Chapter 327

“Tsk.”

Beom-mong clicked his tongue and shook his head.

Then he suddenly spoke toward Jin Ja-gang.

“Let me say just one thing. Actually, there’s no need for us to fight each other.”

Beom-mong was saying strange things about not needing to fight after fighting so intensely.

Jin Ja-gang frowned and asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Just tell me who you met in Chongqing and what you talked about! If you just tell me that, you and I, you won’t need to make Shaolin your enemy.”

“I despise those who only try to negotiate when they’re at a disadvantage.”

Jin Ja-gang shot out poison needles as if it wasn’t worth listening to anymore. Bulgi also coordinated as if in a joint attack, scattering sword force. Beom-mong wrapped his body in Iron Silk and rushed toward Jin Ja-gang.

“You’re greatly mistaken! This old monk was trying to show mercy out of fondness for you, but you bite me together with the mad dog? I’ll lead you to righteous law first.”

Though his movement technique became somewhat slower, poison needles bounced off Iron Silk, and Soul Seizing Thread didn’t work on his robes either, so he was still threatening.

Beom-mong swung his fist. He stretched his arm fully and struck downward from above. Jin Ja-gang twisted his body to avoid the fist.

Bang! The deck was smashed. Beom-mong continuously swung his left and right fists in large motions. Instantly, strands of sword force came flying. Jin Ja-gang stepped back and tilted his body sideways in an awkward crouch position, simultaneously avoiding Beom-mong’s fist and the sword force strands.

Swish.

A strand of sword force grazed Jin Ja-gang’s thigh, made a hole in the deck floor, and disappeared.

Beom-mong also allowed some sword force strands on his robe hem. Even Iron Silk was useless as two holes were punched through.

Jin Ja-gang struck his thumb and middle finger together to create sparks. He struck Beom-mong’s upper chest with Blazing Twin Flame Palm.

Sizzle. Sparks flew as the robes burned. However, only burn marks appeared – it was impossible to neutralize Beom-mong’s Iron Silk. As if Beom-mong had expected this naturally, he struck down Jin Ja-gang’s forearm with his right arm and drew a circle to push Jin Ja-gang’s arm away. Jin Ja-gang’s chest was fully exposed. Beom-mong stepped forward with his left foot to step on the forward foot position while striking Jin Ja-gang’s abdomen lengthily with his left fist.

Since his left big toe was cut off, he couldn’t properly support the forward foot position’s strength. The power and speed in his fist were delayed. Jin Ja-gang didn’t miss the opportunity and pushed Beom-mong’s fist sideways with his shoulder, while simultaneously wrapping Beom-mong’s arm with Soul Seizing Thread. Though he couldn’t cut Beom-mong’s arm with Soul Seizing Thread, he could tightly bind it. He placed his knee against Beom-mong’s elbow and pulled Soul Seizing Thread forcefully to break the arm.

Crack.

The elbow bent and the sound of joints breaking was heard. Beom-mong hurriedly put strength in his arm and resisted.

“Eeeeee!”

Jin Ja-gang pulled Soul Seizing Thread with all his might. But sword force came flying again.

“Ooooh!”

Beom-mong shouted a battle cry, then used his left foot as pivot to turn his body and swing Jin Ja-gang as if throwing him. Jin Ja-gang’s back became a shield against sword force. Jin Ja-gang quickly rotated his body.

Swish! Sword force scraped the bottom of Jin Ja-gang’s shoe, splitting the sole as it passed.

In the midst of this, Jin Ja-gang entangled even Beom-mong’s left leg with Soul Seizing Thread, then planted his feet on the ground and flipped his waist backward to throw Beom-mong behind. With one arm and leg both entangled in Soul Seizing Thread, Beom-mong couldn’t resist and was thrown completely.

Crack!

Beom-mong’s head was embedded upside down in the deck’s wooden planks. For an ordinary person, their neck would have broken or head would have burst, but due to Iron Head technique, he punched through the deck with his head.

With his head embedded in the deck, Beom-mong spread his legs wide left and right. Sword force strands passed between his legs. Jin Ja-gang kicked toward Beom-mong’s groin. Beom-mong crossed his legs in half-lotus position to receive Jin Ja-gang’s kick.

From an upside-down handstand position, he even repeatedly kicked at Jin Ja-gang with his feet. Blood splattered from his severed toe.

Thud thud! As Jin Ja-gang took hits, he pulled Soul Seizing Thread. With one arm and foot simultaneously bound, it caused inconvenience to Beom-mong’s movements. Beom-mong struck and broke the deck with his unbound arm. He tore out broken wooden planks from the deck with his hands.

Crack crack!

Even in the midst of this, Bulgi who had approached closely continued extending sword force.

Since the two were hopelessly entangled, it wasn’t easy to avoid. Woon-jeong hesitated then shot sound technique toward Bulgi.

“Demon Subduing Ritual Double Tablet Clapping!”

Clap! The sound of double Tablet colliding sharply penetrated Bulgi’s ears. However, since his eardrums were already burst and blocked with blood, Woon-jeong’s sound technique didn’t work properly.

Bulgi looked at Woon-jeong with an unpleasant expression and extended his sword toward Woon-jeong.

Swish swish.

“Ahhh!”

Woon-jeong had already hastily fled backward as soon as Bulgi extended his arm toward him.

Sword force was very powerful sword technique, but it had weaknesses. If an opponent judged that directly confronting sword technique was meaningless and unconditionally ran away abandoning all dignity and pride, sword force’s power became meaningless. This was especially true when meeting those with excellent movement techniques.

No matter how strong the offensive, it was useless if the opponent wouldn’t engage from the start. Since sword force was burning and internal energy continued decreasing, he couldn’t just chase around indefinitely!

Bulgi was greatly enraged but abandoned Woon-jeong and changed direction toward Jin Ja-gang and Beom-mong. He had to deal with the biggest obstacle Beom-mong first and then eliminate the rest.

Beom-mong, still embedded upside down in the floor, pushed his right arm shoulder into the broken hole. He put his right arm below the deck so from above, it wasn’t visible what Beom-mong was doing. With his left arm and left leg bound by Soul Seizing Thread, he intended to attack with his free right arm.

“Hooooop!”

Beom-mong, who had gathered energy, used Hundred Step Divine Fist with his right arm in that position.

Breaking through the deck, fist wind from Hundred Step Divine Fist erupted from below to above.

Crash!

Bulgi gritted his broken molars and confronted the fist wind of Hundred Step Divine Fist with Taiyi Earth Sword imbued with sword force.

He drew left, right, like weaving warp and weft, creating countless grids.

Swish, swish swish swish!

The fist wind of Hundred Step Divine Fist scattered and even wooden pieces of the deck were cut into grids. And Beom-mong’s fist below should likewise be cut to pieces…!

Bulgi’s eyes opened wide.

“Damn it!”

Beom-mong’s right arm was bent further back, below the deck, so it didn’t receive sword force attacks. Only his sleeve was cut and fluttered.

Hundred Step Continuous Fist.

Bulgi had been deceived by the motion to deploy Hundred Step Divine Fist not once but continuously twice.

Golden yellow light appeared around Beom-mong’s eyes.

“Keke keke! Achieve enlightenment!”

But as Beom-mong’s right arm swung, Jin Ja-gang pulled the Soul Seizing Thread entangling Beom-mong. Beom-mong’s body swayed and the direction of Hundred Step Divine Fist changed slightly.

Instead of Bulgi’s front, his entire right lower body was swept by Hundred Step Divine Fist’s wind, twisting his ankle, knee, and hip joint completely.

Crack crack crack.

His entire foot was twisted so his ankle had turned a full circle to face forward.

“Ahhhhh! Ahhhhh!”

Even Bulgi couldn’t endure and let out painful screams.

From Beom-mong’s perspective, he had wasted a good opportunity to deal with Bulgi. If it had hit properly, his neck would have been turned around.

Beom-mong frowned but like a veteran martial artist, didn’t hold onto regret long. Rather, he concentrated on Jin Ja-gang while Bulgi was temporarily incapacitated.

Instead, he himself tightly gripped the Soul Seizing Thread wrapped around his body and threw his body below the deck through the hole. When Jin Ja-gang put strength in both legs to resist being dragged along, he kicked Jin Ja-gang’s shin with his right foot while falling. As Jin Ja-gang fell forward, both fell simultaneously into the cargo hold below the deck.

At the moment of falling, Beom-mong pulled Jin Ja-gang’s clothes to press his body close. Then he rammed Jin Ja-gang’s crown with his forehead. Jin Ja-gang didn’t avoid but rather thrust his head forward to bite Beom-mong’s neck.

Beom-mong’s head grazed Jin Ja-gang’s temple, tearing flesh as it passed. At the same time, as Jin Ja-gang bit Beom-mong’s neck, Beom-mong turned his head so their temples collided.

Crack! Jin Ja-gang’s head bounced sideways and his teeth bit empty air. Meanwhile, Jin Ja-gang was using Grappling technique with Needle Connection Point technique with his left hand to break Beom-mong’s right wrist.

Beom-mong pulled his right hand into his sleeve. The sleeve was as hard as iron plate imbued with Iron Silk. Even trying to break Beom-mong’s wrist, it wouldn’t break because of the sleeve obstruction. There had been a reason why Beom-mong rolled up his sleeves every time he used Hundred Step Divine Fist.

Jin Ja-gang gave up on the wrist and grabbed fingers. He tried to grab the middle finger and twist it sideways to break it.

But Shaolin Temple had techniques that could attack opponents even at one-inch distance, where only one finger could fit.

Dragon Coiling Monopoly.

The essence of close-quarters combat unfolding like two dragons intertwined in a dragon dance.

Pop!

An explosive sound rang from Jin Ja-gang’s right knee. Beom-mong’s toes also embedded in his ankle. Beom-mong’s left shoulder wrapped in Iron Silk lifted to strike Jin Ja-gang’s chin upward. He flicked his left middle finger bound by Soul Seizing Thread to strike the lowest rib bone of Jin Ja-gang. He also struck Jin Ja-gang’s lower abdomen bladder with the pointed part protruding forward from the pelvic bone.

Thud thud thud thud!

Jin Ja-gang received more than six impacts in a brief moment. All the struck areas would have cracked or blood vessels inside the skin would have burst.

It was barely the time for one blink. The two hadn’t even fallen to the floor yet.

Finally, Beom-mong tilted his head slightly back. He seemed about to smash heads with Iron Head technique. But at that moment, Jin Ja-gang’s body suddenly trembled.

Beom-mong hesitated for an instant. Jin Ja-gang couldn’t penetrate his protective energy wrapped in Iron Silk. In a state where their bodies were entangled, he couldn’t use Soul Seizing Thread and couldn’t use Golden Thread technique either.

But?

‘Hmm?’

Beom-mong had never hesitated when feeling ominousness. But this time, thinking Jin Ja-gang could do nothing, being momentarily defenseless against this ominousness was a mistake.

Thump!

An explosive sound that burst from his left side erupted to the opposite side. A shock came as if all his internal organs shifted to the opposite side.

Beom-mong didn’t think further and immediately used Thousand Pound Drop to make his body fall faster.

Jin Ja-gang threw one loop of Soul Seizing Thread upward and hooked it on the broken plank of the holed deck.

Spin spin spin.

As Soul Seizing Thread unwrapped from around them, both their bodies spun in reverse. Jin Ja-gang hung in midair holding Soul Seizing Thread, and Beom-mong landed on the cargo hold floor while spinning continuously.

Boom!

Freed from Soul Seizing Thread, Beom-mong lifted a chest stacked in the cargo hold and threw it at Jin Ja-gang hanging in the middle.

Jin Ja-gang leaped down to the floor. The chest grazed Jin Ja-gang’s head and embedded itself after smashing the deck.

Red and blue blood vessels protruded prominently on Beom-mong’s bald head.

Beom-mong shouted in rage.

“You bastard, I know who you met in Chongqing!”

Wudang Inch Force.

One-inch distance fighting. If Shaolin Temple had Dragon Coiling Monopoly, Wudang Sect had Inch Force. But Beom-mong had no leisure to scold further. His left side’s Iron Silk was broken and he suffered internal injury, and a needle was even embedded where his robes were torn.

He had broken Iron Silk with Inch Force while instantly inserting a poison needle with Heaven and Earth Eight Defeats.

Grind grind.

For the first time, Beom-mong ground his teeth with killing intent.

Really a vicious bastard. He had a method to break Iron Silk but saved it until the very end. To use it fatally when most needed!

Thanks to this, Beom-mong suffered serious interference in operating his internal energy to block the Asura poison that had invaded his body.

Then, as one side of the deck was sharply cut away, Bulgi leaped down.

“Don’t think it’s over yet!”

Bulgi landed roughly in the cargo hold on one foot. Then he bared his teeth toward Beom-mong.

Beom-mong also glared at Bulgi and Jin Ja-gang with his face completely scrunched up.

But.

Beom-mong’s expression changed.

So did Jin Ja-gang’s.

Behind Bulgi, who stood on one foot with his other foot twisted, snorting and emitting killing intent strand by strand.

The cargo hold where all sorts of luggage had been neatly stacked.

There, a coffin that had been lying down for unknown reasons and unknown time had silently been stood upright.

Bulgi shouted at Beom-mong and Jin Ja-gang who were giving strange looks.

“What. What!”

Creak…

The lid of the coffin standing right behind Bulgi opened.