The Poison Demon’s Strategy for the Martial Tower Chapter 10

Chapter 10.

The Poison Demon Finds the Murim Tower Too Easy (2)

'Nallyu Gang (亂流幇).'

True to its na, a faction as miscellaneous and chaotic as 'turbulently flowing currents'.

Naturally not part of the orthodox faction, and if forced to categorize, they were part of the unorthodox path.

However, they were at a level where even the Evil Path Alliance Leader wouldn't invite them to Evil Path Alliance etings.

Among the major sects of the martial world, they were treated dismissively with attitudes like 'they're not particularly impressive', but.

They had quietly taken root in Yunnan Province in their own way.

Most ignored Nallyu Gang, but I was different.

"Pragmatists who thoroughly pursue only profit."

There was no approach more suitable for a chaotic martial world.

Compared to large-scale cults or prestigious orthodox sects, they were inferior in standing, but.

They had the tenacious survival instincts and fighting spirit of those who had rolled around at rock bottom.

For one, they were a gathering of people who possessed martial arts one level above common street thugs.

Therefore.

"They had enough power to adequately face a small sect or so."

Even if individual martial arts weren't particularly outstanding, they preferred thods of overwhelming opponents by moving in groups.

Moreover, if they were losing in a simple brawl.

They wouldn't hesitate to use any ans necessary, such as nightti ambushes or kidnapping and threats.

The martial arts they used were also miscellaneous, all being techniques learned from picking them up in marketplaces.

There was no way anyone had formally trained under a proper master, and each person's self-taught fist techniques, sword techniques, and spear techniques that they had learned while surviving were combined.

Nallyu Gang attempted to leave Yunnan Province and advance into the Central Plains during my father's generation, but.

"Father, who ruled Sacheon Province adjacent to Yunnan Province, firmly blocked and confined them."

However, Father made a mistake.

He didn't annihilate them.

That's when he appeared.

Sa Hon-il (謝魂一).

According to rumors, he had once made a na for himself as the leader of a small bandit group, but after his organization was wiped out in a major clash, he alone fled and survived.

The place where he sought refuge was precisely Nallyu Gang.

Sa Hon-il forgot the grace of those who took him in, built up his power, murdered the existing faction leader, and seated himself in the position of faction leader.

Afterward, he created a blade technique called 'Nanpa Fighting Blade (亂破鬪刀)' based on his own martial arts and taught it to all of Nallyu Gang..

Nanryu (亂流).

A path had been created in the turbulently flowing currents.

Ah, how do I know them so well?

......I have a deep grudge with the bastards of Nallyu Gang.. A very deep grudge at that.

When I was young,

About 2 years before our family fell to the brink of annihilation, I encountered precisely those bastards.

At that ti, the Murim Alliance sent an official letter to our Sacheondang Family.

'Punish Nallyu Gang.'

Father led warriors and went on an expedition.

I was 9 years old at the ti.

Back then, I had learned martial arts and was playing the role of leader among my peers, and recklessly followed Father in secret.

And I.

......Was captured by those bastards.

It was youthful folly, but far too reckless an action.

Sa Hon-il made unreasonable demands with my life as collateral.

"Dang Family Head! If you want to save your son, accept my conditions."

"Your conditions... Speak them."

"Open the path through Sacheon Province to the Central Plains."

"......!"

He demanded Nallyu Gang's advancent into the Central Plains.

This ant directly violating the Murim Alliance's orders.

Father had to make a choice.

Would he choose as a mber of the Alliance and as the Head of Sacheondang Family,

Or would he choose as my father.

Father ultimately chose the latter.

Thanks to that, I saved my life, but.

Nallyu Gang advanced into the Central Plains, and the Murim Alliance Leader held Father accountable.

And so.

The calamity of annihilation began.

***

[National Murim Tower Headquarters Training Hall]

"Keuheuheuheu, what's with scaring us so much over just the 1st floor?"

A new recruit snickered from the back.

These were new recruits from the National Murim Tower Organization wearing yellow na tags.

They were currently receiving intensive training before entering the Murim Tower.

"Right. If we compare it to a ga, the 1st floor is like a tutorial or sothing."

"Ah, I wish we could hurry up and finish this and enter the tower already."

"Our South Korea's RED rank is on the 1st floor, right?"

"That's right."

"Haaa, our country is really amazing. Even though it's the 1st floor, there are only a few RED ranks even in the US and China."

"That was achieved by that traitor country."

"Traitor country my ass! It's Jang Masayoshi now! That treacherous bastard."

"Once I start climbing, they'll all be RED ranks!"

RED rank.

Also called 'S-rank' and also called 'Absolute Rank', a symbol of successful tower conquest.

RED (S-rank), Scarlet (A-rank), Yellow (B-rank), Green (C-rank), Blue (D-rank).

In other words, in the order of 'red-orange-yellow-green-blue'.

Ranks are assigned according to the ti taken to achieve success on each floor.

When each rank is achieved, that floor of the tower changes to the color of the achieved rank.

Since the conquest progress differs by country, each was colored differently.

In South Korea's case.

Up to the successful 36th floor, various colors filled it, and among them, RED rank was only on a total of 4 floors in the lower levels.

Then she appeared and imdiately hurled curses.

"RED rank? You're saying ridiculous things. Baby chicks."

"......!"

'Section Chief Han' with a cast.

Holding a long wooden club in her left hand, she snorted and asked the new recruits.

"Do you know how many qualifiers died on South Korea's tower 1st floor?"

"......?"

The new recruit flinched when Section Chief Han suddenly glared at him and asked a question.

Even within the National Murim Tower Organization, she had a famous reputation.

Precisely that Yeodokjiju (女毒蜘蛛).

Wasn't she Section Chief Han, the Poison Spider.

"Answer ! How many people died on the 1st floor."

"Fifty... People?"

Pisik.

Section Chief Han approached.

The long sword scar on her cheek wriggled.

"Wrong."

"100 people?"

"More."

"200... People?"

"800 people."

Hiik!

Shock appeared on the face of the arrogant new recruit.

"And that's in exactly 2 years."

Gulp.

The sound of the new recruit swallowing was heard by everyone.

"Does the Murim Tower look easy to you? The martial arts those bastards use could slice about four baby chicks like you with one stroke!"

Hwiik.

She swung the wooden club toward the new recruit. The new recruit ducked his head but.

Peoeok!

It was useless.

The new recruit was hit in the side, sat down, and keoeokgeoriyo, complaining of pain.

"Many people died and spilled blood to finally achieve that RED rank! The red light of the tower's 1st floor is a symbol of countless sacrifices! And what? You'll achieve RED rank?"

Kkuuuuk.

Section Chief Han stepped on the back of the sitting new recruit and applied pressure.

The new recruit sprawled on the floor and trembled.

She shouted at the new recruits.

"Nallyu Gang appears across a total of 3 floors! Of course, from the 1st floor, gang leader Sa Hon-il appears, but you learned that you should absolutely never target him, right?"

"Yes!"

"On the 1st floor, you just need to kill 30 Nallyu Gang bastards! There's one way to deal with them! Even if it takes ti, steadily lure them out and defeat them one by one!"

On the 1st and 2nd floors, Sa Hon-il disappears to the upper floor after exactly 10 minutes.

So after entering the tower, wait for 10 minutes without being discovered by the enemy.

30 people on the 1st floor, 60 people on the 2nd floor.

After steadily conquering them, gather maximum strength and face boss Sa Hon-il on the 3rd floor—that's the standard strategy.

Section Chief Han drilled this in once more.

"Engrave it in your bones once more. Only then!"

Kwang!

Section Chief Han stomped the floor forcefully.

"Can you survive."

At her internal energy as a supre master, the entire training hall rumbled.

"Repeat after . Absolutely!"

"Absolutely!"

"Don't challenge!"

"Don't challenge!"

"Sa Hon-il!"

"Sa Hon-il!"

The voices of the tense new recruits were loud.

***

【Tower 1st Floor】

Ttuk- ttuk......

I bit my lip while holding a blood-dripping head.

The owner of the head was Nallyu Gang's gang leader.

......Sa Hon-il.

Ttiring!

【Additional Mission Success】

【Eliminate Nallyu Gang's (亂流幇) gang leader Sa Hon-il (謝魂一).】

-Mission (1st floor) considered successful!

-Happiness Points 30,000!

-Secret Manual Nanpa Fighting Blade (亂破鬪刀) will be provided!

The happiness point ssage that always appeared scrolled up, and soon ssages transmitted from the tower followed.

【Ti taken to achieve mission: 7 minutes 45 seconds】

【Overwhelming achievent (GOLD)!】

【Murim Tower 1st floor changes to golden color.】

【The entire world focuses on South Korea's tower.】

Notification ssages appeared dizzily.

The ssages following the additional mission success appeared only in my head like happiness point ssages.

The ssages about ti taken to achieve the mission or ntioning golden color were heard throughout the entire tower.

"The additional mission seems to be heard only by ."

I had gathered tower information, but had never heard about such ssages appearing.

"1st floor. Of all things, Nallyu Gang......"

I had no capacity to focus on the ssages.

Upon entering the tower and hearing the nas Nallyu Gang and Sa Hon-il.

I beca dazed.

A deep grudge.

My hands trembled.

My heart began to beat rapidly.

Nallyu Gang.

The root cause that beca the beginning of our family's downfall!

Though I had beco strong in my previous life, I couldn't kill Sa Hon-il.

Because the Murim Alliance Leader struck Nallyu Gang first before I could kill him.

It was like a nail stuck in my chest for life.

......I should have been the one to kill him.

I wanted revenge, but had no target for revenge.

The mont I entered the tower and heard the ssage about Nallyu Gang, my eyes rolled back.

I imdiately rushed at Nallyu Gang and Sa Hon-il, carved a straight path, and struck Sa Hon-il’s neck with a hand blade (Sudo) to send it flying.

Following the trail I had carved, a path made of blood and corpses continued.

As if.

Representing my previous life.

Seuik.

I lifted Sa Hon-il’s head held in my hand. Eyes still stained with shock even in death.

"Nice to et you. Sa Hon-il."

To see you again like this.

【One nail stuck in your chest is pulled out cleanly. 1,000 Happiness】

"Hiiiiiik!"

A terrified sound was heard. I turned my head.

This place was sowhere in a forest.

The remaining Nallyu Gang group was looking at in terror.

A thick sll of blood.

"Heuheuheuheu......"

Laughter burst out spontaneously.

I had really missed this sll of blood.

When I looked back at the Nallyu Gang bastards.

"......!"

Those bastards gulped and stepped back.

Co to think of it, I was too excited and didn't even have a spiritual communion with Sa Hon-il.

"Did I kill him too quickly."

Notification ssages appeared, but honestly, I didn't properly read them.

I was completely filled with the joy of eting Nallyu Gang and Sa Hon-il.

Tuk-!

A secret manual that would appear in the martial world fell before my eyes.

How amazing.

When I checked the secret manual that dropped as a reward, only then did my sense of reality return.

According to the information about the tower revealed so far, the tower said the sa sect appears every 3 floors.

"Then on the 2nd floor too, and on the 3rd floor too, Nallyu Gang and Sa Hon-il will appear."

Yes. Huuu......

Let catch my breath now.

Uuuung-

Two doors opened before my eyes.

【You can ascend to the 2nd floor.】

One was a door ascending to the 2nd floor.

The other was.

【You can return to the Poison Demon's dicinal and Poisonous Herb Field】

A door returning to my herb field.

"There's no door going to the National Murim Tower Organization."

The entrances were clearly distinguished.

Deoldeoldeoldeol-!

Behind the doors, I could see Nallyu Gang bastards trembling and only watching my mood.

They seed to hope I would disappear quickly.

In my previous life when I was young and weak, they acted so strong in front of , and look at them now.

"Don't look at with those eyes. I'm going anyway."

Seuik-.

I pointed at the doors one by one with my index finger.

"Shall I go up, or shall I return. Why don't you try guessing."

"......"

"Which one will I choose. Let's guess."

Kkadak, kkadak.

2nd floor, herb field, 2nd floor, herb field......

The gazes of Nallyu Gang bastards following my finger.

"Huuu."

I don't know if those bastards understand my words, but.

Those guys tactfully confird that I was indicating my intention to disappear by alternately pointing at the two doors and showed signs of being sowhat relieved.

My following choice.

"Ding, dong, daeng- dong!"

Kkadak.

What my index finger pointed to was.

Between the doors, the middle.

Toward the Nallyu Gang bastards.

"Hiiiiiiiik!"

Fear began to fill the eyes of those bastards who instinctively sensed death.

Surprisingly.

"I told you I'm going."

Tuk. Deguldegul.

I threw Sa Hon-il’s head and approached those bastards.

"After tearing and killing you bastards one by one."

The target of revenge I had lost was before my eyes.

"Aaaaaak!"

These are the eyes.

Eyes stained with fear and consud by despair!

Those eyes I had seen all my life in my previous life.

And.

The eyes I wanted to see from you bastards!

***

【Entering Murim Tower (South Korea) 2nd Floor.】

【First entry.】

【Mission (2nd floor): Eliminate 60 Nallyu Gang (亂流幇) mbers.】

-Ti limit: 3 days

-Upon success: Happiness Points 10,000 granted

【An additional mission is given for first entry.】

【Additional Mission: Eliminate Nallyu Gang's gang leader Sa Hon-il (謝魂一).】

-Ti limit: 10 minutes

-Upon success:

① Mission (2nd floor) considered successful (GOLD)

② Happiness Points triple (×3)

③ Spiritual dicine Cheongshimdan (淸心丹)

Upon failure: Sa Hon-il of that floor and all rewards from the additional mission permanently disappear.

I entered the 2nd floor.

Seuik.

I raised both hands to look at them.

Still soaked in blood, my entire body was covered in blood.

To think I have to do another terrible slaughter right now. And to think I have to kill that bastard Sa Hon-il once more......

"This is too good!"

My eyes stained with madness flickered.

The 2nd floor was slightly different from the 1st floor.

First, the goal was the sa, but the number of Nallyu Gang mbers doubled from 30 to 60.

And the reward for the additional mission also changed.

The 1st floor was the Secret Manual Nanpa Fighting Blade.

The 2nd floor was.

"Cheongshimdan."

It has the efficacy of calming the mind clearly and recovering minor internal injuries.

It also reduces distracting thoughts during martial arts training.

Though a common spiritual dicine, it would probably be much more helpful than South Korea's IV drips or nutritional supplents.

Ssiik.

I launched my body.

On the 2nd floor, I must not commit the mistake from the 1st floor.

10 minutes to kill Sa Hon-il.

"I'll enjoy it to the maximum!"

I executed Heavenly kick and charged at those bastards like a gust of wind.

When I executed the footwork technique imbued with the principle of ascension, my form flashed and penetrated into their blind spots.

The Nallyu Gang bastards couldn't properly react to my trendous speed,

And I crashed into them at full charging speed.

'Swaehongo!'

Swaehongo is a martial art that maximizes waist rotational power at short distances, mainly crashing into the opponent with shoulders and back!

Peoeok!

The four bastards I collided with literally beca at paste and were pulverized.

As much as the thick blood scent, tension rose.

The true Qi passing through my blood vessels was raging like lightning.

I shot out Biseojang from my palm center with roughly surging true Qi to carve a path.

Peoeok!

Through the hole in the chest of the struck opponent, I saw the next enemy.

I stepped forward with true pressure. A Qi wave like Mount Tai swept fiercely like a cold wind.

"Keuaaaaak!"

Only then did the Nallyu Gang bastards scream and swing their swords.

I'm not soone who'll be caught by these bastards' flailing!

Swaehongo again!

The sound of ribs breaking ududeuk was clearly audible.

I opened the closed Qi ridians.

Pure internal energy transford into poison Qi, becoming fierce waves and rushing forward.

I push through like this!

Peobeobeobeobeok!

I felt Sa Hon-il widen his eyes and glare at .

I'm seeing a dead bastard again.

Wait just a mont!

Like on the 1st floor, I reached Sa Hon-il while creating a path of blood and corpses.

"Iiiiik!"

The bastard swung down his sword using Nanpa Fighting Blade as if to split my crown.

I twisted my body to dodge and smashed his knee first with Cheongsangtoe (天上腿).

Kwajijik!

"Keuaaaaak!"

As if struck by a battering ram, below Sa Hon-il’s knee disappeared, and soon a scream beautifully harmonized.

Strength control is important.

Because if I make a mistake, he'll die imdiately.

I grabbed the collapsing Sa Hon-il’s right arm and twisted his wrist joint in the opposite direction.

Ujijik!

His sword fell to the floor, and I turned my body and struck down on Sa Hon-il’s back with my knee.

Ppagagak!

His spine twisted, and I instinctively knew the bastard beca completely unable to fight.

......Shall I have a drink?

Seuik.

I turned my gaze to the Nallyu Gang bastards. About 40 left?

Similarly hesitating bastards.

When gang leader Sa Hon-il was instantly subdued by , they seed to instinctively realize they were no match for .

"Good."

Peuseusu-.

I circulated poison Qi in my hands. Heavenly Poison Blood Divine Art lv4.

When my poison sect martial arts, leveled up with the happiness points received from the 1st floor, was displayed.

The bastards' eyes were stained with shock.

About how much ti remains.

About 6, 7 minutes?

"Keueueueuuk!"

Sa Hon-il wriggled on the floor.

Kwajik!

I trampled his back again.

"I'll kill just 30 more and co back."

Wait.