Chapter 130: Chapter 130
Half a day passed as the rising stars followed Cheon-hwi walking ahead.
They chased him for a short while without saying a word.
“By the way…….”
Hwangbo So-hyeon quietly whispered while glancing at the back of Cheon-hwi walking ahead.
“Who could that person be?”
She was incredibly curious about his identity.
Overwhelming martial prowess with the appearance of someone in his early twenties.
Where in the Jianghu was such a person common?
If she had to pick, there were about three people raising their reputation in the present Jianghu.
The Head Disciple of the Wudang Sect, Jade Qilin.
The youngest disciple of the Evil Black Lotus Lord, Black Yaksha.
The eldest son of the Zhuge Clan, Heavenly Dragon.
Hwangbo So-hyeon stared at Zhuge Seung-ho.
“It shouldn’t be the Heavenly Dragon…….”
The remaining ones were Jade Qilin and Black Yaksha.
However, seeing the cruel hands he showed just before, it was definitely not Jade Qilin, and at least Black Yaksha was suspicious, but.
That was also incredibly ambiguous.
“Seeing as he clashed with the Sun Moon Sect, it doesn’t seem like he is Black Yaksha either…….”
As Hwangbo So-hyeon fell into thought.
“Or he could be a hidden eccentric or someone who hasn’t been active in the Jianghu until now.”
Zhuge Seung-ho, who had been quietly listening to her whispers, let out a calm voice.
It was at least the most understandable answer.
How could they know who he was?
No, before that, what affiliation he had.
They didn’t even know if he was a figure of the Central Plains or a figure of the Outer Realms.
‘Still, there is exactly one thing I know.’
Although everything was in a fog, Zhuge Seung-ho was certain of one thing.
That he was not one of those three.
“Then that means he is an unknown person.”
Hwangbo So-hyeon pouted her lips.
‘I wanted to know who he was…….’
He was someone who drew a bit of her interest.
The skill to completely handle the Half Moon Hall.
In addition, although he was indifferent and cold, it harmonized with his outstanding appearance, exuding a unique charm.
Of course, she was terrified when he carried out the cruel torture, but it was too much for the still young her to completely shake off the unguardedness that had begun to sway her.
At that time, Yang Se-ryeong, who had been walking silently, frowned and spoke.
“He is walking quite slowly.”
Her expression looked displeased.
It was a slightly strange matter.
Since there was an attack, they should have gone as fast as possible to widen the distance, yet the young man in front was walking leisurely right now.
As if he was sightseeing.
At those words, the expressions of Peng Cheol-wi and Zhuge Seung-ho also frowned together and became serious.
“To walk this slowly when we should be hurrying. Is there something going on around here?”
“Or perhaps he has another purpose.”
Even though Zhuge Seung-ho spoke unconsciously, he actually couldn’t understand it.
It was definitely a strange behavior.
To be this leisurely when there had been an attack.
Normally, they should have crossed the ridge a long time ago, yet they hadn’t even escaped the mountain yet.
‘It shouldn’t be that he’s purposely going slowly……!’
At that moment, a lightning bolt struck his mind.
Zhuge Seung-ho, who came up with an absurd thought, looked at Cheon-hwi’s back with wide eyes and struggled to part his trembling lips.
“C-could it be that what he is aiming for is…….”
The rising stars reacted to his appearance that seemed to have realized something.
“Do you know something?”
“Do you have a guess?”
“Do you know anything?”
“It’s not certain, but…….”
When Zhuge Seung-ho with a quite tense expression was about to say something.
“……!”
He closed his mouth at the sudden gaze.
It was because the young man walking ahead was looking at him.
“You keep following.”
As they freaked out, Cheon-hwi turned his head back.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’
At the same time, he cut off his interest.
It didn’t matter whether they followed or not.
Because right now, there was something else more important than that.
At that time, Cheon-hwi’s footsteps stopped.
“It’s already getting dark.”
The sun had already hidden its figure, and the moon that replaced it was revealing half of itself from within the clouds.
Beneath the faintly shining moonlight.
“You probably waited for this time, right?”
Cheon-hwi’s eyes, slowly falling down from the sky, shone terrifyingly.
Dozens of presences felt from afar.
They were slowly closing in like beasts that had found their prey.
Just when he thought they had reached a close distance.
Pababak!
Hidden weapons poured down from all directions.
“Hidden weapons again? Isn’t it too cliché?”
Cheon-hwi struck away the hidden weapons flying wrapped in darkness and executed the Lightning Shadow.
“……!”
Those who were hiding in the darkness and throwing hidden weapons moved their heads to find the suddenly disappeared Cheon-hwi.
“……?!”
“Where did he go?”
“Here.”
At the voice suddenly heard from the side, the attackers quickly threw the hidden weapons they had kept hidden in their sleeves toward that direction.
Swaeek!
The hidden weapons flew, buried in the darkness.
Secret and ingenious hidden weapon arts.
However.
Grab.
The hidden weapons they shot out were caught between the fingers of Cheon-hwi, who appeared next to them.
Cheon-hwi lightly tossed the hidden weapons up, then grasped them in his palm.
And as he loaded his internal energy.
Vwooom!
The flying daggers cried out and lightning sparks flew.
The attackers were surprised by the unusual change in the flying daggers and tried to widen the distance by executing their footwork, but.
“I’m returning them, so catch them well.”
Cheon-hwi threw the flying daggers along with his words.
Rumble!
In an instant, a faint sound of thunder rang out as five bolts of lightning flashed in the darkness.
The lightning that erupted in the darkness shot forward at an astonishing speed and descended upon them.
Crack! Crack!
Five cheerful sounds burst out.
Large holes were pierced in the foreheads of the attackers at the same time a burning smell filled the air.
“It’s pretty decent among flying dagger arts, I’d say.”
Cheon-hwi twitched his fingers and turned his gaze toward the direction where he had thrown the flying daggers.
The flying dagger art he had just executed.
The Flying Lightning Blade pierced the foreheads of the five who threw the hidden weapons, and as if that wasn’t enough, it even pierced through a tree before slowly losing power and falling down.
“Let’s see. The remaining guys are…….”
He quickly spread his Qi sense.
The Qi sense that took over fifteen zhang in an instant caught the presences of those who were lying in ambush with bated breath.
“There they are.”
Cheon-hwi’s figure disappeared.
The Flying Heaven Footwork made his body lighter than air, allowing him to close a long distance in one breath.
“Kuaaaak!”
“Keuhuk!”
Screams rang out loudly.
Cheon-hwi’s hands and feet, having discovered the attackers, moved dizzily and descended upon them.
Hand techniques, kicking arts, palm arts, etc…….
By the time countless martial arts were executed and were taking their lives one by one.
“……!”
“Those kinds of martial arts…….”
The rising stars, who had set up a defensive formation against the sudden attack, dropped their jaws.
A short time of blinking a few times.
During that time, Cheon-hwi was showing off an astonishing divine might.
Was that all?
He overwhelmingly played with them.
What that meant was probably because there was an unfathomable difference in martial prowess between him and the current attackers.
“How could he take down three in one strike…….”
“Does that martial prowess make sense!”
“One must at least be in the Limitless Realm…….”
The rising stars could not hide their astonishment.
They knew he was strong, but witnessing it directly, it was on a different level.
“…….”
Especially Peng Cheol-wi, who was the only one able to properly verify the martial prowess of Cheon-hwi running wild, tightly shut his mouth with a resentful face.
‘Is this what they call…… Heaven Beyond Heaven.’
An unknown emotion boiled within him.
Making his chest stuffy and causing him to despair.
The feeling of defeat.
‘Cheol-wi. The world is wide, yet how could you be satisfied with the reputation of Saber Dragon!’
Squeezing his eyes shut, he tightly gripped the great saber in his hand. And a moment later, he opened his eyes wide and let out a spirited shout.
“Uwaaa! Come at me, all of you!”
As if vomiting his pent-up anger, he threw his body toward the rushing attackers and burned his internal energy.
“Young Master Peng?”
Moyong Sang was flustered looking at Peng Cheol-wi suddenly howling like a beast, but.
‘He wouldn’t be able to endure it without vomiting it out.’
Zhuge Seung-ho understood his feelings.
Inferiority and a sense of defeat.
Weren’t those the emotions he had experienced every time looking at his brothers in the past?
‘He’ll have to suffer quite a bit to shake it off.’
He felt pitiful for him.
It must have caused a huge wave in his life, which had been smooth sailing until he gained the reputation of Saber Dragon, so it would be worse than himself.
“Please be careful of sneak attacks and hidden weapons.”
Zhuge Seung-ho didn’t know if Peng Cheol-wi heard him, but he spoke for now and caught his breath.
‘Peng Cheol-wi is Peng Cheol-wi.’
He was not in a position to think of others.
Right now, my own life was important.
‘I have to protect my own life. That person is handling the attackers, but he is not someone who will help us.’
Even though they had only been together for a day, he could grasp the young man’s disposition.
Only I am supreme.
He was someone who perfectly fit those words.
‘I just need to endure the sneak attacks.’
Perhaps because he was standing on the border of life and death, his reasoning was more cold-headed than ever right now.
Soon, when he took out a folding fan from his sleeve and slowly drew up his internal energy.
“Keuk!”
Peng Cheol-wi grabbed his waist.
“……Vicious!”
He said, grinding his teeth.
The opponents were terrible guys.
Not only did they block the path with hidden weapons and flying daggers, but the occasional sneak attacks aiming at blind spots were too ingenious to block.
It was then.
“Cough!”
As Peng Cheol-wi hurriedly turned his head, Moyong Sang was vomiting blood from his mouth.
It looked as though he had suffered internal injuries unable to endure the continuous attacks.
“Young Master Moyong?!”
“……!”
Just as Hwangbo So-hyeon and Yang Se-ryeong, who were building up the defense formation together by his side, flinched.
“I will try to block the attacks. The two young ladies should treat him.”
Peng Cheol-wi bit his lip.
“Young Hero Peng! Will you be alright on your own?”
Hwangbo So-hyeon stuck to his side.
The one who continuously protected her when sneak attacks occurred was none other than Peng Cheol-wi.
She asked with worried eyes.
Right now, he was a total mess.
Unable to block all the hidden weapons in time, several were stuck in his forearm, and his neat martial arts uniform was drenched in blood.
“This much is nothing.”
“But your wounds are already…….”
“I am fine. Keuk!”
Peng Cheol-wi clenched his teeth.
It was his own blunder.
Even though he could have dodged the hidden weapons if he tried, having been shocked by Cheon-hwi’s martial arts, he faced them head-on and exposed his weak points.
That was what these wounds were.
“This is my blunder.”
Peng Cheol-wi met Hwangbo So-hyeon’s eyes and let out a low voice.
“Young Lady Hwangbo. If I fall here, stick to that person right away.”
“Then what will Young Hero Peng do…….”
“Abandon me.”
“But how can I leave you behind.”
“I don’t want to drag you down.”
At Peng Cheol-wi’s words filled with resolve, Hwangbo So-hyeon had no choice but to nod.
“I understand! Instead, if I survive, I will definitely carry out Young Master Peng’s revenge.”
“That is enough.”
Peng Cheol-wi smiled in satisfaction and exhaled his hot breath very slowly.
And then he shot his eyes wide open.
“Then please fall back now.”
“……I understand.”
At Peng Cheol-wi’s request, Hwangbo So-hyeon bit her lip and widened the distance from him.
As she stuck to Yang Se-ryeong’s side after that.
“Heup!”
Peng Cheol-wi drew up his internal energy.
The majestic energy flowing from his body slowly wrapped around his entire body.
The Hebei Peng Clan’s family-inherited martial art.
The internal energy of the Heaven and Earth Profound Void Divine Art, as if it had noticed Peng Cheol-wi’s will, wrapped around him calmly rather than intensely and began to dye his saber.
However, due to concentrating on gathering internal energy, a weak point was exposed.
Tat!
Not missing that, five Sun Moon Sect disciples appeared without a sound and came stabbing at Peng Cheol-wi’s back with sabers and swords.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
At that moment, Peng Cheol-wi glared fiercely.
And then he twisted his waist using his left foot as an axis.
The eyes of the ambushing Sun Moon Sect disciples grew wide at the incredible speed that did not match his large build.
At that time, Peng Cheol-wi’s saber scattered light.
“Heup!”
The surprised Sun Moon Sect disciples hurriedly withdrew the sabers they swung and hastily dodged away.
It was because they felt an unusual energy from his saber.
However, the saber swung even faster than they thought and cleaved them.
Along with the cruel ‘seogeok’ sound of flesh being cut, short screams erupted.
Peng Cheol-wi twitched his eyebrows while looking at them fallen.
Drip…
At that moment, blood flowed from his mouth.
It was the same darkish pitch-black blood as the one Moyong Sang had shed just before.
Peng Cheol-wi wiped the blood with his sleeve.
After that, he vigorously shouted.
“Come! I am Peng Cheol-wi of the Peng Clan!”
The booming shout reached Cheon-hwi’s ears.
‘He’s an interesting guy?’
To call the enemies with a totally messed-up body.
It was no different from a suicidal act, but he never wavered like a great mountain.
Rather, he showed astonishing martial prowess.
‘It would be quite worth watching if he competed with Jeok-geom.’
Looking at the saber arts he was executing against dozens of Sun Moon Sect disciples, such a thought occurred to him.
As Cheon-hwi was looking at Peng Cheol-wi, the confronting Sun Moon Sect disciples seemed to have thought it was an opportunity and kicked the ground at the same time.
The Sun Moon Sect disciples who executed the Moon Form Divine Footwork reached Cheon-hwi in one breath.
Ssu-uk!
Seven blades abruptly popped out.
Cheon-hwi merely twisted his figure to dodge six of the popping-out blades. Then he grabbed the remaining one blade with his bare hand.
And then he pulled it just like that.
“Gasp!”
Along with a surprised voice, a man whose complexion turned pure white was dragged straight in.
At that moment, Cheon-hwi’s hand moved.
Along with a ‘crack’ sound, the man’s head was twisted in a direction that absolutely shouldn’t be possible.
“I’m curious who the Sun Moon Sect Leader is.”
Isn’t he a truly interesting guy.
Even if he didn’t know what kind of guy the Sun Moon Sect Leader was, his subordinates, the Sun Moon Sect disciples, kept rushing in solely to kill him, regardless of whether their comrades died or not.
Wasn’t that the case right now as well.
“It doesn’t seem like loyalty.”
Cheon-hwi smirked.
He did have one thing he could guess.
“It must be because of that internal energy mental method.”
He looked closely at their eyes.
Their pupils were slightly unfocused.
As if they were addicted to opium, or like those running wild intoxicated by killing intent.
‘He made an interesting mental method.’
Cheon-hwi threw the corpse to the side.
Then, ‘puk’, the corpse was pierced by the blade of a saber rushing in from the side.
“Son of a bitch!”
“How dare you use him as a shield?!”
Glaring fiercely at Cheon-hwi who threw their comrade’s corpse, they rushed forward.
Cheon-hwi chuckled while looking at them.
“Are you hoping for mercy from an enemy?”
“Y-you! Vicious bastard!”
“I will tear your limbs to shreds!”
Cheon-hwi chuckled at their words.
“What? You guys are no different.”
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