Rebirth of the Thunder God

-Hui! Be careful!

At the same time as Beak Seolhwa's voice was heard.

The bottom of the boat split, and a sword shot up.

‘These guys. They were Ghost Demon Horsemen.’

A terribly stealthy assassin's sword art.

It was the hand of a ruthless grim reaper that had turned numerous martial artists of the orthodox faction into lonely ghosts.

The Ghost Ki Art, which was no less than Muchi's Danhyul Great Art, was difficult to detect even for a master.

But Namgung Hui's Ki sense was in an extremely sensitive state.

Since he had obtained the sixth sense called extrasensory perception, he could even detect the killing intent of the Ghost Demon Horsemen.

And more than anything, the killing of the Ghost Demon Horsemen was familiar to Namgung Hui.

Even the breathing they were killing was caught by Namgung Hui's Ki sense.

He cut off the neck with a single stroke.

Hadn't they been assassins who had persistently aimed for the Three Gods of the Martial World in his past life?

The Plum Blossom Sword God, who was the weakest among the Three Gods, had often had a hard time with the swords of these Ghost Demon Horsemen.

‘The reason that guy practiced his lightness skill so unusually was because he had been severely beaten by the assassins.’

The Plum Blossom Sword God did not have the electrode opening like the Thunder God.

And of course, he did not have the overwhelming martial power of the Azure Sky Martial God.

That's why, as his own last resort, he had created the Plum Blossom Sword Art, which contained numerous stances, and had practiced the incomparably swift Dark Fragrance Dart to the extreme.

Namgung Hui had also been inspired by such a response from Wi Jinmyeong.

If the assassins were hiding, all he had to do was scatter his Sword Ki widely.

Just as the Plum Blossom Sword Art had done.

Namgung Hui also scattered his Thunder Ki.

[Heavenly Thunder Sword Art. Secret Technique. Thunder Flowers in Full Bloom.]

Jijijik!

The afterimages of the Thunder Ki rained down and split into several branches.

Soon, the afterimages revealed their true forms and turned into flowers, scattering their petals.

Chak! Chak! Chak!

With each petal, one assassin took his last breath.

Although the petals made of Thunder Ki were not large in size.

The energy contained within was incomparably ferocious.

This was the result of extremely condensing the Thunder Ki through the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Divine Art.

‘Thunder Flowers in Full Bloom is a realm of Sword Pills, beyond Sword Ki. If a major organ is pierced by a Sword Pill, one cannot escape instant death.’

But still, there were guys who were persistently aiming for Namgung Hui.

"This bitch! To handle Thunder Ki so skillfully. Don't tell me you're!?"

"You're late to realize. There should be no one else who can handle Thunder Ki in this era besides me."

"That guy is a descendant of the Thunder God Sect! Use the dry wood as cover and fight!"

Was this the Blood Cult that had fought fiercely with Namgung Hui since his past life?

They accurately saw through the material that Thunder Ki could not flow through.

But that was limited to the pure lightning that fell from the sky.

And since Namgung Hui had fought with General Yi, who had made a rubber armor.

He had prepared a corresponding countermeasure.

Heavenly Thunder Emperor Divine Art.

An internal energy heart art that had its roots in the family's martial arts of the Namgung family.

After obtaining the True Emperor Sword Form, he had established the principle more clearly.

The emperor's energy surged through his whole body.

Soon, the hegemonic energy, as if it thought Namgung Hui's body was too small, squeezed out of the Thunder God Sword and rushed towards the enemies.

Kuooh!

Whether the water bandits hid behind the wooden pillars.

Or flipped over the ship's sign to use as a shield.

Or even brought a large mast and swung it at Namgung Hui, it was of no use.

In front of the emperor's great power that crushed everything that stood in its way, all of this just crumbled in vain.

The True Emperor Sword Form performed based on the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Divine Art.

Finally, the principle that his sworn brother had completed came out into the world.

No matter how sturdy a warship was.

If the keel was broken, there was no way it could hold out.

"Division Leader! The water is leaking!"

"Tsk! Do I have to take that out already? I have no choice."

The man called the Division Leader, as if he had hidden something under the deck, suddenly opened the floor.

At that, a person popped out from inside, and his appearance was a mess.

He was even more haggard than the Beggars' Sect members, and his eyes were black and dead.

It was like looking at a living corpse.

‘But it doesn't seem to be a jiangshi. He's still breathing.’

Should he say it felt like looking at a madman who had been locked up for a long time?

The terrible hostility flowing from the man's eyes was to the extent that it made one's skin tingle.

"It's not good to show it to the world already, but it can't be helped. Look. This is what the Poison Demon has made, a Soulless Person."

-Piiik!

As the man called the Division Leader blew a strangely shaped whistle, with a creepy sound, the madman rushed at Namgung Hui.

As the name 'soulless' suggests.

He flew in without any presence.

There was no life force that should be felt from a human.

But it was clear that he was not a jiangshi, which was just strange.

-Kangkangkang!

On top of that, the Soulless Person was clearly attacking with his bare hands, but his hands were as hard as if they were made of iron.

‘Did he really take out his soul? It's a pity my brother isn't here at a time like this.’

-Kangkang! Kangkang! Kagagagang!

And so, after exchanging blows with the Soull-less Person dozens of times, Namgung Hui widened the distance for a moment and squinted his eyes.

Perhaps because he had no life force, the Soulless Person was not only fearless, but also showed no signs of fatigue.

But that didn't mean there was no change.

The hostility that the Soulless Person was exuding was gradually fading.

"Tsk. There's not much time left. That's why the initial works have so many problems."

-Piiik!

As the Division Leader blew the whistle once more, the Soulless Person, as if to burn up his last remaining hostility, threw himself at Namgung Hui.

Although he was already fearless, now his attitude was as if he didn't care what happened to the match.

Udeudeuk!

The Soulless Person's hard body was torn apart by Namgung Hui's sword.

Although he had swung his sword to cut, it was incomparably sturdy.

The Soulless Person, whose arm was torn off, did not even feel pain and stubbornly grabbed the Thunder God Sword with his only remaining arm.

A body that was immune to even Sword Ki.

But it wasn't that he couldn't be dealt with.

Because all he had to do was crush him with the Emperor Divine Art again.

But before Namgung Hui could use the Emperor Divine Art.

-Peoeong!

The Soulless Person exploded right in front of Namgung Hui's nose.

And he did so while burning up all the energy he possessed.

-Hwalhwalhwal!

The warship caught fire all at once and began to burn.

The flames were so fierce that the huge warship lost its shape in an instant.

It was already sinking because the keel was destroyed, but it sank in an instant.

The Division Leader, who had escaped to a raft in advance, looked at the mushroom-like smoke and nodded his head.

"Thanks to Elder Poison Demon, I managed to get rid of him. The Thunder God Sect is really not an easy place."

"Division Leader. Then how do we capture that Moon Maiden Palace bitch? Isn't that the only Soulless Person you brought?"

"It's alright. I've taken care of that too. Look at this."

As the Division Leader shook the small gourd in his hand, his subordinate opened his mouth with an admiring expression.

"That's...! Isn't that Elder Poison Demon's special poison? They say you become dazed as if your soul is leaving even if you take a very small amount."

"Its name is Soul-Stealing Powder. As you said, it's a thing that makes your soul leave. I applied it to the arrows and hidden weapons and shot them earlier, so a reaction should be coming from that ship over there soon."

"Indeed! It's the Division Leader!"

The Division Leader, who shrugged his shoulders.

He put the gourd back into his bosom and then waited for the thick smoke to settle.

"The sword that guy was using looked really sturdy. It seems to be made of Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron. I'll have to get that."

"Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron! Isn't that a legendary metal that's hard to see in a lifetime? To think that guy even made a sword with it...! As expected, the people of the Central Plains are rich."

"Well, it's a thing that's hard to see even in the Central Plains. It must be that the brat of the Thunder God Sect is unusually wealthy. Then where are the spoils of war..."

Puhak!

A black sword that squeezed through the thick smoke and came out.

It was the Thunder God Sword that they had been coveting.

"Kureuk...! Th-This bastard! How is he alive? He should have been caught in the explosion."

"Hoo... It was a really great explosive power. It was much more powerful than a thunderbolt. To think a Soulless Person would even self-destruct."

Namgung Hui was inwardly impressed by the outstanding martial power of the Soulless Person.

Since it was a great thing in itself, he could not have expected such a self-destruction.

‘I almost got seriously hurt. This isn't a simple explosion, but an aggregate of something else.’

Although he didn't know for sure if it was sorcery or medicine, it was not a simple fire bomb like a thunderbolt.

In the first place, if it were such a fire bomb, Namgung Hui would have noticed it by the smell long ago.

But this exploded without any warning.

Well, still, the fortunate thing was that Namgung Hui had noticed a suspicious sign and had created a clone with the Dividing Thunder Flashing Shadow and had escaped.

If it weren't for the clone, it was a power so strong that even Namgung Hui's main body would have been seriously injured.

"The Poison Demon has created a great thing. And you say this poison was also made by the Poison Demon?"

Namgung Hui asked the Division Leader, dangling the gourd that was called Soul-Stealing Powder.

"Keke! Yes. Since you've also touched it, you'll slowly be poisoned. We've already taken the antidote in advance... Keuleok! What? Why is the poison...?"

[That person's body seemed to have something delicious, so I quickly swallowed it. It seems this was the antidote.]

-Well done. Sword Spirit. It seems this poison was also made from the poison of a spirit beast.

Since many spirit beasts lived in the Kirin Peak, it would be an easy task for the Poison Demon to make a poison using a spirit beast.

And since the antidote would also be unfamiliar, it would be difficult to easily attempt to detoxify it.

Hadn't even the Human-Faced Poison been quite difficult to detoxify because it was a poison made from a spirit beast?

Unless Tang Soso produced some results, future battles would surely become difficult.

And just the Soulless Person alone would cause great damage.

Namgung Hui looked at the Division Leader, who was slowly losing consciousness, and then turned his gaze to his subordinate and said.

"Is there a spare antidote?"

"N-No! It's true. The Poison Demon said that the antidote is also precious."

Truth.

No sign of a lie was felt from the subordinate.

And if it were a poison and antidote made by refining a spirit beast, as he said, the amount would not be large.

Namgung Hui looked at the water bandits who were escaping by raft and by swimming, and then sent a palm technique.

Esoteric Sect's Great Hand Seal.

Thunderbolt Palm.

The power of the Thunderbolt Palm was stronger than the Great Hand Seal on the surface of the water.

The Thunder Ki rode the surface of the river and covered the water bandits like a thunderbolt.

"Kraaak!!"

"Kureureuk...!"

The water bandits and the Blood Cult members, who sank in intense pain.

They couldn't even resist and were becoming water ghosts.

Although it might be a tragic sight, Namgung Hui did not have time to feel pity for them.

‘Seolhwa might have been poisoned. I have to go quickly and check her condition.’

Namgung Hui immediately bounced his body with the technique of the Bow God's Elastic Shadow and flew to the ship that Beak Seolhwa was protecting.

The traces of their hardship while coming up the river were visible here and there on the ship.

There was no place that was not damaged, and since there was also a hole in the bottom, they were blocking it with all sorts of things and even bailing out water.

But for Namgung Hui, the serious condition of such a ship did not even enter his eyes.

The only thing Namgung Hui longed for and searched for was Beak Seolhwa, who was firmly protecting the ship on the deck.

Namgung Hui lightly landed in front of her.

No spirit medicine.

No divine art.

There was nothing that had made Namgung Hui's heart pound like this moment.

Beak Seolhwa threw herself into Namgung Hui's pounding chest.

Namgung Hui also hugged her, who filled his chest, and whispered softly.

"I'm glad you're safe."

"You too."

Although the two did not exchange many words, just by pressing their chests together like this, their thoughts were sufficiently conveyed.

How they are. Thought of each other.

But such a meaningful reunion stopped after a short while.

Because Beak Seolhwa had collapsed straight onto the ground.