Chapter 81
“Everyone, begin the hunt!” the first middle-aged man ordered.
As soon as he did, the one hundred and fifty black-masked men quietly approached the inn. The two middle-aged men followed behind them. Upon entering the establishment, the black-masked men killed everyone inside at random, intending to keep nobody in the inn alive.
Having set up a night watch in case of any unforeseen situation, the Baek Sword Sect's martial artists standing watch hurriedly blew the whistle upon discovering the black-masked men.
“Enemy incoming!”
“Ambush!”
The whistle and screams of the night watch made the Baek Sword Sect’s group wake up, hurriedly pick up their weapons, and fight the unidentified enemy. Baek Mu-Gun was among them. As soon as Mu-Gun heard the screams, he quickly picked up his sword and left his room, finding black-masked men running wild in the inn.
Mu-Gun immediately charged at them.
It did not matter who they were. He had no intention of forgiving anyone who dared attack the Baek Sword Sect. Through his sword, Mu-Gun unleashed various rays of moonlight sword qi in all directions, severing the throats and piercing the hearts of the black-masked men in droves. Mu-Gun didn’t stop. With a single leap, he easily landed before the black-masked men and cut them down without hesitation.
Baek Cheon-Sang, who had come out before the enemy realized, mercilessly slaughtered the black-masked men as well. With the two of them actively participating in the battle, their enemy’s advances were stunted.
It didn’t last long, however. Two pairs of black-masked men with extraordinary auras blocked Cheon-Sang and Mu-Gun. Mu-Gun looked at the two men who stood in his way, both of which were masters in the Upper Peak Realm. They were not ordinary martial arts experts, either, since he could sense demonic qi leaking out from them. Considering the density of their demonic qi, they weren’t just normal demonic practitioners. They had to be related to the Three Greatest Demonic Sects.
“You bastards are from the Nine Celestial Demons Sect, huh.”
“You must be trying to hasten your death.”
The two black-masked men pincered Mu-Gun. In response, Mu-Gun quickly used the Celestial Moonlight Sword Art to block their attacks, pushing them back with a thunderous blast. He then immediately chased after his opponents and executed the Supreme Moonlight, the Celestial Moonlight Sword Art’s strongest attack, to bring a swift end to their battle. Vajra qi in the form of moonlight quickly devoured the space and poured out toward the two masked men.
His opponents’ eyes wavered. They would have trouble stopping his attack with their current strength. However, at that moment, a silhouette jumped in front of them. With a single sword swing, he released bloodcurdling vajra qi and enveloped the moonlight vajra qi, which was suffocating the two masked men. As the two vajra qi entangled with each other, a tremendous roar reverberated. The blast was so loud that the fight happening inside the inn stopped for a moment.
Mu-Gun stepped back to avoid the shockwave and glanced at the man who intervened and blocked his attack. He was a middle-aged man with an extraordinary aura. He had to be in the Absolute Realm at the very least. Furthermore, just like the duo Mu-Gun was fighting just now, a genuine demonic qi was leaking from him. The middle-aged man was likely a demonic practitioner of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect.
“Wow, despite witnessing it in person, I still can’t believe you’re already in the Absolute Realm at that age.”
The middle-aged man who blocked the Supreme Moonlight expressed his surprise. Instead of answering, Mu-Gun observed the situation in the inn. He was currently up against two masked men in the Upper Peak Realm and a middle-aged man in the Absolute Realm. Cheon-Sang was also up against two black-masked men in the Upper Peak Realm. On top of that, there was another middle-aged man standing by the entrance of the inn. He, too, was also an Absolute realm master, but he was yet to make a move.
In short, they had to deal with two Absolute Realm masters and four Upper Peak Realm masters at the same time. Even if he and Cheon-Sang dealt with them together, they would both have to fight an Absolute Realm master and two Upper Peak Realm masters each. Mu-Gun could pull off such a feat, but it was too much for Cheon-Sang. Before Cheon-Sang was defeated, he had to end his fight quickly.
‘I guess I don’t have a choice.’
[O’ God of Thunder shining brightly in gold. Adhering to the ancient covenant, I long for your power. Manifest your existence and show your domineering power to these foolish ingrates!]
Mu-Gun spoke in the Language of the Gods to manifest the Thunder God, a supreme Heavenly Realm being. As soon as Mu-Gun finished reciting the incantation, the air around him began to shake violently. The middle-aged man initially looked at Mu-Gun as if the latter wasn’t making any sense since he was spouting incomprehensible words, but he soon realized that something was wrong when tremendous energy fluctuated around Mu-Gun. He hurriedly attacked Mu-Gun.
The middle-aged man unleashed bloodcurdling vajra qi from his sword and made it burrow toward Mu-Gun. It was not just him. The other middle-aged man, who was just observing from the inn’s entrance, also immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and rushed toward Mu-Gun while exuding a green ray of vajra qi. The vajra qi the two middle-aged men emitted seemed as if they were going to devour Mu-Gun at any moment.
At that moment, Mu-Gun’s eyes were dyed in gold, and golden lightning enveloped him like a storm. The golden lightning engulfed the vajra qi of the two middle-aged men pressuring Mu-Gun.
With a thunderous blast, the two middle-aged men’s vajra qi were quickly extinguished and disappeared without a trace. They looked bewildered, but not just simply because of the golden lightning’s power. It was because the Nine Celestial Demons Sect’s old enemy came to mind when they saw Mu-Gun releasing golden lightning from all over his body.
The Heavenly Descent Thunder God Sect.
Those men, who had repeatedly trampled on the grand plan of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect, could allegedly cover themselves with golden lightning and create a sword out of it at will. The description matched Mu-Gun’s current appearance.
“You fucker! You’re the Heavenly Descent Thunder God Sect’s successor, aren’t you?!” The first middle-aged man’s voice trembled.
The Heavenly Descent Thunder God Sect’s successor was a powerful being that not even the Nine Demon Kings of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect could do anything to. He was an existence they could never handle with their own strength. As if to bear witness to that, just facing Mu-Gun’s aura alone made them feel numb all over and caused their legs to shake.
“As the Heavenly Descent Thunder God Sect’s successor, I will eradicate the demonic practitioners of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect from this moment onward.”
Mu-Gun did not purposely try to hide the fact that he was the Heavenly Descent Thunder God Sect’s successor. He unleashed the Thunder God’s Descent, already prepared to reveal his identity, but only to those currently present. Mu-Gun decided to take down every demonic practitioner who raided the inn so that no one could reveal his identity to the Celestial Nine Demons Sect.
Targeting the two Absolute Realm masters first, Mu-Gun raised both his hands toward them and executed the Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike, the third technique of the Heavenly Descent Thunder God Sword Art. In doing so, he unleashed ten crescent-shaped Thunderbolt Swords from his hands. The swords surrounded the middle-aged men and quickly rotated around the two, forming a thunderstorm.
The Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike was an offensive qi that created and surrounded the opponent with ten crescent-shaped Thunderbolt Swords before unleashing a thunderstorm. Countless thunder strikes would bombard those trapped inside it, rendering their protective vajra qi useless no matter how powerful it was. The only way to block the Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike was to break it with a stronger attack.
Unleashed while Mu-Gun was in the Thunder God’s Descent state, the Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike was difficult to block even for a Supreme Realm master. Hence, it was close to impossible for the two Absolute Realm masters to withstand it.
The two middle-aged men still tried to block the Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike’s barrage of thunderstrikes with all their might, but it was simply beyond their capabilities. Unable to defend against the constant bombardment of thunder strikes coming from all sides, they were eventually riddled with wounds.
If this situation persisted, they would be torn into pieces. Fortunately, the two were not the only ones in the inn. Noticing the two middle-aged men in danger, the four Upper Peak Realm masters immediately charged toward Mu-Gun.
They also knew about the Heavenly Descent Thunder God Sect’s successor, and they understood that they could not defeat him on their own. Nevertheless, they were willing to do anything to save the masters they served. Their attacks, which came from all sides, forced Mu-Gun to stop the Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike. However, he unleashed a wave of golden lightning in all directions in response.
The wave of golden lightning surrounded Mu-Gun and acted as a protective layer. It then rapidly expanded and engulfed the four masked men’s attacks. The fierce qi that they exerted with all their might disappeared without a trace as soon as it clashed with Mu-Gun’s technique. After extinguishing their attacks, the golden lightning continued storming forth until it hit them directly. The strong impact blasted them back and stunned them.
“Deal with them please!” Mu-Gun shouted in the direction where Cheon-Sang was.
The four masked men had been slammed into the floor of the inn and were now paralyzed, making it a piece of cake to eliminate them. Baek Cheon-Sang, Jeong Won-Hyo, and Jo Jin-Myeong quickly charged at them and stabbed them.
While Cheon-Sang and the others dealt with the four Upper Peak Realm masters, Mu-Gun put an end to his fight with the two middle-aged men, who had escaped from the Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike’s barrage. Mu-Gun fired two Thunderbolt Swords from his hands, piercing the middle-aged men’s hearts. After being severely wounded within the confines of the Ten Thunderous Tornado Strike, the two finally collapsed with a hole in their chest. They couldn’t even try to avoid it anymore.
After confirming his opponents’ deaths, Mu-Gun immediately deactivated the Thunder God’s Descent. The golden ray of thunder surrounding him squirmed around and disappeared into thin air. Mu-Gun staggered for a moment as a lethargic sensation flooded into him. Cheon-Sang quickly approached and supported Mu-Gun.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, I just lost my strength for a moment. Anyway, we cannot let any of the masked men in this inn escape. They are all demonic practitioners of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect. Show no mercy.”
Mu-Gun revealed the identity of the masked men so that Cheon-Sang and the others would not show weakness.
“It’s just as Mu-Gun said. The Nine Celestial Demons Sect’s demonic practitioners deserve to die. Kill them all!” Cheon-Sang ordered.
The remaining black-masked men in the inn still greatly outnumbered the Baek Sword Sect’s group. However, with the masters who led the masked men now dead, their numbers no longer meant much.
Meanwhile, Byeok Sword Manor’s Byeok Cheol-Ryong was greatly embarrassed to learn that the people they were working with were demonic practitioners of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect. He couldn’t believe the Hangzhou Merchant Company would hire such people.
Nevertheless, judging from the situation that just transpired, that was clearly the case. If matters continued to progress at this rate, they would also be accused of being demonic practitioners and be sentenced to death. He would have to reveal his identity to prevent that from happening, but doing so still wouldn’t put an end to this matter. Rather, that would only reveal that the Byeok Sword Manor conspired with the Nine Celestial Demons Sect’s demonic practitioners to kill Baek Cheon-Sang. The Byeok Sword Manor would incur the wrath of the Zhejiang Martial Alliance as a result of that, ultimately ruining their clan.
For the sake of the Byeok Sword Manor, Cheol-Ryong decided not to reveal his identity and instead sacrificed himself. Those who came with him did the same. However, there was something they could not hide even if they tried to hide their identity—their energy.
Mu-Gun had detected that the masked men emitted two different energies. One was the energy of the Nine Celestial Demons Sect’s demonic practitioners, and the other was energy that had no relation to demonic sects. Carefully inspecting the masked men who did not exude any demonic qi, Mu-Gun soon discovered that one of them had a similar aura to Byeok Cheol-Gun of the Byeok Sword Manor.
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