lcionline Chapter 170 : Chapter 170
Chapter 170 : Chapter 170
Chapter 170 The Chase (3)
Yu Ha-rin strode forward, and Pan Bing-yeong came to her side.
“He is not one to be taken lightly. We must stall for as long as possible……”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think that will be possible. My blood boils when I see scum like that.”
Yu Ha-rin slowly raised her impeccably honed sword.
“He said he was a commander, so he must be the leader of this Sichuan invasion. If we eliminate him, there’s a high probability that the Sichuan invasion itself will stop. Therefore…… I will crush him here.”
Pan Bing-yeong looked at Yu Ha-rin with a regretful expression and shook her head.
“Jin Cheol-myeong.”
“Yes, Lady Pan Bing-yeong.”
“Help Ha-rin and hold him off. While you two tie up his feet, I will thin out the rest of them as much as possible.”
Pan Bing-yeong looked around at the Demonic Beings standing behind Bu Hwe-ryang beyond the ice wall, then turned her head towards Yu Ha-rin.
“……I will give you a chance to prove what you said. But what I said just now still stands. If you get a wound that requires hemostasis, you must retreat without delay. This is not a request…… it’s an order.”
Yu Ha-rin nodded. As she twirled her sword once, a brilliant blue light flashed in all directions.
“I will obey the order given. You mean, as long as I don’t get hurt, right?”
Pan Bing-yeong, who had confirmed Yu Ha-rin’s blazing eyes, let out a small sigh and took a step to the side, and Jin Cheol-myeong came out and filled her spot.
Pan Bing-yeong turned her head and looked forward. Behind Bu Hwe-ryang stood a dozen or so martial artists with their bamboo hats pulled down low, and behind them, over a hundred Demonic Beings were watching with their arms crossed as if they found the situation amusing.
Pan Bing-yeong slowly rolled up her sleeves as she looked at the Demonic Beings who were emitting a blade-like momentum. Pan Bing-yeong’s fair wrists reflected the light like a mirror.
“……Yes. Just don’t get hurt, and go on a rampage. I’ll take care of the rest of them as quickly as possible and join you.”
Pan Bing-yeong, who had spoken in a low voice, took a deep breath.
‘I’ll have to lighten the weight of the path that Young Master Jaun will walk in the future…… even if it’s just a little.’
Since the Demonic Beings had become more interested in them than in the members of the Tang family, there was no need to run away and stall for time.
It was a situation where they could achieve their goal just by reducing the enemy’s numbers as much as possible and then escaping before it became dangerous.
With nothing holding her back anymore, a thick cold energy began to spread from Pan Bing-yeong’s body.
─ CRACK-CRACK-CRACK
As Pan Bing-yeong’s eyes turned transparent, brilliant ice flowers bloomed around her body. The small ice flowers that had settled on Pan Bing-yeong’s body were then shot forward.
─ PIIING
Hundreds of ice flowers rose into the air and circled around.
Just as the Demonic Beings were staring blankly up at the hundreds of ice flowers that had risen into the sky, the ice flowers began to rain down on the Demonic Beings standing behind them.
─ SWOOOSH!
─ KWAANG, CRACK!
The falling ice flowers created huge ice pillars as soon as they touched the Demonic Beings’ bodies.
─ CRUNCH
─ CRACK
The ice pillars created by the continuously pouring ice flowers began to fill the narrow passage.
At the same time as Pan Bing-yeong began her attack, Yu Ha-rin’s body sank low, as if it would touch the ground.
─ FLARE
A bright red flame began to burn from Yu Ha-rin’s sword. The energy gathered in the sword grew stronger and stronger, and soon began to condense into a blue light, and then a white light.
─ SIZZLE
At the same time as a burning sound came from her bangs, Yu Ha-rin, who had been crouching in a low posture, rushed toward Bu Hwe-ryang like an arrow.
[Flying Sword, Fifth Form]
Yu Ha-rin’s sword, which contained a white flame, momentarily drew a large semi-circle in the air. A terrible heat, as if it would burn the very air, was shot toward Bu Hwe-ryang.
“……Fiery Yang Art?”
Bu Hwe-ryang, in the midst of the heat that made it hard to even open his eyes properly, slowly raised his saber.
“Ha, you dare to face me with such a petty trick?”
Veins popped out on Bu Hwe-ryang’s arm. At the same time, a tremendous demonic energy gathered in the saber, and a sour smell spread around.
Bu Hwe-ryang’s saber had a black luster, but as energy was added to it, it gradually turned red. Bu Hwe-ryang’s saber, which had absorbed a lot of blood, began to tremble finely in the air with a ZIING.
“You too, shall wander the Nine Springs.”
Bu Hwe-ryang’s highly raised saber fell toward Yu Ha-rin’s sword.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
With a huge explosion, Bu Hwe-ryang took a few steps back, and Yu Ha-rin’s body was thrown back.
Yu Ha-rin, who had flipped her body in the air to correct her posture, hit the ground and then charged forward again.
‘Create a shortcut that the two opposing energies can ride on, a force generated by the clash of those energies.’
[Flying Sword, Sixth Form]
Yu Ha-rin’s sword, which once again recalled Jaun’s teachings that had given her great enlightenment, emitted a dazzling white light.
─ ZIIING
At the same time as Yu Ha-rin’s sword burned white, smoke rose from the empty air.
Bu Hwe-ryang, who had felt that the heat contained in Yu Ha-rin’s sword was unusual from the recent clash, gripped his saber with both hands.
“HAAAAAP!”
Bu Hwe-ryang ran forward and lowered his saber. Bu Hwe-ryang’s feet, who had run in, dragging the blade of his saber as if it would touch the ground, were forcefully extended forward.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
At the same time as Bu Hwe-ryang stomped the ground, his figure stopped in its tracks. The huge saber, which had been dragged from the ground, was lifted from the bottom up, containing tremendous momentum.
─ POOOOF!
Yu Ha-rin, who had blocked the saber with her own sword, was thrown back, and Bu Hwe-ryang’s saber also rose into the air.
─ SIZZLE
Bu Hwe-ryang, who had thrown the saber, which had been instantly heated by the heat contained in Yu Ha-rin’s sword, into the air, wrapped his hands in energy and then caught the saber again.
Bu Hwe-ryang, who looked down at his saber, which was so hot that it was difficult to hold properly, momentarily disappeared from his spot.
─ WHOOOSH
The figure of Bu Hwe-ryang, who had been shot out at a tremendous speed, soon appeared next to the flying Yu Ha-rin. Just as the highly raised saber was about to fall on Yu Ha-rin, the Black Blood Ghost Whip that had flown in from behind received Bu Hwe-ryang’s saber.
─ SWIIISH!
The saber was pushed back with a rough clash, but Bu Hwe-ryang, who had firmly gripped the saber again, brought it down on Yu Ha-rin.
─ CHAAENG!
Yu Ha-rin, who had corrected her posture in the gap that Jin Cheol-myeong had created, received Bu Hwe-ryang’s saber and was thrown back again.
“……Cough.”
A trickle of blood flowed down from Yu Ha-rin’s mouth.
“Are you okay?”
“……It’s bearable.”
Yu Ha-rin, who had learned a lot from her duel with Jaun, had been pushing herself to the extreme to be able to wield a perfect sword in any situation.
Thanks to that, she had been able to withstand several attacks from Bu Hwe-ryang, who was a much higher master than herself, but the difference in internal energy that had been accumulated over a lifetime was a wall that could not be overcome.
“……Kids who haven't even reached their twenties have received my saber three times?”
The smile gradually disappeared from the face of Bu Hwe-ryang, who was looking at the two people blocking his path.
“……So the Sado Alliance was raising monstrous brats.”
Bu Hwe-ryang, who had taken a deep breath, slowly raised his saber again.
“……If they’re this good, they will definitely be an obstacle to Lord Blood Demon’s path. I will eliminate you bastards here at all costs.”
A seriousness was contained in Bu Hwe-ryang’s expression. At the same time, a huge energy wrapped around the saber, and Jin Cheol-myeong and Yu Ha-rin clenched their teeth and took a defensive stance.
─ CRACKLE
From the side, Pan Bing-yeong, who was dealing with the martial artists in bamboo hats, turned her head and looked at the two.
‘……So, it was impossible after all.’
The two were still too young to deal with Bu Hwe-ryang, who had been active in the Murim at the same time as the past Demonic Leaders and had been selected as a warden.
The level of the martial arts they had learned had deepened to the point where it could not get any deeper, but the problem was their internal energy.
To handle the difference in internal energy that made small tricks useless, a huge difference in enlightenment was needed, but no matter how much the two were considered the most talented in the Sado Alliance, it was impossible to gain an enlightenment that could rival Bu Hwe-ryang, a veteran master of the Murim.
‘……I have to help.’
─ CRUNCH
Pan Bing-yeong’s palm force flew toward the people in bamboo hats again. The five Demonic Beings in bamboo hats, in a group, received Pan Bing-yeong’s strong palm force.
─ KWAANG!
The ten martial artists in bamboo hats, who seemed to have specialized in combined attacks, were efficiently dispersing Pan Bing-yeong’s attacks.
Every time they received Pan Bing-yeong’s palm force, one or two of them would suffer internal injuries or be unable to withstand the excessive shock and retreat, but another Demonic Being would immediately fill the gap.
‘At this rate…… I’m running out of time.’
If the fight continued like this, it was clear that it would end in Pan Bing-yeong’s victory.
But Yu Ha-rin and Jin Cheol-myeong, who were facing Bu Hwe-ryang, needed help immediately.
In the end, Pan Bing-yeong made up her mind and began to raise all her internal energy.
─ RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE
At the same time, a thin layer of ice began to spread around Pan Bing-yeong. A stormy cold energy erupted from Pan Bing-yeong’s body, who had clenched her teeth.
─ SWOOOOSH
A biting cold wind blew between the cliffs. Pan Bing-yeong’s hair began to whip violently in all directions from the blade-like wind.
Bu Hwe-ryang, who was taking a stance to take the lives of Yu Ha-rin and Jin Cheol-myeong from the side, felt the unusual flow of energy and turned his head toward Pan Bing-yeong.
─ CRACK-CRACK-CRACK
The ground around Pan Bing-yeong was freezing in places.
The bodies of the Demonic Beings, who were somehow enduring Pan Bing-yeong’s cold energy by raising their internal energy, began to tremble from the extreme cold.
─ CHING! CHING!
The moisture floating in the air froze, creating unseasonal ice powder. Then, in the midst of the rough storm of ice that began to blow in all directions, Pan Bing-yeong’s body soared into the air.
Pan Bing-yeong’s eyes, which had turned transparently white, scanned the surroundings. Pan Bing-yeong, who slowly extended her hand and aimed at the Demonic Beings, let out a large puff of cold breath.
“……That wench.”
Bu Hwe-ryang, who had bitten his lip, raised his saber and hurriedly blocked his front. Yu Ha-rin also blocked Jin Cheol-myeong’s front and drew out the heat of extreme yang, wrapping it around her body.
Soon, a huge energy erupted from Pan Bing-yeong’s body.
[Cold Ice Pure Land]
─ SWOOOOOOSH
The yin energy that started from Pan Bing-yeong’s body froze everything in its path.
The ground froze, the Demonic Beings’ martial arts uniforms froze, and even the breath they exhaled became blades of ice.
The flying ice powder turned into fist-sized hailstones and rained down on the Demonic Beings.
─ THUD
─ THWACK!
─ CRACK!
A scene of hell was unfolding.
A significant number of the Demonic Beings who had rushed in between the steep cliffs were frozen on the spot or lost their lives with their heads pierced by the hailstones that poured down like a storm. The martial artists in bamboo hats who had been standing closest to Pan Bing-yeong were already trapped in huge ice pillars, their breath stopped.
Pan Bing-yeong, who had confirmed that there were no more enemies to obstruct her, descended to the ground with a pale face and at the same time, began to run toward Bu Hwe-ryang.
─ CRUNCH, CRUNCH
Pan Bing-yeong, who had run quickly, treading on the frozen ground, raised her hand to the sky.
[Ice Cat Sky Breaker]
Pan Bing-yeong’s hand, which contained all her remaining internal energy, fell on Bu Hwe-ryang. A huge cold energy poured down on Bu Hwe-ryang’s head, following Pan Bing-yeong’s cat-like scratching motion.
─ CRACK-CRACK-CRACK
Bu Hwe-ryang, whose entire body was covered in fine ice, struggled to raise his saber.
─ KWA-AAAAANG!
With a huge explosion, a shockwave erupted in all directions. The Demonic Beings who had barely survived were swept away by the shockwave and thrown in all directions.
“You…… dog-like bastards.”
Bu Hwe-ryang, who was kneeling on one knee and half-frozen, struggled to his feet and then coughed up a handful of blood.
A thick steam spread from the side of Bu Hwe-ryang, who was calming his trembling body.
“……You said you wanted to hear a scream, right?”
A blazing white flame flickered from Yu Ha-rin’s sword, which had drawn a semi-circle.
“What a shame. It seems the only scream you’ll be able to hear here is your own.”
[Flying Sword, Seventh Form]
Yu Ha-rin’s sharp sword style poured down on Bu Hwe-ryang like a wild beast pouncing on its prey.
─ SWISH, SLICE, CHING, KWAANG!
A bright red line was drawn on the body of Bu Hwe-ryang, who had not properly escaped from Pan Bing-yeong’s yin energy. But soon, after deflecting Yu Ha-rin’s sword and swinging his saber strongly as if to check the three, Bu Hwe-ryang pulled his body back.
“Guh……!”
The appearance of Bu Hwe-ryang, half of whose body was frozen and half of which was bright red, was a sight that was hard to look at.
A thick fluid dripped from the face of Bu Hwe-ryang, whose hair and left eyebrow had been completely burned off.
“……You rat-like bastards. All of you, die!”
As Bu Hwe-ryang raised all his remaining energy, a rough wave of energy spread in all directions.
Jin Cheol-myeong, with a stern expression, came out in front of Pan Bing-yeong and Yu Ha-rin, who had already exhausted all their strength, and spread the chain wrapped around his body wide.
Just as the body of Bu Hwe-ryang, who had unleashed the wave of energy, was shot toward the three like a flash of lightning, and Jin Cheol-myeong’s Black Blood Ghost Whip was shot out toward him,
─ SLICE
Jaun’s sword, which had fallen from the sky, cut Bu Hwe-ryang’s body in half.