The Youngest Son of the Nanyang Jin Family - Chapter 223

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The Youngest Son of the Jin Family of Luoyang – Chapter 223

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Those advancing cautiously toward the rising smoke had each drawn their weapons and stood ready to strike at any moment.
Without torches to illuminate the area precisely, I could estimate roughly a hundred men gathered there.
Since these were men directly commanded by the Extreme Heavenly King of the Green Forest, it was hardly surprising they were the Green Forest’s elite forces.
They approached carefully under cover of darkness.
Despite being hunted, they advanced with smiles playing at their lips, intent on capturing the fools foolish enough to light fires without fear.
Hoo— Whooo-
The cry of a Great Owl echoing from somewhere seemed to add a touch of tension.
Soon, taking another step forward, they closed the distance.
That was the moment.
Ssshhh-!
A strange sound suddenly pierced the air.
Like the footsteps of a beast tearing through brush.
In the moment of furrowing brows at this oddity.
A black shadow suddenly burst forth before their eyes.
“…!?”
They gasped, their breath catching.
Eyes widening as they tried to make out the figure.
Crunch-!
A swung fist crashed against their face.
Not even a final scream escaped; the body simply flew and skidded across the ground. The motionless form seemed to have forgotten how to breathe.
“This, this bastard?!”
Yet in a place where a hundred martial artists had gathered, the fall of a single man barely registered.
Clang-!
Someone drew a sword toward the shadow in the darkness.
But it merely grazed the fabric of his clothes.
Beast-like movements.
Reflexes that defied all reason.
Then came the extension.
Boom-!
“Hahahaha! Die! Just die!”
Jang Chuchyeong burst from the darkness, his fists raining down mercilessly.
He controlled his strength perfectly, adjusting his pace to avoid exhaustion.
Those gathered were utterly helpless.
The darkness made it hard to see without raising torches, yet he moved through it with impossible grace, as if the darkness meant nothing.
“Grab him! Grab him properly!”
“Left! He’s on the left… Gack?!”
Thud-thud-thud-crack—!
Someone’s face shattered, and their breastbone cracked.
Bodies flew through the air from the impact, scattering in all directions, and many others stumbled and fell over them.
They were utterly helpless.
The bandits could not control the raging beast they faced.
“Hrraaagh!”
Yet Jang Chuchyeong was equally desperate.
I could not let anyone pass.
As if the space behind me were an absolute boundary that none could cross, I seemed determined to block everyone here.
Fists and kicks flew with terrifying force.
Crack! Thud-thud-crack!
I suppressed my opponents, bore down on them, and sent them flying.
As if pouring out everything I had learned crawling like a dog beneath Gu Gunbaek, I swung endlessly, pressuring my enemies without respite.
Yet.
Slash-slash-slash-crack—!
“Ugh?!”
My opponents were formidable as well.
Weapons rained down in numbers as overwhelming as their forces.
Even as I dodged frantically, they were not careless enough for me to evade them all.
The sensation of being cut in various places was truly horrific.
The pain made me want to cry out and collapse, but I gritted my teeth and endured.
Slash-crack—!
Someone’s blade grazed my forehead.
My skin split open and blood streamed into my eyes, but I ignored even that and swung my fists even harder.
Crack-crack-crack—!
A man’s head tore free and flew, striking another body.
The bandits, horrified at their comrade’s severed head rolling about, gritted their teeth.
“This insane beast!”
“Kill him! Kill him now!”
The enraged bandits charged forward, screaming. A murderous intent so thick it could split my skull hung heavy in the air.
“Move aside—!”
Then, a massive man stepped in front of me.
He wielded an enormous iron mace in his hand, spinning it, and it seemed that taking a direct hit would be fatal.
Undoubtedly a Massive Man of the highest caliber.
He tracked my movements and then hurled the mace.
Boom-boom-boom-boom—!
It smashed through a massive tree nearby, flying toward me with the intent to crush my chest.
I watched it come and licked my lips.
Then I launched my body forward.
As my airborne form passed between the mace’s path, the man raised his hand and it instantly shot upward like a projectile.
A man who manipulates that massive iron sphere with complete freedom.
Yet Jang Chuchyeong’s movements were far swifter than the incoming sphere.
He twisted his body mid-air and evaded it entirely.
Then, touching the ground lightly, he burst forward.
Whoooosh—!
Closing the distance to the man, I drove my fist straight through.
“Kgh… Ughhhh!”
The force that shattered his flesh and burrowed inward splintered bone and ravaged his organs.
As the man collapsed, spewing blood violently, Jang Chuchyeong swiftly repositioned himself and clenched his fist toward the panicked figures.
Power gathered.
His strength doubled in an instant, compressed force surging into his grip.

Celestial Star Crushing Strike.

Boom—!
As overwhelming force beyond comprehension crashed downward, a massive crater opened and countless fragments scattered in all directions.
Those within the radius collapsed with eyes rolled back, and those outside suffered considerable damage as well, blood trickling from their mouths.
Yet Jang Chuchyeong did not stop.
I had no concern for how many had fallen.
Only enemies.
I targeted enemies.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thump—!
My swinging fists showed no mercy, blocking and evading the weapons pouring down upon me while continuing my relentless assault.
Crash-crash-crash—!
Even those resisting fiercely were helpless.
That overwhelming fist technique filled all who witnessed it with terror.
As bodies shrank back, spirits broke.
Countless were those who could not mount proper resistance against Jang Chuchyeong’s beast-like charge.
Crack!
Another body shattered and collapsed.
Tap-tap-tap-tap—
A warning sound reached my ears from somewhere.
Soon a shadow descended upon where Jang Chuchyeong stood.
Boom—!
A massive axe tore through the earth.
The destructive force matched the resonance of its impact.
Narrowing my eyes to slits, I beheld him there.
The Extreme Heavenly King of the Green Forest, Geuk Tae-cheon.
“You wretched fool—!”
His fury erupted with a fierce roar.
My crimson eyes swept across the surroundings.
Masked martial artists lay scattered everywhere, too numerous to count.
Nearly a hundred of them had been trampled so brutally that only about a dozen remained standing.
Though brief, it was the worst casualty rate in the history of the Green Forest under my command.
Nearly a hundred warriors defeated by a single man.
But such power always exacts a price.
“Haa… haa, haa…”
Jang Chuchyeong’s ragged breathing was equally striking. With wounds covering nearly every inch of his body, his white robes were drenched in crimson blood, as was his face.
Some of it was the enemy’s blood, and some was his own.
He looked like a beast soaked in blood.
His eyes gleamed with a chilling intensity, and his fists, dripping with blood, resembled fangs of carnage itself.
Geuk Tae-cheon, his expression darkening, raised his massive axe and aimed it toward Jang Chuchyeong.
An overwhelming aura radiated from him.
Zzzt, zzzt—
The pressure felt sharp enough to tear flesh.
Yet Jang Chuchyeong’s gaze remained unflinching.
His eyes, still feral, fixed on Geuk Tae-cheon with the readiness to pounce at any moment.
“Kneel.”
“Go to hell.”
“Tch?!”
In an instant, Geuk Tae-cheon moved.
Despite wielding the massive axe, his movements were swift.
He closed the distance immediately and swung it down.
Boom—!
But Jang Chuchyeong was not one to merely watch.
He launched himself into the air, spinning to evade, then used the long axe shaft as a springboard to propel himself sideways before leaping up again to strike at Geuk Tae-cheon.
Whoosh—!
Despite the force behind his blow, he was only pushed back a step from Geuk Tae-cheon.
While Geuk Tae-cheon seemed to feel some pain, it was hardly a decisive hit.
“Is that all you have?!”
Bang, bang—!
Geuk Tae-cheon’s axe erupted in a frenzy of strikes.
The way he channeled his power was different.
The gap between peak and first-rate mastery was starkly evident, and no matter how nimbly I dodged and counterattacked, there was a limit to what I could accomplish.
Slash—!
I felt flesh tear again as I retreated.
‘What do I do? How can I survive this?’
My mind raced frantically.
I had to do something or I would die.
My inner strength and skill were completely outmatched—a far different situation from when I faced Section Leader Yuk or whoever it was before, and it made my head throb with desperation.
What would Gu Gunbaek have done in such a situation?
Jang Chuchyeong let out a soft chuckle at that thought.
It would be obvious.
He’d pour everything out until his dying breath.
“Hyaaaah-!”
“…!?”
Countless fists of energy erupted fearfully toward Geuk Tae-cheon. Though the difference in power was evident, he seemed unwilling to take the full brunt of the energy blasts, so he swung his axe to meet them head-on.
Boom boom boom boom— Crash crash— Boom boom!
However, for Geuk Tae-cheon, whose movements were somewhat slower compared to Jang Chuchyeong, this situation was nothing but disadvantageous.
He couldn’t block everything.
The fists of energy that pierced through his swinging axe lashed across his body, driving him backward, but the problem was that Jang Chuchyeong showed no signs of stopping his relentless assault.
“Ugh… You, you bastard-!”
“Hyaaaah-!”
Boom boom boom boom-!
The torrential power began to grow stronger and stronger.
With each block of his axe, he was pushed back inch by inch.
Finally, sensing the threat, Geuk Tae-cheon gritted his teeth and poured out his extreme internal energy. Just as he was about to swing his wickedly sharp axe without mercy.
Screeeech— Whoooosh!
“…!?”
A Great Owl suddenly swooped down from nowhere, aiming for his eyes. He recoiled in shock, but sharp talons raked deep across his cheek, and the pain threw off his balance.
Jang Chuchyeong didn’t miss that moment.
He launched himself forward, closing the distance even further.
Pouring all his internal energy into his fists, he unleashed a punch with power matching the narrowed gap.
“Krraaagh?!”
Crash crash crash crash crash-!
Jang Chuchyeong’s fists pummeling his entire body were utterly merciless. Could he feel his protective energy barrier beginning to waver?
As if preparing one final technique, his raised fist blazed with a blue-green aura like flickering flames.
In that instant, the momentum shifted.
The power gathered in his fist burned with even greater intensity.
Geuk Tae-cheon couldn’t help but gasp at the suddenly surging momentum, and as he felt the power concentrated in that fist, his eyes trembled violently.
He was being overwhelmed.
Overwhelmed and shaken by the fierce, razor-sharp aura emanating from the beast. The moment he hastily regained his senses and poured all his internal energy into his protective barrier.
Jang Chuchyeong’s fist swung down fearfully.
Kwaaaang-!
The power concentrated in his fist erupted, creating a massive sphere that smashed and shattered everything around it before shooting toward Geuk Tae-cheon.

Annihilation Star Fist.

The moment Gu Gunbaek’s absolute technique—the very one that had reduced Yeom Ji-hak to tatters—was unleashed from Jang Chuchyeong’s hand.
I tried desperately to block it by any means necessary.
Crack—! Screech—!
The axe in my grip shattered in an instant, losing all form, and simultaneously the penetrating force bore down upon my body with crushing intensity.
Even the protective qi that shielded my body began to fracture.
“Gaaaahhhhh—!”
I unleashed a primal roar, drawing upon every ounce of strength I possessed.
I poured all my inner power into my grip, exerting every fiber of my being to scatter his momentum.
Yet Geuk Tae-cheon was not the only one being targeted.
Saaahhh—!
A Great Owl descended in silent fury.
The moment its talons came slashing down again.
Shriek—!
The Great Owl’s razor-sharp talons gouged into my eyes, and agony flooded through me.
“Aaaahhhhh!”
Boom—! Boom—! Boom—! Crash—!

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