Almighty God of War - Chapter 46

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046

The Golden King, who had been dozing on Guyang Cheongang’s shoulder, suddenly opened his eyes wide.

As if he had heard something, the creature perked up both ears, furrowed his brow deeply, and growled low toward a point beyond the forest.

Kiek-

“What’s wrong, Golden Brother?”

It was right at the moment Guyang Cheongang asked.

Chaeng-chaeng-chaeng-chaeng-chaeng-!

“Argh!”

Sharp sounds of clashing metal and faint screams reached Guyang Cheongang’s ears as well.

Elder Hwang stopped his horse with a stern expression and spoke.

“Young Master, there seem to be people fighting ahead.”

“I heard it too.”

“Nothing good comes from getting carelessly involved in the storms of Jianghu. Even if it takes more time, it would be better to take another route.”

Guyang Cheongang frowned and called Akasha.

‘Akasha, how much longer would it take if we chose a detour?’

[Even taking the nearest alternative route, it would require at least four hours or more.]

He clicked his tongue and said.

“Elder, taking another route would mean going around for two hours.”

“It could be dangerous, Young Master.”

Guyang Cheongang smiled slightly and replied.

“We just need to pass through this path quietly without catching their attention, don’t we?”

“Young Master, those mad with fighting don’t watch their surroundings. And blades have no eyes.”

Though Elder Hwang spoke once more, Guyang Cheongang’s thoughts were different.

“I understand Elder Hwang’s concerns well. But I’ll be more careful to prevent what you’re worried about from happening.”

When the master he served spoke this firmly, it became difficult to oppose further.

Elder Hwang bowed his head.

“If Young Master’s will is truly set, this old man will lead the way and scout ahead.”

After advancing about a hundred zhang, the scene of battle revealed itself through the leaves.

In a wide clearing beside the mountain path, two groups with distinctly different attire were fighting fiercely, splattering blood and flesh.

One group consisted of a young woman in expensive silk clothes and about three or four guard warriors who had desperately formed a defensive formation to protect her.

And those attacking them were five men in black martial robes wearing face masks.

The movements of the masked men were clearly not those of simple bandits at first glance.

Like emotionless killing machines, they were using only the most efficient killing techniques to cut their opponents’ throats.

Slash!

“Kheuk! Miss, please dodge…!”

One guard warrior took a blade meant for the woman and collapsed.

The masked man indifferently thrust his sword into the fallen man’s neck as if delivering a finishing blow.

Their attacks contained not a trace of mercy or hesitation.

Kakakang!

“You bastards!”

Another guard warrior charged in prepared to die, but three masked men moved in perfect coordination, deflecting his sword and simultaneously piercing his heart, neck, and dantian.

Red blood spurted like a fountain, soaking the dirt ground.

Already more than ten corpses lay fallen in pools of blood on the ground, and the remaining guard warriors were also precariously holding on in death’s shadow.

Soon the fight seemed likely to end as a one-sided massacre by the masked men.

Guyang Cheongang’s gaze turned toward the woman behind the guard warriors.

She appeared to be in her early twenties at most, and would normally have been a very beautiful woman with an intellectual atmosphere.

But it was difficult to find such an appearance in her current state.

Her expensive silk clothes were torn in several places and stained with blood and dirt, and her lustrous hair was disheveled and stuck to her sweat-soaked cheeks.

Despite the desperate situation, only her eyes burned fiercely with unbroken will and anger.

‘She’s no ordinary woman.’

Each time the sword in the woman’s hand drew white flashes, blade edges like eagle talons fiercely aimed for the masked men’s vital points, cutting through the air.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh-

Her sword technique was rough and fierce like desert sandstorms.

But before the endlessly surging attacks of the masked men like waves, her fierce resistance was precarious beyond measure.

“Haa, haa…”

Her fair face was dirty with sweat and blood, and the rough breathing that burst forth indicated her body had reached its limits.

“Argh!”

Finally, when even the last guard warrior fell with a wretched scream, the masked men’s encirclement slowly closed in on her.

She was deploying the Four Gates Secret Sword Technique against several enemies, but under the relentless coordinated attacks of the enemies, her sword was noticeably slowing.

The number of times she staggered while barely dodging attacks became greater than the number of times blades clashed.

‘If Uncle Yeom had been by my side, I wouldn’t have been toyed with by these petty thief-like bastards… It’s regrettable that he fell for their cowardly luring tactics…’

In that brief moment when she was lost in regret, one masked man’s blade broke through her defense and grazed her shoulder.

Slash-!

“Ugh!”

Her silk clothes tore and red blood spurted out.

Her body swayed momentarily from the chilling pain.

The enemies didn’t miss that opening.

Guyang Cheongang initially watched the situation quietly.

His reason constantly sent warnings.

This was a fight of Jianghu.

The moment he carelessly interfered, he too might end up wallowing in this quagmire.

[Doctor, the probability of getting involved in unnecessary disputes upon intervention is extremely high. I would not recommend it.]

Akasha’s analysis supported his judgment.

But his gaze was fixed on the woman standing alone with her sword, stained with blood and sweat.

Even facing death, her strong eyes that refused to give up, that would bend but not break, gripped his heart and wouldn’t let go.

Over her face, Heo Choryeong whom he had seen at Bamboo Forest Manor overlapped.

“Damn it…”

A quiet curse flowed from his lips.

‘I can’t just leave her.’

At that moment, the woman’s sword was deflected by the blade wielded by who seemed to be the leader of the masked men.

Chaeng-

Her body swayed greatly and her chest opened defenseless.

A chilling killing intent appeared in the masked man’s eyes.

He swung his blade toward the woman’s chest with terrifying momentum.

Swoosh-

The moment the sharp Air-Splitting Sound rang out, Guyang Cheongang moved.

Whoooosh-!

Deploying the Heavenly Meteor Movement Technique enhanced with stealth from the Ghost Shadow Movement Art, he crossed ten zhang in just three steps and leaped into the battlefield.

It was a terrifying speed, yet not even the slightest Air-Splitting Sound rang out.

Kang-!

With a sharp metallic sound, his sword that had been about to reach the woman’s neck was deflected by something.

Guyang Cheongang, who had somehow blocked his path, had deflected his blade with his fingertips.

“…!”

Shock appeared in the masked man’s eyes.

He couldn’t believe that a young man who looked like a scholar had deflected with bare hands a full-power strike he had put his all into.

Guyang Cheongang, who had deflected the blade using his nanobot-enhanced fingers, looked at the masked man without saying a word.

His two eyes were deep and cold like an abyss.

Thud-

The woman behind Guyang Cheongang lost consciousness and collapsed.

Having reached her limit, she finally couldn’t endure any longer and fainted when allies appeared.

“Kill this bastard first!”

At the Masked Man’s shout, the remaining four who had surrounded the woman and Guyang Cheongang in a circle all swung their blades at once.

Swiiish-

They were all first-rate masters who had been hardened by over ten years of assassin work.

The fierce killing intent emanating from the five masters froze the air throughout the entire forest.

Just then, Elder Hwang appeared like a shadow from behind Guyang Cheongang.

He lightly curled his old, wrinkled hands and spoke leisurely like an old man interfering in young people’s fights.

“You two will play with this old man.”

He blocked the path of two Masked Men.

In an instant, the battlefield was divided in two.

It was a confrontation between Elder Hwang and two Masked Men, and Guyang Cheongang facing three Masked Men including their leader.

The Golden King had somehow approached the unconscious woman and was guarding her with a worried expression while watching the surroundings.

The leader and two Masked Men formed a triangular formation to pressure Guyang Cheongang.

When one attacked from the front, the other two would rush at his blind spots.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh-!

Their blade techniques targeting only Guyang Cheongang’s Four Vital Points had few variations and were simple, but they were fast and cruel.

However, before Guyang Cheongang’s superhuman dynamic vision that now activated automatically without Akasha’s help, they were as slow as snails.

Using Flash Step, he passed precariously through the shadows of death created by the three blades as if folding space itself.

Then he dove like lightning into the embrace of the Masked Man thrusting his sword straight at him.

“Foolish!”

The moment the Masked Man rejoiced and put more force into his sword, Guyang Cheongang’s hand shot out at invisible speed.

Crack!

“Argh!”

The Dragon Subduing Golden Binding Technique precisely grabbed and twisted the Masked Man’s wrist joint.

At the very instant the Masked Man who dropped his sword screamed in pain, Guyang Cheongang’s other palm lightly touched his heart.

Crunch-!

The Masked Man with his heart shattered collapsed, foaming at the mouth.

It was instant death.

Though he had subdued one in an instant, the attacks from the remaining two became even more fierce.

Especially the leader’s blade technique was heavy and destructive, comparable to Jin Mun who had faced Heo Ilbi.

Guyang Cheongang’s gaze briefly turned toward the collapsed woman.

‘If I drag this out, I might miss the timing to treat that woman.’

He called Akasha.

‘Strengthen my left forearm when I give the signal.’

[This is an extremely dangerous gamble,]

‘It’s necessary.’

[Sigh… Understood. I’m now maximizing the nanobot density in your left arm.]

Guyang Cheongang deliberately made the dangerous move of blocking the leader’s blade with his arm.

Thud!

The leader’s blade collided head-on with his arm.

However, instead of the sound of flesh and bone splitting, there was a strange collision sound like metal striking metal.

Though the blade with enough force to split rock dug into his forearm and blood spurted out, it was merely a surface wound.

The leader’s eyes widened as if they would tear at this unimaginable situation.

“So you’ve learned External Gate Martial Arts!”

That moment of shock and opening.

That was what Guyang Cheongang had been aiming for.

His left palm struck twelve times like a storm.

It was the terrifying speed of Gale Chain Palm, where palm followed palm.

The Masked Man, who faced this offensive that was hard to follow with the eyes while in a state of shock, couldn’t dodge and took all the palm force to his chest.

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud BANG-!

“Argh!”

With a desperate scream, his upper body was crushed.

Guyang Cheongang’s mind went blank for a moment at the more horrific sight than expected.

But he gritted his teeth and turned toward the third Masked Man.

Then he unleashed the Explosive Thunder Flame King Hammer infused with Nine Star Internal Energy, striking his heart powerfully.

Thwack-!

“Guhk!”

The Masked Man whose chest was crushed without time to dodge let out a desperate scream and was sent flying a full zhang away.

Only then did Guyang Cheongang look to the side and see Elder Hwang, who had already smashed the heads of two Masked Men like watermelons and was smiling at him as if nothing had happened.

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