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Chapter 171
Chapter 171. The Black Flame Dragon Who Devours a Sea of Blood
After finishing a brief meeting with the Kongtong Sect elder who belonged to the same second-line squad, So Chung-hyeon returned to his tent and heard an absurd report.
“What did you say?”
“They say we must gather the Academy student squads spread across Sichuan and move as one.”
“So I am asking you who dared say such a thing.”
Е nù.m̊ а̀
“……The Academy Representative.”
“Ha!”
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Beyond displeasure, he felt outright bewilderment.
There was a limit to how little a puppy knew fear.
At this point, was he not practically acting as if he could see nothing before his eyes?
“So he is telling us to wait here?”
E.n u m а. іd
“Victory Tiger Hall is rushing here with an official order from Mantongbu, so he asks that we wait at least until then.”
“How ridiculous.”
It was so ridiculous that he wondered whether the boy had lost his mind altogether.
He had even cut short his sightseeing and followed because he was worried the leading Diancang and Shaolin squads might deal with all the murderers, and now the boy was telling him to wait?
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And to him, no less, who held the supremely exalted position of an elder of the Murim Alliance?
“The Grand Strategist has shown him a little favor, and now he has become unbearably arrogant. On top of that, he dares mobilize Victory Tiger Hall?”
Е̌ ṅu m̃а.. і d
He could not let this pass quietly.
No, he had to use this opportunity to firmly reestablish discipline.
“What shall we do?”
“If they are coming, then we must move even faster. We will depart at the Hour of the Rabbit. Inform everyone.”
“Understood.”
So Chung-hyeon drank the Golden Flower Powder Wine, a specialty of Gangjeong, and issued a dismissal, so the disciple was about to head outside at once.
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At that moment.
The Mount Hua disciple collapsed into his seat.
“Hm? What is the matt…….”
At the same time, a sharp sound rang through his head.
ZIIIIING─────
Even though it was a sound he had never heard in his life, So Chung-hyeon dropped the precious Golden Flower Powder Wine from his hand.
Е ň um̀ а . id
SHATTER.
‘Dead-Spirit Demon Sound?’
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His heart began pounding violently, and his head spun.
The space before his eyes twisted strangely, and a wicked melody began to sound.
Even though it was a phenomenon he had never experienced before, the reason he knew its identity so clearly was because he had heard since childhood, until his ears grew calluses, just how terrifying this sound was.
‘One of the Ten Forbidden Arts!!’
Е ńum̆а
A heaven-defying martial art that should have been sealed away had flowed out into the world.
So Chung-hyeon quickly drew up the Purple Haze Divine Art to protect his centered mind and shouted.
“What are you doing?! Raise your internal qi and protect your centered mind! Mount Hua’s martial arts do not collapse before such wicked martial arts!”
“Ugh…… Ugh…….”
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However, the disciple gave no answer at all.
“The Demon-Subduing True Mantra! Recite the Demon-Subduing True Mantra!”
W̌ еb̃ n õ ṽe l Е n ũmа̊
Protecting one’s centered mind in preparation for Sound Arts was not something learned at the level of a first-year Academy student.
It was the moment when he suddenly resented the Academy curriculum, something he had never cared about in his entire life.
So Chung-hyeon raised all his inner arts and unleashed a Lion’s Roar.
“HAH!”
When the thunderous roar rang across the area and the Dead-Spirit Demon Sound disappeared in an instant, the disciple who had fallen to the floor and had been trembling all over coughed up blood.
The centered mind that had been under the control of the Dead-Spirit Demon Sound and the Lion’s Roar had tangled with each other and violently churned his insides.
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“T-This…….”
And the moment So Chung-hyeon panicked, the Dead-Spirit Demon Sound rang out again.
ZIIIIING─────
“The Demon-Subduing True Mantra…… Recite the Demon-Subduing True Mantra!”
“Uh… uh… uuh…… What did you say? Elder…….”
Blood streamed from both of the disciple’s ears.
W е̌b̄ ǹ ov̆ĕl̆ Е́nu mа
So Chung-hyeon quickly carved “Demon-Subduing True Mantra” into the floor, but the disciple’s eyes had already rolled back, and he collapsed backward while foaming at the mouth.
‘This is no ordinary Dead-Spirit Demon Sound.’
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The Dead-Spirit Demon Sound techniques sealed away as part of the Ten Forbidden Arts did not possess destructive power to this degree.
Moreover, it possessed tremendous penetration, enough to stab even at his mind when he was protecting his centered mind.
Furthermore, the fact that no disciples had rushed out from outside the tent, even though he had shouted his Lion’s Roar thunderously, proved that the situation was serious.
“Who are you?! Who dares appear before Mount Hua without fear?!”
Е n̊ũmӓ
He shouted at the top of his lungs with the intention of waking even the Kongtong elder, but for some reason, that man’s tent remained quiet as well.
Of course Kongtong was like this.
He had never expected much from them to begin with, so So Chung-hyeon drew the Red Blossom Sword, Mount Hua’s treasured sword.
At this moment, catching the murderer was more efficient than waking the children who had been struck by the Dead-Spirit Demon Sound.
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So Chung-hyeon raised his sensory perception at full power.
He sensed nothing in the area.
Ë nu m а̄ . iḋ
However, a faint energy was eventually caught by So Chung-hyeon’s sensory perception.
“So that is where you are!”
So Chung-hyeon’s form stepped with the Hidden Fragrance Step and shot out like lightning.
WHIZZ.
So Chung-hyeon shot forward as if he would cut even the wind, and the moment he tried to swing his sword without delay.
‘A lantern?’
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What entered his eyes was not the enemy who should have been there, but a red lantern floating in midair.
“Did you think you could stop Mount Hua’s advance with such shoddy witchcraft?!”
So Chung-hyeon swung his sword without hesitation.
CRUNCH.
When the red lantern went out, nearly a hundred blood-robed men appeared in the area, as if a curtain had been torn apart.
Even before such an enormous number, So Chung-hyeon planted his legs firmly and glared at them.
Ẽ_n ü m а.iḋ
“To call this shoddy petty sorcery. How arrogant beyond measure.”
“…….”
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They were people wrapped in red from head to toe.
As if one person were moving, they drew heavy swords from their backs and took attacking stances.
So Chung-hyeon corrected his grip on the Red Blossom Sword.
“Come! Today, I will show you just how terrifying Mount Hua’s sword is!”
Ĕ_n ū mӓ.. і̀d̄
Flutter.
A single plum blossom petal appeared.
Behind it, two plum blossom petals appeared.
Then four plum blossom petals began to encroach upon the space.
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The Plum Blossom Sword Art had reached the Twelfth Star.
Plum blossoms began to bloom in profusion across the area, and the scent of plum blossoms filled all four directions.
Е̇ ṅu m̌ а̇
At last, the plum blossoms that had been whirling everywhere as if scattered by the wind began to fall toward the blood-robed men.
B-B-B-BOOM!
B-B-B-B-B-B-BOOM!
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-BOOM!
The blood-robed men touched by the plum blossoms were unable to respond properly before their arms were cut off, their chests were split open, and their necks were severed.
Blood redder than the clothes the blood-robed men wore spurted like fountains in every direction, and on the ground, their blood had already gathered to form a small stream.
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SPLASH-
Even though So Chung-hyeon’s foot had reddened after stepping into a pool of blood, he did not retreat from where he stood.
“This is Mount Hua’s plum blossom!”
However, no matter how much blood flowed, the scent of plum blossoms was not erased.
It was truly an overwhelming destructive power.
The number that had neared one hundred dwindled in an instant.
W̄е̄.ḃn̆ о_v.e l Ё ṅ u m̂ a
However, for some reason, So Chung-hyeon’s expression was not very comfortable.
“What tenacious bastards.”
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A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Corpses piled up like mountains everywhere, and blood flowed like a sea.
However, at some point, a new group of one hundred appeared and filled that space.
Even though their comrades had died, not one of those bastards even screamed.
Ŵ е b̃ ṅ.оv̈ ѐ l̀ Е̌ṅum̀ а́
“Yes, one must have at least this much confidence to be Mount Hua’s enemy.”
He had panicked because of the Dead-Spirit Demon Sound, but after clashing swords directly with them, they were not men of especially great skill.
‘In general, this is what bastards of the Unorthodox Path are like.’
Has those who used Unorthodox Side Path arts ever surpassed the power of the Orthodox Path?
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If he threw them into confusion so the Spell Practitioners could no longer maintain the Dead-Spirit Demon Sound, the children would soon come to their senses and make it here.
‘Once that happens, we can clean them all up.’
Ẇе bn о v̀_ẽ l Ë ňū m̃ а
As long as he escaped this place, he could reorganize and wipe them all out at once.
As So Chung-hyeon pictured that optimistic future, he burst out with the Lion’s Roar once again.
“Disciples of Mount Hua, gather here!”
In case they could not hear him, he shouted several times with his inner arts infused into his voice.
Then he once again scattered plum blossoms and began cutting down the approaching enemies.
At the same time.
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At the Mount Hua and Kongtong encampment a short distance away, the disciples who had come to their senses were panicking.
“Where is the elder? Has no one seen Elder So Chung-hyeon?!”
“He is not in his tent either.”
“Where did he suddenly go?”
The Academy students who had come out of their tents after the sudden roar first searched for Elder So Chung-hyeon and the Kongtong elder, but both men had left their tents.
“……Could the two of them have gone off to drink by themselves?”
Ѐnũ m̈.а̂ .іd
At the words of a disciple from Hwaseong Sect, a lay affiliate of Mount Hua, the Mount Hua personnel spoke with stiff faces.
“Foolish nonsense! Where would the elders go in the middle of all this?!”
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“I-I apologize.”
“They must have been the first to go investigate that thunderous sound. Wake all the other Academy students! And find the elders first.”
The Academy students began gathering in groups of three or five and spreading out in every direction.
And behind them, a red lantern slowly began to follow.
Е̄ n u m̃a
“You said we were definitely going to avoid them!”
Nam Hwa-seong shouted in anger.
Everything Jin So-un had said about Eastern Shaanxi Hall or whatever else had been a complete lie.
While running, Jin So-un had fought battles, large and small, with all three Green Forest strongholds they had encountered.
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Strangely enough, every time they ran somewhere, a Green Forest stronghold was standing right there as if it had been waiting for them.
Damn it, even if I tried to find them like this, I wouldn’t be able to.
Е̊ n um a_
Furthermore, because the Green Forest strongholds kept catching their tails each time, it looked as though all three strongholds would end up cooperating to catch Nam Hwa-seong and Jin So-un.
It was truly a miraculous operation.
“Are you blaming me when you were caught because you were sluggish?”
“Fucking hell…….”
The Deer-Horn Wind-Cloud Step was an excellent Movement Art that never fell behind in speed in the murim.
He had displayed his skill with the intention of showing Jin So-un what he could do, but Jin So-un’s speed did not fall behind.
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Rather, while he himself was running as if he were about to die, Jin So-un even chattered leisurely beside him about plans and the like.
‘What the hell is going on?’
Leaving Jin So-un’s ability aside, the Movement Art he displayed was not the Taeul Sect Movement Art Nam Hwa-seong knew.
Nam Hwa-seong, who had not believed the rumors about the Taeul Sect until now, had to start changing the information about the Taeul Sect in his head.
While Nam Hwa-seong fiercely turned his head, sorting out what he had to report to Cheol Sun-jik, Jin So-un took out a bundle of talismans and handed one of them to Nam Hwa-seong.
“What is this?”
Еñ ǔ m а . і d̀
“You know how to use Samadhi True Fire, do you not?”
“Huff, huff, who do you think I am?”
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“It is a Demon-Subduing Talisman from the Mount Heng Sect. The moment you feel as though your body is no longer under your control and you are seeing illusions, burn the talisman. Then you should be able to break free from the witchcraft.”
This was that talisman from the Mount Heng Sect?
The Mount Heng Sect talisman, said to be created only after a Spell Practitioner of high Dao Power prayed for one hundred days, was a representative luxury item among martial artists.
It was good to have, but compared to the price, it was not particularly useful.
Еn ŭmа
A so-called luxury good.
He was surprised that Jin So-un had an entire bundle of those, but the thought that the witchcraft Jin So-un spoke of was real made his heart sink with a thud.
Yes, this was definitely a desperate situation, but…….
“Why do I only get one?”
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Jin So-un spoke bluntly, as if Nam Hwa-seong had asked the obvious.
“If you carry half of them and die, would that not be a waste of talismans?”
W ëb n̂ о v еl Е̊ n̂ùm а̄
“Fuck! Did you have to say it like that?!”
WHIZZ.
The sound of the air being torn apart rang out, and at the same time, Nam Hwa-seong turned his head.
Then, when he saw an arrow flying toward him, his body froze.
‘Wh-When did they get there?!’
The Green Forest bandits from Red Flower Stronghold, whom he had thought they had shaken off, had at some point pursued them to arrow range.
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‘I can’t dodge it.’
Because his senses had dulled, he had noticed it too late, and there was no way to avoid the arrow.
The moment he raised his hand with the thought of at least protecting his head.
SNATCH.
The pain he had expected did not come.
“Huh?”
Ẽ n̈ ũ mа .іḋ
Nam Hwa-seong cautiously opened the eyes he had shut.
What he saw before him was Jin So-un, who had caught the arrow with his bare hand.
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“They have come close. Let us increase our speed.”
“……Uh, uh. R-Right.”
The moment Nam Hwa-seong tried to scrape up the inner arts at the bottom of his Dantian to pick up speed.
Ten men dressed in all manner of clothes dropped down right before their eyes.
W е b̊nо̄ v е̌ĺ Е̌nû ma
“How dare you look down on our Red Flower Stronghold…….”
Before the Green Forest bandits of Red Flower Stronghold could even finish speaking.
Jin So-un began swinging the long iron staff slung across his back with terrifying force.
Strangely, staff phantoms formed around the iron staff and began embroidering the air.
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The ten bandits seemed to be seeing such an overwhelming sight for the first time and desperately began swinging their swords and axes.
THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THWACK.
E n̊ u m a_. іd́
However, whether swords or axes, all of them were smashed apart by the iron staff, and the iron staff even cracked the heads of those holding the weapons with dry, brittle impacts.
There was no way the bandits could respond to the Taeul Sect’s principle of Illusion, whose substance could barely be recognized only after one reached the Peak realm.
Nam Hwa-seong helplessly had his gaze stolen by Jin So-un.
‘I’ve seen many Illusion Swords, but this is my first time seeing an Illusion Staff.’
After dealing with the ten bandits in an instant, Jin So-un shoved the staff back into place and began moving forward.
“W-Will this not leave traces?”
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It was because of these traces that the three Green Forest strongholds were chasing them as if their lives depended on it.
Jin So-un spoke as if he found it absurd.
“So the traces you left were not traces, then?”
It was true that the Three Origins Sect’s tyrannical fist art could not deal with enemies as cleanly as swordsmanship.
Even so, Nam Hwa-seong could not understand why Jin So-un, who used a sword, had gone out of his way to pull out even an iron staff and leave people alive.
Nam Hwa-seong cursed inwardly.
W̊ е̄b̄ ñ ó v̇ е̊l Е́ n û m a
‘What the hell is he plotting?’
Nam Hwa-seong chased after Jin So-un, who gave him no answer, as if he were dying, and he was slowly feeling his limit.
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His initial pride and everything else had all flown away, and just as he was about to say, Please, let us rest, let us rest even for a little while.
Jin So-un’s form slowly reduced its speed.
“Haaah, haaah, haaah, n-now you have reached your limit too, right? That is it, is it not?”
Nam Hwa-seong gasped for breath until it reached the tip of his chin and looked at Jin So-un.
Е_ǹ ùmǎ . і d̃
“…….”
However, even Jin So-un’s breathing was calm.
‘What the hell is wrong with this bastard?!’
Whether Nam Hwa-seong struggled inwardly or not, Jin So-un slowly walked forward.
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Nam Hwa-seong, who had been following Jin So-un with stumbling steps, froze in place.
‘The scent of blood?’
Ёnu m_а
A fishy scent of blood stabbed strongly at his nose.
When he instinctively lowered his head, only then did he realize that what was soaking his feet was not water.
“Hup! What is this?!”
He quickly turned his head and looked at Jin So-un, but Jin So-un was already far ahead.
Not only that, he was examining the bodies among the corpses scattered about haphazardly.
“Hwaseong Sect?”
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The pattern embroidered on the martial arts uniform.
The shape of the broken sword.
They showed that this was a disciple of Hwaseong Sect, which was practically a direct lay-affiliated sect of Mount Hua Sect.
Moreover, it was a face he had seen in passing at the Academy.
“What on earth…….”
That was not all.
Е̌ ǹŭ ṁ а.і̊ d
Most of the corpses scattered nearby belonged to the Academy.
Mount Hua Sect and Kongtong Sect.
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And the disciples of the lay-affiliated sects of those two sects had been found as corpses.
“J-Jin So-un!”
Forgetting that he had been gasping for breath just a moment ago, Nam Hwa-seong approached Jin So-un like lightning.
“W-We have to tell the Murim Alliance at once! T-This is no small matter!”
Ẇ е b̆ń оv̈е l̄ .Е nuṁ а́
However, Jin So-un spoke in an extremely calm voice.
“Do not make a fuss.”
In an instant, the air surrounding him sank heavily.
The corpse Jin So-un was examining looked much older than the other Academy students.
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Nam Hwa-seong recognized him at a glance and shouted.
“Red Plum Sword So Chung-hyeon?”
W е́ b̀ ńò ṽе̌ l Eǹum̊ӑ
A master of the Plum Blossom Sword Art, whose every swing of the sword was said to make red plum blossoms bloom across the area, had been found as a mere corpse.
Tremble, tremble.
Nam Hwa-seong’s hands began trembling without him realizing it.
“According to the information, these people should have been around the second line. Have they already pushed this far?”
Worry appeared on Jin So-un’s face, which had not shown concern even while they were being chased by three Green Forest strongholds.
“Wh-Who…… Who on earth could do something like this against Mount Hua and Kongtong?”
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“Do not act rashly. Fortunately, it seems not everyone suffered damage. But it is a little unexpected that they were defeated this one-sidedly.”
Furthermore, the surprising point was that while the damage among the Academy students was obvious throughout the area, there was no sign of the enemy.
“Then what about the others?”
“They must have fled. They are still disciples of Mount Hua and Kongtong, after all.”
“They fled? Who is the enemy?”
“The enemy?”
Ẃ е̄b̂ ň о̀ v̄ el̄ Е̌n̊ů m a
A familiar, heavy killing intent flowed from Jin So-un’s body.
“Attacking the Murim Academy like this is not something even fairly bold Black Path forces can do.”
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“……Did you not say it was not the Black Path?”
At that moment, Jin So-un stood up and turned his head toward one side.
“They are coming just in time.”
“Wh-What?!”
W̊ ё b̃ n о v е l̇ Ê n ǔ m̊ а
Nam Hwa-seong’s gaze shifted in the direction Jin So-un jerked his chin.
‘What is that…….’
Between the darkness, a red lantern was floating in the air as it approached them.
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