Psycho in Ancient World
Copyright© 2026 by K.W
Chapter 23. Tang Wu
“What is it?”
It was an extremely short sentence, but with just that single phrase, everyone present except Dong Bong-su was overwhelmed. Dong Bong-su felt a brief, thrilling squeeze in his heart from the cold words of the brown-robed middle-aged man, but he did not shrink back or falter. He simply realized for the first time what it felt like when internal energy was carried within a voice.
From the beginning, he was not the type to feel fear toward others or physically recoil. He merely pretended to do so.
The brown-robed middle-aged man turned his head and swept his gaze over the people. Dong Bong-su instinctively hid his eyes behind Yeoro. It was a reflexive action. In this world, he was still an unripe predator. There was absolutely nothing good to be gained from catching the attention of another predator with superior power. Especially at a moment like this, when one needed to observe the opponent carefully, it was all the more so.
The brown-robed middle-aged man only briefly glanced at Yeoro, then, as if uninterested, turned his gaze back to Gi Dae-hyo.
Dong Bong-su also refocused his attention on Gi Dae-hyo. Gi Dae-hyo was the hands and feet, as well as the eyes, of the Danri Family. Dong Bong-su hoped he would explain who the brown-robed man was. However, Gi Dae-hyo seemed not to know the man’s identity either, swallowing hard as he stated his official name and position.
“I am Gi Dae-hyo, leader of the Black Five Group of the Danri Family. And the person you are oppressing right now is a young master of the Danri Family. If you do not withdraw immediately, we will not stand idly by.”
Although Gi Dae-hyo was issuing a threat, his voice was clearly not confident. That was because he was already losing in terms of presence.
Dong Bong-su realized that Gi Dae-hyo knew absolutely nothing about the brown-robed man. From that alone, many things could be inferred. The leader of the Black Five Group had encountered someone unknown in Bongyang.
That meant the man was not a martial artist of Bongyang. No, going further, he was not even a martial artist active in Anhui Province. Gi Dae-hyo and the Black Five Group possessed intelligence so thorough that there was hardly a corner of the Anhui martial world they did not know. If he did not recognize the man, then it was clear he was not from around here.
‘An outsider. And an immeasurable master.’
Dong Bong-su had to make a decision. A master with a level difference of ten or more was directing hostility toward them. Though he could not be certain, by his judgment, the brown-robed man was even stronger than Danri Cheon-u. With the people present here, there was absolutely no way they could handle him.
Run away? Or continue to watch how things unfolded?
His hesitation did not last long.
Dong Bong-su was not someone born with killing intent, but he possessed exceptional talent in reading it. The intensity of killing intent was extremely useful in determining the rank of a predator.
Those like himself, who lacked killing intent, were at the very top.
However, once killing intent was detected, its intensity allowed one to measure the degree of savagery and predatory nature.
At present, the man was not emitting any killing intent. He was not someone who lacked it entirely; rather, he felt like a lion gazing at insects. It was clear that he had no intention of eliminating Dong Bong-su and the Black Five Group.
Dong Bong-su chose the latter option.
As his eyes shone sharply, the brown-robed man looked at Gi Dae-hyo and calmly opened his mouth.
“The Danri Family? What is that? Something you eat?”
To Gi Dae-hyo, it was an utterly contemptuous remark, but to Dong Bong-su, it was a clue to the man’s strength. Dong Bong-su realized that the brown-robed man did not even regard the Danri Family as worth his attention.
Even so, he continued to stand his ground. There was still no killing intent coming from the opponent.
Instead, Gi Dae-hyo’s face was turning red and blue by turns.
It must have been hard to endure. After all, they were a family with a certain reputation in Anhui, yet they were being treated like this. Still, Gi Dae-hyo was indeed a composed individual. Or perhaps he had been completely overwhelmed by the brown-robed middle-aged man’s presence.
Clenching his teeth tightly, Gi Dae-hyo spoke to the brown-robed man.
“Those words are an insult to the Danri Family. May I take them as such?”
For Gi Dae-hyo, this was the best response he could manage. Ideally, he would have wanted to swing his sword and attack immediately, but instinctively, he knew that would be a fatal mistake. Thus, the few words he had just spoken were the best course of action available to him.
Regardless, the brown-robed man responded with an even colder expression than before.
“Well? I don’t know whether the Danri Family eats, defecates, or gets trampled.”
“Ghk...”
As he spoke the final words, “gets trampled,” the brown-robed middle-aged man applied force to his foot. Danri Ganghae’s face instantly turned pale, his eyes beginning to roll back. His airway had been completely blocked. If even a little more force were applied, he would die on the spot.
Accordingly, Gi Dae-hyo’s face also turned deathly white. If Danri Ganghae died, then he himself was as good as dead. There was no longer any other choice. He immediately raised his hand, pointed at the brown-robed middle-aged man, and shouted loudly.
“All members of the Black Five Group, attack him and rescue the young master!”
Meanwhile, Dong Bong-su continued to simply watch the brown-robed middle-aged man. Even now, he still felt no killing intent from him. It was just that Gi Dae-hyo could not perceive what Dong Bong-su could.
Dong Bong-su calmly observed the clash between the brown-robed man and the Black Five Group. With safety now assured, all that remained was to witness the man’s high-level martial arts.
To the brown-robed man, the Black Five Group was nothing more than toys. No one kills their toys. They might break them by accident, but that was all.
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