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Chapter 107
Chapter 107. Great Journey of Avici Screams (6)
“Those bastards headed for Taishi Peak.”
“Not Shaoshi Peak?”
Taishi Peak of Mount Song was famous for being rugged. Unless one was visiting Shaolin Temple, no one deliberately entered Taishi Peak.
“So they don't make the obvious choice every time, is that it?”
Ӗn̄ ŭ m а
He did not know whether it was coincidence or not, but Jin So-un kept avoiding the intentions Cheol Sun-jik had predicted.
“He is someone with poor compatibility against me. On top of that, he is foolish.”
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An unexpected choice could refresh the mood, but overusing it was not good.
A person who overused improvisation would eventually fall for his own cleverness.
“We split the troops in two. On the road to Shaoshi Peak, join with the Ghost Bow Sect and the Flying Wind Sect, then block the exit of Taishi Peak.”
The road through Shaoshi Peak was faster than the road through Taishi Peak. If they urged their horses on and rode hard, they would be able to block the front and rear of those who entered Taishi Peak before they could pass through Taishi Peak.
Е n̆ uḿ а̌
“And the rest will leave the horses and follow me.”
“Brother Cheol, I will take the lead.”
When Nam Hwa-seong rubbed his fists together and spoke, Cheol Sun-jik nodded.
“Since ancient times, Taishi Peak has been so rugged that many people fell to their deaths there, has it not?”
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“Indeed. Searching for corpses among as many as twenty-four peaks would be no small task.”
The five hundred people moved as planned along the official road leading toward Shaoshi Peak, while Cheol Sun-jik’s unit began moving toward Taishi Peak.
W̄е̌ b nо̇ v̆ e.l̃ Ën üm̂ а
“They must have been quite desperate.”
What they encountered after traveling for quite some time was the strange iron carriage those people had dragged along.
Had they truly thought that a carriage patched with iron plates like rags could enter this rugged road where not even horses could go?
Excited by the thought that he would soon turn Jin So-un’s face into mush, Nam Hwa-seong began increasing his speed.
It was dangerous because the road was rugged, but Cheol Sun-jik did not stop him much.
In this kind of encirclement operation, the more anxious they made the opponent, the greater the effect.
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However,
“Why have they still not appeared?”
They were currently moving at a speed that made it hard to believe they were walking through Taishi Peak.
Even so, it had been quite some time since they had passed the iron carriage, yet Jin So-un’s party was nowhere to be seen.
“Could those bastards have hidden?”
“There is no place for them to hide, and if they had, one of us would have noticed.”
Ẇеḃn о̇ṽẽl̂ Е n̂ üm̃а̀
Their numbers had been greatly reduced, but there were still nearly eighty people. They were not professional assassins, so there was no way they could erase their traces perfectly in such a short time.
BANG.
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At that moment, a red signal flare was fired from the west.
“B-Brother Cheol!”
“What?”
The direction from which the signal flare had been fired was Shaoshi Peak. A red signal flare meant they were under attack.
Wе̊ bṅ о̊ v́ е ľ Е n_um̊а́
“They headed for Shaoshi Peak?”
More surprising than the opponent’s irregular strategy was the question of whether that was even possible.
Between Taishi in the east and Shaoshi in the west stood a sheer, dizzying cliff.
Unless one was a Transcendent Peak master, the only way to cross from Taishi to Shaoshi was to go around by passing over all twenty-four peaks of Taishi.
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“What in the world did they do?”
Cheol Sun-jik was too absorbed in thinking about the method to even consider giving his next order.
Ê ñ üṁ а
Our group, which should originally have numbered two hundred and thirty in total, had now been reduced to seventy-eight.
Considering that the number had been reduced this much despite them being elites of the Namgung Clan, the Murong Clan, and the Iron Sword Sect, one could tell just how harsh the journey had been.
However, conversely, that meant the remaining seventy-eight were elites among elites.
They were people who could continue the journey together without being injured or falling behind even while going through that harsh journey.
That was why I could unhesitatingly carry out operations that I could not even have imagined executing back in the days of the Sojeong Squad.
“But we almost died!”
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Seong Mo-ran shouted as she climbed the cliff of Shaoshi Peak.
“And did I not save you?”
Of course, it was true that it had been a little excessive.
When I told them to descend the sheer cliff of one hundred zhang, Kang Seo-pyo had even said, “……You are doing this as soon as we give you command authority?”
However, once I threw myself down first, climbed along the wall with the Flying Dragon Claw, and carved handholds here and there along the cliff, the others somehow began descending the cliff.
Whenever someone misplaced their footing and fell along the way, I even saved them.
W ӗb̊n̈ӧv̂e̊ l. Е̊ ñ ū m̄а̀
Fortunately, no one died, and we crossed the cliff.
“Do you not think the problem is that we faced the danger of death several times?”
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“……Warriors often gain enlightenment before the danger of death. Thinking about it that way, would it not mean that I gave you an opportunity for a Fortuitous Encounter?”
“…….”
I had said it as a joke, but flames flashed in Seong Mo-ran’s eyes.
“Why did this happen? If the Twelve Peak Citadels had not positioned the Ghost Bow Sect and the Flying Wind Sect to trap us, would we be going through this hardship?”
Е̌ num̌ä
GRIND.
CRACK.
The stone Seong Mo-ran was holding broke apart, and her body swayed. However, she soon regained her balance and began climbing the cliff again.
“The Twelve Peak Citadels approached us and targeted us because they look down on us.”
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Because they had never been treated like this even once in their lives, their anger grew even greater. I deliberately raised my voice even more.
“We have to show the true strength of the Namgung Clan, the Murong Clan, and the Iron Sword Sect so they never even think of looking down on us again.”
Ẁ ebnоv̀ ѐl̂ Ѐ ñ um̄а̊
The speed at which people climbed the cliff doubled.
Those who had already climbed up the cliff of Shaoshi Peak threw the surrounding vines down to pull their comrades up, and in an instant, all eighty people had climbed above the cliff.
They should have been exhausted from climbing down and up the cliff, but they quickly began descending the mountain.
Kang Seo-pyo, Cho Mu-bin, and Baek Won-gak shouted at the same time.
“Let us go!!”
“Let us go!!!”
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“Leeeet’s go!!!”
One by one, they drew their swords.
They had discovered the Ghost Bow Sect members with their bowstrings drawn on the official road on the opposite side.
“Strike!”
The true strength of the Five Great Clans was displayed in places like this.
Without showing any sign of difficulty, every one of them climbed trees and began cutting down the archers of the Ghost Bow Sect.
Еǹ um̀а́ . і̊ d̈
“Kraaak!”
“They appeared from behind!”
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“Flying Wind Sect! Where is the Flying Wind Sect!”
As if fruit were falling from trees, the ambushed archers of the Ghost Bow Sect dropped one after another.
Because they had not brought separate guards in order to fill the full hundred-person quota, the moment they gave up the terrain advantage, they were no match for the warriors of the Murong Clan, the Namgung Clan, and the Iron Sword Sect.
THWIP.
Èn u m̈ӑ .і̂ d̄.
I instinctively turned my head and avoided the arrow that passed by my cheek.
Without even having time to wipe away the blood running down my cheek, I looked around.
The Ghost Bow Sect, having come to its senses, had begun its counterattack.
TWANG.
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Along with the sound of bowstrings being released from every direction at the same time, the arrows that flew in while filling the sky were in such numbers that it was impossible to imagine they had been fired by only one hundred people.
“Illusory Arrows!”
Е̂n.u̇ m̄ а
The warriors who had launched the ambush also quickly hid behind trees.
Only a few dozen arrows fell to the ground. Everyone knew that most of the rain of arrows falling like Ten Thousand Flowers Rain was fake, but they could not easily step out.
Unlike an Illusion Sword, Illusory Arrows were difficult to confirm as true or false the moment they flew in.
Moreover, the fact that the Ghost Bow Sect had trusted the other Twelve Peak Citadels and filled all one hundred people with archers was because the strategy of all of them shooting arrows at the same time acted like a fatal weakness against swordsmen.
TWANG.
The sound of bowstrings being released rang out at the same time again.
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This time, the bowstrings came from three directions, not one.
In the meantime, the archers had changed positions and attacked.
“Keuk.”
“don't focus only on what comes from the front! Those bastards changed positions!”
“Damn it.”
With one storm of Illusory Arrows, eight people had arrows stuck in their bodies.
W е̄ b̊ n ov̈ е̂ l Еnû mӓ
Screams burst out once more among our people, who had been aiming to counterattack after avoiding the rain of arrows.
“Kuh-heuk.”
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“It is the Flying Wind Sect!”
“Dodge first!”
After the storm of Illusory Arrows vanished, the Flying Wind Sect charged in.
They were closer than the archers, but they kept their distance from our people while hurling Flying Swords wildly.
En̄ ům а̀ . іd
Then, if someone charged in to attack the person hurling Flying Swords, an arrow that flew from somewhere would pierce their arms and legs.
It was certainly a power worthy of the name of the Twelve Peak Citadels.
“Jae-hwa.”
I called Murong Jae-hwa, who was too busy avoiding Flying Swords to collect his wits.
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“Yes, Brother.”
“Where do you think the examinee from the Ghost Bow Sect is?”
Ẁ_е̇ ḃn̊ о̂ v̂ẽ l Ӗń u m а
“Yes?”
His expression was dumbfounded, as if asking what I meant in the middle of such urgency.
“I am asking where you would hide and shoot arrows if it were you.”
“I-If it were me…….”
Jae-hwa poked his head out and looked around at the surrounding trees. Then he pointed at the second-tallest tree.
“That tree over there has denser foliage.”
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“Understood.”
“Yes? What are you going to do?”
“I am trusting you with my life.”
“Yes?”
I drew up my inner arts with all my strength.
Pouring out all the inner arts I possessed, which exceeded two cycles, I used the Unrivaled under Heaven Movement Art.
Ӗ_ñu m̃ а.і́ d̀
BOOM.
At the same time, the warriors of the Flying Wind Sect, startled by my movement, sent Flying Swords flying from every direction.
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SWISH-SWISH-SWISH.
Dodging the Flying Swords by the width of a sheet of paper, I kicked off a tree and advanced toward the place Murong Jae-hwa had pointed out.
And sure enough, As I drew closer and closer, the tree began shaking violently.
‘As expected!’
W̊ӗ_b̆ nоv ёl̄ Е̌ nu m а
The bastard had concealed and covered himself so well that I could sense his presence, but I could not see his figure.
I scattered the Ten Thousand Transformations Invincible Fist wildly toward the tree.
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK—!
Broken branches and leaves burst out in every direction, and the huge tree shook violently.
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Then, from within it, someone wearing a blue-green martial arts uniform and holding a bow leaped down beneath the tree.
“Caught you!”
Éñ ü m а
The bastard’s face turned white as he looked back at me.
BOOM,
Jin So-un kicked off the ground and shot forward like a cannonball.
He must have kicked off the ground with incredible force, because the surface of the earth scattered in every direction as if splashing like water.
“Huh…….”
It was the moment he had wanted so desperately, and yet Murong Jae-hwa felt only emptiness.
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‘As expected, I am no help.’
He had come to help Brother So-un, but he was not helping at all.
As if Brother So-un even knew that feeling, he had asked a question he did not need to ask, just to raise his spirits.
‘You don't need to do that.’
He had thought he had grown used to this powerlessness because it was chronic, but when he thought that he was no help to the person he admired while standing at his side, an even greater sense of despair swept over him.
-He is beyond saving.
Е n u m̄ ā
-For the eldest son of the Murong Clan to be like that.
-It would have been better if he had been born with Lady Seol’s gender reversed.
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The words of concern and worry from the people of the clan weighed heavily on his shoulders.
His father’s warm heart, which had risked his life to bring back the Fire Monkey’s Spiritual Pill in order to make up for his lack of talent, had also become a burden.
The words of his martial arts masters, who had told him that he surely had as much talent as Murong Seol and that, no matter what anyone said, he was the one who would carry on the clan, had also become a burden.
That was why he had tried to run away.
Е̃n̈ ùmа̂. ĩ d̈
He had tried to learn the miscellaneous arts the clan people despised, skip training, and not even take the academy exam itself.
His grandfather was frightening, but he could simply take the punishment with his body, and if a few years passed like that, would people’s expectations not fade too?
It had been such a childish thought.
However, in front of his father, who had risked his life to offer him the Fire Monkey’s Inner Core, he could not bring himself to say that he would not take the Murim Regular Exam.
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His inner arts had increased by half a cycle, but that did not mean the burden on his shoulders felt lighter.
Perhaps that was why he liked Brother So-un.
Ѐ n̂ u m ӓ
Because he was someone who bore a far heavier burden than himself, who stood in circumstances far harsher than his own, and who could break through the situation with a will far greater than his own.
Perhaps that was why he had come to hold such admiration.
“Young Master!”
THWIP-THWIP-THWIP.
Baek Won-gak was struck in the arm by an arrow while trying to protect him.
“Captain!”
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“It is all right. We only need to endure a little longer. Right now, the young ladies and the Firmament Unit members are taking care of the Ghost Bow Unit one by one.”
“…….”
A little distance away, the Gold-Silver-Copper brothers came into sight as they fought desperately.
When Geum-pyo and Eun-ho clasped their hands together, Dong-ryong ran over and stepped on those hands.
And at that moment, Geum-pyo and Eun-ho used all their strength to launch Dong-ryong into the sky.
THWACK-THWACK-THWACK!
Е̂n um a
Because he was not rising with his own strength, tree branches struck him wildly, but once Dong-ryong reached an archer, he cut the bow apart in one stroke and sent the archer falling to the ground.
Baek Won-gak, who had been watching the scene with him, said,
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“Everyone has their own fight. If you step forward now, you will only get in the way.”
“Get in the way…….”
Baek Won-gak realized he had misspoken, but the words had already escaped, and there was no way to take them back.
In the meantime, Jin So-un’s voice rang thunderously through the forest.
Е́n.û m ǎ .i d
“Ghost Bow Sect! Flying Wind Sect! Those Young Masters of yours are in my hands. If you want to protect your Young Masters, stop fighting.”
No matter what Jin So-un said, the battle did not stop.
“Aaaaaaagh!”
“Kuaaaaaagh!”
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However, after two different screams were heard, the battle stopped.
“Jong Seo-gak of the Yellow Sword Sect became a lonely ghost because he did not know how to retreat. Will you only withdraw after the same thing happens to you bastards?”
Ë n̄ü m̀ а̌ . і d̊
Then one archer descended from a tree and landed on the ground.
The warriors around that area twitched in surprise at his appearance, as if they had not even guessed that he had been in that tree.
“How can we trust that you will spare them?”
“This is an exam. Do you think I’m some blood-crazed murderer?”
“You did exactly that on the Puyang Plains.”
“That was not me!”
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“……Fine. We will withdraw. Release the Young Masters.”
“No!”
When the young man caught in Jin So-un’s hand shouted, the archer shook his head.
“Young Master, the exam is important, but the most important thing is you.”
He soon looked at Jin So-un.
“And even if we let them go, they will be caught again by the other Twelve Peak Citadels.”
W е b̈ n о̀v ẽl Е̇ nu m̂ а́
“Fine, that is my problem. So I would like you to move a little faster.”
“Kuaaaagh.”
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“What do we need to do?”
“Disarm and step back.”
At Jin So-un’s words, the archers of the Ghost Bow Sect and the warriors of the Flying Wind Sect began putting down their weapons.
Since all of them were archers or people who used Flying Swords, enough weapons piled up to form a small mound in an instant.
W̆ ӗ b̌n о v̀ ѐ ĺ Е̂ ńum̊ а̇
The people of Taeul Sect looked slightly appalled at those weapons.
“I will keep this.”
“How would you know what kind of item that is!”
The young man barked while looking at the bow in Jin So-un’s hand, but Jin So-un did not react much.
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“If you had an Entry Token, I would have taken that instead, but since you have absolutely jack shit, I am taking this in its place, plunderer.”
“…….”
W̃е b nо̂v еĺ E n ŭ m̂а
After receiving the hostage, the archer did not forget to add a word while descending Shaoshi Peak.
“We are going down, but the people of the Twelve Peak Citadels will not give up.”
Looking around the area, there were many wounded on the allied side as well. There were also many people who could not move immediately and needed treatment.
In particular, Baek Won-gak’s face had turned pale, and an arrow was embedded in his abdomen.
“Captain Baek!”
After examining the wound, Kang Seo-pyo let out a sigh.
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“Fortunately, it missed the organs. Still, if we don't give emergency treatment, it will be serious.”
Baek Won-gak shook his head.
“Let us depart first.”
“What are you saying! You will die!”
“The great Murong Clan came with you to help. How could we hold you back in a place like this? I will gather the injured and return on my own, so please depart first.”
“Captain Baek!”
Е̃ n̊ü m̀ȧ.і_d̃
Kang Seo-pyo, Cho Mu-bin, Namgung Seon-hwa, and Seong Mo-ran all looked at Jin So-un.
Murong Jae-hwa also looked at Jin So-un with desperate eyes.
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“Fortunately, they are not coming by the path we took.”
Seong Mo-ran muttered softly, ‘What kind of madman would come by that path…….’
“But the people split into two groups are coming toward Shaoshi Peak.”
They had no time all the same.
Е nu̇ m̆ а́.і́d̈
“Begin emergency treatment for now.”
“I…… am fine. A wound like this…… is nothing. Please depart quickly.”
Even at Baek Won-gak’s words, Jin So-un did not answer. Instead, he looked at Murong Jae-hwa, who was kneeling before Baek Won-gak.
“Murong Jae-hwa.”
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“…….”
“Stand up. It is time to protect your people.”
E n um̃ǎ
“……Me?”
“Yes. If you don't move now, you will harm not only Captain Baek, but also the Namgung Clan, the Iron Sword Sect, and me.”
“……But how could I?”
Jin So-un held out the bow he was holding.
“It is time to reclaim your true self.”
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