Chapter 129
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 129
Chapter Title: Hundred Flowers Academy Raid Incident (3)
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I'd felt it during the entrance ceremony speech too.
Maybe there's some kind of formation across the entire Central Plains that makes the atmosphere soften whenever something squishy shows up.
Seeing Luri in person after a few months, she was exactly as I remembered her from months ago—no more, no less, just the image floating in my brain.
Not sure if it was because of that.
But the subtle tension flowing between me and the Lust Demon dissipated in an instant.
"Eek."
The moment our eyes met, Luri flashed a mischievous smile.
Looking at her.
A sigh of admiration naturally escaped my throat.
"You haven't... grown at all...?"
Far from 170cm 65G.
Not even 0.1cm taller.
Still flat as a cutting board.
The moment my honest reaction passed my throat.
Boom!
"Hey, hey!"
"Hmph."
The Heavenly Demon Death Beam that had been aimed at the Lust Demon just moments ago now turned towards me.
Of course, there was no killing intent.
Watching her switch to close-quarters brawling mode and unleash a flurry of punches on my body, the Lust Demon.
"Geum Sihyeon..."
Looked at me with an indescribably bizarre gaze.
An unpleasant stare, as if I were some martial arts criminal or the Lust Demon himself.
"No way, you have that kind of taste...?"
No.
This is unfair.
My mouth opened and closed wordlessly.
Protect my pride as a boob guy.
Or shout in front of Luri that I like big boobs, stabbing a dagger into underdeveloped Luri's heart and getting a death beam to my gut.
Hell's dilemma...!
"Selfish bastard. You don't care if the Central Plains falls? If you're not going to become my mate, use those superior genes to take women with massive breasts as your concubines and enjoy them every night—that's true happiness!"
"What."
His words, so rational they stirred a man's heart, momentarily amplified my mercy towards Yeon Hongun by 10%.
"Grrr!"
Sadly, rationality only works on humans.
Luri, feeling like a huge nail had been driven into her smooth, flat chest, engraved a vein on her forehead and started firing 100% killing intent Luri Death Beams.
Surprisingly, Yeon Hongun's reaction.
Despite provoking her first, he was just hopping around without any proper counterattack.
"Miss. Pull yourself together even now. Your body hasn't ripened enough to hold a man in your heart. That would be a crime. At least until your coming-of-age ceremony, do some bust exercises—"
"Die!"
Of course, his mouth was faithfully landing verbal counters.
...No way.
"No way, because she's a woman...?"
Dodging attacks from Luri, whose height and chest hadn't grown but whose realm seemed to have reached late Peak,
Yeon Hongun naturally plucked a camellia flower and tossed it into the air.
Suddenly, his voice echoed in my brain.
"They say not to strike a woman even with a flower. Geum Sihyeon."
"...You're completely insane, for real."
Still.
In that case.
"Luri, hold him for a bit!"
Since it's come to this.
I decided to solidly utilize our numerical advantage.
Of course, I'm not cold-blooded enough to leave Luri alone.
...What kind of farce is this?
Master. Please take care of Luri. That crazy guy's super peak realm despite appearances.
Luri coming meant her escort forces had arrived too, naturally.
I noted the master lounging on a distant rooftop watching us, then dashed back into the Heavenly Martial Repository.
"Wait! Geum Sihyeon! Stop!"
"Hmph. Not letting you go."
Hm.
Solid.
The sound of Luri Shield assertively making its presence known faded behind me as I quickly pushed deeper inside.
"Gasp!"
"N-No way, th-the b-book...?"
I don't know how he found it, but I ran into the Lust Demon's wives carefully cradling a book as they came out.
No questions asked.
"Kyaa!"
"Heek."
Unlike that idiot.
I'm a cold city man who shows no mercy to women either.
I struck their pressure points to knock them out.
Then checked the book's authenticity.
Jade Transformation Preservation
Martial World Hero: Wield Sword Self-Castration
Whoa...
A demonic art manual that should never see the light of day.
...Even if it did get published, I doubt many people could actually learn it.
Martial World Hero: Wield Sword Self-Castration.
If you want to be hailed as a hero in the martial world, swing your sword and castrate yourself.
The entry level is already way too high.
I didn't even dare flip to the next page, just closed the book.
And pondered for a moment.
Burn it right here.
Or restore it to its original place.
Or.
Maybe there's another use for it.
"Hm, not bad. Pretty usable."
Wi Ji-ryang gave his assessment of Yeon Hongun.
From Yeon Hongun's perspective, it might feel a bit unfair.
If it weren't for Geum Sihyeon, whose total talent was overwhelmingly superior, his own talents would have shone brightly.
In some worldline, the Sword Demon might have noticed his talent and taken him as a direct disciple.
Unfortunately, that wouldn't happen now.
And among the Blood Cult, centered around so-called apostates—those who fled the Demon Cult—
The Lust Demon was an exception, someone the Blood Lord had brought in, so they'd never crossed paths before.
So.
"Hm. But why isn't he counterattacking? Is he lacking somewhere?"
After watching Luri torment Yeon Hongun for a while to relieve some fatigue, Wi Ji-ryang stood up.
He had no intention of intervening personally.
But from the academy entrance.
And from the opposite side.
He sensed martial artists gradually approaching this way.
"Annoying."
It might look like tending to his troublesome disciple.
But since they'd hurried from afar, for his nephew's sake, it was time to wrap this up and rest.
The moment Wi Ji-ryang moved to stand.
"Huh?"
Among the auras detected by his Mixed World Demonic Eyes.
There was one growing stronger as it closed in, and it felt quite familiar.
"Smells like an apostate."
He must have heard about it from Hong Sundok.
So the Mad Demon shouldn't be here—feeling his presence, vitality and tension surged through Wi Ji-ryang in an instant.
A moment later.
At the academy wall.
Wi Ji-ryang sighed upon spotting the Mad Demon poised to punch, gathering qi in his fist toward the formation spot.
His intelligence level hadn't changed much since the cult days.
So he'd probably been lured away from the cult by that mad Blood Lord's silver tongue.
"Cut the crap, Dongtan Woong."
Dragging the two women out of the Heavenly Martial Repository.
"Miss, give up already. How can your body, not even done with puberty, hope to beat me? Go eat more nutritious food, get plenty of sleep—"
"Grrr!"
A pure, well-intentioned admonition from one with no malice.
Clashed with a roar fueled by deep-seated fury from her chest.
In a full-blown farce.
And even.
Our Green Forest buddies, who should be diligently building the Golden Mystery Gate beyond the repository wall, were peeking out.
Moreover.
The master's presence, who should be coordinating this mess, was drifting farther away.
This old man's always wandering off strangely when I give him a task.
...Don't think that ungrateful thought.
Anyway.
Taking wives hostage feels a bit against heavenly principles.
"Hey, Lust Demon."
The moment Yeon Hongun's eyes, chased by Luri, turned this way.
One hand holding the Jade Transformation Preservation manual.
The other with a flame flickering at my fingertip.
"How about we talk peacefully now?"
As I spoke.
I don't know when he'd arrived.
But probably backup from the Green Forest outside the wall, alerted by the master's signal.
Then.
"Kahaha! Brat, behave, or no soup for you!"
"You're surrounded! Kneel before the Green Forest!"
With cheesy lines reeking of veteran vibes.
The pickaxe- and shovel-armed crew charged in en masse.
Soon.
They surrounded me.
"No, damn it, brothers. It's me."
Oh right, I'm wearing a mask...
The moment I removed the jade mask, they quickly identified friend from foe and turned on the Lust Demon.
Of course, until then.
"Urk...!"
The Lust Demon's gaze darted between my fingertip.
And the two women nimbly wrapped and shaken nonstop by Luri, ever skilled in hostage antics as a vice cult leader.
Finally.
Thud!
"Please... don't touch my wives... or the Jade Transformation Preservation...!"
The Lust Demon dropped to his knees and surrendered.
...Seeing wives and the manual treated as equals was so absurd I was speechless.
He's not even learning it himself.
Just because he wants to upload it to Mutube...?
No matter how insane.
That alone can't motivate all his actions.
There must be some other scheme. Definitely.
"Naughty, naughty."
"Cut the crap, Geum Si—urk."
Well.
I can wring it out of him later.
The moment I struck Yeon Hongun's pressure point to knock him out.
Rumble... Boom...!
A massive vibration echoed from a bit away in the academy.
That's definitely the direction the master went earlier.
I spread my Mixed World Divine Eyes as wide as possible to analyze presences and directions...
"Arghhh! My Golden Mystery Gate!"
My house!
My house is collapsing!