Chapter 192
Having spent quite some time slaughtering the Sun God Palaces martial artists, Baek Mu-Gun began to find it suspicious that the high-ranking martial arts masters hadnt shown up yet. If they wanted to, they would have already blocked his path long ago. Either they had run away out of fear or were out to kill the two Saints on the opposite side of the camp first. Mu-Gun thought the latter was more plausible.
Peng Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong were Supreme-Realm masters, but it would be impossible even for them to fight both the Tyrant Divine Demon, the Sun God Monarch, and more than twenty Absolute-Realm masters.
If I knew this would happen, I would have accompanied them.
Mu-Gun thought that pincering the enemy would force them to split their forces. After all, if they focused on just one side, they would suffer enormous damage from the other and miss the chance to defeat the unchecked attacker. To avoid losing that opportunity, they would have to divide their army. Moreover, a part of him also did not want to join the two Saints because of the resentment he harbored.
Not that it mattered now, though. Their strategy had failed.
Mu-Gun was not too worried. With their skills and years of experience, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong could adapt to the situation and make a timely escape as soon as they realized that the enemy had sent all their forces against them. Nevertheless, he still had to go to them as a precaution against unexpected situations.
Mu-Gun sent a wave of golden moonlight qi to the Sun God Palaces martial artists charging at him. To their credit, they still hadnt given up despite the overwhelming difference in martial prowess between them.
The golden moonlight qi soon exploded, severing his opponents limbs as they fell to the ground. Having taken down all enemies near him in one hit, Mu-Gun launched himself off the ground. Covered in golden lightning, he soared into the air and shot forward, leaving behind a trail of golden lightning. Lacking the skills to stop or chase after him, all the Sun God Palace martial artists could do was stare blankly at him as he flew at high speeds to the southern side of the camp.
While annihilating their enemies, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong felt multiple energy sources quickly approaching them from deeper into the camp. Among them, they roughly estimated over twenty to be equivalent to Absolute Realm or higher.
Befitting an experienced martial arts master, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong easily saw through the enemys planthey had decided to leave Mu-Gun unattended and concentrate on eliminating them first. It would be foolish for them to stick around and continue fighting.
After exchanging glances, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong immediately started their retreat. Much to their surprise, however, Tyrant Divine Demon Gu Pae-Cheon and Blood-Crazed Divine Demon Hyeok Ryeon-Pae were blocking their path.
Expecting that the two Saints would escape as soon as they realized they were outnumbered, Pae-Cheon and Ryeon-Pae moved ahead of their men to cut off their targets escape routes without being spotted.
When the two Saints tried to leave the battlefield, Pae-Cheon engulfed Mu-Hwe with the dozens of spear energy he unleashed through his spear. At the same time, Ryeon-Pae sent a huge wave of vajra qi toward Huangfu Chong with his fists. In response, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong frantically blocked their attacks. The collision of the four masters vajra qi resulted in a deafening blast and powerful shockwaves that forced them to back away.
As they fought, the Ten Tyrant Monarchs and the Sun God Palaces martial arts masters narrowed the distance down to fifty feet, then quickly surrounded the two Saints.
With their escape route completely blocked off, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong stiffened. Not only did they fail to flee but were also surrounded by Absolute-Realm masters, which were already hard enough to deal with. However, they also had to deal with two Divine Demons who possessed power equal to them.
One mistake was all it would take for this place to turn into their grave. Finding themselves in the worst possible situation, the only way they could survive now was for Mu-Gun to help them. They believed that he would come and save them, but until then, they had to somehow hold their ground.
From the looks of it, you two seem to be Divine Demons of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect, Mu-Hwe said, trying his hardest to maintain his composure.
Keke, the way I see it, youre simply dragging for time until the Thunder Gods successor gets here. Your shallow trick will not work. What are you lot doing? Get them! Pae-Cheon ordered.
The over twenty Absolute-Realm martial artists surrounding the two Saints began their attack, sending vajra qi toward their opponents. Wasting not even a second, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong did their best to defend themselves.
The chaos energy from Mu-Hwes saber created a huge concentric zone at a point in space, which then absorbed, swallowed, compressed, and erased all the vajra qi coming toward him. As its name suggested, the Chaos Absorption, the technique he just used, created a pocket of space that absorbed and erased everything. It was the ultimate technique of the Chaos Thunderclap Saber Art, the Hebei Peng Familys strongest saber art.
The Chaos Absorption used to exist only in theory, which meant nobody had ever managed to execute it until Mu-Hwe was able to complete it. Today was the first time he used it. The power of Mu-Hwes martial arts was truly amazing.
Huangfu Chong also displayed power equal to Mu-Hwe by executing the Heavenly King Manifestation, the ultimate technique of the Heavenly King Divine Fist Art. A mountain of energy rose from him and took the form of a giant with a hundred and eight arms. The giant stretched out its arms and sent an equal number of fist energies in all directions, destroying the vajra qi surging toward Huangfu Chong.
The huge excess of fist energies flew toward the Absolute-Realm masters surrounding Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong, causing their enemies to immediately release more vajra qi to block the barrage. Unable to withstand the shockwaves resulting from the collision, the Absolute-Realm masters were pushed back.
Pae-Cheon and Ryeon-Pae were surprised by Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chongs martial arts, deeming them fit to be part of the Seven Saints. Realizing that it would be difficult to overpower them with the Absolute-Realm masters alone, the two finally decided to join the battle. The two Divine Demons rushed toward and attacked Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong.
With a thrust of his spear, Pae-Cheon unleashed black lightning, which then turned into a huge dragon that went after Mu-Hwe. Meanwhile, Ryeon-Pae unleashed a vajra qi akin to the inferno of hell, sending a huge flame toward Huangfu Chong.
Mu-Hwe used the Chaos Thunderclap Saber Art once more to defend against the two Divine Demons' attacks. The shockwaves from their clash sent powerful tremors through the ground and scattered vajra qi fragments in all directions. The four martial arts masters were pushed back, unable to withstand the backlash of the collision.
Giving the two Saints no time to rest, the Absolute-Realm masters once again attacked them with more than enough vajra qi to threaten them.
With too little time to block the incoming attacks with the Chaos Absorption or the Heavenly King Manifestation, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong randomly fires saber and fist energy waves. The area around them shook, evidencing the power their energies contained and the huge gap between a Supreme-Realm and an Absolute-Realm master.
However, the vajra qi over twenty Absolute-Realm masters unleashed was more than enough to offset that gap.
Explosions surrounded Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong, the resulting shockwaves sweeping over them head-on. As the two Saints conjured protective vajra qi to block the vajra qi fragments and the shockwaves, Pae-Cheon and Ryeon-Pae once again closed in on them.
Mu-Hwe swung his saber and Huangfu Chong defended himself with his fists as fast as they could, but they were too late. Pae-Cheon and Ryeon-Paes attacks had already dug their way in.
The Saints saber and fist energies clashed head-on with the Divine Demons black lightning dragon and inferno blaze, sending tremors to their surroundings again. However, the two Saints defenses were easily shattered, allowing the Divine Demons techniques to hit them, breaking their protective vajra qi and blasting them away.
As Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong coughed up blood, the Absolute-Realm masters rushed toward them to finish them off. They managed to avoid external wounds thanks to their protective vajra qi, but the impact gave them fairly serious internal injuries that made it too strenuous to immediately block the attacks coming from all sides. Even if they did manage to defend themselves, Pae-Cheon and Ryeon-Pae would likely just deal the final blow themselves.
Is this the end?
Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong sensed death coming for them. They never expected to meet their end this way, but being part of murim meant never being able to predict what would happen. Even so, if they were going to die anyway, they would not just let death take them lying down.
Paying their internal injuries no attention, Mu-Hwe and Huangfu Chong mustered all their internal energy. When the pain began to course through their veins, making them feel as if their insides were being torn apart, they displayed superhuman-like perseverance and tried to unleash their final attack on the enemies charging at them from all sides.
Before the Saints could release their energies, however, countless golden Thunderbolt Swords rose to the sky and rained down on the Absolute-Realm masters. Panicking, the Absolute-Realm masters retreated to avoid the incoming swords, but they proved far too slow.
The Thunderbolt Swords struck the ground, covering an area of dozens of feet, then exploded and scattered waves of golden lightning. Trapped within the shower of swords, the Absolute-Realm masters tried to muster their protective vajra qi to defend themselves, but it was practically impossible for them to block a thousand Thunderbolt Swords.
Keughh!
The Absolute-Realm masters fell to the ground, screaming until they breathed their last. Although the Sun God Monarch, Ten Tyrant Monarchs, and Three Blood-Crazed Tyrants werent killed, they still dropped to their knees, suffering heavy injuries and rendering them unfit for battle.
Caught by surprise, Pae-Cheon and Ryeon-Pae looked in one direction with stiffened expressions. In the distance stood a young man, sword in hand and a golden shield on his back.
Baek Mu-Gun, the Thunder Gods successor, had arrived.
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