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 Chapter 281 - Within the Sword Creek (7) Chapter 281: Within the Sword Creek (7) Warriors frowned at Hu Bong’s strong protest. They had to let Gam Rosu prepare to leave, but blocking her from tending to the patient also seemed to suspicious. “Hmm…” Gam Rosu then walked over and placed her hand over Hou Sangwha’s wrist to check on the pulse. She then frowned weirdly. ‘Her pulse…’ The warrior then asked the doctor. “Is it bad?” Gam Rosu fell silent for a second, but nodded in response. “Yes, I will have to take a look. Don’t worry. It will be quick.” “….Hmph. Okay.” The warrior nodded and allowed Hu Bong and Hou Sangwha to enter. Hu Bong then helped Hou Sangwha walk inside and had her lie down on the bed. He then spoke to the warriors who followed into the office. “We should get out.” Warriors frowned at the unexpected request. “What are you talking about? We have to protect Granny Gam…” “Wow… are you saying that you will stay and watch a woman’s private parts? Are you serious?” “W-what?!” Two warriors became dumbfounded at Hu Bong’s words. Hu Bong then pointed at Hou Sangwha’s breasts and shouted. “Do you really want to see her naked body!?” “Huh?!” Two warriors became dumbfounded and tried to protest in order to explain. “N-no! I mean we are just…” Godly Doctor Gam Rosu then added onto Hu Bong’s claim. “I will need to take off the patient’s clothes. You men should stay outside. …Are you going to tell me you are going to stay and watch her get naked?” “Ugh… Okay. We’ll be outside. Make sure you do this quickly.” They were ordered to stay by the doctor and never let her stay with these people without their watch, but there was no use. Hu Bong made a ruckus, so they couldn’t take their eyes off from her chest. They insisted that the doctor make this quick and went out with Hu Bong. Early morning. The energy of the environment became very full. Every time he circulated the energy, it felt like if he was one with the environment. And on the ground at the cliff, there was a large crater that was not there last night. And within that crater, Yeowun stood. His eyes were full of understanding unlike before. He took in a slow deep breath and let out and opened his right fist. ‘I don’t have any limit over my internal energy anymore.’ Every time he circulated energy within, the internal energy replenished instantly as it sucked the energy from the environment. At this rate, he had no limit of any energy usage unless he uses the strongest skill which would require huge amount of energy usage. ‘I can also increase the output to almost three times.’ His limit of energy usage, or the limit to control the energy within him also increased by a large amount. It was not even close to when he was yet a superior master level. Yeowun gasped with astonishment. “Ah-ah!” ‘I’m lucky. I’ve reached supreme master level!’ With unexpected understanding, Yeowun was able to break the barrier. He was trying to find the balance between sword movements of Sword Force of the Sky Demon, but it actually worked to help him break the barrier to go up to the supreme master level. Yeowun looked up to yet dark morning sky. The color was now turning to dark blue. It was the sign that morning was almost here. ‘No…’ He wanted to take this time to focus on creating the new sword skill, but he had wasted too much time here. He was trying to find the way out, but instead came across the traces of Father Chun Ma and forgot about his servants above the cliff. ‘I didn’t find the balance among the movements… but I got something else.’ He wasn’t talking about becoming the supreme master warrior. He was talking about something different. ‘Let’s get out first.’ With his minds coming back to reality, he became concerned about lot of things. It must have been shocking to his people to see him fall to the cliff with fires over his body. It was especially concerning to think about Mun Ku. Yeowun expected Mun Ku would think he’s dead and be terribly sad from it. ‘How should I go up?’ But he couldn’t find a way up yet. After thinking about it for a while, Yeowun looked at all swords that were stuck on the ground and the wall and thought. ‘Wait… I don’t need to find a way anymore. I can just make a way.’ At the same time, in a hidden mansion within Sword Creek, a man with black clothes entered Hing Wunja’s room. “Is it prepared?” “Yes, Elder. The doctor is done with her preparations.” “Good. Are they still sleeping?” “Yes. We have eyes on them. I will take a look at them again just in case.” There were five warriors standing watch at the medical room where guests were sleeping. If there was any problem, they would have known already. “Go check and return with watchers down to the secret passage. Bring the doctor there. I will take my monks from the clan.” “Yes, Elder.” If guests realized something was wrong, they would have left the mansion already. They planned to unlock the entrance to the hidden mansion, so it was likely that the enemies will rush in quickly. That would help them escape without any danger. The black-clothed man took the final mission and went to the medical room. ‘Huh?’ He frowned as he got to the front of the building. Something was strange. There had to be two watchers on the roof, but they weren’t anywhere to be seen. ‘Wait…’ He then carefully opened the door and peeked in. There were five shadows over the bed in the dark room. He heard light breathing, so it certainly these people were still sleeping. ‘There’s no problem here. Then where did they go… w-wait.’ The man became shocked and walked in through the door. There was supposed to be six people in the room, but there were only five. ‘Who’s missing?’ The man then carefully walked over to the bed and checked the face of the person on the bed. “….Dammit!!” The man on the bed was one of the watchers who had to be on the roof. He had his blood points sealed and had fallen unconscious. The man checked on everyone’s beds, and they were all those who were assigned to stay on watch. “They’re gone!!” Chapter 282 - Emergence (1) Chapter 282: Emergence (1) “Ah!” A strong gush of wind threw Chun Yeowun’s balance off, messing up his stepping skill. He tried to regain balance, but the rusted sword couldn’t hold him up and broke down. “Aaaaaaaaaaaah!” Yeowun fell back down the cliff. He had climbed all the way up here, but he was about to lose everything. ‘No!’ Yeowun quickly pulled out his White Dragon Blade and stuck it into the wall. Luckily, it wasn’t long before he started dropping, so he was able to stop without being dragged down too far. He fell only about few meters but it was enough to make his heart sink. Yeowun panted as he looked up. “Hah… hah…” ‘Dammit. I should’ve thought about that gust.’ The idea was to control all swords stuck on the wall with the ‘Air Sword’ technique to stick them into the wall so that he can use them as stepping places. If he created the way up, then he could probably climb up without much problems. But the strong gush of wind in the middle set him off the balance. There was no way a mere human could walk past shaky steps under a storm. ‘I can’t go past this area with the stepping skill.’ Even the master of stepping skills Marakim would not be able to possible to walk up such a place. Yeowun then resorted to the last method. The black metal over both arms scattered apart and formed it the black sword. With the White Dragon Blade on his right and the Sky Demon Sword on his left, Yeowun reached up and stuck the black sword into the wall. With the help of muscle strength and energy, it was easy to stick the sword into the stone wall. It also helped that his weapons were legendary weapons. Yeowun then pulled out the White Dragon Blade with his right hand and stuck it higher above the place where his Sky Demon Sword was stuck. ‘This will take time, but there’s no other way.’ The gush of wind didn’t allow him to run up, so this was the safest way for him to climb. But would take much more time ‘Let’s do it quick.’ Yeowun began to climb up slowly but consistently. The man who came out of the medical room then ran to Gam Rosu’s office. ‘Didn’t the sleep medication work?’ They had put in sleeping medication into medicine soup distributed to those people. He thought they would have been sleeping from the effect of the medication. But if they didn’t fall asleep and disappeared, it was easy to see what they were trying to do. “Follow me!” “Yes, sir!” Warriors who were assigned on the way followed. There was no way the man could handle six powerful warriors. And as soon as he got to the place, he burst the door open, destroying the door. He didn’t care as they were going to abandon the mansion anyway. “What?” The doctor was missing from the office. There were only two warriors who were supposedly guarding the gate, unconscious. Warriors walked over to them and checked. “T-they are dead!” These warriors had their throats cut down and died without even managing to scream. These warriors were alive just until 30 minutes ago. “Dammit!” Something was going terribly wrong. The fact that the Godly Doctor missing was more troubling than the missing six people. The man ran out and shouted. “The doctor is missing! FIND THE DOCTOR!!!” “What?! The doctor’s missing?” Warriors who heard the shouts began to search through the mansion. The man then quickly headed toward Hing Wunja to report, who would have been waiting at the secret passage. And when he got there, he saw monks of the Mudan clan waiting outside the secret passage. “It’s not opening!” The passage was made to be opened by using the lever made next to it, but it was broken and a few monks were trying hard to open the door. But there was no way they could open the blue pearl stone door that had been sealed. The man then found Hing Wunja between them and ran up to him. “What’s going on? Where did the doctor go?” There was no way that he did not hear the shouts. Hing Wunja asked back furiously and the man reported. “Elder. The six people in the medical room went missing along with the doctor. I ordered a search throughout the mansion but…” Hing Wunja stomped on the ground from fury before the man could finish. The ground cracked, showing how furious he was. Hing Wunja pointed at the secret passageway and shouted. “Search? They already destroyed the door of the secret exit and escaped! There’s no use searching here!” “W-what?!” ‘No, we were fooled!’ The man then realized that they were played. They were too late. It wasn’t sure how, but they found the secret passageway and escaped with it, destroying it behind. This meant that they were helped. It was likely that their help was given by the Godly Doctor. ‘She turned against us!’ Hing Wunja left the shocked man behind and pulled out his sword. Hing Wunja then spoke to his monks. “Move out of the way!” The mechanism of the door was broken, so they had to break their way out. And it was when monks were about to move away. There was an explosion toward the entrance of the mansion. It was similar to the explosion they heard last night. It was a sign that enemies were on the move. It wouldn’t take long for them to reach the area. They then tried to make haste when… “Ambush! Enemies are coming!” “Enemies are already inside the mansion!!” They heard warriors shouting toward the entrance. Hing Wunja became dumbfounded. There was no way that one explosion would break open the gate. The gate was sealed by many traps and thick blue pearl stone. ‘W…wait.’ Hing Wunja frowned. This situation was exactly the same plan that he was going to use while he ran through the escape route. But instead, it was him and his group that was trapped inside, while the enemies were coming in. ‘Gam Rosu…. That old hag!!!’ Chapter 283 - : Emergence (2) Chapter 283: Emergence (2) While Hing Wunja was furious within the mansion, there were seven figures hurrying through the cave where the secret passageway led them out. It was Chun Yeowun’s group. Hu Bong grinned as he heard the noise coming from the far end of the tunnel behind him. “Hehehe. They must have come into the mansion now.” “Good.” It was Yang Danwa who came up with the plan. Of course, it was thanks to Hu Bong and Hou Sangwha who acted as patients that they managed to take out Godly Doctor Gam Rosu with them. ‘Nngh!’ Bakgi’s face was red. Hu Bong was injured, so Bakgi volunteered to carry Gam Rosu on his back, but she was very well-built with heavy muscles, so she was heavier than Bakgi thought. “Hmph. You’re weaker than you look!” Gam Rosu spoke to Bakgi and Bakgi brought up his internal energy. He couldn’t hold her up with just his physical strength alone. “We have no time to waste. Come on.” “Yes, ma’am.” Yin Moha ordered as they ran. There were too many enemies so it was likely that the people left at the mansion wouldn’t last long. They had to get out of Sword Creek while the fights went on at the mansion. After a while of running, they saw the end. But the exit was blocked. “It’s blocked!” “It’s just blocked by a simple rock. You can just push it out.” Gam Rosu spoke and Yin Moha nodded and pushed the rock. With her powerful energy, the rock was pushed out. “A light!” With the rock being pushed out, light came into the cave. It wasn’t morning yet, so it was still a bit dark outside. The rock was pushed out all the way and dropped. They saw the cliff on the opposite side. However, there were many people at the other end and Yin Moha and the others turned grim. There were at least over 20 enemies. It seemed not all of them had entered the mansion. ‘At least the old man isn’t here… or any other powerful warrior.’ If there was, then it would be dangerous. These 20 enemies didn’t seem to be much of a threat. “I’ll make a path. Stay close.” Yin Moha spoke and all of them nodded. She ran quickly and jumped across a thirty-meter range. As soon as she got down on the ground, she pulled out her sword. She then charged at masked men nearby, and they tried to defend but… “ARGH!” The third formation of True Demon Sword cut their necks immediately, killing them. Yin Moha then tried to attack the others, but one masked man blew the whistle that he had on his neck. ‘No!’ She knew what the man was trying to do, so Yin Moha threw bullet force qi at the man. The force qi shot past in trying to cut down the man, but other masked man pushed the man with the whistle. ‘Dammit!’ Yang Danwa held on Hu Bong and jumped. All of Yeowun’s members then jumped across as they all heard the whistle. But it was too late. Masked men began gathering after they heard the whistle. The number was much more than they first thought. It was even curious how this many people came into Sword Creek. ‘There’s more than a hundred.’ How many were here? They thought the old man from the inn was alone, but that wasn’t true. Then powerful energy came down at Yin Moha. ‘Ugh!’ She quickly raised her sword to defend. It was bullet force qi. She used 100% of her energy to defend, but the power of bullet force qi was so strong that she was pushed back until the energy dissipated. ‘This presence..’ She turned toward the direction where force qi came from. “Ah…” It was the old man from the inn. She hoped the man would be inside the mansion, but it seemed he had been waiting outside. The old man seemed happy to find them out here. “Hahaha… as expected.” “…” “I didn’t think there was only one way out from that place.” The old man thought there would be multiple entrances so he had waited outside. The old man glanced over and glared at Gam Rosu. “Oh… I didn’t know the Godly Doctor was an old woman.” He recognized the Godly Doctor right away. He had seen the other people once, so it wasn’t hard for him to recognize the doctor. Mun Ku then gritted her teeth when she saw the face of the old man. Rage came back to her as she saw the person who led Yeowun to his death. But Yin Moha and Yang Danwa were frustrated by the situation. ‘This is bad.’ It was hard enough to handle the old man, but the man standing next to him was also problematic. The man didn’t have any mask on like the old man, but he seemed to be very powerful. It was likely that he was at least an entry-level superior master warrior. “Master Lee. I’ll take care of those two, so get the rest and bring back the doctor.” “Yes, sir.” The old man pointed at Yin Moha and Yang Danwa. He didn’t like that he had to retreat before getting rid of them twice. The old man then pulled out a thick sword from his waist. “Shall we start then?” The old man disappeared and quickly closed in on Yin Moha. “Ugh!” Yin Moha took steps to put distance and shouted. “Protect Granny Gam!” They had to have Granny Gam escape this place and take her to the Mountain of Ten Thousand. Hu Bong, Hou Sangwha and Mun Ku circled around Bakgi who had Gam Rosu on his back. There were too many enemies so they had to stick together. [Elder Yang! I will take this old man. Kill the other man!] [Got it.] Yang Danwa pulled out the blade and tried to jump at the man called ‘Master Lee’ but the old man instantly turned and blocked Yang Danwa. “Huh?!” “Where do you think you are going? You two are with me.” And with that, Master Lee quickly charged toward three people who were protecting the Godly Doctor. He ran straight at Mun Ku. Mun Ku brought up the energy on her both hands to defend. ‘Huh?’ Master Lee became surprised and swung his sword to his right. “A sword?” What was thrown at him was a rusted sword. He had to defend because he felt something being shot at him, but the power held within was too strong. Master Lee was pushed away by the strong energy contained within the rusted sword. He then used all of his energy to push away the sword. The sword crashed immediately. “Air Sword…? Who…” The attack was surely made through an air sword. The man then turned to the direction where the sword was thrown from. It was toward the stone rock at the cliff. But there was no one there. ‘What? What is going on… huh?’ That’s when something unbelievable happened. “The rock is shaking!” ‘Rock? No, that’s not it,’ Master Lee thought as one of the masked men shouted. What was shaking was the hundreds of swords stuck in the wall. With the weird phenomena, everyone turned in the direction. Then the swords began to be pulled out from the wall. They floated above the ground and were aimed toward the masked men. “What?!” “S-swords are moving!” All the masked men became shocked. ‘What is happening?’ The old man too seemed to be shocked from what was going on. Hundreds of swords were floating in the air, and there was something rising up from the cliff. ‘W-what?’ It was a young man with long black hair and a black robe. The man was on a black sword, rising up from it. The sight was as if the Demon God was emerging from the Demonic Realm. “Ah…. AAAAAAH!!” Mun Ku’s eye became large with shock, then soon turned teary and she shouted. “Prince!!” Chapter 284 - Emergence (3) Chapter 284: Emergence (3) After climbing up for a long time using the Sky Demon Sword and the White Dragon Blade, Chun Yeowun was finally able to get out of the dangerous area. The winds died down and now Yeowun felt a lot of presences above. He could now sense further than when he was at the superior master level. ‘There are a lot.’ Yeowun became concerned. He wasn’t sure what happened while he was down at the cliff. All those people above the cliff were martial artists. ‘Yin Moha?’ Yeowun then felt familiar energy. It was the energy of Yin Moha, Bakgi, and Hou Sangwha who were missing. ‘They were alive!’ Yeowun then thought he should make his way up quickly. All other presences he felt were hostile. He wasn’t sure what might happen if he didn’t hurry up. ‘I don’t think I have to do this anymore.’ Yeowun then tried to create a step up again by using air sword, but then he saw someone jumping across the cliff above. And one of the figures had very familiar energy. ‘Mun Ku!’ It was Mun Ku. There were others who were crossing the cliff. And on the other side where they were jumping off to, more martial artists were gathering, some of whom were very dangerous. It seemed one of them was the old man that Yeowun fought at the inn. He couldn’t sense him before, but now with the supreme master level, he was able to sense the old man. ‘I have to be quick.’ But the way he used the method until now was slow. Yeowun then changed his way of climbing. It was a change in ideas. ‘Wait. If I can control the sword, isn’t it better if I control it while carrying me?’ It was the Air Sword Flying technique. Yeowun didn’t know this, but there was an unconfirmed legend that there were some supreme level warriors that flew around with the swords. Yeowun had just come to this idea himself however. Yeowun placed the Sky Demon Sword over his hand and sent energy into it. The sword began to move freely and Yeowun placed his both foot over the sword. It felt weird, as if he was stepping on nothing, but he had no time to think about the feeling. Yeowun sent energy to make his foot connect tightly to the sword and moved it to rise above. Yeowun then sensed about 150 warriors above and chose to use air sword. Hundreds of swords floated above, waiting to be ordered. They floated as if they would charge with the flick of Yeowun’s finger. Masked warriors couldn’t move as they were tense from being aimed. “Prince!!!” Mun Ku shouted with tears running down her cheek. And it wasn’t only her who was crying. “M-Master!!! You were alive!!” “Wah!” Hu Bong and Hou Sangwha also cried at Yeowun’s appearance. What was crazier were the floating swords around him. It was surely the use of Air Sword. ‘D-did the Lord become a supreme master warrior?’ Yin Moha’s eye turned large as she looked at Yeowun. He was at the same power up until while ago. But after hearing that he had dropped to the cliff and died, Yeowun returned in a day with entirely different power. ‘Is he really chosen by the Demon God?’ It was hard to describe it any other way. The sight of him with black robe and floating in the air with hundreds of swords actually made him more like a Demon God himself. ‘He should have died in that cliff…’ The old man saw Yeowun fall into the cliff with fire on his body. Even if it was the old man himself, there was no way he could survive from dropping into that cliff while on fire. ‘He’s different man from two days ago.’ The old man sensed Yeowun to be at the end stage of superior master level. But if he was using air sword, he was surely at the supreme master level. And if he could control this many swords… ‘It’s not just entry. He’s definitely at the supreme master level.’ This was unbelievable. Was there some treasure hidden beneath that cliff? The old man then turned to glance at the Godly Doctor. ‘No. That old woman should be carrying that.’ The old man speculated if the one he was looking for was down the cliff, but that didn’t seem likely. The old man shouted at Yeowun. “You’re lucky to be alive! Hahaha. Welcome to the world of highest powers.” World of highest powers meant supreme master level to the people of Yulin. Among tens of thousands of martial artists, there were only a handful of people who reached the supreme master level. Masked men were fearful of Yeowun’s appearance however, as all these swords presented were very threatening. And Yeowun floating alongside these swords made him look like a monster or a demon. The old man shouted. “Stop bluffing and why don’t you come and fight me?! You think I don’t know that you can’t control all of those swords?” This wasn’t a lie. The old man was also an entry-level supreme master warrior. He knew how to use air sword but he also knew that the technique didn’t work well against powerful warriors with equal strength. And there was also a clear limit as to how many numbers of swords one can control, as there was a limit to how many things one could think at once. Chapter 285 - Emergence (4) Chapter 285: Emergence (4) ‘Even that fool who only trains in energy force said 12 was the limit. That’s just a bluff.’ Even controlling 12 was limited to simple movements. Most people who could control swords with Air Sword was limited to three to five. ‘He’s a fool. Trying to bluff in front of the same supreme master level warrior.’ The old man was certain that all those floating swords were just a show. It was probably Yeowun’s plan to demoralize enemies as they were outnumbered. Yeowun then spoke to the old man. “Do you think it’s a bluff?” “Oh? If not, then why don’t you show…” But before the old man could finish, Yeowun aimed his finger at the masked men. Hundreds of swords then began to make a move. ‘No way. That’s not going to work.’ The old man shook his head. Something didn’t feel right but he denied the possibility and held on his sword and tried to jump toward Yeowun. At that moment, Yeowun ordered Nano. ‘Nano, help me with this.’ Nano’s voice responded within Yeowun’s head. [Activating self-targeting system on all of 128 swords per user order. Locking onto all targets…] Yeowun’s eye already had augmented reality activated, and he saw red spotlights aimed at every masked man. It also targeted the old man who was now charging at him. Yeowun then raised his hand up. [Attack commencing.] And the 128 swords immediately began to move at once. It was a sight to behold. Countless swords moved on their own as if they were alive and charged at the masked men. “N-no way!” “This is impossible!” The masked men tried to defend themselves by using their weapons, but the speed of these swords was equal to the speed of Yeowun using the sword by himself. “Aaargh!” “Ugh!” Tens of masked warriors immediately were penetrated and cut by the swords. Blood splattered all around and screaming filled the area. “S-stop! Stop it!” “W-what do you suppose we do!” Masked warriors shouted frantically as they tried to defend themselves by using formations but they couldn’t do anything. There was no way to defend against these swords unleashing powerful sword skills. The area became a bloodbath and the old man frowned. ‘H-how can this be!’ He was looking at it with his own eyes but he still couldn’t believe it. He didn’t imagine that he would see hundreds of swords controlled perfectly at once. What kind of brain could achieve this? ‘This is not possible!!’ Of course, it was not possible for any normal human. But with help of Nano, it was able to control everything through Yeowun’s brain, especially these movements that no ordinary man could do. It was Nano that made impossible to become possible. “You are not an exception.” Yeowun aimed his finger at the old man. “What!” Four swords immediately charged at the old man and he quickly moved his sword to deflect it. Swords used a powerful sword skill, but they were all rusted so they all shattered when the old man struck them down. “You think I’m a fool- HUH?!” But Yeowun was no longer in the air. Yeowun knew very well that there was no way to kill the old man with rusted swords. “Argh!” “Aaaaah!” Swords flew around, splattering blood everywhere. The screams filled the entire space. Yeowun heard the sound ringing through as he ran. It felt as if time was flowing slowly on him. Yeowun shot past the masked men who were falling down. ‘Faster!’ At the destination, the man who was called Master Lee was striking down at Mun Ku. He was trying to take the Godly Doctor when the situation began to turn against them. Mun Ku was raising her hand to defend, but she was a bit late. The sword was coming fast at her head. At that moment, Yeowun’s Sky Demon Sword swung up and struck against the man’s sword. The man’s eye grew large as his hand was thrown upward. “W-when did you?!” His eyes saw Yeowun appearing suddenly in front of him. But that wasn’t the end. With throwing the sword away by using Sky Demon Sword on the right, Yeowun’s left hand was already upon the man’s neck. And when the blade touched his skin, the man then realized. His eyes shook from the shock when the blade sliced past his neck. The time came back to normal speed. This was the world that supreme master level warriors were seeing. “Huh?” Mun Ku, who was trying to defend against the attack, became surprised and stopped. The sword that was coming at her was already in the air and… “…A line?’ A red line appeared on the man’s neck, and soon his head was cut and it fell to the ground. Blood gushed out from the neck and Yeowun kicked the body away so that the blood would not splatter over Mun Ku. “Prince!” Her eyes teared up as she realized it was Chun Yeowun who saved her from danger. And at the same time, another man was furious from the turn of events he just witnessed. It was the old man who lost trace of Chun Yeowun while trying to defend himself against four swords. He finally realized where and what Yeowun had done. “YOUUUUUU!!!!” Chapter 286 - Emergence (5) Chapter 286: Emergence (5) The power difference between an entry-level of superior master warrior and a supreme master warrior was too large. Master Lee lost his life so easily at such a difference. “Prince!” Chun Yeowun wiped tears off Mun Ku’s face and patted her head softly. “I’m sorry.” “I thought you were really dead!” Her voice was coarse from crying all night. That’s when Yeowun’s body dwindled. ‘My head…’ His head became dizzy and sharp pain came to his entire brain. “P-prince?” Mun Ku helped him up and became surprised to see veins popping up over his forehead. [Energy usage exceeded 75% of total energy stored within the body. Stopping self-targeting mode due to brain function overload.] With Nano’s voice, the energy draining from Yeowun’s body stopped immediately. The headache also subsided and when the self-targeting mode stopped, so all swords lost power and dropped to the ground. “Ah? The S-swords stopped!” These swords were rusted in the first place so they were already badly damaged while attacking, but after dropping to the ground, they shattered immediately. ‘It was too much..’ Yeowun held up his numb head and got up. Nano helped him, but it was his own body that did the control so it was too much of a burden on his brain and energy. ‘I can only last three minutes.’ It only lasted three minutes, but it was still a monstrous ability to control hundreds of swords. On the field, there were only about 18 masked warriors left. ‘M-monster…!’ ‘Is he really a Demon God?’ The attack stopped but all masked men had lost the will to fight. A total of 80% of them had died just in a few minutes so they were too afraid to even make a move. ‘I have to take care of the rest.’ Yeowun took a deep breath and tried to replenish used energy by sucking up the energy around him. “YOUUUUU!!!!!” The old man was already upon Yeowun, attacking him with rage. “Get back.” Yeowun pushed Mun Ku away and swung his Sky Demon Sword to defend against the old man’s sword. The two swords struck against each other, creating a powerful energy force gushing out within them, pushing others way into the back. ‘Just by swords colliding?’ Bakgi became surprised and took steps to get away from them in order to protect Gam Rosu. Other people who protected Bakgi also got back. The old man narrowed his eyes. ‘I thought he used all of his energy.’ He didn’t. The old man used 100% of his energy to attack, but it was his hand that was shaking due to the tremendous energy coming in. This was due to the power difference between them. ‘It’s lucky Nano cut me off before I used all of my energy.’ Yeowun was relieved as he would have died to this attack if he had used all of his energy. Yeowun then swung his blade to kill the old man, just like how he did it with the other man. But the old man brought up his hand with force qi over it to defend. “Get the Doctor!!” The old man then roared at the surviving masked men. They then came back to their senses. “Y-yes, sir!” They had to get the doctor while their leader was fighting that monster. They quickly charged toward Hou Sangwha, Hu Bong, and Mun Ku. But there was one thing they didn’t consider. “Aargh!” Yang Danwa who came at them suddenly cut his neck instantly. “Fools. That’s not possible.” It wasn’t only Yang Danwa. Yin Moha also quickly jumped to attack the masked men who were trying to attack. ‘T-they are too strong!’ Yin Moha didn’t even use a sword formation in dealing with the enemies. These masked warriors were powerful, but they were no match against superior master level warriors. The old man frowned. ‘Ugh… this monster ruined everything! Who is this monster and these people?!’ He didn’t hear anything about them. Chun Yeowun’s power surely almost equaled the top five warriors of Yulin. But the old man had information about those five warriors and the Strong Nine beneath them. He had never heard of a young man like his enemy being so strong. ‘Even if he’s exhausted, we are outnumbered.’ The situation had turned around. There was no way for the old man to deal with all of them. ‘I have no choice. I’ll attack with the best skill I have to injure this monster and escape.’ The old man made a decision. He was angry that his long-prepared plan had been busted and lost many men, but he had to get away if he wanted to live. ‘It’s a shame I can’t kill him while he used up his energy.’ He wasn’t sure if he could finish Yeowun under one formation, but he had to run away now. ‘Huh? He’s doing something.’ Yeowun became surprised as the old man swung his sword to send Yeowun’s sword down. Yeowun and the old man’s two swords struck the ground. The old man then took the chance to get away, unleashing his best skill. “Take this!” With powerful energy gathering at the tip of his sword, the powerful sword skill was unleashed. But this sword formation was very familiar. ‘This…’ The angles that the swords were coming in, unlike any ordinary formations. It was also not a thrust, but a slash. Almost close to a blade formation. ‘Blade God’s skill?’ Chapter 287 - Emergence (6) Chapter 287: Emergence (6) This was similar to the blade skill of the Blade God. Yeowun then realized that this old man was related to the Blade God Six Martial clan. Yeowun used the second formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. The sword was coming from a weird angle, but Yeowun knew where it was coming from already so he defended against it easily. ‘What?’ The old man’s eye grew large from shock. The movement wasn’t something that could be predicted but Yeowun defended easily as if he knew it from the beginning. Yeowun struck the sword down and spoke. “You’re from the Blade God Six Martial clan.” The old man’s eyes shook from shock. He had snuck into the territory of the Forces of Justice, so he refrained from any formation that might resemble that of the Blade God’s skills but he revealed just one movement. ‘What? Does he know our clan’s martial art?’ And with the reaction, Yeowun was able to confirm that the old man was indeed from the Blade God Six Martial clan. And with such power, it was likely that this man was one of the leaders. ‘Something’s not right. I have to escape.’ With his identity revealed, the old man became worried and unleashed force qi to use the formation to distance himself from Yeowun. But Yeowun used a unique stepping skill to dodge the attack easily. ‘This skill…!’ The stepping skill that Yeowun jused used was the Step of Wind God. It was the skill that man with a strange mask the old man once fought a few month ago at Jurkang Castle. ‘Is this him?’ He was able to recognize the martial art that the enemy used when he fought previously. This stepping skill was exactly the same skill that the masked man used that time. It was the man who dodged the blade god skill’s formation and struck him. “You’re that masked cultist!” ‘Mask?’ Yeowun became surprised. It was certain that this old man was talking about Great Guardian Marakim. ‘This is the man that Great Guardian said he fought at Jurkang castle!’ Yeowun heard everything that happened at Jurkang Castle with details. If that was the case, Yeowun had to capture this man alive. ‘If he’s that cultist, then it is better I kill him even if it’s going to cost my life.’ The old man changed his plan from escaping to fight. His original plan also contained having the power of the Demonic Cult to be weakened. If his enemy was one of the cult’s leaders, then it was better to get rid of him while he had chance. The old man who originally tried to escape, charged back in. The old man then unleashed all of his power and used the final formation of his skill. “Hmph! You won’t get away from this one!” ‘I know this one.’ The old man was using the ‘Soaring Dragon’ formation that Yeowun named. It was the sixth formation of the Blade God’s blade skill. The power was tremendous, enough to rip apart First Elder Mu Jinwon in the past. With the old man’s body spinning from the bottom, sword energy began to storm up, trying to overwhelm Yeowun. ‘This is the formation you barely got out last time!’ He didn’t fully master this formation a few months ago, but it was different now. The old man had perfected the formation in order to make it work correctly. Yeowun’s body began to be pushed upward by a strong torrent. ‘I got him!’ But Chun Yeowun didn’t look all that concerned. “I didn’t think I would try this first on you guys.” “What?” The Sky Demon Sword in Yeowun’s right hand immediately scattered and returned back to armguards. With his body bit lifted from the ground, Yeowun grabbed the White Dragon Blade with both hands and struck down on the ground. His body then divided into eight traces and all eight traces unleashed eight formations from it. And the old man gasped with shock. “W-what! This is…!!!” With the blade formation that came from eight traces like a dragon, it stormed through the old man’s force qi and shot out. It was a blade formation that unleashed all energy within it. It was the seventh formation of the blade skill of the Blade God that Yeowun acquired under the cliff. ‘H-how can this be?! This is impossible!!’ The old man quickly brought up force qi to defend himself by using a defensive formation. But the power was just too strong. “Aaaaargh!” The old man’s sword cracked from the power and the blue blade force qi shot through his sword and cut down his body. “UGH!” The old man gasped. At the same time, blade force qi penetrated past the old man and struck the ground, kicking the dust up. ‘This is useful,’ Yeowun thought as he looked down at the White Dragon Blade that was stuck in the ground now. Unlike the eighth formation, the seventh formation was a combination of existing blade movements that Yeowun was able to acquire it quickly. But the power was beyond that of any of former formations. The dust cloud died down and there were eight scars left on the ground from where Yeowun was standing, as if there had been an explosion with Yeowun as the center. A broken sword dropped to the ground. It was the long thick sword that the old man had held. “Ugh…” Blood spat out from the old man’s mouth. His body was drenched with blood as it was cut from the blade formation that Yeowun used. The old man opened his mouth with disbelief. “H-how did you learn his blade skill…. UGH!” And the old man spat out a lump of blood again and dropped to the ground. Chapter 288 - You think I could not do it (1) Chapter 288: You think I could not do it (1) The old man didn’t die from the wound. Among those 8 directional markings on the ground that shot out from Yeowun as the center, one of them was cut off in the middle. It was where the old man fell on the ground. When Yeowun used the seventh formation of the blade skill of the Blade God’s skill, he controlled his power so he will not kill the man. The old man was one of leader who appeared at Jurkang Castle in the past, so it was likely that he knew more information than those spies that entered the cult. “Aargh!” With a scream, the last of the masked men fell to the ground. They were no match against the Second and Fourth Elder of the Demonic Cult. Yin Moha and Yang Danwa also had one enemy alive for each of them. ‘It’s amazing.’ Gam Rosu became astounded, as she was still hanging onto Bakgi’s back. She first thought it was lucky enough that she escaped with these people’s help but this was more than she had imagined. ‘That young man is a monster.’ She couldn’t forget the moment where countless swords floated through Sword Creek. Screams coming from left and right made Gam Rosu became terrified, yet astounded. ‘To think there was another monster than the leader of the Yulin clan… and that man is young.’ When the situation settled down, Yang Danwa ran up to Yeowun and knelt down. He then banged his head on the ground to apologize. “Master, please punish me.” Yang Danwa had been accusing himself of Chun Yeowun’s presumed death from falling into the cliff. ‘Huh? Is he the ‘Master’ they have been talking about?’ Gam Rosu then realized this young man was the man that these people had been mourning about. As Yeowun looked down at Yang Danwa, he smiled. There was no one to blame for what had happened. Yeowun helped Yang Danwa up. “Oh, and Bakgi. Who is that you have on the b… huh?” Yeowun then suddenly turned to a direction and frowned. Yang Danwa looked up. “Master?” Yeowun looked toward the north, and reached his hand toward his feet and gestured of raising it up. A dead masked man’s sword was then sucked into Yeowun’s hand. And at about a mile away from the Sword Creek toward north, two men with bloodstained clothes were barely running across the bushes. One man with a white beard was Hing Wunja, and another was a monk from the Mudan clan. Two of them were doing their best to escape from the region. ‘We have to make haste.’ Thanks to Yeowun’s group destroying the entry trap to the hidden mansion, they had to fight enemies that rushed in from outside. They were able to kill all enemies that entered, but the only ones alive in the end were Hing Wunja and another monk. And as they got out of the mansion, Hing Wunja witnessed the impossible. He was terrified by the massacre created by countless air swords. ‘W-we have to get away! We can’t do anything about that monster!’ Even if he was one of the Nine Strong, he was helpless against such a monster. Fortunately, the monster was busy fighting against masked men. ‘I must return to Mudan and bring our full force. Maybe I will need to request help to northern division of the Yulin clan.’ He had to hurry before they took the Godly Doctor away. Luckily, Mudan Mountain was only about two days away from the Sword Creek. And if he moved quickly, then it would not be long until he reached the outposts of the Yulin clan located in the area. “Ugh… hah..” But he was also concerned about another monk who was running with him. Hing Wunja was injured, but this monk had serious internal damage that he was getting worse as they ran. “Hang in there.” “Hah.. y-yes, Elder.” It was better they get some distance before taking rest. Hing Wunja figured they would need to be at least 5 miles away. ‘They were fighting that many enemies. That will buy us some time.’ That’s what he thought. Suddenly, Hing Wunja heard something shooting through the air. He barely noticed this when the energy was so close. Hing Wunja quickly got down and shouted. “Get down!” “What?” But the monk couldn’t get down in time. “ARGH!” A sword penetrated through the monk from the back. “E…elder…” The monk called out to Hing Wunja once and died. Hing Wunja felt chill running through his spines. Were all those masked men killed in that short amount of time? ‘This is impossible. He sensed this distance?’ Hing Wunja was a superior master level warrior, so he could throw a spear or sword about 400 meters, given that there were no obstacles or bushes like this. But this was simply impossible. ‘Are supreme master level warriors really monsters?’ This level of power would surely be called the top leader of either the forces of evil or the cult. He needed to ask help from allies as soon as possible. ‘My brother… I am sorry.’ There was no time to take the body. Hing Wunja took the book that dead monk had in his pocket. It was the book that Gam Rosu had taken out. The book had a hole when the sword penetrated through the chest, but Hing Wunja took the book anyway. He had been running slow as he had to keep the pace with the monk, but now he was able to run away quickly. Soon after he left, someone arrived where they were at. It was Second Elder Yin Moha. Yeowun used all of his energy by throwing the sword, so he ordered Yin Moha to chase after the escapee. She checked on the dead body of the monk. ‘Ah.’ The body had a sword that Yeowun threw. The forest was dense with bushes so she wasn’t sure if Yeowun had gotten the target, but it accurately got the target it was thrown for. ‘Another one escaped. …It’s him.’ There were two men’s footsteps that led her here. Yin Moha decided to follow the footsteps of another man that ran. If the man was who she was thinking of, then it was dangerous if she let him go. Chapter 289 - You think I could not do it (2) Chapter 289: You think I could not do it (2) Inside the hidden mansion within Sword Creek. Godly Doctor Gam Rosu was frantically searching through all parts of the building. She didn’t look good as she seemed to have lost something she valued. “W-where did it go?! Where is it?!” She remembered last time when she took it into her pocket. But when she was done packing up and escaped, the book disappeared. It was a treasure that was passed down from generations so she had to find it. And while Gam Rosu was busily searching through, Yeowun’s group was busy taking care of dead bodies outside the cliff. “Ugh. This is heavy.” “Make sure you erase those trackings on the ground, Hu Bong.” “Yeah, of course.” Hu Bong and Bakgi were gathering bodies in one place. They couldn’t burn it all down at once as there were too many bodies, so they gathered 20 at a time to burn them down. ‘Just those outside?’ Yeowun ordered to leave the bodies that were inside the mansion intact. Yang Danwa agreed with Yeowun’s idea. The bodies outside were those who were killed by them, but ones inside were the result of the masked men and the Mudan clan fighting against each other, so it was better to leave them alone. ‘It’s not here.’ Yang Danwa’s face turned grim. The mansion was in ruins from the fight and there were countless bodies. But Yang Danwa couldn’t find the body of Hing Wunja, the Mudan Strong Sword. ‘Was it him that the Lord sensed earlier?’ It was the man they should not have allowed to escape. If that man took even a glimpse of Yeowun’s power, then it was likely that he will bring the entire force of the Mudan clan here. ‘Let’s hope Elder Yin caught up to him.’ Yin Moha was within the top five strongest warriors of the Demonic Cult. Even if Hing Wunja was one of the Strong Nine, it wasn’t likely that Yin Moha would have too much trouble in taking the man back. “Godly Doctor.” Someone called out to Gam Rosu who was still searching frantically. It was Chun Yeowun. She stubbornly insisted on being called ‘Granny Gam’ if she was called with such title, but she couldn’t do this to Yeowun. “Y-yes, what is it? My rescuer.” It was Yeowun who saved her life, so she called him her rescuer. “I know you’re busy, but can you get me some medicinal herbs first?” “Herbs?” Gam Rosu became curious. Yeowun took one of the papers on the table and wrote down what he needed. He was asking since they were inside the mansion of the best doctor in the Jianghu. Gam Rosu became surprised when she saw the list of herbs and mumbled. “Dry opium poppy?” “Do you have it?” “Not a lot, but I do have some in stock to use as a pain killer.” Yeowun turned to a smile at the answer. And in the mansion, in one of the rooms… Mun Ku and Hou Sangwha left two masked men and the old man in separate rooms, all tied up. The two women were doing something while they were looking at the tied man on the chair. “Do you see the thin line behind the ear?” “Oh! This one?” “Yeah. That’s it.” Mun Ku explained and Hou Sangwha found the line drawn between the old man’s neck and ear. It was very well hidden that it was hard to recognize. But Mun Ku had lived four years with a mask, so she knew where to look. With Hou Sangwha pulling on the skin, the old man’s skin stretched as it uncovered the face beneath it. “Huh?” Two of them became confused. The old man spoke like an old man, so they thought the enemy would be very old, but he wasn’t that old. The superior master level warrior would go through body reconstruction so it was hard to tell the one’s real age, but this man looked like in his late 30s. “I thought he was older.” “Yeah… huh?” That’s when the man flinched. It seemed he was waking up from being passed out. Mun Ku ran out to fetch someone. ‘….Nngh.’ The man barely opened his eyes. He then saw ropes tying him down on the chair as he opened his eyes. ‘Have I been captured?’ He thought he was killed when he was struck down. He then looked down at his wound, which was covered with linen wrap. ‘They kept me alive.’ It was easy to see why they kept him alive. It was probably to gather information. ‘Fools. You will not get any information from me.’ Even if he lost, he had no intention of spilling the secrets of the Blade God Six Martial clan. There was no way to run, so it was better if he just killed himself. But as he tried to send internal energy to go berserk and damage himself to die, a strong pain came in to stop him. There was a large needle stuck on each of his blood points so that he couldn’t move any internal energy. ‘Damn. They locked me down.’ Everything was thought through. He also was gagged with rags so that he couldn’t bite on his tongue either. As the man became grim, the door of the room opened. A young man with long hair walked in. It was Chun Yeowun. When the old man saw Yeowun walking in, he remembered what happened before he passed out again. He became curious as to how Yeowun had learned that martial art. “NNNNGH!” But he couldn’t speak. “You can stay outside, Sanghwa.” “But…” “It’s okay.” “Yes, my lord.” Hou Sangwha walked out and Yeowun walked up to the man and placed a chair to sit down. He then pulled out the rag from the man’s mouth. “Hah… Hah…” The man let out a long sigh. He then looked up and glared. “…You. How can a mere warrior of the Cult know ‘his’ blade skill?” There was no need for anything else. He was only curious as to how Yeowun had learned the martial art. Yeowun then scoffed as he opened his mouth to speak. “Let me correct you on two things first.” “What?” “I am not just a mere warrior of the cult.” The man then spoke with a smirk. “Fool. You think I did not recognize you? You are from the Jurkang…. NNGH!” Yeowun suddenly grabbed on the man’s mouth. He then shook his head and continued. “Let me tell you this. I am not a mere warrior, but the Sky and the Master of the Demonic Cult.” ‘Sky? Master? …W-wait.’ The man became curious at first, but frowned as he realized what Yeowun had said. It meant Yeowun was saying he was the Lord of the Cult. “Y…You are the Lord of the Demonic Cult?” It was unbelievable. Why would the Lord come down to the remote region of the forces of Justice by himself? “Huh?” Yeowun then placed his hand below the man’s stomach. The man looked back at Yeowun and Yeowun spoke coldly. “Second, you have no right to question me.” “W-wait…” But before he could finish, Yeowun’s powerful energy penetrated the man’s internal energy. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!” Chapter 290 - You think I could not do it (3) Chapter 290: You think I could not do it (3) Strong energy penetrated the man’s stomach and brought heavy pain to the man. The internal energy within him was being cracked down. The most painful experience for the warriors of Yulin would be when their internal damage was destroyed. The physical pain was beyond imaginable, but the pain of losing something that the warrior had built in his entire life brought loss that was more than what one could bear. “Aaaaaaargh! Y-YOU!!!! Just kill me!!!!” The man screamed and insisted on killing him. But Yeowun ignored his screaming and finished destroying the internal energy. “Aaaaargh!” The man screamed from extreme pain and soon passed out. But he was woken up immediately. Searing pain on his cheek woke him up. His face was drenched in sweat and pale from the pain. He still felt extreme pain beneath his stomach. “Ah…” ‘M-my internal energy… it’s gone…’ He already prepared to be killed, but the feeling of losing internal energy wasn’t something he could bear. Yeowun then suddenly clapped his hands in front of the man’s eyes. The man became dumbfounded by such action and looked up. ‘Is he trying to…?’ He had lost his internal energy, but he didn’t miss the strange sound when Yeowun clapped. It was likely that the clap contained energy within it. “Hah. Are you trying to put me under hypnosis?” Hypnosis. The man was one of the leaders within the Blade God Six Martial clan and there was one leader in particular who specialized in such hypnosis. But he went missing after he entered the cult, so the clan thought the man was dead already. ‘Did you spill your secret to the cult?’ The result was disappointing. Whatever the case, there was no way the hypnosis will work on him. “You know.” Yeowun looked surprised. He just clapped once, so he didn’t think the man would recognize what he was trying to do right away. The man scoffed. “Hah… you are a fool. You think copying our clan’s magic will work?” He had lost internal energy but he and the other leaders were trained to build immunity against poppies. There was no way that they would be put under the same magic that they created. “Haha… hah… HAHAHAHA!” “?” “I was worried because of your monstrous power… but you are not as smart. You said you are the Lord of the Cult? Don’t… NNGH!” “Shut up.” Yeowun grabbed his mouth again. The man couldn’t speak and the man then forced open the man’s mouth and picked something up from the ground. It was a medicine pot. “Nnnngh! W-wha rar you… doin…!!!!” Yeowun ignored him and put the pot’s opening into the man’s mouth and began pouring in the medicine soup into the man’s mouth. The man tried to spit it out but Yeowun clogged his nose, so the man couldn’t fight back on swallowing it. The soup was boiling hot. After making him swallow a good amount, Yeowun took off the pot from the man’s mouth. “Ugh… argh…” The man coughed for a long time, but soon forgot the pain of being burned and smirked at Yeowun. “I… I told you it’s no use… you are a fool.” Even if the recipe was revealed, he had built-in immunity against its substance. There was no use of doing this to other masked men who were kept in other rooms. “Do you… think we are not… prepared for this… ah… huh? W-what is… what am I…” But he felt his body become relaxed and began to feel good. It was changing so fast that the world seemed to be turning around and melted away. The man barely got his thoughts together and asked, “W…what did you do… to me?” “Do you honestly think I would use the same recipe that you people use?” “What?” The substance that Yeowun made the man swallow had knowledge of future medicine mixed into it. Nano called this a ‘Truth Serum.’ [Out of 35 Truth Serums, 30 of them are outlawed by international law. There is one that uses a substance called Ritalin among those that are not illegal.] Ritalin was a substance used under medical circumstances, but was also used as a truth serum in certain militaries. Nano mixed this with the original mixture to make it work better. Yeowun was able to create this as the Godly Doctor had most of the herbs required in her storage. “I made it more powerful than the one you people use.” “T…that is impossible! How did you… how…?” He was certain that there was no way that the medicine will work on him, but it worked really well. He felt his body becoming relaxed, and he felt the urge to start speaking. He bit his lips to endure and shook his head. Yeowun smiled. “You think I could not do something you guys did?” “D-dammit! N…NO!!!!” And Yeowun began to clap, with his energy focused on his hand. After a few claps, the man’s eyes became numb. He was now under full hypnosis. Yeowun was actually very fascinated as this really worked. It also helped that the man had lost his internal energy to fight back. ‘Let me start one by one.’ Yeowun thought he should follow what Nano told him to do: hypnotizing people. Yeowun clapped his hand in front of the man and spoke. “You will answer my question each time I snap my finger.” “…Yes.” And now, he was free to ask questions. Yeowun asked who the man was. “What is your name?” “I am Lee Baek, the Sword Master of the Blade God Six Martial clan, one of six martial Masters of the clan.”