Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 188

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However, his body didn’t move as well as he thought it would. The impact from the car rolling was significant. If an ordinary person had rolled at that speed, they would have died instantly.

“Cough.”

A dry cough rose from his throat.

Jinbao pushed the car door. But the car door wouldn’t open, likely because the car frame had been twisted during the crash.

“Kuh!”

Jinbao kicked the door panel with his leg.

Bang! Bang!

After kicking it several times with his inner energy [a martial arts concept referring to internal power or life force], the door panel crumpled and flew off.

He barely managed to roll out of the car, and the dark sky came into his view.

He breathed heavily. Jinbao stretched out his hands, pushing against the ground as he struggled to get up.

‘How did it come to this?’

He thought he was just taking on a simple task. But he never imagined the situation would escalate this far.

“You, you little brat…”

A low, very low, and eerie voice reached Jinbao’s ears as he tried to stand up.

“So, you finally decide to say hello.”

Jinbao’s body froze.

‘W-when?’

He hadn’t sensed any presence at all. But when did Kang Jin-ho get right behind him?

Jinbao’s body began to tremble.

‘I messed up, I really messed up!’

This guy is relentless and violent.

Once he sets a goal, he doesn’t look back. You have to risk your life when you mess with this type of person.

It was a mistake to start this so lightly with insufficient resolve.

‘Get a grip!’

Jinbao bit his lip tightly.

First, he needed to regain his composure and assess the situation calmly. He knew well enough about Kang Jin-ho’s audacity and persistence, but that didn’t prove Kang Jin-ho’s strength.

It was actually better this way.

If they were isolated like this, he could just fight him properly and take his head…

Suddenly, he felt something grab his neck, and Jinbao’s body was yanked up.

Jinbao couldn’t even groan.

Right in front of his eyes were Kang Jin-ho’s eyes, burning like fire.

He couldn’t breathe, nor could he make any move.

The intense fear that Kang Jin-ho would rip his head off was overwhelming him.

“What should I say…”

It was a sinister and grotesque voice.

A voice that was very low yet had a strange resonance that shook a person’s heart slowly but surely penetrated Jinbao’s ears.

“Yeah, I guess I’d say it was fun.”

Kang Jin-ho readily admitted it.

“It was a feeling and sensation I haven’t felt in a long time. Actually, I was quite excited. I might even have to thank you for letting me feel that way.”

Kang Jin-ho chuckled.

If you only looked at his expression and tone, you might mistake it for friendliness. But Jinbao couldn’t move at all.

His eyes.

His eyes, which were coldly sunken, were not smiling at all. Rather, they were burning with a murderous intent, like a beast ready to tear his throat out. How could he make such a mistake?

“It was really fun. But you know…”

Kang Jin-ho growled into Jinbao’s ear.

“Don’t you think you went too far?”

Kang Jin-ho’s hand slowly began to tighten around Jinbao’s neck.

“Kkeueuk, kkeueuek…”

Jinbao’s body began to tremble as if he had a fever.

‘Why, why is it so painful?’

Jinbao couldn’t understand his condition. He was a martial artist. He had experienced being choked countless times. But he had never felt such pain, where his whole body convulsed just from being choked.

“Kkeueup.”

In the pain that was turning his head white, Jinbao was able to find the cause.

Kang Jin-ho’s hand.

From Kang Jin-ho’s hand that was gripping his neck, a gloomy and overbearing inner energy was slowly seeping into his body.

“Kkeueueuek!”

The inner energy that entered his body was destroying his energy and rampaging through his entire body. He couldn’t even twitch a finger, yet he felt as if his entire body was being pierced with needles and burned with electricity.

The blood vessels in Jinbao’s wide-open eyes burst, turning his eyeballs red.

He had never imagined that such pain could exist in the world. What made Jinbao even more miserable was that this pain wasn’t just pain; it was destroying his body.

He could vividly feel his meridians [energy channels in traditional Chinese medicine] and energy channels swelling and bursting.

In the pain and despair, Jinbao wanted to lose consciousness, but his mind only became clearer.

“I can understand you targeting me. I don’t forgive those who attack me, but…”

Kang Jin-ho smiled and continued.

“There is a price for every sin. In this case, I might have forgiven you with just an arm. You did dare to draw a sword against me, but thanks to that, I had quite a bit of fun. But…”

Kang Jin-ho growled.

“You shouldn’t have touched my family.”

Crack.

“Kkeueueuek.”

Jinbao was horrified by the force that was twisting his neck halfway and grabbed Kang Jin-ho’s hand, struggling.

He could hear the cracking sounds from his neck bones.

If he wasn’t careful, his neck would break, and he would die.

Die?

Like this?

Die so meaninglessly?

“Kuaaaaaak!”

Jinbao began to struggle. The pain in his body hadn’t lessened, but the fear of death began to overcome the pain.

Kang Jin-ho smiled coldly as he watched him.

“Cough! Cough! Huff! Huff!”

Jinbao coughed as the cold air suddenly rushed into his lungs.

‘W-what is it?’

He looked up and saw that Kang Jin-ho had released his neck and stepped back. Jinbao trembled as he looked at Kang Jin-ho, who was staring at him silently.

“If you want to struggle, you should.”

Jinbao’s body twitched at Kang Jin-ho’s words.

The pride that had been hidden in his heart began to rear its head.

‘I know he’s strong.’

He must be strong.

Just from what he had shown so far, there was no doubt that he was strong.

But it wasn’t like Jinbao had always survived by fighting those weaker than him.

“You underestimated me.”

Jinbao gritted his teeth.

The number of those stronger than him that he had killed was now too many to count.

Swish.

Ten throwing knives, five in each hand, appeared in Jinbao’s hands.

“I’ll tear you to pieces.”

Kang Jin-ho watched Jinbao’s threat calmly and then chuckled lightly.

It was a clear mockery.

“I’ll say it again…” Crack.

The sound of bones twisting echoed from Kang Jin-ho’s clenched fist.

“You touched people you shouldn’t have.”

“Nonsense!”

Swish!

The daggers launched from Jinbao’s hands flew towards Kang Jin-ho with the sound of tearing through the air.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

They weren’t just flying in a straight line. The ten daggers drew strange arcs in the air, flying towards Kang Jin-ho’s front, sides, and even above his head… completely blocking his escape routes.

Jinbao glared at Kang Jin-ho with his eyes, which were red with burst blood vessels.

‘He can’t avoid it.’

Even those who had boasted of being stronger than him had lost their lives to this move countless times. Jinbao was confident that there weren’t many who could face him at a distance, let alone up close.

Look.

Kang Jin-ho also seemed unable to find a place to avoid, as he wasn’t moving at all.

“Die!”

At that moment, something unbelievable happened.

“Such a pathetic trick.”

Kang Jin-ho frowned and slowly raised his hand.

Then!

Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack!

Kang Jin-ho caught each of the flying daggers with his bare hands.

Jinbao, upon seeing that sight, involuntarily covered his mouth with both hands.

His heart was pounding as if it would jump out of his throat.

How…

How could he do that!

Even catching a dagger thrown by an ordinary person with bare hands was not an easy task. But to catch daggers that Jinbao himself had thrown with all his inner energy with bare hands?

‘Those daggers can pierce steel plates!’

Was it even possible for a human hand made of flesh and blood to catch his daggers, which could pierce steel plates, without any injury?

Jinbao couldn’t decide whether to be amazed by the speed with which he had caught ten daggers at once or by the depth of his inner energy that allowed him to catch the daggers without being affected by the energy they carried.

“A throwing knife technique…”

Kang Jin-ho lightly tossed the daggers in his hands and reversed them. Kang Jin-ho, holding the ten daggers with their blades facing backward, smiled and slowly approached Jinbao.

“You probably came to investigate me, right?”

“I know, you can’t answer. Whether it was in the past or now, what a guy like you does hasn’t changed.”

Kang Jin-ho threw one of the daggers in his right hand.

Whoosh!

The sound was different from the ones Jinbao had thrown. And its power was on a different level.

The dagger, flying like a beam of light, pierced through Jinbao’s thigh without giving him a chance to react.

“Huh?”

How fast the dagger had pierced through, he didn’t even feel the pain for a moment.

Jinbao, looking at his leg that had been pierced with disbelief, grabbed his leg and rolled on the ground as the pain slowly washed over him.

“Kuaaaaaa!”

Kang Jin-ho slowly approached Jinbao, who was rolling on the ground, and said,

“Maybe I’m doing you a favor right now.”

The blood drained from Jinbao’s face.

What the hell was that crazy bastard talking about…

Crack!

At that moment, a dagger was deeply embedded in Jinbao’s right hand. The dagger that pierced his hand went through the floor, firmly fixing Jinbao’s hand to the ground.

“Kkeueuk!”

Crack! Crack!

The daggers that flew in succession pierced through various parts of Jinbao’s body, pinning him to the floor.

Jinbao couldn’t even scream from the intense pain he felt all over his body, and his mouth was wide open. In his mind, he was screaming endlessly, but only the sound of air escaping from his throat came out.

“Because I’m going to tell you.”

Jinbao looked at Kang Jin-ho with his face covered in tears and snot. Kang Jin-ho began to smile, revealing his teeth.

“I’m going to show you exactly what kind of guy I am… Go and tell them, tell them exactly what you saw, heard, and felt. Then they’ll know who I am.”

Jinbao’s eyes began to tremble greatly.

“Hooook! Hooook!”

Kang Jin-ho was approaching Jinbao slowly with a grotesque smile.

“You knew, didn’t you?”

“You knew that I would be most furious if my family was touched. So, you appeared to me in that situation to see my reaction.”

Kang Jin-ho’s smile grew wider.

“But what a pity? I don’t know what makes you the angriest when you are hurt.”

Kang Jin-ho slowly grabbed Jinbao’s fingertips.

“So, let’s find out one by one from now on.”