Chapter 343 The Heaven-Defying Blood Demon vs. The Four Kings – Part 3

Chapter 343: The Heaven-Defying Blood Demon vs. The Four Kings – Part 3

Hae Cheong-yeon, the Heaven-Defying Blood Demon Gwa Yeom, was in a very bad mood right now.

Facing this Four Kings fellow was proving far more difficult than they had anticipated.

Her flexible movements like a beast, her reckless boldness, and the overwhelming destructive power that stemmed from them were something even she, the strongest Blood Demon of all time, could never take lightly.

Haecheongyeon clenched her teeth tightly as she thought.

‘Even the strike I just let through was quite dangerous.’

Having just let the Four Kings’ leg technique land, Hae Cheong-yeon had momentarily gone white in the face.

She had urgently released her protective energy to block it, but the sheer shockwave that penetrated through had rendered her temporarily incapacitated.

Had the Four Kings been able to launch a follow-up attack then, the outcome might well have been decided right then and there.

The Heaven-Defying Blood Demon, Gu Yan, suddenly recalled the Mad Demon who had stood beside the Thunder God and Sword God a hundred years ago.

This was because the Mad Demon, who could be considered the ancestor of the Four Kings, had also demonstrated combat prowess akin to a beast through his Red-Eyed Blood Piercing Palm and Beast Fist techniques.

But comparing him to the current Four Kings was unreasonable.

At the very least, the difference seemed as great as that between a leopard and a tiger.

Nevertheless, Hae Cheong-yeon believed the comparison wasn’t entirely useless.

‘If we’re only considering disposition, not martial prowess…’

Licking his lips as he pondered this, Hae Cheong-yeon addressed the Four Kings.

“You’re quite something, aren’t you? Compared to your ancestor, the Mad Demon Guimulyang, you’ve surpassed the master.”

The Four Kings replied with a faint smile.

“You’re not as impressive as I thought. They say you’re the strongest Blood Demon of all time, but in this era, even giving you the benefit of the doubt, you’re only about third best.”

At those words, Hae Cheong-yeon’s face, which had been smiling seductively, instantly froze stiff.

To the Four Kings, it was just a casual remark, but to Hae Cheong-yeon, it struck the very core of her being.

For her, who had been worrying whether any master in this era could threaten her, it was nothing short of gut-wrenching.

Haecheongyeon glared at the Four Kings with a venomous gaze, as if ready to devour them.

“How dare you…!”

Simultaneously, nine massive blood dragons erupted from Hae Cheong-yeon’s body once more.

Waaah!

This time, the blood dragons that erupted did not immediately charge at the Four Kings.

Instead, they writhed like tentacles in place, coiled and poised, waiting for the Four Kings.

Haecheongyeon declared, gazing at the Four Kings from the center of those blood dragons.

“You won’t be able to touch even the hem of my robe now! We’ll see if you can still call me the Third Person even in your dying breath!”

Then, pointing a finger at the Four Kings, he shouted.

“Charge!”

At that moment, nine blood dragons roared and charged toward the Four Kings.

Kra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!

Each of these blood dragons was enormous, with heads large enough to swallow the Four Kings whole in a single bite.

Faced with nine such beasts charging ferociously, the Four Kings could not bear to meet them head-on and had no choice but to leap sideways.

POW!

In that instant, the blood dragons changed direction.

Unlike earlier, when they had collided futilely and vanished, they now changed course and began chasing after the Four Kings.

Their movements seemed to anticipate his actions.

Kra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!

The foremost Blood Dragon lunged at the Four Kings with its jaws wide open.

To evade it, the Four Kings had no choice but to launch themselves into the air once more.

Behind him, one of the Blood Dragons crashed into the ground, causing a massive explosion.

BOOM!

Glancing back, the Four Kings thought.

‘Just one left.’

But eight still remained.

And those eight blood dragons were now closing in on the Four Kings, forming a semicircle in different directions as if building an encircling net.

Kraaaraaaaraaa!

Hae Cheong-yeon watched the scene and smiled savagely.

As expected, his own thoughts had been correct.

The weakness of the Mad Demon Guemu-ryang, ancestor of the Four Kings, lay in his vulnerability to ranged combat.

Though he wielded terrifying power in close combat with his beast-like, elastic, and flexible movements, coupled with his formidable hand-to-hand combat skills, he lacked any means to attack enemies at a distance.

Wasn’t there a rumor that a hundred years ago, he had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the then-Co-King’s Hundred-Step Divine Fist?

Although the current Four Kings were stronger than the Mad Demon of that era, it seemed they still hadn’t overcome their ancestor’s weakness.

Haecheongyeon watched as the eight blood dragons surrounded and descended upon the Four Kings, letting out another battle cry.

“Haah!”

Then, nine more blood dragons burst forth from her body.

This was to deliver a finishing blow with a continuous assault should the enemy somehow withstand that attack.

‘This is the end!’

At that moment.

The Four Kings, covering all directions, watched the blood dragons flying toward him.

There seemed to be no escape route to dodge them, yet his face showed no sign of panic.

The Four Kings lowered his body.

The momentum of a tiger preparing to leap.

The next moment, his body shot forward with a short battle cry.

“Hmph!”

POW!

The Four Kings transformed into a streak of light, charging into the mouth of one of the Blood Dragons.

Toward the blood dragon in the direction of Hae Cheong-yeon.

BOOM!

The Blood Dragon colliding with the Four Kings caused a massive explosion.

But his new form had already passed through that spot.

He had pierced through one blood dragon before being surrounded by the eight.

Seeing this, Hae Cheong-yeon’s expression twisted in anger as she fired the nine Blood Dragons she had been preparing at him once more.

“Where?!”

Kra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!

That was the moment.

Just before being completely surrounded by the nine Blood Dragons charging in a semicircle, the Four Kings’ eyes flashed sharply.

He pointed his index finger at the space between the blood dragons, where Haecheongyeon seemed to be.

“Hm?”

Seeing this, Hae Cheong-yeon narrowed her eyes slightly.

She couldn’t understand why he was pointing at her.

But it was at that very moment.

Puuuuk!

Something pierced Hae Cheong-yeon’s heart.

“Gah!”

Her eyes widened as if they would pop out.

Nothing was visible, nor could she even feel it, yet something had pierced the air and driven straight through her heart.

Suddenly, a Shaolin technique flashed through her mind—one that could strike an opponent through the air without any visible momentum or form.

And the fact that the Mad Demon, ancestor of the Four Kings, had been defeated by that very technique a hundred years ago…

‘Hundred Steps… Divine Fist?’

As Hae Cheong-yeon, her heart pierced, lost control, the nine Blood Dragons flew off wildly in all directions, crashing into everything around them.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

Without missing a beat, the Four Kings lunged toward Hae Cheong-yeon.

Pang!

The technique the Four Kings had just used was the secret technique, Muheunji, created specifically to exploit the fixed notion that the clan of the Mad Demon was weak in long-range combat.

A supersonic blade, silent and colorless, had pierced Hae Cheong-yeon’s heart.

But the Four Kings did not yet consider himself victorious.

Created for invisible ambushes, the Markless Strike was extremely thin and possessed the weakness of low destructive power. Even though it had pierced the heart, a monster of that caliber could potentially recover soon.

Therefore, I absolutely could not let this opportunity slip away.

He had to kill the bastard completely right now.

The next instant, the Four Kings, who had instantly pounced on Hae Cheong-yeon, swung their hojo swords toward her as she tilted backward and fell lifelessly.

It was a strike with all his might.

“Haah!”

But it was at that very moment.

Three swords, having approached unnoticed, stabbed toward him.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

“Huh?!”

The Four Kings’ face twisted in anger.

Interrupting a one-on-one duel to interfere? A savage rage surged within him.

But he had no choice but to halt his attack and dodge.

The three sword strikes all possessed formidable power that could not be ignored.

Even the Four Kings, who had reached the very edge of the fiery realm, were no exception.

POW!

Dodging the three sword strikes while flying through the air, he thought with a grave expression.

‘Three Hwa Gyeong? How?’

Twisting his body with cat-like agility, he thrust off the air and soared upward into the void.

Pah!

Only after creating distance did the Four Kings finally get a clear look at the three figures’ faces.

What he saw were the Alliance Leader, the King of Alliance, Murong Jian, and the masked man and woman standing behind Hai Qingyan.

The Four Kings spoke in a voice like a beast’s growl.

“Murong Jian, you bastard…”

Murong Jian swung the sword he had picked up from the dead warrior’s hand and retorted with a bitter expression.

“My apologies. I had my reasons…”

The Four Kings’ eyes then swept over the other two men and women.

Wearing masks to conceal their faces, they stood like stone statues, merely keeping the Four Kings in check.

Behind them, Hae Cheong-yeon staggered, clutching his left chest.

Despite her heart being pierced, she was clearly in the process of recovering.

The Four Kings clenched his teeth.

He had the situation completely under control…

It was that moment.

Haecheongyeon lifted her head and looked at him.

Her eyes were filled with a chilling venom.

She pointed at the Four Kings and shouted.

“Strike!”

Immediately, a man and a woman charged toward the Four Kings.

Murong Jian also clicked his tongue and followed behind them.

Crackle!

The Four Kings muttered as he saw the crackling white and blue lightning bolts from the swords of the man and woman.

“Blood Thunder Sword Technique…”

It was the Blood Thunder Sword Technique, the deadly technique of the Blood Sect that had dealt him such a severe blow earlier.

But something was off.

The fact that the lightning wasn’t red meant their internal energy wasn’t that of the Blood Sect.

But there was no time to dwell on it.

“Haah!”

A crimson protective aura erupted from the Four Kings’ bodies, deflecting their swords.

They hesitated to strike the crackling lightning bolts crackling around them.

In that instant, Murong Sword’s blade, which had leapt overhead, struck down like a white lightning bolt.

Kwaaang!

It was the Murong Clan’s secret technique, the White Dragon Sword Art, which he hadn’t even had a chance to use properly earlier.

Under their assault, the Four Kings felt a rare sense of predicament.

Even though he was the Four Kings and they were at the threshold of the Fire Realm, facing three Fire Realm masters simultaneously was clearly too much.

It was then.

The Four Kings’ bodyguards, who had been watching from a boat moored on the lake behind them, leaped out shouting.

“Your Highness!”

They were the Four Dragon Guard, the Four King’s personal escort—twelve warriors, all supreme masters.

Particularly, the sword formation they executed together possessed a power even the Four Kings himself could not easily break.

A faint smile touched the Four King’s lips as he glanced at them.

He knew that if they joined the fight, he would have some breathing room.

‘First, quickly deal with these ones…!’

It was at that very moment.

Kra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!

The Four Kings stared in horror at the nine blood dragons passing overhead.

It was the Nine Heavens Blood Dragon Demon Art.

Hae Cheong-yeon had unleashed that demonic art even while his injuries had not yet healed.

He glanced at his subordinates charging in from behind and shouted urgently.

“No! Get out of the way!”

But the blood dragons, flying at tremendous speed, struck the twelve supreme masters head-on.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was a massive explosion.

The Four Kings, using their protective aura to withstand the attacks of the three peak masters for the moment, stared blankly in their direction.

The Twelve Guardians were most formidable when they activated their sword formations and combined their strength to confront enemies.

On the other hand, the Nine Heavens Blood Dragon Demon Art possessed a power so formidable that even the Four Kings themselves found it burdensome to block.

Therefore, there was no way they could block it without even being able to deploy their sword formation.

It was annihilation.

Crunch!

The Four Kings gritted their teeth and looked toward Hae Cheong-yeon.

There, she stood, her left breast covered, gazing back at him with a wicked smile.

“It’s over now, Four Kings.”

At those words, the Four Kings laughed savagely, responding with a sneer.

“The strongest Blood Demon in history, huh?”

At those words, the smile vanished completely from Hae Cheong-yeon’s face.

It was because he finally realized it was a sneer at their inability to defeat the Four Kings themselves, forcing them to join forces.

“How dare you!”

Seeing Hae Cheong-yeon’s fury, the Four Kings sent a telepathic message to the secret guard, Maeng Hwi-yeom, who was concealed nearby, preparing to intervene in the fight.

– Huiyan! Go to that child, to Fengyi! Go…

The next moment, the Four Kings found themselves surrounded by four Fire Realm masters.

It was the moment the great star, the Second Under Heaven, King Guao Gyeol-hyeon, fell.