Chapter 373: Chapter 373

Walking, Dan Woo-hyun had many thoughts.

Everything he felt with Cheon Mu-gwang in front of his eyes, the joy that the residues of the past still remained, and at the same time, that many things had changed.

Each of those feelings seemed to bind Dan Woo-hyun or grasp and shake him.

“They say time makes many things change…”

But he did not sigh.

He did not get discouraged either.

Dan Woo-hyun’s heart was too firm to be shaken by mere things like that, so even when one tried to break and trample it, sometimes it was like steel, and sometimes it was like diamond.

Thus, he did not shake, nor did he collapse.

However, he had not been able to resolve the one thing remaining in his heart.

The Eight Immortals.

The immortals who said they protect the Central Plains.

The suffering he experienced from such people could not be resolved by any means.

The reason why force was applied to his walking steps was also the same.

With every single step he took, Dan Woo-hyun’s expression slowly began to shift.

At first, it was peaceful, then soon turned soft. However, the closer he got to the opponent, the fiercer and slightly more vicious it changed.

As if looking at the Martial God of the past.

A feeling like summoning him.

Before long, arriving at that place, he looked at a man standing blankly.

“What…?! Wasn’t it… Cheon Mu-gwang?”

Looking at the one who appeared, Ryu Hwa-gun was startled. He had definitely come targeting Cheon Mu-gwang, but a completely different person revealed himself.

Even a face that he seemed to have seen a lot somewhere.

Since it was a somewhat far distance, the moment he looked while narrowing his vision.

Ryu Hwa-gun’s body stiffened.

“It has been a while. Should I say it is the first time in a thousand years?”

At the heard sound, Ryu Hwa-gun trembled like an aspen leaf. The Eight Immortals meant absolute beings who had ascended to the Immortal Realm. Each of them was a hero who once shook the Central Plains or this continent with renown.

However, there was someone even such people feared, and that was the absolute being Dan Woo-hyun, whom they could never surpass and thought of as death itself.

“H-How are you here…?”

“Since I came looking for you, I must be here.”

“Kh…!”

Ryu Hwa-gun cast a bewildered gaze.

The goal was to capture or kill Cheon Mu-gwang, who clung to Cheon Mu-je. Although it was a difficult mission, it was not something he could not accomplish, so he had moved casually.

In such a situation, to think he would see the Martial God, who could be called the worst case scenario?

He could not control his trembling body, and his gaze lowered without him realizing it.

Even looking at the absolute being’s face was blasphemous.

It felt as if saying that.

“Cheon Mu-gwang, you bastard! You laid a trap!”

“Oho? Were they at a level to play along in that trap? Those called the Eight Immortals?”

“Kh!”

“You have become highly degraded.”

Shiiing!

Dan Woo-hyun’s blade slid out of its scabbard.

Hum!

That crying sound letting out a sword hum was as if it knew the vengeance Dan Woo-hyun harbored. Cut down the one in front of his eyes right now and bathe in blood.

It let out a violent cry as if saying those words.

“Y-You are being deceived by Cheon Mu-gwang. We… no longer… Mu-je…”

“It does not matter. The fact that the ones who locked me inside there for a thousand years were you fellows does not change.”

“W-We, on Cheon Mu-je’s orders…”

“I said it does not matter.”

Dan Woo-hyun chuckled and swung his sword.

Boom, boom!

The pouring sword qi swept the ground and passed. The wind contained in the sword qi made the ground heave, violently sucking in all kinds of soil and stones as it poured toward Ryu Hwa-gun.

The one showing a look of difficulty was Ryu Hwa-gun.

A move all of a sudden? Using his hands?

He had expected that words would not work, but to think it would be to this extent?

He must not block it.

The moment he blocked it, his whole body would be cut in two.

Such a fierce force was felt.

Ryu Hwa-gun leaped up. The moment he rose high, he extended his hand toward Dan Woo-hyun. The finger wind extending from his fingertip flew in at a speed invisible to the eye.

Bam, bam, bam!

However, it did not hit.

Although Dan Woo-hyun did not even make a movement, Ryu Hwa-gun’s finger wind brushed past Dan Woo-hyun as if it had been shot that way from the start.

All of those phenomena were truly strange.

Even Ryu Hwa-gun was bewildered.

‘I do not ignore the reason, but… really… there is no answer.’

Ryu Hwa-gun frowned.

Even for someone who ascended to the Immortal Realm and listed their name among the Eight Immortals, there was no one who could handle the energy of the Five Elements this surely.

Even Cheon Mu-je, who was once called the leader of the Eight Immortals, could not handle the energy of the Five Elements, especially the wind, this freely.

Considering those thoughts, the one in front of him was unmistakably the Martial God.

It was clearly he himself.

Boom!

At that moment, Dan Woo-hyun’s sword was swung once more.

The heavy momentum surged like a massive wave. There was no place to avoid it, nor was it a momentum that could be blocked. If so, did he dig in with direct methods to attack?

The moment he attacked, his entire body would be torn to shreds.

Ryu Hwa-gun ground his teeth and backed away.

Extending his hand, he unleashed palm force.

Bam, bam!

The palm forces pouring down several times extended frighteningly and clashed with Dan Woo-hyun’s momentum. Consecutive explosions rang in the ears, and the ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

But Dan Woo-hyun’s energy did not stop.

In the first place, it was not something that could be blocked with palm force.

But Ryu Hwa-gun’s action was indeed a precise judgment.

The surging momentum weakened slightly.

The moment he realized that, Ryu Hwa-gun wrapped his body protective qi and dug inside. Realizing that the softly flowing winds wrapped around his body, he dashed toward Dan Woo-hyun like an arrow.

Once again, a harsh sound was heard.

Dust rose densely, and he could not see a single inch ahead in all directions.

“Keh!”

What was heard was a weak groan.

A violent resonance of vomiting blood with a gasp.

As the wind blew and cleared the dust, Ryu Hwa-gun, beaten to a mess, was seen hanging limp, grabbed by the collar and lifted up.

“Not like the past either.”

However, Dan Woo-hyun was also not unhurt.

His cheek has blood flowing down. The trace of Ryu Hwa-gun’s move brushing past. Just looking at the fact that he could wound the Martial God under heaven showed that Ryu Hwa-gun’s skill was also not to be ignored.

Dan Woo-hyun licked the flowing blood and smiled.

Meanwhile, as if he had targeted this, Ryu Hwa-gun bent his body forcefully and extended his leg.

The kick techniques extending instantaneously smacked Dan Woo-hyun dozens of times.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

The kicks containing intense momentum looked ready to break even steel easily, and it seemed no one would remain safe.

Dan Woo-hyun backed away.

On his collar, traces of blocking Ryu Hwa-gun’s kick techniques were filled.

“I experience this kind of thing after a long time too.”

Someone inflicts a wound on his body.

Block someone’s attack.

Since it was a situation that could never exist if the being in front of him was not one of the Eight Immortals, Dan Woo-hyun was having a unique experience after a long time.

Opening his eyes narrowly, he took his stance.

If he had killed people merely by slicing and thrusting until now, from now on was the moment the true martial arts of the Martial God exploded.

‘Now is the real thing.’

Ryu Hwa-gun Wiping the flowing blood, Ryu Hwa-gun let out an absurd laugh.

Thinking of whether to flee using his fast legs, he soon shook his head. He knew it would merely be preserving his life for a brief moment.

Bowing his head, he touched the ground with his hand.

Simultaneously, a strange mist began to set in.

Martial arts were one thing, but Ryu Hwa-gun’s true martial skill.

Dwelt precisely in illusion arts.

In an instant, mist began to set in, enveloping all directions. As if fallen into a formation, a strange current wrapped around his entire body.

Dan Woo-hyun moved with a smile.

Before anyone knew it, Dan Woo-hyun’s blade, which revealed itself in front of Ryu Hwa-gun, brushed past at a speed too fast to be seen.

Slash!

Being sliced was a single moment.

No matter who it was, they would not notice they were cut.

However, Ryu Hwa-gun did not bleed, and there was not even a sensation of slicing. Soon, as if everything was an illusion, it vanished with a slide.

Dan Woo-hyun narrowed his brow.

He thought it was a sure move, but it seemed he could not catch the position precisely inside the illusion.

At the same time, a strange sensation chilled the nape of his neck.

Dan Woo-hyun turned his head and backed away half a pace.

Simultaneously, a thrusting sword smacked something. That blade containing wind extended in all directions, trying to grab the ankle of the fleeing one.

Slash!

Blood splatters.

Although he did not think it was a deep wound, he definitely sliced the opponent. However, that bloodstain also vanished soon, and each sensation, before long, lost the Five Senses one by one.

Slash!

Blood spurted on Dan Woo-hyun’s shoulder. Although it was not a deep wound, it was highly surprising in that he was the Dan Woo-hyun under heaven.

This proved that no matter how great the Martial God was, he had no choice but to shed blood against someone who ascended to the Immortal Realm.

But Dan Woo-hyun rather laughed as if that was amusing.

Whether due to the sensation of the blade felt after a long time or simply because it had been a while since he had such a fight, his face was filled with enjoyment, and it was like looking at the Martial God of the past.

Slash, slash, slash!

Dan Woo-hyun’s blood soared from various places.

As if killing an opponent trapped in illusion was nothing, Ryu Hwa-gun sliced Dan Woo-hyun’s body without hesitation. However, his failure to inflict deep wounds was because he felt a reluctance to approach him.

‘Strange… he is not a guy to just get slashed?’

Even while swinging his sword, Ryu Hwa-gun could not erase the ominous feeling. Was he just quietly feeling the approaching presence?

However, no matter how great the Martial God was, breaking the illusion Ryu Hwa-gun displayed was something that could not exist.

Since he must have already lost his Five Senses, he could not know where was where, and even if he knew the direction the sword flew in, it would be a completely different place from what he thought.

In such a situation, what other move was there?

Frowning, Ryu Hwa-gun gripped his sword tighter. Pledging to take Dan Woo-hyun’s neck with this single move, he cast a larger and stronger illusion.

Not to mention the Five Senses, even the immediate front would not be visible. In such a situation, there would be no means for Dan Woo-hyun to attack Ryu Hwa-gun.

Resolving himself, Ryu Hwa-gun slowly approached while suppressing his presence like a ghost.

Even if Dan Woo-hyun saw something now, it would not be Ryu Hwa-gun himself.

At that moment.

Slash!

“Keh!”

The blade of Dan Woo-hyun, who had been quietly closing his eyes, extended and flew in an instant.

Grasping in a single breath the dozens or hundreds of Ryu Hwa-gun visible the moment he opened his eyes, the blade he swung upon realizing that position cleaved his body in two before he could even block it.

It was not an illusion, but Ryu Hwa-gun himself.

Consternation was cast on his face, which was cleaved in two. His face clearly showed an expression of truly not knowing how he found out.

Dan Woo-hyun looked at him and smiled.

Confirming that the illusion was dispersing, he retrieved his sword.

“Even if one loses senses, they read the flow. Since the wind is on my side, how could you defeat me?”

Did Dan Woo-hyun’s single statement reach the already deceased Ryu Hwa-gun? Ryu Hwa-gun’s eyes, raised in alarm, could not easily close.

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