Chapter 473: Chapter 473

Kwang!

Yu-baek blocked the swung sword and stepped back.

The heavily struck down energy was so strong and fierce that he dropped the blade he was holding in his hand. At the same time, Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask didn’t miss the opportunity and came striking in.

A single move containing the will to definitely kill him.

‘Keuk?!’

Yu-baek had to admit it.

He had underestimated the opponent too much.

Even though it was said he didn’t rise to the Eight Immortals, the opponent was Ryu Tae-seo’s right hand. Especially, if it was the older brother and not Ghost of the Hideous Mask, it was no exaggeration to say that his strength was on par with the Eight Immortals.

Although he knew it wouldn’t be easy at all to suppress such a person, he was certain of his victory in one corner of his mind.

However, Yu-baek’s subordinates had all fallen dead, and the only one who survived was Yu-baek alone.

Moreover, he too was in a precarious state.

Soon, the flying sword slashed Yu-baek’s body as it was.

Chwaak!

Blood spurted.

Extreme pain that was almost dizzying stimulated his mind. He clenched his teeth and tried to endure, but his body wouldn’t readily listen.

All he could do was about waiting for death.

Kang!

Just then, Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask’s sword was struck upwards.

Yu-baek wasn’t the only one surprised.

Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask also took a half step back and adjusted his stance. The bounced off sword burst into tears with a ‘woong-woong’ sound, and its heaviness still remained, making his grasp tremble.

He frowned.

“That’s a relief. That you’re alive.”

“I… I almost died.”

The one who revealed her presence at some point was none other than Nam Ju-ryeon.

Holding a single blade in her hand and looking at Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask, her expression was very serious.

It was a completely different feeling from before, and the momentum she gave off was also unusual, making anyone have no choice but to shrink their body.

“Is it Nam Ju-ryeon…?”

“It’s our first time meeting, right? Your name?”

“Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask…”

“It seems you don’t even have a name.”

Nam Ju-ryeon let out a hollow laugh.

Giving a title instead of a name also meant that he had never once gotten a name until now.

However, it was a story of no concern to Nam Ju-ryeon.

She glanced her gaze over.

“I leave this person to you.”

“Understood.”

The one who revealed his presence with a ‘seueuk’ was Namgung Cheon.

Although he had a somewhat exhausted expression, perhaps he had felt the momentum the opponent was giving off, his gaze was sharper than ever.

Carefully approaching Yu-baek, he dragged the fallen him and threw his body towards a safe place.

Although it was a body that had suffered serious injuries so deep that one would wonder if he could live, Nam Ju-ryeon knew that now was not the time to be having other thoughts.

“Ryu Tae-seo must be over there, right?”

“…Well?”

“Step aside.”

Uung!

Nam Ju-ryeon’s sword cried out.

The fierce and powerful momentum that spread out while bursting out a sword cry seemed as if no one could block it. Even though Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask felt it as well, he didn’t back down and rather gripped his sword.

This was also a will that he would risk his life.

“Step aside… right now!”

Saak!

She disappeared.

She was so fast that she couldn’t even be seen by Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask’s eyes. He felt like he knew why the Heavenly Martial Emperor and Cheon Mu-gwang had been so wary of this woman.

The moment he noticed a presence and turned his head.

A blade flew in from the opposite side.

Chwaak!

“Keuk?!”

His back was cut, and he urgently twisted his body and swung his sword. He felt like he had brushed and cut something, but Nam Ju-ryeon’s figure couldn’t be seen there.

Just what in the world was going on!

The moment he sharpened his senses and tried to find her presence.

Seogeok!

“Keuak!”

His right arm flew up and sprayed blood.

The hand holding the sword fell, and momentarily something flashed before his eyes.

Seogeok!

The moment he couldn’t even properly perceive what had happened, he felt the sensation of something flashing brushing past his neck.

Blankly.

Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask couldn’t move.

He stood still and looked straight ahead.

At some point, Nam Ju-ryeon, whose chest was slightly cut, revealed her figure and was seen lightly shaking off her sword.

“Euheu… heuheu…”

“What’s so funny?”

“I heard that the greatest among the Eight Immortals was not Cheon Mu-gwang but you bitch, and it seems that wasn’t a wrong statement.”

“…”

“As expected… are you… the Martial God’s… disciple…”

Chwarak!

The moment he spat out those words.

Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask’s neck shot up.

Blood burst up, and the body staggered and plummeted straight towards the ground.

Cheolpeodeok.

From the corpse that fell face down with an intense sound, blood continuously leaked out, and the head rolling alone seemed to smile looking at Nam Ju-ryeon with its eyes wide open as if it was still alive.

‘How unpleasant…’

Nam Ju-ryeon frowned.

She had fought countless people, but it was the first time she met someone this unpleasant.

Was this indeed the reason why he once made a notorious name for himself in this Central Plains and became Ryu Tae-seo’s subordinate?

Chewing her lip, she let out a small sigh.

“By the way, it’s too quiet…?”

She felt Ryu Tae-seo’s aura.

That was why she had arrived faster than anyone else, but it was bizarrely quiet. Feeling anxious at the thought of ‘could it be’, she ran.

The situation was so strange that she couldn’t even feel joy or satisfaction about killing Twin Killers of the Hideous Mask, so she felt no sense of accomplishment.

She just ran.

She, who ran faster than anyone else, soon arrived at a location.

“…!”

And the moment she saw the sight unfolding before her eyes, she unwittingly opened her eyes wide. She saw Baek-ho and Baek-myo lying face down, and there were three children who had fainted.

There was also a familiar little girl who had fallen, and perhaps she had suffered a severe serious injury, as she was coughing up blood with a large hole pierced in her chest.

“What… in the world…”

The one who had fallen was Dan So-mi.

Dying eyes, a dim upward gaze without a single drop of blood looked at her.

Perhaps she didn’t even have the strength to change her expression, as the sight of her continuously taking small breaths was to the point where she couldn’t bear to look with her eyes open.

“What happened?!”

Surprised, Nam Ju-ryeon hurriedly approached.

What was Ryu Tae-seo’s objective that he harmed young Dan So-mi? If it was just for the purpose of making Dan Woo-hyun angry, there would have been no need to go this far.

Just then, Miho carefully hugged Dan So-mi.

Shedding tears, she quietly looked at the dying child.

Sad eyes.

If Dan So-mi could have moved even a little bit, wouldn’t she have reached out her small hand to wipe those tears and given a bright smile?

“Ryu Tae-seo… has… put the Cheonhwanok… into this child’s body…”

The moment she heard that story, Nam Ju-ryeon sat down as if she had received a shock.

Cheonhwanok.

A jade that existed to open the gates of the Immortal Realm.

The Immortal Realm was originally a place that existed between this life and the afterlife. Therefore, even those called the Eight Immortals couldn’t carelessly go there without the Heavenly Emperor’s call, and the only way to enter that place at will was precisely the Cheonhwanok.

Of course, it wasn’t easy.

To open that gate, the Cheonhwanok had to be full of the energy of the Five Elements, which was impossible for anyone in this world to do.

Because even those who had risen to the Eight Immortals couldn’t fill that amount even if they devoted their lives and poured out their immortal power.

In that case, there were two remaining methods.

One was a spiritual creature’s inner core.

Among them, the most certain one was Miho’s bead. Because the energy of the Five Elements holding a thousand years of time was definitely a tremendous amount enough to open the gates of the Heavenly Realm.

Another was the power to freely move the energy of the Five Elements.

In other words, learning the Thousand Days Harmonization Art.

However, that was a martial art solely for Dan Woo-hyun.

There was no one who could learn it.

Only then did Miho and Nam Ju-ryeon understand the whole situation.

And they also completely realized the reason why the Martial God’s Dao Scripture was created.

Furthermore, the reason why Dan So-mi had heavenly luck.

It was precisely because right before meeting Dan Woo-hyun, she had embraced the Cheonhwanok.

Whether it was by her own will or not.

“We were… completely played…”

Could there be another shock like this?

Nam Ju-ryeon showed a dejected laugh.

From beginning to end, they were played in the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s hands.

The one who had snatched the Cheonhwanok was also him, and he, who had grasped the fact that Dan Woo-hyun would wake up, had coordinated all these events from beginning to end.

He would have made her meet Dan So-mi and embrace the Cheonhwanok, made them attack that village and kill people, and saved her and left her where Dan Woo-hyun was.

Bi Cheon-ung would have thought it was his own action, but he was merely following like the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s puppet without knowing it.

The moment she recalled Bi Cheon-ung, who had smiled more pleasantly than anyone else saying there was a child he had saved for the first time in his life while training, Nam Ju-ryeon’s heart ached.

Also, the Heavenly Martial Emperor, who realized that Dan Woo-hyun’s Heavenly Killing Star had disappeared, was presumed to have even been certain that he would never leave a dying child behind.

He had naturally created a situation to make Dan Woo-hyun move, incited the Blood Demon to make the situation worse, and forced Dan Woo-hyun to inevitably give all of his to Dan So-mi.

Looking back at each and every one of these situations, not only Dan Woo-hyun but everyone ended up playing into the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s hands.

Even the Blood Demon who was his own disciple.

Nam Ju-ryeon ground her teeth with a ‘ppudeuk’.

If the Heavenly Martial Emperor was in front of her, she intended to tear him to pieces and kill him right now.

Just then, a strange energy began to flow.

A clear feeling.

Even the wind softly embraced her body with a gentle breeze.

The wind, the fire, the earth, and the water and light.

It seemed as if they were embracing the surroundings, and soon they began to gather towards one place.

“Wh… What are you doing?!”

Startled, Nam Ju-ryeon raised her voice.

The situation unfolding before her eyes.

Miho, who was hugging Dan So-mi, had started to give all her internal energy to that child.

Before she knew it, putting a strange bead she held in her hand into the dying child’s mouth, she gave a bright smile checking that she swallowed it.

“This child must live…”

“You… Do you know what you’re doing?”

Nam Ju-ryeon looked at Miho with a dumbfounded expression.

Every single action she was taking.

She, who was called the noble and pure king of spiritual creatures, was giving away her everything.

She saw the body that had a huge hole in it slowly healing.

Even though all the internal energy Dan So-mi had possessed was already gone, that space was slowly being filled by Miho’s power.

As the power of a spiritual creature remained entirely, the wound quickly recovered, and the bloodless face was slowly returning to its original form.

“If this child dies… and he finds out again…”

“…”

“I don’t want to see him like that anymore.”

Miho shook her head and dropped tears.

The moment the image of Dan Woo-hyun she had seen a long time ago came to mind, sorrow and sadness intersected, perhaps because she knew his loneliness.

Soon, her figure began to become blurry.

At the same time the wind blew, her body was fading and scattering like a sandcastle breaking and disappearing.

“I… believe. Him, and this child too. So definitely…”

Miho couldn’t finish her sentence to the end.

Before long, her body had disappeared from sight, and even her voice could no longer be heard.

Tears formed in the eyes of the blurry Dan So-mi who had gained a little bit of strength.

Whether she was perceiving this situation or not, Dan So-mi seemed to have fallen into a deep sadness to a degree she hadn’t shown until now.

Dan So-mi slowly raised her hand and stroked the place where Miho had been.

However, her hand cut through the empty air, and Miho’s body temperature could no longer be felt.

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