Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 1320. Have you ever seen hell? (5)
Editor: Hoamzz
Co-Translator: Xoxo
“Sasuk! Behind…!”
"I know!"
"The rear is collapsing, Sasuk!"
"I said I know!"
Jo-Gol, shouting in panic, flinched at Baek Cheon's sharp response.
Even amidst the chaos, Baek Cheon wielded his sword with unwavering precision.
Paaaaat!
The sword energy pouring out from the sword blade (검첨(劍尖)) swept away all the enemies blocking his way.
“Aaaaagh!”
The Myriad Man Manor martial artist, their concentration momentarily disrupted by the tremendous scene unfolding behind, screamed as they were helplessly swept away by Baek Cheon's sword energy.
"Push forward!"
"But…!"
“Didn’t I tell you to shut up and focus on what's ahead!"
Baek Cheon roared ferociously.
Jo-Gol's sword wavered slightly.
"If we can't break through, we all die! Saving a couple more lives won’t change the outcome!"
Only after hearing Baek Cheon's words did Jo-Gol's eyes harden with resolve.
"Uuuuaaah!"
Swaeeeeeek!
Jo-Gol’s swift sword pierced through the retreating enemies one after another.
"Arghhh!"
Paaat!
He kicked the ground with all his might and leaped forward.
Jo-Gol's sword created dozens of sword shadows at once.
The sword shadows unleashed with such ferocity that it seemed to fill the entire gorge and flew fiercely toward the enemies.
Just as Jo-Gol seemed to get carried away, Yoon Jong leaped past him and dived straight into the retreating enemies as if possessed.
Yoon Jong’s blade cut through the retreating foes in one clean sweep.
Baek Cheon strengthened their resolve.
"If you’re worried about the rear, then focus all your strength on carving a path forward! That’s the only way we can save everyone!"
“Yes, Sasuk!”
Yoon Jong and Jo-Gol increased their momentum and pressed forward.
“Out of the way, you bastards!"
Unstoppable momentum.
It was as if nothing was blocking them.
But even that speed felt unbearably slow to them now.
It was only natural since their hearts had already run far ahead with everyone.
Baek Cheon instinctively suppressed the urge to turn his head and glance back.
He berated himself while keeping his gaze fixed forward.
'Don't look back!'
He desperately wanted to rush to the rear.
But he understood with painful clarity.
Attempting to handle everything himself would be nothing but arrogance and greed.
'I leave the rear to you!'
Baek Cheon conveyed his determination with the fierce tremor shake of his sword.
He could picture it clearly even without looking.
What those struggling behind look at.
The small back he had always seen, that had always stood before him. That small back would be firmly protecting everyone.
"Don't just stand there gaping! Keep up!"
Baek Cheon's shout startled the disciples of Hainan Sect and snapped them back to their senses.
"Hurry!"
Soon after, Hainan Sect disciples began sprinting with all their might along the path carved open by Jo-Gol and Yoon Jong.
* * *
The cold and subdued eyes of Chung Myung bore down on Myriad Man Manor martial artists.
Perhaps because of this, even the ferocious martial artists hesitated and growled but were unable to charge at him recklessly.
Chung Myung looked at them still and opened his mouth.
“Nokrim King.”
"Yes."
"Send the elders to the back."
"Understood."
"That drooping octopus head too."
"...Fine."
But Im Sobyeong did not move even after saying so.
He just stared at the back of Chung Myung's head with a stiffened face.
"Well..."
Chung Myung sensed the gazes and smiled faintly.
"What, you think I'm prepared to die here?"
“…That’s not it….”
"Save it. I know how precious my life is.”
“….”
“And I don’t have to be prepared to die against those guys. Just….”
Chung Myung trailed off, a faint smile curling his lips.
There was one regret.
"Tang Pae."
Hearing his name, Tang Pae flinched and looked up.
Tang Pae's face was incredibly pale.
Because he knew well what he had done.
He could endure anyone else's reproach.
But if he heard words of reassurance from Chung Myung's mouth, he felt he might truly collapse.
Since that would be tantamount to saying this was Tang Family's limit.
Tang Pae hoped desperately that those miserable words would never come out.
Then Chung Myung reaches out his hand.
Paaaat!
Something shot out at fierce speed from within the pile of corpses heaped like a small hill.
Chung Myung caught it mid-air and casually tossed it to Tang Pae behind him.
"Ah..."
The man received it reflexively and looked down absentmindedly at the object in his hand.
What Chung Myung had passed him were the flying daggers he hadn't been able to retrieve during the intense battle.
"Stick close behind me."
"…Yes?"
“Guard my back.”
Tang Pae's eyes slowly widened in disbelief at those unexpected words.
Just now….
"What? Can’t do it?"
"N- No! I still have strength left!"
Though he didn't dare unleash poisonous smoke, he could throw flying daggers as much as needed.
After all, wasn't the advantage of daggers their low internal strength consumption as long as you don't use the ultimate techniques?
"But will I even..."
Will I be of any help to Chung Myung in this situation?
He swallowed those questions without voicing them.
But Chung Myung shrugged his shoulders as if he had guessed what Tang Pae wanted to say.
And continued casually.
"Even if clumsy, better than nothing. I need something familiar right now."
Something familiar?
Tang Pae couldn't understand what he was saying.
Chung Myung added.
“Don’t worry. Anything lacking will be filled in."
“Huh? What does that..."
The answer fortunately came very quickly.
Step.
A faint footstep sounded beside Tang Pae.
Turning, he saw a cold and expressionless Yoo Iseol standing there.
As if here was she meant to be from the beginning.
Yoo Iseol spoke quietly.
"Don’t step forward."
"…What?"
Tang Pae asked back at the abrupt remark.
Yoo Iseol answered simply.
"I'll already be there first."
Tang Pae slowly nodded.
His role was to provide cover with flying daggers.
Overstepping his role and pushing too far would only get in the way.
He fully understood what Yoo Iseol said, but Tang Pae had no intention of being half-hearted about it.
Determination surged through his eyes.
He clenched the hand holding the dagger.
'I'll pour out everything.'
That was the least he could do for someone who had placed their trust in him.
“Move!”
Only then did Im Sobyeong feel reassured enough to begin leading the elders.
Though some elders coughed blood as they tried to lift their feet, Im Sobyeong shouted with absolute coldness.
“Whether you die while moving or die standing here, it’s all the same! Move, now!"
The elders clenched their teeth and began to move.
Their strong internal strength allowed them to endure, but no one could say when they might collapse.
But still they had to move. Because they were still alive. Because they hadn’t dead yet.
They had to struggle until their strength failed and they collapsed.
Im Sobyeong looked back while supporting the trembling Hye Yeon.
"We're going ahead! Don’t be late and follow us!”
"Quit the nagging."
When Chung Myung spoke indifferently, Im Sobyeong shot him a sharp glare before heading off into the distance.
Now only Yoo Iseol and Tang Pae remained behind Chung Myung.
Chung Myung smiled at the strange feeling.
'Honestly, this isn't such a familiar situation.'
Breaking through enemy lines was something he had done countless times, but stalling for time while retreating was entirely against his nature.
In the past, there were plenty of others to do this kind of thing for him, so he could simply dive headfirst into the middle and cause mayhem.
But not anymore. Now he couldn’t just do whatever he wanted.
Not what he wanted to do, but what he had to do.
"Becoming an adult is such a pain in the ass.”
"Still young."
"Yeah, yeah."
Though his tone was lighthearted, there wasn’t a trace of humor on Chung Myung’s face.
The reason the enemies hadn’t fully swarmed them yet was simple.
Unless there was the luxury of time to meditate and circulate energy, it was better to wait until the poisoning grew severe.
Knowing this, Ho Gamyeong wasn't giving the order.
But not anymore.
"Well..."
Chung Myung slowly lifted one foot off the ground.
This standoff cannot last forever.
If so, there was no reason to drag it out any longer.
Chung Myung knew when a beast that had hesitated to pounce on its prey would finally bare its fangs.
“Let’s get started.”
The moment that foot came do —not forward, but deliberately stepping back.
“Keeeuuuuuhhaaaaaattt!”
As if a tightly stretched leash had snapped, the Myriad Man Manor martial artists who had been lowering their postures all rushed toward Chung Myung with heated momentum.
An enormous killing intent surged toward Chung Myung as if everything forcefully suppressed had suddenly exploded.
Amidst the chilling murderous intent, the corners of Chung Myung's mouth curled up.
He poured his internal strength fully into the Dark Fragrant Plum Blossom Sword.
The muscles in his sword-wielding arm rippled and blood coursed through his body like a raging torrent.
The Myriad Man Manor martial artists roared and swung their blades with all their might.
Three ahead, and two above!
The dao flying simultaneously from above and below was like the maw of a huge monster opening wide.
Chung Myung pulled his sword all the way back.
And just as the monster-like maw of dao was about to tear into Chung Myung's body.
Paaaat!
His sword shot forward with terrifying speed.
It was such a powerful sword strike that calling it ‘shot’ like an arrow would be more fitting than ‘swung’.
Chung Myung’s sword instantly turned into a ray of light and pierced the necks of the five charging enemies.
Kwang!
His foot struck the ground in unison.
Not forward.
Tang Pae, Yoo Iseol, and Chung Myung. The three leaped back.
Seeing the three retreat between the falling bodies of their comrades, the eyes of the Myriad Man Manor martial artists filled with madness.
"Chase them doooooown!"
No matter how strong the opponent, even if the path forward ultimately leads to death, those pursuing a retreating enemy invariably gain heightened morale.
The sight of the once-mighty sword warriors retreating with a sword in hand was enough to ignite the ferocity of the Myriad Man Manor martial artists to its peak.
“Keuuhaaaaatttt!”
The martial artists of Myriad Man Manor let out beastly roars and charged forward almost as if running on all fours.
Those collapsed but still alive were trampled and crushed beneath their feet yet they paid no heed.
They were too busy chasing Mount Hua Chivalrous Sword like beasts and screaming wildly.
Swaeaeaeaeaek!
Tang Pae’s dagger pierced the crown of a charging enemy’s head in an instant.
"Out of the way!"
A dao flying from behind split the twitching man's waist in an instant.
They struck aside their bisected comrade's upper body and targeted Chung Myung, displaying a ferocity and intense killing intent enough to make one's knees tremble.
“Uwoaaaahhhhh!”
A dao carrying momentum as if to split the world in half fell straight Chung Myung's head.
An attack that had abandoned all notions of defense.
A strike poured entirely into a single blow without concern for what came next.
Kwadeuk!
Chung Myung's sword pierced through the warrior’s neck and jutted out the back.
But the dao, already carrying momentum, didn't stop but accelerated further as it fell toward Chung Myung's head.
Paat!
Chung Myung's feet lightly pushed off the ground.
Then, a sword carrying fierce wind pressure passes an inch from his face.
His bangs fluttered in the gust.
A chilling sensation as if his skin was being scraped with a rough saw followed.
Though not even a part of the dao had touched his body, it felt as if the malice and momentum carried within had pierced through the air into his body.
Chung Myung embraced the eerie yet familiar sensation coursing through his entire being and mercilessly twisted the sword he had lodged in the enemy’s throat.
Pahaaaat!
As he channeled his inner strength, the pierced neck burst open and the head with nowhere to go soared upward.
Warm blood sprayed through the air.
It was as if announcing the beginning of the grotesque battle that was about to unfold.
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