Myst, Might, Mayhem (Novel) - Chapter 159 - Forced (4)
Chapter 159 – Forced (4)
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Translated by Jinmu
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-Udeudeuk!
“Hup.”
Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang’s wrist twisted and snapped as it was.
Na Yul-ryang hastily tried to wrench away the broken hand.
But then,
-Kwaaaaak!
‘This fellow?’
‘He could not move his wrist in the slightest.’
That remained true even when he drew ten-tenths of his power into his right hand.
Mok Gyeong-un said to him,
“Why? Are you having trouble pulling your hand out?”
‘!?’
‘Na Yul-ryang’s eyes sharpened.’
One would have thought that, with the wrist bone broken, he would be suffering in pain, but rather than that, Na Yul-ryang glared at Mok Gyeong-un with a look of utter disbelief.
The fellow’s raw power was below his own, so there was no way he should be able to twist his wrist.
Yet something strange had occurred.
Suddenly, the fellow’s power had surged to twice what it had been moments before.
As he wondered what in the world it was, the veins in Mok Gyeong-un’s right hand, the one gripping his wrist, were bulging up and had turned black and grotesque.
‘What is this?’
‘Na Yul-ryang could see through the Penetrating Eye.’
Force was surging up through Mok Gyeong-un’s right hand to a bizarre degree.
This was not strength in any normal form.
‘This fellow has learned some bizarre sinister art.’
‘How he had learned it was not what mattered.’
What mattered was that, limited to the right hand, Mok Gyeong-un’s power had become higher than his own.
So then,
-Woooooong!
-Na Yul-ryang raised blue sword astral energy with the sword-fingers of his left hand.
With it, he moved to cut Mok Gyeong-un’s neck in a single stroke.
If he did not kill this fellow on the spot right now, he was far too dangerous.
-Chwak! Pa-chi-chi-chik!
But at that moment Na Yul-ryang’s sword astral energy stopped before even reaching Mok Gyeong-un’s neck.
The one who had blocked it was none other than,
“Lord Annihilation Poison King!”
Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha.
He had created astral qi with his bare hand, without poison aura, and in that split second had blocked Na Yul-ryang’s sword astral energy.
Baek Sa-ha said to Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang,
“Do you intend to kill this old man’s disciple right in front of this old man?”
“…”
“At Baek Sa-ha’s words, Na Yul-ryang’s eyes turned cold.”
His disciple had broken his wrist and was still holding onto it, and yet he meant to protect him?
So Na Yul-ryang gave a warning in a low voice.
“Are you trying to make an enemy of this young master over a mere single disciple? Will that really benefit the Baek family?”
“…Are you threatening this old man now?”
At Na Yul-ryang’s forceful words, even the voice of Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha filled with anger.
No matter how close he was to succession as the Society Leader’s disciple, he himself was one of the Five Kings, one of the senior executives of the Heaven and Earth Society.
In terms of rank, he could rather be said to stand above him.
No matter how arrogant beyond measure he might be, he dared provoke even him in this way?
“I believe I now understand quite clearly what you think of this old man and the Baek family. Then this old man too will warn you. If you do not withdraw at once, this old man will also do his utmost to prevent you from becoming the successor.”
“What?”
Na Yul-ryang’s expression grew even harsher, receiving his own warning back with interest.
All his attention had been fixed on somehow killing Mok Gyeong-un, and now this old man kept getting in the way, so his anger rose all the more.
“Did I not say it? If you do not withdraw, I will absolutely stop you from becoming the successor.”
“Lord Annihilation Poison King!”
-Gooooooo!
Together with Na Yul-ryang’s raised voice, his pressure surged up fearsomely.
The wind whirled enough to make their clothes flap.
Likewise, as though Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha too would not be pushed back in pressure, he began releasing poison force from his entire body.
-Gooooooo!
-Purple poison aura rose and gave off a deeply ominous force.
Having reached the eighth layer of the Wave Demon Poison Scripture and become a complete Poison Person, his poison aura could not even be compared with what it had been before.
When Baek Sa-ha took one step forward,
-Passeuseuseuseuk!
Part of the ground was being corroded away.
In an instant the atmosphere heightened.
It would not have been strange at all if the two of them had broken into a life-and-death battle on the spot.
But that would have meant a complete confrontation between them, so Baek Sa-ha was cautious, and in Na Yul-ryang’s case, one wrist was still being held by Mok Gyeong-un, so neither side made the first move.
It was right then.
-Shiver!
At that instant an enormous killing intent surged up.
As if that sudden killing intent had been the signal flare, Na Yul-ryang and Baek Sa-ha reflexively broke apart the hands with which they had been pressing against each other and unfolded killing moves toward one another.
-Pa-pa-pa-pak!
-In an instant, at close range, their hands clashed through about four forms.
It was an abbreviated contest of forms.
-Pa-seuseuseuk! Chwaak!
-As poison aura and sharp force collided, the ground around them corroded and split.
But the clash between the two did not continue beyond that.
The reason was,
‘This fellow?’
‘Because Mok Gyeong-un, who had been holding Na Yul-ryang’s wrist, pulled the man’s body into a full embrace.’
In that instant Na Yul-ryang found it absurd.
Could this fellow have gone mad, to do such a thing at this moment?
“Let go of me at once!”
“That will not do. Master, please hold Great Young Master’s left hand.”
“What?”
-Pak!
At Mok Gyeong-un’s words, Baek Sa-ha, caught off guard, grabbed Na Yul-ryang’s left hand, which had been contending in forms.
Because of that, Na Yul-ryang could not move either his right or left hand.
Na Yul-ryang clicked his tongue as if dumbfounded.
You bastards, truly!
Na Yul-ryang drew up the energy of his whole body and released sharp force from his entire body.
-Chwa-chwa-chwa-chwa-chwa-chwa-chwa!
-For a sword-intent master of that level, the entire body itself was no different from a sharp weapon.
Yet even though that sharp force was digging into his body, Mok Gyeong-un did not flinch in the slightest, but instead embraced him even more tightly.
-Kwaaaaak!
‘The force in this fellow’s left hand too?’
‘Na Yul-ryang frowned.’
The force in Mok Gyeong-un’s left hand, which was wrapped around his waist, was no ordinary thing.
Because of that, Na Yul-ryang realized.
Not just one hand, then?
‘It seemed Mok Gyeong-un could use that bizarre method with both hands.’
As Mok Gyeong-un put more strength into his left hand around the waist, Na Yul-ryang felt pressure being applied to his upper body.
At that, Na Yul-ryang’s eyes rolled fully white with fury.
“You son of a bitch!”
He had already possessed madness to begin with, but now that his anger had risen to the very end, he bent his head to the side with ten-tenths of his power and slammed a headbutt into Mok Gyeong-un, who was holding him.
-Kwaang! Pagak!
“Hup.”
At the headbutt, Mok Gyeong-un’s head snapped backward.
Not missing that chance, Na Yul-ryang headbutted him again.
-Kwaang!
-Ghk!
At the headbutt, blood burst from Mok Gyeong-un’s forehead.
Na Yul-ryang let out a mad laugh at the bloodied Mok Gyeong-un and headbutted him again.
“Kra-ha-ha-ha! Go on, keep holding me.”
-Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
It was around the third headbutt.
At that moment, veins rose on Mok Gyeong-un’s forehead and turned black.
Then Mok Gyeong-un, just like Na Yul-ryang, bent his head back and then slammed forward with a headbutt.
-Kwaaaang!
“Kkeup!”
“Hyeop!”
The heads of both men, who had headbutted at the same time, snapped backward.
It was strong enough to send them both flying back, but because Mok Gyeong-un was holding him tightly, they did not separate.
Yet both men were so drenched in blood across the face that it was enough to make one frown.
Ha…
That was the look on Baek Sa-ha’s face now.
He had helped Mok Gyeong-un at his request without thinking, but this could barely be called a contest of martial arts.
He had no idea how things had come to this.
Just then, Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang opened his eyes wildly and showed madness.
“I will kill you!”
He looked as though he could not rest until he killed Mok Gyeong-un immediately for dragging him into such a dogfight.
At that, Na Yul-ryang used a grappling method and suddenly freed the left hand Baek Sa-ha had been holding.
-Pa-pak!
“Huh?”
“But it was right then.”
!?
-Passeuseuseuseuseuk!
-The parts of his body in contact with that fellow suddenly began to hurt as though they were burning away.
The reason was the dark red poison aura rising from Mok Gyeong-un’s whole body as he held him.
At the sight of that materialized dark red poison aura, Na Yul-ryang’s expression twisted.
This was precisely,
“A Poison Person?”
“Releasing poison aura from the whole body was only possible for those who had reached the state of a Poison Person.”
‘What?’
‘Watching this, even Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha could not hide his shock.’
He had guessed that Mok Gyeong-un’s martial ability had risen at an eerie speed, but this was unbelievable.
He had not yet properly taught Mok Gyeong-un the Wave Demon Poison Scripture.
He had merely shown him the secret method once.
Yet now Mok Gyeong-un was displaying the Poison Person body that one could only show after reaching the eighth layer of the Wave Demon Poison Scripture.
‘How can this be?’
‘How could a fellow who had seen the secret manual of the Wave Demon Poison Scripture only once make this possible?’
If that was true, then could it be that the fellow?
He broke through the wall?
‘In that instant, goosebumps rose all over Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha’s body.’
He was not one to be easily astonished, but this was something that left him no choice but to be shocked.
Was such a thing truly possible?
It was while he stood there aghast.
-Chiiiiiiiii!
“Kkeuaaaaaaah!”
For the first time, a scream of pain burst from Na Yul-ryang’s mouth.
As Mok Gyeong-un held him in an embrace and became a Poison Person body, releasing poison aura from his entire body, no matter how much of a master in the realm of transformation Na Yul-ryang was, there was no way he could block all the poison that was infiltrating him.
That was precisely the terror of a Poison Person, a human who became poison itself.
Mere contact made one a deadly poison hand.
“Kkeuuuuh!”
Na Yul-ryang endured that immense pain and raised sword astral energy at the sword-fingers of the left hand he had freed with the grappling method.
Woooooong!
‘You…bastard…’
‘Then he moved to pierce through Mok Gyeong-un’s head through the left ear of the one holding him tightly.’
However, at that very moment,
-Pak!
Someone strongly struck the back of Na Yul-ryang’s head.
It was Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha.
No matter how much Na Yul-ryang was a master of the realm of transformation, this sudden blow could not help but leave his mind reeling and his inner force in disarray.
Not missing that chance, Baek Sa-ha sealed his acupoints.
-Ta-ta-ta-ta-tak!
With his acupoints sealed, Na Yul-ryang let his head droop.
At that, Baek Sa-ha hastily stopped Mok Gyeong-un.
“Enough. Enough.”
At his words, Mok Gyeong-un shook his head and said,
He has to die.
“No matter what grievance lies between you, if Great Young Master dies now, then we will die at the Society Leader’s hands. Are you saying that is acceptable?”
“…”
-Ssssss.
-At those words, Mok Gyeong-un hesitated briefly, then released the Poison Person body.
And he removed his arms from Na Yul-ryang’s body, which he had been hugging.
-Thud.
Na Yul-ryang, unconscious, collapsed limply onto the ground.
After looking once at Na Yul-ryang lying there like that, Mok Gyeong-un turned his gaze toward Baek Sa-ha and said,
It is troublesome, but it is better for Great Young Master than for the Society Leader to be my enemy.
“Huh.”
“At Mok Gyeong-un’s words, Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha clicked his tongue.”
It seemed that he had not properly seen the true face of this fellow.
Baek Sa-ha took something from his bosom.
It was a red wrapping cloth.
Inside the wrapping cloth was a golden pellet giving off a faint fragrance.
What is that?
“A Poison-Repelling Bead.”
“A Poison-Repelling Bead?”
“It is a Poison-Repelling Bead made for consumption. It detoxifies nearly any poison.”
“Nearly any poison?”
“Yes.”
“The Poison-Repelling Bead was a pellet with the finest efficacy when it came to detoxification.”
The ingredients alone cost a thousand gold, and because it was so difficult to make, taking over ten years to produce, there were only a few even in the Baek family.
But now was not the time to spare it.
Because if Great Young Master died, then the Society Leader would become their enemy.
-Clench!
-Baek Sa-ha crushed the Poison-Repelling Bead, mixed it with another medicinal substance he carried at his waist, pried open Na Yul-ryang’s mouth, and pushed it down his throat.
I do not know how matters came to this.
‘Not even one shijin ago, he had crossed through to accomplishment and was enjoying the greatest joy.’
Yet now he was bewildered beyond measure.
So too was the sudden advancement in Mok Gyeong-un’s martial skill, and the fact that these two were trying to kill each other.
At that moment, Mok Gyeong-un suddenly came closer.
Why?
“I am sorry, but even if we do not kill him, I think we need to take this.”
What?
“No sooner had he said that than Mok Gyeong-un plunged his index finger into the right eye of Na Yul-ryang, whose acupoints had been sealed and who was unconscious.”
Then with his finger,
-Kwa-deudeuk!
He gouged out Na Yul-ryang’s right eyeball and tore it free.
!!!!!!!!!
‘At Mok Gyeong-un’s sudden action, Lord Annihilation Poison King Baek Sa-ha was at a loss for words.’
Mok Gyeong-un held up the eyeball he had torn out and, with a ghastly smile on his blood-covered face, said to him,
This one is a little troublesome.