Chapter 93
Chapter 93
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 93
Chapter Title: By a Mere Foe Like This
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Seo Dogun walked at a leisurely pace.
His destination was the inn where the man who had unified Wuhan's underworld factions was staying.
Since the inn itself had become their den, a considerable number of those underworld bastards would be there.
According to Deung Jayeop's investigation, the leaders of each underworld faction, along with some of the more skilled fighters, were gathered at that inn.
If so, wouldn't seizing that place be the same as taking control of Wuhan's entire underworld?
That was what Seo Dogun believed.
In any case, he couldn't let them escape, so he had no intention of acting alone.
Seo Dogun had brought thirty warriors with him.
They were warriors procured from the Golden Lotus, their latent potential naturally unleashed by Blood Augmenting Pills.
He had considered bringing Go Jungwang's men, but Deung Jayeop had strongly opposed the idea, so he had no choice but to come with these warriors.
Go Jungwang's men were likely scattered across Wuhan by now, carrying out operations to divert the attention of the Martial Alliance, the Black Alliance, the Namgung Family, and the Jegal Family.
"Well, I don't know exactly what they're doing."
The inn came into view in the distance. Seo Dogun grinned.
"Let's have some real fun. It'll be quite a sight when those underworld scoundrels take the Blood Augmenting Pills and turn Wuhan upside down."
Seo Dogun arrived in front of the inn and tilted his head.
"What is this? This unsettling feeling?"
He had dismissed them as a mere underworld faction, but now that he was here, the atmosphere emanating from the inn was anything but ordinary.
Seo Dogun frowned.
"This might take a bit longer than I thought."
Muttering to himself, he strode into the inn and glanced around.
There were quite a few tables, and at each one sat burly-looking men.
A single glance told him they were all underworld riffraff.
He didn't feel any particular threat from them, but their presence was more imposing than he had been led to believe.
"What, were Wuhan's underworld factions always this formidable?"
Even if only the leaders were gathered, their collective strength was on par with a proper, powerful sect.
As Seo Dogun stepped further inside, the Golden Lotus warriors swarmed in behind him.
The men on the first floor tensed up at the sight of the Golden Lotus warriors.
Only then did they take a second look at Seo Dogun.
They now realized that the reason they had felt nothing when they first saw him was due to the immense gap in their levels.
A chilling tension swept through the inn.
Just then, a man slowly descended from the second floor.
It was the East Lake Escort Agency Master.
Behind him, the warriors of the Secret Heaven Group who had come with him from the agency followed in a throng.
A flicker of interest appeared in Seo Dogun's eyes.
"Ha, look at these guys. They're actually quite something, aren't they?"
The East Lake Escort Agency Master, in particular, seemed like he would take at least a hundred exchanges to defeat.
He was a true master.
The others were no pushovers either. It seemed the Golden Lotus warriors he had brought would struggle to handle even a few of them properly.
Seo Dogun scratched the back of his head.
"Well, damn. I should have brought more men."
Despite his words, his face showed no hint of tension.
His victory was a foregone conclusion. He was just annoyed that it might take some time and that he might get a few scratches in the process.
The East Lake Escort Agency Master stared at Seo Dogun for a moment before speaking.
"If we fight in here, the inn will be destroyed. How about we take this outside?"
Seo Dogun let out a smirk.
"Impressive fighting spirit. Fine. I like this inn, so it might be nice to come and relax here occasionally after I've beaten you all to a pulp."
Seo Dogun turned and strode out of the inn.
The thought that they might flee while he did so never even crossed his mind.
They would all know that the more of them there were, the longer they could last against him.
As Seo Dogun left, the Golden Lotus warriors followed.
The East Lake Escort Agency Master watched them go before opening his mouth.
"Chungsam."
"Yes."
Ma Chungsam looked at the Agency Master, his expression tense.
"Hurry and run to the Young Master."
"Yes."
"Go and tell him that someone we cannot defeat, even if we all attack together, has arrived."
Ma Chungsam's eyes widened.
"Is he that strong?"
"Even stronger. I can't even gauge his power. Everyone, prepare to die."
There was no fear in their eyes. They all radiated killing intent, fully releasing the energy in their cores.
The East Lake Escort Agency Master felt the piercing auras washing over him and grinned.
"Let's go. Let's go die fighting our enemy."
"Hah!"
With a unified shout, the members of the Secret Heaven Group exited the inn.
Meanwhile, Ma Chungsam slipped out through the back door.
Ten Golden Lotus warriors were waiting there. Seo Dogun had sent them in advance, just in case anyone tried to flee.
Naturally, Ma Chungsam had expected this.
He pulled a small, pitch-black bead from his robes.
"Do you know what this is?"
Ma Chungsam grinned and threw the bead onto the ground near the Golden Lotus warriors.
***
*Pow!*
The pitch-black bead shattered on the floor, releasing a burst of black powder.
The powder was so fine that it instantly enveloped the area like a fog.
Black Moon Sword reflexively held his breath. Deung Jayeop did the same.
In that instant, Yuk Taegu leaped out of the window.
Black Moon Sword and Deung Jayeop stared at the scene, dumbfounded.
"What, is this all you've got? Spreading poison and running away?"
Deung Jayeop glared at Yuk Taegu, who was standing in the garden looking up at them.
But at that moment, Black Moon Sword suddenly began to scream.
"Guaaaah!"
Startled, Deung Jayeop turned to look at him.
Black Moon Sword's face repeatedly bulged and receded. His veins swelled as if they would burst before subsiding.
The sight sent a jolt of fear through him.
Doesn't this mean he was poisoned even though he held his breath?
Strangely, however, Deung Jayeop felt perfectly fine.
"Kraaaah!"
Screaming, Black Moon Sword suddenly began swinging his sword wildly in all directions.
*Crash! Boom! Bang!*
Parts of the building were shattered and blown apart.
Black Moon Sword's eyes were bloodshot. It seemed he could no longer maintain his sanity.
He lunged at Deung Jayeop, who was closest.
*Craaaash!*
Deung Jayeop barely managed to block the attack. But the force sent him flying backward, shattering the window.
He managed to regain his balance in mid-air and land on the ground.
He instinctively looked up to see Black Moon Sword leaping down, bringing his sword down on him.
With no time to dodge, he gritted his teeth and raised his sword to block.
*Craaaash!*
"Cough!"
He ended up coughing up blood.
And he could only watch as Black Moon Sword collapsed weakly.
Seeing his entire body shriveled up, it was clear he had exhausted all his latent power and perished.
"What in the...!"
As Deung Jayeop stared down at Black Moon Sword's corpse in disbelief, Yuk Taegu approached with two of his subordinates and surrounded him.
"I'll just destroy your dantian."
Deung Jayeop couldn't even react to Yuk Taegu's instantaneous movement.
*Thwack!*
"Guhhh!"
An immense shockwave hit his dantian, and his mind went completely blank.
***
"Hah... these mosquito-like bastards. So damn annoying."
Seo Dogun scowled and flicked his sword.
Droplets of blood splattered onto the ground.
Seo Dogun's savage gaze swept over his surroundings.
"Nothing is going according to plan."
It had been a mess from the very beginning.
The first thing Seo Dogun had encountered was a pitch-black bead.
The East Lake Escort Agency Master had thrown it to the ground, causing it to explode in a cloud of black powder. As soon as it enveloped the area, the Golden Lotus warriors had gone berserk.
Since Seo Dogun happened to be standing right in the middle of them, he had been forced to cut down the charging men with his own hands.
He had brought them to prevent the underworld scum from escaping, only to kill them himself. It felt truly pointless.
From the looks of it, the men he had sent to the back of the inn had undoubtedly met the same fate.
After that, a battle of attrition unfolded.
Whether they were using some strange sword formation, they were all faster and stronger than he had anticipated.
Despite that, Seo Dogun still held the upper hand against them.
As time passed, more and more wounds appeared on the bodies of the Secret Heaven Group members. But landing a decisive blow was no easy task.
Seo Dogun glared at the East Lake Escort Agency Master with an annoyed expression.
The Agency Master's body was also stained with blood in several places.
"Let me ask you one thing. What was that black bead from before?"
Since dragging things out was not to his disadvantage, the East Lake Escort Agency Master answered readily.
"We heard you use a strange medicine to unleash latent potential, so we prepared a countermeasure."
"Ha! So this is the consequence of losing our Yichang base."
How else could they have prepared for the Blood Augmenting Pill so quickly?
A sudden curiosity struck Seo Dogun, and he asked another question.
"That aside, who are you people really? You're definitely not just some underworld riffraff... The way you fight seems closer to the Unorthodox Faction than the Orthodox Faction, but not quite that either. I just can't figure you out."
The East Lake Escort Agency Master replied calmly.
"Escorts."
"Escorts?"
Seo Dogun's face twisted in disbelief.
"What escort agency are you from? Are you the best in the world or something? Mere escorts are this strong? Surely you don't expect me to believe that?"
The best escort agency in the world was the Golden Dragon Escort Agency.
In Seo Dogun's eyes, these men were in no way inferior to the Golden Dragon Escort Agency. No, they were even better.
"Hooooo."
Seo Dogun quietly controlled his breathing. He gently released the energy gathered in his dantian.
A calm yet heavy voice flowed from his lips.
"Is Byeok Taesan the one behind you?"
The East Lake Escort Agency Master gave no answer. He could not answer this question, no matter what.
Of course, Seo Dogun could easily guess the truth.
Seo Dogun muttered with a mix of regret and a hint of anger.
"I should have killed him from the start."
"And could you have killed him?"
At the voice coming from behind, Seo Dogun slowly turned around.
And he ground his teeth so hard they threatened to shatter.
"Byeok Taesan...!"
The members of the Secret Heaven Group who had been fighting Seo Dogun had already retreated and were now standing in neat rows.
They bowed their heads respectfully toward Byeok Taesan.
"We greet the Young Master."
Byeok Taesan gave a single nod and took a step forward.
Behind him, Ma Chungsam stood in a deferential posture.
And beside them, Cheon Gyeongwan, Yu Seoyeon, the Divine Doctor of the Ages, and the One-Needle Eccentric stood in a line, their eyes twinkling.
The Divine Doctor of the Ages looked around, examining the corpses on the ground.
"Those look like the ones, don't they? Brother, what do you think?"
"Looks like it. They took that weird pill, unleashed their potential, and croaked."
"What do you mean, 'croaked'? Watch your language. You have no class."
"Want me to beat you with class?"
The Divine Doctor of the Ages changed the subject.
"Anyway, it looks like only that one guy is left. Did we all come here for nothing?"
"I know, right? Should we have gone to the rogue market instead?"
Hearing this, Seo Dogun's face turned hollow.
"Heh! Don't tell me you knew about that too? It seems I've been dancing in the palm of your hand all along."
The Divine Doctor of the Ages replied with a slightly awkward expression.
"Uh... To be honest, it wasn't quite like that. Things just turned out this way. No, actually, you guys were just incredibly unlucky. Of all the places to hit, you had to pick there and here."
As he spoke, he found the situation so absurd that he ended up chuckling.
Seo Dogun glared at the Divine Doctor of the Ages with cold eyes. He rolled his neck from side to side.
He tightened his grip on his sword and gently released the internal energy from his dantian, sending it throughout his body.
He paid special attention to channeling energy into his legs and his sword.
"It seems my chances of getting out of here alive are slim."
At Seo Dogun's murmur, the Divine Doctor of the Ages grinned and shook his head.
"Not at all. You won't die. Guys who know a lot don't die quickly. You know that, right?"
Seo Dogun glanced around.
The men he had just been fighting were formidable enough, and the newcomers were all masters in their own right.
Of course, if they came at him one by one, he was confident he could send them all to their graves, but there was no way they would do that.
A bloody glint flashed in Seo Dogun's eyes. He glared at the Divine Doctor of the Ages.
"If it's going to end like this, I'm taking one of you with me."
The Divine Doctor of the Ages flinched.
"Don't tell me that one person is me?"
"Blame your own big mouth."
The moment he finished speaking, Seo Dogun kicked off the ground and shot forward.
He was so fast that few could even properly track his movement.
The Divine Doctor of the Ages' eyes widened as if they would tear.
As Seo Dogun appeared before him in an instant, the days of his life flashed before his eyes.
*Crack!*
*Thud! Crash!*
The Divine Doctor of the Ages stared blankly at Seo Dogun, who was now tumbling across the ground.
Byeok Taesan was now standing in front of him.
And one of Seo Dogun's cheeks was a bloody mess.
Byeok Taesan glanced at the Divine Doctor of the Ages, sighed, and shook his head.
Then, he slowly walked toward Seo Dogun, who was twitching on the ground.
The tip of Byeok Taesan's foot tapped Seo Dogun's dantian.
"Kuaaaargh!"
Seo Dogun spewed a waterfall of blood, as if he were vomiting up his own organs.
"Take him away."
The moment Byeok Taesan's words fell, Ma Chungsam and the other members of the Secret Heaven Group rushed forward, subdued Seo Dogun's pressure points, and carried him away, tightly bound.
Byeok Taesan glanced at the wounds on their bodies with an indifferent expression, then spoke abruptly.
"You're injured."
At that moment, the East Lake Escort Agency Master and the other members of the Secret Heaven Group froze in unison.
"By a mere foe like this."
An inexplicable sense of dread began to creep over them.
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