Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 978

It was truly a magnificent sight.

Pieces of black and red energy flew everywhere like fireworks. It looked like a giant, dark red and black flower opening up in the empty space. The sight was not only beautiful but also grand.

But it was also very dangerous.

“Get down!”

“Aaaaargh!”

The exploding energy spread across Plum Blossom Island very quickly, flying in every direction. Each piece of energy, each bit of sword energy, was as sharp as a well-made blade, falling like a storm.

The pirates were easily cut by the sword energy.

Because they weren’t very strong, they couldn’t dodge the energy falling on them.

“Aaaaargh!”

“My arm! My aaaaaarm!”

The pirates, cut here and there, screamed in pain as they fell to the ground.

But the Huashan group was in a different situation.

“Protect Namgung!”

“Yes!”

As soon as Hyun Jong gave the order, the Huashan swordsmen jumped into the air, blocking the incoming sword energy. They made plum blossom shapes with their swords, and these red shapes covered one side of the island.

“Hmm!”

Tang Gunak threw his knives quickly, blocking the flying energy pieces. He looked silently at the Huashan swordsmen who were protecting them.

The Dang family was a group known for their strengths and weaknesses. They were very good at attacking. But their weapons, short hidden blades, were not good for defense. This made them weak when they had to protect themselves.

Huashan knew this and was protecting not only Namgung but also the Dang family.

It was a strange feeling.

To think that the day would come when that group from years ago would protect them.

Tang Gunak looked past the Huashan swordsmen to the two figures fighting again in the middle of the exploding energy.

He could see the sword and the glaive hitting each other hard, each strike full of power.

Kaaaang!

Each time they hit and moved apart, a loud noise echoed. And as soon as they separated, they crashed together again with even more force.

Kagagagagak!

The sword and glaive shook as they pushed against each other, then were suddenly and strongly thrown apart.

“Taaaah!”

The Black Dragon King’s crescent blade cut through the air. The black energy he released shot towards Chung Myung in a straight line.

It was a simple strike, without any change. But that’s why it was so fast, and its power to destroy was even greater.

Parararak!

The tip of Chung Myung’s sword began to shake wildly. The plum blossoms that poured out pushed the incoming black energy aside.

Kwaaaaaang!

The energy hit the ground hard, sending sand flying into the air like a fountain. If anyone saw the deep mark left in the ground later, they would never believe it had been made by a glaive.

“Kuk!”

But the Black Dragon King, who had made that unbelievable mark, didn’t look happy.

“Uooooooh!”

The Black Dragon King roared again and again, his voice sounding like it might break. He swung his heavy glaive, sending out many blasts of black energy towards Chung Myung, like a mountain of snow crashing down.

Each blast was strong enough to smash a big pirate ship! The Black Dragon King sent them out one after another, as if it was the easiest thing in the world.

‘I will crush you with my power!’ he thought, sweat stinging his eyes. He was truly a powerful fighter, worthy of leading the Janggang Waterway group. The ground shook with each swing of his glaive, showing his amazing skill.

The black energy spread out towards Chung Myung, like ink quickly flowing on paper.

Paaat!

But even after seeing that scary sight, Chung Myung didn’t move back. Instead, he charged towards the incoming energy.

Just as the black energy was about to cover him, Chung Myung disappeared from his spot as if he had been turned off.

No, he hadn’t vanished.

Chung Myung, having lowered his body as much as possible, had gone under the energy. He stuck his sword into the ground to push himself forward, kicking off with his feet and flying across the ground at twice the speed as before.

Shwaaaak!

The energy cut through the air just above Chung Myung’s head. The ends of his cut hair flew everywhere. If he had been off by even an inch, his head would have been cut off, but Chung Myung, charging forward, didn’t show any fear.

His eyes, like those of a swallow flying over water, gleamed with strong murderous intent.

The Black Dragon King also took the chance, jumping forward right away. At the same time, his glaive slammed down hard on Chung Myung, who had lowered his stance.

The scary energy in the glaive seemed able to turn everything in its path to dust.

But at that moment, Chung Myung’s eyes flashed with a bright blue light.

Paaaaat!

He kicked off the ground and flew upwards, towards the glaive that was coming down on him. He put one hand on the blade of his sword, getting ready to block the glaive with the flat of his blade, pushing upwards with both hands.

Seeing this, a wild energy burst from the Black Dragon King’s eyes.

‘That little bastard!’ he thought.

He squeezed his inner energy and forced it into the glaive. He pressed down with all his strength, determined to cut Chung Myung in two along with the sword that was blocking him.

Kwaaaaaang!

The Black Dragon King saw it clearly. The sword that was blocking the glaive was bending as if it would break at any moment. Blood shot out from Chung Myung’s palm, which was pressed against the blade, and the wrist holding the sword twisted.

His back was bent as if it would break, and blood sprayed from his shaking lips, flying into the air.

It all happened very quickly.

But his glaive had not used up all its power yet. Just pressing down like this would be more than enough to tear this bastard in two!

‘Die!’ he thought.

It was at that moment, just as the Black Dragon King was about to gather even more inner energy to punish Chung Myung’s recklessness…

Kwaddeudeuk!

Chung Myung’s knee, using all the force from his bent body, slammed hard into the Black Dragon King’s wrist, which was holding the glaive’s handle.

“Keuk…”

For the first time, a groan escaped from the Black Dragon King’s lips.

He had aimed for the exact moment when the inner energy, gathered to its limit, was about to flow into the glaive, and he had stabbed his knee into the Black Dragon King’s wrist as if to block the energy.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The knees rained down one after another, hitting the wrist that was already half-broken and showing bone.

“Keuhat!”

The Black Dragon King finally screamed and threw himself backwards.

But he was facing a demon who never let his enemies escape.

Keogeok!

Chung Myung’s sword spun around and caught the Black Dragon King’s glaive, pulling it back. Using the pull to push himself forward, Chung Myung showed his blood-covered teeth and turned his body.

Paaaaat!

The sword energy, bursting out from very close range, split the Black Dragon King’s foot, bone and all. Before he could even groan from the pain in his foot, another sword, flying in again, stretched from under his armpit towards his face.

Saaak!

Like peeling the skin off a fruit with a sharp blade, the sword flying towards his face cut through him from his chin to his eye.

One side of the Black Dragon King’s vision was instantly covered in red.

“Heuaaaah!”

The Black Dragon King, screaming, whether it was a battle cry or a shriek, swung his glaive with scary force.

At that moment, five plum blossoms bloomed right in front of the crescent blade.

Kwadeudeuk!

The strongly swung glaive crushed the small flowers, but the short opening made allowed Chung Myung’s body to slip past him.

Seogeok!

A cold feeling spread as the side of his knee was cut.

The Black Dragon King somehow managed to steady himself and turned his body. At the same time, he swung his glaive with all his might towards Chung Myung, who was turning his back and moving away.

“You goddamn baaaaaastard!”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Explosive energy poured like a wild wave towards Chung Myung’s back. Anyone who knew martial arts would be shocked by the huge force. But at that moment, Chung Myung turned his body and raised his sword high.

“Taaaaaaah!”

A powerful strike from above. The moment a clear red line was drawn in the empty air, the pouring energy split to the left and right as if it had hit a very old tree standing strong on the coast.

Plum blossoms bloomed in a row from the tip of Chung Myung’s sword as he struck downwards. They swirled around the red Dark Fragrance Plum Blossom Sword and then flew upwards.

At that moment, the Black Dragon King saw it.

He saw a river of plum blossoms, growing like a wave over the energy, pouring down on him like a waterfall.

Plum Blossom Sword Formation. Plum Blossom Flows Like a River!

Kwaaaaaaa!

The overflowing river covered his energy, pushed it back, flowed again, and flowed on.

The river of red petals rushed explosively towards the Black Dragon King, like a mountain stream swollen by heavy rain.

“You baaaaaastard!”

The Black Dragon King bit down hard on his lip. The sound of his teeth grinding together echoed in his ears, and blood shot out from his torn lip, but he felt no pain.

His eyes bloodshot, he used all the remaining inner energy.

Bang!

He stepped forward with explosive force, swinging his glaive like a storm. The river of plum blossoms that poured in collided with his energy, breaking, falling apart, and bouncing off.

“Uooooooooh!”

Kwang!

The Black Dragon King took another step.

The swirling black storm shattered the red river and moved towards Chung Myung.

“Heuaaaaaah!”

He used all the strength he had.

The Black Dragon King, who had lived his entire life in the world of competition, knew it right away. He knew that the one who was pushed back here would die. It was a contest of strength against strength, inner energy against inner energy. A contest he could not lose.

His vision had been blocked long ago.

This river of petals, and the storm of energy he had created, had completely taken away his sight. Also, with one eye cut and only half of his vision left, there was no way he could see beyond this clash of energies.

But there was no need to see. His enemy would be at the end of this river of petals! The moment he took that last step and cut off his neck would be his victory!

Puuuut!

Blood shot out from the Black Dragon King’s mouth and nose. The inner energy, scraped together and used to its limit, moved explosively through his body and stayed at the tip of his glaive.

“Iyaaaaaah!”

The Black Dragon King’s glaive sped up. Faster, stronger! His glaive, turned into a storm that would swallow everything, literally hit and burst the pouring plum blossom sword energy.

‘More!’ he thought.

Just a little more!

His mind was slowly going blank. Even with the pain of his dantian being stabbed by sharp knives, the Black Dragon King stood firm and moved forward.

And at that moment, the force of the pouring plum blossom sword energy weakened for a moment.

‘Now!’ he thought.

The Black Dragon King used every last bit of energy and charged forward. No, he tried to charge forward.

Paaaaat!

At that moment, Chung Myung jumped out from within the river of plum blossoms.

It was a surprise attack that the Black Dragon King would never have missed under normal conditions. But having to fight with only one eye for the first time, he noticed Chung Myung’s presence a little later than usual.

‘It’s useless!’ he thought.

The Black Dragon King swung his glaive with all the force he could.

It doesn’t matter if I’m a little late! When that bastard stabs his sword into my body, my glaive will split his waist in half…

But then.

Paaaaat!

All the muscles in his foot snapped.

The foot that Chung Myung had cut a moment ago could not handle the Black Dragon King’s great force.

His body, which had been swinging the glaive hard, stumbled for a moment.

And!

Kaaaaaaaaang!

Chung Myung’s sword, swung with all his might, hit the Black Dragon King’s shaft. And at that moment, the Black Dragon King heard it clearly. He heard the cold sound of his wrist, which had been holding on, finally breaking.

‘You?’ he thought.

The cut eye.

The severed foot.

The wrist he had been hitting.

Chung Myung used the force of hitting the glaive to push himself forward.

The moment he saw those chillingly cold eyes, the Black Dragon King knew.

‘He was planning this from the start…?’

Paaaaat!

A sunset-colored rainbow, as if it would cut through everything in the world, poured down towards the Black Dragon King’s neck.

Seogeok!