Chapter 24

“Hooray.”
The first group to arrive were all boys wearing katanas.
They were followed by a group of men with various weapons.
“That’s him.
Bu Eunseol narrowed her eyes as she looked at the group that had split up in all directions.
At first glance, she could have easily mistaken him for a girl.
But his body was built like twisted steel, and his expression showed no sign of worry.
This was the boy who had come to Buunsul’s cave and offered her a pack.
“You don’t think I recognize you.
Being a dye worker is a job that looks more at the body than the face.
Even if they were cloaked and dressed in large robes, she remembered the shape of their bodies as if she could see through their clothes.
And the handsome boy in the group perfectly matched the figure of the masked man she remembered.
“Does staring at the rice cook itself?”
The boy with the long longsword said irritably.
“Let’s kill those two first, instead of staring at each other like this.”
“I agree.”
Then one of the others nodded,
“That’s the one with the swollen tongue.”
Suddenly, a boy with an iron sword pointed to him and shouted.
“He’s a master of the Nangyagak Beast Dao, and he’s quite strong.”
Then a girl holding a white horse pointed at Xu Jinhai and smirked.
“Uh-oh, it looks like those two have already formed a group.”
Then the half-moon-eyed boy standing empty-handed pointed at Seo Jinha.
“That’s Seo Jinha. He’s not to be underestimated. He’s quite skilled in swordplay, and he’s already done a background check on the trainees.”
The group also knew the details of Xie Jinha’s background.
“With those two joining forces, it’s going to be quite a hunt.”
Just then, a boy with misshapen forearms clenched his fist.
“Since we’re having this discussion, why don’t we attack them at the same time?”
At those words, Bu Eun-sul and Seo Jin-ha naturally lowered themselves to face each other with their backs to each other.
No matter how strong the two of them were, it would be difficult to deal with twenty strong people at once.
“…….”
“……!”
Bu Eunseol and Seo Jin looked at each other at the same time.
When their gazes met, they both nodded lightly, as if their minds had connected.
“It’s Lingquishan!”
Suddenly, Xu Jinha shouted and rushed forward, scattering small powders from his leather pouch everywhere.
“Hell-blooded spirit acid?”
The crowd covered their mouths in horror.
The infernal lingzhi acid was a deadly poison that was said to make people drunk if they inhaled just one pill.
Tat-tat.
Meanwhile, Bu Eun-sul and Seo Jin-ha ran out of the forest.
A girl looked at the powder on the ground and exclaimed.
“It’s not glycyrrhizic acid, it’s the antidote to Galmy poison!”
The others looked at her in disbelief.
“Damn it! Where did she get that leather bag? You really tricked us!”
“Quick, grab it!”
The group quickly gave chase.
Meanwhile, out of the forest, they were running toward a place as if they had made a promise.
It was the direction of the stone mountain that the practitioners used as their home.
If they entered the narrow cave, they would be able to stop them from attacking all at once.
“But.
Seo Jin-ha bit his lip.
Most caves had large openings and wide interiors, not suitable for holding off multiple enemies.
‘We should find the right cave and enter it immediately.
The only thing he didn’t care about was the practitioners’ dwellings.
If one were to observe such a place closely, they would be recognized as an angular stone from the start.
“I know.”
Bu Eun-sul said, having understood Seo Jin-ha’s intentions.
“The cave I was in has a narrow entrance, and there is a long passage inside, so it’s fine.”
Bu Eun-sul’s cave was a natural fortress that many enemies could not easily enter.
“You’re a lousy light sailor!”
The boy who had been running at a frenzied pace behind Seo Jinha’s back was now right behind him.
“Did you want to show off your kung fu skills?”
At that moment, Seo Jinha spun around and released a beam of light.
A flash!
Blood spurted out from the boy’s neck with a brilliant light.
“It’s the Hua Wu Thunderbolt Sword.
Just like Bu Eunseol, Seo Jinha had also transformed the Hua Wu Thunderbolt into a battle-ready sword.
Blood!
A beam of light flew towards the back of Seo Jinha’s head.
“A memorization that can fly so far?
Xu Jinha gasped in horror, but it was too late to dodge the beam of light that shot out from behind him.
Bam!
There was a loud metallic clang before the amulet pierced his back.
Bu Eunseol had moved like lightning and deflected it with her black sword.
“Don’t relax just because you’ve killed the enemy.”
“Mm.”
At a loss for words, Seo Jinha nodded and started running again.
Whirling.
Bu Eunseol and Seo Jinha were running side by side when they reached the vicinity of the stone mountain,
a wind suddenly blew from the distant sky, and everything seemed to grow dark.
“No way!
Suddenly, Bu Eun-sul felt a terribly unpleasant intuition.
I wonder if it’s different,
Hiiiii!
Strange sounds began to echo everywhere.
Even the area around the stone mountain had become a restricted area.
“Damn it, they created a restricted area just because we ran this way!”
Seo Jinha stopped running with a dejected expression.
Sigh.
Just then, something like a mist rose from the ground in front of the distant stone mountain, and several shadows formed one after another.
It was the gray-gray ghosts of the dead.
“Damn it!”
Seo Jinha exclaimed in dismay as he stopped walking.
Even though they were right in front of him, he couldn’t get in there!
“If you’re going to fight anyway, it’s not so bad.”
“What?”
Bu Eunsun’s eyes flashed and she said.
“The flesh ghosts can’t move outside their designated area, which means that where they’re standing over there is the boundary.”
Seo Jinha’s pupils immediately widened.
The place where the demons are standing is the restricted area.
In other words, if they stood with their backs to it, they would be standing in a cave with their backs to it.
“But since we can’t use the angular attack, it’s probably wrong…… anyway.”
At Seo Jin-ha’s words, Buun-sul said dumbly.
“The long and the short of it is that we’ll have to see.”
Purr. Whirr.
Meanwhile, the horde that had been chasing her arrived one after another.
“Wasted effort.”
One of the first to arrive, a boy, grinned cruelly at the flesh-eaters behind him.
“Guess there’s nowhere to run anymore, huh huh huh.”
Then the broad-shouldered boy spoke up.
“Let’s not waste any time and hit them all at once!”
Cha, cha, cha.
At the same time, Bu Eunsul and Xu Jinha drew their black and iron swords.
With their backs to the wall, they clashed with all their might.
“This is the end.
Bu Eunseol, sensing that the end was finally near, said with a flash of blood.
“Come on.”
A fight of two against nineteen.
It was a bloodbath that could not be seen with open eyes, and every second was the difference between life and death.
Whirligig.
Infernal poisonous balls and memorizations fly into his face, and a barrage of mountain-splitting Blood Flame Swords rains down on his back.
If you manage to dodge and parry the attacks, a flaming sword and a white horse spear fly through the air.
Tuk Tuk Tuk.
Covered in wounds, large and small, Bu Eunseol and Seo Jinha’s bodies were dripping with blood.
“Damn it.”
Seo Jinha gasped as he raised his sword to the ground.
Some of the group weren’t even actively attacking. It was as if they were going to take it easy.
“I’m going to die here.”
With a popping sound, Seo Jin-ha spit out the blood from the corner of his mouth and bared his teeth.
“I don’t have any time left. I’ve given everything I have.”
“No strength?
Bu Eun-sul looked down at her arms.
She thought she could see the warmth of her grandfather’s hands. But then they were replaced by two horribly mutilated arms.
“I…….”
As she clutched the black sword, her eyes burst into flames like an active volcano.
“I can’t die in a place like this!”
Whirr. Pow!
At that moment, Blood Flame Sword and White Horse Shard flew in from the left and right.
The two attacks were so exquisite in speed and composition that even a beast’s reflexes couldn’t dodge them.
“No!
At that moment, an all-consuming light flashed out from Feng Fei’s pupils.
A flash!
At the same time, black lightning flashed from the sword, causing fountains of blood to flow from the necks of the two people on the left and right.
“Ugh!”
The screams of the two boys as they met their untimely demise were chilling.
Chen Yunguang’s flesh sword, which was said to be comparable to the Hua Wu Sword, had been reproduced once again.
“That bastard!”
“What kind of sword technique is that!”
“Kill him first!”
With voices filled with panic and anger, three of the group suddenly jumped out and attacked Bu Eunseol.
“We’ll take him!”
They were the most skilled of the group, the ones with the best combat skills.
Chuak! Ping! Purr!
Hua Wu Sword, Blood Flame Sword, and Command Spear rained down with the momentum of a thunderbolt.
A vast shield like a butcher’s block blocked Bu Eunseol in front of him and to his left and right. They were in exquisite unison, as if they had been practicing for decades.
“……!”
Bu Eun-sul’s eyes widened like a child’s at a new object.
In truth, he had neither the strength nor the martial arts training to block these attacks.
Whirr.
At last, the three weapons transformed into grim reaper claws and tried to grab at his neck,
Thrash.
The black sword in his hand began to move of its own accord.
In death, the instincts of the beast and the memories of his past pushed him to another level.
-Haven’t you already mastered this old man’s sword technique?
At that time, Bu Eun-sul practiced sword technique after sword technique for seven days without rest.
This was the Nangya Sect’s arcane master, a man who had reached the highest level of practical martial arts.
Clang, clang, clang!
A clear sound echoed out, and Bu Eunsun’s black sword struck the tips of the three weapons.
The sword art of Sau was being recreated in Feng Shui’s hands.
“…….”
The three attacking boys looked like they had just had a nightmare.
It was an ultra-supreme technique that could not be blocked even with all their strength, even with all the martial arts they had learned.
Swish, thud.
There was no scream.
The three attackers fell to the ground like a snowman melting.
“Buunsun!”
Seo Jinha’s shout rang out.
The boy who had sneaked up on Bu Eunseol had punched him in the chest.
“Kick.”
Bu Eunseol instinctively raised her black sword and took a defensive stance.
Wow!
But the sword shattered like glass when it touched her,
Pow!
With a booming sound, Bu Eunseol was thrown backward like a cannonball.
Thud.
Falling to the ground, Bu Eunseol slowly raised herself up while bleeding from the corner of her mouth.
All her energy was gone, and her soul seemed to have melted away. Her vision was blurring, but she stood up like a rock.
“Bu Eun-sul, hurry up and run!”
Seo Jinha, who was watching the scene, shouted urgently.
“The flesh ghosts are behind you!”
Bu Eunseol was knocked backward by a blow and fell to the ground beneath where the demons were standing.
A flash!
In an instant, a sharp gleam of insanity exploded from the demons’ eyes.
No matter how mortally wounded the wounded were, they had entered the restricted area.
Shuffling.
Slowly approaching, the flesh ghost stretched out its sharp hand towards Feng Yunsheng.
Zi Ying!
At that moment, a loud gong sound shook the Infernal City.
At the same time, a cry like a lion’s roar shook the heavens.
“Stop!”
As the earth-shaking words rang out, the flesh-eating hand that sliced through the air came to a halt.
Jurrrrr.
Blood trickled from Bu Eunseol’s neck.
Even though it didn’t touch her, a sharp aura split her skin.
A deathly silence descended on the air.
Purr.
A shadow swooped down the stone mountain, moving with the fluidity of a bird in flight.
“That’s it!”
It was the Supreme Head of the Sect, Leng Lianyung.