Chapter 18 – Tomb of the Sword God (6)

“Thanks for walking right into my trap.”

Yu-jin smiled as he unleashed a silver sword wave, which utterly obliterated Heuk-gu’s entire body.

With a loud bang, fragments of flesh and bone scattered. Wang Woong, though horrified, swung his axe, but when Yu-jin swung his sword, Wang Woong’s head flew off along with his weapon.

Without stopping, Yu-jin pivoted on his left foot, turned, and swung his sword at Jo Gyu-il. His sword energy diced Jo Gyu-il’s body into dozens of pieces.

“You should know who you’re picking a fight with.”

Yu-jin muttered with a smile, then turned his gaze to the last one remaining, Lee Hee. Having witnessed three of her companions die in an instant, Lee Hee stared at Yu-jin with eyes full of bewilderment and terror.

“You’re the Four Evils of the North River, aren’t you? I heard you have a treasure map. It would be great if you gave it to me. If you do, I’ll spare your life. You’d better choose wisely.”

Frozen by Yu-jin’s words, Lee Hee took the treasure map from her robes. Her instincts, honed over fifty years of life, were screaming at her. If she crossed this man, death would be immediate.

The treasure map was precious, but not as precious as her life. Lee Hee ultimately handed the map to Yu-jin. Grasping it, Yu-jin tucked it into his robes and then threw Lee Hee to the ground.

“Agh!”

Lee Hee was startled, but with her strength, she was helpless against Yu-jin.

“I know you’re worn out, but I’m in a bit of a hurry.”

Yu-jin spoke as he licked Lee Hee’s nipple with his tongue. Lee Hee couldn’t say a word, simply accepting his touch.

As his fingers slipped inside her folds, Yu-jin could feel them tightening around him with a taught elasticity.

“No… please, no.”

Though she pleaded so pathetically, Lee Hee could feel her body growing hot.

Yu-jin smirked and began to explore her chest with his tongue. Lee Hee, whose body already reacted easily to the slightest stimulation, let go of her reason and began to let out moans filled with pleasure.

“Ah, ahh! Yes! Haaah!”

“I like this kind of reaction.”

With one hand, Yu-jin stimulated her further, while his other hand squeezed her breast, twisting the nipple. His tongue traveled down to her navel before moving to her thighs.

Unable to hold back any longer, Yu-jin hooked Lee Hee’s feet over his shoulders and immediately thrust his member inside her. As he did, he gripped her buttocks firmly.

At that moment, Lee Hee’s eyes gleamed. Her specialty was stealing the internal energy of other men. She immediately began to activate her Yang Absorption Art to seize Yu-jin’s internal energy.

‘You’re dead now. I’ll avenge my brothers.’

It was a technique that sucked the yang energy from anyone she touched. No matter the man, they had no choice but to offer up their yang energy to her.

She had no doubt that this monstrous man would soon become a dried-up husk. But it didn’t take long for her to realize something was terribly wrong.

Yu-jin was still moving his hips, giving her pleasure, and his internal energy wasn’t budging at all.

“Impressive. Trying to aim for my internal energy.”

In that instant, Lee Hee felt her own internal energy being sucked into Yu-jin instead. The immense pain left her unable to even scream.

The Yin-Yang Lust Arts emphasized harmony between both man and woman, but if Yu-jin chose, he could exclusively plunder a woman’s essence.

Yu-jin disliked using this ability, but it was a different story if his opponent targeted him first.

“Your Yang Absorption Art versus my Yin Absorption Art. I wonder who is stronger?”

“Aaaaaargh!”

The moment Yu-jin finished speaking, Lee Hee let out a bloodcurdling scream. The simultaneous onslaught of pain and pleasure was more than enough to drive a person mad.

Yu-jin emptied his seed into Lee Hee’s body before getting up. A moment later, Lee Hee’s life faded away, her body now appearing far older than her actual age.

“That was a good release. Shall we get going again?”

He now had all the fake treasure maps in his possession. His enemies would surely target him now. Of course, Yu-jin had no reason to fear the approach of mere ants.

“Ruining their plans is important, but my own plans are important too.”

He knew where Tak Un-jin was, but before dealing with him, there was one more woman he needed to acquire.

She was said to be the most powerful female martial artist known to the public, second only to the Sword Empress, who had reached the Profound Realm.

Just then, Ran and Eun Seol-rin appeared, knelt on one knee, and spoke.

“We found her.”

At their words, Yu-jin smiled and opened his mouth.

“Well then, shall we make our move?”

The two women nodded at Yu-jin’s words, and soon, the three of them vanished from the spot. All that remained were the corpses of the Four Evils of the North River, who had once struck fear across the northern lands.

***

Flawless, pure white skin. A slender waist, and a full, bountiful chest. Below that waist, the shape of her hips alone suggested they could tightly grip any man.

Her body possessed both sensuality and allure, yet no man dared to look upon this woman of spectacular beauty with lustful eyes. The moment they did, they would die.

As if to prove this, the corpses of countless men were already strewn around her.

“You don’t know your place.”

The martial artists gathered nearby trembled at her cold words. But the woman was already exhausted.

She had never been interested in the Sword God’s manual in the first place. She had come to Mount Huang to mitigate the bloodshed after hearing that countless people were dying in pursuit of it.

The number of people she had cut down had already reached triple digits. And she had come to a realization.

The people gathered here were no longer interested in the Sword God’s manual either.

What they wanted was simply to satisfy their own desires. As if to prove it, a man was staring at her with greedy eyes.

“No matter how great the Moonlit Sword Immortal is, she can’t possibly handle this many people!”

At the man’s shout, the men around him nodded, revealing their murderous intent. The man inciting them was none other than Ju Hyeon-geun, the Flower-Coveting Demon Claw.

While his martial arts were formidable, he was more infamous for forcibly taking and killing countless women, earning him the enmity of many.

“Even if a pack of wolves comes at me, I am not afraid.”

There was no trace of fear in the woman as she looked at the men surrounding her. Although she was tired from countless battles, she was a master worthy of the title “Sword Immortal.”

Her identity was Na Ye-jin, known as the Moonlit Sword Immortal or the Moon Empress. She was one of the Twelve Kings, composed of masters of the Transformation Realm, and known to be the strongest woman after the Sword Empress—a supreme master.

No matter how tired she was, there was no way she would fall to such fools who gambled everything on their greed.

“Attack!”

The moment Ju Hyeon-geun finished speaking, dozens of martial artists rushed toward Na Ye-jin from all directions. They were all men who had fallen for his words and now desired her.

No, they had been targeting her from the start, but had been too afraid of her martial prowess to act until they were incited.

That was what Na Ye-jin couldn’t understand.

‘Strange.’

Masters of the martial world were powerful enough to easily win battles against multiple opponents.

Someone like Ju Hyeon-geun, who had roamed the martial world for a long time, couldn’t possibly be unaware of how strong a Transformation Realm master was, yet it was strange that he would still challenge her.

For these wolves to act so recklessly without knowing their place was something Na Ye-jin thought impossible.

‘He must have used some trick.’

Thinking so, Na Ye-jin drew her sword and swung it powerfully. She believed that no matter the trick, it would be useless in the face of overwhelming power.

And as her sword swung, dozens of pure white sword energies flew toward those targeting her.

*Boom!*

“Kuaaargh!”

The sword energies she unleashed instantly severed the limbs of most of the charging martial artists, and they collapsed, spewing blood. As before, many martial artists died.

‘If only I had a little more internal energy, I could have finished this in one go.’

Having reached the Transformation Realm and undergone a complete metamorphosis, the capacity of her dantian had increased tremendously, but that didn’t mean it was infinite.

Having already cut down so many people, her internal energy was nearing its bottom.

“No matter how strong a Transformation Realm master is, she must be exhausted! If we keep pushing, we have a chance!”

At Ju Hyeon-geun’s words, the martial artists charged at her again.

Na Ye-jin swung her sword once more, and sword energy erupted again. This time, a few men threw their bodies toward the sword energy. Their bodies were torn to shreds upon impact.

But their sacrifice was not entirely in vain. The few martial artists who survived and closed the distance with her took something out from their robes and threw it at her. A wide cloud of powder burst forth, obstructing her breathing.

‘Damn it!’

Na Ye-jin quickly held her breath, but she had already inhaled some of the powder. Watching this, the Flower-Coveting Demon Claw, Ju Hyeon-geun, began to laugh loudly and stepped forward for the first time.

“You bastard…”

With a flushed face, panting for breath, and leaning on her sword to stay upright, Na Ye-jin ground her teeth as she looked at Ju Hyeon-geun. To think he would use such a vile aphrodisiac on her.

“Even the great Moonlit Sword Immortal cannot withstand my Spring Blossom Poison. Besides, my Spring Blossom Poison is no simple aphrodisiac.”

As Ju Hyeon-geun said, the Spring Blossom Poison was a mix of an aphrodisiac and an energy-scattering poison, rendering Na Ye-jin unable to use her martial arts any longer.

Its effects were also far faster than other aphrodisiacs. Realizing this, Na Ye-jin could say nothing and could only try to suppress the heat enveloping her body.

‘This is bad.’

Even the brush of her clothes sent a shiver of pleasure down her spine. Her body twitched against her will, and she felt an overwhelming urge to touch herself for relief.

Feeling her body become aroused against her will, Na Ye-jin gripped her sword tighter, but her instincts were screaming at her to cling to that villain and beg him to comfort her.

“Kekekeke. Even the great Moonlit Sword Immortal is no different. You must have wondered why these men would risk death to listen to me, right? I fed them an aphrodisiac as well. A different one from the Spring Blossom Poison, of course. I also gave them a drug that makes them lose their minds, so they have become faithful puppets that follow my will. Aren’t you happy? To be loved by so many men.”

“Shut up! I will kill you, no matter what… Hahk!”

Another wave of heat washed over her body, making Na Ye-jin squirm. In the face of this overwhelming pleasure, even pride was meaningless.

However, she desperately tried to hold on to her sanity. Watching her, Ju Hyeon-geun nodded his head.

“Truly beautiful.”

Her red lips, which she tried to keep shut despite her ragged breaths, her flushed cheeks—everything about her stirred a man’s desires. His own member was already throbbing, standing stiff and erect.

“Why don’t you give up now, Moonlit Sword Immortal? This one will teach you the true pleasure of being a woman. It would be nice if you were a virgin, but well, it doesn’t matter. Once you are in my arms, you will forever think of this one as your husband.”

Having said that, Ju Hyeon-geun approached Na Ye-jin and was about to lower his pants. But he was unable to complete his action.

“Hey, who gave you permission to touch her?”

“Kuaaack!”

Simultaneously with the sound of the mysterious voice, the martial artists guarding Ju Hyeon-geun collapsed, vomiting blood.