Chapter 333 – Grandson (6)

Light enveloping all eight directions. A sword domain materialized through divine skill.

The Northern Light Divine Sword bestowed by the Desolate Fortress Lord is fundamentally a technique for regulating the opponent’s energy.

Jeong Yeon-shin had made the sword domain that had been resonating with the Murong family head’s energy waves his own.

The life-saving ultimate move of Murong Jung-rak was composed of fragments of true energy. It was something that could be easily taken with the Luminous Wheel Technique.

Whoosh—!

The blue flame surrounding the Northern Light Divine Sword distorts into the shape of a blade. It was energy waves like a flame. The sound of burning the air was tremendous.

[How dare you…!]

The mental image of Murong Jung-rak faded like an echo.

The flame-like energy waves climbed like wildfire up the entire body of the Murong family head, who had stabbed Jeong Yeon-shin in the abdomen with his precious sword.

The aftermath of the layered foot energy was lashing the surroundings like a storm.

This was no longer a single form called a technique. It was like devouring a sun that had been looking down on the martial world.

At close combat range.

Just then, Jeong Yeon-shin’s sword was short.

The roaring didn’t stop. Blurry hand movements led to devastating sword strikes that continued to hack at Murong Jung-rak.

Jjeojeong— Blue sparks flew violently. The impact of each sword strike was tremendous.

Throughout this, the Radiant Demon Wing Leader firmly gripped his sword.

Convulsions occurred due to the Piercing wound, then subsided under the control of the Jeong Family Dynamic Technique, only to recur. He didn’t even utter a groan.

The quality of a divine warrior who never misses the target point of a technique. The terrifying spirit that made wrinkles appear on the brow of the Star Radiance Great Sword Lord.

‘This cannot be.’

He too had been a rare talent in the land of Liaodong. He had grown up to be a swordsman who would save his family from the incomprehensible threats of the northern demon tribes.

[TL Note- Liaodong Peninsula lies in the southern part of Liaoning Province.]

He hadn’t coveted the Heavenly Demon martial lineage for his own advancement.

To withstand a strike from the northern divine warrior, he needed the armor of true energy that the Heavenly Demon was said to have woven long ago.

The sacrifice of the insignificant Slaughter Sect was inevitable.

Murong Jung-rak changed the quality of his protective energy the moment the Radiant Demon Wing Leader’s sword strike arrived.

This was because the mystical energy waves spread like fire as soon as they touched his collar. At the same time, the Murong family head’s exceptional internal energy manipulation ability was displayed.

The outer part of the light cluster changed into the solid barrier of the Murong family’s Transformation Heaven Divine Energy.

Kwang!

Yet the Radiant Demon Wing Leader’s foot energy still penetrated deep into his body.

The Heavenly Demon Armor with Transformation Heaven Divine Energy layered on top amplified the impact like kindling. Murong Jung-rak’s vision kept shaking.

He met the Radiant Demon Wing Leader’s gaze in the peerless realm.

While continuously rearranging the structure of the energy that composed his protective energy, he suddenly felt a strange sensation.

‘This child…?’

The young one’s gaze was strange.

While continuously delivering sword strikes to break through the protective energy, he was staring intently at Murong Jung-rak’s entire body with his two eyes glowing blue.

Eyes with retinas full of blue light. What was reflected in them couldn’t be seen.

The senses of a peerless master are sharper than needles. Murong Jung-rak felt something extremely bizarre.

It was as if he had transformed into a frog playing by the well in the inner garden of the Murong family estate when he was a child.

When a child excited by the appearance of its front and back legs suddenly squatted down and cast a large shadow, unable to move and only blinking… In the end, a small creature crushed to death by clumsy and innocent sword techniques.

His mind contracted coldly. He fell into an indescribable abyss.

Jjeojeong!

Before Murong Jung-rak’s muscles could even move, the azure flame sword continued to strike those areas.

The inner pass acupoint of the right wrist, the shoulder well acupoint, the sea of blood acupoints and the yang mound acupoints on both sides of the knee that were about to rise in footwork.

All parts were lifted up and then sealed by dozens of streams of lightning.

It came with shockwaves that violently shook the air. Even the flow of that rebound was fully absorbed into the Radiant Demon Wing Leader’s eyes.

He was forcibly maintaining the state where the recoil of the ultimate move had been absorbed.

The Murong family head was in worse condition than after he had pierced the Radiant Demon Wing Leader with his Accumulating Divine Halberd. Internal injuries were piling up.

Without extraordinary perception and insight, and a thorough study of the human body, this would be impossible.

A person with an uncannily profound understanding of the human body.

The blue light in the Radiant Demon Wing Leader’s eyes was seeing through the entire body of his opponent.

The Star Radiance Great Sword Lord’s skin crawled to the extent that his hair stood on end. Strength wouldn’t enter his hands.

Despite his young age, his abdominal muscles and internal organs had been cultivated to a high degree.

To the extent that he wouldn’t move like a millennial boulder while gripping the Murong family head’s sword. It was as if his entire body was made of martial arts.

Murong Jung-rak shouted with his mental imagery.

[Do you know what you’re doing…!]

One who single-handedly kills the leader of a faction with long history becomes a target of the central martial world.

Killing an Eight Clan Leader.

It was an act that not only crossed but shattered the line drawn by the martial world.

They still consider the principle of non-interference between officials and martial artists an implicit rule. This is why no martial artist considers the Divine Sword Group Leader a friend.

If support is absent, one will inevitably be alone wherever one goes.

It would also attract the attention of peerless masters who dominate the martial world. There are many among the monstrous powers of martial arts who do not stay in one place.

Those who use even the movement of wind-blown branches as a touchstone for techniques would inevitably pay attention to rumors of a newcomer they haven’t experienced.

He would also have to face challenges from powerful figures seeking fame. How many duel invitations would pile up?

[Can you handle the martial world!]

Murong Jung-rak felt no shame.

His aspiration was far from maintaining face in the martial world.

Seeking the glory of Yan that the Murong Xianbei clan once possessed, and liberating his family from the dark cloud cast by the northern divine warrior. That was all.

But Jeong Yeon-shin heard nothing.

‘It’s the marvel of harmonious state. The true energy in the knee area around the inner knee acupoint is freely curved, creating a structure that makes it easy to use protective techniques…’

While continuously striking the opponent’s entire body, he was dissecting the structure of the Heavenly Demon Armor piece by piece.

The Star Radiance Great Sword Lord said it was a divine skill he had crafted throughout his life. It was inevitably caught in his sight.

The Murong family head’s entire body was covered with extremely intricate patterns. It was a protective energy woven with extraordinary care… Like an elegant garment with tailored energy. It gave a sense of the Heavenly Demon’s temperament, as if it were showing off.

The mental imagery embedded in the incantation seemed to tickle his whole body. It was different from Bodhidharma.

A mental imagery of engraving one’s presence in all things and achieving immortality. Beyond nobility, it was mystical.

In the moment when the gap seemed like eternity.

Suddenly, something hidden behind the divine skill spoke to Jeong Yeon-shin’s upper dantian.

[Impudent.]

It was an incomprehensible event. Was it the spirituality permeating the divine skill incantation? Something that had been passed down like flowing water through the long years…

Jeong Yeon-shin thoughtlessly considered: I could weave this better.

‘A protective energy suitable for the Luminous Wheel Technique…’

Kwagwagwak—!

Fragments of dark blue true energy scattered before his eyes. The Murong family head’s protective energy was being shattered to pieces.

Like stars spread across the night sky, whitish currents brushed through Jeong Yeon-shin’s hair.

He thought he heard laughter.

And then Jeong Yeon-shin suddenly became aware of himself standing on a devastated mountainside.

The Murong family head was lying at his feet. It was after he had endured the flame made of sword strikes. His body was not intact.

He opened and closed his mouth.

“The northern, divine warrior… the invader of Liaodong…”

His voice flowed out as faint breathing.

Jeong Yeon-shin, who had glanced down at him, slowly began to pull out the sword embedded in his abdomen.

He regulated the position of his internal organs with the Jeong Family Dynamic Technique and preserved his energy. He firmly tightened areas that had been completely severed with dynamic energy.

Teng—

The blood-stained precious sword rolled on the ground.

Murong Jung-rak’s muttering ceased.

He slightly turned his head. His gaze, which had been staring at the distant sky, turned toward Jeong Yeon-shin. Their eyes met as he stood looking down.

“Yes…”

The Star Radiance Great Sword Lord slightly raised one corner of his mouth.

“I too was a frog.”

His final breath dissipated in a clear voice.

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The Murong family’s Piercing Thrust Sword sprang off a branch again and flew.

To deliver the shocking news to the main house.

‘How could this happen!’

It was unimaginable. He never expected the Radiant Demon Wing Leader to kill the family head.

The presence of a single peerless master in the martial world is immense. The Piercing Thrust Sword, as a messenger, had to deliver the news faster than anyone else.

Now the main house would not be able to hold its ground.

As soon as the death of the Star Radiance Great Sword Lord became known, martial artists with grudges against the Murong family would flock to it.

The same would be true for the incomprehensible enemies from the north. Having lost both the successor and the family head, the family had to worry about survival rather than succession.

‘Radiant Demon Wing Leader! Radiant Demon Wing Leader…’

Rage welled up.

He thought of revenge. What should be done?

He had heard rumors that the Beggar Sect’s Ju Gwang-sin-gae was wary of the Radiant Demon Wing Leader. The sword disciples of the Tyrant Sword Sect and the ghost archers of the Dark Night Palace would not look kindly on Desolate Fortress’s Lightning Genius.

If he searched a bit more, he could find countless enemies.

‘The Radiant Demon Wing Leader’s movements…’

Hwook!

Suddenly his vision descended. Some hand had suddenly grabbed the back of his head, then slammed it down with an elegant throw, stopping his lightness skill.

He began to fall from midair.

There was no proper way to respond.

This was because he felt the cool sensation of a dagger at the nape of his neck. Strange true energy also penetrated the acupoint at the back of his neck.

Thud.

After his entire body was paralyzed and he sprawled on the ground.

When his vision turned, he saw a smiling mouth. It was the appearance of an assassin wearing a black hat.

It was Slaughter Chivalry Kim Jon-hwi.

“I’ll interrogate you later. There’s an urgent matter.”

The Piercing Thrust Sword was dragged back to where he had come from, held by the nape of his neck.

The Radiant Demon Wing Leader came into view first. He was lying next to the family head’s corpse with his eyes closed, which didn’t look good.

Was his condition bad? He had certainly lost consciousness.

‘Well, of course.’

The Piercing Thrust Sword twisted his lips when suddenly.

“According to my subordinate, a martial force of one thousand is heading north. Their pretext is reinforcing the northern frontier, but…”

Slaughter Chivalry’s words trailed off.

This was because the man in the pink robe had slightly nodded his head. Ma Yeon-jeok was sitting at his grandson’s bedside with a grave expression.

“That’s enough. Give it here.”

The words were not directed at Slaughter Chivalry. The three martial artists of Radiant Demon Wing with equally poor expressions responded.

“It’s fortunate, I suppose.”

Lazy Flame Dragon muttered as he took out a gourd bottle from his bosom. It was done with lightning-fast hand movements.

A treasure of the Heavenly Gold Martial Arsenal was in his hand. It was water from a lake where the World Tree had taken root. It was said to have immediate efficacy for internal injuries.

Jeong Yeon-shin had thrown it into Lazy Flame Dragon’s travel pack when he refused to accept it. Along with words to drink it instead of alcohol and to stop smelling of intoxication.

“Elder, here it is.”

From Hyeon Won-chang came a Minor Rejuvenation Pill. It was a reward for a mission he had received long ago.

Since the Desolate Divine Hero was focused on reciting the dharma and his martial arts were inevitably lacking, he should properly take care of his body—this was the forceful insistence that led him to accept it.

He knew the Squad Leader wouldn’t be persuaded by refusal, so he had been carefully keeping it.

Now it could be used.

“No, this is the Violet Remedy Pill from Mount Hua, right? When did you put it in…?”

A wooden box with plum blossoms carved on it also came from Shin So-bin’s bosom, which she had awkwardly searched with her hands.

Ma Yeon-jeok poured all the elixirs into his grandson’s mouth.

This wasn’t the proper way.

These divine elixirs all had proper methods for consumption.

But the Jeong Family Dynamic Technique was unrelated to that.

Swish.

A hand smoothed by the years touched near Jeong Yeon-shin’s heart.

“Rise.”

On the back of the grandfather’s hand.

His mother’s hand overlapped.

There was an immediate response. A cracking sound came from Jeong Yeon-shin’s body.

It was a strange omen.