Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 179

The Three Kings’ Disciple (180)

179

“Blood Demon… Lord…”

Kang Eun-ha’s eyes trembled violently.

Though her pressure points were sealed, rendering her helpless, she was forcibly reversing her energy flow, prepared to damage her core in a desperate attempt to move.

Thud.

It was because Namgoong Chun’s Namgoong Spirit Sword was embedded in Lee Ro-woon’s chest.

“Don’t.”

Lee Ro-woon looked down at Kang Eun-ha and said,

“I appreciate your concern for me. I’ll let it slide.”

“Bl…ood… De…mon…”

Kang Eun-ha collapsed.

Other martial artists tried to approach Lee Ro-woon.

“Don’t interfere.”

Lee Ro-woon warned again, reaching out his hand.

Clench.

Lee Ro-woon grabbed the sharp blade of the Namgoong Spirit Sword embedded in his chest.

Trickle.

Blood oozed from his palm.

Namgoong Chun tried to pull the sword out, but.

Clang!

The sword wouldn’t budge.

Lee Ro-woon’s inner energy was already depleted.

It was a reckless situation.

“You all seem to misunderstand.”

Lee Ro-woon’s languid gaze turned completely sharp.

“It’s not just inner energy I possess.”

His white chest was exposed by the cut-off front of his clothes.

Whirring.

A black ring visible there was spinning fiercely.

The depleted inner energy, the energy replacing it, began to emanate from Lee Ro-woon’s entire body.

‘Ring of the Emperor.’

The Boundless Azure Sword Formation steals the unique power of the one designated as its opponent.

What Lee Ro-woon had shown then was inner energy.

Therefore.

Kuuuuung-!

The mana, the power of the Ring of the Emperor, which had never been used before, was something the Boundless Azure Sword Formation could not recognize.

Thud thud thud thud.

The Namgoong Spirit Sword embedded in his chest was pulled out, unable to withstand Lee Ro-woon’s power.

“You want to fight with inner energy?”

Using the Namgoong Spirit Sword as a medium, Namgoong Chun’s inner energy and Lee Ro-woon’s mana collided.

Crack crack crack crack crack.

Different forces pushed against each other, trying to devour each other, transforming into a powerful force that crushed the surroundings.

The result was soon determined.

Kwaaaang!

With a violent explosion, dust spread out.

The collision of inner energy and mana had finally decided the outcome.

The scene revealed as the dust scattered was.

“Unbelievable!”

It was something that shocked Namgoong Mu-jin once again.

“Aren’t you tired of saying that?”

Lee Ro-woon’s voice.

Namgoong Chun, who had been flung far away, was wiping away blood and getting up.

“But!”

What surprised Namgoong Mu-jin was not that Lee Ro-woon had won the inner energy battle.

“How are you holding the Spirit Sword!”

Namgoong Chun’s hands were empty.

Conversely, Lee Ro-woon was holding the Namgoong Spirit Sword in his right hand.

Shudder shudder shudder shudder!

The Namgoong Spirit Sword trembled violently, as if trying to escape from Lee Ro-woon’s hand, but.

Whirring.

It soon calmed down, as if accepting Lee Ro-woon’s touch.

“The Spirit Sword cannot be held by anyone who isn’t a Namgoong family member… !”

The Namgoong Spirit Sword.

It was the soul of the Namgoong family.

The core connected to the Namgoong world, it could not be held without mastering the Namgoong family’s martial art and the Imperial Sword Form, which only direct descendants could learn.

Even if one could hold it, they could not draw out its power.

“It’s a good sword.”

But now, the Namgoong Spirit Sword was docile in Lee Ro-woon’s hand, like a dog that had met its owner.

“Namgoong’s martial arts are ultimately Eun’s martial arts.”

Lee Ro-woon said, turning the Namgoong Spirit Sword this way and that.

“As long as its origin is within me, they are all the same.”

“Such…”

“And.”

Lee Ro-woon said, lowering the Namgoong Spirit Sword.

“All weapons are destined to submit to me.”

First master, Martial King Shin Yeo-wool… no.

Second master.

‘Sword King Ziegkhardt.’

The master of swords said.

-It is the king of all weapons.

The king of all weapons.

The weapons handled by the Sword King master were not just swords, but all weapons.

Whether to harm or to protect, everything that moves with a will.

All tools to contain that will.

Whirring!

They had no choice but to submit to Lee Ro-woon.

“The Namgoong family’s soul or whatever.”

Lee Ro-woon raised the Spirit Sword.

As if sensing danger, Namgoong Chun quickly tried to kick off the ground, but.

“It’s a sword, isn’t it?”

The head of the Namgoong Spirit Sword was already facing the ground.

Swoosh!

An invisible blade pierced through everything.

Kwaaaang!

It caused a huge explosion behind Namgoong Chun.

“Good.”

Namgoong Chun’s figure collapsed.

***

“F, Father!”

He thought he had to stop it, but when the situation actually happened, Namgoong Mu-jin couldn’t control his pounding heart.

An invisible trajectory.

The swung Namgoong Spirit Sword.

Namgoong Mu-jin couldn’t even properly see the clash between Lee Ro-woon and Namgoong Chun, but he was certain.

‘The pinnacle of swordsmanship.’

The sword that Lee Ro-woon had just swung was swordsmanship at the very edge that a swordsman could reach.

It should just be called a swing, but it was swordsmanship of a supreme level that could not be described with such a word.

Therefore.

“Kuh…”

He knew.

That Namgoong Chun was no longer…

“Don’t worry. He’s not dead.”

“……!”

“If we kill the Heavenly Assembly Head now, it will be as they want, right?”

Namgoong Chun was being controlled, meaning there was someone behind it.

Whatever their purpose, killing Namgoong Chun as he was would clearly benefit them.

“Then…”

“Watch carefully.”

Lee Ro-woon said, pointing the tip of the Namgoong Spirit Sword towards the fallen Namgoong Chun.

“Your father is not such a weak person.”

Twitch.

The fallen Namgoong Chun moved.

He should have been cut by the Spirit Sword, but there wasn’t a single scratch on him.

“And I’m more amazing than you think.”

“……!”

“What I cut was not Namgoong Chun.”

Namgoong Chun stood up completely.

“I only cut away the curse that was controlling him.”

“Maju…”

Namgoong Chun’s mouth opened.

“Thank… you… for the help.”

A dry voice, but it was clearly Namgoong Chun’s voice.

Swinging a sword, cutting only the superimposed curse without leaving a single wound on the flesh.

Who could possibly do that?

“But…”

Namgoong Chun said, steadying his staggering body.

“It’s too late.”

Kooong!

The ground shook.

“What’s going on?”

“Why!”

Namgoong Chun, who had activated the Boundless Azure Sword Formation and regained his senses, realized that this energy was caused by the reverse flow of inner energy that had spread throughout Tokyo.

Kuuuung!

The ground shook once more.

Whirring!

Following the cracks that had formed, a pale light began to soar into the sky.

“The… formation is already complete.”

Namgoong Chun’s voice.

“That’s!”

A voice shouted, looking up at the sky.

Lee Ro-woon’s eyes also turned to the sky.

Weeeeeeeng!

A huge formation was making a strange resonance and noise.

“Summoning magic circle.”

It was clearly a magic circle to summon something.

* * *

“I activated the Boundless Azure Sword Formation, but I don’t have control over the formation.”

Namgoong Chun said, drinking potions as if pouring them down.

His internal organs must have been shaken by the aftereffects of being forcibly awakened from control, and his energy channels must have been twisted.

“It will sting.”

Dang Hwa-young was inserting needles all over Namgoong Chun’s body.

“Cheonhye.”

Finally, the name of the mastermind came out of Namgoong Chun’s mouth.

“The Supreme Elder of the Zhuge family, Cheonhye Zhuge Gak, is the culprit behind all of this.”

The day Namgoong Chun was contemplating whether to join hands with Muryeon, a guest had visited the Namgoong family.

Cheonhye, Zhuge Gak.

Namgoong Chun’s memory ended there.

“I don’t know what he did, and even my memories are not intact.”

He had shaken a master of the Life and Death Realm.

However, even while being controlled by the curse, Namgoong Chun had tried to regain control and was remembering the moments.

“The Boundless Azure Sword Formation is to summon something by sacrificing the lives of Tokyo.”

Above the sky.

“The formation is already complete.”

“But the citizens of Tokyo are fine. The martial artists of the Namgoong family haven’t died either.”

Isn’t the power to achieve that goal insufficient, Lee Yong-jin asked.

“It’s enough…”

Kang Eun-ha, who had regained her senses, said while being treated with Dang Hwa-young’s needles.

“Because a purer and more powerful force than anything else has been absorbed into the entire Boundless Azure Sword Formation.”

“Could it be… !”

“The Blood Demon’s power.”

And Namgoong Chun’s power.

That had succeeded in reaching the limit of the Boundless Azure Sword Formation.

It was modified to catch the Partisan, but it was activated by Lee Ro-woon as a human.

“What exactly are you trying to summon?”

Hase Min’s question.

“Whatever it is…”

Moyong Hu answered.

A throbbing headache, the knowledge of the Partisan seeped in.

“It’s being summoned by the power of the Boundless Azure Sword Formation. It’s something that will be summoned by sacrificing the lives of all the citizens of Tokyo.”

“……”

“It won’t be simple.”

Now, everyone’s eyes turned back to Lee Ro-woon.

“Can you stop it…”

They already knew that Lee Ro-woon had considerable knowledge of magic.

Wasn’t it Lee Ro-woon who knew that it was a summoning magic circle?

With that swordsmanship that could remove only Namgoong Chun’s curse.

“I can’t stop it.”

It was an immediate answer.

“It’s not a sloppy magic circle. All the magic circles are linked and exist to complete one.”

He could do it if he wanted to.

However.

“The risk of failure is high.”

If he failed to break the magic circle, the being of the magic circle would descend.

After Lee Ro-woon had already poured his power into breaking the magic circle.

“And the purpose of the mastermind is not yet clear.”

“Is summoning that not the only goal?”

“It won’t be.”

It was Hase Min.

“The Zhuge family has established a base in Japan. Whatever it is, they are summoning something that will at least devastate the entire country of Japan.”

Would the Zhuge family have done this with the intention of mutual destruction?

“There’s something more.”

He had to conserve his strength.

“The method is…”

Lee Ro-woon said.

Kuuuung!

The summoning magic circle shook, its completion was approaching.

“There’s no other way but to destroy it.”

Kwaaaang!

Multiple layers of magic circles were drawn above the magic circle.

All of them shattered in an instant.

Kuuuuung!

A huge hand popped out.

“Kuh!”

A huge pressure that crushed everything.

“C, can’t… breathe…”

The burning heat was scorching even the air, making it difficult to breathe.

Thud! Thud!

The martial artists of the Namgoong family began to fall one by one.

It was a different problem from the lack of air.

Black streaks poured out from that hand.

“Demonic energy… !”

A huge, high-purity demonic energy was crushing everything.

“I’ve seen it before… !”

Those who had inherited Lee Ro-woon’s power could resist the demonic energy and make a sound.

Hase Min was among them.

Shaking his eyes with shock and fear.

“Calamity.”

He muttered as if he couldn’t believe it.

In the meantime.

Kwaaaang!

The magic circle shattered once more, and another hand popped out.

In that hand was a long, burning whip.

Now, the identity of the being summoned from the summoning magic circle was becoming clear.

“Balrog… !”

Balrog.

The first to appear in the world, a monster of calamity that had been sealed after failing to be subjugated.

Beyond rank, beyond standard, beyond assumption.

A monster that should never be hunted, and even approaching it was forbidden.

-Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

At this moment, it was descending above the Tokyo Tower.

Clench.

Lee Ro-woon gripped the hilt of the Namgoong Spirit Sword tightly and changed his stance.

Goooooo!

All the mana of the Ring of the Emperor flowed through Lee Ro-woon’s body and into the Namgoong Spirit Sword.

“If you don’t want to get caught up in this.”

The sword slowly rose, defying the immense gravity.

“Do your best to get out of here.”

The Namgoong Spirit Sword emitted a sharp blue light.