Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 44

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Chapter 44

 

 

Smoke pours out from the surroundings.

Enough smoke to instantly engulf the Guild Leader and more!

At this, the Guild Leader held his breath.

 

“Urk!?”

 

He belatedly realized he had triggered a trap.

A simple trap where pulling the string caught on his foot would release smoke.

Normally, the Guild Leader would never fall for such a trap.

But now with his mind clouded, he realized his carelessness far too late.

 

“Hup…!”

 

He held his breath upon seeing the smoke.

But it was too late.

He had already inhaled it.

 

‘Damn it…! My Internal Energy…!’

 

Poison. That’s what it was.

And it was the terrible Mountain Dissolving Poison at that.

His Internal Energy, already half depleted, rapidly diminished.

About ten years’ worth of Internal Energy gone in one breath.

 

‘This…!’

 

The Guild Leader immediately realized what this Mountain Dissolving Poison was.

Jangwol Gate!

Assassins who specialized in poison. He could feel they had used their Internal Energy.

 

‘Hah… he even brought poison?’

 

He knew the missing secret manual had been taken.

But to use it so immediately like this.

It was something he never expected.

However, he couldn’t stay in the Cloud Mist any longer.

This Cloud Mist was like a formation. The longer he stayed, the more disadvantageous it became. He had to escape immediately.

So just as he was about to escape.

As if his intention had already been read.

Whoosh- Thwack!

Things came pouring down.

Hidden Weapons!

Dozens of Hidden Weapons were targeting his vital points.

 

‘This damn…!’

 

These were difficult to dodge too.

It was a trap thoroughly designed to target him!

 

Clang clang clang clang clang!

The Guild Leader hurriedly moved his hands.

His Life-Death Seasonal Technique, once called Blood Jade Hand, unfolded.

His hands struck down the Hidden Weapons filling the surroundings.

 

Thud thud thud-

The Sword Ki that had formed on the Guild Leader’s hands shattered the Hidden Weapons as soon as it touched them.

 

“Kugh.”

 

This rapidly consumed his Internal Energy, but there was no other way. Those Hidden Weapons were surely coated with poison too!

The moment he allowed even one through.

Knowing he would meet his end, the Guild Leader had no choice but to block them.

 

Clang-!

Meanwhile, he also did his best. While blocking with Sword Ki, he tried to escape the Cloud Mist.

He continued advancing, attempting to close the distance.

 

Whoosh-!

Thus, he finally succeeded in escaping the Mountain Dissolving Poison Cloud Mist.

 

‘Finally!’

 

He had succeeded in escaping from the cunning trap Jung Myeong had created.

 

“You bastaaaard!”

 

Whooom!

With that, the Guild Leader charged out again with the momentum of a roaring tiger.

He increased his speed, trying to close the distance with Jung Myeong.

Now that guy would have no options left.

No matter how strange and mysterious his techniques were, the distance itself was too narrow.

The Guild Leader wouldn’t allow any more time!

 

‘I’ll slice your skin and tear your limbs apart!’

 

Therefore, he believed he would win.

He didn’t care at all about his consumed Internal Energy.

If he could just land one hit on that cunning bastard. That would be enough.

No matter how much that guy was known as a peak expert.

 

‘It doesn’t matter!’

 

There was no way he could have a technique to defeat someone of supreme peak level like himself!

Crushing him brutally would be the end of it.

The Guild Leader had enough reason to be confident. Under normal circumstances, it would be a natural and more than sufficient calculation.

 

Thwang-!

And so, as he confidently approached and was about to make his move.

The distance between the Guild Leader and Jung Myeong was only three zhang.

The moment it became a distance that could be called an instant between masters.

 

Puhwaaaaak!

Jung Myeong’s sword was swung roughly as if it had been waiting.

 

 

* * *

 

 

‘I never thought it would be easy from the start.’

 

Jung Myeong was certain of his disadvantage from the moment he set up the board.

That’s why he laid out the board.

He put effort into luring the Guild Leader.

To make it certain, he offered himself as bait.

He installed formations. He even utilized the Mountain Dissolving Poison obtained from Jangwol Gate.

In addition to this, even hidden weapons based on the Three Origin Poison Art.

He made the best preparations he could.

The moment he created the perfect board.

Only then did he step forward himself.

 

‘At least the end, I must accomplish myself.’

 

One might say what kind of twisted logic this is.

But that was the reality.

No matter how well he set up the board. No matter how much he reduced the Guild Leader’s power through various means.

That final finishing touch had to be accomplished by himself.

 

‘Even if it might look somewhat foolish.’

 

That’s the nature of Hangzhou Martial Artists.

Even that Guild Leader, when doing the crazy act of taking the Merchant Leader’s head, didn’t he step forward himself at the end?

It was a way he couldn’t understand.

That’s why he took it upon himself at least for the end.

However, even at this moment when he had set up the board. He didn’t think it would be easy.

Even after setting up the board until the Guild Leader charged.

He didn’t let his guard down.

While unleashing everything, he drew out the best move he could make.

 

[Three Origin Kill Sword: Shatter Heaven Establish Justice]

 

A move that shatters heaven to establish one’s own righteousness.

He brought down toward the Guild Leader a sword that pulled down and shattered heaven with his own hands, based on heaven, earth, and humanity, the foundation of the Three Origins.

Swift and Illusion.

And finally, the embedded tyranny was unleashed.

Kwadadadadak-!

His sword instantly multiplied into dozens, heading toward the Guild Leader.

What was contained in a single sword strike wasn’t a simple illusion but Sword Energy filled with tyranny!

It was a killing move!

 

“Huh…!”

 

Seeing this, the Guild Leader instinctively felt it.

The depth contained in that move.

He intuited that this move wasn’t something a mere peak-level Martial Artist could produce.

 

‘Too late…!’

 

Only then did he realize that he had fallen completely into the board that person had created.

But it was too late.

He had charged too hastily.

In contrast, his opponent had brought out a perfectly prepared move.

A move that could ignore even the difference in realm!

A situation where damage couldn’t be avoided.

What was important here was minimizing the damage. Having crossed dozens of lines of death, he felt this instinctively.

The Guild Leader finished his calculations in an instant.

 

‘…Can’t be helped.’

 

The minimum calculation to deploy Blood Jade Hand.

Tudududududuk-!

He raised his remaining Internal Energy straight up.

And concentrated the Internal Energy he poured in to one place.

To his left hand for deploying Blood Jade Hand.

Since it was his left hand and not his right, its power would be reduced, but he didn’t mind.

His intention was solely to block that move.

And so he threw out his left hand.

 

Kwaddddddeuk-

His left hand with Blood Jade Hand deployed fully received the move of Shatter Heaven Establish Justice.

Dozens of swords to ten.

Ten swords to five.

Five to one.

A mysterious move containing the principles of Illusion, Swift, and Tyranny!

 

Kagagagagagak-

His left hand was being cut apart by that move.

The will that the Guild Leader possessed upon reaching the transcendent peak was survival!

The regenerative power and destructive force he possessed accordingly were used solely to block Jung Myeong’s move.

 

“Kreueueu…!”

 

Internal Energy was consumed as soon as it recovered.

His left hand was cut as soon as it healed to near regeneration.

Dozens of swords.

The Guild Leader managed to receive them all with just his left hand.

He succeeded in receiving dozens of swords with just a single limb.

 

‘Is that even human…!’

 

Jung Myeong could only be shocked at the sight before him.

He knew that from the transcendent peak realm, one became something beyond human.

But he never thought it would be at this level, hence his shock.

 

‘To think the power of the transcendent peak would be this much. He’s a monster!’

 

The Guild Leader had truly displayed tremendous power.

However, he too had to pay a price.

Crunch.

His left hand, which had been repeatedly healing, was completely crushed and burst apart.

Not only that, but his forearm was also severed.

He hastily applied energy to the severed arm, but it was useless.

The moment the Blood Jade Hand of his left hand was shattered, the Guild Leader’s will was also broken.

His left arm could not withstand it.

Thud.

His left arm fell off with pathetic ease.

Jung Myeong had finally succeeded in taking his left arm!

 

“Hrrgh…!”

 

Even a transcendent peak Martial Artist could hardly endure such excruciating pain!

Even amid the agony that filled him completely, he stood upright.

 

Thud. Thunk.

Using his remaining arm to press the Blood Path for hemostasis, he moved his legs.

The direction his forcefully powered legs headed toward was exactly where Jung Myeong was!

 

“I’ll collect the price for my arm! Die!”

 

Whoooosh-!

The Guild Leader squeezed out even his last remaining Internal Energy.

He aimed precisely at Jung Myeong, who was catching his breath after throwing one technique.

It was tenacious obsession.

Persistence that had reached the point of madness.

 

“Gasp…!”

 

How could Jung Myeong avoid this?

Drawing out and creating this entire situation was his best effort.

Just because he couldn’t finish off the Guild Leader in one blow with that best effort didn’t mean he was soft enough to think he could retreat.

 

“…!”

“!!!”

 

Jung Myeong didn’t dodge and received the Guild Leader’s Blood Jade Hand.

 

“Krrgh…!”

 

Even if exhausted, it was still the transcendent peak realm.

The depth contained in that one technique was far too heavy.

Jung Myeong’s eyes widened as if they would burst as he received it.

But he too could not retreat.

 

‘I’ll also pull everything to the limit!’

 

He pulled even his latent power, raising his Internal Energy.

And so he received it.

Claaaang-!

Crash! Bang!

He endured dozens of exchanges against the Guild Leader, who was at a higher realm than his own.

 

“How dare! How dare! How dare!”

“Hrrgh….”

 

Against such Jung Myeong, the Guild Leader raised his momentum.

As if he would collect the price for crushing his left hand.

Thwaaaack-!

He continuously pressed Jung Myeong.

 

 

* * *

 

 

‘He’s insane…!’

 

He had used Formation to wear down his Internal Energy.

With his prepared technique, he had severed his left arm.

And still he could press forward with this much power.

 

‘This is the power possessed by the transcendent peak…!’

 

The difference in realm was tremendous.

It wasn’t simply a matter of one stage between peak and transcendent peak.

Jung Myeong realized through facing the Guild Leader before him that enormous walls were hidden between them.

 

Clang clang clang clang-

Crash! Crash!

Nevertheless, Jung Myeong barely managed to endure techniques that were difficult even to withstand.

 

“Hrrgh… You rat bastard!”

“….”

 

He quickly analyzed the pouring Blood Jade Hand techniques to dodge them.

He used the Three Origin Poison Art to gnaw away at the Guild Leader’s regenerative power that was trying to recover.

He scattered the remaining Mountain Dissolving Poison to wear down his Internal Energy.

Even so, Jung Myeong was gradually forced into a defensive position.

And so he dodged and dodged.

But in the end, he could not help but keenly feel his own limitations.

 

‘Hah… No matter how much I plan and scheme, it’s difficult to overcome such a vast difference in cultivation level.’

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