Chapter 30: Chapter 30
The man who came out of the main gate, the Supreme King Sect Leader, glared at the young Daoist who spoke disrespectfully to him, and then flinched at the surrounding sight.
‘What is this?’
Around the young Daoist, those wearing the martial uniforms of the Supreme King Sect were groaning or collapsed in a miserable state.
While hurriedly examining them.
“……!”
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s expression changed drastically.
The ones collapsed around the young Daoist bastard were the Tyrant Middle Squad members and the Blood Slaughter Blade.
‘Blood Slaughter Blade is…….’
His mind raced.
The Blood Slaughter Blade was a peak expert who ranked in the top five even within the Supreme King Sect.
However, he was collapsed in less than a quarter of an hour.
And that too, along with the Tyrant Middle Squad members.
‘That would mean that young bastard is at least a peak expert!’
By the time the Supreme King Sect Leader was racking his brain.
Smirk…
Cheon-hwi, who was staring at him, had his mouth torn open in a smile.
Revealing his snow-white teeth brightly in the darkness, he looked at the Supreme King Sect Leader and spoke.
“Are you the Sect Leader?”
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s eyebrows shot up.
At the disrespectful speech from a bastard who looked much younger than him, killing intent bloomed from the Supreme King Sect Leader’s body, and his martial uniform swelled greatly.
“This young bastard!”
Who was he.
He was an expert counted on one hand in Shaanxi Province, and the Wheel-Turning Blade who was shaking the world with his fame.
Moreover, he was the Sect Leader of the Supreme King Sect, which had been rapidly expanding its power recently.
“Is this your doing?”
“Then who do you think did it? You should know unless your eyes are knotholes.”
At the sight of Cheon-hwi speaking while looking at him with a pathetic expression, the Supreme King Sect Leader’s forehead wrinkled, and veins bulged.
“To dare to know where this place is…….”
He, who was shouting while glaring, stopped abruptly.
Belatedly, the young Daoist bastard’s appearance began to enter his sight.
A Daoist robe as black as darkness and a sporadically revealed blood-red pattern.
Especially upon seeing the pattern chaotically engraved on the sleeves, he opened his eyes wide.
‘P-Plum blossoms?’
The Supreme King Sect Leader burst out in bewilderment.
A Daoist robe with plum blossoms engraved on its sleeves belonged to only one place in the world.
‘C-Could it be that the Cold-Faced Blade Ghost and the Tyrant Guard Squad failed their mission!’
By the time he bit his lip while thinking.
“Master!”
“Sect Leader!”
As many as a hundred martial artists appeared beside him, kneeling at the same time.
They were the Tyrant Heaven Squad, the last one of the Supreme King Sect’s three martial squads.
The Supreme King Sect Leader looked down at the young man at the very front and yelled in a fit of anger.
“What were you doing until this mess happened!”
“I-I apologize.”
At the intimidation of the extremely angry Supreme King Sect Leader, the young man, the Supreme King Sect’s grand disciple and the Tyrant Heaven Squad Leader, So Jeong-myeong, trembled finely all over his body.
Afterward, he urgently bowed his head.
“I will hurry up and clean it up.”
The Supreme King Sect Leader glared at the back of So Jeong-myeong’s head as he bowed, and thought.
‘Although this bastard’s skills are much lower than the Blood Slaughter Blade’s, his joint attacks with the Tyrant Heaven Squad members are unmatched even in this sect.’
The Supreme King Sect Leader laughed inwardly.
So Jeong-myeong was a disciple he had taken in, but he had absolutely no feelings like a shred of affection.
To him, So Jeong-myeong was just a weapon.
Nothing more, nothing less.
‘It doesn’t seem like there are any odds of winning at all, but I will be able to gauge the opponent’s skills.’
Having finished all his calculations, he spoke.
“Then what are you doing instead of taking care of it quickly.”
“Your command!”
As the Supreme King Sect Leader ordered with a cold gaze, So Jeong-myeong and the Tyrant Heaven Squad shouted vigorously and straightened their bent knees and waists.
Following that, So Jeong-myeong glared at Cheon-hwi.
“What are you again?”
“You bastard, how insolent! Not only do you dare to run amok in this sect, but you also have such a manner of speaking to Master, I will fix your state of mind!”
At So Jeong-myeong’s energetic rebuke, the expressions of the Supreme King Sect disciples brightened.
“The Tyrant Heaven Squad Leader has stepped forward!”
“If it’s the Tyrant Heaven Squad, even that bastard……!”
Receiving the Supreme King Sect disciples’ cheers and gazes full of trust, So Jeong-myeong’s shoulders naturally straightened, and his nose rose high.
‘Hehehe, if I show an active performance here, the next generation’s Sect Leader position will be mine.’
By the time he drew his sword while laughing inwardly.
‘I wonder if it will be a post-meal workout.’
Cheon-hwi, who had been watching his actions, examined the faces of those surrounding him.
Two hundred terrified Supreme King Sect disciples and one hundred martial artists who had finished preparing to attack.
That was all the presences he had felt.
“Will a quarter of an hour be enough.”
Unlike his calm expression, Cheon-hwi, who was spitting out eerie words, pulled his chin.
Whoosh!
The Tyrant Heaven Squad members rushing in like a swarm of ants were swinging their swords toward Cheon-hwi.
“No matter how much of an expert you are, you won’t be able to escape this joint attack formation!”
At the moment they were about to unfold their joint attack.
Step…
Cheon-hwi took a step forward, and those rushing in felt a shock in their chests.
“Keohok!”
Dozens of them flew backwards.
“W-What is this…….”
At that moment when So Jeong-myeong burst into astonishment at the sight of the Tyrant Heaven Squad members flying away like falling autumn leaves even before unfolding the joint attack.
Thwack!
He felt a pain in his chest.
And that was his end.
“……!”
The eyes of the Supreme King Sect Leader, who was looking at So Jeong-myeong collapsed with his chest smashed, shook.
‘In, in one blow?’
Cold sweat flowed down his forehead.
As if no one else except him had seen the situation just now, everyone was wondering, but he had witnessed it clearly.
The dozens of palm shadows that appeared and disappeared.
‘When did the Mount Hua Sect get such a bastard…….’
The inside of the Supreme King Sect Leader’s mouth went completely dry.
“S-Spare me…… Keok.”
During that time, Cheon-hwi was disposing of them one by one.
The Tyrant Heaven Squad members who had attacked with great momentum became cold corpses and were collapsed, and those who managed to survive were standing stiffly, not even able to think of running away.
It was entirely because of Cheon-hwi’s presence.
“Then…….”
Cheon-hwi moved his head left and right.
Flinch!
In an instant, the Supreme King Sect disciples turned their heads to avoid his gaze, but.
“Are there a hundred left now?”
Cheon-hwi captured all of them in his eyes.
Ta-at.
Soon he lightly stomped his foot, and immediately after, a one-sided massacre occurred.
“S-Sect Leader!”
“Please help us!”
The Supreme King Sect disciples hurriedly ran away toward the Supreme King Sect Leader and asked for help.
“……Stop.”
Only then did the Supreme King Sect Leader step forward.
He drew the blade hanging at his waist and glared at the approaching Cheon-hwi.
Schwing…
The blade had a slightly unique shape.
The blade body was much wider than a normal blade, but its length was shorter by about six cun.
Resting the blade on his shoulder, the Supreme King Sect Leader let out a low voice.
“You are a person who possesses quite a skill.”
Cheon-hwi, who was making an expression as if looking at a bug, moved his lips with a face that said he had finally met a somewhat human-like bastard.
“Still, you must have eyes that see differently from the other bastards since you’re nominally the Sect Leader, right?”
“Why is a Daoist of the Mount Hua Sect attacking this sect?”
Cheon-hwi let out a snicker.
The intention was too obvious.
“Why? Are you going to pretend not to know?”
“…….”
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s eyes sank heavily.
As expected, he had come seeking the Supreme King Sect knowing the entire situation.
“Do you have something you want?”
“What? Something I want? Not particularly…… Ah! I do have one.”
Cheon-hwi, who was speaking as if it was not even worth thinking about, suddenly seemed to remember something, changed his words, and curled the corners of his mouth.
“What is it? I will try to accommodate it as much as possible, so let’s just overlook this incident…….”
The Supreme King Sect Leader asked in order to appease him, but it didn’t take long for him to realize that choice was a miscalculation.
Cheon-hwi’s eyes instantly turned cold.
“Your neck.”
“……A breakdown.”
Feeling that appeasement was impossible, the Supreme King Sect Leader instantaneously exploded his internal energy.
“You’re stating the obvious.”
Cheon-hwi’s ridicule deepened further.
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s eyebrows twitched.
Although his anger surged slightly, he hurriedly suppressed it, scanned Cheon-hwi and his surroundings in detail with cold pupils, and asked.
“It seems you came alone.”
“I should cancel the words I said just now. Your eyes seem to be equally just for decoration.”
Cheon-hwi looked at the Supreme King Sect Leader with a pathetic gaze and added his words.
“Then I’m alone. Who else would there be?”
A smile hovered around the mouth of the Supreme King Sect Leader who was listening to his answer.
“Right, so you mean you are alone.”
At his laughter, Cheon-hwi also laughed back.
“Why? Do you think you can kill me if I’m alone?”
“Amply.”
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s smile was completely wiped away.
Hwa-a-ak!
Thick internal energy spreading in all directions.
His eyes flashed as he drew up the internal energy of the Wheel-Turning Mind Art, which he had received from a nameless apostate monk when he was young.
‘The odds of winning are over seven out of ten.’
He calmly calculated his win rate.
The opponent in front of him was definitely a surprising expert, but he was confident of winning.
It was because he believed in the internal energy of the Wheel-Turning Mind Art and the Wheel-Turning Blade Art, which was his alias and his signature martial art that made him a top expert in Shaanxi.
Gripping his blade, he held a smile as he looked at Cheon-hwi, who was stiff in front of his eyes.
‘He was pressured by the internal energy of the Wheel-Turning Mind Art.’
But did he know?
That Cheon-hwi was not stiffened.
That he was just staying still because he couldn’t even feel the value of unfolding a supreme martial art.
‘Still, since you’re nominally the Sect Leader, you’re slightly better than the other bastards.’
Cheon-hwi examined the Supreme King Sect Leader’s momentum.
It was completely different in the quantity and quality of internal energy compared to his subordinates.
‘At this level, his internal energy is definitely superior to that bastard who was in the Flying Wind Merchant Guild.’
His internal energy, which slightly exceeded the Cold-Faced Blade Ghost, the highest expert he had seen since debuting in Jianghu, was making his martial uniform swell.
Perhaps because his internal energy was contained in his blade following that, the color of the blade body changed.
It was none other than Blade Qi.
“I will kill you.”
The Supreme King Sect Leader immediately kicked off the ground.
Having narrowed the distance with Cheon-hwi in an instant, he raised the blade diagonally and then slashed it.
The Blade Qi transformed into a Blade Wind.
Swaaaak!
It generated a massive vortex.
It was the Wheel-Turning Flash, the fastest and swiftest move in the Wheel-Turning Blade Art.
Looking at the Blade Wind approaching while swallowing the surrounding air, Cheon-hwi raised his palm.
At that brief moment, when the Supreme King Sect Leader, who was looking at the snow-white palm, formed a smile of victory.
Clang!
Sparks flew.
“……!”
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s two eyes grew as if they would pop out. The snow-white palm was lightly grasping the blade enveloped in Blade Qi.
“T-The Wheel-Turning Flash…….”
“Wheel-Turning Flash?”
The corners of Cheon-hwi’s eyes curved.
“Isn’t it too grandiose compared to its power?”
“You bastard!”
The Supreme King Sect Leader chewed on his lip.
After that, pouring out all his internal energy once again, he advanced and swung the blade.
Whoosh…
Cheon-hwi twisted his waist and dodged.
However, at the moment the Supreme King Sect Leader, who had already anticipated his evasion, turned his blade and was about to unfold the Wheel-Turning Sky Slash.
Clang!
Cheon-hwi’s palm struck away the blade body.
“Keok!”
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s face distorted at the shockwave traveling up from his hand holding the blade.
However, that was not the end.
Cheon-hwi snatched his hand holding the blade, and then broke his wrist in a single stroke.
Crack!
The hand was bent in a bizarre direction.
“Kuaaack!”
The Supreme King Sect Leader, who was writhing in pain, eventually dropped the blade he was gripping tightly.
Thud…
At the continuous attacks that occurred in the blink of an eye, the Supreme King Sect Leader grabbed his twisted wrist and groaned.
“How could you use a hand technique against the Wheel-Turning Sky Slash…….”
“What hand technique. It’s just a hand gesture.”
Cheon-hwi spoke nonchalantly.
However, the face of the party involved, the Supreme King Sect Leader, who heard those words, was enveloped in astonishment.
“J-Just a hand gesture, you said?”
“Using an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken…… Ah. You’re not even a chicken.”
The Supreme King Sect Leader’s face, his pride cracked at Cheon-hwi’s belittling tone, crumpled like a sheet of paper.
However, he couldn’t say anything.
Because he felt the difference in skill with him to his bones from the one exchange they just shared.
‘I can absolutely never win.’
What he had thought was seven out of ten before facing him vanished as if washed away by water.
Looking at Cheon-hwi with a face thick with the shadow of defeat, he searched for a way to survive, and then brought up the sect that had helped him.
“B-Behind me is the White Ghost Castle.”
“If it’s about that, I already know.”
“You know!?”
The Supreme King Sect Leader was astonished by the short answer.
“B-But you do this kind of thing?”
“Speak straight. This mess happened because you messed with me first.”
“I-If you kill me, the White Ghost Castle won’t leave you alone.”
“How?”
“No matter if you are from the Mount Hua Sect, the White Ghost Castle will use its power to kill you…….”
“Really? That sounds like fun?”
At the tone that rather laughed and welcomed it, the Supreme King Sect Leader panicked and shouted.
“C-Crazy bastard!”
“Crazy bastard. That is quite an affectionate term. But do you know this?”
Cheon-hwi loaded internal energy into his palm.
“All the bastards who spat out those words in front of me died.”
The moment his martial uniform swelled greatly.
Boom!
An explosion erupted.
Following that, he poured out his internal organs and coagulated blood from his mouth and lost the light in his pupils.
“Wait there just a little bit.”
Cheon-hwi stared at him as he died and added words that would help his rest.
“Because I will send those guys together too.”
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