Chapter 259

Ye Jin-gyeong became somewhat displeased with the Mount Emei Nun who had blocked him and asked.

“What’s the matter?”

Then suddenly a warrior in Sword Hero Squad attire approached Ye Jin-gyeong from the side.

“Pavilion Master, I have something to tell you.”

Ye Jin-gyeong was annoyed. How dare a mere Sword Hero Squad warrior interfere at an important moment without knowing their place?

The Sword Hero Squad warrior wore a bamboo hat and lowered his head to hide his face, but even at a glance he appeared very old. His voice was the same way.

“What are you trying to say now? Do I look that idle to you?”

“It’s an important matter.”

“If you’re old, you should know how to read situations. What’s such an old person doing in the Sword Hero Squad?”

At that moment, the aged Sword Hero Squad warrior stabbed Ye Jin-gyeong’s side with his hand. His fingertips were dark blue with extremely murderous internal energy swirling around them.

Ye Jin-gyeong was greatly alarmed and twisted his body while retreating.

Then suddenly the Mount Emei Nun standing behind raised her sword and struck Ye Jin-gyeong. Ye Jin-gyeong rolled on the ground. However, without even having time to draw his own sword, he allowed one cut to his lower back.

“Kugh!”

Ye Jin-gyeong, who rolled three times before getting up, realized that the sword held by the Mount Emei Nun was quite unusual.

It was a darkish color with red bloodlines spreading across the entire blade like blood vessels.

“Non-Killing Sword! It’s Demonic Nun Myo-wol!”

Ye Jin-gyeong leaped up with all his might and shouted.

“What grudge does Mount Emei’s Demonic Nun Myo-wol have against me to attack me!”

Demonic Nun Myo Wol paid no heed and attacked Ye Jin-gyeong who had leaped into the air. The sword energy of Chaotic Wind Wave Sword flew toward Ye Jin-gyeong with unpredictable trajectories like scattered falling leaves.

“Attain Buddhahood!”

Ye Jin-gyeong ground his teeth.

“Trying to kill an innocent person! You’ve gone completely mad!”

Ye Jin-gyeong tried to draw his sword. But then suddenly a shadow fell over his head.

The aged Sword Hero Squad warrior from before had leaped above his head. He stepped on his shoulder with boots, but the sensation was strange.

‘Both are crutches!’

Mang Ryo pressed down on Ye Jin-gyeong’s shoulders with Thousand Catty Drop. Ye Jin-gyeong crashed from mid-air to the ground as if pressed by a heavy boulder. Myo Wol’s Chaotic Wind Wave Sword energy tried to slice Ye Jin-gyeong’s legs. Ye Jin-gyeong gritted his teeth and also sent weight to his toes, executing the same Thousand Catty Drop.

With Mang Ryo’s Thousand Catty Drop added to Ye Jin-gyeong’s own, Ye Jin-gyeong fell to the ground in the blink of an eye. Thanks to falling faster than expected, Myo Wol’s sword looked like it would attack Mang Ryo instead of Ye Jin-gyeong. Mang Ryo leaped up again and Myo Wol immediately withdrew her Chaotic Wind Wave Sword.

As soon as Ye Jin-gyeong hit the ground, he rolled on the ground and used the flexible technique of flowing to disperse the force with breakfall technique. Then he drew his sword like lightning and slashed at Myo Wol’s ankle.

Clang!

Myo Wol planted her Non-Killing Sword in the ground to block Ye Jin-gyeong’s sword.

The watching White Tiger Earth Emperor Pavilion warriors intervened. Whether Mount Emei or whoever, they couldn’t leave someone attacking their leader alone.

When three warriors thrust their spears, Myo Wol caught a spear at her side and swung. The three warriors lost their spears and flew away, colliding and rolling with other warriors.

Ye Jin-gyeong tried to stand up in that gap, but Mang Ryo floating in mid-air extended both palms.

Ye Jin-gyeong lay down again with his back on the ground and swept his legs to strike away Mang Ryo’s palms. Ye Jin-gyeong’s feet and Mang Ryo’s hands crossed each other.

Tap tap tap.

And then Myo Wol’s foot covered Ye Jin-gyeong’s face. Ye Jin-gyeong hastily turned his head sideways to avoid Myo Wol’s foot.

Bang!

Myo Wol raised her foot again. At the same time, Mang Ryo grabbed Ye Jin-gyeong’s foot and twisted it. The ankle broke with a cracking sound.

Though he didn’t scream, his leg twisted and his body stiffened.

Myo Wol’s foot came down. He couldn’t avoid it twice. Ye Jin-gyeong covered his face with his arms.

Bang!

Even though he blocked, since his head was against the ground, the shock was transmitted completely. His nose was crushed against his arms, causing a nosebleed and breaking his teeth.

Myo Wol continuously stepped on Ye Jin-gyeong’s face.

Bang! Bang! Crack!

On the third stomp, his arms broke and Myo Wol’s foot went deep. The back of Ye Jin-gyeong’s head burst.

Ye Jin-gyeong’s body trembled. Myo Wol even cut Ye Jin-gyeong’s neck to kill him with certainty.

“Pavilion Master!”

The White Tiger Earth Emperor Pavilion warriors cried out in horror.

Myo Wol immediately leaped among them. She slashed and stabbed, massacring the warriors indiscriminately.

A Mount Emei nun attacking fellow Martial Alliance members?

Even at this absurd sight, the Evil Sect members didn’t ponder long. Even briefly, the enemy of an enemy was an ally, and in a killing field, you had to be quick-witted to survive.

Kill when you can kill first, then think!

The Evil Sect members attacked the confused White Tiger Earth Emperor Pavilion and Sword Hero Squad warriors. With the absolute master Myo Wol tearing through them, the warriors couldn’t even properly form sword formations.

Therefore, the fighting became much easier than before.

Mang Ryo laughed.

“Kekeke! This is how the Evil Sect should be.”

Dan Ryeong-gyeong looked at Mang Ryo.

“What are you doing?”

“As you can see. But are you leisurely enough to talk to me? It would be troublesome if even one person escaped.”

“The one in trouble isn’t me but you.”

“Don’t be like that when we’re in the same boat.”

“In the same boat? With someone who failed to assassinate the Martial Alliance Leader and is being pursued?”

Mang Ryo shook his head.

“Ah, that fox-like old man. He was truly frightening. He knew what I would do but just let himself be ambushed.”

“I don’t want to hear your stories. Just tell me why you’re pulling these tricks.”

Dan Ryeong-gyeong raised her internal energy. Seeing him fight Thunder Brand Sword Ye Jin-gyeong earlier, Mang Ryo’s skills had improved compared to before. It was incredibly strange. How could someone being pursued become stronger than before without any injuries?

“Let’s kill those bastards first and talk a bit. It would be troublesome if Demonic Nun Bul’s actions spread down below. I need to keep at least one final card.”

Mang Ryo also soon joined the battle. Dan Ryeong-gyeong glared at Mang Ryo’s back before leaping into the battlefield.

Two hours…

That was how long it took to massacre all two hundred White Tiger Earth Emperor Pavilion and Sword Hero Squad warriors.

Mang Ryo carried out complete murder and extermination by thoroughly dealing with even the fleeing Sword Hero Squad warriors.

Mang Ryo, covered in the warriors’ blood, wiped his hands on a dead warrior’s clothes and said to Myo Wol.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Myo Wol had been excited from seeing blood but quickly calmed at Mang Ryo’s words.

“He’s… coming, right?”

“He’ll definitely come.”

“He’s mine.”

“I promise.”

Myo Wol turned her head to look at Dan Ryeong-gyeong, at Dan Ryeong-gyeong’s empty right arm.

“Your life is truly long, benefactor. When we meet again next time, I want to continue the sermon I couldn’t finish before, so don’t refuse.”

Dan Ryeong-gyeong wanted to say something but closed her mouth at Mang Ryo’s glance.

“Amitabha.”

Myo Wol chanted an inappropriate Buddhist name and went down the mountain.

When Myo Wol had disappeared from sight, Mang Ryo said.

“Good thing you didn’t say anything. She’s crazy, so if you say the wrong thing, it only gets worse.”

Dan Ryeong-gyeong glared at Mang Ryo.

Moans could be heard from various places. Though the fighting was over, quite a few Evil Sect members were injured.

“Soso, you can come out now. Look after the injured people.”

Soso, who had been hiding, came out and tended to the injured.

The Evil Sect members who could move approached around Mang Ryo and Dan Ryeong-gyeong.

“Fairy Maiden, shouldn’t we go down now too?”

Mang Ryo sneered.

“Go where? Below the mountain, thirteen sects from Sichuan have mobilized completely and are surrounding us in double and triple layers. Their numbers alone must be around five hundred. And the Tang family and Mount Emei are backing them up.”

The Evil Sect members’ faces darkened. Even medium and small sects were difficult when numerous, but with Tang family and Mount Emei masters backing them up, it was nearly impregnable.

No matter how much Dan Ryeong-gyeong was there, breaking through by force was almost impossible.

The Evil Sect members sighed.

“Then we’re trapped with no escape.”

Human Demon Gam Chung asked.

“Then how did that Nun get here?”

“That crazy woman is from Mount Emei so she just came in, and I came in wearing Sword Hero Squad attire.”

“I understand that. But why would a Mount Emei nun…”

“I secretly persuaded her. I said if we kept the bait here alive, that bastard would come.”

“Who’s that bastard?”

Mang Ryo smiled.

“Poison Dragon.”

Soso, who was wiping blood and stopping bleeding for the injured, looked back in surprise.

Gam Chung laughed heartily.

“Don’t talk nonsense. Though Poison Dragon’s power is impressive, what could Poison Dragon do by coming here?”

“Poison Dragon escaped last time, didn’t he? Even though the Tang family and Mount Emei were camped out the same way?”

At that moment, Gam Chung had no choice but to close his mouth. It was truly an unsolvable mystery.

“Huh, really a strange fellow.”

Gu Ryun, who had cut off the protruding bone from his leg, grimaced and said.

“If it’s that bastard, he can do it. And more.”

Mang Ryo glanced over the Evil Sect members’ shoulders at Gu Ryun sitting on the stairs.

“Oh, there’s someone here who knows him quite well? Nice to meet you.”

“Cut the nonsense. But why would that Poison Dragon bastard come here?”

“To save you all.”

“What? That can’t be.”

Mang Ryo took out a gourd bottle from his waist and drank from it. A fragrant smell of alcohol wafted. The Evil Sect members, tired from long fighting, swallowed their dry saliva.

Mang Ryo spoke as if to himself.

“Damn. This is really… I thought that way at first too. But that bastard grew differently from what I thought. He doesn’t move as I want. Look at this time too.”

The Evil Sect members listened to Mang Ryo’s words with the feeling of hearing nonsense about what to look at.

“Not only did he escape the Tang family, but here he even broke through the tight siege of the Tang family and Mount Emei. I came here thinking he’d be here.”

“And then?”

“I even attempted to assassinate the Martial Alliance Leader to save that bastard. But that bastard got infatuated with a woman, got her pregnant, and happily robbed empty Guizhou?”

Gam Chung said with an incredulous face.

“Look here. You should speak so people can understand. I can’t understand what you’re saying.”

“So the point is this. When I kept trying hard to attach a burden to him, it didn’t work, but now he’s actually making burdens himself and carrying them around. A bastard who was like an asura causing bloodbaths is learning about affection? Something like that.”

Gam Chung tilted his head.

“I don’t understand. No matter how much I listen, I can’t understand. Just for that reason, Poison Dragon would enter this place of death to save us?”

Dan Ryeong-gyeong asked.

“Will Poison Dragon really come?”

“I came all the way here to confirm that.”

“What if Poison Dragon doesn’t come?”

“We all die, what else.”

Mang Ryo laughed heartily as if it were obvious and asked back.

“If you make a living by the sword in the martial world, you should have at least that much resolve. Isn’t that right?”

Gu Ryun sneered.

“That kind of resolve is only possible for crazy bastards who try to assassinate the Martial Alliance Leader. Crazy bastards who walked into a death trap just to confirm something.”

“I like this friend.”

Mang Ryo threw the wine bottle to Gu Ryun. Gu Ryun pondered briefly, then immediately took a sip and passed the bottle to another Evil Sect member.

“Thanks. I’ll forgive you for calling me a burden and making me feel bad.”

“You are a burden. If you want to live, it would be good to become a burden.”

Gu Ryun frowned.

“I’ve rolled through battlefields my whole life but have never once been treated as a burden.”

Gam Chung interjected.

“Let’s say we’re burdens as you say. What do you gain by treating us as burdens?”

“I’ll get you out. The more burdens the better.”

Mang Ryo bared his teeth and smiled.

“If you’re really burdens, I’ll use whatever means to get you out of here. So if you want to live, don’t just sit there but light some incense and pray to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. Pray that Poison Dragon will definitely come.”