Chronicles of the Mad Demon - Chapter 163

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Chapter 163. Cannibalism (3)

“Immortal Master Yi.”

“Report.”

“Your younger brother has come to see you.”

Jegal Myeong waved his hand as if annoyed.

“Tell him I’m tired.”

That’s when it happened.

Clank!

The door opened and a man appeared.

The man had a slender build, pale face, and frail appearance. He looked younger than Jegal Myeong but seemed to be past forty.

He was none other than Jegal Moon.

“Elder Brother.”

“What is this rude behavior?”

His voice carried more annoyance than anger, and more awkwardness than annoyance.

Jegal Myeong turned his body.

“I need to rest. If you have something to say, come back later.”

“When exactly is later?”

Undeniable passion filled the sickly Jegal Moon’s face.

“After today passes, can the Main Family House be the same as before? What about tomorrow? The day after?!”

“You’re noisy.”

“When Elder Brother brought Sanjin Hall under your command, I was delighted. I thought the family finally trusted Elder Brother and recognized your abilities, so I was even happier than Elder Brother!”

“Leave.”

“But after you brought Shin An Dan under your command as well, I felt something was strange! It wasn’t because of the family’s peculiar power flow! It was because of Elder Brother’s change—my second elder brother whom I liked and trusted!”

Jegal Myeong’s face gradually reddened.

“I’m not in a condition to listen to your complaints. If you have something to say, come back tomorrow.”

“If I come back tomorrow, what should I call Elder Brother then?”

Jegal Moon spoke through gritted teeth.

“Should I call you Family Head?”

“….”

“Are you doing this because you want to hear the title ‘Family Head’ from this younger brother’s mouth?!”

“Shut up!”

Whoosh!

The air in the room instantly became three times heavier.

Jegal Moon’s complexion became even paler from the terrifying energy wave. It seemed he was even suffering internal injuries from the pressure of Jegal Myeong’s energy wave.

Jegal Myeong, who had been glaring at his younger brother with fierce eyes, soon withdrew his energy wave.

“I am merely working for the Main Family House.”

“What about the Main Family House are you working for? Is Elder Brother becoming Family Head working for the Main Family House?!”

“The Main Family House has enemies. I cannot tell you right now, so come find me after everything is finished.”

“If there truly are enemies, you should tell me as well, as someone with Jegal blood, as a brother! But how could you make the family like this without saying a single word to me?!”

“I clearly said I would tell you after everything is finished.”

“Don’t tell me demons have entered the Main Family House? Are those demons our eldest brother and sister-in-law?!”

“You bastard!!”

Perhaps he was struck where it hurt.

Jegal Myeong became more excited than necessary. In that excitement, there was no trace of gratitude or pity for the younger brother who had liked him and treated him respectfully as an elder brother since childhood.

“I said I would tell you after everything is finished! If you move that mouth any more, I’ll lock you in Thunder Prison until the situation is over!”

“Please just lock me up!”

Blood finally flowed from Jegal Moon’s mouth.

His True Energy damaged by the energy wave caused internal injuries, and with excitement added on top, the internal injuries seemed to worsen.

Even so, as if he couldn’t feel the pain, he shouted with all his strength.

“Rather than watch brothers engage in fraternal strife, I’d rather be locked in Thunder Prison! No, dying would be better!”

“This bastard really!”

“Why? You can kill eldest brother but you can’t kill me? Kill me! Rather, use my life as a sacrifice to become a lamp on the path to becoming the great head of the Jegal!”

At his younger brother’s utterly desperate cry, Jegal Myeong instead regained his composure.

“Are you outside?”

Rustle.

Someone appeared from behind Jegal Moon.

He was an unidentified man wearing a mask. He was certainly a master that at least the Jegal Family people couldn’t recognize.

“Lock Moon Yi in his residence. You must never let that bastard come out of his room until today’s events are finished.”

“Elder Brother!!”

Thud.

The end of his anger-filled cry was unconsciousness.

Jegal Moon’s body collapsed after the masked man pressed his fainting point.

Jegal Myeong’s face contorted.

‘Damn bastard!’

His younger brother wouldn’t know. How much persecution he had endured over the long years, and how much bitter anger he had accumulated to burn down this small world.

Honestly, he didn’t even care anymore how much that anger had accumulated.

He was intoxicated by the power that authority gave him, and if he could continue living like this, he wanted nothing more.

No one ignored him, he could put fine wine and delicacies in his mouth whenever he wanted, and he could embrace beautiful women who wouldn’t have given him a glance in the past whenever he had time.

There could be no greater pleasure than this. Jegal Myeong believed without doubt that this was truly a life worth living.

But today, his younger brother’s merciless criticism lit fire to forgotten kindling.

‘Yes, it’s something I have to do anyway.’

Since he had deployed the Eight Formation Impenetrable Path, two more formations and mechanisms would be activated soon.

When that happened, no human from outside would be able to enter the Jegal Family.

Furthermore, the Heavenly Secret Maze Formation and Ten Perfect Immortal Sealing Formation were being activated so that no one could escape from the Inner Courtyard.

A space of separate heaven and earth would be created that allowed neither intrusion by outsiders nor departure by insiders.

“Where is White Tiger now?”

“Currently standing by in the area around Gi Hak Forest and Yu Jong Hall.”

“Tell them to release the tiger cubs as soon as Heavenly Secret and Ten Perfect are activated. Capture all direct bloodline including the Family Head alive, but if their resistance is excessive, they may kill them.”

“Understood.”

“What happened to those who went after Ryun Yi? Is there still no contact?”

“That’s correct.”

“Stupid fools! How can we discuss great matters when you can’t even catch that one bastard!”

Jegal Myeong struck the table with his fist.

The innocent table, as if to torment him even in death, scattered sharp fragments all over his body.

“Light the Dream Bright Demon Incense right now! Put all combat units to sleep!”

“The formation hasn’t been activated yet.”

“If I gave an order, follow it!”

“Understood.”

The masked man bowed his head as if there was no problem at all and disappeared with Jegal Moon.

Jegal Myeong, still fuming, struck the wall repeatedly with his fists as if his anger wasn’t relieved.

With thudding sounds, one side of the wall was completely crushed. At least it didn’t collapse entirely since he didn’t infuse it with Internal Energy.

“Yes, let’s truly see the end, shall we?”

Jegal Myeong’s face was stained with killing intent.

The suppressed anger transformed into killing intent and began to stimulate his demonic nature.

The demonic nature began to erode his soul and heart at a moment even he didn’t realize.

Red, very red.

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Neung Hyeong blocked Jegal Chung Ho as he approached the main gate.

“Wait.”

“Why are you doing this?”

“Don’t open it.”

“Pardon?”

Jegal Chung Ho was bewildered.

“Why are you suddenly acting like this? We need to enter the house…”

“The mechanisms have been activated.”

That was when it happened.

Rumble.

A subtle vibration that only those close to the main gate and wall could feel spread throughout the entire Jegal Clan.

The vibration was extremely faint, and people passing by outside the Jegal Clan couldn’t sense it.

A secretive yet distinct vibration.

Jegal Chung Ho’s face hardened.

“This is?!”

“What?”

“The Eight Formation Impenetrable Path, Divine Mechanism Explosive Formation, and Soul-Crushing Flesh-Binding Formation have all been deployed simultaneously!”

Neung Hyeong didn’t know exactly what kind of formation techniques these were.

But Moyong Bi knew one of them.

“Isn’t the Eight Formation Impenetrable Path a defensive formation that prevents anyone from entering from the outside?”

“Th-that’s right! The Divine Mechanism Explosive Formation is a large-scale killing mechanism that shoots small cannons and hidden weapons at intruders, and the Soul-Crushing Flesh-Binding Formation is a formation technique that binds intruders who penetrate inside with formation power!”

In other words, they couldn’t enter in the first place, but even if they did, they would die from various explosives and hidden weapons, and even if they broke through that, their bodies would be bound by formation power, making them unable to move.

“All three formation techniques that would be deployed when the main family enters defensive warfare have been activated!”

“As expected.”

Moyong Bi raised his head.

“It’ll be difficult to break through.”

If it were just him and Neung Hyeong, he was confident they could somehow break through, but the problem was Jegal Chung Ho.

“Isn’t there an easy route to infiltrate?”

“How could there be such a thing?!”

“There has to be. You said you’ve snuck out of the family estate avoiding your parents and siblings’ eyes more than once or twice, didn’t you?”

“That was before the formations were deployed! Now that not just one but three different formations and mechanisms are deployed, even if you’re a supreme master, you might be able to advance while destroying them, but infiltrating secretly is impossible!”

Neung Hyeong clicked his tongue.

“Then we’ll have to destroy them.”

“…Pardon?”

“I want to finish quickly and rest, so guide us to the wall closest from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard.”

Jegal Chung Ho’s mouth fell open.

“Are you really going to break through?”

“I can’t break through your thick skull, can I?”

“…Ah.”

“And you, this isn’t the time to waste like this, is it? Whatever’s happening inside, do you think your parents and siblings won’t see bloodshed?”

At that moment, Jegal Chung Ho deployed his movement technique.

It wasn’t particularly fast, but it was fast enough considering the amount of internal energy he could utilize.

The two followed Jegal Chung Ho as he circled around the western wall.

Since it was such a vast family estate, the perimeter of the wall alone exceeded ten li. It was natural considering they accepted hundreds or thousands of scholars at various times.

How long had they been running like that?

“H-here it is.”

It was a wall leading to a small hill.

What was strange was that even though the wall wasn’t very high, the interior was barely visible.

Though three formations and mechanisms were overlapping and deployed, it seemed that even a type of illusion formation that basically concealed the interior was set up around it.

Indeed, the Jegal Clan. It was fitting for a martial family more famous for wisdom and mechanism formation techniques than martial arts.

“My Lord Neung. Please take care of this young master brat.”

“Damn, you want me to be a babysitter?”

“Right now, I’m better than you at this.”

He even held a spear. In terms of assault techniques before secret techniques, Moyong Bi was one level above.

Neung Hyeong grumbled and grabbed Jegal Chung Ho’s nape.

“Relax your body.”

Jegal Chung Ho said with a troubled face.

“Has the main family really become dangerous?”

It seemed he was bothered by letting outsiders enter like this, no matter what.

Moyong Bi adjusted his grip on the long spear and said.

“Let’s confirm it from now on.”

Whooooom!

A sound like a swarm of bees buzzing echoed from the long spear.

Brilliant pale blue energy began spreading like a mirage from Moyong Bi’s body. From the start, he had drawn up his Infinite True Qi at full power.

Neung Hyeong’s eyes deepened.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve seen this.’

Moyong Bi powerfully stepped forward.

It was the Moyong Family Estate’s secret transmission, the True Mountain Tiger Step.

Thoom!!

Moyong Bi’s long spear thrust forward with powerful steps rotated at high speed.

The Crouching Dragon Cannon of the One Hundred Eight Style Dragon Spear Technique was deployed.

Whooom!

There was no ear-splitting roar, but that made it an even more tremendous strike.

The spear Moyong Bi thrust pierced straight through the wall. There were slight cracks around the wall, but it seemed difficult for anyone to pierce through more cleanly than this.

Moyong Bi, still holding the spear with his remaining hand, stepped forward once more.

Crack-crack-crack-crack-crack!

The spear technique that created illusions as if it would slice in all directions shattered the wall to pieces.

Whoosh!

Dark energy began flowing out in thick clouds from beyond the collapsed wall.

“Let’s go.”

Swoosh!

Moyong Bi advanced forward, followed by Neung Hyeong and Jegal Chung Ho.

The three instantly entered the Jegal Clan’s outer courtyard.

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