The Youngest Prince of the Zhou Family - Chapter 59

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Youngest Master of the Zhu Family (59)

 

Spectacular Entrance

 

“Wi Gun-ak.”

 

“As expected, you’re a strange bastard. Woo Jin.”

 

One corner of Wi Gun-ak’s mouth twisted upward.

 

“I never told you my name, yet you already know it and call me by it.”

 

“….”

 

His eyes were extremely normal.

 

But the air currents around him were anything but normal.

 

‘Pulse, breathing… and those air currents.’

 

He’s been caught.

 

Even Wi Gun-ak of All Under Heaven had been caught by the Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord.

 

Usually, bloodshot eyes are a typical symptom that appears externally when caught by the Soul-Destroying Emotion Technique.

 

However, since this only appears in the very early stages, once that period passes, there are virtually no traces left of being caught by the Soul-Destroying Emotion Technique.

 

But I was able to cleverly figure it out.

 

‘Should I call this heavenly fortune?’

 

This massive air current gathered deep within my dantian.

 

Demonic energy.

 

This thing was reflecting everything to me.

 

At first I thought it was a curse, but not anymore.

 

This was the only alternative to catch the Heavenly Demon, and a precious trump card for a decisive strike.

 

“Having idle thoughts in front of me!”

 

Wi Gun-ak suddenly thrust his sword at me.

 

Where his sword tip reached, energy swirled violently, and space itself seemed to be sucked in.

 

‘Indeed.’

 

I quickly twisted my waist, rapidly escaped from the sword force, then slowly took my stance.

 

“Young Master, please step back!”

 

Mu Ying belatedly spotted me and came running.

 

Soon, a technique from the Flying Heaven Responding Flame Sword Technique bloomed from his sword tip.

 

Under the explosive sword strike, Wi Gun-ak’s entire body seemed to be pierced through.

 

But soon his form scattered like an illusion.

 

“You were already annoying me anyway. You bastard.”

 

Wi Gun-ak instantly seized Mu Ying’s rear and thrust his sword straight through.

 

His speed was so fast that his afterimage remained.

 

There was no mercy in his sword.

 

As the sword strike flew toward Mu Ying’s neck, I quickly kicked off and dove into Wi Gun-ak’s embrace.

 

“…!”

 

If he continued thrusting his sword, he would allow a single strike from my hand.

 

Wi Gun-ak also realized this fact and withdrew his sword with a bitter smile.

 

This was conversely an opportunity for Mu Ying.

 

In that brief moment of sword withdrawal, Mu Ying quickly thrust his sword toward Wi Gun-ak again.

 

Clang!

 

Wi Gun-ak instantly leaned back his body and exchanged over ten moves with Mu Ying.

 

“….”

 

Finally, after strongly pushing Mu Ying away, he created distance and took his stance again.

 

His attitude seemed to have become somewhat more cautious.

 

“A combined attack by two… somewhat troublesome.”

 

I silently clenched my fist and took my stance.

 

The opponent’s spacing.

 

Breathing, stance, and field of vision.

 

Everything was far superior to ours.

 

Since he wouldn’t easily give up distance, it wasn’t easy to dive in.

 

The Black King Assault Body martial art itself was extremely aggressive while being an ultra-close-range martial art.

 

But Wi Gun-ak noticed this martial art’s characteristics and absolutely wouldn’t give me any distance.

 

‘This is a peak-level master.’

 

Of course, there was a way to catch him.

 

White Dragon Sword Scripture and Azure Heaven Descending Dragon Energy.

 

No, even Azure Heaven Descending Dragon Energy wasn’t necessary.

 

I was confident that just executing Dragon Heaven True Energy at its peak level could overwhelm him instantly.

 

But that one time would be the end.

 

Although my internal energy reached one and a half jiazi, the amount of internal energy the White Dragon Sword Scripture consumed was truly enormous.

 

At my current level, I could deploy it at most two or three times.

 

The problem was that the moment I deployed the White Dragon Sword Scripture, Wi Gun-ak would die.

 

One would need to be at least at the transcendent level like Do Gon to barely block the White Dragon Sword Scripture.

 

‘Is there no choice?’

 

For now, I had no choice but to slowly wear down the opponent’s stamina and exhaust him.

 

“I can clearly see what you’re thinking.”

 

But Wi Gun-ak easily read my thoughts.

 

He absolutely wouldn’t give up distance while conserving his stamina and responding very passively.

 

‘This won’t end.’

 

It seemed our side would be the first to have our stamina depleted.

 

I sent a look toward Mu Ying.

 

Mu Ying nodded once and withdrew his body, quickly retreating.

 

“Are you trying to run away?”

 

Wi Gun-ak’s eyes flashed with killing intent as he charged toward me.

 

He seemed to think of setting Mu Ying aside and suppressing me first.

 

Thud!

 

I lightly struck Wi Gun-ak’s sword blade with my palm.

 

I put 7-star level internal power into it, but the opponent was Wi Gun-ak.

 

He instantly scattered my energy and thrust his sword deep as if nothing had happened.

 

‘Now.’

 

I pushed my body forward.

 

As expected, no sooner had I pulled Mu Ying back than Wi Gun-ak moved.

 

That meant he had entered within my range.

 

I caught Wi Gun-ak’s sword between my armpit and held it firmly.

 

At the same time, with my other hand, I strongly pressed down on the bend of Wi Gun-ak’s forearm.

 

“Petty tricks.”

 

The corner of Wi Gun-ak’s mouth curled up.

 

It was a reaction as if he had fully expected this.

 

Wi Gun-ak was also a seasoned individual who had accumulated countless training and experience until reaching the peak level.

 

But I had accumulated practical combat experience that transcended imagination compared to Wi Gun-ak.

 

If he read my move, then I was also reading his move.

 

Crack!

 

I stomped down on Wi Gun-ak’s instep.

 

A place his vision couldn’t reach.

 

No sooner had I seen his flustered expression than I twisted my waist and tried to strike Wi Gun-ak’s temple with my elbow.

 

Whoosh!

 

But Wi Gun-ak was also no easy opponent.

 

He instantly bent his waist and cleanly avoided my rather sharp single strike.

 

“Hooh.”

 

He exclaimed in admiration.

 

Then he revealed all the martial aura he had been hiding until now.

 

“You’re definitely not ordinary. That’s not an achievement someone your age should be able to reach. You… what exactly are you?”

 

Wi Gun-ak seemed to sense danger.

 

Each of my moves must have felt quite threatening to him.

 

‘Huh?’

 

That’s when it happened.

 

I glanced back slightly.

 

An overwhelming presence was approaching.

 

It was even a familiar energy.

 

The moment I sensed that energy, the presence was already in front of me.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

A cold voice, but with thick killing intent contained within.

 

Like a beast’s roar, that single rebuke contained earth-shaking power.

 

“Sect Master.”

 

Wi Gun-ak quickly bent his waist and prostrated himself.

 

I took a cupped fist salute and stepped back to create distance.

 

Dark Lord looked at me and Wi Gun-ak silently, then asked me.

 

“What exactly is this situation right now…?”

 

“I’ll explain…”

 

“No. That’s not necessary.”

 

Suddenly Dark Lord grinned widely.

 

That smile contained killing intent that pressed down on my entire body.

 

“I’ve figured it out. Now it’s becoming clear.”

 

Swish!

 

Dark Lord’s hand moved.

 

In that moment, Wi Gun-ak collapsed completely.

 

I could barely see that his hand had moved, but couldn’t properly capture the motion with my eyes.

 

“At first I thought you were trying to cause trouble in Black Pavilion. I have to be prepared for that level of possibility in my position.”

 

“I understand.”

 

“But when I considered all the circumstances… you’re definitely right.”

 

Dark Lord had sensed it.

 

That something was wrong.

 

So he deliberately warned everyone openly that there was a spy among them.

 

And he had followed behind Woo Jin’s movements.

 

Dark Lord continued speaking.

 

“Let’s go. It seems I need to see that damn bastard’s face.”

 

“…”

 

Dark Lord’s unexpected help.

 

I called Mu Ying over and ran toward the mountain.

 

At some point, Dark Lord’s presence disappeared, but I could tell.

 

He was circling around me, having completely erased all traces of his presence.

 

A reliable ally had joined.

 

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From the warehouse to the mountain peak.

 

The nameless mountain wasn’t very large, but it belonged to the category of quite treacherous terrain.

 

“Huh?”

 

While climbing for a while, I felt something strange.

 

Presences felt here and there.

 

Mu Ying and I hid our energy and stealthily approached that direction.

 

Beyond the dense thicket, where there wasn’t even a path.

 

“What… is this?”

 

There was a village there.

 

Well, it wasn’t a village with inns and such, but a village built with crumbling thatched huts.

 

“Ah… it seems to be where slash-and-burn farmers live.”

 

Mu Ying immediately grasped the situation upon seeing the village.

 

“Slash-and-burn farmers?”

 

“Yes, it’s a village created by those who fled from taxes or military service imposed by the country.”

 

Therefore, they were extremely wary of being noticed by others.

 

They were people who barely survived through self-sufficiency among themselves.

 

“Why in a place like this of all places…?”

 

There were even quite a lot of them.

 

Roughly estimated, it was well over a hundred.

 

‘Could it be here?’

 

I wondered if Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord might have hidden here, but it didn’t seem to be the case.

 

I couldn’t sense Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord’s distinctive energy, and he wouldn’t hide so carelessly in the first place.

 

“Let’s go back.”

 

Just as I was about to retrace our path back.

 

“…”

 

The back of my head ached, and goosebumps rose on my skin.

 

Demonic energy spreading out sharply.

 

At the same time, all the people from the slash-and-burn village came out, each holding something in their hands.

 

“Ha.”

 

I had felt something was off, and this was it.

 

I sighed at my own stupidity for only now remembering what happened in my previous life.

 

There was a good reason why Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord’s infamy had spread.

 

Above all, he had committed many acts sufficient to make righteous path people shudder.

 

Usually, the righteousness and chivalry taught in the righteous path have many meanings.

 

To summarize simply, the first is the proper conduct between people, the second is the chivalrous spirit that must be just and possess heroic spirit.

 

Lastly, the third was called righteous spirit – the righteous emotion of willingly stepping forward.

 

Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord possessed the worst martial arts that would prevent such righteous path people from recklessly attacking, and that was the Soul-Destroying Emotion Technique.

 

“Young Master?”

 

Mu Ying was trembling.

 

Those people rushing toward us with unfocused pupils and vacant expressions.

 

Their minds suppressed by Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord’s Soul-Destroying Emotion Technique, they were charging at us without knowing they might die.

 

Mu Ying couldn’t swing his sword at people who knew nothing of such martial arts.

 

“Keke, are you troubled?”

 

Soon after, Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord revealed himself from among the people.

 

Just as I had tried to catch that bastard, he too had set this trap to catch me.

 

A situation where we were looking at each other.

 

“Hey, you reckless brat of the Zhu Family.”

 

Then, Dark Lord stepped forward.

 

“Our noble and pure righteous path bloodline wouldn’t be able to handle bastards like these, right? Hm?”

 

He was crouched on a tree, looking down at me as if this was entertaining.

 

I chuckled.

 

“Shall I help you?”

 

“I’m not fool enough to just watch when they’re coming to kill me.”

 

I slowly rolled up my sleeves.

 

At that sight, Mu Ying gripped his sword hilt tightly with a startled expression.

 

I immediately grabbed the collar of the man who had thrust a pickaxe at me first and slammed him straight to the floor.

 

‘If I don’t kill them, this will keep happening.’

 

Unfortunately, once afflicted by the Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord, they would all die.

 

Why would Demonic Arts be called Demonic Arts for nothing?

 

These ordinary people without any internal energy could never withstand the Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord’s Soul-Destroying Emotion Technique.

 

Even if Yak Seon’s antidote existed, they would never be able to live normal lives.

 

Just as I steeled myself and was about to break the opponent’s neck.

 

“Stop.”

 

The Dark Lord grabbed my shoulder and pushed me back.

 

“You go bring that bastard who engages in such despicable acts before me.”

 

Crack!

 

The Dark Lord broke the man’s neck in my place.

 

“I don’t want to get scolded by Sword Master Elder Brother. Go quickly.”

 

With those words, the Dark Lord slowly walked toward the slash-and-burn farmers.

 

Wherever he passed, the slash-and-burn farmers collapsed with gasps, clutching their necks.

 

I turned my gaze away.

 

The Snake-Eyed Ghost Lord—that bastard was nearby.

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