Chapter 326
Chapter Title: Heavenly Realm
After reducing Jin So-cheong and the Nangong Family to rubble, I returned to Jinrang Valley with the women and the father-son duo from the Nangong household stuffed into my wooden box. Sitting on the pavilion bench in Jinrang Valley, I glanced down at the box in my hand and mulled it over.
'No need to rush into a massacre at the Nangong Family right away.'
In that moment's fury, I might have swung my blade alongside Jin So-cheong in a frenzy of slaughter. I had left killed wiping out every living thing in the Nangong Family, but I decided it was best to hold back for now.
The reason was simple. The family head, Nangong Myeong, and the young house lord, Nangong Hwan, were already reduced to embryonic swords and trapped in my wooden box, while Jin So-cheong had personally crippled the dantians of the Nangong Eight Swords. No matter how capable the remaining members were, with the family head, young house lord, and elder-level experts all vanished, the Nangong Family's downfall was only a matter of time. Killing the rest would just be pointless slaughter.
What mattered was what came after survival. Those left in the Nangong Family were no doubt grinding their teeth for revenge, but from now on, they would taste a living hell. I was deep in thought when—
"Baek Woong. Well done."
Mang-ryang was approaching with Cheon Woo-jin. Spotting him, I rose from my seat.
"You're back."