Chapter 430

The hook attached to Myriad Enlightened Master’s skewer caught Jin Ja-gang’s leg. If Myriad Enlightened Master pulled the skewer, Jin Ja-gang’s heel tendon would be severed.

Myriad Enlightened Master moved like the wind and pulled the skewer.

“This is the weapon that ripped out Haewol’s entrails!”

However.

TWIIIING!

The skewer would not pull further and vibrated greatly.

Long threads extended from Jin Ja-gang’s downward hand, blocking Jin Ja-gang’s heel. The hook was caught there. Two more strands of Asura Sutra sprouted from Jin Ja-gang’s wrist and bound the hook. Though Myriad Enlightened Master pulled the skewer with all his might, the hook was caught and would not come free.

Fire Flame Master’s iron weapon fell like lightning toward Jin Ja-gang’s head.

When looking up from below, one cannot know the height, but when looking down from above, one knows how high it is. Such was Jin Ja-gang’s perspective viewing Fire Flame Master.

And when there is a difference, the simplest method produces the optimal effect. Jin Ja-gang did not dodge but reached his hand upward.

Fire Flame Master’s momentum seemed as if it would crush Jin Ja-gang entirely along with his palm, but the iron weapon was futilely caught in Jin Ja-gang’s hand. The force contained in the iron weapon shook Jin Ja-gang’s body.

CRACK! The deck beneath Jin Ja-gang’s feet shattered and split in all directions.

“What…?”

Fire Flame Master’s eyes twisted. He had brought down the flaming iron weapon with a thousand pounds of force, yet Jin Ja-gang had caught it with one hand.

Blazing Flame Twin Palm!

WHOOOOSH! The iron weapon’s fire blazed up even larger. Jin Ja-gang gripped the iron weapon and jerked it to the side. Due to the wind, the flames turned back toward Fire Flame Master. Fire Flame Master’s eyebrows and hair were singed.

“Keuuk!”

Though Fire Flame Master’s face was turning red as it cooked, he gripped tightly, not wanting to let go of the iron weapon. However, having severely dislocated his shoulder once while fighting Master Haewol earlier, his strength could not be applied as completely as expected. Of course, even if he had been in perfect condition, he would have been pushed back by Jin Ja-gang’s internal energy just the same.

Jin Ja-gang was no longer even looking at Fire Flame Master.

He looked down coldly at Myriad Enlightened Master, who was clinging to the floor like a crawling creature.

“What did you just say? Whose entrails did you say that weapon ripped out?”

Jin Ja-gang raised his foot.

WOOOOOOM! The internal energy of Jade Void Nine Lights Five Thunder Toad Art created a vortex in his right foot as it spun. Jin Ja-gang stomped down on Myriad Enlightened Master. Myriad Enlightened Master released the skewer entangled in Asura Sutra and rolled to the side.

CRACK!

Jin Ja-gang’s foot, infused with the internal energy of the Eighth Light, easily shattered the thick deck and embedded itself. Due to the vortex’s influence, the shattered parts created debris like a whirlpool.

“You bastard!”

When Fire Flame Master exerted force to pull Jin Ja-gang, Jin Ja-gang glared at Fire Flame Master and forcefully lifted the iron weapon upward.

Fire Flame Master took a horse stance and endured like a thousand-pound weight.

“Uooooo!”

Meanwhile, Myriad Enlightened Master, who had retreated, crawled back like a cockroach with rustling sounds.

Myriad Enlightened Master’s movement technique was stealthy and fast. An ordinary person would not have been able to see Myriad Enlightened Master’s body properly. Myriad Enlightened Master’s body became blurry as he instantly slipped under Jin Ja-gang’s feet and aimed for Jin Ja-gang’s groin.

With one hand held by Fire Flame Master, if he could just avoid one hand…!

In that moment, Myriad Enlightened Master saw a hidden weapon sprouting from between Jin Ja-gang’s fingers. It flashed before his eyes. Myriad Enlightened Master twisted his body to dodge. The needle Jin Ja-gang threw passed by Myriad Enlightened Master and embedded in the back.

Simultaneously, even the Asura Sutra was released from Jin Ja-gang’s wrist. Myriad Enlightened Master’s face contorted.

Jin Ja-gang’s internal energy was beyond expectation, and if he utilized both hidden weapons and Asura Sutra, fighting in a wide space would be disadvantageous for them. It would be better to go down to the narrow hold to fight.

Hoo… eup!

Myriad Enlightened Master, who had been lying down, inhaled and put his hands and feet on the floor, trying to explosively release his internal energy with all his might.

Then he stopped, thinking “Oh no.”

He could not go down to the hold. They had placed poison-mixed bags on top of the salt sacks piled in the hold. If they fought there, while Poison Dragon might be fine, they would be affected by the poison.

Jin Ja-gang noticed Myriad Enlightened Master’s hesitation. He doesn’t want to go down to the hold?

Jin Ja-gang stomped his foot even harder than before.

CRASH!

The floor burst and the deck collapsed. The three people fell into the cargo hold below almost simultaneously.

Jin Ja-gang released the iron weapon, retrieved his Asura Sutra, and rotated his body to land.

CRUNCH!

A sound like stepping on snow was heard.

The hold was packed tightly with salt sacks, and yellowish bags were placed on top of them. Jin Ja-gang, Myriad Enlightened Master, and Fire Flame Master were standing on the yellow bags.

Knowing what they were, Myriad Enlightened Master had no desire to stay in the hold any longer. Grabbing the released skewer, as soon as he landed, he immediately leaped again trying to exit the hold. Jin Ja-gang extended his hand and released Asura Sutra. Myriad Enlightened Master swung his skewer in mid-air to wrap around the Asura Sutra. Then he released the skewer and leaped again, soaring up to the deck above.

Jin Ja-gang also released Asura Sutra with his other hand to grab Myriad Enlightened Master’s ankle.

Fire Flame Master swung his flaming iron weapon to strike Jin Ja-gang’s side hard.

WOOOOOOM!

Jin Ja-gang raised his legs high and jumped up to avoid the iron weapon. The iron weapon missed Jin Ja-gang and burst open the bags on the floor.

PUFF!

White crystals scattered in all directions.

Jin Ja-gang pulled the Asura Sutra to drop Myriad Enlightened Master onto Fire Flame Master’s head. Since it was a narrow space packed with salt sacks, there was nowhere to dodge. Myriad Enlightened Master and Fire Flame Master collided and fell.

Jin Ja-gang retrieved his Asura Sutra while slashing Myriad Enlightened Master’s ankle.

“KRAAAAK!”

Myriad Enlightened Master screamed and pushed Fire Flame Master away, rolling to the side.

Pop pop pop! Needles that Jin Ja-gang had thrown with his Flash Severance technique embedded where the two had been.

When Fire Flame Master tried to pick up his iron weapon and stand, Jin Ja-gang stepped on the iron weapon with one foot and drew out ten more needles with Heaven and Earth Eight Defeats.

“Damn it!”

Fire Flame Master had no choice but to release his iron weapon and roll over the bags.

The ten needles Jin Ja-gang had thrown flew in a straight line and embedded in the ship’s hull.

Soon smoke began rising from beneath Jin Ja-gang’s feet. Fire ignited as the iron weapon’s flames burned the bags and sacks.

Crackle crackle.

The white crystals scattered about like roasting beans in the intense flames, and acrid smoke began filling the space instantly.

Myriad Enlightened Master, now with one leg and bleeding profusely, looked up at the hole in the ship’s hull above. Even under normal circumstances, he could not be confident of escaping Jin Ja-gang’s grasp, and he had sustained internal injuries from Master Haewol as well. Even if he tried to leap upward, he would obviously be caught by Asura Sutra by a hair’s breadth.

The place to escape was…

Myriad Enlightened Master began striking the floor with his hand blade.

Thud! Thud!

Meanwhile, Fire Flame Master shouted and forcefully clapped both palms together.

“Ooh!”

WHOOSH! Flames also rose from Fire Flame Master’s hands.

Samadhi True Fire!

Fire Flame Master charged at Jin Ja-gang and thrust out both palms. Fireballs flew about, igniting fires everywhere.

Jin Ja-gang pressed both hands against Fire Flame Master’s.

Flames licked between the gaps of their interlocked fingers.

Great strain showed on both Jin Ja-gang and Fire Flame Master’s faces.

The fingers of their clasped hands trembled. The fingers gradually bent toward Fire Flame Master’s side.

Crack, crack.

Fire Flame Master’s wrists and fingers were gradually bent backward, making sounds of joints dislocating.

The backs of his hands were crushed, his fingers broken, and he began rapidly losing in internal energy as well.

Sizzle! The smell of burning flesh wafted.

“UAAAAAAH!”

Fire Flame Master screamed and knelt on one knee. Jin Ja-gang did not relent and continued to apply force and pressure with his hands. Finally, Fire Flame Master knelt on both knees.

THUD!

Even though Jin Ja-gang released his hands, both of Fire Flame Master’s hands were already completely broken and motionless. Fire Flame Master gritted his teeth and glared at Jin Ja-gang. He straightened his kneeling knees and tried to headbutt Jin Ja-gang’s chest.

Jin Ja-gang widened his eyes and inserted a needle between Fire Flame Master’s brows. Fire Flame Master’s body stiffened and stopped right there.

Simultaneously, a skewer sprouted from beneath Jin Ja-gang’s sole.

CRACK!

Jin Ja-gang slid his foot to the side as if sliding, avoiding the skewer. Pop pop! Skewers continuously sprouted following Jin Ja-gang’s foot.

Jin Ja-gang was not easily caught. This was a technique Jin Ja-gang always used, and he had been keeping the missing Myriad Enlightened Master in mind from the start.

Jin Ja-gang lowered both hands and released Asura Sutra.

The thin threads of Asura Sutra silently penetrated through the salt sacks on the floor.

The skewers stopped sprouting and became quiet. From one of the Asura Sutra threads that had penetrated vertically, a drop of blood climbed back up.

Jin Ja-gang retrieved his Asura Sutra and deeply inserted the flaming iron weapon where the blood drop had climbed up.

After about two breaths’ worth of time passed, hot smoke rose up and the salt began crackling and scattering.

“PUHAA!”

Like lava erupting, Myriad Enlightened Master burst out through the salt accompanied by smoke.

Jin Ja-gang stepped on Myriad Enlightened Master’s head with his foot.

Five Poisons Fatal Pills and salt chunks scattered in all directions. Jin Ja-gang stepped on and crushed Myriad Enlightened Master’s head. The hot salt burned Myriad Enlightened Master’s skin.

“Hot, hot! St, st, stop!”

Myriad Enlightened Master pleaded. Jin Ja-gang grabbed Myriad Enlightened Master’s head and lifted him up.

Myriad Enlightened Master’s skin was cooked red and all his outer skin had peeled off. Moreover, red flowers, red extinction flowers, were blooming throughout his body. When his ankle was cut, he had already been poisoned by Jin Ja-gang’s Asura Blood.

Myriad Enlightened Master bared his teeth and stabbed his skewer into Jin Ja-gang’s stomach.

However, from the moment Jin Ja-gang lifted Myriad Enlightened Master up, he had no intention of pulling him out docilely. Even before Myriad Enlightened Master could move, he was already driving his knee into his face.

CRACK! Jin Ja-gang’s knee struck Myriad Enlightened Master’s face. His nose caved in.

Myriad Enlightened Master’s face became bloody and he even dropped his skewer.

“St, stop…! It, it wasn’t me who killed Haewol…”

Jin Ja-gang grabbed a handful of the white crystals from the floor and stuffed them into Myriad Enlightened Master’s mouth. Myriad Enlightened Master’s eyes bulged out.

WHOOOOSH!

Steam leaked from his nose.

“Then you shouldn’t have bragged about your weapon.”

Jin Ja-gang kicked up the skewer Myriad Enlightened Master had dropped with his toe, caught it in his hand, and pierced straight through his stomach.

When Jin Ja-gang released Myriad Enlightened Master’s head, Myriad Enlightened Master staggered backward trembling. His face was covered in a mixture of blood and salt. From his severed ankle, bloody foam bubbled and melted down.

But his bloodshot eyes were still wickedly malicious beyond comparison. Jin Ja-gang saw Fire Flame Master’s image reflected in his pupils. Fire Flame Master, poisoned by Asura Blood, was standing behind Jin Ja-gang, spewing bloody foam from his seven orifices – eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

But Fire Flame Master soon writhed and collapsed as if crumbling. He continuously twisted his body as if in agony.

“KRAAAAAAH!”

The pain was so terrible that even observers could feel it.

Since Myriad Enlightened Master was watching Fire Flame Master’s agony clearly, he knew he would soon be in the same state. Not daring to remove the skewer embedded in his stomach for fear his entrails would be dragged out, he charged at Jin Ja-gang with salt clumped to blood still in his mouth.

Jin Ja-gang avoided Myriad Enlightened Master’s attack and kicked up at his jaw. Myriad Enlightened Master’s body rose up and hit the ceiling of the hold. Jin Ja-gang pushed the skewer further to pin Myriad Enlightened Master to the ceiling.

Then he reached to the side and wrapped Asura Sutra around Fire Flame Master’s body, which was still struggling.

SLICE. Fire Flame Master’s body fell apart piece by piece.

Myriad Enlightened Master spat out the salt in his mouth and poured forth cursing words.

“Are you showing pathetic mercy?!”

Jin Ja-gang looked back at Myriad Enlightened Master pinned to the ceiling. Myriad Enlightened Master realized from Jin Ja-gang’s gaze that his recent action was not consideration or goodwill toward Fire Flame Master. It was not to reduce his pain. It was merely an action to confirm death with certainty.

Jin Ja-gang also wrapped Asura Sutra around Myriad Enlightened Master’s neck.

Myriad Enlightened Master gnashed his teeth.

“Damn it…”

He seemed to understand why Master Haewol had said Jin Ja-gang was even worse than himself, why he could entrust his succession to him.

Jin Ja-gang’s eyes became even colder. At the same time, internal energy was imbued into the Asura Sutra.

Myriad Enlightened Master thought his surroundings were spinning round and round. Eventually… he saw his own body attached to the ceiling.