Episode 185

“This… what is this…?”

Mak Chung-heon’s gaze wavered.

They looked back on what happened too many times, but they were definitely in Yueyang at the Golden Ring Merchant Union.

But why were they here?

Prrrr-

Their lips trembled.

They couldn’t understand what had happened and it wasn’t something that their minds could process.

“Zhuge Yun…!”

Go Chwi-san gritted his teeth, as understanding slowly dawned on him.

He did think something was off. That dulling sense which resulted from the fog. He had encountered this in the past before.

In the past, there was a fight between the Justice Faction and the Demonic Cult which was too much and Zhuge Yun countered with a circle, a defense circle, and in the end, the Demonic Cult was defeated.

One might have thought they were moving but they were walking in the same position.

And this did not differ much from then.

Go Chwi-san and Mak Chung-heon must have thought that they were moving according to plan, so they just accepted it in their heads but in reality, they were just stuck here spinning around.

Then he had returned to Changsha, and went round and attacked the Office there.

Because the fog was used under the influence of a defense circle. It was hard to properly understand what this was. In his head he wanted to think of here as Yueyang and that was why he swung the sword without further thought.

“You bastard! How dare you attack an Office of the Government?! Don’t think about getting away with it!”

In came a figure who stepped forward and shouted. A man in an official uniform, Hong Won-chang, the Governor of Yueyang.

Around him were countless warriors aiming their spears.

No matter how they looked in the other directions, there seemed to be no way out.

“This is ridiculous! This cannot be happening!”

Mak Chung-heon still failed to understand this.

He suddenly remembered something and turned his back to look inside the office. If this was all a trap… and if this was the official residence then, just whom did he just kill?

“Euk!”

Everything that happened before his eyes had to be a nightmare.

With that thought, he tried to ignore all this, but when he looked at Zhuge Yun frowning, he was certain this was reality.

“You bastard! Kill them! Kill them all!”

Mak Chung-heon’s subordinates drew their swords in anger. They too had realized that the situation did not look good. But there was still a possibility.

If there was no one left alive, if everyone in this place was killed, then who would know it was him who did this?

Losing his thoughts at once, he began to emanate killing intent.

“Go ahead and try.”

At Dan Woo-hyun’s words, Namgung Sohye, Kwan Mujin, and Hong Won-chang nodded.

They stepped ahead in confidence to the point of being too much.

Dan Woo-hyun, Sa Dohak, and Namgung Chun took a step back.

There was no sign of anxiousness on their faces, as if they were not going to interfere in the fight between children.

“But, isn’t that guy Go Chwi-san?”

At that time, Namgung Chun looked at Sa Dohak who recognized Go Chwi-san. He was a warrior who had made a name for himself in the Demonic Cult, so Namgung Chun also knew his face.

He remembered him as someone who was active when the two factions collided a long time ago, and he specialized in close combat.

Many famous sect leaders had turned to corpses under his fists.

“Hmm, was there such a guy?”

But Sa Dohak tilted his head like he couldn’t remember such a thing. His face couldn’t be seen underneath the mask but his expression looked unpleasant.

“When I saw you before, you seemed capable. Maybe the leaders of the Justice Faction wanted that man. I think he probably achieved a lot back then too.”

“That good?”

“Cough, there must be one or two such people.”

Sa Dohak began to dig his ear with his little finger and blew something out.

The Demonic Cult was strong.

As much strength as it possessed, the Demonic Cult was a place that didn’t know when and where such strong ones would come from.

Even though he had made a contribution, it would be tough for a leader to remember every single one of them.

“But it surely is nice.”

Dan Woo-hyun smiled while observing the situation.

Hong Won-chang was dealing with Mak Chung-heon and Go Chwi-san’s subordinates, Kwon Mujin was handling Mak Chung-heon, and Namgung Sohye was handling Go Chwi-san.

Namgung Sohye’s sword technique began to emerge, and although the sword held strength, Go Chwi-san took advantage of the gap by blocking her sword with a fist and no weapons.

Each move was powerful and firm, perhaps because his internal qi was that good.

Every time he extended his fist, there was the sound of the wind slicing through.

“Euk!”

In the end, Namgung Sohye groaned and she looked despaired.

“Oh my, she almost stopped him.”

“Oh my….”

Namgung Chun held his forehead in response to Dan Woo-hyun’s words.

The most important thing when fighting someone is to not fall into their flow. Once a person gets pushed back, there is no end to pushing back, so it is best to avoid getting caught in such a situation.

That was the mistake Namgung Sohye made.

She must have been aware of this, because at some point her sword technique changed.

The Namgung family sword technique, their pride, the Blue Sky Sword Dance Law . One of the best sword techniques in the Central Plains due its speed and sharpness.

Even if he was Go Chwi-san, it wouldn’t be easy for him to identify the flow.

He dodged the sword with a look of frustration. However, the blade bent in an entirely different direction from what Go Chwi-san expected and rushed for his chest.

He read the opponent’s movement perfectly.

Namgung Sohye’s sword seemed like it could even cut down Go Chwi-san without another thought.

Kang!

But then something odd happened.

Contrary to what she expected to be a clean slash, Namgung Sohye’s sword bounced back. And the tip of the sword hit something solid, as if it had struck steel armor.

Go Chwi-san grinned as he looked at Namgung Sohye, who stumbled backward. Without missing this chance, he launched a powerful hit.

Kwang!

“Kuak!”

Namgung Sohye was struck hard, and flew backward helplessly.

After flying about two feet back, she twisted in the air and landed.

Looking at her form getting knocked back, it seemed like quite a bit of shock still lingered despite the qi having dispersed.

“Hahahahah! My body is no different from a diamond ingot, and your sword skills are as weak as a kid’s. You think something like that will work on me?”

This made Namgung Sohye grit her teeth.

She was struck in the chest, and it hurt.

She didn’t think this man would be hard to defeat, but the Unbreakable Buddha Body?

She had wondered if such a skill even existed, or if this was simply some form of external defense.

‘Even if it is the Unbreakable Buddha Body, that doesn’t mean that I cannot handle it….’

Namgung Sohye rushed in again.

Her movements were a lot swifter than before. Her movements, which were nothing short of lightning, were so fast that no matter how skilled a person was, they couldn’t see her.

No matter how fast it was though, there will be traces of the movement and so Go Chwi-san turned his head.

Before he knew it, Namgung Sohye appeared behind him and she twisted her body and swung her sword with a rotational force.

The blade moved in so quickly that it wasn’t even visible to his eye, and before it made contact with Go Chwi-san’s body, he spun around.

Kwakwakwang!

That scary strength.

There was a vast difference in the strength and technique which Namgung Sohye displayed till then, and this.

It seemed as if the sword technique hadn’t yet been perfected and there was a significant amount of internal qi being lost in it, but Go Chwi-san’s body, which was as still as wood or stone, was knocked back.

“Tha… that?”

“Nice. She managed to unfold one of the sword techniques of the ancestor. Even though I feel like she is lacking something, she learned it well….”

It was a sword technique which was shown once.

Of course, the perfection in Dan Woo-hyun’s display was nowhere to be found, but she also inserted her own effort into imitating what she saw.

That alone showed that her talent wasn’t normal.

“Ugh… it hurts. But! Is this a technique? That’s all?”

Go Chwi-san, who was knocked back a long way, stood up and dusted his body. Although his clothes were torn, there were no visible wounds on his body.

Namgung Sohye deftly blocked his attack and launched her own.

“No way…”

But the one most surprised here was Namgung Sohye herself. Even though it was an imperfect technique, it was a technique she was confident in. She was confident that by using it, she could defeat not just Kwon Mujin but even Ma Jang-kang, with just one hit.

But this man there looked fine?

“Haha! Surprised? My body is impenetrable. Do you think that little fern-like sword can even scratch my body?”

Go Chwi-san dusted himself off and rushed to her. Closing the distance took only a moment for him and Namgung Sohye was already on defense and jumped quickly to avoid it, but Go Chwi-san’s fist couldn’t be avoided that easily.

She tried to block the attack using her self-defense technique.

But it was too late.

‘Then we will fight back.’

Namgung Sohye’s sword too had extended to cut through the fist.

Kwang!

With a violent clash, Namgung Sohye was knocked back again and it was clear that she sustained some internal wounds from the blood she just coughed up.

But those eyes were not giving up.

Looking at Go Chwi-san, who was looking down on her, she aimed her sword with just one hand, sending a sharp look like she hadn’t yet given up on this.

“Insane wench.”

Go Chwi-san spat on the ground.

This situation wasn’t optimistic.

Most of his men were struggling because they were caught by Hong Won-chang and his men, and Mak Chung-heon was fighting with Kwon Mujin far too many times.

If he didn’t take this woman down, it wouldn’t look nice for him.

This made him laugh at the woman’s need to not let go of the sword.

“If your opponent wasn’t me, you would have had a chance to win. Hahaha, still, you leave with the honor of knowing you were killed by someone who managed to achieve the Unbreakable Buddha Body in the Central Plains.”

Namgung Sohye smiled as she looked at Go Chwi-san, who was around the corner.

Go Chwi-san was impressed by her calmness in the face of death.

“What’s so funny about this?”

“It’s funny that you think I will die when this is a situation where anything can happen.”

“Fucking wench.”

Go Chwi-san couldn’t contain his laughter. Actually, it was more fun to see her like this rather than begging for her life.

And as he was thinking if he wanted to cut her limbs off or not…

Swish.

A wind moved in.

The wind which seemed like it was twirling around him and vanished. Everyone in the fight stopped moving for a second.

And this was because the wind that passed by the body right now, felt like a blade.

Then, they heard the voice.

“Unbreakable Buddha Body? Don’t make me laugh.”

A figure suddenly appeared next to him, standing tall and looking down.

Dan Woo-hyun.

Even Namgung Sohye trembled at that voice and cold look. He looked away from Go Chwi-san like he didn’t care about the man.

“Kuaak.”

Everyone was in shock.

Go Chwi-san was very proud of himself as the Unbreakable Buddha Body, and even if he wasn’t at peak level, he couldn’t be scratched.

But a hole appeared in his chest.

It was impossible to see where the organs within had gone, as all that was left was a gaping vent with blood dripping down.