Chapter 55: Beasts 4
Baek Moo-jin reached out and roughly wiped the blood smeared all over his face. But it was a foolish act. The more he wiped, the more he felt the blood wasn’t disappearing but seeping into his body.
‘Was blood always this sticky?’
Before he knew it, Baek Moo-jin’s white clothes were stained by the Iron Blood Sect Leader’s blood. The blood from Zhu Jia Yun, which had first stained his collar, had now mixed with the Iron Blood Sect Leader’s blood and faded. As Baek Moo-jin examined his own appearance, he felt he understood what it meant to be stained by the martial world.
Baek Moo-jin briefly searched for the figure who had been showering him with needles like a downpour. But the battlefield, now cleared of mist, was once again churning with dust clouds as the North Heaven Alliance and Iron Blood clashed.
The one who had thrown the hidden weapons seemed to be a typical assassin.
He seemed to be hiding somewhere in the now chaotic battlefield, watching Baek Moo-jin. Baek Moo-jin scanned his surroundings with a cold gaze.
‘He probably isn’t dead.’
There was something more urgent than finding the assassin.
‘The North Heaven Sect Leader…’
Keeping the assassin in mind, Baek Moo-jin moved quietly across the battlefield. As he did, the gathering members of the North Heaven Alliance brushed past him, offering smiles.
Their gazes were a mix of gratitude and awe.
Even when Baek Moo-jin moved silently to some unknown place, the North Heaven Alliance members now seemed to trust him implicitly.
