Chapter 356: The Start of the Cleanup (6)
Clang!
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes shone.
‘Incredible.’
Yeon Ho-jeong, who had been rushing toward Seok Gyeong, immediately changed direction and attacked Mu Seong.
It was an irregular attack, to say the least. Yet Mu Seong blocked the Crazy Dragon Axe as if he had been waiting for it, and the shock of the force emission transmitted from the axe blade was truly amazing.
‘He’s completely fine.’
It was a strike delivered with White Tiger Qi filled to the brim. Even though he struck that blow with his bare hand blade, his hand was not ruined.
Thud!
Still, due to Yeon Ho-jeong’s unique strength and the weight of the Crazy Dragon Axe, he stepped back two steps. It meant that Yeon Ho-jeong had the upper hand in terms of strength, at least.
“This bastard!”
Seok Gyeong immediately extended the Blazing Fire Divine Palm toward Yeon Ho-jeong.
Whoosh!
The left side of his face became hot. A tremendous heat was being transmitted in an instant.
Dash!
Yeon Ho-jeong soared high into the sky.
Boom!
The Blazing Fire Divine Palm smashed into the cliff. It wasn’t simply hot; it even contained enough power to crush rocks.
Seok Gyeong looked up at Yeon Ho-jeong. As if he knew he would dodge into the air, he was already preparing another palm force in his left hand.
That was when.
Whoosh!
An insidious fist wind was shot aiming at Seok Gyeong’s torso.
It was a palm force flowing in riding the texture of the air. Its power was not strong, but if hit, there would be a temporary decrease in combat power. The poison qi felt from the palm force was extremely fierce.
‘Tang Clan?!’
Seok Gyeong threw his left hand toward Tang Kwan’s palm force.
Boom!
With an explosion, sparks spread in all directions. A sweet smell was carried on those sparks and scattered. It was the smell of a poison palm breaking.
Tang Kwan wore a cold smile.
“Arrogant bastard!”
Murderous intent arose on Seok Gyeong’s face.
“Bug of the Tang Clan.”
Dash!
Seok Gyeong rushed toward Tang Kwan.
He was much faster than Gok Gang’s movements. At the same time, a sense of composure could be felt. It was leaving room in his movement and footwork so that he could react at any time.
Tang Kwan quietly put his hands behind his back and faced Seok Gyeong.
Seok Gyeong’s eyes deepened.
‘Does he have some kind of trick in mind?’
At that moment, a tremendous murderous intent swirled from behind his back.
‘……!’
Seok Gyeong quickly dodged to the side.
Boom!
The Crazy Dragon Axe, which flew in spinning like a wagon wheel, embedded itself in the spot where Seok Gyeong had been standing.
Flash!
Yeon Ho-jeong, who had stepped onto the spear shaft of the axe before anyone knew it, struck out a palm toward Seok Gyeong.
Bang!
Seok Gyeong backed away.
The shock wasn’t big. This was because it was a pushing palm force, not an exploding one.
As Seok Gyeong backed away, Mu Seong immediately charged in.
A blue radiance swirled in Yeon Ho-jeong’s pupils.
Slash!
Pulling out the Crazy Dragon Axe in one breath.
Flash!
The speed of the Crazy Dragon Axe swinging horizontally was faster than any fast sword.
Mu Seong overlapped the Blazing Fire Divine Palm three times to block it, but the destructive power of the single slash created by the Crazy Dragon Axe was so mighty that it completely smashed the barrier of three palms.
Boom!
Mu Seong backed away once again. His face, which had been expressionless all along, distorted slightly.
Thud!
In the narrow path between the cliffs, there was a giant martial general blocking the front.
Yeon Ho-jeong, holding a giant axe, was emitting a momentum that completely mismatched his slender build.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Yeon Clan’s Divine Elixir rotated at high speed. The Jade Gauze True Qi centered itself in the middle of the rotating inner core, and the Dragon Robe Qi extended out like the heat of the sun.
Swish! Swish!
A white radiance bloomed from the Crazy Dragon Axe. The translucent white radiance tore into three or four branches and continuously wrapped around the axe blade and spear shaft of the Crazy Dragon Axe.
Sizzle!
The red murderous intent rising from behind his back contained the anger of a soaring phoenix. The murderous intent of the sun god was amplifying as time passed.
Woooo.
A subtle blue-green wind swirled around his two legs, creating a quiet composure, and a translucent hexagonal black armor floated in front of Yeon Ho-jeong, establishing an absolutely invincible defense.
The Yeon Clan’s Divine Elixir, where the Jade Gauze True Formula and the Dragon Robe Divine Art were unified, was extremely activated. The Four Gods Qi roamed through his entire body, completely opening up its owner’s combat power.
Yeon Ho-jeong, having drawn out all his power. Having become an invincible general sent by heaven and glaring at his enemies, even Seok Gyeong and Mu Seong flinched and stepped back at that fierce gaze.
Yeon Ho-jeong lightly cleaved the wind with the Crazy Dragon Axe.
Whoosh.
The pure white wind amplified, attaching beast fangs to the Crazy Dragon Axe.
“Now.”
Yeon Ho-jeong extended his left hand to the middle position.
Whoosh.
Bright red flames and white wind mixed wildly at his fingertips, creating a threatening atmosphere.
“Come at me now.”
It was a provocative remark.
Seok Gyeong’s face distorted.
Flash!
Surprisingly, it was Mu Seong who moved before Seok Gyeong.
Was it shameful to be pushed back in the previous exchange? The momentum of Mu Seong charging while blooming blue flames all over his body was truly bloody.
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes spat fire.
Clang clang clang clang!
The martial arts of the two clashed, emitting a terrifying shockwave.
Crack! Crunch!
The ground and cliff cracked from that shockwave. The clash of the two absolute peak masters using all their strength scratched the stone walls that Mother Nature had painstakingly built over thousands of years.
Mu Seong’s Flame King´s Fist aimed at Yeon Ho-jeong’s chest.
Yeon Ho-jeong directly struck upward with the spear shaft.
Clang!
It was a brilliant collision.
The flames spewing out along with the Flame King´s Fist scattered in all directions, and the white wind that had wrapped around the Crazy Dragon Axe became smoke and spread out completely.
Tap tap tap tap!
At that moment, Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes shone.
He blocked the enemies with his spirit, but there was no way he would just take it forever. A hundred Divine Fire Soldiers were charging while running along the left and right cliffs.
It meant they would catch his rear and surround him to attack. It was a simple yet efficient tactic.
Of course, Yeon Ho-jeong wasn’t one to just stand and watch that happen.
Yeon Ho-jeong stomped the ground powerfully.
Boom!
Gathering the power that burst out explosively, he unfolded the Sovereign Tiger’s Nine Thunderclaps, Tiger Claw Violent Shaking.
Boom boom boom! Rumble!
It was a rare chaotic striking technique that slashed and struck not only the front but also the left and right.
It was truly nothing short of the axe swinging of a crazy murderer. Unfolding a chaotic striking technique with a heavy weapon weighing over eighty geun, regardless of the level of mastery, that sense of intimidation was hard to describe with words.
Thwack! Spurt!
The bodies of three Divine Fire Soldiers were torn to shreds and sent flying by the claws of the great tiger that created a gust of wind. It was a chaotic strike encompassing a range beyond imagination, so they were hit while thinking it couldn’t be possible.
Mu Seong’s eyes shone.
Thwack!
Yeon Ho-jeong stepped back two steps. He blocked the entry from the left and right with his chaotic striking technique, but his attack directed at Mu Seong in the front had weakened.
Whoosh!
Mu Seong moved receiving momentum.
Mu Seong, charging in a straight line, aimed his Fire Dragon Demon Blade, unfolded as a hand blade, at Yeon Ho-jeong’s lower body.
‘……?!’
For a moment, Mu Seong couldn’t hide his puzzlement.
‘Why?’
With that guy’s skills, he could use any trick such as evasion, defense, or counterattack. He only aimed at his lower body to push Yeon Ho-jeong with a chain of subsequent attacks.
Yet Yeon Ho-jeong paid no attention to the attack inflicted on him. Rather, he tried to unfold his chaotic striking technique once more toward the left and right, with an attitude that it was okay even if his legs were cut off while doing so.
‘Why?’
That was when.
“Mu Seong!”
Flash! Boom!
Seok Gyeong, who instantly narrowed the distance, blocked above Mu Seong’s head.
“Ugh!”
Mu Seong and Seok Gyeong staggered and stepped back.
Sizzle!
A murky gray smoke rose from their hands. It was poison qi.
Startled, Mu Seong looked to the front.
Thwack thwack thwack thwack!
Yeon Ho-jeong, commanding a chaotic striking technique encompassing all directions.
And behind that Yeon Ho-jeong’s shoulder was Tang Kwan, spewing a deep blue light from his eyes.
Tang Kwan flicked his finger.
Whoosh!
Along with a sharp sound tearing the air, two daggers flew in drawing a curve.
It was an amazing thing. They flew in drawing a curve, not a straight line, and at the moment they rotated, their speed even doubled.
Thwack! Clang!
The dagger Mu Seong dodged embedded itself into the abdomen of a Divine Fire Soldier. Seok Gyeong crushed the dagger with his fist.
That wasn’t the end.
“To rush in barehanded in front of a person from the Tang Clan.”
Swish!
Countless hidden weapons were grasped in Tang Kwan’s hands.
It was unknown where on earth he had been hiding so many hidden weapons. The types were even all different, so it couldn’t be figured out what effect each hidden weapon had.
“That arrogance, realize it through death.”
Tang Kwan swung both his hands.
Tap tap tap tap!
Dozens of hidden weapons poured toward the two, bypassing Yeon Ho-jeong.
Seok Gyeong ground his teeth.
“This bastard!”
Boom!
With a powerful foot stomp, he struck out palms in all directions.
Bang bang bang bang! Clang! Thwack!
Seventy percent of the hidden weapons were blocked by Seok Gyeong’s palm force shield.
Seok Gyeong’s eyes wavered.
‘They evaded it?!’
He was simply dumbfounded.
He poured out as much internal energy as he had intending to block the entire front. However, thirty percent of those hidden weapons rode the air and bent over, then fell upon the Divine Fire Soldiers behind his back.
The astonishment didn’t end there.
“Aaagh!”
“Uwaaagh!”
The Divine Fire Soldiers hit by the hidden weapons screamed and fell over.
‘A scream?!’
Seok Gyeong as well as Mu Seong were surprised.
Like other cultists, the Divine Fire Soldiers were also ones who were properly mentally armed for loyalty and conviction. They were possessors of mental strength who wouldn’t even frown at a fair amount of torture.
Such Divine Fire Soldiers were screaming. Even though they were only hit by hidden weapons!
Soon after, they could know the reason.
Drip drip drip!
The fallen Divine Fire Soldiers vomited blood from their seven apertures. However, the bodies of those who had fallen were continuously twitching.
It was the hidden weapons.
The hidden weapons that dug into their bodies were roaming around the acupoints of their entire bodies, tearing their blood vessels and severing their nerves.
It was a truly incomparably cruel attack. Seok Gyeong shuddered at Tang Kwan’s cruel hidden weapon techniques.
“This crazy!”
Tang Kwan flicked his finger.
Whoosh! Bang!
There was no time to curse.
His wrist felt stiff as he deflected the hidden weapon that flew in aiming at a gap. Even in that small hidden weapon, internal energy that could not be ignored was imbued.
Boom! Rumble!
The left and right cliffs had now collapsed as much as they could.
The path, which was already narrow, became even narrower. The stone fragments bouncing off the walls that had been chipped away by Yeon Ho-jeong’s Tiger Claw Violent Shaking were inflicting terrible gashes on the bodies of the Divine Fire Soldiers.
Whoosh! Thwack! Whoosh! Thwack!
Not missing that gap, the Divine Fire Soldiers fell helplessly at Tang Kwan’s palm force shot at them.
Sizzle!
The fallen Divine Fire Soldiers vomited dark red blood along with hazy smoke. The Divine Fire Soldiers who vomited blood couldn’t get up again.
It was the Tang Clan’s Thousand Poison Hand. The vicious internal heavy striking method that killed Yo-roe was taking the lives of the Divine Fire Soldiers at once.
“…Damn it!”
Mu Seong let out an exclamation without realizing it.
In the front, a crazy murderer holding a giant axe was holding out with an ironclad defense, and in the back, the Demon King of Poison and Hidden Weapons, who disallowed approach, was delivering bloody attacks.
As if they had matched their hands and feet together their whole lives, the two masters were clearly performing their respective roles. Their stratagem of trying to sweep them away with an overwhelming difference in combat power did not work on these two people, at least.
‘This won’t do.’
Seok Gyeong judged coldly.
He was angry for a moment and ordered an all-out attack, but if they kept going like this, they would only lose troops.
“Everyone stop attacking! Retreat to the rear!”
The order of a superior was absolute. Not only Mu Seong but all the Divine Fire Soldiers retreated backward immediately.
That was when.
Tap tap tap!
Yeon Ho-jeong and Tang Kwan narrowed the widened distance again.
They intended to maintain the atmosphere of the battle where they had once taken the upper hand. The two, who were peerless in the world in terms of real combat abilities, matched their hands and feet perfectly without a single word of conversation.
It wasn’t the end there.
“Haaah!”
Boom!
Yeon Ho-jeong, who had been focusing on defense, instantly charged in a straight line and swung the Crazy Dragon Axe toward Seok Gyeong.
Seok Gyeong’s eyes flashed.
Clang!
Along with a strong shockwave, Yeon Ho-jeong quickly stepped back.
Whoosh!
At the same time, Tang Kwan’s seven daggers were shot toward Seok Gyeong.
In an instant, Mu Seong moved like a shadow.
Clang clang!
Mu Seong’s Flame King´s Eight Fists deflected all seven daggers.
Yeon Ho-jeong grinned.
As if he was slowly getting heated up, the nape of his neck turned red.
“As expected, you’re not just going to take it, are you?”