The Youngest Member Chapter 67

To live in the martial world.

It was like living with blind swords all around.

Martial artists were generally hot-tempered. They had strong pride and had no hesitation in using violence.

The white path would draw their swords if they had even a little justification, the black path would swing their fists even without justification, and the demonic path would kill people without reason.

It was just a matter of degree, but living in a world of those who made a living from violence ant that it was not strange to die at any ti, in any way.

They would fight and kill soone on the street because they didn't like the way they looked, fight because the next table was noisy while eating, fight for grand reasons, and kill for trivial reasons.

To have survived in such a world for more than a decade ant that one was a person who could bend their pride at any ti or was very quick-witted and had good judgnt.

Unfortunately, the Shadowless Divine Thief's subordinates were also like that.

The young man with a sickly impression bent his pride well. He realized that the martial might of the young man who had caught the Shadowless Divine Thief was by no ans lower than their own.

The woman with copper-colored skin and an axe on her back was quick-witted and had good judgnt. She realized that it would not be easy even if the three of them attacked together.

And so, the two subordinates who had co with the Shadowless Divine Thief as his guards retreated, little by little.

"You, you worthless bastards!"

The Shadowless Divine Thief, who had noticed this, his roar continued long like a taffy. However, the two subordinates had already made their decision.

The martial arts of the three, including the Shadowless Divine Thief, were quite well-matched, so if they ambushed, they could fight even a martial artist of the Sword King's level.

Of course, being able to fight did not an that the chances of winning were high. However, in a situation where they were discovered, the ambush would be aningless.

The young man's poison art would not be able to exert its full power, and the probability of the woman's strong but slow axe reaching the enemy would decrease.

"You have good subordinates."

Cheon Woojin said plainly.

A vein popped on the Shadowless Divine Thief's temple.

"Good. You want to talk? Let's move to another place."

The Shadowless Divine Thief, knowing that both escape and fighting were impossible, relaxed his body. There was no way he could handle an opponent who was difficult even for the three of them to attack together by himself.

Cheon Woojin nodded his head. Since this was soone else's private property, it was not a good place to shed blood.

And so, as Cheon Woojin grabbed the Shadowless Divine Thief's wrist and started walking, the martial artists who were surrounding them approached.

"W-who are you?"

"That person is an intruder in our World's Richest. So we..."

It was a natural choice for the guards. There was nothing more incompetent than not knowing who had attacked and who had taken him away.

Cheon Woojin nodded his head and answered shortly.

"I am Cheon Woojin from the Black Tortoise Unit of the Martial Alliance. The rest can be discussed directly with the alliance leader by the head of the mansion."

"..."

Disbelief was cast on the faces of the martial artists.

He was incredibly strong at a glance. Moreover, his thods were by no ans gentle, and rather than a rising talent of the righteous path, he seed more like a wandering ronin.

However, no one thought of opening their mouth to refute.

The young man who was dragging the intruder's wrist. His expression seed very bored, and he had a gut feeling that anyone who bothered him would not have a good end.

And so, Cheon Woojin leisurely walked through the path that the guards had opened.

The World's Richest Man, who had rushed out late, shouted for them to catch the two, but unfortunately, there was no martial artist who moved carelessly.

* * *

A clearing not far from the World's Richest's mansion.

Since it was still deep in the night, there were no people coming and going.

Since it was not a residential area, there was no chance of their voices leaking out.

And so, the Shadowless Divine Thief, who had checked the surroundings, got straight to the point and asked.

"...What on earth is your identity?"

The Shadowless Divine Thief felt that Cheon Woojin's martial might was similar to the masters of the world beyond the heavens, who had 'emperor', 'king', or 'god' in their nicknas.

It was sothing that could not be understood with common sense. How could that young guy have obtained such martial might?

'Did he undergo a reverse-aging process?'

It was a reasonable suspicion. Throughout the history of the martial world, the frequency of an unprecedented genius of that level appearing was less than the frequency of a master of the previous generation reappearing in the martial world after undergoing a reverse-aging process.

Of course, both were very rare things.

Cheon Woojin thought for a mont about what to answer and then said nonchalantly.

"A mber of the Black Tortoise Unit of the Martial Alliance..."

"Are you kidding ! Why on earth would the Black Plaque Star Lord help a re low-ranking mber of the Martial Alliance! Are you telling

to believe that?"

The Shadowless Divine Thief was a quick-witted man. He had received a request from the Black Plaque Star and had headed for the World's Richest's mansion. There, he had encountered the martial artist who had chased him so persistently.

What was the probability that all of this was a coincidence? The Black Plaque Star had driven him into a trap.

Despite the Shadowless Divine Thief's roar, Cheon Woojin was just looking at him with a dry gaze.

"..."

The Shadowless Divine Thief, who t that gaze, realized.

No matter what he said, he was a guy who would not be shaken. Moreover, his martial might was monstrously strong. Furthermore, he would not be able to communicate, and in the end, only one of the two would be able to leave this clearing.

The Shadowless Divine Thief, who had made up his mind, nodded his head. He was confident in his speed.

'I'll slowly release information to make him let his guard down and then kill him in one blow.'

It was the most rational choice.

Soon, the Shadowless Divine Thief's words continued.

"Good. I'll do as you wish. Why on earth are you chasing

so much?"

Even while asking such a question, the Shadowless Divine Thief was busily thinking. If he was a guy who had chased him this far, he must have a head on his shoulders. He would probably have guessed that there was soone behind him. He would surely ask that most important question first.

In the Shadowless Divine Thief's mind, the conversation of several moves later was already being designed. Making the opponent let their guard down through conversation was the virtue of a good thief.

'Now, co.'

The mont the Shadowless Divine Thief had made up his mind.

Cheon Woojin's next action was completely different from his expectations.

Thump.

Cheon Woojin grabbed the Shadowless Divine Thief's shoulder without a word.

"W-what..."

The Shadowless Divine Thief showed a flustered look without realizing it.

Cheon Woojin looked at him with a dry gaze and then said in a low voice.

"You don't have the eyes of soone who will tell the truth."

"..."

Cheon Woojin, without asking any questions, just poked the thumb of the hand that was grabbing his shoulder.

Crack.

Cheon Woojin's thumb dug into the lower part of his collarbone. Blood dripped from Cheon Woojin's wrist to the floor.

"Kkeueueu..."

The Shadowless Divine Thief gritted his teeth and let out a groan.

There were a few parts of the human body that could never be trained, and the representative ones were the testicles, the eyeballs, and the soft flesh under the collarbone.

The finger had dug in so deeply that it seed like it would co out through his back if it went in a little more. At least, that's how the Shadowless Divine Thief felt.

"I-I'll talk! I'll tell you anything, so...!"

The Shadowless Divine Thief, who was screaming, t Cheon Woojin's eyes and then stopped talking.

It was not the gaze of soone who wanted to ask sothing. He was just carrying out torture without any particular thought.

The Shadowless Divine Thief, who was born and raised in the black path, knew by instinct.

A person who did not torture when obtaining information was a low-level person.

After all, if one could make soone say 'please save ' with their own mouth, they were not a low-level person, but they were not a master either. A true master of torture was a person who made soone say 'please kill ' from their mouth.

The black path martial artists were skilled in various tortures. Cheon Woojin was the disciple of a person who had reached the pinnacle even among such black path.

Cheon Woojin looked at the Shadowless Divine Thief's eyes as if observing them for a mont and then let out a small sigh.

"It will take so ti."

* * *

Soon, the dawn broke.

The dirt floor of the clearing was red with blood.

Under the Shadowless Divine Thief's feet, it was wet with the saliva and tears he had shed.

There was no focus in his eyes. He was staring blankly at the empty air as if he had beco an idiot.

It had been an hour since he had begged to be killed.

He no longer had any intention of saying anything. When he tried to bite his tongue and commit suicide, the guy's hand would invariably grab his jaw.

"Haha..."

The Shadowless Divine Thief let out a laugh with his half-closed eyes. Because he suddenly rembered Elder Zhuge Seong.

'You cunning snake. You're finished too.'

It was not a remark directed at Cheon Woojin. Rather, it was a remark directed at Elder Zhuge Seong, who had made an enemy of this monstrous bastard.

The Shadowless Divine Thief had been active in the martial world for decades. Naturally, he had seen all sorts of martial artists.

The most frightening type was not a person with strong martial arts, a lot of money, a stubborn person, or a person with great power.

'Guys who have no frills in their actions.'

They clearly knew what they had to do, and they had no hesitation in carrying it out. Also, their ability supported it.

When others were struggling to untangle a tangled skein, such guys would just take out their swords and cut it.

Even the Shadowless Divine Thief, who had seen and experienced nurous martial artists, knew only a few of such a type. However, they were all people of the world beyond the heavens who had exerted their influence throughout the entire martial world in the present or the past.

Funnily enough, this young brat was also like that. Zhuge Seong had touched such a person. So how could he not laugh?

As the Shadowless Divine Thief continued to laugh, Cheon Woojin thought that it was about ti to ask.

"Divine Thief."

"..."

The Shadowless Divine Thief looked at Cheon Woojin. At this point, he was even curious. Why on earth was this guy doing this?

Soon, Cheon Woojin's words continued.

"Return the treasure map."

"...What?"

"You stole it. Since a thief who stole sothing was caught while running away, it's only right that he should return it."

The Shadowless Divine Thief nodded his head.

It was a very reasonable statent.

But he kept laughing. It was so funny that a guy who seed to think nothing of reason was saying sothing so reasonable.

And so, the Divine Thief, who was laughing, said.

"I don't have it. It has already left my hands."

Cheon Woojin nodded his head. The Shadowless Divine Thief's gaze was by no ans that of a person who was lying.

Also, it was sothing he had expected to so extent.

Nevertheless, Cheon Woojin asked the sa question again.

"Hand over the treasure map."

"Do you think I'm lying? I said it has already left my hands..."

Thump, Cheon Woojin lightly placed the dark iron staff on the Shadowless Divine Thief's head.

"It's in here, isn't it?"

The Shadowless Divine Thief's words were cut off.

Because the guy had controlled his strength, he didn't feel the weight of the iron staff. However, the cold touch unique to tal felt as if it were saying that it could smash his head at any ti.

"A thief who represents the world would not have delivered the treasure map so obediently."

He must have already morized all the information with his eyes and head and then given it.

The Shadowless Divine Thief swallowed hard.

Ah, I won't be able to escape from this guy's palm.

He realized. It was no longer a matter of martial might.

The young monster in front of him was a man who was born on top of the heads of others. There were such people from birth.

The heads of huge organizations like the Heavenly Demon Cult, the Martial Alliance, and the Black Plaque Star. Those with the disposition of a great master like the Wolf King, the Palace Demon, the Sword King, the White Flower Sword Saint, and the Black Master.

From the Son of Heaven, the pinnacle of a country, to the deepest and most frightening na in the world, the Dark Heavenly Son...

Such people could not be judged by common sense. The monster looking at him with a dry gaze in front was just like that.

The Shadowless Divine Thief took out the Thunderclap Bomb he had in his bosom and threw it on the floor. It was an item he had prepared for a final blow.

The fastest hidden weapon in the world, and a divine weapon that could make a hole in the body of a peak master if even a third-rate martial artist used it properly.

If the Shadowless Divine Thief, who had reached the extre of speed, used it, it could produce a formidable power.

'But, it would be aningless in front of this guy.'

Although the divine weapon was an ancient item, what aning would it have in front of a person who did not even need such a thing?

The Shadowless Divine Thief drew a map on the dirt floor with his finger. It was an area called Nine Dragons County, located in Sichuan Province.

Sichuan had many steep mountains and cliffs, and as such, there were many basins surrounded by high terrain on all sides.

Therefore, there were many villages that had been used as fortresses since ancient tis, and among them, Nine Dragons County was a place where people did not live because the depth of the basin was particularly deep, and the cliffs surrounding it were so steep that they seed to reach the sky.

There were no residents, and no one ca and went. Only the immortals above the clouds could see the basin of Nine Dragons County. It was a place worthy of being the secret cave of the Three Great Talents of the White Path.

Cheon Woojin nodded his head.

"You're very cooperative."

The Shadowless Divine Thief almost cursed, but he held it back with superhuman strength. Because that dark iron staff had been shaking as if it were thinking since a while ago.

The Shadowless Divine Thief rolled his head to save his life.

By now, Elder Zhuge Seong must have interpreted the treasure map.

If he didn't move quickly, this monster would have his treasure stolen by the cunning snake.

"If you're going to take the secret cave, you'd better go quickly. After all, treasure has a way of making people anxious."

"Only a thief like you would think so."

"..."

The Shadowless Divine Thief shut his mouth. He had sothing to say in his defense, but he had no will.

However, Cheon Woojin also knew that the Divine Thief's words had a point. Not only those who moved their feet and stole things were thieves. Unfortunately, it was the theory of his two masters that there were many thieves in the current martial world.

Although the Shadowless Divine Thief had said it with the aning that it would be too late if he killed him and went, it didn't really an much to Cheon Woojin.

Because it was enough to kill the already subdued Divine Thief in one second.

However, he didn't particularly have the heart to kill him.

The reason was very simple.

Because his Black Master had cursed the Shadowless Divine Thief but had not killed him. It would have been possible if he had wanted to.

"I'll have to wait and see why he let him live."

"You're right."

Although the Shadowless Divine Thief did not know what Cheon Woojin was talking about, he agreed because it seed like he was being let go.

Cheon Woojin looked at the Shadowless Divine Thief with a reluctant look and then grabbed his ankle.

The Shadowless Divine Thief was horrified.

"N-no. Please, just not my ankle..."

He only had his movent skills. If he lost his feet, it was the sa as losing everything in the world.

However, Cheon Woojin looked at him as if to say, 'what are you talking about', and then just pressed a pressure point. The Shadowless Divine Thief's body began to stiffen slowly from the tips of his feet, and eventually, he turned into a wooden block and lay on the floor.

'I'm lucky I was caught by a young monster.'

The Shadowless Divine Thief thought so. If he had been caught by a fully grown monster, his ankle or neck would have been cut off in an instant.

It was nothing for a martial artist of the Shadowless Divine Thief's level to release a pressure point. Of course, since the opponent's martial might was high, it would take so ti, but at least it was not impossible.

The Shadowless Divine Thief, who was looking at Cheon Woojin's receding back, let out a sneer and then suddenly said.

"The mastermind is Elder Zhuge Seong. He ordered

to steal the treasure map."

Cheon Woojin turned around with a dry gaze.

The na of a person from the Zhuge family had co out of nowhere.

Now the situation made sense.

He knew about the situation of the Zhuge family from Deputy Commander Zhuge Lin. It seed that the person nad Zhuge Seong was planning to completely block the deputy commander's path on this occasion.

One question arose.

'Then why the unit commander?'

It was possible that he had been caught up in it unfortunately while aiming for Deputy Commander Zhuge Lin. However, it was sohow unnatural.

Cheon Woojin, who had been thinking for a mont, nodded his head.

"I'll know when I check."

In the first place, it was not certain whether the Shadowless Divine Thief's words were true. However, there was no need to ask any more. Because all the answers would be in the secret cave.

In the place where Cheon Woojin had left, the Shadowless Divine Thief struggled to release the pressure point and burst into laughter.

'Hehe, this son of a bitch. You dragged

into a matter involving such a monster? You'll get yours too.'

The bomb that the Shadowless Divine Thief had thrown, and a bomb of a scale that would shake the heavens and the earth at that, flew towards Zhuge Seong.

How could he not laugh?

"Heh, hehehe..."

It was then.

Suddenly, a shadow was cast over his face.

At the sa ti, a foul sll wafted through his nose.

"A beggar?"

The problem was that it was not just a beggar.

They were guys who were holding clubs in their hands and had several white knots hanging from their waists.

In other words, they were masters of the Beggars' Sect.

"Deputy Hall Master, what is this guy?"

No Un-sang, who had ford a pursuit team and was chasing the fugitive Cheon Woojin, looked at the Shadowless Divine Thief blankly. Soon, dozens of beggars filled the clearing.

"Well. What's certain is that he stinks..."

Although the Shadowless Divine Thief wanted to refute that the stench was coming from their bodies, he shut his mouth when he realized that the opponent was a deputy hall master of the Martial Alliance and an executive of the Beggars' Sect.

The Deputy Hall Master, No Un-sang, who had been thinking deeply for a long ti, suddenly nodded his head cheerfully and said.

"Good. First, we'll beat him up and take him. Because my nose has never been wrong."

No Un-sang was convinced. This guy was a villain.

Of course, there was also evidence.

The Thunderclap Bomb that had fallen on the floor was clearly a weapon that was strictly forbidden in the Martial Alliance. Also, the fact that he did not welco the Martial Alliance mbers at all even though he had been severely beaten by soone.

Crucially, as an executive of the Beggars' Sect, he knew all the masters of this level, but it was his first ti seeing this face.

A few masters who hid their faces ca to mind. They were all villains, and among them was the Shadowless Divine Thief.

Although he was chasing a fugitive now, he couldn't just leave a guy like this. If he beat him up roughly and sent him to the alliance, the hall master would find out his identity.

"Uh, uh, wait..."

The Shadowless Divine Thief was dumbfounded. How could a guy who was a deputy hall master of the Martial Alliance beat soone up without asking any questions?

Co to think of it, that monster guy had also said he was a Martial Alliance mber, so how on earth had that place, where Beili Tian had beco the alliance leader, changed?

What was even more dumbfounding was that even at the deputy hall master's unreasonable order, his subordinates readily nodded their heads and approached with clubs.

"I-I am..."

Before the Shadowless Divine Thief could say anything, a beggar's club hit his mouth. Although he wanted to scream, another beggar had already pressed his mute point.

And then they beat him up. This was the way of the Beggars' Sect. As long as it was certain that he was a villain, asking useless questions and interrogating him did not suit their cheerful disposition.

As they say, all things return to one. The highly developed thod of the Beggars' Sect was indistinguishable from that of the Black Master.

While his subordinates were diligently clubbing him, Deputy Hall Master No Un-sang held a Forget-Worry Herb in his mouth and stared at so distant place.

"Cheon Woojin, you bastard. I'll definitely catch you."

At the familiar na, the Shadowless Divine Thief had a seizure to show that he knew, but the clubbing only beca more intense.

(End of Chapter)