Heavenly Inquisition Sword Novel - Chapter 272
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Chapter 272: Malignant Star, Heavenly Blood Demon
The Heavenly Blood Demon, Kang Sangpi, was originally a Taoist who practiced on South Edge Mountain. However, his excessive weakness for women led to his expulsion from the sect, eventually turning him into a Wanderer.
During his time on South Edge Mountain, he learned the Fire Dragon Demon Sword technique from an eccentric master, and no one in the Murim could withstand even a single move of his technique.
He unleashed his anger on the world for being abandoned by his sect for trivial reasons. For a time, he was known as the Incarnation of the Heavenly Killing Star.
The Leader of the Yoomyung Cult accepted this feared assassin, known worldwide, as the Heavenly Blood Demon. After that, he dominated the Shaanxi province.
Although the Mount Hua Sect was in the same province, even they avoided confronting the Heavenly Blood Demon due to his fearsome reputation.
When he was one of the Demon Warriors, he already looked down on the Mount Hua Sect. Now that he had become a Great Demon General, it was natural for him to view the members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance as insignificant.
If the Yoomyung Cult were not such a closed organization, he would have been recognized as one of the Ten Heroes of the Five Peaks.
Since his appearance, the experts of the Heaven and Earth Alliance had been extremely tense.
The Sword Emperor, Namgung Byeok, frowned as he did not recognize his opponent. A master of that caliber should be known, but there was no one who matched his memory.
The Heart-Reading Solitary Flower Namgung Yeon spoke calmly.
“I wondered where the Heavenly Blood Demon had gone after being expelled from South Edge Mountain. It turns out you hid in the Yoomyung Cult. If the eccentric master of South Edge Mountain had known that you would cause such carnage with the Fire Dragon Demon Sword, he would never have taught it to you.”
Finally, Namgung Byeok understood that this elder was the infamous Heavenly Blood Demon, formerly known as the Heavenly Killing Star.
Namgung Byeok’s face tightened slightly with concern.
The Heavenly Blood Demon was known for his cruelty, so much so that even the Mount Hua Sect did not dare face him.
Kang Sangpi looked at Namgung Yeon with interest.
He couldn’t believe someone in Henan still recognized him!
How could a young and beautiful lady know about him?
Kang Sangpi eyed Namgung Yeon with a lascivious gaze and asked:
“Who are you? How does a young girl like you know about me?”
But Namgung Yeon ignored him with a disdainful expression, as if dismissing a dog’s bark.
When he received no response, Kang Sangpi licked his lips and gave an order to the Demon Warriors.
“Kill everyone else, but leave that girl alive. Don’t harm her in the slightest and bring her to me.”
“Understood!”
The Cold Blood Demon, Taekyeonglim, responded and advanced with three more Demon Warriors.
Seventy members of the Yoomyung Cult lined up behind them.
Unaware that Namgung Byeok was with the Heaven and Earth Alliance, they advanced confidently.
The Old Dao of Nine Heavens, Shim Tong, stopped attacking Geum Cheongun and approached Namgung Byeok.
Along with the Human Division, Gyeonghonsagun also advanced.
Soon, the Sword Emperor Namgung Byeok and the Cold Blood Demon Taekyeonglim clashed at a speed invisible to the human eye.
Cha-chang.
That was the beginning of a bloody battle.
Then, the Old Dao of Nine Heavens, Shim Tong, and Gyeonghonsagun joined the fight against the Demon Warriors.
The Demon Warrior Jeong Suin, who had no opponent, rushed like the wind towards Namgung Yeon.
The Blue Cloud Swordsman Namgung Cheon unsheathed his sword and stood beside his sister.
At that moment, something unexpected happened.
“With so many on one side, it looks bad. We should balance things out, shouldn’t we?”
With those words, the Heavenly Blood Demon drew his sword and unleashed it.
Soon, his sword swept through the masters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance from left to right.
Crack!
In a single move, twenty masters fell dead.
The sword rose into the sky and then descended again to the left, striking mercilessly.
Crack!
Another twenty masters fell without resistance.
It seemed as if a scythe was cutting through grass. The masters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance were petrified with fear.
Even the Ten Heroes of the Five Peaks could not have massacred the masters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance so easily.
At that moment, the members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance realized that Namgung Yeon was right.
The Heavenly Blood Demon was worse than a malignant star.
Fear spread and caused internal discord.
The thieves of the Human Division, who lived apart from honor and justice, began to retreat.
Some even fled openly.
Eighty survivors of the Human Division abandoned the battlefield, leaving only eighty members of the Vermilion Bird Division.
Twelve of them were sorcerers, so only sixty armed warriors remained.
The intervention of the Heavenly Blood Demon tipped the scales in favor of the Yoomyung Cult.
Seventy members of the Yoomyung Cult attacked the sixty remaining masters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
The warriors of the Human Division, observing the Heavenly Blood Demon, didn’t know what to do.
They were afraid to stay for fear of reprisals and terrified to fight for fear of the controlling sword.
If Namgung Byeok or Yeon Jeokha had faced the Heavenly Blood Demon, they might have been encouraged to join the fight.
But Taekyeonglim was proving to be a formidable opponent for Namgung Byeok, and Yeon Jeokha was not present.
As a result, the thieves of the Human Division, concerned only with their survival, stood on the sidelines.
The Heavenly Blood Demon laughed at the sight of them.
The battle amid the dense smoke looked like a scene from hell.
The fight, which had been balanced, suffered a sudden change.
Jeong Suin had tried to capture Namgung Yeon, but he was no match for Namgung Cheon and Namgung Yeon.
The Namgung siblings pressured him from the start.
At one point, Jeong Suin, known for his speed, stood still.
Namgung Yeon’s sword was embedded in his heart.
The Heavenly Blood Demon exclaimed in surprise.
It was such a swift move that he had no time to intervene.
Then, a demonic dragon flew above the smoke.
The sorcerers of the Demon Exterminator Division, who were on guard, assumed a defensive stance.
But it was not easy.
The smoke was so thick that they couldn’t see the dragon in the sky.
“Oh!”
The Heavenly Blood Demon opened his mouth in astonishment.
He had heard of the Demons, but it was the first time he had seen one.
The sight of the demonic dragon rising amid the smoke was shocking.
Then, a fireball pierced through the smoke.
Boom!
The demonic dragon did not distinguish between allies and enemies.
Fireballs rained down on both the warriors of the Heaven and Earth Alliance and those of the Yoomyung Cult.
“Aaah!”
“Aaaah!”
Dozens of people ran engulfed in flames.
The Heavenly Blood Demon, watching people enveloped in fire and the continuous fireballs, burst into laughter.
He loved that scene of absolute chaos.
“Jajaja! Demon, burn everything! Destroy this damned world!”
A fireball fell near him, as if responding to his call.
Boom!
The appearance of the demonic dragon caused the fight between Namgung Byeok, Shim Tong, and Gyeonghonsagun to fade.
They couldn’t concentrate on the fight knowing that flames could fall at any moment.
But the Heavenly Blood Demon had no intention of stopping.
“Who said you could rest? Go and kill! Don’t leave anyone alive!”
The three Demon Warriors did not dare disobey and returned to the fight.
Two of the Demon Warriors looked at Taekyeonglim.
The situation was chaotic, so they waited for his orders.
Taekyeonglim, knowing that the Heavenly Blood Demon desired slaughter, gave a bitter smile.
He wasn’t called the Heavenly Killing Star for nothing.
He didn’t care about the Cultists, he just wanted to see his enemies dead.
Unfortunately, the Cultists of the Yoomyung were already scattered and out of control.
In the end, the only ones who could carry out the leader’s orders were the Demon Warriors.
“Kill any enemy you find!”
With those words, Taekyeonglim advanced quickly.
The other two Demon Warriors, hesitant at first, also plunged into the dense smoke.
The Heavenly Blood Demon remained alone, watching the smoke, and suddenly pointed his sword forward.
Whoosh!
A strong wind blew from his finger, clearing a straight path through the smoke.
Namgung Byeok, who had been running in a different direction, suddenly stopped when the smoke dissipated.
He realized that someone had dispersed the smoke with a powerful energy.
Although visibility had improved, he could feel an overwhelming malignant energy.
Namgung Byeok slowly turned around.
At the end of the cleared path, the Heavenly Blood Demon stood, imposing and unyielding.
Namgung Byeok instinctively frowned.
It wasn’t the first time he had faced a Great Demon General.
He had fought against two Great Demon Generals when the Namgung Family was destroyed.
Their techniques were formidable, but he had never felt this kind of pressure.
But this Heavenly Blood Demon was different.
There was something indescribable in his expression of disdain and in his eyes filled with murderous determination.
Suddenly, Namgung Byeok realized that he was being overly cautious with his opponent.
“Have I been intimidated, despite being the Sword Emperor?”
To feel such a sensation towards someone who wasn’t even the Leader of the Yoomyung Cult was perplexing.
Regaining his composure, Namgung Byeok began to walk toward the Heavenly Blood Demon.
“Are you a member of the Namgung Family?”
“Yes. I am Namgung Byeok, the current Gaju of the family.”
The Heavenly Blood Demon observed him with contempt.
Although it was said that Namgung Byeok was one of the Ten Heroes of the Five Peaks, he didn’t seem all that impressive.
At that moment, screams echoed through the remaining smoke.
Namgung Byeok remembered that the demonic dragon was still in the sky.
As if that weren’t enough, three Demon Warriors were absent from the scene.
“Are those screams coming from the members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance?”
Though he didn’t want to admit it, it was likely true.
Each scream made him feel powerless, reminding him of the massacre of his family.
The current situation was eerily similar to that fateful day.
“Will the tragedy of that day repeat itself?”
Gritting his teeth, Namgung Byeok raised his sword and advanced like a whirlwind.
He had forgotten any pretense of being one of the Ten Heroes of the Five Peaks.
He only wanted to end this battle as quickly as possible and confront the demon and the remaining Demon Warriors.
The Heavenly Blood Demon raised his sword in a descending arc.
Whoosh!
A pillar of fire erupted from the sword, splitting the sky and earth.
It was the Fire Dragon’s Destruction, a technique from the Fire Dragon Demon Sword.
The fire dragon emerged from the end of the pillar, opening its jaws to devour Namgung Byeok.
This was the technique known as “the sword that takes the shape of intention,” a formidable sword art.
Namgung Byeok deployed his sword technique, the Daeyeon Swordsmanship.
The essence of this technique was “an abundance that overflows.”
Like nature itself, its power was overwhelming in its ability to encompass everything.
Inspired by the Fire Dragon Demon Sword, Namgung Byeok made slight adjustments to his technique.
The energy of Namgung Byeok’s sword surged forth in the form of vines that ensnared the fire dragon.
Crack!
Each time a vine was cut, two more emerged to entangle it.
It was as if the dragon were caught in a field of vines.
Sweat beaded on Namgung Byeok’s forehead.
To maintain such overwhelming energy, he was using an enormous amount of his internal energy.
Although the Heavenly Blood Demon was also expending a lot of energy to sustain the technique, it wasn’t as much as Namgung Byeok’s.
At that moment, the Heavenly Blood Demon let go of his sword.
Whoosh!
The sword flew towards Namgung Byeok like an arrow shot from a bow.
It was the Double Dragons Leaving the Nest technique.
In addition to the dragon-shaped energy, he used a sword control technique, sending his weapon toward Namgung Byeok.
It was as if two dragons were charging toward the same target.
Namgung Byeok, busy dealing with the fire dragon, was caught off guard and had to retract his sword.
Cha-chang!
As the Heavenly Blood Demon’s sword rebounded, the fire dragon lunged to devour Namgung Byeok.
Namgung Byeok quickly extended his left hand.
He used the Namgung Family’s signature palm technique, the Palm of the Heavenly Bow.
Boom!
The shadow of his palm struck the mouth of the fire dragon.
The dragon recoiled for a moment, but then surged towards Namgung Byeok with even greater speed.
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