Chapter 95 : Chapter 95

Chapter 95. Ghost (4)

The distance between the Human-faced spider and me rapidly decreased.

Soon after, it raised its upper body.

It was a sight reminiscent of a giant from mythology rising up after crawling on the ground.

- He, help meee!!

With a scream, it swung its four upper legs like blades.

Clang!!

Right after I blocked it by swinging the Restoring Name Sword, I heard Nam Geon's shout from behind.

"I, I'm not afraid of spiders!!"

Shouting so, Nam Geon closed in on the Human-faced spider and swung his Mother's Affection Sword.

"I, I'll help bro too! H, Hyang and physician bro, run first!"

I had to shout at him urgently.

"Get back!!"

Clang!!

Sparks flew as Nam Geon's Mother's Affection Sword clashed with the Human-faced spider's leg.

As the thick and sturdy Mother's Affection Sword's blade was getting chipped away.

Another one of its legs flew towards Nam Geon's side.

Swiiiiiish!!

A cutting sound echoed.

Slice!

A metallic sound erupted as the Restoring Name Sword and its leg clashed.

Clang!!

Nam Geon's side was lightly grazed, and blood was flowing.

If I hadn't rushed over and blocked the rest, Nam Geon's side would have been pierced, and his intestines would have spilled out.

Only after blocking this monster's leg for the first time did I realize.

How sharp and sturdy its legs were.

Even though I clashed with it using the Restoring Name Sword, which was clad in sword qi, not even a scratch was made.

No.

My wrist that clashed with it was throbbing.

If Nam Geon, who had achieved Blade and Sword Immunity, was hit by such a leg, he would be in danger.

"Get back now!"

At my shout, Nam Geon flinched with a gloomy expression.

In the meantime, another one of its legs flew towards him.

Clang!!

"Hurry!"

As I barely blocked it and shouted, Nam Geon finally backed away.

Clang!

While blocking or dodging the Human-faced spider's legs, I shouted again.

"I'll buy time, so all of you run away!"

In any case, it was impossible for the party to block or dodge its terrifying legs, or to pierce its hide and inflict a wound.

So, it was better for me to face it alone.

"Q, quickly run! W, we have to run so Senior Brother can get out too!"

As expected, my junior sister was quick-witted.

As if they thought my junior sister's words were reasonable, Nam Geon and the Tang Clan guy also started to flee.

After engaging with the Human-faced spider for a few exchanges to buy time.

Perhaps because my whole body ached every time I blocked its leg.

Several trajectories appeared in my wide-open eyes.

In addition to the trajectory of its legs flying in, there was also the immense energy surging through the Human-faced spider's body.

Its hide was sturdy, but that immense energy was also protecting its legs.

Clang!!

What should I say.

It felt like I was facing the four Choi Manor lords I had killed before at the same time.

Although it was a spiritual beast, it was still an insect, so its movements didn't contain any special insight.

Instead, it was just absurdly fast and powerful.

Moreover, since there were four pairs of those absurdly fast and powerful legs, my hands and feet were getting tangled up.

Clang!

After barely enduring its onslaught for a moment.

A strange sight came into view.

Its lower abdomen.

The place where immense energy was gathered.

Probably where the poison core was located.

An intense energy soared from that place and headed towards its mouth.

Feeling an inexplicable creepiness, I used my full movement arts and threw my body to the right.

Soon after, its mouth opened wide, and a blackish-green smoke spewed out.

- Kiiyaaaa!!!

As soon as the smoke I had barely dodged touched the ground, the sound of something melting echoed, and a foul smell was felt.

Chiiiiik.

Although I had built up some resistance to poison, it seemed my body would melt if I touched that.

No.

It was dangerous even if I didn't touch it.

I felt a stinging sensation in my nose and throat, and soon my stomach felt slightly nauseous.

If I hadn't built up a resistance to poison, it was a level of poison that was dangerous even if I just smelled it slightly.

I drew up internal energy from my dantian to resist the poison qi and at the same time used my movement arts to move to the side.

To avoid being exposed to the poison qi.

Perhaps because the distance between us had widened.

- "A g, ghost!"

The monster's lower four legs, which were touching the ground, contracted and then suddenly jumped into the air.

It flew, breaking trees as if climbing them with its sturdy legs.

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

Towards the party that was running away in the distance.

"Damn it."

Spitting out a curse, I chased after it with all my might.

The distance gradually decreased.

The distance between me and it, and the distance between it and the party.

Fortunately, I was able to catch up before it reached the party.

Phat!

I kicked off the ground and threw my body into the air, swinging the Restoring Name Sword at it.

I wrapped the Restoring Name Sword in the Crimson Lotus Ascends to Heaven that I had prepared while running.

Soon after, in mid-air, the Restoring Name Sword and its leg clashed.

Clang!

Although we were evenly matched, while our bodies were being thrown back by the rebound force.

It flailed its eight legs in the air.

Soon after, its body twisted, and it thrust its dirty butt towards the party.

A bundle of silk shot out from its butt.

Chwaaaaaak!!

"Dodge it!!!"

While floating in the air, I urgently shouted and looked back at the party.

A bundle of silk flying at a tremendous speed.

Perhaps because there was no time to dodge.

Nam Geon turned his body and stepped forward.

"I, I'll protect you!"

Nam Geon blocked the bundle of silk with his whole body, as if protecting the party.

Pabababak!

A noise like dozens of hailstones pouring down erupted.

Fortunately, the silk was less sturdy than its legs, so the disaster of Nam Geon's body being pierced did not occur.

But perhaps because of the silk that was stickily stuck all over his body, Nam Geon flailed his body.

"I, it's hard to move. L, leave me and go!"

"What are you saying. Young Master Nam!"

"Don't say such ridiculous things. Orabeoni!"

Dang Sopyeong and my junior sister were right.

Leaving him behind.

It was an impossible thing.

"Wait a little. I'll remove the spider web after I kill this thing."

In any case, it was now impossible to run away.

With the mindset of having my back against the wall, I landed on the ground and charged at it again.

Clang!

After exchanging a few blows with the damn monster.

A question suddenly popped into my head.

‘How on earth did that Poison Immortal kill this monster?’ was the question.

Come to think of it, it was a strange thing.

The Poison Immortal was not someone who had learned poison arts from a young age.

He was a man who had seriously learned poison arts only after leaving the Sichuan Sword Clan.

And yet, his poison arts were among the best in the martial world.

While his skill in handling poison could grow quickly thanks to his talent, the amount of power he possessed was not something that could be overcome with talent.

If that were possible, there would have been no reason to come to Heavenly Peak Ridge to feed a pill to Junior Sister Baek Hyang.

In that case, there was only one solution.

It meant that he had rapidly increased his power with a special spiritual herb.

Previously, I had just thought that he had manufactured and consumed various poison cores with the alchemy he had learned.

But now, it seemed that he might have hunted that Human-faced spider and absorbed its poison core.

But a contradiction still existed.

The Poison Immortal after consuming the Human-faced spider's poison core would have had more than enough power to hunt the Human-faced spider.

But he had become a master called the Poison Immortal thanks to hunting the Human-faced spider.

Moreover, considering the time when that Poison Immortal bastard had settled here, it made even less sense.

The rumors about the Poison Immortal had spread at least fifteen years before the day I died.

Considering that it was before he had eaten the poison core, at that time, the Poison Immortal's skills would have been at best similar to my current level.

No matter how outstanding his talent was.

Clang!!

Barely parrying one leg.

Slice!

Even as my forearm was grazed by its leg, I continued to think.

Getting lost in thought while in a life-and-death situation was a suicidal act, but this time was different.

How did the less-skilled Poison Immortal hunt this monster?

Our lives depended on it.

"Kuaaaaaak!"

Right after I quickly threw my body to avoid the poison spewed by the monster.

A curse involuntarily came out.

"Damn monster."

My nose and throat sting, and tears slowly flow from my eyes.

At some point, I felt a faint scent of blood in my nose and throat.

I wasn't sure if it was just that my nose and throat were damaged, or if it was coming up from my stomach.

Even if I wasn't directly exposed to the poison smoke, it was spreading through the air and constantly accumulating in my body.

If I had my way, I would have wanted to retreat far away every time that thing spewed poison, but I couldn't.

If I widened the gap too much, it would surely aim for the party.

I could clearly see it glancing at my comrades with those eyes that mimicked humans every time I retreated a little.

Moreover, even through the places where I was grazed by its legs, poison qi was slowly seeping inside.

I had to draw up internal energy from my dantian to resist that poison qi somehow.

- "A g, ghost~!"

In the midst of that, I had to exchange blows with the thing that was screaming unluckily.

Clang!!

Perhaps because of the poison qi that had seeped inside.

Or perhaps because I had to do several things at once.

I felt dizzy.

How did the Poison Immortal hunt that thing?

My head kept going blank, and I couldn't come up with a solution.

At that moment.

From behind, a scream that woke me up was heard.

"O, Orabeoni!!"

"Young Master Nam!! Why didn't you say anything when you were poisoned!!"

Ah.

Come to think of it, Nam Geon had also been grazed in the side by that damn monster's leg.

It wasn't a deep wound, but it seemed the poison qi had seeped in through that wound.

It seemed that Nam Geon had been hiding it for the sake of the party.

"I, I'm fine. No. I, it's already too late, so leave me and go! B, bro, leave me and go too!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Young Master Nam!"

The argument from behind.

The monster's legs flying in from the front.

Clang!

While being thrown back, I glanced back.

I saw the sight of the Tang Clan guy sucking the poisoned blood from Nam Geon's side and spitting it out with a "Ptooey."

"Just hold on a little! I'll save you somehow!"

"Yes! S, Senior Brother will manage somehow!"

Right.

My junior sister was right.

I had to manage somehow.

If we didn't plan on all going to the afterlife together here.

At that moment, a feast of trajectories filling all directions filled my vision.

The dirty butt of the thing that had flown into the air was facing me.

Soon after, the skein of thread it had shat out flew in like a net.

After barely dodging it by using my full movement arts, I charged at the thing that was falling to the ground again.

A hollow metallic sound erupted from the Restoring Name Sword that clashed with its leg.

Clang!

No matter how much I swung the Restoring Name Sword, I couldn't see a way to pierce its hide.

No.

As I was fighting while pushing back the poison qi that had accumulated inside, I was busy just blocking or dodging its attacks.

Clang!

Right after blocking its leg again.

Black, turbid blood flowed from the corner of my mouth.

"Keuk……."

It seemed the poison qi had overlapped with the internal injury.

But there was a bigger problem.

While I was forcefully swallowing the rising blood.

Taking advantage of the moment my breathing was distorted, its leg flew in.

Slice.

I threw my body back late, but my right thigh was deeply cut.

It was beyond the level of just the skin being grazed before, to the point where the muscle was slightly exposed.

The bigger problem than the depth of the wound was the poison qi spreading through the deep cut.

If the battle went on for a little longer, it seemed the muscle would melt in the poison.

If it went on a little longer from there, it might even penetrate the bone.

If that happened, I might permanently limp with my right leg or be unable to use it at all.

It was a foolish thought.

To be worried about a long-term battle when I was about to die right now.

Perhaps because I thought I might become a cripple like in my previous life.

Suddenly, anger flared up.

"Poison Immortal bastard, worse than a dog."

He was a truly petty bastard.

We had known each other for over a decade, yet he had kept his mouth shut about the spiritual herb.

He could have at least spun a tale of his heroic deeds.

To tie a person up by force and complain about his lot, yet leave out a story like this.

The moment I thought that if I found the answer and succeeded in hunting this thing, I would have to slap Dang Sopyeong's cheek at least once.

From behind, the shouts of Dang Sopyeong and my junior sister were heard in alternation.

"Young Master Nam! I've taken out all the poison left on the outside! Do your energy circulation to heal your injuries!"

"Senior Brother!! Take this and use it!!"

Wondering what this was about, I glanced back, and I saw the Hundred Yang Ten-Knot Grass in my junior sister's hand.

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