Chapter 310 – Blood Demon (4)

Thanks to Hong Yeon-hwa’s assistance, I was able to cut through several chains while deciphering the Blood Demon’s magic.

Now, there was only one thing left to do. Unfortunately, it was the most important one, the one that was strangling my neck.

I had successfully broken through the magic that Hong Yeon-hwa had used to try and kill me, but the problem arose right after.

Thorned vines lay beneath my feet, sharp weapons hung in the air, bloodthirsty beasts made of blood were behind me, and even a giant blood spear occasionally shot down from the ceiling.

The magic that should have been dispelled had suddenly filled the surroundings in an instant.

Unfortunately, it happened right after Hong Yeon-hwa had cleared the area with her energy.

No, it wasn’t bad luck. She must have planned this moment.

“Be careful!”

I knew without her telling me. Hong Yeon-hwa was weakened and couldn’t help me now.

Moreover, I couldn’t even let her take the hit for me with the Blood Demon’s hexapod army charging towards us.

In other words, I had to find a way to get out of this mess on my own.

“What the hell, let’s give it a try!”

If I could just hold out this one time, I could release all the chains that bound Hong Yeon-hwa, and then the situation would change.

I tensed my muscles even more and quickly surveyed my surroundings.

Blood beasts, weapons, thorns, and the blood spear, in that order, were coming at me.

I leaped, gauging the order and power of each attack.

I put all my strength into my body and naturally crouched down.

But I was conscious of the power hidden within me and spread my whole body wide open.

I used the technique I learned from Pung So-so to utilize the elasticity of my body. I spun around with a hundred percent utilization of this technique and then…

“Ha-a-a-a-a-a-at!”

I swung my sword along the trajectory I had planned and extended the sword’s energy.

A white energy that sparkled like an afterimage remained in the air.

I couldn’t cut them all down at once, but what if the Blood Demon’s magic thrust itself towards the sword energy?

Just like now.

Zzwee-e-e-e-e-e-e!

The blood beasts, weapons, and thorns made of blood collided with the sword energy in the air and made a loud noise.

No matter how much I extended the sword energy, it was only possible to hold it for a very short time, but if they came at me this fast, I could do this kind of thing.

The flesh that surrounded me was cut by the sword energy and scattered around me, but I could easily block it with my protective energy.

But there was still one big problem left.

Sssshhhhhhh-!

The blood spear shot down from the ceiling.

I gathered my inner strength to the limit, as if opposing a pillar of the mansion.

Woo-oo-ong.

Chapter 310 – Blood Demon (4)

The starlight shone brighter than usual, responding to my will.

My body and the surrounding energy were absorbed into the sword energy, which swelled the mob.

It wasn’t enough to cut through a pillar of steel, but I could still manage to scratch it.

“Heup!”

The extended sword energy clashed with the blood spear, but not head-on, at an oblique angle.

Kaddddeuk. Quang!

The sound of sharp friction as the steel scraped against steel. The deafening noise echoed belatedly.

It was probably the sound of the ground breaking.

Phew. I managed to get through it somehow.

However, the blood spear was so big, and it wasn’t even touching the ground, so I failed to completely deflect the impact.

I rolled and writhed in the air.

Of course, I expected this too.

“Hey, come here!”

A black demon reached out to me just in time.

Yeah. I thought I could move again around this time.

Thud.

The giant hand made of steel kicked off again towards the top.

The objects around me flowed like a line, and I hit the back of the demon’s head.

I cut through the thick chain that tightly gripped the demon’s neck and climbed up onto its head.

“Fuck! This is not it!”

As soon as I uncovered the Blood Demon’s pattern, curses spilled out of my mouth.

It was really dangerous just now, even though I succeeded in uncovering the pattern.

The attack was strong enough to make me curse, but the Blood Demon himself, who was supposed to be the weakest, reacted a little differently.

Rather than being disappointed or disassembling, he looked at me with admiring eyes.

“That was…! I see. It’s not that you didn’t inherit the Heavenly Sword Technique, but that you haven’t fully mastered it yet!”

“What are you talking about?”

He’s still talking about his master.

Actually, there was a technique in the Heavenly Sword Technique that Hong Yeon-hwa had interpreted, which left a sword mark in the air and cut anyone who touched it.

It was a sword that I had tried to recall and attempt, so it was possible to misunderstand, but…

“That was something I learned from Yeon-hwa just now.”

It was just a matter of hitting my inner strength recklessly and holding the sword energy in the air for a moment using the technique of the Ganggi Gong that I learned from Pung So-so.

“Hehe. I trusted you, my lord. Ahem. I taught you, so it shouldn’t be too difficult!”

Hong Yeon-hwa’s voice sounded like she was grumbling. Now that all the chains were released, she was probably excited to fight properly.

Since there was nothing I could do here, I started to think about whether I should go to the Toegwi or Jochil with Myungwoljin.

Chapter 310 – Blood Demon (4)

“Too bad. Really too bad. I have to stop the progress of the Heavenly Sword Technique here,” the Blood Demon’s voice rang in my ears as if he had won.

What the hell is wrong with this guy? Doesn’t he understand the situation?

I knew he wasn’t in his right mind, but was it to this extent?

No, the Blood Demons I’ve seen so far were crazy, but they were still sane enough.

That means…

“Yeon-hwa!”

“I know!”

Come to think of it, at some point, the techniques that were attacking me stopped increasing.

It could be because the chains were being released one by one, and Hong Yeon-hwa was starting to exert her power, but even considering that, there was a clear gap.

In other words, he wasn’t even trying, and he might have done something sneaky.

It would be better to just fight head-on… I think the orthodox sects know how to deal with magic.

“Haah!”

As if she wouldn’t just take it, Hong Yeon-hwa first threw a punch.

It was thicker and harder than the blood spear I had barely deflected, and it shot out at a speed that could process steel.

Whoo-!

Even if a rock of this size and speed flew at me, it would be threatening, but it’s not a rock, it’s a lump of steel?

And it’s made of magi, which is notoriously violent?

I didn’t really know because I had only watched from afar, but now that I saw it up close, I could clearly see that the Thousand Demon Punch was really strong.

Kwaaaang-!!

I hastily pulled my inner strength and spread out the Cheon-gun-chu, fearing that I would be blown away by the gusts and shock waves that could knock me down.

If the Blood Demon, who was hit head-on by the same steel, was in the same state…

Sure enough, two out of six heads were crushed, even though they were made of the same steel.

The arm I had stretched out to try to block it was flailing in the air, unable to keep up with Hong Yeon-hwa’s speed.

Just as Hong Yeon-hwa’s beating was about to continue.

Crunch.

With a sickening sound, blood-red chains poured down from the ceiling of the blood sea once again.

Refill Evan.

“I’ll handle that somehow! Yeon-hwa, just focus on killing the Blood Demon!”

“I understand!”

I put my inner strength into my thighs and jumped as high as I could.

In the center of the shower of chains that arrived in an instant. I pulled out the Geom-gang as long as possible.

I can’t cut through all the chains, but I can easily cut through about half of them.

The rest can be avoided by Hong Yeon-hwa, or if not, I can land and finish cutting them.

I’ve done it once, so I can do it better this time.

As soon as I finished calculating in my head, I spun my body around. And…

Clang!

“Huh?”

The sword was blocked.

I managed to cut one of the iron chains almost in half, but that’s about it.

It should have been cut easily with my sword, considering the situation…

“Ah.”

Wait a minute.

This iron chain is not a magic technique, but a lump of blood gangqi.

Of course, it’s impossible for me to cut through steel of this thickness with a single stroke.

In other words, the purpose of this iron chain is…

“It’s me.”

He’s been introducing new magic techniques and turning the situation around, and now he’s using psychological tricks when Yeon-hwa and I are getting used to it.

What a dirty fighter.

I quickly retrieved my sword and swung the Cheon-gun-chu towards the ceiling.

The backlash of the sword wind, which spread out without stepping on the ground, was powerful enough to push me away, but…

Crunch.

The problem was that the iron chains that had been pouring down as if they were targeting Hong Yeon-hwa were wriggling and changing their trajectory.

“Damn it.”

I swallowed my saliva at the sight of the Blood Demon, who looked like a living snake, and raised my sword.

Even if he hadn’t used any magic techniques so far, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand a lump of steel like this.

If I pull out as much inner strength as possible, I won’t die, but that’s it.

Not being able to move in this situation is as good as death.

“You?!”

Hong Yeon-hwa, who realized the Blood Demon’s intention too late, reached out her hand in desperation.

“Do you think I’ll let you go?”

But the Blood Demon threw himself at Hong Yeon-hwa, aiming for her demon, saying that the disciple of the Sword Sect must die for her to be released.

“This…! You…!”

Hong Yeon-hwa tried to flick him with her elbow, tear him with her sharp nails, and smash him with her fist, but she couldn’t easily shake him off because he was recovering the blood flowing from his wounds.

Of course, in terms of martial arts, Hong Yeon-hwa has an overwhelming advantage, so if she is given a little more time, she can escape, but…

Before that, the iron chain will hit me.

I don’t even have wings, so how can I fight in the air… What the hell is this?

Since I’ve learned how to deal with the Blood Demon, I’ll try to hold on somehow this time too.

And then, I swung my sword towards the iron chain that had come close to my nose.

But this time, I pushed it away with the face of the sword, not the blade.

Kwaaaang!