fynovel Chapter 169 : Chapter 169
Chapter 169 : Chapter 169
Chapter 169 The Chase (2)
─ THUDUDUDUDU
The ground shook. The thick demonic energy emanating from the hundreds of Demonic Beings was enough to make one feel nauseous.
The composure on the three's faces began to fade.
“……This is.”
“Are they all…… at least at the First-Rate level or higher?”
Every single one of the approaching Demonic Beings was an elite. There was no one who could be taken lightly.
The heartbeats of the three, who had felt the momentum of the Demonic Beings with their own bodies, began to quicken. Only now did they begin to realize that they were facing the Demonic Cult's full-scale offensive.
A thick chain wriggled from Jin Cheol-myeong's body, and heat boiled from Yu Ha-rin's sharply honed sword.
The cold energy spreading from around Pan Bing-yeong's body met with Yu Ha-rin's heat, creating steam with a SIZZLE.
“……Our goal is to buy time. Engrave it in your minds again that we are not trying to annihilate them.”
As Pan Bing-yeong spoke with a hardened expression, the two nodded.
After a little time had passed, the trees in the distance began to shake violently. The shaking of the trees approached the three like a wave.
“Get ready!”
At the same time as Pan Bing-yeong's loud shout, dozens of Demonic Beings burst out from the dense forest. The surroundings momentarily darkened due to the thick demonic energy surrounding the Demonic Beings.
One of the two Demonic Beings running at the very front, who had spotted the three people blocking the way between the cliffs, tilted his head.
“Eh? Who are those crazy bastards? Chwi-yo! Did you hear anything?”
The woman called Chwi-yo narrowed her eyes and looked at the three. The woman, who was wearing a red silk dress that clung to her body, scanned the three and then frowned deeply.
“Baek-sa. You heard the orders next to me too. You should at least remember the orders, even if you don't remember anything else. There was no mention of guys like that. Our mission is definitely to chase the Tang family bastards.”
“Eh?…… Those guys don't look like Tang family martial artists. Then what are they? Did the Murim Alliance guys come to support them?”
“I don't think so. I've never heard of a guy in the Murim Alliance who wears such a strange chain around his body.”
“So what do we do now?”
Baek-sa, who had a small build, narrowed his eyes, tilted his head, and looked at Chwi-yo again.
“……Tsk. What do you mean, what do we do. Just kill them. We're going to kill them all anyway, whether they're Murim Alliance guys or Tang family guys, so what does it matter who they are now?”
Baek-sa, who had a smile that seemed to be missing a few screws, clapped his hands.
“Hehe. That's right. Chwi-yo is so smart. Then, I'll kill them?”
“Kill them. Lord Blood Demon has entrusted us with the lead for a change, so we have to complete the mission within the given time.”
Baek-sa, who had heard Chwi-yo's words, nodded and kicked off the ground.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
A thick demonic energy exploded in all directions, creating a strong wind. Pan Bing-yeong bit her lip as she watched Baek-sa shooting toward the three at lightning speed.
Contrary to his somewhat lacking behavior, the small Demonic Being was emitting a considerable amount of energy.
Soon, a long whip extended from the robes of Baek-sa, who had run in at a tremendous speed.
─ SWOOOOOOSH!
The whip, made from the skin of a white jiaolong, cut through the air and shot toward the group.
Jin Cheol-myeong, who was watching the approaching attack, stepped forward first.
“Leave that one to me.”
The wriggling chain began to rotate rapidly around Jin Cheol-myeong's body. Then, in response to Baek-sa's whip, the Black Blood Ghost Whip uncoiled with a RATTLE and extended forward.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
Baek-sa's whip, which was struck by the thick Black Blood Ghost Whip, was deflected backward.
Baek-sa, who tilted his head as he looked at Jin Cheol-myeong who had received his attack, soon smiled brightly.
“……An interesting one!”
Baek-sa's whip was swung again. Baek-sa's whip, which flew in, drawing countless trajectories in the air, poured down on Jin Cheol-myeong, leaving an afterimage like a net.
─ RATTLE-RATTLE
The Black Blood Ghost Whip that wrapped around Jin Cheol-myeong's entire body tightened like a rock.
─ SHWACK-SHWACK-SHWACK!
The whip, which had grazed over the Black Blood Ghost Whip at a tremendous speed, pulled back again.
Immediately after, Jin Cheol-myeong, whose eyes were shining through the gaps in the Black Blood Ghost Whip, extended his hand first this time.
The Black Blood Ghost Whip shot out from Jin Cheol-myeong's body, who had stomped the ground hard, at a high speed.
“……Huh?”
Baek-sa, who looked at the Black Blood Ghost Whip shooting toward him, rotated his body rapidly.
─ SWOOOOSH
Accordingly, the whip, which had rotated at a tremendous speed, struck the flying Black Blood Ghost Whip.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
Since Jin Cheol-myeong's Black Blood Ghost Whip was made of Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron, it was difficult to create flashy changes like Baek-sa's whip, but instead, it contained immense power.
The Black Blood Ghost Whip, which was struck by Baek-sa's whip, was only slightly deflected, but Baek-sa was still within the range of the Black Blood Ghost Whip.
─ SWOOOOSH
The clothes of Baek-sa, who had narrowly avoided the Black Blood Ghost Whip shooting toward his side, were torn in a chunk and fluttered in the air.
Baek-sa, who had taken a few steps back, looked down at the torn hem of his clothes at his waist and then his eyes twitched.
Baek-sa turned his head and looked at Chwi-yo.
“……Chwi-yo. That one is mine.”
“Hey!”
“Anyone who touches him, even if they're on our side, I'll kill them.”
Chwi-yo, who had confirmed Baek-sa's expressionless face with an unnaturally raised corner of his mouth, gripped her head.
“Ah, here we go again. In this situation……”
“He's mine.”
“Damn it, really!”
Chwi-yo shook her head and took out a fancy fan from her robes.
“Do as you please. I'll take care of the rest.”
─ KWAANG!
Dozens of Demonic Beings soared in unison behind Chwi-yo, who had kicked off the ground and risen into the air.
The number of Demonic Beings who had now emerged from the forest was over a hundred.
The body of Pan Bing-yeong, who was looking at the Demonic Beings who had densely occupied the front of the cliff, soon began to emit a huge energy.
“……Who said who was taking who now?”
“That's what I'm saying.”
Then, Yu Ha-rin's sword turned red-hot.
Pan Bing-yeong's yin energy and Yu Ha-rin's yang energy erupted fiercely from the left and right of Jin Cheol-myeong.
Baek-sa, who had stopped for a moment, kicked off the ground and ran forward, and Chwi-yo followed closely behind.
Since the path was gradually narrowing, the Demonic Beings who were rushing in from behind began to rise into the air one by one, and in an instant, the passage between the cliffs was filled with Demonic Beings.
A faint smile spread on the lips of Pan Bing-yeong, who had confirmed that the Demonic Beings had come close enough. The yin energy she had been gathering from her body instantly spread forward.
[Ice Snow Flower Chaos]
─ CRACK-CRACK-CRACK
At the same time as Pan Bing-yeong's hand extended forward, a strong cold air swept around her. As Pan Bing-yeong's hands repeatedly drew semi-circles in the air, the cold air rotated and created small ice flowers in all directions. Soon, Pan Bing-yeong's cold air, which was concentrated in one place, froze the surrounding air.
─ CRACKLE!
The cold air that filled the narrow passage created a huge net of ice.
Baek-sa, Chwi-yo, and a few Demonic Beings who were following them came out through the net, which was being filled with flesh as the cold air was added.
─ CRUNCH!
As the last huge cold air that was shot out completely filled the gaps in the net, a huge ice wall was created in the passage.
─ KWAANG, KWAANG! KWAANG!
Numerous attacks followed from behind the wall, but there were no attacks that could break through the thick ice wall created by Pan Bing-yeong.
Chwi-yo, who had confirmed the huge ice wall behind her, gripped the fan she was holding.
“……What the hell is this! Where did these monsters come from……!”
Yu Ha-rin, who was looking at the flustered Chwi-yo, raised her sword.
With her sword containing a huge energy that blazed like the sun, Yu Ha-rin shot forward, and at the same time, Jin Cheol-myeong's Black Blood Ghost Whip followed her.
“Chwi-yo!”
Baek-sa, who had been pouring all his attention on Jin Cheol-myeong, shouted loudly.
Baek-sa's whip once again extended at a high speed toward the Black Blood Ghost Whip shooting toward him. Baek-sa's whip, which faced the Black Blood Ghost Whip, soon wrapped around the chain, aiming for the empty spaces in the center.
Jin Cheol-myeong, who was watching the scene, snorted.
“……I can't fall for a trick I've already fallen for once twice.”
Jin Cheol-myeong immediately extended his left hand and snatched the Black Blood Ghost Whip. Then, as he pushed his energy into the Black Blood Ghost Whip, the whip began to rotate rapidly.
─ TING-TING-TING
Baek-sa's whip, unable to find a gap in the rotating Black Blood Ghost Whip, was deflected backward, and through that gap, the Black Blood Ghost Whip extended forward.
“Eek!”
Baek-sa, who had moved back and narrowly avoided the Black Blood Ghost Whip, gripped his whip in frustration. Just as Baek-sa was about to run forward again, a hot energy passed by his side with a WHOOSH.
─ WHOOSH
Yu Ha-rin's sword, which had been red-hot, was now imbued with a blue light and was shooting toward Chwi-yo.
Chwi-yo, who felt the power contained in Yu Ha-rin's sword, hurriedly opened her fan.
Yu Ha-rin's sword, which was emitting a terrible heat as if it would burn the very air, faced Chwi-yo's fan.
“Kyaaaaaaak!”
Although Chwi-yo's fan was also a rare item made from the hide of a Nanman wild beast, it could not withstand Yu Ha-rin's sword, which was tinged with the light of a blue flame.
After burning through the fan, Yu Ha-rin's sword grazed Chwi-yo's side.
─ SWISH!
Blood spurted from Chwi-yo's side.
“Chwi-yo!”
The Black Blood Ghost Whip shot in at a high speed in front of Baek-sa, who was trying to approach Chwi-yo in a hurry after confirming the scene.
“Get out of the way!”
Baek-sa roughly swung his whip and deflected the Black Blood Ghost Whip. Baek-sa, who had stomped the ground, ran to the side of Chwi-yo, who was clutching her side.
“S-something is wrong.”
As Chwi-yo muttered with a pale face, Baek-sa nodded.
“……Why are people like that in a place like this?”
Although it had only been a few exchanges, it was enough to know that none of them were people who could be taken lightly.
From behind Baek-sa and Chwi-yo, who were glaring at Pan Bing-yeong's group with clenched teeth, a strong energy suddenly erupted.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
Pan Bing-yeong's ice wall exploded.
From behind the exploded ice wall, a man with red hair and a sturdy body walked out with a steady gait.
“What are you all doing!”
As the man let out a sharp shout, Baek-sa quickly turned his head and bowed his waist deeply.
“C-commander.”
The man, who glanced at Baek-sa, narrowed his eyes and shook his head.
“You half-wit. Can't even do one thing properly.”
At the man's words, Baek-sa's body trembled.
The man, who had walked over with a steady gait, looked at the three people blocking the way.
“……Sado Alliance?”
The man, whose gaze stopped at Pan Bing-yeong after passing over Jin Cheol-myeong and Yu Ha-rin, muttered as he tilted his head.
Pan Bing-yeong bit her lip as she confirmed the man's appearance.
“……The Nine Springs Demonic Saber, Bu Hwe-ryang.”
The man called the Nine Springs Demonic Saber frowned.
“So you are that wench from the Sado Alliance. Why are you here?”
Pan Bing-yeong did not give any particular answer to the Nine Springs Demonic Saber's words and raised her energy.
“……Tsk. The fact that the Sado Alliance is helping the Tang family guys, does that mean the Righteous and Unorthodox Factions have allied?”
The Nine Springs Demonic Saber drew the large saber from his back.
“You're quite perceptive. I don't know how you allied, but no matter how much you struggle, you're in the palm of our hands.”
Yu Ha-rin, who felt the energy of the man who had drawn his saber and was walking forward, gripped her sword and turned her head toward Pan Bing-yeong.
“That one is……?”
“The warden who guards the Demonic Cult's prison. He's a vicious bastard who turned hundreds of prisoners from the Sado Alliance and Murim Alliance into cripples. He has the martial prowess to easily rise to the position of a Pavilion Lord, but he enjoyed torturing prisoners, so he was holed up in the prison. The fact that even he has come out to the Murim means……”
The Nine Springs Demonic Saber, who was listening to Pan Bing-yeong's words, chuckled and burst out laughing.
“……Ah, now that I think about it, you were the one who took the corpses of the Sado Alliance guys last time, right? I didn't know we would meet again like this. Hmm. It might be better for us to capture you as a prisoner than to catch the Tang family guys. At least it would tie up the Sado Alliance's feet for a while, wouldn't it?”
The Nine Springs Demonic Saber stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips once.
“I was always curious about the sound of your screams whenever I saw you, you know. In many ways. Heh heh. The fact that we met here…… isn't it fate? Let's have some fun today.”
Yu Ha-rin's expression, who was looking at the Nine Springs Demonic Saber, hardened.
“You filthy bastard.”
With those words, a huge energy began to rise from Yu Ha-rin's body.