Chapter 135: Chapter 135
“…A riffraff?”
Chaos’s eyes became fierce.
“Perhaps because you are the disciple of the White Snake God, you are incredibly arrogant.”
At those words, Cheon-hwi chuckled.
The Nine Heavens Suppressing Thunder, which he had unfolded with the purpose of confusing them, was more successful than expected.
“I am not the disciple of such a guy.”
Chaos’s glabella narrowed.
“Then it seems you are from the same sect.”
“No. You guessed completely wrong.”
“Then are you saying you are unrelated?”
“If there is, there is, and if there isn’t, there isn’t.”
At Cheon-hwi’s continuing words, Chaos only then grasped the intention of his words.
“…You have no intention to answer at all.”
“Did you just figure that out?”
Cheon-hwi’s corners of his mouth went up.
Right now, his mind was clearly visible.
It must be dizzyingly entangled.
“…….”
Chaos’s eyes sank calmly.
Even though the weather was still hot, it felt as if the air was freezing coldly due to his gaze full of chilliness.
“They say a newborn puppy doesn’t know to fear a tiger, and you are exactly like that.”
“That’s what I’m saying.”
Cheon-hwi’s smile deepened further.
“I don’t know where that newborn puppy was raised, but far from being afraid of the tiger, it seems to think it is the tiger.”
“Are you saying that this seat is the newborn puppy?”
“Then who else is there?”
“…Interesting.”
Chaos’s voice lowered slightly.
Soon, he gripped the moon blade, drew it in a single breath, and raised it toward the sky.
The tip of the moon blade pointed at the sun.
“I will engrave into you who the tiger is.”
It was swung down greatly.
Rough wind pressure swept through the space.
Cheon-hwi lightly twisted his body.
His martial arts uniform and hair soared up at the cold wind pressure rushing in with the sound of cutting the wind.
Srrk…
At the same time, a chilling killing intent was shot out.
“You dodge well like a rat.”
As soon as the cool voice knocked on his ears, the handle bent flexibly.
Whoosh…
Simultaneously, the moon blade drew a large semicircle and slashed toward Cheon-hwi’s neck.
Clang!
Sparks flew, and the moon blade bounced off.
Cheon-hwi, who had blocked the moon blade with his sword at some point, was nonchalantly looking at Chaos.
As if nothing had happened at all.
“Is it already over? Since you’ve drawn your moon blade, you might as well unfold your martial arts properly.”
As Cheon-hwi spoke calmly.
“…Incredible.”
Chaos got goosebumps.
‘To block that so easily.’
It was a killing move with his full power, meant to unconditionally kill him, but the opponent blocked it lightly.
“I guess you weren’t a newborn puppy.”
He had seen it since the Heaven and Earth Net was unfolded, but his internal energy, martial arts, and even his skill.
There was nothing lacking for him to be his opponent.
“You are a guy who is a waste to kill, but…”
Chaos raised his internal energy.
The pitch-black energy of the Black Dragon Art began to waver on his moon blade.
No, beyond that, it connected to the sky.
And the rising stars who witnessed that energy felt their hearts sink.
“S-such intense internal energy?”
“Blade Gangqi?!”
Peng Cheol-wi’s face turned pale.
Despair seeped into his gaze looking at the blade gangqi wrapped around the moon blade.
To display such a clean gangqi meant he was at the top even among the masters of the Limitless Realm.
Wasn’t it a supreme realm that only those who were right in front of the Heavenly Martial Realm could use?
“Young Master Peng. Are you saying that someone exuding gangqi is over there right now?”
Zhuge Seung-ho asked in fright.
With his eye power, he couldn’t tell how the situation was flowing currently.
“…That is right.”
As Peng Cheol-wi spoke while letting out a groan.
“How could this be…”
Zhuge Seung-ho squeezed his two eyes shut.
No matter how much it was the Sun and Moon Sect, the number of masters capable of unfolding gangqi could be counted on one hand.
The Sun and Moon Sect Leader, the Four Great Protectors, and the Four Fiends.
There was no one besides them.
That meant.
“C-could it be one of the Four Fiends?!”
Everyone was frightened by Zhuge Seung-ho’s words.
Speaking of the Four Fiends, each and every one of them was a master of at least the Limitless Realm, and they were individuals who wouldn’t be awkward at all even if they were the head of a sect.
At that time, Moyong Sang flinched.
Upon hearing the Four Fiends, the black energy soaring up into the sky came into his sight.
‘This energy is…’
It matched the energy of the person his uncle had told him to unconditionally run away from if he ever happened to see them in the Jianghu in the past.
“Chaos!”
Around the time his shout erupted.
“Still, you do have some skill.”
Cheon-hwi drew his sword while looking at the pitch-black energy that seemed to connect with the sky.
A white sword contrasting with the pitch-black energy.
The straightly extended blade of the White Lotus Sword aimed at the pitch-black Chaos and his moon blade.
Cheon-hwi, who smiled brightly, spoke.
“I’m curious what kind of martial arts it is.”
“If you are that curious, I will show you.”
A smile also spread across Chaos’s face.
It was an eerie laugh containing sincerity, different from before.
“As a gift on your way to the Yellow Springs!”
Tat.
Chaos rushed toward Cheon-hwi.
Pouring out all his internal energy!
Because he was such a master that he might instead suffer if he made a clumsy attack.
Whoosh!
The pitch-black blade gangqi cleaved Cheon-hwi while leaving a trajectory in the empty air like ink.
‘Will he be able to dodge this?’
Chaos was convinced that this single strike, the Black Moon Blade Style, would slash the opponent.
Just like the numerous people he had cut down in a single stroke in the past.
The black trajectory of death reached Cheon-hwi’s chest in an instant.
However, Cheon-hwi did not dodge or retreat even until then.
Rather, he took a step forward.
And then he swung his sword down vertically.
Srrk…
Just falling from top to bottom.
It was such a simple and clean sword path with no technique and no momentum.
‘What is he thinking?’
Chaos’s eyes narrowed.
The sword slashing toward him was entirely too slow, and there was still no sword qi.
Compared to the martial arts and momentum he had seen just before, it was an entirely trivial sword.
It was weak enough to be shattered in a single breath if it clashed with this Black Moon Blade Style right now.
However, the moment the two clashed.
Clang!
‘What?!’
Chaos’s expression was dyed in astonishment.
The moon blade, which he thought had clashed with the sword, bent away to an unexpected place.
That wasn’t all.
Srrk…
The pure white blade of the White Lotus Sword suddenly appeared like an illusion and surged forward.
“Grind!”
Chaos kicked the ground with all his might.
Chaos, who retreated backward simultaneously while swinging the moon blade, glared at Cheon-hwi.
“Just now, that was…”
Chaos’s voice trembled.
Because he was someone who had guessed there would be something from the momentum different from before, he could clearly witness the surprising sight that unfolded just before.
Therefore, he couldn’t believe it.
The moment the Black Moon Blade Style and the sword clashed, the moon blade was dragged as if pulled by his sword.
It wasn’t just the moon blade.
Even the internal energy of the blade gangqi and the Black Dragon Art were subtly swept up in his flow.
In an instant, the hairs all over his body stood on end.
“What in the world did you do?”
“Can’t you tell by looking? I reverted it.”
“You reverted it? The Black Moon Blade Style?”
An earthquake occurred in Chaos’s pupils.
“Are you saying you unfolded Shifting Flowers Grafting Trees?”
“Similar.”
Chaos’s face crumpled.
“You are spouting nonsense. Even if it was the Wudang Sect’s Tai Chi Sword, this kind of Shifting Flowers Grafting Trees is impossible.”
His voice gradually rose.
Did that even make sense?
‘To revert the momentum of the Black Moon Blade Style with merely Shifting Flowers Grafting Trees?’
Unless one was at the elder level of the Wudang Sect, it was an almost impossible feat.
‘Is he trying to make fun of me!’
Killing intent exploded from Chaos’s body.
Meanwhile, Cheon-hwi entirely could not understand the angry Chaos.
It wasn’t even like he unfolded something amazing.
He had merely reversed the energy and reverted it with Shifting Flowers Grafting Trees.
But to be surprised by this.
Cheon-hwi shook his head side to side.
His level is really lacking.
“If you are that curious, shall I show you again?”
“Are you saying you can show me?”
“If you want.”
Chaos gritted his teeth.
Just how hard he bit down, it was enough to make a sound like his teeth were shattering.
“Let’s see you try reverting this as well!”
Chaos flashedly raised his moon blade.
The moon blade wavering with blade gangqi filled with killing intent fell toward Cheon-hwi again.
Cheon-hwi smoothly raised his sword.
And following the path of the swung moon blade, he lightly flowed his sword.
“……!”
Cheon-hwi chuckled while looking at Chaos who was astonished with his mouth wide open.
“How is it? I’m right, aren’t I?”
Chaos unconsciously took three or four steps back.
“N-nonsense…”
It wasn’t a sword art, nor was it a sword form.
He had merely simply read the opponent’s technique and then twisted its path.
Chaos bit his lips.
He bit them so much that they bled.
“You bastard!”
He spat out a shout mixed with blood.
And then he swung desperately.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The black blade gangqi violently rose like a storm and began to sweep across Cheon-hwi.
Strongly, as if to completely smash not only Cheon-hwi but also the surroundings where he stood.
However.
Fwip…
Cheon-hwi dodged all of his attacks just by lightly moving his feet.
Chaos glared at Cheon-hwi who dodged like a loach, and unfolded a blade form of rage.
“Hap!”
His blade gangqi stretching in all directions moved as if it would tear apart Cheon-hwi and his surroundings at any moment, but.
Thud.
It was suddenly blocked in the middle.
Cheon-hwi, who had blocked the moon blade with his sword before anyone noticed, raised his left hand and thrust it straight into his chest.
Crunch!
The palm that smashed the handle of the moon blade was accurately embedded into Chaos’s abdomen.
In an instant, his stomach caved in, and.
Pang!
The back side of his martial arts uniform was torn to shreds.
“Keu-heuk!”
Chaos vomited blood and staggered.
“Keu, keuk.”
Even though he lost the light in his eyes from the impact, he stood there on the verge of collapsing while gripping the moon blade that was split in half with both hands.
“Cough! Cough!”
Then eventually, he knelt down.
Meanwhile, the rising stars watching from afar could not take their eyes off the current decisive battle.
“…H-how could that be.”
“To think a master who evoked blade gangqi would be defeated so helplessly like that.”
They could not suppress their astonishment at the contrasting image of Chaos, who had collapsed to his knees, and Cheon-hwi, who was standing in front of him.
Especially Peng Cheol-wi, who saw Cheon-hwi’s technique unfolded at the end, clenched his fists.
Cheon-hwi’s figure, which was as small as a dot because he was far away, looked like a grand mountain that he dared not even think of climbing in his field of vision.
Meanwhile, Zhuge Seung-ho shouted out in delight.
‘Great!’
The moment he knew the person who appeared was Chaos, he had fallen into despair.
Because the Sun and Moon Sect sending even Chaos all the way here meant they were putting an end to it.
But now the situation was reversed.
‘Since Chaos has been defeated, the Sun and Moon Sect won’t be able to step forward recklessly anymore.’
His brain spun extraordinarily.
It must have required a massive resolve from the Sun and Moon Sect to send Chaos.
But Chaos, who they didn’t even think would lose, had been defeated?
It was clear that the Sun and Moon Sect would be bewildered.
‘Would it only be bewilderment?’
Zhuge Seung-ho’s eyes sparkled.
The Sun and Moon Sect would have no choice but to be careful in sending out their forces from now on.
What those words meant was one thing.
‘Now we have time to slip away.’
His gaze headed toward the west.
Exactly speaking, toward the Divine Spear Yang Clan in Lanzhou of Gansu Province.
Around the time Peng Cheol-wi was engulfed in a sense of frustration and Zhuge Seung-ho was racking his brain, the remaining three rising stars were quiet.
Moyong Sang next to him was gaping with an expression of disbelief, and Hwangbo So-hyeon was at a loss for words.
And Yang Se-ryeong quietly stared at Cheon-hwi.
‘Who in the world is he…’
She knew he was a master, but wasn’t this on a completely different level?
Around the time her pupils wavered.
Step…
Cheon-hwi, who was brushing off his hands, took a step.
The moment he approached the blood-vomiting Chaos and raised his sword upward.
“Everyone, protect Protector Chaos!”
Sun and Moon Sect disciples poured out from all directions.
Cheon-hwi glanced at them, and then.
Whoosh!
In an instant, he exploded his internal energy.
Rumble!
At that moment, the ground within a ten-zhang radius sank by about an inch.
“Keu-heuk!”
“Keuk!”
The rushing Sun and Moon Sect disciples couldn’t even rush in due to the pressure and bent their upper bodies.
When they were lying flat on the ground without even being able to breathe under the continuously increasing pressure.
“Who told you to move as you please?”
Cheon-hwi smiled brightly as he looked at them.
The Sun and Moon Sect disciples got goosebumps upon facing that freezing smile.
It was then.
“…I will kill you.”
A bleak voice was heard.
At the same time, Chaos, who had bowed his head while kneeling, flashedly lifted his head.
His pupils burned like flames.
Simultaneously, the internal energy of the Black Dragon Art soared up to the sky from his entire body, and the surrounding atmosphere distorted and began to vibrate.
Following that, he slowly stood up.
Gripping the moon blade with only half remaining, his eye light flashed, and he threw the smashed handle.
Swaeek!
Cheon-hwi lightly moved his head to escape the trajectory of the flying handle.
“It seems you still have some strength left?”
“…….”
Chaos erected his moon blade straight.
The moon blade that was broken in half.
However, its momentum was far more eerie than when the blade had been intact.
The fierce and strong momentum stretched out in streams centering on the empty lot and occupied it.
At that moment, a single black dragon bloomed from his moon blade and soared up.
The final technique of the Black Moon Blade Style.
It was Black Dragon Ascending to Heaven.
Whoosh!
Cheon-hwi’s hair fluttered, and his martial arts uniform flapped greatly in the raging wind pressure.
Cheon-hwi leisurely brushed back his hair that was becoming disheveled.
“This time it’s not bad.”
Along with his words, Cheon-hwi, who emitted an intense eye light, thrust his sword toward him who was flying in with the black dragon dwelling in his moon blade.
‘Where do you think you’re going!’
Chaos exploded his killing intent.
A sword thrusting slowly and honestly.
Chaos, who twisted the corners of his mouth at the slow sword that he could seemingly dodge right away if he wanted to, swung his moon blade horizontally.
The black dragon opened its mouth wide.
Along with that, it swallowed the thrusting sword and Cheon-hwi in one gulp.
‘I wo…!’
When he was about to put on a smile of victory.
Crack!
A crack occurred on the black dragon.
At the same time, it shattered into pieces, and through the gap, a cool sword tip shot out sharply.
“……!”
Chaos quickly let go of the moon blade.
Now that the Black Dragon Ascending to Heaven was smashed, holding onto the moon blade was an entirely useless act.
The most important thing to him right now was none other than dodging that sword.
Fortunately, the approaching sword was slow.
And it was an honest sword path.
He just needed to twist his body straight to the side or unfold his footwork even now.
He hurriedly put strength into the tips of his toes.
The moment he was about to simultaneously unfold his footwork.
“Heup!”
He drew in an empty breath.
His feet wouldn’t detach, as if they were trees rooted into the ground.
Chaos’s expression was dyed with bewilderment.
‘Why…?’
In the meantime, the sword that was three steps away had already reached right in front of him.
That time was truly short.
It could be said to be a very fleeting moment, shorter than the time it took to blink an eye.
However, it felt long to Chaos.
Like an eternity of eons.
And only when it became the moment the sword actually got closer did he end up realizing it.
That from the beginning, this couldn’t be dodged.
Stab!
The sword plunged into his abdomen, and.
Paaang!
The shockwave that occurred as the Black Dragon Ascending to Heaven broke raged belatedly like an aftermath storm.
Dust soared up and obscured the view.
Wheeeing…
A short while later, a faint wind blew.
The wind that brought the dust swept past Cheon-hwi and Chaos once.
“…You are strong.”
Chaos shed a thin trail of blood from his mouth with Cheon-hwi’s sword plunged into his abdomen.
However, that was only for a moment.
“Keu, keu-keuk.”
Suddenly, Chaos began to laugh.
As if he had gone crazy.
He, who laughed for a while shedding blood, stared straight at Cheon-hwi and spoke.
“But you are pitiful.”
“Pitiful?”
“To think you would mess with our sect of all things.”
Chaos’s focus blurred.
He forcefully opened his half-closing eyes wide and met gazes with Cheon-hwi.
“If you hadn’t provoked our sect, you would have been able to spread your fame.”
“You still haven’t come to your senses. I wasn’t the one who provoked the wrong side, it was you guys.”
Chaos, who was listening to Cheon-hwi’s words, heaved his body up and down. Then, he burst into laughter.
“Keu, keu-ha-hat! You are like me in the past. Like me, who had nothing to fear in the Jianghu!”
Chaos twisted his lips.
“But you too will come to realize reality. The fact that this dog-like place called the Jianghu is a place where one can never survive alone.”
At his words, Cheon-hwi smiled brightly.
As if I couldn’t survive alone.
“That’s just an excuse made by weak kids like you.”
“Yes, let’s see you try…”
“By the way, you really talk a lot.”
Cheon-hwi did not listen to his words any longer and pulled out the sword embedded in Chaos’s abdomen.
Blood poured out from his abdomen.
“Keu-heuk!”
Due to the excessive bleeding, his pupils quickly lost their vitality, and his body tilted.
Thud!
Cheon-hwi shook off the blood stained on his sword.
And the moment he was about to sheathe his sword.
‘Hm?’
Cheon-hwi’s gaze headed toward the ridge.
The momentum of a person approaching at a tremendous speed from far away was to a surprising degree.
“The guy coming this time is quite strong?”
And a short while later.
“…Ryeong-a!”
A middle-aged man wearing a pure white martial arts uniform arrived along with an anxious calling shout.
The middle-aged man with a large build and an impression of thick features looked all around as if searching for something, and then his complexion stiffened coldly.
“Is it you.”
The middle-aged man’s calm hair began to soar up in all directions.
At the same time, his head turned.
‘He is considerable?’
Cheon-hwi met gazes with the middle-aged man emitting a cool eye light and gripped his sword.
A momentum that made his entire body ring numbingly.
On top of that, the mobilization of internal energy achieved in a fleeting moment was not at a normal level.
‘He is on a level that doesn’t even compare to Chaos.’
Was it only Chaos?
His momentum was one that could be counted on one hand even among the masters he had seen in this life.
At that time, his mouth slowly opened.
“Are you the one who committed this act?”
The momentum stretching out from him was shaking the atmosphere like a storm, but Cheon-hwi was not swayed by that momentum.
“That’s righ…”
Right when Cheon-hwi opened his mouth.
“S-stop!”
A woman’s urgent voice was heard.
She was none other than Yang Se-ryeong.
The middle-aged man looked at the running Yang Se-ryeong and immediately kicked the ground.
Boom!
Rough dust exploded in all directions.
Yang Se-ryeong cried out tearfully to the middle-aged man running through the dust.
“Father!”
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