Fist Demon of Mount Hua ( Novel ) - Chapter 301
Chapter 301 – Drawing Pictures with Blood on White Snow (1)
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Discord
The season was passing spring and racing toward summer, but Ga Ui-cheon felt goosebumps rising all over his body as if he were standing naked in the middle of a winter snowfield.
‘Damn it!’
His entire skin turned red hot as if he were taking a blade-like wind with his bare body.
A damp smell was emanating from Dam-ho’s entire body. An incomparably murky… chaotic smell that shook the very foundation of human souls.
Zing!
Tinnitus rang in his head.
A very long time ago, when he had no power at all…
The damp smell he had smelled when he had to sit down helplessly and wait for death was exactly like this. That’s why he knew.
What the true nature of this damp and murky smell was.
A harbinger of approaching death.
Ga Ui-cheon shouted with veins bulging as if he would vomit blood.
“I cannot accept it. Are you telling me you’ve become death itself? I am no longer a powerless child. I will kill you. By killing you, I will overcome death.”
The focus disappeared from Ga Ui-cheon’s eyes. Instead, explosive madness took its place.
Yeom Su-gang bit down hard on his teeth. He bit so hard that red blood flowed from between his gums.
Madness makes fear disappear and inspires fighting spirit. But conversely, it means he felt such fear that he cast away his own reason.
‘A beast that brings death… victory.’
Only then did he seem to understand Dam-ho’s true nature.
The hell they had experienced was not true hell.
This moment of fighting Dam-ho was true hell. And their hell was just beginning.
Crack!
Even as he clenched his fist tightly, Dam-ho was slowly walking toward them.
One step, then another step.
With the limping walk they had mocked so much.
They had laughed at it then, but they couldn’t now. His jaw muscles were twitching uncontrollably, and the corners of his eyes were trembling.
“Fist… Demon.”
The two characters of his nickname, which he had dismissed carelessly, were now piercing his heart.
Ga Ui-cheon muttered while engulfed in madness.
“You crippled bastard…”
He could not accept Dam-ho.
He could not accept the reality of being pushed back by such a limping cripple he had despised so much. To do so would be like negating his entire life.
His voice grew louder and louder.
“Where does a crippled bastard… I absolutely cannot accept it. I cannot accept it.”
“I don’t need your acceptance.”
“What?”
Dam-ho’s gaze became even colder.
What was wrong with limping?
Living life, one sometimes encounters unavoidable situations beyond one’s control. Dam-ho injuring his leg was the same. At that time, it was simply a major accident that was beyond his power to prevent.
The problem was how one acted after experiencing such an accident.
Even though he limped, Dam-ho never once gave up on or became pessimistic about his life. He silently weathered the waves of life and stood at this place now.
Just because he limped a little didn’t diminish the value of his life.
Just because someone like Ga Ui-cheon couldn’t understand or mocked him didn’t devalue Dam-ho’s life.
Thump!
A deep footprint was carved into the ground.
It was the footprint of the life Dam-ho had walked.
Heavy and deep. That’s why it contained deep resonance.
His eyes and steps were directed toward Ga Ui-cheon and Yeom Su-gang. The two people couldn’t dare handle the deep resonance contained in Dam-ho’s eyes and gait.
Only then did Yeom Su-gang acknowledge that the man they had looked down upon was different from any being they had ever encountered.
‘Scary.’
Immediately after, a chill rushed in like a receding tide. It felt like he had caught a fever. And Dam-ho approached like a tidal wave.
“Kuk!”
Ga Ui-cheon tried to avoid Dam-ho’s attack by deploying his characteristic lightness technique. But at that moment, his broken left leg held him back.
Dam-ho’s palm adhered to his chest. Then spiral-shaped energy was released.
The Five Finger Rock Breaking Energy was deployed.
Splash!
“Kek!”
With a single scream, Ga Ui-cheon flew backward. A spiral-shaped bruise formed on his chest, and his internal organs were scrambled.
Ga Ui-cheon’s consciousness momentarily flew away from the tremendous pain.
“Ui-cheon!”
Yeom Su-gang threw his body to save Ga Ui-cheon.
With his intact hand, he deployed the Dazzling Dark Demon Jade Hand, and with his broken-fingered arm, he tried to grab Ga Ui-cheon’s body. But Dam-ho’s attack was not something that could be blocked with one hand.
Bang!
The Explosive Star Strike and the Dazzling Dark Demon Jade Hand collided, and both men’s bodies shook from the impact.
Yeom Su-gang retreated while holding Ga Ui-cheon’s body, and Dam-ho charged forward. That difference decided the fate of the two men.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A violent torrent swirled around Dam-ho’s body. He had deployed the Violent Demon Energy.
At that moment, Yeom Su-gang saw a massive storm.
The currents of the violent torrent expanding to fill his retina.
Crash!
With a tremendous roar that shook heaven and earth, a lump of bloody flesh was flung out. It was Yeom Su-gang.
His face was crushed, and every bone in his body was broken and misaligned. The owner of the corpse, mangled beyond recognition of its original form, was Yeom Su-gang.
“Su-gang!”
Ga Ui-cheon, who belatedly regained consciousness, shouted. But Yeom Su-gang, whose breath had already been cut off, could not answer.
Ga Ui-cheon’s gaze sought Dam-ho.
“You bastard! You… Kek!”
Crack!
At that moment, Dam-ho’s fist embedded in Ga Ui-cheon’s abdomen.
Ga Ui-cheon’s pupils shook greatly as if an earthquake had occurred. Instantly, focus disappeared from his pupils.
The thread of consciousness he had barely grasped flew away again. And Dam-ho’s knee exploded into his abdomen.
It was the left foot that Ga Ui-cheon had mocked so much. While he couldn’t put strength into it when walking and had to limp, there was no problem whatsoever in delivering knee attacks.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Dam-ho’s knee struck Ga Ui-cheon’s abdomen consecutively.
Ga Ui-cheon’s lower body swayed like a leather bag. Too much pain numbs even the sense of pain. That was Ga Ui-cheon’s current state.
Once, twice, three times… He didn’t know exactly how many knee attacks he had delivered. Only when his heart was about to burst did Dam-ho stop his attack. And he released Ga Ui-cheon’s collar that he had been gripping tightly.
Slide!
Ga Ui-cheon’s body slipped down. His abdomen and lower body were so miserably crushed that one could believe they were rags. His abdomen had burst, with pieces of internal organs and blood flowing out, and his two legs were dangling limply with bone fragments finely shattered.
Dam-ho looked down indifferently at Ga Ui-cheon’s corpse.
“Try mocking me once more.”
The moment they entered the snowy mountains, the season shifted from spring to winter. The air rapidly became cold, and the wind swept fiercely like sharp blades.
***
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine. It’s not to the degree where you need to worry yet.”
At Geom Yul-cheon’s worried words, Dan Gong-wol showed a smile. But his complexion was not very good.
His physical condition was deteriorating as time passed. Normally, he could laugh while taking off his clothes in this degree of cold, but now it was piercing to his bones. Still, he deliberately maintained a composed expression.
Dan Gong-wol looked up at Death Cliff, which had now come much closer. His destination was not far.
“That place…”
Piiiing!
At that moment, a faint whistling sound echoed.
It was such a faint sound mixed with the blade-like wind that it was difficult to distinguish even with concentrated effort. But Dan Gong-wol’s superhuman senses caught that faint whistling sound and reacted.
Clatter!
Silver chains flowed from his body and covered the front. Following this, with a ‘clang’ sound, a meteor awl was deflected.
Seeing this, Geom Yul-cheon’s eyes lit up.
The moment he saw the meteor awl, a certain woman came to mind.
“Su-hyeon?”
“I’m here too.”
Following this, along with a resonant voice, tremendous energy rushed like a tidal wave.
Instantly, Geom Yul-cheon deployed the first move of the Thunder Strike Technique, Thunderbolt Layers.
“Chaat!”
A wall of lightning formed in front of him.
Immediately after, two forces collided.
Crash!
Geom Yul-cheon’s body was pushed backward.
Deep furrows formed in the earth where he had planted his feet.
“Cheon-ak!”
Geom Yul-cheon straightened his waist and opened his mouth.
“Yul-cheon!”
Instantly, with a heavy voice from the air, a giant fell down. It was Jeong Cheon-ak.
Following this, the woman who had thrown the meteor awl, Ji Su-hyeon, appeared.
Geom Yul-cheon’s gaze, which hadn’t wavered even when seeing Jeong Cheon-ak, shook at Ji Su-hyeon’s appearance.
“Cheon-ak, Su-hyeon.”
“You’re still the same, Yul-cheon.”
Jeong Cheon-ak’s gaze fixed on Geom Yul-cheon’s face.
Geom Yul-cheon’s expression was frozen as hard as could be.
Among the Ten Soldiers, the two people he least wanted to meet had appeared before his eyes.
Jeong Cheon-ak’s gaze was fierce, and Ji Su-hyeon’s eyes were sorrowful.
Geom Yul-cheon briefly closed his eyes.
Momentarily, numerous thoughts flashed through his mind.
One was a friend he had once trusted and relied upon, and the other was someone who had once made his heart waver.
“To think you’ve chased me all the way here.”
“No one can escape the hands of the Ten Soldiers. Not even you, Yul-cheon.”
“Cheon-ak!”
“Don’t call my name, you filthy traitor. To dare target our sect from the shadows. I knew you would do this from long ago. That’s why I hated you so much.”
Jeong Cheon-ak spat out angry words. Flames seemed about to burst from his eyes as he glared at Geom Yul-cheon.
Ji Su-hyeon looked at the two men alternately. Momentarily, a light of conflict flashed across her face.
She opened her mouth.
“Is this all you chose after abandoning us like that? Yul-cheon.”
“Su-hyeon.”
“It’s not too late even now. Come to this side.”
Ji Su-hyeon extended her hand.
They were pure white and slender fingers that people commonly called jade hands, like ice fish. They were the kind of hands with irresistible charm for any man. But Geom Yul-cheon firmly rejected that hand.
“It’s too late.”
“Yul-cheon!”
“That place is not where I belong. Where I belong is here.”
Geom Yul-cheon stood beside Dan Gong-wol.
Instantly, anger appeared on Ji Su-hyeon’s face.
“To reject me once again.”
Shameful memories from the past surfaced again. That’s why she became even angrier.
Jeong Cheon-ak stepped forward and said:
“I didn’t think you would change your mind anyway. If you were that kind of person, you would have already taken my hand twenty years ago.”
“You know well.”
“It would have been better if you had hidden and built up more strength. Then you might have had a glimmer of chance. The old man you saved ultimately hastened your death.”
Jeong Cheon-ak’s gaze turned to Dan Gong-wol, who was standing blankly.
Dan Gong-wol burst into hearty laughter.
“Hehe! No matter how wounded I am, I didn’t expect to be treated like this.”
“Don’t put on airs, old man.”
“Airs? That might be so. But you two are not enough.”
Explosive momentum flowed from Dan Gong-wol’s entire body.
Though wounded and exhausted, he was the Wind Moon Emperor.
He was a member of the Four Divine Emperors and an absolute master who stood at the highest peak of the martial world. His presence was still there. But Jeong Cheon-ak mocked such a Dan Gong-wol.
“Is this the pride of a wounded old tiger? Good! Then I’ll give you treatment befitting that.”
Snap!
The moment he snapped his fingers, countless human shadows appeared behind him in numbers too great to count.
Geom Yul-cheon’s pupils shook. It wasn’t simply because there were many who appeared behind Jeong Cheon-ak. It was because he saw many familiar faces among them.
“Dok-oh, On-woo, Ha-gyeong, Jeong-ok…”
The Ten Soldiers, the rest of them…
Past connections had twisted into evil connections and come to find him.