Chapter 23 - MOUNT HUA SECT ARC (chapter 4: the shatteringBattle—Clash on the Peak)

Fissures gaped, betrayal deeper-stabbed. Elder Han shadow-emerged, robes illusion-veiled crimson-insignia. Assassins cave-breached his signal, venom-blooms erupting lines-rear. Disciples qi-corrupted screamed mid-form. Traitor's face, Abraham reeled, Vorath-dodging. Springs poisoned, counsel feigned—ambition rot. �Han cackled, blade Jang Mun-traitor-flashing: "Eternity favors bold!" Leader parried sweat-slicked, shock-paling. Abraham surged, Cascade golem-weaving—petals guard-severing, hilt-jaw-smashing. Han blood-spat: "Hua crumbles!" Revelation scorched: weeks-paths sold, siege orchestrated.Murim's cruelest illusion—trust. Fury tempered: Master clean-broke; this slow-festers. Assassins swarmed Han-directed: chains flank, venom core. Abraham Barricade-shielded Jang, Violet purging. Michael bisected guards. Han Vorath-fled qi-merging boost.Jang rallied: "Ancestors!" Disciples unison-Plum Storm petals-assassin-overwhelming. Abraham pursued clash—traitor's desperation forms-cracking. Weakness mine-mirrored—seduction devours. Thrust heart-pierced; Han gasped: "Mountain... falls."Wound lingered, unity sparked. Vorath momentary-retreated. Abraham panted meridians-raw. Hua endures—fire-forged. Fracture blood-sealed; resolve diamond-hard.