Almighty God of War - Chapter 120

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120

 

Pung Socheong frowned as she looked at the three men.

 

“Why are they here…?”

 

Her voice carried a tone of clear displeasure.

 

Guyang Cheongang asked.

 

“Branch Master, do you know who they are?”

 

Pung Socheong answered coldly.

 

“The one using his fists is Hwangbo Pung of the Iron Fist Mountain Crusher from Shandong’s Hwangbo Family, the owner of the great sword is Paeng Mangyeong of the Wall Mountain Crushing Blade from Hebei’s Paeng Family, and the young man holding the folding fan is Jegal Hwi of the Divine Mountain Ghost Scheme from Hubei’s Jegal Family.”

 

She clicked her tongue with an annoyed expression.

 

“They’re all called the so-called next-generation pillars of the Six Great Families.”

 

Hanjo asked.

 

“The Six Great Families… you mean the six oldest and most powerful family clans in Murim?”

 

“That’s right. Arrogant prestigious families who pride themselves on being the orthodox lineage of Murim.”

 

Blatant displeasure seeped through Pung Socheong’s voice.

 

Just then, the scholar-dressed young man Jegal Hwi suddenly turned to look in their direction.

 

“You three over there, are you just going to keep watching?”

 

His voice overflowed with leisure.

 

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes deepened.

 

Since they weren’t hiding their bodies, he had fully expected that Jegal Hwi and the others would soon notice their appearance.

 

He asked back.

 

“It doesn’t seem like you need help?”

 

“That’s true, but we want to quickly clean up these stinking things.”

 

Jegal Hwi pointed at one of the jiangshi with his folding fan as he spoke.

 

“You probably don’t want to stay here long either, isn’t that right?”

 

Hwangbo Pung frowned as if displeased.

 

“Brother Jegal, is there really a need to ask for help? Just the three of us are enough…”

 

“Hahaha! Big brother, what are you saying!”

 

Paeng Mangyeong laughed heartily and gestured toward Guyang Cheongang’s group.

 

“Come on over! The more people the better, isn’t it? These bastards are annoying because there are so many of them!”

 

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes deepened.

 

‘Getting tied up by undead monsters right from the start of investigating the incident isn’t ideal.’

 

Having made his decision, he stepped forward.

 

Seeing his movement, Hanjo and Pung Socheong also stepped forward.

 

Hanjo unfurled a two-jang-long iron chain from his waist, the Black Dragon Chain.

 

Charrrrrrrrk-

 

The Black Dragon Chain, made of black steel, was a divine weapon with intricate dragon scale patterns carved into each link of the chain.

 

The whip technique is a weapon that possesses both flexibility and strength, and in the hands of a skilled user, it displays power no less than a sword.

 

Pung Socheong drew two daggers named Moon Shadow Daggers.

 

She was a master of twin daggers.

 

Guyang Cheongang did not touch the Supreme Sword.

 

‘If I were to draw my sword against opponents of this level… it would be disrespectful to the Supreme Sword.’

 

The low-grade jiangshi before his eyes seemed sufficient to handle with just his palm techniques.

 

“Thank you!”

 

Hwangbo Pung shouted with hearty laughter.

 

“Then let’s finish this quickly!”

 

Jegal Hwi raised his folding fan high and shouted.

 

“The boundary between Gan Palace and Kun Palace! That’s their vital point!”

 

“Kuhaha! Leave it to me!”

 

With Paeng Mangyeong’s roar, the five masters simultaneously kicked off the ground and charged forward.

 

But there was a shadow that moved before them.

 

It was Guyang Cheongang.

 

He seemed to be walking toward the battlefield with ordinary steps.

 

But the moment he took one step, his figure became blurred as if being erased from space.

 

On the second step, his body movement split into multiple afterimages, and by the third step, he was already standing in the middle of the jiangshi.

 

It was the moment when the Phantom Shadowless Step he had created first revealed itself to the world.

 

“Keuheuu…”

 

Dozens of jiangshi that sensed the foreign intruder simultaneously rushed toward him.

 

At that very moment, hundreds and thousands of blue flashes exploded from Guyang Cheongang’s entire body.

 

It spread like a net of living lightning, engulfing the surrounding jiangshi.

 

Swaaaaaaash-!

 

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!

 

Speed so fast that even following with the eyes was meaningless.

 

The jiangshi at the front couldn’t even properly use their hands once before their upper bodies scattered like dust and collapsed.

 

No one present could even perceive when Guyang Cheongang had moved his hands.

 

It was the power of his new supreme technique that recreated the Gale Chain Palm – the Gale Flash Technique.

 

“…Did you see that?”

 

Hwangbo Pung, who had been about to swing his fist, muttered with a dazed expression.

 

“…?”

 

Paeng Mangyeong’s hearty laughter as he charged forward stopped as if caught in his throat.

 

Jegal Hwi, who had been surveying the entire situation, unconsciously felt the hand gripping his folding fan trembling slightly.

 

Leaving their shock behind, Guyang Cheongang became a storm of death sweeping through the center of the jiangshi.

 

With one gesture of his hand, space was torn apart, and with one step, formations crumbled.

 

The hellish battlefield was completely cleared in less than half a moment.

 

Guyang Cheongang had single-handedly turned more than half of the over one hundred jiangshi into dust.

 

Not a single jiangshi could withstand his single strike.

 

Paeng Mangyeong, casually resting his great sword on his shoulder, approached with hearty laughter.

 

“Hehe, what incredibly fast hands you have! I am Paeng Mangyeong of the Paeng Family. Fellow martial artists of Gangho call me the Cliff-Splitting Tyrant Blade. That was impressive skill – who might you be, brother?”

 

Guyang Cheongang smiled back and answered.

 

“My name is Hahou Gang. I’m an unknown nobody who has never been active in Murim…”

 

His words couldn’t reach their end.

 

Because Jegal Hwi, greatly startled, cried out like a scream.

 

“Divine Physician of Life and Death Hahou Gang? Really… are you truly Xiahou Great Hero?”

 

His atmosphere was so intense that even Guyang Cheongang was taken aback.

 

“I have heard that people call me that…”

 

At his words, even Hwangbo Pung and Paeng Mangyeong were shocked.

 

“Haha, this is really… to think we’d meet the real Divine Physician of Life and Death here!”

 

Paeng Mangyeong let out an exclamation, and Hwangbo Pung also looked Guyang Cheongang up and down with an expression of disbelief.

 

Seeing their reactions, Guyang Cheongang became confused instead.

 

He had never properly realized how famous his name was in Gangho.

 

‘Akasha, was my alias (Hahou Gang) this famous?’

 

[I don’t know well either, but seeing the reactions of Jegal Hwi and others, it seems there’s no need to find out. Doctor, you’ve been in the training room all along, and in the Imperial Capital you only met high-ranking officials, so it’s natural that you wouldn’t feel it.]

 

Jegal Hwi stepped forward with a respectful cupped fist salute.

 

“Great Hero, we have committed a great discourtesy. We never dreamed we would meet such an esteemed person in a place like this. Please forgive my rudeness from just now.”

 

“What discourtesy could there be? But how did you and your party come to be here?”

 

“Please understand that it’s an internal alliance matter, so I cannot speak of it in detail.”

 

“Alliance, you say…?”

 

“We belong to the Azure Heaven Martial Alliance.”

 

“Ah!”

 

After Hanjo and Pung Socheong also exchanged greetings with Hwangbo Pung’s group, Jegal Hwi asked Guyang Cheongang.

 

“What brings you here, Great Hero?”

 

“While investigating Ghost Valley Village in front of Soul Loss Valley, I discovered that the traces of people who died there led to this place. So I followed them here.”

 

Jegal Hwi’s eyes gleamed.

 

‘Though he’s known as a divine physician, his identity is suspicious. That overwhelming martial prowess, and the courage to step into the heart of this bizarre situation himself… This man might know something about ‘that thing’ we’re pursuing. For now, moving together with him is the best strategy.’

 

Reading his mind, Hwangbo Pung asked respectfully.

 

“Xiahou Great Hero, do you plan to continue investigating this place?”

 

He raised his speech level.

 

Now that he knew Guyang Cheongang’s identity, it was difficult to speak casually.

 

Even combining all three of their reputations couldn’t compare to the Divine Physician of Life and Death.

 

Guyang Cheongang nodded.

 

“That’s my intention. What do you all plan to do?”

 

Paeng Mangyeong answered with a hearty laugh.

 

“When the divine physician isn’t backing down, how could we retreat? Let’s go together.”

 

Guyang Cheongang readily accepted their companionship.

 

‘Azure Heaven Martial Alliance. One of the greatest forces among the Five Supremes Under Heaven… Moving with them increases the possibility of uncovering the secrets of this place more easily.’

 

While thinking this, he also felt a pang in his chest.

 

The memory from a few months ago surfaced – when he had accepted a request from the Heavenly Fragrance Tower master and defeated Chumyeong Sword Wi Ryang, a master from the Azure Heaven Martial Alliance’s Law Enforcement Hall.

 

Of course, since he had worn a face mask, there was no possibility of his identity being exposed.

 

‘I wonder what expressions they would make if they found out I did such a thing.’

 

He shook off his distracting thoughts.

 

In any case, this was a place where jiangshi, known to have disappeared after the Great War of Orthodox and Demonic, had emerged.

 

So the more companions, the better.

 

The group began investigating the underground cavern where the jiangshi had vanished.

 

This place reached a height of ten zhang and was wide enough to span over a hundred zhang.

 

Moreover, aside from where the group had descended, no other paths were visible.

 

‘Akasha, those jiangshi can’t be all there is. There must be another exit. Find it.’

 

[Understood.]

 

With Akasha’s response, thousands of invisible nanobots were released in all directions from Guyang Cheongang’s entire body.

 

Like living creatures, they scattered to every corner of the cave’s ceiling and walls, beginning to thoroughly scan the surfaces.

 

In Guyang Cheongang’s mental image, a three-dimensional map of the cave was being drawn in real-time, reconstructed based on the data sent by the nanobots.

 

[Data analysis results show that qi flow is unnaturally distorted on the western wall. It appears an artificial mechanism is blocking the space.]

 

‘What’s behind it?’

 

[Empty space. It appears to be cave-like in form, likely a passage.]

 

Guyang Cheongang approached the western wall that Akasha had indicated.

 

Jegal Hwi asked with a puzzled expression.

 

“Xiahou Great Hero, have you perhaps discovered something?”

 

“There’s a mechanism installed here.”

 

At his words, everyone’s gaze turned to the smooth stone wall he was pointing at.

 

But in their eyes, nothing was visible except a stone barrier with no distinctive features, gleaming damply in the pitch-black darkness.

 

Even Jegal Hwi, who had mastered mechanism formation techniques, swept the wall with sharp eyes but could find no trace of cracks or devices.

 

He frowned and asked.

 

“Xiahou Great Hero, there seems to be… nothing there.”

 

His voice carried an unavoidable tinge of disbelief.

 

Guyang Cheongang recalled the mechanism-related knowledge he had read in the Imperial Treasury and said.

 

“The Ten Gates Golden Lock, a demonic mechanism art, is deployed here. If handled incorrectly, this entire place will collapse.”

 

Having finished speaking, he stood before the wall and extended his hand.

 

His fingers danced through the air as if performing, touching the wall in a specific sequence and at precise angles.

 

After a moment,

 

Grrrrrr-

 

With a heavy sound, the stone barrier three feet thick sank downward, revealing a new path.

 

As the stone wall opened, bone-chilling yin energy poured out, accompanied by wind sounds like the weeping of vengeful spirits.

 

Kiiiiiii-

 

Jegal Hwi’s eyes, watching this scene, filled with shock.

 

He had heard of the reputation as a divine physician. But to think that beyond martial arts, he had reached such profound depths in mechanism formation techniques as well.

 

‘Medical arts, martial arts, and formation techniques. For one person to reach this level in three completely different paths… is that even possible for a human?’

 

But before his eyes stood a man who accomplished it as if it were nothing.

 

Denial was meaningless.

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