The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 148
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 148
To block hidden weapons, one must draw up internal power, and to draw up internal power, one must breathe.
To draw up internal power without breathing requires at least a master of the Transformation realm or higher.
Could there possibly be a Transformation realm master?
Even if there was one, it didn’t matter.
The Tang Superior who led the Tang family’s elites was also a Transformation realm martial artist.
And there was a separate poison specifically for Transformation realm martial artists.
Now they would either collapse from being hit by hidden weapons or fall from poison intoxication. Whatever the case, they would be writhing on the ground in agony.
All he had to do was capture those suffering and find out who ordered them to do such things.
Whooosh-.
As the green smoke scattered in the wind, the hazy vision became clear and bright.
“Huh?”
The ones who should have been collapsed were standing there perfectly fine.
In their hands were the hidden weapons that had been thrown earlier.
“They blocked that?”
As the Tang Superior muttered with a surprised expression, one of the masked men who heard this chuckled and said.
“What? Those were thrown as hidden weapons? I thought you were handing them over for us to use.”
“This is nice. They even have poison on them, so we won’t have to bother with that.”
And then he casually licked the poisoned hidden weapon with his tongue.
They were crazy bastards.
“Seven Kill Poison. This is expensive poison.”
He could tell what poison it was just by tasting it?
More than that, he was calm even after consuming Seven Kill Poison?
Was he immune to poison?
That couldn’t be possible.
What exactly were those things?
Unknown enemies.
Nothing was more terrifying than that.
The Captain’s expression hardened.
“These aren’t ordinary guys. It seems we’ll have to fight with full strength. So prepare yourselves.”
“Yes.”
At the Captain’s words, the Tang Family Warriors wore grim expressions as they glared at the Masked Men.
“Poison smoke and Hidden Weapons coated with poison. Just what you’d expect from the Tang Family.”
“Look how serious they get when that’s blocked.”
“How pitiful. Should we have pretended to be hit?”
Remarks that scratched at the Tang Family’s pride.
“How long must we listen to that damn nonsense?”
The Tang Family Warriors waited for the Captain’s command with voices filled with rage.
To that, the Captain commanded.
“Kill them all.”
As soon as the command was given, the Tang Family Warriors charged toward the Masked Men with furious faces.
Watching the Tang Family Warriors rushing at them filled with Killing Intent, the Masked Men laughed as if pleased.
“Hehehe. Will this be a thrilling fight after so long?”
“Let’s go too!”
The moment the two forces clashed, another Masked Man who had been quietly watching from behind moved toward the Captain.
The Captain instinctively knew that this person was the leader of this group.
The person he would inevitably have to face.
The Captain immediately drew the iron fan he had strapped to his back.
Swish-.
He swung the opened iron fan directly at the approaching Masked Man.
Clatter-!
The Hidden Weapons at the tip of the iron fan flew rapidly toward the Masked Man.
Whizz-.
The moment the Masked Man’s body moved sideways to avoid the Hidden Weapons.
The Captain swung his iron fan toward that direction as if he had been waiting for it.
The blade-like gleaming part at the end of the iron wire flew in a parabolic arc toward the Masked Man’s torso.
There was nowhere to dodge.
That’s what he thought, but the Masked Man moved his body once more from that position and narrowly avoided the iron wire.
However, Dangsan had predicted even that and quickly moved the iron wire to the side.
But his opponent narrowly avoided even that.
Just a little more and it would work.
Dangsan gritted his teeth and pressed the Masked Man harder.
Just a little more.
Just a little more.
It seemed like just a little more would land a hit, but he slipped away with incredible timing again.
Then let’s make it so he can’t dodge at all.
While swinging the iron wire with his right hand, he threw something with his left hand toward the direction his opponent was dodging.
Whizzing-.
Thud-.
Huh?
This time, instead of dodging the iron wire, wasn’t he blocking it?
Because his opponent blocked the iron wire, whatever he threw with his left hand cut through the air and embedded in the ground.
The Masked Man spoke with smiling eyes.
“Ten Thousand Shadow Blood Thread? You must have quite a position in the Tang family, don’t you?”
He even knew about Ten Thousand Shadow Blood Thread.
Just what was the identity of this Masked Man?
Dangsan had red gloves on his left hand.
Ten Thousand Shadow Blood Thread was a hidden weapon that reacted immediately upon touching skin, and since it couldn’t be blocked, the only option was to dodge.
Even in the Tang family that dealt with poison, Ten Thousand Shadow Blood Thread was such a dangerous hidden weapon that it had to be handled while wearing special gloves.
His opponent knew this and deliberately blocked the iron wire instead of dodging.
Dangsan could see his opponent’s weapon.
It was an ordinary dagger.
A dagger was a weapon that wasn’t commonly used.
But he was using such a dagger this skillfully?
“So you’re an assassin after all?”
The Masked Man didn’t answer.
“Doesn’t seem like Black Blood Gate. Which group are you from?”
“If I was going to tell you, I wouldn’t have worn a mask in the first place. Don’t you think?”
That’s right.
“Then, I have no choice but to find out directly.”
“Sorry, but it doesn’t seem like there will be time for that.”
“What?”
“I have to go now. It was fun.”
“What kind of bullshit…”
Thwack-.
“Kugh!”
His consciousness gradually became hazy from the tremendous pain felt in his abdomen.
I need to catch him.
He tried to regain his senses, but it was useless.
***
Jolt-.
Dangsang jumped up from his spot in shock.
He quickly looked around his surroundings.
He could see Tang family martial artists collapsed here and there.
The goods loaded for trading and the steward managing them were nowhere to be seen.
Everything had disappeared.
Dangsang rose from his spot and let out a roar of fury.
“Aaaaargh!”
At that sound, the Tang family martial artists who had been collapsed jumped up from their spots in shock.
Soon they spotted Dangsang and stood in rigid postures, scared out of their wits.
Dangsang had no intention of saying anything to them.
Since he himself had been knocked out after being attacked, how much worse must it have been for the others?
He vowed to repay today’s humiliation tenfold, no, a hundredfold.
For now, he decided to look for any traces.
The end point of the plank road.
There was only one path anyway, and unless they were insane, they wouldn’t have gone toward Sichuan Province where the Tang family was located.
Moreover, the road was treacherous so they couldn’t move quickly either.
“We’re going after them. To escape this single path, they’d need at least seven or eight days, so they couldn’t have gotten off the road yet.”
“Can we catch them with just our strength?”
“It’ll be difficult. So we’ll overtake those guys. Then we’ll destroy the cliffs on both sides to block the path.”
“What? That, that’s…”
“We can restore it later. First priority is to prevent those bastards from escaping this place.”
“Understood.”
“Hurry!”
“Yes!”
***
“They’re not here.”
I know.
I couldn’t believe it.
Where the hell did they disappear to?
This is the only way out.
Did they soar into the sky?
Even if I had fainted, it wouldn’t have been for several days.
The fact that I wasn’t terribly hungry when I woke up means I hadn’t been unconscious for a long time.
Moreover, the road is treacherous and they’d have to move carefully to prevent goods from falling off the cart loaded with merchandise, so they couldn’t move quickly, yet they were nowhere to be seen.
“Could it be?”
Toward Sichuan Province?
If that’s really the case, they’re not ordinary madmen, are they?
Well, since they’re the ones attacking the Tang Family, they’re definitely not in their right minds.
If they headed toward Sichuan Province, what the hell are they scheming?
“Master. What should we do? Should we continue moving?”
“Hmm.”
I felt like it would be useless to go.
“You four keep pursuing them. If you see those bastards, get ahead of them and execute what I mentioned earlier to block the road.”
“What if we don’t see them?”
“If you don’t see them even after going to the end of the road, return.”
“Understood.”
“We’ll return as quickly as possible.”
“Yes!”
***
Jayun, the caravan leader in charge of this Cheonhwa Trading Company expedition, was confident in the success of this trading journey.
Unlike previous trading expeditions, this one had Tang Family elites accompanying them.
He thought that seeing the Tang Family’s flags and attire, no one would dare to attack them.
But that was a grave miscalculation.
The enemies moved regardless of whether the Tang Family was there or not, and this wasn’t arrogance but confidence.
The result was the defeat of the Tang Family warriors.
Because of this, all the goods meant for the trading journey were stolen, and they themselves became hostages.
Jaun thought the enemies would naturally move quickly in the direction opposite to Sichuan.
But instead, weren’t they heading toward Sichuan?
Were they insane?
He could tell they were strong.
But if they thought the Tang Family elites who came here were all the Tang Family had, they were gravely mistaken.
The Tang Family had the Supreme Family Head and one of the One Emperor Eight Kings of the Martial World, the Ten Thousand Poison King Tang Mujin, and one of the hundred great masters of the Martial World and current family head, the Dark Poison Lord Tang Pae.
It would be a mistake to think the Tang Family was simply good at handling poison.
The Ten Thousand Poison King was at the Profound Realm Ninth Star Level, and the Dark Poison Lord was an absolute master at the Profound Realm Third Star Level.
They were strong even without poison.
Being that strong, yet able to freely use troublesome poisons as well, how difficult would they be to face?
That’s why everyone was reluctant to fight the Tang Family.
Attacking the Cheonhwa Trading Company, which was directly affiliated with the Tang Family, was already an insane act that made no sense, but not content with that, they were heading to Sichuan with the Cheonhwa Trading Company’s goods.
They would surely be caught.
What kind of confidence was this?
It was around the time he was having such thoughts.
The person who appeared to be their leader approached, reached his hand toward where the luggage was, and muttered something.
When the muttering ended, a black sphere appeared in the air, and in an instant, all that luggage was sucked into the hole.
Jaun couldn’t tell if what he saw was real or a dream, so he kept rubbing his eyes.
Not only Jaun but the porters were also surprised, staring blankly at the empty air where the goods had disappeared.
Was that what they called magic arts that he’d only heard about?
It was amazing.
After showing such an incredible miracle, he was wary of the mysterious figure approaching him.
“Are you the caravan leader responsible for this trading journey?”
“That’s right. What do you plan to do with us?”
“I have no plans to do anything. I’ll release you when we return to Sichuan.”
“R-really?”
“Yes. Let’s get along well until then.”
Could he believe those words?
Release them willingly without any compensation?
When he looked with eyes full of suspicion, The Man smiled and said.
“But would it be okay for you to return as you are? You’ll have to take responsibility for this incident.”
“This was beyond our control. When even the Tang Family elites couldn’t do anything about it, what could we have done?”
“That’s right. But do you think the higher-ups will see it that way?”
“What do you mean?”
“Someone has to take responsibility for this incident to keep their own positions safe, right? Who do you think that will be?”
As The Man looked at him steadily while speaking, Jaun unconsciously swallowed his saliva.
Come to think of it, he had often seen colleagues who had their entire fortunes stripped away and were unjustly driven out for the safety of others.
This trading journey was the same.
He had clearly warned them that it was dangerous.
Yet they stubbornly insisted and ordered the trading journey to proceed.
All Jaun had done was follow their orders.
“The Tang Family will pin the blame on you too.”
“What blame?”
“They’ll accuse you of conspiring with us to steal the Trading Company’s goods.”
“I, I did nothing wrong!”
“Whether you’re right or wrong doesn’t matter to them. What matters is announcing to the world that this happened because of betrayal by someone they trusted. That way they can tell the world it wasn’t because the Family Clan was weak.”
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