Chapter 216: Chapter 216

The Blood Demon, who had his eyes closed, felt a strange sensation and opened his eyes.

For a moment, his eyes shone brightly, and soon he sprang up from his seat with a look of astonishment on his face.

“W… What is the matter?”

Startled by this, Man Hu-ryang asked.

“…The Black Wind Demon God is dead.”

“W… What does that…?”

“I mean that guy died just moments ago!”

Boom!

As the Blood Demon stamped his foot, a massive force exploded and swept through the surroundings.

Man Hu-ryang and the subordinates who were bowing beside him were sent flying about ten jang and sprawled on the ground.

“How on earth did this happen!”

A resounding roar!

No matter how much he thought about it, the Blood Demon could not understand.

The Blood Demon knew the strength of the Black Wind Demon God better than anyone else. After all, it was he himself who had awakened him using the descent technique.

Even if the ones called the Five Emperors, who were quite famous in the Central Plains, gathered together, it was impossible to kill the Black Wind Demon God.

If so, who killed the Black Wind Demon God?

There was only one answer.

The Blood Demon’s burning gaze turned toward Man Hu-ryang.

When he reached out his hand, Man Hu-ryang, who was collapsed in the distance, was sucked into his grasp.

“Keugh!”

A groan burst from the mouth of Man Hu-ryang, whose neck was grabbed.

Flailing-

Raised up while caught in the Blood Demon’s grasp, he struggled as if his breath would stop at any moment.

His face flushed red, looking as if it would burst.

“Excluding myself, there is only one person in this Central Plains who can kill the Black Wind Demon God who recovered his strength! Yet, you reported that you confirmed that bastard Dan Woo-hyun was in Hunan?”

“Ke… Keugh… I am sorry… Def… Definitely… there was someone similar there…”

“Damn it!”

The Blood Demon roughly threw Man Hu-ryang aside.

Was it Man Hu-ryang’s mistake?

No.

In fact, all of this could be said to be the Blood Demon’s own mistake. The problem was that he had stood by because of his confidence that the guy would never move first.

The Blood Demon narrowed his eyes and thought.

What on earth had made him change?

That arrogant guy who would only move when a blade touched his neck had made the first move to capture the Black Wind Demon God? Considering the Martial God of the past, this was something that could never happen.

The Blood Demon clutched his throbbing head.

No matter how many times he pondered, he could not understand Dan Woo-hyun’s actions.

‘He launched a preemptive strike… That Dan Woo-hyun did?’

The Blood Demon fell into deep thought as he quietly pondered.

What could have changed him?

The surrounding circumstances? Or Namgung Cheon?

Or perhaps it was something else entirely.

However, whatever the reason, it was certain that the Blood Demon did not like it.

‘A Sun Wukong who does not play upon the palm of my hand is meaningless…’

The Blood Demon’s thoughts could only grow deeper.

* * *

“…”

“What is it?”

The people gathered closely together were quietly staring at Dan Woo-hyun.

Jang Sam-tae was grinning broadly, wondering what made him so happy, while on the contrary, Namgung So-hye had her eyes narrowed sleepily.

“This is ex-tremely delicious.”

Even though it was late at night, So-mi was awake instead of sleeping. When Dan Woo-hyun tore off and handed her a piece of the golden-brown roasted wild boar meat, she chewed and ate it up little by little.

“I am glad. It was worth bringing it back.”

“Hehe, did you go out just to catch this? So-mi can just eat anything.”

“In a place with such beautiful scenery, one must eat delicious food.”

Hearing those words, the people nodded.

It was a nice place.

The mountain range had no rugged spots and was pleasant to look at, and the wind and the scent of the mountain were also to their liking.

However, the fact that dozens of buildings of the Heavenly Mountain Demonic Cult visible below the cliff had disappeared in an instant, and that the surrounding landscape had changed to look somewhat desolate, caught their attention.

Of course, no one spoke about that.

“By the way, while So-mi was sleeping, there was a loud bang, bang sound from somewhere! The ground shook too! I am sure an earthquake occurred.”

“An earthquake? I am not sure about that.”

“Dad, you are a bit slow.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes!”

The two chatted warmly with bright smiles. However, the others were in a situation where they could not easily laugh.

In particular, Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak, who were sitting blankly to one side, were even more so.

‘Who destroyed it?’

‘That earthquake was… So-mi…’

There was a mountain of things they wanted to say, but the words would not come out easily.

It was because they felt an anxiety that if they said even a single word wrong, they might disappear like dust.

“Kahaha! Please try some of this, Villa Master! I seasoned it myself.”

Jang Sam-tae brought the meat with a hearty laugh. It was well-cooked wild boar meat stir-fried with various seasonings, and though it looked spicy, it naturally stimulated the appetite.

Dan Woo-hyun took a piece of it with his chopsticks, ate it, and nodded.

“It is decent.”

“Right? I, Sam-tae, poured my heart into it for you, Villa Master! Hehehe.”

He approached and sat down next to Dan Woo-hyun while giggling.

Although the clinging fellow was very annoying, Dan Woo-hyun ignored him and tore off a large piece of the wild boar meat.

Soon, at the moment he brought it over.

Yum! Jang Sam-tae put it into his own mouth.

“…”

Chewing the meat for a while, Jang Sam-tae wore a happy expression.

“Keu- even though I made it myself, it is indeed delicious!”

He looked as if he possessed the entire world.

He took a sip of the alcohol he had brought separately and livened up the atmosphere. Even so, only the three of them were in a harmonious mood, while the remaining people seemed busy reading Dan Woo-hyun’s countenance.

“Here!”

Just then, So-mi tore off a large piece of meat in front of her and brought it to Dan Woo-hyun’s mouth. Her face, which wore a gentle smile, was full of happiness.

Dan Woo-hyun opened his mouth slightly with a smile as if he had no choice. At the very moment the meat was about to enter his mouth, Jang Sam-tae snatched it with his mouth as if it were natural.

“Uahaha! Since So-mi gave it to me, it is even more delic… Keugh!”

Jang Sam-tae, who was bursting into a pleasant laugh, suddenly clutched his stomach.

Since it did not look like he was hit by anyone, people cast puzzled glances at his sudden behavior.

However, Jang Sam-tae’s gaze was directed at Dan Woo-hyun.

His gaze, wide-eyed with pain, did not easily settle.

“Was it delicious?”

“Kkueug…”

Jang Sam-tae, who could not even speak properly, broke out in a cold sweat. If he shook his head, it felt like he was doing something bad to So-mi, and if he nodded, he felt like he would suffer a terrible fate from Dan Woo-hyun.

He just sweated profusely.

At that moment.

“Blegh!”

“Kyaa!”

Having been beaten on the stomach at a speed too fast to be seen, Jang Sam-tae began to retch, throwing up everything inside him.

So-mi watched the scene in horror.

Namgung So-hye, Ma Jang-gang, and Gwon Mu-jin frowned.

Namgung Cheon, Sa Do-hak, and Dan Woo-hyun had already stepped back.

As if they had expected this to happen.

“A… Are you okay, Mister?”

So-mi, who rushed over in a hurry, patted his back with her small hands.

“He got what he deserved… Tsk tsk.”

“Looking at that guy sometimes, his brain really doesn’t work. He is so immature.”

“Haha, people grow. Even if he is like that now, I believe he will grow soon.”

Hearing the conversation of the two, Gwon Mu-jin, Ma Jang-gang, and Jang Sam-tae broke out in a cold sweat.

“Uncle Jang, come here! So-mi will nurse you.”

So-mi sat a short distance away and patted her lap.

Seeing that, Jang Sam-tae sprang up from his seat and approached with energetic steps.

Sitting close by So-mi’s side, he carefully laid his head on her small lap.

‘I feel healed…’

The pain of being beaten by Dan Woo-hyun just moments ago seemed to disappear completely. He felt so good that he felt like he would fall asleep if he lay down like this for a little longer.

At that moment.

Hop!

Something approached with agile movements.

Jang Sam-tae glanced at it and saw a pure white cat. Was it not the cat named Baekmyo that So-mi was raising?

It strolled over to narrow the distance, and before he knew it, it stared intently into Jang Sam-tae’s eyes right in front of his nose.

“Shoo, shoo! Go away, go away.”

Meow!

Baekmyo let out a soft meow.

He could not tell if it wanted to say something or if it just cried out, but Jang Sam-tae just did not like this Baekmyo blocking his view for some reason.

The moment he tried to wave his hand once more.

Scratch!

“Aaaghh!”

“Baekmyo?!”

Jang Sam-tae’s scream resounded.

“Tsk tsk, at any rate, there is never a quiet day.”

Clicking his tongue, Sa Do-hak turned his head and looked at Dan Woo-hyun.

As if he did not care in the slightest about what had happened inside the Heavenly Mountain Demonic Cult earlier, his expression was very calm.

“That guy called the Black Wind Demon God.”

“Yes.”

“He is dead, right?”

Sa Do-hak asked with a strange expression.

Since he did not know where that guy had suddenly appeared from, and not even a trace remained, he could not tell if he had fled or actually died.

“He is dead. I definitely felt it in my hand.”

At Dan Woo-hyun’s affirmation, Sa Do-hak and Namgung Cheon frowned.

It was even more amazing that he still felt it when he had blown the person away without leaving a trace.

“By the way, what martial art is that? This old man has lived for a long time, but it is a martial art I have never seen before.”

Namgung Cheon’s face clearly showed that he could not contain his curiosity. A martial art that blew away about ten jang in an instant.

A marvelous destructive power that could not be considered a simple single strike of a sword.

It was undoubtedly the martial art of the Martial God, but he could not know exactly what kind of art it was.

However, Dan Woo-hyun gave a smirk.

“What martial art… I just swung it.”

“What!?”

“Haha, what nonsense…”

The two wore bewildered expressions.

If a sword strike that a person simply swung could exert such power, would there really be any need to learn martial arts?

“All flows return to the source. Once you reach the ultimate state, even a simple gesture of the hand can move the energy of all things.”

“Mmm…”

“Hmm…”

Sa Do-hak and Namgung Cheon did not fail to understand the meaning either. However, just what kind of wall did one have to overcome to reach that realm?

Even if one overcame a few walls, would they be able to exert a power like Dan Woo-hyun’s?

Their heads shook at such a question.

Perhaps it was because he possessed such power that he had tried not to reveal himself.

Sa Do-hak opened his mouth with a faint smile.

“More importantly, I have something to say…”

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