novelraw Chapter 100 : Seori (5)
Chapter 100 : Seori (5)
Shwaek! Shwaeeek!
An unnatural sound of wind was heard.
It was the sound of clothes fluttering, but he didn’t even try to hide it.
Ah Geol bent down and drank the valley water with relish.
He knew who was coming.
Seeing that they had followed him as soon as he had left Dongbak’s residence, someone had told them and they had come chasing.
“My senior brothers are truly heartless.”
Ah Geol gripped the half-iron blade tightly.
Seori Hyeonggae had openly told him the reason he had spared him. To fight the Sacred Sword Sect until he bled.
So it was not strange at all that he had told them his location.
But Ah Geol understood Seori Hyeonggae’s actions from a different perspective.
He knew that he had entered the path of the Single-Instant Evil Blade.
He knew what process he had to go through, what conditions were needed, to create the Single-Instant Blade.
So he had sent them.
It wasn’t a command to fight and die. It wasn’t a command to win either. It was a command to fight unconditionally.
Victory or defeat was not important.
If he thought he couldn’t win while fighting, he could just run away. If he could run away.
And after catching his breath, he would fight again.
Fighting was important. The more life-threatening the fight, the more the Single-Instant Blade would be revealed.
Again, and again, and again… he had to continuously reveal the Single-Instant Blade.
Seori Hyeonggae was not afraid of him becoming stronger. Rather, he hoped that he would become stronger. He wanted him to appear not as a lowly person who was no match for him, but as a worthy opponent to risk his life against.
Although it was an action that others could not understand, a Single-Instant Sect disciple understood it clearly.
‘I can’t understand. That a person who had the Single-Instant Blade had lived under Heo Dogi’s thumb. And that, for fifteen years. It was a time when he could have drawn his blade dozens of times.’
Ah Geol walked down Baishi Valley.
He did not walk in a hurry. He had no intention of avoiding them.
He did not choose a good place to fight. Regardless of the blade, every place in this world was a battlefield.
“Stop!”
A thunderous roar erupted from behind his back.
‘…Jin Gae.’
Ah Geol knew who his opponent was just by hearing his voice.
They had already gotten to know each other that much.
Although he had only seen his face for a moment when they had exchanged blows, he remembered the martial artist named Jin Gae.
Ah Geol turned around with an expressionless face.
Three people rushed in and surrounded Ah Geol.
One person passed Ah Geol and took a position below, and the other two stopped as they rushed in.
In a valley, it was much more advantageous to take a position above.
The bottom was only to block Ah Geol from going down, and the real attack would unfold from above.
Swoosh! Swish!
The long swords were aimed at him.
Ah Geol held the half-iron blade upside down. It was a form where the blade was hidden behind his arm.
It was a grip method called the Reverse Hand Sword, which was also seen quite often in sword arts.
“I thought your life was over after you got caught by the blade demons of the Wind Path Valley, but you managed to come out alive.”
Cho Gapyeong said coldly.
“Isn’t it ‘luckily’ that I escaped from the hands of the Ten Lesser Swords? If you’re lucky a few times, it’s not luck. It’s skill.”
“You escaped from the hands of the blade demons with skill? Huhuhu! You’re not in your right mind after going into the Wind Path Valley and coming out.”
Ah Geol did not answer and spread his left hand, then counted his fingers one by one.
Thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger. And then he spread them again from the little finger.
Ah Geol stopped his action after spreading his ring finger.
“Seven.”
“…?”
“I can block your swords seven times. If I don’t fall after that, it means I’ve killed you, and if not, I’ll be lying here with my nose in the dirt.”
“You counted that?”
“I recalled the sword forms I saw before and counted the moves, and I can block up to seven moves.”
Ah Geol smiled with his eyes.
“Let’s check!”
Shwaek!
Ho Geumryeon, who had gone down, executed the Seventeen Revolving Swords.
At that, a sword wall was formed in an instant. It seemed as if dozens of swords were on end at once.
Ho Geumryeon had no intention of ending the Seventeen Revolving Swords with one go.
He intended to execute it several times in a row to prevent Ah Geol from going down the valley.
In general, a Sacred Sword Sect disciple could execute the Seventeen Revolving Swords about three times.
The Ten Lesser Swords could execute the Seventeen Revolving Swords up to one hundred and twenty times in a row. They could maintain the sword form for almost over half a two-hour period.
Pat! Paat!
Cho Gapyeong and Jin Gae flew their bodies at the same time.
Cho Gapyeong executed the Light Stream in the Rain, and Jin Gae executed the Sword Pole Reaching the Moon.
He would overwhelm with the speed of the Light Stream in the Rain, and then immediately follow up with the accuracy of the Sword Pole Reaching the Moon.
Ah Geol used the Reverse Hand Cutting Blade of the nineteenth sect master.
The Reverse Hand Cutting Blade had a very strong killing intent.
First, you had to pierce through the opponent’s weapon. Then, in a state of close contact, you would cut with the reverse hand blade.
The outcome was certain.
While piercing through the weapon, you could be hit.
If you pierced the weapon, you could kill the opponent. You used the blade hidden behind your arm in a state of close contact. The opponent, even though he knew, would be flustered by the sudden blow.
Kaang!
Cho Gapyeong struck the reverse hand blade.
While Ah Geol was piercing through the weapon, Cho Gapyeong had changed his sword and had struck his arm. It wasn’t that he had attacked his arm because he knew the reverse hand blade, but it was an attack aimed at the hidden blade.
In that instant, Jin Gae’s sword rushed in, aiming for his Adam’s apple.
Ah Geol lowered his waist and immediately swept Jin Gae’s leg with the reverse hand blade.
At that, Ho Geumryeon rushed in. The Seventeen Revolving Swords that had been continuing straight aimed for his back, buttocks, and legs at once.
Ah Geol had no choice but to twist his body and get out to the side.
Although both sides had moved once, they had exchanged four moves.
“One move.”
Ah Geol said with an expressionless face.
“What!”
“I’ll count it as one move. The moves I’m talking about are clashes. I can mix blades seven times.”
Ah Geol provoked the Ten Lesser Swords.
The three of them were training together. And yet, they could not subdue him at once. It was a disgrace.
Swoosh!
Ah Geol still held the reverse hand blade and lowered his waist.
“Hmph! You’re hurting my pride. A guy who thinks there’s only the Single-Instant Blade in the world. A frog in a well.”
Cho Gapyeong raised his hand.
At that, Jin Gae and Ho Geumryeon retreated.
Cheolkeok!
Cho Gapyeong struck the shield guard with his left hand and straightened the blade.
Cho Gapyeong raised his sword slowly, slowly, very slowly. He raised the sword with all his sincerity, as if handling the most precious treasure in the world.
‘Illuminating Ten Explanations!’
Ah Geol realized at once that the sword path had changed.
The sword that Cho Gapyeong was executing was not a hasty sword. It was a very calm sword. Since there were numerous changes mixed in the sword art, it would be very difficult to defend when he actually stabbed.
Swish!
Ah Geol also straightened the half-iron blade.
He released the reverse hand blade and held it with a straight hand. For the blade form, he was thinking of the Wooden Blade One Cut. Since he didn’t know Cho Gapyeong’s sword, he judged that it was appropriate to use one of the eighty-one cutting blades.
Swoooosh!
Cho Gapyeong raised his sword to chest height. In that instant,
Paang!
Suddenly, a sound as if a fully inflated pig’s bladder had burst rang out.
“Ugh!”
Ah Geol was startled and his eyes widened.
The sword was already in front of his nose. It was too late to dodge or counterattack. He couldn’t see the sword, only the hilt.
Ah Geol spun his body and raised the half-iron blade behind his back.
It was the Back Cut Blade among the Wooden Blade One Cut. He moved the blade again and changed it to the Revolving Blade to strike his waist. At that time,
Puk!
The sword was stuck in the center of his chest.
“Heok! Heok! Heok!”
Cho Gapyeong let out a rough breath.
He seemed to not even have the strength to stand, and he collapsed onto a white rock.
He had poured all his strength into one move.
He had executed the Submerged Energy One Force Strike, which could only be attacked once. All his body’s true energy, all his potential, had been concentrated in the sword. And it had been poured out in an instant.
Ah Geol staggered and retreated.
Cho Gapyeong’s sword was stuck in Ah Geol’s abdomen. It had not penetrated to his back. The sword was stuck in his abdomen and was dangling.
“Ugh!”
Jin Gae was startled and his eyes widened.
“On purpose?”
Jin Gae said, looking at Cho Gapyeong.
Cho Gapyeong didn’t even have the energy to speak and just shook his head from side to side.
The Submerged Energy One Force Strike aimed for the center of the chest. What was under the flesh in the chest? There were bones. As soon as you tore the flesh, the bones would come out. But the sword had no choice but to pierce the bones.
After piercing the bones, it would tear mercilessly. It would penetrate the body.
The Submerged Energy One Force Strike, one of the Illuminating Ten Explanations, was a killing move that was only used when you were determined to kill your opponent.
The Ten Lesser Swords had trained the Submerged Energy One Force Strike to the point where they could execute it even with their eyes closed. Although they did not pour out all their true energy as in a real fight, they trained the form every day.
It was a sword that could never miss its target.
But Ah Geol had been stabbed in the abdomen, not the chest.
Although he had clearly been struck in the chest, when he had staggered and retreated, it was his abdomen, not his chest.
What a ridiculous situation!
The sword had not even penetrated his body. Although Cho Gapyeong had poured out all his body’s true strength, it had only ended with a stab. Even if Ah Geol had been wearing armor, it should have penetrated.
Swoosh!
Ah Geol pulled out the sword stuck in his abdomen and threw it into the stream.
“Two moves.”
“…You bastard!”
Cheolkeok!
This time, Jin Gae let out a roar and struck the shield guard. He first straightened the blade. And then, like Cho Gapyeong, he raised his sword slowly, very slowly.
He executed the same sword as Cho Gapyeong.
“Hoo-oot!”
Since it was a sword he had experienced once, Ah Geol held his blade very carefully.
It was a very fast sword. If his feet left the ground, he couldn’t block it after that. He shouldn’t look at the sword, but at his feet. He had to dodge at the very moment his feet left the ground.
Pae-aeng!
The blade spun in his hand.
The half-iron blade spun with a loud sound, like a blade attached to a chariot wheel spinning fiercely.
Swoosh!
Jin Gae raised his sword to chest height.
‘Now!’
Ah Geol immediately flew his body. He moved as far as he could to the side from where he had been standing. But,
Pat!
The sword flashed in front of his eyes. Like before, he couldn’t see the blade, only the hilt. Jin Gae’s face looked two, three times bigger. He was so close that he could see his pores.
Pae-aeng!
The Revolving Blade struck Jin Gae. But it was too late. The moment the Revolving Blade was about to explode, the sword was stuck in the center of his chest.
Peok!
Ah Geol’s body was thrown into the air. And he flew like a kite with a broken string.
“This is!”
Ho Geumryeon shook his head in disbelief.
Ah Geol was staggering and getting up.
Jin Gae’s sword was also stuck in his abdomen this time. Although he had clearly stabbed his chest, why had the sword moved?
Fortunately, the sword was stuck a little deeper this time. The sword was firmly stuck in his stomach.
At least half of it had gone in.
“Keu-euk!”
Ah Geol let out a pained groan as he staggered to his feet.
(End of Chapter)