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Episode 47: Heading to the Heavenly Demon Sect (3)

Woosh!

However, Shin Ye-hyang suddenly appeared from somewhere and blocked Gok Yang’s attack.

“Hmm. Are you meddling again?”

Didn’t Shin Ye-hyang interfere before and he get stabbed in the stomach by Jin Myeong because of that?

Because of that memory, Gok Yang ran towards Shin Ye-hyang with a distorted face.

“Ugh!” Shin Ye-hyang, who suddenly found herself facing a double-crossing enemy, bit her lip tightly.

‘It’s different when dealing with one person.’

When she was up against a single Gok Jeon or Gok Yang, she held her ground pretty well. Rather, she was the one who pushed.

But, after being attacked by the two Gongdong Twin Elders, there was no time to counterattack.

The two of them pushed her so hard that she didn’t even have time to breathe.

‘This is dangerous,’ she realized that it was not a lie that the two of them could fight the Ten Kings if they joined forces.

Even though it was the power of the Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art, it felt amazing that Jin Myeong was able to fight the Gongdong Twin Elders on his own before the appearance of the Purple Cloud Sword God.

“Should I kill the only daughter of the Crazy Demon?”

“It’s not good to incur the wrath of that Crazy Demon.”

Gongdong Twin Elders was reluctant to kill Shin Ye-hyang.

“Then it would be better to keep her alive. Of course, I would have to cut off at least one arm.”

It was when Gok Yang was about to move towards Shin Ye-hyang.

“Everyone Stop!”

A sudden shout was heard.

Normally they would have ignored that voice.

However, the body of the Gongdong Twin Elders who was about to attack Shin Ye-hyang stopped.

‘It’s not moving?’

It wasn’t by their own will that they stopped. An enormous force weighed them down. They couldn’t resist that energy at all.

They’re experts, a veteran Martial Artist.

“Ugh!”

It seemed that Gongdong Twin Elders weren’t the only ones surprised by the energy.

Purple Cloud Sword God also looked at the owner of the voice with a hardened expression on his face.

“Father?” Shin Ye-hyang muttered as she looked at the person who had revealed himself.

Crazy Demon, Shin Ho-ryang.

He, the Vice Sect Leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect and Shin Ye-hyang’s father, who came himself.

“Was it like this?”

Purple Cloud Sword God, Mae Jin-pung, who had come face to face with the Crazy Demon, had a look of great shock on his face.

Crazy Demon is one of the strongest among the Ten Great Kings.

In comparison, Purple Cloud Sword God was not even included in the lowest rank among the ten kings.

However, he thought that the reason he could not become the Ten Kings was not because he lacked ability, but because he was defeated by the Wudang Sect and the Namgung Noble family’s influence.

Until he came face to face with the Crazy Demon.

‘This many people… ….’

It’s not just the movements of the Gongdong Twin Elders and Purple Cloud Sword Gods that are tied together.

The Crazy Demon has now crushed everyone on this battlefield with his Internal Energy.

Only by himself.

“Ahem!”

Purple Cloud Sword God quickly moved his Internal Energy to try to break free from the Crazy Demon’s oppression that was weighing down his body.

“That’s ridiculous.”

Although the Gongdong Twin Elders eventually shook off the energy that was weighing them down, their eyes looking at the Crazy Demon were trembling slightly.

“You walked with heavy steps.”

“I see.”

Purple Cloud Sword God spoke to the Crazy Demon, trying not to let his voice tremble.

“Why did the Vice Sect Leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect come all the way here?”

“Are you really asking because you don’t know?”

The Crazy Demon looked at Purple Cloud Sword God with arrogant eyes.

Purple Cloud Sword God’s face twitched at those eyes, but that was all. He had to swallow the words, “I’m arrogant” or “haughty”, and not let them out of his mouth.

“I came running because I heard that the Mount Hua Sect and the Gongdong Sect are trying to kill the future of our sect.”

“Hmm.”

‘Of course, I thought that the Heavenly Demon Sect could move.’

‘That’s why I hurried to finish the work before arriving at Heavenly Demon Sect.’

However, the Heavenly Demon Sect arrived sooner than Purple Cloud Sword God had expected.

‘Even though his daughter is here, how could he come this quickly?’

It didn’t seem like Crazy Demon cared that much for Shin Ye-hyang. Now that he’s here, he hasn’t even glanced at Shin Ye-hyang once.

‘Besides, he didn’t even look tired.’

If the Crazy Demon had rushed here, he must have looked exhausted.

Even if he wasn’t a master like Crazy Demon, but the minions that came with him should have been tired.

However, neither Crazy Demon nor the other demons of the Heavenly Demon Sect showed any sign of fatigue.

“Have you been in the Central Plains this whole time?”

It didn’t look like they moved in a hurry, but they appeared faster than Purple Cloud Sword God had expected.

If so, there was only one answer.

The fact that Crazy Demon was in the Central Plains from the beginning.

“Is it that important?”

“Wouldn’t it be important?”

It might not have mattered to the Crazy Demon, but it did to the Purple Cloud Sword God.

“That means no one knew that the Vice Sect Leader was moving.”

How could the Nine Sects, the Five Noble Family Clans, or the Orthodox Alliance didn’t know about this?

No, even the Kunlun Sect, a sect that was supposed to block the advancement of the Heavenly Demon Sect into the Central Plains, doesn’t seem to know about this.

The problem was that the information power of the Orthodox Alliance was insufficient, which was obviously an important matter.

“Isn’t it more important how you behave now?”

“…….”

Purple Cloud Sword God couldn’t easily answer Crazy Demon’s words.

The Mount Hua Sect moved. And even joined hand with the Gongdong Sect. He felt like he had to back out without getting anything.

“You really think you’re going to fight like this?”

The number of minions brought by the Crazy Demon was too small to be considered as the movement of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

It seems that not many people were able to move because they had to avoid being noticed by others.

‘What if only the Crazy Demon… … .’

Purple Cloud Sword God quickly began to assess the situation.

He thought that if Crazy Demon could do something, Gongdong and Mount Hua could join forces and defeat Heavenly Demon Sect.

“Commander! Are you okay?”

“You guys came too?”

In Purple Cloud Sword God’s eyes, he saw people wearing black robes approaching the Shadow Demon’s Commander.

‘Is this the Demon Shadow Squad?’

Shadows of the Heavenly Demon.

It is one of the most prominent armed groups within the Heavenly Demon Sect.

‘They came too?’

If they came all the way here, one could tell that Heavenly Demon thought this was quite important.

Well, it might be natural since the Shadow Demons Squad was moving.

‘Why on earth would the Heavenly Demon Sect want something like that?’

‘I know it’s not some huge treasure. It was said that these antiques founded by Yukga Escort Agency was quite old.’

‘They didn’t seem significant enough to move the Shadow Demon Squad.’

The Commander Neung Byeok-mun started moving again with the Shadow Demons.

They were not young men who did not listen to him properly, but rather people who were like his limbs.

It will definitely look different than before.

It seemed difficult to catch the Shadow Demons, who were stirring up the battlefield with only the disciples of Mount Hua and Gongdong Sects.

“Then how does the Heavenly Demon Sect plan to compensate?”

But Purple Cloud Sword God had no intention of backing down like this.

“What compensation?”

Purple Cloud Sword God crumpled his face as he looked at the questioning Crazy Demon.

“Didn’t the attack on my sect’s escort agency come from the Heavenly Demon Sect? Two of the main sect’s disciples died as a result.”

At Purple Cloud Sword God’s words, Crazy Demon turned his head and looked at Commander Neung.

“Commander, is that true?”

“That is not true at all.”

“Traces of the Mad Wind Sword Art were found on the disciples’ bodies…….” Purple Cloud Sword God, who had been speaking, had no choice but to keep his mouth shut when his eyes met with Crazy Demon’s.

It was because of the murderous intent emanating from the Crazy Demon.

“Hmm.”

‘It’s so horrible that I can’t help but groan.’

‘Is it really possible to live like this?’

‘I feel like my whole body is being torn apart.’

Purple Cloud Sword God tried to shake off the Crazy Demon’s energy by using his Internal Energy just like before.

“Coolook!”

Purple Cloud Sword God cried out and spat out blood. Unlike before, his Internal Energy was not listening.

His Internal Energy moved in a direction completely different from his will, as if he was afraid of the madness of the devil.

“I think it would be better not to overdo it.”

“If you continue to resist, you may fall into the Qi deviation,” Gongdong Twin Elders said while looking at Purple Cloud Sword God spitting out blood.

Purple Cloud Sword God also had no choice but to nod to the two people’s words and retreat.

Then he was forced to be directly exposed to the Crazy Demon’s killing intent again.

“Hmm.”

Purple Cloud Sword God’s whole body trembled like an aspen tree, and he had chills. His back was already soaking wet.

He was at a loss as to whether he would be possessed by the devil if he resisted, and whether he would die if he didn’t resist.

“What did you find?”

“The Whirlwind Law……”

“Gibberish!”

The Crazy Demon cut off Purple Cloud Sword God’s words with a scolding.

Bang!

As he stomped his feet hard, the ground caved in.

“Do you think my daughter would do something so stupid?”

What Purple Cloud Sword God is saying now is ignoring Shin Ye-hyang.

‘How many people would use the Mad Wind’s Sword Arts in a situation where they are hiding their identity and attacking?

“Can you take responsibility for those words?”

“That…….”

If Commander Neung had said those words, he would have laughed at him.

But if Crazy Demon said it, the weight is different.

“No. If you’re going to create such evidence yourself, it seems like the Mount Hua Sect wants to go to war with our Sect.”

With just one word, Crazy Demon made the evidence into the Mount Hua’s doing.

“The Orthodox Alliance says this has nothing to do with them.”

Purple Cloud Sword God flinched at Crazy Demon’s words.

He had tried to kill all the young demons of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and he thought it was okay for the Great Demon War to break out because of it.

‘I thought that since there was a justification, the Orthodox Alliance would eventually help them.’

‘Have they already pulled out?’

However, rather than helping Mount Hua Sect, the Orthodox Alliance chose to avoid war with the Heavenly Demon Sect.

But Purple Cloud Sword God had no time to be angry about that. It was because of the indifferent voice of the Crazy Demon digging into his ears.

“Then is this the will of the Mount Hua Sect?”

“No! That’s not true at all.”

A little while ago, Mae Jin-pung would have confidently said that it was the will of the Mount Hua Sect.

But if the Orthodox Alliance had stepped back from this matter, the story would have been different.

Because Mount Hua Sect couldn’t deal with the Heavenly Demon Sect alone.

“Or was it something that was done with the Gongdong Sect?”

“…No. The Gongdong simply helped Kunlun and Mount Hua Sects.”

“I see. I heard there was a minor conflict with Kunlun Sect. Such things are not common in the murim.”

Now the Crazy Demon is speaking. He said he wouldn’t hit Kunlun or Gongdong, but he might hit Mount Hua Sect.

So, it’s up to them to make a choice.

“…I think I misjudged the Mount Hua.”

“Hmm. Is that so?”

“…Yes. I will punish the disciple who failed to check properly.”

“Surely that’s not all? Anyway, isn’t the futures of our sect hurt?”

The Orthodox Alliance, Kunlun Sect, and Gongdong Sect all withdrew.

The Mount Hua Sect could not deal with the Heavenly Demon Sect alone.

So, Mae Jin-pung, the Sect Leader of the Mount Hua Sect faction, had no choice but to bite his lips and lower his head.

“I will definitely compensate you for that.”

“Don’t wait.”

As soon as the Crazy Demon made a gesture, the demons of the Heavenly Demon Sect, who seemed ready to rush towards the Mount Hua Sect, put away their weapons.

“Surely you wouldn’t ask me to do a trick for you too, right?”

“…….”

“Or would you like to accept my offer? If you accept it, I may be able to send you away safely.”

This is what Purple Cloud Sword God did to Jin Myeong.

At the time, Jin Myeong was pushed back by others, but eventually withstood his attack.

But Purple Cloud Sword God couldn’t bring himself to say that.

“It’s a joke. So don’t be so nervous.”

How many people here take Crazy Demon’s words as a joke?

“Is it okay to take the people from our Sect with us now?”

“…Of course.”

“Okay, then we’ll go back to our Sect.”

The Mount Hua Sect and Gongdong Sect, who had come here with confidence, had to retreat without achieving any results due to the appearance of the Crazy Demon.

‘This is the power of the absolute strong.’

Jin Myeong clearly realized the power of the Crazy Demon and the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Even the Purple Cloud Sword God that had felt so strong eventually retreated without making a sound.

‘I have to be at least that strong.’

It seemed that only by becoming as strong as a Crazy Demon could he protect the Heavenly Demon Sect from the protagonist and the Orthodox Alliance.

‘But I got the key anyway.’

This was the biggest harvest from this mission, but it also gave him a new challenge.

‘I have to find some way to use this.’

Jin Myeong couldn’t take his hands off the cup-shaped key in his bosom.

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