Chapter 48

Chapter 48

“You must have thought I looked foolish running away. You’re so arrogant to say you’re going to take on this alone.”
The green-green leopard’s mouth quirked upward. He looked like he was about to salivate at the sound of his pride.
“Well, it’s always good to let a puppy know that you’re afraid of him. Kuhhhhh.”
His eyes were looking at me as if I were appetizing.
I thought he was a mango pup.
He was the epitome of weakness.
He pretended to be strong to someone who was obviously weaker than him, and I realized that he wouldn’t be able to make any excuses for himself.
“I can see why Bai Guang gathered you three together.”
“Whatever.”
Shrugging, I glanced over at the three of them.
“It would hurt my pride to have you running around as my servants. It’s a gift. I can’t use it, and I don’t want to use it.”
“I’ll …… tear your proud mouth right off.”
“You don’t think so, otherwise I wouldn’t have gathered you three here. If I needed you, I’d have gathered you in Hangshan, but I’ve gathered you here with a bunch of people who don’t need you.”
There’s some pride in that.
I was pleased to see the anger in their eyes when I criticized them.
Five years ago. Elder Nam Gungshun is definitely a powerful man who will never be inferior to me. Back then, I couldn’t guarantee my life or death unless I fought him in a fierce battle and used even the Innate Qi.
But now.
Kagagak!
A rust-colored aura bloomed and a blue thunderbolt struck down.
In the battle between the spears, the armored fist struck seven times, and the screaming thunder dragon screamed out in the air. All seven punches were answered by the thunder dragon’s thunderbolt.
Kwagagang!
The two Yin Yungs bounced off and fell backwards.
Puff, puff, puff!
Rust-colored and azure auras intertwined in the air, striking the eardrums one after another. The shockwave that erupted swept through the surroundings, causing the trees covering the mountain to collapse in one fell swoop.
Thunder Qi surged, and the Thunder Emperor Divine Ball spun in synchronization. I twitched at the thunder coursing through my veins, an exhilarating sensation I hadn’t tasted in a long time.
On the other hand, Leopard’s expression twisted, and he looked inwardly relieved.
“I can’t believe you’re only twenty years old, and you’re such a god. If we’d met a decade later, it would have been dangerous.”
Then he turned to me with a heartless lament.
“Too bad, too bad. Kkhahahahaha!”
I could see that he felt sorry for the fact that I was still an immature young man. On the subject of bandits.
I wondered if he would have looked better if he’d wiped his drool.
Or if he’d put on a serious face for a moment and talked like a villain.
He treated me like I had a screw loose, and I felt demoralized.
I wanted to fight a normal guy.
I wanted to fight with a normal person. I cowered, ready to pounce at any moment, but the shadow of my uncle loomed ahead.
“Your turn is next. Wait.”
To be fair.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t get to me, but more like he couldn’t let me get away.
Literally, the old man had stretched out his aura, enveloping the two of them like a spider’s web.
Just like that.
He only glanced away for a moment.
As if waiting for the right moment.
Quadrup.
A rush of wind pressure surged upward, and a fist that looked like it had been sharpened from the earth slammed into my face.
I blinked, but it was too late to block the fist.
I instinctively twisted my head to the side as far as I could. I managed to duck my head enough to avoid being punched in the face.
For a moment, my left ear was crushed by the wind pressure, and then I heard a ringing in my ears. Something hot trickled from his earlobe.
“Let your guard down. See how it is. The taste of my kung fu. Khhhhhhhhhhhh!”
I stared in pure admiration as he let out a rumbling laugh and smiled a childish grin.
“It’s good. For sure.”
“Good?”
“Why. That’s a compliment.”
Unperturbed by the panther’s bewildered reaction, I took three or four steps backward and tore off the sleeve of my robe, twirling it around and plugging my left earlobe.
“Told you it’s dangerous to be a decade too late, eh? I don’t have the conscience for that. You’re going to live another ten years? You must want to continue your lineage. I don’t think you have a very long line.”
The thunderstorm energy tangled in the sword, burning through the hilt, the blade, and enveloping the entire sword. It cried out in unison, over and over again.
Woof!
The overlapping auras stretched out in all directions, creating a thunderous roar.
Rumbling, rumbling!
The barely germinated seeds took root, grew, and eventually blossomed.
Each woolen thread was like a flower petal fluttering in the air.
It was the thrill of the thunderbolt.
The black is the power of thunder.
The crackling blue qi clashed with the greenish qi in the air.
Boom!
Fists and swords clashed, and the mountainous aura and thunderous energy intertwined once more.
A booming sound erupted, and at the same time, sharp waves of energy swept out in all directions. The mountain-like aura was so solid that even the blue thunderbolt’s strike seemed to have no effect on it.
The crystallized rust-colored aura was so solid.
“No matter how hard you try, you will not be able to defeat it!”
A smile tugged at the corners of Leopard’s mouth as he thought that this foolish young man’s overwhelming aura would quickly dissipate.
Fazizik!
A blue thunderbolt pierces the left eye of the panther!
Kwajik!
“Off, off, off!”
The thunderbolt that had burned out his left eyeball had kindly left the space where it should have been empty. As if to tell him to fill it with something else.
Never having tasted such pain before in his life, the leopard clutched at one eye and screamed in agony.
“My. My eye!”
“You caught me off guard, how’s that, my thunderbolt. ……What’s the word?”
I give it back exactly as I received it.
I whined about how cool these lines were, but as soon as I clicked my tongue, I dodged a series of fists coming out of thin air by walking in infinite strides.
Even he was high.
“Aaaaaaaaah, kill, kill!”
I dodged his frenzied punch with ease. Losing an eye is like losing your spatial sense, even if only temporarily.
He didn’t recognize the distance between me and him. I didn’t miss the moment of the spear.
No, I couldn’t.
How could I miss such a stupid and delicious prey?
I slit both his wrists as he struggled. For daring to take him hostage, I’ll make sure he never raises a punch again.
The lightning bolts that made their way toward his strong arms were soon transformed into spears, which were imbued with thunderbolts, and struck both wrists.
Ouch.
Both wrists were horribly severed on the day they were pierced. A look of cognitive dissonance crossed his face.
Not only had he lost an eye, but he was now a crippled man who could no longer use both hands. It was a terrible outcome for a fight with a kid barely twenty years old.
“Yeah. You’ll just have to dodge like a mango, why. You don’t hide, you crawl out and do something you’ll regret.”
I had no intention of letting him get away with his tongue out, especially since he was about to have a seizure. I drove my sword slowly into his flailing heart.
Chuuk.
Its limbs flailed, its eyes glowing.
The light read my strength and slowly extinguished.
And I.
Aaaah. Seoguk.
I grabbed it by the hair, raised my sword, and cut it off. His tongue stuck out, his eyes widened in disbelief at his own death, but I didn’t care, and I cut his throat.
To a man who knew no honor.
He will stone his men who trusted him.
I will humiliate his corpse, and I will make him wander the heavens and earth and be insulted without end.
The whole world, all who stand under one sky, would know his words.
“……You’re noisy.”
With those words, the voice’s owner leapt at the other two, who were stunned. The two stunned men quickly calmed down, steadied themselves, and, as if they’d just passed a karate test, greeted the runner with a fist.
Ho Shan’s fist clearly emitted heat, while Guang Bai’s fist was filled with a starkly contrasting cold aura.
They jumped in synchronization, and it seemed as if they were moving their bodies even more hotly and coldly to relieve their anxiety.
He pretended to be indifferent to the Iron-Blooded Ancestor’s name, but it would not be that easy.
As the hot and cold auras merged together, they transformed into an aura that was more menacing than they seemed individually.
“If only it were iron-blooded!”
“You’re right, we have some dignity, let us go, and we won’t unleash it.”
He looked at his uncle, who was being crushed by the amplified effects of the unifying energy.
“Try it.”
The band of mist that enveloped the peak of the mountain was slowly dissipating. It was the prayers and energy of an absolute master who was bending nature with his personal power.
And it was based on his love for Yumimi.
The reassurance and peace he found in knowing she was okay, and the self-pity he felt for his own foolishness.
Those feelings melted into the tip of his sword as one.
“Say what you want, do what you want.”
The hilt of the uncle’s sword moved in monotonous motion, striking out each and every fist that tangled in the monotonous grass.
Then the grip on the hilt tightened.
I swallowed my saliva. It was the mainstay of the Iron Blood Sword Anbaek, the one sword method that had become the centerpiece of the festival.
The first formula of the Immortal Sword Technique, the one hundred and seventy.
It was the one sword method that he cultivated throughout his life, and his first meal of fifty-seven.
Stiff,
a moment of stretching, like.
“Kwangbae, bring it up full force, this could be a one-hit wonder!”
It was tearing through the air.
It was a sound I’d never heard before. The noise of the air being ripped apart and the void being torn apart made Huo Shan and Guang Bai lose their dignity and increase the energy of their fists.
“No matter how iron-blooded we are, this aura will last us a lifetime……!”
Kaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Before they could finish their sentence, the newcomer’s new model disappeared as if he had been stretched out on his fingers.
* * *
In the blink of an eye, the mountain had been cleared.
Above, the martial artists of the Southern Palace clan were slashing out their swords like crazy.
Below, the members of the Aggie Clan pointed their spears fiercely.
At the same time, the bandits, who had been fretting around, raised their hands and feet in anger and resentment against the three lords who had left them behind.
It was a hollow ending to the bandits’ words.
Damn.
The bandits’ shoulders sagged at the self-helpful tone of one of them. They were bandits, and they were black, and that was what they were born to be, and that was what they made a living at.
White and black.
Partisans and factions.
Right and wrong.
I left everything behind and just wanted to be able to live comfortably and not go hungry.
It’s not pleasant to see people who have lived their entire lives with this mindset, and at least the leaders they follow and support, leave everything behind and run away.
It was not pleasant.
They felt betrayed.
So the bandits didn’t stop talking, even though they were surrounded by layers of guan soldiers and the warriors of the Southern Palace.
“If you bring back those bastards, please untie my hands.”
“Me too! I’m a madman for trusting them!”
“You abandoned us and ran away, you bastards!”
Huang Tianhou gave them all a cold glare as they shouted out their insults.
“I can’t take you back in one piece. Cut off each of your arms and legs. Seeing that you can’t repent of your mistakes and are talking nonsense has made me angry.”
At his firm words, the members of the monkfish troupe drew their swords from their belts. The monkfish leader’s words were absolute.
Thrash!
The blades that were drawn out in unison shone in the light, illuminating the mountain, causing the terrified bandits to squeeze their eyes shut and urinate.
“I don’t think it would be difficult to grant you a wish beforehand.”
Degururu.
A round object sliced through the bandits.
The bandits saw it, and as if they had never been afraid before, they lunged at it, stomping, spitting, and cursing.
“This is their supply and demand. He’s the one who abandoned my family. They deserve it.”
Only then will they know how foolish and greedy they were to follow him, and they will never turn their eyes to bandits again.
The monkfish leader Huang Tianhou instinctively realized.
“……Is it you?”
Walking slowly in front of him was none other than the man who had made this game-changer, and who had made Huang Tianhou smile with a single glance at the scroll.
“The Grand Duke of the Southern Palace Family…….”
A young man, the Grand Duke of the Southern Palace.
It was the Southern Palace Class.