Chapter 235: Chapter 235

“He is late.”

Dan Woo-hyun, who had been sleeping, murmured as he opened his eyes upon feeling no presence. Although several hours had passed since Jang Sam-tae left, he had not returned.

There must be a reason why that fellow, of all people, failed to keep time.

If Dan So-mi was someone who brought good luck, Jang Sam-tae was a guy who lived as if attracting misfortune instead.

Perhaps that was why Dan So-mi and Jang Sam-tae got along so well.

Smiling, Dan Woo-hyun stood up from his seat.

It was still before dawn, but since it seemed dawn would break in about two hours, it was a reasonable time to slowly wake up.

He rose from the bed, lightly warmed up his body, and went outside.

Glancing around, he searched for a place Jang Sam-tae might have gone.

Since he was a fellow who did not particularly like crowded places, he thought there was a slightly higher probability that he went to the mountain.

Dan Woo-hyun lightly leaped.

His body rose as light as a feather, stepped on the wall, and left the place.

The way he soared freely was leisurely, as if he were an immortal.

Then, he suddenly stopped his steps while looking at a certain place.

Even though it was dawn, the movements of others were felt besides the constables who were standing guard.

When he turned his head, he saw people wearing black clothes.

As he squinted his eyes and enhanced his vision, he saw children caught under their sides.

Looking at those children who were limp and did not even move, perhaps having fainted, Dan Woo-hyun’s eyes sparkled.

“I didn’t expect to find them so easily.”

Without realizing it, he let out a laugh.

Whether he was lucky or they were unlucky, though it was only one person, those whom even the Imperial Court could not capture had appeared on their own.

‘Should I capture them?’

While having such a thought, Dan Woo-hyun shook his head.

If he did not wipe them out at once, the same thing would continue to happen. A lizard does not die just because one cuts off its tail, does it?

He secretly followed behind.

The movement of the black-clothed man moving while holding the child was quite remarkable. He completely deceived the eyes of the constables and leisurely slipped through them.

Seeing that not even a trace of the black-clothed man remained, he realized that he had mastered a martial art highly specialized for this kind of work.

The black-clothed man quickly left Beijing and began to climb the mountain.

Following behind him, Dan Woo-hyun watched the black-clothed man climbing the rough mountain as if it were nothing, and noticed that this was by no means his first or second time coming and going here.

It meant that their base was near here.

At that moment, Dan Woo-hyun suddenly stopped his steps and turned his gaze.

Although it was a very long distance, he realized that someone was fighting.

Sensing that flow, he judged that it was definitely Jang Sam-tae and a companion of the black-clothed man.

Since he seemed to be struggling, it was a situation where he could go and help right away, but Dan Woo-hyun shook his head and concentrated so as not to lose the target.

If he went to help Jang Sam-tae, he would lose the black-clothed man in front of his eyes.

‘He will survive.’

The Jang Sam-tae that Dan Woo-hyun knew was not someone to die easily. He had a tough life force that allowed him to survive no matter what situation he was placed in.

Probably, if he judged that he could not win, he would run away hastily.

Dan Woo-hyun took his mind off Jang Sam-tae and continued tracking the black-clothed man.

‘How far are you going?’

The man who was moving cautiously showed no sign of stopping at all. Even though they had already entered deep into the mountain, he seemed to go further inside.

But in an instant, the black-clothed man’s body disappeared.

Dan Woo-hyun came to a halt from a long distance away.

It was a formation.

Moreover, quite a lot of people were hiding around the formation. It seemed they were deployed to prepare for any unexpected situation.

Dan Woo-hyun took a step forward.

In an instant, his body disappeared, then appeared on a nearby tree.

The hidden person saw Dan Woo-hyun, who suddenly revealed himself, and opened his eyes wide.

But before he could even open his mouth, Dan Woo-hyun’s outstretched hand blocked his mouth, and his other hand lightly struck his neck.

Thud!

That sound echoed very faintly.

Glancing at the man’s body going limp, he kicked off the tree and moved to another side.

Thud, thud!

The hidden energy extending from Dan Woo-hyun’s finger struck the head of the hidden person, and Dan Woo-hyun’s body, which moved to the opposite side, hit another person’s chest.

With dull impact sounds, black-clothed men collapsed here and there.

Even the black-clothed men, who had felt nothing at first, now realized that something unusual was happening and closely scanned the surroundings with tension.

They intended to blow a whistle in an emergency, but that was nothing more than their wish.

Dan Woo-hyun’s hands swiftly took their lives.

Every time his hands and feet moved, they collapsed as corpses.

Thump, thump.

It did not even take a quarter-hour to deal with the dozens of hidden black-clothed men.

If anyone heard of this, they would have opened their mouth wide, saying it was crazy.

Dan Woo-hyun examined the bodies of the dead.

On the chests of the black-clothed men, the name Black Slayer was clearly left, branded by fire.

“The Black Slayer Gate…?”

Although it was inferior to a killer guild, considering its numbers, it was a place that could never be ignored.

It was a place overflowing with murder devils starved for blood and slaughter.

Knowingly or unknowingly, many people were associated with that fellow.

It was so in the past, and it was so now.

Therefore, he was a more threatening figure than anyone else.

It was also a place connected with that fellow.

Dan Woo-hyun looked straight ahead.

A space hidden by a formation. The place he was looking at was nothing but bushes, but the moment he entered, he would fall into the formation.

Seeing that a strong energy was felt, it was a formation of a considerable level.

“Since they took the children, I roughly guessed. You are lucky.”

Dan Woo-hyun stepped toward the formation.

As if he had no intention of breaking it from the beginning, there was no hesitation in his actions.

The moment he stepped into the formation, a bizarre sensation dominated his entire body.

It was a sensation where the five senses disappeared and the body was weighed down. He was walking but it did not feel like walking, and he could not even know where he was heading.

However, Dan Woo-hyun had an expression that it did not matter at all.

As a faintly blowing wind brushed past his entire body, he lightly thrust his hand.

Thud!

“Guh!”

A groan was heard from somewhere.

Even though the opponent’s figure was not even visible, someone collapsed and rolled on the ground.

“Just because you are invisible does not mean I cannot kill you.”

Dan Woo-hyun, who let out a smirk, advanced without hesitation.

Thud, thud, thud!

With every step, the sound of watermelons smashing echoed violently.

Whether it was a human, a wild beast, or something else, it could not be known, but what was certain was that blood was on his hands, and the screams and groans of those rolling on the ground continued endlessly.

“What are you doing! Kill him!”

Again, a voice was heard.

That urgent shout was filled with anxiety, and in proportion to that, Dan Woo-hyun’s face gradually wore a deeper smile.

Thud!

“Aaaargh!”

Boom!

Soon, as Dan Woo-hyun took a step, the ground sank and stone fragments scattered in all directions.

Those that poured down like hidden weapons penetrated the bodies of those who were invisible.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

No one could stop the advancing Dan Woo-hyun.

They could not stop his footsteps even for a moment.

Just as a great tiger’s steps cannot be blocked by ants or earthworms.

Swoosh!

Soon, the formation broke, and the scenery that had been invisible was revealed.

Dozens of black-clothed men lay scattered as corpses.

The number of survivors was only a few, and they had already lost even the will to fight, trembling as they sat slumped.

Dan Woo-hyun narrowed his eyes as he looked at them.

As he lightly moved his hand, their chests burst open with dull thudding sounds.

“A cave?”

Soon, he looked at the cave in front of him.

Passing through the scattered corpses as if they were nothing, he entered the cave. In that place where torches were lit all around, a repulsive smell rose up as if piercing his nose.

It was the smell of rotting corpses.

A bloody scent was also delivered riding the wind.

Dan Woo-hyun continued to advance toward the inside of the cave with an uncomfortable gaze.

The deep cave was to the extent that its end could not be seen.

As he walked along the path for a long time and approached its end.

At some point, Dan Woo-hyun stopped his steps and raised his sleeve to block his nose.

The smell of rotting corpses and the fishy scent were difficult to bear even for Dan Woo-hyun.

“I have nothing to say…”

Dan Woo-hyun looked at the tragedy in front of his eyes.

He saw hundreds of young children lying in one place.

The blood coming from the corpses of the children, which were damaged to the point where a clean spot could not be found, was so thick that it formed a river.

At the center, there was a decrepit old man.

As if trying to kill the captured children, he held a dagger in one hand and held a child’s neck.

He did not even show interest, as if the commotion heard from outside did not matter.

“Heh heh heh, the outside was noisy, and the reason was you?”

The phlegm-boiling voice grated on the nerves subtly.

The old man put down the child, turned his head, and looked at Dan Woo-hyun. The old man, whose eyes sparkled, scanned Dan Woo-hyun’s body here and there, then licked his lips with his tongue.

“Heh heh, I gathered them with those who are quite strong, and since they are those who know how to perform corpse summoning, I thought it could not be penetrated unless it was the Seven Stars or the Five Emperors… but you are not those people.”

The old man drawled his words, saying he was quite something, and began to approach Dan Woo-hyun stealthily.

“Are you a priest?”

“Oh? Do you know this old man’s title? Well, that is marvelous… you do not seem to be a person of the Blood Demon Sect…”

Instantly, Dan Woo-hyun nodded and wore a fishy smile. As if noticing the meaning, the old man stopped his steps and rolled up his sleeves.

Rip!

At that moment, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The old man’s entire body swelled up greatly like a balloon.

Even his muscles grew several times larger, and his build was also to the extent that it could not be compared with just a moment ago.

The old man’s internal energy also grew its presence like crazy, wrapping around the entire cave.

Soon, the priest, who let out a deep breath, shined his red-dyed eyes.

“Your corpse… seems like it will be very useful in many ways.”

Making a phlegm-boiling voice again, the priest wore a fishy smile.

As if the opponent’s strength was nothing.

Even if all of the Seven Stars and Five Emperors were in this place, as if they could not put him in danger, the priest’s power pressed down on Dan Woo-hyun like crazy.

Dan Woo-hyun, who was facing that appearance, muttered in a small voice.

“Yes, it looks a little interesting.”

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