Poison Dragon: The Legend of an Asura — Chapter 493

Chapter 493

Jin Ja-gang leaped unhesitatingly between the Arhat monks.

The Arhat monks wrapped themselves in Iron Robe and surrounded Jin Ja-gang. Jin Ja-gang scattered a handful of poison powder made by mixing poison with grain flour. The Arhat monks waved their sleeves and stepped back.

Jin Ja-gang immediately turned his wrist like lightning.

A needle shot out from between his fingers. One Arhat monk retreating from Jin Ja-gang’s front made eye contact with him. The Arhat monk saw the poison needle in Jin Ja-gang’s hand. He also saw Jin Ja-gang flick his finger and shoot the poison needle.

Flash, the poison needle flew in like lightning.

Flash Severance!

The Arhat monk brought both arms forward and deployed protective energy with maximum internal energy. Impervious to blades. A mere hidden weapon couldn’t pierce Iron Robe!

The needle stuck in the sleeve wrapped around the Arhat monk’s forearm. It seemed like the needle tip would catch and bend, but unexpectedly it didn’t bend and penetrated very slightly through the sleeve.

Instantly blue veins bulged on the Arhat monk’s forehead. Blood vessels appeared in his eyes. Goosebumps rose all over his body.

The Arhat monk gritted his teeth and unknowingly let out a groan through his teeth.

“Uuuuu…!”

It was a groan as if forcibly enduring terrible pain.

Thunk.

As soon as the groan came out, the poison needle penetrated through the sleeve and embedded half into the Arhat monk’s forearm. The Arhat monk raised his paralyzed, trembling forearm.

Piercing Strand Flash Severance.

The secret technique of protective energy destruction that Tang Qing created after decades of obsession to pierce Shaolin Temple’s protective energy.

It was finally being used in Jin Ja-gang’s hands.

The Arhat monk pulled out the poison needle with an unbelieving expression. The stuck spot instantly swelled and pus began forming from the small pierced hole.

“U, uuuu…”

Blood vessels rose along the Arhat monk’s neck to his head. His bloodshot eyes turned yellow and a stream of blood flowed from his nose.

The Arhat monk grabbed his head complaining of pain, then suddenly clutched both eyes and screamed at the top of his lungs.

“U, uaaaahhh!”

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Arhat monks who wouldn’t even groan easily were screaming?

Beom-bon immediately looked outside through the window.

The Arhat monks were being attacked by someone. He was throwing hidden weapons, shooting poison palm strikes, and wreaking havoc among the Arhat monks. Even though the Arhat monks tried to respond as calmly as possible, it didn’t work well and they were continuously pushed back. There was a difference in martial prowess too, but it looked even harder to respond because of the poison the opponent used.

“Ahhhhh!”

One of them, a poisoned Arhat monk, clutched his eyes and struggled. Beom-bon watched the Arhat monk. Bloody pus streamed from the eyes the Arhat monk clutched. Arms and legs could be cut off if poisoned, but eyes couldn’t be helped. Once the brain was damaged and it flowed out through the eyes, it was too late.

Soon brain matter mixed with blood flowed out from his nose too, and the Arhat monk trembled his limbs and collapsed dead.

Beom-bon frowned, creating a very small crack between his brows.

“Merciful Eyes?”

Tang Family’s three absolute deadly poisons, Merciful Eyes!

Using that very Merciful Eyes against Arhat monks!

If it were ordinary poison, Arhat monks could endure with internal energy, but if it was Tang Family’s three absolute deadly poisons, the story was different. The Arhat monks’ internal energy couldn’t endure Tang Family’s three absolute deadly poisons.

The opponent was steadily killing the Arhat monks who floundered in pain while unable to see ahead.

Beom-bon’s eyes squinted.

Extreme killing intent was felt from the opponent’s actions. Seeing him use even Merciful Eyes, simply causing a disturbance wasn’t the goal. He was steadily killing them one by one to reduce their numbers.

In a short time, four Arhat monks belonging to the elite died.

Four Arhat monks who were the foundation of Shaolin Temple’s martial power!

Vajra monks stepped forward. The Vajra monks raised Vajra Orchid Iron Pillar, inflated their kasayas taut, and blocked the opponent’s front.

Only then did the speed of slaughter slow down. Even so, the poison energy was so strong that there were still Arhat monks affected by it.

“Uuuu…”

The Arhat monks clutched their heads and groaned. Just being exposed to poison energy made blood vessels appear in their eyes and bloody tears flow. Unable to stand where poison energy spread, the Arhat monks’ formation became a complete mess.

Beom-bon’s eyebrows twitched.

“Benefactor Poison Dragon. This humble monk judged you wrong. Are you doing such cowardly things?”

Vajra monks blocked the Arhat monks and confronted Jin Ja-gang. Jin Ja-gang, whose attack was blocked, retreated and looked up. Beom-bon and Jin Ja-gang’s eyes met. Jin Ja-gang had an almost expressionless face.

Beom-bon disliked that even more. If he had made a mocking expression at Beom-bon’s actions, he would have thought it presumptuous. But Jin Ja-gang’s expression was extremely serious.

Seriously, doing his utmost to kill people?

A strange feeling wrapped around Beom-bon.

Jin Ja-gang’s appearance was completely different from the murderers Beom-bon had seen so far. He wasn’t a murderer who treated life lightly and killed people like a game.

Rather, he valued life more heavily than anyone.

However, that meant for those who became targets, it was close to a natural disaster.

Because one who values others’ lives heavily, when he decides to kill those heavy lives, will do his utmost to certainly kill them.

Once becoming a target, death is certain.

The Arhat monks must have felt the same and cowered.

Beom-bon was about to jump down through the window but hesitated.

Poison needles were also stuck upside down in the window frame. If he hastily stepped on the frame or touched it with his hand without circulating internal energy, they would have stuck.

No matter how he thought about it, it was strange. When Yellow Crane Tower was full of guests, there wouldn’t have been time to set poison traps, and just before, he was having a conversation from the third floor.

Even if he planted needles on the stairs and hung bags of poison powder on beams taking advantage of the chaos when people fled, there wasn’t time to plant needles on every window frame on the second floor. Even for Beom-bon, that would be impossible. Would he waste time like that knowing which window frame Great Buddha would come out of?

Great Buddha enhanced his eyesight and examined the window frames on both sides.

No traps.

“Ahh.”

It meant poison needles were stuck only on this window frame.

And to induce Beom-bon himself to come this way, he deliberately fought the Arhat monks below the window with poison needles stuck.

Beom-bon’s mood worsened.

To shake off the unpleasant feeling, Beom-bon exhaled roughly and pressed down the window frame with poison needles stuck with his thick palm like a pot lid.

Crash!

The window frame was pressed and crushed along with the wall. A gaping hole opened in the wall. Beom-bon pushed through the hole with his huge frame and jumped down.

Thud!

Beom-bon’s weight raised a cloud of dust on the ground.

When Beom-bon was about to come out, Jin Ja-gang had already gone back into the open first floor and hid inside Yellow Crane Tower.

Beom-bon didn’t chase immediately and waited for a moment.

“Three… four…”

Beom-bon counted numbers while muttering small.

Jin Ja-gang meanwhile went up from inside to the third floor of Yellow Crane Tower, and was looking down at Beom-bon as if nothing had happened.

“…Twelve.”

Beom-bon calculated the time it took until Jin Ja-gang stuck his head out from the third floor. For just running up straight, it took a bit more time. And though he could climb the tower’s exterior wall all at once to the third floor, he deliberately went up inside.

Jin Ja-gang had set new traps while going up.

Jin Ja-gang spoke to Beom-bon.

“If you have no intention of conversation, why do this?”

A smile filled with killing intent, unbecoming of a monk, drew across Beom-bon’s lips.

“Come, this humble monk will show you how much you prepared.”

Though Beom-bon could leap straight to the third floor, he deliberately went in following the direction Jin Ja-gang went.

Naturally, needles were stuck in the floor and railings. Daggers were stuck in doorframes so they would scratch if passed unknowingly. Beom-bon inflated Iron Robe taut and went up without hesitation.

Snap crack!

Needles and daggers caught on Iron Robe broke, bent, and bounced off. Beom-bon went up destroying all the poisons Jin Ja-gang set with his body.

However, going up to the second floor, qi sense became hazy and with the interfering energy of bloodsucking lice, Jin Ja-gang’s presence wasn’t felt.

And then screams began to be heard.

One more crack appeared in Beom-bon’s brow. A reddish energy formed on his angry forehead.

Jin Ja-gang had jumped out of Yellow Crane Tower again and was slaughtering Arhat monks.

Beom-bon looked down from the window. The Arhat monks unable to maintain formation and wandering in confusion were visible. Even the Arhat monks who would never retreat no matter who they fought…!

Moreover, since Jin Ja-gang was using deadly poison, the Arhat monks couldn’t endure with internal energy and were dying.

“Ahhhhh! Ahhh!”

This time the screams were louder than before. The Arhat monks were scratching their whole bodies in agony. They scratched their arms, legs, and stomachs, and each time they scratched, skin tore and pus formed.

“Burning Ointment!”

The corpses of Arhat monks who died from Merciful Eyes and Burning Ointment melted and scattered poison energy with their own bodies.

“Even Extinction Essence…!”

All three of Tang Family’s three absolute deadly poison, Extinction Essence, Merciful Eyes, and Burning Ointment had come out.

He wondered why such precious poisons like Merciful Eyes or Burning Ointment were used to kill Arhat monks, but now he could understand the reason.

When Jin Ja-gang killed Arhat monks, their blood and flesh became poison, forming a poison field full of poison energy in that place. The domain of the poison field created by Tang Family’s three absolute deadly poisons was expanding.

The more they fought, the more Arhat monks died, the wider the poison field’s range became, and conversely the narrower the space for Shaolin monks to move.

Though there were more people on this side, it became a strange structure where the longer time was dragged, the more advantageous it became for Jin Ja-gang. It was different from the usual pattern.

This was the characteristic and advantage of the method called poison. And Jin Ja-gang’s ability was utilizing that point so cleverly!

“Truly meticulous…”

With blades, Iron Robe could endure, but poison couldn’t. If it touched skin, poison energy gradually penetrated so they couldn’t endure long, and if they even breathed deeply, it was the end. Just stepping on or passing through the poison field would be affected by poison energy.

Not even ordinary poison but Tang Family’s three absolute deadly poisons!

Beom-bon jumped out the window.

Boom! A cloud of dust rolled out, pushing away the poison energy below. As soon as Beom-bon jumped down, Jin Ja-gang went into Yellow Crane Tower.

Beom-bon commanded.

“Surround Yellow Crane Tower!”

If they scattered instead of gathering, they could become vulnerable to Jin Ja-gang’s attacks. However, even gathering was of little use. Because of the poison field.

To reduce damage, it was better to accept some sacrifice and catch Jin Ja-gang as quickly as possible.

Beom-bon’s eyes gleamed.

“When he comes down this time, no matter what happens, you must catch and hold him. Understand?”

The Arhat monks shouted forcefully.

“Yesss!”

Jin Ja-gang’s voice came from the third floor.

“What are you doing?”

Beom-bon didn’t bother following inside anymore. He immediately stomped his foot.

Boom!

Beom-bon’s heavy body instantly rose. Beom-bon stepped on the second floor roof and leaped once more up to the third floor.

But then…

The voice clearly came from the third floor, yet Jin Ja-gang burst out from the first floor!

Jin Ja-gang killed one more Arhat monk to create a poison field, then looked up at Beom-bon as if showing off. Even told not to miss him, blocking Jin Ja-gang wasn’t as easy as words.

Beom-bon hooked his foot on the third floor eave, stood upside down, and glared down with wide eyes.

The time the voice was heard and the time he burst out from the first floor were almost simultaneous. Unless there were two people…

Jin Ja-gang held up something like a thin thread hanging in the air. The thread was connected to the railing of a tearoom on the third floor. Jin Ja-gang held the thread in his mouth and said.

“There were many objects with strange tricks in the Zhuge Family.”

Jin Ja-gang spoke from the first floor, but the voice wasn’t coming from the first floor but from the third floor where Beom-bon was.

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