Chapter 258: Pursuit-3
Watching that sight, Jin Tae-do let out a bitter laugh.
‘He put up quite a fight, but it’s over now…!’
But then it happened.
Thud!
Just as Master Jae-sung’s sword lightly pierced the man’s back and emerged through his chest, his figure suddenly blurred.
“!”
It was then that Jin Tae-do saw the scene and his eyes widened.
Master Jaseong, his eyes wide with shock, stared behind Jin Taedo and cried out.
“Master Jin!”
In that instant, Jin Taedo understood.
What he had been seeing was merely the creature’s afterimage, and it had already slipped past him from behind.
He couldn’t have known it, but Seon Woo-jin had deployed the Heavenly Wind Flower Petal technique.
“!”
Startled, he whipped his head around just in time to see Seon Woo-jin sprinting toward the swaying bridge as if flying.
Jin Tae-do cried out in horror.
“No!”
***
‘Got it!’
I ran past Jin Tae-do toward the suspension bridge, cheering silently inside.
I had exploited his mistake—he thought I was Inparang and would only use the Southern Cross Sword. It had worked perfectly.
Even if he was the foremost among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars, responding to Gongjiksiseok and Cheonpunghwaeop for the first time proved difficult.
‘Even if it didn’t work in the worst case, my divine technique would handle it somehow—that was the gamble I took. Thankfully, it worked out.’
The swaying bridge was now before them. Jin Xiaoze, carrying both Mayu Gyeom and Miao A-lan, had already crossed more than half of the thirty-zhang-long bridge.
