Light Novel: Volume 22 Episode 10
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Namgung Seol’s gaze was fixed precisely on the wall where the ancestral tablets were hung.
Behind the wall, Do Yeonsan and Eunyo were hiding.
Namgung Seol called out to them once again.
“I know you’re hiding there, so come out.”
Her whisper-like voice sounded unusually clear.
It was the moment when Do Yeonsan and Eunyo exchanged glances to understand each other’s thoughts—
Whizz!
Something chillingly sliced through the air from beyond the wall.
Do Yeonsan and Eunyo ducked their heads almost simultaneously.
Crack!
The wall where the ancestral tablets were hung split and crumbled.
Had the two been a moment slower, their necks could have been sliced through.
Beyond the severed wall, Namgung Seol, with her sword drawn, became visible.
She smiled as the two who were hiding revealed themselves.
“As expected, you were hiding there.”
“Hoo!”
Do Yeonsan and Eunyo sighed as they came out from their hiding spot.
“You’re persistent. What’s the reason for this?”
“I’m curious, too. About your reason for hiding so thoroughly.”
“You were the ones who oppressed us first.”
“Why did you go to the Hao clan?”
“We had some personal business to attend to.”
“I’m curious as to what that personal business is.”
“I don’t think there’s any reason for us to tell you that. As I said, it’s very personal.”
Namgung Seol’s smile vanished at Do Yeonsan’s calm response.
Her expressionless face was truly fearsome.
Do Yeonsan and Eunyo were also trying their best to appear nonchalant and calm, but they were feeling a strong sense of crisis.
Namgung Seol let out a soft sigh.
“Hoo! I didn’t want it to come to this, but there’s no helping it. Just remember one thing. You were the ones who provoked me. So, everything that happens from here on is your responsibility.”
“You’re quite the master of sophistry. Do you always only consider your own perspective?”
“Hmph!”
Boom!
At that moment, an explosion erupted in front of Do Yeonsan.
It was Eunyo who blocked the strike from Namgung Seol that was meant for Do Yeonsan.
Had Eunyo not reacted in time to block her attack, Do Yeonsan could have been wounded.
Anger flashed across Eunyo’s face.
Attacking in the middle of a conversation was condemnable enough, but targeting Do Yeonsan made it even worse.
Even if Namgung Seol’s attack had succeeded, Do Yeonsan might not have been severely injured, but that didn’t absolve Namgung Seol of her guilt.
Namgung Seol’s attack was as good as provoking Eunyo’s wrath.
Eunyo unleashed the Nine Demonic Wave Sword in her attack against Namgung Seol.
“Quite good!”
Namgung Seol furrowed her brow, slightly surprised by Eunyo’s fierce attack.
Swoosh!
Eunyo’s blade split into dozens, attacking her from all sides.
Just by looking at her blade qi rushing in like rough waves, Namgung Seol could tell how profound Eunyo’s martial arts were.
She was not an opponent to be underestimated.
Namgung Seol, daring not to take her lightly, unfolded the martial sword techniques of the Heavenly Guardian Association to block Eunyo’s onslaught.
Clash!
The sword and the blade collided dozens of times in an instant.
Namgung Seol’s eyes flashed.
“This strange energy is not from the martial arts of the Central Plains. Where did you learn such demonic techniques?”
The energy within Eunyo’s sword was something Namgung Seol had never felt in the martial arts of the Central Plains.
Namgung Seol pressed even more aggressively against Eunyo.
Eunyo, without a word, executed the ultimate moves of the Nine Demonic Wave Sword.
Do Yeonsan wanted to help her, but there was no opening for him to intervene.
The battle between the two was so fierce that any wrong move could hurt not just Namgung Seol but also Eunyo.
“Damn it!”
Do Yeonsan clenched his teeth.
The battle between the two women was so ferocious it was beyond what one would typically consider human fight.
Boom!
The shrine collapsed due to the violent fight between the two women.
The problem was that warriors from the Snowflake Sword Squad have seen their fight and were now rushing over from various locations.
While most warriors were held back by the Ten Thousand Sword Squad, a few managed to break through and rushed towards the shrine where Namgung Seol was.
Their loyalty towards Namgung Seol, enough to bear the name Snowflake Sword Squad, was extraordinary.
It was up to Do Yeonsan to stop them.
“Ha!”
Do Yeonsan shouted as he attacked them.
“Die!”
“Ha!”
The warriors of the Snowflake Sword Squad unleashed their techniques against Do Yeonsan.
Boom!
Explosions sounded one after another.
Even with the combined attacks of as many as five martial artists, Do Yeonsan was unable to be pushed back.
The problem was that even at this moment, warriors from the Snowflake Sword Squad were breaking through the Ten Thousand Sword Squad and rushing in.
If they all joined forces, even Do Yeonsan would inevitably be in danger.
“Given the situation, the best course of action is to defeat them as quickly as possible and escape.”
Their whereabouts had already been discovered.
Since slipping away unnoticed was no longer an option, it was right to quickly defeat them and make an escape.
Do Yeonsan faced the incoming warriors with all his might.
* * *
Seo Woo-il looked seriously at the streets of Duchang.
Everywhere he looked, he could see warriors from the Ten Thousand Sword Squad and the Snowflake Sword Squad clashing against each other.
“What’s going on here?”
Seo Woo-il had come out to secretly support Jang Mugeuk.
His plan to contract the assassin sects to support Jang Mugeuk had fallen through.
The Nine Yin Sect, one among the many assassin sects, has sent their fees for breaching the contract, and the contract was completely canceled.
He had sent his men to find out why the assassin sects had terminated the contracts, but the sects had disappeared as if they had made a pact to do so.
Clearly ,a significant change was happening in the world of assassins.
Although he hadn’t discovered the real reason for these changes yet, he was confident he would find out soon.
He had stepped out to clear his head, but he found himself witnessing the battle between the Ten Thousand Sword Squad and the Snowflake Sword Squad instead.
The two groups were fighting fiercely as if they were mortal enemies. Moreover, with the other martial artists who had entered Duchang joining the fray, the streets turned into a scene reminiscent of a hellish battlefield.
Many were killed or injured.
Streets were littered with blood-soaked bodies, and walls and puddles were filled with blood.
The original residents of Duchang locked their doors tightly, trembling in fear.
It was a nightmarish night for the residents of Duchang.
“Why are they fighting like this?”
The Ten Thousand Sword Squad belonged to the Silver Lotus Society, and the Snowflake Sword Squad was under Namgung Seol.
Considering the relationship between Namgung Seol and Namgung Wol, it would be reasonable to think they were on the same side.
It was incomprehensible that siblings sharing the same bloodline were fighting each other in such a life-or-death manner.
He didn’t want to get involved in the affairs of the region unless necessary, but he couldn’t just turn a blind eye to what was happening right before his eyes. Moreover, the martial artists fighting nearby would not just let him pass by.
“Who are you? Are you with the Silver Lotus Society?”
Seo Woo-il did not answer.
Because he couldn’t reveal that he was affiliated with the Celestial Martial Sect.
“You bastard, you’re suspicious.”
At that moment, the martial artist who had questioned him rushed over.
He attacked Seo Woo-il with all his might.
He never had the intention of knowing the truth in the first place, otherwise, he wouldn’t have attacked him with such momentum.
The man simply needed a reason to swing his sword.
There were quite a few like him in Duchang.
Those who, taking advantage of the chaos in the martial world, sought to kill and plunder to their hearts’ content.
They traveled from place to place, causing trouble, regardless of the battle between the Ten Thousand Sword Squad and the Snowflake Sword Squad.
The man who was now charging at Seo Woo-il was one of those people.
“Die!”
He swung his sword with all his might.
“Ha! Really, such trash…”
Seo Woo-il sighed and stretched out his index finger.
An intangible energy emanated from his index finger and pierced the attacker’s forehead.
“Keugh!”
The attacker fell to the ground with a death cry.
A hole the size of a coin was pierced through his forehead.
It was the technique known as Blood Shadow Finger.1
The silent, formless, and intangible Blood Shadow Finger was a technique that ranked highly among the numerous finger techniques in the world.
It was not a martial art that those who plundered amidst chaos could contend with.
“Hmph!”
Seo Woo-il snorted as he looked down at the corpse of the warrior who had recklessly attacked him.
It was then.
“That bastard killed Jongpyeong!”
“Shit! Get him!”
“Beat him down!”
The fallen warrior’s comrades rushed at Seo Woo-il.
Seo Woo-il sighed softly.
“Ha! Really, such riff-raff…”
It was truly shitty night.
Therefore, he acted more ruthlessly than ever.
Fufufufuf!
The energy that flew out from his index finger successively created holes in the foreheads of those who attacked him.
Two attackers died in an instant.
Seo Woo-il believed the last warrior would meet the same fate. However, sometimes things that defy common sense happen in the world. And that was exactly what was happening at this moment.
Crash!
The last warrior raised his thick sword to shield his face, and Seo Woo-il’s finger qi ricocheted off the sword, deflecting at an angle.*
If Seo Woo-il had been even slightly alert or prepared, he would have been able to react to this unexpected situation. However, Seo Woo-il was annoyed and off-guard.
As a result, his reaction speed was significantly slower. And the last warrior possessed a much stronger martial prowess and a more resolute character than Seo Woo-il had anticipated.
This difference determined the life and death between the two.
Swoosh!
The warrior’s sword sliced through Seo Woo-il’s chest.
“Kurgh!”
Seo Woo-il fell to his knees with an expression of disbelief.
In the martial world, it was not uncommon for a lesser skilled fighter to catch a superior one off guard. But Seo Woo-il had never imagined he would be the victim of such an anomaly.
“Y, You?”
“Damn bastard! How dare you kill my friends?”
The warrior who had inflicted a deep wound on Seo Woo-il’s chest approached, fuming with anger.
It was sheer luck that he had brought down Seo Woo-il, but the warrior was too agitated to realize this fact.
Seo Woo-il tried to say something, opening his mouth slightly, but the warrior didn’t listen and simply slashed his throat.
Swoosh!
With a chilling slicing sound, Seo Woo-il’s head rolled on the ground.
The warrior kicked Seo Woo-il’s decapitated head away.
As Seo Woo-il’s head flew off into the distance, his face was filled with a look of grievance.
The warrior did not know.
Who the man he had killed was.
Or what kind of storm his death would bring upon the martial world.
The warrior ran off without looking back.
Not long after he disappeared, a group of martial artists appeared.
They were horrified to see Seo Woo-il’s head rolling on the ground.
“How could this happen!”
“My lord!”
In their brief absence, their leader, Seo Woo-il, had met his demise.
Picking up Seo Woo-il’s head, one of the subordinates muttered,
“Who could have killed our lord?”
“It must have been those bastards from the Silver Lotus Society.”
“Isn’t the Ten Thousand Sword Squad also an organization under the Silver Lotus Society?”
The warriors shed tears of rage.
Seo Woo-il was not someone to die in such a worthless alleyway.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so highly regarded within the Celestial Martial Sect.
It was clear that those targeting Seo Woo-il had planned his death. Otherwise, the current situation made no sense.
They carefully collected Seo Woo-il’s body.
The warrior holding Seo Woo-il’s head said,
“We must inform the news of our lord’s death and request assistance from the Celestial Martial Sect.”
“Yes!”
“All those involved in our lord’s death shall be exterminated without sparing a soul.”
“Understood!”
The subordinates dispersed after responding.
Whistle!
A long whistle echoed through the air.
A moment later, the martial artists led by Seo Woo-il appeared.
They dispersed into the alleys of Duchang, scouring the streets in search of the one who killed Seo Woo-il.
It was inevitable that they would clash with the Snowflake Sword Squad and the Ten Thousand Sword Squad. And so, the streets of Duchang plunged into even greater chaos.
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