Almighty God of War - Chapter 191

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191

As the sun began to set, the darkness of Manhosan quickly encroached upon the canyon.

Dense old trees blocked out the sky, making the mountains welcome night even earlier.

As the shadows lengthened, the temperature dropped sharply, and cold mountain wind pierced through their collars.

On the second night of their journey, the group set foot in a narrow canyon located deep within the mountain range.

It was a valley blocked on both sides by massive cliffs standing like folding screens.

Though narrow at about thirty zhang wide, the floor was covered with fine gravel, and the sound of a stream flowing through its center babbled gently.

There could be no better place for camping outdoors.

“We should spend tonight here.”

As Guyang Cheongang dismounted from his horse, Baek Muok, who had been following beside him, also carefully set foot on the ground.

“Yes, Master!”

Though he should have been tired from the forced march, the boy’s response was still full of vitality.

In contrast, Neungnam Gwang collapsed onto a nearby rock as soon as he dismounted.

He stared blankly into space with a dazed expression.

He still appeared to be wandering through the maze of Cheonmujinggyeol.

Guyang Cheongang and Baek Muok skillfully prepared for camping.

They gathered dry branches from around the area to build a stone hearth, and when they lit it with Sammaejinhwa, small flames sprouted with crackling sounds.

The sparks soon devoured the dry branches, extending red tongues, and warm heat and light began to push back the cold darkness of the canyon.

“Muwok, go fetch some water.”

Baek Muok took a leather pouch twice the size of his head and ran to the stream to fill it with clear water.

Though it was quite heavy, Guyang Cheongang proudly patted the head of his disciple who returned after exerting considerable effort.

They decided to solve dinner with the provisions they had prepared.

When they put dried meat and dried vegetables into a small pot to boil, fragrant smells rose with the steam.

“Master, I’m hungry.”

Baek Muok, who had been crouching by the campfire staring only at the pot, swallowed his saliva.

“Wait just a little. It’ll be ready soon.”

Neungnam Gwang was still in a state of selfless absorption.

He didn’t even twitch at the food smell that stung his nose.

Guyang Cheongang smiled bitterly, thinking he would have to take care of that stubborn old master separately later.

Stars began to emerge one by one above the canyon.

Though the sky was narrowly cut by the cliffs on both sides, the starlight was exceptionally brilliant, creating a dreamlike atmosphere as it mingled with the blazing campfire.

On the surface, it was an infinitely peaceful and beautiful night.

However, Guyang Cheongang’s eyes reflecting the campfire light had sunk cold as ice.

[Doctor, five people in stealth mode are approaching within detection range. Distance is three hundred fifty zhang.]

‘What’s their position?’

[Two at the canyon entrance, one behind, and two on top of both cliff sides. Analysis indicates they plan to block escape routes before launching a coordinated attack.]

‘I see.’

A sneer crossed Guyang Cheongang’s lips.

‘What’s their martial arts level?’

[Based on analysis of the lightness skill waves they’re displaying and body movement efficiency, they’re estimated to be masters ranging from at least peak level to early Hwa Gyeong.]

Though he couldn’t know the exact mastermind yet, there was only one person who could mobilize such masters all at once in this place.

‘Gyo Myosangin…’

The master of this mountain that Neungnam Gwang had warned about.

That Elder Demon, said to be greedy, cautious, and terribly protective of his own life, had finally bared his fangs.

Avoiding direct confrontation and plotting an ambush with five Hwa Gyeong-level masters – it was indeed a sinister arrangement befitting his reputation.

However, according to Akasha’s precise scan results, among the five detected, none possessed powerful energy waves of mid-level Hwa Gyeong or above.

This meant that Gyo Myosangin was not included in this ambush team.

‘He plans to first drain my strength with five masters, then appear at the end to claim the benefits himself.’

Guyang Cheongang’s gaze intensified.

He had no intention whatsoever of dancing to someone else’s plan.

Blood Sword Immortal was on the eastern cliff while on the opposite western cliff, Ominous Demon was climbing down the rocks with ghostlike lightness skill.

And at the canyon entrance, Iron Scaled Dragon and Dok Anggeom were silently passing through the tree shadows, advancing forward.

And at the rear of the canyon, Lady Bloodrose was approaching with cat-like nimble lightness skill.

These five were masters who had been hardened by decades of ambushes and assassinations in the dark path.

Befitting the subordinates whose skills Gyo Myosangin acknowledged, their movements appeared perfect.

They were confident that the greenhorn camping in the canyon wouldn’t dream of their approach.

Their eyes blazed with greed as they flew through their body movements, intoxicated with arrogance and premature victory.

However, on the retina of that ‘greenhorn’ they were mocking, the positions of all five were clearly marked as five red dots in real time.

Guyang Cheongang rose from his seat.

His shadow, with the red light of the campfire behind him, stretched long.

Baek Muok was still absorbed in chewing the meat he had fished out of the pot, and Neungnam Gwang was still leaning against the rock.

“Elder Brother.”

At the quiet call, the focus that had been forming in Neungnam Gwang’s eyes slowly returned.

“Hmm…? What is it.”

“I’m going to get some fresh air for a moment.”

Saying he would go get fresh air in such a treacherous place like Manhosan was beyond common sense.

A strange light briefly flickered in Neungnam Gwang’s eyes, but he soon nodded.

Whatever his younger brother did would have its reasons.

“Alright, don’t stay out too long.”

Having finished speaking, Neungnam Gwang sank back into the formulas of Cheonmujinggyeol.

Guyang Cheongang slowly left the warmth of the campfire and stepped into the shadows of the forest.

And at that moment, his body movement strangely rippled.

Swooosh-

His substance, deploying the Phantom Shadowless Body Movement, began to scatter like mist.

This supreme technique that harmonized with the surrounding darkness had reached the realm of perfect concealment beyond mere body movement.

He had become a transparent ghost whose existence couldn’t be recognized even when seen with the eyes.

[Doctor, stealth protocol activation complete. Optical camouflage rate has surpassed 90%. Unless their energy sensing surpasses yours, they cannot be detected by the enemies’ optic nerves.]

‘Good.’

The first target was Blood Sword Immortal on the eastern cliff.

The old man who had nearly reached the bottom of the cliff glared at the canyon with eyes full of killing intent.

Iron Scaled Dragon and Dok Anggeom were supposed to attack first, and he would follow immediately after.

It was a kind of sequential chain attack like a wheel formation.

His heated hands were ready to pour out palm force and shatter his target’s head at any moment.

However, the prey he had been targeting was already standing behind him.

‘Huh…?’

Blood Sword Immortal suddenly felt goosebumps rise on his spine and was startled.

Though his energy sensing detected nothing, having spent his entire life in the dark path like a blade mountain and sword forest, he trusted his feelings.

There was no time to scream or shout to alert his comrades.

He tried to leap forward like lightning while launching twin palms toward his back.

In that instant, a single blue light drew a diagonal line in the darkness.

Shiiit-!

Absolute Three Swords First Form, One Flash Severing Heaven.

A single sword faster than sound cut horizontally through the air.

As the blade of the Supreme Sword sliced through the air, Blood Sword Immortal’s vision tilted askew.

Along with the sensation of his neck growing cold, blood spurted out like a fountain.

Since his vocal cords were completely severed, even screaming was not permitted.

Blood Sword Immortal, who had lived his entire life amid the smell of blood, collapsed silently without even understanding why he was dying.

Guyang Cheongang’s figure flickered in that spot before disappearing like a ghost toward the opposite cliff.

The Ominous Demon’s Yin Demon Arts could control heart rate and body temperature, making it difficult for targets to detect his approach.

Thanks to this, he had never failed in infiltration and ambush for decades.

However, it was useless against the nanobot surveillance system that tracked physical entities.

Guyang Cheongang maintained the stealth state of his Phantom Shadowless Divine Method and approached behind him like a ghost.

The Ominous Demon was closing the distance to the canyon, unaware that death’s shadow was reaching out from right behind him.

Swoosh-!

Guyang Cheongang’s fingers curved like eagle talons and unleashed sword energy.

Thud-!

Five sharp finger strikes like dragon claws pierced straight through the Ominous Demon’s back of the head.

It was the Dragon Subduing Golden Binding Technique.

With a dull sound of the skull shattering, his brain was destroyed.

The Ominous Demon’s body collapsed forward helplessly, unable to even scream before dying instantly.

Guyang Cheongang’s Void Grasping Divine Art caught him as he fell and laid him silently on the ground.

The demon who had driven countless people to death as an assassin for sixty years became a cold corpse and disappeared into the rock crevices.

‘Now three remain.’

Guyang Cheongang’s gaze swept over the canyon entrance and exit in turn.

His third targets were Iron Scaled Dragon and Dok Anggeom.

The two demon leaders were cautiously closing the distance with about ten zhang between them.

If either one’s presence was abnormally cut off, the other would notice.

Guyang Cheongang had to silence them almost simultaneously and perfectly.

He first approached silently behind Iron Scaled Dragon.

Despite his large build and fierce appearance, Iron Scaled Dragon was cautious enough to calculate even the reflection angles of moonlight for concealment.

However, before the augmented reality built by Akasha’s nanobot network, he was nothing more than a giant red target.

Silver-white finger energy condensed at the fingertips of Guyang Cheongang as he closed to three zhang from him.

He had completed two finger techniques since leaving Dongryeong Salt Field.

One was the Thunder Finger, which maximized the destructive power of lightning that he had used against the Heavenly Death Department group in Geumneung.

And what he was about to unleash now was the Soul Crushing Finger, focused on formlessness, soundlessness, and extreme speed.

Thwack!

The Soul Crushing Finger shot at light speed pierced through Iron Scaled Dragon’s head.

His skull, trained through external arts, crumbled with pathetic ease.

Before Iron Scaled Dragon’s body could even touch the ground, Guyang Cheongang’s gaze turned toward Dok Anggeom.

Dok Anggeom’s ki sensing was excellent, but it was too powerless to detect the invisible reaper approaching through the darkness.

Swish-

An Invisible Sword formed before Guyang Cheongang’s eyes.

Slice!

When the sharp sound of cutting air struck Dok Anggeom’s ears, the Invisible Sword had already pierced his heart.

“Urgh…!”

Before a groan could burst out from the shock of his pierced heart, the rotating Invisible Sword smoothly coiled around his nape like a snake and returned.

With his carotid artery severed, Dok Anggeom leaned against a tree and dropped his head.

Two demon leaders who had spread infamy in Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province became corpses before they could take a single breath.

Guyang Cheongang, who was about to launch his body movement toward where Lady Bloodrose was, stopped abruptly.

A new red dot rapidly approaching appeared on his retina.

[Doctor, a biological response approaching the canyon entrance has been detected. Currently five hundred zhang… four hundred fifty zhang… Based on movement speed, it’s a master of Transformation Realm intermediate level or higher.]

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes flashed.

‘It must be Gyo Myosangin.’

[That is the estimation.]

Had he sensed that the plan to suppress with five demon leaders had gone awry?

Or had his greed boiled over to the point where he could wait no longer?

The air in the canyon instantly became heavy.

The massive killing intent rolling in like a tsunami from afar was overwhelming, as if it would swallow the entire canyon in one breath.

Guyang Cheongang gazed at the darkness of the canyon entrance and muttered.

“More impatient than I thought, Elder Demon.”

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