Chapter 137

Yoshii’s face, as he stared at Kang Yuseong, was filled with disbelief.

“How could you…!”

Seeing Yoshii flustered for the first time, Kang Yuseong smiled coldly.

“Is there anything more to say?”

Hwoooong.

In that instant, his sword gave a low hum.

A sneer twisted Kang Yuseong’s lips.

“Let’s let our skills do the talking, Yoshii.”

Yoshii’s brow furrowed sharply.

“You filthy Joseon bastard…”

The smile slowly vanished from Kang Yuseong’s face.

“I’ll shut that mouth of yours, permanently.”

Kang Yuseong pressed the transmit button on his radio.

“- Attack Unit.”

Even amidst the fierce fighting, the Expeditionary Force listened intently to the incoming radio transmission.

“- Let’s end our cursed connection with these monkey bastards here and now. Everyone…”

Kang Yuseong’s eyes turned savage.

“- I command you to annihilate the enemy!”

“- Attack Unit, we will carry out your command!”

At Kang Yuseong’s command to attack, the eyes of the Expeditionary Force members utterly transformed.

“Everyone, sweep away these insect-like bastards!”

“Show no mercy! Our homeland is in danger! Let’s quickly clear them out and return home!”

A roar!

From various points within the Expeditionary Force, the shouts of commanders, raising their voices to boost morale, could be heard.

It was from that moment on that the eyes of the Expeditionary Force members began to change dramatically.

“Everyone, charge!”

“Waaaaah!”

Responding to the charge order that came at just the right moment, the Expeditionary Force members roared and rushed forward.

Clang!

Clash!

“Kuaaaagh!”

A clash of immense power, face to face in an instant!

In that fleeting moment, countless lives were lost, and many were wounded.

But neither side gave an inch.

“Die, just dieee!”

Swords were swung madly to send even one more enemy to hell, heads were routinely smashed with hammers, and merciless hammering continued on fallen foes. Even more gruesome scenes unfolded, with blades plunged again into the chests of enemies whose hearts burst as they died in agony.

“Hwaaaat!”

Thud!

Crunch!

Among them, Gil Hyeok-jun displayed outstanding skill.

He advanced like a rampaging tank, sweeping away all the enemies lined up before him with his greatsword.

“Kuaak!”

Once his massive greatsword soared into the air, it didn’t return without consequence.

It routinely severed limbs or decapitated foes; enemies caught by the greatsword were so gruesomely mangled that their own corpses were barely recognizable.

And the Attack Unit members following him were no less ferocious.

Under their fierce pressure, the front lines of the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit instantly crumbled.

“Kueeok!”

Hunters who seemed quite strong were seen struggling to resist, but they were inevitably annihilated by Gil Hyeok-jun and his group.

Shwaaaat!

And that wasn’t the end of it.

Suddenly, massive flames erupting from the rear plunged the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit into extreme terror.

The intense flame attacks, strong enough to melt flesh, had been unleashed by someone for a while now, and they were truly terrifying.

Faced with the unimaginable attacks of the Magic User, the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit was forced to retreat en masse. They had no Magic User of comparable skill, making them utterly helpless against the onslaught.

They had no defenses prepared whatsoever.

Even Yoshii, the only one who could oppose him, was tied down by a Korean Hunter and couldn’t move…

Kawasaki, the First Attack Unit Leader of the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit, gnashed his teeth.

At this rate, their annihilation was only a matter of time.

Beyond the difference in skill, the Korean Attack Unit knew exceptionally well how to corner their prey with cunning tactics.

Kawasaki could only tremble at their persistence and shrewdness.

“Ugh… these Jo…seon bastards! Don’t you dare retreat! Show them the samurai spirit of our great nation of Japan! Tear out their hearts and gouge out their brains, show them our terror!”

As Kawasaki’s cry echoed, the members of the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit, burning with hostility, resisted the Expeditionary Force.

Clash! Clang!

The clash between the renowned attack units of both nations brought about tremendous casualties.

A gruesome scene unfolded, with bodies piling up and blood flowing.

However, as time went on, it was the Expeditionary Force that found itself at a disadvantage.

This was because Hunters from the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit, scattered throughout Tokyo, kept pouring in from all directions.

Even with Kang Yuseong’s tactical prowess and Kim Do-jin’s formidable fire support, dealing with the human wave tactics that poured in like a tide was becoming increasingly difficult.

“Attack Unit! Group up!”

Though individually powerful, they couldn’t overcome the numerical inferiority.

What allowed them to hold on was Kim Do-jin’s immense fire support and the formidable offensive power of the First Attack Unit led by Gil Hyeok-jun.

Another major reason was Kang Yuseong’s firm suppression of Yoshii, preventing him from focusing on anything else.

But as time passed, their side would become too disadvantaged.

Crack!

Kang Yuseong also savagely swung his sword, cutting down countless Hunters from the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit who rushed to protect Yoshii.

“Keugh!”

“Kuk!”

Even as their heads flew off and their hearts were torn, causing them to fall, they didn’t stop trying to protect Yoshii.

No, the more they bled and the more wounded they became, the more they succumbed to madness, blocking Kang Yuseong’s path.

It was as if watching fanatics completely consumed by their religion.

‘I must kill him.’

Kang Yuseong gritted his teeth.

No matter how many he cut down, he had no answer for the suddenly swelling numbers of enemies.

Blood, perhaps sensing Yoshii’s aura, couldn’t move.

As they both used dark power, Blood seemed to be suppressed by Yoshii’s.

If Blood could have properly exerted his strength, he could have swept away all the enemies before them, but Kang Yuseong was also going through a considerably difficult time.

One fortunate thing, however, was that Yoshii hadn’t been able to revive corpses.

If he could have revived corpses, the situation would have turned even more disadvantageous for the Expeditionary Force. But the same applied to Kang Yuseong.

It was a shame, but his Ghost Summoning Skill was effectively sealed for now.

Clash!

Puhak!

“Long live, Grand Master Yoshii!”

Countless opportunities arose to stab Yoshii in the neck, but each time, people threw themselves forward to protect him, an endless stream of defenders.

Thud! Whump!

Kang Yuseong grabbed their heads and smashed them against walls, or pierced them with his sword, gutting them, yet their numbers simply refused to dwindle.

‘Ugh, damn it!’

What was even more critical was that, under their protection, Yoshii was preparing something.

He was continuously chanting incantations with his mouth while forming hand seals with his fingers, a truly ominous sight.

Yoshii’s greatest power was black magic. It seemed he was about to unleash it.

Thud!

Kang Yuseong kicked the chest of a man blocking his path, utterly shattering it.

“Keugh!”

It was a kick that perfectly conveyed his frustration.

However, the battle situation remained a stalemate, thanks to all the Hunters scattered across Tokyo converging on their position.

Whether their rank was low or high held little significance.

The problem was the sheer, overwhelming numbers that kept pouring in, no matter how many were killed.

Boom! Boom! Crash!

Boom!

Kim Do-jin’s flames rained down fiercely from the sky, but there were simply too many Hunters from the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit stepping over charred corpses to advance.

Further support from Korea was no longer to be expected.

In the heart of Japan, the Expeditionary Force found itself in a peculiar situation: winning the battle, yet simultaneously plunging into an extremely dangerous crisis.

The wall surrounding them was growing thicker and thicker, and the Expeditionary Force was gradually being reduced to a mere speck within it.

“Dieee! You filthy Joseon bastards!”

As the Japanese Attack Unit attacked the Hunters with their gleaming longswords, one Hunter, already suffering from extreme fatigue, spat blood and collapsed.

“Choi Dong-su! Hey, buddy, Choi Dong-su!”

The Hunter next to him shouted and quickly embraced him, but the attacked Hunter already had a large hole torn through his chest.

“You sons of bitches!”

The man holding Choi Dong-su, eyes blazing with fierce blue flames, grabbed his sword and charged at the Japanese Hunters.

“Chikushō!”

Whack!

“Keugh!”

But all that greeted him were solid clubs and kicks.

The man was instantly beaten all over, forced to bend at the waist.

“Die, you bastard!”

Just as a Japanese Hunter raised his longsword high towards the kneeling man.

Thwaang—Thwack!

Suddenly, the sound of a bullet being fired rang out, and the Japanese Hunter who had raised his longsword collapsed limply. His forehead was utterly shattered, a gruesome sight.

Bang! Bang!

From that point, suddenly countless Japanese Hunters convulsed and fell to the ground.

The commanders of the Expeditionary Force turned their heads towards the source of the gunshots.

Their faces were filled with expressions of disbelief.

“Th-this is!”

It was then.

Whoooosh!

Boom! Boom! Crash!

“Kuaaaagh!”

Suddenly, countless objects plummeted from afar, slamming into the Tsukuyomi Attack Unit’s positions.

Explosions erupted, and clouds of dust billowed up.

Gruesome scenes unfolded one after another: human flesh splattering, blood gushing, and bones shattering.

Boom! Boom! Crash!

The reality of human bodies being pulverized by the immense firepower unleashed in an instant.

And unbelievably, those shells were precisely targeting only the Hunters of Japan’s Tsukuyomi Attack Unit.

The commanders of the Expeditionary Force clenched their fists, raising them in triumph, and smiled.

This was the pride of the Republic of Korea Army, the power of its Armored Division.

The immense firepower of the K2-AH Black Panther, an upgraded K-2 Black Panther Tank, and the K9AH self-propelled howitzer, an upgraded K9 self-propelled howitzer!

All equipment with ‘AH’ appended to its name was upgraded to specifically hunt Hunters who had awakened their Chakra Force.

Penetration and crushing power were terrifyingly enhanced, especially in preparation for the Japan expedition.

These were truly state-of-the-art weapons, reaching the pinnacle of human slaughter.

But they had been deployed outside Tokyo to repel a counterattack from Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force. How had they arrived here?

The answer to that question soon became clear.

“- Republic of Korea Army, 1st Japan Expeditionary Armored Division, after engaging and completely annihilating enemy ground forces, has returned to the front lines. Awaiting Attack Commander Kang Yuseong’s permission to engage.”

After a brief pause, the radio transmission continued.

“- May we erase the enemies?”

Kang Yuseong heard that transmission loud and clear.

For human wave tactics like these, mechanized units are indeed the most effective.

Of course, they might be useless against Hunters who have reached a certain level of mastery, but for Hunters below that, they were the ultimate natural predator.

Kang Yuseong bit back a wry smile and nodded.

“- Annihilate all enemies in front of you.”

“- Yessir.”

Thwoom!

A massive shell was fired from one K2 Black Panther Tank.

Whoooosh!

The shell flew across the battlefield and landed precisely above the heads of the Japanese Tsukuyomi Attack Unit Hunters.

Boom! Boom! Crash!

Dozens of Hunters were caught in the explosion, their bodies reduced to dust and vanished.

That signaled the beginning of the great counterattack.

Boom! Boom! Crash!

Flames illuminated the night sky, and the heart of Tokyo was engulfed in fierce inferno.

“Chaaarge!”