Chapter 244: Chapter 244
Mu Jeong-do’s expression slightly stiffened.
The young Taoist, who looked to have barely passed twenty, kicked Gi Ryeon-no far away with a single kick.
No matter how much lower Gi Ryeon-no’s realm was than his own, he was not someone who would be defeated so easily.
He glared at Cheon-hwi with tension.
But at that moment.
Tat.
Cheon-hwi’s figure suddenly disappeared.
The moment his eyes widened in surprise.
Seogeok!
A gruesome sound dug into his ears.
Mu Jeong-do hurriedly turned his head.
Already, a subordinate’s head was soaring into the air there, scattering blood.
‘When?!’
That was not all.
Before he knew it, Cheon-hwi had dug into the Green Forest bandits and was unpredictably wielding his sword.
Astonishingly fast, and cruelly!
Puhwak!
Every time he swung his sword, the limbs of nearby Green Forest bandits soared into the sky, and their chests split wide open.
Belatedly, screams ran rampant.
“Keoheok!”
“Uaaak!”
Mu Jeong-do’s pupils shook at the situation that had instantly become a battlefield of Asura.
‘This is a Taoist’s sword…?’
It was an incomparably cruel sword.
And Cheon-hwi, who had created such a result, had no change in expression.
As if it were natural.
The killing sword without a shred of mercy quickly reaped the lives of the subordinates.
Eventually, when the number exceeded ten.
“U-uaaak!”
The Green Forest bandits became prematurely frightened and began to back away.
And Mu Jeong-do’s face, who was watching the situation, distorted terribly.
‘At this rate, I will only lose my subordinates!’
Mu Jeong-do, recognizing the seriousness of the situation, immediately kicked off the ground.
He aimed for Cheon-hwi’s back, who was ravaging his subordinates, and swung his willow leaf blade largely.
A perfect surprise attack aiming for an opening.
However.
Kaaang!
Mu Jeong-do let out a short groan and slid back just as he had rushed in.
Pushed back about five zhang, Mu Jeong-do straightened his body and mumbled in his mouth.
“Ptui!”
Having perhaps suffered internal injuries, he spat blood-mixed saliva onto the ground and moved his lips while glaring at Cheon-hwi with cold eyes.
“The enemy is one person. Do not step back.”
The Green Forest bandits, who had been unconsciously backing away to avoid Cheon-hwi, finally came to their senses.
‘Our numbers are overwhelming!’
‘The enemy is only one…’
They burned with fighting spirit in their eyes, shaking off the fear that had dominated their entire bodies.
Having regained their composure, they raised their broadswords.
The killing intent emitted by the Green Forest bandits, centered on Mu Jeong-do, shot towards Cheon-hwi.
However, Cheon-hwi, the actual target, lightly brushed off the killing intent they exuded.
‘Only ten people?’
Cheon-hwi, who was counting the number of Green Forest bandits he had cut down, stepped forward with a light gesture.
In an instant, Cheon-hwi unfolded the Dark Fragrance Drift, and following his hand gesture, the White Lotus Sword drew a large arc from left to right.
Swaeeaeeaek!
Along with the sound of cutting the air, a red light slash struck in at a formidable speed.
In that moment, Mu Jeong-do gasped.
The momentum contained in the slash was so intense as if it would cleave this world in half.
He had to avoid it right now.
But even at that moment, the slash was approaching at a terrifying speed.
‘Too late…!’
Mu Jeong-do urgently raised his willow leaf blade to block the flying slash.
‘Keok!’
Mu Jeong-do, who barely swallowed the scream that almost burst out of his mouth, forcefully twisted the wrist holding the willow leaf blade.
Kagagagang!
When the deeply bent willow leaf blade began to emit an ominous sound as if it would break due to that.
“Uaaak!”
Gritting his teeth, Mu Jeong-do let out a shout and loaded all his internal energy into the willow leaf blade.
And he struck the slash upwards.
Kwaaaang!
The deflected slash crashed into the cliff behind, leaving a huge mark.
“…Gulp.”
When the Green Forest bandits blankly looked at the cliff.
“Heok, heok.”
Mu Jeong-do gasped for breath.
‘What kind of slash is this…’
The hand gripping the willow leaf blade was still trembling uncontrollably, unable to calm down.
At that time, a low voice was heard.
“Oh, you struck it away.”
Cheon-hwi looked at Mu Jeong-do with a calm gaze and raised his sword again.
“As expected, one wasn’t enough. Tsk, it can’t be helped.”
With those words, Cheon-hwi’s sword was swung, and the moment the slash was fired again.
“…Damn it!”
Mu Jeong-do spat out a curse without realizing it.
Because now, not one, but multiple slashes were striking towards him.
“Everyone run away!”
Mu Jeong-do shouted furiously.
However, the slashes that had already cut across the air overwhelmed him and the Green Forest bandits in an instant.
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Kwagwagwagwang!
Hearing the intense explosion, the Green Forest Great Emperor frowned and turned his head.
Thick dust rose up.
And the momentum felt within it greatly stimulated his sixth sense.
“I thought it would be fine without the Mount Hua Divine Sword, but it seems there was another expert.”
The murmuring Green Forest Great Emperor looked ahead. Hyeon-sang, his Taoist robe and entire body dyed with blood, was holding up his sword.
“Do you still have the strength left to stand up?”
The Green Forest Great Emperor, who sneered once, threw his body.
Approaching Hyeon-sang without any presence, the Green Forest Great Emperor smashed his fist into his abdomen.
Peoeok!
Along with a heavy sound, Hyeon-sang’s upper body bent greatly forward.
“Kulleok!”
Hyeon-sang threw up a mouthful of blood.
The force that penetrated into his body shook his dantian, and he felt that he had suffered a severe internal injury.
The Green Forest Great Emperor snatched the neck of the bowed Hyeon-sang and lifted him up high.
“Keok!”
Hyeon-sang let out a groan.
A crescent moon-like arc was drawn on the corners of the Green Forest Great Emperor’s mouth as he watched that sight.
“I will show you something interesting before you die.”
Along with his words, the Green Forest Great Emperor lifted Hyeon-sang in his hand, making him look around.
‘…!’
Hyeon-sang’s pupils vibrated.
The situation of Mount Hua was not good.
The Green Forest bandits, using their numbers, were surrounding the disciples of Mount Hua.
The three martial units, including Hyeon-ryeo and Hyeon Heo, were desperately resisting while protecting the disciples, but it was insufficient to stop the Green Forest bandits whose momentum had reached its peak.
Confirming the situation thick with the color of defeat, Hyeon-sang felt as if all the blood in his body was flowing backwards.
“Huhu, how does it feel?”
The Green Forest Great Emperor, who was watching the situation where the encirclement was gradually narrowing, turned his gaze to Hyeon-sang and spoke.
“The feeling of becoming the last Sect Leader of the Mount Hua Sect.”
“You…!”
Due to the soaring anger, the capillaries in his eyes burst, and tears of blood flowed.
The Green Forest Great Emperor looked at Hyeon-sang’s eyes, which were shedding tears of blood, and burst into mad laughter.
“Hahahahat!”
It felt as if he could fly in the sky.
How long had he waited for this day.
“Good, this is good. To have the Sect Leader of the Nine Great Sects and One Gang under my feet…”
Pleasure thrillingly swept through his body.
Who would have thought.
That the Green Forest would exterminate Mount Hua.
It was something he couldn’t even dream of in the past.
But now, he was right on the verge of accomplishing that tremendous deed.
The Green Forest Great Emperor flashed his green eyes and spoke while making eye contact straight with Hyeon-sang.
“Go well.”
Along with his words, strength was loaded into his hand.
“Keok!”
At the moment when Hyeon-sang was gasping for breath from the grip roughly tightening around his neck.
Swaeeaeeaek!
Along with the sound of wind tearing the air, something sharp shot towards him.
“They are attacking…?”
The Green Forest Great Emperor threw Hyeon-sang away.
Jureureuk…
By the time Hyeon-sang, who had flown nearly ten zhang, rolled on the ground and was covered in dust.
“How dare you…!”
The Green Forest Great Emperor widely spread his right hand.
The hand full of scars collided with the shooting slash.
Kwajijik!
The Green Forest Great Emperor gripped the slash and crushed it as it was.
“…”
His nose bridge wrinkled.
Because a small sword mark was engraved on the palm that blocked the slash.
‘To leave such a wound on my hand, which is like an indestructible body…’
His eyes sank coldly.
His body, which had cultivated the Golden Bell Cover to the limit, had reached a level where swords and blades couldn’t leave a single scratch.
For twenty years, no matter how outstanding the Jianghu’s experts were, none had ever left a single wound on him.
‘This momentum is what I felt just before…’
The Green Forest Great Emperor, narrowing his brow, looked in the direction the slash had flown from.
Jeobeok… jeobeok…
A young Taoist was slowly walking over, dragging a corpse with one hand.
The moment he revealed himself, the Green Forest Great Emperor’s brow narrowed even further.
‘He was such a young brat?’
Around the time the Green Forest Great Emperor frowned at the appearance of a young Taoist, unlike what he had thought, a voice was heard from the side.
“Cheo, Cheon-hwi…”
Hyeon-sang, collapsed on the ground, looked at Cheon-hwi walking over and smiled softly.
For a smile worn by someone who had death right before his eyes just a moment ago, it was too hopeful and bright.
‘Is that young brat supposed to be the best expert of the Mount Hua Sect… Wait, did he say Cheon-hwi?’
Soon, the Green Forest Great Emperor opened his eyes wide.
‘I see. That guy was the Plum Blossom Sword Hero.’
Only now could he understand the intense momentum he had felt just before and this slash now.
‘I thought it would be exaggerated since it was a circulating rumor.’
The Green Forest Great Emperor’s frown deepened.
When it came to the Plum Blossom Sword Hero, he knew him very well because he had heard about him until his ears hurt from the Evil Black Lotus and his subordinates before invading Mount Hua.
A rising star in Jianghu right now.
The one whose martial prowess surpassed the Flying Swallow Sword Lord, and who had single-handedly defeated the Black Shadow Squad, the martial unit of the Evil Black Lotus.
‘The current momentum is even more than the rumors.’
The Green Forest Great Emperor lightly rolled his neck while looking at Cheon-hwi slowly walking over.
‘I definitely have to kill him.’
He had only seen a single strike.
But the Green Forest Great Emperor felt it.
No matter what happened, he must not let that guy live.
‘Even if I tear down the Mount Hua Sect, as long as this guy is alive, Mount Hua’s will will continue.’
It was then.
Tak.
Cheon-hwi, who reached five zhang in front of the Green Forest Great Emperor, stopped his steps and threw the corpse.
Kung.
The Green Forest Great Emperor, seeing the corpse that fell right under his feet, twitched his eyebrows.
The corpse had gruesome sword marks carved all over its entire body except for its face, to the point that just looking at it made one frown automatically.
‘As the information the Evil Black Lotus gave, he is cruel without any mercy in his methods…’
The Green Forest Great Emperor flinched while scanning the wounds.
“…Mu Jeong-do?”
Only then did the Green Forest Great Emperor confirm the corpse’s face and was looking it over again with surprised eyes.
“As expected, unlike that guy, you blocked it easily.”
A low voice was heard.
Cheon-hwi stared straight at the surprised Green Forest Great Emperor and twisted his lips.
An obvious sneer.
Seeing that, the Green Forest Great Emperor took a step forward, narrowing the distance with Cheon-hwi.
Step by step.
The distance of nearly five zhang narrowed, and soon the two came to confront each other with only about a step’s distance between them.
A distance where if someone moved first right away, they might suffer a fatal wound instantly.
But the two were not rash.
At that moment when they were looking at each other for a while like that.
“Hahahahat! So that was it!”
The Green Forest Great Emperor burst into a broad laugh.
“I thought it was strange. Even though the Mount Hua Divine Sword has reached the Heavenly Martial Realm, he couldn’t have defeated the White Snake God alone. But this makes it a different story.”
The Green Forest Great Emperor erupted his fighting aura.
His gray robe fluttered violently and soared, and at the same time, his green eyes flashed.
“It was you.”
Fighting aura dwelled in his green eyes.
It was a very thick and sticky fighting aura.
“The guy who defeated the White Snake God.”
Cheon-hwi slowly raised his head and met the gaze of the Green Forest Great Emperor looking down at him.
“That’s right. I defeated him.”
“Keukeukeukeuk!”
The Green Forest Great Emperor laughed madly.
Matching that, the fighting aura also ran wild roughly, and the space around him became distorted.
It was a mysterious sight.
But both the Green Forest Great Emperor who created that sight and Cheon-hwi who was watching right in front of him were calm.
However, that was also brief, the moment the Green Forest Great Emperor, who had been laughing for a while, stopped his laughter abruptly.
Kwajik!
The two stepped down heavily at the same time.
The Green Forest Great Emperor’s fist cut through the air and was struck down towards Cheon-hwi’s face.
Cheon-hwi rotated his body and drew the sword in his hand from bottom to top.
It happened in a split second.
The fist and the sword collided.
Kwaaaaaang!
The earth’s axis shook greatly.
A huge shockwave burst with the two at the center, spreading out in all directions like a wave.
“What the!”
“Heoeoeok!”
“What is this!”
Swept away by the shockwave rushing in like a wave, Hyeon-sang was blown away, and the Green Forest bandits and disciples fighting from afar staggered.