Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 773

Paaah! Cannonballs flew through the air. On the other side, people were being shot from cannons like cannonballs!

Chung Myung jumped quickly. He had already come a long distance. Now, he kicked off the water again and jumped even higher.

“What? What is that?”

“How can a person do that?!” The pirates who were shooting cannons were very surprised and stared with wide eyes.

But one pirate seemed calmer than the others. He shouted, “What are you doing?! Fire! Shoot him down!”

“Yes, sir!”

The cannons that were pointing at the ship now turned to aim at Chung Myung.

“Fire!” *Kwaaaang!* The White Thunder Cannons fired one after another, very quickly.

Black cannonballs fell like rain towards Chung Myung, who was still running on the water.

“Oh, really?” Chung Myung looked up at all the cannonballs and smirked.

*Sssst.* Chung Myung used his special footwork on the water. His body moved from side to side in an unpredictable way, like flower petals falling in the wind.

*Puh-uh-uh-ung! Puh-uh-uh-ung!* The cannonballs hit the water behind him. Huge columns of water, taller than a house, shot up into the air! Many of these water columns exploded one after another in the Jang River. It was an amazing sight.

“Fire! Keep firing!” The pirates had never seen Chung Myung before, but they knew something bad would happen if he reached them. So, these pirates fired the White Thunder Cannons as fast as they could.

“Seriously! How much gunpowder do these guys have? Are the people in charge of the government not doing their jobs?” Chung Myung didn’t feel sorry for the government people, but he was getting very angry because he had to deal with all these cannons.

But he didn’t have time to complain about the government for long. Even as he thought this, cannonballs kept flying at him without stopping.

Chung Myung ran even faster, pushing himself forward with all his strength. His face twisted in pain.

“Keeuung.” Even for someone as strong as him, running on water for so long was hard.

Just then!

“Chung Myung!” Baek Cheon’s loud voice came from behind him. Chung Myung reacted instantly. He kicked off the water and jumped up high. *Tap! Tap! Tap!* He landed on wooden boards that were thrown from their ship, moving forward.

Chung Myung’s eyes shone brightly as he saw the cannonballs coming towards him.

“Taaat!” He twisted his body in the air and then flew forward. *Tap tap tap!* He kicked off the cannonballs themselves, moving incredibly fast.

“Wh-what?”

“That crazy guy!” The pirates attacking them stared in shock, their mouths wide open.

Running on water was amazing enough, but kicking cannonballs to move was even stranger! They couldn’t believe their eyes.

“Eurachaaaa!” Chung Myung flew straight to the front ship and pulled out his sword while still in the air. His sword made a loud, scary sound as he swung it, sending out streaks of red energy. *Paaaang!* These red energy streaks, shaped like curved moons, flew towards the bottom of the ship, right at the waterline.

*Kwaga-ga-gak!* The strong wooden bottom of the ship was cut open as easily as paper.

“Th-th-that…” *Kwaaaaa!* Right after the wood broke apart, cold water from the Jang River poured into the ship very quickly.

“I-it’s sinking!”

“Damn it, jump!” If they jumped without anything, they could try to swim. But if they stayed inside the sinking ship, they would surely die. The pirates didn’t even look behind them as they jumped into the Jang River.

“Eucha!” Chung Myung landed on the front of the first ship. He immediately kicked off again and jumped to the next ship.

“Try firing again, you guys!” *Paaaah!* A long streak of sword energy shot out from his sword and went right through the deck of the ship, making a big hole.

“Attack! Stop him from reaching the other ships!” As soon as Chung Myung landed on the ship he had just damaged, the pirates yelled and ran towards him. But they quickly realized he was much stronger than they could handle. *Kwaaaang!* Chung Myung didn’t even pause. He kicked the pirate who was leading the charge so hard that he flew backwards and crashed into the ship’s cabin. Chung Myung muttered angrily, his eyes burning with rage. “These guys are really annoying!”

Of course, Chung Myung had faced many enemies before. When it came to being infuriating, no one could match those Jongnam fellows, and when it came to being annoying, the Wudang were the worst. And the Maninbang stirred up anger from the depths of his stomach, and the Demonic Sect? There was no need to even mention those guys.

But this was a different kind of rage altogether.

“How dare those heretical sect guys glare at me? I’ll pluck out their eyeballs! Me, you guys!” Kwang! The man whose jaw was struck by the sword hilt flew up like a kicked ball, soaring towards the vast Jang River.

“The Mount Hua!” Kwang! The pirate whose face was stomped on pierced through the thick wooden deck in the shape of a human, disappearing into the unseen depths below.

“It is the Plum Blossom Sword Saint!” It’s okay since there’s no one to hear it.

Huh? Are there people here too? No, no. These guys are going to die anyway, so they’re just like bamboo growing in the forest.

Chung Myung, having finally blurted out the truth he had been suppressing, swept across the deck like a storm.

“A m-monster!”

“R-run away! Flee, now!” Whether there were enemies or not, the instinct to survive came first. The pirates, who had instantly lost their will to fight, didn’t look back as they leaped over the railing and into the water.

“Where do you think you’re going, you guys! Get back here!” Chung Myung grabbed the ankle of one of the pirates who was throwing himself over the side and yanked him back.

“Hiiiik! S-save me! I’m innocent!”

“Did this pirate leave his brain on land? How can a pirate be innocent?”

“Hiiiik!” Chung Myung, lifting the pirate by his ankle, swung his arm mightily and slammed the pirate onto the deck.

Kwaaaang! The deck shattered, and the ship was utterly wrecked.

“Next!” Chung Myung, his eyes wide and bloodshot, leaped towards the ship next to him.

“This is what you call a water attack, you guys!” No, it isn’t.

“Wow…”

“Amazing…”

“Ugh…”

“Hey, if you’re going to throw up, go over there and do it!” The disciples of Mount Hua shook their heads as they watched Chung Myung rampage like a wild boar that had won the lottery.

Chung Myung seemed stronger than before? That was only to be expected. That guy was ridiculously strong to begin with, and on top of that, he was the most zealous in his training at Mount Hua. Even Baek Cheon, who was known for his dedication to training, had fallen ill for several days after trying to keep up with Chung Myung’s training, so how could it be any different?

So, of course, he would become even stronger.

The problem was…

“Why… does his temper seem to get worse with each passing day?”

“…Who knows?”

“Is the land at Mount Hua cursed…?” Chung Myung’s rampage was truly deserving of the word ‘berserk.’ The pirates almost looked pitiful.

‘No, that’s not right.’

On second thought, this wasn’t something that could be easily resolved. If they had maintained their distance and kept firing with those White Thunder Cannons or whatever they were called, they would have been utterly helpless.

Those pirates were just unlucky. Who could have imagined that the guy on the opposite ship would run on water, kick off cannonballs, and smash their ships to pieces in an instant?

Those who think within the realm of common sense cannot handle those who rampage in the realm of the absurd.

“We need to overwhelm them while they’re still disoriented. Tell them to increase the speed!”

“Yes!” Im Sohyeong pointed forward with his fan.

“Ram them with the ship! The moment we collide, we’ll cross over and wipe them out!”

“Yes!” The dignity of a strategist could be seen in Im Sohyeong’s fluttering fan…

“…or maybe not.

“J-just a moment. Getting close right now isn’t a very good idea… Huh?” At that moment, Jo Seung, who was holding onto the railing, tilted his head.

“Why?”

“Ah, no, just a moment…” He carefully examined the scene in front of him and then spoke to Im Sohyeong with a strange expression.

“I think we can go now.”

“Why are you changing your mind?”

“…Normally, you shouldn’t approach the areas where the pirates have fallen into the water. Pirates are more comfortable in the water than out of it, so just because they’ve fallen in doesn’t mean they’re neutralized. If you get too close, they might even drill holes in the ship from underwater.”

“Hmm?” Im Sohyeong, who hadn’t thought that far, flinched for a moment.

“But you’re saying we can go now? Is this treason?”

“N-no, it’s not that. Look over there. Aren’t they having trouble swimming properly?” Im Sohyeong narrowed his eyes and looked at the pirates who had jumped from the sinking ship. Indeed, their splashing looked somewhat awkward.

“They haven’t mastered water combat?”

“It seems so.”

“Pirates who haven’t mastered water combat? Does that even make sense?”

“W-well, in a way, it’s also a natural thing, so…”

“What are you talking about now?” Jo Seung swallowed hard and replied.

“There’s no one who’s a pirate from birth, is there? Usually, they learn martial arts and then join a bandit group, or they have no other way to make a living, so they come to a bandit group and become pirates. Then they learn water combat from that point on.”

“So, if a bandit group hasn’t been around for very long, it’s not strange for their water combat skills to be lacking?”

“That’s right. They probably didn’t move here from somewhere else. There’s a high probability that this is a newly formed bandit group.” Jo Seung’s face was quite desperate.

Whether it was an attempt to deny the relationship between them and himself, or an attempt to prevent the relationship between Mount Hua and the bandit group from deteriorating, it was impossible to know.

“Hmm…” Im Sohyeong nodded.

“Well, that’s not something I need to worry about. Anyway, it means there’s no problem getting close, right? Then that’s all that matters. Everyone, move forward at full speed!” The ship carrying the disciples of Mount Hua and the bandits cut through the water and moved forward.

The enemy ships, thrown into chaos by Chung Myung, didn’t even notice their approach. They only realized the situation when they were almost right in front of them, still in disarray.

“A-avoid them!”

“It’s impossible! We’re going to collide!” The large ram at the front of the fast ship slammed directly into the side of the ship.

Kwaaaaa! The ship that was rammed on the side tilted as if it were about to capsize and was pushed away. However, the arrowhead-shaped ram that had pierced through the side firmly held onto the hull and wouldn’t let go easily.

“Hook them!” The bandits threw the hooked chains they had seized from the bandit group, connecting the ships and binding them tightly.

Clang! Clang! Clang! The disciples of Mount Hua drew their swords and rushed forward in a single burst.

“Let’s go! First, we’ll take care of the pirates!”

“Ooooh!” The disciples of the prestigious Mount Hua Sect took the lead, followed by the bandits of the Green Forest. If you only considered the combination, it was incredibly bizarre, but its power was undeniable.

The disciples of Mount Hua, leaping between the ships and boarding the enemy ships, swiftly swung their swords and cut down the pirates.

“Kraaah!”

“Y-you guys!” Baek Cheon, who was flustered and in disarray, gritted his teeth and struck back at the pirates, slicing through their chests and felling them in a single blow. And he let out a shout filled with heroic spirit. No, he was about to let out a shout.

“Justice will…”

“Agh, we’re because of you guys!”

“Do you even know what we went through?”

“We almost died! You pirate guys!”

“Dieeeee!”

“…” Guys? Doesn’t the purpose seem a little strange?

“Tear them limb from limb!”

“Yes!” Baek Cheon blankly stared at the disciples of Mount Hua, leading the bandits and rushing forward.

Uh… Hehe. Well, whatever. As long as they fight well, that’s all that matters.

“Overturn everything!” Baek Cheon also joined the bizarre spectacle without any regrets.