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◈ Damned Transmigration ◈
Chapter 155: Dark King 3
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Rumble...!
Tang Yu-shin, who had been lying in bed with his eyes closed, sprang upright. The sound and vibrations came from far beyond the estate, but Tang Yu-shin’s keen senses as a Martial Apex Venerable caught all of it.
‘An attack?’
A chill ran down his spine. Someone had bared their fangs at the Dang Family. The formation array that kept people from approaching the estate had been destroyed by immense power. But who?
Tang Yu-shin hurried out of bed and slipped on his robe.
Rrrrrumble...!
The louder, closer tremors left no need to wonder about the attacker any longer.
Though he had not seen it himself, Tang Yu-shin’s senses told him that the approaching attack was a sharp, destructive slash.
“The Sword Emperor?”
As far as Tang Yu-shin knew, only the Sword Emperor could unleash slashes like that without restraint. His face twisted further.
‘What is this?’
Why had the Sword Emperor come here? Tang Yu-shin could not understand it at first.
It was true that he had killed the Sword Dragon. But he had left no trace. Why was that old man, who ought to be in Gangyu clutching the pieces of his grandson’s corpse, here causing trouble?
Cloud Dragon and Sword Dragon were dead. Tang Yu-shin had no doubt about that.
They had been torn to shreds by Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain, nearly dead even before being swept into a torrent of qi that Tang Yu-shin himself had not dared approach. There was no way they could have survived.
Besides, the Sect of Earth had found parts of their bodies.
They said the remains were too mutilated to announce their deaths, but Tang Yu-shin, who had seen their condition and the torrent of qi firsthand, understood why. The corpses they found must have been chunks of flesh too mangled to imagine their original forms.
‘Is that mad old bastard trying to pin some absurd accusation on me?’
It seemed the Sword Emperor had stormed over because the Dang Family had clashed with Sword Dragon and Cloud Dragon right before they went to Gangyu.
The Sword Emperor had done this before. Tang Yu-shin still vividly remembered the confusion when the old man had come demanding answers, claiming the Dang Family must have been behind the disappearance of his son and daughter-in-law.
Grit.
Tang Yu-shin ground his teeth and left the room.
Rumble...! The closer tremor shook the estate. By now, even someone who was not a Martial Apex Venerable would have noticed the commotion, and tension already filled the corridors.
“Prepare for battle.”
Tang Yu-shin gave the order before his son, Tang Seo-baek, could say anything.
He had no desire to fight the Sword Emperor head-on. If possible, he wanted to reason with him and send him away.
But if the Sword Emperor refused to back down and kept making unreasonable demands, Tang Yu-shin would have to show him that this was not Panteleon.
By the time Tang Yu-shin stepped outside, the explosions were right before him.
Even the ghosts of Bi-gok Forest had retreated far away, leaving the mist around the estate thin. Yet the night sky was still packed with dark clouds, dreary and black.
Tang Yu-shin glared at the sky for a moment before shouting.
“Stop!”
His thunderous roar stopped the explosions cold. Tang Yu-shin kicked off the ground and rose into the air.
“Sword Emperor!”
Hovering high overhead, Tang Yu-shin fixed his wide eyes on the Sword Emperor. He saw the Sword Emperor, his blade wrapped in golden Light Sword, alongside five knights in Orsia Knights uniforms.
“Why have you suddenly come here and caused such a disturbance?!”
The Sword Emperor’s face twisted at the question. He had heard beforehand that his grandson and Cloud Dragon would deal with Tang Yu-shin first, but seeing that shameless face and hearing those words made his anger boil over.
Fwoosh!
A golden wave burst from the Sword Emperor’s blade as he swung it in fury. Tang Yu-shin flinched and evaded the Light Sword sweeping toward him as though it would cleave the whole night sky.
“Sword Emperor! Have you truly gone mad?!”
“Who are you calling mad?!”
The Sword Emperor shouted, his shoulders trembling.
“How can you be so shameless!”
“You are the one who came here at this late hour and started causing trouble. What are you talking about?”
“I know what you did in Gangyu!”
Tang Yu-shin did not answer at once. Remaining in the air, he looked down at the Sword Emperor, then let out a deep sigh and shook his head.
“It seems the Sword Dragon’s tragedy has struck you too hard. Even a great master like you cannot escape an Inner Demon when blood kin die, can you? I will not question today’s outrage further, so simply return.”
“If you confess the truth and beg forgiveness, I will put one moment of hesitation into the sword I wield from now on.”
“What truth is there for me to confess? Why should I beg forgiveness?”
The Sword Emperor gave a hollow laugh and pointed his blade at him.
“Your father, the Poison King, was an old friend of mine. But I must admit this much. That friend of mine had no talent for raising children.”
“That much is true. My father spent his life enjoying nothing but poison. In the end, he ate a deadly poison wearing human skin, and that is what became of him.”
Tang Yu-shin sneered as he spread open his robe.
Shhhhick...!
Thousands of black daggers writhed along the robe’s inner lining.
“If you keep making unreasonable accusations and threatening our family and sect, I can no longer give you the respect due a senior. Our predecessors shared a bond, and it would be a shame to clash over such a misunderstanding. If you withdraw now, I will overlook what happened today.”
Would it not be better to kill the Sword Emperor here and now?
Tang Yu-shin considered it for a moment.
The Sword Emperor alone would be difficult enough, and there were five elites of the Orsia Family with him. For now, sending the Sword Emperor away and preparing for what came next was the wiser choice.
“I cannot give you the respect due a senior? Heh. Hahaha... You are arrogant, Tang Yu-shin. Far too arrogant. So arrogant that you cannot even see what lies beneath your feet.”
The Sword Emperor shook his head with a hollow laugh. Beneath his feet? Tang Yu-shin’s brow twitched as he lowered his gaze.
“...?”
The Sword Emperor’s presence had been overwhelming as he tore through the formation array and forest with his Light Sword. Anyone facing him would naturally focus on the Sword Emperor.
Tang Yu-shin had done the same. Wary that the Sword Emperor might swing his blade again, he had devoted all his attention to him.
That was why he had failed to notice them despite their coming so close while suppressing their presence.
“...”
Words caught in his throat. The two men who had vanished into the torrent of qi stood here whole and uninjured.
Beside them stood a white-haired woman holding a crescent blade as tall as she was. The Silver Empress of War, Yeonri Sangah.
The person beside her, gripping twin swords while eight more floated around him, had to be Hundred Swords Gongsun Myeong, the master of the Uicheon Sword Gate.
‘Cruel Mayhem?’
A red-haired woman with a greatsword. Cruel Mayhem, Elleia Yudel. Why was she here? Ah, she had accompanied the Three Heroes as their escort when they crossed into the East.
Even the Faceless Killer, master of the Salhomun, was there.
“Ha...”
After seeing them all, all Tang Yu-shin could do was sigh.
Tang Yu-shin descended. There were three Martial Apex Venerables, and they were not merely his equals.
He could fight Cruel Mayhem one-on-one, but the Sword Emperor and the Silver Empress of War belonged to an older generation. They were among the greatest Martial Apex Venerables.
They were not opponents Tang Yu-shin, who had trained in an assassin’s martial arts, could face directly. To have any chance, he would need to avoid a frontal battle as much as possible and seek an ambush.
Could that even be done? Tang Yu-shin’s face twisted. The option with the greatest chance of success was to abandon everything and flee. If he did, the Dang Family and Salmun would be wiped out.
That was why Tang Yu-shin could not decide easily.
He had lived to become the head of the Dang Family and the master of the Salmun. To claim those positions, he had driven a dagger into the heart of his father, who had suffered from an Inner Demon.
He had devoted his whole life to making the Dang Family the greatest family under heaven.
For Tang Yu-shin, who had lived that way, abandoning his family and running alone was not an easy choice.
“Kill them.”
Tang Yu-shin spoke in a boiling voice. It was quiet, yet every member of the Dang Family and Salmun heard him.
There was no chance of victory. Fighting them would only mean a pointless death. Yet the assassins did not defy him. The sect master’s word was absolute.
Whoosh!
Assassins hidden throughout the estate’s shadows and martial artists from the Dang Family’s branch lines moved.
[Father.]
[Tang Seo-baek, Tang Seo-jin. You go as well. Even if you die, die spewing poison.]
Death was not the end for a Poison Human. No matter how great a master was, continued exposure to poison would slow and weaken them.
They overwhelmingly outnumbered their enemies. If Poison Humans kept dying together with their enemies, their slim chance of victory would gradually rise.
[Tang Seo-woo, go to the underground training room and pull the dagger from the poison creature’s chest.]
[What...? Y-Yes!]
Tang Seo-woo could not understand the command.
The dagger had been driven into the poison creature to stop it from rampaging. What would happen if it were pulled out? She had never even imagined it, but the family head’s order was absolute.
Tang Seo-woo stammered her answer before hurrying underground.
He had issued every command. Now Tang Yu-shin had to decide what he himself should do. Naturally, the first target had to be the Sword Emperor. If he could ambush and kill that old man...
“Hey.”
Tang Yu-shin sharply turned his head at the sudden voice. Beneath a torch swaying in the wind, crimson flames blazed fiercely.
Sword Dragon stood beside Cloud Dragon, whose eyes glowed the color of blood, his sword drawn.
“You son of a bitch.”
It was an outrageously disrespectful insult to the Dark King, a Martial Apex Venerable, the head of the Dang Family and master of the Salmun. Tang Yu-shin gave a hollow laugh and lifted his robe.
“How did you survive? There was no way you could have lived.”
“Your mother sent me back from the gates of the afterlife.”
His eyes gleamed within the flames.
“She said she was sorry for having a fucking idiot of a son.”
“...It appears you injured your head.”
Tang Yu-shin’s eyes narrowed. He knew Cloud Dragon’s skill. Though only a sixth-tier martial artist, the man was so tough that ordinary concealed weapons struggled to hit him, and even when they did, he would not so much as stagger.
There was no reason to drag this out. Tang Yu-shin would use his full strength from the start and kill him quickly.
That was why he immediately drew Black Scales.
Shhhhick!
Thousands of daggers were pulled from the lining of his robe.
Crafted from raw Eterium, Black Scales was the Divine Relic of the Dang Family head, created to replace Silent Blade lodged in the Poison King’s chest. It was Tang Yu-shin’s personal weapon, made to let him unleash his martial arts to their utmost limit.
Tang Yu-shin swung the thousands of Black Scales connected to his Intent all at once.
Thousands of slashes came flying.
Before Yuri could respond, Estor rushed forward. The brilliant Light Sword coating Estor’s blade covered his hand, then wrapped around his arm.
Boom!
Golden light scattered. Estor was pushed far back, but he blocked the Black Scales’ slashes.
Estor twisted his tightly closed lips into a smile, while Tang Yu-shin’s eyes widened.
‘What?’
It was an attack Estor had not been able to handle alone in Gangyu. Barely ten days had passed, and yet...?
Boom!
A great crash rang out beyond the estate. It was the sound of the assassins who had rushed out under orders to die being killed.
“Tsk.”
Tang Yu-shin clicked his tongue and controlled Black Scales with both hands.
Screeeech...!
The tips of the Black Scales, connected by threads of Intent, moved as one before shooting in every direction.
Thousands of daggers descended on Yuri and Estor. The Light Sword shone again, while whirlpools wrapped around Yuri’s hands.
Boom!
Deflecting the daggers that crashed down like bombardment, the two charged Tang Yu-shin.
Tang Yu-shin slid backward and expanded his Intent. Every Black Scale that had been knocked away rose into the sky, becoming a mass of black clouds.
“Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain.”
The rain of death began to fall.
At that moment, Estor drew a breath and focused his consciousness on the Light Sword. Brilliant golden radiance passed beyond his arm and covered his entire body.
Body-Sword Unity.
The realm he had once reached with a sword in hand settled over him anew.
Estor wished to become wholly one with the Light Sword. He yearned to go beyond that realm and reach Heart-Sword Unity.
His Intent and sword drew close to becoming one. Brilliant radiance bound Estor’s body and sword together.
Shhhh...!
The falling rain of death could no longer tear apart Estor’s protective force aura and body as it had before.
Estor gritted his teeth and advanced through Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain.
Even amid this rain, Yuri longed for flames that would not go out. He wished to become flame, just as Lorelia had told him.
Crackle...
The fine lightning qi spread around Yuri turned red. Yuri’s Heavenly Art of Annihilating Evil burned fiercely, devouring everything it touched.
Devour it. Burn it.
The Heavenly Art of Annihilating Evil responded to Yuri’s yearning. Such flames joined the Sealing Thunder at the Gate of Death that he had spread, and red ripples distorted Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain in every direction.
Tang Yu-shin could only stare blankly at the sight. Those brats were countering Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain. That alone was a tremendous shock.
How could sixth-tier martial artists who had not even reached the seventh tier endure Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain without dying, much less counter it?
“You... bastards...!”
Overwhelmed by rage, Tang Yu-shin thrust out a hand.
If he could not overwhelm and kill them, Myriad Heavenly Flower Rain in that form was meaningless. Its power, too, fell sharply if it failed to kill its targets in the opening strike.
The mass of clouds floating in the sky moved at Tang Yu-shin’s command. He connected part of Black Scales to his fingertips and vanished.
Other Side Ghost Walk.
He had no intention of facing them directly. He would ambush them and kill them.
But Yuri’s eyes pierced even Tang Yu-shin’s concealment.
The Thunder Orb on Yuri’s palm spun rapidly as it wrapped around the Blood Wheel.
Boom!
Before Tang Yu-shin could even reveal himself, the Thunder Orb detonated in the space where he stood.
Tang Yu-shin’s body shot out of the hazy dust cloud. His face twisted as he swung hundreds of Black Scales, but Estor’s Light Sword blocked them.
That was not the end of the attack. Black Scales drifting through the darkness continued rushing in. Estor saw him too.
The Light Sword moved. Successive bursts of light devoured the darkness. Within that radiance, a blood-red flame became a streak of lightning.
Boom!
Tang Yu-shin’s body was knocked a little higher. He stared ahead with wide eyes.
Screeech...!
Yuri’s fist was forcing back Black Scales’ defense. Yuri’s eyes, close enough to see clearly, burned with nothing but killing intent toward Tang Yu-shin.
“You son of a bitch.”
Yuri’s lips parted. His fist, which had been pressed against Black Scales, briefly pulled back before opening into a palm. The Blood Wheel wrapped around his forearm spun fiercely, forcing Black Scales aside.
“Where’s Haryeong?”
Boom!
The Black Scales that could not withstand the rotation scattered, leaving a small opening in Tang Yu-shin’s defense.
Yuri did not hesitate. He drove his fist into that gap, intending to strike Tang Yu-shin with Sacred Flame Release, but Tang Yu-shin did not panic when his defense was breached and reacted at once.
Boom!
Concealed weapons burst from Tang Yu-shin’s body.
“No. You don’t have to tell me.”
Yuri landed on the ground and shook the concealed weapons embedded in his clothes loose.
“I’ll find her myself.”
White Fang was vibrating within his clothes. He had worried Haryeong might be hidden elsewhere, but apparently that had been unnecessary.
Haryeong was here.
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