Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 178

"Keu-eup!"

Just because he was a master, it didn't mean the pain of a broken bone was any less than that of others.

Hyuk-ryeon Wi was an elder of the Hyuk-ryeon family.

He couldn't let out a groan in front of his subordinates, so he clenched his teeth and swallowed it.

"You have quite a strong will. Go and tell the head of the Hyuk-ryeon family. Tell him not to think of playing tricks and to request a duel fair and square..."

"You will regret it."

"Regret...? Hahaha."

At Hyuk-ryeon Wi's words, Lei Mo laughed loudly as if he were dumbfounded.

"It's been a while since I came down from the mountain... it's fun. To me... regret...? It seems I'll have to take your head with me."

As killing intent rose in Lei Mo's eyes, Hyuk-ryeon Wi clenched his teeth.

He had prepared for death. Although he was an elder of the Hyuk-ryeon family, the 'Ten Demonic People' were beings of a different dimension.

At that moment, from a distant mountain peak, a loud sound of 'ku-kung' echoed. It was a sound as if the ground were collapsing.

Then, a hoarse voice echoed in the sky.

"Who is persecuting the Hyuk-ryeon family?"

Hyuk-ryeon Wi, who had been on the verge of death, brightened up.

Lei Mo said, while holding Hyuk-ryeon Wi's collar and facing the mountain peak, "Were you still alive? Seeing how you ask who it is even though you clearly know it's me, you are still as cunning as ever."

"Lei Mo! Do you not want to live any longer?"

The hoarse voice echoing from the mountain peak was gradually getting closer.

"Hmph! I plan to live longer than you. Don't talk while hiding like a rat, if you have something to say, come and say it."

"I am on my way. Let's see how much your skills have improved in the meantime."

In that moment, a dark light shot out from the mountain peak. The light that had arrived in an instant scattered, and a gloomy old man wearing a black robe appeared.

―We're in big trouble. That old man seems to be the 'Soul Demon'.

Oh Jeong-ri sent a telepathic message to Baekji. Two of the 'Ten Demonic People' had appeared.

―Take the opportunity when Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' are fighting and run away. The place under that mountain peak is where the So family lives.

Although Oh Jeong-ri was constantly sending telepathic messages, Baekji, without even pretending to hear, examined the 'Soul Demon' and Lei Mo. His expression was very interested.

Lei Mo said to the 'Soul Demon', "You look more lively than I thought. I thought you were dead because the smell of rotting corpses was vibrating in the 'Mang Mountain'."

"Lei Mo, even though you've gotten old, your mouth is still the same."

"Your rotten pollack eyes are also the same, so why would my mouth change?"

As the two were glaring at each other and exchanging a word each, a laugh suddenly erupted from one side.

"Hahaha."

When everyone looked, it was Baekji.

Baekji held his stomach and laughed, pointing at Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon'.

"Old men... fighting like children. Did you reincarnate with your mouths? Hahaha."

Oh Jeong-ri's heart suddenly seemed to drop. Wu Ha and Seomun Jeong-ha also stopped Baekji.

"Be quiet!"

Baekji stopped laughing and said, "Sorry... what can I do if it makes me laugh? Isn't it funny? Hahaha... mouth... rotten pollack eyes... hahaha."

Baekji, who was laughing while holding his stomach and bending his body, sent a simultaneous telepathic message to Oh Jeong-ri, Wu Ha, and Seomun Jeong-ha.

―Run!

Oh Jeong-ri was bewildered and looked at Baekji.

At that moment, something fell from Baekji's bosom to the ground. It was a bead the size of a child's fist, and when Baekji kicked it with his foot, it flew forward.

"It's a 'Thunderbolt Bomb'!"

Someone shouted. The warriors of the Hyuk-ryeon family, including Hyuk-ryeon Wi, hastily retreated.

Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' also disappeared.

Kwang―!

An explosive sound erupted, and in an instant, an area of about ten 'zhang' was covered in black smoke. It was not a 'Thunderbolt Bomb', but a smoke bomb.

"What are you doing? I told you to run! We just have to get to that place."

Baekji broke through the black smoke and ran towards the So family's village.

Oh Jeong-ri, who had been bewildered, immediately grasped Baekji's intention and then pulled Wu Ha's sleeve and ran.

Seomun Jeong-ha followed as if to support the rear.

At the extremely sudden action, even Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' stood blankly for a moment and watched Baekji's party, which was disappearing.

Soon, Lei Mo's face contorted, and a gloomy light flowed from the 'Soul Demon's' eyes.

"Hehe... he's a fun brat!"

"Do you think you can run away?"

As the two spat out a word each and were about to fly, a black bead flew again.

"Hmph!"

A flash of light erupted from Lei Mo's hand.

Kwa-ang!

With a tremendous loud sound, the ground shook. This time, it was a real 'Thunderbolt Bomb'. A radius of five 'zhang' was completely blown away, and the warriors of the Hyuk-ryeon family were swept away by the wave of energy and were rolling.

"Keup!"

Although Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' had instantly raised their 'protective energy', they were covered in fragments and soot.

"That brat?"

"I will kill that brat!"

As Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' flew at the same time, their paths crossed.

"Get out of the way!"

As a flash of light erupted from Lei Mo's fist, the 'Soul Demon' held up his palm and struck.

Kwa-ang!

This time, the 'thunder and lightning sharp energy' and the 'yin soul sharp energy' collided, and a huge explosive sound arose.

"That brat is mine."

"Nonsense! Go and play with corpses!"

Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' clashed. The two did not even look at Baekji's party, which was running away. Since they could catch them in an instant if they put their minds to it, they intended to first defeat the strong enemy in front of them.

"Are you really going to be like this? Alright, I will fix your bad habit today!"

The 'Soul Demon' shouted

"You're the one who interfered and got in the way! Take this!"

With Lei Mo's taunt, a thunderous sound and a flash of light erupted.

Baekji was pleased as he ran away. He had managed to make the two fight. The two, who were among the 'Ten Demonic People', were rivals, but it did not seem they would fight in a situation where their subordinates or other Demonic Cult members were around.

So he had provoked them with a 'Thunderbolt Bomb', and it had worked properly.

On his way, he had seen several heavy chests loaded on Zheng Xingbiao's luggage cart and had stealthily opened them.

What was inside were 'Thunderbolt Bombs' and smoke bombs that were being secretly delivered to the army stationed in Beiting.

He had picked up a few, and to think they would be so useful...

'As expected, I have foresight.'

But it was not over yet.

Shwik!

Shwi-shik―!

Two flying sabers and a shuriken flew. Following that, all sorts of hidden weapons aimed for Baekji.

The Demonic Cult members, who had been hiding because of Lei Mo and had not been able to reveal themselves, had all rushed in and had ambushed him.

Their goal was one!

To cut off the bloodline of the So family, which could become a powerful candidate in the competition for the Young Lord.

Peo-peok!

Tta-da-dang!

Baekji swung his scabbard and deflected the hidden weapons. The speed at which he was running did not decrease at all.

However, since he had used the internal energy of the 'true realm', it was not his original speed.

Teong―!

Wu Ha also came to his senses and deflected the flying hidden weapons.

Wu Ha, who had grown up among the Kunlun Taoists, could not keep up with Baekji's resourcefulness and had stood blankly, and had been dragged by Oh Jeong-ri, but he had come to his senses at the successively flying hidden weapons.

"Keu-ak!"

"Keok!"

Although this side had just deflected them, screams erupted from here and there.

The origins of the ambushers were diverse. Since they had thrown them without mercy, without considering that they might miss, unexpected sacrifices were occurring one after another.

At this, the warriors of the Hyuk-ryeon family rushed in and swung their sabers wildly at those who were blocking their way.

"Don't miss! You must kill them!"

Although both his collarbones were broken, Hyuk-ryeon Wi raised his voice and encouraged the warriors of the Hyuk-ryeon family.

"Keu-ak!"

In an instant, three or four people collapsed.

"Those brats are aiming for us!"

"Kill all the brats who are in the way!"

When one or two were defeated, a chaotic battle where they were aiming for each other finally broke out.

Pung―!

Seo-geok!

"Keuk!"

Screams erupted from here and there, and streams of blood spurted out.

It was Wu Ha, who had been raised preciously. Because of his high status as a disciple of the 'Three Immortals of Kunlun', he had lived smoothly even in the Kunlun Mountains. So he was experiencing such a harsh chaotic battle for the first time.

"Immeasurable Buddha! Please be prudent! Ike!"

He repeatedly shouted the Taoist chant and deflected the flying hidden weapons and weapons with a pale face.

Oh Jeong-ri, who was running, suddenly felt something strange and shouted, "Young Hero So! That's not the way! That way! You have to go that way."

"Huh? This isn't the way?"

Baekji, who had been running, stopped. He was not confident in finding his way.

"Great Hero Oh! Take the lead!"

Oh Jeong-ri and Seomun Jeong-ha took the lead and ran, Wu Ha was in the middle, and Baekji ran behind.

Since everyone in the party was a master of the 'true realm' or higher, the rushing Demonic Cult members were not much of a burden. However, their techniques were skillful, and sudden hidden weapons would appear and would often trip them up.

Kwa-kwang―! Kwang!

Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' were still fighting fiercely. In the Demonic Cult, the only ones who could stop the 'Ten Demonic People' were the other 'Ten Demonic People'.

Since they could catch Baekji's party in an instant if they put their minds to it, there was no need to hurry.

"Over there!"

At the foot of the peak below was a village.

"It seems they have come to meet us."

Numerous martial artists were running from the village.

"Who dares to cause a disturbance in the territory of the So family!"

The giant at the front shouted thunderously. The martial force that had shot out from the So family spread out like wings and surrounded Baekji's party.

Chae-chaeng! Chaeng!

Baekji's party finally stopped running.

"Hwi-yu. I almost died. Why are so many brats tangled up?"

Baekji clicked his tongue as he watched the martial force fight the ambushers.

"Is the enemy of a Demonic Cult member a Demonic Cult member? Why are they so eager to kill each other?"

Oh Jeong-ri nodded his head.

"I also had a hard time adjusting at first when I was staying. But after a few years, I found out."

"What's the reason?"

"The sect believes in the afterlife. So it seems they are not very afraid of death. There is a doctrine that if you die while following an order, you will be saved."

"That's ridiculous. That's why they're called the Demonic Cult. And... that can't be the reason they kill each other, right?"

"The world of the sect is right here, the Heavenly Mountains."

"What does that mean?"

"Since they have lived with the Heavenly Mountains as their base for a long time, the thought of going outside has disappeared. Since most of them are born, grow up, and die here... the power struggle within is becoming fierce."

"Aha! They don't have any ambition to conquer the Central Plains?"

"...It seems they don't feel the need to do so."

"The prosperous Central Plains must be tempting."

"As trade with the Western Regions has become active, Xinjiang is also prospering. Although the climate is not good, isn't this Heavenly Mountains a truly clean world?"

When Baekji looked back, it was really so. The mountains were high, the sky was clear, and the water was clean.

"Hmm. It seems they were bored, living among themselves in this good place. To kill each other."

"Perhaps... it is because too much authority is concentrated in the Cult Leader..."

Oh Jeong-ri said, watching Baekji's expression, his own thoughts. He was of the same kind as Quan Bai, a scholar who liked to ramble.

"If you become the Cult Leader, you can learn the 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art'. It is a martial art that is said to make you a god if you master it... besides, the family that produces the Cult Leader becomes the head family among the twelve guardian families. The head family can take much more in the distribution of power and wealth."

"Yes. I see. So it has become a place where strength is the best."

"That's not to say it's a place that abandons human ethics, as the people of the Central Plains say. However... Recently, because the Cult Leader has been in seclusion and the Young Lord has died, the atmosphere has become brutal..."

"That's enough. I'll have to get things straight."

Baekji did not want the place where he had been born and had grown up to be stained with blood due to a power struggle.

"What do you mean, get things straight?"

"They're fighting over the position of Young Lord, right? If the Young Lord is decided, that fight will also end, right?"

"Ah! Then... are you going to enter the competition for the Young Lord?"

"The competition for the Young Lord? Why would I do that?"

Baekji shook his head.

(End of Chapter)