Chapter The Demonic Cult Instructor Returns Chapter 433
Chapter 433
Cheo-cheo-cheo-cheo-cheo-cheo-cheok!
The Demon Annihilation Academy warriors completely surrounded the Jade Demon Corps in the center.
They all revealed fierce killing intent, ready to draw their swords and charge at any moment.
Seu-seu-seu-seu-seu-seu-seuk!
Soon after, shadows appeared in great numbers on the roof of the Demon Annihilation Hall as well as nearby pavilion roofs, pulling their bowstrings taut.
“Th-this…!”
Yeo Gon bit his lips hard and glared at the Demon Annihilation Academy warriors.
A perfect trap.
In a brief moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Had their operation been leaked?
Was there a traitor among the Jade Demon Corps members?
Even considering the highest possibility, he thought of this first.
Perhaps subconsciously, he didn’t want to admit it.
The fact that the silver-faced person had betrayed them.
But soon he saw Ja Un-ryong walking steadily out from the crowd and realized he was facing the situation he least wanted to accept.
“So you’re the one who betrayed us in the end!”
When Yeo Gon ground his teeth and shouted, Ja Un-ryong replied with a bitter smile.
“That’s how it turned out.”
“Don’t you regret doing this…?”
“Ah, I’m already sick of hearing that story. I’ve sworn not to do anything I’ll regret anymore.”
“You crazy…!”
Just then, Mae Seol-lan stepped forward from the group.
She spoke in an unprecedentedly resolute yet sharp tone.
“If you surrender now, we’ll spare your lives.”
“Ha! I don’t do cowardly things like someone else. I’m certainly no coward! What are you all doing! Nothing will change anyway. Our original purpose was to sweep all these bastards away! Attack them!”
“Yes, sir!”
The Jade Demon Corps answered in unison and scattered in all directions as they charged out.
Ta-da-da-da-dat!
At the same time,
Pae-pae-pae-pae-pae-aeng!
Swi-swi-swi-swi-e-e-e-ek!
Hundreds of arrows poured down simultaneously from the pavilions.
Puk! Pu-pu-pu-puk! Puk!
“Keu-ak!“
“A-a-ak!“
The Jade Demon Corps members each let out screams as they flipped over and collapsed.
But among them, the agile demons deflected the flying arrows and threw themselves toward the enemy formation.
“Die!”
Kkang! Kka-gang!
Soon weapons clashed, creating a mixture of sharp metallic sounds, battle cries, and screams.
Yeo Gon also deflected the flying arrows and immediately threw himself toward the Demon Annihilation Academy warriors.
Ka-kang! Kang-kang!
In an instant, jade-colored waves spread in all directions and began intermingling with the Demon Annihilation Academy warriors.
The area around the Demon Annihilation Hall instantly turned into a scene of carnage.
Chwa-ak! Chwa-a-ak!
“Keuk!“
“Eu-eu-euk!“
The Demon Annihilation Academy warriors flipped over and collapsed from Yeo Gon’s sword energy.
Indeed, befitting the leader of the Jade Demon Corps, he fought like a beast starved for blood.
Since there was no chance of victory anyway, his only goal was to kill as many enemies as possible before his life ended.
While continuously swinging his sword filled with madness,
Kka-ang!
Along with a clear metallic sound, Yeo Gon’s eyes widened.
“Silver-faced person!”
The one who had blocked his sword was none other than Ja Un-ryong.
Ja Un-ryong wore a faint smile and spoke mockingly.
“I heard you coveted my position quite a bit?”
“That position never suited you in the first place!”
“Well, maybe so. But it’s not a position that suits you either. Purple-faced person would be more fitting.”
“Iik!“
Yeo Gon ground his teeth and rotated his body, slashing his sword horizontally.
Swi-i-i-i-ing!
But Ja Un-ryong had already retreated several zhang away.
The sword energy split the empty air.
“I must kill at least you before going to the afterlife!”
The jade-faced person let out a ringing cry and kicked off the ground.
Pat!
Tta-da-ang!
This time, when Ja Un-ryong blocked with his sword forward, Yeo Gon clenched his teeth and twisted his body.
Hwi-ri-ri-rik!
Now Yeo Gon took a posture as if lying sideways in the air, spinning rapidly while thrusting his sword.
Pa-pa-pa-pang!
As the sword tip extended with fierce wind sounds, Ja Un-ryong quickly performed footwork and swung his sword in a cross pattern.
Tta-ang! Ttang-ttang!
“How long will you keep running around like a rat!”
“If I use my full strength, you’ll die.”
When Ja Un-ryong spoke coldly, Yeo Gon furrowed his brow deeply and shouted.
“You damn bastard!”
“You need to calm your excitement to properly see the sword path, don’t you?”
“Ha! I can see your sword path with my eyes closed!”
Seuk-seuk-seuk-seuk-seuk!
Yeo Gon rushed at Ja Un-ryong with frightening speed.
His sword, thrust at rapid speed, looked like dozens of arrows.
Tta-da-da-da-da-dang!
Ja Un-ryong swung his sword wildly while continuously retreating.
Pi-teu! Pi-teu!
Although his clothes were torn as they were grazed by Yeo Gon’s sword, Ja Un-ryong didn’t use killing techniques until the end.
Yeo Gon furrowed his brow and shouted.
“Was it also a lie that Academy Master Sa Bigang died?”
“It was.”
“This damn son of a bitch!”
Yeo Gon became even more furious and charged.
Even while frantically unleashing sword energy, Ja Un-ryong calmly dodged.
How long had they continued this fierce battle?
Yeo Gon was gradually realizing it.
That Ja Un-ryong was definitely one level above him.
Just then, a woman entered his sight.
‘That bitch!’
Demon Annihilation Academy General Manager Mae Seol-lan!
She was mercilessly cutting down Jade Demon Corps members while wielding two flexible swords.
Seeing that sight, his reason, which had been calm for a brief moment, began to rampage like a wild horse again.
“Keuk! I must kill at least that bitch!”
Since it was difficult to kill Ja Un-ryong anyway, it would be better to at least take Mae Seol-lan’s head.
Pa-bat!
He quickly deployed lightness techniques and rushed to Mae Seol-lan’s rear in one breath.
Seeing this, Ja Un-ryong didn’t even think of pursuing and chuckled.
“Looks like he chose the wrong opponent again this time.”
Meanwhile, as Yeo Gon approached Mae Seol-lan’s rear and thrust his sword straight,
Swi-e-e-e-e-ek!
Suddenly, a silver snake came undulating from the left with a fierce sword wind!
“Heuk!“
Yeo Gon quickly turned and swung his sword.
Seu-kka-ang!
With a metallic sound, the flying snake was cut in half and bounced away.
But that appearance was just an illusion.
Chwi-ri-ri-ri-ri-rit!
Once again, the snake writhed and charged consecutively.
“Keu-eut!“
As Yeo Gon quickly bent his waist back to dodge, the writhing snake passed across his stomach as it crossed through the air.
Just as he sighed in relief and tried to straighten his body,
Tta-ak!
“A-ak!“
His lower abdomen felt hot and stinging.
As he quickly straightened his body and retreated using footwork, he saw Mae Seol-lan standing opposite him, holding a swaying flexible sword.
‘Damn…! When did she! I definitely aimed perfectly at her rear!’
Realizing that Mae Seol-lan was stronger than expected, Yeo Gon was quite flustered.
Mae Seol-lan narrowed her eyes and glared at Yeo Gon.
“Is there any need to waste such a precious life? The gold-faced person is dead anyway. The Demon Spirit Cult’s end is in sight, so why don’t you surrender obediently?”
“Ha! A mere woman has quite the mouth. I’ll give that mouth something else to bite so it can’t babble carelessly!”
Pa-bat!
Yeo Gon kicked off the ground once more and flew like an arrow.
Mae Seol-lan narrowed her eyes and charged directly toward Yeo Gon.
Yeo Gon inwardly sneered.
‘With a frontal attack? Ridiculous!’
Usually, warriors who use flexible swords prefer indirect battles using variations and feints rather than frontal confrontations.
This is because flexible swords themselves have changeable and agile characteristics.
Therefore, they suit swordsmanship that confuses the enemy and disturbs their eyes and mind rather than battles of strength.
But to clash head-on like this?
He had already heard about Mae Seol-lan.
Although she was the General Manager of the Demon Annihilation Academy, her skills were far inferior to Sa Bigang’s.
‘This works out well. I should take at least this bitch as a companion to the afterlife!’
Yeo Gon smiled with satisfaction and immediately thrust his sword rapidly.
Again, it seemed like dozens of arrows were flying horizontally.
Swik-swik-swik-swik-swik-swik!
But the next moment, as Mae Seol-lan performed footwork,
Chwi-ri-rit! Chwi-ri-rit!
One snake that had been undulating through the air instantly became dozens, slipping between the dozens of arrows and piercing through each one!
It was Snake Spirit Sword, a technique that combined variations and feints.
‘What!’
In a split second, Yeo Gon saw one of the dozens of snakes flying to bite his neck.
He quickly withdrew his technique and changed his footwork.
Pa-ba-ba-bat!
Suddenly switching from advancing footwork to lateral movement naturally caused strain.
‘A feint!’
Yeo Gon belatedly realized that the snake trying to bite his neck was a feint, but another snake was already biting his side.
Puk!
“Keo-eok!“
Yeo Gon’s pupils shook.
The bitten side felt like it was burning with fire.
‘A venomous snake?’
He quickly circulated his internal energy to check.
Fortunately, he didn’t feel any poison energy.
This was natural, since the flexible sword that had stabbed his side was made by Jo Sin-ryang using Dark Burn’s wing bones.
In other words, Yeo Gon wasn’t poisoned but simply burned.
Confirming this, Yeo Gon felt inwardly relieved.
If he had been poisoned, it would have caused many difficulties in future battles.
But he didn’t realize that this brief moment of circulating energy had created a fatal opening.
Chwi-ri-ri-ri-rit! Chwi-ri-ri-ri-rit!
This time, three snakes simultaneously charged toward his neck, chest, and thigh.
Pa-ba-ba-bat!
Yeo Gon hastily retreated while extending his sword.
‘Damn! I can’t tell which one is the feint!’
With his mind urgent, he first struck at the snakes flying toward his neck and chest.
He made this decision because even if the one targeting his thigh was real, it wouldn’t cause fatal injury.
But his sword passed through empty air futilely.
Instead, the snake that had flown toward his thigh firmly dug into his flesh.
Pu-uk!
“Keu-euk!“
As Yeo Gon staggered from the pain in his right thigh, Mae Seol-lan naturally moved to his rear.
“To be so powerless against a mere woman…”
At Mae Seol-lan’s chilling voice, Yeo Gon felt goosebumps rise along his spine.
Who exactly had said Mae Seol-lan wasn’t strong?
At least she wasn’t the Mae Seol-lan he’d only heard about in rumors.
Didn’t she seem to have surpassed the transcendent level long ago?
As Yeo Gon quickly turned around,
Chwi-ri-ri-rit! Chwi-ri-ri-rit! Chwi-ri-ri-rit!
Dozens of snakes extended chaotically from her sleeves.
“I-i-i-ik!“
Hwik-hwik-hwik-hwik-hwik!
Yeo Gon swung his sword frantically as if having a fit.
But his sword only cut empty air.
Meanwhile, Ja Un-ryong, who was watching the two fight, couldn’t help but admire inwardly.
‘Amazing. I had no idea General Manager Mae Seol-lan had such skill.’
At first glance, Mae Seol-lan’s swordsmanship might seem pointlessly flashy.
But looking a bit deeper, one could see that this flashiness was the essence of the Four Silk Sword Technique.
In fact, Mae Seol-lan had once been deeply troubled by this problem.
She had heard that truly excellent swordsmanship tends to be plain and simple.
At that time, she sought advice from Sa Bigang and received this answer.
“The Four Silk Sword Technique’s life is in being flashy. It’s a sword technique that should be as beautiful, flashy, and infinitely changeable as you are. So practice it more joyfully. The more flashy and beautiful it is, the more your flexible sword will come alive.”
From then on, Mae Seol-lan set aside her worries and focused only on training.
It was fun.
She wondered if it was okay to have this much fun swinging a sword hilt.
And she could clearly feel her skills advancing rapidly.
After receiving the flexible sword as a gift from Jo Sin-ryang, she could feel her martial arts had improved even more.
‘Yes, needing to be flashy must refer to this point!’
At the final moment, Mae Seol-lan approached right in front of Yeo Gon’s nose and whispered.
“Bad children need guidance after all.”
In an instant, Yeo Gon felt all strength drain from his body and even felt strangely languid.
This was actually because Mae Seol-lan had used Soul-Bewitching Absorption Art, but Yeo Gon, who was in no condition to notice, couldn’t realize this.
Chwi-ri-ri-ri-ri-rit!
Unlike before, two snakes leisurely coiled around his arms and legs, climbing up his body.
Hwi-ring… Hwi-ring…!
The two snakes wrapped around his arms and legs flicked their tongues and writhed as if ready to bite Yeo Gon at any moment.
Yeo Gon, affected by Soul-Bewitching Absorption Art, found it difficult to circulate his internal energy as he wished.
This was a phenomenon that appeared because Soul-Bewitching Absorption Art had become more solid as Mae Seol-lan’s martial arts improved.
‘Damn, my body…!’
Yeo Gon felt cold sweat flowing down his spine.
Mae Seol-lan murmured softly.
“I’ll kill you when the guidance is finished.”
As soon as she finished speaking,
Chwi-rit! Chwi-ri-rit!
The two snakes simultaneously slashed Yeo Gon’s skin and slid at high speed.
Chwi-rit! Chwi-rit! Chwi-ri-ri-rit!
It was as if two streams of light were writhing and wrapping around Yeo Gon’s entire body as they moved.
Finally, when the two swords returned to Mae Seol-lan’s hands and regained their straight shape,
Sa-rak… Sa-rak… Sa-rak…!
Yeo Gon’s clothes were torn to shreds and stripped off!
The situation was similar to when Lee Chung from the Elder Council had his clothes stripped earlier.
The only difference was that now the naked Yeo Gon had collapsed while spraying blood from his entire body.
Even in this situation, Yeo Gon covered his private parts as he fell.
Ja Un-ryong, who had been watching blankly, cleared his throat and said.
“Bad taste.”
“Th-this time it wasn’t intentional!”
Mae Seol-lan quickly replied.
She had intended to teach him a lesson, but she hadn’t intended to strip his clothes.
But Ja Un-ryong didn’t seem to believe it.
“Well then. They say husband and wife share the same interests. Since you’re with Academy Master Sa Bigang, you might have come to enjoy such bad tastes together…”
“I said no!”
Mae Seol-lan shouted angrily and looked around.
She quickly tried to escape from this conversation by shouting loudly.
“The Jade Demon Corps leader has fallen!”
At her shout, the Demon Annihilation Academy warriors burst into cheers, while the Jade Demon Corps members lost their morale with despondent expressions.