Chapter 62
Chapter 62
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 62
Chapter Title: Cooperation (2)
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The Haeyeong Sect Master swiftly climbed up to the ramparts.
Having handed over command, she judged it right to go out and fight.
"Uwaaak!!"
"You cowardly bastards!! Using poison!!"
'Heh. That guy's poison is as effective as ever.'
The bandits struck by the poison Dang Yu-wol had prepared were paralyzed and collapsing.
Among those approaching the ramparts, few could withstand it.
'If things continue like this, there shouldn't be any problems...'
"Danger!!"
With Hwang No's shout, a thrown dagger flying toward Bi-seon was deflected.
"Which bastard!!"
She gnashed her teeth.
The power infused in the dagger was far from ordinary.
'Heh. To think there's someone who can block this seat's attack.'
A middle-aged man leaped out from the enemy ranks.
In a single bound.
With that alone, he landed naturally atop the ramparts.
"Gasp...!!"
"Incredible lightness skill...!!"
They could tell just from that.
That he was no ordinary foe.
Hwang No gnashed her teeth.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Heh heh. This seat is known as the Thousand-Ri Bewitching Flower, Yeong-chan."
"Thousand-Ri Bewitching Flower!!"
Cries laced with terror echoed from those around.
Thousand-Ri Bewitching Flower Yeong-chan.
Once a transcendent evil sect master, but word was he'd died as a vagrant somewhere after a decade without news.
"N-No way he's still alive..."
"Forget that..."
"N-No way... Transcendent Realm...?!"
"Heh heh heh. Indeed."
As Yeong-chan raised his hand, a blood-red aura gathered in his palm.
Hwang No bit her lip.
"Milord. Please fall back."
"Understood."
Staying here would only hinder Hwang No.
Knowing that, he quickly retreated.
"Heh heh. Where do you think you're going?"
"Shut your mouth! Don't approach milord!!"
Immense energy surged from her body.
Yeong-chan licked his lips.
"Hahaha!! To think I get to kill a Transcendent Realm master here!!"
"......"
"I chafed at following the cult's orders... but this is perfect!!"
With that shout, the two Transcendent Realm experts charged at each other.
'Thousand-Ri Bewitching Flower Yeong-chan...!!'
-He's Gil Yeong's direct subordinate. Who would've thought even he'd show up.
'They've come prepared.'
Someone of Yeong-chan's caliber held no low position even in the Blood Cult.
Eliminating him would greatly weaken the Blood Cult's power.
-But I can't help now.
"Right."
The moment Yeong-chan appeared, the elites waiting behind began to move.
Three Blood Enforcers and dozens of peak-level masters or higher.
'I need to deal with those guys first.'
If they broke through and took down the soldiers guarding the ramparts and gates?
Ogangjihyeon would collapse in an instant.
So he had to stop them.
"Elder Gu Hwan-gae, Yi-kyeong, Yi-ryul."
"Got it. We'll escort Lady Bi-seon."
"Yes."
He entrusted Bi-seon's close protection to the three as she approached.
They should at least be able to escape if things went south.
"Immortal Hwan-gyu, and Lady Seol."
"Understood."
"Yes."
They knew exactly what they had to do.
They moved to confront two of the Blood Enforcers.
'Leave that to them... and the rest to the Murim folk.'
Dang Yu-wol shouted to the righteous Murim warriors fighting under Seol Ryu-a's command.
"Everyone. It's time to move."
"O-Oh. Got it."
"You have everything I gave you, right?"
"Hmm..."
"Using poison feels a bit..."
"This seems too much like evil sect tactics."
"We have to use it. One of those bastards can kill dozens of civilians."
A few righteous warriors looked reluctant.
Knowing what Dang Yu-wol had given them was poison.
But given the situation, they couldn't refuse.
"Throw them at the enemy in a crisis."
"Got it."
"Then let's go."
One by one, enemy elites leaped onto the ramparts.
Among them, the Blood Enforcers headed for Dang Yu-wol, Hwan-gyu, and Seol Ryu-a.
"Heavenly Spear's robes. You're Hwan-gyu."
"And if I am?"
"Hand over the Three-Faced Spectral Armor you possess. Do that, and I'll spare your life."
"Nonsense."
"Then die."
'After the Three-Faced Spectral Armor, after all?'
Poison infused the dagger in his hand.
A vivid green sword aura rose from the dagger.
One Blood Enforcer aiming for Dang Yu-wol snorted.
"Heh heh heh. Poison arts, eh? Cheap tricks."
Energy surged from his body.
Along with the Cha-ryeong Soul-Subduing Blood Art's aura came the aura of an asura.
Facing it, Dang Yu-wol bared his teeth.
-Asura Blood Aura Domain.
'A troublesome opponent.'
A blood art that unleashed asura-like fist strikes.
A vicious technique that rotted the body of anyone struck.
Dang Yu-wol stared straight at him.
"Come."
"Hahaha!! Here I come!!"
He charged with a mad laugh.
Each strike was a destructive fist technique targeting Dang Yu-wol's body.
-Left, upper left. Watch your abdomen.
'Got it.'
The technique was already analyzed.
Tailored to transcendent level, each move was devastating.
But since he knew it well, there was nothing to fear.
"Krahk!!"
He easily evaded the forms and landed a counter.
Struck in the chest by Dang Yu-wol's sword, the man widened his eyes in disbelief.
"How...?!"
"Your attacks are too feeble."
"Kraaa!! Insolent worm!!"
Unlike before, he unleashed his full power.
Staring at him, Dang Yu-wol drew the sleeve darts from his bosom.
"Die!!!"
Asura Blood Aura Domain Secret Technique: Asura Myriad Heaven.
His intent-infused energy split into dozens of streams.
'Fierce, but rigid. If it can't break the forms' limits...'
Dang Yu-wol leisurely hurled his darts.
-Boom!!
Astonishingly.
All the energy vanished upon hitting the darts.
"...What?!"
It was an unbelievable sight.
Who could block Asura Myriad Heaven like this?
-Slash!!
"Guhk...!!"
A flash-like hidden weapon grazed his cheek.
He'd nearly taken it full to the face.
"Insolent brat!! I'll kill y...!!"
Gnashing his teeth, as he tried gathering energy again, he felt his inner power refusing to flow properly.
'This is... poison?!'
Gunja Mountain poison.
'Impossible. I've trained extensively against poison since joining the Blood Cult...!!'
To become a Blood Enforcer required many trials.
Poison resistance training was one of them.
Yet poisoned like this.
'Not fully afflicted, so I can still use inner power...!!'
"You!! What are you!!"
Suppressing the rising poison energy, he forcibly executed forms.
But they were weak and sloppy.
Dang Yu-wol gave him a sinister smile.
"Your clan's natural predator."
"Wha...?"
-Slash!!
The surging green sword aura grazed his throat.
A clean strike.
"Guhk... Heuk...!!"
He clutched his nearly severed neck, desperately clinging to life.
But his soul was already departing his body.
-One down.
A Blood Enforcer.
Gil Yeong's subordinate and one of the Blood Cult's mighty warriors.
One taken down.
'Still a long way to go.'
Dang Yu-wol coldly looked down at the fallen corpse before turning away.
The battle wasn't over yet.
He stepped toward the battlefield.
Each time Hwang No's energy surged, Yeong-chan bared his teeth.
'Stronger than expected.'
The Great Empire's Three Royal Shadows.
A formidable enemy obstructing the Blood Cult's Blood God Heaven.
'I came personally to crush her before she grows further, and to join forces with those retrieving the Three-Faced Spectral Armor...'
But things weren't going smoothly.
Who'd have thought she'd have a Transcendent Realm master as escort.
"Heh heh heh. All that boasting, but you're nothing special."
Hwang No's hand swung lightly.
Each time, gray energy moved like razor blades, targeting Yeong-chan's body.
"Hmph!! This much!!"
"For someone talking big, you look desperate!!"
Hwang No's assaults raged.
To the eye, it seemed she was overwhelming him.
But in truth, not quite.
'What a persistent bastard...!!'
Matches between masters were decided in an instant.
For that, a single overwhelming blow was needed.
'Not enough. Not enough. Hard to create an opening for that one shot...!!'
The opponent was a Transcendent Realm master too.
Thus, desperately refusing any gap.
'If I'd known, I'd have brought some Black Demon Corps guys.'
The noble was out traveling.
He hated crowds, so she'd escorted him alone.
Should've persuaded him somehow.
'That woman seems capable, but...'
Seol Ryu-a, whom they'd met this time, came to mind.
Transcendent-level Black Demon Corps general.
In emergencies, she'd ordered her to protect Bi-seon with her life.
'Maybe I should've trusted that kid instead...'
If she'd relayed that to the Poison Dragon, Dang Yu-wol.
And brought her along.
Wouldn't the situation be easier?
"Hahaha!! The old monster can't find an opening!!"
Yeong-chan knew Hwang No's state too.
Why else would she keep launching ineffective attacks?
To prepare that powerful blow.
"Getting impatient? Wanting to rush to the Three Royal Shadows' side right now?"
-Boom!!
Her projected energy was deflected skyward.
Yeong-chan spoke leisurely.
"Got time for this?"
His mocking words made Hwang No grind her teeth.
Impatience was poison in such fights.
She had to endure.
"Preparations complete!"
Then, a Blood Cult follower shouted from behind.
Preparations?
What preparations...
"Kuhk!!"
The cost of a moment's distraction was greater than expected.
Yeong-chan's red energy grazed Hwang No's shoulder.
That alone reversed the momentum.
"Hahaha!! The Blood Cult's masters are here!!"
"Damn...!"
"Think you can hold even if trash bands together!!"
With his resounding shout, blood warriors appeared on the ramparts.
All exuding ferocious auras.
'Damn it...!!'
Trouble.
They had more hidden cards?
The moment she ground her teeth.
"Guhk...!!"
"Uhk?!"
"Cough! Cough!!"
Yeong-chan's triumphant expression hardened.
The Blood Cult followers who'd come to support him were foaming at the mouth and collapsing.
What the hell was this?
"Poison?! Which bastard...!!"
His rage lit up Hwang No's face.
"This guy's a perfect ten out of ten!!"