Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1436

Jimmy stared at Kang Jin-ho, his expression blank.

‘Did he just say to be prepared to die?’

‘Is he completely out of his mind?’

He squeezed his eyes shut and opened them several times, hoping the situation would change, but it didn’t. Kang Jin-ho stood calmly in front of the lined-up soldiers, his gaze sweeping over them.

‘Alone?’

So, he’s saying he’ll take on all of them by himself?

‘He has to be joking.’

Jimmy was so dumbfounded he couldn’t speak. After a long pause, searching for the right words, he finally reached a logical conclusion.

‘He must have said something wrong.’

It made sense when he thought about it. Even if his English was fluent, it wasn’t his native language. It’s not uncommon for a slight mistake to cause a misunderstanding.

Jimmy turned his head to look at Wiggins. From the looks of it, Wiggins seemed fluent in both Korean and English, so he would be able to clarify what went wrong.

“Could you please repeat what he just said, Mr. Wiggins?”

“He said to come at him all at once.”

Ah, it wasn’t wrong. He hadn’t misheard.

“Are you out of your mind? There are a thousand combatants here right now.”

Wiggins scratched his chin.

“It’s definitely a bit of a problem.”

Then, Lee Hyun-soo casually joined the conversation.

“It’s not like it’s the first time he’s fought a thousand people.”

“That’s true.”

Wiggins rested his chin on his hand and looked ahead.

The provoked soldiers were glaring at Kang Jin-ho as if they were about to devour him. Their bodies were twitching, and it seemed they were struggling to suppress their urge to rush at him.

‘Does he even know?’

That the person standing in front of them was the one who had wiped out a thousand people who had rushed at him with their lives on the line in the middle of the vast ocean where there was no escape.

‘If they knew, they wouldn’t be making that face.’

It was like a tiger walking out, and the puppies were baring their teeth.

One can only perceive the strength of the opponent as much as they understand it.

If the demonic flames, who could play with them like children, had heard the same words, they would be desperately looking for a place to run away by now.

But they can’t see Kang Jin-ho’s true strength.

‘They’re farmed.’

Sometimes farmed products are superior to wild ones, but not these guys. They shouldn’t be like sashimi waiting to be placed on the cutting board and have their breath cut off.

They are warriors who must live, defeat their opponents, and cut off their breath.

And they’re raising them like this?

‘They’ve done something stupid.’

On the one hand, he understood.

This was the style that the United States had been perfecting so far. They analyze scientifically and find the most efficient way to do things.

And they enforce that method with perfectly managed and trained bodies.

But this isn’t a sport.

They’ll probably realize that soon too. From the moment they face Kang Jin-ho.

“Are you really going to do this?”

Wiggins turned to Jimmy with a slightly annoyed face. It seemed he thought he couldn’t reason with Kang Jin-ho, so he was trying to mediate through Wiggins.

But Wiggins had no intention of complying with his request.

“I don’t know why you keep doing stupid things.”

“S-stupid?”

“Hey. Do you not realize what kind of opportunity you’ve got right now?”

“••••••Huh?”

Wiggins sighed and said,

“He’s the Lord. The head of the General Assembly and the one called the Demon King of East Asia. Don’t you know? Do you think you’ll ever have another chance to face someone like him in your life?”

Jimmy’s eyes widened at those words.

“That’s why you’re still just a commander. If the higher-ups knew about this, they’d be desperate to take your head. Who would trust someone who tries to throw away such a good opportunity like that?”

Willie also realized his mistake and looked at Jimmy.

He was right.

Even if you take a conservative estimate, Kang Jin-ho is among the top ten strongest people in the world. Even with the calculation that there are countless hidden powerhouses, he can never be ranked lower than that.

Such powerhouses are not people you can face just because you want to. Can you imagine the American martial artists invading China because they want to face the Three Kings? [The Three Kings are considered the pinnacle of martial arts in China.]

War would break out immediately, and it wouldn’t be strange if they were all captured and killed.

Among the Three Kings, there are those who readily accept challenges, like the Red King,

but that’s only possible for those who have devoted their lives to martial arts. If people raised as soldiers like the Americans went to China as a group to face the Red King?

They would be caught by the Red King’s faction before they even got close and tortured to death.

But now, Kang Jin-ho, who is said to be on par with the Three Kings, has offered to face them without any conditions.

This was an opportunity that couldn’t be bought for hundreds of millions of dollars.

Jimmy’s eyes became resolute as he grasped the situation.

“Everyone heard, he said he would face us.”

Even though his voice was loud, no one answered. They just glared at Kang Jin-ho with eyes that seemed like they would devour him.

Kang Jin-ho took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, receiving their gaze.

‘They have pride.’

But…….

‘They don’t have the will to fight.’

It should be the opposite.

The most important thing for someone learning martial arts is the will to fight. But that will to fight shouldn’t turn into pride. You can’t become a true martial artist by being angry at being ignored. You have to be angry at your own weakness.

But there’s no way they can understand that. Because the people in front of him now are soldiers, not martial artists.

‘Did soldiers need pride?’

Well.

When Kang Jin-ho was a soldier, it didn’t seem like he needed that. But American soldiers might be different.

It doesn’t matter anyway.

The important thing is that he doesn’t feel anything special because he doesn’t feel the will to fight from his opponents.

“Hoo.”

Kang Jin-ho, who exhaled cigarette smoke, quietly looked at them.

“Aren’t you coming?”

They were whispering among themselves.

They said there were two thousand combat troops, but only about a thousand were gathered here. When that many people started whispering at the same time, the sound was quite loud.

One man slowly stepped forward.

“Sergeant Chris Glancy.”

Kang Jin-ho looked at the man who stepped forward with a nonchalant gaze.

The man’s broad shoulders and determined eyes made his impression as a soldier even stronger.

“I’d like to learn a thing or two from the Demon King of the East.”

Kang Jin-ho sucked on his cigarette without answering.

Then, Chris pulled a knife from the sheath on his thigh and pointed it at Kang Jin-ho.

‘I won’t be able to win.’

He wasn’t even hoping for that.

Just because he was training here didn’t mean he was deaf. He had heard about the Three Kings of the East, or rather, the Four Kings now, until his ears were sore. [The Four Kings are the most powerful martial artists in the world.]

One of the pillars supporting the world.

Those who are called the pinnacle of the martial arts world.

It’s not like they don’t know the terror of the Four Kings. He probably wouldn’t even be a match for them.

Chris licked his lips with his tongue.

‘But that’s why it’s meaningful.’

There’s no point in facing the Demon King with others. He has to face the Demon King alone. That experience will be an asset that will allow Chris to move ahead of others.

“Then••••••”

The moment Chris was about to charge forward, Jimmy shouted sharply.

“Who told you to act alone! Chris, you can’t fight properly as a team!”

Chris flinched and looked at Jimmy.

‘Damn it.’

Jimmy was right.

Basically, they move in squads. Especially when facing a powerful enemy, they have been trained to move as one squad to ensnare the opponent.

The person in front of him now is an incredibly powerful enemy.

So, of course, he should move with his squad.

He knew that, but Chris found it difficult to suppress his urge to face the Demon King alone.

“Immediately as a squad……”

At that moment, Willie raised his hand to stop Jimmy.

“……Colonel?”

“Let’s leave him be.”

“But we……”

“I know what the Major is trying to say. But isn’t this an experience? When else will our soldiers have the chance to face the Demon King alone?”

Behind that was the unspoken thought, ‘And when else will we have the chance to get that kind of data?’

This place is being perfectly filmed with cameras placed around it. Willie wanted to get information about Kang Jin-ho’s individual combat as well as his squad combat if possible.

“Umm••••••”

Jimmy turned his head silently. Then, he nodded lightly towards Chris.

“Thank you!”

Chris raised his voice loudly and turned his head back to look at Kang Jin-ho.

He was sorry to his squad members, but this was an opportunity he couldn’t miss.

‘I’m not even hoping to win. But if I do well, I might be able to land one hit.’

The knives they use are incredibly sharp. Just a graze can tear through bone and flesh. Today, they came out with real combat knives, not practice ones.

Even just a graze would mean he had wounded the Demon King, and that could be an unprecedented achievement in Chris’s life.

‘I have nothing to lose.’

Chris kept muttering. At the same time, he kept thinking.

Chris, who had been loosening his body that was constantly stiffening with tension, rushed towards Kang Jin-ho in one breath.

A speed that surprised even himself.

Half the usual speed, no, more than that.

Whether it was because his adrenaline was exploding with excitement, or whether his potential ability was starting to explode at this moment, Chris rushed towards Kang Jin-ho at a speed he would never have again in his life.

Everything was vivid.

He could clearly see even the dust that brushed past his face, and he didn’t miss even the slightest movement of the fine hairs on Kang Jin-ho’s body. Based on his perfectly awakened brain, Chris slashed his knife at lightning speed.

‘Perfect!’

This is unavoidable.

Even if he’s the Demon King, there’s no way he can avoid getting hurt by this attack.

At that moment, darkness came to Chris’s consciousness.

Bang!

Thud!

Two explosions. The first explosion was the sound from Chris’s body being hit by Kang Jin-ho’s lightly swung fist, and the second explosion was the sound of Chris being slammed into the ground.

Cracks like spiderwebs appeared on the reinforced concrete floor.

And Chris, who had fallen in the middle of it, was lying unconscious without even twitching.

“Hoo……”

Kang Jin-ho exhaled a short puff of cigarette smoke.

Kang Jin-ho, who had glanced at Chris lying on the floor, slowly raised his head and looked at the frozen soldiers.

“Next.”

No one could step forward.

Then, Kang Jin-ho quietly looked at them and stood up.

“If you’re not coming, I’ll go.”

Step, step.

Kang Jin-ho approached the lined-up soldiers with a blank face. And the faces of those who were watching Kang Jin-ho approach began to turn pale.

It was only then that they realized who they were facing.