Chapter 459: Chapter 459

There was someone crouching inside a small cave.

He moistened his throat with water drops falling from the cave ceiling and filled his hunger by swallowing crawling insects. Even so, his body did not easily heal, which was because the Immortal Power composing his body had been damaged.

He was holding onto the scattering Immortal Power with extreme mental strength, but it was a situation where he didn’t know how long that would last either.

‘Damn it…….’

Cheon Mu-gwang frowned and circulated his energy.

He tried to gather his internal energy somehow to hold onto the scattering Immortal Power, but it was absolutely not an easy task. In the first place, those who could do such a thing would only be the Heavenly Martial Emperor or Dan Woo-hyun.

With the thought of wanting to become stronger than anyone else, he left the Eight Immortals and turned to the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s side, but in the end, he was abandoned without reaching Dan Woo-hyun, let alone the Heavenly Martial Emperor.

Considering those who had fallen to him, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say it served him right, but if someone saw him slowly exhausting his strength and trying to hold onto his life somehow, they would feel quite pitiful.

‘I must live!’

Cheon Mu-gwang was struggling.

This wasn’t how he was supposed to be defeated.

If he died after receiving such humiliation, his resentment would not easily fade away.

Swallowing the anger of wanting to tear the Heavenly Martial Emperor into pieces if he was right in front of him, he had to use all his might to survive on his own.

‘Martial God Dao Scripture……!’

Then, something suddenly came to mind.

The thing the Heavenly Martial Emperor made and scattered in the Central Plains.

The thing he tried to make for a higher realm, but actually scattered in the Central Plains without learning it himself.

He had heard the reason and knew it, but he couldn’t blindly trust the Heavenly Martial Emperor who said such words.

‘There must be. The reason why he made the Martial God Dao Scripture…….’

He knew that the Heavenly Martial Emperor was obsessed with the Heavenly Sun Harmonization Art.

The reason was that it, the mind art of the Martial God, transcended the inhuman and was a mind art that no one could interpret even in the Immortal Realm.

That was the same even for the Heavenly Martial Emperor.

Naturally, the reason for creating the Martial God Dao Scripture would also be to invent such a mind art.

Its content was definitely the martial arts of the Blood Demon and a half-baked Heavenly Sun Harmonization Art, but he felt that wouldn’t be all.

Cheon Mu-gwang hurriedly took out a booklet from his bosom.

Something completely different from the Martial God Dao Scriptures discovered so far.

The one that could be called the most complete.

The moment he opened it, the contents instantly began to enter his mind. Not only the Blood Demon Divine Art that the Heavenly Martial Emperor originally invented and gave to the Blood Demon, but also the Heavenly Sun Harmonization Art with the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s most perfect interpretation.

Such things complexly shook his mind.

He had to interpret it.

With what thoughts the Heavenly Martial Emperor came to make this, and whether he could truly learn this and hold onto his disappearing Immortal Power.

However, even if he read the contents of an incomplete book thrown away as a joke, it was somewhat unreasonable to interpret it.

If so, in the end.

‘I will accomplish it.’

Cheon Mu-gwang ground his teeth and combined the things in his mind. He too was a wondrous existence that could be called one who had reached the limitlessness.

The moment he felt the gradually disappearing Immortal Power and hurriedly racked his brain.

“……!?”

Cheon Mu-gwang felt an energy suddenly rushing in and opened his eyes wide.

“That’s it…… even if you look at something meaningless, it won’t be solved.”

Tap, tap.

A cold voice could be heard from somewhere. The sharp voice, which seemed to contain a northern snowstorm, pierced like a dagger and stimulated his whole body.

Cheon Mu-gwang’s gaze turned with difficulty and looked at the direction where the voice was heard.

There…….

“Nam Ju-ryeon…… how…….”

“Shall we call it a woman’s intuition?”

It was a cold tone clearly bearing ridicule.

The gaze looking at the opponent, tone, expression, every single one of those things seemed to carry even a sense of contempt.

Seeing Cheon Mu-gwang miserably trampled also seemed to grab and shake her mind even more greatly.

Nam Ju-ryeon sharply bit her lip.

“Of course…… did you come to kill me?”

“…….”

She did not answer.

If she had intended to kill him, she should have cut his neck at once.

Because it wasn’t an exaggeration to say there was already an unbridgeable gap between Cheon Mu-gwang and Nam Ju-ryeon.

However, Nam Ju-ryeon did not answer, and watching that, Cheon Mu-gwang half-opened his eyes.

At the same time.

She walked over.

Seureureung!

The blade was drawn from the scabbard, revealing its sharpness, and the intense killing intent felt every time she slowly approached seemed to tear his whole body into pieces.

Trickle.

Cheon Mu-gwang broke into a cold sweat.

“You bitch…… about the Martial God Dao Scripture…… did you know?”

“Intuition……? Maybe. Because the fact that he made such a thing is originally a funny thing in itself.”

The Heavenly Martial Emperor had said that the Martial God Dao Scripture was meaningless.

The scattered Martial God Dao Scriptures appeared here and there, capturing the gaze and actions of the Eight Immortals chasing the Heavenly Martial Emperor and his gang, and thus the Heavenly Martial Emperor very freely did the things he could do.

Therefore, it was meaningless.

The reason for giving the order to retrieve it was also likely his curiosity about whether those who learned it could become stronger, as the Heavenly Martial Emperor said.

Also.

“Did the appearance of the Martial God Dao Scripture also capture Brother’s gaze?”

“……That’s right.”

“It’s absurd.”

Dan Woo-hyun wouldn’t go around looking for it himself, but just the fact that such a thing existed let him know that the Heavenly Martial Emperor was alive and existed.

Naturally, Dan Woo-hyun would stay close to what he wanted to protect, and this was a very good thing for the Heavenly Martial Emperor, who had a certain plan.

Of course, he didn’t know if the Heavenly Martial Emperor had expected Dan Woo-hyun’s appearance or not, but either way, it had become something that held Dan Woo-hyun’s ankles and shook his thoughts a bit more.

Nam Ju-ryeon quietly looked down at Cheon Mu-gwang.

A being waiting for death as even that Immortal Power would soon disappear.

He was right in front of her eyes, but even his presence was faint, making her realize that not much time was left.

Looking at such a person, she slowly raised her sword.

“And it’s also something worthless to you.”

She did not hesitate.

Nam Ju-ryeon’s heart had already left Cheon Mu-gwang, and the two were enemies.

She knew better than anyone how foolish an act it was to show mercy to someone who had betrayed and left them.

Therefore.

Seogeok!

Blood was splattered.

Cheon Mu-gwang’s chest was slashed, and crimson blood spurted out.

He, who had been quietly looking at Nam Ju-ryeon, fell backwards with a smile, as if calmly accepting the entire situation.

Even before the pain felt from the slashed wound surged to his bone marrow, Cheon Mu-gwang closed his eyes, and his mind sank into the distant darkness.

Thud!

Soon, looking at the fallen Cheon Mu-gwang, Nam Ju-ryeon bit her lip.

The flowing blood, the sight of a former comrade fallen in front of her eyes.

Although he was a person she bickered and fought with so much, he was still a reliable existence who once swung swords back to back. Slashing such a person didn’t feel very good.

Nam Ju-ryeon let out a long sigh and flicked her sword.

The blood of her old friend and comrade on the sword stained the ground.

***

“Yap!”

Dan So-mi moved her body and threw a punch. Her movements, as natural as flowing water, were perfect enough to make it somewhat unreasonable to say a young child had executed them.

It was to the point where even those watching couldn’t hide their surprise, so it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Dan So-mi’s talent was truly no different from a gift from the heavens.

“It’s incredible…….”

Gwon Mu-jin gulped down dry saliva.

Dan So-mi, who was earnestly following the woman’s guidance, was rapidly improving her skills day by day. If she grew like that, he thought she might easily catch up to the likes of Mu Ho or Gwon Mu-jin even before reaching adulthood.

“Can that…… be called simple talent?”

He had seen many people with outstanding talent.

Just looking at Zhuge Yeon or Namgung So-hye nearby, he also knew that their talent was so great that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a heavenly gift.

But Dan So-mi was not of that kind.

She definitely imitated what she saw once, and what she imitated, she soon executed perfectly.

Her appearance of instantly absorbing the martial arts the woman taught her was truly earth-shattering, and that wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

“As expected of whose daughter she is…….”

Even Ma Jang-gang shook his head from side to side.

Thanks to having already drank the Stalactite Milk, her internal energy alone was immense, and her absorption of martial arts was incredibly surprising, to the extent that it made him think the next number one in the world might be that child.

“Is it done now?”

“Yes, that should be enough.”

However, Mi-ho wasn’t even surprised.

She was accepting it as if this itself was natural, and her reaction was as if it would be funnier if she couldn’t even do this much.

“Then can I go out and play with Eun-wol?”

“We’ve done enough for today, so it should be fine.”

“Yes!”

Dan So-mi burst into a joyful laugh and ran off.

Learning martial arts was good, but it seemed her interest was still focused a bit more on running around and playing with kids her age.

Gwon Mu-jin, who had been watching the situation, asked Mi-ho.

“Is it okay? That growth speed……?”

“Yes, it feels a bit lacking, but there’s no particular problem so far.”

“……For a person, there is a vessel that can contain things. If anything overflows, it becomes harmful……?”

“That child’s vessel isn’t something that would overflow with just this, so don’t worry.”

Gwon Mu-jin lost his words.

Listening to the woman’s words, didn’t it mean that Dan So-mi still possessed something that could contain a lot more? The more he heard, the more surprised he was, yet it was also another instance of effort crumbling before the name of talent.

Gwon Mu-jin turned his back with a reluctant expression.

He seemed intent on immediately running to train.

“I request a spar.”

“……Alright.”

Ma Jang-gang followed beside him and nodded.

The only one who could fully understand Gwon Mu-jin’s feelings was probably only Ma Jang-gang in this Hunan Dan Family.

“Phew…….”

Mi-ho, left alone at some point, let out a small sigh. Although she also didn’t show it on her expression, she couldn’t hide her surprise at Dan So-mi’s growth, which was no exaggeration to call truly shocking.

‘But still…… a little more…….’

However, Mi-ho knew better than anyone that it was still lacking. If the Heavenly Martial Emperor started to move in earnest, one couldn’t survive without having martial arts capable of protecting oneself.

That was why she had to push her even more harshly.

“There’s not much time…….”

Mi-ho looked at the sky.

A terribly cold chill was raging.

What was blowing was definitely a winter wind, but what was contained within it was not just a blade-like coldness and a shivering chill.

Mi-ho let out a sigh and slowly moved.

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