t need to intervene.
“Huh?”
Just then, three masked figures burst out from within the blue hall.
They burst through the walls and pounced on the Late Elders.
“Ugh!”
“Ouch!”
“Ugh!”
The two panicked Sect Elders and the one from the Volcano Sect were badly wounded.
The two late elders of the Sect of the South each had an arm cut off, and the late elder of the Volcano Sect had a gaping wound in his chest.
Ping-ping!
The three masked figures spun around and fired.
In an instant, three lives were gone.
‘They’re similar in skill to the masked men we fought earlier, dangerous!
I threw myself at them.
“Ying!”
Zhongnan Sect’s late leader, Oh Jiehyuk, who was fighting nearby, shouted, throwing aside his fellow fighters and charging at the masked men.
One of the masked men took a step forward and threw a sword.
Kaang!
“Ugh!”
Oh stopped dead in his tracks as he was hit by the powerful sword.
The masked man charged again, throwing two more bido.
“Haat!”
Sea Wall Sword.
A thick wave of water blocked the swords of the Bidou and the masked man.
Thwack! Kagak! Sugak!
“Ugh!”
However, Oh’s sea wall sword did not stop the masked man.
The masked man’s sword pierced through the thick defense shield.
It was about to pierce Oh’s throat.
Bang!
The masked man’s sword and my sword met.
Luckily, the masked man’s sword only grazed Oh’s neck.
It wasn’t a deep wound.
The masked man spun around and thrust his sword out.
Three sword strokes slashed at my bottom, middle, and top.
I took a step backward, and for ten seconds, I unfurled a plum blossom forest with my plum blade.
Plum blossoms bloomed densely.
The plum blossoms flew forward, piercing through the sword circle.
A plum blossom stamped on the chest.
The masked man coughed up blood and stepped back.
He glared at me for a moment, then put his index and middle fingers in his mouth.
Beep.
“What are you doing?”
“Cough. You are finished. The boss is coming for you…….”
Laughing ominously, the masked man charged.
It was an ominous blow, but it was a blow that distracted him from his chi and god.
He lightly dodged and struck the decisive blow.
Pow!
Xin Liuquan’s electric spear.
The masked man collapsed under the blow.
“Haa…… haa…….”
I caught my breath and looked at the situation.
Oh Je-hyuk had seen me and the masked man fighting and realized that he was no good, so he was fighting another masked man.
And the two masked men from the Blue Hall were facing off against Yoo Hyuk and Man Qingfeng.
“Cheer up, the beasts are not far behind!”
Elder Wenhu’s words caused the late Elders to burst into cheers.
“……!!”
At that moment, he felt a great energy rushing towards him from the distance.
I turned my head.
A figure soon appeared.
The masked figure stood atop the pavilion, staring down at us.
A great energy, a prayer like a well-honed sword.
I get goosebumps.
His martial arts skill was several levels higher than the other masked men in the hall.
He glanced around as if assessing the situation, and then, seeing a spot, he launched himself.
“Eh!”
A panicked voice.
It was Yoo Hyuk’s death sentence.
He had just defeated the masked man who had jumped out from the front hall.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
The masked man’s secret weapon pierced through Yoo Hyuk’s panicked defense.
Yoo Hyuk twisted and dodged, but received a shallow sword wound.