Chapter 11 : Chapter 11

Chapter 11. You’re Dead (1)

Dang Seoyeon’s daily life flowed in silence.

She was all alone in the estate where she stayed.

The maid who brought her meals would leave the estate as soon as her task was done, and she lived as if abandoned alone in this vast estate.

In that state, Dang Seoyeon did nothing.

Other than eating at set times, she spent her silent days with nothing to do.

Like a person wrapping up their own life. But…….

“……!”

Dang Seoyeon, who had been trying to sleep, opened her eyes.

Rising from her bed, she put on her outer robe and veil and went outside.

It was still a silent, empty estate. But…….

“For what reason have you come to see me?”

Dang Seoyeon said calmly.

Her voice flowed on the dark night air.

And after a moment of silence.

“Quite impressive.”

A man wearing a mask appeared from the darkness.

No, it would be more accurate to say men.

The number of figures revealing themselves from all directions, one by one, gradually increased, soon exceeding a hundred.

And one of them stepped forward and spoke.

“Even a rotten one is still a daughter of the Tang Clan. Is that it? I thought we had completely concealed our presence.”

Dang Seoyeon calmly looked at the masked men.

As he said, she was, even if rotten, a daughter of the Tang Clan.

And at one time, she had devoted herself to martial arts more earnestly than anyone.

With the hope that if she mastered poison arts and could completely control her poison energy, she too could live an ordinary life like others.

Although that hope was in vain, the realm of martial arts she had built up until now had not gone anywhere.

There was no way such a person would fail to notice the approach of over a hundred assailants.

“For what purpose have you come to see me?”

Dang Seoyeon calmly asked their business.

Her voice was as peaceful as if a guest had come to visit her home.

“You ask the obvious. Do you think we came to get a cup of tea?”

“……”

“Our purpose is you. The Myriad Poisons Body, Dang Seoyeon.”

The assailant brazenly revealed that she, the Myriad Poisons Body, was their goal. With that one sentence, Dang Seoyeon felt she knew their identity.

There were about two sects that would desire a potent poison like the Myriad Poisons Body.

The Orthodox Faction’s Sichuan Tang Clan, and…….

“You must be from the Poison Hand Gate.”

The Poison Hand Gate, one of the Eight Gates of the Evil Way.

Like the Sichuan Tang Clan, they were the leaders of the Unorthodox Faction who specialized in poison.

“You’re quite sharp.”

“……”

“I’ll give you a choice. Will you come quietly? Or will you be dragged away by force?”

When the masked man raised his hand, the masked assailants from all sides drew their weapons.

Amidst them, Dang Seoyeon sighed and said.

“I must decline both. No matter how I think about it, you don’t seem to be taking me with good intentions……”

“Right. In that case, we’ll take you by force.”

At that, Dang Seoyeon let out a small laugh.

“By what means?”

Then, the opponent raised his hand as a signal. Simultaneously…….

Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch!

Iron chains with poison-repelling beads flew in from all directions.

They instantly wrapped around Dang Seoyeon.

Soon, dozens of chains bound Dang Seoyeon without a single gap, and the masked man spoke triumphantly.

“We already know how to subdue you. We even used twice as many poison-repelling beads as the Tang Clan uses……”

Crack.

But…….

Cracks began to form on the poison-repelling beads wrapped around Dang Seoyeon.

One, two, three…….

The poison-repelling beads shattered, unable to withstand it.

The chains that bound her also could not endure the corrosion of the poison energy and fell to the floor.

And from Dang Seoyeon’s slowly revealed body, a deep green poison energy flowed out.

“You bitch……”

Dang Seoyeon brushed off the remnants of the chains from her shoulder and spoke.

“The reason my clan was able to restrain me was because I cooperated.”

“……”

“I have no such obligation to you.”

“……”

“Let me ask again.”

“……”

“By what means do you plan to take me?”

As soon as those words ended, poison energy erupted from Dang Seoyeon’s body as if exploding.

Except for the times it had recently overflowed when she couldn't contain her anger, this was the first time in her life she had released her poison energy.

The masters of the Poison Hand Gate, who encountered that tremendous energy, stepped back without realizing it.

And the one leading them frowned and muttered.

“She was a monster.”

But because of that, she was an even more coveted prize.

“Go! Risk your lives and capture it!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, sir!”

The masters of the Poison Hand Gate descended upon Dang Seoyeon from all directions.

Their movements, charging with poison-repelling beads in their mouths and poison-coated swords in their hands, were orderly and refined, but…….

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

If their opponent was the essence of poison energy, erupting like an active volcano, they were no different from moths drawn to a flame.

“Kuaaargh!”

“Aaaargh!”

Those who charged couldn't even touch her body before they fell, screaming in agony.

Although they rushed in with poison-repelling beads in their mouths, it was of no help.

The poison energy Dang Seoyeon deliberately unleashed was too overwhelming.

At that sight, a man approached the leader of the masked men and spoke.

“This won't do. What will you do?”

“About what?”

“I’m saying it’ll be a problem if this operation fails! Do you understand?”

He did not seem to be a member of the Poison Hand Gate.

At that, the master of the Poison Hand Gate smirked and said.

“Why? Are you scared now?”

“I won’t die alone.”

“Hmph, I bet.”

And the Poison Hand Gate master glanced at the state of the battle.

It was certainly a magnificent sight.

Within a certain distance around Dang Seoyeon, no being could approach.

That distance was…….

“About three zhang.”

“What do you mean?”

“Shut up and watch.”

And he gave a new order to his subordinates.

“It doesn’t matter if all her limbs are cut off. Just keep her alive and capture her!”

At that, his subordinates nodded and changed their attack method. Instead of approaching Dang Seoyeon directly, they began to circle around her and throw their weapons.

Shwiiik! Shwik!

Sharp swords and hidden weapons flew toward Dang Seoyeon from all directions. Dang Seoyeon avoided and blocked the attacks, sending out palm strikes imbued with poison energy in all directions.

Pow! Po-pow!

Her attacks, imbued with poison energy, were so lethal that a mere touch meant certain death. But…….

“Hmm……”

Her opponents were rarely hit.

The enemy moved their feet and dodged her attacks before her hands even moved, as soon as her gaze fell on them. Dang Seoyeon’s attacks only struck empty air.

Conversely…….

Puk!

“Ugh……”

A dagger lodged itself in her thigh.

She was familiar with pain, but the problem was that her leg was now injured.

If the lower body is not firm, the power of one’s martial arts is halved. Her palm strikes were still powerful, but they became drastically slower, and her openings grew larger.

“Hmph, her skill is like she’s only ever fought scarecrows.”

Seeing Dang Seoyeon like this, the leader of the masked men smiled wryly.

Her level of martial arts itself was quite good.

Even excluding her Myriad Poisons Body trait, it could be said to be surprising for her age.

But that was only in terms of her accomplishment.

It is not easy for someone with ten-tenths of their skill in practice to display all ten-tenths in a real battle.

Especially if it's their first real battle, it's hard to even bring out two or three-tenths.

“She’s focused her martial arts solely on how to handle her poison energy. Isn’t that right?”

“You are correct. There’s no one in the Tang Clan who would spar with that child……”

“Yes. It shows.”

A martial artist with no experience, no matter how high their martial accomplishment, is just a brat with brute strength.

Inexperienced young masters of the Orthodox Faction are nothing but mouth-watering prey for the Unorthodox Faction.

The number of weapons stuck in Dang Seoyeon’s body gradually increased, and in the process, Dang Seoyeon thought.

‘This can’t go on.’

It was her first real battle, but she could tell she was at a disadvantage.

If this continued, she would run out of strength and be captured by them. She didn't know what their purpose was, but it was unlikely they would do anything good with a Myriad Poisons Body. In that case…….

‘I’ll take as many as I can with me.’

Was it that blood can’t be denied?

Although she had lived her whole life suppressing herself to not harm others, she was also of the Tang Clan’s bloodline.

With the poison of not dying alone in her heart, she began to condense her internal energy in her lower dantian.

Woooooong.

The moment he saw that, the leader of the masked men urgently shouted.

“Everyone, fall back!”

But it was already too late.

Dang Seoyeon, who had condensed her poison energy to its limit, spread it out. For the first time in her life, she had voluntarily caused her poison energy to run rampant.

Fwoooosh!

A deep green poison energy instantly covered the estate.

“Keo-heok……. Kkeo-eok……”

“Kuaaak!”

Those who failed to escape could not even take two breaths within the poison energy before they vomited blood and died. And…….

“Haa……. Haaaah……”

Dang Seoyeon placed both hands on the ground, catching her breath raggedly.

‘Why?’

She couldn’t understand.

She had made her poison energy run rampant with the thought that it didn't matter if she died. No, with the intention of dying.

But at the last moment, she didn’t detonate all her poison energy and left a little strength.

Thanks to that, a considerable number of the masked enemies survived, but she also survived.

‘Why did I do that?’

She couldn’t understand herself.

The masked leader approached her.

“Amazing. You were a monster beyond imagination.”

“……”

“With you, we might truly be able to fulfill the long-cherished wish of our Poison Hand Gate.”

“Quietly…… ugh!”

Dang Seoyeon tried to get up and fight again, but a thin flying needle that had flown in at some point subdued her acupoints.

“Sleep soundly.”

Just like that, Dang Seoyeon collapsed, and the masked assailants wrapped her in poison-repelling beads and took her somewhere.

***

The Dang Seoyeon kidnapping incident.

This was discovered the next morning by the maid who went to the estate to deliver a meal.

When she arrived at the estate, it was full of corpses that had died vomiting blood, and Dang Seoyeon herself was gone.

The maid, upon learning this, immediately reported it to the Tang Clan, and the Tang Clan Head, Dang Myeong, immediately mobilized the Anbi.

“Find my daughter. It’s fine to turn all of Sichuan upside down, but you must find her!”

“Yes, sir.”

“And Dang Chan!”

“Speak your command.”

“Immediately send word to the Emei Sect and Qingcheng Sect and ask for their cooperation. Show them Seoyeon’s portrait and ask for their cooperation directly in my name.”

“I understand.”

Dang Myeong ordered a full-scale search. But his face was full of worry.

‘Can we find her?’

The opponents were powerful enough to enter Sichuan and kidnap the daughter of the Tang Clan.

Would such people really leave a trail to be caught so easily?

Basically, searching is much more difficult than concealing.

Especially in a situation like this where his daughter's life or death was unknown.

‘We must find her as quickly as possible…….’

The anxious Dang Myeong squeezed his eyes shut.

The worst imaginings kept swirling in his head, making it impossible to sit still. But then…….

“Clan Head. Someone requests a meeting.”

At the servant’s words, Dang Myeong replied irritably.

“I don’t want to see anyone right now. Refuse everyone unless it’s an important matter.”

And the servant withdrew.

But he returned again a short while later.

“Clan Head. The Tang Clan’s guest, Sir Han Cheong-un, requests a meeting. He says he has a way to find the young lady.”

“What?!”

At that moment, Dang Myeong rushed outside.

He didn't have Han Cheong-un brought in; he went out himself. And then…….

“Is it true?”

He didn’t bother asking for reasons one by one.

Right now, the most important thing was whether they could find his daughter or not. That was all.

At that, Han Cheong-un said…….

“Yes. It’s possible.”

“What do you need? I will cooperate with anything.”

It didn’t matter if he demanded a thousand gold pieces.

For now, finding his daughter was the priority. To such a Dang Myeong, Han Cheong-un said…….

“I need Sir Dang Jin.”

“Why that child?”

“It was Sir Dang Jin who created the tracking scent that was placed on Young Lady Dang Seoyeon. Without him, it will be difficult to track her.”

“Huh? Wh-what?”

The Clan Head of the Sichuan Tang Clan made a dumbfounded expression.

No matter what, it seemed he hadn’t expected this.

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