The Youngest Prince of the Zhou Family - Chapter 28

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Youngest Master of the Zhu Family (28)

Sword Saint

I didn’t let my guard down.

No, rather I swung my sword with even greater effort.

‘What the hell is this?’

But all that increased were the wounds covering my entire body.

I couldn’t even get close to him.

Do Gon had never been defeated once in his life, not since birth until now, and especially not after reaching a certain level of mastery.

For the first time, he began to doubt his own swordsmanship.

‘To this mere brat… does this situation even make sense?’

The internal energy throughout his body was rapidly depleting.

Even as he squeezed out every drop of internal energy and unleashed fierce attacks, his opponent leisurely deflected every sword force.

Do Gon’s expression gradually began to fill with terror.

“Are you done?”

I asked Do Gon.

His speed was gradually slowing down.

Even using every possible means and method, that bastard could never catch me.

‘That sword force… I’ve experienced it to the point of boredom.’

I already knew everything about Do Gon’s Heaven-Breaking Martial Emperor Sword Art, even the variations of his techniques.

Not only that?

I was perfectly controlling even his unconscious movements.

‘This is insane.’

After taking the Thousand-Year Dragon Saliva Essence, my body’s senses had become so sharp it wouldn’t be strange to call them monstrous.

I could even catch the slight trembling of Do Gon’s arm and leg muscles, easily deducing his attack patterns.

Even as I moved my own body, it was unbelievable.

Swoosh!

Yu Ran and Mu Ying, who had been waiting for an opportunity, also launched themselves to block Do Gon’s escape route.

A three-against-one bloody battle.

However, the fight was one-sided.

‘This Do Gon… the Remnant Blood Kill Master Do Gon…!’

Do Gon couldn’t easily accept this reality.

He gripped his sword and slowly drew up his energy.

‘I’ll kill him, I’ll definitely kill him.’

His desperate will to kill his opponent was projected as killing intent throughout his entire body.

Demonic energy extending from his dantian began to gather at the tip of his sword.

“Sword Aura.”

Seeing this, Yu Ran and Mu Ying distanced themselves and hardened their expressions.

Sword Aura was a different type of energy from Sword Energy.

Just grazing it would split skin, and the extremely condensed energy possessed tremendous destructive power.

It even had enough force to crumple Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron like paper.

It was also an ultimate technique that could never be deployed without a high understanding of the harmony between sword principles and energy.

“Hmm.”

I slowly raised my sword.

Until now, I had only focused on blocking his sword.

‘Just once.’

That was the limit with this sword.

The moment I deployed my swordsmanship once, this sword would break.

I had tried to drain Do Gon’s stamina as much as possible and target him when he was exhausted, but the situation wasn’t cooperating.

‘Can’t be helped.’

I gripped my sword and drew up my energy.

A single stream of rough energy flowing through my meridians.

It was the Dragon Spring Energy that had reached the 12th Star Ultimate Level.

“Kuk kuk, you dare oppose me with just that much?”

Do Gon unhesitatingly took a single step forward.

Along with Single Gust Swift Wind, his form charged straight at me.

Sword force that instantly dominated all directions and spread out.

An obvious trick.

‘The mystery of the heavy sword.’

He must have judged my sword to be swift.

How is it that everything flows exactly the same as in my previous life, without a single deviation?

“It’s over.”

“…!”

Crack!

I twisted the tip of my sword.

The overwhelming power of Dragon Spring grazed past Do Gon’s Sword Aura, instantly suppressing the entire range of Do Gon’s sword strikes.

Do Gon was flustered by this, but I hadn’t even started yet.

“Watch closely.”

Rumble!

The flowing Dragon Spring energy transforms.

Since the foundation is the same Zhu Family martial arts, ultimately the roots are the same martial arts.

However, unlike Dragon Heaven True Energy, it’s very dangerous and can’t be used without meeting certain levels and conditions.

“Cr-crazy…”

Yu Ran’s eyes trembled finely at the enormous pressure that could be felt to the point of making her skin tingle.

Mu Ying also looked at me with an expression as if he were dreaming.

Of course.

This martial art was.

“Azure Heaven Descending Dragon Energy.”

Because it was the Zhu Family’s strongest energy and a secret technique passed down only to the Family Head.

Clang!

The sword I was holding vibrated.

The ascending dragon coiled around the heavens and more, letting out a fierce roar.

Roooooar!

“White Dragon Sword Scripture.”

The Zhu Family’s strongest sword technique, the White Dragon Sword Scripture was deployed.

The small petals that bloomed from my fingertips scattered and scattered again, finally reaching the sky.

The form of a massive white dragon that answered that call bound Do Gon’s entire body and opened its enormous maw wide.

And then…

‘White Dragon Sword Scripture, First Form.’

White Dragon Emerges from Sea!

A massive dragon soared up and struck down upon Do Gon’s entire body.

Crash!

Space began to collapse.

The giant stone monument, the underground space.

And even the giant pavilion that was no different from Kunlun’s main hall.

Splurt!

With a gruesome sound of tearing flesh, Do Gon’s form collapsed.

The destructive technique of White Dragon Emerges from Sea severed all the blood vessels throughout Do Gon’s body and twisted his vital energy.

“Ha.”

I let out a light breath.

My dantian had become completely empty.

With such overwhelming destructive power, the sword shattered into pieces and my internal energy was depleted.

Moreover, even the martial technique itself…

‘Demonic Energy.’

It was a demonic dragon, not a white dragon.

Thud.

I lost consciousness just like that.

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“Elder brother, here’s your medicine.”

He was a good younger brother.

He brought me medicine punctually every time.

My younger brother was a master of pharmaceutical arts.

He handled, manufactured, and experimented with medicines to maximize their effects to the extreme.

But no medicine worked on me.

Ever since I learned the demonic arts containing the energy of destruction, I gradually fell into demonic nature.

“Damn it.”

Even when other Demon Disciples mocked my younger brother, I didn’t care.

I was only angry at the fact that such a weak younger brother was a fellow Demon Disciple.

Instead, I pushed my younger brother even harder, and he faithfully followed my words.​

“B-brother… I barely m-made it on t-time.”

Even while watching my younger brother deliver medicine with his own hands, covered in blood.

I coldly snatched away only the medicine, not caring whether he died or not.

But at some point, my younger brother changed.

His interest, which had been in researching medicine, shifted to poison.

Originally, they say the understanding of medicine and poison differs by only a sheet of paper.

That’s how much my younger brother possessed exceptional insight and understanding of poison.​

Even the medicine he gave me changed.

Not only did it suppress my demonic nature, but it even replenished my lacking Demonic Energy.

I just took it for granted.

Thinking that such a useless guy should at least show loyalty to his elder brother this way.

“Haha.”

A hollow laugh escaped me.

The moment I saw a giant dragon charging at me with fierce fangs bared.

It felt like the fog filling my head was clearing.

After losing our parents.

After joining the Demonic Cult.

My younger brother, who entered the Demonic Cult himself to cure his mad elder brother.

He had only learned poison arts, trying to cure his elder brother.

Even when people around cursed and ignored him, he was only looking at me.

A pitiful younger brother who had nowhere to rely on, so he could only rely on this pathetic elder brother.​

“Ah.”

I realized it too late.

“Heu-heuk-heu.”

A bizarre sound that was neither crying nor laughing escaped me.

Even though I was captivated by the brilliant sword light and my whole body was being cut to pieces.

Still, a thread of strength welled up.

“Younger brother.”

The man, Do Gon, cried out.

Then his eyes were dyed with red blood light.

Rampage, the so-called state of Qi Deviation.

Demonic Energy went berserk and devoured his entire body.

For an ordinary person, it would have been a fatal blow that would have severed all the blood vessels in their body, leading to an agonizing death.​

But he was different.

In an instant, he deflected all the energy of the White Dragon Sword Scripture, and not only that, he even turned the surroundings into ruins.

“It’s not because of the medicine. Hehe, it’s not because of the medicine.”

His mind was clearer than ever.

The Fierce Beast who killed his younger brother, he would definitely catch and kill that brat.

That way, he could at least give small comfort to his younger brother’s vengeful spirit.

Kwaaaaang!

Do Gon’s sword wildly swept in all directions.

Swallowing and spitting out.

The rough energy became a violent wind that swept away everything around.

When the dust cleared, in the center of the collapsed Kunlun Sect.

Do Gon stood tall, having survived.

Tears of blood flowed from his eyes.

“Revenge…”

His empty gaze, the killing intent flickering beyond it was directed solely at Woo Jin.

“I will… have revenge.”

Repeating only those words, Do Gon began walking toward somewhere.

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Clatter! Clatter-clang!

The carriage was racing along the road at tremendous speed.

It was the same coachman who had brought our party to the Kunlun Sect before.

Fortunately, since the Demon People’s attention was focused on us, he was able to safely escape the mountain.

Yu Ran and Mu Ying carried my unconscious body and ran down the mountain without rest.

Then they luckily met this coachman and got on this carriage.​

‘It’s regrettable, but it can’t be helped.’

I was lost in thought inside the carriage.

The single strike I unleashed at Do Gon.

I know all too well that it couldn’t kill him.

At the last moment, Do Gon threw away his life and eventually entered a rampage state.

‘Is this fortunate, perhaps?’

In a way, the situation wasn’t entirely bad.

Since Do Gon isn’t in his right mind, he won’t report this incident separately, so there shouldn’t be much to worry about.

I figured that catching a madman in rampage, that is, in a state of Qi Deviation, would be easier than when he was normal.

Having roughly regained my senses, I groggily sat up.

“Are you alright?”

Mu Ying immediately approached me upon sensing movement.

“Sorry, your sword broke.”

I felt unnecessarily sorry for Mu Ying, who was only wearing an empty scabbard.

Mu Ying shook his head and finally let out a sigh of relief.

“As long as Young Master is alright, that’s all that matters.”

“More than that… I need an explanation.”

Yu Ran was glaring at me with her arms crossed.

For her, this would be a completely incomprehensible situation.

“How does Young Master know the ultimate techniques of noble families… and even family secret techniques? Azure Heaven Descending Dragon Energy and White Dragon Sword Scripture?”

“Well, just like that…”

“Are you trying to brush it off vaguely again?”

Yu Ran cut me off sharply.

“Don’t always dodge around it vaguely, okay? This time I absolutely must hear an answer. An answer I can understand.”

Her expression was resolute.

I let out a small sigh, nodded, and opened my mouth.

“I secretly looked at a Martial Arts Manual before. When I was young, though.”

I spoke as indirectly as possible.

To be precise, it was in my previous life when I fled with the family’s Secret Techniques after the Noble Family was destroyed.

I couldn’t tell her the truth about that.

“You looked at a Martial Arts Manual? How? No, the Family Head isn’t a fool either, and there’s no way he would have left the family’s Secret Techniques… no, the Ultimate Techniques passed down only to the Family Head, somewhere visible, right?”

She was right.

That’s why I had to make up a good excuse that wouldn’t arouse suspicion.

“I told you. I saw it when I was young. I really can’t remember how I came to see it.”

“…Am I supposed to believe this?”

“Then how else would I have learned this martial art?”

“That’s… true. Hmm.”

Yu Ran fell into thought.

Even for her, this would be hard to believe.

But then again, any other reason besides this one would make even less sense.

“Anyway, both of you. Keep everything you saw and heard this time secret from Father.”

“That makes it even more suspicious, doesn’t it?”

Yu Ran asked bluntly.

“You saw who the opponent was.”

“The Demonic Cult. Then shouldn’t we report it even more?”

“As I said before, absolutely not. If those guys hide, there’s really no solution. Didn’t I tell you this before?”

“Young Master, this isn’t an ordinary matter. It’s not something you can handle alone!”

“I never said I’d do it alone.”

I smiled and pointed at Yu Ran.

“There’s Dae Ju, me, and Mu Ying. That’s three of us, right?”

“Hah… are you joking right now…”

“I’m not joking.”

It seems the shock from Do Gon was quite significant.

Seeing that even the simple Yu Ran wasn’t easily convinced.

“I’ll tell the Family Head someday. But not now. Trust me and just bear with it a little. I’m asking you.”

“…”

At those words, Yu Ran sighed and closed her eyes tightly.

Her mind seemed complicated.

Only after a long while did Yu Ran quietly sigh and nod her head.

“Alright, I’ll trust you. But remember this one thing. You don’t know what consequences your choice might bring later. Even if that… could lead to a situation where we all die.”

“…”

“I don’t want to die, you know.”

Yu Ran said with a bright smile.

I also chuckled and responded.

“Of course, I won’t lose you all. Never again.”

Never again.

I will absolutely never lose my people again.

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