Almighty God of War - Chapter 148

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

148

 

Guyang Cheongang stood on the castle wall and looked toward the right fortress.

 

Even though it was such a distant range that their eyes could never meet, the pirates hid behind catapults or collapsed to the floor in terror.

 

Having witnessed the horrific disaster that occurred at the left fortress, they had already lost their will to fight.

 

Guyang Cheongang leaped over the castle wall into midair without hesitation.

 

But he did not fall.

 

Beneath his feet, thirty-six jet-black Flying Star Cloud Swords appeared in succession, forming a path.

 

Each time Guyang Cheongang stepped on those stairs of light, his body movement tore through space as he flew in a straight line.

 

Whiiiiiiiiik-!

 

The people watching this scene from the fleet’s deck were once again mesmerized.

 

Guyang Cheongang’s appearance was reminiscent of a sea dragon descending from heaven.

 

Meanwhile, terror spread like a plague at the right fortress.

 

“Th-that monster… is flying through the sky toward us!”

 

“Run! We can’t stop it!”

 

Before that being who had transcended the human realm, the solid castle walls and catapults they had trusted meant nothing.

 

The pirates began dropping their weapons and fleeing in competition with each other.

 

Guyang Cheongang stepped on the last Flying Star Cloud Sword and stopped in the air above the right fortress.

 

His figure looking down from the sky at the pirates crying out to escape was that of a merciless judge itself.

 

Inescapable, desperate despair pressed down on the throats of all the pirates remaining in the fortress.

 

* * *

 

Baekgyeong Bangjuui Jeoktaek.

 

The faces of Hyeok Seung and Gang Pil, who were watching the scene of the right fortress being reduced to ashes in an instant following the left fortress, hardened like stone.

 

The divine power Guyang Cheongang displayed was that overwhelming.

 

“Th… this… does this make sense…?”

 

Hyeok Seung’s scar-covered face twisted hideously with fear and rage.

 

Nearly eight hundred subordinates and two fortresses surrounded by solid castle walls had crumbled at the hands of just one man.

 

It hadn’t even taken half a moment.

 

In contrast, Gang Pil’s eyes became cold as ice.

 

Instead of shock, he felt a vicious competitive spirit along with boiling killing intent.

 

“…What a bastard I’d like to kill.”

 

With a strange smile hanging at the corner of his mouth, he turned to Hyeok Seung and asked.

 

“Hyeok Sect Leader, was that the defensive line you believed in? At this rate, not just the harbor but even this mansion will become that bastard’s playground. Do you plan to just keep watching?”

 

Hyeok Seung ground his teeth as if to shatter them.

 

“Grind, don’t forget that this place is my kingdom. It absolutely will not go according to their wishes. Watch closely too, Danju, how that bastard… dies.”

 

Gang Pil merely looked at Hyeok Seung as if finding him interesting, without opening his mouth further.

 

* * *

 

Guyang Cheongang’s body movement, having silenced even the right fortress in perfect quiet, flew through midair like a streak of meteor and landed lightly as a feather on the flagship’s deck.

 

The last Flying Star Cloud Sword scattered into midair according to his will.

 

The warriors filling the deck forgot even to breathe.

 

The being who had been not human but disaster itself until just moments ago was standing before their eyes.

 

No one dared to open their mouth.

 

Only gazes mixed with awe and terror were focused on him.

 

It was Hwa Seungryong, the Saeo Danju, who broke the tense silence.

 

He swallowed dry saliva and spoke in an unconsciously stiff voice.

 

“Th… thank you for your hard work, Instructor Jang.”

 

Guyang Cheongang adjusted his collar, which didn’t have a single drop of blood spilled on the battlefield, and answered in an extremely indifferent tone.

 

“I’ve only just cleaned the entrance.”

 

His gaze turned toward the harbor ten li away, where dozens of ships crouched.

 

The harbor was as quiet as a graveyard of giant ghost ships.

 

Those bastards didn’t even show signs of raising sails or moving their ships.

 

It was clearly a scene where the pirates had given up even the naval combat they were confident in.

 

A thick sea breeze blew in.

 

The wind carried a mixture of the fishy scent of blood from the recent fierce battle and the unique salty smell of the sea, sweeping across the deck.

 

Fifteen sailing ships led by the Sahaesangdan flagship and Dongryang Ho began entering the bay with their massive sails fluttering.

 

As the huge hulls cut through the water, the sound of white waves breaking echoed, and the creaking of taut ropes was loud.

 

But even amid that loud noise, Guyang Cheongang’s expression was hardened.

 

His superhuman senses couldn’t detect any killing intent from this quiet harbor.

 

Too perfect a silence.

 

That rather sharply stimulated his nerves.

 

Hwa Seungryong, noticing his expression, tilted his head and asked.

 

“Instructor Jang, what’s wrong?”

 

Guyang Cheongang stared at the empty harbor and said quietly.

 

“Hwa Danju, doesn’t the entry seem too easy?”

 

Hwa Seungryong gestured toward the recently destroyed fortress and answered.

 

“What bastards would hold out after seeing that disaster with their own eyes? They’re probably already terrified and preparing for a final battle on land.”

 

“Hmm…”

 

Guyang Cheongang let out a quiet groan and fixed his gaze as if trying to pierce through the darkness deep in the harbor.

 

Regardless of his suspicions, the fleet did not stop.

 

The flagship’s bow finally passed through the bay entrance and began entering the narrow waterway.

 

Guyang Cheongang instinctively realized that this eerie silence was a trap.

 

‘Akasha, I have a bad feeling. Conduct a precise search underwater.’

 

After a moment, Akasha’s voice rang urgently in his mind, having lost its usual composure.

 

[Doctor, there is a huge iron chain net spread underwater one hundred zhang ahead. Calculating the fleet’s entry angle… time remaining until collision with the iron chains is 3 minutes 14 seconds!]

 

Guyang Cheongang’s face hardened like ice as he shouted to Hwa Seungryong.

 

“Hwa Danju, stop the fleet! There’s an iron chain net underwater!”

 

Hwa Seungryong’s flustered face turned pale.

 

“What do you mean…?”

 

“There’s no time to explain!”

 

“Im-impossible!”

 

Hwa Seungryong looked down at the sea and continued loudly.

 

“Even if skilled sailors give their all, for the ships to completely stop… at least one gak is needed!”

 

One gak.

 

Only 3 minutes to the net.

 

Guyang Cheongang no longer responded to Hwa Seungryong.

 

If they couldn’t stop the ships, there was only one method.

 

A divine light sharper than a blade burst from his eyes.

 

Without a moment’s hesitation, he kicked off the flagship’s railing and threw himself toward the jet-black sea.

 

Shuuuuuk-!

 

It was a perfect entry without splashing a single drop of water.

 

Dozens of zhang ahead, one zhang below the water surface, iron chains as thick as an adult’s forearm were entangled like a giant spider web, blocking the entire waterway.

 

There was no time to think.

 

The moment the leading sailing ships got caught in the trap, the fleet would obviously sink with chain collisions.

 

Water resistance was a cumbersome shackle even for a Transformation Realm master, but Guyang Cheongang’s movements were only fast, as if mocking such constraints.

 

Flying Star Cloud Swords silently formed underwater beneath his feet.

 

Tat!

 

Guyang Cheongang used it not as a simple foothold, but as a detonation point for explosive propulsion.

 

The Flying Star Cloud Sword that appeared vertically stood firm like a wall, serving as something Guyang Cheongang could push off with his foot.

 

It was an underwater Flash Step using the sword’s recoil.

 

Sssswaaaaa-

 

Guyang Cheongang’s body shot through the water like a torpedo toward the chains.

 

Having instantly closed the distance to the chains, Guyang Cheongang gripped the handle of the Supreme Sword at his waist and drew upon the Transcendent Impermanence Divine Art.

 

Tremendous internal energy exceeding four cycles condensed and refined, flowing through his arm into the blade.

 

The next moment, a brilliant flash like a meteor bloomed from the pitch-black ocean floor.

 

Chwaaaaaaaa-!

 

Absolute Three Swords First Form, One Flash Cuts Heaven.

 

The sword strike that reached the pinnacle of speed vertically cut through the underwater space itself.

 

The massive bundle of chains that had tried to block the waterway in layers was perfectly severed.

 

The fragments of the severed chains could no longer support each other.

 

Chwachwachwachwachwachwa-

 

Unable to overcome their tremendous weight, they writhed like serpents and sank into the pitch-black depths.

 

From the tip of the Supreme Sword in his hand, sword energy blazed upward more than two feet.

 

It was the mystery of martial arts that could cut through all things under heaven, and the absolute power granted only to those who had crossed the threshold of the Transformation Realm.

 

Even in the pitch-black water, a gentle divine light like stars in the night sky swirled mysteriously around the sword energy as if alive.

 

Chwachwachwachwa-

 

A massive shadow fell over Guyang Cheongang as he remained underwater.

 

Looking up at the surface, the massive hulls of the flagship and Dongryang Ho were passing overhead with heavy sounds.

 

Guyang Cheongang lightly pushed against the water beneath his feet.

 

Kwaaa!

 

A massive water column erupted, and his body flew up from the surface like a water dragon.

 

He landed silently in the center of the flagship’s deck, his robes fluttering without a single drop of water on them.

 

Since this had become such a natural occurrence, Hwa Seungryong and the warriors simply bowed their heads lightly with reverence.

 

It was precisely the moment when the flagship and Dongryang Ho entered the harbor’s narrow waterway, closing the distance to the dock to about a hundred zhang.

 

Sweeeeee-!

 

Thousands of pirates who had lined up along the waterfront simultaneously released their bowstrings.

 

The sky turned red as thousands of fire arrows rained down like a downpour, covering the entire fleet.

 

“Defend!”

 

Hwa Seungryong drew his sword and shouted.

 

The warriors, including Wang Eok, the vice-leader of the Death Fish Corps, raised shields to block the fire arrow assault or struck them down with swords.

 

Thuk thuk thuk thuk thuk!

 

Clang! Clang! Clang clang!

 

But it was as futile as trying to block rainwater with one’s palm in a pouring storm.

 

Though they blocked some fire arrows, hundreds had already begun embedding in the deck and sails.

 

There were simply too many arrows flying simultaneously.

 

“Damn!”

 

Hwa Seungryong swallowed dryly and shouted.

 

“At this rate we’ll become a sea of fire before we can even dock! We need to retreat and wait until the arrows stop…”

 

“Is that necessary?”

 

It was Guyang Cheongang who cut off his words.

 

“I’ll handle it.”

 

“This Hwa cannot lift his face for relying too much on the Instructor.”

 

Guyang Cheongang spoke in an indifferent tone.

 

“Those with ability simply step forward. Hwa Danju can exert his strength after we land.”

 

In the downpour of fire arrows, Guyang Cheongang stood tall on the flagship’s railing.

 

He looked up indifferently at the falling rain of fire.

 

“They’re struggling.”

 

Tatatatatak-

 

Dozens of fire arrows flying toward the fleet scattered in sparks as they struck the invisible protective body energy surrounding his entire form.

 

He drew upon only the Pure Yin Energy from the yin-yang energies of the Transcendent Impermanence Divine Art to its utmost limit.

 

Now that he had broken through even the sixth major acupoint of the Nine Yin Severed Meridians, there was no need to fear the rampage of extreme yin energy, making this possible.

 

He extended both hands toward the sea.

 

Kwaaaaaaang-!

 

With a tremendous roar, the water surface touched by his palm force began to rise like a tsunami and freeze solid.

 

The seawater transformed into a massive ice wall reaching ten zhang in height, maintaining its form while glowing with a blue light.

 

Kakakakakakakang-!

 

The thousands of fire arrows that had covered the sky struck the massive ice wall and crumbled powerlessly.

 

Not only the fleet’s warriors but even the pirates watching the scene from the harbor wore expressions of dropped jaws.

 

Their final desperate struggle had been perfectly sealed by a single gesture from that one person.

 

The pirates, their faces pale as sheets, scattered into the village alleys.

 

Though they had plenty of arrows remaining, there was no reason to stay longer since their uselessness had been confirmed.

 

A cold smile appeared on Guyang Cheongang’s lips.

 

‘Planning to wage street warfare.’

 

This time he channeled Pure Yang Energy into both hands and unleashed palm wind once more.

 

Kwakwakwakwakwa-!

 

The ice wall that had been like an iron fortress just moments before melted away instantly while emitting hot steam, returning to seawater.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————