Book 6 Chapter 14

The most effective way to fail an ambush.

Salmon were

swimming upstream against the current.

This was because they had to lay eggs and propagate their young.

However, just then,

one salmon that was passing by to prepare for the spawning season

had to witness something incredible.

While it was diligently swimming upstream to prepare for the spawning season, a group of arrogant humans were passing it by in droves. These humans, without fear of heaven, defying the laws of nature, were outswimming it in the water.

As a salmon with a strong sense of pride, it could not help but feel indignant.

These humans swam through the water with dazzling movements, as if to boast that they could move faster than fish. All of them held long reeds in their mouths, wore black leather clothes that clung tightly to their bodies, and each clutched a dark, hook-shaped weapon in their hands.

The salmon temporarily suppressed its urge to reproduce and watched the events of another world unfolding within its own world with keen interest, its eyes darting back and forth.

On Bi Ryuyeon's left shoulder sat Uroema, preening its blue feathers with an elegant posture. It was a creature that never lost its nobility.

Because of this creature, no one else's carrier pigeons dared to approach the airspace above the ship. It turned out that this creature was also quite greedy.

Stroking the head of Uroema perched on his left shoulder, Bi Ryuyeon said.

"Do you like fishing?"

"What?"

Naye Lin couldn't readily answer the question, unable to read Bi Ryuyeon's thoughts. He was still a man of inscrutable intentions.

"It's a perfect day for fishing, isn't it!"

"Really? Didn't you just say it looked like it was going to rain?"

The response was indifferent, but if she was going to be discouraged by such things, she might as well give up on dealing with Naye Lin.

"You remember rather useless things. Well, it might rain. A red rain…"

*Gasp!*

"What?"

Naye Lin, sensing an unusual aura, questioned him. She felt uneasy. Things always happened at times like these.

"A lot of fish are gathering. I wonder what bait they used. I'm curious. It wouldn't have been enough with just jeon (Korean pancake)…"

"What are you talking about…, Ah!"

Now, Naye Lin also felt something unnatural and her expression hardened.

Hostility!

A great hostility was stealthily approaching them. Her Dragon Eyes throbbed. It was a clear warning.

"Splash!"

"Splash!!"

Twenty white pillars of water erupted around the marker buoy. Bi Ryuyeon's attitude towards this unexpected situation was unfazed.

"Flap flap!"

As eighteen streams of water shot up, Uroema, perched on his shoulder, spread its wings in surprise and soared into the sky. Only a few blue-tinged feathers fluttered down.

Watching the group of attackers surge from the water's surface, silhouetted against the noon sun, Bi Ryuyeon let out an involuntary sigh of admiration.

"Idiots!"

It was a judgment that left no room for reconsideration. With such bright daylight, what audacity did they have to attempt to attack the marker buoy, which was sitting there with its eyes wide open?

Even if they used the river as cover, once their forms were revealed above the water, no further concealment effect could be expected. Yet, they remained suspended in the air as if pleading, "I'm here, quickly chop off my head!" without any cover whatsoever. It was astonishing.

"Tsk tsk tsk! If they stay airborne for that long, they'll be perfect targets."

From Bi Ryuyeon's perspective, there was still an eternity to go before they entered the effective range of attack where their attack could unleash its full power.

That amount of time was more than enough for him and his rigorously trained disciples to do dozens of things they wanted to do leisurely, long before those people even reached their attack range. Bi Ryuyeon had complete faith in his educational achievements.

Since they were so eagerly offering their necks to be cut, it was against the principles of a warrior to refuse. If a weakness was visible in the attacking group, it was the natural duty of a warrior to thrust their sword towards it. Moreover, such an obvious weakness…

Without him having to exert himself, heaven would naturally punish those foolish idiots. The laws of the world were this harsh. If they thought heaven was lenient enough to forgive the reckless bravado of fools and imbeciles, they were gravely mistaken.

Bi Ryuyeon thought that if he ever met someone operating the Salsoohoe (a fictional organization), he would absolutely have to advise them against such ambushes. Ambushes that discarded lives like trash! Of course, he intended to charge a substantial fee for his consultation.

While he was lost in such deep thought and contemplation, those people had still not reached their target destination. And it didn't take long for his predictions to come true.

"Clang!"

Sixteen sword energies burst forth from the swords of the Suzaku members, and additionally, the white and blue sword energies unleashed by Moyong Hwi, Cheong Heun, and Naye Lin flew towards the masked ambusher. Moyong Hwi seemed to have had the presence of mind to unleash sword energy even while stir-frying. He truly deserved to be called the Seven Sword of Severance.

Sever!

The sword energies flew like beams of light, not towards the foolishly acting attackers, but towards the black-clad assailants who had carried out the orders of their commanders and leadership without question.

Slaughter was too extreme an expression; 'pierced like skewers of meat on a blazing bonfire' would be a more appropriate description.

"Splash splash!"

Through the execution (by swift hands) of the group, who acted on behalf of the busy heavens, the black-clad assailants, who hadn't even had the chance to realize their ambush, fell like autumn leaves onto the blue surface of the Yangtze River.

The splashes of water, caused by their artificial and forced dives, shot up white into the air and glittered in the sunlight.