It was a moment of quiet relief for Jeong Yeon-shin.After Tae Yeom-ryong, Hуeon Won-chang, and Shin So-bin had responded to the Butcher Alliance’s invitation, Jegal Cheong-ah had seemingly disappeared the instant her father appeared.

    That was fortunate.

    She did not want her father to witness such a brutal battle, to see him injured or worse—dead.

    Even if she herself wished for his death, it was still—

    Because he was family.

    It was also fortunate that the other three were not here. S~ea??h the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    She had no way of predicting how this fight would unfold.

    Even as her mind turned blank from the immense pressure surging through her upper dantian, the possibilities of sorcery and martial techniques she might have to face seemed infinite.

    [That sword technique—intriguing.]

    A transparent gaze bore into her.

    It was Jegal Lord, floating midair.

    Their eyes met directly.

    What—

    In an instant, her mind was doused in ice.

    A psychic intrusion.

    The overflowing spiritual presence of a supreme martial master seeped into her, carrying his emotions.

    It was like a waterfall of solid ice crashing down.

    Madness.

    Countless impressions flashed through her mind.

    For a split second, she thought she saw the face of Eon Hwayeon.

    But the image quickly drowned in a storm of indistinguishable emotions and thoughts.

    His mind was like a deep abyss ravaged by a typhoon.

    He''s not sane.

    Yet, the eyes that met hers were perfectly composed.

    Like the still surface of a mirror-clear lake.

    Calm and collected in battle, yet his grand designs were steeped in madness.

    His true purpose was unknowable.

    But now was not the time to dwell on it.

    [Are you attempting to recreate it? The day you slaughtered Hwangbo Lord?]

    Jegal Lord spoke from behind his white crane-feather fan.

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