Chapter 249
Chapter 249
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 249
Chapter Title: Cliffside Pursuit
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Even as the red and black clouds spewed by the Blood Viscera Poison clouded his vision, Tang Myeong-ok did not panic.
‘It’s bearable!’
She was Tang Myeong-ok, who had endured the toxic herbs Namgung Hyeok poured on her in the pit and the torture techniques she had inflicted on herself in ascetic training.
To her, the pain of the Blood Viscera Poison was no more than an itchy mosquito bite.
Tang Myeong-ok swung through the Blood Viscera Poison and charged forward.
‘To think it could be overcome this easily!’
She marveled at the power of the internal energy cultivation method Namgung Hyeok had taught her.
To build up resistance to withstand the Blood Viscera Poison’s toxicity in such a short time—it was simply astonishing.
Her body felt heavy from the poison’s toxicity, and there was pain, but that was all.
Tang Myeong-ok shook her head to clear her thoughts.
Now was not the time to dwell on her internal energy resistance.
She needed to focus on the enemy.
She moved freely within the Blood Viscera Poison. The ability to maneuver unhindered while the poisonous mist shrouded everything was an enormous advantage.
Tang Myeong-ok glared at the Five Poisons Sect warriors entering the mist, her killing intent bared.
She flicked her sleeve.
Shuririk!
Red petals scattered from between her sleeves, spraying in all directions.
Chwaaaak!
“Kuhk!”
“Ku, kuhuk!”
“H-how?!”
They were hidden weapons coated with Seven Treasures Soul Scatter, one of the Sichuan Tang Clan’s ten great absolute poisons.
A fearsome deadly toxin that made one vomit blood from all seven orifices before taking seven steps.
The Five Poisons Sect disciples struck by these coated hidden weapons could not escape unscathed.
The Five Poisons Sect disciples spewed blood and screamed.
Taking that as their cue, the Sichuan Tang Clan warriors swept through the Five Poisons Sect disciples.
While Tang Myeong-ok attacked the Five Poisons Sect disciples entering the Blood Viscera Poison, Tang Myeong-jin and the Poison King Squad, who had gone ahead, passed through the poisonous mist created by the Blood Viscera Poison.
The Five Poisons Sect disciples hurled hidden weapons at the Sichuan Tang Clan martial artists bursting through the mist.
Killing light flashed in Tang Myeong-jin’s eyes.
Using Golden Dragon Whip Technique, he deflected the incoming hidden weapons and threw daggers with his other hand.
Chachachachang!
Following him, the Poison King Squad formed the Poison King Formation and charged at the Five Poisons Sect disciples.
Peopeopeopeong!
Poison smoke erupted from the ground, and silver-glinting hidden weapons poured down like a rainstorm.
“Kraaak!”
“Kuheok!”
“Kuk!”
Short death cries rang out one after another.
Tidingtingtingting!
Puk!
Pupeopuk!
The Five Poisons Sect disciples panicked amid the ceaseless barrage of hidden weapons, the dull thuds, and the poison smoke exploding everywhere.
‘How did they break through the poisonous mist?’
‘Our hidden weapons aren’t working!’
‘This can’t be!’
They were Five Poisons Sect disciples who mainly used fine needles and air-splitting strong needles, hard to see with the naked eye.
In open space, the fine needles riding the wind and the air-splitting strong needles that tore through sword energy formed a devastating combination.
Moreover, the hidden weapons infused with absolute poisons from the Southern Barbarians caused breathing difficulties and stiffened the body on the slightest graze.
Yet for some reason, the Poison King Squad and Tang Myeong-jin didn’t budge.
No, they were convulsing, but...
“Eup! You bastards!”
“Damn it!”
“Kuhup! These fuckers!”
Struck by hidden weapons, the Poison King Squad and Tang Myeong-jin rampaged like wild colts with broken reins.
Pupeopupeok!
Shock appeared on the Five Poisons Sect disciples’ faces.
The Sichuan Tang Clan martial artists yanked out the embedded hidden weapons like pulling needles and charged—they didn’t look sane at all.
With the life-threatening absolute poison neutralized, the Tang Clan warriors had no reservations.
A situation where they could focus solely on attack.
Papatapatapat!
The Poison King Squad unleashed Storm Pear Blossom Nails.
Pupeopeong!
Nail-like hidden weapons poured down like a storm, sweeping away the Five Poisons Sect.
The hidden weapons of the Southern Barbarian Five Poisons Sect and the Sichuan Tang Clan differed vastly in lethality.
The precision and power in handling them were on another level.
Pupeopupeopuk!
In an instant, the Five Poisons Sect disciples were cleared out.
The Poison King Squad sprayed poison to restrict enemy movement, stiffened them with hidden weapons while closing the distance, then swiftly infiltrated with poison blades and daggers for close-quarters cleanup.
Their swift movements allowed no imitation.
Tang Uicheon lightly kicked off the ground and executed Soul-Chasing Divine Steps.
He bored through the rain of hidden weapons flying from all directions toward the Five Poisons Sect disciples.
Like a salmon swimming upstream, Tang Uicheon traversed the battlefield rife with hidden weapons and poison smoke, descending toward the Secret Scripture Squad leader commanding the Five Poisons Sect’s Secret Scripture Squad.
The Secret Scripture Squad leader’s eyebrows twisted in an inverted eight shape.
“You bastard!”
Chwachachachak!
As he flicked his sleeve, pitch-black shadows burst from inside, and a swarm of green-glowing flies flew toward Tang Uicheon.
Tang Uicheon’s poison blades swept the surroundings.
Jwaaaak!
The poison blades devastated the area like a storm.
The ground cratered, and the flying swarm of flies was pulverized by the gust.
Jjeeoeok!
“Kuheoeok!”
The Secret Scripture Squad leader tried to wave his hands a few times, but he couldn’t block Tang Uicheon’s poison blades.
His waist bone shattered under the ferocious power and the erratic, ruthless technique.
Kuung!
A heavy echo spread across the battlefield!
The frog-like sprawled Secret Scripture Squad leader went limp.
Tang Uicheon retrieved the incoming hidden weapons with his poison blades and instantly hurled them back reversed.
A technique several times harder than disarming an opponent’s sword flowed as naturally as water.
Pupeopupeopuk!
The hidden weapons, wrapped around the poison blades, struck their original owners several times harder than when thrown.
“Kaaaak!”
“Kuhk!”
“Aaak!”
Tang Uicheon smiled in satisfaction as he watched the enemies fall like autumn leaves.
“Looks like the cleanup’s mostly done, so now...”
He turned his head and blinked.
The Namgung family warriors, who had charged ahead of him, were all sprinting in one direction.
Leaping over cleared enemies at breakneck speed...
What?
Where are they going?
“H-hey? No way?”
Tang Uicheon panicked, then his eyes lit up.
He chased after the Namgung family warriors already scaling the distant cliff with Soul-Chasing Divine Steps.
Fifth Elder Tang Cheon-u caught up beside him.
“Where the hell are they going?”
“No idea! But it looks like they found something!”
“Are there still Five Poisons Sect bastards left?!”
Tang Cheon-u frowned and leaped onto the cliff. He had suffered greatly against the Five Poisons Sect while leading the Golden Dragon Squad.
Thinking they might be enemy remnants, he charged ahead in fury.
The Poison King Squad and Tang Myeong-ok, who had followed without knowing why, also raced toward the cliff.
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Moments earlier, Namgung Hyeok, who had broken through the Blood Viscera Poison, glared at the cliff top.
The moment he saw the shadows scaling the cliff, fire lit in Namgung Hyeok’s eyes.
“Those bastards are climbing the cliff?”
“Yes?”
“Catch them!”
“Catch what?!”
“What else! The thief bastards!”
People looked at Namgung Hyeok with baffled eyes.
Huh?
What’s that mean?
Thieves in the middle of a battlefield...?!
“There they are?!”
“Those bastards?”
“It’s them from before!”
“Why are they here?”
Doubts arose in people’s minds upon seeing the black-clad conference warriors.
But the doubts didn’t last.
As Namgung Hyeok ran first, their bodies moved reflexively.
“Krra! Answer me!”
“They’re thieves!”
“What thieves!”
“Material thieves, obviously!”
“You fucking bastards—!”
The Thunder Dragon Squad flipped their eyes and pursued Namgung Hyeok.
Raising his qi sense and running the cliff like flat ground with Wall-Climbing Divine Technique, Namgung Hyeok chased the conference warriors scaling the cliff and soon overtook the midpoint.
“Where!”
Namgung Ryong, hot on his heels, asked.
Unlike Namgung Hyeok treating the cliff like flat ground, Namgung Ryong zigzagged diagonally, barely keeping up.
Namgung Hyeok whipped his head around.
“Go up!”
“Hm?”
“I’ll lift you!”
“What?”
Blue lightning flashed in Namgung Hyeok’s eyes as he grabbed the pursuing Namgung Ryong’s hand.
“Eek?”
Before Namgung Ryong could react, his eyes widened as he was seized.
The moment a heavy sensation transmitted through his hand, ear-splitting wind pressure hit, and his body soared upward as if yanked.
Blinkblink!
Midair, Namgung Ryong blinked.
...Lifting meant throwing?
“Damn.”
His body, flung into the air, plummeted sharply downward.
Tungtungtututung!
As he fell, his gaze crossed with the Thunder Dragon Squad rocketing upward one by one.
“Waaaah!”
“Hweeeok!”
“Lightning Dragon, you little shit!”
“My brother! Fuck!”
Fuck, is that the problem right now?!
Sogeolgae glared at Namgung Ryong with bulging eyes, but he was already plummeting below.
Namgung Ryong scanned below for a landing spot.
Namgung Hyeok was whipping around the cliff’s waist, kicking up dust, with a group racing toward him.
Black-clad, masked...!
Flash!
Midair, Namgung Ryong drew his sword.
Pajijijik! Kwarrurung!
With thunder resounding over the cliff, a bolt of lightning struck toward the black-clad figures.
A Ghost Searcher leaped out and blocked Namgung Ryong’s sword.
Kwaaang!
“Kuluk!”
The Emperor Sword Form’s sword qi instantly blew away the Ghost Searcher, who rolled charred black with a pained groan.
Namgung Ryong landed and skimmed the ground like a water strider.
Chwaaaak!
Puhwak!
The Ghost Searcher twisted, but yielded his side to the sword strike.
“Kuheok!”
After slicing down two Ghost Searchers in an instant, Namgung Ryong, blue killing light in his eyes, pursued the fleeing enemies.
As the Ghost Searchers tried to split left and right, the belatedly arriving Thunder Dragon Squad cut off their retreat.
The moment the Ghost Searchers flinched and turned.
Kwaaaang!
With a roar shaking the cliff and debris erupting behind, Namgung Hyeok thudded down in front of them.
Amid the billowing dust, Namgung Hyeok rose, blue lightning flickering in his eyes.
From the demonic sword already drawn at his waist, crimson energy like flame wisps scattered.
Even Namgung Ryong and the Thunder Dragon Squad flinched at the menacing sight.
It sent eerie chills crawling up their hands.
Namgung Hyeok raised his head and exhaled.
The corner of his mouth curved up.
“Where do you bastards think you’re running? To catch the Millennium Crimson Crane?”
“......”
“If you’re gonna go, at least tell us where the Millennium Crimson Crane is. Unless you wanna die.”
At Namgung Hyeok’s words, the Ghost Searchers exchanged glances, then charged at him simultaneously.
People watching sighed in lament.
“They’re heading...”
“Ah, off to die.”
“Crazy, of all places to run...”
“That’s their death spot.”
The pity soon became reality.
Namgung Hyeok readjusted his grip on the demonic sword and muttered.
“People never listen to good words anyway.”
Buaaaak!
His demonic sword, radiating killing intent, began battering the charging Ghost Searchers.
Kwajijijik!
People sighed as they toppled, blood fountains erupting from shattered skulls.
Ppakppakpakak!
“Kuheok!”
“Kuhuhuk!”
The Ghost Searchers trembled under Namgung Hyeok’s beating.
He had struck their pressure points at some point and pummeled them; even the world’s Ghost Searchers couldn’t withstand that brute violence.
“What the...”
Tang Uicheon and the others, arriving late and witnessing the beating, gaped.
Namgung Hyeok let out a hollow laugh.
“These fools forgot how precious teeth are and clenched them again? I’ll teach ‘em today!”
“B-but why pull their teeth?”
“So they learn how precious they are without ‘em!”
People’s faces turned dumbfounded at Namgung Hyeok’s words as he grabbed a Ghost Searcher’s collar and raised his fist.
What kind of absurd logic is that?
To those who couldn’t grasp Namgung Hyeok’s reasoning, only confusion remained.
Namgung Hyeok grinned, seizing the Ghost Searchers limp like netted fish.
“Let’s go interrogate these!”
As Namgung Hyeok smiled contentedly like a fisherman with a prize catch, Tang Uicheon snapped to and approached.
“Wait!”
“These are mine?”
“No, that’s not it. Did you just say... Millennium Crimson Crane?”
“......”
At Tang Uicheon’s shocked voice, Namgung Hyeok dropped the Ghost Searchers with a thud and clutched his face.
‘Haa, fuck. Ears are sharp too.’
He heard that?
Namgung Hyeok sighed deeply and looked at Tang Uicheon.
Tang Uicheon’s face was stricken with shock.