novelraw Chapter 112 : Chapter 112
Chapter 112 : Chapter 112
Chapter 112 Secret Scheme (5)
"Ptooey."
One of the Pavilion Lords spat saliva mixed with bloody phlegm on the ground.
Having engaged in several clashes, his body was covered in minor wounds.
The Demonic Cult combatants who arrived late were surrounding Jaun, but no one dared to step forward.
"……Where did a guy like this come from."
The breathing of Jaun, who looked up at the Pavilion Lord gripping his sword tightly, was also rough.
'Whew. They're doing a bit better than I thought?'
Their skill in handling demonic energy was high-level.
Because of that, stealing their demonic energy was not as easy as I had imagined.
It was a different case from the Illusion Demon, who had been mentally exhausted after a bloody battle with Tak Mu-bin.
Moreover, there were three such individuals, not just one.
It was not that I couldn't win, but it seemed difficult to leave this place easily if I spared my strength.
Jaun applied strength to his slightly trembling hand and gripped his sword.
"You…… what is your real identity?"
One of the Pavilion Lords spoke while pressing the acupoints on his arm where blood was seeping out.
"Phew. Phew."
Jaun only caught his breath and did not offer any answer.
The Pavilion Lords, who furrowed their brows as if they were frustrated, slowly raised their swords again.
Jaun glanced toward the vicinity of the Stone Mountain, but there was still no energy felt.
'Is there still no movement?'
Jaun began to gather energy in both hands.
As Jaun slowly extended his sword forward again, the Pavilion Lords clenched their teeth.
Perhaps because of their pride, the Pavilion Lords never avoided Jaun's sword, and thus they were receiving the full impact from the clashes.
"This bastard. He doesn't even open his mouth once until the end."
"Dammit…… does it make sense for the three of us to be held up here by a mere brat like this?"
"Quiet! Concentrate. He's not a guy to be ignored just because he's a brat. I don't know what his identity is, but regardless, he's at least a Peak Realm martial artist. We still have a mission. We will handle him safely, with as little damage as possible, and move to our destination."
"Tsk."
The Pavilion Lords surrounding Jaun raised their swords again.
Jaun, watching the Pavilion Lords, also slowly pulled up his energy.
Once again, demonic energy began to fill the surroundings thickly.
The three people who were glaring at Jaun soon shot their swords forward.
─ WHOOSH
One sword aimed for Jaun's upper body while drawing a large semi-circle to the left and right,
─ SWISH
Another sword aimed for Jaun's thigh at high speed,
─ WHOOSH
And the last sword was falling from above his head at a one-breath slower speed.
This time, without fail, it was a perfect combined attack where it was difficult to find a gap.
The moment Jaun blocked the swords aimed at his upper and lower body, a sword carrying a massive momentum fell toward his head, where a gap had inevitably opened.
After he blocked that sword, the same type of combined attack continued again with a slightly modified path.
The Pavilion Lords, who had initially lunged at Jaun alone a few times and suffered wounds, had cast aside their pride and were continuing with a perfect linked combined attack like this.
A victory could not be decided in the short term, but the linked combined attack, which could minimize the waste of internal energy, was a certain-win strategy in a long-term battle.
The Dantian of Jaun, who was constantly receiving the swords of the three people, began to empty little by little.
No matter how perfectly he understood the sword arts used by the Pavilion Lords and could guess their paths, he would have no choice but to suffer with his eyes open if his internal energy did not support him.
It was a battle of concentration between the Pavilion Lords safely continuing their linked combined attack and Jaun seeking their gaps.
However, time was never on Jaun's side.
Just one breath.
If I could just create that much time, I would be able to break that chain, but the experienced Pavilion Lords did not easily give an opening.
'Tsk. I tried to save my energy just in case. Since it has come to this, I'll have to force an opening.'
The upper and lower attacks were shot once more, followed by a massive energy falling from above his head.
At that moment, Jaun threw his winning move.
A massive amount of demonic energy was momentarily condensed in Jaun's body.
[Sky Severing Thunder Sword, Third Form. Thunder Shadow Under the Moon]
In an instant, Jaun's body smoothly disappeared from its spot.
The swords of the Pavilion Lords, who had lost their target, wavered slightly in the air.
It was a very small gap, but that was enough for Jaun to extend his sword.
─ SPLASH!
─ SLASH
A large sword wound appeared on the shoulder of the Pavilion Lord who was in the lead, and blood splattered up.
"This fellow……!"
As the chain was broken, the remaining two people each unleashed their ultimate techniques toward Jaun.
Jaun filled his sword with energy.
[Sky Severing Thunder Sword, Second Form. Black Lightning Heavenly Meteor]
Jaun once again unleashed the profound principles of the Sky Severing Thunder Sword.
A black bolt of lightning that pierced through the clouds.
A single streak of black flash shot through the swords of the Pavilion Lords that filled the front and flew in.
─ BOOOOM!
Along with a massive explosion, the bodies of the four people were thrown back simultaneously.
Unlike Jaun, who immediately corrected his posture in mid-air and landed on the ground, the three Pavilion Lords were rolling on the ground.
"Cough. Cough."
The three Pavilion Lords who were rolling on the floor struggled to raise their bodies.
The Pavilion Lords who stood up from their spots looked back at each other with startled eyes.
"……That sword just now."
The Pavilion Lord who was looking down at his trembling hand slowly lifted his head.
"How do you, you bastard, know Black Lightning Heavenly Meteor?"
They were all martial artists who used swords.
In other words, they were Pavilion Lords who had been under the Sword Demon's command.
Since they were individuals who knew the Sword Demon's martial arts better than anyone else, they were able to find the essence of the Sky Severing Thunder Sword within Jaun's sword forms.
"How could I know this sword?"
When Jaun asked with a smile, the eyes of the three Pavilion Lords wavered.
One of the Pavilion Lords, who was looking at Jaun with eyes mixed with suspicion, confusion, and bewilderment, clenched his teeth as if he had realized something.
"I heard that the Alliance Leader of the Sado Alliance was making a counter-version of the Sky Severing Thunder Sword, and you are that damn old hag's disciple! To think you've mastered the Sky Severing Thunder Sword to this extent just by looking at a counter-version……!"
A situation where he was misunderstood as the Sado Alliance Leader's disciple following the Sword Demon's disciple.
Since the Sword Demon going into wall-facing meditation and not coming out for over ten years was a famous story in the Demonic Cult, the Pavilion Lords could not help but think in this way.
'As long as I use the Sword Demon's martial arts, the misunderstandings will never end.'
Jaun did not give any answer and pulled up his sword again.
"Now that I know your identity, no matter how much your talent is a waste, I can never let you live!"
"That's right. The Stone Cave is not the problem. Capturing this fellow who stole the martial arts of that person, the Sword Demon, here is the most important."
The objective had changed.
The eyes of the Pavilion Lords began to burn intensely.
The Pavilion Lords all at once released the power they had been conserving for the recapture of the Stone Cave.
The momentum of the Pavilion Lords, who had made up their minds to put all their effort into eliminating Jaun, began to increase explosively.
"Everyone, change targets! Our goal is to eliminate this fellow here. Handling this fellow who knows the Sky Severing Thunder Sword is the priority. Even if we end up being unable to recapture the Stone Cave, we will catch at least this fellow here."
A black halo wrapped around the Pavilion Lords' swords. Subsequently, the positions where the Pavilion Lords stood changed.
The Pavilion Lords, who had been spread out wide occupying three sides, gathered in one place.
A killing strike.
A strong will to kill Jaun here spread out from them.
'Now I should do this properly too.'
Jaun cracked his neck with a CRACK and threw the sword he had snatched from the Demonic Cultist onto the ground.
Then, he slowly drew the Mangru Blood Sword tied at his waist.
As the blade was drawn out, it reflected a red light into the air.
"Mangru…… Blood Sword."
Sparks flew with a flash from the Pavilion Lords' eyes.
It was one of the Sado Alliance's handpicked treasures and a weapon that any martial artist who used a sword would sufficiently covet.
Greed seeped into the eyes of the Pavilion Lords.
"This bastard. He was indeed a fellow from the Sado Alliance."
"Eliminate him immediately. And we will recover that sword."
The Pavilion Lords flew toward Jaun as they were.
─ WHIIIIIING
The sword, which was fully imbued with Jaun's demonic energy, rang its sword cry to the surroundings.
The energy that had been saved until now began to be fully contained within the Mangru Blood Sword.
[Sky Severing Thunder Sword, First Form. Thunder Scenery of a Hundred Li]
Dark red demonic energy erupted in all directions from Jaun's sword.
It was demonic energy of a level different from anything until now.
The thick demonic energy that Jaun had emitted with full intent even pressed down heavily on the surrounding air.
─ RUMBLE
Jaun's sword vomited a low sword cry.
Subsequently, a flashing red light filled the surroundings.
The expressions of the Pavilion Lords, who felt the energy contained in Jaun's sword, turned deathly pale.
"H-how can this……?"
"Quickly, the H-Hyeol-seon-dan!"
─ BOOOOOM!
Along with a massive explosion, the bodies of the Pavilion Lords were thrown in all directions.
Jaun revealed himself next to the Pavilion Lord who was being thrown to the right while spitting blood.
The Pavilion Lord who discovered Jaun's figure hurriedly put his hand into his robes.
─ SLASH
Jaun's sword cut through the Pavilion Lord's hand and chest as it was.
A deep blood line was drawn on the Pavilion Lord's chest, and soon a massive fountain of blood erupted.
─ THUD
The right hand of the Pavilion Lord holding the Blood Immortal Pill fell to the ground.
"AAAAAAAAH!"
─ SWISH
At the same time as the Millennium Silk extending from the Ink Ring wrapped around the Pavilion Lord's waist, Jaun's figure shot rapidly to the side.
Simultaneously, the Millennium Silk was pulled, and the Pavilion Lord's body was split in two as it soared into the air.
'One for now.'
Jaun had no intention of giving them time to consume the Blood Immortal Pill, so he poured out the energy he had pulled up without sparing any.
─ BOOM!
Jaun's body, which stepped strongly on the ground once more, rushed toward another Pavilion Lord who was rolling on the ground.
Jaun lifted his sword, which was filled with energy, toward the sky.
Jaun's sword, which shot forward like a lightning bolt, left a red trajectory in the sky.
"Cough. N-no!"
As he struggled to settle his boiling internal energy and was about to put a Blood Immortal Pill into his mouth, Jaun plunged the sword he held in a reverse grip into the Pavilion Lord's shoulder.
Subsequently, massive demonic energy began to pour in through the sword.
─ BANG!
The body of the Pavilion Lord, which contained demonic energy it could not handle, exploded just like that.
'Two.'
Piercing through the bits of flesh scattering in all directions, Jaun ran toward the last Pavilion Lord.
Jaun's body, which was shooting forward, gradually became blurred and soon became one with the sword.
Before anyone knew it, Jaun's figure had disappeared from sight, and only the Mangru Blood Sword with its bright red blade shot through the air alone.
─ SCREEEECH
The Mangru Blood Sword, containing dark red energy, spread a sword cry like a scream in all directions.
The Pavilion Lord, who was swallowing the Blood Immortal Pill and accepting its energy, raised his sword forward.
"YAAAAAAAP!"
The sword of the Pavilion Lord, who bit his lip until it bled, created a brilliant afterimage in the air.
[Sovereign Destroyer Soft Sword, Fifth Form.]
And the secret sword form passed down only to the Pavilion Lords under the Sword Demon was unfolded.
It was a sword strike with all his might, but it was a meaningless struggle to Jaun.
A single red line was drawn through the sword images of the Pavilion Lord that filled the front, and soon that line pierced straight through the Pavilion Lord's torso.
─ CRUNCH!
Along with a ghastly sound, a large hole was made in the Pavilion Lord's torso.
"Ah……."
The eyelids of the Pavilion Lord, who was looking down at the hole pierced in his body, slowly fell downward.
Jaun turned his sword toward the combat squad that was watching this way with pale faces.
***
"Something…… is strange."
The Ice Rakshasa, who had escaped the Stone Cave and was running south, slowed down.
Hidden weapons were scattered here and there on the dirt road.
Furthermore, thin silver threads were hung in various places within the forest, and large logs were blocking the way at intervals.
It felt as if someone had intentionally blocked the road leading toward Guangdong Province.
Because she had to move while avoiding the obstacles, she could hardly pick up any speed.
"Where on earth are the Man-wol Squad…… and the other elders?"
Since they had gone out saying they would search the vicinity of Guangdong Province, the Man-wol Squad should have cleared such obstacles long ago if they had discovered them.
The Ice Rakshasa, who was looking around, eventually gave up on finding traces of the Man-wol Squad and began to run rapidly toward Guangdong Province.