Martial God Black Bird – The Crow Takes Flight – Chapter 166

Chapter 166: Won Bang-heon’s Revenge

“D*mn it…… A huge figure has come.”

Jang Ryong sensed his impending death.

If they were ordinary Divine Cult martial artists, he would have tried to fight somehow, but his opponent was Four Heavenly Flames.

He forced himself up and approached Kang Dong-jae, who was still lying as if dead.

“I’m sorry, Dong-jae. It seems like we’re destined to die together. But we have to fight to the end, right?”

He placed the sword that was leaning against the wall on Kang Dong-jae’s stomach.

“It was a pretty cool and fun life.”

Crack…… Boom……!

As if waiting for Jang Ryong to finish his words, one side of the wall cracked and crumbled.

Beyond the collapsed wall stood Four Heavenly Flames.

“Hahahaha……! I came to catch a pheasant, but a chicken got caught as well.”

Four Heavenly Flames faced Jang Ryong, whose face was pale with illness, with a pleased expression.

He seemed to think of Jang Ryong and Kang Dong-jae as fish caught in a net.

“I’m not going to give you my neck easily.”

As Jang Ryong raised his sword, Four Heavenly Flames nodded with a serious expression.

“It’s a pleasure for me to meet a proper martial artist. It’s a shame. If you were a Divine Cult martial artist, we would have gotten along quite well.”

Swish……!

Four Heavenly Flames’ sword instantly reached Jang Ryong’s nose.

Bang……!

Crash!

Jang Ryong struck the blade with all his might.

Four Heavenly Flames’ sword, which was digging into his neck, pierced Jang Ryong’s shoulder due to the impact, and Jang Ryong’s body, unable to withstand the shock, flew through the wall of the room.

“Ugh……”

Four Heavenly Flames, who had sent Jang Ryong flying with a single strike, slowly entered the room.

He glanced down at Kang Dong-jae, who was lying as if dead, and then turned his gaze to Jang Ryong, who was getting up.

‘The physician was right.’

Seeing that he couldn’t even open his eyes despite the wall cracking and Jang Ryong being in mortal danger, it was clear that he had suffered a major internal injury that would take at least a month to recover from, as the physician had said.

“Kill me first.”

Jang Ryong, who had gotten up, straightened his chest and looked at Four Heavenly Flames.

‘He’s a really good guy to kill.’

Four Heavenly Flames couldn’t help but admire him for facing his death so boldly.

Those who surrendered without even trying to fight were worse than beasts.

But someone like him, who was dignified even in the face of death, deserved respect.

Now that Jang Ryong was dead, Kang Dong-jae remained.

He intended to give him a slow and painful death, like saving the most delicious food for last.

He raised his sword to give him a painless death.

Stab……!

The moment Four Heavenly Flames raised his sword, something hot pierced deep into his stomach from his waist.

“Gasp……!”

As the hot object penetrated his body, Four Heavenly Flames let out a gasp of air.

“Dong-jae!”

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I had no strength in my body and kept falling asleep.

I should have opened my eyes, but I was so tired that I wanted to rest like this.

“I’ve suffered internal injuries before too. Back then, just like now, the unit members were gathered around me, worried about my internal injuries, talking about women and joking. Jang Ryong was there too. But you know what’s strange? I could hear all their conversations. If it were usual, I would have jumped up and joined their conversation, but strangely, I couldn’t even open my eyes.”

But Yeon Ja-ryong’s voice kept ringing in my ears.

“D*mn it. He’s struggling to cover up his mistake. That bastard will blame the other unit members for Won Bang-heon’s death too.”

I could hear not only Yeon Ja-ryong’s voice but also Jang Ryong’s.

‘The situation seems really bad…… Ah…… I’m tired……’

How long had I been asleep? I felt a very ominous energy.

“I’m sorry, Dong-jae. It seems like we’re destined to die together.”

And Jang Ryong’s voice was heard again.

“It was a pretty cool and fun life.”

The energy was approaching where I was lying.

Crack…… Boom……!

I could even hear the sound of the wall cracking and collapsing.

I tried to open my eyes and get up.

But my body wouldn’t move.

“It’s a pleasure for me to meet a proper martial artist. It’s a shame. If you were a Divine Cult martial artist, we would have gotten along quite well.”

Four Heavenly Flames’ voice told me that Jang Ryong was in danger.

‘No……!’

Perhaps my desperation got through, my eyes barely opened, and I saw Four Heavenly Flames standing beside me.

I grabbed the sword on my stomach and thrust it into Four Heavenly Flames’ side.

The moment I thrust the sword into his side, a sharp pain shot through me.

“Gasp……!”

Four Heavenly Flames gasped, and I pushed the blade deeper.

“Uh……”

As my head turned and his wide-open eyes met mine, I moved my foot and kicked his side.

Thud!

Crash……!

Four Heavenly Flames’ body flew into a corner and crashed.

“Ugh……”

I clutched my chest and got up.

“Dong-jae!”

Jang Ryong, who had been standing with his chest puffed out, shouted in a bewildered voice.

The blade had pierced through Four Heavenly Flames’ left side and protruded from his right side.

Despite that, he was struggling to get up, clutching his sword.

Thud……!

The moment Four Heavenly Flames got up, the blade Jang Ryong had thrown was embedded in his chest.

I pushed the hilt of the sword, which was shaking in front of me, with my palm.

As I pushed the hilt, Jang Ryong’s sword pierced through Four Heavenly Flames’ chest and came out his back.

“Ugh…… Uaaagh……!”

Four Heavenly Flames screamed, twisting his body.

“Kang Dong-jae……! You’re the one who’s killing me after all! I should have killed you first……!”

Red tears flowed from his fierce, wide-open eyes.

Thud……

Unable to bear it any longer, Four Heavenly Flames collapsed to his knees.

“Even in the afterlife…… I will curse you……”

Leaving those words behind, his eyes rolled back, and he slumped forward.

As soon as he collapsed, a faint form emerged from his body.

The form looked down at Four Heavenly Flames’ corpse and let out a long sigh.

Sigh……

I stared straight at the form.

“Goodbye.”

Then the form flinched in surprise and met my eyes.

“Could it be…… You can see me?”

I nodded silently.

“Haha…… Hahaha……”

A triumphant laugh escaped from the faint form’s mouth.

“I see. You can see me? I’m already dead, but I’ll follow you around and torment you for the rest of your life.”

I looked at him with pity.

“I don’t think that’s possible.”

Four Heavenly Flames’ form became fainter and fainter until it finally disappeared before my eyes like smoke dissipating.

“Kang Dong-jae……!”

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“What’s not possible?”

Jang Ryong limped into the room with a gaping hole in the wall.

“It’s nothing.”

At my answer, he looked at me with a sullen face and then turned his gaze to Four Heavenly Flames, who had become a corpse.

“He was a pretty decent guy for an enemy……”

I pulled out the sword embedded in Four Heavenly Flames’ chest, handed it to Jang Ryong, and pulled out the sword stuck in my waist.

Then I dragged Four Heavenly Flames’ corpse outside.

Because I couldn’t sleep with a blood-soaked corpse.

Jang Ryong collapsed to the floor, holding the sword in one hand.

In the courtyard, I could see the beheaded unit members and the unconscious Mo Eun-ha.

‘Why didn’t he kill Mo Eun-ha?’

It wouldn’t have been difficult for Four Heavenly Flames to kill Mo Eun-ha.

But he deliberately spared her life.

As I stared at her face, a clever idea suddenly popped into my head.

I approached Mo Eun-ha, who was sprawled in the front yard.

“What are you doing?”

Jang Ryong, who was watching me, looked puzzled as I picked up the sword she was holding.

“Please keep what I’m about to do a secret.”

Stab……!

I stabbed Mo Eun-ha’s sword into Four Heavenly Flames’ side.

Jang Ryong watched in horror.

“What are you doing?”

No matter how much of an enemy Four Heavenly Flames was, stabbing a corpse with a sword again was not something a human should do.

I calmly answered him after piercing the sword through.

“I’m thinking of making it look like Mo Eun-ha killed Four Heavenly Flames, not me and the Vice Unit Leader.”

“Why do we have to do that?”

“Because that’s the only way Mo Eun-cheon will return to the Martial Alliance. We have no choice if we want to save the unit members.”

Mo Eun-ha’s achievement was Mo Eun-cheon’s achievement and the Mo Family’s achievement.

Now that Mo Eun-ha had killed Four Heavenly Flames, her reputation would soar.

Jang Ryong, who had been looking at me with horror, slowly nodded.

“But will the unit members believe it? Mo Eun-ha is not skilled enough to kill Four Heavenly Flames.”

“It doesn’t matter whether they believe it or not. Mo Eun-cheon will spin it in his favor anyway.”

Chuckle……!

“You’re right. That bastard is capable of doing that.”

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The Four Divine Units members scattered, leaving behind only fifty corpses.

Yeon Ja-ryong, Ak Mun-yeong, and Baek Mu-ho fought bravely to stop the enemies, but the Divine Cult martial artists were overwhelmingly outnumbered.

Moreover, Overlord’s strength was so formidable that even Yeon Ja-ryong, the best talent under heaven, couldn’t easily confront him.

Crash……!

Yeon Ja-ryong swung his axe and used the impact to fly backward.

Overlord’s martial arts were simple, but they were stronger than any other martial arts in the world.

His axe was heavier than Mount Tai, and his movements were as fast as lightning.

“See you next time, Overlord……!”

Overlord did not pursue Yeon Ja-ryong.

He raised his axe high and shouted.

“Khahahaha……! I am Overlord!”

Overlord’s roar, after repelling the Four Divine Units, echoed throughout the village.

“We have to kill Yeon Ja-ryong!”

Two Heavenly Flames couldn’t pursue Yeon Ja-ryong.

Because her body wasn’t fully recovered, she couldn’t face Yeon Ja-ryong head-on.

“Why should I chase him?”

She was speechless at Overlord’s question.

He lived up to his nickname, Overlord.

He was a tiger who jumped into the midst of the Four Divine Units, and the Four Divine Units members were no more than sheep.

Even Yeon Ja-ryong barely managed to withstand his axe, let alone the other Unit Leaders.

“We can completely annihilate the Four Divine Units now!”

Overlord ignored her desperate cry and walked in a different direction from where the Four Divine Units had fled.

“Farewell, foolish woman.”

What did Overlord mean by that?

The bewildered Two Heavenly Flames hurriedly blocked his path.

“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

He looked at her with arrogant eyes.

“Do I still look like a Divine Cult martial artist to you? I only moved for myself.”

Two Heavenly Flames hurriedly moved her body as Overlord raised his axe.

“Tsk tsk tsk……! You foolish woman. Open your eyes wide and listen carefully. Then you’ll get what you want.”

She couldn’t stop Overlord as he disappeared with laughter.

Even if her body was fully recovered, she had no confidence in handling his martial arts.

‘What does he mean……?’

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As Yeon Ja-ryong entered the inn, he felt the atmosphere was very chaotic.

‘Could it be……? Jang Ryong…… Dong-jae……’

He rushed to where the guest rooms were.

Among the Divine Cult martial artists who attacked the Four Divine Units, Two Heavenly Flames was there, but he didn’t see Four Heavenly Flames.

That meant he had done something else and was likely to have visited this inn.

Arriving at the backyard, he found the guest room with a gaping hole in the wall and the Four Divine Units members gathered in the backyard.

And Mo Eun-cheon’s face, standing among the unit members, was excessively bright.