Chapter 129: Chapter 129
The Half Moon Gang members froze in that state.
It was an extremely bizarre sight.
Corpses piled up like a mountain.
A young man sitting on top of them, looking down.
A scenery that shouldn’t exist in the human world existed right in front of them.
The Half Moon Gang member at the forefront forcefully moved his mouth that refused to open.
“You bastard…. Keok!”
His words were cut off in the middle.
To be exact, it was because a hole the size of an iron coin had been pierced through his neck.
A moment later, crimson blood poured out from the hole like a waterfall.
Gurgle, gurgle…
The Half Moon Gang member let out a deflating sound before slowly tumbling forward.
Thud. Swaaaa…
Silence lingered.
The air, already cooled by a bout of rain, only grew colder.
Around the time when only the sound of pouring heavy rain could be heard in the stillness.
“Let’s see. Sixteen?”
Cheon-hwi opened his mouth as he folded the index finger that had unleashed the Soul Extinguishing Finger.
“There’s no need for too many.”
Cheon-hwi’s figure disappeared.
Slash!
At the same time, a slaughter unfolded.
“Keuheok!”
“Heup!”
Every time Cheon-hwi swung his sword or thrust his hand, the Half Moon Gang members died miserably one by one like falling autumn leaves.
The rising stars looked at Cheon-hwi with expressions of sheer disbelief.
“How could this be….”
“Does that even make sense….”
The Half Moon Gang members were experts who were equal to or had a slight advantage over them.
But what was this state right now.
Cheon-hwi was weaving through them as they wielded all sorts of weapons.
No, he was playing with them.
“To think that, that such a person existed….”
Zhuge Seung-ho whispered with bated breath.
The rising stars did not speak like him, but everyone shared the same thought.
Before long, the corpses were piled even higher than before, and the survivors among the Half Moon Gang members were suddenly only two.
“It’s adequate.”
Cheon-hwi grabbed the napes of the two surviving Half Moon Gang members and threw them to the ground.
Splash!
They rolled on the floor where puddles had formed and lay sprawled out just like that.
Cheon-hwi looked down at them and asked.
“It wasn’t just you guys who came, right?”
“…….”
“…….”
Seeing them lying on the ground with their mouths shut tight, Cheon-hwi approached closer.
And then, he lightly tapped their acupoints with the tip of his foot.
At that moment.
“Kuaaak!”
“Keokeokeok!”
Screams echoed out.
Cheon-hwi chuckled as he watched them rolling on the ground while screaming.
“Your answer?”
However, there was no answer to be heard.
Immediately, one of them tried to commit suicide by biting his tongue.
Swish…
Cheon-hwi moved faster than that.
Grabbing the Half Moon Gang member’s head, Cheon-hwi picked up a blood-soaked cloth and gagged his mouth.
“Where do you think you’re dying as you please.”
Cheon-hwi smiled radiantly as he let go of the head.
“You guys can’t die as you please.”
As Cheon-hwi was about to press his acupoint again.
“Eup! Eup!”
The Half Moon Gang member hurriedly shook his head.
However, making it all in vain, Cheon-hwi’s hand moved quickly and pressed his acupoints.
“Eueueueup! Eup!”
Cheon-hwi withdrew his gaze from the struggling Half Moon Gang member.
And then, he made eye contact with the other Half Moon Gang member who was watching the situation in fear right next to him, and moved his lips.
“If you’re going to answer, speak quickly.”
It was a calm remark.
However, the moment he heard the words that were spat out next, goosebumps rose on his skin.
“Because I’ll give you a comfortable death then.”
Kuaaak!
“Heup!”
Meanwhile, the expressions of the rising stars watching that interrogation grew increasingly pale.
It was a continuous series of tortures that would make one freak out just by looking, to the point where breaking bones or causing scratches seemed like nothing.
“Let’s see. For here, like this….”
Unlike his calm voice, Cheon-hwi’s torture ruthlessly destroyed them.
“Kuaaak!”
“To actually do such a thing….”
Zhuge Seung-ho shook his head.
The Zhuge Clan was also a place that had its own expertise in torture, but that was going far beyond crossing the line.
Especially that.
The sight of occasionally flowing internal energy into the Half Moon Gang members was enough to make one click their tongue.
‘He’s anticipating that they will faint from shock, and injecting internal energy to keep only their minds sane.’
When Zhuge Seung-ho was sweating cold sweat at the vicious method that went beyond being thorough.
“I can’t watch anymore.”
“…….”
The shocked Hwangbo So-hyeon and Yang Se-ryeong shut their eyes tightly and turned their heads.
It wasn’t just the two of them.
Peng Cheol-wi and Moyong Sang had also turned their heads before they knew it, and Zhuge Seung-ho, who had been continuously watching, eventually couldn’t bear it and turned his head.
How much time had passed with only screams being heard.
The heavily gathered dark clouds scattered, and sunlight began to shine through them.
And the Half Moon Gang members who had been tortured during that time had no more strength left to scream, letting out a metallic raspy sound.
“Then next is….”
However, Cheon-hwi didn’t stop his torture.
‘Then what should I try next.’
While he was trying to prepare for the next torture.
“….Myeong, Myeong-wol-do (Bright Moon Blade)….”
The left Half Moon Gang member, whose arm and leg tendons were cut, spoke with difficulty.
“Hmm? Have you already decided to speak?”
The Half Moon Gang member blinked his eyes.
Feeling that it was an affirmative answer, Cheon-hwi bent his knees and made eye contact with him.
“Myeong-wol-do? Only him? That shouldn’t be the case.”
At the pressing question, the Half Moon Gang member trembled profusely and moved his lips.
“The, the Four Fiends….”
“The Four Fiends?”
The corners of Cheon-hwi’s eyes curved heavily.
“Oho, that’s something to look forward to.”
The Four Fiends were monsters that appeared in legends, and it was an alias that wasn’t given to martial artists of Jianghu unless they had an extraordinary infamy.
But for that alias to be attached to them meant they were by no means ordinary guys.
‘I wonder what kind of guys they are?’
Cheon-hwi’s eyes sparkled with interest.
“So what you’re saying is that those guys called the Four Fiends have come here?”
“…….”
The Half Moon Gang member’s mouth didn’t open.
No, it was probably that he couldn’t open it.
Because his stamina was already depleted, it was impossible to speak any further.
“Are you already finished?”
Cheon-hwi smacked his lips.
“Still, since you’ve answered for now, I’ll keep my promise.”
Cheon-hwi threw the sword in his hand.
Puk!
The sword pierced the exact center of his forehead.
The Half Moon Gang member stopped breathing with a relieved expression, as if he could finally die.
“Then.”
Cheon-hwi withdrew his gaze from him, then made eye contact with the still alive Half Moon Gang member and moved his lips.
“You still don’t have any intention to answer, right?”
As Cheon-hwi unsealed him as if he had been waiting, the Half Moon Gang member’s pupils shook.
The gaze of his comrade who had just died.
It had looked so incredibly happy.
He didn’t even hesitate and immediately spat out words with difficulty.
“Hundun (Chaos)…. An…. d Cheong…. il…. dan (Clear Sun Faction).”
“Only Hundun? The rest of the Four Fiends?”
“Th, there ar…. en’t….”
Cheon-hwi stroked his chin.
It was a little regretful.
‘They should have all come since they’re at it.’
At that moment, the Half Moon Gang member moved his blood-soaked lips with difficulty.
“Pl…. Please k…. i…. ll m…. e.”
Cheon-hwi chuckled while looking at the Half Moon Gang member speaking desperately.
“That’s why you should have answered earlier. If you had, you wouldn’t have suffered this pain.”
The Half Moon Gang member wanted to shout something, but kept his mouth tightly shut.
It was because he felt like if he said anything, this eon of torture would continue.
Cheon-hwi raised his index finger.
“I keep my promises, so don’t worry.”
At that moment, a ray of light bloomed from his index finger and ended his life.
Cheon-hwi dusted off his body and stood up.
It was certain that the guys called Myeong-wol-do (Bright Moon Blade), Hundun, and the Clear Sun Faction would be looking for an opportunity to ambush them.
‘They’ll come on their own as we go.’
The heavy rain had also just stopped.
Sizzle…
Drying his wet clothes again, Cheon-hwi exited the ruined house and moved westward.
After Cheon-hwi left like that.
The rising stars who were left in the ruined house fell into confusion as they looked at the current situation.
It was a time like a nightmare.
Their heads were dizzy enough with the Sun Moon Sect suddenly ambushing them, yet an unidentified young man had disposed of them all.
They were confused whether this was a dream or reality.
“….What do we do now?”
Hwangbo So-hyeon quietly muttered.
Although everything had ended, they couldn’t know what they should do from now on.
At that moment, Zhuge Seung-ho whispered.
“Was what the Sun Moon Sect initially aimed for not us, but that person….”
The eyes of the party grew wide.
“Young Master Zhuge?”
“That means….”
“Is there a reason you think so?”
“Think about it carefully. Is there a reason for the Sun Moon Sect to attack us?”
The current Jianghu was the era of the Nine Provinces Three Supreme Powers.
It was obvious that only the Murim Alliance would benefit if the Flying Heaven Society and the Four Black Alliances clashed.
But if asked if they had a reason to attack them while bearing such losses.
There was none.
“And try to carefully recall the situation from earlier.”
Zhuge Seung-ho made eye contact with the party one by one before letting out a calm voice.
“They chased after us, but as soon as they encountered that person, they immediately rushed at him.”
“….!”
The eyes of the party glared wide open.
True to his words, if they were the target, they should have continued to chase and attack them.
Was there a need to change targets in the middle.
“Then why did they attack us….”
As Hwangbo So-hyeon muttered.
“Perhaps they were mistaken….”
Zhuge Seung-ho explained in a low voice.
“Young Master Zhuge. Mistaken, what in the world does that mean.”
Moyong Sang’s eyes furrowed.
To think that the reason they almost lost their lives was merely because they were mistaken for his companions.
“We’ve encountered him four times in the past ten days. If the Sun Moon Sect has been continually chasing him from a long time ago, wouldn’t it be plausible for them to be mistaken.”
“But that was a coincidence….”
“Would others think of it as a coincidence?”
At Zhuge Seung-ho’s words, everyone flinched.
Hadn’t even they, the parties involved, thought that it seemed like it wasn’t a coincidence.
At that time, Yang Se-ryeong opened her mouth.
“Then what does Young Master Zhuge think would be best to do from now on?”
“We must follow that person.”
Hwangbo So-hyeon and Moyong Sang were flustered.
“But didn’t you just say that the one the Sun Moon Sect aimed for was not us, but that person?”
“Isn’t going together with that person taking on risks instead?”
At the questions of the two, Zhuge Sang-hyeon shook his head.
“They already think we are companions with that person. If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be safer to move together with him.”
“If we try to tell them that we have nothing to do with him….”
Moyong Sang tried expressing his opinion, but.
“It’s useless.”
Zhuge Seung-ho spoke firmly.
“Young Master Zhuge is right.”
Along with that, even Yang Se-ryeong, who had been listening quietly, added words to Zhuge Seung-ho’s opinion as she tied her three-section staff to her waist.
“They already tried to silence us by killing us. Do you think words will get through to them?”
Zhuge Seung-ho looked at her and smiled.
It was a smile of relief as if finally there was someone he could communicate with.
Moyong Sang bit his lower lip.
‘Now it’ll be a bit more comfortable.’
Zhuge Seung-ho watched him remain silent before gently making eye contact with Peng Cheol-wi.
“What will you do?”
“I don’t know much about these kinds of things.”
Peng Cheol-wi, who spoke in a low voice, placed a hand on Zhuge Seung-ho’s shoulder and laughed.
“I will follow everything that Young Master Zhuge says.”
As Peng Cheol-wi, who was practically leading the party, spoke with trust in him, Zhuge Seung-ho smiled and said.
“Then let’s follow him.”
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