Chapter 84

My heart is pounding.
It was only a short time ago that I had glimpsed Wu Nanaxi’s vast realm.
So I thought he had returned for a short time. But he didn’t exude much of a presence, which puzzled me, and when I turned to face him, I saw him.
More violent than Kwangseung.
Cooler than the Southern Palace.
It gave the illusion that a tyrant was literally in place.
How long had he been there?
It had been there for some time.
I had no idea. My hands and feet grew dizzy from the two hatchets, and my swordplay dulled from the two fists.
The opponents in front of me were no slouches, but facing this distant presence made my head spin.
I see.
This is Bai Guang, the master of the Green Forest, the so-called Two Kings.
But it was only when their gazes touched where they shouldn’t that I realized. His gaze, his steps, his eyes, reach where they should never go.
Every time his sticky, obsessive gaze moved away from me and toward my mother, my heart pounded.
My breathing quickened and my blood sped up.
I was determined not to spare a single ounce of strength, stamina, or spirit.
The blue power in the tip of my sword formed a pool in the air, creating a rippling wave. Just as the calm waters of the Yangtze River melted into the rough waters of the ocean, so did the blue lightning power of the Thunder God of Polarity.
Fazik!
Both of his eyes lit up, and an explosion of Yang Qi and power burst forth. The auras of the snow ginseng merged together, and even the yin and yang auras became harmonious.
Black Woong and Zhao Woong must have sensed something was wrong, because they immediately began to increase their power, but it didn’t matter.
As soon as the one in front of Bai Guang took a step, I stepped forward, narrowing the radius and simultaneously slashing at Black Woong, Zhao Yun, and the one called Qing Woong.
It didn’t take long for the breeze to turn into a gust of wind, and Black Woong’s eyes widened to the size of lanterns as he shouted, “Kwakagaga!
Kwakkagagagagaga!
Blue thunder power.
The feast of power gathered to form a wave that quickly swept the three of them away, and even the thunderbolts within it were sure to trouble them.
Seeing them swept away by the wave, I started walking. The battle with the three of them was a fierce one, but I couldn’t help but notice those sticky eyes staring at my mother.
“Changgungmuae. It’s still a good sword, powerful. I used to struggle with it myself.”
What does he know so well about the Southern Bow?
As if he’d been waiting for me, he opened his mouth to match my pace, his voice thundering over the distance.
“But what can we do about it? Even if those fools were scarce, they wouldn’t all be dead by the numbers.”
“I know.”
I couldn’t think of anything nice to say. It was outright hostility.
“You know, I see.”
“I was trying to get you to take a shit and get pissed off enough to act.”
At my words, the white clown glared and huffed under his breath.
“Ah, the one you sent me.”
The white light swept across me, arc lines at the corners of his eyes. I felt the blood drain from my body. I stood up, my hair standing on end.
“You’re so arrogant. Where did you learn to be so mean and high-minded?”
A white smile curled the corners of his mouth.
“I do. I like to give back what I get.”
He strode toward me.
“I’ve had my pride bruised enough. I’ve got a bunch of bandits and demons who can’t pray in my presence.”
My skin crawled with each step he took toward me. His mere presence made the hairs on my head stand on end.
“So I figured you should know. That the world isn’t always kind.”
I raise my aura. A giant puff of energy pressed down on me.
Gurgling.
My head slowly slid downward from the sheer force of it. I held on. I couldn’t bow down to him.
As I tried to hold on without bowing my head, both of my shoulders curled and hunched.
The force was strong enough to make my knees buckle.
“It’s no use holding on. You said it, I guess.”
He squatted down ahead of me and looked up at me with a white light.
“We’re just ragtag bastards, looting and kidnapping.”
The ground I’m standing on caved in. My body slid lower and lower, until I was eye-to-eye with Baekwang.
“Hold on. If you don’t, I’ll take that bitch and that bastard back to the Green Forest, where she’ll probably be a child’s plaything for the rest of her life, and I’ll make him regret ever having a male surname.”
He smirked, and I steeled myself. And then.
Kaak! Tsk!
There was only one thing I could do in defiance of the muscles I could use, the irresistible, unstoppable force.
I raised my hand and wiped the spit off my cheek, not realizing I’d just spit in my own face.
“You’re bold. I like that.”
He wiped the smile from his lips. He looked down at me with dry, dry pupils.
And I felt it. As soon as I felt the energy pressing down on me dissipate, I pushed myself upright and took a step back at the same time.
Quang!
The piercing blow from his toe sent my entire body splitting apart, and I raised my sword with all my strength.
My insides shook, and I felt a fountain of blood explode in the air.
I decided to burn myself.
Flash!
A bolt of lightning shot out of the sky and struck Bai Guang. Not once, but twice, three times, ten times in a row.
Over and over again. The moment it stopped, he knew it would be dangerous.
“That’s it. Be evil. Feel bad, feel bad, feel bad, feel like you can’t do anything anymore. You’re no better than a bug.”
I gritted my teeth at Bai Guang’s words. So many thunderbolts, and yet, with a light step, they are all canceled out.
Then he crooked his finger at a thundercloud in the air, and it tore apart.
Crack, crack, crack!
But I gathered my strength and struck again. If I stop now, in this moment, my mother will die. The wall I love will die.
It takes one lifetime to witness the deaths of those I love most, including my mother.
There is nothing more devastating than watching someone you love die before your eyes.
The white light, unblinking in the face of countless bolts of lightning, revealed its teeth. It seemed to revel in my desperation.
The look on my face, as if I were about to break, seemed to amuse him.
Then he said,
“I’m bored. Bring him in.”
My gaze darted to the three bandits who had been swept away and were now approaching my mother. He doesn’t take his eyes off me. I had a choice to make.
Kwao!
As soon as I took a step, the wave that came at me sent my body flying into the distance. But I would not play into his hands.
The blindfolded mother of the terrified South Palace Wall bit her lip and made a determined expression. That expression was.
“Uh, Mother! No!”
A trickle of blood trickled down the corner of her mouth as she showed her determination and unwillingness to be molested.
She had made up her mind to defend herself. She would rather die than be humiliated by the bandits.
“……such a bitch.”
She turned into a handful of electrical sparks and tried to reach her mother’s side, but.
“You’ll never be able to protect anyone. See yourself helpless, and hate me. Hate, hate, hate, and use that power to rise above your current level.”
He cut in front of me, slamming on the brakes. I didn’t hear a word, only my sword slashing at the one who stood in my way.
“Damn you!”
“Hahaha. Cussing, I like it. Yeah, that’s what you’re supposed to do.”
“Don’t do it, don’t do it, don’t do it!”
I was being lifted slowly into the air by the scruff of the neck of the South Palace wall, and my eyes welled up with blood as I realized how quickly I had subdued my mother, preventing her from making her own decision.
“What will you do, weak child?”
White Light’s grip tightened around the nape of my neck. The alarm bells of danger rang.
It’s coming.
I will condemn you, even if it means squeezing every last drop of innate energy out of you.
I will burn away every ounce of energy in my body, even if it means reversing the spirits.
At that moment.
“……The joke is on you.”
A beam of blue light stood next to the white light, its brilliance so sharp it seemed to blind me. I coughed several times as I felt the grip around my throat loosen. And then I looked away in horror.
The safety of my mother and the South Wall came first. Those two and the three bandits surrounding them.
Five men.
There were also the twins who had appeared when I fought Namgungsoon. Pyo-young and Pyo-il.
And.
“Yongke noticed, too. If you’re so heavy on one leg that you’re already here.”
It was none other than the man with the chilling sword power.
“The Heavenly Divine Sword.”
It was Nangong Mubai.
He had moved directly from Anhui City, and the five men who were his immediate shadows.
Black Woong, Zaung, and Qing Woong.
The three of them were trapped by the five men, their swords pointed at them, their movements blocked.
Bai Guang, who was unfazed by the frenzied swordplay, loosened his grip.
“It’s either him or…….”
Bai Guang’s gaze moved lazily and turned to Mr. Bai’s wife and mother.
“Is it because of that bitch?”
“Your frivolous tone is still the same. You’ll never set foot on Anhui soil again.”
“Oh, I’m afraid.”
Bai Guang’s tone was gentle, but even he took a step back as he met Nan Gong Mu Bai’s gaze.
“I wonder if it’s okay to look down on me in my own neighborhood.”
“You are the one who has already crossed the line.”
“You’re willing to start a full-scale war.”
“If you wish.”
The sword of the Southern Palace seemed to have no intention of stopping.
“Uh, hey!”
For the first time, Bai Guang’s puzzled expression showed. Bai Guang’s face contorted as he saw the unexpected sword slowly lift up.
A stirring aura, a blue sword force.
It was as if it was the center of this place, as if it was the heart of this area.
All the energy began to concentrate at the tip of the sword.
“Are you serious?”
Bai Guang’s words were not answered by the Southern Palace Martial King, who slowly approached in front of me.
Instead, the tip of his sword, which had begun to contain his anger and emotions, slowly began to grow larger.
“Elder Sun said so.”
He stood in front of me, facing the white light, and opened his mouth.
“Chang Tian, Chang Palace, Thunderbolt, Mu Ai, Dai Yan, and Heavenly Wind. Make the six stories your own.”
“Chang Tian. Changgong. Thunder, Wu Ai. Great smoke, heavenly wind. This list of words could be considered the entirety of the Southern Palace. Only by making the story of the Six your own can you hope to see the next, the path of the Emperor you so long for. ”
“This is the next path that will open once you have made the six stories your own. Watch closely.”
At that moment,
the white light disappeared in front of me.