Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 200

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 200】

200. Collapse (2)

The giant’s fist obliterated everything in its path.
It wasn’t just the floor that crumbled—the walls and ceiling were reduced to dust as well.
The shattered debris cascaded downward, and I fell into some unknown chamber below.
【Half-Incarnate Form deactivated.】
As the power receded, an overwhelming exhaustion crashed over me.
Though Rebirth of Bone and Marrow had strengthened all my bloodlines, using the Half-Incarnate Form twice in succession was still an ordeal my body could barely endure.
【Healthy Blood detects rapid physical deterioration!】
But unlike before, I wasn’t so drained that all my bloodlines would fall dormant.
I sat down on the debris for a moment, waiting for my strength to return.
“….”
For a while, I stared blankly at the wreckage. Somewhere beneath it all lay Bae Cheol-min’s corpse.
I had no intention of digging him out. This place would serve as his tomb.
“There’s so much left to do.”
I muttered without thinking.
I still had to avenge my parents. I had to take responsibility for the Bae Family. There was simply too much to handle.
I began to move.

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Thanks to Bae Cheol-min’s liberation, the Gangtaedae members were initially overjoyed.
They had become the free men of their dreams, and their elation was nearly maddening.
Moreover, it wasn’t merely freedom they had gained. They now had the opportunity to exact revenge against Heukcheon, who had enslaved them.
“…Where should we go?”
The problem was that they had become lost.
The interior of the Treasure Vault was as labyrinthine as a maze, and detection skills proved useless, making it impossible to locate the Heukcheon Team.
“Hey, Park Hyung-sik. Figure something out. If an idiot like you can’t even find the way, what are we supposed to do?”
“Are you deaf? I already told you. Even using detection skills, the range doesn’t extend far enough for me to determine the path.”
“So do something about it, you bastard.”
“This guy’s been acting up since earlier.”
As they continued wandering through strange passages, the atmosphere within the Gangtaedae grew increasingly hostile.
Two members glared at each other as if ready to come to blows at any moment.
That was when it happened.
“Uh, u-uh?”
One of the Gangtaedae members cried out in surprise.
The wall suddenly cracked open, and a woman emerged from within.
Though her entire body was wrapped in black cloth, the curves of her chest and hips were distinctly visible. This made her gender immediately apparent.
“A, a woman.”
“She’s a woman, isn’t she?”
The pupils of several Gangtaedae members sharpened with intensity, their minds reeling as they traced the contours of her body.
“These bastards are acting up even here.”
“Get your heads straight, you horny dogs. What if she’s an enemy?”
The more level-headed Gangtaedae members regarded the woman with cautious eyes. A woman appearing in such circumstances could hardly be ordinary.
“….”
The woman silently raised her finger, pointing toward the wall on the left.
Light emanated from the necklace she wore. Suddenly, the wall opened, and a passage appeared.
“Huh?”
“W-what?”
The Gangtaedae members turned back in astonishment. The woman said nothing and retreated back into the wall from which she had emerged.
The wall sealed shut once more, and the woman vanished. Yet the Gangtaedae members remained transfixed, staring blankly at the wall as if enchanted by a ghost.
“W-what was that just now?”
“I don’t know… but it seems like she helped us.”
“Helped us? Then the Heukcheon Team is through there?”
At those words, the expressions of the Gangtaedae members transformed. The vacant, clumsy looks from moments before vanished entirely.
Their eyes gleamed with a sinister light, like hyenas that had spotted prey.
“Let’s go taste Heukcheon’s blood again after all this time.”

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The Steel Fang Member walking along the path quickly spotted the Heukcheon Team.
“Thank goodness it’s not Kwon Myung-woo.”
“Look, some of our guys are over there too.”
The unit they discovered was a temporary formation composed of equal parts Heukcheon Team and Steel Fang Member members, assembled at the fork in the Treasure Vault.
“Who was leading that unit again? Was it Kwon Jun-yeol?”
“Probably.”
“He’s supposed to be the second strongest after Kwon Myung-woo.”
The unit’s commander was Kwon Jun-yeol, a captain of the Heukcheon Team. Though overshadowed by Kwon Myung-woo’s reputation, he was famous within the Heukcheon Group as someone with whom only direct bloodline members could contend.
The Steel Fang Member’s expression darkened as he recalled tales of Kwon Jun-yeol.
“A direct confrontation won’t work. You know that, right?”
“Idiot. I never had any intention of doing that in the first place.”
“We’ll proceed as Bae Cheol-min suggested.”
The Steel Fang Member quietly devised a strategy.
“First, we kill Kwon Jun-yeol.”
“Are you out of your mind? We can’t just kill Kwon Jun-yeol. We need to inflict damage on the Heukcheon Team too. Even just three or four of them could wipe us all out.”
“So we definitely kill Kwon Jun-yeol, inflict maximum casualties on the Heukcheon Team, and then all of us rush the rest together, right?”
“Right. If we combine our forces with the Steel Fang Members here alongside Kwon Jun-yeol, it should work.”
The strategy meeting ended quickly. The Steel Fang Members then drew their weapons and turned them on each other.
“Damn it. The day has come when we wound ourselves.”
“It’s easier than you’d think, so don’t be so scared.”
“That’s only true for a freak like you.”
The Steel Fang Members slashed their own bodies with their blades. Drenched in blood, they rushed toward the unit led by Kwon Jun-yeol.
“Ugh, ahhhhh!”
“S-save us!”
As the Steel Fang Members suddenly poured out, Kwon Jun-yeol and the Heukcheon Team members were greatly alarmed.
“Steel Fang?”
“What’s happening?”
The Steel Fang Members collapsed before the Heukcheon Team members, trembling as they cried out to them.
“M-Mei Xiao a-attacked us!”
“Is that really true?”
Kwon Jun-yeol, the Heukcheon Team’s captain, grabbed the Steel Fang Member in shock. The member spoke with trembling eyes.
“S-she appeared suddenly, killed Captain Gu Eon, and attacked us too!”
Even as he spoke, blood continued to pour from the Steel Fang Member’s body. Kwon Jun-yeol’s expression grew grave.
“With Lord Kwon Myung-woo present, Mei Xiao moved so recklessly?”
The Steel Fang Member nodded. His complexion was pale from blood loss.
“This is no ordinary matter. I must return to the commander.”
Kwon Jun-yeol turned to leave. At that moment, the Steel Fang Member’s eyes met those of the other members.
The killing intent crystallized in the eyes of the Steel Fang Members, which had been filled with terror until now. They were about to draw their weapons in unison.
“Ah!”
Then, an unexpected exclamation burst forth.
The Heukcheon Team and the Gangtaedae members turned their gazes in surprise.
“Finally found you.”
Kwon Han-ul came rushing over, his face brimming with relief.

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“Kwon Han-ul?”
Kwon Jun-yeol turned to greet him in astonishment.
“What about the Heukam Corps? Why are you alone?”
“Well, about that…”
Kwon Han-ul recounted the events that had transpired. Kwon Jun-yeol’s expression grew grave once more.
“Aion has interfered with the Treasure Vault. It appears they’ve joined hands with Mei Xiao.”
“No wonder I kept sensing the space shifting slightly… But more importantly—Bae Cheol-min betrayed us? And Aion is behind it?”
While the two conversed, the Gangtaedae members exchanged glances with one another.
They needed to launch an attack. They’d missed their window. Striking now would likely end in failure.
“But the Gangtaedae numbers seem quite substantial?”
“Ah, about that…”
Kwon Jun-yeol recounted what had just occurred.
“Captain Gu Eon was ambushed and killed?”
“Yes, we must inform the captain immediately.”
Kwon Han-ul turned to face the Gangtaedae with a shocked expression. The members burst into wails of anguish.
“That woman severed our captain’s neck with a single stroke!”
“I’ve heard tales of the Mei Family’s blood-slaying blade being ruthless, but I never imagined it could be this severe…”
“Ugh, Captain…”
As Kwon Han-ul listened to the Gangtaedae’s account, he asked with a puzzled expression.
“I thought the Gangtaedae disliked Captain Gu Eon. But it seems the reality is somewhat different?”
The Gangtaedae members could only clamp their mouths shut.
“W-well, that is…”
“So you were actually on such intimate terms that you’d weep and rage like this?”
“The Mei Family killed our captain—how could we not be furious!”
“R-right, that’s it!”
Several quick-witted Gangtaedae members cried out loudly. But Kwon Han-ul’s expression remained skeptical.
“Mei Xiao’s attack wounded you all?”
“Yes! If Captain Gu Eon hadn’t blocked it, we would have all perished on the spot…”
“But why don’t the wound patterns match?”
Kwon Han-ul pointed to each Gangtaedae member in turn.
“Based on the wound size, that one was made by a short blade, this one by a long sword, and that one over there… appears to be from an axe.”
At this point, the Gangtaedae members ran out of excuses.
“…Damn it!”
“Why is that bastard showing up now to ruin everything!”
“Damn it all, kill every last one of them!”
The Steel Fang Members erupted in fury, drawing their weapons.
A sinister killing intent flooded the air, yet Kwon Han-ul remained motionless, not even drawing upon his mana.
There was no need to.
The moment the Steel Fang Members unsheathed their blades, the Heukcheon Team moved. Without drawing weapons, they struck the vital points of their enemies with bare hands.
“Gack!”
“Ugh!”
The Heukcheon Team members’ hands severed the throats and burst the hearts of the Steel Fang Members.
The Steel Fang Members collapsed like puppets.
All except one.
“H-help!”
The remaining Steel Fang Member screamed and tumbled to the ground. The Heukcheon Team surrounded him to prevent his escape.
“You’ll tell us everything—what happened and what plans were made.”
Under the crushing weight of their killing intent, the Steel Fang Member’s face turned ashen.

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There was no need for torture. The Steel Fang Member, thoroughly intimidated, spilled everything he knew.
“…Bae Cheol-min released your seals? How?”
“Th-that is… if you search that bastard’s belongings, you’ll find a dagger… if you cut the mark on your neck with it, the restriction lifts…”
One of the Heukcheon Team members searched the corpse. Just as the Steel Fang Member said, an unusual dagger emerged.
“So the plan was to break the seals with this and launch an attack on us?”
“These trash have finally caused trouble.”
The Heukcheon Team members glared at the Steel Fang Member in fury. He trembled violently.
Soon their rage turned toward the remaining Steel Fang Members.
“Did you bastards also participate in their scheme?”
“N-no!”
“W-we knew nothing!”
The Steel Fang Members under Kwon Jun-yeol’s command were on the verge of madness. They were being framed as accomplices to something they had no knowledge of, facing certain death.
“Since Bae Cheol-min encountered Aion inside the Treasure Vault, this matter is unrelated to them.”
Unexpectedly, I took the Steel Fang Members’ side. At my words, they exhaled in relief.
“Of course, had Bae Cheol-min approached them first, they would have acted the same way.”
But at my next words, the Steel Fang Members gasped in terror once more.
“P-please spare us!”
“W-we are innocent!”
The Steel Fang Members prostrated themselves, begging. I turned to Kwon Jun-yeol and spoke.
“We cannot punish them for crimes they did not commit.”
Besides, there were more pressing matters at hand.
“Kwon Jun-yeol, if the Mei Family and Aion have joined hands, we must be vigilant. Send support to the Heukam Corps immediately.”
“What are your intentions, Kwon Han-ul?”
At Kwon Jun-yeol’s question, I answered without hesitation.
“I’m planning to go find my great-uncle.”

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