Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 192

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang was dumbfounded. What did the young brat believe in to act like this...

Just in case, he turned his energy around. There was no hidden energy.

This was the inner garden of the Hyuk-ryeon family.

Even if the brat had a hidden guard who had followed him, it was a place he could not follow.

After confirming that there were only the ambushes of the Hyuk-ryeon family, he stared at Baekji and took a step forward.

He intended to kill him. It didn't matter whether he was the grandson of the Young Lord or not. Hyuk-ryeon Wi, whose collarbones had been broken by Lei Mo, was his cherished younger brother.

Although Lei Mo had used his hands, the cause was all because of this brat.

When Hyuk-ryeonhu ascended to the position of Cult Leader, he intended to expel the So family from the twelve guardian families altogether. It would become the world of the Hyuk-ryeon family, which had always lived as the second-in-command, pressed down by the So family.

The distance between Hyuk-ryeon Gwang and Baekji was three or four steps.

Taking a step forward, he narrowed the distance to two or three steps. If he took just one more step...

"What's so funny?"

A sneer hung on Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's lips. At the same time, he secretly raised the 'Dark Soul Sharp Energy' in both his hands. He intended to kill him with one blow.

Baekji met Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's flashing gaze and said, "My thoughts are different."

Baekji suddenly approached Hyuk-ryeon Gwang and grabbed both his arms. Then he said, as if whispering in Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's ear, "I thought this was the place where you would die."

Although Hyuk-ryeon Gwang was flustered by the sudden situation, he immediately twisted both his arms and took another step forward. He intended to push Baekji away, release his caught wrists, and at the same time, to burst his heart.

"You foolish brat..."

No matter how much he was a master of the 'true realm', if he was caught in the secret move of the 'Heart-Shattering Hand', which was filled with 'Dark Soul Sharp Energy', he had no choice but to die.

But his arms would not twist.

A look of bewilderment flashed across Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's face. Baekji's whisper was heard again.

Baekji was still in a posture with his upper body tilted. From a distance, it would look as if they were embracing each other.

"I can't just let a brat who is trying to kill me go, can I?"

Ttuk!

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's both wrists were broken.

"Ugh!"

A short groan escaped Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's lips.

Thwack!

Baekji hit Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's chest. If someone had seen it, it would have looked as if he were trying to push him away because they were too close. But with that one move, Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's heart burst.

"You shouldn't use the 'Heart-Shattering Hand' in front of me."

"U-wak!"

Blood spurted from Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's mouth.

Baekji took five or six steps back and was looking at Hyuk-ryeon Gwang as if nothing had happened.

To those who were watching, it seemed as if the two had briefly come together and had separated. In that short time, Hyuk-ryeon Gwang was on his way to the other world.

"You, you... you weren't at the 'true realm'..."

Baekji had already turned his gaze and was looking at the sky. He did not feel good, having taken someone's breath. It was the same with So Ya-hu's memory.

At the same time, the scene of a sea of blood and mountains of corpses flashed by. Not just one person, but to have taken so many lives with his own hands...

"The elder has been defeated!"

Ppi-ik!

With a shout full of surprise, a whistle echoed.

At the same time, warriors flew in from over the walls on both sides of the alley.

Baekji watched the warriors who were filling the narrow alley in front and behind with an indifferent gaze. It was as if it were an affair that had nothing to do with him.

"Ugh..."

Kung!

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang, who had been enduring, fell back. Blood gushed from the corner of the mouth of Hyuk-ryeon Gwang, who was spread out in a large 'da' shape.

"Escort the elder!"

The warriors blocked Baekji's front and back and aimed their swords. A few, who had tried to support Hyuk-ryeon Gwang, were surprised and shouted, "The elder has passed away!"

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang was a master who was counted among the best in the Hyuk-ryeon family. When such a master was defeated by a brat, the warriors thought he had been defeated by a trick.

The warrior who seemed to be the leader frowned and was about to give the order to attack, but his eyes met Baekji's.

The cold gaze was indifferent. It was not the gaze of a person who was surrounded by numerous enemies in front and behind.

Baekji spoke first.

"Move aside. I don't want to kill you."

Although it was a calm voice... it made his heart pound.

This was the first time he had seen such an enemy.

The leader bit his molars and then gestured to the warrior next to him. The warrior who had received the leader's signal did not hesitate and rushed towards Baekji.

Just by looking at the movement of him running with short steps and raising the saber that he had lowered as if to sweep the ground, one could tell that he was a first-class warrior.

At the same time, two people rushed in from behind Baekji. Sabers flew in, aiming for his side and thigh from both sides.

Swi-i-ik!

When the sabers that had narrowed the distance reached Baekji's entire body...

Seu-reu-reuk―.

Baekji's figure moved to the side, and with his right hand, he struck the temple of the one who was rushing in from the front. At the same time, he turned his body, pushed away the saber of the one who was rushing in from behind with his palm, approached, and then struck his neck with the side of his hand.

Thwack, thwack!

The two were knocked down.

In the midst of the comrades being knocked down in an instant, the remaining one flinched.

"Attack all at once!"

The leader shouted.

The opponent was a master of the 'true realm'. But this side was dozens of first-class warriors. If they pushed with numbers, prepared to die, it was not impossible to catch one 'true realm' master.

Swik―!

Peo-peok!

As a close battle broke out, the leader felt something strange.

'Is the 'true realm' this strong?'

It was extremely strange.

Although swords and sabers of five or six were flying in, aiming for his entire body, Baekji avoided them with just small movements. It was a movement without a single unnecessary move, as if they were having a duel with a pre-arranged combination.

What was more surprising was that he was using his hands in the midst of that, and one person was being knocked down at a time.

It was as if he were showing, 'this is the realm of the 'true realm''.

Although the leader felt a sense of powerlessness, he could not retreat. He thrust his sword towards the empty space that had been created by the two who had been knocked down.

Pa-pa-pat!

The tip of the sword fluttered like a snake's tongue, and sword energy poured towards Baekji.

Peo-peo-peo-peok!

The rushing sword energy hit something and disappeared without a trace, and the leader's eyes met Baekji's indifferent eyes.

In that moment, with a shock that turned his abdomen upside down, he opened his eyes wide and then slowly collapsed.

Even in his fading consciousness, a sense of relief flashed by. It seemed he would not die.

For some reason, Baekji had not used a killing move.

The saying that one was outnumbered was also sometimes not true.

The current case was like that. As soon as they rushed in, they were knocked down by Baekji's fists. He had not even drawn the sword at his waist. As the fallen warriors piled up around Baekji, the space to attack was also disappearing.

"..."

At some point, the fight stopped.

The warriors, realizing that further attacks were meaningless, just aimed their swords from a distance and did not approach.

Baekji just looked at them without a word.

Both Baekji and the warriors were just waiting for the top brass of the Hyuk-ryeon family to come out.

―Shall I wipe them all out?

Jian Yi's telepathic message was heard. It seemed he had been watching from somewhere.

Baekji shook his head. The purpose for which he had come had already been achieved.

Baekji took out the invitation and threw it.

"Go and tell them. Not to come near the So family again."

Baekji turned and walked away. The warriors flinched and then opened a path. As Baekji passed, one brat put strength into the hand that was holding his sword.

Baekji looked and then reached out his hand.

Thwack!

The brat collapsed.

"Don't even make eye contact with the So family on their way."

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The third floor of the Hyuk-ryeon family's main hall.

There was an eye that was watching Baekji's figure as he moved away.

The gloomy gaze trembled slightly and then sank deep.

"What shall we do? Since he has drawn his sword, even now..."

"..."

"If it's the 'Dark Soul Squad' and two elders, we can take him out. No, I will step forward... please leave it to me."

Hyuk-ryeon Wi, whose both shoulders were tied up, poured out flames from his eyes as if he could not let him go like this. His older brother, Hyuk-ryeon Gwang, had been defeated absurdly. If he let him go like this, the Hyuk-ryeon family would not be able to hold their heads up in the future.

He must be killed.

The head of the Hyuk-ryeon family, Hyuk-ryeon Gi, had different thoughts.

"Wi-ya... I have waited for fifty years. It's just one month. Can't you wait for one more month?"

"...But if this fact spreads in the sect..."

"The sect? What is the sect? If I achieve the 'Divine Soul Divine Art', everything now will disappear. A new sect will be opened, so there is no reason not to endure a little humiliation now."

Since he had sent the invitation, he had to accept the other party's challenge. If Hyuk-ryeonhu could not step forward, someone he had designated had to face Baekji.

But Hyuk-ryeon Gi had ignored it. The rules of the 'Great Successor War' were already out of his mind.

Hyuk-ryeon Gi turned around. His gloomy gaze was endlessly sunken.

"I was born for this day... and for fifty years... I have lived only for this day. My grudge against the So family is greater than yours."

Hyuk-ryeon Wi lowered his head.

The posthumous child of Hyuk-ryeonjong.

Although Hyuk-ryeonjong had not officially married, he had many women around him. After Hyuk-ryeonjong died, the Hyuk-ryeon family, who had found out that one of them was pregnant, had held a 'spirit wedding' and had made the posthumous child the official successor.

Hyuk-ryeon Wi, who had grown up without even knowing his father's face, knew Hyuk-ryeon Gi's feelings better than anyone.

"Is Hu-a ready?"

"In seven days... the 'soul weaving' will be finished."

A look of regret flashed in Hyuk-ryeon Wi's eyes.

"Do we really have to... do this?"

Hyuk-ryeon Gi's gloomy gaze turned to Hyuk-ryeon Wi.

"Just think of the world of the Hyuk-ryeon family. Hu-a's sacrifice will be remembered for a long time."

"..."

"More than that... I'll have to catch the rat that's been going in and out of our family first."

Hyuk-ryeon Gi's gaze turned to one side of the window.

It was the place where the Western Divine General, Jian Yi, was hiding.

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Baekji, as he headed to the Shi family, was lost in thought. He had originally gone to find out Hyuk-ryeonhu's condition.

It was fatal for a person who had learned an internal art that trained the soul, like Hyuk-ryeonhu, to eat a truth-telling pill. He had thought he would not be able to recover easily.

As expected, Hyuk-ryeonhu did not come out. But to have a successor duel in less than a month?

Baekji had fought with the three successor candidates. Although it was more like he had beaten them one-sidedly...

In that process, he could know the degree of the three's martial arts.

Weizhi Shouchuan and Shi Fengsheng were evenly matched, and the outcome could not be guaranteed, and Hyuk-ryeonhu was one step below them. Although he was one step below, since it was only a slight difference, the outcome could be reversed depending on the situation.

'So he is in closed-door training?'

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's words might be true.

Because if he raised his energy with a miraculous medicine, he might be able to obtain enlightenment. Since Hyuk-ryeonhu was at the peak of the 'true realm', if he overcame the aftereffects of the truth-telling pill, he might be able to enter the 'flower realm'.

But strangely, he could not believe it.

If he had his way, he wanted to overturn the Hyuk-ryeon family and to drag them all out and to beat them. The reason he could not do so... was for the sect.

If Baekji were to break the Hyuk-ryeon family alone... the prestige of the So family would rise, but because of that, it would bring the result of the rest of the families uniting.

As So Ya-hu, he had not just learned martial arts until he challenged for the position of Young Lord.

He had a 'literary master' and had also learned so-called politics. Although it seemed he was doing as he pleased, there was a number he had put in it.

Was it for nothing that the 'Four Divine Generals' had followed him so much?

'Whatever trick you're playing...'

He intended to make them reveal themselves. To do that, he had to endure.

Baekji organized his thoughts and took the road towards 'Shi Fortress', and an old man with red hair appeared in front.

"You swindler!"

The face of the Blood Demon, which was already red, was flushed red.

At the words to come to the Heavenly Mountains, he had dragged Seomun So and had come tens of thousands of 'li', but Baekji had not even shown his face.

"Keep your promise!"

(End of Chapter)