Chapter 246: The Time of Resurrection (2)
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Peeeeeeong! Crack!
With the bounced-off force, a tree broke from its base and fell over.
It wasn’t even a strike dealt with determination, and the tree broke with just the force that had become as weak as possible because it was blocked and bounced off once. One could tell how fatal the killing moves running rampant in this fight were.
Yeon Ho-jeong quickly struck the back of his hand upwards.
Teoooong!
The narrow-blade sword flying straight bounced off at a terrifying speed.
A huge loophole entered his eyes. Yeon Ho-jeong did not miss that loophole.
Paaaaak!
A Spear Hand stabbing in at a terrifying speed pierced the neck of a Dead Soul Group member.
Puuuuck!
From the fingertips that pierced the neck, force harboring the power of silk reeling unwound strand by strand. The Dead Soul Group member collapsed as he was.
At the same time, Yeon Ho-jeong realized this strike was a trap.
‘Tch.’
Pababababak!
Narrow-blade swords flew in from all directions.
Front, back, left, right, as well as up and down; there was nowhere to dodge.
‘They threw him as bait even knowing he would die?’
Yeon Ho-jeong struck his palm force towards the ground. It was the Yeon Clan’s secret technique, Reverse Dragon Palm.
Kwaang!
The earth vibrated, and the sword paths of the shooting narrow-blade swords shook minutely.
That extremely minute gap was exactly the best escape route to dodge the sword strikes. Yeon Ho-jeong’s two hands showed mysterious movements.
Teoteoteong! Riiiip!
Various parts of the hems of his clothes, which he slipped out with while striking the sword blades of the narrow-blade swords, were pierced.
Even if he was a split second late, holes would have been pierced all over his torso. It was a dizzying moment.
“Hoo.”
Yeon Ho-jeong, who breathed out lightly, looked around.
“Damn it.”
It’s already been half a shichen since the fight started.
The number of Dead Soul Group members he killed during half a shichen was only twelve. There were still eighteen masters left.
‘Is it the first time.’
He had cultivated martial arts at a terrifying speed since returning, but there were still heaps of people in the world stronger than him.
However, although there were many people stronger than him, there was not a single person as skilled in real combat and possessing an extraordinary ability to grasp the enemy’s weaknesses like him.
That was exactly Yeon Ho-jeong’s greatest weapon.
His real combat sense was polished through countless battles, but his ability to see through the enemy’s weaknesses was innate enough to say he was born with it. Those two abilities made Yeon Ho-jeong a rare fighter.
Is that why? In the life-or-death fights up until now, there had never been a time he couldn’t decide the match in a short period.
But what about now?
‘These guys…….’
The Dead Soul Group members merely kept their posture low and watched Yeon Ho-jeong, but absolutely never attacked first.
Because they were scared? That wasn’t it.
The Dead Soul Group reacts according to the target’s movements. Furthermore, he didn’t know what kind of internal energy they cultivated, but just by catching their breath for a moment, they recovered their consumed true qi surprisingly fast.
Even that wasn’t the end.
Paaaaak!
Yeon Ho-jeong, who was approaching their front at a terrifying speed, instantly changed direction.
Peeoong!
The ground full of fallen leaves exploded. At some point, Yeon Ho-jeong was unleashing a kick technique towards the group member at the right end, the edge of the Dead Soul Group.
Kwaang!
The reaction of the Dead Soul Group members was incredibly fast.
It is a mighty kick technique enough to cause an explosion of force. It was far ahead of them in speed before power.
And yet it was blocked. In that short moment, three group members sticking close around the target resolved the shockwave of the kick technique.
‘Smashing force. Evasion is evasion, but the defense of these guys is exceptionally outstanding.’
Yeon Ho-jeong swung his twin fists.
Papapapapang! Smack!
He thrust eight times to succeed in one attack. Even that was hitting the shoulder, not the face or chest.
Originally, the neck or sternum should have been broken. If he did that, he would have immediately confused their vision with follow-up attacks and started taking them down one by one.
‘They are skilled in real combat too.’
Riiiiiiip!
The end of the cloak tore long at the sword tip of the narrow-blade sword.
‘Their attacks are as sharp as needles.’
Yeon Ho-jeong’s body spun rapidly, creating a white gust of wind.
Kwareureureung!
The splendidly scattering White Tiger Qi became the north wind and attacked the Dead Soul Group.
It was an attack striking with internal energy shockwaves, not fists and feet. It had the disadvantage of severe internal energy consumption, but it also had the advantage of being able to attack omnidirectionally.
Pababababak!
All the Dead Soul Group members stepped back to the rear.
They had cultivated incomparable defensive moves, but even so, Yeon Ho-jeong’s martial arts were excessively threatening. Since the creation of the Dead Soul Group, there had never been a time when this many group members died like now.
Just as there were no guys like the Dead Soul Group in Yeon Ho-jeong’s life, there was no enemy as threatening as Yeon Ho-jeong for the Dead Soul Group either.
Bang! Crackle!
The area where the fight was already taking place wouldn’t be strange to call an empty lot. As all directions opened up, the shining moonlight brightened the view even more.
“Hoo.”
Yeon Ho-jeong, who breathed out lightly, shone his eyes.
‘By now he should have met Gang-ryang.’
The abilities of the Dead Soul Group are so outstanding that one can only say they are amazing.
However, Yeon Ho-jeong also wasn’t fighting with all his heart and strength. Because the purpose of this fight was to hold the enemy’s gaze on himself and earn time for his allies to escape, not to annihilate the enemies.
There is no need to get heated up unnecessarily. It was the reason Yeon Ho-jeong could afford to be relaxed even in a close combat close to half a shichen.
‘Let’s stall moderately. Just half a shichen more from now. After that, if I head north too, it ends…….’
It was then.
Peeeeeeeeeek!
One of the Dead Soul Group members blew a small horn flute.
It wasn’t a loud sound, but the sound itself was extremely sharp. It was a bizarre sound to the point where if one didn’t raise internal energy in time, they would momentarily lose their hearing.
Yeon Ho-jeong’s face hardened.
Ooooooouuuuung.
As he expanded his senses by raising the Jade Gauze True Formula to the extreme, he felt a group of people approaching at a fast speed from the far east.
“……Hey guys, isn’t this a bit much?”
It was the summoning of another Dead Soul Group. They were certain they couldn’t end this fight by themselves.
‘Damn it, I didn’t expect this.’
Additional troops didn’t join even after nearly half a shichen of close combat.
He couldn’t even feel the presence of the Soul-Severing Group chasing the party. For Yeon Ho-jeong, he naturally had no choice but to judge that it would be over once he defeated these guys.
But that judgment was a miscalculation.
If it were the Soul-Severing Group instead, it would be different, but another group of the same number of Dead Soul Group is attaching again?
‘Now that it has come to this.’
Hwoooooooong.
The cloak fluttered in the low blowing wind.
Sensing an unusual aura, tension cast in the eyes of all the Dead Soul Group members.
“From now on, it’ll be a bit hot.”
Red and white lights soared in Yeon Ho-jeong’s two eyes.
Paaaaang!
The elasticity and speed itself were different from the Heaven-Sent Moving Flight using the stable Jade Gauze True Formula.
Yeon Ho-jeong, who decided to bear excessive internal energy consumption, finally had the wings of the Vermilion Bird attached next to his feet.
Kwaaang!
It was a terrifying power.
Following the sequence of the Red Flame Six Killing Art, Blood Wing Sweeping Heavens, the collarbone of one Dead Soul Group member sank completely from the struck single palm.
“Keuk!”
A painful groan flowed from the Dead Soul Group member’s mouth.
His collarbone suddenly broke in a state where he wasn’t even mentally prepared. It was a natural reaction for a human.
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes flashed.
Crack! Crunch! Smack!
The middle right hand blade broke the ribs, the left knee strike broke the hip joint, and the half palm blown to the jaw shattered the jawbone.
It was a speed on a different dimension from before. One Dead Soul Group member died without even being able to take a defensive posture.
The flustered Dead Soul Group members swung their narrow-blade swords in unison.
In an instant, Yeon Ho-jeong’s body moved like a winding wave.
Hwoooooong.
A heavy and slow movement. But at some point, his body had passed the Dead Soul Group members and occupied their rear. It was Mysterious Pillar Immobility of the Black Tortoise Art.
What changed upon acquiring the Azure Dragon Qi wasn’t only the Vermilion Bird and White Tiger. Since the burden on the body could be resolved immediately, he could flow attacks away even with heavy steps.
The flustered Dead Soul Group members immediately turned their bodies.
But it was late. Yeon Ho-jeong was determined to annihilate at least these guys before the follow-up troops rushed in. The current him had turned into a rare monster possessing innate combat senses, eyes piercing through weaknesses, exceptional speed, and limitless destructive power.
Yeon Ho-jeong’s left leg battered left and right at an immense speed.
Pabababak!
It was a kick technique utilizing the explosion of true qi and the elasticity of his lower body. Since he wrapped the fangs of the White Tiger around it, five Dead Soul Group members vomited blood and collapsed on the spot.
It was an ignorant power.
Even if they wanted to smash the force, they couldn’t. Strength was strength, but because he was producing a completely different dimension of speed, they couldn’t even make proper reactions.
‘Huub.’
Of course, Yeon Ho-jeong wasn’t perfectly fine either.
He was explosively using the arts of three gods, excluding the Azure Dragon Qi. Since he was trying to decide the match in the shortest time even if strength was wasted, it felt like his internal energy and stamina were being scraped away correspondingly.
Paaaaak!
We won’t just take a beating. The sword strikes of the Dead Soul Group members seemed to be saying just that.
The narrow-blade swords thrust out as if piercing with a skewer pierced straight through Yeon Ho-jeong’s clothes.
Puuuuk!
The faces of the Dead Soul Group members turned completely stiff.
‘He’s not here?!’
The baggy cloak fluttered in the empty air. The person who was actually wearing the cloak had disappeared without a trace.
One Dead Soul Group member shouted.
“Scattering Palm!”
Kwaaaaaang!
The heavy strike that flew in before they could even smash the force turned six Dead Soul Group members into bloody pulps on the spot.
It was Northern Heaven Twelve Walls of the Black Tortoise Art added with the speed of the Vermilion Bird and the intimidation of the White Tiger. Like dropping an unbreakable iron fortress from a cliff, the bodies of the six dead group members were almost crushed to pieces and flew in all directions by the body slam producing a bloody power.
“H- How can this be!”
Groans finally flowed from the mouths of the surviving group members.
Six Dead Soul Group members who claimed to be grim reapers died without being able to lift a finger to a single body slam. It was a power hard to believe even while looking at it.
‘Udeuk!’
Yeon Ho-jeong’s complexion turned noticeably pale.
He suffered an internal injury from unreasonable operation of his internal energy. It was a shock that couldn’t be blocked even with the mysterious power of the Azure Dragon Qi.
‘It can’t be helped. Just two more…….’
It was then.
Another group got caught in Yeon Ho-jeong’s senses.
‘……!!’
A healthy color returned to his face.
Tiiiiiiing!
Sword qi flew in from the darkness to the left.
It was the new Dead Soul Group. As soon as they entered the empty lot, they shot sword qi at Yeon Ho-jeong.
Yeon Ho-jeong’s two eyes spewed fire.
Kwaang!
With an explosion, his body headed north.
“He’s escaping!”
“Catch him!”
Pasasasasak!
The newly replenished another Dead Soul Group, and a few surviving original Dead Soul Group members chased after Yeon Ho-jeong.
Hwareureuk! Hwareureureuk!
Deep red flames swayed from Yeon Ho-jeong’s body.
The Vermilion Bird Qi leaked out of his body. It meant he was experiencing abnormalities in operating his internal energy.
Srrrrr.
Naturally, the speed of his movement technique also slowed down. Since it was the most explosive energy, the aftereffects of using it without control were bound to be great as well.
Pabababababak!
The distance between the Dead Soul Group and Yeon Ho-jeong was gradually narrowing.
It’s dangerous if it goes on like this. For the current Yeon Ho-jeong, he didn’t have enough internal energy or stamina left to deal with this many troops.
That’s right. The ‘current’ Yeon Ho-jeong was like that.
But what if he finds his original self.
If he has the condition where his martial arts can exert the most powerful might, what will happen then?
Hwooooong!
The eyes of the Dead Soul Group leader running closest to Yeon Ho-jeong flashed.
‘What’s that?’
For a moment, there was a dark object flying in while covering the moonlight.
‘A bat?’
No.
It wasn’t a bat. Because a bat’s tail wasn’t that long, nor did it look that heavy.
The pitch-black object flying across the sky descended at a terrifying speed.
‘……An axe?’
At that time, the Dead Soul Group leader heard Yeon Ho-jeong’s voice.
“I told you not to just throw it randomly.”
A voice full of laughter.
In an instant, Yeon Ho-jeong leaped high into the sky.
Peeeeeeong!
Yeon Ho-jeong leaping with all his might.
He reached out his hand towards the axe.
Gwaaaaaak.
The coldly cooled spear shaft thrillingly awakened the nerves of his whole body.
Finally, the giant axe weighing over eighty geun, the rare weapon called the Crazy Dragon Axe, was grasped in his hands.
Yeon Ho-jeong floating in the air turned his body.
Two eyes burning with fearsome killing intent, it was the gaze of the Murim Alliance’s best actual combat unit, the Evil-Annihilating Army Commander.
“Kill them.”
Kwaaaaang!
Smashing trees and rocks, fifty cavalrymen rushed in.