Chapter 455: Thank Goodness (2)

Drip… Drip.

Blood dripped down from one arm.

The sword wave that skimmed the lady’s shoulder was much fiercer than she expected, and her left arm was deeply cut thanks to that.

It was enough pain for her to groan, but she silently and calmly tried moving her injured arm a few times.

“…”

The pain was extreme, but it was bearable.

At least that was the conclusion the lady ended with.

She held her sword tightly once more.

Thankfully, her left arm was injured. It wasn’t a big problem as she was right-handed.

Rumble.

Dark clouds in the sky started to roar loudly.

Even just by looking at it, it was obvious that the clouds were filled with intense lightning.

Right as the lady was about to swing her sword again,

“…You are going to continue?”

Another lady who stood in front of her, started talking.

It was the Sword Emperor’s disciple who was known as the Celestial Sword, the lady who was so called the hope of the Orthodox Faction.

After hearing her words, the one responsible for all the lightning, the Demonic Sword Queen observed the Celestial Sword with an expressionless face.

“I’m having a hard time understanding.”

Rumble-!

As if it were pushing the Demonic Sword’s lightning away, the aura that originated from the Celestial Sword’s feet started to take over the surroundings.

“What suddenly made you make this decision?”

“…”

The Demonic Sword gave no response to the Celestial Sword.

Instead, she calmly swung her sword.

Swish-!

Crash-!

Lightning poured out from the tip of her sword. Thousands of lightning stakes charged right towards the Celestial Sword.

They were all thin, but it was obvious that each one of them held great power.

“…Sigh.”

The Celestial Sword frowned as if she was tired of this and held her sword tightly with both her hands.

Ring-!

Along with a small vibration, golden light gathered behind the Celestial Sword and turned into shapes of swords.

The floating swords behind her then pointed towards the lightning stakes that were aiming for her.

Swoosh-!

The swords swung towards the intense lightning.

It seemed like the thousands of lightning stakes were obviously going to win against a few swords, but the Celestial Sword’s blade suddenly started to shine in the middle of the attack.

Crack-!

At an unbelievable speed, it started to erase the lightning projectiles one by one.

It was so fast that it was impossible to even keep up with the blades.

Then.

Swish-!

Right as the two ladies’ auras were about to make direct contact in the air, the Celestial Sword had already pointed her blade against the Demonic Sword.

After coming right up close, the Celestial Sword started swinging her dual blades, and the Demonic Sword swung back in response.

Clang-! Clang-!

Their movements were flawless, and they had consistent precision.

Explosive sound echoed every time their blades clashed, and the impact of their swords blew away the surroundings with great force.

It almost seemed like a flower petal being blown away by the wind.

However, unlike the beauty that a flower possessed, their energy couldn’t be any more violent.

After a seemingly endless clash of swords,

Pwish-!

“…!”

Blood spattered out from the Demonic Sword’s left arm.

She frowned at the same time.

It seemed like the cut in her left arm was widened.

The Demonic Sword held her sword tightly and prepared for a big attack.

Craaack-!

A horrifying amount of Lightning Qi gathered at her sword. She then swung her sword, which drew a crescent moon in the air, devastating the surroundings.

Her movement was greatly slowed because of her attack, but she was successful in pushing back the Celestial Sword.

Tap-!

After leaping backwards away from the Demonic Sword’s attack, the Celestial Sword retrieved her blades that were in the air towards her.

“…”

The lightning from the attack didn’t matter.

They had already disappeared after all.

Shortly after calming herself, the Celestial Sword looked forward.

Hah- Hah-

The Demonic Sword was breathing heavily, with blood dripping from her arm.

It was clear that she was exhausted.

“…”

The Celestial Sword couldn’t help but bite her lips after seeing the sight.

The Demonic Sword wasn’t someone who would become exhausted only after this much fighting.

She didn’t possess an endless amount of Qi like the Demon Emperor, but she had precise control of her Qi.

It didn’t make sense for her to become so exhausted like this only after one battle.

However, there was a reason why the Demonic Sword ended up that way.

She fought enough to the point that she would end up that way.

It was very simple.

Breeze skimmed by the Celestial Sword’s nose.

The scent of blood rode along with it, and it wasn’t only from the Demonic Sword.

Behind the Demonic Sword, who breathed exhaustedly, piles of Murim Alliance corpses were lying everywhere.

The Celestial Sword frowned at the sight.

“…Did the Demon Emperor give you permission to do this?”

The Demonic Sword’s eyebrow shook after she heard the Celestial Sword.

“I really believed that the deal was done. Could I assume that this was the Demon Emperor’s… No, the Demonic Cult’s decision?”

It had been approximately four hours ever since the Demonic Sword ambushed the Alliance by herself.

This happened right as the Alliance was about to return to Henan.

The Heavenly Venerable even set up a barrier.

Despite this, the Demonic Sword broke through the barrier like nothing and ambushed them.

The Heavenly Venerable had unfortunately left already, and the Celestial Sword was ‘asleep’ as well.

Even if the main forces of the Alliance weren’t present, the rest of the Alliance force wasn’t anything to be beckoned with.

But she…

Not only did the Demonic Sword last more than four hours against them, but she even managed to kill over half of them.

As the Celestial Sword continued to stand still, impressed with the Demonic Sword who broke her expectations, the Demonic Sword finally broke the silence and spoke.

“…Where is he…?”

“Pardon…?”

“Him… where is he…?”

She wasn’t being clear at all, but the Celestial Sword felt like she knew who the Demonic Sword was referring to.

After realizing it, the Celestial Sword gritted her teeth.

“Pal Jeolyub… was it? Did you perhaps come here looking for him?”

“…”

When the Celestial Sword realized that the almighty Demonic Sword Queen of the Black Flame Army came for a single martial artist, she responded with a somewhat exhausted tone.

“…You are so-called the almighty Demonic Queen. Since when did you start caring for others- “

“Wrong.”

The Celestial Sword tried to speak as she struggled to understand, but the Demonic Sword cut her off.

“That’s not his name.”

“…!”

The Celestial Sword’s eyes widened after hearing the firm answer. That wasn’t the only shocking thing.

“…You… know that as well…”

The Celestial Sword’s eyes started to shake after she heard the Demonic Sword.

“Why… are you pretending like you don’t?”

The Demonic Sword couldn’t understand why the Celestial Sword was putting up such an act.

The Celestial Sword was shaken for an instant, but she immediately went back to her normal expression and held her sword tightly.

“I’m not sure what you are talking about… whatever your reasoning is, you made the wrong decision.”

The Demonic Sword ambushed the enemy territory by herself.

She wasn’t the Heavenly Demon.

Because of that, even she had a limit, no matter how powerful she was.

Even just earlier, when the Demonic Sword swung her sword heavily in order to push back her opponent, the Celestial Sword was capable of giving her another injury.

It was a huge opening for her after all.

However, she didn’t do that.

Why?

“…”

The Celestial Sword didn’t know the reason herself. She hesitated without realizing it.

Thanks to that, the Demonic Sword continued to stand, but such miracles won’t happen again.

Swish…

Blades spun around the Celestial Sword as she charged her Qi.

“…Are you not going to use the Thunder Fang?”

She asked the Demonic Sword Queen.

The Demonic Sword wasn’t using her Thunder Fang.

She had gotten it back after the deal they made, but she was using a normal sword.

What was the reason for her to do that, especially when her life was currently in danger?

Because the Celestial Sword knew just how horrifying the Demonic Sword was with her Thunder Fang, she couldn’t understand why her opponent was doing this.

Despite hearing the Celestial Sword’s question, the Demonic Sword silently held her sword high without a response.

Why?

It only confused the Celestial Sword more.

The Demonic Sword had no chance of winning.

It made the Celestial Sword wonder if reinforcements were coming at first, but it didn’t feel like that was the case.

Moreover, if the Heavenly Venerable returned, then the little hope that the Demonic Sword had would be completely abolished.

So then why?

Just why?

Why was that swordswoman not backing down one bit?

She didn’t know.

The Celestial Sword truly couldn’t understand a single thing.

…Calm down.

She calmed herself after realizing that these thoughts were making her feel conflicted.

Her Qi traversed around her blood vessels and it felt like she was feeling better, but her heart still felt heavy for some strange reason.

It’s good in the end.

She put the feeling aside and convinced herself.

It would help their future if she dealt with the Demonic Sword right here.

With that thought, the Celestial Sword held her sword tightly.

However, for some reason, she started thinking about what a certain person would do and feel if the Demonic Sword were killed here.

The sudden thought made her hesitate for a moment, but she wrapped herself in powerful Qi and charged forward.

Craaack-!

Lightning poured out from the Demonic Sword’s body in response.

However, these lightning stakes seemed much weaker than the ones she showed earlier.

Unlike the Demonic Sword’s weakened lightning, the ten blades floating around the Celestial Sword still had the same powerful presence as before.

It was obvious what would happen if these two auras clashed.

Radiant golden blades charged towards their opponent at a rapid speed.

Even the sight of it was enough to make an ordinary person curl in fear as the blades charged forward with no intention of letting their opponent escape.

Despite seeing the fierce blades, the Demonic Sword prepared to swing her sword.

She could die here.

The thought suddenly passed by her mind, but she didn’t back down.

He would surely yell at her angrily if she saw her recklessness right here.

Still, the Demonic Sword had no choice.

Even if her life was on the line, he was more important to her.

It wasn’t important where he was and where he came from.

Lightning gathered towards the tip of her sword.

She saw the Celestial Sword’s blades coming gradually closer.

Judging by its size and force, she knew that she wasn’t able to defend herself against this attack.

…

It might’ve been a different story if she used her Thunder Fang, but she decided she wouldn’t be using it.

There was only one reason for it.

She wasn’t given permission.

[…!…!]

The voice of an angry old man continued to echo in her ears, but the Demonic Sword didn’t care.

Craaaack-!

The Celestial Sword’s aura started to dig into the Demonic Sword’s.

In response, the Demonic Sword started swinging her lightning-enhanced sword.

Right as their Sword Qi were about to clash, the Demonic Sword thought to herself.

What kind of expression would he make if she died right here?

Would he insult her, saying that she died a pointless death?

Or would he just remain silent, like the usual, with an expressionless face?

Even in her dire situation, she hoped for one thing.

Even if it’s a little, I hope you feel sad about my death.

That’s what the Demonic Sword hoped.

Crash-!

Both Qi from the Demonic and Celestial Sword clashed with each other, vibrating the surroundings.

“…!”

The Demonic Sword felt it as soon as it happened.

She wasn’t able to win against this attack in her exhausted state.

She would fall shortly after.

Even in this situation, the Demonic Sword gazed at the lady behind the attack.

She was able to see hesitation on the Celestial Sword’s face.

This fight wouldn’t have happened in the first place if she hadn’t hesitated.

“…”

The Demonic Sword’s eyes started to close slowly as she continued to stare at the Celestial Sword.

Was it resentment or sympathy she was feeling towards her?

The Demonic Sword wasn’t certain.

Skid-!

Her feet were pushed backwards.

Craaack-!

She saw her sword flux scatter away.

Her injury gradually widened.

The Demonic Sword felt that her story was coming to a close.

Then.

-Now.

The Demonic Sword suddenly started to hear an urgent voice.

It was the voice of a young man who has yet to fully grow up.

She wasn’t too familiar with the voice, but for some reason.

-Pull your sword out!

She couldn’t help for listen to the voice as if she was charmed by it.

Right as her lightning Qi was about to shatter, and she was about to be swept by the Celestial Sword’s attack, the Demonic Sword reached for something.

Rumble!

Roaaar-!

At the same time, a huge thunder wave shot up into the sky, blowing away everything in her surroundings.