Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 358

Yi Rown moved without hesitation.

Hang Yeo-il felt his heart clench, unable to even think of stopping him.

Even if he was the head of the Taegeuk Gate with Wudang [a renowned martial arts sect] as their backing, this was the Nine Dragons Gate’s headquarters, the Guild House, and the Nine Dragons Castle.

If their identities were exposed here.

‘Wudang wouldn’t even need to step in.’

They would die.

Not just the Taegeuk Gate.

Even if the Blood Demon or other Blood Cult warriors were strong, they wouldn’t be able to face all the warriors of the Nine Dragons Castle.

Even if they were lucky and skilled enough to survive, in the end.

‘Only we would die.’

Why would the Wudang Sect Leader ask them to help such people?

Did he intend to abandon the Taegeuk Gate?

It was then.

Thud.

The sound of footsteps made Hang Yeo-il’s hair stand on end.

“It’s the 2nd Assault Unit… !”

One of the top assault units, the pride of the Nine Dragons Gate.

Among them, the 2nd Assault Unit was an elite force with immense power, known as the Two Dragons.

And now.

Gulp.

The place they were standing was part of the training grounds, where outsiders were forbidden from entering, even within the Nine Dragons Gate.

Other player guilds would also strictly control access to their training grounds, but for martial arts-focused sects, the situation was even more severe.

For martial artists, martial arts were their alpha and omega, their strength and weakness.

Entering a training ground where they practiced their martial arts was practically like spying on the sect’s top secrets.

“Hah, hah.”

They could be executed on the spot without even being asked for their identities, and it wouldn’t be considered strange.

“Prepare for battle.”

Hang Yeo-il took a breath and ordered the Taegeuk Gate disciples to prepare for battle.

The disciples placed their hands on the hilts of their swords hanging at their waists.

Thud, thud.

The Two Dragons Assault Unit was getting closer.

They were heading straight for them, and Hang Yeo-il’s senses were as sharp as they could be when.

“……?”

Hang Yeo-il felt something was off.

“Everyone, take your hands off your swords!”

At Hang Yeo-il’s urgent shout, the disciples, though puzzled, quietly removed their hands.

And finally.

Thud.

The Two Dragons Assault Unit and the Taegeuk Gate disciples were so close that they could almost touch each other if they reached out.

Flutter.

Hang Yeo-il was still tense, unsure of what was happening.

But soon, Hang Yeo-il realized that his guess was correct.

Swoosh.

Even though they saw that the Taegeuk Gate disciples were in a place they shouldn’t be, the Two Dragons Assault Unit passed by them.

“I wonder how tough this training will be.”

“Be quiet. Our training content shouldn’t be leaked.”

They continued on, even talking about classified information.

Only after they had completely disappeared.

“Hah!”

Hang Yeo-il exhaled and regained his senses.

Hang Yeo-il urgently looked at Yi Rown.

“Did the Blood Demon do that?”

Yi Rown didn’t answer Hang Yeo-il’s question.

But Hang Yeo-il realized that it was an answer.

-Stealth.

Yi Rown had stealthily concealed them without them even knowing, and had even deceived the Two Dragons Assault Unit right in front of them.

“Let’s go.”

In the end, without getting an answer, Yi Rown started moving again.

* * *

He had already heard about the Nine Dragons Gate.

That their world was close to an open world, and that the inside was wider than the outside.

That it seemed to be due to something other than a barrier or a formation.

That was why.

-It seems difficult for us to infiltrate on our own.

Crossing the gate of the Nine Dragons Gate was like crossing the gate of a world.

And the gate of a world had a way of detecting intruders, no matter how much they suppressed and controlled their energy.

The moment an uninvited person entered, the Nine Dragons Gate would know, and they would thoroughly hide their secrets and prepare for the intruder.

So, they chose the Taegeuk Gate as a way to enter the Nine Dragons Gate without being detected.

However.

‘It’s different once we’re inside.’

It was different from the moment they entered.

The Blood Demon Divine Art, which observes the interior.

The Heavenly Demon Divine Art, which controls the body.

If he had those two divine arts.

-Dark Heaven Stealth.

He could blend into the dark sky and hide his presence.

It was impossible for even a highly skilled person to find Yi Rown, who had quietly hidden himself.

Even though he had concealed the Taegeuk Gate disciples with him, deceiving the eyes of the Nine Dragons Gate’s assault unit was not a difficult task.

Yi Rown and Hang Yeo-il infiltrated the center of the training grounds like that.

Fortunately, the training grounds were empty.

“……”

Hang Yeo-il was entering the Nine Dragons Gate’s training grounds for the first time.

And he was feeling a strange sense of incongruity, a definite abnormality.

The Nine Dragons Castle seemed to have followed the style of the Silver World [a fictional world].

There were no signs of Earth’s styles or buildings.

But this training ground was different.

It was closer to Earth, not the Silver World’s style.

‘I can understand it.’

Well, it wasn’t an incomprehensible area.

All martial artists acknowledged that Earth’s civilization had developed, and it had been confirmed that their scientific civilization and the Silver World’s technology created excellent synergy.

It was already common practice in other Nine Great Sects to invest the best technology in training.

That was the definite abnormality that Hang Yeo-il felt.

Whoosh.

The strange sense of incongruity was a strange energy that was felt throughout his body.

He hadn’t felt it once since entering the Nine Dragons Castle, but he could feel it now that he had entered the training grounds.

“It’s mana.”

At that moment, Yi Rown gave an answer.

“Ma…mana, you say?”

Hang Yeo-il was so surprised that he stopped in his tracks.

But he had to quickly follow Yi Rown, who was still moving.

“It’s weak, but I can feel the energy of mana.”

He wanted to say that it was impossible.

This was the Nine Dragons Castle.

Even if the world was mixed with Earth, the Silver World was the foundation.

If that was the case, the energy that should exist was qi [life force], not mana.

Even a small amount of mana was incompatible with the qi of the Silver World, and there was a high probability that it would cause problems due to the collision.

“That mana energy.”

Yi Rown stopped as he went further and said.

“It’s getting stronger here.”

His eyes were turning golden.

At that moment.

Zzzing-!

A strange resonance sound rang out, and blue light began to form throughout the training grounds.

“……!”

Hang Yeo-il was momentarily startled by the bewildering sight.

But his eyes widened even more in shock.

“This is… !”

The Taegeuk Gate was located in mainland China.

Although their power was insignificant compared to the Nine Dragons Gate, they were a secular sect of Wudang, and they had experience going to the battlefield under the name of Wudang.

That was.

“A magic circle?”

The battlefield with Einheart.

And the blue energy that formed in the Nine Dragons Gate’s training grounds was similar to the magic circles they used.

No, it was a more bizarre, beautiful, and geometric magic circle than the one they had seen back then.

The magic circle back then was powerful enough to bind and hunt hundreds of martial artists.

If that was the case, then this magic circle was.

‘What is it made to bind and hunt?’

That question arose.

“I thought it was strange.”

Yi Rown’s mutterings flowed out.

“The scale and growth of the Nine Dragons Gate, and even the level of their martial artists.”

As a resident of Earth, Yi Rown didn’t have the same pride as the Nine Great Sects, who boasted that they were the best in the Silver World.

However, he acknowledged that the Nine Great Sects, who had all the power in the Assembly and their support, were naturally powerful.

But the Nine Dragons Gate was a minor sect that hadn’t been very famous in the past in the Silver World.

It was definitely strange that they were suddenly growing and making a name for themselves.

Also, the martial artists he had seen after entering the Nine Dragons Gate.

The scent they naturally exuded.

-Battle experience.

The scent of warriors who had experienced countless battles.

There were things that could be felt from their posture, gait, and eyes.

The situation of the Nine Dragons Gate had already been confirmed through Ha Se-min.

Even that they were directly hunting the numerous gates that appeared nearby.

But.

‘There’s something more than that.’

What the martial artists of the Nine Dragons Gate possessed was not something that could only be felt at the gates.

Things that could be obtained by facing something deeper and stronger.

“Is it related to Einheart?”

Hang Yeo-il asked.

If that was true, then the Nine Dragons Gate was a traitor and a betrayer.

It was also a part that could explain how they had become stronger.

“I thought so too.”

Yi Rown’s golden eyes.

And then.

Whoosh.

Golden threads began to extend from the rising magic circle.

In the next moment.

Crack-!

The magic circle cracked and shattered.

“It seems like there’s something more.”

At the place where they were standing.

A large crack was revealed in the axis of the formation, the main point of the magic circle.

It was.

“No, there’s definitely more.”

It was not something that was artificially created.

A bottomless abyss.

A strange crack that seemed to drag them into hell.

“Are you going to follow?”

Yi Rown asked Hang Yeo-il.

Hang Yeo-il, who had been tense since entering the Nine Dragons Gate and couldn’t easily stop trembling.

But at this moment, he took a breath and suppressed his tension.

“What’s most important to me…”

He was also the leader of a sect.

Whether it was small or large, it was true that he had many people under him.

“It’s the disciples of the Taegeuk Gate.”

That was what he valued most.

“Then.”

Just as Yi Rown was about to take a step, thinking it was a refusal.

“Where is it safer?”

Hang Yeo-il asked Yi Rown.

“Where… where is it safer for the disciples?”

This was the center of the Nine Dragons Gate.

Being separated from Yi Rown here meant that the effects of stealth could disappear.

“If you stay here, the stealth will be maintained until I return.”

“That means you might not be able to return.”

Yi Rown didn’t answer.

He wouldn’t believe him even if he promised to return.

“Next to me.”

Yi Rown said.

“That’s the safest place.”

“Then.”

Hang Yeo-il said.

“I will follow you.”

* * *

Yi Rown, Hang Yeo-il, and the disciples of the Taegeuk Gate threw themselves into the crack.

The crack was not just left unattended.

Thud.

There were ladders and elevators connecting the long crack.

They had to ride it for a long time, powered by magic stones, to reach the end.

Whirr-!

The deep place was filled with red light, blurring their vision.

Just looking at the scene made them feel dizzy, and it felt like a murderous intent was boiling up.

“Circulate your inner energy.”

At Yi Rown’s words, Hang Yeo-il and the Taegeuk Gate disciples nodded and began to circulate their inner energy.

The Taegeuk Heart Method [a martial arts technique].

With that, which Wudang had passed down to their secular sect, the inner energy of their dantian [energy center] moved, and a righteous energy began to spread throughout their bodies.

Then, the boiling murderous intent subsided a little, and the red vision slowly began to return.

This place was like a huge cave.

“The moment you stop circulating your energy, your mind will be eroded. Fortunately, the heart method you learned is righteous, so you can withstand it with that inner energy.”

Yi Rown was looking beyond the cave.

“What on earth is this place…”

What was beneath the Nine Dragons Gate?

And.

Koo-errrrrr-!

What was that monster’s cry that was heard?