Chapter 1132
Later, Beast Palace warriors would recall this day as such.
“People use the expression ‘a tiger jumping a flock of sheep’ a lot when they express chaos, but actually, it doesn’t get that wild, you know?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Usually, when a tiger appears, the sheep huddles to one side, then the tiger grabs one sheep from the outskirts and it’s over.”
“In the first place, it’s rare for a wild beast to deliberately attack an animal it isn’t going to eat.”
“That’s right.... That’s definitely true.”
Thus, the events of that day couldn’t be explained with such a comparison.
“If I had to find something similar....”
“Is there even a similar comparison?”
“No. It may not be similar... But if we were to try and find something to explain to the ones who remained in the palace, there was only one.”
“What is it?”
“Once, I saw a marten crawl into a chicken coop. That marten was so vicious, it killed all the chickens it didn’t even intend to eat.”
“That’s right. Martens are like that.”
“And since the chickens were trapped in the coop and couldn’t escape... it was utter chaos.”
“...Yes.”
“That’s exactly what it was, exactly. We were the chickens...”
“And Mount Hua Chivalrous Sword was the marten?”
“No... Now that I think about it, this analogy seems a bit wrong. Comparing him to a marten is completely out of place. That... um, yes. It was just a Mount Hua Chivalrous Sword who barged into a chicken coop.”
“....”
“...I still have nightmares about that day. The demonic Mount Hua Chivalrous Sword rolling his eyes back and charging at us...”
“S- stop it. Stop, please....”
“I think I can still hear the screams I heard that day. It’s like a haunting echo...”
* * *
“KYAAAAAAAH!”
The disciples of Mount Hua are brave.
No one can deny that fact. The sect that moved the most disciples to that dangerous Gangnam was Mount Hua, and those who stood up to the fearsome bishop of Magyo without backing down were also Mount Hua.
In fact, even without such examples, no one would deny that Mount Hua Sect is currently the bravest sect in Kangho... or to put it more boldly, the most recklessly fearless.
However, the disciples of Mount Hua, who are no less courageous than any other sect in the world, are now running away screaming as if they have seen a ghost.
“Get out of my waaaaay!”
“No! Sasuk! What do we do if Sasuk runs away?”
“Shut up, you punk! Do you think I have two lives?”
As a long-time victim... No, as a long time Chung Myung experiencer, he knows better than anyone what state Chung Myung is in now. There is no countermeasure to deal with Chung Myung in that state. If you want to live, you must run away first.
But unfortunately, their retreating figures were all too familiar to Chung Myung.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
“Aaaaaargh!”
“Hiiiiik.”
Baek Cheon instinctively rolled onto the ground, startled by the desperate screams coming from behind. At that moment, something fierce whizzed past just above his head.
“Are, are you trying to kill.... Keuuaaak!”
Before he could finish speaking, Chung Myung struck Baek Cheon’s chin up. Baek Cheon flew into the air in a perfectly straight posture.
Even while being hit and soaring through the air, Baek Cheon maintained his dignity, a sight that would draw exclamation, ‘As expected of Baek Cheon’. Of course, the one being hit and flying wouldn’t appreciate the sentiment.
Chung Myung, who had blown away Baek Cheon with a single blow, looked for his next victim with bloodshot eyes. A beast-like growl escaped his mouth.
Yoon Jong lowered his posture and cautiously extended one hand.
“Chu- Chung Myung-ah. L- Let’s calm down for now. Okay? You’re a good boy....”
“Calm down?”
“That....”
“CALM DOOOOOWN?”
“Hiiik?”
Chung Myung’s foot slammed right in the middle of Yoon Jong’s face. Yoon Jong, who couldn’t even scream, spun around like a well-beaten spinning top and was thrown over Tang Family and Nokrim into the corner of the manor’s wall.
Swiii.
“Protect Sogaju-nim!”
Tang Family’s members shouted in fear. Then they hurled their hidden weapon at the rushing Chung Myung and spewed out poisonous smoke.
“Euraaaaaaaah!”
Chung Myung drew his sword and spun it like a windmill as he charged forward. The strong wind pressure pushed away the poisonous smoke and the hidden weapons were also scattered in all directions.
“H- Hiiiik!”
The blue-faced Tang Pae hurriedly stepped back and threw every hidden weapon from his sleeves in a panic.
“Euaa! Poison needles! Poisonous Caltrops! Ghost King Decree! Blood red spikes! Oh! What else! Ah! Seven-Step Soul...”
Dopssok.
However, Chung Myung, who had reached right in front of Tang Pae’s nose, grabbed his wrist, making his struggles seem meaningless.
“Seven-Step, what?”
“....”
“Seven-Step Soul Chasing Sand?”
“Ha...haha.”
Cold sweat flowed down Tang Pae’s forehead.
“Do- Dojang! I would never use such a vile thing against you...”
“Oh really? Then what is this in your hand?”
Chung Myung shook Tang Pae’s hand lightly while holding his wrist. Then, the poison pouch in his hand shook weakly.
“...This is... Um. Right, it’s just regular mountain poison. Very weak...”
“Oh, really?”
“Tha- That’s right....”
“Are you messing around with me now?”
“Guack!”
Chung Myung’s fist dug into Tang Pae’s abdomen without delay. The impact caused Tang Pae’s mouth to open wide in shock. Chung Myung took the opportunity to open the poison pouch and shove it straight into Tang Pae’s gaping mouth.
“If it’s just regular mountain poison, it won’t be a big deal.”
“Mmph! Mmph!”
“Don’t worry. You won’t die, you won’t die. It’s just a Seven-Step Soul Chasing Sand. You won’t die from just this, will you?”
Tang Pae collapsed backward, foaming at the mouth. Since Tang Family basically trains to build up tolerance to poisons from a young age, it is unlikely that someone as Sogaju would die from poisoning, but if someone drank that much poison, such as Seven-Step Soul Chasing Sand, it would be difficult to function properly for a while.
“Kku... urereuk!”
As expected, the collapsed Tang Pae began to convulse all over his body and writhing in strange ways.
Everyone who saw the situation was half-dazed. Where in the world would you see someone from Tang Family collapse from poison? And that’s even the Tang Family’s Sogaju too.
“Oh, you all love using poison, don’t you?”
At Chung Myung’s question, all Tang Family members shook their heads desperately. However, Chung Myung began to dig through the sleeves of the fallen Tang Family and pull out various things one by one.
“That, that’s dangerous to handle carelessly...!”
“But did you.... ever use that somewhere? Why are you so natural with it...?”
Chung Myung, now holding an array of poison pouches in both hands, started laughing.
“Oh, have I used it before?”
“....”
“No, where would I have used such things? Of course, it’s my first time.”
“...I don’t think so.”
“You seem very familiar with it...”
“It’s my first time, first time. So... go ahead and die, you shitheads!”
“Your word’s don’t make any sense!”
Chung Myung threw the poison pouches and struck them. Green, black, and pink poisonous smoke quickly spread out where Tang Family stood.
“Eeeek!”
“No, that guy brought so many poisons!”
“D- Don’t breathe! You’ll get poisoned!”
In the midst of the poison banquet that seemed completely out of this world, Chung Myung who took off all the things he was carrying and threw them all off, tearing them all apart like some ill-fitting clothes, laughed like a madman and rushed forward.
“Euahahahahaha! I’m sooooo excited!”
The members of Tang Family, who had been trapped in the thick poison smoke, rose up into the sky one after another like firecrackers. Pitifully so.
It was Heavenly Comrade Alliance who had just realized the simple truth that all indulgences come with a price.