Chapter 327 – As Chaos Begins, Bandits Rampage Everywhere (2)

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They wore jet-black martial robes and had large sabers strapped to their waists. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they surrounded the Jang family.

 

Jang Yu-chil looked at them with a bewildered expression. At that moment, a man who appeared to be the leader walked forward.

 

A man in his early forties with a goatee and a thin face. His slit eyes made his impression even more sinister.

 

He looked at Jang Yu-gwan and said:

 

“So you fled here? Youngster.”

 

“Grr!”

 

Jang Yu-gwan bit his lips hard. His face clearly showed bewilderment.

 

Jang Yu-chil asked the reason:

 

“What is this about, Yu-gwan?”

 

“I’m sorry, Father. I should have escaped earlier.”

 

“What?”

 

“They’re martial artists from Black Martial Hall. They raided our Golden Sand Sect in the middle of the night. Because of that, our sect leader died and many were killed or injured.”

 

“Golden Sand Sect?”

 

Jang Yu-chil’s pupils shook.

 

Golden Sand Sect was a sect based here in Guizhou Province. Though not as huge as the Nine Great Sects, it still had sufficient strength and prestige as a mid-tier sect.

 

They boasted over three hundred disciples, and with disciples like Jang Yu-gwan accepted from other martial halls, they had over two hundred, showing solid strength. The fact that such a Golden Sand Sect had been ambushed by Black Martial Hall and suffered damage to the point where their sect leader died was hard to believe.

 

Because the strength of Black Martial Hall he knew was similar to or slightly below Golden Sand Sect’s level.

 

The goateed martial artist smiled coldly.

 

“Golden Sand Sect’s Outer Hall Master Jang Yu-gwan. To think you fled to your home, truly disappointing. At your age, was your father the only one you could rely on? Truly fitting for a youngster.”

 

“Kreuk!”

 

Jang Yu-gwan bit his lips until they bled.

 

Because he had fled here, even his father and younger brother were now in danger. He hadn’t realized this fact when fleeing, but once he did, he understood what a huge mistake he had made.

 

The goateed man approached Jang Yu-chil.

 

“I was going to kill every human related to Golden Sand Sect anyway, so this is convenient. I’ll kill you and your family right here.”

 

Thick killing intent flowed from his face. Jang Yu-gwan felt his body and mind rapidly shrinking.

 

‘To think Black Martial Hall had hidden such masters.’

 

Because they were competitors with Golden Sand Sect, Jang Yu-gwan knew Black Martial Hall well. Especially about the masters of Black Martial Hall, he had grasped most of them. But nowhere in his intelligence network was there information about a martial artist like the goateed man.

 

“From now on, Guizhou belongs to Black Martial Hall.”

 

The goateed man walked toward Jang Yu-gwan. At that moment, Jang Yu-chil blocked Jang Yu-gwan’s front.

 

“No one can kill my son.”

 

A knife was already in his hand. It was a knife used for trimming fish. At best, it was only slightly larger than a kitchen knife.

 

“Father.”

 

“I’ll block them, so hurry and escape with your younger brother.”

 

“No.”

 

“Hurry and run. Will you just die here like dogs to them?”

 

Jang Yu-chil shouted with a bleeding heart.

 

Jang Yu-chil had left the martial world long ago. His martial arts weren’t proper, and because he had suffered major injuries, his energy circulation wasn’t smooth. But still, he couldn’t just sit and watch his child be killed.

 

“Tsk! So pitiful I can’t bear to watch.”

 

The goateed man flicked his fingers. Then the martial artists surrounding the Jang family drew their sabers.

 

Swish!

 

The blade energy emitted by martial artists trained to the extreme, not third-rate martial artists like Jang Yu-chil, lit up the dark night.

 

“Kreuk! Father, step back.”

 

This time Jang Yu-gwan blocked Jang Yu-chil’s front.

 

“Yu-gwan.”

 

“It’s already too late to flee, Father!”

 

Jang Yu-gwan also drew his sword.

 

His pupils looking at the enemy were shaking. The shaking that started in his eyes changed to trembling in his shoulders and affected the hand holding his sword.

 

His body was shaking like a quaking aspen. Seeing such Jang Yu-gwan, the goateed man smiled coldly.

 

“I don’t know who you learned martial arts from, but your basics are completely lacking.”

 

“Shut up!”

 

Jang Yu-gwan shouted loudly. His face was flushed bright red.

 

His foundation was established by Jang Yu-chil in his childhood. As he grew older, he ran away from home and learned martial arts at a Taoist temple in a large village, but the memory of learning martial arts basics from his father still remained a good memory for him.

 

“Hiyaa!”

 

Unable to contain his anger, Jang Yu-gwan lunged forward swinging his sword.

 

Clang!

 

But his attack was futilely deflected before even reaching the goateed man. A subordinate of the goateed man jumped in to block it.

 

Zing!

 

The palm holding the sword tingled. The intense shock nearly made him drop his sword. Jang Yu-gwan tried hard to endure the pain and swung his sword continuously.

 

Azure Wave Twelve Swords.

 

It was martial arts he learned at a martial hall after running away from home.

 

His sword drew curves continuously like rippling waves. But his attacks couldn’t break through the martial artists’ solid wall. From the start, Jang Yu-gwan was no match for them.

 

They toyed with Jang Yu-gwan like playing with a mouse. As wounds increased all over Jang Yu-gwan’s body, Jang Yu-chil’s eyes turned.

 

“You bastards! Not my son.”

 

He rushed at the martial artists without regard. But to the martial artists, it was a laughable level.

 

Swish!

 

One of the martial artists swung his saber at Jang Yu-chil. He intended to cut off his neck in one go.

 

“Dad!”

 

“Father!”

 

Seeing that, Jang Yu-wol and Jang Yu-gwan shouted simultaneously.

 

Jang Yu-chil, sensing death, tightly closed his eyes.

 

‘Is this the end?’

 

CRASH!

 

At that moment, along with a roar, fierce wind blew and made his body sway. But since he didn’t feel as much pain as expected, he carefully opened his eyes. Then he saw someone’s back blocking his front.

 

“Ah!”

 

An exclamation naturally burst from Jang Yu-chil’s mouth. Because he remembered that the person blocking his front was Dam-ho.

 

“Mister!”

 

Jang Yu-wol also recognized Dam-ho and shouted.

 

At Dam-ho’s feet lay the man who had swung the saber at Jang Yu-chil, now a bloody mess.

 

As if struck by a giant boulder, his head and right upper body were crushed beyond recognition.

 

The pupils of the martial artists looking at their comrade shook.

 

No one knew what had happened or why. Suddenly a roar echoed and their comrade was a bloody mess. They felt as if struck by lightning.

 

“Who are you?”

 

The goateed man glared at Dam-ho who had suddenly appeared and killed his subordinate as if to devour him. His face clearly showed bewilderment.

 

He never expected a martial artist capable of killing his subordinate in one strike would be hiding in such a rural corner.

 

Dam-ho looked at the goateed man silently. Then the goateed man flinched.

 

‘Wh-what eyes…’

 

It was like seeing the eyes of a long-starved great tiger. Just meeting eyes made his mind hazy and his soul feel like it was flying away, so the goateed man gritted his teeth.

 

The goateed man raised his voice to shake off his fear:

 

“Who are you? How dare you interfere with Black Martial Hall’s affairs? You must not fear the consequences.”

 

“Black Martial Hall?”

 

“That’s right. From today, Guizhou belongs to our Black Martial Hall. If you make an enemy of Black Martial Hall, you absolutely won’t leave Guizhou alive. It’s not too late even now. If you withdraw like this, I won’t make an issue of it.”

 

The goateed man hoped Dam-ho would please listen to his words.

 

He was by no means a merciful person. His heart wasn’t soft either. He was a belligerent martial artist who normally heard he had too much fighting spirit, and accordingly had confidence in his martial arts. But at this moment, he was feeling an indescribable uneasy feeling.

 

His peripheral nerves tingled and his breathing became rough.

 

Though he hated to admit it, he was scared. Ridiculously so. That’s why he shouted louder. Hoping his threat would work.

 

But unfortunately for him, Dam-ho wasn’t someone threats worked on. Dam-ho moved his steps as if he hadn’t heard the goateed man’s words.

 

For a moment, the goateed man’s pupils shook even more violently. Because he saw Dam-ho’s slightly limping foot.

 

“Could it be?”

 

Though countless martial artists existed in the world, there weren’t many with such distinctive characteristics. Among them, there was only one martial artist radiating such intense presence.

 

“F-Fist Demon?”

 

Dam-ho didn’t answer. But to the goateed man and his subordinates, it was sufficient answer.

 

“My god! The Fist Demon?”

 

“Why is the Fist Demon here?”

 

The subordinates who had been trying to remain silent visibly wavered.

 

Rumors about Mount Hua Fist Demon Dam-ho had spread even to Guizhou Province.

 

Decisive strikes that never forgave once he moved, and powerful martial prowess that even the Demon Cult feared.

 

An unprecedented demon who, though from Mount Hua Sect of the Nine Great Sects, rather surpassed Mount Hua Sect in fame and skill.

 

That was Mount Hua Fist Demon Dam-ho.

 

His cruelty of absolutely never sparing anyone he identified as an enemy was an object of fear to martial world martial artists.

 

They weren’t the only ones surprised.

 

“The Fist Demon?”

 

“Ah!”

 

Even the Jang family was shocked to the point of breathlessness.

 

The goateed man gritted his teeth and glared at Dam-ho.

 

“Fist Demon.”

 

The worst enemy he never wanted to meet was before his eyes. He wanted to withdraw like this. But he knew best that he couldn’t.

 

Dam-ho was staring directly at him. At the gaze that seemed to see through his innermost thoughts, the goateed man’s pupils shook violently.

 

Whoosh!

 

At that moment, tremendous wind pressure covered him. Dam-ho had deployed his charging technique.

 

The goateed man thought a typhoon that could swallow heaven and earth was covering him.

 

He retreated backward with all his might. From the beginning, he had no thought of fighting Dam-ho. The goateed man planned to flee without looking back as soon as he avoided Dam-ho’s first attack. But Dam-ho’s charging speed was twice as fast as his retreating speed.

 

Eventually, the goateed man sensed he couldn’t escape from Dam-ho’s hands and instead violently swung the saber in his hand. Instantly, web-like blade energy radiated, creating a barrier before him.

 

In an instant, a blade membrane spread before him.

 

Immediately after, Dam-ho struck directly.

 

CRASH!

 

“Kek!”

 

Along with the roar, fresh blood burst from the goateed man’s mouth. He was flying backward as if struck by a giant iron hammer.

 

CRASH!

 

The goateed man tumbled noisily on the ground.

 

“Hall Master.”

 

“Hall Master.”

 

His subordinates ran over and supported the goateed man. But the goateed man hung limply without moving anymore. He had died.

 

“This can’t be!”

 

“Damn it!”

 

They bit their lips until they bled.

 

Even in that moment, Dam-ho walked toward them. The overwhelming momentum flowing from his body was pressuring them.

 

He was an opponent like a wall with whom no conversation worked. They eventually charged with determination to die.

 

“Let’s die together, Fist Demon!”

 

“Hiyaa!”

 

Swish!

 

Sharp blade wind surged toward Dam-ho like a tidal wave.

 

“Ah!”

 

At that moment, Jang Yu-gwan unconsciously exclaimed.

 

CRASH CRASH CRASH!

 

The blade energy he could never handle was torn apart and burst. And the martial artists swept up in the explosion were flung away, torn like rags.

 

“……”

 

Silence suddenly visited his home.

 

His throat was completely blocked.

 

“That is… the Fist Demon?”