Chapter 372: Chapter 372

Clang!

The blade was struck upward.

That swung sword should have naturally sliced Namgung So-hye’s neck, but strangely, it was smacked upward and lost its purpose.

Who could dare strike away Cheon Mu-gwang’s blade?

Dan Woo-hyun?

No.

Although Ryu Hwa-gun belonged to the somewhat weaker side among the Eight Immortals, he was still one who had set foot in the Immortal Realm. He was someone with power that could not even be compared to the likes of the Blood Demon.

Also, since he was someone highly skilled in fleeing, no matter how great Dan Woo-hyun was, catching him would not be an easy task.

Cheon Mu-gwang glanced around.

Namgung So-hye’s figure, which had been standing right before him, vanished before he even realized it.

“To think you would step forward yourself… Did you want to see me that much?”

At the end of his gaze, a woman was standing.

Holding a sword she had not even drawn in one hand, in her other hand was the limp Namgung So-hye. Whether the poison had risen to her bone marrow, she now seemed unable to even properly support her consciousness, but the woman grabbed Namgung So-hye’s pulse and injected energy.

“…….”

“Did you even forget what to say? But this is truly unexpected. I thought only that fellow Ryu Hwa-gun would show up…”

“Since the opponent is who it is, isn’t it natural?”

The woman spoke.

Even in the situation of injecting energy into Namgung So-hye’s body, a calm voice flowed in as if she was not receiving any influence at all.

Cheon Mu-gwang looked at the woman crookedly.

“It would have been a bit easier if it was that fellow Tae Gong-jin instead…”

“I thought so, which is why I came myself.”

“Hmm… why did you save that girl? If you had thrown a sword at me instead, you could have inflicted a fairly major wound… Is it because she is your descendant?”

“…….”

The woman-no, Nam Ju-ryeon-looked at Namgung So-hye intently.

Even if she was a descendant, it was too long ago. From Namgung So-hye’s perspective, she was a thousand-year-old ancestor, and conversely, from Nam Ju-ryeon’s perspective, it was a sensation like meeting a simple stranger after spending a long time where even inspiration could not be felt.

Nevertheless, the reason she saved Namgung So-hye instead of throwing a sword at Cheon Mu-gwang was solely one.

“Haa… Is it Brother again? Well, you can’t live without that Brother.”

At that single statement, Nam Ju-ryeon’s brow twitched.

Although it was not exactly a wrong statement, was not the same true for Cheon Mu-gwang as well?

An affection for Dan Woo-hyun would likely be most special for these two.

“Isn’t that the same for you?”

“You know well.”

“You do this knowing that?”

“It is a simple and clear logic.”

Cheon Mu-gwang dropped the sword in his hand, stretching himself. And leaning his body against a nearby tree casually, he took out a long pipe from his breast and smoked it.

Looking at him, Nam Ju-ryeon frowned.

“I cannot accept the fact that such trash is beside the person I like most.”

“…….”

“He is someone who must always be noble and solitary. Also, if there are people by his side, it must not be anyone but us.”

Puffing out smoke with a ‘huu’, Cheon Mu-gwang expressed his opinion.

Even if it was merely spitting out past thoughts, and he knew well enough that Nam Ju-ryeon would not accept it, the stories flowing from his mouth were still endless.

“One by one, I must kill them all. For such fellows to be by his side is no courtesy to the Martial God.”

“That doesn’t sound like something that should come from the mouth of someone who understood and followed his heart more than anyone…?”

“Are you talking about yourself?”

Cheon Mu-gwang looked at Nam Ju-ryeon with a crooked expression.

The momentum flowing between the two rose endlessly. It seemed no one could stop it, and no one could endure the flowing momentum either.

Cough!

“Keh!”

At that moment, Namgung So-hye spat out dark blood as she vomited. Seeing that the complexion of her dying face had returned somewhat, it seemed the critical situation had passed.

What remained was the bleeding and wounds still flowing, and although the bleeding could be blocked by pressing her acupoints, the wounds could not be handled right now while facing Cheon Mu-gwang.

However, Nam Ju-ryeon very naturally pressed Namgung So-hye’s acupoints to stop the bleeding in front of Cheon Mu-gwang, and taking out a strange pill from her breast, she put it in her mouth.

“Eat it.”

Namgung So-hye looked at Nam Ju-ryeon with a blurry vision. That gaze was so soft that it seemed impossible not to obey.

As she swallowed the pill down her throat, she wore an even brighter smile. It felt as comfortable as looking at Dan Woo-hyun’s smile.

“You held out well. You are a child who might perhaps look at a higher place than me. So, never die.”

At Nam Ju-ryeon’s single statement, Namgung So-hye nodded weakly. In truth, she still could not believe that she was the woman who founded the Namgung Family, or that she was one of the Three Heavens, but sincerity was contained in each expression she showed, reassuring her for some reason.

At that moment, Cheon Mu-gwang frowned.

“Geez, I’ve also gone downhill. You managed to do such a thing right in front of me.”

“Because you cannot kill her anyway.”

“You will also die?”

“Perhaps you might die before that…?”

Tingle, tingle.

Goosebumps broke out on their entire bodies, and their skin even felt ready to be torn by that momentum. The two felt like people facing a life-and-death battle.

‘Why…’

Namgung So-hye, who was watching it with a blurry vision, could not understand. Weren’t those called the Three Heavens the ones who followed Dan Woo-hyun?

Why were such people trying to point their blades at each other?

Continuing to watch that incomprehensible situation, she tried hard to hold onto her consciousness by any means.

“Since you went under Mu-je, you must have even forgotten who I am?”

“Hahaha, how could that be? I would never forget the great Nam Ju-ryeon.”

“Then you must also know I won’t die easily?”

“Hmm, that is troubling. Since I also have no intention of staying in this place for long. Because it seems something scary will come in a little bit.”

“Something scary?”

Nam Ju-ryeon looked at Cheon Mu-gwang with an incomprehensible expression. Then, suddenly realizing something, she widened her eyes.

“Yes, why wouldn’t Brother be in this place? He went to catch Ryu Hwa-gun.”

“You… no way!”

“Hahaha! No matter how much a person changes, they never forget revenge.”

Frustration dwelt on Nam Ju-ryeon’s face.

Even if they were the former Eight Immortals, not all of them had left. Among them, there were those who had raised a rebellion to kill Mu-je, and thus remained as the current Eight Immortals.

Ryu Hwa-gun.

He was exactly one of those people.

Yet, he utilized Dan Woo-hyun to kill him?

Nam Ju-ryeon caught her breath.

That Dan Woo-hyun went meant, in the end, that Ryu Hwa-gun would never survive.

At that moment, Namgung So-hye’s voice was heard.

“You… utilized… Young Master Dan…”

“Hmm?”

Cheon Mu-gwang looked at Namgung So-hye with a strange expression. That gaze, which was like looking at a quite interesting toy, did not look good at all.

However, Nam Ju-ryeon was also surprised.

Her body had been injected with dozens of poisons and suffered serious injuries. No matter how much Nam Ju-ryeon expelled the poison and fed her elixirs to hold onto her lifeline, it was something that could never happen for her to be in a situation to speak or be conscious.

Since she should have naturally collapsed right away, the two were casting gazes that were both curious and amused.

At that moment, Cheon Mu-gwang blew out smoke with a ‘huu’ and answered the question.

“Utilized… utilization… I merely incited his revenge. To say I utilized that… strange.”

“Y-You. If Young Master Dan knows this fact… he won’t let it slide.”

At that single statement, Cheon Mu-gwang widened his eyes.

However, he burst into a hearty laugh as if something was highly amusing.

“Puhahahahah!”

The laughter echoed ringingly.

It felt as if only his laughter filled this mountain. Listening to it, Namgung So-hye frowned and panted.

Just hearing the voice shook her whole body.

It was a feeling as if even her spirit would be stolen away.

If Nam Ju-ryeon had not dispersed that momentum by her side, Namgung So-hye might have suffered a greater internal injury and closed her eyes just like that.

“If he knows, he won’t let it slide? Who are you saying that to? Hahaha. Do you think you know that Martial God well?”

“…….”

“He is not anyone else, but that man. Do you think he wouldn’t penetrate every single situation from one to ten?”

“Th-That…”

Namgung So-hye looked at Cheon Mu-gwang with a speechless expression. In that case, did Dan Woo-hyun move as Cheon Mu-gwang thought despite knowing everything?

“From the beginning… he moved knowing everything from one to ten. The revenge in his heart awoke the Heavenly Killer Star he originally possessed.”

“The Heavenly… Killer Star…?”

“I merely gave him a slight push from the side.”

Force was contained in Cheon Mu-gwang’s tone of voice.

As if he knew about him better than she did, resentment was filled in the single statement he spat out, telling her not to pretend to know him when she knew nothing.

His red-hot eyes were like looking at a different person.

Shhh!

At that moment, a sword poured down.

The blade of Nam Ju-ryeon, which was extended before anyone knew it, flew as if to slice Cheon Mu-gwang. It was definitely what could be called sword qi, and it flew as if possessing an will to pressure Cheon Mu-gwang.

Bam, bam!

However, Cheon Mu-gwang’s momentum was also not to be outdone.

The energy flowing from his body blocked the sword qi. The sight of naturally defending its owner as if possessing an will made even Namgung So-hye unable to hide her astonishment.

She had to see everything by all means.

It was also the reason why she was holding out, keeping her eyes open with mental strength.

“Tch, that sword technique, precise to an unpleasant degree, is as always.”

“That bizarre and grotesque energy is as dirty as ever.”

“Damned bitch…”

“Bastard…”

Boom!

At that moment, a violent sound ringing in the ears was heard from somewhere.

The mountain shook. It was like an earthquake, and at the same time, the blowing gale shook all directions. Trees swayed heavily and broke off, and boulders that surged from somewhere poured down in a crowd.

“Ha! It’s finished!”

Cheon Mu-gwang realized it as he watched that.

One of the two strange energies felt from a long distance had vanished. Even just realizing that, it was no exaggeration to say the goal was achieved.

Cheon Mu-gwang retreated with a chuckle.

Simultaneously, Nam Ju-ryeon’s blade brushed past the tip of his nose.

“It seems staying longer won’t show anything good.”

Frowning, he smacked his lips.

If he cut down Nam Ju-ryeon in this place, there would be nothing better than that, but since it was a situation where Dan Woo-hyun might rush in right away, staying long had no benefit at all.

Because it was as clear as day where the blade of Dan Woo-hyun, who finished his revenge, would be directed.

“Where?!”

“Haha! Sorry, but see you next time!”

Cheon Mu-gwang avoided the blade once more and leaped swiftly.

Unfortunately, Nam Ju-ryeon’s sword, which failed to slice his body, merely sliced the air in vain.

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