Chapter 438 Ghost Blade (2)

“This one is mine.”

‘!?’

Ghost Blade couldn’t help but be puzzled as he looked at Mok Gyeong-un, who had suddenly fallen from the sky and helped him at the perfect moment.

‘This one?’

Who on earth is he?

His face is so beautiful that even a man would consider it handsome.

But this face seems familiar somehow.

It’s strangely recognizable.

As he was thinking this, Destruction Emperor, who had created some distance, formed the finger force on his five fingers into a round shape of strong energy and rotated it within his palm.

-Whirl whirl!

In that state, Destruction Emperor opened his mouth.

“I don’t know who you are, but this is not your business. If you leave now, I’ll let it slide, but if you try to interfere with me, I won’t forgive…”

-Swoosh!

Before he could finish speaking.

A sharp sword energy aimed for his neck like lightning.

Destruction Emperor flicked his palm, and one of the five rotating balls of strong energy bounced up and deflected the sword energy perfectly.

-Boom!

Seeing this, a glint appeared in Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes.

If such a small ball of strong energy containing finger force could deflect sword energy, how much energy must be condensed in it?

Then Destruction Emperor spoke with an angry voice.

“How foolish to waste your chance.”

-Pat!

As Destruction Emperor swung his palm towards Mok Gyeong-un, the remaining four balls of strong energy rushed towards him.

At this,

-Clang!

Mok Gyeong-un drew the demonic sword Evil Commandment Sword to block them directly, but,

‘!?’

The moment he blocked one ball, he felt an enormous weight, and his body was pushed back.

As he blocked the three incoming balls in succession,

-Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sword blade, protected by death energy, bent as if it would break at any moment and shook violently, and he was pushed back half a step, then another half step due to the heavy force behind them.

-Rustle!

‘Was it not just condensed energy?’

Mok Gyeong-un realized that this was no ordinary strong energy.

-Swoosh!

At that moment, Ghost Blade suddenly appeared at his side with ultra-high-speed movement comparable to form-changing teleportation and shouted towards Mok Gyeong-un.

“His Curved Line Flicking Finger Divine Technique is as versatile as sword control!”

-Pak pak pak pak!

-Clang clang clang clang!

Five balls of strong energy suddenly flew towards Mok Gyeong-un’s side, but Ghost Blade elegantly deflected all of them by drawing a circular motion with his sword.

It was a Pear Blossom Grafting technique that had reached such an extraordinary level that it could be performed with a sword.

Seeing this, Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes narrowed.

Regardless, Ghost Blade said to Mok Gyeong-un.

“I don’t know who you are, but you’ll be in trouble the moment he exerts his full power, so help me!”

-Pat!

With that, Ghost Blade sent a rebounding sword force towards Destruction Emperor.

Destruction Emperor avoided the incoming rebounding sword force, snorted, then jumped up with his arms spread wide.

Then, small ball-shaped strong energies began to shoot out endlessly from his hands, quickly filling the surrounding area.

At that moment,

-Thud!

Mok Gyeong-un stepped forward with a true step and pulled his sword towards Destruction Emperor, then extended it.

Then, starting from the sword tip, sword energy began to swirl, and it spread out like a storm, enveloping the balls of strong energy that were trying to fill the area.

This was the Pursuing Asia Returning Sword technique.

‘This is?’

Ghost Blade frowned as if he recognized something while looking at Mok Gyeong-un’s sword sheath.

Meanwhile, the balls of strong energy were swept up by the swirling sword energy, colliding with each other and exploding.

-Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

“Kuk.”

As explosions of strong energy occurred within the swirling sword energy, Destruction Emperor hurriedly tried to escape from this aftermath.

Not missing this moment, Ghost Blade moved.

-Swoosh!

He used his lightness technique for ultra-high-speed movement and approached behind Destruction Emperor, trying to cut his neck.

But at that moment, Destruction Emperor struck down Ghost Blade’s incoming sword with his fingertip.

Then,

-Woong!

Something strange happened to Ghost Blade’s sword.

As soon as the fingertip touched it, Ghost Blade was forced to let go of the sword he was swinging.

The fallen sword,

-Boom!

Even though it hadn’t fallen vertically with the blade down, it pierced into the ground.

This seemed to be not because of the force applied to the sword, but rather as if the sword itself had become heavier.

It would have been surprising, but as if he had somewhat predicted this, Ghost Blade, who had let go of his sword, rotated his body and kicked Destruction Emperor’s neck with a spinning kick.

-Thud!

Hit by the kick, Destruction Emperor was flung sideways, unable to properly control his body, and ended up kneeling on one knee.

-Thud!

As his knee touched the ground, Destruction Emperor’s expression turned fierce.

“How dare you to me…”

His pupils began to flicker with a yellow-brown color, and his shoulders bulged.

But at that very moment.

As Mok Gyeong-un extended his sword-formed fingers towards him, Destruction Emperor’s body pierced through the ground due to the sharp energy that alerted all his senses.

-Boom boom boom!

In that instant, an extremely transparent sword appeared and swept through the empty space where he had been.

It was the Invisible Sword.

Mok Gyeong-un pointed his sword-formed fingers towards the ground where Destruction Emperor had pierced through.

Then, the Invisible Sword turned direction like a swimming fish and dove into the hole Destruction Emperor had made.

He thought nothing could be faster than the Invisible Sword, but the problem was,

‘The energy that was spreading out has disappeared.’

From the moment Destruction Emperor entered the ground, his energy could no longer be sensed.

It was as if he had deliberately concealed his energy.

At this, Mok Gyeong-un, not wanting to lose him,

-Woong!

Raised another Invisible Sword, gripped it directly, and plunged it into the ground.

As soon as he did so, the ground shook from the sword energy of the Invisible Sword, then eight cracks appeared and started to split.

-Crack crack crack!

This was the ‘The Eight Immortals’ Sword Contest’^[1], a sword technique he had learned from an unknown swordsman who pursued the Ultimate Sword at the Sword Valley, the holy land of swordsmanship.

-Rumble!

Even if he had just imbued it with strong energy, its power would have been tremendous, but with the sword energy of the Invisible Sword added, the ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred, and even the layers of the split ground were exposed.

‘Ha!’

Seeing this, Ghost Blade inwardly clicked his tongue.

He had guessed that this was no ordinary strong person, but he didn’t expect him to be a monster who had surpassed even the Profound Realm, called the wall of walls, the highest realm.

But when he saw that the sword energy of the Invisible Sword was spreading towards the bamboo forest,

“Stop!”

Ghost Blade hurriedly shouted.

Even at this, Mok Gyeong-un didn’t seem to intend to stop.

So Ghost Blade flew his body and urgently raised sword energy with his sword-formed fingers to block the sword energy of the Invisible Sword that was trying to spread to the bamboo forest, drawing a line of strong energy towards the ground.

-Swoosh!

The momentum of the sword energy created by Ghost Blade was also tremendous, but it was no match for the sword energy of the Invisible Sword, which was called the Sword Extreme.

The energy of the sword force was completely oxidized by the sword energy of the Invisible Sword.

Along with this, Ghost Blade’s body was also pushed back.

-Rustle!

Seeing this, a glint appeared in Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes.

He didn’t know what was there, but seeing Ghost Blade trying to block the sword energy of the Invisible Sword, it seemed there was something.

In the end, Mok Gyeong-un stopped the sword energy of the Invisible Sword.

-Drip! Thud!

Then Ghost Blade, who had been continuously pushed back while resisting the sword energy of the Invisible Sword, seemed to have suffered internal injuries as blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

If Mok Gyeong-un hadn’t stopped, he would have been in danger from even more severe internal injuries.

Ghost Blade regulated his breathing and expelled the energy that had penetrated his body.

-Crack crack!

The sword energy that flowed out through the soles of his feet split the ground.

Ghost Blade inwardly clicked his tongue.

It wasn’t even a direct hit from the Invisible Sword, just the penetration of its sword energy, yet the pain was like fine, sharp fragments tearing through his blood vessels.

At that moment, Mok Gyeong-un approached with large strides and said,

“Was protecting that bamboo forest more important than catching him?”

“… This forest is made up of very intricate formation patterns. If it’s damaged even slightly, those patterns might change.”

“Formation patterns?”

At this, Mok Gyeong-un looked at the bamboo forest.

At first glance from the outside, it looked like just an ordinary bamboo forest, but,

-Sss!

When he fully opened his third eye, he could see certain energies circulating in a very complex pattern around the bamboo forest.

Although he had some knowledge of formation patterns from the numerous books and methods at the Heaven and Earth Society, this was the first time he had seen a formation so complex and organically structured.

What is happened is this?

As he was wondering, Ghost Blade, having apparently resolved the energy in his body, stood up and said,

“And he didn’t fight properly, and if he’s determined to hide underground, it’s difficult for anyone to catch him.”

-Swoosh!

Turning his head from the bamboo forest, Mok Gyeong-un said,

“I thought you were comrades, but have you completely turned against each other?”

‘!?’

At this question, one of Ghost Blade’s eyebrows raised.

Although he had received help, he had been curious about the identity of this strangely unfamiliar person.

So Ghost Blade spoke first.

“Who are you that knows me? Why did you help me?”

“Help?”

“Yes. You must have some purpose…”

-Boom!

Ghost Blade couldn’t continue speaking.

Mok Gyeong-un, who had suddenly approached right in front of him, grabbed his collar and threw him backward, and was now aiming a Invisible Sword at his throat.

It would have been bewildering, but Ghost Blade tried his best not to show it and opened his mouth.

“… Are you an enemy?”

At his question, Mok Gyeong-un answered with a chilling smile.

“Let’s say so for now.”

“For now? What does that mean?”

“I’ve been looking forward to this moment very much. There’s a lot I want to ask you, Ghost Blade.”

“… I don’t know you exactly. You should at least tell me who you are…”

“I have a grandfather who raised me.”

‘!!!!!’

At that moment, Ghost Blade’s expression, which had been maintaining composure, hardened.

The strangely familiar face, and the mention of a grandfather who raised him, made him instantly realize who the person before him was.

“Avatar.”

As he called him Avatar, Mok Gyeong-un spoke in an even colder voice.

“Indeed, there’s quite a lot I need to ask you…”

-Boom!

It was in the middle of speaking.

At that moment, someone appeared and threw a finger strike imbued with vast energy towards Mok Gyeong-un.

However, the finger strike was blocked by the blade of the Invisible Sword before it could even reach Mok Gyeong-un, and,

-Boom!

Even though it caused a strong explosion, it couldn’t inflict any damage.

The one who threw the finger strike was none other than Chunchu, the highest-ranking executive of the Secret Society.

Chunchu, with a somewhat agitated expression and trembling eyes, aimed her claw force at Mok Gyeong-un again and said,

“Get away from Father.”

‘Father?’