6kv Chapter 437 : The Villain’s Demise (1)
Chapter 437 : The Villain’s Demise (1)
Chapter 437: The Villain’s Demise (1)
Man Inhwa stared at the five captured warriors of the Bloodgreen Battalion and the seven wounded, sinking into momentary contemplation.
But soon, she realized there was no need for her to hesitate.
She just had to kill them all.
By the time that thought concluded, Hoi Soyu finished circulating her qi and stood up.
She had treated her internal injuries from the Explosive Iron Beads and could now move again.
“Kill those bastards and follow me.”
As Man Inhwa gave her order to the warriors of Ihwa Palace and rushed toward the direction Namgung Yoo had fled, a muffled scream erupted behind her.
It was too strange to be the screams of escorts being killed by her subordinates.
The warriors of the Bloodgreen Battalion were the kind who didn’t even scream when dying.
At most, their loudest groan sounded like a burp, so for them to suddenly squeal like pigs being slaughtered—something was off.
Man Inhwa turned to look—and unfamiliar figures were standing there.
Upon seeing someone she had never expected, Man Inhwa let out a strange groan and shouted,
“Yong Hwarin!”
Yong Hwarin stood there, staring at Man Inhwa and Hoi Soyu.
In the meantime, Jeong Minji and Mo Biyoung were already engaged in battle with the warriors of Ihwa Palace.
Having seen the corpses of the fallen escorts, the two women were enraged and cut down the warriors of Ihwa Palace without mercy.
On top of that, Bukri Sehee neutralized any threats with her sound arts.
No one could stop the three women.
The elite of Ihwa Palace fell like dew before their wrathful blades.
Seeing that her subordinates might be wiped out, Man Inhwa shouted in fury.
“Glass Saintess! Kill those wenches—every last one of them!”
She already wanted to tear apart Yong Hwarin’s companions.
Hoi Soyu launched into the air, aiming straight for Mo Biyoung and Jeong Minji.
Immediately, Mo Biyoung, Jeong Minji, and Bukri Sehee moved in unison, joining forces to intercept her.
Meanwhile, Yong Hwarin released the sealed channels of the Bloodgreen Battalion warriors and asked,
“Where did Lady Hoi and Lady Namgung go?”
“They escaped to avoid the villains. But Cheong Geonmin went after them.”
He pointed in the direction they had fled.
Yong Hwarin hesitated for a moment.
Hoi Soyu, now transformed into the Glass Saintess, was formidable. The three women likely wouldn’t be able to handle her.
Reluctantly, he decided to first deal with Hoi Soyu, then pursue the others. He unsheathed his sword.
Man Inhwa shouted,
“Hohohoho! Even if you chase them now, it’s too late. That dog Cheong Geonmin is already on their tail. Something must’ve happened by now.”
She said it to shake Yong Hwarin’s focus.
“Hm!”
As Yong Hwarin gave a quiet grunt, Jeong Minji quickly urged him.
“Go, leave this place to us. If you don’t go now, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”
She knew Yong Hwarin well and pressured him to chase after them.
“But the Glass Saintess is too strong. She’s not someone you can handle alone.”
“The three of us can manage her. Don’t worry. I’ve completed the Vermilion Bird Heaven-Linked Arts. We can hold her off.”
Yong Hwarin looked at Jeong Minji, Mo Biyoung, and Bukri Sehee.
Even as they fought, all three nodded at him.
“Thank you, all of you. I’ll leave this to you.”
Yong Hwarin immediately flew off in the direction Cheong Geonmin had taken.
Man Inhwa believed that if Yong Hwarin wasn’t there, the Glass Saintess could overpower all three women.
So she said nothing as he left.
“Kill them already! Glass Saintess!”
She pressed on, but the three women's combined assault was solid, and Hoi Soyu couldn’t break through easily.
As the Glass Saintess and the three women clashed, the warriors of Ihwa Palace and the Bloodgreen Battalion collided once more.
Outnumbered, the Bloodgreen warriors began to fall back, prompting Mo Biyoung to speak.
“Unni, please handle the Glass Saintess for a moment!”
When Jeong Minji nodded, Mo Biyoung slipped away and tore through the ranks of the Ihwa warriors.
Her sword showed no mercy.
Thanks to the spiritual medicine she received from Mo Baek, her internal energy had skyrocketed, and her martial arts had reached a new peak.
Wherever Mo Biyoung passed, severed heads rolled across the ground, impossible to match with their bodies.
In less than a moment, the warriors of Ihwa Palace had been completely slaughtered.
Such carnage wasn’t something Jeong Minji could bring herself to commit, which is why Mo Biyoung took the lead.
Man Inhwa didn’t want to fight Mo Biyoung and instead backed away, yelling at Hoi Soyu.
“Kill her already! Kill her! Glass Saintess!”
As she pushed, Hoi Soyu’s hands turned transparent and shot out toward Jeong Minji.
“Khk!”
Jeong Minji nearly had her chest pierced by Hoi Soyu’s Glass Water Hands.
But with Mo Biyoung returning after finishing off the Ihwa warriors, the pressure on Jeong Minji eased significantly.
Still, Jeong Minji realized that if the fight dragged on, all three of them would eventually collapse and fall to Hoi Soyu’s hand.
‘There’s no other choice. I have to counter with the Vermilion Bird Heaven-Linked Arts.’
Jeong Minji said,
“Mo, hold her off for a moment. I need to gather my energy.”
“Yes, unni.”
Mo Biyoung unleashed a ferocious attack with the Soaring Dragon Emperor Sword, while Bukri Sehee intensified her sound arts.
Tiriririring!
Bukri Sehee’s body itself was like a spiritual medicine, so even though her sound arts consumed a lot of energy, their power never diminished.
In fact, as she raised her qi even higher, her arts disrupted Hoi Soyu’s movements.
Meanwhile, Mo Biyoung struck precisely with her sword, blocking the Glass Water Hands.
However, every time her blade clashed with the Glass Water Hands, it felt as if her palms were being torn apart.
‘She’s truly powerful. If I had to face her alone, there would be no hope of victory.’
When it had been two minutes since Mo Biyoung raised the power of the Soaring Dragon Emperor Sword to its peak, Jeong Minji shouted,
“Mo! I’m ready!”
At her call, Mo Biyoung leapt to Jeong Minji’s side.
The Vermilion Bird Winged Blades hovered in the air, trailing from Jeong Minji’s hand.
As she activated the Nine Dragons Heavenly Ascent Technique that Yong Hwarin had taught her and deployed the Vermilion Bird Heaven-Linked Arts, the blades wrapped around her wrist and began floating in the air.
Crimson flames flared from Jeong Minji’s hand, instantly spreading through the air and igniting the Vermilion Bird Winged Blades.
Jeong Minji then charged toward Hoi Soyu.
Flaming ultimate techniques of the Vermilion Bird Heaven-Linked Arts burst from her hands.
As the Vermilion Bird Blood Flames surged, the Winged Blades streaked toward Hoi Soyu.
Swaaaah!
The fire stabbed into Hoi Soyu’s major acupoints, but she raised her Glass Water Hands to their peak and deflected the attack.
Seeing her Vermilion Bird Blood Flames completely repelled, Jeong Minji gasped internally.
‘They say nothing can match the Glass Divine Arts among demonic arts—looks like it’s true. She deflected the Vermilion Bird Blood Flames, which could even pierce through rock, with the back of her hand.’
But she only admired it for a brief second. Then Jeong Minji waved her hand again.
Phoenix Shadow Locks the Moon unfolded.
The scattered Vermilion Bird Winged Blades gathered into one, flying toward Hoi Soyu’s chest.
Hoi Soyu countered with palm force and struck them away.
At that moment, for the first time, a fierce battle cry erupted from Jeong Minji’s mouth.
“Go! Vermilion Bird Heavenly Age!”
Crimson flames suddenly erupted and spread, engulfing Hoi Soyu’s body.
In response, Hoi Soyu unleashed her Protective Energy to extinguish the flames clinging to her body.
Whooooosh!
As her Protective Energy radiated outward, it emitted a chilling aura.
Once the flames were doused, Jeong Minji clasped both hands again and initiated another technique.
Vermilion Bird Twin Arrows!
The Vermilion Bird Winged Blades floating in the air were drawn into Jeong Minji’s hands.
In an instant, she held swords made of Vermilion Bird Winged Blades in each hand and lunged to stab at Hoi Soyu’s neck and chest.
She had seized the opening when Hoi Soyu was protecting her body with Protective Energy.
Puhf!
Even though she directly imbued qi into the Vermilion Bird Winged Blades and struck her, they bounced off the Protective Energy of Hoi Soyu, who had reached the level of the Fourth Jiazi.
Jeong Minji absorbed the full impact of the clash with the Protective Energy, sustaining internal injuries.
However, upon seeing a small hole form in Hoi Soyu’s Protective Energy, Jeong Minji swallowed the blood seeping from her lips and murmured:
“Vermilion Bird Thunderous Rain!”
She unleashed all her internal energy into the air, causing the flames around the Vermilion Bird Winged Blades to shift to a bluish hue.
Thunder rumbled across the skies, and lightning began to rain down upon Hoi Soyu like divine wrath.
Puh-puh-puh-puh-puh-puh-puhf!
As the Vermilion Bird Winged Blades plunged downward, they struck Hoi Soyu’s Protective Energy with brutal force.
One of the Winged Blades pierced through the hole in her Protective Energy and embedded itself in Hoi Soyu’s shoulder.
The blade carried lightning energy, scorching her skin pitch black.
Hoi Soyu’s left-side Protective Energy weakened after being struck by the Vermilion Bird Winged Blade.
Seeing this, Jeong Minji turned to Mo Biyoung.
With a glance, she signaled that she had no more qi left to continue.
Without hesitation, Mo Biyoung stomped her foot and advanced.
From her hand unfolded As-You-Wish Piercing Heavens, a technique of the Soaring Dragon Emperor Sword.
Mo Biyoung, in a state of Sword Unification, shot forward in a straight line. At the same time, Hoi Soyu’s hands began to glow with transparency.
Just as Hoi Soyu tried to thrust both hands forward, Jeong Minji forcefully drew out her qi and launched Vermilion Bird Moonwave, targeting her left hand specifically.
Seeing this, Bukri Sehee responded instinctively and began furiously plucking her zither.
Tiririring! Ttididing!
Pop!
As she pushed her sound arts to the limit, her fingernails began to pop off, and blood streamed down her hands.
Despite the searing pain, Bukri Sehee did not stop her sound arts.
Thanks to her efforts, Hoi Soyu’s right hand, which was aiming to attack Jeong Minji, was thrown off course.
With Hoi Soyu’s arms forced apart by Jeong Minji and Bukri Sehee, Mo Biyoung slipped in between.
Pook!
Mo Biyoung’s sword pierced through Hoi Soyu’s heart, and for a brief moment, it felt as if the world had come to a halt.
The three women tensed, unsure if Hoi Soyu would retaliate.
But Hoi Soyu gently closed her eyes and slowly collapsed backward.
Thud!
As Hoi Soyu fell, her face oddly serene, the three women finally let out a breath of relief.
Man Inhwa stared at the scene in a daze.
‘This can’t be! The Glass Saintess is dead?!’
Then she snapped out of it.
‘Now’s not the time—I have to escape.’
But before she could take more than a few steps, Jeong Minji raised both hands and crossed them.
The Vermilion Bird Winged Blades, which had fallen to the ground after being deflected by the Glass Water Hands, shot forward like arrows.
Shhhhhhhh!
A wind-like whistle sounded, followed by a rapid succession of impacts.
Puh-puh-puh-puh-puhf!
The Vermilion Bird Winged Blades pierced deep into Man Inhwa’s neck and back.
To ensure her death, Jeong Minji even drove a blade into her skull.
Watching this, Mo Biyoung thought to herself:
‘Unni may not be cold in general, but when it comes to matters involving Gagah, she’s even colder than I am.’
Jeong Minji didn’t normally enjoy killing. But if it involved Tianzhong Sect or Yong Hwarin, she showed no mercy.
Even now, she looked coldly upon Man Inhwa’s corpse lying face-down on the ground.
“Sis, are you alright?”
Then she turned back into the caring eldest sister, noticing the blood streaming from Bukri Sehee’s fingers.
Bukri Sehee pouted.
“Big sis, my fingers hurt so bad.”
With teary eyes, Bukri Sehee complained, and Jeong Minji quickly pulled out Golden Wound Medicine and a cloth from her robe to begin treating her.
It was just like watching a pair of affectionate sisters tending to a wound.
“Second sister doesn’t even care that I’m hurt.”
Bukri Sehee sneakily glanced over and whined, prompting Mo Biyoung to let out a chuckle.
“Your big sis’s qi is a mess right now from depletion. A wound like that—you can treat it yourself. It’s no big deal. Big sis, focus on circulating your qi. I’ll stand guard.”
“No, I should treat Sehee first.”
“See? Second sister’s heartless.”
Listening to Bukri Sehee’s whining, Mo Biyoung smiled faintly.
Still, Mo Biyoung was proud of her.
Strumming a zither until your nails fall off—that was no small feat.