Chapter 9
In front of the burning Audience Hall of the Namgoong Clan.
Kneeling with his meridians sealed, Namgoong Mun had lost an arm, yet he still refused to suppress his killing intent.
‘Even if my limbs are torn apart, I will never betray the Namgoong Clan! Just kill me! Even in hell, I will take my revenge!’
Fire flickered in his eyes.
It was the flame that consumed Namgoong—and the blade of vengeance aimed at Ilhwa.
Meeting that gaze, Ilhwa thought Namgoong Mun’s final resistance was nothing more than a futile outburst.
Everything had burned. Everything was over.
And yet he clung to the flames of revenge until the very end.
That day, Ilhwa severed Namgoong Mun’s limbs.
Even so, he never said where the clan’s martial arts manuals were hidden.
And even until the end, he never withdrew the killing intent he directed at Ilhwa.
Even with his meridians blocked, his limbs hacked off, unable to move a finger—