novelraw Chapter 153 : Advanced Student Promotion Exam (4)
Chapter 153 : Advanced Student Promotion Exam (4)
With an ominous aura, the spearman's momentum explosively strengthened.
The moment this side sensed the danger, several powerful qi began to fly.
‘He’s much stronger than before.’
While blocking the enemy's offensive, I shot a spear of flame lightning.
Chwaak-!
The opponent who completely shattered the magic with a single thrust of his spear.
Even though he had only eaten one demonic pill, it felt like I was fighting a different opponent than before.
‘Has it become difficult to break him from a distance?’
It was only meaningful if I could break through his defense to some extent and inflict a shock, but in this situation, only this side's mana would be chipped away.
It seemed I had to settle it with a close-range battle, but Seo Chae-gang was the problem.
That's why I first pretended to retreat and reorganize my posture to lure the guy.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
The spearman who was chasing with a rough shout, perhaps due to the aftereffects of the demonic pill. I flew a stream of water magic at such an opponent.
Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwa!
The enemy who rushed, even piercing through the water. But after that, when I covered his feet and surroundings with ice with freezing magic, his speed slowed down.
“This kind of petty trick!”
“It adds up.”
An electric shock formed at the tip of the Daoist Scholar's Fan. Soon, a lightning bolt that exploded with a flash swept through the spearman.
Steam rises from the opponent's whole body, who was hit by a barrage of electric shocks while wet.
“Is this all you’ve got?!”
The opponent who approached, flying a powerful qi that rushed again. He was certainly stronger in everything from internal energy to endurance.
“No way.”
Before I knew it, five spears of flame lightning poured down on the enemy's head, which was covered in shadow. Along with purple powerful qi.
“Uwaaaaaah!!”
The moment the spearman desperately swung his spear to block. A flash flickered in the sky.
A Flame Lightning First Blade Spear. The opponent thrust his spear to defend against the immense blow that had come in, piercing his guard.
“Does your ancestor block for you?”
While the opponent was concentrating on his head, I went down to the ground and thrust my sword into the enemy's bosom.
Chwaak!
Blood splattered, and what came into view was the figure of the enemy, who had retreated and was aiming his spear at this side.
“It’s certainly effective.”
Originally, this would have been the end, but the effect of the demonic pill was beyond imagination.
Since it would be troublesome if I lost the initiative like this, I continued my sword strikes without giving the opponent a moment to rest and pressured the guy.
Even if I tried to suppress him with the Zixia Divine Art, the opponent also used a swift art, so even though he was injured, the exchange continued.
‘I’ll change it.’
I immediately operated the Heaven-Defying Heart Art and changed the Zixia Divine Art to the Emperor Sword Form.
“What is this?!”
The opponent showed a flustered look at the suddenly changed sword strike.
Soon, I drove the enemy back with a swordsmanship that contained the subtlety of a heavy sword.
While the enemy was flustered and blocking the sword path that dominated the area, I floated a Flame Lightning First Blade Spear behind the enemy's back and aimed.
The spearman also seemed to have noticed this, and he struggled to escape the pincer attack while being injured by my sword strike.
Because for the opponent, being surrounded by two sword blades from the front and back was the worst situation.
“You strange bastard!!”
The moment he shouted and rushed at me, a flash flickered from behind.
“Aaaargh!”
The guy, whose one arm had been blown off along with the trajectory of the Flame Lightning First Blade Spear, thrust his spear at me.
But the victory and defeat had already been decided.
Ka-ga-ga-gang!
The Demon-Slaying Sword, which slid down along the spear shaft, cut off the guy's neck, and the one-on-one duel was over.
‘All that’s left is Seo Chae-gang.’
I immediately rushed towards the deafening roar that was heard from a distance.
When I arrived on the battlefield, floating my whole body with psychokinesis, what was there was a blood-stained Seo Chae-gang, confronting Baek Hasin and the other two.
‘Fortunately, there are no casualties yet.’
I immediately flew a Flame Lightning First Blade Spear at Seo Chae-gang's back and sent a telepathic message.
- I’ll hold the enemy’s feet, so you guys look for a chance and escape.
Kaang!
The First Blade was deflected by Seo Chae-gang's axe, and soon his glittering eyes stared at this side.
“You’ve come! To make me look like this and even get rid of my subordinates, you fly-like bastard!”
“Don’t be sad. We’re going to the same place anyway.”
After flying a few more spears of flame lightning, I raised my altitude. A barrage of powerful qi that flew in succession.
When I deflected it with the Demon-Slaying Sword, my wrist tingled.
‘He’s threatening, as expected.’
Although it could be seen that the battle with Seo Chae-gang was advantageous to me when viewed as a long-range battle.
That was half right and half wrong.
It was true that this side was incomparably more advantageous than when fighting directly on the ground, but that was all.
The opponent's powerful qi could reach me, but my magic was not effective against the opponent.
‘Of course, that’s a story for a 1-on-1.’
The situation was different when there was no one to assist from the ground like now. Baek Hasin’s Black Moon Sword scattered a dense powerful qi and aimed for Seo Chae-gang’s neck.
“Keuk!”
Seo Chae-gang, who let out a groan while blocking it with a retrieved axe. I fired a spear of flame lightning and powerful qi at his head.
With Baek Hasin's offensive and the continued long-range attacks, Seo Chae-gang's protective qi was gradually chipped away.
Additionally, whenever Baek Hasin was driven back, Namgung Bihwa and Mo Yonghan would match their rhythm and fly a sword qi and then run away, so from his perspective, it must have been a crazy and frustrating situation.
“Uwaaaaaah!!”
Finally, Seo Chae-gang, who couldn't stand it, roughly deflected Baek Hasin's sword and flew a hand axe at Namgung Bihwa.
A high-speed blow containing the powerful qi of a Transformation Realm master. A gust of wind blew in the area belatedly.
A blow that was not only difficult to block at the peak level but would also cause internal damage even if blocked.
Soon, the axe rushed, eating up the vision of Namgung Bihwa, who had reflexively raised her sword.
Kaaaaang!
Blood drops fell between the two deeply dug grooves in the ground.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t expect there to be such a monster.”
A man was blocking the axe with a sword. It was Instructor Jeong Muk.
It seemed he had internal damage from blocking it forcefully, as he was spitting blood from his mouth, but in the end, it was a good thing.
While the enemy's attention was on that place, Baek Hasin aimed for Seo Chae-gang's neck and cut his shoulder, and I shot a Flame Lightning First Blade Spear.
“Aaaargh!”
While deflecting the Flame Lightning First Blade Spear with an axe, Baek Hasin cut his thigh and moved away.
Kwaaaaaang!
Soon, with the axe that struck the ground roughly, the ground centered on Seo Chae-gang split in a spiderweb pattern, and a shockwave echoed.
“He’s cornered. We’ll finish him like this!”
Seo Chae-gang was someone who had a history of fleeing after being defeated by our duo in the war with the Heretic Alliance.
In a situation where he was clearly at a disadvantage like now, he would be pushed back even more.
Baek Hasin came forward, and Jeong Muk also controlled his internal injuries and held a sword next to him.
I was also preparing to snipe from the sky on the opposite side, preparing a Flame Lightning First Blade Spear.
A situation where anyone could see he was at a disadvantage. Seo Chae-gang, who had sensed his own predicament, gritted his teeth and then took something out from his bosom and put it in his mouth.
‘That’s?!’
I immediately flew a Flame Lightning First Blade Spear and shouted.
“Block it!”
Simultaneously, Baek Hasin and Jeong Muk rushed in, and soon, a deafening roar exploded at the center where the three sword blades were rushing.
“This is great…. I’m overflowing with power.”
At the center of it was Seo Chae-gang, standing there, having sent Baek Hasin and Jeong Muk flying back with an axe.
The way he blocked the Flame Lightning First Blade Spear with a one-handed axe on the other side was more relaxed than before.
“How weak. If I had known this earlier, the result of the war would have been different!”
Seo Chae-gang shouted and rushed at the injured Jeong Muk.
‘I have to block it.’
It wasn't a time to save mana. I formed a Flame-Wind-Lightning and shot it at the enemy. And I took something out from my bosom and threw it to the other side.
“This much!”
Kwaaaaaaaang!
The moment Seo Chae-gang cut the magic, the exploding fire, wind, and electric shock.
“It stings! Is this all you’ve got?!”
A blow that had only delayed him for a moment. But what I was aiming for was somewhere else.
“Baek Hasin!”
He, who was about to raise his powerful qi against Seo Chae-gang, suddenly snatched the something that this side had flown.
“What’s this?”
“It’s the same thing Seo Chae-gang ate! Take it if you’re in danger!”
“What?!”
Seo Chae-gang, who turned to this side in astonishment. He must have never dreamed that this side would use a demonic pill.
“You should have taken care of your subordinates.”
It was worth it to have rummaged through the spearman's bosom and collected the demonic pill after killing him.
“It’s not good for the body. For now, wait. I’ll also take it and attack together in case of an emergency.”
And then I also took out a demonic pill from my bosom.
Basically, a demonic pill has side effects. It was an item that ruined the body by making the blood points run wild and twisting them to strengthen it.
‘Still, it’s better than dying.’
Unlike the blood explosion, anyone could become stronger by eating it, and it also had the advantage of being able to maintain one's reason, so in the latter half of the original story, it was also distributed among the villains.
“So what are you going to do? Seo Chae-gang.”
I looked down at Seo Chae-gang, who was making a frustrated expression, and rolled the demonic pill in one hand.
If the opponent cheats, this side has to respond in kind. You shouldn't think of fighting in a standard way.
‘You think you’re the only one who can dope?’
Seo Chae-gang, who was looking at me and Baek Hasin alternately, gripped his axe tightly.
“You saw the support that just came, right? The island will soon be full of our side’s personnel. If you want to run away, now’s the only chance.”
The effect of the demonic pill is not that long. In the first place, the principle of the drug was a kind of forbidden art that gained power by making the innate true qi in the body run wild.
“You damn bastards…!”
Although Seo Chae-gang glared at us, grinding his teeth, as I and Baek Hasin aimed our swords with the demonic pills in our mouths, he soon gripped his axe tightly.
In a situation that was already disadvantageous, if two people ate demonic pills and rushed at him, he wouldn't know what would happen either.
Kwaaaaaang!
With a roar that struck the ground, a sandstorm rose in the area.
“Consider yourselves lucky!”
With that, Seo Chae-gang, who was moving away at a tremendous speed. He was certainly a guy who took care of his own life terribly.
Of course, it was fortunate that the threat from this side worked so easily on the opponent. In the first place, we had almost no intention of eating the demonic pills.
If we could just scare him and chase him away, that was the best.
‘Still, I can’t just let him go.’
After leaving the rest of the personnel to Baek Hasin, I raised my altitude and followed the guy.
‘What a tremendous speed.’
Seo Chae-gang, who was already running to the edge of the island. But in front of him was now a huge lakeside. He couldn't cross without a boat.
‘If he gets on a hidden boat, I’ll sink it as it is.’
Just as I was preparing an electric magic, Seo Chae-gang jumped onto the surface of the water with the momentum he had been running with.
Pa-pa-pa-pat!
Then, as if a huge stone was skipping on the water, a ripple spread on the lake, and Seo Chae-gang was shot like a high-speed boat.
He was running on the surface of the water.
‘Crossing a river on a single reed!’
A lightness technique that meant crossing a river with just one reed leaf. Since he was a Transformation Realm master and his senses were sharpened by the demonic pill, it was a possible feat.
‘If he had also come secretly at dawn like that, it’s understandable that the instructors didn’t notice.’
Who could have predicted that a person would come at that speed without a trace?
He was an opponent who was moving away too quickly to be caught by flying.
And so, as I was looking at the direction where Seo Chae-gang had disappeared, I shot an electric magic a few times behind him and then turned around.
Since we would meet again someday.
‘Next time, I’ll hunt you down alone.’
As I was thinking that and returning to where Baek Hasin was, everyone had treated their wounds and was on standby.
“I’ve requested support, so additional troops will arrive within one shichen. On the way, I’ve put holes in all the ships at the pier, so for now, the enemies can’t escape either.”
I nodded my head at Jeong Muk's words.
“Then all that’s left is to deal with the remnants. I’ll deal with the pier side, so you guys…”
“Great Hero Cheonwu!”
Just as I was about to divide the roles, I heard a voice calling me from beyond the forest.
“Bong So?”
Although I was glad he was safe, it was surprising that he was still on the island.
Since he hadn't joined until now, the meaning of running away should have been conveyed.
While I was harboring such a question, Bong So suddenly revealed some unexpected news.
“I’ve caught those who were trading suspicious items!”
(End of Chapter)