The Heavenly Demon Who Reigns

Mihwa stared at Cheon Myeong, who was holding a stone, with a blank face.

Did Cheon Myeong just throw a stone at Yakhyeon's face?

Once she understood the situation, Mihwa couldn't help but be bewildered.

"Young Master! Why would you do such a thing..."

Mihwa even forgot that she shouldn't call Cheon Myeong that way outside, and approached his side and said so.

"That guy seemed to be hitting on you, so I saved you. Were you perhaps getting along?"

"That's not what I meant!"

Of course, she was happy that he had saved her.

But Mihwa was afraid of the aftermath.

Wasn't that why she had remained still without resisting Yakhyeon?

"I know."

Cheon Myeong also knew what Mihwa was worried about.

"Don't worry. I don't plan on getting beaten like last time."

A sharp momentum was felt in Cheon Myeong's eyes as he said that.

A momentum that could never have come from the old Cheon Myeong.

Like a beast before a battle, his eyes were already ready to devour his opponent.

"Big brother! Are you okay?"

When Yakhyeon suddenly collapsed, the gang approached with surprised faces.

"Uwaaaah-!"

At that moment, Yakhyeon shouted and got up from his seat.

The area hit by the stone was not only bleeding but was also already red and swollen.

It seemed like a scar would definitely be left over time.

"This bastard... what did you do to my face!"

Yakhyeon said, staring at Cheon Myeong with murderous eyes.

"It's not like anything will change if an ugly face gets one more lump, right?"

"Ugly face...?"

"It might look a little better if you cover it with a lump."

When Cheon Myeong said that, the surrounding young men glanced at Yakhyeon.

His face was the part where Yakhyeon felt the most inferiority.

That's why it was an absolute taboo to talk about his face in front of Yakhyeon...

For Cheon Myeong to say it so openly, they were afraid of the aftermath.

"How dare you... how dare you call my face ugly?"

"..."

"I'll kill you right here, right now!"

Grin-.

Seeing this, Cheon Myeong smiled.

In fact, he was planning to visit Yakhyeon later.

After all, he had been defeated by the guy without even being able to use his hands properly.

He wouldn't be satisfied if he didn't return what he had received.

'I won't let myself be beaten like last time.'

At that time, he was quite injured from the moment he woke up, and he didn't know that his body had changed like this.

But now it's different.

He knew very well what his current level was, so there was no carelessness like last time.

Grab-.

As Cheon Myeong was about to walk forward.

Mihwa grabbed Cheon Myeong's clothes from behind.

"Young Master, please go inside quickly. I'll somehow handle this situation..."

"What do you mean?"

"You're not planning on fighting those guys, are you?"

"I'm going to fight."

"No! If you do that, you might really die this time..."

"Mihwa."

When Cheon Myeong called her name, Mihwa stopped talking mid-sentence.

"Running away once in the past is enough."

"..."

"I don't want to live so cowardly anymore."

Mihwa could immediately understand what Cheon Myeong was talking about now.

The matter of escaping from Heavenly Mountain and running away to this village.

Although he pretended to be fine on the outside, Mihwa knew that he always kept that incident in his heart.

Because she had been taking care of Cheon Myeong for a long time.

Even if he didn't say it, she knew his inner thoughts to some extent, but that's why Mihwa had been pretending not to know in front of Cheon Myeong until now.

'Young Master...'

When Cheon Myeong said that in front of her, Mihwa had no choice but to let go of the clothes she was holding.

Seeing this, Cheon Myeong walked forward again.

Yakhyeon and his gang had already entered the yard.

"To think you'd come on your own. Yes, giving up quickly is a good idea."

"Stop spouting nonsense and come at me. Which one of you will come first? Or will you all come at once?"

"Bluffing until the end... I'm enough for you alone!"

Yakhyeon said that and walked towards Cheon Myeong.

And at that moment.

Seeing Cheon Myeong's eyes, Yakhyeon had no choice but to stop walking.

'This guy, his eyes...'

His eyes had changed like this for a moment last time too.

But wasn't it nothing special in the end?

It will be the same this time.

He's just sharpening his gaze, but he's a guy who will be knocked out by a single punch of mine like last time.

"..."

However, in the end, Yakhyeon could no longer approach Cheon Myeong.

This feeling that was difficult to explain in words.

It felt like something dangerous would happen if he got any closer.

"...You guys take care of it!"

"What? Weren't you going to take care of it yourself, big brother?"

"I don't need to get my hands dirty on such a worthless guy! So you guys make him crawl in front of me!"

"If you say so, big brother..."

When Yakhyeon said that, the young men began to move awkwardly.

There were a total of four of them.

No matter what Cheon Myeong did, he wouldn't be able to hold out against four people.

Yakhyeon turned around, imagining the sight of Cheon Myeong kneeling in front of him in a little while.

And at that moment.

"Big brother!"

Suddenly, one of the young men said to Yakhyeon in an urgent voice.

Thwack-.

Before he could react to the voice, a stone hit the back of Yakhyeon's head.

This time, the impact was considerable.

As if he had been hit squarely on the back of the head, Yakhyeon's body pitched forward and collapsed on the ground.

"..."

The young men looked back and forth between the collapsed Yakhyeon and the person who threw the stone.

And Cheon Myeong clicked his tongue and said.

"Are you out of your mind, showing your back to your opponent?"

"Y-you coward! How dare you attack when my big brother turned his back!"

"Cowardly?"

When the young man said that, Cheon Myeong couldn't help but snort.

"Then are you guys not cowardly?"

"..."

Thinking about it, those words were right.

Weren't they trying to attack Cheon Myeong with four people right now?

If we were to argue about who was more cowardly, it could be said that the side where four people attacked one person was more cowardly.

'That's not what's important!'

The young man immediately approached Yakhyeon.

Blood was not flowing from the back of his head, but he was already unconscious.

After checking Yakhyeon's condition, the young man shouted to the others.

"I'll take care of big brother, so you guys hurry up and subdue that guy!"

At that moment, the other three came to their senses and rushed at Cheon Myeong.

'Three of them.'

Still, he was lucky to be able to reduce one.

The difference between four and three was very large.

It wouldn't have mattered in the past, but it did for the current Cheon Myeong.

"..."

Left, right, front.

That's how the directions they were rushing from could be broadly divided.

Whoosh-.

At that moment, Cheon Myeong threw what he was holding in his left hand at the man rushing from the front.

At that moment, sand scattered in the air.

As if he hadn't thought that Cheon Myeong would be holding something else, the man who was approaching from the front was temporarily blinded by the sand.

"Another cheap trick!"

This wasn't a duel, but a fight to the death.

So Cheon Myeong didn't think that throwing sand or stones like this was cowardly at all.

Whoosh-.

At that moment, a fist came flying at Cheon Myeong from the left first.

Yakhyeon was also at a worthless level, but this was even worse.

If he had thought of avoiding it from the beginning, it wasn't that difficult to avoid, no matter how weak his body had become.

Swish-.

When Cheon Myeong avoided it with minimal movement, the fist swung through the air in vain.

At the same time, Cheon Myeong's fist struck the man.

And the man's expression contorted the moment he was hit by Cheon Myeong's fist.

"..."

Cheon Myeong's blow couldn't be said to be that strong either.

His body was not yet properly built, and his recovery was not complete.

However, the man had no choice but to collapse from a single blow from Cheon Myeong.

Thud-.

No matter how weak the force, if you hit a vital point accurately, the impact will be several times greater.

The human body had about thirty-two such vital points.

And Cheon Myeong knew where all those vital points were located.

The place Cheon Myeong had just struck was the Danzhong point.

Since he had accurately struck that area, he could easily knock down a guy who wasn't even a martial artist with just a little force.

"..."

And when his comrade collapsed so helplessly, the man who was approaching from the right was momentarily flustered and had no choice but to stop moving.

In the meantime, a gap was created for a moment.

Cheon Myeong did not miss that gap and rushed at the man on the right.

Thwack-.

This time, he accurately struck the philtrum with his fist.

Then, the man's body staggered, losing its balance.

Cheon Myeong even tripped the man backwards with an inner leg trip.

Thud-.

The impact of the philtrum strike followed by the impact on the back of the head.

The man naturally fainted.

And without even confirming that fact, Cheon Myeong rushed at the remaining one.

"Ugh..."

The man finally removed the sand from his eyes and began to see.

However, the moment his vision began to clear, the man's eyes went dark again.

"Kuaaaah-!"

The man screamed, covering his two eyes with his hands.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Cheon Myeong had poked his eyes with two fingers.

Of course, he couldn't see, and because of the pain he felt in his two eyes, he couldn't think of anything.

Thwack-.

The scream quickly subsided.

Cheon Myeong had knocked him out by striking a vital point, just like the others.

It might have been better for the man to be in that state, as he couldn't feel the pain.

'W-what just happened?'

Something unbelievable had happened in an instant.

The young man who was guarding Yakhyeon's side was at a loss for words at the sight of his comrades collapsed around Cheon Myeong.

And at that moment.

Cheon Myeong's gaze turned to the young man.

"Now it's just you."

"Hiiik-!"

When Cheon Myeong said that in a cold voice, the young man was startled and got up from his seat.

And he put his hand in his pocket and took out a dagger.

"D-don't come any closer!"

"..."

"I'll kill you if you come! I'm serious, I'm serious!"

Generally, if you brandish a knife, the opponent has no choice but to flinch.

But that only works on people who don't know how to deal with an opponent with a knife.

Of course, Cheon Myeong knew very well how to deal with an opponent with a knife.

"You're going to kill me?"

"Y-yes!"

"That means you've already made up your mind to die, right?"

What on earth does that mean?

The young man couldn't understand Cheon Myeong's words for a moment.

"In the martial world, it is judged that you have entered a life-and-death battle from the moment you draw your sword."

"..."

"So it means that you can't complain if you kill or are killed on either side. Yes, whether you kill me... or I kill you."

Why is he suddenly talking about killing and being killed?

What the young man said to Cheon Myeong about killing him was just a bluff.

In fact, the young man had never killed anyone before, so he had only drawn his sword to threaten him.

Instead of being afraid, Cheon Myeong was talking like that, so this side was even more scared.

'T-that face is not just bluffing...!'

A face that has killed someone.

As Cheon Myeong said that calmly, the young man couldn't help but feel that way.

Clang-.

In the end, the young man dropped the dagger he was holding on the ground.

And without looking back, he went out the main gate and ran far away.

"..."

Cheon Myeong watched him silently.

He had no intention of chasing the guy who ran away.

After all, the guy he had business with was Yakhyeon, who was lying there as if dead, so he didn't need to care about the other guys.

But before that.

"I'm hungry, can't you set the table first?"

Cheon Myeong asked Mihwa.

A face that even felt pure.

It was hard to believe that he was the person who had just been talking about killing and being killed.

"..."

Mihwa had been watching the scene with her mouth wide open since a while ago.

And she was so surprised that she couldn't speak properly, so she could only nod her head instead of answering.

(End of Chapter)