Chapter 432

It was difficult for Son Bi alone to carry the wounded Taoist Master Bok-cheon while fleeing.

Every time she stepped on ship wreckage and ran, water rose to her ankles.

Splash! Splash!

What took Son Bi two leaps to cover, the evil faction masters crossed in one bound.

Soon the distance was closed. The evil faction masters ran alongside Son Bi and Taoist Master Bok-cheon from left and right like wolves that had caught the scent of blood.

On the left were a man with a chain scythe and one holding a long tube, while on the right were So Su-jin who had fought with Taoist Master Bok-cheon and a man with iron claws.

So Su-jin ran on water at the same speed as Son Bi from close range and mocked Taoist Master Bok-cheon.

“How truly delightful to see you fleeing with the help of a young girl!”

Taoist Master Bok-cheon gritted his teeth but had no leisure to respond to So Su-jin’s words.

So Su-jin raised her right hand with fingers pointed. Her left wrist was broken and even had a splint, but her right hand was fine and she had no internal injuries.

“Let’s see how much longer you can last!”

So Su-jin stamped her foot and leaped. She moved long from right to left and attacked Taoist Master Bok-cheon and Son Bi from midair.

Son Bi and Taoist Master Bok-cheon hesitated just as they were about to step on a small plank and jump. Son Bi made Taoist Master Bok-cheon lower his body and extended her sword upward to cut So Su-jin’s wrist.

So Su-jin pulled her hand back and blocked the sword with the back of her hand.

So Su-jin’s white hand collided with Son Bi’s blade, scattering white sparks.

CLANG! CLAAANG! The sound of metal striking metal rang out. So Su-jin pushed against the sword blade with the back of her hand while turning her palm over to try to grab Son Bi’s sword with her bare hand. Son Bi shook the sword tip with Swallow Brave Slanted Cliff Sword.

The sword swiftly escaped So Su-jin’s hand like a nimble swallow and quickly drew a semicircle. It cut So Su-jin’s shoulder and stomach in a round slash. So Su-jin had a broken left arm and could only use one hand. It wasn’t easy for her hand to follow the nimbleness of Swallow Brave Slanted Cliff Sword.

Instead of following the sword’s movements, So Su-jin attacked Taoist Master Bok-cheon. Her white hand fell toward Taoist Master Bok-cheon’s crown. Son Bi had no choice but to grit her teeth and return the sword to strike away So Su-jin’s hand.

Cackle cackle cackle!

So Su-jin laughed while kicking Son Bi in the chest. Son Bi twisted her opposite shoulder to block So Su-jin’s foot.

BANG! Taoist Master Bok-cheon followed behind Son Bi as she was knocked back and caught her, landing on a pile of broken planks.

“Keuuk!”

Taoist Master Bok-cheon coughed up blood from overexertion. The pile of planks was floating downstream rapidly and beginning to submerge. If they stayed there, they would sink.

“Leave me and go! Quickly!”

Taoist Master Bok-cheon tried to block their rear. However, besides So Su-jin, there were three more evil faction masters who had followed closely.

The man with the chain scythe stood on a half-submerged ship and whirled the chain above his head with buzzing sounds.

“I am called Soul-Locking Ghost. Know who kills you before you die!”

The chain scythe was a weapon connecting a scythe and weight with chain, generally known as the best weapon for facing swords. It could easily cut fingers while blocking swords with the scythe and could also bind swords with the chain. It was also possible to throw the weight on the opposite side to make someone drop their sword.

Clatter clatter, clatter clatter.

Soul-Locking Ghost, who had been spinning the chain, pretended to throw the scythe while hurling the weight. Taoist Master Bok-cheon and Son Bi tilted their heads left and right to dodge. The weight made a heavy cutting sound through the air as it passed between their heads. When Soul-Locking Ghost pulled the chain, the weight returned and aimed for the back of Son Bi’s head.

Son Bi raised her rear foot like a scorpion’s tail and kicked the weight away with her sole. The weight returned at a faster speed than when it had flown at them. Soul-Locking Ghost twisted his waist and moved his body, making the chain run around his chest and back to absorb the weight’s force and catch it.

Without stopping there, while still spinning, he threw the scythe as if striking from above to below. Son Bi raised her sword to block the scythe.

CLANG!

Soul-Locking Ghost shook the chain to make the scythe bounce once more.

SLICE! The sharp tip of the scythe scraped Son Bi’s cheek.

Taoist Master Bok-cheon grabbed the middle of the chain. Soul-Locking Ghost infused internal energy into the chain and shook it again to push away Taoist Master Bok-cheon’s hand.

“Hehehe!”

With a strange laugh, the one who had been bouncing alongside put a tube to his mouth and puffed his cheeks.

SWISH!

Poison needles poured from the tube. At a distance of one zhang, Son Bi quickly swung her sword to create sword wind. However, the thin poison needles weren’t shaken at all and pierced through Son Bi’s sword wind.

“Ah!”

Taoist Master Bok-cheon spread his sleeve right in front of Son Bi, then wrapped it around to contain the poison needles. He scattered the contained poison needles back. The man with the poison blowing tube bounced far away to escape.

A fierce poisonous fishy smell wafted. It was a deadly poison made from toad venom that would cause blisters and swelling with severe pain just from grazing.

Taoist Master Bok-cheon gasped and said.

“Poison blowing tubes pierce through sword wind. You have to strike them directly.”

The situation was bad enough to question whether advice was even needed. They had already sunk up to their knees. It wasn’t easy to extract their bodies. The man with iron claws and So Su-jin took turns flying around and attacking them.

Son Bi was skilled enough to belong to Three Dragons Four Phoenixes as a late-stage expert, but she was insufficient to face multiple masters. As attacks continued relentlessly, her hands quickly became confused.

When Son Bi was pressed by the offensive, she unleashed Swallow Brave Slanted Cliff Sword with all her might to shake them off.

SWISH! Sword light flashed. Since she had learned Swallow Brave Slanted Cliff Sword from Sword Empress I’m Yi-eon, its power itself was high. However, without the backing of movement techniques and only defensively deployed while staying in place, they could just retreat. The evil faction masters retreated briefly then came back in, making Son Bi’s resistance useless.

They didn’t give her time to regulate her breathing, so only Son Bi became exhausted. While Son Bi had become dull from shortness of breath, the man with iron claws caught Son Bi’s sword between his claws and twisted.

Her grip tore and Son Bi dropped her sword.

The wreckage they were standing on continued to sink, and water had risen to their waists. Taoist Master Bok-cheon squeezed out all his remaining strength to push Son Bi up from the water.

Son Bi didn’t just leave but grabbed Taoist Master Bok-cheon’s hand. Then she kicked the water surface several times to pull Taoist Master Bok-cheon out of the water as well.

So Su-jin laughed loudly.

“How truly foolish!”

However, Taoist Master Bok-cheon could understand Son Bi’s heart. Previously, hadn’t she left her master Im Yi-eon behind, and as a consequence, Im Yi-eon returned in such a wretched state?

That was probably what weighed on her mind.

And now, unlike then, there was someone she believed in.

She believed that if she could buy a little time, she could save Taoist Master Bok-cheon.

Perhaps that was similar to Taoist Master Bok-cheon’s feelings when facing Thunder Emperor Ga Mu-ru.

As an adult, he couldn’t leave everything to Jin Ja-gang alone. He wanted to reduce even the minimum burden. He was only sorry that Ga Mu-ru, one of the Three Supremes of the martial world, was stronger than expected and he couldn’t hold out long.

SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH! Son Bi stamped her feet several times, creating water splashes that made the evil faction masters hesitate momentarily. Then they began chasing the fleeing Son Bi.

So Su-jin leaped out first.

“I told you before! I would repay my debt!”

While running on water with Son Bi, Taoist Master Bok-cheon threw one needle he had secretly saved when returning the poison needles earlier at So Su-jin.

So Su-jin lightly struck away the poison needle Taoist Master Bok-cheon threw with her hand.

So Su-jin approached to within arm’s reach and ran at the same speed while shouting harshly.

“Master Haewol also had so much to shoulder, why did he foolishly come alone and die stupidly! Moreover, what did a mere Taoist Master who can’t even reach the master’s toes believe in to challenge the Great Emperor with such skills!”

But then the poison tube user shouted from behind So Su-jin.

“In front!”

Joy appeared on the faces of Taoist Master Bok-cheon and Son Bi.

So Su-jin was looking to the side when she turned her head forward in surprise. In an instant, someone’s hand firmly grabbed So Su-jin’s face. A hand with irresistible force pushed So Su-jin’s face into the river water.

SPLASH!

Bubble bubble!

So Su-jin was pushed about four or five zhang into the water. So Su-jin couldn’t come to her senses for a while, then shook her head, gritted her teeth, and swam up to the surface.

SPLASH!

But as soon as she surfaced, her body suddenly flipped over.

“Huh!”

So Su-jin’s body turned half a revolution with her head pointing downward. Then she saw Jin Ja-gang’s figure upside down, holding her legs.

Jin Ja-gang stood on the wreckage with Asura Sutra wrapped around So Su-jin’s legs, holding her upside down like a caught fish.

Jin Ja-gang looked down with cold eyes. His gaze was so chilling that So Su-jin was completely frightened.

If Poison Dragon was here, didn’t that mean all the Demon Cult masters were already dead?

Jin Ja-gang said.

“Is one who knows righteousness foolish? Or is one who runs without looking ahead foolish?”

So Su-jin bit her teeth and struck Jin Ja-gang’s ankle with her hand. She intended to destroy his ankle. Jin Ja-gang kicked So Su-jin’s face before she could.

THUD! So Su-jin’s face jerked back and her hand missed the ankle.

WHIFF! So Su-jin’s body swayed and was flung back like a swing, then returned.

Jin Ja-gang kicked again. This time So Su-jin blocked her face with her hands. Jin Ja-gang didn’t care and kicked her hands.

THUD! So Su-jin dangled again. With one hand broken and unusable, it was difficult to respond properly.

“Since you mocked others’ deaths, may I also mock you until you die?”

The cold, angry tone made So Su-jin even more frightened. It was even more so because these were the words of someone powerful enough to kill both Demon Cult masters alone.

THUD! THUD!

Jin Ja-gang continued kicking So Su-jin’s head. So Su-jin even used her broken arm to cover her face to block Jin Ja-gang’s kicks.

CRACK! The splint on her broken arm broke from the impact of the kick, and the broken part shattered more severely.

“KYAAAAA!”

So Su-jin, unable to bear it anymore, screamed.

“You bastard!”

The man with the tube circled to Jin Ja-gang’s side and shot poison needles with the poison blowing tube. Jin Ja-gang didn’t even block. Poison needles stuck thickly in Jin Ja-gang’s neck. The blood vessels in his neck turned blue like a spider web and spread, then quickly returned to normal.

Jin Ja-gang calmly turned his head to glare at the man with the tube.

“Urk!”

The man with the tube felt his liver turn cold and bounced away in fright. He wasn’t called Poison Dragon for nothing. Even though he had hit properly, his poison hadn’t worked.

The man with iron claws scratched Jin Ja-gang’s back.

SCRAAATCH! His clothes tore away, revealing the Thousand-Year Turtle Shell within.

Soul-Locking Ghost also added his strength to the coordinated attack. He threw the weight at Jin Ja-gang. Jin Ja-gang raised So Su-jin to block the weight. The surprised Soul-Locking Ghost tried to retrieve the weight, but since he had thrown it with all his might intending to kill Jin Ja-gang, it wasn’t easily pulled back.

THUD. The weight struck So Su-jin’s waist flesh, and chunks fell away. So Su-jin screamed again.

“There are several people, but no one to help. It seems you’re the one who’s become alone.”

At Jin Ja-gang’s words, So Su-jin gritted her teeth. She raised her upper body almost to a folding position and stabbed at Jin Ja-gang’s face with her fingertips. Her hand emitted tremendous radiance and glowed pure white.

She intended to blind Jin Ja-gang’s eyes to escape. Master Haewol had also fallen for this technique and let So Su-jin escape.

Jin Ja-gang had already seen that So Su-jin’s hand was broken and splinted. It was an injury from fighting Master Haewol. It was as if Master Haewol had informed him of So Su-jin’s weakness. Jin Ja-gang immediately grabbed So Su-jin’s wrist and twisted it to the side.

CRACK! Her wrist broke and bent, turning sideways. So Su-jin’s hand lost its light.

Jin Ja-gang grabbed So Su-jin’s one hand and leg, lifted her above his head, then dropped her downward while kicking up at her back with his knee.

CRUNCH! Her back broke as her spine snapped. Blood spurted from So Su-jin’s mouth. That alone was already a fatal wound, but Jin Ja-gang even plucked out the poison needles stuck in his neck and stuck them in So Su-jin’s neck.

Then he cut So Su-jin’s ankle tied with Asura Sutra and threw her into the water.

Jin Ja-gang’s cruel method was enough to make the evil faction masters flinch.

Though they had only exchanged brief attacks, he had casually received the coordinated attack of three people and even killed So Su-jin. The three remaining evil faction masters tensely glared at Jin Ja-gang.

Jin Ja-gang looked at Thunder Emperor Ga Mu-ru beyond the three masters. Ga Mu-ru glared at Jin Ja-gang with crossed arms and wild arrogance.