Chapter 552: Demonic Territory (7)
As soon as Jeong Yeon-shin seized full control of Yeoklu Fortress, he marched on Chi Geuk Fortress. It lay half a day to the northwest.
Moving the troops wasn’t difficult.
Killing the Flameblood King with his bare hands had earned him the admiration of the martial ranks. A feat both deceptively simple and overwhelmingly difficult. It was said to be the kind of thing only a Yozoku would dare attempt.
By now, the northern sentinels had spread word of the event in great detail. Thanks to that, the monsters of Yeoklu Fortress had become willing to follow Jeong Yeon-shin.
And so, in the land of the Queen of Chi Geuk, where fortress walls were built of packed earth—
Thunder crashed for two days straight.
All of it born from Jeong Yeon-shin’s unfinished Fist-and-Leg Method.
The resistance was fierce.
The Yozoku guarding the fortress wielded deep martial arts, and the elderly priestess overseeing Chi Geuk Fortress’s rituals was an especially formidable obstacle.
—Who are you! Do you dare defy the will of the War God? If a Northern King is to attack another, he should send a Grand Warrior in his stead, not move himself...!
She alone wielded a unique martial-sorcery style. But she wasn’t truly alone.
She used every sacred artifact and formation at her disposal and sacrificed countless civilians in the process. Extracting their innate energy to empower her defense.