Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 970

“Stop them! Stop them!!”

Swordsmen in black clothes got ready and ran forward together.

Suddenly, red flower patterns appeared among them as they moved.

They looked so scary that even people who didn’t know ‘Mount Hua’ would be afraid. A cold and sharp feeling, like knives, surrounded the pirates.

“Ugh, Aargh!”

The pirates in front pushed and swung their weapons hard and without control, like they were panicking. The Surochae were known to be strong. Their thrown harpoons were fast and sharp, even in the messy fight.

But before their attacks could even reach, a sword moved like lightning. It hit the harpoons and knocked them into the air.

Clang!

“Ugh!”

Just as the pirate gritted his teeth and tried to quickly get back his harpoon…

Whoosh!

A sword flew like a beam of light from behind.

“What?”

It was too late when he noticed. The pirate’s eyes widened.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Three sword blades pierced his body in an instant.

“Ugh…”

The pirate’s body trembled. He wasn’t thinking about the pain, but ‘How?’

Pirates are supposed to work together. They should watch around and attack the best way they can, right?

But this was different. This was much better teamwork.

As soon as the swordsman in front hit the harpoon, another sword came from behind. It was so fast and precise! If the first swordsman moved wrong even a little, the second sword could have hit him instead of the enemy.

How could they do such an attack? What did they trust?

‘Crazy… bastards…’

He couldn’t think anymore.

Wham!

The sword slashed his chest deeply. The Mount Hua swordsmen didn’t even look at the dead pirate and kept running forward.

Wham!

Wham!

The swords kept cutting through the air.

They didn’t use fancy moves. No bright sword light. The Mount Hua swordsmen just moved their swords to kill, with no extra movements.

The Mount Hua swordsmen had no expression on their faces. They were very good at fighting with swords. They pushed the pirates back hard.

“Stop them! I said stop them! They are few in number! Prevent the remaining bastards from landing here!”

The pirates who were on Plum Blossom Island got pale and ran back. One of the pirate leaders shouted loudly, like he was going to throw up blood.

“Push them from the water to the beach! Don’t let them have any space to stand!”

Maybe it’s a smart plan. But what good is a plan if you can’t do it?

“Samae!”

“Yes.”

Tap. Tap. Tap tap tap tap!

Before Baek Cheon could finish speaking, Yoo Iseol began to move. She ran faster and faster, and soon she became a streak of black, quickly charging to the front of Mount Hua. Another swordsman thought, “Yoo Iseol moved like a storm. *We must keep up.*”

“Eek!”

“Die!”

Seeing her move like a ghost, the pirates were very scared and threw their harpoons. Or, they tried to throw them.

At that moment.

Wham!

Yoo Iseol ran twice as fast as before. She was right in front of the pirates who had pulled their harpoons all the way back.

To the pirates, it looked even more amazing. It was like she just ‘appeared’ there, not like she ran.

And her sword was twice as fast as her feet.

Before the pirates could even show they were surprised, her sword cut through them all at the same time.

Splat!

Blood poured out like a fountain from the big, open wounds. The front row fell down instantly.

“Charge!”

But the pirates were tough fighters. They had been in many battles. They stepped on their friends who were falling and jumped to attack Yoo Iseol.

“Not a chance.”

But then, a man jumped from behind Yoo Iseol, over her head. He made many sword shapes in the air and attacked the pirates.

“Aaaargh!”

“Aaargh!”

The pirates were hit by the strong force from the sword in the air. They screamed and were thrown back. The smell of the sea filled the air, mixed with the shouts of the pirates and cries of pain.

Yoon Jong stopped the pirates who were trying to attack Yoo Iseol with one sword hit. As soon as he landed, he pushed off the ground again. He wanted to help Yoo Iseol who was already running forward.

Yoo Iseol stood up straight and ran into the middle of the pirates. She started to use her sword like she was dancing.

Whoosh!

Her sword moved beautifully in the air and stabbed into the pirates’ bodies in different places.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

The one with a cut leg screamed and fell. The one with a cut neck held his neck and fell down. But they were luckier than the one whose heart was cut in half by one sword.

“Die, you!”

A harpoon, filled with strong power, was pushed hard towards Yoo Iseol’s stomach like a bomb. But she didn’t move back. Instead, she stepped closer to the harpoon.

And then, an incredible quick sword!

Thwack!

Her sword cut the wrist of the pirate holding the harpoon.

Thwack!

Her sword quickly turned and went up, cutting off the pirate’s elbow right after.

And.

Wham!

When her sword hit the harpoon, the harpoon’s power changed direction. It flew to another pirate who was trying to attack Yoo Iseol and stabbed him.

Thud! Thud!

The harpoon went easily through one person’s body and kept going, even stabbing the person behind him. The pirates were like meat on sticks, falling down with shocked eyes.

These three sword hits happened so fast! They completely stopped the enemy’s attack.

Her movements did not stop for a moment.

Thwack.

Red blood sprayed out from the pirate’s neck, which Yoo Iseol had cleanly cut.

Yoo Iseol cut off the neck and then bent down low, like she was falling. She turned around and around like a spinning toy, cutting the legs of the pirates who were running at her.

“Aargh! Aaaaargh!”

“M-My leg! My leeeeg!”

Swoosh!

Yoo Iseol turned around and around, like she was cleaning the floor. Then she jumped up and pushed three swords forward. She pushed back the pirates who were stumbling. She looked at the front without any feeling and moved sideways like a bird flying low and fast.

At the same time, a black person flew to where her body had been.

Wham!

Soon, a quick sword, so fast that not even ‘lightning’ is fast enough, pierced the neck of the pirate in front.

Thud!

The sound of a sharp sword cutting through skin and bone. Before the sound even finished, the sword came back and went after the pirates who were running away.

Cold, sunken eyes. Firmly closed lips.

It was now difficult to describe Tang Soso’s expression with any word other than ‘swordsman’. Her sword seemed to become many swords, attacking everyone in front.

Now, the pirates felt like they were losing. They felt what it was like to face the Surochae. The many sword shapes from her sword were like many pirates throwing harpoons at once.

“Aaaaargh!”

The pirates who couldn’t get away were hit by the strong sword attack. They got big holes in their bodies, like made by children’s fists. They fell down right there, with blood coming out.

Yoo Iseol, Yoon Jong, Tang Soso.

These three made a big opening in the Surochae’s group, which was packed together like a thick forest.

“Go! Go forward!”

The Mount Hua swordsmen ran into the opening made by the three, like it was the most normal thing to do.

The pirates were still surprised by the sword attacks. They were attacked hard by the Mount Hua swordsmen who were running at them.

Terrified screams filled the air above Plum Blossom Island.

Swordsmen who ran forward without any expression, just to kill the enemy. The pirates were completely scared by their energy and kept running back, just because they felt they had to.

“S-Stop them! You dog-like bastards! Don’t retreat, I said stop them!”

The elder’s face, who was giving the orders, was stained with dirt.

They had already shown they were strong against the Namgung Clan. Weren’t the Surochae good at beating enemies by pushing them together in a small area?

But such plans did not work at all against these people.

Because these people were strong?

No, that can’t be it!

They already fought the Namgung Clan’s best fighter. They even killed those old leaders. These young fighters can’t be stronger than them, right?

But what he was seeing now was very different from the fight with the Namgung Clan.

He couldn’t believe it, but he was starting to understand why this was happening better than anyone else.

‘What kind of bastards are they?’

It didn’t feel like they were fighting good guys from a famous fighting group.

It was crazy, but these guys were used to fighting. They knew exactly how to fight when groups of people fought.

Maybe even more than the Surochae, who had fought in many wars.

They were like very experienced soldiers who had fought in many, many wars.

What was even scarier was that these guys didn’t stop to think before they used their swords. Even though they still looked very young, they killed people without stopping.

What else could he call those crazy bastards other than ‘sword demons’?

“You useless bastards! Don’t try to kill them, just hold your ground! Just once! If we can break their push just once!”

In a small fight, skill is important. But in a big fight, it’s about how everyone feels and keeps pushing forward. If they could stop them from moving forward just once, they could win because they have more people.

“Make a line! Use the dead bodies in front as shields, and just hold on! Those guys will get tired first!”

If their strong push stops even for a moment, Mount Hua will show they don’t have many people. Just once! If they could just stop them from moving…

The pirates, hearing the elder’s command, gritted their teeth and pressed their shoulders against their comrades’ shoulders. They intended to defend as firmly as possible and first secure the place where they stood.

But they were unlucky… Mount Hua was not the only group to arrive on Plum Blossom Island.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

“What is it?”

“That is…?”

Green pouches flew in a row over the heads of the pirates, who had made their lines strong and decided to fight hard.

And then.

Boom! Boom!

Black poison dust came out when the bags broke open. It covered the heads of the pirates who were standing very close together.

“P-Poison!”

“Aaaaargh! You dog-like bastards!”

“Cough! Cough! C-Can’t breathe…!”

Tang Gunak, who had finally arrived on Plum Blossom Island, gritted his teeth and shouted very loudly.

“It’s time to get revenge for the Namgung Clan! Don’t let any of them escape this island alive!”

“Yes!”

The fighters from the Sichuan Tang Clan followed Mount Hua. Bags from their sleeves broke open one after another over the pirates who were defending themselves. Poison dust and sand came out.

They were standing so close together that they couldn’t move back or forward. The poison hit them, and they couldn’t even try to get away. They grabbed their necks.

“Ggrrrrkk!”

Bloody spit came out of their mouths. Some fell down with their eyes turned up. Others scratched their necks hard until they bled.

It was utter chaos.

When the Tang Clan made the enemy weak, a man ran to the very front of Mount Hua.

Wham!

Baek Cheon cut down five pirates with one sword hit and pushed them away. He saw the people from the Namgung Clan who were still alive, behind the pirates.

“I’ll make a path! Follow me and be ready to die!”

“Yes!”

Baek Cheon ran forward, biting his teeth hard. The Mount Hua swordsmen and the Tang Clan fighters followed him, feeling very excited and brave.

Mount Hua and the Tang Clan.

This was the first time these two strong groups, called the Cheonwoo Alliance, showed how powerful they were to everyone in the world, right here on the Yangtze River.

If you lived in the world of fighters, and if you believed in being a hero, this would be an amazing sight. It would make you excited, thrilled, and full of respect.

But on the other side of the river, a man couldn’t feel excited at all. He was shaking.

“…How can this happen?”

Abbot Beopjeong from Shaolin Temple looked completely shocked and couldn’t believe what he was seeing.