Chapter 235: If the World Can't Kill You

TL: FoodieMonster007

Five people climbed over the broken wall behind Yayul Han and entered the area.

Cha Hwan, a man covered in dragon tattoos, immediately walked to Yayul Han's side. Cha Hwan's expression hardened when he saw the Five Thunder Divine Sword's miserable corpse.

Cha Hwan had called giving the Ten-Thousand Year Blood Ginseng a waste, but he knew the Five Thunder Divine Sword was a true master.

Who in the world could kill the Five Thunder Divine Sword like this?

That was not the only corpse. The Five Thunder Divine Sword's disciple, Sahyo, was also dead. If Yayul Han, the Three Evils, and the Blood Calamity Bringer were not gathered here, Cha Hwan would have fled without a second thought.

Cha Hwan glanced at Yayul Han, who stared at the opponent with his usual emotionless face.

Next to Yayul Han, Cha Hwan saw the Blood Calamity Bringer.

The Blood Calamity Bringer was a skinny old man, gaunt as a skeleton. He carried a large iron disk with serrated blades on his back. The disk looked heavy, and it was the Blood Wheel, the Blood Calamity Bringer's unique weapon, known to shatter any other.

Finally, Cha Hwan's gaze turned to the Three Evils.

They were triplets with identical faces and clothes. They looked so alike it seemed as if one person had split into three.

Cha Hwan always shuddered when he saw the Three Evils, knowing the grotesque atrocities they had committed. No normal human could perform such acts.

Despite this, the Three Evils were almost unknown in the murim because they killed every single person related to their evil deeds. Seeing them felt not like three villains gathered together, but like a single evil three times more vicious.

In any case, with them here, their opponent will not leave this place alive today.

Cha Hwan stepped forward for everyone.

"Who are you bastards?"

The Three Evils recognized the man in the mask and answered in unison.

"The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon."

The three answered in perfect, bizarre sync, as if they had practiced.

Yayul Han seemed to have already recognized the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon and asked calmly.

"The Cult Leader wouldn't have given his permission. Is this your own independent action?"

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon did not answer.

Geom Mugeuk spoke for them once again.

"Does wearing a white mask make everyone the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon? We aren't from the Demonic Cult."

"Then who are you?"

"A ninety-year-old bastard's going crazy trying to get younger, so King Yama in hell ordered us to bring him in. That guy will have to suffer for the next ninety thousand years."

Geom Mugeuk scanned them all and added one more thing.

"You folks over there also look like you've sinned a lot. How about it? Let's board the boat to hell together. There happen to be six seats left."

Yayul Han's expression remained the same, but his eyes grew colder.

"Right, if you have the skill to kill the Five Thunder Divine Sword, you can afford this much arrogance."

Yayul Han did not send his subordinates out one by one to die. The opponents had killed the Five Thunder Divine Sword and his disciple.

Yayul Han stepped forward and said.

"We attack together and kill them!"

The six masters instantly formed a formation.

Geom Mugeuk had a premonition.

This will be the most difficult fight I have ever faced, both before and after my regression.

Geom Mugeuk drew the Black Demon Sword with a flourish and said.

"Alright, if the world can't kill you, we will."

The eyes of the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon blazed fiercely. The stronger the enemy, the crazier the Smiling Demon became. The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon looked at Geom Mugeuk and said.

"One more time!"

Geom Mugeuk knew what the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon meant. Without a word, Geom Mugeuk held out the Black Demon Sword.

TANG!

This sound was different from the usual light ring. Just as the enemy and the relationship between the two had changed, a deeper resonance spread out.

Both sides strode toward each other.

In that moment, no one gathered there was afraid.

Go Wol, who had been eating, ran out and threw up his food.

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader followed Go Wol out and patted his back.

"It's my fault for forcing you to eat."

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader had forced Go Wol to eat, as Go Wol had been too tense to eat anything since yesterday.

"Cult Leader, I want to hear the sound of the Echoing Thunder Bell."

At Go Wol's words, the Heavenly Wind Cult Leader snapped for no reason.

"Aren't you sick of it? After being tied to that bell for so long!"

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader felt very guilty thinking about that incident.

"I'm not saying this to make you feel sorry, Cult Leader. I really just want to hear that bell. Listening to the sound of the Echoing Thunder Bell always calmed my heart."

"It's not because you want to talk to the demons carved on the bell, is it?"

"I kind of miss them too."

"Dream on. You'll never see or hear them again."

SHHHHH.

The surroundings changed. The two now stood in a field. The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader had used the Spacetime Manipulation Technique to come to the field that Go Wol liked.

"I wasn't planning on coming here anymore."

"Then why did you open it?"

"Because you seemed too anxious."

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader looked up at the distant sky.

"They're probably in the middle of a fierce fight right about now, aren't they?"

"I suppose so."

"Should I go and help?"

Go Wol shook his head.

"Leave it to those two. This is their fight."

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader gazed at the distant sky and said.

"It's a three-person fight."

"What do you mean?"

"You're fighting right now too, aren't you? To the point of starving yourself."

"If you put it that way, aren't you too, Cult Leader? And the Poison King, the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman, and Detective Seo. The people waiting at the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult. We're all fighting together."

Then, the Heavenly Wind Cult Leader said abruptly.

"Don't worry. My disciple won't lose."

"Disciple?"

"There's something like that."

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader shouted as if Geom Mugeuk were right in front of him.

"You brat! You can't lose after taking so much from me! Don't you dare die!"

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader had even passed down the Heavenly Space Secret Art to Geom Mugeuk.

The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader was just joking to lighten Go Wol's mood, but Go Wol was still full of worry.

Go Wol looked at the clear, bright sky and the vast field and said.

"Will a peaceful day like this ever come to the murim?"

"It can't!"

"……"

"Because you'd be the first to lose your job."

Go Wol finally laughed. The Heavenly Wind Cult Leader had made him laugh in a situation where he could not even swallow water. Yes, Cult Leader, you win.

"Today is going to be a long day."

Yayul Han initiated a joint attack, not a chaotic brawl.

They fought tightly clustered, like a single person. They judged that they had the advantage and wanted to avoid any variables.

Therefore, Geom Mugeuk decided he had to kill Yayul Han first. Yayul Han was the smartest among them. If their leader fell, the others' morale would crumble.

The problem was that if Geom Mugeuk charged to kill Yayul Han, the other five would not help Yayul Han. They would jointly attack the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon instead.

If that happens, can the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon withstand the joint attack of those five? If he can, for how long? The problem was that Geom Mugeuk did not know the exact skill level of the triplets.

HWIRURURURURURU!

The Blood Calamity Bringer attacked first. The Blood Wheel he threw flew toward Geom Mugeuk with tremendous force.

It was large and fast.

The power in the Blood Wheel was too great to be deflected with a sword or qi. The Black Demon Sword would not break, but facing that heavy Blood Wheel with a sword was extremely inefficient.

HWIRIRIRIRI!

The Blood Wheel turned as if it were alive and attacked again.

When Geom Mugeuk dodged left, the Blood Wheel changed direction and flew toward his new position.

Geom Mugeuk hastily twisted his body in the opposite direction, and the Blood Wheel grazed past his face. The blades on the Blood Wheel were sharp enough to slice a person clean in half.

The Blood Calamity Bringer retrieved the Blood Wheel and sneered.

"Soon you'll be dancing with the Blood Wheel."

The Blood Calamity Bringer meant he could move the Blood Wheel as he pleased.

In this situation, Geom Mugeuk knew he should kill the Blood Calamity Bringer, not dodge the Blood Wheel.

The problem was that they also anticipated that.

"……"

The First Evil blocked the Blood Calamity Finger that Geom Mugeuk shot toward the Blood Calamity Bringer. The Second and Third Evils also clustered together, protecting the Blood Calamity Bringer. They would launch a joint attack when an opportunity arose.

Seeing the First Evil's movements, Geom Mugeuk remembered the Five Thunder Divine Sword's disciple, Sahyo. The First Evil's skill was on Sahyo's level, which meant there were three Sahyos. As triplets, their joint attacks would be outstanding. They were not ordinary enemies.

Geom Mugeuk made an instinctive decision about who to kill first.

If not Yayul Han, then it has to be them. I'll strike when they think they, at least, are not my first target.

[Let's kill the triplets first.]

[Understood.]

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon followed Geom Mugeuk's decision without a word.

HWIRYURURURURU!

The second Blood Wheel flew in again. The moment it grazed past and started to return, Geom Mugeuk rushed toward the First Evil.

KWAAAAAAA!

At the same time, the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon unleashed the Extremely Savage Demonic Palm.

The target was Geom Mugeuk's back as he rushed toward the First Evil.

Geom Mugeuk charged forward, driving the Extremely Savage Demonic Palm behind him like a strategist.

The First Evil was flustered by such an unorthodox attack. Geom Mugeuk's body also blocked his view, so for a moment, the First Evil did not know what to do.

CHAENG!

In the instant their swords clashed, the Extremely Savage Demonic Palm struck that spot.

Geom Mugeuk escaped using the Vanishing Step and rushed toward the Second Evil on his right.

The First Evil, who had faced Geom Mugeuk, threw his body left a step too late.

The Black Demon Sword cut down the Second Evil.

"……"

It was the fast sword form of the Soaring Sky Sword Art, the Fifth Technique, the Blue Sky Strike.

"……"

Swords clashed with a sharp ring.

Yayul Han had blocked the Blue Sky Strike. Yayul Han had figured out Geom Mugeuk's intention to kill the Second Evil while engaging the First Evil.

Their gazes met between their clashing swords.

A cold chill that could freeze the heart flowed from Yayul Han's sword.

The swordsmanship Yayul Han had mastered was the Primordial Splitting Light Sword Technique, based on extreme yin inner arts.

CHAENGCHAENGCHAENGCHAENGCHAENG!

The sword light from the two men's blades flashed in the air.

"Keuk!"

At that moment, the First Evil let out a short scream and collapsed.

Because Yayul Han blocked Geom Mugeuk, Geom Mugeuk failed to kill the Second Evil, but the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon had killed the First Evil.

Earlier, Geom Mugeuk had dodged with the Vanishing Step. The First Evil, who dodged a step too late, had one of his arms blown off by the Extremely Savage Demonic Palm. The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon did not miss that chance and attacked relentlessly, finally killing him.

When the First Evil died, the Second and Third Evils went berserk.

SHWIIK! SHWIIIK!

A continuous stream of sword qi flew toward the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon.

The stable formation collapsed, and the chaotic brawl that Geom Mugeuk had wanted began.

The highly loyal Cha Hwan jumped into the fight to help Yayul Han.

Cha Hwan aimed his sword at Geom Mugeuk's back, but Geom Mugeuk used that attack as an opportunity. As Geom Mugeuk dodged the attack from behind, the three men's swords became entangled for a moment.

This time, Geom Mugeuk used the Shadow Step. In an instant, Geom Mugeuk vanished from Yayul Han's and Cha Hwan's sight. It was the power of the Four Strides of the Wind God, which Geom Mugeuk had completely mastered.

Yayul Han tensed, thinking he was being attacked.

But Geom Mugeuk was stabbing someone else in the back.

It was the Second Evil, who was madly charging to kill the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon.

For this one move, Geom Mugeuk used the Shadow Step and the Hell Step in succession. In that moment, Geom Mugeuk had become a god of wind.

SHWIIIIIIIIK!

Once again, the Blue Sky Strike was unleashed.

This time, Yayul Han could not block the attack.

SEOGEOK!

The Second Evil's back was sliced in two, and he died instantly.

At that time, the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon fired a continuous stream of finger qi bullets at the Third Evil.

PING! PYING!

Geom Mugeuk's powerful sword qi joined the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon's Blood Calamity Finger.

It was the sword qi emission form, the Soaring Sky Sword Art's Fourth Technique, the Burning Sky Strike.

After launching the sword qi, Geom Mugeuk turned around and raised his protective enhanced qi.

The flying Blood Wheel struck him in the chest.

KWAAAANG!

JUREUREUK!

The impact pushed Geom Mugeuk back with the flying Blood Wheel before sending him flying. He tumbled across the ground.

"Got him!"

The Blood Calamity Bringer shouted in triumph.

"Damn bastard! How dare you act up in front of me!"

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon leaped and landed in front of Geom Mugeuk.

The Blood Calamity Bringer smiled triumphantly and said to the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon.

"He's already dead. No one who's been hit by the Blood Calamity Bringer has survived…"

The Blood Calamity Bringer suddenly stopped talking.

Geom Mugeuk was getting up, disheveled, like a ghost.

"Here's a survivor right here."

The Extremely Evil Smiling Demon turned his head, his eyes asking if Geom Mugeuk was okay.

Geom Mugeuk touched his chest and nodded.

His chest ached as if it would burst, but he had fortunately avoided a fatal internal injury. With the Heavenly Demon Defense Art, the Ghost Armor, Top-Quality Heavenly Silk, and his protective enhanced qi all activated, not even the Blood Wheel could kill Geom Mugeuk.

The arm of the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon was soaked in blood. While dealing with the Third Evil, sword qi launched by Yayul Han had nearly severed his arm. Judging by the amount of blood, the wound was not shallow.

This time, Geom Mugeuk asked with his eyes if the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon was okay, and the Extremely Evil Smiling Demon nodded.

On the other hand, because the two of them took a risk, the Third Evil was now also a corpse on the ground. The Third Evil had failed to dodge the Blood Calamity Finger and the Burning Sky Strike that had flown in together.

Although they were injured, they had eliminated the biggest variable in this fight.

The most surprised person was the Blood Calamity Bringer. He could not believe that someone could be fine after taking a direct hit from his Blood Wheel.

"You, who are you?"

The Blood Calamity Bringer's voice trembled.

He was not the only one who was surprised. Cha Hwan also stared at Geom Mugeuk with shocked eyes.

The movement arts that made Geom Mugeuk disappear from his and Yayul Han's sight were one thing, but Cha Hwan could not believe that the Three Evils, whom he had trusted so much, were dead.

The Three Evils are dead? Those terrifying Three Evils? Those demonic Three Evils?

Cha Hwan could not grasp the reality that the corpses sprawled on the ground were the Three Evils.

However, the technique the opponent had just displayed was an attack that even Ten Evils, let alone Three, would have been helpless against.

For the first time, an emotion appeared on Yayul Han's face.

As the fight did not go his way, the corners of Yayul Han's mouth curled up in a self-deprecating sneer.

Geom Mugeuk let the Black Demon Sword hang, dripping with blood, and said to Yayul Han.

"Yes, life is about having to force a bitter smile several times a day, but you've lived too comfortably until now, haven't you?"