The Supreme Who Rules the Boundless Sky - Chapter 136
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Spear Heaven Martial Emperor Episode 136
Dark Room.
“You’re saying contact has been lost with those who were pursuing Namgung Hyeok?”
Dongbang Son, an executive of Blood Heaven Cult and one of the Yuksado, was receiving a report from his subordinate.
The subordinate bowed his head and spoke.
“Yes. Originally, regular reports came once every three days… but suddenly the reports have stopped coming.”
“Is there a possibility they simply forgot?”
“No. I told them to never forget and report without fail. The fact that they haven’t reported like this means something has gone wrong.”
“Perhaps they might have been defeated.”
“Yes. We also consider that the most likely possibility.”
“Hehe.”
Despite hearing that his subordinates had been defeated, Dongbang Son laughed as if he found it amusing.
“To notice those approaching from afar, he must be quite perceptive? Or it’s proof that he has exceptional energy sensing.”
“What shall we do? Shall we organize a new pursuit team to send?”
“No, even if we do that, the same thing will likely repeat. Just leave it be.”
“But…”
“Their target is this Kuaiji Mountain anyway, isn’t it? It’s better to wait instead.”
Namgung Hyeok was approaching Kuaiji Mountain with the clear goal of the Sword Empress.
Since they would meet soon even without doing anything, there was no need to unnecessarily disperse their forces.
If their strength was weak when facing those guys, it would be troublesome.
“Forget about Namgung Hyeok for now. You focus on tracking the Sword Empress.”
“Yes.”
“Has the Sword Empress still not been found?”
“She’s hidden deep in the mountains and rarely shows herself. However, seeing that several subordinates searching nearby were found dead with sword cuts, it seems certain she’s in here.”
“I see. I understand. She’s probably unable to leave this place due to the injuries she sustained when fighting me.”
Dongbang Son said that and looked at Kuaiji Mountain visible in the distance.
He fell silent as if lost in thought for a moment, then opened his mouth.
“Report immediately if there are any changes. You may withdraw now.”
“Yes.”
The subordinate bowed and disappeared.
Left alone, Dongbang Son giggled as if enjoying something and looked at the map.
“The Sword Empress and the Seonghwa Gate Master…”
If things went well, he might be able to catch two birds with one stone.
He practiced qi circulation and breathing while imagining meeting them soon.
For a while, only Dongbang Son’s breathing echoed through the room.
* * *
Namgung Hyeok’s group arrived near Kuaiji Mountain several days later.
They left their horses at a large inn nearby. After arriving and resting for about half a day, they headed toward Kuaiji Mountain.
“Honestly, our chances of finding the Sword Empress aren’t that high. As you know, finding someone who’s determined to hide in the mountains is difficult.”
This was especially true if that hidden person was the Sword Empress, who possessed extraordinary martial arts.
She would be able to completely conceal her presence.
“Then what do you plan to do?”
“Difficult doesn’t mean impossible. First, we’ll search the mountain while making our presence known. The first step would be to make it clear that we’re not enemies.”
“Hmm. But if we do that, other troublesome things might be drawn to us, right?”
He was referring to the Blood Heaven Sect members who were waiting in this area.
Namgung Hyeok smiled broadly at Lee Cheolgun’s question.
“I’ve already asked Jeon Wook to investigate what the atmosphere is like in the surrounding area. That guy should come back soon with a rough assessment of the situation.”
Just as Namgung Hyeok said, less than half a shichen later, Jeon Wook arrived at the appointed location, bowed his head, and began his report.
“Currently, there’s a group in this vicinity that periodically searches the mountain. The exact number is uncertain, but there are quite a lot of them, and their origin is unknown.”
“Must be those Blood Heaven Sect bastards.”
“Yes. Lord, what should we do?”
“By now they probably know that the subordinates who were chasing me have disappeared and are plotting some kind of trap. So let’s just smash them first.”
No one objected to smashing the Blood Heaven Sect members, who were certainly several times their number at minimum.
This meant they were that confident.
This was an emotion shared by everyone from Namgung Hyeok down to the warriors of the Seonghwa Sect, who could be considered the lowest rank.
Son Hyang felt her heart racing at this sight.
“Pursuing their main base versus executing individual defeats. Which would be better?”
“Individual defeats would probably be somewhat easier.”
“Good. From now on, we climb the mountain. If we encounter anyone searching for the Sword Empress, we’ll eliminate them.”
“Yes!”
A resounding voice came back in response.
Namgung Hyeok began climbing the mountain path as if that was sufficient.
Many things began to be caught by his energy sensing, which was wide open in all directions.
How long had they walked like this?
“Stop for a moment.”
Namgung Hyeok stopped at the front and looked somewhere.
He could sense three warriors wandering around at a distance so far they couldn’t even be seen.
Their movements clearly seemed to be surveying the surroundings.
Namgung Hyeok carefully approached and suddenly appeared before them.
The three people were startled and widened their eyes.
“Wh-who are you!”
“Are you still slacking off in a place like this?”
Namgung Hyeok’s voice as he said this was cold.
The three people looked at Namgung Hyeok with dumbfounded expressions for a moment.
But Namgung Hyeok pressured the three people while emanating a chilling aura.
“Hi, hiiik!”
“I asked if you’re still slacking off in a place like this. How long has it been since the Sword Empress search began, and you’re doing this here?”
“B-but they might be somewhere in the mountains, so we should search the outer areas too…”
“No need for discussion. So Yeon, shoot.”
Thwack!
“Kugh!”
“Wh-why…”
The three men collapsed with eyes that couldn’t understand.
Even though they hadn’t been producing results, their expressions showed they couldn’t understand why they had to die like this.
Seeing this, Lee Cheolgun snorted.
“You’re quite the actor.”
“There was a possibility they might not have been Blood Heaven Cult members. When you pressure people and interrogate them aggressively like this, you usually get answers.”
“You speak as if you’ve done this sort of thing several times before.”
“Who knows.”
Namgung Hyeok said this and began moving around the mountain.
He was able to eliminate six more enemies this way.
It was excellent results for the first day at Kuaiji Mountain, but he didn’t let his guard down.
He didn’t know when their commander might reveal himself.
And that thought proved to be exactly right.
“Lord. Did you sense it?”
“Yes.”
Namgung Hyeok listened to Jeon Wook’s report with a serious face and his eyes flashed sharply.
“They’re coming in droves. It seems our presence has been discovered.”
* * *
“Hurry!”
“Don’t get separated from your assigned groups! The enemies are cunning and strong! If you end up alone, you’ll die!”
“We have far greater numbers! Advance with confidence!”
Near the entrance of Kuaiji Mountain, countless warriors were climbing upward.
They were all part of an alliance formed by the Blood Heaven Cult, the North Sado Alliance, and nearby unorthodox sects.
Their numbers were around five hundred.
It was an alliance created by scraping together every available warrior from the surrounding area.
They had hastily gathered this many forces after discovering the corpses killed by arrows.
“Master Yuksado. What should we do?”
“No matter how many of these guys we gather, they won’t be able to catch Namgung Hyeok anyway. At best, they’ll only be able to drain his stamina. We’ll offer appropriate rewards and then have them pursue.”
“And after draining his stamina as much as possible, you plan to step in yourself.”
“That’s right.”
Yuksado Dongbang Son said this and chuckled.
“Assign one skilled tracker to each group. Make sure they can follow their trail somehow. Then eventually a battle will break out.”
“But tracking in the mountains will be quite difficult even with our five hundred men. We might just lose them…”
“Then it can’t be helped. But considering Namgung Hyeok’s personality from what we’ve heard so far, he won’t completely avoid fighting.”
“Are you saying you’ll respond to our fight?”
“That’s right. So an opportunity will surely come. We just need to aim for that.”
Dongbang Son said this while looking at the allied forces scattering in all directions.
He declared in a serious voice.
“Tonight we hunt Namgung Hyeok.”
* * *
“Lord. Approximately twenty people are approaching this way.”
“Hide your presence and wait. So Yeon, prepare to fire your bow. When So Yeon launches the first strike, the rest will surprise attack and cut off the enemies’ breath.”
“Yes.”
Following Namgung Hyeok’s words, the group hid in the bushes and waited for the enemies.
Soon a group led by a man searching for traces in the area appeared.
They were steadily approaching while remaining vigilant of their surroundings.
Finally, when they entered the range.
“Now!”
Swish!
So Yeon’s arrow took the life of the leader at the front.
“A-attack, gack!”
A tracker who tried to shout in panic had his throat cut and couldn’t continue speaking.
Namgung Hyeok’s group was able to take down all the pursuers in the blink of an eye.
He looked back at Jeon Wook and asked.
“Is this the third time now?”
“Yes. But seeing that we can still sense presences everywhere, it seems a considerable number are chasing us.”
“They’re giving us quite an intense welcome from the start.”
Namgung Hyeok searched through the pursuers’ belongings and collected several signal flares.
Then he moved deeper into the mountain interior.
“If we put our minds to it, we could keep running away and taking them down forever, but…”
Namgung Hyeok pondered for a moment.
Moving around like that was also a method that required considerable stamina consumption.
‘Wouldn’t it be better to gather them all at once and sweep them away instead?’
No matter how many opponents there were, if he made good use of geographical advantages, he could defeat them without major damage.
However, the problem was what level the enemies’ real strength was at…
That’s when it happened.
“Over here!”
Bang!
The sound of a signal flare exploding echoed from the distance.
It seemed the enemy pursuit team that had been following confirmed their annihilated allies.
Soon what seemed like at least several hundred people began rushing toward where Namgung Hyeok was.
Namgung Hyeok asked his group.
“Should we clean them out once?”
“That wouldn’t be bad either.”
So Yeon, who was moving with a large bow strapped to her back, answered with a giggle.
They had sufficient power to sweep away the pursuit teams that would gather using this signal flare as bait.
But that’s when it happened.
“…!”
So Yeon suddenly turned serious and drew her bow from her back, firing it toward somewhere.
Whizz!
An iron arrow rushing toward someone with a sharp sound.
Clang!
But that iron arrow was cut in the middle and fell to the ground.
Namgung Hyeok’s group immediately entered combat stance.
Someone had approached this close while deceiving their senses?
It meant that a considerably skilled opponent had appeared.
But at that moment.
“…Son Hyang?”
A bewildered voice burst out from the newly appeared woman’s voice.
Son Hyang’s eyes trembled at that voice calling her.
She shouted with a voice mixed with various emotions.
“Master!”
Everyone looked at the newly appeared woman with surprised expressions.
The master of Son Hyang, who was from Namhae Sword Pavilion and a candidate for the next Sword Empress.
There was only one person she would call that way.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Sword Empress.”
At Namgung Hyeok’s words, the Sword Empress showed a surprised expression.
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