Chapter 494

“Zhu…ge Family?”

Beom-bon’s eyebrows rose. He repeated it as if to remember the Zhuge Family’s name.

“That the Zhuge Family cooperated with you is truly regrettable.”

Jin Ja-gang retorted.

“The Zhuge Family probably feels the same.”

Beom-bon looked at the thread Jin Ja-gang held.

To use that to confuse his location with sound and meanwhile try to handle the Arhat monks…

Beom-bon said while hanging upside down.

“It seems more than one or two people need to be punished.”

Beom-bon straightened his toes hooked on the eave.

He dropped straight down while hanging upside down. Falling from the third floor, he hit the ground head first.

Boom!

Beom-bon had his body straight upside down like doing a headstand with his crown planted in the ground. Beom-bon opened his thin eyes and glared at Jin Ja-gang who had hidden inside.

In that state, he seemed to shrink his shoulders and neck, then stretched his neck out. Internal energy poured out explosively from his Baihui acupoint and pushed the ground.

Pwoong!

The ground shook and Beom-bon’s body rose high while his head remained down. He confirmed Jin Ja-gang going up through the second floor. Beom-bon who had risen naturally fell and landed on the ground with his head again.

Thud!

Beom-bon once again gathered internal energy in his head, pushed the ground, and raised his body upside down. After confirming Jin Ja-gang was on the stairs going up to the third floor, he attached his foot to the eave.

Jin Ja-gang saw Beom-bon standing upside down outside the window glaring at him and went down the stairs. Beom-bon took his foot off the eave and dropped to the ground again.

Thud!

Even after pounding the ground with his head from the third floor height, Beom-bon was fine.

Truly bizarre behavior…

When Jin Ja-gang went up, he followed up; when he went down, he followed down.

He was responding to Jin Ja-gang’s even miraculous mental warfare with unorthodox actions.

Beom-bon placed his thick hands forward while his head touched the ground, clenching and opening his fists. Then he pushed the ground hard with his head and rose again.

Bang! As Beom-bon’s body surged upward upside down, his eyes widened round. Jin Ja-gang was waiting for Beom-bon rising up on the second floor. The moment their eyes met, Jin Ja-gang threw a sharp dagger.

Beom-bon pulled both arms back.

Screech! The sleeves on both arms twisted and wrapped tightly like wringing laundry. Beom-bon threw his arms forward, extending both fists.

Hundred Step Divine Fist!

Tremendous fist wind burst from his fists. Moreover, from both fists, not just one!

The dagger Jin Ja-gang threw was caught in the fist wind, unable to advance and bounced away. The fist wind completely swept where Jin Ja-gang had been.

Crash!

Teacups and flower vases were swept up and flew like paper, tables were crushed and pushed away. Floor planks were torn up and nails stuck in the planks flew around. A wooden pillar thicker than three people combined shook. The outer pieces of the pillar were finely split and scattered in all directions.

In an instant, where Jin Ja-gang stood was completely swept away. The fine wooden floor and walls looked roughly torn as if wildly scraped with a pitchfork.

Pwoooong!

Where Beom-bon shot Hundred Step Divine Fist, the opposite wall of Yellow Crane Tower’s second floor burst and all sorts of broken furniture pushed by fist wind scattered into the air.

Two huge cave-like holes were created.

Jin Ja-gang had previously experienced the power of Hundred Step Divine Fist. Rather than rashly confronting it, he completely smashed the ceiling and escaped to the upper floor.

Thud. Beom-bon who shot Hundred Step Divine Fist landed with his head in the ground again. This time using the rebound, he quickly raised his body once more.

“Hup.”

Jin Ja-gang’s voice came from the third floor. Simultaneously, a presence rapidly descended to the first floor.

Which was real?

In the presence that descended below, faintly crackling interfering energy was felt.

Above.

From the third floor, Jin Ja-gang was jumping down toward Beom-bon rising upside down.

While Beom-bon pulled both arms back gathering the power of Hundred Step Divine Fist, Jin Ja-gang gathered internal energy in his foot with Thousand Pound Weight and kicked hard at Beom-bon’s sole.

Beom-bon was driven into the ground twice as fast as the speed he rose.

Booom!

His head was embedded in the ground. Only his mouth and chin barely stuck out.

Jin Ja-gang rotated twice in the air from the rebound just now, then drew a blade from behind his back and jumped down. It was a treasure blade brought from the Zhuge Family. The blade body was thick and the blade’s back had a bronze dragon relief, giving an extraordinary feeling. Moreover, Jin Ja-gang’s internal energy dwelled in it, and blade energy was formed bluishly.

Jin Ja-gang forcefully split Beom-bon’s crotch from top to bottom with the blade.

Screech,

The blade caught on Beom-bon’s crotch making a grating metal sound.

Then.

Clang!

The blade edge broke. The bronze decoration bent and the broken blade edge bounced, gouging below Jin Ja-gang’s eye as it passed.

Blood spurted from the gouged spot below his eye, and because the blade connected with internal energy broke, a thin line of fresh blood also flowed from Jin Ja-gang’s nose.

Jin Ja-gang stood on the ground and looked down. Strangely, the head slowly pushed out and Beom-bon’s eyes glared at Jin Ja-gang.

Jin Ja-gang unhesitatingly trampled Beom-bon’s nose and chin. The thick, square chin protruded like a foothold.

Crack! Crunch!

Beom-bon placed both hands on the ground and began pulling his head out of the ground. No matter how much Jin Ja-gang stepped, it only wavered briefly as he steadfastly lifted his head.

Jin Ja-gang firmly grabbed Beom-bon’s legs and kicked hard at Beom-bon’s philtrum.

Beom-bon opened his mouth and bit Jin Ja-gang’s foot.

Snap!

There was a needle caught on Jin Ja-gang’s toes, but Beom-bon bit the needle with his teeth. Jin Ja-gang pushed with force but it didn’t budge. Rather, the needle bent from the force of both pushing and holding. Jin Ja-gang released the leg, laid his body back, and kicked Beom-bon’s chest with both soles.

Bang!

This time Beom-bon was also pushed and fell over. His head came out of the ground.

Arhat monks rushed at Jin Ja-gang. Jin Ja-gang grabbed and pulled a flying club while striking the Arhat monk’s lower jaw with his elbow. Crack, with a bone grinding sound, the Arhat monk’s jaw dislocated. Jin Ja-gang wrapped his back foot around the falling Arhat monk’s neck and slapped him with his palm.

Smack! When he pulled the palm away, a poison needle was penetrating through the Arhat monk’s cheek. Jin Ja-gang then grabbed his own ankle with that arm and strongly squeezed his leg.

The neck bones of the Arhat monk struggling with his neck choked in Jin Ja-gang’s leg bend broke, his neck stretched long, and he stuck out his tongue.

Another Arhat monk kicked at Jin Ja-gang’s face. Jin Ja-gang grabbed the Arhat monk’s leg, slung it over his shoulder, turned his body and threw him to the ground. The Arhat monk hastily twisted his upper body to hit the ground with his palm and reduce the impact with breakfall technique. Jin Ja-gang rotated his body once more just before throwing the Arhat monk to the ground. The Arhat monk tried to use breakfall but grabbed empty air and panicked. The Arhat monk’s body turned one more rotation.

Jin Ja-gang, who had spun two full rotations, slammed the Arhat monk down hard.

Crash! The Arhat monk’s spine was crushed and he vomited blood from his mouth.

“Keok!”

The Arhat monk who took the full impact on his back had his eyes roll back and foam formed at his mouth. Jin Ja-gang fell over the Arhat monk, stuck a poison needle in his chest, and rolled his body to the side to get up.

It didn’t end there, he raised his foot as is and stepped on the fallen Arhat monk’s neck.

Crunch!

The Arhat monk twitched and trembled his limbs and died.

Vajra monk Gong Ja-bae ran with his arm extended and swung his forearm to strike Jin Ja-gang’s head in a pulling motion. Jin Ja-gang leaned his waist back. The Vajra monk’s arm brushed past Jin Ja-gang’s nose.

Whoosh! A fierce wind passed his face like a blade, tearing his lips.

The Vajra monk rotated without reducing speed from the swing and kicked Jin Ja-gang around. Jin Ja-gang lifted one foot and rotated in the same direction, crossing feet. Jin Ja-gang’s heel dug into the Vajra monk’s jaw. The Vajra monk pulled his jaw and endured.

Crack! Blood spurted from the Vajra monk’s mouth and broken teeth bounced out. His body was pushed straight back. Jin Ja-gang immediately grabbed poison needles and scattered them.

Swoosh, three poison needles chased the Vajra monk being pushed back. The Vajra monk placed his arms at his waist and took a solid horse stance posture. His kasaya inflated taut and Vajra Orchid Iron Pillar dwelled.

Two hidden weapons couldn’t pierce Vajra Orchid Iron Pillar and bounced. However, one penetrated the kasaya on the side and pierced through to the lower back.

Piercing Strand Flash Severance.

“…!”

Tendons bulged on the Vajra monk’s head. An expression of disbelief and intense pain showed on his face. The Vajra monk tried to seal acupoints to stop the poison from spreading.

Jin Ja-gang didn’t give him time, leaped up and grabbed the Vajra monk’s head. Then he drove his knees into the face repeatedly.

Crack! Crunch! Crunch!

Impact sounds that made flesh tremble rang out, and finally the Vajra monk’s face collapsed and the knee sank deeply.

Crash!

The Vajra monk with his face bloodied fell backward like a great tree.

Boom…

Though his face was destroyed, he wasn’t dead yet, but unable to seal acupoints, poison instantly spread throughout his body. While lying spread-eagled trembling his limbs, poison spread and covered the Vajra monk’s body with bloody pus.

This wasn’t the Jin Ja-gang of before. Jin Ja-gang had experience and internal energy surpassing the top-ranked experts. Though Jin Ja-gang’s each move looked ordinary, its power was terrifying. On top of that, being able to pierce Iron Robe and freely use deadly poison, even Vajra monks weren’t a match for Jin Ja-gang.

Then a pitch-black shadow fell over Jin Ja-gang’s head.

Jin Ja-gang lowered his body and took out an emei piercer from his bosom. A weapon about two spans long with pointed ends on both sides and a ring in the middle where fingers could fit. Jin Ja-gang raised the emei piercer above his head.

Grab!

A giant hand grabbed Jin Ja-gang’s extended emei piercer, hand, and head all at once. The emei piercer was coated with poison. If he tried to grab Jin Ja-gang’s head and it stuck in his hand, he’d be poisoned.

But then.

Squeeeze.

With the emei piercer caught, the fingers tightened. The emei piercer was bending. This emei piercer was also a good quality item obtained from the Zhuge Family. Yet it wasn’t embedding in Beom-bon’s palm skin but just bending!

As the emei piercer bent, Jin Ja-gang’s finger caught on the middle ring twisted. If left as is, the finger would be pulled out or broken. Jin Ja-gang pulled his own finger. Pop, the joint dislocated and the finger went limp. Jin Ja-gang removed his finger from the emei piercer’s ring and rolled on the ground.

Crack!

Beom-bon clenched his fist tight.

Then when he opened his hand, the emei piercer that had been line-shaped (一) was completely bent into a square shape (匚).

If Jin Ja-gang’s head and hand had been inside, they would have been crushed and burst into pulp.

Jin Ja-gang fit the finger joint back and shook his wrist.

Beom-bon cracked his neck while grabbing nearby dead Arhat monks and throwing them far away. The just-killed Arhat monks were already melting and emitting poison energy. If left as is, the poison field would spread.

The Arhat monks surrounded Jin Ja-gang so he couldn’t escape.

Beom-bon opened his mouth heavily.

“Poison Dragon.”

Killing intent was laced at the end of his words.

Jin Ja-gang looked at Beom-bon. Beom-bon opened his mouth to say something, but Jin Ja-gang intercepted first.

“Are you still not ready for conversation?”

Beom-bon’s eyebrows twitched. Twitching his lips, Beom-bon said.

“To benefactor… I must teach manners first.”

Jin Ja-gang mocked in a sharp tone.

“Is more courtesy needed than this?”

“Of course.”

Beom-bon raised both hands.