Single-Instant Blade

Chapter 96 : Seori (1)

The Ten Lesser Swords were predators.

It was impossible to shake off a hungry predator and escape.

Even if they were on equal footing, he couldn’t escape, and with his body in a mess, he couldn’t escape even more.

Ah Geol did not escape.

From the beginning, he had firmly planted in his mind the fact that he could not escape. If he was too tired, he might have a sense of anticipation, ‘If I run away, can I live?’, but he had completely shaken off even that thought.

He had not run into the forest to escape. He had intended to get out of the joint attack and catch his breath.

Shwaek! Shwaek!

The Three-Point Simultaneous Strike flew in.

Now, when he saw the Sacred Sword Sect’s sword forms, he could tell what kind of sword form it was.

There were things he had heard from Grandpa until his ears hurt, and there were also things he had experienced with his own body.

Although there was only one sword, he didn’t know which part it was aiming for. It seemed to be one of the three places.

Ah Geol raised the half-iron blade and aimed it at Cho Gapyeong.

He connected the blade and Cho Gapyeong in a straight line. Although Cho Gapyeong moved dizzily, stepping on the Illusory Step, he did not lose sight of his form. He watched, maintaining the straight line until the end.

Pat!

Ah Geol shot out like an arrow.

It was the Bow and Arrow Blade. There was no thought of stabbing or cutting. The thought itself was dead. He attached the blade to the target. He moved the straight line that continued straight and attached the blade.

Kaang! Peok!

Cho Gapyeong received the half-iron blade, the Bow and Arrow Blade. At the same time, he swung his sword and cut his side.

“Keuk!”

Ah Geol let out a scream.

Cho Gapyeong had swung his sword strangely. The moment the sword touched his flesh, it drew a half-moon shape and shot up.

Although the sword had entered his lower abdomen, it had cut all the way up to under his shoulder blade behind his back.

‘As expected!’

Ah Geol nodded his head.

Somehow, he always fought the Ten Lesser Swords when his body was not in good condition. So he couldn’t even properly execute the martial arts he had trained.

So he always felt that it was difficult to win.

Perhaps because his body was not in good condition, the Single-Instant Blade did not execute skillfully. Although he had thought that his breathing was sometimes blocked even in normal times, in a real fight, that phenomenon occurred clearly.

He had not known at all when he had fought the Great Mountain Gang.

When he had fought the Ten Lesser Swords, that phenomenon had occurred at once. His blade did not cut properly, as if he were intimidated.

It seemed that it was not because his body was in bad condition.

Anyway, the Single-Instant Blade did not work well against the Ten Lesser Swords. Even if it worked, it worked with great difficulty.

Hwirik! Swish!

He swung the half-iron blade wide in the air.

He reawakened the sense of the blade and his body. He felt a sense of unity that the blade was attached to his body.

Tatatatak!

Cho Gapyeong rushed in. His sword was already undergoing a change. A bright light spread from his sword.

‘Light Stream in the Rain!’

It was a stream of light that pierced through a downpour. It was a fast sword that stabbed without giving the raindrops a chance to touch it.

Grandpa had told him to be especially careful of the Light Stream in the Rain, which emitted light from the sword, among the Illuminating Heaven Sword. The moment you saw the light, your eyes would be blinded, and when you thought you had closed your eyes, your heart would burn.

Cho Gapyeong had completely changed his mind. He was not trying to take him alive, but to kill him on the spot.

Ah Geol did not execute the Single-Instant Blade.

At other times, he would have quickly swung the Body Protecting Blade, but now he just stared blankly at the stream of light.

It was the same appearance as when he had received a joint attack from four people.

Shwaek!

The tip of the sword flickered like a viper’s tongue. It rushed in, determined to bite the center of his forehead.

Ggumteul!

The half-iron blade had a faint tremor.

In that instant, Ah Geol’s body was pushed back by a hair’s breadth. He had moved so little that it was not even visible.

His body had moved, and his blade had also moved.

Pe-ek!

The Light Stream in the Rain grazed his forehead with a hair’s breadth.

Ah Geol immediately swung the half-iron blade. But Cho Gapyeong, as if he had already expected it, jumped back and dodged.

“Evil art!”

Cho Gapyeong said, his eyes wide with disbelief.

At that time, Jin Gae approached.

Although the two had flown their bodies together, Cho Gapyeong had arrived much earlier.

When Jin Gae had arrived, they had already exchanged two forms.

The exchange between the two was that fast.

“It’s an evil art!”

“I saw it.”

Jin Gae answered, frowning as if he knew.

The Light Stream in the Rain could not have missed. There was no room for it to miss. It had been accurately aimed at his forehead.

But it had slipped as if it had slipped on a pile of oil.

It wasn’t that the sword hadn’t touched him. It had definitely touched his forehead. And it had slipped.

How should I put this?

It was the same form when Lee Dochang had collapsed.

Although he had thought he had cut his leg, the sword had slipped and had stabbed his thigh.

The others had all had the same experience.

At that time, Ah Geol had counterattacked.

Of all people, Lee Dochang had gone in the deepest, and had stood in the path of the moving half-iron blade.

It wasn’t just Lee Dochang, anyone else could have died.

“Don’t say it’s the Single-Instant Blade. What is it?”

Jin Gae asked.

“The Single-Instant Blade.”

Ah Geol answered expressionlessly.

“I told you not to say it’s the Single-Instant Blade!”

“Haha! Hahahaha!”

Ah Geol suddenly looked up at the sky and laughed loudly.

In this moment, he had realized one thing.

The Single-Instant Blade? It was not a special blade.

Find your own blade. Then I will give you the Seori surname? It was a ridiculous play on words. Finding your own blade was another expression for becoming skilled in using a blade.

The blade you were most confident in, the blade you could use without wavering in any situation, was the Single-Instant Blade.

Duke Heo Dogi had the Single-Instant Sword.

Could it be said that the Ten Lesser Swords also had the Single-Instant Sword? No. They were wavering now. Seeing a blade that had never appeared before, they hesitated on what kind of attack to make.

If they could use the same sword art in a situation like this, they would have the Single-Instant Sword.

It wasn’t that they were using the Illuminating Heaven Sword because they had no choice, because they only knew the Illuminating Heaven Sword, but when they had the confidence that they could win with the Illuminating Heaven Sword, with an unwavering heart, it would become the Single-Instant Sword.

Was the Single-Instant Blade anything special? If you used a blade, it was the Single-Instant Blade, and if you used a sword, it was the Single-Instant Sword.

It wasn’t that he had obtained the Single-Instant Blade just by being able to use the thirty-six martial arts of the previous sect masters skillfully.

They had confidently executed their own martial arts.

Although he had known the thirty-six Single-Instant Blades, he had not been able to execute any of them confidently.

That was why his breathing had been blocked. His blade had not extended properly.

He knew what it meant to obtain the Single-Instant Blade by continuously killing people on a battlefield.

On a battlefield, there was no concept of winning or losing. You didn’t think about what kind of sword form you knew. You just fought. If an enemy came, you just clashed.

The blade that survived in that way, the blade that could kill anyone, was the Single-Instant Blade.

It had been like that when he had fought the Great Mountain Gang.

Although he had used the Single-Instant Blade of the previous sect master at that time, he had executed it confidently, as if it were his own martial art.

Only at that time, all the martial arts he had executed had been the Single-Instant Blade.

He knew the Single-Instant Blade.

Knowing what the Single-Instant Blade was and being able to execute the Single-Instant Blade were different matters.

Obtaining the Single-Instant Blade was a homework that he had to continue to do in the future. He might have to do it for the rest of his life.

However, he knew clearly what he had to do.

If he had known this earlier, he would not have fought the Great Mountain Gang. Even if he had revealed his appearance and had focused the world’s attention on himself, he would have guided it in a direction where fewer people were killed.

No, he did not regret it. He had drawn a death blade anyway.

Once you drew this blade, you would never shake it off.

Everyone who came before Ah Geol would try to kill Ah Geol. They would not distinguish between means and methods. Then, to live, he had to kill his opponent, and the more he killed, the more his notoriety would grow.

Ah Geol raised his blade.

“Thank you.”

He said it suddenly.

“You bastard!”

Jin Gae frowned.

Didn’t Ah Geol’s words sound as if he were teasing him?

“No, I’m really grateful.”

Swoosh!

Ah Geol raised the half-iron blade.

Originally, among martial artists, there was no need for questions and answers, you had to speak with your weapon. Especially, if you faced each other as enemies, you had to say whatever you wanted to say after winning. If you lost, all your words would become empty words.

Shwaek!

This time, Ah Geol attacked first.

A blade wind swept fiercely.

It was the Ten Thousand Wrist Blade, a blade that created ten thousand changes by maximizing the movement of the wrist.

Cho Gapyeong and Jin Gae immediately counterattacked.

But their sword art was completely different from before. Although it was just a feeling, it was very sinister.

‘Hidden principle!’

There was a hidden intention in the sword form.

The essence of the Illuminating Heaven Sword, the Illuminating Ten Explanations, was unfolding.

Chwarararak!

Cho Gapyeong’s sword spread out like a fan. In an instant, the sword increased to twenty. The sword speed was so fast that the afterimages did not disappear and it looked as if the sword had increased.

Jin Gae’s sword was hidden.

It seemed as if he had not used his sword at all. It seemed as if he were just following Cho Gapyeong. No. He had also executed a sword form. The Direct Light Stream, a single sword line was drawn straight.

Ah Geol gathered his strength in the half-iron blade.

He would split the two swords with the pressure of a thousand pounds. One was speed, and the other was change. Then, he would crush them with strength.

The Heavenly Strength Blade was struck down with the strength of a thousand-pound rock. At that time,

Jjeojeojeojeok!

A sound as if a net were being spread was heard from behind his back.

Ho Geumryeon, he had caught the timing of the attack very well.

Cho Gapyeong had executed the Revolving Sword. Jin Gae had executed the Direct Light Stream. Ah Geol could not help but respond to their swords. Because he could not be careless for a moment, he had responded immediately.

In that instant, Ho Geumryeon had approached.

Ho Geumryeon might not have intended to use a dirty trick. It was certain. Although he would use a joint attack, he would not use a dirty trick.

Among the Sacred Sword Sect’s movement techniques, there was the Oil Sand Step.

You trained your movement technique on sand, and when you became skilled, you could walk as if you were flowing on oil.

If you executed the Oil Sand Step, you would not make a sound. It would not be a big deal to kill your sword qi.

They also executed the Ice Thawing that he executed.

If you executed the sword form with Ice Thawing, you would not be able to sense it at all. Although it was a normal attack, it was no different from an ambush.

Peok! Jjeojeojeojeok!

A sword form exploded from his back.

The first blow was hot, and the following flow came as a pain that tore his back to shreds.

“Keu-euk!”

Ah Geol retreated, letting out a groan. No, the moment he thought of retreating, he rushed towards the forest.

If he stayed in this place, he would die.

He had no obligation to them. It was not a fair fight. It was a decisive battle of life and death. It was a fight where you had to kill your opponent by any means necessary.

Since he was tired and had even been hit by a blow, he could not fight anymore.

Shwiiik!

Ah Geol ran, looking only at the forest. Even if he entered the forest, there was no place to hide. They would soon catch up. But it was better than being surrounded by three people and fighting here.

Jjeojeojeojeok!

A sword wind swept in from behind his back.

Although he had expected it, the sword qi was much stronger. If he ran like this, he would die before he entered the forest.

Ah Geol covered his head with both hands and threw his body onto the mountainside.

Degurururu!

He rolled down so fast that he couldn’t even get his senses straight.

(End of Chapter)