Chapter 103

Chu Hyo was also bewildered. However, he decided to watch for now. He thought that perhaps Jin Ja-gang would beg Wei Zong for his life, or curse at Wei Zong, giving them definitive evidence.

Everyone’s attention was focused on Jin Ja-gang.

Jin Ja-gang went and stood below the main hall. With blood-stained eyes, he looked up at Wei Zong who was on the main hall.

Drip, drip-drop.

Jin Ja-gang stood there for a long time, getting hit by the rain that was falling drop by drop.

Time passed like this.

At first, those who thought Jin Ja-gang would do something gradually became bored.

Wei Zong felt the same way.

He wasn’t saying anything, just standing there quietly and looking, so they couldn’t tell what he wanted.

“How tedious. What do you want?”

Jin Ja-gang moved his lips as if to answer.

“What did you say?”

His lips moved.

With sounds that couldn’t even be heard, Jin Ja-gang just moved his lips while wearing a smile. One eye was severely swollen, and the other eye was filled with blood, making his face bright red.

Then he laughed.

Grin.

It was a laugh that seemed to mock Wei Zong. His lips that kept moving seemed as if he was cursing at Wei Zong.

The moment Wei Zong’s eyes flared up, wind arose before Jin Ja-gang’s eyes.

Whoosh!

Wei Zong grabbed Jin Ja-gang by the neck and lifted him high.

“What did you just say? Huh?”

Wei Zong had a personality that greatly disliked being ignored. He especially hated things crawling up from below.

Moreover, since Jin Ja-gang, who was worse than a bug, was cursing at him and laughing, there was no way he would just watch that sight.

He gripped Jin Ja-gang’s neck as if he would crush his neck bones and twisted his lips.

“What did you say. Huh? If you want to speak, go ahead and try, you dog-like righteous faction lackey! What? What did you say?”

Seeing this, Chu Hyo shouted.

“You’re not planning to kill him to silence him, are you! If you’re innocent, put down the limping one right now!”

Wei Zong sneered savagely.

“Prove my innocence? Why should I do that? I could just kill this guy and be done with it.”

“Guk!”

At the same time, blood spurted from the nose of Jin Ja-gang, who was dangling in the air.

Wei Zong was pouring internal energy through the hand he was gripping with, trying to kill Jin Ja-gang!

Chu Hyo shouted in anger.

“Hundred Fragrances!”

Clank! Clatter!

All the righteous faction martial artists were startled and readjusted their grip on their weapons.

Wei Zong also glared with wide eyes and shouted.

“How dare you try to entangle me in a snare with such a petty bait? Tiger Shield Sword, you righteous faction dog! Do you see me as such a joke?”

The limping one was backed by the righteous faction.

Even if not the Martial Arts Alliance, at least the Yunnan righteous faction had acted together with the limping one.

Wei Zong thought so.

Then all the mysteries would be solved.

They put the limping one at the front to annihilate the Three Great Poison Sects, then used Chu Hyo’s son as a sacrifice to pin all those crimes on Poison Valley.

Then they appeared at the very appropriate moment when Poison Valley caught the limping one.

What a well-orchestrated plan this was!

Grind grind grind!

Wei Zong ground his teeth.

“Even if it were deliberately coordinated, it wouldn’t fit together so perfectly, you rat-like righteous faction b*st*rds!”

Chu Hyo also blazed with anger in his eyes.

“Now that you’re cornered, you’re showing your true colors! Are you admitting that you yourselves are not righteous faction?”

“Admitting? You’re talking nonsense.”

Wei Zong shouted loudly.

“Tiger Shield Sword! I’ll give you one last chance to crawl out of this Poison Valley alive. Drop your sword and kneel before me!”

“You old fool, Hundred Fragrances! This is the height of shamelessness! Not content with killing my son, you want to humiliate me too!”

The righteous faction martial artists and poison sect members all gripped their weapons tightly and glared at each other in a hair-trigger situation.

The killing intent was so intense that the atmosphere in the hall was eerily desolate. If even one person moved, a fight would immediately break out.

But then.

Jin Ja-gang, who was being held by Wei Zong, moved his mouth again.

When Wei Zong put strength in his eyes and injected more internal energy into his hand, blood poured from Jin Ja-gang’s nose again.

Chu Hyo shouted.

“I must hear what the limping one has to say. If you kill the limping one, I’ll consider that you killed my child!”

“If that’s your last wish, I’ll grant it.”

Wei Zong lifted Jin Ja-gang again.

“Now, listen well! To the limping one’s words!”

Jin Ja-gang’s face was deathly pale as he moved his lips.

Everyone in the hall held their breath. It was to hear Jin Ja-gang’s words. It was so quiet that even breathing sounds couldn’t be heard.

But there was no way Jin Ja-gang’s voice could be heard.

Whether anyone could hear or not, Jin Ja-gang continued to move his cracked lips.

Wei Zong was so angry that he shook Jin Ja-gang violently while gripping his neck.

“If you want to speak, then speak, you damn b*st*rd! I’m tired of waiting any longer. If you don’t speak, I’ll cut off your head right here.”

He had already lost his reason long ago.

Jin Ja-gang swayed like a powerless piece of straw as he was shaken. He was moving his mouth as if saying something, but it couldn’t be heard.

“Can’t hear anything at all! Speak loudly so that Chu fellow can hear! Speak up!”

Jin Ja-gang desperately kept trying to say something. Wei Zong, who couldn’t stand it anymore, pretended to bring his ear to Jin Ja-gang’s lips.

“What? Huh?”

At that moment.

Pop…

A sound that didn’t seem like it could come from a human mouth occurred near Wei Zong’s ear.

A sound like some kind of fruit bursting.

“…!”

Wei Zong was startled and turned his head to look at Jin Ja-gang’s face. Jin Ja-gang, whose eyes were severely swollen, was inflating his mouth with all his might right in front of Wei Zong’s face!

Hiss hiss hiss.

White steam was leaking from his mouth.

For a brief moment, Wei Zong couldn’t understand why this was happening.

Why was there smoke coming from this guy’s mouth?

But soon he realized the reason and got goosebumps.

He understood why Jin Ja-gang hadn’t said a single word until then.

“You crazy bas…”

At that moment, Jin Ja-gang forcefully spat out the liquid he had been holding in his mouth at Wei Zong’s face.

Puff-oo-oot!

It was Bright Adversity Poison. He had been holding a lump of Bright Adversity Poison in his mouth all this time.

Then he bit it with his teeth to burst it and spat it out!

No matter how crazy someone was, even Wei Zong hadn’t expected him to go this far!

As the price for that carelessness, Wei Zong got Bright Adversity Poison splashed all over his face.

Hissssss!

“Aaaaah!” Wei Zong screamed and threw his head back, but Jin Ja-gang didn’t let Wei Zong go. He grabbed Wei Zong’s head with both hands and drove his knee forcefully into his face.

Crack!

A terrible sound came from Wei Zong’s face.

However, Wei Zong was no pushover either. At the same time as his face was struck, he let his arms drop. Yellow powder began pouring out from Wei Zong’s sleeves.

Wei Zong dodged backward while swinging his sleeves.

Poison powder scattered in a haze.

Jin Ja-gang held his breath. Even so, he inhaled fine poison powder and coughed.

“Ugh, cough cough!”

Jin Ja-gang coughed and knelt down.

His hip bone was pierced, so he couldn’t stand properly. Moreover, his mouth wasn’t intact either.

White steam continued to leak from his mouth.

Because he had burst the Bright Adversity Poison in his mouth, his lips and inside his mouth were burned, causing steam to emerge.

But this was the only way. For Jin Ja-gang to catch Wei Zong, who was the most absolute and supreme master in this place, he had to be prepared for this much.

Jin Ja-gang coughed and spat out a thin lump.

“Ptui!”

It was the shell that had wrapped the Bright Adversity Poison.

Jin Ja-gang coughed a few times and then stood up.

Wobble.

The poison that Wei Zong had spread was still flying through the air, but Jin Ja-gang didn’t care.

Jin Ja-gang spoke haltingly with his burned lips.

Fortunately, thanks to the shell, his tongue was intact.

“Conversations… should be had after breaking the limbs, I learned. Isn’t that right?”

“Uuuuu!”

Wei Zong hastily covered his face with his sleeve and retreated. The poison sect leaders protected Wei Zong’s back.

Jin Ja-gang wiped the rainwater flowing down his face with his hand and let out a long sigh.

“Hoo.”

Then he tried to follow Wei Zong up to the main hall.

Chu Hyo and the righteous faction martial artists were just watching for a moment at the sudden turn of events.

But then a mental transmission flew to Chu Hyo’s ear.

[Now!]

Chu Hyo suddenly came to his senses.

Now that all Four Great Poison Sects had disappeared, the most dangerous thing in the poison sects was only Wei Zong. That Wei Zong had, for some unknown reason, suffered a fatal wound from the limping one and retreated.

Originally, Mang Ryo was supposed to handle Wei Zong. But now that Wei Zong was injured, there would never be another opportunity like this.

Chu Hyo put his hand in his chest and shouted.

“Everyone, now!”

The righteous faction martial artists all took out pills wrapped in oil paper from their chests and put them in their mouths. These were Poison Avoidance Pills that could provide some resistance to the poison sects’ poisons.

They held the Poison Avoidance Pills under their tongues and wrapped their mouths and noses with cloth.

They had thoroughly prepared to fight the poison sects.

Even right now, the poison powder that Wei Zong had scattered was floating around, blocking the entrance to the main hall. Having prepared in advance was a great help.

“Let’s go!”

“Waaaah!”

The righteous faction martial artists shouted battle cries and began fighting with the poison sect warriors who were surrounding them.

Clang! Clang clang!

Various weapons clashed, and sparks began flying everywhere.

And some tried to go up to the main hall to face the poison sect members on the main hall.

But then Jin Ja-gang, who had been slowly climbing toward the front of the main hall, suddenly stopped and looked back.

From the righteous faction’s perspective, Jin Ja-gang’s presence was bothersome. For the righteous faction, who needed to attack quickly before Wei Zong regained his senses, he was extremely annoying.

Chu Hyo approached the bottom of the main hall with several sect leaders and shouted at Jin Ja-gang.

“Your punishment will be dealt with later, so get out of the way!”

Jin Ja-gang stared blankly at Chu Hyo again. It was an indifferent look, as if looking at someone being unreasonable, but with irritation clearly showing in his eyes.

Chu Hyo blazed with anger in his eyes and shouted.

“You b*st*rd! Get off the main hall before I pluck out those eyeballs!”

The limping one was definitely someone who had to be killed. He had to be killed to comfort his son’s spirit.

But right now, Wei Zong was more urgent.

If they could just take Wei Zong’s head, they could kill the limping one anytime.

However, that was only Chu Hyo’s thinking.

Jin Ja-gang asked in a cracked voice.

“From whom are you getting permission to go up to the main hall?”

Chu Hyo thought for a moment that he had misheard.

“What?”

“I asked from whom you’re getting permission to go up.”

“Such, such insolence!”

Chu Hyo put strength into the hand gripping his sword hilt.

But he couldn’t strike.

The same was true for the other sect leaders beside Chu Hyo.

The moment they saw Jin Ja-gang’s blood-stained eyes, their bodies froze on their own.

From deep within his blood eyes, blood vessels seemed to spread out and cover the entire world.

The blood vessels seemed to writhe and spread like spider webs, binding them.

“Kheuk!”

“Wh-what is this…!”

Madness.

The tremendous madness visible in Jin Ja-gang made them unable to move.

Jin Ja-gang bared his teeth like a beast.

“I will devour these b*st*rds.”