Chapter 550: Side Story 50

Chapter side_50

Bang-!

The flying sword aura poured exactly toward Jang Sam-tae. One could guess the strength from the moment it was swung, as it carried such fierce power.

Along with a loud explosion that deafened the ears, cloudy dust rose thickly.

“Haa, haa, haa…”

Chu Jakhwan engraved that sight into his eyes and twisted his lips.

It was a move pouring out all his internal energy.

A power on a different level from what he had shown so far surged, and hitting the target perfectly, it revealed the majesty of the Heaven and Earth Cult’s Four Heavenly Kings.

This time for sure, that son of a bitch…!

“Ah-! Fuck! I almost died!?”

“You half-wit bastard. Are you planning to save your lightness art to boil it in soup?”

In an instant, Chu Jakhwan’s lips trembled violently at the voice he heard. It was a sword aura poured out by displaying extreme internal energy. Because he bet everything on it, he considered that no one could stand perfectly fine.

But what was this sound?

Not only were they perfectly fine, but they didn’t seem to have taken even a little bit of damage.

Chu Jakhwan looked straight ahead in disbelief.

Soon, the cloudy dust slowly cleared and the situation was revealed.

“…?!”

What was seen was a person like an old man wearing a mask.

Traces of destruction were evident around him, who was wearing black clothes, but behind where he was standing, there was not a single sign of force reaching.

“What is this…”

“Not bad, kiddo. Haha-! It’s been a while since I’ve received a sword aura, and with its pretty heavy power, it would be just perfect to use for tapping my shoulders.”

Sado Hak lightly dusted his hands and smiled.

It was undoubtedly a move that poured out extreme internal energy, but looking anywhere, it was clear that it couldn’t even cut off a single hem of Sado Hak’s clothes.

In Chu Jakhwan’s mind, Jang Sam-tae and everyone around him should have fallen over vomiting blood, but reality was an appearance far too different from that.

Tremble-

His body began to tremble.

How could this be.

It was not a simple sword aura.

Wasn’t it a move swung while unfolding the strongest martial art bestowed by the Cult Leader. But, how could there not be a single person hurt.

“Haha, hey man. Didn’t you say you wouldn’t step forward.”

“Watching continuously made me itch to act, really…”

Namgung Cheon slowly moved, clicking his tongue as if he was dumbfounded. If Sado Hak broke the promise and stepped forward, he also had no reason not to step forward.

Soon, he approached where the exhausted Namgung So-hye was and gently pressed her shoulders to make her sit down.

“G-Grandfather…”

“You worked hard, hahaha- Rest for a bit.”

“Haa- You should have stepped forward earlier.”

Namgung So-hye shook her head side to side and breathed a sigh of relief. She was confident if it was one-on-one, but she couldn’t continue facing such overwhelming numbers.

Because her internal energy was also not infinite.

Moreover, the blades pouring from all directions made it so she couldn’t let go of the string of tension for even a moment, so it inevitably ate away at her mental strength even more.

At that moment, Namgung Cheon glanced at the people coming up from the bottom of the mountain.

Seeing them climbing endlessly, he felt like he understood a little bit the reason why Namgung So-hye struggled.

“At times like this. You can make them retreat by scaring them.”

“Yes?”

Anger was contained in the words he spat out out of nowhere.

He didn’t know when watching from afar, but seeing Namgung So-hye’s condition in reality seemed to make his anger flare up for no reason. He slowly gripped his sword in one hand and raised his internal energy.

Woooong-!

Power condensed along with a fierce sword cry.

It felt similar to the sword aura Chu Jakhwan had sent flying just before, but the power was definitely not the same.

Kwakwakwakwakwang-!

Soon, the ground split open simultaneously with him swinging the sword.

The earth’s axis shook as the ground was dug up and overturned. Countless trees were cut down like slicing tofu, and boulders were shattered to pieces, scattering countless fragments in all directions.

“Keuk?!”

“Uaaaaak!”

“W-What… what was that, just now?”

“I-I didn’t hear about anything like this…”

“M-Monster…”

People’s voices were heard from everywhere.

Seeing that nonsensical power in front of their eyes made their entire bodies shrink back. How could they not be afraid when a mere person devastated dozens of zhang?

The steps of those trying to approach stopped.

“I-Isn’t that a bit much?”

“Hahaha- I have to do this much to stop them from coming up. Isn’t that right, old man?”

“Hmph! If it were me, I would have killed them all.”

“Is it right to kill them when this happened due to a misunderstanding. Haha-“

Sado Hak shook his head side to side.

Showing overwhelming power was a decent method, but a more certain one was to instill fear by laying down numerous corpses around.

So that they could never crawl up again.

“By the way, these guys seem different from that side. What are you bastards?”

Frowning, Sado Hak turned back to Chu Jakhwan.

The moment they met his pitch-black eyes, everyone trembled violently.

What are they, these guys?

How could a person display such power?

It wasn’t enough that he lightly blocked a move carrying extreme internal energy; they had engraved in their eyes the sight of him so easily devastating dozens of zhang around him.

Who would be capable of such a thing?

The other Four Heavenly Kings of the Heaven and Earth Cult?

Or the Cult Leader?

No.

No matter how amazing the martial arts the people in the Heaven and Earth Cult possessed, no one existed with that much power.

A divine might hard to believe even after seeing it with their own eyes.

It was to the point of wondering if this was exactly a human who had reached the realm of Half-Immortal.

Their entire bodies stiffened unconsciously.

Their minds went blank and their bodies started trembling violently.

Overwhelming numbers?

A scheme using the Orthodox warriors?

Such things had no meaning in front of them.

‘I… I must inform the Cult Leader…’

Chu Jakhwan wanted to do that.

He had to inform the Cult Leader of this fact somehow.

That people who couldn’t be handled had appeared in this Murim.

But his feet wouldn’t move, and the man in black wearing a mask was slowly closing the distance and approaching.

“I asked what you are?”

* * *

Among the numerous peaks that Mount Wudang possessed, the highest and sharpest place. However, because it was the highest, it was a place where one could see the entire scenery of Wudang.

Even though it was a dark night, Dan Woo-hyun, who had climbed to such a place, was staring quietly at a small burial mound.

-I am Tae Gong-jin.

A very long time ago, a person who revealed himself unexpectedly.

The appearance of him smiling brightly and requesting a spar was vivid. Dan Woo-hyun used to kill anyone who blocked his path without leaving any behind, but seeing his confidence and composure, he couldn’t bring himself to cut his neck.

What would have happened if he had cut his neck back then?

Perhaps right now, Dan Woo-hyun wouldn’t be here.

“You said even an ill-fated relationship is fate, right?”

It was something Tae Gong-jin always carried on his lips.

Even an ill-fated relationship is fate.

He didn’t know back then, but thinking about it now, he wondered if he himself had expressed the relationship between Dan Woo-hyun and Tae Gong-jin.

Spending time trapped in ice for a thousand years, the revival of the Blood Demon and the life-and-death struggle resulting from it.

Everything from one to ten came from his head.

It seemed to have taken a truly long time to know that.

“But I don’t only think badly of it.”

Dan Woo-hyun smirked as he opened the cap of the liquor bottle he brought.

The moment he opened the lid, a strong smell of alcohol spread out.

He brought it for Tae Gong-jin, who always drank only strong alcohol, saying that fire wine was the best.

Trickle- He slowly poured it over the burial mound.

“I brought it because I don’t think you’ll have a chance to drink it anymore.”

There was no longer any reason to face him, or to confront him.

The ill-fated relationship between the two that they had held onto for a long time was already severed ten years ago.

Also, he knew that Tae Gong-jin’s corpse buried here was nothing more than what he had created. Therefore, he also knew that all these actions had no meaning.

Even so, Dan Woo-hyun didn’t seem to particularly care.

Because you don’t necessarily need the person to be there to commemorate them.

“It’s the peak you liked the most. So, I thought this place was the best.”

Severing the last remaining string of fate, Dan Woo-hyun poured out all the remaining liquor. His expression lightened a little, and it looked as if he was freely brushing off something he had kept pent up for a long time.

“There shouldn’t be any reason to visit again… or be involved again. So, I will cut off all the bad ties and go.”

Dan Woo-hyun didn’t think all these things were only bad. He was trapped for a thousand years after falling for the immortal’s play, but because of that, he met Dan So-mi and gained other ties beside him.

While staying dormant for a thousand years, his murderous intent disappeared to an extent unimaginable in the past, and he became able to understand things called emotions little by little.

If those who knew Dan Woo-hyun’s past appearance saw this, it would be an incredible development.

Thus, he subconsciously smiled and turned his back.

It was a tremendous scenery.

From the highest peak, he took in the entirety of Mount Wudang in his eyes.

Although it was quite different from the appearance of Wudang he remembered in the past, because of that, Dan Woo-hyun took in the current Mount Wudang in his eyes once again and slowly started moving.

It felt as if he was erasing the past and taking in the present.

Was it because of that? His descending steps were quite light.

Soon, the moment he came down from that high peak, as if waiting for him, the white tiger revealed itself carrying Dan So-mi on its back.

Unlike the white tiger’s relaxed expression, Dan So-mi looked quite hurried.

“Were you all the way out here?”

“T-The thing is, there’s big trouble!”

“I suppose something happened again.”

“A-A whole lot of strange people swarmed in…! Mister and Sister are fighting hard, but the Grandfathers are just watching…”

Dan So-mi tried hard to explain the situation.

But she seemed to be completely at a loss for how to possibly talk about this.

Dan Woo-hyun lightly held the flustered Dan So-mi’s hands. As his energy gently seeped in, Dan So-mi’s expression finally calmed down a bit.

“Haa… So.”

“Have you calmed down a bit?”

“E… Yes, I’m o-okay now.”

Dan So-mi stroked her chest and let out a small sigh. Her appearance was calm to the point that it was hard to believe she had been flustered just a moment ago.

“But I…!”

“…It would be good to get going soon.”

Looking at Dan So-mi’s worried face, Dan Woo-hyun lightly patted her head. Soon, as he slowly started taking steps, the wind blew and brushed past his side as if waiting for him.

“It’s a good wind.”

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