novelraw Chapter 174 : Chapter 174
Chapter 174 : Chapter 174
Chapter 174. Time (6)
I sprinted forward, deploying lightning arts.
Before I knew it, a soft chuckle kept slipping from my lips.
“Sword Phoenix, huh.”
The face of the old Beggar’s Gang member shouting with a terrified face kept coming to mind.
“It seems scaring men is the same then and now.”
In the past life, Baek Hyang was a woman whom countless men feared the most, called the Lust Disaster.
It seemed she became an object of fear now as well, but the texture was different.
In that sense, I liked the Junior Sister’s alias Two-Faced Rakshasa more than Sword Phoenix.
Gentle like a fairy to innocent people but ruthlessly punishing villains.
It seemed the Junior Sister who was called Lust Disaster in the past life had grown up very wonderfully now.
This was the same for Nam Geon or Junior Sister Choyeon.
Nam Geon, who was called Vajra Dog in the past life, was now being called Adamant Sword Great Hero.
Junior Sister Choyeon, who was a Killing Demon in the past life, was also being called by strange aliases like Cold Flower or Shadowless Fairy.
Although I only heard the aliases, I felt that the three were doing well together even while I was gone.
I wonder what it feels like to actually meet them.
If I meet them in person rather than just picking up aliases.
I forcibly pulled down the corners of my mouth that were soaring again.
If my breathing was disturbed by laughing, meeting them would only be delayed.
Dash!
I had to move my legs more roughly to chase the three even a moment faster.
***
Two days of running toward the place the Beggar’s Gang member told me.
A low mountain near the destination village.
Shouts were heard from the distance.
“Strike!!”
“Die!!!”
Soon, the noise of weapons clashing, screams, and shouts ran rampant.
Feeling anxious just in case, I hurriedly turned my direction toward there.
Running through the bushes for a while.
A chaotic battle was taking place there, and my ominous feeling was correct.
Nam Geon and the two Junior Sisters were engaging in a bloody battle surrounded by dozens of Black Way crowds.
I stopped my steps while trying to throw my body toward there urgently.
For some reason, a smirk flowed out.
“The Beggar’s Gang members’ words weren’t an exaggeration.”
The first thing that stood out in the chaotic battle was, as expected, Nam Geon.
That massive build and destructive fighting style had no choice but to stand out.
“I will break through!”
Countless blades flew toward Nam Geon who was shouting.
Among them were several weapons wrapped in sword Qi or blade Qi.
The Beggar’s Gang members said it. That they went to a place where the Unwol Sect’s martial force unit and an Elder were present.
As those guys said, the guys forming the encirclement were not just common street thugs.
There were several mixed in who could be called elites even within the Unwol Sect.
But Nam Geon didn’t mind that offensive.
Up to here, it was similar to the appearance of Nam Geon I remembered.
Nam Geon, who achieved the Diamond Indestructible Body, did not die easily even from attacks by supreme masters.
The problem was just that Nam Geon also couldn’t chase that supreme master.
But not now.
As the ridiculously large Mother’s Affection Sword flew in, the Black Way supreme master hurriedly stepped his footwork and dodged it.
Soon, the Mother’s Affection Sword which was moving forward powerfully rotated and moved toward the Black Way supreme master again.
Strangely, it was a speed much faster than the sword strike swung just before.
“Ugh.”
Every time the Black Way supreme master threw his body to dodge, the Mother’s Affection Sword repeated rotations adding speed and power.
Even though Black Way bastards were swinging weapons at Nam Geon from the surroundings, Nam Geon was swinging his sword as if he only saw that one guy.
Eventually, the Black Way supreme master whose path of evasion was blocked inevitably swung his blade in response.
Unfortunately for that Black Way bastard, it was a meaningless resistance.
Immediately after the Mother’s Affection Sword and the Black Way supreme master’s blade collided, the blade wrapped in blade Qi was snapped in two, and.
Crack!!
The Black Way supreme master’s body was also cut in two.
Crunch!
No, it was too gruesome a sight to call it cut in two.
Literally, the body was crushed.
And the technique Nam Geon unfolded was a sword technique too familiar to me.
The sword technique Hyeok Ilso practiced. The sword technique I tried to transmit to Nam Geon but couldn’t finish teaching.
It was the Heavenly Wind Sword Art.
The change didn’t end there.
Even immediately after defeating one Black Way supreme master, Nam Geon continued to swing the Mother’s Affection Sword.
It was a strange thing.
Each single strike matched the single strike Nam Geon swung with all his might in my memory.
At this point, the Black Way bastards surrounding Nam Geon looked rather like moths to a flame.
A shadow was hiding near the flame burning those moths.
When the Black Way bastards hurriedly threw their bodies to dodge Nam Geon’s Mother’s Affection Sword.
Slash!
Once in a while, a chilling blade revealed itself from that shadow.
My head nodded automatically.
Junior Sister Choyeon’s skills also seemed to have improved quite a bit.
The stealth technique hiding the body in the chaotic situation was excellent, but that killing sword was even more excellent.
Movement without any superfluity.
Every time the Junior Sister thrust her sword once, a Black Way bastard’s vital point was pierced.
If there was just one regretful point, it was the internal energy as expected.
Unlike Junior Sister Baek Hyang, she didn’t obtain a spiritual elixir, nor did she achieve Dynamic Cultivation like Nam Geon.
In the first place, Dynamic Cultivation was a technique that didn’t suit the Junior Sister.
Dynamic Cultivation was a technique helpful for endurance fights rather than explosive power.
If she could obtain just one miraculous encounter somewhere, it wouldn’t be a task for the Junior Sister to cross the wall of a supreme master.
No. Beyond supreme, she would reach Sword Unification at once.
Like the current Junior Sister Baek Hyang.
“……Did they say Sword Phoenix.”
Watching the Junior Sister fight, I thought I understood why they called her Sword Phoenix in the Jianghu recently.
Surrounded by dozens of Black Way crowds, the Junior Sister was dancing a sword dance.
As if a noble Divine Beast was dancing.
The Junior Sister did not show quick movements, nor did she swing terrifying heavy strikes.
She was moving leisurely as if really dancing, but the enemies’ blades could not reach the Junior Sister’s body.
It was a movement as if she knew exactly how the enemies would move.
It was suspicious enough to wonder if the Junior Sister also obtained special eyes like me.
Also, there was no blockage in the Junior Sister’s movements.
She was unfolding the Eight Trigrams Flying Stream Steps I taught, but it was different from what I knew.
The Junior Sister’s own Eight Trigrams Flying Stream Steps, incorporating the real combat experience she had gone through, continued.
With every step, the blood of Black Way bastards splattered.
Sometimes she unfolded the basic sword strikes of the Nine Palace Chain Sword, and.
Slash.
The simple sword path twisted sharply and pierced the opponent’s vital point.
Immediately after dealing with one Black Way bastard by unfolding the Flying Swallow Sword Art. The Junior Sister made a large rotation using the momentum of the Flying Swallow Sword Art and swung the sword again.
Sword Qi was already formed on that sword with the power of rotation added, and she split the Black Way bastard who aimed for the Junior Sister’s back along with his weapon.
That technique just now was performed by linking the Flying Swallow Sword Art and the Heavenly Wind Sword Art.
She melts everything she has learned so far freely and unfolds it in the right place.
Wouldn’t that be the true Sword Unification?
Actually, considering the Junior Sister’s talent, it wasn’t such a surprising sight.
In the past too, there were times when the Junior Sister displayed such talent.
Only for a very brief moment.
Because her body couldn’t withstand the Junior Sister’s talent and the rapidly increased power of internal energy.
But not now.
Despite constantly displaying marvelous movements, the Junior Sister’s breathing was not disturbed at all.
There was no sign of struggling either.
Not only the Junior Sister’s martial arts but her body had also grown unrecognizably.
Now the Junior Sister was not the frail girl of the old days.
While I was just smiling happily watching the dazzling growth of my companions.
Before I knew it, more than half of the Black Way bastards forming the encirclement were sprawled on the ground, and the battle was reaching its end.
Just as I was about to take a step to join even if belatedly, a change occurred.
Beyond the bushes. Along with countless presences, another crowd of dozens was approaching this way.
Among them, the old man standing at the lead was a face too familiar to me as well.
“Move aside!”
That one-armed old man swung his sword in the air with a shout.
Then sharp bundles of sword Qi formed and flew toward my companions.
“Yeo, Yeon-ie. Come behind me!”
Nam Geon stood as if protecting Junior Sister Choyeon and withstood the sword Qi bundles with his whole body, and Junior Sister Baek Hyang struck or dodged those sword Qis with light body movements.
With the intrusion of the old man and the crowd of dozens, the battle entered a lull.
The one-armed old man who appeared suddenly. The Unwol Sect Leader spoke with a face full of annoyance.
“Even that brat named Jin Yuseong or whatever was not this old man’s match. Did you think the likes of you could block this Chairman’s great cause?”
Junior Sister Baek Hyang responded to the Unwol Sect Leader’s words with a cold face.
“You must have developed dementia. Seeing you spout such words when you dragged in other leaders because you were afraid to deal with Senior Brother alone back then.”
Looking at that icy expression, I thought I understood why the Junior Sister was called by the alias Two-Faced Rakshasa.
“Hmph. If only that damn Fighting Venerable hadn’t popped out, you and that Jin Yuseong guy would have died by my hands.”
Saying so, the Unwol Sect Leader took a step toward Junior Sister Baek Hyang.
Junior Sister Baek Hyang also adjusted her posture with a determined expression.
Since there was no reason to just watch anymore, I willingly took a step and opened my mouth.
“Are you cursing him as a damn guy when he isn’t here, after running away like dogs when the Fighting Venerable appeared?”
The gazes of those confronting each other turned toward me all at once.
Both my companions and the Unwol Sect Leader showed surprised expressions.
“How are you!?”
“Senior Brother?!”
“Hy, Hyung-ah?”
The Unwol Sect Leader looked away for a moment and turned his head to look at the companions.
“Everyone has truly improved unrecognizably while I didn’t see you.”
Why was it?
Although I greeted them with a faint smile, moisture gathered in the Junior Sister’s cold eyes.
“Senior Brother…….”
I don’t know if I saw it wrong, but it seemed a faint smile was momentarily drawn on Junior Sister Choyeon’s lips as well.
Also, Nam Geon shed large tears fitting his build.
“Waaaaah. I, I knew Hyung-ah wa, was alive! I, I believed!”
Nam Geon wiping his tears with his absurdly large arm.
Aiming for the gap when Nam Geon looked at me, a Black Way bastard dug in toward Nam Geon and swung his sword.
He seemed to be a guy without the ability to learn.
Clang!
As expected, a metallic sound rang out riding the sword that hit Nam Geon’s body.
“Waaaaah.”
The Black Way bastard’s head exploded from the iron arm Nam Geon swung while crying.
For some reason, at the welcome sight, a smirk flowed out.
Putting regret aside, I turned my gaze away from my companions.
“Sorry I’m late. It’s a pity, but let’s catch up in a moment. Since there is work left to handle.”
The Unwol Sect Leader, whose eyes met mine, recited with a murderous expression.
“Right. I will kill all the bastards I couldn’t kill back then today.”
In the past, he was definitely a burdensome opponent, but now it didn’t feel particularly burdensome.
“The one dying today is you. One-armed old man.”
Pretending to converse with the Unwol Sect Leader, I raised my internal energy.
Following the profundity of the Sun Moon Infinite Sword, the internal energy circulates repeatedly running through the acupoints of the whole body.
At the moment that energy reached its peak, I threw my body by surprise.
By unfolding the first form of the Divine Wind Seven Forms, one of the martial arts manuals received from the Fighting Venerable and a lightness art.
More than half a month passed from parting with the Fighting Venerable to coming here.
During the travel, I trained lightness arts every day without missing a single day.
Naturally, with my insight, I couldn’t master the Divine Wind Seven Forms in just those few short years.
If I used it carelessly in real combat, a situation where I thrust my neck into the opponent’s blade could unfold.
But I could imitate it clumsily.
And when approaching an enemy at a distance by surprise like now, there was no lightness art like the Divine Wind Seven Forms.
At least in terms of explosive movement, it boasted the best among the lightness arts I had seen or experienced.
Boom!
Along with a refreshing explosion sound, the ground burst out and my body moved forward at tremendous speed.
The gap with the Unwol Sect Leader, which was over ten zhang away, narrowed in an instant.
“Kill him!!”
The Unwol Sect Leader hurriedly gave orders to his subordinates and swung his only remaining arm.
The sword thrust by the Chairman and the Master’s Blade collided, and each other’s sword silk tangled.
Boom!
An explosion sound burst out, and the Unwol Sect Black Way bastards shouted toward the companions and rushed in.
“Strike!!”
Perhaps because I confirmed the growth of my companions with my own two eyes.
I wasn’t worried about my companions like before.
It seemed that even if dozens, no, hundreds of such guys rushed in, they couldn’t do anything to those three.
So, I just had to deal with the Unwol Sect Leader in front of my eyes.
Because the only opponent who could be a threat to my companions was just this one guy.