LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 15 - The Four Gods Activation (5)
Chapter 15. The Four Gods Activation (5)
Boom!
With a loud bang, the assassins scattered in all directions.
He had used a powerful martial art, but he had no openings. His posture was as refined as his improved quality of ki.
“Wow?!”
The leader of the Thunder Fire Gang, Ma Bang, was surprised by his face.
Behind Jegal Jun, Jegal Ayeon lowered her stance and a white aura burst out of her body.
It was a gentle and pure, yet strong ki. It was not a Taoist cultivation method, but it was very deep and clear. It even smelled like a pleasant magnolia tree.
It was the Hyun Won Zen Dan Shin Gong, the pride of the Jegal family. It was one of the secret techniques that no one could learn without the permission of the clan leader and the elders.
“Amazing! Even if you’re a girl, you’re better than your brother, huh?”
“Shut up!”
Thud!
Jegal Ayeon rushed at Ma Bang.
She had opened up the secret technique she had hidden, and her movement speed became faster and lighter. Ma Bang was startled and swung his dagger roughly with his left hand.
Clang! Whizz!
Jegal Ayeon’s upper body moved flexibly and avoided all the trajectories of the dagger.
Ma Bang’s dagger was coated with poison. If he hit even once, her combat power would be greatly reduced. That sense of crisis made Jegal Ayeon’s senses extremely sharp.
Jegal Ayeon’s hand slapped Ma Bang’s abdomen.
Thump!
‘Got him!’
Ma Bang staggered back.
It was the So Cheon Seong Jang Beop, combined with the Zen Dan Shin Gong. It was clearly a notch above Jegal Jun’s So Cheon Seong Jang Beop, and the power of the true ki was much stronger.
‘Immediately follow up with a second attack…!’
Then, a flash of light flickered.
Jegal Ayeon, who was about to attack, quickly ducked in surprise. She suddenly twisted her body and put a tremendous strain on her lower body.
“Cough! You damn bitch?!”
Ma Bang coughed up blood and glared at Jegal Ayeon.
Jegal Ayeon was confused.
‘How did he counterattack?’
She had hit him with the Jin(震) character strike of the So Cheon Seong Jang Beop, infused with the Zen Dan Jin Ki. If he had not defended with his inner power, his organs would have burst, and if he had defended, his insides would have vibrated and made it hard to move.
“Kyaak, spit! Bitch! I’m so nice to you, but you don’t see anything.”
Papapang!
Nine daggers flew towards Jegal-Ah Yeon’s vital points.
Fleeing!
She dodged the daggers once again. Even though she had no experience of fighting against an equal master, her reaction was quite agile.
But that was it.
Purrack!
“Ugh!”
She felt a strong impact on her side. It was Ma Bang who had attacked her with his leg technique.
If she hadn’t blocked instinctively, her ribs would have been broken. She retreated and punched Ma Bang’s chest.
Puck!
“Uhmm!”
Ma Bang staggered back. But he was only hurt, not knocked down or weakened.
‘How can this be?!’
What kind of body does he have?
“Huff. Huff.”
“As expected.”
Sling.
Ma Bang pulled out another dagger.
“That martial art, it was too much for you at your age.”
Drip.
Sweat beads formed on Jegal-Ah Yeon’s forehead.
Ma Bang was right. Hyeon Won Jeon Dan Shin Gong was a desperate move that could not be sustained. Her level, her inner power, was not enough to support the power of her martial art.
Ma Bang looked around and shouted.
“What are you afraid of? She’s exhausted, just rush in!”
The hesitant members of Noh Hwa Bang roared and ran towards her.
Despair filled Jegal-Ah Yeon’s face.
‘Is this the end?’
Her breathing was disrupted, and her martial art energy was cut off.
Qi is always moved by the mind. When her breathing became unstable and worry overcame her will, her natural inner power also faltered.
She felt the strength leaving her limbs. As she faced the approaching enemies, a strange emotion rose in her deep heart.
It was fear.
“Hit her!”
“Uaaa!”
Parararak! Perbuk!
A one-versus-many battle ensued.
* * *
“Brother!”
“……”
There was no answer from Yeon Ho-Jeong.
Yeon Ji-Pyeong clenched his teeth.
“If you won’t go… I’ll go instead!”
Pakak!
He jumped over the railing in a breath and stepped on the railings of the third and second floors to descend to the first floor.
Yeon Ho-Jeong, who had been focusing on Jegal-Ah Yeon for a long time, lowered his head. Yeon Ji-Pyeong, who had reached the first floor, was running desperately towards the gate.
Yeon Ho-Jeong sighed.
Whirrrr!
He saw the flames outside the gate from the first floor. Considering the height of the wall, it was an unbelievable size.
‘Yikes!’
Yeon Ji-Pyeong flinched without knowing.
He felt like he would suffer a great shock to his mind even if his body was fine in this place. He had to muster all his strength to straighten his shrinking spirit.
‘It’s nothing. Jegal-Se must save the people and stop the fire!’
He took a deep breath and opened the gate to go out.
Booang! Kwang!
The gate bars broke with a sound of burning the air.
The broken gate fragments increased the size of the flames. At the same time, the gust of wind pushed the terrifyingly burning flames forward.
Yeon Ji-Pyeong’s eyes widened.
He saw a blue light that ran out wrapped in flames in his clear and clean eyes.
“Brother!!”
* * *
Bang!
“Kugh!”
Jegal Ayeon spat out blood from the iron mace that struck her side.
‘I’ve injured my organs.’
She regained her senses, but her body was still heavy as a ton. The brainwashed thugs were no match for Bangju Mabang’s skills, but they knew how to infuse their attacks with energy.
The accumulated damage shook her insides, and this blow caused internal bleeding.
Thud!
Her knees buckled involuntarily. This was the limit for Jegal Ayeon, who had never experienced such an extreme fight.
“She-she’s down!”
“Kukuk! You were running wild like a mare in heat!”
“Bangju-nim! Why don’t you have some fun with him right here?”
The vulgar insults tickled her ears.
She felt fear and anger surge. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t muster any strength in her body.
Jegal Ayeon lifted her head.
She saw the face of Mabang, who was smiling sinisterly in the distance. She felt like he would be castrated right here.
‘Suicide……!’
That was when it happened.
Bang!
With a sound of something shattering, a crimson liquid dyed Jegal Ayeon’s vision red.
Thump! Thud!
“Gasp!”
“What, what is this?!”
The brainwashed thugs were startled and looked at the fallen corpse.
The corpse was truly horrific. It looked like it was crushed by a giant’s hand, as the upper part of the neck was roughly torn off. The head that flew away was smashed into pieces and scattered everywhere.
The head was gone, but the fingers were still twitching. That only stimulated the fear of the onlookers.
And next to the corpse, there was a long iron rod stuck in the ground.
Mabang’s eyes changed.
“What is this?”
The brainwashed thugs looked at the gate of Choseongru.
“Hoo.”
A young man walked over, exhaling lightly.
Was he about to reach adulthood? He was quite tall, but his physique was slender like a scholar. He had a sharp impression overall, but he gave the feeling of being cheeky rather than strong.
Mabang’s expression turned icy.
“Who are you?”
“Shut up, you crazy arsonist bastard.”
“……?”
“Why are you setting fire to a perfectly fine building, you scumbag. I’ll shove a piss pot in your mouth.”
It was a truly vulgar curse.
Mabang was flustered. He had been roaming the back alleys for over twenty years, but he had never heard such outrageous curses.
Then, one of the thugs came at him with a mace. His face was flushed with the madness of violence.
“You little bastard, how dare you……”
Puk! Thump!
The thug who was approaching fell down on the spot.
Mabang’s eyes widened.
‘What is this?’
The fallen thug did not get up again.
He was not unconscious. He was dead.
‘How did he kill him?’
Yeon Hojeong, who had the thug’s mace in his hand, rolled his foot.
Mabang felt a chill run through his hair.
“Stop him!”
Bang!
Before he could finish his sentence, one of the thugs fell down.
His head was cracked and blood dripped down. His skin was torn and the mace mark was embedded. He died instantly.
Yeon Ho-jeong rubbed his shoulder.
“I wonder if my shoulder can hold up.”
Bang!
While he was lost in thought, another thug fell down.
It was his head again. He not only threw his iron rod with a spinning technique and blew his head off, but he also smashed his head with a mace and killed him.
He was a ruthless killer. He was completely different from Jegal Ayeon’s refined martial arts. He would strike with a fatal blow whenever he saw a gap.
Only then did the thugs realize that their opponent’s ability was extraordinary. They each raised their weapons.
“This, this bastard?!”
“Kill him!”
Mabang shouted.
“Idiots! You should take a hostage and threaten him…!”
Splutter!
He couldn’t finish his sentence.
Yeon Hojeong, who had penetrated into the thugs’ ranks, swung his mace as if possessed. But his mace swing was strange.
It was neither fast nor strong. It looked like a mace swing that could be avoided even with closed eyes.
But the thugs couldn’t block that simple attack and fell down. It was a one-hit kill. Some died with their heads smashed, but others died with their chests or waists hit.
‘Death points!!’
That’s right.
Yeon Hojeong was hitting the enemy’s death points with his iron rod. He would use more force to shatter the head, but for other parts, he would kill them by hitting the nearest death point.
Mabang couldn’t believe it.
It was not something anyone could do to kill with a mace by hitting the death points. That was something that only a peak master could attempt without enough inner strength.
‘But?!’
He was clearly not a peak master. His movements, his flowing inner energy, showed that. He was at best similar or inferior to him.
But how could he kill people so easily?
“What are you, you bastards? The thugs in the back alley of our house are more organized than you.”
Yeon Ho-jeong, who had knocked down twenty thugs, threw his blood-stained mace. Then he pulled out his iron rod that was stuck in the ground.
Mabang couldn’t smile like before.
“You, what’s your name?”
Yeon Ho-jeong looked down at Jegal Ayeon without answering.
Jegal Ayeon’s eyes flickered faintly.
“Th, thank you…”
Crack!
“Kugh!”
Yeon Ho-jeong grabbed Jegal Ayeon’s wrist.
He focused on her pulse and spat out his tongue as he snapped her wrist.
“I guess she’s not for now.”
“Wh-what?”
“Take your brother and back off.”
“……”
“Get out of here before I get annoyed!”
Jegal Ayeon was startled and got up from her seat.
Yeon Hojeong’s voice was filled with strong power and authority. Just by listening, he felt his legs regain strength.
Yeon Hojeong turned his gaze to Mabang.
Mabang’s face was slightly distorted.
“You, a chick with blood still on your head…”
“Are you not Yin Cold White, but Yin Fire Red?”
“……!!”
Mabang’s face turned pale.
Yeon Ho-jeong chuckled.
“So that’s why you’re burning things.”
“You, how do you know Yin Fire…?!”
Whoosh!
The heavy iron rod started to spin.
“Fire? That’s perfect. It’s time to cultivate Water.”
“……?!”
“What are you doing? Come on.”