Invincible with Twin Swords

Chapter 45

As soon as the words were finished, a tremendous killing intent rushed towards So Jungbu.

His face turned pale.

His two hands, holding the sword, were trembling.

Parip hyungnim's figure disappeared like a shadow and then appeared behind So Jungbu.

So Jungbu hurriedly turned around and blocked.

- Clang! Clang! Clang!

The Wind Chime Sword in Parip hyungnim's hand fluttered like the wind.

The two pieces of metal were clashing at a speed that was invisible to the eye.

Diancang was second to none in terms of speed.

So Jungbu was evaluated as a martial talent who would lead such a Diancang.

But he was struggling to block Parip hyungnim's sword.

- Swish! Swish!

The Wind Chime Sword had no shadow.

No, the shadow could not keep up with the speed of the sword.

Sweat was flowing down the forehead of So Jungbu, who was frantically swinging his sword and blocking.

He must know it too.

That if his opponent had wanted to, his life would have been cut off already.

Parip hyungnim's breathing had not changed at all, and his left hand was behind his back.

Parip hyungnim stepped back for a moment.

- Haa! Haa!

So Jungbu was panting heavily, exhausted.

His martial arts uniform was completely stained with blood, but there were no attacks aimed at his vital points.

"For people like us, the sword should be heavier!"

"A sword is just a tool to kill someone anyway. What's wrong with enjoying the process a little?"

So Jungbu had already lost his reason.

He is talking about the joy of killing in front of the martial artists of the alliance.

Parip hyungnim glanced at me.

I nodded without saying anything.

Taking advantage of that gap, So Jungbu thrust his sword.

With a perfect speed that was faster than any of the previous attacks.

The two eyes of the thrusting So Jungbu were covered in madness.

- Clang!

He blocked it without difficulty and then swung lightly.

Parip hyungnim's two eyes were filled with regret.

"Aah!"

So Jungbu dropped his sword and was clutching his right wrist.

Blood was dripping from his right hand.

"I have cut the tendons of your right hand. You will never be able to hold a sword with that hand again."

"Haha! In the end, you're the same as me. How is it? Do you feel a thrill seeing this blood?"

So Jungbu sat down on the duel stage and burst into a mad laugh.

Parip hyungnim said in a regretful voice.

"The reason we train with the sword our whole lives is not just to kill someone, is it?"

"Then what on earth is the reason? What reason is there?"

So Jungbu screamed like a madman.

He was born as an assassin and raised as an assassin.

Although it was for his sister's revenge, he had stained his hands with too much blood.

He had lived like that.

"It's late, but I'm also looking for that reason now! I hope you also find a good answer!"

* * *

The third duel of the martial arts gathering was over.

"So you're not going to make a problem out of it, right? Instead, we lose by foul."

"That's right! A martial artist of the Martial Alliance can never hold a sword again. You should be glad that it ended like this."

"You clearly saw that that martial artist was aiming for the heart with a full killing intent in the first attack, right?"

Naeng Muyeom could not answer.

Everyone knows that we won anyway.

There is no need to get caught up in a useless quarrel.

"Parip hyungnim! Are you hurt anywhere?"

"I should have ended it moderately, I'm sorry!"

"What are you talking about? It ended like this because it was you, hyungnim. Wouldn't Deoksam have smashed his head?"

Deoksam was nodding.

"By the way, I'm sorry that I seem to have put a burden on Miss Dam."

"What are you talking about? I just have to win, right?"

She will have many things to boast about when she returns to the Forest of Swords.

From the experience of winning the martial arts gathering to the story of eating ten bowls of somen without a break.

Whichever story she brings up first, both are undoubtedly great things to boast about.

"Deoksam! Why are you holding an axe?"

It doesn't matter if Dam Sook loses.

Because it is not shameful to lose to a stronger opponent in a duel.

But if she gets even a scratch, that mad bear will probably rush onto the duel stage with his axe raised.

And a bloody battle will break out, betting the lives of the thousand sword unit members of the Martial Alliance and the five members of the Flying Heaven Sect.

"Parip hyungnim! Keep a close watch on that mad bear. If it's difficult to capture him alive, it's okay to kill him!"

Parip hyungnim nodded.

Finally, Dam Sook went up to the duel stage.

- Waaah! Waaah!

The area around the duel stage was again filled with cheers.

If Na Yeryeong boasts a mysterious beauty with an unapproachable dignity, Dam Sook has the feeling of a cute younger sister you want to bite.

"No, are there no female swordsmen in the Martial Alliance? Why are they making such a fuss?"

Deoksam asked, bewildered by the pouring cheers.

"Deoksam! Meeting a beautiful female swordsman in the Central Plains is a probability of accidentally discovering a thousand-year-old snow ginseng while taking a walk in the back mountain!"

Dam Sook was not paying any attention to the hot cheers and was catching her breath on the duel stage.

"He's coming out!"

Tang Yunpyeong of the Sichuan Tang family was coming up to the duel stage.

Unlike his relaxed steps, his expression was not very bright.

"No? Is Great Hero Dang a member of the Changtian Sword Unit? Great Hero Tang Yunpyeong?"

"No way? Isn't he more than enough to be the commander of the Changtian Sword Unit? But why on earth is he?"

"No, does our Martial Alliance have to go this far?"

"The great Great Hero Dang..."

As expected, the area around the duel stage began to stir.

Tang Yunpyeong also did not seem to be pleased to be participating in a duel in this way.

His dark expression was telling.

I stood up from my seat and asked the judge.

"Is Great Hero Dang really a member of the Changtian Sword Unit?"

Tang Yunpyeong's face turned red.

The Tang Yunpyeong I know is not a cowardly martial artist.

There must have been an external pressure that he could not refuse.

Naeng Muyeom answered instead of the judge.

"Great Hero Tang Yunpyeong is serving as an advisor to the Changtian Sword Unit."

"That advisor role, starting from this morning?"

Naeng Muyeom could not answer.

I shouted in a loud voice that could be heard all the way to the end.

"Commander Naeng! Can you be proud of the result of this duel?"

Following So Jungbu is Tang Yunpyeong.

A person who cannot go up to the duel stage is going up twice.

Who would not know that it is a cheap trick for the victory of the martial arts gathering?

It is a moment when everyone in the Martial Alliance is ashamed.

And although there must have been an unexplainable reason, the one who is most embarrassed now is probably Tang Yunpyeong, who has gone up to the duel stage.

Tang Yunpyeong, who was standing on the duel stage, broke the long silence and opened his mouth.

"I am Tang Yunpyeong. I have gained a small, insignificant fame with a humble hidden weapon technique. I have always welcomed duels with young martial artists, but I don't think this is the way. I will forfeit this duel today."

It was the moment he turned towards the judge and was about to shout 'forfeit'.

"You can't!"

Dam Sook shouted.

She then looked at me.

She is asking for the sect leader's permission.

I nodded lightly and said to Tang Yunpyeong.

"Although you have come up with a difficult heart, I request that you proceed as planned."

Tang Yunpyeong turned his gaze and met Dam Sook's eyes.

Her eyes, in front of the pinnacle master of the Tang family, were not eyes asking for guidance.

The will to win at all costs was gathered in her two eyes.

"Hoho! I was about to show a shameful appearance."

Tang Yunpyeong offered a greeting.

"I am Tang Yunpyeong. I hope it will be a good duel."

"I am Dam Sook of the Flying Heaven Sect. I hope you will face me with all your might."

Tang Yunpyeong hid both his hands inside his wide sleeves.

For a martial artist of the Tang family to hide his hands is the same as pointing a sword at you from the front.

Dam Sook also drew her sword and aimed it at Tang Yunpyeong.

"If you avoid all eleven flying daggers, you win!"

It means he will unfold the Eleven Flying Daggers, which the Tang family is proud of.

Among the martial artists here now, how many would be able to make him take out all eleven flying daggers?

Tang Yunpyeong's right hand very slowly revealed itself from outside his sleeve.

When his hand was fully revealed, there was nothing in his hand.

Nothing was seen flying from his hand.

But Dam Sook, as if avoiding something, rotated greatly with her left foot as an axis and knelt down.

- Swish!

A willow leaf flying dagger grazed past her by an inch and was stuck in the ground.

There was no movement, no sound of flying, and no shape.

Dam Sook had avoided that one stealthy flying dagger.

Tang Yunpyeong smiled slightly.

His hand was hidden inside his sleeve again.

This time, his left and right hands were drawn out almost simultaneously at a fast speed.

The three flying daggers in front and the two following behind were flying at different speeds and in different directions.

Dam Sook's eyes sparkled, and she lowered her stance and rushed towards the flying daggers instead.

The Five Elements Bewildering Steps!

The moment she encountered the flying daggers, the tips of her feet began to move in a strange direction.

At the same time as she took a step, she made the narrow gap between the flying daggers her own.

She had avoided all the flying daggers, which were shot in different directions and at different speeds, with only her footwork.

"Ah! T-to avoid it so simply. No one has ever avoided it so easily. I feel like my decades of effort are being denied. Haha!"

Unlike his dumbfounded expression, Tang Yunpyeong was laughing loudly.

"There are five flying daggers left."

Dam Sook nodded without saying anything.

Tang Yunpyeong's two hands were drawn out like lightning, and two flying daggers were shot.

- Clang! Clang!

The moment she struck out the flying daggers that had reached her eyes at the same time as they were drawn, two new flying daggers appeared.

"They were overlapping!"

I shouted without realizing it.

The flying daggers that looked like two were actually four.

"Hmph!"

Dam Sook let out a gasp.

She had a flustered expression at the sudden change.

It seemed there was no room to avoid the newly appeared flying daggers.

She hurriedly pulled her body back and stepped in a dizzying direction.

Although it was a strange movement that could not be called footwork, she ended up avoiding them all.

Though the last one had torn her martial arts uniform and passed by.

What on earth is that movement?

It was a movement that could not be seen anywhere.

Everyone around the duel stage could not say anything at her strange movement.

At that moment, I realized.

Ah! She stepped on the Five Elements Bewildering Steps backwards!

Every martial artist trains in footwork, but no one practices that footwork backwards.

The purpose of footwork is to approach the opponent more efficiently.

A footwork that steps back does not exist in the first place.

But she stepped on the footwork backwards in a life-or-death moment and escaped by increasing the distance from the flying daggers.

"Amazing! To think that such a movement is possible."

Tang Yunpyeong said, genuinely impressed.

"..."

Dam Sook did not answer.

"Now only one last one remains!"

Tang Yunpyeong took out the last flying dagger without hiding it.

The last flying dagger of the Eleven Flying Daggers does not need to be stealthy.

It is something that cannot be blocked even while looking at it with both eyes.

The last eleventh flying dagger was rotating rapidly in his hand.

Dam Sook was staring at the front, panting heavily.

Her face was pale, and she was sweating, and her hand holding the sword was trembling slightly.

It's not normal!

"Miss Dam! Are you okay?"

As I was about to jump up onto the duel stage, Dam Sook shook her head vigorously from side to side.

"Don't come up! I will finish this duel."

Her two eyes were filled with a strong will.

Her qi and blood are twisted!

A supreme footwork like the Five Elements Bewildering Steps requires a corresponding progression of internal energy.

It means that the mystery does not come out just by following the steps.

She had stepped on such a footwork backwards without any preparation.

The direction of the progression of her internal energy and the movement according to the footwork were opposite.

Of course, her qi and blood had to be twisted.

I looked at the eleventh flying dagger that was rotating in Tang Yunpyeong's hand.

She will not be able to avoid that flying dagger.

Now is the time to stop this duel.

I will gladly accept her scolding.

It was the moment I was about to shout 'forfeit'.

The last eleventh flying dagger, which had been rotating fiercely in Tang Yunpyeong's hand, left his hand.

"Forfeit! I said forfeit!"

I jumped up onto the duel stage.

At that moment, a huge something brushed past me at a faster speed than me.

(End of Chapter)