Chapter 188
There are many outstanding masters of Fist Arts in the world.
First and foremost, the first person who comes to mind, no matter what anyone says, would be the Fist Emperor, Grandmaster Muheo.
His realm as the Abbot of Shaolin was so extraordinary that even in the long history of Shaolin, known as Thousand-Year Shaolin, no one could match him when it came to fist arts.
It was even said that when he threw a punch in earnest, the heavens and the earth would tremble.
Whether that was true or not, no one knew.
Then there was the Fist Demon, one of the Ten Great Demon Stars of the Demonic Cult who was now already dead and gone, and Hwangbo Gyun, the Family Head of the Hwangbo Clan, who also was known throughout Murim by the moniker Raging Wind Divine Fist.
Besides them, there were Divine Fist Invincible, Earth-Spreading Fist King, and even Heaven-Earth Invincible Fist.
There were countless powerhouses one could think of when it came to Fist Arts.
However, even among such prominent figures, if one were to look solely at innate talent, Yeo Un-hwi thought the One-Eyed Fist Demon, Munho, might be the best.
His innate physique and talent were just that incredible.
It wasn’t for nothing that he became known throughout Murim as the Fist Demon despite becoming one-eyed.
But that was a story for the distant future.
By the looks of it, his current self seemed to be nothing more than a greenhorn severely lacking in Murim experience.
To him, that middle-aged man and the organization behind him called the Evil Love Palace would undoubtedly be quite formidable opponents.
“Come to think of it, the Evil Love Palace.”
Evil Love Palace.
An organization that gained infamy throughout Murim was famous for stopping at nothing as long as it made money.
They kidnapped people to extort money or sell them, and they even sold hallucinogenic poisons disguised as medicine.
They were truly a den of evil that plunged the lives of commoners into a pit of hell.
And above all, the Evil Love Palace was quite a familiar name to Yeo Un-hwi.
Before his Regression, none other than Yeo Un-hwi was the one who brought them to a gruesome end.
Becoming a target of Yeo Un-hwi during his days as the Blood Demon meant their behavior was truly atrocious.
“Ugh… V-Vice Palace Lord.”
The men who had fallen by Munho’s hands barely picked themselves up with pale faces.
Just looking at that was enough to tell how much they feared the middle-aged man who had just appeared.
Chu Ung, the Vice Palace Lord of the Evil Love Palace, clicked his tongue at them.
“Tsk, tsk. You call yourselves Palace Disciples of the Evil Love Palace, yet look at the pathetic state of you.”
“We apologize.”
The people inside the inn were greatly startled by the title of Vice Palace Lord of the Evil Love Palace.
To them, too big a shot had appeared here out of nowhere.
But why would someone like the Vice Palace Lord of the Evil Love Palace appear here?
Just to have a meal because the Cheonghyang Inn was a famous eatery?
No.
They had come to execute a scheme to make this Cheonghyang Inn their property.
The earnings of this place, which saw a massive number of customers come and go every day, were good prey for them.
And that was how this mess had started.
“I really don’t like this. Tsk.”
Soon, Vice Palace Lord Chu Ung’s cold gaze turned toward the opponent who had made things even more cumbersome.
Sure enough, the person in question, Munho, was currently sweating profusely.
His confident smile had long since vanished.
He could tell.
‘He’s strong. He is strong.’
That middle-aged man who had just appeared was by no means beneath him.
“He got behind me too easily, besides.”
He hadn’t even noticed it until the man opened his mouth.
He was simply bewildered.
No matter how off guard he had been, he could have died just like that without even knowing what happened.
The more he thought about it, the more his hair stood on end.
To suddenly meet such an opponent in an ordinary inn like this.
But Murim was originally that kind of place.
A place where you never knew who would suddenly pop out from where and how.
That was why his master, who knew that fact better than anyone, had told him to avoid getting involved in any disputes if possible.
Though it was of no use now.
“Damn it.”
It was already too late to avoid a fight.
If so, the answer was to settle this quickly without weighing this and that.
Perhaps thinking he had already perfectly seized the chance of victory, the opponent was scolding his subordinates leisurely.
The opportunity is now.
An ambush for an ambush.
BOOM!
In that instant, Munho’s eyes flashed.
He executed a heavy True Stomp and then surged toward the enemy at incredible speed.
“Hmm?”
Not expecting him to come out like this, Chu Ung reacted a beat late.
Whoosh! Whoooosh!
Munho’s fists flew mercilessly toward Chu Ung in rapid succession.
Although slightly flustered, Chu Ung soon dealt with his fists calmly.
Chu Ung dodged Munho’s fists by a paper-thin margin, without a single inch of error.
Every time he did, the vicious sound of Munho’s fists cutting through the air could be heard.
“Haaah!”
A crisis in which his ambush wasn’t working.
In a flash, Munho drew up even more Internal Qi.
And,
[Gale Overlord Fist]
The Divine Fist inherited from his master was now unleashed through his fists.
RUMBLEEE!
A fist laden with terrifying Internal Energy flew out, aiming for Chu Ung’s entire body once more.
Chu Ung executed his Footwork Technique with all his might to dodge Munho’s attack.
But there was a limit to dodging.
Eventually, he found himself with absolutely no way to avoid one of Munho’s punches.
Left with no choice, he too drew up his Internal Qi.
He couldn’t take it head-on. He planned to block it with a hand laden with Internal Qi at an angle and deflect it.
However,
CRASH!
The punch Munho threw in earnest possessed destructive power that far exceeded his expectations.
“Keuugh!”
Terrible pain.
It felt as if both his arms were paralyzed.
“It worked!”
The corners of Munho’s mouth crept up.
Moving as quickly as possible on his end, without hesitating and doing exactly as his instincts dictated, had paid off properly.
He didn’t need anyone to tell him that he couldn’t let this momentum slip away.
Munho’s fists began to flash once again.
“Y-You bastard!”
Chu Ung’s heart pounded.
Only then did the thought begin to dawn on him that if he wasn’t careful, he might be the one to lose his life here today.
The opponent’s strength surpassed his expectations.
This ignorantly massive guy was just that strong.
To the point where he couldn’t guarantee victory.
He should have ended it the moment he first got behind himself.
But regret was already far too late.
Before he knew it, Munho was seizing the chance of victory perfectly.
His fists intermittently struck the opponent’s body, and every time they did, Chu Ung let out a terrible scream.
“There!”
In that instant, the opponent exposed an absolutely perfect opening.
Munho didn’t delay and threw a punch, aiming right for it.
At the same time, he cheered inwardly.
“I won! This is a perfect victory. To think I took down a Master like that! Hahaha!”
But he didn’t know.
The fact that there is no trap as dangerous as an opponent’s perfect opening in a life-or-death battle in Murim.
Sure enough,
“Stupid fool.”
A smile spread across Chu Ung’s face.
A very insidious smile at that.
And,
Swish.
A small silver needle was soon fired from his mouth.
And it flew at an incredible speed, aiming straight for Munho’s eye.
“Gasp!”
A horrified Munho tried to dodge it somehow, but it was already too late.
A situation he couldn’t avoid no matter what he did.
Due to a moment of carelessness, he fell into the danger of losing his eye just like that.
But right then,
Whoosh!
Someone quickly yanked Munho’s massive body backward.
The hidden weapon Chu Ung fired narrowly brushed past Munho’s hair.
What had happened?
“You let your guard down too easily.”
Someone shook his head while looking down at Munho.
He was a strikingly handsome man.
It was none other than Yeo Un-hwi stepping in.
“Right, so this was it.”
By the looks of it, he was originally supposed to lose an eye here.
That was the future Yeo Un-hwi knew.
How he had survived after losing an eye was unknown for now, but regardless, Munho’s future was completely changed by Yeo Un-hwi’s hands at this very moment.
There would be no One-Eyed Fist Demon now.
“What are you?”
As the trump card he had barely managed to use went up in smoke, Chu Ung ground his teeth and glared at Yeo Un-hwi.
But Yeo Un-hwi quietly looked at him without caring in the slightest. Was there a guy like that when I annihilated the Evil Love Palace? I can’t remember. Then again, I just cut down everyone in sight.
Was there a guy like that when I annihilated the Evil Love Palace?
I can’t remember.
Then again, I just cut down everyone in sight.
“Commander.”
Meanwhile, the White Wolf Squad members who had been inside the Inn came out one by one.
Yeo Un-hwi looked at Do-gyeong and Peng Do-hwan.
Then he pointed at Chu Ung with a nod.
“Subdue him.”
“Yes.”
The two nodded without the slightest hesitation.
Yeo Un-hwi’s orders were absolute to them. However, “W-What?” Chu Ung was on the verge of scoffing at the attitude of Yeo Un-hwi and the White Wolf Unit, acting as if they could kill him at any moment.
However,
“W-What?”
Chu Ung was on the verge of scoffing at the attitude of Yeo Un-hwi and the White Wolf Unit, acting as if they could kill him at any moment.
“You bastards! Do you know who I am?! How dare you!”
What flew toward the furiously shouting Chu Ung was not an answer, but Do-gyeong’s arrows.
Swish! Swiiish! Swiiiiish!
In an instant, three arrows flew toward Chu Ung like lightning.
They were aiming precisely for Chu Ung’s head, chest, and abdomen.
“Trying to get me with mere arrows like these!”
There was no way ordinary arrows would work on him.
But unfortunately, they were not ordinary arrows.
The arrows, imbued with a heavy aura, all flew erratically.
Like living snakes.
The arrow aiming for his abdomen flew toward his neck, and the arrow aiming for his head flew toward his thigh.
Clang! Claaang!
He was somehow deflecting the arrows that flew in endlessly one after another, but Chu Ung couldn’t gather his senses against the arrow attacks whose trajectories were completely unpredictable.
In the meantime, someone suddenly appeared behind him.
It was Peng Do-hwan.
“You’re full of openings.”
“T-This!”
“Too late!”
In a flash, Peng Do-hwan’s lightning-fast blade slashed across Chu Ung’s entire body.
“Guaaagh!”
Blood splattered everywhere, and Chu Ung collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath.
Chu Ung was subdued so easily that it was absurd.
He had already spent some of his strength fighting Munho, but Peng Do-hwan and Do-gyeong’s coordinated attack was exceptionally superb, flowing like water, to blame it solely on that.
Unable to accept that fact, Chu Ung ground his teeth and glared at Peng Do-hwan and Do-gyeong with bloodshot eyes.
“Y-You… cowardly bastards…”
“Cowardly?”
“Is that something a guy who just secretly used a Hidden Weapon should say? You should be ashamed of yourself.”
Seeing the two growl fiercely, Chu Ung shut his mouth.
Just what were these guys?
They weren’t intimidated at all even after hearing the name of the Evil Love Palace.
Rather, they looked just like starving wolves.
I was defeated by those young punks?
No! This can’t be. This can’t…!
Like that, Chu Ung ground his teeth and threw out another warning that wouldn’t even work.
“H-How dare you. Do you think you’ll be safe after messing with our Evil Love Palace? You and your families will all be torn to shreds and killed! So if you surrender now…”
“You said it was the Evil Love Palace.”
Meanwhile, Yeo Un-hwi slowly stepped forward once again.
“What a funny thing. It seems your fate remains the same, then and now.”
“What does that…”
Doubt spread across Chu Ung’s face at Yeo Un-hwi’s incomprehensible words.
But there was no obligation to answer him.
Slash.
That was the end.
Chu Ung’s head, eyes wide open, fell to the floor with a thud.
When Yeo Un-hwi gave a brief look, Peng Do-hwan beheaded Chu Ung without hesitation. Watching the head fall, Yeo Un-hwi opened his mouth. “The Evil Love Palace… Right. I’ve decided.”
Watching the head fall, Yeo Un-hwi opened his mouth.
“The Evil Love Palace… Right. I’ve decided.”
At the same time, a smile spread across Yeo Un-hwi’s lips.