Chapter 43
Chapter 43
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 43
Chapter Title: Blood Execution
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'The Iron Wire Fairy should be arriving any moment now.'
She would probably show up around tomorrow morning.
"The Iron Wire Fairy will ask you again whether or not I'm cultivating demonic arts. When she does, tell her you have no idea."
Sa Sa Un felt more than a little uneasy about Se Yeong's instructions.
'What on earth is he scheming?'
Yet he couldn't exactly refuse to follow orders.
"A-alright, got it."
Night passed, and morning arrived.
After finishing breakfast, the squad members began their usual martial arts training, just like always.
But the training didn't last long.
'She's here.'
Se Yeong rose from where he sat in the shade.
"Grab your things and come out. Se Gi, you take my luggage and the squad leader's as well."
Paeng Se Gi and the squad members silently entered the lodging and emerged with their pre-packed belongings.
The only one who hadn't packed was Sa Sa Un.
"What a laid-back guy."
Right on cue, the Iron Wire Fairy appeared, leading the female experts of the Emei Sect.
The moment she spotted Se Yeong's face, she started picking a fight.
"What brings you here?"
"Your courage in not running away until now is commendable."
Se Yeong had asked her business, but the Iron Wire Fairy just said whatever she pleased.
'How wonderful it would have been if a guy like this were our family's prized talent.'
Though Han Se Yeong was someone she had to kill, he was also worthy of admiration.
If he had been the Moyong Family's prized talent, she would have cherished him like her own son.
She turned her gaze to survey the squad members carrying their luggage.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm leaving the Murim Alliance with my brother."
The Iron Wire Fairy faltered for a moment at Paeng Se Gi's bold declaration.
"Are you... betraying your family?"
"That's got nothing to do with the Emei Sect, does it?"
She glared at Paeng Se Gi before scanning the other squad members.
'They've all packed up to leave with that Han Se Yeong and the Murim Alliance.'
It was utter nonsense.
Once Han Se Yeong's head rolled, they'd all come crawling back here and unpack.
"If you kneel and beg for mercy right now, I might spare your lives."
If they begged for mercy, she really would spare their lives—at least.
They'd just have to live crawling on the ground like worms.
Se Yeong responded to her words in an indifferent tone.
"Where are the riffraff from Zhongnan and the Moyong Family? Call them all out here."
A chilling smile flickered across the Iron Wire Fairy's lips.
"The place where you'll die isn't here—it's outside the Murim Alliance. How could a Demonic Cult spy dream of dying inside the Alliance?"
The moment they stepped out of the forest, a long line of Murim Alliance warriors came into view.
As soon as Se Yeong appeared, they unleashed a wave of murderous intent.
"We suspected something because his martial arts were so profound, but he turned out to be a Demonic Cult spy."
"They say he framed Emei, Zhongnan, and the Moyong Family to stir up internal strife."
Se Yeong walked forward with a faint smile playing on his lips.
How many among those warriors truly saw the world with their own eyes?
They were nothing more than reeds swaying this way and that with every rumor.
Their whispers reached Paeng Se Gi's ears as well.
"Hey, you idiots! Don't you have brains?!"
Unable to hold back any longer, he exploded in rage, and arrows of blame flew his way too.
"Who are you calling an idiot, you—the dumbest one in the squad?"
"That's why they call him the Mountain Beast Blade."
Paeng Se Gi couldn't take it anymore and bellowed at the top of his lungs.
"Shut your mouths, you bastards! What do you know?!"
Se Yeong calmly reined him in.
"Enough. No matter how much you shout, they won't get it."
"This is too unfair, brother."
Paeng Se Gi trembled with fury.
The Murim Alliance warriors parted to both sides, clearing a path for Se Yeong and the squad members to pass.
Ha ha...
"It looks just like a funeral procession."
Se Yeong laughed cheerfully.
Once they passed through the main gate of the Murim Alliance, countless warriors were lined up far ahead, waiting.
Behind them, spectators filled the road to the brim.
Ha ha ha ha...!
Se Yeong couldn't hold back his laughter at the sight.
The Iron Wire Fairy had prepared thoroughly.
Se Yeong untied Shi Wol from his waist and handed it to Paeng Se Gi.
"Take the iron staff. And hold onto this sword."
He entrusted Shi Wol to Paeng Se Gi, but the Blood Ghost Mother's sword remained at his waist.
"I want to fight too, brother."
"No. Nobody step forward."
"Han Se Yeong has insulted and humiliated the Emei Sect, Zhongnan Sect, and Moyong Family! And this bastard is also a Demonic Cult spy who cultivates demonic arts!"
The Iron Wire Fairy raised her voice, proclaiming Se Yeong's crimes.
"Kill him...!"
"Kill him...!"
The disciples of Emei, Zhongnan, and Moyong shouted for Se Yeong's death.
When the Iron Wire Fairy raised both hands high, they all fell silent.
"Sa Sa Un, step forward...!"
She called out to Sa Sa Un, who was hiding among the squad members.
He hesitated, glancing around nervously, before stepping forward.
"Wh-what is it?"
"You said Han Se Yeong was cultivating demonic arts. Is that true?"
At the Iron Wire Fairy's question, Sa Sa Un glanced at Se Yeong standing ahead.
'Like a damn ghost.'
How had Se Yeong known she would ask exactly this?
"I... I wouldn't know."
Her face twisted hideously at his ambiguous answer.
But there was no turning back now.
No, whether Han Se Yeong was a Demonic Cult spy or not—the truth didn't matter.
"You've been scared into submission by Han Se Yeong!"
The elders of Zhongnan Sect and the Moyong Family wanted Se Yeong dead more than drawn-out arguments.
"Enough of this—we need to kill him now!"
Se Yeong agreed with them.
Why drag it out when the conclusion was set?
"Cut the crap and let's get started. Just know this isn't a fight I started."
As Se Yeong stepped forward, the Iron Wire Fairy smirked coldly.
"Show no mercy...!"
Her voice echoed, and a young Emei disciple waiting for the signal drew her sword.
Chwang...!
The sword drawn, her form shot forward five or six zhang in an instant.
Se Yeong thrust his iron staff toward her head as she closed in.
Thud...!
The beautiful woman's face exploded under the iron staff, her body crumpling to the ground.
The sight felt utterly unreal to those watching.
"Om mani padme hum. Please show mercy in your hands..."
The Tenth Squad members were stunned by Se Yeong's ruthlessness, while the other warriors were dumbfounded by the sight of the beauty's head bursting open.
"Junior sister...!"
Emei's female disciples screamed in anguish and launched themselves forward.
At the same time, Zhongnan and Moyong disciples and prized talents drew their swords.
Thud!
Se Yeong stepped forward with his right foot, unleashing the Heavenly King Roaring Step.
Swaaa...
Blade-like energy spread in all directions, sweeping over the warriors about to move.
Gasp...!
Huh...!
The lightning-like energy surged up their legs, freezing the young experts in place.
"Could it be... the Demon Emperor Supremacy?"
The Demon Emperor Supremacy marked the Demonic Cult Leader's reincarnation.
Who could stand against the Demonic Cult Leader's return?
They had mistaken the Heavenly Demon Supremacy for the Demon Emperor Supremacy.
But even that was wrong.
Emei, Zhongnan, and Moyong's experts were instantly gripped by terror.
No—even the Murim Alliance warriors and spectators watching from afar trembled in fear.
The flustered Iron Wire Fairy bellowed.
"Snap out of it! He's just mimicking the Demon Emperor Supremacy—how could a technique without even demonic energy be the real thing?!"
In her panic, she had inadvertently revealed that Se Yeong's arts weren't demonic.
Kekeke...!
Se Yeong's mocking laugh made the Iron Wire Fairy's killing intent skyrocket.
"Kill him...!"
The warriors finally regained their senses and charged all at once.
Chwang...!
Se Yeong leaped straight into the midst of those flying at him like a net.
Thwack...!
Cough...!
The iron staff thrust straight ahead pierced a female disciple's chest, while the spinning staff smashed another's head.
The one with a hole in her chest and the one with her skull shattered collapsed with final screams.
Clang...!
Swords slicing at his neck and waist clashed with Se Yeong's iron staff, sparks flying.
Emei's female disciples, unable to withstand the impact, were flung back—and in that instant, holes tore through their heads and chests.
Thwack...!
As Se Yeong moved, the sword thrusting at his back pierced only an afterimage.
Even from the sky, a sword slashed down, cleaving space in half.
Whoosh...
The iron staff whipped around Se Yeong's form like a storm.
Clang clang...!
The swords in the female disciples' hands snapped and flew off in all directions.
Thwack... Thwack thwack...!
Aaah...! Ack...!
The storm-like staff crushed their arms and legs.
"Y-you cruel bastard!"
Moyong Family prized talents blocked the path of the writhing Emei female disciples.
Thwack...!
But their heads exploded moments later.
Whoosh...
Blood sprayed in a whirlwind, and from within it, a sword infused with qi burst forth.
Boom...!
The sword beam exploding from the whirlwind poured down with the weight and force of a mountain.
As Se Yeong swung to bat away the sword beam, another sliced into his side.
Boom...!
Se Yeong whipped his staff to deflect the sword beam and leaped back.
But the seasoned elders allowed no openings.
Boom boom...!
Se Yeong swung his staff in a storm of fury, blocking the sword beams raining from all sides.
As Zhongnan and Moyong elders fell back, their disciples and prized talents filled the gap.
And at that moment, the Iron Wire Fairy's sword was descending from above.
Swoosh...
The blade split him from head to groin in two, then shredded the halves into pieces.
This was the Disordered Storm Sword Technique, said to dice even a typhoon.
But Se Yeong's shredded body scattered like smoke.
The Iron Wire Fairy knew it without even looking.
Swoosh...
Her senses were already tracking Se Yeong, her sword slicing through his form.
Boom boom boom...!
The staff and sword clashed, the exploding qi warping space itself as it spread outward.
'This guy...'
As her sword was blocked, the Iron Wire Fairy's heart sank.
She could tell just from the power and weight transmitted through her blade.
Han Se Yeong was absolutely not beneath her.
'If I mess up, I won't be the one killing him—he'll kill me.'
Rumors were usually exaggerated, but those about Han Se Yeong fell short of reality.
The moment the Iron Wire Fairy hesitated, Se Yeong's staff flew at her.
She raised her sword to block the incoming staff.
In that instant, the staff bent direction, striking toward both shoulders, her chest, and her legs all at once.
It looked as if countless points were piercing space simultaneously.
Boom boom...!
She deflected all the incoming strikes and shifted her form.
Thwack thwack...!
But Se Yeong had already burst the heads and chests of other warriors.
The Iron Wire Fairy dashed toward Se Yeong's back, swinging her sword.
Swoosh...
Yet what split open wasn't Se Yeong's body—it was a Zhongnan disciple whose head had exploded.
Plop plop...
A red mist of blood rose from the severed body.