Almighty God of War - Chapter 184

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184

As always, Akasha faithfully carried out Guyang Cheongang’s instructions.

[I have conducted integrated research according to the Doctor’s orders. By fusing all the ancient knowledge I have acquired with modern computational models, I have completed the design of a next-generation defensive formation.]

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes flashed.

‘You’ve already completed it?’

[Yes. I have named it the Nine Heavens Black Tortoise Grand Formation. Do you like it?]

‘Excellent. You certainly have better naming sense than I do.’

[Is that ‘all’ I’m better at?]

‘…Just continue with your report.’

Akasha clearly projected a three-dimensional diagram of the design into Guyang Cheongang’s mental image as she continued her explanation.

[Thanks to the spatial distortion data collected from Pungnimgok, I was able to derive functions far more powerful than initially expected in the early stages of research. If we construct the grand formation using the terrain of the family estate, physical intrusion from the outside will become virtually impossible.]

Akasha’s voice carried conviction.

[This formation technique operating under my control can sustain itself for at least a year or more, even if dozens of Transformation Realm intermediate masters simultaneously launch fierce attacks. Without my permission, no one will be able to cross that boundary.]

Guyang Cheongang nodded with satisfaction.

Akasha was an entity with absolutely unparalleled ability when it came to dismantling and reassembling the rules that constitute the world.

Even the flow of qi that humans could only vaguely grasp through intuition and inspiration, she converted into precise numerical values and energy vectors to extract optimal efficiency.

The formations and mechanisms of Gangho were merely codes to be deciphered and systems to be optimized.

‘We’ll begin construction immediately upon arriving at the family estate. The Nine Heavens Black Tortoise Grand Formation will become an immortal barrier protecting the family estate.’

[Understood, Doctor. I will immediately begin establishing construction project plans.]

A new blueprint for the Guyang Family Estate was already being drawn in Guyang Cheongang’s mind.

Regarding martial arts, there was nothing to regret.

If he systematically transmitted the supreme techniques of the Nine Dragons Ten Thousand Mountains Diagram and the martial arts he had created, the Guyang Family Estate would soon possess martial academic depth comparable to the Six Great Families.

The problem was always ‘time.’

It would take at least several years to master the supreme techniques and demonstrate their true power in actual combat.

This forbidden grand formation would be the absolute shield to fill that gap during the growth period.

It was then.

Guyang Cheongang’s gaze, which had been looking outside the window, suddenly turned coldly serious.

A chilling coldness settled in his previously calm eyes.

At the same time.

Snore- Grumble-

Neungnam Gwang’s snoring that had been echoing from the ceiling suddenly stopped as if by magic.

Then his indifferent voice was heard from the darkness.

“Oh my, it seems some uninvited guests have come calling.”

Guyang Cheongang replied indifferently without withdrawing his gaze.

“I know.”

“…Huh?”

Deep bewilderment was evident in Neungnam Gwang’s voice.

He sat up abruptly from the bed and asked back.

“You knew they were approaching? They’re still a hundred zhang away?”

“Yes.”

At Guyang Cheongang’s brief answer, Neungnam Gwang clicked his tongue.

Even he, a Transformation Realm intermediate master, had just sensed their presence, but Guyang Cheongang seemed to have been aware of the enemy’s position from before.

Guyang Cheongang glanced at Baek Muok, who was sitting in lotus position and devoted to cultivation.

The boy was still deeply absorbed in meditation, unable to read the changes in the surrounding air currents.

“I’ll be back shortly.”

After finishing his words, Guyang Cheongang’s form became hazy and disappeared like a wisp of smoke through the open window gap.

Whoosh-

Neungnam Gwang’s eyes, who had been sitting on the bed, became as wide as saucers.

He was a peerless master of Transformation Realm intermediate level with extremely sensitive five senses.

But he couldn’t detect any trace of Guyang Cheongang’s departure at all.

Neungnam Gwang muttered.

“I can’t tell where the limits of that boy’s abilities are.”

He recalled the three-move duel he had fought with Guyang Cheongang a few days ago.

The head-on confrontation that had purely clashed strength against strength was certainly a method favorable to him.

Neungnam Gwang shook his head with a bitter smile.

‘If that boy had fought in a different way rather than a head-on confrontation, it would be difficult to predict how the match would have turned out.’

On the inn rooftop, Guyang Cheongang’s figure quietly materialized like a ghost.

His appearance, not wearing a bamboo hat but standing with his hands behind his back and his long robe fluttering, was like a painting.

His gaze turned toward the darkness a hundred zhang away.

Over ten black-clothed men were approaching, stepping on rooftops like the wind.

Their appearance was strange.

Their outlines were blurry as if assimilated with the darkness, and they only flickered like black mist, making it impossible to confirm their exact forms.

But they could not escape Guyang Cheongang’s eyes.

Akasha’s voice echoed in his mind.

[Doctor, their movement technique appears to be the Heavenly Death Department’s Heavenly Death Phantom Divine Movement Technique.]

‘Heavenly Death Department?’

[Yes. That movement technique is a supreme art transmitted only to first-class disciples of the Heavenly Death Department. It’s an assassin-exclusive divine movement technique that can become one with darkness to completely erase presence and even hide killing intent.]

Over the years, Akasha’s accumulated information about this world’s Murim was tremendous.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Guyang Cheongang’s mouth.

Was this revenge for losing Yu Garyang at Pungnimgok?

Or were they trying to find out what he had obtained at Pungnimgok?

‘Either way, it doesn’t matter.’

Swish swish swish-

The ten black-clothed men rushed from rooftop to rooftop, from shadow to shadow, gliding through the darkness.

In an instant, they arrived within ten zhang of Guyang Cheongang, stopped their movement, and melted into the darkness.

They were confident that Guyang Cheongang had not discovered them.

The Heavenly Death Phantom Divine Movement Technique was a supreme technique that could erase both presence and killing intent, making it difficult even for Transformation Realm masters to detect.

But Akasha was not an entity that detected enemies through presence.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Guyang Cheongang’s mouth.

[Complete capture of all enemies within five hundred zhang accomplished. Ten black-clothed men within ten zhang. And two more under the shade of a rooftop thirty zhang behind. Judging by the energy they carry, they are estimated to be Transformation Realm intermediate level.]

He looked beyond the black-clothed men toward the back and muttered as if talking to himself.

“It seems you want to play ghost, but stop the useless act and come out. Otherwise, you’ll come to resent that my hand shows no mercy.”

It was a voice tinged with coldness.

But there was no answer.

Only the cool breeze brushed across the rooftop.

Guyang Cheongang uncrossed his hands from behind his back and slowly extended his right hand forward.

A brilliant radiance like a cluster of stars condensed at the tip of his index finger.

It was finger force that only those who had reached the Transformation Realm could unleash.

Hissss-

The surrounding air made subtle piercing sounds as it was crushed by the pressure of the finger force.

Belated terror and intense anxiety appeared on the faces of the black-clothed men.

‘Th-that is…!’

‘Finger force?’

But their realization was already too late.

Blue lightning flashed from Guyang Cheongang’s index finger as two streams of finger force burst forth consecutively.

The intensely condensed finger force cut through space, followed by a sound like faint thunder rumbling.

Rumble-

The finger force shot out with the momentum to penetrate anything blocking its path.

Thud thud thud!

In an instant, the finger energy accurately penetrated the exact center of the two Black-Clothed Men’s foreheads.

Immediately, tremendous destructive force exploded inside their heads.

Pshuk!

Their heads shattered like watermelons, and blood rose like a dark red mist.

Guyang Cheongang’s single strike proved the absolute difference in power, instantly crushing the enemies’ fighting spirit.

Fear appeared in the eyes of the remaining eight Black-Clothed Men.

‘That bastard… he, he knew about our approach!’

‘The Heavenly Death Phantom Movement Technique didn’t work!’

‘We need to run!’

However, crushed by Guyang Cheongang’s overwhelming presence, they dared not move.

Guyang Cheongang still stood on the rooftop with his right hand raised.

Starlight-like energy still rippled from his fingertips, appearing ready to unleash finger energy again at any moment.

He opened his mouth again.

His voice was cold and quiet, but it struck clearly into the ears of those hidden in the darkness.

“Will you only come out after all your subordinates are dead? If you wish, this Guyang is perfectly willing to make that happen.”

Whoosh—

Wind stirred as two figures flew up from the darkness thirty zhang away.

Their light body technique was remarkable, crossing over ten zhang in a single step.

That alone revealed that those who appeared were Transformation Realm level masters.

The two figures landed on the rooftop five zhang in front of Guyang Cheongang.

Moonlight emerging through the clouds illuminated them.

The person on the right was a woman of peerless beauty with large eyes and red lips.

The blue-white jade hairpin in her hair shone even more brilliantly in the moonlight.

The red silk clothes she wore clung to her body, revealing the lines of her full chest and slender waist.

The one standing on the left was a middle-aged man with a gloomy complexion.

His eyes were deep and dark, as if something evil was writhing within them.

Around his neck hung a bizarre necklace made of dozens of small skulls the size of fingernails strung together.

Guyang Cheongang lowered his hand and leisurely clasped his hands behind his back.

The woman looked him over with eyes full of allure and smiled seductively.

“This lady was truly greatly surprised.”

Her voice was sweet and soft like honey.

The woman licked her lips slightly with her tongue and continued speaking.

“Everyone called you a great hero, so I thought you’d be middle-aged, but you’re a peerless young master without equal under heaven. Yet despite your appearance, your hands are ruthlessly fierce.”

Though her tone was admiring, something else was mixed within it.

It was chilling killing intent.

Guyang Cheongang looked at the woman indifferently.

‘This woman, her vibe is really terrible.’

The woman was beautiful, but cold energy lurked in the depths of her eyes.

Guyang Cheongang caught an intensely strong scent of blood from her that was difficult to describe in words.

Just then.

A voice reached Guyang Cheongang’s ears.

[Little brother.]

It was Neungnam Gwang’s sound transmission.

[Those are elders of the Heavenly Death Department. The woman is called Yohwarang, and the man is called Dokpaja.]

His indifferent voice continued.

[They’re about one level stronger than Yu Garyang who was at Pungnimgok, bastards on the same level as you.]

There were no further words.

There was no explanation of Dokpaja and Yohwarang’s internal energy or martial arts, no points to be cautious about, and no information about weaknesses.

Guyang Cheongang smiled bitterly inwardly.

Did he believe that Guyang Cheongang could handle opponents of this level on his own? Or was he just insensitive?

Perhaps it was both.

Neungnam Gwang trusted Guyang Cheongang, and at the same time was someone uninterested in such detailed information sharing.

Guyang Cheongang didn’t mind.

From the beginning, he hadn’t expected detailed information or advice from Neungnam Gwang.

He was confident he could face whoever the enemy might be.

His gaze sank even colder.

“What reason do the elders of the Heavenly Death Department have for seeking this Guyang?”

Yohwarang raised her eyes charmingly and asked with a surprised expression.

“It seems you know who we are.”

“Elders of the Heavenly Death Department, Yohwarang and Dokpaja.”

“This lady had never heard Young Master’s name before Pungnimgok, but unexpectedly your knowledge is remarkable.”

Yohwarang smiled seductively and stepped forward.

Moonlight flowed down the lines of her figure as sweet fragrance spread on the wind.

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