“Rest in peace.”
‘…Where did such a master come from…’
Tension crept into the evil sect members’ eyes.
Even if they were devils who killed people as casually as eating rice and coveted blood, compared to the man before them, they were mere novices.
“Why so quiet all of a sudden after all that noise earlier?”
William’s voice was deeper than usual as he surveyed the evil sect members.
Ten disposable lackeys not worth his attention.
Three somewhat annoying ones.
‘I’ll finish them as quickly as possible.’
Since he had to kill them anyway, it would be more efficient to do it quickly.
The one who had just killed a peak master with a single blow calmly eyed his next target.
“Hmph. I don’t know who you are, but I won’t fall so easily…!”
“Too noisy. I’ll let you make your last words.”
As he decisively declared that the man would die soon, he raised his right thumb and extended it forward.
“The mighty cultivator that you are, you can’t guarantee victory if all of us attack you.”
Black Devil, the elder of the Black-White Twin Devils, glared at him while infusing his claw gauntlet with inner energy.
‘To escape here, I have to kill this guy.’
It was impossible to break out of the tightly sealed space that even ordinary masters couldn’t leave easily in a short time.
‘That monstrous guy wouldn’t just let us escape.’
“Brother… In the worst case…”
“Brother, don’t worry. Even a top-notch supreme master can’t easily win against all of our attacks.”
“Is the chatter done? Then…”
The black lion’s thumb made a half-circle inward and pointed down.
Though the evil sect members didn’t understand the meaning of this gesture, they dimly sensed that it was their death sentence.
“Die.”
As soon as the word was spoken, William charged at the Black-White Twin Devils like a mad ox, seemingly intent on ending it in one strike. The Twin Devils narrowly dodged and slashed at his vital points with their claws.
‘How dare you underestimate us!’
Not even supreme masters could be free from attacks that used energy. The Black-White Twin Devils prepared their next move, assuming the lion-masked monstrous person would block or dodge.
‘I’ll aim for his heart with my spear the moment he blocks the attack!’
With only two arms, no human could defend against attacks coming from three directions. The Blood Spear Master wielded his trusted spear of almost half a lifetime without hesitation.
‘What!?’
The Haomen Sect Master stared in shock at William, whose hands were already sweating profusely.
Still, even in such a critical situation, William made no move to defend.
Because there was no need to defend in the first place.
“What is this…!?”
Broken claws.
The spear recoiled violently from the strong counterforce.
William’s hand grabbed White Devil’s arm without hesitation.
Before White Devil could resist, William’s body was already pressed against him.
With his final struggle, White Devil unleashed the Gold Hand Technique, swinging his hand at William’s face, but it was blocked before it could reach its target.
‘This is beyond our ability to fight!’
Panic naturally spread across his face, as William’s merciless killing intent was zeroing in on his heart without a moment’s hesitation.
“I’ll send your younger brother first.”
“Brother…!”
William’s body was tightly pressed against White Devil. Though it would be fine if it were an embrace between lovers, this pressing together was no different from a death sentence.
“Release my brother!”
The half-broken claw of Black Devil shot toward William’s face, a malevolent gesture filled with devilish energy. However, to William, it was no different from the flutter of a butterfly’s wings.
Regardless of whether Black Devil attacked or not, William hoisted White Devil’s body upside down.
“Damn it… What kind of monster is this!”
What were peak masters, after all?
They might not be the supreme ones, but they were counted among the strongest in the Jianghu.
‘Supreme masters might have trouble dealing with several peak masters attacking together. How did Haomen Sect Master bring in such a guy?’
It was unfathomable. Would a supreme master come merely to help Haomen Sect Master?
In this Central Plains land, supreme masters were this kind of existence:
Unparalleled martial artists. Their value was beyond imagination, requiring at least a hundred gold ingots to move them, and even then, most of them belonged to specific sects and couldn’t be moved by money.
Therefore, they never dared to imagine that Haomen Sect Master could possibly bring in not only a supreme master but perhaps someone even greater.
“To call me a monster in front of the Devil Sect members gives me quite an odd feeling.”
A smile appeared at the corner of William’s mouth. A smile filled with killing intent.
Although hidden behind the mask, the evil sect members still felt their spines chill.
“Damn you! Stop hesitating and help quickly!”
Merely top-notch cultivators at best, these evil sect members. Though they weren’t entirely weak, without the ability to emit Qi like peak masters, they could only hesitate in the face of William’s imposing presence.
“First.”
Terror and despair spread across White Devil’s face, his head pressed against William’s chest.
“J, I don’t want to die…”
“Be good in the underworld.”
Before his words even finished, William’s body and White Devil’s rapidly tipped backward. The speed was so fast that it left afterimages.
White Devil’s body collided with the ground with a death scream, disappearing into the rising dust.
Still, even if his figure was obscured, the sound of a body breaking couldn’t be hidden. Black Devil let out a howl like a wounded beast, realizing his younger brother was dead.
“Younger brother!”
“Been a while since I’ve used this. Seems a bit rough.”
Only one figure rose after two fell.
Feeling somewhat dissatisfied with the wrestling technique he hadn’t used for a long time, William drew the sword hanging at his waist.
Not a longsword, but a shorter one with a pointed tip.
“Younger brother!”
“You should worry about yourself rather than your brother who’s gone to meet the Grim Reaper.”
“You monster… I’ll kill you!”
“Your victims’ siblings probably thought the same.”
The veins in Black Devil’s eyes burst, turning bloody red. A dark aura began to envelope his body.
The Reverse Blood Technique.
The final means of the evil sect members.
William observed Black Devil’s Reverse Blood Technique with interest.
‘If I was still a beginner, it would have been troublesome.’
While it wouldn’t be impossible to win, he would have struggled significantly.
After all, Reverse Blood Technique was a unique skill that drew out even the innate energy of the user, unleashing powerful force.
However, this was irrelevant to him now.
Because he was a master.
“AAAAHHHH!”
“Wait!”
Despite Xiaochang’s hurried attempt to dissuade him, Black Devil charged toward William, leaving a trail of dark afterimages. Xiaochang had no choice but to lunge toward William and thrust his spear.
Because without any action, they wouldn’t have the slightest chance of victory.
William looked at them, slightly bent his knees, and raised the sword in his hand to chest level.
Then, he swung the sword at Black Devil.
Or rather, he swung the fist holding the sword’s hilt at Black Devil.
An overly simple and brutal response for a swordsman. Taking it as an opportunity, the two evil sect members unleashed their ultimate techniques with full force.
“Die!”
“Perish!”
The exclamation of desperation was cut off abruptly as a slash aimed for William’s neck. Moving as fast as a flying arrow, William’s eyes calmly watched the spear point aiming for his neck.
Then, without even flinching, he brutally launched a straight punch from Roman gladiatorial basics directly into Black Devil’s face. At the same time, Xiaochang’s spear grazed against William’s neck before slipping off sideways.
“Who are you? Could this perhaps be the Golden Diamond Invincible Body?”
What kind of insane martial artist in the world would accept an incoming attack without defending himself? Blood Spear Master couldn’t help but associate it with the Golden Diamond Invincible Body.
The legendary external martial arts technique that supposedly hardened the body like diamond.
Otherwise, how could he withstand a spear attack infused with full inner energy without even a scratch?
“Golden Diamond Invincible Body? Nonsense.”
William looked at Black Devil who had been sent flying from his punch. His face was swollen, showing that he hadn’t fully dodged the attack.
Even if he thought he had pulled off a move to take them both down, it was pitifully ineffective against William.
Against his faintly glowing Aura Armor, mere spear energy and claw energy would never create a convincing wound.
“Damn it!”
Blood Spear Master’s face darkened with despair.
‘Even against the topmost experts, I’ve never felt such a disparity! What on earth is this person?’
A body that remained unscathed against a spear filled with full inner energy.
Even if it were a protective internal energy shield, this was absurd, right?
Or rather, such a shield couldn’t possibly be so sturdy.
Even if the technique was crude, a peak master whose strength had reached perfection could not easily disregard a spear attack imbued with full force by another peak master.
“I’ll deal with you later. First, I’ll finish with this guy.”
‘Damn!’
Blood Spear Master urgently thrust his spear again. Even though he had confirmed it would not work multiple times, what was the meaning of that?
If Heigui died too, he would have to face this monster alone.
The thrust aimed at William’s face was filled with his earnestness.
A spear thrust without any waver.
However, William’s response was simple.
“Hmph…”
“If you want to die that much…”
His cherished spear, wrapped in spear energy, was easily grabbed in William’s hand.
With his left hand gripping the spearhead and the sword in his right hand, William jabbed Blood Spear Master’s shoulder.
A strike impossible to avoid if he didn’t release the spear.
A desperate situation where Blood Spear Master had to release his spear.
In the end, Blood Spear Master failed to let go of the spear in time.
“AAAAHH!”
The burst of blood. The cry of despair. William, as if deciding not to even give the time for such screams, slashed his neck with the Gladius.
Shortly afterward, with a sound of flesh splitting, Blood Spear Master’s body collapsed to the ground.
And with that, the succession of Blood Spear came to an eternal end.
“Rest in peace.”
“Damn it…”
Evil sect members retreated in fear, showing unbelievable cowardice for those who had confidently come to raid Haomen Sect.
But what could they do?
Even evil sect members cherished life.
William pulled out the sword embedded in Blood Spear Master’s neck and approached Heigui, sending him off to the underworld as well.
Four peak masters lay cold and lifeless.
William’s gaze turned toward the foot soldiers.
“It’s just you guys left.”
“Th, this is ridiculous…”
‘How did I end up here!’
After preparing for rebellion for such a long time, everything was blocked by a single person!
Yun Chul collapsed to the floor and trembled.
Because for him, who had lost everything, there was only one possible conclusion.
“You must have believed everything would go according to your plan. However… Heaven is on my side.”
Haomen Sect Leader’s voice penetrated Yun Chul’s ears.
“You will spill all. How you colluded with the Demonic Sect members. And how many have collaborated with the Demonic Sect.”
“M, my…”
‘I must… commit suicide…’
It would be better to end his life sooner with the poison in his pocket.
However, his body did not obey his thoughts.
“Hey! Suppress him so he doesn’t resist and prevent any foul play!”
“Understood!”
The guards of Haomen Sect Leader quickly approached and pressed on Yun Chul’s blood well points.
With his blood well points struck, Yun Chul quickly lost consciousness and collapsed.
Meanwhile, William, who had sent all the evil sect members to the underworld, approached the Haomen Sect Leader.
“It seems I’ve finished everything I had to do.”
“Truly, thank you. In the name of Haomen Sect Leader, I will provide you the appropriate reward.”
‘Everything went perfectly.’
William smiled gleefully at the thought of devouring the Haomen Sect Leader.
