Chapter 228: What Happens When You Touch My Woman

TL: FoodieMonster007

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon finished speaking, and three crows took flight. The Black Night Crow Trio launched their attack.

The killing intent in his words was palpable, so they did not hesitate. They knew they had to kill their opponent to survive, especially since he was determined to kill Yeo Bulgae.

The Black Night Crow Trio rushed in from three directions.

From the left, they aimed for the shoulder. From the right, the side. From the front, the neck.

No one had ever withstood their combined assault. The night crows' skill had made Yeo Bulgae the king of the night. Their attack was perfect in every way, except for one fact. Their opponent was the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon.

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon dodged the combined attack with a single step. Three swords grazed his body, but the eyes behind his mask remained calm and precise.

PING!

The first crow could not dodge the Blood Calamity Finger that flew right before his nose.

The first crow died with a pierced neck. Seeing this, the second crow screamed monstrously and swung his sword.

His rage created an opening, more than enough for a single finger qi bullet to penetrate.

PUK!

The last remaining man, the third crow, unleashed the most magnificent strike of his life. It only managed to slice off the tip of his opponent's bamboo hat.

If he had known his opponent's identity, slicing the hat would have been a boast for ages, but his life of evil under Yeo Bulgae granted him no such chance. He also died with a hole pierced through his forehead.

Just then!

SHWAAAAAAAANG!

Something flew toward the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon's back with tremendous power. It was the spear of the Screaming Blood Spear.

CHWAAAAAK.

The spear, flying at a terrifying speed, stopped just behind the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon's back.

Geom Mugeuk had caught the spear with his bare hand.

The Screaming Blood Spear stared, aghast. No one should be able to catch his spear with a bare hand. If they could, how could he be a renowned master in the unorthodox sects?

Geom Mugeuk plunged the spear into the ground.

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon turned and lightly flicked the shaft of the grounded spear with his finger.

CHAENG!

The clear, ringing sound was the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon's sign of gratitude.

Taking the sound as a signal, Geom Mugeuk surged toward the Screaming Blood Spear.

The Screaming Blood Spear quickly combined the two short spears at his waist. The distance gave him enough time to join them, but only if Geom Mugeuk had not been charging with the Hell Step.

SEOGEOK!

The newly connected spear split in two, along with its owner's body. Geom Mugeuk held a dao from the Monochrome Blade Duo, not the Black Demon Sword, but a master calligrapher never blames his brush.

At that very moment.

SEUEUEUEU!

Vines shot up from the ground and wrapped around Geom Mugeuk's entire body. It was an evil art that briefly bound an opponent.

The Yin Yang Ghost, who had been sitting by the flower garden, appeared on either side of Geom Mugeuk and snatched his wrists.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

Through Geom Mugeuk's wrists, the Yin Yang Ghost's inner arts poured in like a waterfall.

Their martial art was the Heart-Rending Star-Absorbing Art. It was a wicked technique where they injected their powerful inner arts to make an opponent's heart explode, then collected all the inner arts and vital energy.

Even one of them alone could easily kill a decent master. They thought their opponent could never withstand the two of them.

That was a delusion born from not knowing Geom Mugeuk's skill with inner arts.

The inner arts continued to pour in. Geom Mugeuk should have been coughing up blood and suffering internal injuries by now, but he was perfectly fine.

The Yang Ghost gave the Yin Ghost a serious look, signaling her to stop. The Yin Ghost firmly shook her head. She knew from experience that stronger opponents had more delicious inner arts and yang energy.

Just a little more, just a little more!

It seemed as if Geom Mugeuk would cough up blood and collapse at any moment.

They injected more than half their inner arts, then two-thirds. As time passed, they could not give up. They could not stop, if only because of the inner arts they had already invested.

The Yang Ghost attempted the Weird Shadow Art. They were never supposed to use another martial art while absorbing inner arts, but the situation left him no choice.

Geom Mugeuk's shadow rose up. Normally, the shadow should have penetrated Geom Mugeuk's mind and inflicted internal injuries.

SEUSEUSEUSEU!

The shadow merged with Geom Mugeuk, then quietly returned to its original place.

The evil arts don't work!

The Yang Ghost coughed up a bowlful of blood.

Only when the two had reached the point of no return did Geom Mugeuk reveal his true skill. Far from dying, he spoke to them leisurely.

"What to do? Evil arts and inner arts are the fields I'm most confident in."

The Yin Yang Ghost realized Geom Mugeuk had tricked them. He had intentionally given them his wrists from the start. Now, they could not stop even if they wanted to. Their qi was endlessly sucked away as if into an abyss.

And so, the Yin Yang Ghost collapsed, their inner arts completely depleted and their blood vessels withered dry. They had lost their lives pouring water into a bottomless jar.

The duo's inner arts merged into Geom Mugeuk's qi center. His innate Heavenly Martial Body and new realm of power allowed him to assimilate their inner arts much faster and more purely than before. A vast ocean remains a vast ocean, no matter how many rivers flow into it.

Yeo Bulgae blankly watched his last hope, the Yin Yang Ghost, die. He dazedly looked around the courtyard. All the masters were dead, except for himself and Hwang Yeom.

I wish this were a dream.

Surprisingly, he wished all of this was a dream. His was a life spent fulfilling all sorts of base desires with Yayul Han's backing.

I can't give up!

Yeo Bulgae gritted his teeth.

He sent a telepathic command. "Take that bitch hostage!"

Hwang Yeom did not move at Yeo Bulgae's telepathy.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and take her hostage!" he urged again.

However, Hwang Yeom's acupoints for speech and movement had already been sealed. When in the midst of this chaotic battle had he been subdued?

His original plan was for Hwang Yeom to take the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman hostage while he took the other women hostage.

Since things had turned out this way, Yeo Bulgae threw himself toward the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman.

If I can just take that bitch hostage, I can live.

Just as he was about to subdue the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman, the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon stepped in front of him.

Yeo Bulgae unleashed a palm technique with all his might, but how could an old lecher possibly handle the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon? He was an opponent difficult to face even after a lifetime of training.

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon easily neutralized the incoming palm technique with one of his own.

Only then did Yeo Bulgae see the face beneath the bamboo hat. He stared blankly at the white mask, startled out of his wits.

"You're!"

Before he could speak again, the Blood Calamity Finger was unleashed.

PING! PEOK!

A single, light-like finger qi bullet, held back until now, pierced his mouth. Yeo Bulgae screamed shortly and clamped a hand over the wound. Blood trickled between his fingers.

Then, the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman spoke to the women.

"Now, everyone, open your eyes and look."

The women opened their eyes and were shocked by the scene in the courtyard. They had heard the fighting and desperately hoped for this outcome, but they never imagined Yeo Bulgae's powerful subordinates would all be corpses.

Amidst the scattered corpses, the number of holes in Yeo Bulgae's body increased.

PING! PUK!

His shoulder was pierced. The back of the hand he used to clutch it was pierced next.

Yeo Bulgae realized his opponent was the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon of the Demonic Cult. He lost all will to fight and flailed about, begging for his life, but with his mouth pierced, the words could not come out properly.

He crawled on the floor, pleading to be saved.

Geom Mugeuk knew what that desperation would later become. He knew how many people a single moment of mercy and forgiveness could kill.

Fortunately, his opponent today was the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon.

"……"

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon mercilessly kicked him in the groin. The desire that fueled a lifetime of evil deeds shattered, and he let out a wretched scream.

"Uwaaaaaaak!"

Bloody water poured from his screaming mouth.

I'll survive somehow and get my revenge, no matter what!

Yeo Bulgae crawled toward the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon again.

You son of a bitch! You bastard! I'll pay you back for this pain a hundred, a thousand times over!

Covered in blood, Yeo Bulgae forced a smile.

"…I'll live a good life."

His pronunciation was unclear, but they could tell he was promising to turn over a new leaf.

Of course, it did not work.

This time, the finger qi bullets pierced the joints of his arms and legs, aimed only at the spots of most pain. The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon offered no advice, like living a good life in the next one. He completely ignored him.

Finally, he pulled the spear from the ground and plunged it into the squirming man's stomach.

The hell the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman had spoken of was unfolding right here, not in the afterlife.

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon stared coldly at the dying man, then extended a palm toward him. The pit of fire the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman had mentioned was none other than the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon's Extremely Savage Demonic Palm.

KWAAAAAAAANG!

His entire body was sent flying.

TEOLSSEOK.

He vanished into a bloody pulp. Only the broken spear rolled on the ground. This was the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon's answer to what happens when you touch his woman.

At the sight, some women cheered, some shed tears of joy, and others turned their heads away, unable to watch the gruesome scene.

Their reactions differed, but their emotion was the same. They felt only the joy of finally escaping this hell.

KWAREUREUREU, KWAANG!

As if it had been waiting, rain began to pour from the sky.

SWAAAAAAAAAAAA!

The women all looked up at the sky. They felt as if the rain was washing away all their past suffering.

The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman walked over to them.

"It's time to go home now."

The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman planned to take the women in until the matter was resolved. Geom Mugeuk could tell. The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman was the best person to help them now. She would soothe their wounds better than anyone.

The women bowed to the three of them.

"We will never forget the grace you've shown in saving us."

Tears streamed endlessly from their eyes as they thought of seeing their families again. How much must their families miss them? How much must they have searched?

The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman helped them to their feet.

The middle-aged woman who had tried to save the younger one earlier asked with a tear-streaked face, "Please, at least tell us our benefactors' names."

At that, Geom Mugeuk smiled and said, "As you heard earlier, this person here is a brothel owner, that person is her kept man, and I'm the kept man's friend."

Knowing he meant not to reveal their identities, the woman did not ask again.

Instead, she expressed their feelings. "We will live the rest of our lives never forgetting this debt."

It was now time to leave.

Geom Mugeuk approached Hwang Yeom, the sole survivor, whose acupoints for movement and speech were sealed.

He released Hwang Yeom's speech acupoint and asked, "Do you want to live?"

"……"

Hwang Yeom nodded his head frantically.

He was a subordinate befitting his master. With his master dead, what loyalty was there to speak of? Who in the world could dispose of Yeo Bulgae and his men so easily?

Geom Mugeuk used enhanced sword qi to quickly dig a hole in the ground, then used telekinesis to throw the corpses into it. He filled it in an instant.

The fiercely pouring rain washed away all the blood.

Meanwhile, the women cleaned up the courtyard, and the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon brought the Big Bro carriage that was parked in the backyard.

Geom Mugeuk said to Hwang Yeom, "On your way out, tell the subordinates that you and Yeo Bulgae have somewhere to be for a while. Try any funny business if you want. I'll throw you in a torture chamber until you die. I'll keep you alive and take you with me forever."

"That won't happen."

They loaded the women onto the carriage. Hwang Yeom took the reins himself, and Geom Mugeuk sat next to him.

The carriage departed from Yeo Bulgae's residence. Hwang Yeom acted his part well, forbidding entry to the inner court and doing more than he was told. At this rate, no one would know of Yeo Bulgae's death until they reached Yayul Han.

About five kilometers from there, the Poison King and Seo Daeryong waited.

Seo Daeryong took the reins. Now the Poison King was in charge of the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman and the women.

"As promised, please let me live!"

"I never made a promise. I just asked if you wanted to live."

The moment Hwang Yeom tried to argue.

PEOK!

Geom Mugeuk's fist slammed into his chest. A painless death was the price for his help. In truth, this lackey of Yeo Bulgae also deserved a painful death, but there was no time for that now.

Geom Mugeuk disposed of the body by digging a deep hole in a nearby forest.

Meanwhile, the Poison King and Seo Daeryong had finished their preparations to depart.

"Then, I'll leave them in your care."

When Geom Mugeuk entrusted the women to the Poison King, he said something unexpected. "When you get back, let's try making that poison we failed at before again."

It was his way of inviting him to visit the Thousand Poisons Forest again. It was his roundabout way of telling him to handle this business safely and come back.

"If you'll allow me to stand far away by the door again."

The Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman also did not send Geom Mugeuk and the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon off with a grave face. "Please take good care of my husband."

"I always say this, but you should be asking the Smiling Demon to take care of me."

The person who was worried sick was Seo Daeryong. Handing over the Black Demon Sword he had been keeping, he said several times, "I know your skills well, Director, but please be careful. Be careful, and be careful again. If things go south, run! Don't be needlessly reckless!"

"If you're that worried, you can come with me."

At that, Seo Daeryong flinched and took a step back. "Unfortunately, there's no one to drive the carriage."

From the side, the Poison King remarked casually, "I can drive the carriage. Should I give it a try for the first time in a while?"

Seo Daeryong pretended not to hear and said to Geom Mugeuk, "Then I'll be waiting. As always."

Geom Mugeuk smiled and patted his shoulder once.

Keep growing, Seo Daeryong. The day will come when I'll fight alongside you.

After their farewells, Geom Mugeuk and the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon ran toward the place where Go Wol waited. They now had to face Yayul Han, but Geom Mugeuk was not afraid. The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon was watching his back.

SWAAAAAAAAA!

The two of them parted the pouring rain and ran without rest.