Chapter 245: Chapter 245
“Heup!”
Swept away and staggering from the shockwave that shook the axis of the earth, the Green Forest bandits and Mount Hua’s disciples turned their heads toward the epicenter.
And at that moment, they saw it.
The sight of the sky splitting apart.
“Wha, what is that?”
“To think the sky… is splitting!”
“Is that even possible?”
Was it because they faced a sight that was hard to believe even while seeing it with their own eyes?
For an instant, they forgot that they had to attack each other and lost their minds.
“…Isn’t this a dream?”
“How could such a thing happen.”
Along with the sounds of gulping saliva here and there, murmuring voices began to flow out.
Below the place where the sky split apart.
Two blurry figures could be faintly seen.
No one here saw them clearly. No, to be precise, ‘they could not see them clearly’ was correct.
It was because the movements of the two were faster than lightning.
However, thanks to that, they could roughly figure out who the two figures were.
Because there were few who possessed such skill.
“The General Stronghold Leader’s martial might reached the sky, yet he is not pushed back by it…”
“Was Cheon-hwi’s martial might at that level?”
Both sides were engulfed in astonishment.
They each thought that they had grasped the martial might of the Green Forest Great Emperor and Cheon-hwi.
But in reality, it was a realm that far exceeded their expectations.
“This is not a fight between humans.”
Someone muttered.
And everyone agreed with those words.
That was not a fight between humans.
Non-humans who transcended humans.
It was a fight of such beings.
“…”
When everyone was holding their breath and watching the fight of the two.
Paat!
A gray figure and a black-red figure left a long trail, then stuck together in the middle.
At that moment, two streaks of lightning, red and green, struck down and tangled together once.
Kwaaaang! Jjeoeoeong!
A deafening roar like thunder rang out.
When the eyes of the onlookers fluctuated greatly like a lake where a stone was thrown as they watched this, a strong shockwave rippled again.
“…!”
“Ugh!”
Everyone crossed their arms at the same time.
The shockwave that swept over was tremendous.
The ground they stood on shook greatly, and the driving wind swept them away.
Seueueu…
A moment later, the strong gale that blew while driving dust disappeared. The moment they carefully lowered their crossed arms.
“Aaaak!”
A sharp scream erupted.
In an instant, everyone’s heads turned.
“Junior Martial Sister!”
“Senior Martial Sister!”
It was when the third-generation disciples of the Mount Hua Sect opened their surprised eyes as they confirmed Jeok-so kneeling on the floor, clutching her shoulder.
“To take your eyes off during a war, you must have decided to die.”
A middle-aged man with a skinny appearance walked over, dripping a gloomy voice while gripping a chain-sickle with a chain attached.
Whether it was him who attacked Jeok-so, blood dripped from the chain-sickle.
The face of Hyeon-ryeo, who recognized the middle-aged man that suddenly appeared, crumpled terribly.
“To even bring Jingmen Slaying Ghost!”
As Hyeon-ryeo recited the middle-aged man’s title, the atmosphere that had loosened for a moment became taut like a pulled string.
The disciples’ expressions became gloomy.
It was because they realized the reality they had forgotten while watching the fight between the two absolute beings.
They were already continuously pushed back by the Green Forest bandits, but to think it was a situation where Jingmen Slaying Ghost, one of the Green Forest Four Kings, had come.
The situation was racing toward the worst.
At that time when the disciples were looking at Jingmen Slaying Ghost.
Sswaeaek…
Jingmen Slaying Ghost sharply threw his chain-sickle toward a Green Forest bandit who was still out of his mind.
“Uaaak!”
The Green Forest bandit, whose thigh had the chain-sickle embedded in it, screamed and panicked.
“E, elder. Why me all of a sudden…”
“You are the same. How dare you take your eyes off in a battlefield.”
Jingmen Slaying Ghost spoke indifferently, and pulled the chain connected to the chain-sickle with all his might.
At that moment.
“Kkeuaaaaak!”
A terrible scream was heard.
The Green Forest bandit, whose thigh was cut to the point of revealing the bone, trembled and grabbed the wound.
“Do not forget your duty.”
Jingmen Slaying Ghost glanced at the Green Forest bandits, then wore a cold smile.
“You guys haven’t forgotten either, right?”
Hearing the chilling voice, the Green Forest bandits hurriedly shook their heads and answered.
“N, no!”
“We haven’t forgotten!”
The Green Forest bandits who came to their senses raised their weapons and glared at Mount Hua’s disciples.
“Then move.”
Jingmen Slaying Ghost, who awakened the Green Forest bandits’ vigilance, wore a sneer and began to swing the chain refreshingly.
Hwiiing…
An eerie sound of wind echoed.
“Now is the time to color Mount Hua with their blood.”
Along with his words, Jingmen Slaying Ghost violently threw the chain-sickle he had been swinging for a while toward Hyeon-ryeo.
Sswaeaeaek!
At the chain-sickle flying through the wind, Hyeon-ryeo hurriedly raised her sword and tried to block it.
‘This!’
However, her face was full of dismay.
Because before she could even raise her sword to her waist, the chain-sickle had arrived at a close distance.
‘Too late…’
When she bit her lip.
Kaang!
Sparks flew, and the chain-sickle bounced off.
“Junior Martial Brother?”
Hyeon-ryeo widened her eyes as she looked at the person who had appeared in front of her before she knew it.
“Are you alright? Senior Martial Sister.”
Hyeon-ryeo was surprised and opened her mouth.
“Why is Junior Martial Brother here? I heard you went to help Senior Martial Brother Sect Leader…”
“He told me to help this place since staying together would only be a hindrance.”
Hyeon-yang, who recalled what Cheon-hwi said when they reached the vicinity of where the Green Forest Great Emperor and the Sect Leader were, wore a smile all over his face.
“Isn’t that right, Senior Martial Brother?”
The moment he said that and raised his head.
“Haap!”
Hyeon Heo, who appeared with a shout, swung his sword toward the Green Forest bandits surrounding the Mount Hua Sect disciples.
“Keoheok!”
“Uak!”
Hyeon Heo, who cut down three or four Green Forest bandits with a single sword strike, straightened his body.
And he shouted toward the disciples.
“Now it’s our turn to counterattack!”
At the resounding words, hope began to dwell in the eyes of the disciples who had a heavy air of defeat.
It was merely the appearance of two people.
But the atmosphere was reversed at once.
Because those two were no different from the mental pillars supporting the Mount Hua Sect.
Strength entered the eyes of the disciples, who were exhausted from fatigue along with all sorts of wounds.
Just in time, Jeok-geom, Seol Ran, and Cheon Hyang shouted toward the Green Forest bandits surrounding them.
“Flying Sword Squad, everyone raise your swords! It’s time to defeat that wicked group!”
“Martial Bloom Squad, everyone form up!”
“We can’t lose either! Now, let’s go! Splendid Spirit Squad will also execute those wicked scoundrels!”
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Jjeoeoeong!
At the internal energy felt in the hand gripping the sword, Cheon-hwi’s corners of the mouth subtly rose.
This guy is the real deal, isn’t he?
Every time they exchanged blows, admiration flowed out.
Fist, palm, kick, etc…
The martial arts he displayed were so agile and swift in body movements that only someone with deep knowledge in close combat could unfold them.
The guy called Green Forest Great Emperor in front right now was fully qualified to be called a Great Emperor.
‘In addition, both his internal and external arts are outstanding.’
Cheon-hwi’s eyes headed toward his fist opposing the White Lotus Sword tightly wrapped in Sword Gangqi.
His fist, carrying a strong force enough to distort the surroundings, was thick and hard.
It seemed as if it could even crush a mountain.
‘It’s a hand that has trained external arts to the limit.’
The hand completely covered in scars showed how much effort he had put in.
“You’re thinking of something else.”
A small voice tickled his ear.
In an instant, the Green Forest Great Emperor who chased after tearing apart the space thrust out his left fist.
A left fist harmonized with swift footwork.
Cheon-hwi, looking at the rapidly enlarging fist, rotated centering on his left foot.
Hwiririk…
It was the manifestation of the most mysterious footwork in the Mount Hua Sect, the true Jade Ring Wondrous Step.
Following the flow of the swung fist, Cheon-hwi, who rotated once, utilized that speed and swung his gripped sword largely.
Sswaeaeaek!
The moment the fast sword like a gale was swung toward the armpit of the Green Forest Great Emperor, who became defenseless while swinging his fist.
Pararak!
The Green Forest Great Emperor, who was cleaving the air with his fist, also rotated half a turn in that state.
His gray long robe fluttered greatly.
And through it, his hidden elbow strongly struck the sword body being swung at a fierce speed.
Jjeoeoeong!
The sword body vibrated violently.
Presently, the shaking turned into a large wave, reaching even the hand gripping the sword.
A tingling pain was felt.
Cheon-hwi quickly twisted his gripping hand, swung the sword together with the internal energy of the Plum Blossom Divine Art, and flowed away all the shock.
Kwajik!
The faintly remaining shock was shot out from the swung sword tip, creating a pit dug about three inches deep into the floor of Peach Forest Flat.
To think he would counterattack even this.
When Cheon-hwi was recalling the Green Forest Great Emperor’s attack that coped faster and more appropriately than he thought.
“An amazing internal energy operation.”
The Green Forest Great Emperor purely admired and spat out his words.
In a moment much shorter than exhaling a single breath, he neutralized the infiltrated internal energy.
It was not an ordinary realm.
Cheon-hwi raised the sword, which had shaken off all its remaining power, again, and smacked his lips.
“You were quite formidable too.”
“Hahaha! Is that so?”
At Cheon-hwi’s words, the Green Forest Great Emperor laughed.
He, who had laughed refreshingly for a long time, repeated clenching and opening both his fists.
Was it because he met a proper opponent after a long time?
The boiling fighting spirit excited him.
Along with that, his hair soared, and his two pupils containing the internal energy of the Heavenly Punishment Green Fire Secret Art spewed out a deep blue light.
A martial art I don’t know, huh.
Curiosity dwelled in Cheon-hwi’s eyes.
Most of what the Green Forest Great Emperor was showing now were unfamiliar things.
Mental methods, footwork, and fist arts.
That was why he was interested.
Cheon-hwi observed the bluish-green fighting spirit blooming all over his entire body, that is, his internal energy.
The energy contained within it did not lack even when compared to the internal energy mental methods of the Nine Great Sects and One Gang, the Eight Great Clans, and the Heavenly Demon Cult.
To think there was a mental method of this level in the Green Forest.
Cheon-hwi raised his sword with an interesting look.
Now that he had drawn out his internal energy like that, most attacks wouldn’t work.
The Green Forest Great Emperor and Cheon-hwi looked at each other.
“…”
No more conversation was needed.
When a cool wind swept past their cheeks in a quiet silence.
Suddenly, the Green Forest Great Emperor shot forward.
The rapid footwork he unfolded just before unfolded again, and he arrived in front of Cheon-hwi in an instant.
Bow Body Spring Shadow?
Shifting Shape and Changing Position?
No, it differed in path from those.
He skipped space in the middle.
Like the Earth Shrinking in legends.
The Green Forest Great Emperor’s left foot, which arrived in front of Cheon-hwi in a single breath, trampled the ground.
Jjeojeojeok!
The ground began to crack.
His thigh, which strongly stomped, swelled up to the fullest as if it would tear apart the gray long robe and show itself right away.
The gray long robe soared to the sky.
And through it, the Green Forest Great Emperor’s eerie green eyes blazed like flames.
A short eye contact accomplished in a fleeting time.
However, the two who met eyes felt that time was long.
Because their thoughts and consciousness were moving even faster than the flowing time right now.
At that time.
Hwaaaaak!
The Green Forest Great Emperor thrust out his right fist.
The boiling fighting spirit was loaded onto his tightly clenched right fist, emitting internal energy.
A vortex of internal energy, clear enough to be visible to the eyes, wrapped his hand.
His fist swirled with the momentum to grind up everything it touched.
Following that, just as his shoulder seemed to rise, his right fist split into many.
Giant Force Supreme King Fist.
The principle of martial studies that the Green Forest had polished, refined, and built up for hundreds of years to become the Supreme King manifested in his hand.
It’s a fist art I’m seeing for the first time in my life.
Cheon-hwi’s eyes flashed.
In an instant, the fist strikes divided into tens were pouring down while passing through a complex path.
Is it a fist art that mixes illusion and evasion?
Cheon-hwi fiercely thought while blankly staring at the tens of fist strikes.
What that fist art contained.
Where the path was heading.
Even in this fleeting moment when the fist was approaching, Cheon-hwi was busy exploring the unfolded fist art.
But the thought didn’t last long.
Kwazijik!
Because the tens of fist strikes were scattering powerful internal energy like stretched-out tree trunks, surging in as if they would crush the world.
Internal energy trembling with intense vibration.
And the fist that contained it.
The martial art that reached the realm of ascension manifested in the hands of the Green Forest Great Emperor, pressuring Cheon-hwi.
It’s fun.
Cheon-hwi’s lips slowly twisted.
His skin trembled at the destructive momentum.
But because of that, he was joyful.
Martial arts and struggle.
Those were exactly the biggest reasons and driving forces for him to live on.
And right now, one of them.
The struggle dominated Cheon-hwi’s senses.
As if responding to that mind, the internal energy of the Plum Blossom Divine Art flowed down the sword body.
Internal energy as transparent as dew.
However, it soon gathered at the tip of the White Lotus Sword, transforming into an elegant red color.
The White Lotus Sword was raised to the chest.
Following that, as he swung the White Lotus Sword stretched forward horizontally, his sleeve fluttered greatly, and.
Seueueuk…
A red trajectory was carved long.
And at that moment, the internal energy gathered at the tip of the White Lotus Sword became a beautiful flower.