Almighty God of War - Chapter 62

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The moment the clearing’s panorama came into view through the leaves, even Jupyo, an old Gangho veteran who had experienced all manner of battles, unconsciously held his breath.

That place was a living hell created by human madness.

On the massive altar in the center of the clearing, countless people with twisted limbs and torn like rags were offered as sacrifices.

The horrifying thing was that, strangely, they were still alive and groaning.

“Ughhh…”

“Heuuk…”

“Please kill me…”

“Save me… kkeuk…”

Their desperate screams and pleas filled this damp space with death energy.

In front of the altar, a figure wearing a mask carved with bizarre shapes and dressed in red robes dripping with blood stood with both arms spread toward the sky, muttering incomprehensible incantations.

Twenty pirates surrounded the Red Robe Masked Man like guards, kneeling and continuously bowing toward him.

And around the altar, dozens of women were being continuously gang-raped by beast-like pirates without rest.

The women’s desperate screams mixed with the pirates’ rough breathing filled with lust, tearing at the ears.

Among them, women who lost consciousness were dragged away, their bodies torn apart and placed as sacrifices on the altar.

“…”

Guyang Cheongang silently watched all of it.

And the last place his gaze turned to was the massive wooden prison placed beside the altar.

Inside it, about twenty boys and girls were hugging each other while watching the hell unfolding before their eyes.

Some children seemed to have already lost their minds from shock, staring into space with unfocused eyes while drooling white saliva.

When they turned their heads or averted their eyes, the pirates standing in front of the prison would grin and poke them with the bamboo spears in their hands.

The moment he saw that scene, Guyang Cheongang’s body trembled finely with rage.

His pupils turned cold as ice.

‘Plans? Strategy? Such things are meaningless now.’

All rational calculations in his mind burned away.

‘Those things… are not human. They are evil with no reason to be kept alive.’

The scene unfolding before him was beyond the morals of Gangho, something unacceptable as a human being.

[Doctor, intense yin energy and resentment waves are detected from that altar. It appears they’re trying to accomplish something using the fear and pain of the sacrificed people as an energy source.]

Akasha’s analysis ignited his fury.

‘Using people as sacrifices? Insane…’

His fists clenched so hard they bled.

Guyang Cheongang, barely suppressing his rising killing intent, asked in a tightly locked voice.

[Elder Master, that priest-like figure seems to be the Sect Leader Blood Spirit Demon… doesn’t it look like he’s performing some kind of ritual?]

[…That’s right, I just remembered a story I heard so long ago I had forgotten it.]

[What is it?]

[Hundreds of years ago, there was a sect called the Blood Demon Cult in the Evil Path Martial World. They performed an extremely evil ritual called Blood Ritual, offering the pain and fear of the living as sacrifices to the Blood Demon God they worshipped. And the stories passed down about the Blood Ritual are very similar to the scene we’re witnessing now.]

[Are you saying they might be descendants of that evil cult called the Blood Cult?]

[It’s like a legend, so I’m not certain.]

Guyang Cheongang’s gaze fixed on the figure in blood-dripping red robes on the altar.

[Whether it’s a Blood Ritual or not doesn’t matter. That person performing the ritual on the altar must be the mastermind behind all this. I’ll kill him and create as chaotic a situation as possible to lure the pirates. Use that opportunity to rescue the people, Elder Master.]

Jupyo’s complexion darkened heavily at his bold plan.

[Young Master, there are over twenty people gathered around him. They must be Cheonhae Sect’s top masters. Jumping in there alone is too dangerous. Rather, let me…]

[Elder Master.]

Guyang Cheongang cut off his words.

He pointed to the children trapped in the wooden prison and continued.

[We don’t have time to argue like this. Elder Master, please save those children.]

At his words, Jupyo could say nothing more. But deep anxiety still lingered on his face.

[Elder Master, take the rescued people and go to the harbor without delay. If I don’t appear by the time everyone boards the ship, depart as planned.]

[…What if you don’t return, Young Master?]

[If it’s just me alone, escaping this place isn’t that difficult, Elder Master. So don’t worry about me.]

Guyang Cheongang’s voice was resolute.

Jupyo bit his lips for a moment before speaking heavily.

[This old man wants to see the Young Master alive again.]

Instead of answering, Guyang Cheongang turned his body toward the hellish altar.

His eyes blazed hotter than any flame and gleamed colder than any blade.

[You will.]

Guyang Cheongang said while glaring at the altar.

‘Akasha, activate “Maximum Combat Mode.” I’m going to sweep them all away.’

[Understood. Maximum Combat Mode activated. Cognitive ability accelerated 300%. Dynamic vision maximized. Weakness analysis and trajectory prediction modules overclocked. Remaining time: 9 minutes 59 seconds.]

Instantly, his vision expanded and the world seemed to flow slowly, with each movement of the enemies captured clearly.

His heartbeat became quiet, and his emotions settled cold as ice.

Guyang Cheongang unleashed Ghost Shadow Dance, one of the techniques of the Heavenly Meteor Movement Technique, and shot his body toward the altar like a strand of black mist.

Ghost Shadow Dance was a technique he created by extracting the essence of the Ghost Shadow Movement Art left by the Ghost Hand Divine Thief, a light body technique where black mist emanated from his pores to envelop his body.

At its peak, it could reach a realm of becoming one with darkness, but with his current internal energy, it was merely at the level of scattering afterimages.

Still, it was enough.

His shadow flickered like a black ghost and crossed through the midst of the pirates at terrifying speed.

Swish!

Though it was a sound of cutting air fainter than a butterfly’s wingbeat, there were those who noticed it.

“Enemy! Protect the Sect Leader!”

The twenty pirates guarding the altar moved in perfect unison as if they had known about the unexpected intrusion.

Half of them drew swords while the rest unleashed fist strikes, building an iron wall-like defensive formation in front of the Red Robe Masked Man, the Blood Spirit Demon.

Their eyes were filled with madness, their hands with killing intent.

Guyang Cheongang did not stop.

Defense?

Such a word did not exist in his dictionary right now.

‘Akasha, I’m leaving all defense to you. I’ll focus on attacking.’

[Yes, Doctor. Deploying nanobot defense shield. Activating “Active Shock Absorption System.” Please be careful.]

Guyang Cheongang, who broke through the chaotic pirate group at terrifying speed, charged straight at the guard pirates without hesitation.

His pupils gleamed coldly, and his approaching momentum was like a storm.

A sinister palm strike with enough force to turn even rocks to powder flew straight at him.

Crack—

Guyang Cheongang didn’t dodge and unleashed the Gale Chain Palm.

Swish swish swish swish swish—

Twenty-four consecutive palms flew in a line, breaking the guard pirate’s palm technique and smashing his head filled with shock.

Thud!

As the pirate fell with a spray of red blood, a sword struck down vertically at Guyang Cheongang’s shoulder.

Swish—

The moment he thought his bone and flesh would split, a sharp metallic sound rang out.

Clang—

The instant the blade touched, tens of thousands of nanobots under Guyang Cheongang’s skin condensed like silver waves, absorbing and deflecting the sword’s impact.

The pirate who had cut his shoulder was flustered when his balance was disrupted by the rebound force transmitted from the sword.

“Huk!”

In that instant, a force like a mixture of meteoric hammer and iron mallet poured from Guyang Cheongang’s hand, striking his chest like lightning.

Thud!

It was the Explosive Thunder Flame King Hammer infused with Transcendent Impermanence Divine Art.

“Ahhh!”

With a desperate scream, a hole the size of a head was punched through the pirate’s heart, and the gushing blood painted the air red.

That was the fuse.

Kwakwakwang!

The Gale Chain Palm shattered swords and blades at terrifying speed, while the Explosive Thunder Flame King Hammer crushed enemies.

Akasha’s assistance was absolute.

She analyzed enemy weaknesses in real-time, displaying data in his field of vision.

Guyang Cheongang utilized that information like instinct.

Another pirate blocked his path, charging forward while wielding twin blades.

His blade technique flowed like water, but Akasha’s trajectory prediction read that flow in advance.

Guyang Cheongang scattered afterimages with Ghost Shadow Dance, grazing past the blade’s trajectory.

Swish!

The blade cut through empty air, and Cheongang burrowed into the exposed enemy’s side, breaking his forearm with Dragon Subduing Golden Binding Technique and crushing bone.

Crack!

“Kraaak!”

A desperate scream shook the forest.

The following Gale Chain Palm struck his chest, crushing his upper body.

Bang!

At that moment, two streams of palm force flew toward Guyang Cheongang’s shoulders.

Whiiish!

Guyang Cheongang didn’t dodge but charged straight at them.

The palm force struck both his shoulders.

Kwang!

In an instant, the nanobot defense shield flashed like blue ripples, absorbing the impact.

Though he suffered no external wounds, that didn’t mean there was no pain.

Agony that made his bones ring and his organs feel like they were turning inside out shook his insides, but Guyang Cheongang gritted his teeth.

He burrowed between the two pirates and pierced their abdomens with Explosive Thunder Flame King Hammer.

Thud!

“Kraaak!”

With terrible screams, the pirates with crushed waists rolled on the ground.

At that moment, a flying blade thrown by someone grazed Guyang Cheongang’s left arm.

Ping!

The nanobots deflected the flying blade, but a red line appeared on his skin.

Guyang Cheongang closed the distance with Flash Step to the pirate who threw the flying blade, grasped his neck with Dragon Subduing Golden Binding Technique and snapped it.

Crack!

The sound of breaking bone was chilling.

“Monster…!”

“Swords and blades don’t work on him!”

“He’s reached the peak of external cultivation!”

Shock and disbelief spread like a plague among the guard pirates, shaking their iron-wall defense formation.

Guyang Cheongang didn’t miss that opening.

Using Flash Step to close distance with a pirate wielding a massive iron mace, he shattered the man’s head with Gale Chain Palm.

Thwack!

Red blood spray scattered across the altar.

What followed was a four-directional formation created by four masters.

They poured swords, blades, and palm force toward Guyang Cheongang.

The altar vibrated with thunderous noise.

Kwakwakwang!

Guyang Cheongang deployed Nine Palace Maze Step and charged toward the center of the formation.

Thud-thud-thud-thud-

Enemy attacks exploded against his body.

‘Ugh…’

Though he avoided fatal wounds with the nanobots’ defense shield, blood rose up through his windpipe.

Guyang Cheongang bit his lip to swallow the blood back down and unleashed Gale Chain Palm toward the enemies.

Kwakwakwakwakwa-

In an instant, Seventy-Two Palms unfolded, and palm shadows that rose like a tsunami swept through the four-directional formation.

Thud-thud-thud-bang!

“Uaaaak!”

Desperate screams burst out in succession as four pirates with crushed upper bodies were sent flying in all directions.

Fear settled in the pirates’ eyes.

Because they could feel a madness from Guyang Cheongang, who disregarded defense and evasion, that even made them sick.

‘Five left.’

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes swept the arena in an instant.

Then the Blood Spirit Demon chanted an incomprehensible incantation.

Fear disappeared from the faces of the five guard pirates.

Instead, mad determination filled that space.

As if they no longer feared death, they all charged toward Guyang Cheongang at once.

Hiss!

Dark red palm force writhed like a viper as it flew toward him.

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes gleamed with killing intent as he charged straight into it.

‘Akasha, handle the poison!’

[Understood. Toxin analysis complete. Nanobot defense rate 88%. Target elimination ready.]

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

Palm force containing poison struck his entire body.

But the price was certain.

The pirates’ eyes doubled in size, never thinking he wouldn’t resist.

Because of that, their offensive hesitated for just an instant, brief though it was.

Pain burrowed into his bones, but Guyang Cheongang didn’t miss that tiny gap.

He drew up all his internal energy and unleashed Gale Chain Palm.

In an instant, Seventy-Two Palms overlapped three times, and Two Hundred Sixteen Palms swept like a typhoon.

Whoooosh!

The palm force tore the limbs of the five guard pirates to shreds.

“Uaaaak!!”

Screams burst out all at once like a chorus, and blood and flesh stained the altar red.

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-

Guyang Cheongang’s body was also stained with blood and wounds, but his momentum wasn’t broken.

[Remaining time 24 minutes 17 seconds. Target elimination rate 100%. Internal energy depletion rate rising rapidly. Nine Yin Severed Meridians’ cold energy is increasing. Doctor, further combat is dangerous.]

Guyang Cheongang’s breathing grew rough.

From deep in his chest, the cold energy of Nine Yin Severed Meridians crawled up like a viper, making his vision shake.

‘Not yet… not 100%. One more… still left.’

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