Martial God Black Bird – The Crow Takes Flight – Chapter 177

Chapter 177: Nightmare

A pair of blue lights flickered in the dark room.

“What business does the brat from the Four Divine Units have to come here?”

A voice came from the flickering blue light, leaving a long trail.

Mo Eun-cheon seemed to hesitate for a moment before kneeling and prostrating himself on the floor.

“Mo Eun-cheon greets Overlord.”

“Greetings aside, didn’t I ask why you came?”

The blue light deepened.

Frightened by this, Mo Eun-cheon hurriedly revealed the reason for his visit.

“I came to see you because I think I can be of great help to Overlord.”

“Cackle…… How can a creature, worse than a bug, be of any help?”

Mo Eun-cheon, kneeling with his eyes fixed on the floor, clenched his fists, fueled by humiliation.

There was no humiliation like this.

He was a Unit Leader of the Four Divine Units, his younger sister was now called the Sword Empress, and his family was the wealthiest in the martial world.

He thought they would welcome him with open arms if he bowed his head, but Overlord was not welcoming him at all, only giving him a sense of shame.

“The Mo Family is not only the wealthiest in the martial world, but also has close ties with many martial arts families. If I and my family come under your command, Your Excellency, the martial arts families with whom we have close ties will also kneel before you.”

“Hahahaha!”

Overlord burst into hearty laughter.

After he stopped laughing, he looked down at Mo Eun-cheon with curious eyes.

He had been living in seclusion by the lake for twenty years, but he had heard rumors about the Mo Family.

Their family martial arts were not that strong, but they were a wealthy family, and using that wealth, they formed deep connections with strong martial arts families.

In the martial world, a martial arts family lacking strength could not maintain its wealth indefinitely.

This was because a strong martial arts family would find fault and seize the property and wealth of a weaker family.

However, the Mo Family preserved their family’s wealth through excellent interpersonal skills and now produced more high-level martial artists than any other family.

“What is the Mo Family’s traditional martial art?”

Overlord was curious about why the Mo Family’s martial arts had suddenly become so strong.

At his question, Mo Eun-cheon hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“It’s the Sword Dance Immortal’s…… White Dance Sword technique.”

“Hmm……”

Overlord showed even deeper curiosity.

He also knew a little about the Sword Dance Immortal’s White Dance Sword technique.

“It seems the Mo Family has been very lucky. Where did you obtain that martial art?”

Mo Eun-cheon couldn’t answer right away.

Overlord sneered at this.

“You don’t want to answer?”

“No, no, that’s not it. I don’t know the exact details, but I understand that my father bought the martial art by paying a large sum of silver.”

“Cackle……”

Overlord let out an ominous laugh at his answer.

The Sword Dance Immortal’s martial arts secret manual was not something that could be obtained with money.

Someone who didn’t know the true value of the secret manual might have sold it for a reasonable amount of silver.

‘What an interesting family.’

Overlord, staring intently at Mo Eun-cheon, asked.

“When will you come under my command?”

“Now…… The Four Divine Units and the defeated Martial Alliance martial artists are staying at the Zhuge Family estate. If Overlord destroys the Zhuge Family, you will become the true master of the martial world. I will open the gates wide and welcome Your Excellency when you destroy the Zhuge Family.”

“Cackle…… Hahahaha……!”

It was a very transparent statement.

In the end, wasn’t Mo Eun-cheon saying he would come under his command after the Four Divine Units were annihilated?

He was currently testing the waters between Overlord and the Four Divine Units.

“You’re a smooth talker.”

Mo Eun-cheon, whose true intentions had been exposed, didn’t know what to do and panicked, hurriedly banging his head on the floor.

Thump! Thump……!

Overlord was not only strong in martial arts but also sharp-minded.

Mo Eun-cheon banged his head on the floor until it bled.

“This Mo Eun-cheon will never…… never betray you. If I betray you, may heaven not forgive me.”

Overlord, who had been watching him for a while, spoke in an indifferent voice.

“Alright, you can go now.”

“……Thank you.”

Mo Eun-cheon left the room without even wiping the blood flowing from his forehead.

Overlord didn’t move from his spot even after he left.

How could he kneel when he was practicing the Sword Dance Immortal’s White Dance Sword technique?

If he had inherited the Sword Dance Immortal’s martial arts, he would have gone into seclusion and waited for another opportunity instead of bowing his head to the enemy.

‘Trash like them……’

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Western Heavenly Spear Master’s arm was broken, and yellow urine flowed down his face.

Southern Heavenly Blade Emperor’s leg was broken, and several swords were stuck in his body.

Northern Heavenly Martial Emperor’s neck was severed, and his head rolled on the floor. The Divine Cult martial artists were kicking his head and mocking him.

“Kekeke……!”

“Hahahaha!”

The Divine Cult martial artists were currently taking out their frustrations on the statues of the Three Martial Heavenly Kings erected by the Martial Alliance.

“Uwaaagh! My head……! My head! You bastards, I’ll tear you to shreds!”

Northern Heavenly Martial Emperor Jo Yang-seung screamed as he watched his head rolling on the dirt floor.

The Divine Cult martial artists, who couldn’t hear his voice, kicked Jo Yang-seung’s head, then brought a burning branch and poked out his eyes.

“Uwaaa……!”

As soon as the martial artists poked out the eyes of the statue, a scream of pain escaped Northern Heavenly Martial Emperor’s lips.

They poked out Northern Heavenly Martial Emperor’s eyes and slashed at his head and face with their swords.

Thwack! Thwack……!

Northern Heavenly Martial Emperor’s head was shattered and scattered by the martial artists’ sword strikes.

After shattering his head, they swarmed the remaining body, slashing with swords and thrusting spears.

Northern Heavenly Martial Emperor, now too exhausted to scream, watched blankly as his statue was completely turned into rags.

After completely destroying the statue, they even pissed on the scattered pieces of wood on the floor.

“Kekeke……!”

After relieving themselves, they started slashing at Southern Heavenly Blade Emperor’s statue with their swords.

Thwack! Thwack!

Shing……!

The Divine Cult martial artists, who were destroying Southern Heavenly Blade Emperor’s statue, hurriedly crouched down at the sudden sound of something cutting through the air.

Thwack……!

As soon as the sound stopped, Western Heavenly Spear Master’s head rolled to the floor.

Yi Cheon-yeom’s face, as she caught the returning flying sword, was no different from the statue that the Divine Cult martial artists had been slashing at.

Her chin and cheeks were scarred with long sword cuts, and the once alluring and beautiful face was nowhere to be found.

No, it looked hideous because of the scars on her face.

“We will attack the Zhuge Family in four days. Who will follow me?”

At her chilling question, the Divine Cult martial artists bowed in unison.

“I will be the vanguard!”

“Take me with you, too!”

Perhaps because their morale was at its peak, no one feared the Four Divine Units.

Yi Cheon-yeom smiled in satisfaction.

Her smile, once so alluring and beautiful, now looked like a hideous demon grimacing.

The Divine Cult martial artists, who had been glancing at her smile, quickly averted their gaze and bowed their heads.

Yi Cheon-yeom’s eyes were ominous and ferocious, like a venomous snake staring at a cornered rat.

She exuded a chill as she stroked her cheeks and chin with her long fingers.

“Why? Is my face that hideous?”

The flustered Divine Cult martial artists quickly spouted insincere words.

“No, no, that’s not it. Yi Cheon-yeom, you are still beautiful.”

“Hmph!”

She snorted and turned around.

The Divine Cult martial artists didn’t raise their heads until Yi Cheon-yeom disappeared from sight.

“Phew……”

Only after she completely disappeared from view did they breathe a sigh of relief and raise their heads.

“Damn it…… I even broke out in a cold sweat.”

“Tell me about it. I thought her flying sword was going to pierce my throat just now.”

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Whoosh……

The flames that dyed the night sky red swallowed the house and even lives.

About twenty perpetrators surrounded my charred father and mother.

“I would have given it to you…… if you had just asked. Why did you do this?”

My father looked up at the masked man with vacant eyes.

Then, the masked man took off the black mask that was covering his face.

When he took off the mask, his face was revealed in the firelight.

Ah……

I was so shocked that I almost screamed.

The masked man was a friend who had visited my father several times.

“If word gets out that the women of my family are practicing the Sword Dance Immortal’s martial arts before they have even mastered it, my family will be destroyed by other martial arts families.”

“I had no intention of telling anyone, Mo Gwang-ho.”

The man nodded.

“I know, I know. I know very well that your lips are heavier than a thousand pounds. But your wife and family are not, are they?”

“My wife and family didn’t even know that I had the secret manual!”

“Is that so? Oh…… I’m sorry about that.”

The man said he was sorry with an indifferent look.

“You vicious bastard. Even when I go to the afterlife, I will curse you and your family.”

“Tsk, tsk……”

The man, clicking his tongue with a displeased look, raised his sword and stabbed my father’s leg once.

“Groan……”

“Honey!”

My mother’s mournful scream sounded like thunder to my ears.

“Where did you hide your son? If you tell me honestly, I won’t let you die painfully.”

The man asked, tapping my mother’s head with the flat of his sword.

My father glared at him with bloodshot eyes.

“What are you talking about after burning my house down!”

At my father’s enraged shout, the masked men bowed their heads towards the man.

“There was no child in the house.”

Then, my father shed tears of blood.

“My son…… I hid him in the chest.”

“Hahahaha!”

The man burst into laughter as he looked at my house being consumed by flames.

After he stopped laughing, he raised his sword.

“Farewell, my friend.”

Slash. Slash.

My father and mother were beheaded in turn by the man’s sword.

I, who was watching the scene while lying face down in the ground, covered my mouth with my hand to stifle my sobs.

“Sob……sob……”

Fortunately, they didn’t seem to hear my cries because the crackling of the fire was loud.

The masked men threw the bodies of my father and mother into the fire.

“Let’s go.”

The man and the masked men disappeared from sight, leaving the flames behind.

But I couldn’t get out of the ground.

I had to keep my promise to my father that I would stay in the ground for two days no matter what.

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“You sons of bitches!”

I shouted and rose from the dirt.

Ah……

Only after getting up did I realize that I had been having a nightmare.

“Sigh……”

I let out a deep sigh, got up, and dressed.

I was about to go outside with my sword when the door opened and Yeon Ja-ryong came in.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing.”

I mumbled something and went outside.

Outside the door, the Four Divine Units members and Unit Leaders were looking at me strangely.

“What’s wrong, Black Bird? Did you have a nightmare?”

At Baek Mu-ho’s question, I smiled.

Haha……

“Yes, I had a nightmare.”