Vol 2 Chapter 72. You Measly Things…. (4)
Two days later.
Oliver continued to lead the disciples in guerrilla warfare, but achieved little more than buying time.
There were even moments when he nearly fell into danger after pushing too deeply and getting caught in traps.
And now….
“Instructor. That barrier also seems to be nearing its limit.”
“Yes. That’s how it looks.”
Gal Sang-a gazed quietly at the barrier before her.
Thanks to the continuous attacks, cracks were spreading across its surface.
Anyone could see it was at its limit.
“The Twin Dragon Sect…. We would have been in big trouble if we had underestimated them.”
Though they had recently been gaining fame, they were still just a small-to-mid-sized sect, were they not?
She had indeed looked down on them lightly.
But the Twin Dragon Sect possessed two masters at the State of Harmony and even had deep knowledge of formations and arcane arts to deploy such a barrier.
“Being ambushed turned out to be a blessing in disguise. If only one of us had gone, we might have met a humiliating end.”
At that, Mae Jin-chang replied, “Come to think of it, I heard a rumor that a disciple once attacked the Twin Dragon Sect and was killed instead.”
“A disciple?”
“Blood Wave Saber Guest Ma Jae-ho. He was probably around the one-hundred-seventieth disciple. Do you not remember?”
“Hmph. Why would I remember such small fry?”
Gal Sang-a replied curtly.
The Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor had so many disciples that remembering those of the lower ranks was difficult.
But thinking about it now….
“So this was not a place for lower-ranked fools to meddle with.”
“I think so as well.”
In the end, this worked out well.
Once the barrier broke, they would enter.
No matter how strong the Twin Dragon Sect’s hidden strength was, they would never be able to withstand the three of them attacking simultaneously.
“Wake up even those who are resting in shifts and prepare for them. It will break soon.”
“Yes, Instructor.”
***
“It looks like it will break soon.”
“I understand.”
Sect Master Go Seok-hyeon waited right in front of the barrier, his expression resolute.
He intended to face the enemy from the very front.
Behind him stood the other disciples of the Twin Dragon Sect, and behind them was Chu Un-hwi, the Mad Dog Beggar of the Beggars’ Sect.
“Sect Master, just in case, if we shrink the barrier to cover only the sect estate, we could buy more time.”
At Chu Un-hwi’s words, Go Seok-hyeon replied firmly,
“There is no guarantee the Divine Tree would agree if we asked. And even if it did….”
“Yes. You would not consider it, would you? Leaving the common folk in danger just to protect the sect has no meaning.”
“I apologize to you, Great Master Chu.”
Chu Un-hwi let out a sigh.
A frustrating and foolish man.
But precisely because of that, he could not bring himself to leave him here to die.
‘It can’t be helped. I’ll just do what I can.’
If Chu Un-hwi risked his life and went for mutual destruction, he might be able to take at least one of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor’s disciples with him.
Then if Color-Eyed A handled one, and that Sanson fellow, who had recovered quite a bit over the past few days, handled another….
‘It’s not completely hopeless.’
Then that was the only way.
As Chu Un-hwi steeled his resolve….
CRACK…. CRAAACK!
The sound of the barrier splitting rang out.
Then a voice heard only by the Twin Dragon Sect disciples followed.
[I’m sorry. This is as far as my power goes.]
And immediately after….
CRASH!
With the sound of something clear shattering, the massive barrier covering Tianshui County vanished.
And at the same time….
“Charge! Wipe them all out!”
With Gal Sang-a’s shrill command, the Unorthodox Alliance surged forward.
“Drive back the lawless Unorthodox Alliance!”
At the same time, Sect Master Go Seok-hyeon shouted and charged at the very front.
[ Radiant Dragon Twelve Sword Forms: Third Form: Flashing Dragon Strike ]
In that instant, Go Seok-hyeon’s body shot forward, sending three of the leading Unorthodox Alliance members flying at once.
“Guh!”
“Kyaaagh!”
At the same time, his sword lashed out fiercely in all directions as he engaged the Unorthodox Alliance.
“You shall go no further!”
As he fought, his sword was sharp and ferocious.
Go Seok-hyeon.
His original level of martial arts had been no more than second-rate.
Even that level had nearly been lost when he was once crippled.
But afterward, Patrick repaired his dantian, and then he gained a fortuitous encounter with the World Tree, causing two dantians to split and settle precisely within his body.
Twin Dragons Heaven and Earth Primordial Heart Law.
That insane martial art that split the dantian into two, multiplying power severalfold.
Within the Twin Dragon Sect, aside from Patrick, Go Seok-hyeon was the only one who had mastered it.
Of course, even with strong internal energy, he was not overwhelmingly powerful.
His enlightenment in martial arts was lacking, and his mastery of the sword lagged behind. But….
“Haaaah!”
[ Radiant Dragon Twelve Sword Forms: Second Form: Great Dragon Cross Sword ]
A massive cross-shaped sword qi, far larger than Mun Yul’s, exploded among the Unorthodox Alliance.
BOOOOM!
In terms of sheer sword power alone, Go Seok-hyeon could unleash strength surpassing even first-rate.
‘Perhaps… we can win.’
As he watched his sword overwhelm the Unorthodox Alliance, that hope arose within Go Seok-hyeon.
At that very moment….
“Hehehe. The old man has plenty of strength.”
A chilling voice came from behind.
It was the sinister laughter of Mae Jin-chang, the Life-Snatching Divine Diviner.
Go Seok-hyeon twisted his body to strike backward, but Mae Jin-chang’s hand was faster.
WHOOSH!
Mae Jin-chang’s poisoned hand shot toward Go Seok-hyeon’s heart.
Facing certain death, Go Seok-hyeon clenched his teeth. But….
“How dare you!”
A streak of light flew in from the side, attacking Mae Jin-chang and saving Go Seok-hyeon’s life.
“Instructor Oliver.”
“Sect Master, please deal with the rabble together with the disciples. I will take care of this….”
BOOOOM!
Oliver’s words were cut short.
Mae Jin-chang attacked him, his face twisted like a demon.
“I’ll kill you, you Color-Eyed A bastard!”
He must have heard what Chu Un-hwi said.
And Oliver….
“I’ll really kill you.”
Since he was the enemy, there was no need to show mercy.
Sword qi and claw qi clashed as the two collided fiercely.
On the other side….
“I’ll kill this beggar bastard!”
“Oh my, back off a bit, you wicked woman. You’re not my type.”
“I’ll chew up your liver.”
“Hm, frowning like that makes your wrinkles stand out even more.”
“Aaaaaaaaah!”
Chu Un-hwi was skillfully toying with Gal Sang-a.
Yu Ji-wan seemed to have been kept in the rear to avoid a repeat of earlier incidents.
That left over three hundred Unorthodox Alliance members as the problem….
“Jeon Hu, On Hoe, the left side is in danger. Go block it!”
“Yes!”
“Ju Chang-myeong, Dae-han, fall back. You’ve gone too deep.”
“Yes, Instructor.”
Sanson directed the other disciples and managed to hold on for the time being.
Though he had not fully recovered, Sanson was a master at the State of Harmony and a knight who had led troops through countless battles.
Standing at the front and issuing commands, he showed how tens could block hundreds.
But Sanson knew as well.
“We won’t last long. I can only hope the Young Master arrives quickly….”
“Young Master? What do you me— guh!”
The Unorthodox Alliance member facing Sanson was sent flying by a single blow.
“When will this bad habit of mine ever be fixed?”
Sanson sighed and refocused on the battle.
At that moment….
BOOM!
From a short distance away, a massive explosion rang out, and energy surged violently.
“Aaagh!”
“Save me… aaagh!”
“Uwaaaaaah!”
The screams of the common folk rang out.
“Damn it….”
Chu Un-hwi bit his lip and cursed.
Gal Sang-a smiled and said, “What is it? You suddenly look unwell.”
“You damn wicked witch. How dare you use a diversion?”
“Hohoho. Isn’t this all strategy and tactics?”
Yu Ji-wan had not been left in the rear.
Thrown into a chaotic melee, he would rampage indiscriminately, friend or foe alike, making him impossible to control.
So they had sent him elsewhere to let him do as he pleased. And….
“What will you do? Once Senior Brother Yu loses himself, men, women, young, old, all look like wooden scarecrows to be cut down.”
“You crazy bitch….”
That meant common folk were dying over there.
And when the Twin Dragon Sect disciples realized this….
“Stop them! Protect the people!”
“Out of the way, you bastards!”
“Uwaaaah!”
They began to rampage like mother tigers whose cubs had been threatened.
“N-no! Everyone, calm down! Calm down!”
Chu Un-hwi shouted until his throat nearly burst, but it was useless.
Even the Sect Master was charging forward without regard for blades flying at his own body. How could the disciples restrain themselves?
‘Th-this is the end.’
The small glimmer of hope that had existed began to vanish.
***
‘N-no. This is wrong.’
Go Seok-hyeon ran.
Ignoring the blades stabbing into his body, he charged forward.
The affairs of the martial world must be resolved within the martial world.
Dragging common folk into it was unacceptable.
That was the minimum code that martial people, righteous or evil, had to uphold.
Was Go Seok-hyeon the only one who thought so?
Those lawless Unorthodox Alliance bastards were attacking the common folk without hesitation.
“Sect Master, it’s danger— guh!”
One of the disciples forcibly blocked a blade flying toward him.
Normally, Go Seok-hyeon would have worried about the disciple, but now he ran.
He ran and ran toward the place where the screams of the common folk were coming from.
And what he saw there was….
“Heh… hehehehe….”
An evil foe letting out sinister laughter atop countless corpses of common folk.
“You bastard!”
Go Seok-hyeon roared like an old tiger and charged forward.
A full-powered Flashing Dragon Strike.
Even if he had to die together with him, he would stop that monster.
His desperate strike flew toward Yu Ji-wan’s neck. But….
CLANG!
Regrettably, the gap between Go Seok-hyeon and Yu Ji-wan could not be bridged by resolve alone.
The moment his attack entered Yu Ji-wan’s sword domain, a slashing strike flew out, easily nullifying Go Seok-hyeon’s attack. And then….
SLASH!
“Aaagh!”
Yu Ji-wan’s follow-up strike severed the tendons in Go Seok-hyeon’s wrist.
The sword in his hand fell to the ground.
“Guh….”
Go Seok-hyeon tried to attack again without giving up, but….
SLASH! SLASH!
Successive slashes tore into his thigh and waist.
“Guhhh!”
Sustaining wounds so severe he could not even stand, Go Seok-hyeon collapsed, yet still refused to release the sword remaining in his other hand.
‘I… I must protect them. As the Sect Master of the Twin Dragon Sect, I….’
Amid agony so intense that death seemed preferable, he tried to rise, driven by his belief that he had to protect the common folk.
And then his back….
THUD!
“Guhhh!”
Yu Ji-wan stomped on it.
His spine screamed in pain as his organs ruptured.
“Hehehe…. Hahahahahaha!”
“Kh… kgh….”
Watching Go Seok-hyeon still struggling to fight, Yu Ji-wan spoke in a voice that sounded broken.
“You…. bug. Like a bug. You….”
“Ugh… ngh….”
“Hehehe. A bug. You can tear off its legs, its wings, its head, and it still wriggles… a bug….”
Pure madness.
This was a murderous weapon in human form.
How much blood would flow if such a monster were unleashed?
He had to fight.
Even if he could not win.
Even if it was meaningless.
Until the moment his heart stopped, he had to resist.
That was the duty he bore as the Sect Master of the Twin Dragon Sect rooted in Tianshui County.
“U… uwaaaaaaah!”
“Heehee. Bug. Bug. I’ll start with the legs—.”
As Yu Ji-wan raised his sword to sever Go Seok-hyeon’s legs….
A streak of sword light flew in and slammed into Yu Ji-wan.
BOOOOM!
That single strike easily blasted away Yu Ji-wan, who had been towering over Go Seok-hyeon.
And when Go Seok-hyeon barely lifted his head, what he saw was….
“B-Bong-gong… sir.”
At this moment, it was the back of the most reliable person in the world.
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