Chapter 408: Chapter 408

It was truly an instant for the blade to harbor blood.

Even its movement couldn’t be seen, and the one holding and wielding the blade was invisible like a shadow hidden in the darkness.

Since it couldn’t be seen or found from where to where it was moving, the surroundings were only filled with dying people, and only the screams of the dying spread out.

“Keok!”

A monk, suffering from the blade lodged in his neck, staggered and collapsed.

His body was still spraying blood, and his pupils endlessly lost their focus.

He was still alive, but it didn’t seem like anyone present could save him.

It was a true disaster.

It was the descent of a grim reaper.

“Do not panic! Do not forget who we are! We will not collapse like this!”

The monks of the Potala Palace resisted until the moment of their death, trying to find the one wielding the blade.

However, he was the wind, a shadow, and death.

Because he couldn’t be seen, felt, or found, they had no choice but to suffer helplessly.

“Nonsense…… how could this happen……”

Even a ghost couldn’t be like this.

Even the messenger of death wouldn’t be able to do this.

When the blade was swung a hundred times, a hundred people died, and when the murderer revealed himself a hundred times, a hundred heads fell to the ground.

“Mur…… Murder Emperor.”

The Great Dharma King of the Potala Palace.

The Murder Emperor’s gaze turned towards the highest seat.

He saw the figure of the seated Great Dharma King.

Yes, he only saw the ‘figure’.

The huge body was still sitting firmly, but the head was nowhere to be seen.

The Great Dharma King’s head rolling on the floor didn’t even know what had happened to him.

The Potala Palace was a terrifying place.

In fact, it was to the extent that many feared the Potala Palace more than the Demonic Cult.

They had always laid low and hidden their strength, and they were the headquarters of martial arts possessing countless supreme arts, to the point where it was no exaggeration to say that the foundation of martial arts was established in the Potala Palace.

Such a Potala Palace was collapsing.

The pavilions were already burning fiercely.

The monks scattered on the ground had already become corpses and were no longer living people.

The bodies of the old monks were also miserably discarded.

Only a small number remained.

However, they too.

Chwaaaaak-!

Along with a fountain of blood, they became cold corpses.

It was the moment the Potala Palace crumbled down at the hands of just one person.

Eventually, the moment everyone became corpses and scattered, the Murder Emperor, who hadn’t properly revealed himself until now, appeared along with a black mist.

He didn’t even lose his breath once.

He didn’t shed a single drop of sweat.

Bi Cheon-ung.

He slowly approached the corpse of the Great Dharma King.

Casually clearing away the seated corpse, the moment he sent internal energy into the place where it was sitting.

Kukung!

The floor behind it opened with a roar.

It seemed to go down quite deep, as he had to go in for a long time.

That didn’t mean the entire passage was dark.

Luminous pearls were embedded all over the walls, so instead of being dark, it was rather blindingly bright.

Why had the Great Dharma King made such a place?

And how did the Murder Emperor know of this place?

Bi Cheon-ung slowly descended the passage.

Soon, the light concentrated in one place, and the moment a wide passage appeared.

Saak-!

Simultaneously with his step, a sword was swung towards his head.

The one who swung the sword thought it was a perfect surprise attack.

No one would be able to escape from this attack.

The moment the swung blade touched the Murder Emperor’s neck, it passed through as if cutting through mist.

“……!”

“I knew you’d be alive, Great Dharma King. I thought you died too easily.”

The Murder Emperor formed a fishy smile and looked at the one who ambushed him, the Great Dharma King.

The Murder Emperor had an excellent ability to assess his opponents.

If he predicted he could kill someone in one move, or someone in two, it usually matched.

But the Great Dharma King died in one move.

This was completely different from the result Bi Cheon-ung had expected.

The Great Dharma King’s gaze turned towards the ceiling. Sticking to the empty ceiling like a bat, the Murder Emperor didn’t look human.

The Great Dharma King’s lips trembled violently.

“What is your purpose!”

“Is it any of your business?”

“How dare you…… how dare you……!”

The Great Dharma King was furious to the top of his head.

The Potala Palace, which had a long history, collapsed in an instant. It would take at least hundreds of years to regain its glory.

In the meantime, they would also have to fight against factions trying to swallow the Potala Palace, so it would take even longer.

The moment he was grinding his teeth.

The Murder Emperor moved.

Kang-!

He blocked the blade that no one had been able to block until now. However, the Great Dharma King was clearly pushed back.

To be pushed back in a single clash meant that there was that much of a huge gap between the Great Dharma King and the Murder Emperor.

“A mere assassin!”

“If you truly think so, I doubt your intelligence.”

A sneer formed.

Bi Cheon-ung let out a long sigh and came down from the ceiling. Standing vacantly facing each other, it didn’t look like they were going to fight as assassins, but rather provoking to fight fair and square.

The Murder Emperor brought his hand to his waist.

Then, he put away the dagger he had been using and pulled out a heavy sword.

This was a clear intention to fight the opponent head-on.

It could be said to be an opportunity for the Great Dharma King.

Assassins were naturally weak in frontal combat and strong in surprise attacks.

No matter how much he was one of the Five Emperors, it was certain that he was an assassin, so if they fought properly, he felt he would have a bit more of an advantage.

Pang-!

The Great Dharma King striking out a palm strike in an instant.

It carried a fierce power that couldn’t even be compared to the Great Hand Seal that Jang Sam-tae had unleashed.

However, the palm force didn’t reach the Murder Emperor and struck the wall directly.

Peong!

The entire building shook with a tremendous sound.

Cracks began to form everywhere as if it would collapse at any moment. That meant the power of the palm force was immense, but even in such a situation, the Murder Emperor didn’t care.

Rather, the one who was anxious was the Great Dharma King.

If the cave collapsed, he wouldn’t be able to find the things hidden here.

He would naturally lose many things, so he had to subdue the Murder Emperor before it collapsed and take the necessary things out.

In the end, this fight wasn’t one where he held the upper hand, but one where he was starting from a disadvantage.

“Foolish guy.”

“Keuk!”

The Great Dharma King ground his teeth, recalling his mistake.

All sorts of thoughts jumbled up his mind.

But he couldn’t afford to contemplate anymore.

The slowly approaching Murder Emperor lightly swung his heavy sword, aiming for him.

Kakakakang-!

“Keuk!”

No matter how much the Great Dharma King thought about it, something seemed wrong.

Assassins should be weak in frontal combat due to the nature of the martial arts they practiced.

He had never even heard of the Murder Emperor clashing head-on with anyone until now.

So he naturally thought he would follow that logic, but the strength of the Murder Emperor charging at him with a sword exceeded his expectations.

Chwaak, chwaak, chwaak!

In an instant, starting from his shoulder, his waist and legs were slashed.

They weren’t deep wounds, but it was a scene showing that the Great Dharma King was being completely pushed back.

The moment he tried to correct his posture again, shake off the Murder Emperor, and deliver a critical blow.

The Murder Emperor disappeared from his sight.

A chill went down the Great Dharma King’s spine.

“When fighting an assassin, you should always keep surprise attacks in mind. Remember this even when you go to the underworld.”

Puk!

“Keok!”

He couldn’t tell how he had moved. The Murder Emperor’s blade, which had circled behind the Great Dharma King in an instant, pierced straight through his neck.

Blood gushed out with a gurgle, and his massive body staggered heavily. The sight of the Great Dharma King struggling, gasping and unable to even breathe properly, looked truly pitiful.

But the Murder Emperor didn’t care.

As if he had no interest whatsoever in the dying man, he completely ignored him and looked straight ahead.

All sorts of books and treasures were piled up.

The Great Dharma King’s secret warehouse.

A secret place that no one could ever enter unless they were the Great Dharma King.

The Murder Emperor looked around the place and soon stared at a small box. The tightly locked box had a lock that couldn’t be easily opened.

Examining its structure, it was a lock that would only open if energy was infused according to the oral formula of the mental method practiced by the Great Dharma King.

He glanced at the Great Dharma King.

He saw him lying on the floor, trembling violently. Looking at that state, it seemed impossible for him to infuse internal energy instead.

Frowning at the unexpected situation, the Murder Emperor looked at the box again.

“……”

Tilting his head suddenly, he reached out and opened it.

Even though he didn’t flow any internal energy, the box opened too naturally.

The Great Dharma King hadn’t left it open.

Looking closely inside, its function had already been broken by someone.

Also, inside the box, a book was placed, but when he opened it, it was a blank page with nothing written on it.

“The guy who would do such a thing is……”

The faces of countless thieves popped up in the Murder Emperor’s mind. However, there were very few who could infiltrate the great Potala Palace and steal something.

Two people remained in his head.

But since one of them had lost his internal energy and was imprisoned, excluding him meant the remaining one was the culprit.

Warak-!

The Murder Emperor frowned as he gripped the book.

“Geumwangsu……”

Kureureung-!

While deducing the culprit, cracks began to form even faster. Seeing the ceiling heave and sand fall, it was definitely not a good phenomenon.

Bi Cheon-ung swiftly threw his body and went outside.

The moment he completely exited the passage.

Kwareung-!

The surrounding ground caved in, and the entire Potala Palace shook in an instant. The shaking, seemingly enough to devour even the fiercely burning flames, made even Bi Cheon-ung tense up.

Bi Cheon-ung quickly escaped from that place.

With agile movements, he dodged the falling stones from the ceiling, pierced through the soaring flames, and went outside.

The moment he completely left the Potala Palace.

Kwareureureung-!

The entire Potala Palace shook greatly and collapsed.

The Murder Emperor watched it and frowned.

He should have found even a little bit of a clue, but because it collapsed so quickly, that was impossible.

Was it a shame that he couldn’t achieve his goal?

Or was he angry that his expectation missed the mark?

The Murder Emperor opened his mouth with an anxious expression.

“Then where do I find this guy?”

Pudeudeuk-!

At that moment, a messenger falcon flew towards him.

The Murder Emperor looked at it and frowned.

A mission again?

When he hadn’t even found what he wanted yet?

A letter tied to the falcon’s ankle.

Seeing the red paper, it was definitely a directive to assassinate someone.

Bi Cheon-ung let out a chuckle, but as soon as he read its contents, he stiffened like a stone statue and couldn’t move.

His pupils trembled violently.

Eventually, perhaps losing his strength, the letter grasped in his hand fluttered away in the wind.

『Kill: Hunan Dan Family’s Dan So-mi』

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