Chapter 125: Chapter 125
“Surprising.”
Myeong-wol-do’s voice was calm.
The subordinates he had brought just now.
Even though he had lost all of them, his appearance was surprisingly calm.
“Not only the Remnant Soul Remnant Blood Claw, but also footwork, hand techniques, kicking techniques, and sword arts…….”
His eyes shone wickedly.
“Everything is a high-level martial art.”
“You have a good eye.”
Cheon-hwi rested his sword on his shoulder.
“They are pretty good martial arts, indeed.”
“……The legacy left by the Shadowless Divine Thief was more substantial than I thought.”
“Wow. You are really persistent.”
Cheon-hwi clicked his tongue.
Was he possessed by a ghost that died unable to find the Shadowless Divine Thief’s items?
He was fed up with Myeong-wol-do, who mentioned the Shadowless Divine Thief to the point of exhaustion.
“That’s enough, if you’re coming, hurry up?”
Cheon-hwi lifted his sword again and gestured.
An action close to a provocation.
On top of that, an annoyed tone was added, which added more weight to the provocation.
“You are full of confidence.”
Myeong-wol-do did not waver at all.
Rather, he tightly gripped his great blade with an even colder appearance than before.
His eyes sank heavily.
“Although the Hwangil Squad is our sect’s martial unit, compared to other units, they are mere immature novices. Do you think this seat is similar to those guys?”
Similar?
Certainly, compared to those guys from the Hwangil Squad, Myeong-wol-do’s martial prowess could be considered overwhelming.
The Peak Realm and the Limitless Realm.
Because the wall between the two was far too massive.
And the scent of blood subtly exuding from his body revealed that he was not someone who had gone through ordinary hardships.
However.
“Aren’t they about the same?”
He was only slightly better, but it was similar.
‘Whether it’s the Peak Realm or the Limitless Realm.’
Myeong-wol-do’s eyebrows twitched.
“If provocation was your goal, you have succeeded.”
“That wasn’t really the case.”
Cheon-hwi spoke indifferently.
He had merely spoken the truth, and he had no intention of provoking him.
But those words severely provoked Myeong-wol-do, who had calmly controlled his mind.
“I want to tear your limbs apart and kill you right this instant, but…….”
He explosively released his internal energy.
Wicked Evil Qi filled the secret cave, and the martial artists reacted intensely.
“U, Ugh!”
“Heup!”
To the point where some turned pale and collapsed as their legs lost strength.
As the number of those losing their minds increased, the Tathagata Divine Fist and the Arhat Monks urgently brought their hands together and began chanting Buddhist mantras.
“……Amitabha.”
“Amitabha.”
The subtly spreading Buddhist chants slowly began to push away Myeong-wol-do’s Evil Qi.
Veins bulged on the Tathagata Divine Fist’s head.
‘The rumors of Jianghu cannot be trusted!’
Although Myeong-wol-do’s martial prowess known to the world was at the Limitless Realm, it was known to be much lower than the elder level of the Great Sects.
‘But this martial prowess now is…….’
Sweat trickled down his forehead.
Myeong-wol-do’s martial prowess was completely exceeding his expectations by a wide margin.
‘He is similar to me.’
Meanwhile, Cheon-hwi was unfazed even in a situation where Evil Qi was raging.
‘Judging from the aura, it must be a Supreme Blade.’
Cheon-hwi finished his preparations to enjoy himself.
He wanted to grasp to what extent the martial arts he had read inside were, but the opponents he had faced were so weak that he couldn’t even estimate it.
‘He should be better than those guys from earlier.’
At that time, lightning struck in Myeong-wol-do’s eyes, and his pupils turned yellow.
The mental method he had learned.
As the Thunder Lightning Bright Ghost Art manifested, a change occurred in his pupils.
The bright yellow eye light tore long and sharply.
Hwaaak!
His martial arts uniform swelled greatly.
“I will make you submit for now.”
Myeong-wol-do, who spoke quietly, slowly leaned his upper body forward.
Paat!
He shot forward like an arrow.
‘It is an interesting style of footwork.’
It was a fairly unique footwork.
Kicking the ground as if there was no turning back, his upper body was leaning forward.
Myeong-wol-do spurred his speed by leaning the weight of his great blade and his body forward.
Hook!
Myeong-wol-do, who arrived three steps in front of Cheon-hwi in an instant, struck his great blade upward from below.
Huuung!
Cheon-hwi tilted his head back.
The great blade brushed right beneath his chin, creating a massive wind pressure.
‘……He dodged it?’
Meanwhile, Myeong-wol-do’s pupils shook.
What he had just unfolded was the third form of his renowned technique, the Thunder Lightning Blade.
It was the Thunder Lightning Soaring.
It was one of the forms he was most confident in due to its extreme fast blade.
The opponent easily dodged it.
‘Those who have dodged this can be counted on one hand.’
Myeong-wol-do’s eyes narrowed.
A fast blade unsuited for a great blade.
Therefore, those seeing his blade art for the first time usually lost their lives to the Thunder Lightning Soaring.
‘He is indeed not a guy to be dealt with easily.’
His gaze pierced through Cheon-hwi.
The upper body that was clearly exposed from dodging the blade.
“Heup!”
Myeong-wol-do immediately twisted his great blade.
As he tried to reverse the rapidly struck great blade, his muscles screamed and bulged greatly.
Jjijik…
Eventually, his martial arts uniform couldn’t hold out and tore, revealing his hidden thick arm muscles to the world.
When veins began to pop on his arm.
Kwaak!
He slammed down the blade with all his might.
Pajijik!
At that moment, lightning struck in the empty air.
The fourth form of the Thunder Lightning Blade.
It was the Thunder Responding Heaven Opening.
‘Oho, even a second strike?’
Cheon-hwi, raising his head, witnessed the soaring great blade being slashed down again.
It was slower than the Thunder Lightning Soaring from earlier, but it was much higher in terms of power and offense and defense.
Looking at the lightning, Cheon-hwi raised his sword.
Jjeojeok!
Lightning sparked in the empty air.
The Thunder Responding Heaven Opening was blocked by Cheon-hwi’s suddenly raised sword, and the thunder qi was instantly dispelled.
‘Even the Thunder Responding Heaven Opening?’
When Myeong-wol-do opened his eyes wide.
“……!”
Suddenly, an alarm rang in his head.
As he hurriedly looked down.
Before he knew it, the pure white sword was making a large slash near his waist.
Tat!
He hurriedly kicked the ground and retreated backward.
“To counterattack in that situation.”
Myeong-wol-do’s eyes sank heavily.
The sword that he saw in the fleeting moment just now.
If he had stood there as he was, his waist would have probably been cut in half.
At that time.
“I’ll go first this time.”
Cheon-hwi moved.
The White Lotus Sword held in his hand was swung so quietly that it was eerie.
Seueueu…
Myeong-wol-do urgently twisted his blade.
Kkaaang!
“Keuk!”
Myeong-wol-do let out a groan.
How powerful of a sword strike was it.
The great blade undulated greatly like a wave due to the completely transmitted shock.
But that was only the beginning.
“It’s not over yet.”
Cheon-hwi’s sword changed.
Sometimes fast, sometimes majestic.
The changes were not just one or two, but to the point where keeping up with them was overwhelming.
‘How could this be……!’
Myeong-wol-do swallowed his breath.
The raging sword strikes, it was by no means the skill of someone inferior to him.
‘S-Such a monster exists!’
Meanwhile, seeing Myeong-wol-do’s shocked expression, Cheon-hwi smirked.
“Try blocking it well.”
As soon as those words ended.
Kaang! Kaang!
Cheon-hwi’s sword began to rage.
Myeong-wol-do, who had been in the center, gradually stepped back against the continuous sword strikes until.
Thud.
He hit the wall.
Driven into a corner, Myeong-wol-do drew up all his internal energy and swung his great blade.
A supreme technique utilizing all his strength.
The Whirling Wind Thunder Blade!
Wind blowing like a storm wrapped around the blade and shot out like lightning, moving to swallow the opponent.
However.
Seogeok!
Before that, Cheon-hwi’s sword swung and cut his right shoulder joint.
“Kkeuaak!”
Myeong-wol-do let out a scream of pain.
“Your voice is quite loud.”
Cheon-hwi looked at Myeong-wol-do.
His appearance as he screamed was incredibly miserable.
A bowl full of blood was pouring out from the cleanly severed shoulder joint, soaking the ground, and in front of him, the right arm holding the blade was convulsing on the floor.
“D-Damn it!”
Myeong-wol-do bit his lip.
He urgently tried to block the wound with his left hand, but the blood continued to pour out.
‘I will die at this rate.’
Was it because he was facing the crisis of death.
His brain operated with unprecedented brilliance.
‘I cannot die like this. Absolutely not.’
He couldn’t even remember the order of the Sect Leader to find the ‘Wheel-Turning Blade’.
Right now, the only thing that completely filled his reason was one thing.
It was purely the desire to live.
Soon, he abruptly turned his body.
Taat!
And then he fled towards the iron gate.
“Huh? He left?”
Cheon-hwi sheathed his sword as he watched Myeong-wol-do disappear beyond the iron gate.
The Tathagata Divine Fist asked in panic.
“A-Are you not going to chase him?”
“Why bother chasing him.”
“But if you let him go now, you might suffer retaliation…….”
“Then I won’t have to go there myself, which is nice.”
“V-Visit them, do you perhaps mean the Sun and Moon Sect?”
“Yes.”
The Tathagata Divine Fist dropped his jaw.
Who in the world could say such a thing against the Sun and Moon Sect.
It was difficult to say that even if the Murim Alliance Leader or the Flying Heaven Society Leader came.
But this young man…….
The Tathagata Divine Fist gazed steadily at Cheon-hwi and spat out the most important question to him right now in the world.
“Benefactor, are you of the Orthodox Faction or the Unorthodox Faction?”
The Tathagata Divine Fist’s eyes captured Cheon-hwi.
The martial arts he had shown.
From that alone, it was absolutely impossible to know whether this young man was of the Orthodox or Unorthodox Faction.
Sometimes they seemed like Orthodox martial arts.
Sometimes they seemed like Unorthodox martial arts.
As if the boundary between Orthodox and Unorthodox had been broken down.
“Just as you see.”
“Just as I see?”
“If you see me as Orthodox, I am Orthodox, and if you see me as Unorthodox, I am Unorthodox, wouldn’t you say?”
“What do you mean?”
“It means it depends on the mind of the beholder.”
“……!”
The Tathagata Divine Fist opened his eyes wide.
What does it matter if the young man in front of him is Orthodox or Unorthodox.
Isn’t how he acts the most important thing.
“Amitabha…….”
A benevolent smile appeared around the Tathagata Divine Fist’s mouth as he softly chanted the Buddhist mantra.
‘Hoho. Even though I have taken refuge in Buddhism, I was trapped in the illusion of Jianghu and viewed people narrowly.’
When the Tathagata Divine Fist looked back on himself.
‘Did I move too much?’
Cheon-hwi rubbed his belly.
Was it because he had only eaten a single Fasting Pill on an empty stomach, his stomach had emptied again just from executing a few martial arts.
His gaze naturally turned towards the Tathagata Divine Fist.
‘Should I ask him to give me another Fasting Pill if he has one left? No. I’d rather go outside and eat meat and drink liquor than eat that tasteless thing again.’
Nodding his head with an ‘Mhm, mhm’, Cheon-hwi immediately put his thought into action.
Tat!
As he stomped his foot, Cheon-hwi disappeared from the Tathagata Divine Fist’s sight in an instant.
“Hoho. It’s surprising. How surprising.”
The Tathagata Divine Fist admired Cheon-hwi’s footwork, which had disappeared in a flash, and smiled.
“A new star has appeared in Jianghu.”
The Tathagata Divine Fist slowly turned his body.
At that moment, those who had been clinging to the wall in the secret cave and watching the situation swallowed their breaths.
‘Damn it! We took the Sun and Moon Sect’s side for nothing.’
‘Why did that guy Myeong-wol-do have to lose!’
They were drenched in cold sweat.
Shaolin and the Sun and Moon Sect.
Choosing the Sun and Moon Sect out of the two was a wrong choice.
When they carefully tried to hide themselves to avoid the Tathagata Divine Fist’s gaze.
“Everyone, follow me.”
The Tathagata Divine Fist called the Arhat Monks.
After that, he looked at the collapsed wall where Cheon-hwi had come out from and nodded.
“Now, let’s check inside the wall.”
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