A Fierce Battle
"Don't mess with me!"
"You don't mess with me, Gumshin!!!" shouted someone who immediately ran so fast towards him, and burst into his body that Asahi, Lee Gon, Bai Lu, and even the semi-conscious Ling Fei were shocked to see him.
"He's split in two!!!" exclaimed Lee Gon, Asahi, Ling Fei, and Bai Lu simultaneously.
Once the Gumshin's body was split in two, Bai Lu and the others were shocked again. Because the Gumshin's body came back together in one piece.
"How could he split the Gumshin's body so quickly? It's amazing how powerful he is!" exclaimed Lee Gon in amazement.
"He must be able to do it, because he's Kang Taeshin. That man is the most powerful mysterious being I know. Besides being clever, he always easily executes his opponents in a fraction of a second," said Asahi, which made Lee Gon and Bai Lu marvel again as they heard Asahi's explanation about the man named Kang Taeshin.
"You're back to the way you were?" Kang Taeshin was quite surprised to see the Gumshin return to his original form, where his body was reunited.
The sound of Gumshin's laughter could be heard echoing throughout the forest. A creature like the Gumshin was very difficult to defeat. His speed was faster than a lion hunting prey. His sharp eyes, as well as his powerful body, could deflect any attack in the world.
"You'll never be able to beat me no matter what!"
"Damn it!" Kang Taeshin looked so disappointed that he couldn't defeat Gumshin with his impromptu attack.
"How can we beat Gumshin? Is there no other way?" Lee Gon looked panicked as none of their attacks could paralyze Gumshin; the famous and legendary jungle spirit.
"There is one way to defeat it," said Asahi as he stared at a spot on Gumshin's body that looked vulnerable to him.
"Do you know how?" asked Bai Lu as he stared at Asahi's face, who was staring at the Gumshin with baleful eyes.
"The pieces of his body have to be separated very far, so that they can't come together again. You have to re-split his midsection and that starts at the navel. You must work together with Kang Taeshin to catch Gumshin off guard." Asahi explained the most vulnerable part of Gumshin's body so that he would be easy to attack.
"Hey, Kang Taeshin!!!" shouted Asahi calling out to the man named Taeshin who managed to split Gumshin's body in two with just one breakthrough.
Kang Taeshin, who was called out, immediately looked back and stared at Asahi's face with a mocking gaze.
"Why, are you afraid? Don't dare to fight the Gumshin?"
Asahi laughed widely. He approached Kang Taeshin and gave him another piercing look.
"You want to beat Gumshin, right? If you want to defeat him, you'll have to work with us."
Kang Taeshin seemed to be thinking. Was it possible that he could cooperate with Asahi; the Yeongdam forest sacred tree figure who always did things as he pleased, even though Taeshin actually liked his extraordinary intelligence very much.
"Cooperate? Cooperate how?"
Asahi took a tree root from behind the tree behind him. Then, he split it into two parts, starting from the center then throwing the root pieces to the right side, as well as the left side quite far away. Kang Taeshin, who understood Asahi's code, nodded his head and returned to attacking Gumshin.
"Come on, attack Gumshin now! Overwhelm him with our attacks!" Asahi ordered Ling Fei, Lee Gon and Bai Lu.
"Did he just order us around?" Lee Gon snorted in annoyance.
"Never mind, now is not the time to complain about being annoyed. Let's just listen to what Asahi says first. Come on, now let's finish that damn thing and get rid of him once and for all." Ling Fei sounded annoyed, but Lee Gon liked it best when his brother spoke harshly like that. And, he thought it was very cool and sexy too.
Ling Fei attacked Gumshin from the right side, while Lee Gon from the left. Asahi attacked Gumshin's body from behind, while Bai Lu tried to outwit Gumshin by jumping from a tree and attacking his head.
Everyone worked together to attack Gumshin. Seeing that Gumshin was overwhelmed and couldn't move much, Kang Taeshin immediately executed it by running fast, and breaking into Gumshin's body to split it in half again.
When Gumshin's body was split in half, he threw the right side of his body so far forward.
"Hey, you!" Kang Taeshin pointed at Bai Lu using the remaining piece of Gumshin's body. "Throw this remaining piece towards the South!"
Kang Taeshin immediately threw the remaining pieces of Gumshin's body towards Bai Lu. As soon as he received the remaining pieces of his body, Bai Lu immediately threw it towards the South far enough, until finally Gumshin disappeared and did not reunite again.
"You're smart too, Asahi. You always know the answer to whatever not everyone knows." Kang Taeshin looked amazed at Asahi's knowledge.
"Hey, Kang Taeshin! What are you here for? Shouldn't you be at Seokyundong College?"
"I'm here to meet you and observe someone I need to observe," said Kang Taeshin as he glanced at Bai Lu then walked over to Ling Fei and handed him something.
"What is this?" asked Ling Fei confused.
"A potion to treat your wounds from the Gumshin's attack earlier. After drinking it, you'll be back to your normal health."
"Thank you very much. Actually, I don't need this potion either, as I can treat my wounds myself. But, once again I thank you."
Kang Taeshin just smiled and approached the others.
"Where are you guys going? Are you on your way to find the sacred red stone?" asked Kang Taeshin as he looked at Ling Fei, Lee Gon and Bai Lu one after another.
"Yes. And, we are on our way to meet Ogumsha. We will be heading West to meet him." This time it was Lee Gon who answered.
"Hey, man. Our business isn't done yet." Asahi came over to Lee Gon and pointed at Lee Gon's face with his divine lotus flower wand.
"Never mind, Asahi. You can't make any more enemies. You already have too many enemies. Do you want to get hurt?"
Kang Taeshin laughed so broadly that Asahi snorted in annoyance as he heard his remarks about her. "Well then, I hope you all make it safely to your destinations. I'll take my leave, this is the end of our meeting, we'll definitely meet again soon and see you soon."
Kang Taeshin then went to disappear so quickly that it made the wind blow with airborne ground flakes, hitting Bai Lu, Ling Fei and Lee Gon in the face.
"Where is he going? Did he come just to help us defeat Gumshin?" asked Bai Lu confused as Kang Taeshin left.
"He'll show up and meet you guys in a while. He's got a lot on his plate, but don't worry, he'll always prioritize you guys, including you, Han Yuram," said Asahi as he looked at Bai Lu's face.
"Us and Yuran? How is that possible? Does she know us? It feels like in the 1,000 years I've lived in this world, I don't know him and I've never met him," said Ling Fei, who was meeting someone like Kang Taeshin for the first time, whose speed beat that of his own brother, Lee Gon.
"Kang Taeshin is indeed a mysterious man. Not many people know about his origin. All I know is that he's just a nuisance in my life, a powerful being, and very fast. In that case, I'll take my leave. For our next fight, we'll continue later. I'm already tired. See you later," Asahi said and left Lee Gon, Ling Fei and Bai Lu behind.
Today was indeed quite a tiring day for Ling Fei and his siblings. Ever since Bai Lu had been unconscious for three days and regained consciousness, they had been constantly battling with new creatures, as well as their old enemies who always wanted to bring harm to the three of them.
"Yuram, is there anything we don't know so far? Why do you have so many enemies that we don't know about? Why do they all want to kill you? Is this related to the sacred red stone?" Ling Fei looked at Bai Lu's face confused.
Bai Lu who was stared at like that was also confused. Because he himself didn't know what the answer was. For his sudden presence in the Joseon Dynasty, it already made him very confused.
What was the purpose of her coming to the past? And, why did Bai Lu have to be trapped in the body of Yuram who was a female warrior during the Joseon Dynasty? Is this really related to the sacred red stone?