Chapter 107: Chapter 107

“We have lost contact with the fellows who were guarding the Namgung Family.”

A single sentence from Gang Do-hyul’s mouth spread heavily.

He lost his subordinates. Moreover, the fact that those who were bestowed with the power of the Body Strengthening Method had no contact for several hours meant it was correct to think they were dead.

‘Although they won’t open their mouths carelessly……’

Everyone in this place had received torture training. Even if they received any cruel torture, none of them would open their mouths easily.

Therefore, he was at ease regarding that part, but…….

‘Why is it this anxious?’

Gang Do-hyul opened his eyes half-closed and looked around.

Behind him was the cave where the members of the Namgung Family were imprisoned. Around the entrance of the cave, a formation was laid out, and a space where they could stay was arranged around here.

Once the matter of the Martial Alliance was resolved, only then would they enter Anhui to lead a new power.

That which he had desired so much, that is.

Yet, the wind is exceptionally cold and heavy today.

Even the moonlight is desolate.

What on earth does that red moonlight mean?

Since entering under His command, he had never spent a night with his heart fluctuating this much.

“Do not neglect vigilance. Today, I somehow do not feel good.”

“Understood.”

The subordinates bowed deeply.

Watching that, Gang Do-hyul smiled with a satisfied expression.

Soon.

The name of the Snake Blood Band would be known to the entire Central Plains, and they would reign as a force comparable to the Nine Sects and One Gang or the Eight Great Families.

At its peak…….

‘There am I.’

Just thinking about it made his heart race, did it not?

It was no exaggeration to say he had sold even his soul for that. Therefore, if there were those who blocked this, he would cut down anyone without exception.

Such determination did not fade.

Thud!

At that moment.

Something strange happened.

A short resonance heard from somewhere.

Soon, the surroundings fluctuated greatly. The space laid out as a formation seemed to shake, and soon all the surrounding scenery flipped.

Yes, it was not the scenery they had been seeing.

This is…….

“The formation has broken……”

Gang Do-hyul’s lips trembled.

The formation broke.

This is by no means an ordinary matter.

What was spread around was not a simple formation. It was a kind of illusion; for an ordinary person, even escaping was impossible, and no matter how powerful a force one possessed, breaking it was out of the question.

“……Gather the boys.”

Gang Do-hyul spoke with gritted teeth.

“Is it here?”

Dan Woo-hyun, entering the forest, looked around and could not hide his surprise.

It was a place considerably distant from the Namgung Family.

Although it was a small mountain, it was a path commonly traveled by people. Even if it was late night, looking at the traces engraved on the ground, it made it certain that many people came and went.

Establishing a headquarters in such a place?

It was something one could not do unless one had great courage.

“Did they set up a formation inside? It does not seem like that, though……”

“It is an illusion.”

“Ill… Illusion? What is the illusion about, along with the Body Strengthening Method from earlier?”

Dan Woo-hyun swallowed a groan as he looked at the two of them.

Did they really ask because they knew nothing at all?

Holding his brow, he threw a question.

“Rather, let me ask first. You seem to know about martial arts, of course…… but have you never seen things like illusions or spells?”

“It is my first time hearing that such things exist.”

“Me too. Aren’t spells…… something like exorcising ghosts?”

“Hmm……”

A thousand years ago, it was something very natural in the Martial World at that time. An illusion is a martial art that not only deludes a person’s mind but also blinds their eyes and deafens their ears. Although there are other effects, these are the most basic.

On the contrary, spells include the Body Strengthening Method, making jiangshi, and commanding ghosts.

The reason those called the spell clan were massacred was also precisely because of these things.

As he explained about it, the two sent gazes of disbelief while seeming to understand. Because it was entirely different from the martial arts they knew.

“A… Are there other things besides those?”

“There are those who use qigong.”

“Qi… Qigong?”

The two also knew well about qigong techniques.

They said that unless one possessed the understanding of internal power, could control it, and sublimate it into martial arts without emitting the internal energy in the dantian using a sword or weapon, one could never master it.

Therefore, many people challenged it, but since no one had mastered it until now, it was also one of the martial arts that remained only as a legend.

“Y… You know it too well.”

“It is common sense.”

“It is too far removed from the current Martial World to believe. Hahaha.”

Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak looked at Dan Woo-hyun with strange gazes.

The more they heard the story, the more the thought arose whether this human was indeed a person of the current generation. The things that came out of Dan Woo-hyun’s mouth were bound to shock them that much.

“However, looking at the current state, a question arises whether they actually exist.”

Dan Woo-hyun slowly moved forward.

Leaving the path and going to a somewhat secluded spot, he stopped abruptly at a certain place. It was not a place with anything particular, but just a place displaying a very ordinary mountain scenery.

Not to mention Namgung Cheon, even Sa Do-hak failed to notice any strangeness.

Yet.

Dan Woo-hyun raised his sword.

In an instant, the wind raged at the tip of his sword, and the moment he swung it recklessly, an immense wave of power spread in all directions with a violent resonance.

“Kugh……!”

“Whoa!”

Even Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak had to put strength in their legs to endure. The power Dan Woo-hyun emitted was that strong, shaking the entire surroundings.

“The illusion is broken. The fellows are gathered in quite a number not far away.”

“Are you a monster……”

Dan Woo-hyun smacked his lips and moved.

Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak, moving along his side, looked at Dan Woo-hyun with different eyes. This was a human whose concept was entirely different from the word ‘strong’.

To break an illusion in an instant that even they had failed to notice?

Was this truly a human capability?

‘I would believe it even if he is the Martial God himself.’

Sa Do-hak had such a thought while opening his eyes half-closed.

There were quite many who inherited the teachings of some expert. However, a descendant is merely a descendant, and they could not emit the strength of the person himself.

Yet Dan Woo-hyun’s strength was out of specification.

A power that distantly exceeded those called the Five Emperors.

Although he did not know how much the ability of the Three Heavens was, he thought it might be about the level Dan Woo-hyun showed.

Rustle!

Soon, he stopped again at a certain place.

“Singularly many.”

Dan Woo-hyun smirked while looking at that.

One, two, three…… counting slowly, it seemed to exceed fifty and not reach a hundred. However, if including those guarding the inside of the visible cave, he thought it would exceed a hundred.

“The members of the Namgung Family must be inside.”

“…….”

There was no one replying to Dan Woo-hyun’s words. Because they were all in the middle of being vigilant, speaking was impossible. They showed no ease to that extent.

Only three people.

Yet they felt it the moment they faced them.

These people were out of the ordinary.

Perhaps they had to prepare themselves.

“What shall we do?”

Sa Do-hak looked around and asked Namgung Cheon. His gaze asked him to decide whether to clean up all of them alone or clean up only one side.

Namgung Cheon smiled.

“I will enter the cave. Since the lives of those fellows are the priority first.”

“Indeed. Then I shall clean up this place.”

Sa Do-hak took a step forward.

At the same time, Namgung Cheon also moved forward. The vigilant ones flinched and tried to block him, but due to the suddenly rising killing intent, no one could move on the spot.

Tremble.

“W… What is this……”

Someone muttered.

They could not move under the emitted killing intent. The moment their gazes met, they felt even their minds go blank. Was this a momentum a human could emit?

Even Gang Do-hyul could not open his mouth.

Step, step.

Namgung Cheon, with a chilling gaze, walked leisurely between the Snake Blood Band and headed inside the cave. There was no one who stopped him.

They froze like stone statues and could not move.

“A… Absurd……!”

Gang Do-hyul gritted his teeth.

This momentum now.

To think they, who received power from Him, let someone pass without even being able to move? Moreover, excluding the one who entered the cave, there was another person in front of them who kept them frozen.

What on earth were they?

These guys!

Didn’t it feel like looking at His subordinates?

Just then.

A man leaned against a tree and crossed his arms.

Even seeing this many people, he did not blink an eye.

“Aren’t you going to step forward?”

“If I step forward, there won’t be a turn for you, will there?”

“Hmm…… I would like to see your martial arts too, but…… I do not want to yield.”

“Then you do it. I do not want to stain my hands with unnecessary blood.”

What?

What is that ease?

Do they not see this number? No matter how confident they are in their skills, do they not blink an eye even after seeing this number in front of them?

They possessed the Body Strengthening Method.

If they killed his subordinates, they must know it well, right?

Yet they still showed ease?

Furthermore, what was that man.

The one who entered the cave, and the one standing in front of them.

Although it was certain they were cowed just by the momentum flowing from the bodies of these two, strangely, the one who made them feel the greatest ominousness was none other than that man.

Unlike the other two, he did not wear a mask.

He had no expression, but there was not even killing intent in his tone.

That young appearance looked to be at most thirty, so why did they feel a greater ominousness from him than the other two?

Gang Do-hyul did not want to admit that.

And shaking off the anxiety shown in his heart, he gripped his sword.

“Do you know what place this is before coming here?”

“Snake Blood Band. Right? We did not come to the wrong place. Because your appearance is exactly the same as those fellows from earlier.”

“……A person who does not know the value of their life.”

“Puhahaha!”

Sa Do-hak suddenly burst into laughter.

When did he hear such a thing?

Back in his very young days, when he first came out to the Martial World and swaggered with a sword. It was what those fellows who blocked Sa Do-hak’s path without even knowing their place used to say.

Sa Do-hak, who laughed for a while, stopped laughing and looked at them.

“Miserable fools who do not know their place……”

His power spread as if exploding.

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