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That’s why I hoped I wouldn’t meet anyone beyond the first generation of disciples. ‘Is this for real?’… …
To think you’re at the level of a clan head.
The heavy swords of the two middle-aged men are aimed at us without wavering.
Come out.
Even though I am merely aiming my sword, I feel a sense of stifling frustration, as if I have encountered a solid wall.
“Do you intend to come out only after they are dead?”
It was obvious who he was talking to without even having to hear.
Eventually, Geumpyo, Eunho, and Saren, who had been waiting at the back of the cave, slowly walked forward.
You seem too young to throw away your life in a place like this.
Even though it is covered by a mask, can the age be roughly judged by the height and movements?
You can feel the wisdom in your judgment of people.
He sighed as if he were genuinely saddened!
Eventually, he looked back and forth between me and the priests and spoke.
“If the author threatened you and dragged you here, tell me now.”
A middle-aged person’s finger points toward me.
“…….”
Then, the priests’ gazes also turned toward me.
“Do not worry. I am a man of Zhongnan. I will not be defeated by a mere old fool.”
I know what kind of dog-like misunderstanding you are having.
No matter how fit he is, isn’t calling a young man past his 20s too much?
Although Eunho flinched for a moment, the middle-aged man shook his head as he watched the priests who ultimately did not sheathe their swords.
“So, they’re in cahoots after all?”
“Those children wouldn’t have come in here without knowing that Jongnam is here.”
“Then that’s ridiculous. Are you saying you came in knowing of Jongnam’s existence?”
A sneer suddenly appears on the face of the middle-aged man, who had been wearing a somewhat pitiful expression.
I never imagined there would be bloodshed in this matter.
“Cheonji, be careful. That move just now was extraordinary.”
“You should be the one to watch out, Master.” The moment he heard the name “Cheonji,” he couldn’t help but furrow his brow. “Of all people to meet….” For the people of Jongnam, the only one currently using the name Cheonji is Jun Cheonji, who will one day be known as the Guardian of Jongnam.
It was enough to make me suspect that the unidentified master chasing us might have been this person.
but.
-Brother.
There is no time to lose your mind.
Whether you happen to enter a tiger’s den belonging to a cub or an adult, if you don’t stay alert, you’re going to get bitten regardless.
You guys take charge of the middle-aged man on the right.
The instructions were simple.
I take charge of the military camp, and the priests take charge of the remaining one.
And the priests are holding out completely until I leave.
The problem is how quickly I can subdue Guncheonji.
Chwa chwa chwa chwa
I dodged the middle-aged man who was charging at me by stepping on the Taeeul Palman Shinbo and rushed toward Guncheonji.
visor
As they exchanged blows, a smile flickered across Guncheonji’s face.
“Hoho… Old man, are you my opponent?”
His sword occupied all sides and blocked the Black Dragon Sword.
It is simple and clear, but precisely because of that, it leaves no room for error.
But above all.
“Who are you calling an old man!”
Since regressing, I haven’t forgotten that I’ve aged, but it’s still unfair to be treated like an old person in this young body!
As I rushed in like lightning.
“huh?!”
Gun Cheon-ji’s eyes snapped open in surprise as he blocked the Socheon Sword Technique.
He looked even more surprised than when he had just blocked the surprise attack.
Why are you so surprised…
“You mean, you’re younger than me?”
shit.
Seeing him genuinely surprised makes me even angrier.
If it was a strategy to excite the opponent, it would be enough to make one marvel.
Chaechachaechaechang
In any case, he tried to stab the vital point while the other man was flustered, but Guncheonji blocked all of the Black Dragon Swords with agile movements.
Guncheonji looked at his sword once, then stared at me with a look of disbelief.
“How old are you?”
Did you think an opponent with a covered face and wearing black martial arts attire would easily reveal such a thing?
Instead of answering, I gathered sword energy in the Black Dragon Sword and fired it out.
Whoosh!
The sharp sword energy shot out flew toward Guncheonji’s neck and heart dantian, and Guncheonji, who had been standing there stunned, swung his sword while advancing forward instead of stepping back.
pop
– Bang!
Ordinarily, it is proper for a swordsman to let ordinary sword energy flow away, but Guncheonji fired new sword energy at the energy I shot out, dissolving it.
It relieves external force using external force rather than relieving shock by blocking.
It was a glimpse showing just how high a rank he already commanded. ‘Is he a fully grown tiger?’ The Special Task Force’s Zhongnan Guardian was one of the opponents quite feared even among the demons.
Because while we were taking stabbings on the front lines, the special task force’s surprise attacks on the Demonic Cult from the rear were effective enough to more than compensate for our casualties.
The problem is how different Guncheonji’s current ability is from the level of Guncheonji I knew in my previous life.
If his skills have already reached the level of Jongnam Biho Guncheonji, there would be no way to subdue him in time.
I just hope that the person called the clan head rose to the position through cronyism and political maneuvering rather than skill.
After creating thirty illusionary swords, I hid and thrust eight real swords between them.
“Phantom Sword?!”
Guncheonji furrowed his brow for a moment, then immediately gripped his sword with both hands and assumed the middle stance.
The heavy and massive swordsmanship unfolding from his hands is the Thirty-Six Swords of the World, the most famous of the martial arts of Zhongnan.
It was also the sword technique most frequently used when facing Hwasan, a renowned family of Byeon and Hwan.
Ddadang
– Ta-da-dang
Guncheonji, having blocked the entirety of the Illusion Sword and the Real Sword as if a giant shield had stood in his way, was merely left with slightly unsteady breathing. ‘Is the Illusion Sword familiar to him because of Mount Hua, after all?’ Zhongnan and Mount Hua, both based in Shaanxi, are long-time friends and rivals.
Although the dynamic was not intentionally formed, as the two sects grew in power while being conscious of each other, they developed even their martial arts by exploiting each other’s weaknesses.
If Hwasan is an aggressive swordsmanship that is so sharp and wicked that it could be called evil, then Jongnam, on the other hand, is a solid and heavy defensive swordsmanship.
In particular, the Thirty-Six Swords of the World is a sword technique that most clearly displays the unique character of Zhongnan among the numerous martial arts of Zhongnan.
To those who use transformation and illusion like Taeeulmun, he was an opponent they did not want to meet.
“That sword feels quite heavy. Those who use Transformation and Illusion usually swing it more lightly. Did I put too much force into it?”
So you’re saying you even have the luxury of analyzing martial arts in the midst of this crisis?
Well, I’m the same way, too.
Still, it is extremely unpleasant.
“Why don’t you analyze this too!”
Snail extract
As if trying to dispel the sword energy flying in as if to tear through the air, Guncheonji clashes the first sword energy against it.
At that moment.
Puff puff
Guncheonji’s face twisted.
“What is this……!”
A look of disappointment rises on his face.
Of course, that has to be the case.
I poured so much internal energy into that sword technique.
Tteeeee
– Tteooong
Guncheonji’s hand, which was trying to dissipate the sword energy as before, flies backward as if springed.
And through that gap, the power of the fist shoots out like an arrow.
Pffft pffft pffft
“Ugh…….”
He thrusts the Socheon Sword Technique into Guncheonji, who had taken two steps back.
Whoosh—the Black Dragon Sword shot out like lightning, wrapping around Guncheonji’s sword like a snake and releasing its power.
Just as he was about to pierce through his Thirty-Six Swords of the World and land another effective blow.
Zzzzz
-“……!”
As he bent over to the extreme, his martial arts uniform was torn and the sword blade flowed behind him.
It was definitely a move I knew.
A technique of extending the leg backward while crouching to attack an opponent from a blind spot. ‘Spinning Kick!’ It was clearly the Spinning Kick, one of the techniques of Guncheonji.
Sure enough, as soon as I lifted my head, I could already see the soles of his feet just a step ahead.
He hurriedly raised his left hand to block.
puck!
Even though the shock was absorbed by the part wrapped by the Flying Dragon, my arm still hurt as if it were going to break.
If he had been hit on the head as planned, it was clear that it would have been difficult to regain his senses.
Surprise flickered across his face as he sat up from the recoil of my hand being kicked away.
“Hah! A spinning kick? Who exactly are you?”
As he rose and his torn martial arts uniform fluttered, his gaze held a complex mix of emotions.
“Judging by your voice, you don’t sound like you’ve even reached thirty yet……. Which sect raised you?”
Should I at least be grateful that Taeeulmun is a pathetic sect?
Even if I try to think positively, I don’t feel particularly cheerful.
Strength naturally builds in the sword.
Do you not understand the meaning of wearing a mask!
Whoosh—he unleashed the Socheon Sword Technique without realizing it, but Guncheonji, as if already accustomed to it, easily blocked the Black Dragon Sword without any major movements.
Then, his voice of disbelief is heard.
“Do you still think you can get past us?”
I did not answer.
Because it was only natural for me to break through Guncheonji and Jongnam.
Instead, he scattered the Great Heaven Sword Technique while simultaneously thrusting in the Small Heaven Sword Technique.
However, there are no signs of it being breached yet.
“……
“I guess you really think you can break through.”
A chill runs through Guncheonji’s voice.
I can feel a weight quite different from the voice I have uttered so far.
Is Jongnam that funny?
It looks just like a tiger that allowed a small rabbit to get a scratch.
The typical rage of the privileged, who are more indignant at having their pride bruised than at the pain caused by the wound.
“To the extent that you young ones can approach it so carelessly?”
Well, I don’t know either.
Even though I have returned and possess a higher position and greater power than in my previous life, the walls of the Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Clans still seem high.
However, the reason I stopped caring about it is probably because I realized that high wall doesn’t protect me.
Because the me now is no longer a rabbit trembling in fear before a tiger like in my past life.
As I remained silent, the corners of his mouth twisted.
In that case, I guess I should educate them smartly.
An immense energy flows through his sword.
An energy greater and stronger than the sword’s energy surrounds the sword.
“How big and terrifying a being Jongnam is.”
The person, who had been speaking in the tone of a neighborhood elder soothing an innocent child, suddenly speaks in a tone dripping with coldness.
Geez, you’re acting all high and mighty for no reason.
“People like you do not even have the right to challenge Jongnam.”
His murderous intent filled the small cave.
In the meantime.
“Ugh!”
Screams were heard from the priests as well.
I turned my head and saw.
“Whoa…!”
“Haa, haa.”
Eunho, wounded near his shoulder, lay on the floor, and other priests were fighting to protect him.
Damn it. Wasn’t Jongnam a sect that elected its leader through socializing and political maneuvering?
Why are you making such a fuss about fairness for no reason?
This isn’t the time to be worrying about others.
Guncheonji was grinding his teeth, seemingly displeased that his gaze had been averted for even a moment.
His sword was filled with immense power, ready to explode at any moment. ‘Great Heavenly River Sword.’ Seriously, this is insane.
The Great Heavenly River Sword, known as the greatest of great swords, is Heavenly Heavy
It is so heavy that it has the nickname “sword.”
The worst greatsword, which shatters the bodies of ordinary people just by receiving it, and even if they deflect it, they cannot fully absorb the shock.
But to write that inside this narrow cave?
As if knowing that my goal was subjugation, he began to take bold action.
I concentrated and caught my breath. ‘I will subdue him in one fell swoop!’ If my intention has been discovered, I must move even faster.
I prepared the shredded food that I had been saving until now.
Against someone like Guncheonji, who possesses immense experience in the martial arts world and exceptional inherent abilities, using the Crushing Style itself results in creating another danger.
Who would want to keep alive someone who knows the weakness of Japa’s main martial art?
That is why I never passed on the Jegal Samsik to my disciples, and I also rarely used it myself unless absolutely necessary.
Because this requires really subtle psychological skills.
Guncheonji rushing at me with fierce ferocity.
“Take this, too!”
Watching the greatsword fall in a blue trajectory, I unleashed the mutual destruction technique.
Suddenly, along with the sensation of my lower abdomen emptying, the space to the left of Guncheonji began to distort.
“omg!”
Gun Cheon-ji, startled by the sudden appearance of the Gongmyeol-gwon while swinging his sword, barely manages to retrieve the Daecheonggang Sword.
And after retrieving the mutual destruction power I had extended, I immediately scattered the Socheon Sword Technique wildly toward Guncheonji.
Whoosh—a dozen sword blasts fly in, aiming for the vital point.
“What kind of petty tricks are you!”
Guncheonji was bewildered by the mutual destruction power, yet instinctively prepared defenses with the Thirty-Six Swords of the World.
And I.
He performed the shattering ceremony of the Thirty-Six Swords of the World that he had been waiting for so long.
The Thirty-Six Swords of the World, occupying thirty-six directions under the sky to complete absolute defense.
Break through the twenty-seven holes of the third technique, which was the only weakness of that absolute defense, and thrust in the Socheon Sword Technique.
It is not the sharpest or the fastest, but extending the sword accurately is enough.
Because sometimes, the right amount of force is the most accurate.
Pfft!
The sensation of the sword piercing through the flesh was transmitted to my fingertips.
Guncheonji, whose Thirty-Six Swords of the World had been shattered without him even realizing it, wore an expression of utter disbelief.
“Cough! ……
how?”
Even though he saw the Black Dragon Sword thrust deep into his shoulder, he looked back and forth between me and the sword with a look of confusion.
Why are you so surprised?
Whoosh
I grinned as I pulled out the embedded Black Dragon Sword.
Because I am qualified to take on the challenge.
