The sky was visible through the gap in the darkness that Baekho had cut.

It was cloudy due to the remaining volcanic ash clouds, but it was much brighter than when it was in the dark.

“Why.......”

Gung-gi looked back and forth between me and his hand, which were looking up at the sky.

It seemed that he couldn’t believe that he had let go of his hand, rather than the sensation he had just felt.

Gung-gi screamed at me.

“Let me hold it again! This time, I won’t let go!”

Even if Gung-gi didn’t feel anything when he held my hand or if he had resisted and not let go, nothing would have changed.

Rather, he would have been unable to move while trying to hold me, and I would have had to face the white tiger with one hand sealed.

Now that I think about it, it might have been better for me to hold on and not let go.

Crunch!

The white tiger drew a white line toward Gung-gi, who was exposed under the light.

It was aiming for the hand I had just shaken hands with.

Then, the white tiger suddenly appeared and, not caring whether the evil darkness was cut or not, Gung-gi, who had been protecting something precious, retreated while wrapping his hand around it.

In the end, all Baek-ah had cut was the feathers soaked in the evil darkness.

As I watched the feathers scattering away, my vision became blocked.

The white tiger, which had been moving through the darkness like a flash, stood between me and Gung-gi.

“Get out of the way. I have something to do with the person behind you.”

“Why should I get out of the way?”

I thought the white tiger would ignore whatever Gung-gi said and just swing his sword, but he answered surprisingly.

It seems that Gung-gi didn’t like the fact that he messed up the numbers this time and had a lot of things piled up.

The white tiger laughed at Gung-gi and said,

“You let go first. If I had caught you, I would never have let go.”

Pava-ba-bak!

The feathers Gung-gi had called rained down on the white tiger.

I guess my mind is crazy enough to be hurt by a provocation that doesn’t seem like a provocation.

Gung-gi, who is considered the strongest of the evil spirits who has enjoyed all kinds of malice for a long time, doesn’t seem to have weak psychic power, but Yong-je-geon and the white tiger, who are just good at picking on others, must be amazing.

Gung-gi faced the white tiger with a face full of hatred.

Even though he had cut down quite a bit of evil darkness, the surroundings were starting to get dark again.

Gung-gi seemed to be thinking of making this surrounding dark instead of reducing the range of evil darkness that had spread.

The darkness deepened again around Gung-gi.

‘Last time, Gung-gi and the white tiger fought evenly. And now Gung-gi has grown... ...!’

Kaaaang!

As if to contradict my thoughts, the white tiger teased Baek-ah, poking through the gaps in his feathers and aiming for Gung-gi’s neck.

If Gung-gi hadn’t quickly flapped his wings and wrapped around his neck, he could have at least gotten a bruise on his neck.

Surprised by the light and fierce movements of the large white tiger, Gung-gi opened up even more distance.

However, he didn’t seem to have any intention of running away yet, so he attacked again after keeping his distance.

The white tiger cut and dodged the feathers that were pouring down in all directions, and narrowed the distance between him and Gung-gi.

I felt something after watching the two fight.

‘Is the white tiger preparing to fight while continuously reviewing the fight with Gung-gi? Gung-gi’s strength itself has grown, but the white tiger can completely read his body movements and feather movements.’

That arrogant and ignorant Mu-jae must not have liked the draw.

It was also a way to watch how the two’s fight for power would end.

‘Even so, if we buy time, we have the advantage. If the situation is not resolved within the scheduled time, I will dispatch a team of professional players from the mainland through Hong Gyu-bin. Also, if the situation outside is resolved soon, there is a possibility that Jecheon Daeseong, Mujigi, and Jegal Jae-geol will join us.’

However, strangely, I felt that I should not leave this move alone.

As the fight with Gung-gi dragged on, I became increasingly anxious.

As we exchanged blows, Gung-gi drew strength, and the range of the evil darkness spread narrowed, but I was still anxious.

It wasn’t because I didn’t trust the White Tiger.

It was simply because I wasn’t sure if I could stand in the middle of the table for a long time while the dark side was unfolding as the new move.

My anxiety was read by Gung-gi, who was more sensitive to malice than anyone else in this darkness.

“Baekho is fighting me so well, but you’re anxious?”

The White Tiger tried to stab Baek-ah by aiming for his throat to block Gung-gi’s mouth, but the sword didn’t reach him.

Gung-gi spread his wings wide and rose into the sky so that I could see him well, even though he couldn’t approach me.

Gung-gi, who hadn’t smiled since the white tiger appeared, smiled affectionately.

“He had an order for Baek-ho. He told me to drag him out of the sacred territory and use his power. He hates the powerful, so there must be a reason.”

The mastermind gave such an order?

It could have been a lie.

But those words explained the reason for my anxiety.

Gung-gi continued to talk to me, avoiding the black energy emanating from Baek-ah.

“I won’t lie to you. Order Baek-ho. Tell him to return to the sacred territory. After that, we can talk like we did just now.”

It all sounded crazy.

I had just come here and tried to use him to cut through the darkness, but the white tiger didn’t follow my orders in the first place.

However, I began to think that it would be better to send the white tiger back as quickly as possible.

“Do you think I’ll back down?”

“If you ask seriously, Baekho will listen. Don’t you think so? A person as powerful as Baekho can even speak with his sword. He keeps talking about how much he values ​​you.”

The white tiger must have known all about the experiment I did, so he swung his white sword so that I wouldn’t intervene and fight.

It must have been obvious to Gunggi.

If things went on like this, the fight with Gunggi would be prolonged.

The black magic wanted the white tiger to hold his ankles for a long time outside the sacred Eun Gwang-gu of the Hojok clan.

‘If Gunggi is that crazy, there are ways to do it without the white tiger. Wouldn’t it be better for me to deal with Gunggi alone, even if it’s a little dangerous, rather than doing what the black magic wants?’

If I were to conclude that what the white tiger was doing was ‘interference,’ then he would follow.

Or, instead of breaking his promise to me not to interfere, it wouldn’t have been bad to take back the protection that Jinmyeong had given him.

If I could retrieve the protection given by my true name and avoid being a benefactor of the Heavenly God, wouldn’t that mean the dark side would collapse?

Gung-gi looked down at me with an expectant face, having read my conflict.

“There’s no need for that.”

The white tiger stopped swinging Baek-a for a moment.

The white tiger’s arm holding Baek-a gained great strength.

And the next moment, a white supernatural wave that was so bright it hurt my eyes split the darkness.

It wasn’t Gung-gi, but the darkness that was currently dividing this area was split in two in an instant, trying to show what was on the other side.

Gung-gi looked at the other side of the darkness and opened his eyes wide.

Something was approaching through the darkness.

“The fight won’t last long. My friend is coming.”

When I think of the white tiger’s friend, the first thing that comes to mind is the laughing tiger.

I told him not to come, but could it really be Hwang Ji-ho!

The black curtain must have passed the truth to Gung-gi that would distort his intellect, and it was obvious that he would activate it as soon as he saw Hwang Ji-ho.

Gung-gi must have had the same thought, as he quietly placed his hand on the hem of his clothes.

However, the white tiger shook his head as if denying Gung-gi’s thoughts.

“I have more friends than Hwang Ho.”

Kwaaaaah!

A sound was heard between the darkness and the air being torn apart by something.

The approaching opponent, as if he had discovered the white tiger because the darkness had just split, quickly closed the distance.

As their presence got closer, I realized who the friend the white tiger had been bragging about was.

Among the friends tied to the four beasts, the blue dragon and black tortoise were currently on Mt. Halla.

“Baekho! You still haven’t finished it off. Even the best martial artist isn’t the same as before.”

“Baekho is a beast, so we should understand.”

Even though they had split once, it wouldn’t have been easy to come through the dark darkness, but the two talked leisurely and joked.

While talking to the white tiger, the two of them flew a cooperative technique as if they had made a promise.

The water pillar called by the blue dragon aimed at the palace, and the cold air of the black tortoise flowed along the traces left by the water, freezing the surroundings.

The white tiger moved like the wind, stepped on the ice pillar, and flew up.

The ice pillar cracked quickly due to the heat of the ground, but it was enough for the best martial artist to jump.

The white tiger struck the palace.

Crash!

The palace quickly flew away, but the feathers and darkness that had wrapped around its wings ‘pass’ scattered greatly, and the surroundings became bright again.

The ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) white tiger landed on the ground and said.

“You came late even after seeing the wall of fire. Was it that hard to gather a few feathers of your friend?”

“Baekho, we didn’t just pick up feathers. We fought many battles.”

“There were many enemies to defeat in this mountain. It wasn’t easy to defeat the monster that seemed to be targeting the shaman.”

When the white tiger said something, the blue dragon and black tortoise made excuses.

I’ve heard that those three were friends for a long time, but it was only now that I realized that they were really close.

But when I listened to them, it seemed like those two came after seeing the wall of fire I had called, and they must have been planning to join me from the beginning after seeing my wall.

The moment those three gathered, my conflict and Gunggi’s nonsense all flew away.

‘Three of the archers gathered. It won’t take long.’

All three of them were exhausted from fighting, but Gunggi was the same.

Besides, there was no way Gunggi, who had just grown up today, would not be burdened.

Gunggi looked at me standing behind the archer with sad eyes.

“Ahhh...... Really, it’s not easy to hold your hand.”

“How about being caught here? I can at least hold your hand again.”

The shooters started making a fuss when they heard the mention of hands.

“Baekho! What are you talking about now! Did you really let Gung-gi hold your hand?”

“Cheongryong, calm down. It could be a metaphor.”

“I caught him, but he let go. That’s all.”

“What’s that! When he was in the form of our Junyeol... ...!”

The blue dragon was furious and attacked Gung-gi, spitting out a fireball with one hand and a spray of water with the other.

Of course, the angry blow did not reach Gung-gi.

Gung-gi continued to talk to me, taking advantage of the gap in the archer’s distorted link.

“If I get caught here, I don’t think they’ll let me see you.”

“I can accompany you to the torture.”

“I want to monopolize your malice, so it doesn’t mean anything.”

Whether the other Jin clans objected or not, they would at least conduct a cross-examination to open Gung-gi's mouth if necessary.

Gung-gi seemed not to like my proposal this time.

The moment he became certain that he could never win, Gung-gi completely regained his composure.

Hurry up, hurry up.

The white tiger fixed his grip on Baek-ah after hearing my urging, but it was not easy to catch Gung-gi flying in the sky with his sword on the ground.

The blue dragon and black tortoise knew what Gung-gi was going to do and hurried, but they were busy responding to the feathers that suddenly poured down like rain.

A formation that seemed to have been made of solidified darkness emerged from Gung-gi's bosom.

Gung-gi bid me farewell with a face full of pain.

"See you later."

The moment the palace spirits carried the power wave to Jin, darkness and the light that penetrated the gap swirled.

The disappearing evil darkness slashed and stabbed the surroundings like a blade, and the three could not prioritize pursuing the palace spirits.

When the palace spirits disappeared, the evil darkness completely subsided.

The sight looked like dawn was coming hotly.