Almighty God of War - Chapter 185

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185

Yohwarang spoke.

“If you know who we are, this conversation would be much easier. Young Master Guyang, is there really a need to be so confrontational?”

Guyang Cheongang slightly furrowed his brow.

Yohwarang lightly stroked her lips with her finger as she continued speaking.

“Headquarters truly desires talent like you, Young Master. So if you join headquarters, you’ll receive treatment as generous as ours, if not more. This isn’t my personal decision, but words from the Department Head himself.”

Yohwarang slightly twisted her body and spoke in a whisper.

“An elder position, wealth and glory, transmission of supreme arts, and if you desire, beauties like myself… as much as you want. Hohoho.”

Guyang Cheongang’s face was expressionless, making it difficult to know what he was thinking.

In fact, something else was happening inside him.

[Doctor, I’ve detected toxins approaching mixed in the air. It’s a type of qi-dispersing poison that disrupts internal energy.]

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes subtly changed.

‘Since when?’

[The concentration has been gradually increasing since the woman started speaking. It’s being released by the middle-aged man called Dokpaja.]

‘I don’t feel anything. Did you handle it?’

[Of course. I completely neutralized it the moment it contacted your skin.]

‘Keep monitoring.’

[Understood.]

Guyang Cheongang looked at Yohwarang.

She was still wearing an enchanting smile while gradually closing the distance.

A sinister smile spread across Dokpaja’s lips as his eyes met Guyang Cheongang’s.

His skill at secretly releasing poison to intoxicate opponents was known to be at a level that even masters of the same rank would find difficult to detect.

However, he couldn’t escape Akasha’s detection.

Even if she had missed it, it would have been impossible to poison Guyang Cheongang, who had passed through Budokrim of Pungnimgok and even obtained the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Manual.

Trying to affect him with mere qi-dispersing poison was a delusion.

Of course, Dokpaja and Yohwarang didn’t know this.

In the eyes of those carefully observing Guyang Cheongang, there was a light of expectation that he would soon collapse.

A slight smile appeared on Guyang Cheongang’s lips.

Seeing this, Yohwarang momentarily felt uneasy.

‘Why… is he smiling?’

An intuition that something was wrong flashed through her mind.

Guyang Cheongang opened his mouth.

“So the Heavenly Death Department secretly releases qi-dispersing poison to cripple people while offering them elder positions?”

His voice was as cold as ice.

Silence flowed.

Shock appeared in Dokpaja’s eyes.

He had absolute confidence in his poison technique.

It was formless and colorless, with no presence or smell.

Unless one was a master who had reached a high level in poison arts, it would be difficult to notice even after being poisoned, and even Transformation Realm masters would find it hard to detect.

Yet Guyang Cheongang had noticed it.

Eerie killing intent flickered in Dokpaja’s eyes as he looked at him.

Guyang Cheongang continued with a sneer.

“Yohwarang, I have no intention of joining with despicable people who persuade with words while secretly releasing poison from behind.”

It was a blatant insult.

The smile disappeared from Yohwarang’s face and her eyes became as cold and ruthless as ice.

“A brat who doesn’t know his place insists on drinking punishment.”

The sweetness vanished from her voice, replaced by spine-chilling killing intent.

Guyang Cheongang chuckled and responded.

“I don’t know why so many people lately want to make me drink alcohol.”

Yohwarang looked at him with venomous eyes and grasped the sash at her waist.

Kiiiiiiiak-

A four-foot-long flexible sword hidden in the sash uncoiled, letting out a ghostly wail.

The silver-white blade filled with ghostly energy writhed like a snake.

Dokpaja also raised his hands that gleamed with green light and spoke.

“Let’s see if you can still chatter like that after half an hour.”

His voice was rough like scraping rusted iron plates.

Knowing that these two were masters of similar level to himself, Guyang Cheongang couldn’t be careless and unclasped his hands from behind his back.

Rumble rumble rumble-

As the three Transformation Realm masters released their killing intent, the inn building shook as if it would collapse.

As startled people screamed and rushed out of the building, Yohwarang’s hand moved.

Swish swish swish swish-

The flexible sword split in mid-air like seven white serpents and lunged to bite Guyang Cheongang’s entire body.

Sword energy filled with killing intent surged like waves.

This was Yohwarang’s exclusive martial art, the White Serpent Demon Spirit Sword Technique.

Simultaneously, Dokpaja thrust forward both hands gleaming with green light.

Hissssssss-

Gray poison energy billowed up like clouds.

This was Dokpaja’s supreme technique, the Corpse Poison Palm, an evil martial art that concentrated the corpse poison of rotting bodies.

Resentment was contained within the poison energy, and the air that brushed against the poison began to rot.

The momentum of the sword energy and poison energy was so terrifying that all possible escape routes were blocked.

However, Guyang Cheongang’s expression remained calm.

Compared to the dangers of Pungdo Gate, their attacks were nothing.

Swoosh-

His body movement using Heaven’s Edge Single Step disappeared from that spot as if extinguished.

The sword energy and poison energy swept through where he had been.

When Yohwarang and Dokpaja realized they had struck empty air and their faces hardened, Guyang Cheongang suddenly appeared less than two zhang away from them.

Along with him came a torrential rain of palm force so fast it was invisible to the eye, pouring down on the two.

Before the first palm could reach, the second palm followed.

Palm force continued relentlessly after that, overlapping.

It was the Gale Chain Palm.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

Explosive sounds like bursting shells erupted endlessly.

Realizing their reaction speed couldn’t keep up with the palm force, Yohwarang and Dokpaja were greatly alarmed.

They swung their flexible sword and palms like lightning to erect a wall of energy in front of their bodies.

The attacks from both sides collided head-on.

Crash crash bang!

With fierce explosive sounds, the three were flung in opposite directions.

However, they rushed toward their opponent at twice the speed they had retreated.

Yohwarang and Dokpaja split left and right around Guyang Cheongang, surrounding him.

“Die!”

Yohwarang shouted sharply and swung her flexible sword like a whip.

Sword energy reminiscent of white serpents and filled with killing intent poured down like a waterfall.

Dokpaja simultaneously unleashed his poison palm.

The stench of rotting corpses vibrated as explosively released poison energy headed toward Guyang Cheongang.

Guyang Cheongang moved with Heaven’s Edge Single Step, penetrating through gaps in their offensive.

His movement was so fast that afterimages remained, making it impossible to grasp his real form.

However, Yohwarang and Dokpaja were also mid-level Transformation Realm masters.

Their coordinated attack was precise, and as exchanges continued, they began to keep up with Guyang Cheongang’s movements.

Despite giving their all, Yohwarang and Dokpaja felt indescribable fear toward Guyang Cheongang as they couldn’t easily bring down their opponent.

‘I must capture this bastard today without fail. He seems to be only around twenty years old, yet his martial arts are at this level – if I let him escape, there will be endless future troubles.’

At that moment, eight Black-Clothed Men hidden in the surrounding darkness raised their hands.

Each of them held a black tube about five chi in length.

These were paralysis needle tubes – hidden weapon launching devices created by imitating Sachen Dang-ga’s Storm Pear Blossom Needle Case.

Inside were dozens of paralysis poison needles, fearsome hidden weapons so fast that even Transformation Realm masters couldn’t dodge them within a distance of ten zhang.

The Black-Clothed Men aimed their tubes at Guyang Cheongang and waited.

Transformation Realm masters could protect their bodies with Protective Body Energy, so paralysis needles were useless until that was broken.

Knowing this well, they waited for the moment when Yohwarang and Dokpaja would shatter Guyang Cheongang’s Protective Body Energy.

Yohwarang’s sword energy swept like a storm, and Dokpaja’s poison energy covered like clouds.

Guyang Cheongang weaved between them using Cheonaeibbo and responded with Gale Chain Palm.

However, none of the three could gain a decisive advantage.

Over a hundred moves passed in an instant.

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes sank deeply.

A cold light that could freeze even midsummer heat flashed within them.

It wasn’t only Yohwarang and Dokpaja who had adapted to his movements.

Guyang Cheongang had completely grasped every aspect of their sword forms from beginning to end, and all the strengths and weaknesses that existed between.

Yohwarang and Dokpaja mistakenly believed they were fighting Guyang Cheongang on equal terms. So they tried to drag out the fight while looking for opportunities.

But that was the worst mistake they could make.

Fighting Guyang Cheongang for a long time.

That meant all their martial arts information would transfer to Akasha’s database, ultimately completing the most efficient lethal formula to end their lives.

As time passed, Guyang Cheongang’s gaze became even more transparent and cold.

Now the two people before him were no longer fierce beasts, but merely test subjects laid on a dissection table.

Yohwarang and Dokpaja had not yet realized.

That every moment they spent before Guyang Cheongang was catastrophic time that would drive them to their deaths.

Guyang Cheongang channeled twelve levels of internal energy and unleashed thirty-six palms at the two in an instant.

Bang bang bang!

Yohwarang’s soft sword was deflected, Dokpaja’s poison palm missed, and their coordinated attack was momentarily disrupted.

Using that gap, Guyang Cheongang stepped back and created distance.

‘Akasha.’

[Yes, Doctor.]

‘Let’s deal with the hidden ones first.’

[Understood.]

Even while fighting, Guyang Cheongang grasped all changes in the surrounding situation.

This included the eight Black-Clothed Men hiding in the darkness aiming their paralysis needle tubes.

His detection ability, combining Dual Mind Divine Art with Akasha’s nanobot surveillance system, had already surpassed human limits.

It could truly be called divine perception without awkwardness.

Wooong wooong wooong wooong-

The air vibrated minutely as energy condensed above Guyang Cheongang’s head.

Yohwarang and Dokpaja heightened their vigilance.

Bluish light swirled and gathered above Guyang Cheongang’s head.

At its center, something took shape as metallic luster glinted.

Though long in description, the change was completed in an instant.

A total of eight Flying Star Cloud Swords floated in midair above Guyang Cheongang’s head.

The eight Black-Clothed Men hidden in the darkness felt their hair stand on end.

They saw the tips of the suddenly appeared flying swords pointing toward them.

Someone shouted.

“Fire! Fire now!”

The Black-Clothed Men tried to launch their paralysis needle tubes, but it was too late.

Whiiiiiiik-

The eight Flying Star Cloud Swords vanished from their positions.

Pa pa pa pa pa pat!

Only then did faint air-splitting sounds ring out.

It was an attack impossible to respond to with human reaction speed.

“Kuk!!!”

Almost simultaneously, groans rather than screams burst from the eight Black-Clothed Men.

Eight corpses with holes pierced through their foreheads collapsed onto the rooftops.

Red blood pooled beneath their bodies.

Eight peak masters had been killed without even managing to scream.

Seeing this, sparks flew from Yohwarang and Dokpaja’s eyes.

The Flying Star Cloud Swords were too fast – they couldn’t even think of saving the Black-Clothed Men.

Whiiiik-

The Flying Star Cloud Swords that returned above Guyang Cheongang’s head didn’t have a single drop of blood on their blades.

“I’ll tear you to pieces!”

A metallic-tinged roar burst from Yohwarang’s mouth.

Her seductive face that had bewitched men was twisted more hideously than a ghost, and mad killing intent flashed in her eyes.

The fact that she had lost her subordinates right before her eyes without being able to lift a finger had ruthlessly trampled her pride.

Whiik-

She poured all her internal energy into her soft sword and aimed for Guyang Cheongang’s heart.

From the tip of the soft sword, sword energy like a white snake shot out madly.

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