Chapter 467: They Move Again
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It was unexpected words.
A night raid by the Heaven Emperor Society’s Southern Heaven Division targeting White Peak Sword Sect.
At that sound, a middle-aged swordsman with a fierce impression like a tiger immediately raised his alertness and asked.
“Sect Master Cheol, will those personnel alone be able to handle it? Hearing the story, it seems they’re coming with full force……”
He, with stately bearing and wearing golden robes, was Northern Heavens Saber Venerable Peng Cheon-jin, the current head of Hebei’s Peng Family.
He stroked his sword handle and continued.
“I too will follow your Sect’s retainers to prepare for any contingency. I’m confident I’ll be a considerable help.”
Indeed, his participation would be like gaining an army of a thousand for White Peak Sword Sect.
Of course.
Who was he?
He was the owner of Calamity Heaven Saber, one of the Ten Great Heavenly Weapons, and a representative warrior of Orthodox Jianghu who commanded the northern part of the mainland.
Moreover, his martial prowess was so outstanding that the title ‘Reverend’ was attached to his epithet.
There would be no reason to refuse.
But Cheol Ryu-heun expressionlessly waved his hand dismissively.
“No. Please move according to the plan I mentioned earlier. In any case, the Sect will win overwhelmingly.”
“But we only just learned of this today, didn’t we? Through peeking at that strong enemy’s thoughts……”
He meant that even though the sect’s forces had recently improved, it was too risky to face them without proper countermeasures.
However, Cheol Ryu-heun didn’t bat an eye and tossed out his characteristically carefree and languid voice.
“I just said it, didn’t I. That the Sect is a hell of demons. That means there’s a strategy arranged in advance.”
At those words, Peng Cheon-jin and the gathered crowd let out quiet exclamations.
“Ah-hah……!”
“Oh…… You’d prepared even for that in advance……”
“My…… How amazing.”
In the midst of that, Jackal Wolf Blade Sect’s genius Violent Wolf Blade Jong Pyeong tilted his head.
“Sect Master Cheol, there’s only one person of demonic path Jianghu origin in White Peak Sword Sect, the former Demon subduing Alliance Leader. So why did you say ‘demons’……?”
Right then, his friend Divine Saber Gon-jae On-ga from Giant Roc Saber Gate smiled as if he had guessed why they were called that.
“Hut. There are also those whose appearance is like ‘fierce demons’ itself. You’ve met them, right? Your knees go weak just making eye contact……”
Hearing that, Jong Pyeong spoke as if he agreed.
“Ah…… I forgot.”
Those On-ga referred to were none other than the three instructors of White Peak Sword Sect, Guyang Cheon, Guyang Ji, and Guyang In.
Hearing those words, everyone became quite curious.
Just how hideous must the three instructors’ faces be that they were included as demons along with former Demon Subduing Alliance Leader Gal Jung-heon……
Cheol Ryu-heun furrowed his brow and said gruffly.
“You go over there and talk. Standing nearby, your shiny Skull is so blinding it’s annoying.”
Jong Pyeong’s face immediately contorted uglily.
‘No, is this my fault? Huh! It’s Because of the opportunity you arranged!’
At the same time, Hae Su-yeon spoke with a bright smile.
“Te-hee. That expression right now, it really resembles the three instructors. Try narrowing your brow a bit more there. Yes, like this. Put force into both cheek muscles too to crinkle the laugh lines deeper. Then it’ll be exactly like the three’s faces.”
At those words, Jong Pyeong inwardly bristled again.
‘Shut up! Pretty girl! You saying that is even more wicked!’
As snickers leaked out here and there, his face naturally crumpled even more like wrinkled paper, creating plenty of wrinkles.
Following that, Mountain Shattering Sword Beon Sa from Broken Mountain Sword Manor muttered as if talking to himself nearby.
“Now that I look, he seems to have quite a talent for fierce eyes.”
Jong Pyeong, having pricked up his ears, flared up and widened his eyes like an axe.
‘Th-this……! Benefactor or not, Wanna have a go right here! Huh!’
Right at that moment.
The words Cheol Ryu-heun addressed to the crowd delivered a quiet shock.
“As I said earlier, I anticipated the enemy’s attack and secretly brought in the old Demon head who ranks among the strongest in the frontier to prepare for it. He is currently staying in the Sect along with his subordinate Experts. Hence, I called it a hell of terrifying demons. At the center, of course, is Gal Jung-heon.”
The space instantly became quiet.
It was truly surprising.
To think a warrior of Demonic Path Jianghu had joined White Peak Sword Sect’s forces……
But who might it be?
This person who was called to the extent of being among the strongest rank in the frontier.
That curiosity was resolved by Cheol Ryu-heun’s following words.
“The owner of the Heaven of ten Thousand demons Robe.”
Thereupon quiet exclamations rang out here and there.
One of the Four Great Demonic Weapons, the Heaven of Ten Thousand Demons Robe.
From old times, it was famed for its truly excellent mysterious use in concealing the owner’s presence, and if one awakened the power inherent in it, one could use the robe itself like various weapons such as swords, sabers, and spears……
Was that all?
It was also transmitted that from the moment the demonic power latent in the robe was perfectly awakened, even the upper dantian’s ability was enhanced regardless of the owner’s demonic art attribute.
Everyone’s expressions showed they had figured out who it was.
They couldn’t not know.
The identity of the old demon head who possessed the Heaven of Ten Thousand Demons Robe.
Cheol Ryu-heun shrugged his shoulders and soon looked at Gun Mu-ak and said.
“He’s an old man even you couldn’t take lightly.”
Gun Mu-ak too nodded in acknowledgment and answered in a dry voice.
“Yes, as you say. He’s clearly above the protective Cult Four Kings, the highest force of our Cult.”
As he said so, he recalled words Cheol Ryu-heun had once said.
-Heavenly Demon Cult has kept its doors closed for two hundred years. During that time, it never once started a fight. Moreover, the last official external activity was thirty years ago. You must be a rare monster born from such a period of patient gap. You’ll certainly be able to achieve the goal of demonic path unification. However.
-However?
-Be satisfied with only taking back the branches that split off from Heavenly Demon Cult.
‘He told me not to touch them, yet he’s the one who completely took that side in. Like a ruler-vassal relationship transcending an Alliance……’
At that time, Cheol Ryu-heun had boldly said.
-I am precisely that root.
‘Yes. It’s a clear fact. No, he’s essentially the root of everyone. What that one body possesses……’
Cheol Ryu-heun’s voice struck his eardrums again.
“Well, you’ll have to work hard going forward. You might be caught up to soon.”
At those meaningful words, Gun Mu-ak guardedly asked.
“Did you give him something?”
It was a question meaning whether he’d bestowed an opportunity on the old demon head.
Such he soon shook his head and added.
“It was a stupid question. Since he obtained what you arranged, he readily cooperated. But I won’t easily fall beneath anyone. Except for you, that is.”
Cheol Ryu-heun shook his head in turn and let out a bored voice.
“It’s not that old man but the Sect’s Guest retainer who might catch up to you.”
“Gal Jung-heon……”
“Right. I promised him before. A new legend of the demonic path.”
“That you’d make him the strongest Demon of this era……?”
“Yes. He’s already walking toward that path.”
“I see. If you say so…… I can’t take it lightly. But I won’t stop walking this path either.”
“You must. Because that’s what I want.”
“Wait, those words……?”
“Did you catch on? I intend to open a new path for you as well as everyone who cooperated in today’s big fight.”
At those words, the crowd felt a peculiar thrill approaching.
They had vaguely realized the hidden meaning in them.
In the midst of that, Cheol Ryu-heun again opened his mouth.
“The enemy has been searching for and monitoring locations of various opportunities, guarding against the birth of new rising Jianghu warriors. But is finding them all as easy as saying it? At best they’ve secured only a very small number of locations. But the knowledge and information I possess far transcends the enemy’s expected range.”
Gun Mu-ak gently stroked his chin and chimed in.
“Of course. You’re actively utilizing the unique advantage that only…… You possess to hit the Heaven Emperor Society’s back of the head.”
“You’ve got good memory, right?”
“Why do you suddenly ask that?”
“Why else, I’m going to teach you something big.”
“Something big?”
The moment Gun Mu-ak harbored such a question.
Cheol Ryu-heun instructed through telepathic speech and began transmitting certain content.
The crowd silently waited for it to finish.
A short time passed from then.
Cheol Ryu-heun, having wrapped up the series of transmission, asked expressionlessly.
“Did you engrave it in your mind?”
“Yes. Without missing a single thing……”
“Then that’s good. Anyway, even with just the demonic path unified forces excluding that old Demon head’s faction, you can sufficiently confront them, right?”
“Of course. And……”
Trailing off, Gun Mu-ak suddenly moved both hands quietly.
CHEOK.
A posture expressing courteous respect.
It was a cupped-fist salute.
Seeing that, the crowd wore expressions of astonishment.
The current era’s absolute ruler of Demonic Path Jianghu showing a cupped-fist salute to an Orthodox faction person… It was an unprecedented event in a thousand years of martial history.
“Thank you.”
Gun Mu-ak’s voice contained sincerity.
And he murmured inwardly.
That it was a greeting he should have given long ago.
Along with him, the left and right Demonic Heaven attendants, Little Face Bell Demoness Eun Yi-bi and Delusional Seductive Demoness Ya Baek-ji, also wore grave expressions as they made cupped-fist salutes and spoke in unison.
“Thank you. Sect Master Cheol.”
More than understanding Gun Mu-ak’s intention and following suit, it was gratitude for what had happened earlier.
“How embarrassing. Go first. You need to move busily now. I’ll look forward to news of victory.”
“Understood.”
Thus Gun Mu-ak, together with Eun Yi-bi and Ya Baek-ji, walked over and climbed onto the back of one Heaven Piercing Divine Bird.
Immediately after.
-Ppireureuk!
After the Heaven Piercing Divine Bird let out a strange and beautiful cry, it soared into the sky and quickly vanished.
Cheol Ryu-heun turned his head and spoke with a chin gesture.
“You all go ahead too.”
Thereupon Namgung Sang-rin, Hae Su-yeon and all the guest retainers also bid farewell to the group and climbed onto the Heaven Piercing Divine Birds.
Following that, Cheol Ryu-heun transmitted something to the crowd through Sound Transmission.
One by one, all the people who heard his words blazed with fighting spirit through fiery eyes.
Having finished all the talk, Cheol Ryu-heun soon mounted onto Divine Wind and said.
“Can I ask you to handle the aftermath?”
His gaze rested on the face of Defying Heaven Evil Wind Shin So-sul, the former Heretic Cult Master.
It meant to deliver news to the personnel who had taken refuge in the Ten Directions Ghost Road Lost Soul Formation and handle the cleanup.
Shin So-sul answered with a beaming smile.
“Yes. Sect Master Cheol.”
No sooner had those words ended than Zhuge Bi of Zhuge Family and Young Sword King Son Ja-ryong of Zhejiang’s Son Family also added their voices together.
“I too will move after helping with the cleanup.”
“I’ll take care not to create any disruption to the plan.”
Cheol Ryu-heun nodded and sent a look to the group around him.
There were no words, but it was a kind of signal telling them to move quickly according to his plan.
At that, starting with Peng Cheon-jin, some of the group including Iron Blood Martial Alliance Leader Sword Wheel Crown Prince Gwi Je-shin, Solar Sword Castle Master Solar Sun Great Lord Beop-yeol, Namgung Heon-rin, and Jeon Kwae also moved swiftly.
Thus, dividing onto the backs of the two remaining Heaven Piercing Divine Birds, they soared high into the sky in an instant and disappeared.
Right then, Cheol Ryu-heun tossed out an indifferent voice.
“Don’t dawdle and get on quickly. There are things to do separately once we get there.”
Thereupon Dark Hall Master Dark Sword Fragrance Mun Bin and Heavenly Flower Tower Master White Dream Beauty Gongse Dan-yeong hurriedly mounted the saddle.
“We’ll see you again later.”
With that farewell, Cheol Ryu-heun soared into the air together with Divine Wind.
SHUWUUUUUUNG… !
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Ya Baek-ji, while flying on the Heaven Piercing Divine Bird, asked with a cautious look in her eyes.
“Grand Cult Leader…… What did he say through Sound Transmission earlier?”
Thereupon Gun Mu-ak was silent for a moment, then spoke.
“It was the Formula of a Demonic path Supreme Art.”
At that sound, Ya Baek-ji and Eun Yi-bi’s curiosity grew even more.
“Pardon……?”
“What kind……?”
“Heavenly Demon Heart Sword.”
At Gun Mu-ak’s reply, the two women were startled.
Yet it wasn’t readily understandable.
Why he had taught it.
Without the Divine Martial Sword, how could it be used?
Right then, Gun Mu-ak said with an indifferent expression.
“Precisely…… It’s something reborn to suit this Demon God Sword. He created that Formula’s essentials today. So that I can refine and use it in the future……”
The two women were at a loss for words.
It was truly one amazement after another.
A technique of the Demon God Sword, adapting the Heavenly Demon Heart Sword……
In the midst of that, Gun Mu-ak again let out a voice.
“Cheol Ryu-heun also plans to hit the enemy camp right away. His power is already no different from an invincible one-man Army. As long as the Heaven Emperor Society Lord doesn’t know, the enemy camp’s fate…… Will be annihilation.”