Chapter 366: Chapter 366

At that sound, the men turned their heads.

Whether an uproar had broken out somewhere, flames were soaring from the direction of the village. Seeing this, the faces of the Hyeongmun Sect members and vagabonds turned deathly pale.

The place where the fire was rising was undoubtedly the Hyeongmun Sect.

Having lived there for a long time, they got a sense just by looking at the general geography.

“H-How did this happen?! Why…?”

“I-I do not know! Shouldn’t we go check it out?”

“But…”

The disciples of the Hyeongmun Sect eyed the martial artists of the Blood Heaven. Since their relationship clearly had hierarchy, it was impossible to leave this place without their orders.

Doing so might cause a major problem.

“Do not worry about it. It will be fine if we clear this place up and go quickly.”

The man who appeared to be the leader muttered and gripped his hilt. His eyes and expression were blunt, and the tone he spoke in also felt heavy.

If they did not listen and left, it seemed it would not end well.

The disciples of the Hyeongmun Sect trembled.

The momentum flowing from the man’s body also affected them.

“Ah, seriously! If you are going to do it, do it quickly! Always making things hard for people.”

“Is that… perhaps?”

At Jang Sam-tae’s grumbling, Hwangbo Won asked.

He had been somewhat anxious about only them being here, but if Namgung Cheon or Sa Do-hak had come, the story changed.

When Hwangbo Won took his eyes off the unresponsive Jang Sam-tae and turned his head to the side, Gwon Mu-jin could be seen nodding slightly.

Instantly, goosebumps broke out on the bodies of Namgung Yong and Hwangbo Won.

Their somewhat dampened morale boiled up, causing them to grip their hilts even tighter.

‘If those seniors are here, it is worth a shot!’

‘Father… I will not defile that name.’

The two looked around the surroundings.

A crowd of what must be hundreds of people was gathered.

Since they were in a situation where there were the Hyeongmun Sect, vagabonds who decided to follow the Blood Heaven, and even masters of the Blood Heaven, breaking through would absolutely not be easy.

However, those seniors were here.

Even if they were not present in this spot, if they thought they were helping them even from a distance, strength naturally arose, and they felt they would absolutely not lose.

Swish!

At that moment, the man who appeared to be the leader made the first move. His target was clearly Jang Sam-tae, who looked the weakest.

His plan was to strike him dead in a single blow, while simultaneously facing Gwon Mu-jin and Ma Jang-gang beside him.

“This bastard?”

Jang Sam-tae frowned and watched the approaching man. The moment he stared with concentration as if determined never to miss him, he quickly bent his waist backward.

The blade brushed past above his head.

“You are dead, you bastard!”

Jang Sam-tae extended his leg just like that.

The more highly skilled a person was in martial arts, the more they tended to look down on the opponent if they thought they were weaker than themselves.

Tang Jung-ak also possessed such a disposition.

The Sichuan Tang Family originally had strong pride.

Although they did not produce a Sword Emperor like the Namgung Family, they had confidence that they would not fall behind even if they fought a battle against the Namgung Family, which was at the peak, solely with the power the Sichuan Tang Family possessed.

‘To think they are of that level…’

Because he felt such confidence, he had been unwilling to accept those sent by the Hunan Dan Family. This was because he looked down on them, and even thought what could be done with such people.

However, the situation unfolding before their eyes now astonished them.

Gwon Mu-jin’s sword extended elegantly.

Move by move, he stabbed the opponent’s gaps, defending and pressuring simultaneously. No matter how great the martial arts they displayed, they could not help but fall before that flow.

Just looking at it gave a chilling feeling.

His saber was like an awl, and just looking at the way it stabbed sent a chill through the entire body.

Gwon Mu-jin had clearly grown a level further.

Also, Ma Jang-gang beside him.

The one fanning a massive great saber.

Although he was followed by the modifier ‘King of Vagabonds’, from the perspective of the Eight Great Families, a vagabond was merely in a position no different from a third-rate warrior.

If they recognized their greatness, the position of the Eight Great Families would shake greatly.

Thus, they tended to treat them as the same class as the Green Forest, but Ma Jang-gang’s current appearance was truly remarkable.

He was someone who would not be easily pushed back even if he fought against the Family Heads present here. Who would say he was at the very bottom of the hundred great masters?

When he swung his saber, a storm arose, and as he moved, the ground was dug up.

Oppressing and crushing the opponent with a force that seemed capable of causing even an earthquake, he trapped them inside his own unique barrier. They tried to escape it, but it was not easy.

Although the length of the great saber was one thing, Ma Jang-gang’s eyes seemed to grasp even the opponent’s movements.

‘They are remarkable, but that fellow… who is a mere servant…’

Tang Jung-ak’s gaze shone sharply.

Among these three, the one who caught the eye most was none other than Jang Sam-tae. Although he had felt it when he first stepped forward, his movements were natural without a single flaw.

Elevating lightness art into footwork was surprising enough, but he was executing such control without hesitation, neither applying more force nor less.

That he was not pushed back despite the opponent’s skill being clearly superior seemed to be due to his lightness art and quick wits.

He possessed the one thing that martial artists must have most.

Survival instinct.

It was a method of surviving instinctively.

Pat, pat, pat!

His kick techniques were also surprising. Although fast, he was creating perfect gaps while pressuring the opponent.

While digging into those gaps, he twisted his body and avoided the opponent’s blade without missing it.

Perfect flexibility.

It was remarkable, to the extent that it was hard to think of it as the movement of a mere servant.

‘Unbelievable! What on earth is that place called the Hunan Dan Family!’

Tang Jung-ak trembled as he watched the sight.

His head became even more complicated.

On the other hand, Jang Sam-tae was in a perplexed situation.

Rushing in with high spirits was good, but the opponent was stronger than he had thought. If possible, he had wished to meet someone of a lower level, but contrary to that thought, he ended up facing the strongest one.

Even while fighting a fierce battle, Jang Sam-tae glanced around.

Should he switch with Ma Jang-gang?

Or should he switch with Gwon Mu-jin?

No, if he could at least join forces with either of them, it would be a bit easier?

“Ah, seriously! Win quickly! Why are you so slow? I am going to die!”

“You fellow! Fight without talking!”

Ma Jang-gang shouted loudly and scolded him.

Jang Sam-tae was the only one who had the leisure to speak. Since the opponent could not catch his fast lightness art, he had that much leisure.

However, Gwon Mu-jin and Ma Jang-gang did not have such leisure.

They knew well enough that the one Jang Sam-tae was facing was strong. However, the ones in front of them now were also of a remarkable level, not falling behind him.

They clashed blades and pressured several times, trying to target gaps and strike the neck, but the opponent’s internal energy was higher than expected, and their sword technique was peculiar, launching counterattacks in an instant.

Clang, clang, clang!

It was the same for Gwon Mu-jin.

When he thought he was pushing, before he knew it, he was being pushed back. When he thought he targeted a gap, it was a trap, and he ended up suffering a counterattack instead.

They were experienced.

They were people who knew how to fight even more experiencedly than the figures of the Murim Alliance or the Heavenly Dao Association fighting over there now.

Where did such experts appear from?

“I will help you!”

At that moment, Namgung Yong appeared and unleashed his sword.

Whether he had already cut down his opponent, blood was thickly smeared on his body. Soon, the unleashed blade struck away the opponent’s blade and instantly created a gap.

Ma Jang-gang did not miss it and swung his great saber horizontally in a wide arc.

Slash!

There was definitely a reaction.

However, it was not perfect. It only cut the opponent’s flesh slightly, which was not a situation where he could say he had won.

“Son of a bitch…!”

“Hmph!”

For the first time, an oath burst from Ma Jang-gang’s mouth.

“Haa… Haa…”

Tang Mun-hye caught her breath and held her dagger in a reverse grip. Tracing the opponent’s body movements as they rushed in in an instant, she instinctively shot poison, turned back, and drove the blade into the nape of the neck.

Stab!

The deeply digging blade was extremely fierce.

Every single move was remarkable.

As a woman who was rumored to be comparable to Namgung So-hye, her hands were fierce, her movements were swift, and she knew exactly how to kill the opponent.

However, facing this many people was a difficult task.

Her stamina was not limitless, and her internal energy was also only a bit over sixty years of accumulation.

Although it was already about thirty minutes since the battle started, she had consumed half of her internal energy just by facing the pouring enemies.

She glanced toward another spot.

The Family Heads facing the masters of the Blood Heaven also showed clear signs of fatigue.

In addition, the people of Wudang and the Eight Great Families remaining in the surroundings were also dying with their strength exhausted, and did not hesitate to perish together with the opponents.

‘At this rate…’

Tang Mun-hye felt urgency.

If at least one of the Family Heads could help, it would be a bit easier, but no one had the spare power to do so.

How about the Hunan Dan Family side?

They were fighting quite well, but there was still no sign of the battle ending.

At that moment.

Boom!

Suddenly, the earth shook.

Startled by the sound of the ground shaking, people raised their heads. Simultaneously, a fierce rushing sound of wind was heard, and a crowd of figures appeared.

“Y-You?”

“Great Master! I, Muho, have come to save you, Great Master!”

Holding a large staff, Muho’s appearance was as grand as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

His spirit was also remarkable, and the Shaolin Eighteen Arhats guarding his side were also releasing considerable power.

It was not only the Eighteen Arhats.

As if all of Shaolin’s martial monks had come to save Seonjin, they revealed themselves in various places and pressured the opponents.

“You fellows! Do you think you will be safe after daring to touch Shaolin!”

Boom!

The voices of the Shaolin monks burst out fiercely.

Shaolin was already humiliated by the Blood Heaven and forced to close its gates. However, they were showing that their momentum had not died yet, and Shaolin would not bend due to such events.

With the sudden appearance of the Shaolin monks, the tide of battle began to turn in an instant.

The Shaolin monks, who did not hesitate to kill while fanning their staffs, showed off their power by blowing away two or three enemies in front of them at a time.

“Phew… That was a close call.”

Tang Mun-hye let out a bitter smile, dripping with sweat.

However, it was not yet a situation where she could feel relieved. Even if they could somehow subjugate the Hyeongmun Sect or vagabonds, the masters of the Blood Heaven were by no means easy opponents.

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