Chapter 411

Go Lu-bon was speechless and glared at Jin Ja-gang in disbelief.

“What are you, bastard.”

Jin Ja-gang answered as if asking why he was asking something obvious.

“Why do you ask when you already know?”

“No no, I’m not curious who you are…”

As if he thought his excuse was shabby, Go Lu-bon frowned.

“So I’m asking why you bastard are here.”

Jin Ja-gang answered calmly.

“If you knew we were coming yet held out until then, it means you had many things to transport as much as possible. Enough quantity to go back and forth with dozens of carts daily.”

“What… hmm… well…”

“And deliberately splitting into two directions to flee was to disperse pursuit, which means you hadn’t finished moving everything yet, right?”

“That would… be so?”

“If there were still things you wanted to transport until the end, even if you dispersed pursuit, you’d eventually have to go somewhere.”

Go Lu-bon’s eyes widened and rolled left and right.

“No no, so… you were waiting here because of that?”

“No matter how hard you try with carts, traces remain and it’s slow, so you’ll eventually be caught up to. You have no choice but to go by boat.”

“Well… that’s right…, no! No! Are you testing me right now!”

“I’ve been to Guizhou before. This Motae Port is a strategic point south of the earthen castle, with routes leading west to military lines, north to tea trade routes, and east to salt transport routes. Whether going by boat or land route, you have no choice but to pass through Motae Port.”

“So you figured out I’d pass through here?”

“I just anticipated it.”

Go Lu-bon couldn’t deny it further. Jin Ja-gang’s words all fit together perfectly without gaps.

Go Lu-bon asked with a trace of suspicion.

“Hmph. Then can you guess which direction I came from?”

“Probably the old man came from the cart side that went northeast.”

Go Lu-bon’s mouth gaped open. He looked truly surprised.

“Are you a fortune teller!”

“Some would have stopped midway to block pursuers while the old man came through the mountains to here. If you had rather hidden the cart’s contents and fled empty-handed, I might have followed with all my might.”

“The others didn’t follow? Then did we work for nothing?”

“No. Everyone else followed. Since it’s just my speculation, they have to follow and confirm.”

Go Lu-bon smacked his wrinkled lips.

“Poison Dragon, I only heard the name Poison Dragon, and I was curious why King of Hell died, but now I understand.”

“I haven’t killed him yet though.”

“He’ll die soon. It becomes poison if you leave that kind alive.”

Go Lu-bon smacked his lips and shook his head left and right.

“But you know, I have one more curious point.”

“What is it?”

Go Lu-bon’s drooping eyes looked straight at Jin Ja-gang.

“Why do those who act smart always babble without knowing they’ll die?”

“Are you talking about me?”

“Everyone chased after them, which means only you are here alone… and if you blabber all that…”

Go Lu-bon’s crooked, sparse teeth showed. His mouth opened left and right with a long, mean laugh.

“Makes me want to kill you, doesn’t it?”

Go Lu-ben’s sluggish killing intent aimed at Jin Ja-gang.

All the unorthodox sect warriors moving with the carts drew their swords.

Clang!

But Jin Ja-gang showed no change in expression.

“Ah, is that so?”

Jin Ja-gang raised his hand.

Thread-thin lines were pulled, creating small sparkles in the air.

Swoosh! Dust clouds rose from the middle of the cart procession. The dust clouds were pulled forward. The dust clouds swept over the knees of nearby unorthodox sect warriors and the lower parts of cart wheels.

Thud! The wheels of the heavy carts loaded with cargo fell off first, tilting the carts.

Crash! As carts toppled sideways, the coverings lifted and straw sacks popped out. White powder was slightly stuck to the surfaces of the sacks. Seeing this, Jin Ja-gang’s eyes narrowed.

Then the horses pulling the carts fell crying out with severed legs. The warriors in the path of the dust clouds were the same.

“Huh?”

The moment the warriors flinched in surprise, their bodies slid from their shins. No matter how they flailed their arms trying not to fall, it was useless.

“Aaaahhh!”

The warriors screamed and scattered blood from their ankles. Blood sprayed instantly with the struggling horses, creating chaos.

Instantly Go Lu-bon threw his body backward. Then he put his hands on the ground and crouched, blocking the dust clouds with his body.

Ping!

Soul Seizing Thread caught Go Lu-bon’s upper arm and cheek, pulled taut.

Jin Ja-gang applied force and pulled Soul Seizing Thread. Soul Seizing Thread dug into Go Lu-bon’s cheek.

But absurdly, Go Lu-bon wasn’t cut. Soul Seizing Thread caught on the drooping wrinkles of his cheek, only making the skin slide. The upper arm was the same. Though it cut through clothes sharply, only the sagging skin was pulled.

“Heh heh heh.”

Go Lu-bon laughed with Soul Seizing Thread caught on his upper arm and cheek.

“I’ve heard the rumors indeed. Soul Seizing Thread. But such tricks don’t work on this elder’s Lump Tree Skill.”

Jin Ja-gang shook Soul Seizing Thread. Soul Seizing Thread bounced up and down, creating countless lines on Go Lu-bon’s clothes.

Go Lu-bon’s upper garment was cut to pieces. And Go Lu-bon’s revealed body was horribly grotesque.

His entire body was covered in layers of tremendous wrinkles, with lump-like masses protruding deformedly here and there. It looked like the bumpy trunk of a very old zelkova tree. Those wrinkles and lumps were all calluses. Calluses were protecting Go Lu-bon’s body like scales!

Jin Ja-gang slightly frowned one eyebrow.

“Lump Tree Skill, the names ‘lump’ and ‘zelkova tree’ suit you very well.”

“You know something, kid. Lump Tree Skill is comparable to Diamond Imperishable.”

Between Jin Ja-gang’s fingers, poison needles spun. Jin Ja-gang threw poison needles using Flash Severance technique.

Poison needles shot straight and embedded in Go Lu-bon’s lumps and wrinkles.

But Go Lu-bon laughed.

“Poison needles can’t pierce my skin. So naturally poison doesn’t work either.”

When Go Lu-bon slightly shook his body, the needles that seemed barely embedded fell powerlessly.

“I understand why Sword Empress was defeated.”

At Jin Ja-gang’s words, Go Lu-bon laughed as if delighted.

“Sword Empress’s Swallow Brave Slanted Cliff Sword is definitely first-rate, but it’s meaningless if it doesn’t work, right? Even Sword Empress could only threaten me a little after using sword energy.”

“And after exhausting all sword energy, she was captured when her strength failed.”

“Exactly!”

Go Lu-bon tore off his tattered upper garment and showed his side. There was a sword mark that seemed burned by fire, cutting through lumps and wrinkles for about a span. It was the only noticeable mark among countless small scars.

“This is the only trace Sword Empress left on my body. You try too. Who knows? Maybe you can make it longer than this.”

Jin Ja-gang looked at Go Lu-bon briefly then waved his hand.

Swish, Soul Seizing Thread caught on Go Lu-bon’s body released and flew into Jin Ja-gang’s hand. Jin Ja-gang put the blood on Soul Seizing Thread to his lips and licked it.

“I’ll say I’m not confident for now.”

Go Lu-bon frowned and spat.

“What a disgusting bastard. Are you some damn demon cult member? Why do you creepily lick other people’s blood?”

Jin Ja-gang ignored Go Lu-bon’s words and raised one hand. Spinning, poison needles popped out from between Jin Ja-gang’s fingers.

Go Lu-bon sneered.

“Even after seeing it doesn’t work, tsk tsk. Do you have some other method?”

“No. Since the old man won’t work, I’ll kill the rest instead. Kill people and kill horses too.”

“What?”

The unorthodox sect warriors’ faces turned pale.

Go Lu-bon might be fine, but they couldn’t possibly survive being hit by Poison Dragon’s poison needles!

“W-wait!”

Jin Ja-gang didn’t even listen to Go Lu-bon and threw poison needles first.

Ping!

Five lines crossed through space. Go Lu-ben jumped up and received the lines with his chest. Four lines stuck in Go Lu-bon’s chest then fell, but one line suddenly curved sharply to the side and stuck in a warrior’s neck.

“Ahhh!”

The warrior quickly pulled out the needle, but soon blood filled his eyes and bloody foam poured from his nose and mouth. Other warriors hesitated and hid behind carts.

But horses couldn’t be hidden.

Neigh neigh!

The horses felt unease and kept rearing up.

Horses dying wasn’t a simple problem. Without horses, carts couldn’t be pulled, and without warriors, horses couldn’t be handled.

“Do you want to die?”

Jin Ja-gang said leisurely. Swish, five more needles rose between Jin Ja-gang’s fingers.

“The cargo loaded in those carts. Wasn’t it important enough to stay and transport until the end?”

“This damn…”

Go Lu-bon twisted his wrinkled lips in indignation.

Then he suddenly shouted.

“Bring that out!”

A warrior lifted the covering on one cart.

Sword Empress Im Yi-yeon was stuffed in the cart like luggage!

The warrior kicked Im Yi-yeon off the cart and dragged her to Go Lu-bon, but she couldn’t resist. She was cut and wounded everywhere with bloodstains and was a mess.

“Sword Empress?”

Go Lu-bon grabbed Im Yi-yeon’s hair and showed her face. Im Yi-yeon’s eyes burned. Her eyes were alive but with vital points sealed, she couldn’t move her body at all.

“That’s right, you bastard.”

“So what do you want me to do?”

Go Lu-bon ground his teeth.

“Try throwing poison needles one more time. I’ll twist this bitch’s neck immediately.”

Jin Ja-gang’s expression darkened.

“Hmm.”

Jin Ja-gang thought briefly then folded his hand into a fist.

Go Lu-bon suddenly kicked Im Yi-yeon’s right arm with his foot.

Crack!

The wrist broke immediately. Unable to move, Im Yi-yeon had no choice but to take it. Im Yi-yeon’s eyes became bloodshot. Though her forehead also showed veins from pain, she couldn’t even make a groan.

Jin Ja-gang soon put poison needles in the opposite sleeve and lowered his hand.

“I’ll give up.”

“Why? Why don’t you try something while acting smart like before? Huh?”

Go Lu-bon broke Im Yi-yeon’s other arm too.

Crack!

Im Yi-yeon’s face turned bright red.

Jin Ja-gang frowned and twitched his fingers as if about to throw poison needles any moment.

“Throw them. Throw them, you bastard.”

Jin Ja-gang finally put poison needles in the opposite sleeve and lowered his hand.

“I give up.”

“Should have done that from the start. Arrogant bastard…”

Go Lu-bon was satisfied only after Jin Ja-gang confirmed again. But soon he showed his sparse teeth and made a mean smile.

“Then beg to save this bitch’s life. Go on.”

Jin Ja-gang looked straight at Go Lu-bon and said.

“Please spare her.”

“…”

Go Lu-bon felt strange.

“Beg! Is that how you make requests?”

“Please spare her. I’m begging you.”

“…”

Go Lu-bon’s face became sullen.

“Something feels unsettling…”

Jin Ja-gang was definitely making a request, but his expression wasn’t pitiful. Seeing his expressionless face from earlier, maybe that was his original expression.

But looking at what he’d been doing, his temperament seemed nasty. If pushed further, he might come out recklessly.

Actually, killing Im Yi-yeon wouldn’t particularly benefit him…