Chapter 409

Chapter 409 – Against One Person – Heavenly Net (3)

Bang Jin-bo seated the Namgung brothers on his horse. And he himself mounted Black Ghost.

Snort!

Black Ghost breathed roughly and refused to move. Because Dam Ho wasn't riding him.

Black Ghost was also sensing the killing intent. He was refusing to move because his master had entered a sea of killing intent.

Bang Jin-bo gently stroked Black Ghost's neck and whispered.

"He will return. Definitely!"

His voice was filled with sincerity.

Dam Ho had told him to leave Anhui Province, but Bang Jin-bo had no such intention. He planned to first evacuate the Namgung brothers to a safe place and then find a way to help Dam Ho.

Helping didn't necessarily mean fighting together by his side.

There would surely be ways to help Dam Ho from outside the siege. Bang Jin-bo's job was to find that method.

As if understanding Bang Jin-bo's words, Black Ghost stopped being restless. Only then did Bang Jin-bo look at the Namgung brothers.

"You must follow me without falling behind."

"Yes!"

Bang Jin-bo bit his lips hard.

He couldn't become a burden to Dam Ho. The moment he became a prisoner, he would become a great burden to Dam Ho and would also hold him back. That's why he was leaving this place. Since he couldn't help Dam Ho, he couldn't give him constraints either.

Bang Jin-bo looked at Namgung Seon-hwi.

"Ready?"

"Yes!"

Namgung Seon-hwi, holding the reins, nodded vigorously. Tension was evident on his face as well. In front of him sat Namgung Yeong-hwi holding the horse's mane.

'No matter what happens to me, I must protect Yeong-hwi.'

In Namgung Yeong-hwi's small head were contained all the supreme techniques of the Namgung Family.

That's when it happened.

"Let's go!"

Bang Jin-bo kicked Black Ghost's flank. Instantly Black Ghost became a streak of black lightning and burst out from the ship. Namgung Seon-hwi quickly followed behind, not to be outdone.

The two horses burst out onto land through the broken bow at terrifying speed. And they disappeared from people's sight in an instant.

***

His skin stung.

It was because of the killing intent spread throughout the area.

There are limits to the killing intent humans can emit. Occasionally those with particularly dense killing intent appear, but even the killing intent they emit has limits. But the killing intent spread throughout the area now had no limits.

It wasn't killing intent emitted by an individual. It was killing intent fired by at least hundreds or thousands of people at once. That meant that many people were targeting Dam Ho.

A heavenly net of killing intent was spread out. Their killing intent was concentrated on Dam Ho alone.

It was a heavenly net spread solely targeting Dam Ho.

Since the beginning of martial world history, this was the first time such a powerful heavenly net against one person had been spread.

The powerful killing intent made spines chill and muscles stiffen. An ordinary martial artist would not even be able to breathe properly under the killing intent dominating the area. But Dam Ho moved deeper into the heavenly net without even contorting his expression once.

The net of killing intent rippled at his movement.

Dam Ho's gaze suddenly turned toward one place. It was where killing intent was felt least.

It felt like the enemies had deliberately opened a path.

"They want me to come there?"

Darkness swayed in Dam Ho's pupils.

It appeared to be the weakest place, but in reality it was the most dangerous place where all forces were concentrated.

Death road.

A path where only death exists.

Dam Ho moved toward that place.

His Solitary Path was martial arts created solely for advancing forward.

If one avoided because the path ahead was rough and turned back because it was dangerous, the meaning of existence would disappear.

Even birds held their breath, and beasts fled shuddering at the killing intent. What remained was only terrible silence.

Scrape!

The sound of him dragging his left foot echoed particularly loudly. The traces of his dragged foot were carved into the earth like scars.

That's when it happened.

Pop!

Suddenly an explosive sound echoed from above Dam Ho's head. Looking up, a bag that had been hung in advance burst and green powder poured down like mist.

It was poison smoke.

Hiss!

Everything that touched the green poison smoke melted away.

Dam Ho was drenched in poison smoke from head to toe.

White smoke rose from the surface of his black robe. It was melting in the poison smoke. Still, Dam Ho didn't even blink.

He had thoroughly experienced such poison attacks when facing the Tang Family in Sichuan Province. Compared to the Tang Family, this level of poison attack was like child's play.

Ordinary poison couldn't penetrate the wall of Dark Soul Cultivation Method. While facing the Tang Family, his Dark Soul Cultivation Method had even gained resistance to poison.

Swish!

After poison came ambush.

Assassins hiding in the grass silently leaped out and ambushed Dam Ho.

In their hands were daggers coated with poison.

"Die! Fist Demon!"

Their swords stabbed toward Dam Ho.

Instantly Dam Ho struck his fist straight toward the ground.

Crash!

The ground exploded as if a thunderbolt had burst, and stones and dirt became weapons flying in all directions.

Thud thud thud!

"Gack!"

"Cough!"

The assassins who had thrust poison swords at Dam Ho collapsed. Dam Ho moved on without even glancing at the falling assassins.

Whine!

At that moment an arrow flew from somewhere.

The arrow was aimed precisely at Dam Ho's brow. But Dam Ho avoided the arrow with just a slight shake of his head.

That was the beginning.

Swish!

Countless arrows flew through the bushes. Blood Light Stream's archers had shot arrows.

At close range assassins ambushed, and at long range archers shot arrows. There seemed to be no more perfect combined attack technique under heaven.

"This place will become your grave, Fist Demon!"

"Die!"

The assassins shouted.

At that moment violent winds occurred around Dam Ho's body and whirled. It was Violent Demon Energy.

Whoosh!

The violent winds that wrapped around Dam Ho's body like a typhoon swallowed everything around them. The ambushing assassins and arrows flying as if to pierce everything were swept up by the violent winds and shattered completely.

Arms were torn off and flesh was ripped away. Blood spray was swept up by the violent winds and scattered in all directions, and screams raged within.

"Gack!"

"Ugh!"

But even their screams were swallowed by the violent winds and disappeared.

Finally, when Dam Ho lifted the violent winds, no traces of life remained within a five zhang radius. Spiral furrows were carved in the ground, and what appeared to be someone's flesh and blood drops were scattered on top.

"How can this be!"

Blood Light Stream archers who had been shooting arrows at Dam Ho from far away gaped at the sight. They hadn't expected their attacks to be blocked like this.

That's when it happened.

"He's coming."

Someone suddenly shouted.

Coming to their senses and looking ahead, Dam Ho was running precisely toward where they were located.

'How is he so fast?'

'What kind of cripple?'

At Dam Ho's terrifying charge, bushes parted and tree branches broke and flew away. A line was being created in the middle of the forest as if drawn with a ruler. The end of that line was precisely where Blood Light Stream's archers were hiding.

"Damn it! Move."

"Avoid him!"

Blood Light Stream's archers scattered in all directions. But before even half could move, Dam Ho broke through the bushes and arrived before their eyes.

Bang!

"Gack!"

The first victim appeared. His chest bone was deeply dented and he was sent flying by one strike of Dam Ho's Shattering Star Punch.

"Grr!"

"Damn!"

The archers realized it was too late to escape and switched weapons. It was a small bow less than half the size of the large bow they used as their main weapon. It was a small horn bow like the one favored by Blood Light Stream's leader.

They deployed footwork to move while nocking arrows to the horn bows. The distance between Dam Ho and them was only four or five steps – they intended to shoot arrows at that short distance.

No matter what the distance was, it didn't matter. The footwork and archery they had learned displayed power even against enemies right in front of their noses.

Ping! Ping!

They shot arrows at Dam Ho. Arrows shot from right in front of their noses. It would be stranger not to hit the opponent. Moreover, they were masters of archery. They were archers who could hit targets with their eyes closed from hundreds of paces away.

However, in this case the opponent wasn't good.

Dam Ho instantly calculated the trajectory of incoming arrows based only on the arrow tips' direction, the archers' gazes, and their breathing, then moved.

Swish swish swish!

Countless arrows crossed around his body. But none of the arrows left proper wounds on Dam Ho's body.

After one volley of arrows passed, Dam Ho's counterattack followed.

Bang bang bang!

With thunderous sounds, the dozen archers surrounding Dam Ho were sent flying. The horn bows they held were all shattered and their necks were twisted sideways. No vitality could be found in their faces with tongues hanging out long.

They died instantly from one strike.

Dam Ho raised his head to look around. While the dozen died, the remaining archers hid themselves in the bushes. They had scattered in all directions in that brief moment.

But Dam Ho wasn't greatly concerned with them. What he was concerned with wasn't ordinary archers. It was the unknown archer who had done the ultra-long-distance sniping at the very beginning. That is, he was looking for Go Seol-cheon, Blood Light Stream's leader.

His neck tingled. It was proof that the guy's gaze was fixed on him. But he couldn't find traces of the guy anywhere.

He had thrown his subordinates as bait while he himself hid perfectly. Even at this moment, he would be hiding somewhere aiming at Dam Ho. The moment he exposed even the slightest gap, his arrow would come flying.

There was one more reason not to let go of tension, but Dam Ho thought it didn't matter anyway.

In any case, letting go of tension on a battlefield where lives were at stake was impossible. Until now, he had never once given up on himself or relaxed his tension.

This was a battlefield of life-and-death struggle where lives came and went.

It was an environment familiar to Dam Ho.

That's when it happened.

"Fist Demon is over there."

"Kill him!"

With loud voices, countless martial artists revealed themselves from bushes everywhere. They were martial artists from Hidden Blood Gate and other sects cooperating with the Demon Cult.

"Whoever kills Fist Demon will gain the honor of being the world's greatest."

"Hooray!"

At someone's instigation, the martial artists all shouted in unison and rushed toward Dam Ho.

Like moths flying toward flame, they gladly threw their bodies at the flame called the world's greatest.

They were martial artists who had joined hands with the Demon Cult for advancement anyway. In such people's eyes existed only deep greed, with no fear dwelling there.

For martial artists, no desire was greater than the honor of being the world's greatest. Normally they wouldn't even dare dream of it, but now was different.

The Demon Cult's elite and numerous sects had been mobilized.

They were in the position of hunters, and Dam Ho was in the position of being quietly hunted. Such a golden opportunity was hard to come by twice.

"Give us your head, Fist Demon!"

"Fist Demon's life is mine. Get out of the way!"

They rushed at Dam Ho like a tidal wave.

At that moment Dam Ho's back curved like a bow.

Whoosh!

Terrifying gravitational force occurred.

The martial artists who were already rushing with terrifying momentum lost their balance and were instantly pulled toward Dam Ho. Only then did the martial artists instinctively sense something was wrong.

"What?"

"Grr!"

At that moment Shattering Star Punch exploded.

Crash!

An explosion occurred and dozens of martial artists were sent flying in all directions. They rolled on the ground helplessly like lifeless dolls.

"Wh-what?"

The martial artists following behind them came to their senses as if cold water had been poured on them. The collective madness was broken by a single strike.

Looking at them hesitating, Dam Ho opened his mouth.

"Today no one will escape from this place."

Now they would learn.

That the heavenly net spread to trap Dam Ho could also become a net that trapped them.