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Chapter 142

Haha... a low laughter echoed.

Shit! The leader, realizing the mistake too late, redirected his attention back to Chae Yoon-sa when it was already too late.

"Ugh!"

In the blink of an eye, Chae Yoon-sa reached out his right arm, grabbing the leg of the Yokai. With a powerful pull, the Yokai slipped, causing the leader to collapse swiftly.

Reacting swiftly, the leader swung his dual sword down, but Chae Yoon-sa skillfully dodged it, bending backward as of doing acrobatics and swiftly raised to his feet.

"AHH!"

The leader's sword swung just above Chae Yoon-sa's head. Using both hands, he intercepted the attack, while another Yokai rushed from behind, wielding a butcher knife. Sensing the incoming danger, Chae Yoon-sa kicked the Dae-ho's stomach, creating distance, and twisted to evade the approaching blade.

Seizing the opportunity, he grabbed the second Yokai's wrist, breaking it, and then snatched the falling sword, tossing it toward Eun-oh.

Thud! The knife soared through the air, accurately embedding itself in the head of the Yokai near Eun-oh.

Seizing the moment, the leader launched another attack on Chae Yoon-sa. However, in his zeal, the leader overextended himself, creating an opening that Chae Yoon-sa swiftly exploited.

With lightning speed, Chae Yoon-sa bent at the waist, closing the distance between them, and wrapped his arms tightly around the leader's throat, locking him in a chokehold.

"Argh!"

The leader groaned in agony as he struggled against Chae Yoon-sa's vice-like grip, but his efforts were futile. Like a relentless noose, Chae Yoon-sa's arms tightened around his neck with increasing ferocity, causing the leader to falter until his weapon slipped from his weakened grasp.

With the leader subdued, the frenzied assault of the Yokai abruptly ceased, the other Yokai frozen in hesitation as they processed the sudden shift in battle.

Chae Yoon-sa maintained his firm grip on the leader, who, now weakened and weaponless, could offer no resistance.

Chae Yoon-sa, holding the yokai leader firmly, skillfully retrieved Hwando with a swift kick from the ground. Armed with the deadly sword, he assumed a defensive stance, keeping a watchful eye on the remaining Yokai.

The tense standoff continued, with the balance of power now shifted decisively in Chae Yoon-sa's favor.

"Now, it seems to have become somewhat fair. Don't you think?"

The leader gritted his teeth. Just as they used Eun-oh as a hostage, Chae Yoon-sa had taken their brother, a leader as hostage in return. Making it a fair exchange. It was indeed a fair expression, especially when the leader was involved. Losing the head of the pack was bound to make everything crumble.

"Fuck!!"

Dae-ho roared like a beast.

Chae Yoon-sa said with a smirk.

"Well, shall we start the negotiations now?"

The Yokai were helpless in the face of their leader's crisis.

Regardless of who falls, spare no effort in killing the enemy without hesitation. That was the fundamental command of this plan.