novelbest Chapter 166 : Chapter 166
Chapter 166 : Chapter 166
Chapter 166 The Red Sky (9)
Chu Myeong-hwa, who was looking at the Poison King, shrugged her shoulders once.
“I was beaten once by that child and stepped down from the position of Alliance Leader. With nothing to do, what's the point of just sitting around?”
“Beaten once?”
The Poison King turned his eyes to Jaun as if he couldn't understand.
“Well, let's save the past stories for another time. We don't have much time right now.”
At Chu Myeong-hwa’s words, the Poison King, who had come to his senses, shook his head again.
“It's not a face I can say I'm glad to see…… but with you here, sister, things will be much easier.”
“Elder. What in the world is going on……”
Tang Il-bi, who had been listening to the two's conversation blankly, asked the Poison King.
“The Blood Queen of Martial Souls, Chu Myeong-hwa. She is the Alliance Leader of the Sado Alliance and someone who once rivaled Brother Cheol-sam in the art of flying daggers.”
“……What?”
“The ‘former’ Alliance Leader.”
Jaun, who had been watching the confused Tang Il-bi for a moment, let out a deep sigh.
“……I’m sorry, but we don’t have much time. Let’s save the rest of the conversation for later. We’ll be moving now.”
After finishing his words, Jaun cautiously started down the hill first, and Chu Myeong-hwa immediately followed him. The Poison King and Tang Il-bi, who still hadn't recovered from the shock, followed behind.
While the group approached the cultivation site, avoiding the notice of the Demonic Beings, the Demonic Beings were already making frames with long pieces of wood, as Tang Yu-pyo had instructed, and pushing them into the cultivation site.
“Hey! Lift the end first!”
At someone's shout, the wooden frame that had been submerged in the cultivation site was slowly lifted, and the black lotuses, completely uprooted, hung in a line on the wooden frame and rose into the air.
Behind the Demonic Beings, who were engrossed in their work, Jaun's party cautiously approached, hiding their presence.
Chu Myeong-hwa, who confirmed Jaun’s signal, reached into her robes.
[I'm going.]
[Yes.]
Chu Myeong-hwa sent a short telepathic message and at the same time, ran forward quickly. From within Chu Myeong-hwa’s robes, six red daggers appeared.
[Pierce through, Blood Dagger.]
─ SWOOOOSH
Chu Myeong-hwa's daggers, which cut through the air in the blink of an eye with a whoosh, pierced through the heads of dozens of Demonic Beings standing behind.
─ SPLAT!
Blood flowers bloomed in the air.
Then, the daggers that had pierced through dozens of heads returned to Chu Myeong-hwa’s hand.
Chu Myeong-hwa, who had received the daggers, rose into the air and rotated her body with all her might, and again, the red daggers were shot toward the Demonic Beings.
“Aaaargh!”
“Th-there’s an enemy!”
“Where! What’s going on!”
In an instant, the surroundings were filled with chaos. Jaun ran out at a fast speed into the midst of the disoriented Demonic Beings.
─ SWIIISH!
With a single strike from Jaun's sword, fountains of blood erupted from the Demonic Beings’ bodies. As Jaun joined in clearing the path, cutting down the Demonic Beings at a tremendous speed, the Poison King and Tang Il-bi began to run behind him.
“Th-there they are!”
“It’s them!”
Jaun, who confirmed that the Demonic Beings were drawing out their energy, stomped the ground hard.
─ RUUUUMBLE!
As Jaun’s energy spread, the Demonic Beings who were raising their demonic energy all vomited blood and collapsed in their spots.
The Demonic Beings, who had not been properly on guard, were helplessly falling to the attacks of Jaun and his party.
In an instant, the Demonic Beings’ formation collapsed, and the four of them shot forward quickly through the empty space.
“Now!”
As Chu Myeong-hwa shouted loudly and once again scattered her daggers to clear the front, the Poison King’s body shot out through the gap like an arrow.
─ RUUUUMBLE
The Poison King, who had flown forward, stopped his body near the cultivation site and stomped the ground hard.
[Heaven-Shattering Ten Thousand Poison Hand]
A thick, greenish energy shot out from the Poison King’s body.
“Success……!”
Just as Tang Il-bi, who had confirmed the Poison King's poison energy shooting toward the cultivation site, smiled, a strong palm force that came from somewhere pushed back the Poison King’s poison energy.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
The group took a step back from the immense wave of energy that could not be ignored. Then, from the opposite side of the cultivation site, five large men who had flown through the air on their feet landed on the ground and raised their heads.
‘In the end…….’
Jaun gripped his sword tightly as he looked at the approaching large men.
They exuded an energy no less than that of the past Demonic Leaders he had just fought; they were the masters who were leading the Demonic Beings on the other side.
‘By a hair's breadth.’
It was a plan he had thought would succeed, albeit narrowly, but the Poison King's speed had been slower than expected.
Although he hadn't shown it, pretending to be fine, it seemed the Poison King's condition had not fully recovered from pouring out all his strength just a moment ago.
‘If it comes to this…… do we have to fight a full-scale battle.’
As Jaun was quickly scanning the surroundings, the mouth of one of the large men opened.
“……Are you the rats of the Tang family?”
A dark red energy emanated from the eyes of the large men.
The Poison King’s eyes narrowed at the appearance of the five martial artists who were emitting an energy on a different level from the Demonic Beings surrounding them.
“Were there this many bastards who could withstand my Ten Thousand Poison Hand?”
“Be careful. Those bastards, their momentum is not to be taken lightly.”
At Chu Myeong-hwa’s words, the Poison King nodded.
‘……At least at the Pavilion Lord level. No, even higher.’
Jaun quickly looked around.
The five martial artists with immense energy and the martial artists who were quickly gathering around them were also emitting a sharp energy like a blade.
What was completing their energy was a thick blood energy. It seemed they had recently taken the Blood Immortal Pill, as an explosive blood energy was emanating from their bodies.
‘The level of their blood arts is quite high.’
They were not the clumsy blood energy users he had encountered so many times before, but those who were emitting proper blood energy.
The energy of the martial artists, who were filling the empty parts of their rough demonic energy with blood energy, gave the feeling of facing a huge rock wall.
‘If they are people who can emit this much blood energy…… it won’t be easy to take control of their demonic energy.’
Since they were composed only of those who had learned the blood arts from the basics and had reached a considerable level, it was impossible for even Jaun to control all the energy of the Demonic Beings here.
In such a situation, fighting a full-scale battle against hundreds of Blood Demons was a reckless act.
Jaun looked at the five martial artists who were blocking the way between the Poison King and the black lotus cultivation site and sent a telepathic message to Chu Myeong-hwa.
[For now, we need to free the elder Poison King. If we can somehow scatter poison in the pond…… we can retreat without much damage.]
Chu Myeong-hwa, who heard Jaun’s telepathic message, nodded.
Chu Myeong-hwa, who had roughly estimated the level of the martial artists standing in front, whispered to Tang Il-bi.
[You’re the Tang family bastard who has attained One Mind, right? Can you prepare the Ten Thousand Flowers Filling the Sky?]
At Chu Myeong-hwa’s words, Tang Il-bi cautiously nodded.
[If I’m given time…… it’s possible.]
[Good. Then I’ll see how well that bastard Cheol-sam raised his juniors.]
As Chu Myeong-hwa briefly relayed the situation via telepathic message, Jaun and the Poison King met each other’s eyes at the same time and nodded.
[I will buy time first. There are also hidden mechanisms here that the Tang family has set up for defense. If I activate the mechanisms to buy time, and in the meantime, that bastard Il-bi launches an attack…….]
[I will go in first through that gap.]
The Poison King, who had nodded once at Jaun, began to raise his energy without delay. The Poison King straightened his back and let out a loud shout toward the front.
“You small fries of the Demonic Cult! I will make you pay the price for setting foot on the land of the Tang family.”
Soon, an explosive energy erupted from the Poison King’s body.
─ POOOOOF!
As the Poison King’s energy, which spread in all directions like an exploding firebomb, began to cover the area around the cultivation site, the five martial artists in front hurriedly raised their energy and deflected the Poison King’s energy to the side.
As the Demonic Beings surrounding the cultivation site gathered their strength to resist the energy, the Poison King’s energy was unable to enter the cultivation site and began to scatter in all directions.
Just as a sneer appeared on the faces of the Demonic Beings who had confirmed this, Tang Yu-pyo, who was trembling from the side, shouted loudly.
“……E-everyone, you have to, have to evacuate!”
The Demonic Beings turned their heads and looked at Tang Yu-pyo.
“There are mechanisms installed around the cultivation site too!”
At Tang Yu-pyo’s shout, the Demonic Beings hurriedly looked around.
The places where the Poison King’s energy, which had flowed to the side, had touched, began to bulge and swell strangely.
“Heh heh…… it’s already too late.”
─ RUUUMBLE.
As the Poison King stomped the ground once more, an explosion erupted from the bulging surface of the ground.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
─ POOOOOF!
With the explosion, short spears that had shot out from under the ground were fired in all directions. The Demonic Beings, who were attacked from a completely unexpected place, hurriedly broke their formation and began to strike down the flying short spears.
─ TATATANG!
─ TING!
The number of short spears fired from the mechanisms was greater than expected. While the Demonic Beings were frantically dealing with the short spears, Tang Il-bi raised his energy with all his might.
Soon, a huge, greenish energy began to shimmer around Tang Il-bi’s trembling body.
Tang Il-bi, who had gathered enough energy, pushed aside the martial arts uniform he was wearing, and the numerous hidden weapons hidden inside all shot up into the air.
─ PIIING
─ PING
The expressions of the large men hardened as they confirmed the endless stream of hidden weapons soaring from Tang Il-bi’s robes.
“That bastard! That’s the one who has mastered the Ten Thousand Flowers Filling the Sky! Get him first!”
The large men all tried to rush toward Tang Il-bi, but Jaun and Chu Myeong-hwa were already standing in front of him.
The large men clenched their teeth and raised their hands toward the two who were blocking their way, and a dark red energy instantly gathered in their fists.
─ POOOOOF!
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
An explosive energy erupted from their fists, which they extended without delay, toward the two.
Jaun’s Mangru Blood Sword was drawn from his waist as he confirmed the five fist strikes being fired.
[Heavenly Killing Demon Sword, Second Form. Thunder.]
Jaun’s sword, which was held high, cut through the sky and fell down. Jaun’s sword energy, which split into five branches, struck down the energy fired by the large men.
─ POOOOOF! THUD!
The large men’s fist strikes were driven straight into the ground.
The large men, who had confirmed that their attacks were nullified, pulled their fists back again, but Jaun’s sword, which had already rushed forward, drew a semi-circle and aimed for their chests.
─ KWAANG!
─ THUD!
The bodies of the large men, who had hurriedly taken a defensive posture and blocked Jaun’s sword, were pushed back, and at the same time, Tang Il-bi’s voice began to be heard from behind.
“A sky full of silver.”
At Tang Il-bi’s voice, the Poison King’s face lit up. Then, Chu Myeong-hwa smiled and reached into her robes.
“The light that fills the sky is the essence and breath of the Tang family. The light that holds the will of the Tang family will gain life and fully bloom.”
Tang Il-bi’s body trembled as he emitted a huge, greenish energy. The hidden weapons that had spread into the air swayed in the air like fluttering petals.
As the silver hidden weapons swayed rapidly in the air, six red daggers were shot into the sky from Chu Myeong-hwa’s robes.
“When the petals that have gained life fall like rain.”
The red daggers that had soared from Chu Myeong-hwa’s robes pierced through Tang Il-bi’s hidden weapons, which were brilliantly lighting up the sky. Soon, emitting a hazy smoke, the red daggers began to rotate fiercely with the other hidden weapons.
“It will take the breath of all living things.”
A trickle of blood flowed from Tang Il-bi’s mouth, and in that moment, a huge energy was emitted into the sky from Chu Myeong-hwa’s body.
“Ten Thousand Flowers Filling the Sky.”
“Pour down, Blood Dagger.”
The two’s shouts were completed at the same time.
As the red daggers exploded with an explosive energy, the silver hidden weapons that filled the sky began to be imbued with red energy.
And like a meteor shower, leaving long trails, the hidden weapons that filled the sky and the six daggers began to fall, drawing red trajectories.