Chapter 276 : An Unexpected Development (2)

Chapter 276: An Unexpected Development (2)

The fact that the woman who loved me—and whom I had only just begun to open my heart to—was dying filled me with a furious rage.

Despite having lived for fifty years in my previous life, the guilt of not being able to protect my woman devoured any compassion I once had.

That guilt soon transformed into wrath, and everything in front of me became a target of my killing intent.

As the overwhelming fury consumed my entire being, I felt a strange sensation.

Oddly, both my mind and body calmed down.

My blood should’ve been boiling with excitement, but instead, my mind turned icy clear, as if submerged in freezing water.

Unaware of it, I had already begun to resemble nature itself in my anger—this was the hallmark of the Boundary of the Upper World.

As I moved, Gu Ingeol and Jo Heon felt as if a mountainous wave were crashing down upon them.

The two looked at each other.

A foreboding intuition told them that today might be their last day alive.

"Seems like Dong Oh not being here might be our downfall."

"If there were three of us… would we even be able to beat that boy?"

Jo Heon questioned, and Gu Ingeol nodded.

"If there were three, we would’ve had a chance."

"What a shame."

"Still, we won’t know until we try. We haven’t lost to that boy just yet."

The two spoke with a calmness as if they already foresaw the outcome of the battle.

In that short moment, I had already begun flowing qi into Bukri Sehee’s body.

It was to heal her injured blood vessels and wrist using the energy of the Realm of Self-Existence.

Having sent the qi through, I drew my sword and entered directly into Unity of Sword and Mind.

Before anyone realized it, I had become one with the sword—transformed into a single, massive blade.

"A flawless Unity of Sword and Mind."

Though both of them had also entered the Realm of Divine Intuition and achieved Unity, neither of them could claim to have merged with the sword as perfectly as I had.

With the combined effect of Dragon Concealment Heavenly Art, Inner-Outer Realm, and Protective Energy, I had attained perfect unity with my sword.

I charged straight toward Gu Ingeol, who was closest to me.

Sensing that a colossal sword was flying toward him as if to slice him to pieces, Gu Ingeol poured every ounce of his internal power into confronting my attack.

One could not avoid someone who had achieved Unity of Sword and Mind.

As the blades of those who had achieved Unity clashed, strange colors began to erupt.

The impact of swords and the collision of qi painted rainbows across the dark sky.

Jeojeojeong!

The sound was like a massive ice wall shattering—resonating from steel.

The crashing of sword qi produced a thunderous ring.

After exchanging dozens of strikes, we suddenly clashed directly, bodies entwined as if planned.

Then, a harrowing scream erupted from one side.

"Aaaaaaaargh!"

Watching the fight, Jo Heon bit his lip.

It was the voice of a comrade with whom he had shared decades of life and death.

The form of Gu Ingeol, who had collided with me, no longer resembled a human.

Thud!

His body fell onto the roof like a ragged scarecrow, limp and torn.

He struggled to lift his head to look at me—but didn’t even have the strength left for that.

"Your swordplay… it didn’t even let me feel my own death."

Offering words of praise, Gu Ingeol dropped his head.

It was only natural for a martial artist who had reached the Transcendent Realm to admire martial arts worthy of that level.

He did not die with a look of regret; rather, he had reached the very height he had always sought.

I turned to Jo Heon, who was now staring at his fallen comrade.

"Why didn’t you two attack together?"

Jo Heon let out a soft chuckle.

"That’s something only lowly fighters do. It’s disgraceful. Martial artists who’ve already reached this realm should not stoop to coordinated attacks. Just as life must be lived with grace, so too must death be met with dignity. Unlike that soft-hearted fellow, I’m not like that. Prepare yourself."

"I already am."

I stomped my foot down as I said that.

At that moment, a scream exploded from the pavilion where the Three Grand Elders were located.

"Aaaargh! I’ll kill you!"

Suddenly, Third Grand Elder burst out from the pavilion, screaming.

While keeping my guard up against Jo Heon, I turned my eyes toward the elder.

Disheveled and manic, his appearance was far from normal.

"I’ll find that wench and tear her apart! She dared to mess with me! The elixir was poisoned! Poisoned!"

Seeing this, Jo Heon murmured quietly,

"Ah… if he’s not careful, he’ll enter Qi Deviation."

His tone was so calm, it lacked any sign of concern.

While I was fighting, Bukri Sehee had recovered somewhat thanks to the energy of the Realm of Self-Existence.

Waking to the elder’s scream, she smiled gleefully.

"Hehehe, did you really think I’d just hand over the elixir?"

"What do you mean? If your blood itself was the elixir, why did it turn out that way for the Grand Elder?"

"Even though my blood holds the elixir’s essence, not all blood is the same."

She stopped mid-sentence, glancing over.

Jo Heon was still close by, so she grew cautious.

"It’s fine. I sealed the sound with internal qi. He can’t hear us."

At that, Bukri Sehee continued.

"To create the elixir, I absorbed quite a bit of poison. Very dangerous stuff, too. Balancing the elixir required it. And that fool drank my blood without knowing any of this—so that’s what happened."

I asked with suspicion,

"Then what about the blood you gave us at the clinic? Wasn’t that poisoned?"

"That was different. The elixir-infused blood is located in the head. Blood flows upward into the head, and just before it reaches there, it passes through a filter known as the Blood-Brain Barrier. That barrier filters out impurities so the brain isn’t harmed. So you have to draw blood from the head. The blood I gave you earlier was drawn from beneath the tongue. That’s why it wasn’t poisonous. I had no choice if I wanted to deceive the Chief Administrator of Bukri and give you the elixir."

"Huh… That’s the first time I’ve heard of such a thing."

When I showed my surprise, she added,

"The truth is, my blood-brain barrier is more developed than others'. That’s why I ended up being treated like a living elixir."

I hugged Bukri Sehee, who wore a bitter smile.

But the situation had taken a turn for the worse.

Third Grand Elder Lee Kangmin was gradually falling into Qi Deviation, and his qi was running rampant.

The poisons contained in Bukri Sehee’s blood were far too rare to be neutralized through internal energy alone.

She had originally tried to offer blood by cutting her forearm, fully anticipating this outcome.

When that failed, she bit through her wrist’s artery instead—an act done to eliminate the great threat of the Third Grand Elder for my sake.

She was prepared to die if it meant removing him.

Lee Yung cried out in panic,

"Third Elder! Please come to your senses! Circulate your energy, quick! I’ll help you!"

But the elder, who had seemed to suppress his qi, suddenly turned.

Lee Yung saw his face—and turned pale with horror.

Here is the continued English translation of Regression of the Yong Clan Heir, Chapter 276: An Unexpected Development (2) (Part 2), following your guidelines:

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“He’s entered Qi Deviation!”

Lee Kangmin’s face was twisted with grotesquely bulging veins, as if fat leeches had latched onto him.

His whole body looked like it was about to explode from the swelling blood vessels, and the veins in his eyes had all ruptured, turning them blood-red.

“Third Elder!”

Lee Yung called out, but the Third Grand Elder growled like a rabid dog.

“Grrrrrr!”

Unable to control his murderous intent, he suddenly swung his hand at the person in front of him.

Lee Yung quickly retreated and shouted,

“Myeolhwa, stop Third Elder!”

Panicking, Lee Yung decided it was best to block him first.

At his command, two of the Gwi Ryeongma-in stepped in front of the elder.

At the same time, the elder’s hands shot forward.

Puff!

The two Gwi Ryeongma-in were struck by his palm force and sent flying into the air.

When they crashed to the ground, all their limbs had been severed. They couldn’t even get back up.

Just one palm—and they were reduced to such a state.

Lee Yung trembled in fear.

The elder had completely lost his sanity. He no longer distinguished between ally and enemy.

“This… this is bad!”

If the Third Grand Elder went completely mad from Qi Deviation, no one would be able to stop him.

Typically, when someone fell into Qi Deviation, even their Innate Qi could erupt, enhancing their power beyond normal limits.

Even under normal conditions, no one could so much as brush the hem of the elder’s robes.

Now that he had gone mad, he was a force none could approach.

After killing two Gwi Ryeongma-in, the elder suddenly turned and ran toward the opposite pavilion.

“Stop the Third Grand Elder!”

Even Jo Heon, who had been preparing to fight me, turned and leapt in the same direction.

If the elder died like this in a state of Qi Deviation, it would be a tremendous loss for the Heavenly Demon Sect.

He had to be brought back to his senses no matter what.

Now wasn’t the time to fight me.

“O… Orabeoni, what should we do? This is all because of me!”

If the Third Grand Elder rampaged in his current state, the Bukri Clan would surely suffer grave damage.

At first, she had only expected the poison to kill him—or that he would simply die from Qi Deviation.

She hadn’t expected such a violent outburst.

Now, with the clan facing disaster from her actions, Bukri Sehee was overcome with guilt.

Tears fell endlessly from her eyes.

Seeing her like that, fury welled up inside me, sudden and sharp.

‘You’re feeling sympathy for those trying to kill you?!’

The words rose to my lips but I couldn’t say them.

I knew those words would only drive another dagger into her heart.

A part of me even wished that the Bukri Clan, which had driven her to death, would suffer under the hands of the elder.

“Orabeoni, please stop him…”

No matter what, Bukri Sehee was still a daughter of the Bukri Clan.

I nodded but gave another excuse.

“I’ll stop him… after you’re fully healed. What matters first is that you recover and accept my qi.

If you don’t recover, I won’t stop him—no matter what.”

“Orabeoni, I’m not as important—”

“You living is the only reason it’s worth stopping him.

What’s the point of saving the Bukri Clan if you’re dead?

There’s nothing in this place more important to me than you, Hee-mae.”

With both joy and sorrow in her eyes, Bukri Sehee looked at me.

“I’ll do as you say, Orabeoni.”

From my perspective, I couldn’t just go fight the Third Grand Elder and leave Sehee behind, hanging by a thread.

Using the energy of the Realm of Self-Existence, I continued healing her injuries and damaged meridians. Then I retracted my qi.

“You okay?”

“I feel much better.”

Her complexion had improved, and the veins in her wrist had closed—her bleeding had stopped.

That’s when it happened.

A thunderous explosion roared from the direction of the Clan Head’s Hall.

Judging by the sheer volume, it was likely caused by a violent clash of Enhanced Qi.

“Orabeoni, please take me to the Clan Head’s Hall.”

I picked her up and ran across the pavilion rooftops.