Chapter 109. Everything’s Going According to the Plan (2/2)

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Gu Hui made an astounded face when he saw the ocean in front of him.

Chuaa-

The waves struck the coast and created white bubbles.

At the same time, a salty smell struck Gu Hui’s nose.

“……Wait.”

Gu Hui looked forward after speaking to his subordinates.

Right now, he was extremely confused.

From what he knew, there weren’t supposed to be formations that changed so drastically like this.

This was why he did not know what he was to do as of yet.

‘There is no weak point?’

The only reason why he was able to pass the first change so easily was because there was a weak point in the formation.

But things were different now.

There was no weak point.

Gu Hui slowly moved along the coastline and tried moving his toes in a certain way.

After doing so, he frowned.

‘This isn’t it either?’

Normally, a formation would reveal a part of its true form once a person used either the Mountain King Steps or the Heavenly Master Steps.

These two steps were two of the many techniques to destroy a formation. Gu Hui tried using other techniques, but he didn’t get anything.

The formation refused to react.

‘Not reacting……’

This was strange.

Gu Hui looked forward at the sea with squinted eyes.

This formation was indeed very powerful.

But it didn’t even harm anyone.

‘What is their plan?’

Gu Hui would be the one to benefit the more time was spent.

This should be something the creator of the formation should know better than anyone……

Did he have a different plan?

As Gu Hui and Juk Hyul Myung thought this to themselves,

The experts of the Alliance were being slowly disintegrated by Cho Ryu Hyang’s trap.

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The woman who seemed to be a leader amongst a group of female experts spoke once a red light flashed ahead.

“Put them in.”

With the command, the 20-30 experts in the group inserted the nets in their hands deep inside.

They seemed to be trying to catch something in midair.

A few people brightened once they seemed to have caught something.

“Got them.”

“What are you doing, then? Pull it up?”

The experts quickly pulled up their nets.

Something big seemed to come out with a little bit of resistance.

“……It really worked?”

This was something that even the commander was unsure of.

What these experts were catching with their nets weren’t fish.

They were humans.

The commanders quickly brought the shocked subordinates back to their senses.

“Subdue them and keep capturing more.”

“Understood!”

The subordinates seemed much more lively than before.

This was because they now understood what the heir’s commands meant.

“A fisher who fishes men……”

This was what the heir called this tactic.

Because of the strange name, Sunwu Cho Rin smiled.

She hadn’t realized what the heir was talking about back then.

No, the tactic was so obvious that she didn’t know what it was.

“To think I would actually end up fishing people……”

Sunwu Cho Rin could only be astounded when she saw enemies being dragged out and being suppressed immediately.

Just how would a formation have to work in order to make something so strange like this happen?

Against experts at that……

Not even she had expected to be able to take down experts as easily as this.

But as time passed, problems began to arise.

“……Did the heir expect something like this to happen as well?”

Sunwu Cho Rin clicked her tongue at the experts that began to resist.

The heir most definitely expected this as well.

“Do not look down on the Alliance!”

It was Qing Song Ja.

Even when exhausted, he was able to fight like a peak expert.

And because of that, several experts were able to come under his wings to fight.

‘Did he send me here to fight people like that?’

Indeed, the heir was smart.

Sunwu Cho Rin had to admit that.

Her job was to take care of experts like those.

But as she ran towards Qing Song Ja, she paused for a second.

Wouldn’t it be easier to kill everyone using the formation, not them?

Wouldn’t that cost less people and be easier as well?

Did the heir just not think that far?

‘For now……’

Sunwu Cho Rin quickly shook her head when suspicion rose up in her head.

For now, getting rid of the old expert was the most important.

She shouldn’t get the order mixed up.

After taking a deep breath, Sunwu Cho Rin tightened the grip on her whip and narrowed her eyes.

Then she carefully looked at Qing Song Ja, who was spraying sword qi everywhere.

In a few moments, Sunwu Cho Rin’s eyes widened.

At the same time, a mad smile appeared on her face.

Sunwu Cho Rin moved like lightning.

‘I’ll take you out with a single blow, old man.’

She needed to beat him as fast as possible.

After all, the other side was as strong as her.

Sunwu Cho Rin’s smile deepened as she neared the old expert.

Her murderous aura got stronger as well.

Shuiiii-!

Qing Song Ja began to shoot out sword qi at her as he began to feel danger.

But……

‘Too late.’

Chuaa-!

The whip in Sunwu Cho Rin’s hands dodged the sword qi and penetrated towards Qing Song Ja.

It was a perfect attack executed at the perfect time.

Stab-

The tip penetrated itself deeply inside Qing Song Ja.

“K, kuh!”

Qing Song Ja looked at the whip incredulously.

And as he tried to grab onto the whip.

Chuaa-!

Sunwu Cho Rin took it out with a grin.

There was some blood, but she didn’t care.

“This is the beginning.”

This was only the beginning.