A Baby Cat Who Commands the Dog Clan - Chapter 66

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Chapter 66
It was the section Hong Seol had collapsed moments before. Through the cracks, turbid eyes gleamed, radiating a sinister light.
“So you’re still alive, you little rat bastards!”
“Mom!”
“Meow!”
Startled, Hong Seol and Deng Xiao Xiao clung to each other desperately.
The Black Eagle Gang members refused to give up, clawing through the mound of earth before them.
Scrape, scrape, scrape.
The moment a gap appeared, the men converged on it with singular focus.
The sound of fingernails scraping through soil and stones being hurled aside was utterly terrifying.
Hong Seol’s mouth had gone completely dry.
‘At this rate, they’ll capture us before the rescue team arrives!’
There was nowhere to run… only the walls.
But how?
Then a single thought flickered through Hong Seol’s mind.
It was something Nam Goong Ho had taught her long ago.
“Hong Seol, what they call the Barrier Technique is truly mysterious, you see.”
Standing in the center of the Training Ground, Hong Seol had tilted her head in confusion at Nam Goong Ho’s words.
“You can strike an opponent’s body directly, but if you do it like this!”
Nam Goong Ho had gently placed his hand on the Blue Stone floor of the Training Ground.
In that instant, Hong Seol felt the ground ripple beneath her.
Startled, Hong Seol had rushed over and gripped Nam Goong Ho’s sleeve tightly.
“W-what is this, Grandfather?”
“Just now I controlled my strength, but if you apply the Barrier Technique to the floor or walls, you can even shatter stone.”
“Wow…”
“But you must control it carefully. Only exert influence exactly as much as you intend.”
“Can I do something like this with my Heavenly Thunder Divine Technique?”
“Yes.”
Nam Goong Ho, who had been smiling contentedly, suddenly turned stern.
“But you are forbidden from using inner energy until you correct your Yin-Yang Meridian Defect!”
“But…”
“If you recklessly deploy the Heavenly Thunder Divine Technique, your meridians will boil over and you will die. Do you understand?”
“Yes, yes!”
At those words, Hong Seol had nodded fearfully.
“I promise, Grandfather. I will never use the Heavenly Thunder Divine Technique.”
“Good, that’s what a good child does.”
“There’s a sound coming from over there.”
Hong Seol lifted her head from her daze. Yang Do Jin had suddenly pressed his ear against the wall.
“A sound?”
“Someone’s coming. The auras I sense are all masters of extraordinary skill!”
At those words, Deng Xiao Xiao’s face seemed to shimmer with hope.
“It must be the Deng Family Estate! They’ve come to rescue us, haven’t they?”
“Perhaps. But….”
Yang Do Jin gazed resentfully at the wall that stood between them and the rescue team.
The wall appeared solid, as though it would never crumble.
Moreover, if the rescue team didn’t know they were here….
The Black Bandit Gang’s methods would surely reach them first.
That was when it happened.
A startled Yang Do Jin called out to me.
“Hey, what, what are you doing?”
The kitten Hong Seol, standing on two legs, had performed a graceful aerial somersault.
“What? You were a cat-human?”
“I thought you were just unusually clever!”
The cries of the Black Bandit Gang members didn’t even reach my ears.
As I returned to human form, I saw the two children staring at me in stunned confusion.
Deng Xiao Xiao’s fine clothes were torn in several places, and her delicate cheeks were covered with bruises and abrasions.
Yang Do Jin was little better off.
From diving into the cold water, his cheeks flushed crimson, and his entire body was marked with cuts and contusions.
I wanted to protect them.
I spoke silently with my eyes.
‘You know, we’re friends, aren’t we?’
There was no answer, but I understood.
We had already become true friends.
My black eyes, now resolute, turned cold and steely.
‘For my friends… I can do anything!’
I planted my feet firmly on the ground and raised both hands with force.
Then I closed my eyes.
The yin and yang energies coursing through my meridians became vivid and clear.
The two powerful forces occupied one palm each, undulating like towering waves.
If I concentrated this power into a single, narrow point!
I could collapse the cave wall without bringing down the ceiling.
I silently offered an apology in my heart.
‘Grandfather, I’m sorry.’
With unwavering resolve, I brought my palms together.
Crack.
Crackle.
The moment I felt the immense force created where yin and yang collided!
I pressed both palms against a single point on the wall.
I felt all my energy drain away in a rush.
Rumble!
A tremendous thunderous sound echoed through the narrow cave.
Yang Do Jin and Deng Xiao Xiao cried out in shock.
“Is that… the Thunder Divine Technique of the Nam Goong Family?!”
“How could Hong Seol do that?”
Hong Seol’s small frame swayed unsteadily, drained of all her energy.
“Hey!”
Yang Do Jin, startled, caught Hong Seol’s body. Through the haze of her fading consciousness, Hong Seol strained to examine the cave wall.
‘Did I… did I succeed…?’
But.
The cave wall remained stubbornly intact.
‘What… what do I do…?’
Tears were about to spill when Hong Seol lost consciousness entirely.
Then it happened.
A soft rumble.
A small pebble tumbled down the wall and struck Yang Do Jin’s foot, where he held Hong Seol.
That was the beginning.
Crack, pop-crack.
One by one, stones began to fall from the cave wall.
Ten holes of varying sizes burst open, and dim light from outside poured through the gaps.
Yang Do Jin muttered in disbelief.
“She broke through the wall…?”
This frail Hong Seol, who appeared to possess barely a shred of inner strength?
The next moment.
With a thunderous rumble, the wall that had separated them from the outside world collapsed without a trace.
“No!”
Yang Do Jin wrapped his body protectively around Hong Seol’s unconscious form.
He shielded her with his own body, fearing the debris might injure her.
“Cough, cough.”
“Ugh. All this dust…”
Gradually, the billowing dust settled.
Through the haze, a silhouette appeared.
Deng Xiao Xiao, clutching Sorang tightly, murmured in disbelief.
“Is that… Nam Goong Baek?”
Before the collapsed wall stood a silver-haired boy with sharp blue eyes.
The moment his blue gaze found the small child nestled in Yang Do Jin’s arms.
Yang Do Jin felt an uncanny chill wash over him.
The killing intent emanating from this boy far surpassed that of the Black Eagle Gang members pursuing them from behind.
“…”
The boy’s eyes never left Yang Do Jin as he slowly drew the sword hanging at his waist.
Yang Do Jin’s eyes widened to the size of his fists.
‘That bastard’s lost his mind!’
Yang Do Jin didn’t need words or obvious signs to understand. The man before him was completely unhinged.
The moment he sensed the danger and squeezed his eyes shut.
Nam Goong Baek’s blade traced a silver arc.
“Ahhh!”
In the same instant, an arm tattooed with black feathers flew through the air.
The Black Bandit Gang members digging through the earthen wall had finally carved their way through.
Yang Do Jin spun around and shouted urgently at Nam Goong Baek as he charged forward.
“You madman, stop! There are too many of them!”
Nam Goong Baek paid no heed, continuing to dance and swing his blade.
“Seize him!”
“He’s just a child!”
The remaining Black Bandit Gang members who poured through the collapsed wall rushed at Nam Goong Baek all at once.
That moment.
“Kaaah!”
A roar of fury, like an enraged lion’s cry, shook heaven and earth.
The source of that voice was the Patriarch Nam Goong Ho, who appeared with his robes billowing.
“Ahhh!”
“Kyieek!”
The men who had been charging darkly toward Nam Goong Baek clutched their ears and crumpled to the ground.
“Ui Gyeol!”
This time, the Head of the Family Nam Goong On shouted.
Then Nam Goong Ui Gyeol lunged forward with his blade gleaming a pale blue, targeting the leading Black Bandit Gang member.
Boom!
The sword was so heavy that it didn’t merely cleave the bandit’s body in two—it carved a deep mark into the earth itself.
“Th-the Thousand-Pound Sword Master!”
The man who appeared to be the captain recognized Nam Goong Ui Gyeol.
His body began to tremble like an aspen leaf.
“Th-this is the Nam Goong Family… Retreat! Retreat now!”
The Black Bandit Gang members drew upon their inner strength and fled rapidly.
Even as they fled, they didn’t hesitate to end the lives of their own wounded comrades.
“Ugh!”
“Gasp!”
Nam Goong On, who had stepped back, shouted.
“Ui Gyeol, pursue them!”
“Yes, sir!”
As Nam Goong Ui Gyeol extended his arm, the Changcheon Division members launched themselves in pursuit of the surviving Black Bandit Gang members.
In that moment, Nam Goong Baek had already extended his hand toward Yang Do Jin.
“Come here.”
Yang Do Jin, wary of him, hid Hong Seol in his embrace.
“Who do you think you are!”
Nam Goong Baek answered without hesitation.
“I’m this child’s older brother.”
“What?”
A sharp gasp escaped.
Deng Xiao Xiao stared with her mouth hanging open.
“How can the older brother of a cat-human be a wolf-human of the Nam Goong Family…?”
Nam Goong Baek ignored her words and took Hong Seol from Yang Do Jin’s arms.
In that instant, his cold expression transformed.
Hong Seol’s body was burning—burning with an intensity that was almost unbearable.
It was as if she had swallowed the inner core of a Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Carp, a creature said to contain the essence of extreme yang energy itself.
But that wasn’t all.
The next moment, her entire body grew frigid, as though she had consumed the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Spirit of the Northern Ice Palace.
Sensing something was gravely amiss, Nam Goong Ho and Nam Goong On rushed over.

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