novelraw Chapter 162 : Chapter 162
Chapter 162 : Chapter 162
Chapter 162 The Red Sky (5)
It was utterly unbelievable that the Demonic Leaders of a bygone era had regained their youth. But there was no other way to explain the current situation.
“If those two are, as suspected, Yeomhon Yagwi and Sahon Sikma, they are not opponents the elder Poison King can handle alone. We must escort the elder Poison King and retreat from here immediately!”
Upon hearing Yeon Seung-il's words, the group looked at each other, not knowing what to do. It was all incomprehensible, but there was no time to think deeply. Even at this moment, the Poison King's poison mist was gradually fading.
“Let's retreat. I'll go get the elder Poison King.”
At Baek-myo's words, Yeon Seung-il nodded with a stern expression.
Confirming Yeon Seung-il's intentions, Baek-myo kicked off the ground and ran forward. Baek-myo, who shot out like a beam of light, appeared by the Poison King's side in the blink of an eye.
The moment Baek-myo drew near, the Poison King's energy was finally exhausted.
The Poison King's body, having poured out every last ounce of his strength, slowly began to fall sideways.
Baek-myo, who had run quickly to catch the Poison King's body, immediately turned and started running toward where the group was.
“Retreat!”
Yeomhon Yagwi, who confirmed that the Poison King had fallen and was being carried to the rear, let out a loud laugh.
“Khahahaha! The old man of the Tang Clan has fallen. Let's all go!”
At Yeomhon Yagwi's loud shout, the Demonic Cult's martial artists all jumped into the poison mist.
Since the poison mist had not completely disappeared, the bodies of the Demonic Beings who entered it turned black here and there, and blisters quickly formed. However, the blood energy emanating from their bodies quickly began to heal their poison-eroded flesh.
“Move quickly! Run at full speed toward the rendezvous point!”
Yeon Seung-il shouted, clenching his teeth as he watched the Demonic Beings running through the Poison King's poison mist. At his shout, the group all began to run toward the rear.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
Not long after the group entered the Tang Clan's manor, the Demonic Beings who had broken through the poison mist shattered the manor's gate and entered.
Tang Il-bi, who confirmed that the Demonic Beings had entered the manor, activated all the remaining mechanisms.
─ RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE
The sound of mechanisms whirring began to be heard from all over the manor.
Just as a smile spread across Tang Il-bi's face as he saw the Demonic Beings flinch at the sound of the mechanisms activating, the Demonic Beings looked at each other once and began to run toward the mechanisms.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
─ SWOOOOOSH!
The mechanisms the Demonic Beings touched began to activate from all directions.
Hidden darts filled the air, a thick poison mist spread, and firebombs flew about.
─ CHAENG
─ WHOOSH!
─ SIZZLE
The mechanisms exploded one after another with such tremendous heat that it was difficult to even keep one's eyes open. Blood gushed from the Demonic Beings in all directions, and groans were heard everywhere.
The fierce attack of the mechanisms was clearly inflicting great wounds on the Demonic Beings, but they were enduring the pain to buy time.
The Demonic Beings, who clenched their teeth and endured the terrible pain, then raised their blood energy and healed their wounds on the spot.
─ SIZZLE
Yeon Seung-il bit his lip as he confirmed the blood mist rising from all over.
“Abandon the manor. Run at full speed toward the rendezvous point!”
Hearing Yeon Seung-il's shout, the group passed through the manor's rear gate, came out, and without a moment to catch their breath, ran toward the mountain towering behind them.
Shortly after, the Demonic Beings who arrived at the rear gate also leaped over the manor walls. As the black Blood-wind Robes worn by the Demonic Beings fluttered and filled the sky, darkness momentarily descended upon the manor.
As soon as all the Demonic Beings passed through the manor, great flames began to burn in various parts of the Tang Clan's manor.
Tang Il-bi let out a small sigh as he saw the manor spewing thick smoke from all over.
Yeon Seung-il, who grabbed the arm of the slowing Tang Il-bi, ran forward at a fast speed and looked back at Hyeon-dam.
“The Reconnaissance Squad?”
“They're almost at the main unit.”
“The main unit's speed is too slow. If the Demonic Beings continue to chase us like this…… it's only a matter of time before the main unit is caught.”
─ TINKLE-TINKLE
Once again, the faint but clear sound of bells filled the surroundings.
A moment ago, Yeon Seung-il's expression hardened as he recalled what kind of power the Demonic Beings had displayed after hearing that bell sound.
“Baek-myo!”
“Huff huff. Yes!”
“Are you alright?”
“How could I be alright in this situation?”
Beads of sweat covered Baek-myo's forehead as he ran at the same speed as the rest of the group, even with the Poison King on his back.
Yeon Seung-il, who had been watching Baek-myo with warm eyes for a moment, spoke.
“You, just keep running and take the elder Poison King to the main camp.”
“I am, aren't I!”
“I mean, don't look back, just head for the main camp.”
“Why are you wasting your breath saying something so obvious? I'm already dying of exhaustion, don't talk to me!”
Yeon Seung-il, who confirmed that Baek-myo was fully concentrating on running, exchanged a glance with Hyeon-dam. Then, Yeon Seung-il turned his head and sent a Telepathic Message to Tang Il-bi.
[Il-bi. I'm counting on you with the rear.]
Tang Il-bi's eyes shook violently as he understood the meaning behind Yeon Seung-il's message.
“W-what are you……!”
[Don't worry. I'll follow you soon.]
Tang Il-bi, who was looking at Yeon Seung-il, bit his lip hard and then ran off with Baek-myo. Yeon Seung-il and Hyeon-dam, who confirmed that Tang Il-bi and Baek-myo were getting farther away, met each other's eyes once more and then stopped in their tracks.
Leaving the two behind, the main unit moved away at a fast speed up the mountain. Hyeon-dam, who watched the main unit, turned his body and let out a slow sigh.
“Hoo.”
Once the main unit was far enough away, the only thing Yeon Seung-il and Hyeon-dam could hear were the footsteps of the Demonic Beings.
Hyeon-dam rolled up his sleeves as he felt the footsteps getting closer.
“……Is today the day. The day I go to see Guanyin Bodhisattva.”
“Don't say such unlucky things. Every time we meet Demonic Beings, you start thinking about dying…… tsk tsk.”
“It means I'm prepared to die, to fight with that kind of resolve. You know what I mean.”
As Hyeon-dam raised his energy, a clear and pure energy spread around them.
“Sacrifice myself to slaughter the Demonic Beings and save my comrades. Heh! Even I think it's cool. Although I'm an excommunicated person in this life, with this, wouldn't Guanyin Bodhisattva guide me to paradise?”
Yeon Seung-il chuckled as he heard Hyeon-dam's foolish words. His stiffly frozen body slowly relaxed at Hyeon-dam's words.
Yeon Seung-il took a deep breath and drew the sword from his waist. Then, he and Hyeon-dam took their places in a small clearing on the mountainside.
─ DUDUDUDUDUDU
As hundreds of Demonic Beings ran up the mountain, a rough tremor was transmitted through the ground.
The shaking of the forest drew closer and closer.
The expressions of the two men, who were watching the gradually closing Demonic Beings, turned serious. Shortly after, the two men, who had met each other's eyes once, nodded their heads at the same time.
─ RUUUUMBLE!
In that moment, a fierce wave of energy burst forth from the two men's bodies. Yeon Seung-il's energy, surging like waves, and Hyeon-dam's clear energy, which seemed to brighten the surroundings, filled the clearing.
After a short while, hundreds of Demonic Beings appeared, breaking through the forest.
Yeon Seung-il took a deep breath. At the same time, a wave of qi that started from Yeon Seung-il's sword created a huge surge. Yeon Seung-il's energy, which had risen high, filling the clearing, poured down on the Demonic Beings.
[Wall Wave Severing Cut]
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
Yeon Seung-il's energy became a house-sized wave and swallowed the Demonic Beings. Dozens of Demonic Beings running at the very front were swept away by the energy and torn to shreds before they could even regenerate their bodies with blood energy.
The Demonic Beings, confirming Yeon Seung-il's surging energy, hastily stopped in their tracks.
“Be caref……”
─ THWACK!
Once again, with Yeon Seung-il's next technique, dozens more Demonic Beings were sent flying, spewing blood.
It was a power that couldn't be compared to the time of the Demonic Cult's first attack.
Yeon Seung-il was proving the time he had spent with this single move.
Like a small boat in a fierce storm, the Demonic Beings were swept away by his energy, and from within, screams constantly erupted.
Next, Hyeon-dam's hand stretched forward. Hyeon-dam's hand, firmly planted on the ground, began to move at an invisible speed.
The white energy released from his hand piled up like fallen leaves, building a shimmering wall in the air.
[Tathagata Thousand Leaf Hand]
Hyeon-dam, who had accumulated enough energy, then stomped his foot hard and extended both hands forward. Following Yeon Seung-il's stormy energy, Hyeon-dam's firm and clear energy shot out.
─ SWIIIIISH
Fountains of blood erupted where Hyeon-dam's energy had passed. Hyeon-dam's pure energy, piled up layer by layer, was cutting down everything it touched without a trace.
─ SPLAT!
Once again, as Hyeon-dam's hand moved, the Demonic Beings gathered on one side collapsed like scarecrows.
Hyeon-dam's hair whipped violently as he emitted a bright energy from his entire body.
“Thus have I heard! May you all live eternally in Avici Hell.”
Hyeon-dam, emitting a light so bright it was blinding, looked like a divine general from the heavens. A scene of hell unfolded wherever Hyeon-dam's hand passed.
The Demonic Beings all tried to raise their blood energy, but as Hyeon-dam's resplendent and pure energy descended upon their bodies, the raised blood energy simply dissipated.
“My, my blood energy?”
“N-no……!”
As their trusted blood energy failed to operate properly, the Demonic Beings raised their heads with bewildered expressions, and right there, Yeon Seung-il's energy raged like a storm once more.
─ KWAANG! KWAANG!
Next, as Hyeon-dam stretched out his hand again, deep wounds were once again inflicted on the Demonic Beings' bodies.
A thick pool of blood formed around Hyeon-dam, who was striking without a moment's hesitation.
At the two men's incredible martial prowess, the Demonic Beings began to flinch and retreat. Thanks to that, a small opening was created, and Yeon Seung-il caught his breath and looked at the pool of blood spread around Hyeon-dam.
“……It seems you're fated never to return to Shaolin.”
“Amitabha. What is important is where a Buddhist's heart belongs, not where his body belongs.”
Blood trickled from the corner of Hyeon-dam's mouth as he chuckled with a pale face. He staggered for a moment from pouring out excessive internal energy in a short time, but his eyes were unwavering and firm.
The two, who had briefly composed themselves, raised their energy once more.
Yeon Seung-il's sword raged like a storm again, and Hyeon-dam's firm energy supported him from behind.
Because of the two men, the Demonic Beings' feet were completely tied down. Far from crossing the clearing, the Demonic Beings were being pushed back down the mountain, their faces filled with bewilderment.
As the Demonic Beings were being pushed back down the mountain, an immense energy shot out from among them toward the two men.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
─ RUUUUMBLE!
The ones who had emitted the energy were Yeomhon Yagwi and Sahon Sikma, who had arrived late on the mountainside.
The energy shot out by the two men completely annihilated the energy poured out by Hyeon-dam and Yeon Seung-il.
“……Are they the Murim Alliance kids? They're quite useful, aren't they?”
“These days, the kids are scarier. I don't know what they're eating, but there are a lot of fierce ones now.”
Sahon Sikma, with his huge frame, walked out and stood next to Yeomhon Yagwi, who had drawn his flexible sword.
Sahon Sikma, whose entire body had turned black after swallowing the Poison King's energy, had now returned to his normal appearance.
Hyeon-dam's expression hardened as he felt the depth of the energy emanating from the two Demonic Beings.
“From now on…… it won't be easy.”
“Don't let your guard down until the very end. The more we can hold out here, the further the others can go.”
“Of course. No matter how powerful the masters of the previous generation are, they won't pass this place easily.”
Yeon Seung-il and Hyeon-dam planted their feet firmly on the ground with stern expressions and straightened their bodies. And the two, who had confirmed the appearance of the approaching Demonic Leaders, took their preparatory stances.
─ RUUUUMBLE
─ SWOOOSH
The clothes worn by the two men fluttered violently.
“HAAAAAP!”
As Yeon Seung-il let out a great shout, a house-sized energy rose up and was shot toward the two men.
“HUUUUUNG!”
Hyeon-dam's great roar filled the space between Yeon Seung-il's energy.
The two men's battle cries echoed, filling the mountainside.