The Patriarch of the Northern Heavens - Chapter 75

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Master of the Bukcheon Sword Family – Chapter 75

But it was only a matter of time.
“Damn it! Everyone, prepare for battle!”
The Gui Chang Sect Master gritted his teeth and shouted.
It seemed he had no intention of accepting my proposal.
‘As expected.’
After all, I had offered it precisely so he would refuse.
Who in their right mind would agree to cripple their own dantian and sever their limb meridians, especially when it came from someone else?
This was merely a matter of establishing justification.
Justification for fighting the enemy.
“Wind Cloud Unit. Prepare for battle. Sweep them away with minimal casualties.”
“Yes!”
The members of the Wind Cloud Unit standing behind me responded with a resounding shout.
That was all I needed.
Whoosh!
I immediately unfurled the Windgod Sword and pushed through the enemy ranks.
“He’s here!”
“Kill him!”
They were indeed a heterodox sect with considerable reputation in this region.
Among the Gui Chang Sect disciples, there were quite a few who reacted immediately to my movements.
But they were slow.
From the start, I showed no mercy, channeling both the Vajra Yaksha Divine Technique and the Bukcheon Divine Technique.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The Yaksha Transformation activated, and golden wind enveloped my entire body.
Simultaneously, a swirling vortex swept across the entire Windgod Sword.
Gust Strike.
Boom!
When I released it, a fierce wind hammer sent four or five Gui Chang Sect disciples blocking my path flying backward.
In the blink of an eye, shock filled the eyes of the Gui Chang Sect disciples witnessing what had transpired.
“Follow the Young Master!”
“Raaaaaaah!”
But they had no time to focus on me.
As I broke the enemy’s momentum at the front, the Wind Cloud Unit members began engaging the enemy forces in my wake.
The Wind Cloud Unit members pushed forward with terrifying force.
Their morale was exceptionally high.
Above all, it was even higher because I fought at the vanguard.
To the clan members, I was already a source of pride as the Young Master.
I was not the object of resentment from my previous life.
Since my return, I’ve accomplished so much that everyone trusts and follows me.
“Haaaaaah!”
Moreover, Dang Ye-rin and her guards have been tremendously helpful.
After all, she possessed such exceptional talent that even Dang So-hye, the First Sword of Sichuan, had marked her as a successor.
Dang Ye-rin hunted her prey like a hawk in flight.
Her blade struck with ruthless precision, exploiting every gap in the enemy’s defense and mercilessly targeting their weaknesses.
As I cut through the enemies, I glanced around the battlefield.
‘Namgung Seung and Jin Cheon-hui seem to be doing well too.’
Namgung Seung, who controlled his martial power through the Purification Technique, wielded the Bukcheon Sword Family’s Swift Wind Continuous Slash with masterful ease.
Jin Cheon-hui, true to his future title as the First Sword of Jin, was steadily pushing back enemies one by one with unwavering stability.
It seemed they could handle themselves without my intervention.
That meant my task was simple.
‘I need to deal with the enemy commanders.’
After swiftly decapitating two approaching enemies, I shouted toward Sa Gong-cheon.
“Sa Gong! I’ll handle the Gui Chang Sect Master, so I’m counting on you for the rest!”
“Understood!”
Sa Gong-cheon prowled through the enemy ranks like a tiger, without even drawing his sword.
Among the Gui Chuang Sect, aside from the Sect Master, no one seemed capable of stopping him.
Shing!
I continuously severed the necks of enemies blocking my path, then rushed straight toward the Gui Chang Sect Master.
The Gui Chang Sect Master gritted his teeth and swung his spear wide to block my attack.
Clang!
As sword and spear collided, a small shockwave erupted across the surrounding area.
After a brief contest of strength with me, the Gui Chang Sect Master’s eyes blazed crimson as he unleashed a furious roar.
“What? You dare face me alone? The pampered heir of the Bukcheon Sword Family. Do I appear so easy to you?”
“At least it’s clear you’re not above me.”
“You whelp, barely old enough to have dried blood on your hands…!”
He gritted his teeth and poured strength into the hand gripping his spear.
My body was pushed backward.
Simultaneously came a barrage of vicious thrusts.
The spear’s trajectory shifted in various directions through the air, raining down aimed at my heart.
Rather than block, I simply retreated, stepping beyond the spear’s reach.
“Ha!”
Did he see it as an opportunity?
The Gui Chang Sect Master unleashed his next technique.
Perhaps he thought my choice foolish, since the spear’s attack range was far longer than a sword’s.
But I had my own strategy.
I unleashed Swift Wind Slash repeatedly from a distance.
Shwooooosh!
A barrage of wind slashes tore through the air.
The Gui Chang Sect Master halted his attack and shifted into a defensive stance to block my advance.
I closed the distance again, pressing into his effective range.
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
In mere moments, more than ten exchanges of blows passed between us.
The man possessed enough skill to boast loudly—he was defending against my attacks with proper technique.
He twisted his spear to deflect my blade, sometimes parrying, sometimes countering by exploiting openings in my form.
If this continued, the battle would stretch on considerably.
Of course, that wasn’t necessarily unfavorable, but it wasn’t optimal either.
A prolonged engagement would inevitably increase casualties among my forces.
‘Then I have no choice.’
I exhaled softly.
The breeze that swept past me became tangible, and I felt it acutely.
The Windgod Technique unfolded fully, and every current in my surroundings was etched into my mind.
Each trajectory of the Gui Chang Sect Master’s spear thrusts as well.
“…!”
I calmly met his weapon with mine, calculating the flow of those trajectories in reverse.
And I waited for the opening that would emerge.
‘Is it now? No, this is a feint. He’s deliberately trying to trap me.’
So I let the feint pass and launched a large, threatening attack.
He immediately swung his spear to block, then twisted his wrist to strike my ribs with the shaft of his weapon.
A direct hit would shatter my ribs for certain.
Boom!
But naturally, I had no intention of taking it head-on.
I deflected the attack with the Windgod Palm, then immediately deployed the Thousand Threads technique I had been holding in reserve.
Whoosh!
Three strands of thread extending from the Thousand Threads wrapped tightly around the Gui Chang Sect Master’s spear.
I immobilized his movement, then suddenly released two hidden blades from my sleeves.
“What!?”
The Gui Chang Sect Master seemed shocked.
A martial artist of the Orthodox Faction like myself using hidden projectiles—the kind assassins employed.
The Gui Chang Sect Master somehow managed to disperse the threads with his inner energy and block the hidden blades.
But in doing so, he created exactly the opening I needed.
I detonated my sword energy with full force into that gap.
Tempest Slash!
Boom, boom, boom, boom, crash!
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”
A vortex of sword energy erupted from the Windgod Sword, sweeping across the Gui Chang Sect Master’s entire body and creating a storm of blood.
Covered in wounds and drenched in blood, he staggered backward.
Fear was evident in his eyes.
“Wait, just a moment….”
Realizing the situation was taking a dire turn, the Gui Chang Sect Master cried out urgently.
But I had already pierced through his defenses.
As he flinched in that instant, I unleashed my final strike.
Gale Slash.
Shing!
The keen blade found its mark precisely, severing his vital point and nearly cutting through completely.
The Gui Chang Sect Master tried to grasp his severed neck in agony, but it was futile.
For a fleeting moment he cried out in pain before his eyes closed for the last time.
Thud!
A sound that rang out loudly even across the chaotic battlefield.
I infused my voice with inner power, carrying it on the wind, and declared victory with a resounding shout.
“All Gui Chang Sect disciples on this battlefield, hear me!”
“…!”
“Your leader, the Gui Chang Sect Master, no longer exists in this world! Cease your resistance at once and surrender!”
The Gui Chang disciples turned to look at me, their faces frozen in shock.
They never imagined their sect master would fall to a young man like myself.
But I had no intention of showing mercy.
Shing!
As I swung my blade, the heads of several resisting Gui Chang disciples flew.
I unleashed my Gale Slash without hesitation.
The wind’s cutting force swept through the Gui Chang disciples, claiming their lives.
“Surrender now, or you will all perish.”
A chilling warning.
Yet there was no falsehood in those words—only absolute sincerity.
“W-we surrender!”
“So do we!”
Eventually, the hesitant Gui Chang disciples began surrendering one by one.
What started as a handful soon multiplied exponentially as I carved through their ranks.
In the end, even the last Gui Chang disciple laid down their weapons in defeat.
“Sa Gong-cheon. Bind them, then destroy their dantians and sever the tendons in both their arms.”
“Yes.”
“Wait, wait! What do you mean by that!”
“Did you truly believe you could attack the Bukcheon Sword Family and walk away unscathed?”
“…!”
A few Gui Chang disciples, realizing I meant every word, hastily tried to flee or reach for their weapons.
But I had already read their movements through the flow of the wind.
Shing!
In an instant, their heads flew and a crimson storm erupted.
“Ugh, uhhhhh….”
In the end, they were subdued by the Wind Cloud Unit members, left with no choice but surrender.
What followed was the destruction of dantians.
Crack!
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”
Those whose dantians shattered lost consciousness amid agonized screams.
The other Wind Cloud Unit members dragged them away and severed the tendons in both their arms.
It appeared brutal at first glance, but there was no alternative.
These men had to serve as examples.
-So that no one else would dare attempt treachery, yes?
‘Yes.’
Executing them all outright would have been simpler, but it would have provoked far greater resistance from our enemies.
Moreover, it would have damaged the Bukcheon Sword Family’s reputation.
So I chose this instead.
Destroying their dantians and severing the tendons in both arms.
Ending their lives as martial artists entirely.
This way, they would never commit further atrocities.
Once the work was sufficiently complete.
“Sa Gong-cheon. We move out.”
“I await your command.”
“We strike the Gui Chuang Sect’s headquarters. Those who dared attack the Bukcheon Sword Family must pay the price.”
“Yes, understood.”
We left the Gui Chuang Sect members scattered like insects and headed toward their headquarters.
“Everyone inside—reduce them to the same state. If they refuse to surrender, kill them.”
“Yes!”
The Wind Cloud Unit members shattered the grand gates of the Gui Chuang Sect and poured inside.
Soon, the handful of Gui Chuang Sect members remaining were dragged out, and their dantians were destroyed in the Marketplace District as a warning.
Onlookers who had gathered murmured as they watched.
“Did you secure their ledgers and valuables?”
“Yes. We’ve set them aside separately.”
“Good. Then we’re ready.”
We set fires throughout the Gui Chuang Sect and watched it burn.
The spectators’ expressions showed shock.
After all, the Gui Chuang Sect was a prestigious Evil Faction sect in this region.
No one could have imagined it would be annihilated and its headquarters burned to ash in a single night.
I deliberately displayed the spectacle to the people.
“Tonight, the Gui Chuang Sect is destroyed. The reason is that they attacked our Bukcheon Sword Family.”
I stood before them and spoke.
As I infused my voice with inner energy, the wind carried my words to all present.
“They murdered innocent warriors of the main family and plundered our treasury. Their crime cannot be repaid by the Gui Chang Sect Master’s life alone, so I have destroyed their dantians and severed the tendons in both their arms.”
“…!”
The people gazed at me with expressions tinged by fear.
But I did not stop.
“This is a warning to the Evil Faction forces colluding with the Gui Chuang Sect and committing the same atrocities. If they continue to harm our innocent allies as they have been doing….”
I delivered the warning in a cold, lethal voice.
“…I declare here and now. If such villains exist, I will reduce them to the same fate as the Gui Chuang Sect. The Bukcheon Sword Family will never yield to them.”
I spoke directly to the lackeys of other factions mixed among their ranks.
They would understand perfectly well with just this much said.
“That concludes my statement.”
I had no further business in this place.
The Wind Cloud Unit and I confirmed that part of the Gui Chuang Sect was burning, then withdrew from the location entirely.
The next day, rumors spread rapidly throughout the Marketplace District.
Rumors that the Bukcheon Sword Family forces under my command had annihilated the Gui Chuang Sect in a single night.
And there was a faction that fell into panic upon hearing these rumors.
It was none other than the Shanxi Heterodox Alliance, who had sent the Gui Chuang Sect to test the waters.

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