Chapter 123 – Revenge, and a Trap (5)

Yu-jin gazed at Baek Un-hye, who lay sprawled with her legs open, her body trembling as she clutched the sheets.

For the experienced woman, Yu-jin’s Yin-Yang Lust Arts were overwhelmingly intense. She would never be able to escape his grasp now.

“Now, let’s finish up.”

Yu-jin withdrew his member, which had been enjoying the sensations inside Baek Un-hye, and pushed it into her mouth, which was half-open in the lingering afterglow.

Tears welled up in Baek Un-hye’s eyes and streamed down her cheeks. Even so, she cleaned the filthy excretions from Yu-jin’s member with her mouth.

She closed her eyes and licked the tip of a man’s soiled member with an exceedingly lewd movement of her mouth.

Her own fluids, the milky white liquid Yu-jin had released, and her saliva frothed in her mouth, forcing Baek Un-hye to cough several times.

“Hah… Hah…”

Yu-jin brought his face close to the ear of the pleasure-consumed Baek Un-hye and spoke.

“Do you want to kill me?”

“No…”

Completely captivated by the Yin-Yang Lust Arts, there was no way she would want to kill Yu-jin.

“Will you tell your son to kill me?”

“No… My son… and I… are yours…”

Baek Un-hye no longer felt any killing intent towards Yu-jin. No, the only emotion she felt for him in her heart was love.

“Bring your son to me someday. I’ll take a look at his martial arts.”

Having taken her body, Yu-jin had to keep his promise to her. But those martial arts would never be used against him.

‘Revenge is such an empty thing.’

Yu-jin genuinely thought so.

The next day, a plot by another person who held a grudge against Yu-jin began. It started with a letter sent by a carrier falcon.

“Has it begun?”

Yu-jin chuckled as he read the letter Namgung Hwi had given him. There was no need to leave such a troublesome person in the world.

* * *

Based on the information provided by Han Won-ha, Nima devised a perfect plan to annihilate the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

“Even the Heavenly Dragon Brigade will not be able to survive this.”

The force that would annihilate the Heavenly Dragon Brigade was not from the Western Tibetan martial world. As he couldn’t afford to deplete his own forces before the all-out war with the Martial Alliance, Nima decided to use another group.

It was the martial clans from Sichuan, Gansu, and Qinghai provinces that had surrendered to the Potala Palace. Nima gathered them by offering several martial arts techniques considered the best in the Western Tibetan martial world.

As they were all desperate enough to risk their lives for advanced martial arts, they had no choice but to obey Nima.

“Heroes of the Central Plains attacked by people of the Central Plains. What a wonderful affair, no matter how you look at it. But that’s not all.”

Gathering all the martial artists from the surrendered clans amounted to about six hundred men. But that wasn’t all.

Nima knew well that no matter how many rabbits there were, they couldn’t handle a beast like the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

The martial artists of the Central Plains were merely pawns to wear down the beast that was the Heavenly Dragon Brigade. The one who would truly capture that beast was Nima’s own ace.

“Pian. He should be more than enough to finish them off.”

Pian, the abbot of the Great Thunderclap Temple, and the martial artists he brought with him were extremely strong. Pian’s strength, in particular, was unparalleled, and Nima estimated that he had likely surpassed the Transformation Realm.

Otherwise, his master, the Great Dharma Master of Shaking Heaven, would not have acknowledged him, even if he was the abbot of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

‘It’s said that it takes about five masters of the Transformation Realm to face one master of the Profound Realm.’

Even the two Transformation Realm masters in the Heavenly Dragon Brigade wouldn’t dare guarantee victory against Pian. Thinking this, Nima yearned for the end of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

* * *

Yu-jin told the lovely widow, Baek Un-hye, who had now completely become his woman, where she should go with her child.

Enslaved by the Yin-Yang Lust Arts, Baek Un-hye forgot even her own son and yearned to be in Yu-jin’s arms, but Yu-jin had a mission and had to move.

In the end, Baek Un-hye left Yu-jin and moved to a safe place. And Yu-jin, too, headed for Sichuan Province with the members of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

‘I’ll find out for myself what kind of scheme you’ve cooked up, Han Won-ha. But know this. This will be the last trap you’ll ever be able to set.’

Yu-jin’s plan was to shatter every last scheme Han Won-ha had devised and gift him with despair.

“Isn’t this strange, Brigade Leader?”

Namgung Hwi asked, catching up to Yu-jin’s pace and drawing near.

“What is?”

Yu-jin feigned ignorance. Namgung Hwi then spoke with a serious expression.

“The three western provinces are already nearly empty thanks to our efforts. Most of the martial artists, in particular, have gone to the Martial Alliance to prepare for the great war to come. Yet, a special unit of the Western Tibetan martial world, which shouldn’t be moving anymore, is on the move again. Something is strange. The source of the order is also suspicious.”

Until now, the orders had only borne the seal of the Martial Alliance, but this time, the order bore both the Imperial Seal and the Martial Alliance’s seal.

A letter from the Martial Alliance that came with the order also instructed them to follow the imperial command, leaving Yu-jin and the Heavenly Dragon Brigade no choice but to comply.

“I am aware, but we cannot refuse the order.”

At Yu-jin’s words, Namgung Hwi nodded with a grim face.

Just then, Yu-jin sent a telepathic message to the group.

[There will surely be an ambush once we enter Sichuan. Everyone, be on your guard.]

No one was flustered by Yu-jin’s words. They all waited calmly and composedly for the enemy’s attack.

And finally, as they crossed the border between Sichuan and Gansu, the first ambush began. Numerous assailants charged toward the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

Sword energies and saber energies sliced through the air, rushing toward the members of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

A fierce wave of sword and saber energies flew at them. But among the Heavenly Dragon Brigade, there was no one who feared such an attack.

*KWWAAAAANG!*

The attacks launched by the assailants were immediately shattered by the counterattacks of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade members. The difference in their individual martial prowess was so great that it was meaningless.

Moreover, the assailants didn’t seem to be assassins, as their stealth techniques were very crude. It felt more like an ambush by practitioners of righteous path martial arts.

“Kill them! We must kill them!”

The assailants cried out for the death of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade. It was only natural, as they could receive ultimate techniques beyond their wildest dreams if they could eliminate the brigade.

Just then, Yu-jin shot forward. The assailants unleashed another barrage of attacks at him, their strikes forming a tight net as they flew.

But none of those attacks could stop Yu-jin. His entire body now enveloped in a faint golden glow, he continued to run.

*BANG! BANG! BANG!*

“What the!?”

Though hidden by masks, a look of astonishment appeared on the assailants’ faces. They couldn’t comprehend how such a brutish act was possible.

Yu-jin ran forward, taking every one of their attacks head-on. But in their shock, they failed to notice that their attacks hadn’t even torn a single thread of his clothing.

“I’m a little curious about your identities.”

In Yu-jin’s opinion, these were not martial artists from the Western Tibet. Judging by the martial arts they were using, they were from the Central Plains, not the Western Tibet.

‘They must be traitors.’

Those who betrayed the Central Plains martial world. In that case, they were also enemies.

Yu-jin drew his family’s sword and unleashed a starlight sword energy.

*KWWAAAAANG!*

“Kuaaack!”

“Keoheuk!”

The bodies of the assailants struck by the starlight energy exploded, splattering blood and bone fragments on the ground and trees.

Yu-jin’s assault didn’t end there. Protecting his entire body with a golden protective energy, he became a golden meteor, tearing through the assailants.

The assailants didn’t just stand there, but their attacks were useless against Yu-jin.

When they swung swords imbued with sword energy and sabers imbued with saber energy, the weapons broke. When they used palm, hand, and fist techniques, the bones in their arms and shoulders shattered.

His defense, combining the Golden Wheel Heavenly Vigor and the rebound energy of the Absorption Arts, was not something they could break.

“The Brigade Leader has opened a path! Attack!”

Namgung Hwi took advantage of the opening Yu-jin created by wiping out the enemies and attacked the assailants who had broken from the main group.

Perhaps because they were martial artists hastily gathered from various places, their coordination was nonexistent. With their already lacking martial skills compounded by poor teamwork, they were bound to be massacred by the members of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

“A bunch of nobodies.”

Yu-jin subdued a few assailants alive to extract information, then dragged them back to where the Heavenly Dragon Brigade members were and threw them down.

“All the ladies, please step back for a moment.”

Planning to make them talk through swift torture, Yu-jin didn’t want the women to witness the brutal process, so he said this.

However, Yu-jin couldn’t proceed. His senses detected the movement of numerous martial artists.

Soon, the other members of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade also seemed to sense it, as they all readied themselves.

*SHWIIIIEK!*

“Kuaaaaack!”

The second wave of assailants, who had arrived unnoticed, first cut down the prisoners Yu-jin had captured with sword energy. It was a clear sign of their determination not to give any information to Yu-jin and the Heavenly Dragon Brigade.

“It seems we’ll have to see some blood today.”

The members of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade nodded at Yu-jin’s words. The number of assailants was more than double their own, but the brigade members coolly observed the charging enemies.

The first to step forward was Paeng Won-jun. The people of the Hebei Paeng Clan had despised cowardly acts like ambushes for generations. To ambush someone in a group was, to Paeng Won-jun, the act of the lowest of men.

“Die.”

As Paeng Won-jun swung his saber, the bodies of two assailants were split in half horizontally. His attack marked the beginning of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade’s onslaught against the assailants.

Their breathing remained steady as they attacked, and their hands were swift. It was a simple thing, but maintaining it for a long time was difficult, yet they did so with ease.

“Kuaaack!”

The assailants screamed in agony. It wasn’t that their martial arts were lacking, but they were far too inferior compared to the members of the Heavenly Dragon Brigade, each of whom could wield energy.

“Isn’t this discrimination?”

Yu-jin said with a smile, noticing that he was surrounded by far more people than the others. But instead of answering, the assailants radiated even more killing intent.

“You may think you’ve hidden your identities, but we already have an idea of who you are, traitors of the Central Plains.”

At Yu-jin’s words, the assailants flinched for the first time.

“You who blame society for your weak martial arts and lament that you’re given no opportunities, I have no intention of showing mercy just because your circumstances are pitiful.”

“Die!”

Enraged by Yu-jin’s words, the assailants drew up their ki and swung at him. Yu-jin extended the hand that wasn’t holding a sword.

‘Foolish!’

A mocking look appeared on the faces of the men swinging their swords. He seemed to be a swordsman, so extending a hand was absurd.

They had no doubt that the wave of their sword and saber energies would be able to dice Yu-jin to pieces.

However, Yu-jin smirked and extended his left hand further. The moment his bare, fleshy hand met the wave of energy, all the attacks were literally reflected.

*KWAAAAAAAANG!*

“Kuaaaaaack!”

The assailants who had attacked Yu-jin screamed in agony and fell. The martial arts Yu-jin reflected had struck them down.

Satisfied with using the Absorption Arts properly for the first time, Yu-jin looked at the assailants gasping for breath on the ground.

But not all the assailants had fallen yet.