The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 298

As I slowly went up to the duel stage, Seo Mun-wang-ryang also came up to the duel stage and stood a little distance away from me.

Although we could start the fight without any words, the provocation before the fight is like a ritual to me.

I, with a faintly sneering face, spoke to him.

"Is the honor of your family so important that you would even sacrifice your nephew?"

"......"

"Was it an agreement with the Seo Mun family head? Did he say it was okay to kill his own son?"

"......"

But Seo Mun-wang-ryang, as if he didn't want to say anything to me, just glared at me.

"Still, I thought Great Hero Seo Mun was a quite righteous and cool martial artist... to be honest, I was disappointed in many ways. Why did you get involved in these kids' business... don't you know that a cool adult is one who knows when to get involved and when to stay out?"

"...... This is all your fault."

In the end, Seo Mun-wang-ryang couldn't hold it in and spat out his words.

But even those words were blaming others.

He seems to want to blame me for this incident.

"If you want to think that way, think that way. But why did you try to kill Seo Mun-jong-tak?"

"Even if he had died, he would have died at your hands. And whether you believe it or not, I thought you would surely stop."

"Oh-ho. So your intention was to make me suffer an internal injury by forcing me to stop my sword. Is that what you're saying?"

"......"

He doesn't answer again.

Because if he says so, he will become a person who used such a trick because he felt like he would lose to a junior who is much younger than him.

"But do you know this?"

"......?"

"The reason why I stopped my sword even if I had to force myself at that moment. If you think I stopped my sword because I'm a really good person... I think you're overestimating me."

"If not that...?"

"It was because I thought that if I stopped my sword here, I could create a rift between you, Great Hero Seo Mun, and Seo Mun-jong-tak. And looking at you two now, I think my plan has succeeded. Oh? Your nephew isn't even looking this way."

At my words, Seo Mun-wang-ryang hurriedly turned around and looked at where Seo Mun-jong-tak was.

Seo Mun-jong-tak is sitting with his back turned, as if he were a person who is not interested in this duel.

Seeing that, a groan escaped Seo Mun-wang-ryang's mouth.

"You bastard, you drove a wedge between me and my nephew!"

"You should speak correctly. Who was it that shot a finger flick at Seo Mun-jong-tak's calf? You're just blaming others until the end."

"I will kill you here today! It will be hard for you to handle my attack with an internally injured body."

He naturally thinks that I have an internal injury.

Well, that's understandable. Although he would have seen me doing qi circulation for half a shichen, he would not have thought that I could have completely healed my internal injury in that time.

"Before that, you haven't forgotten our promise, have you? I think everyone around here knows about it."

"What promise?"

"The one where you promised to concede five moves to me."

Seo Mun-wang-ryang snorted.

"Yes. I'll take as many as you want."

"Alright. Then shall we start now?"

I, as if to show the surrounding people, drew my sword and took a ready stance.

I can feel the spectators holding their breath and focusing on me.

Seo Mun-wang-ryang also drew his sword.

Originally, I knew that Seo Mun-wang-ryang was a master of hand techniques, but it seems he judged that it would be more advantageous to hold a sword when blocking my sword art for five moves.

"Hoo-."

I took a long breath, and also gave and took strength in the hand holding the sword, and fully prepared for the duel.

In any case, this duel starts with me attacking first.

Moreover, since I can attack five moves first, I will use that opportunity to the fullest.

As if it had realized my intention, the Red Dragon Sword trembled lightly.

"Here I come."

"Come."

I, as a courtesy, spat out the words that I was attacking and then prepared the first move.

The first sword art I chose was the Nine Palaces Sword Art.

The Nine Palaces Sword Art is the most hegemonic sword art among the Wudang Sect's sword arts that I know.

As such, the preparation motion is long, and it requires a lot of internal energy to be drawn.

That's why I prepared it as the first move, where I can use as much time as I want.

On top of that, I loaded it with plenty of the true qi of the Six Yang Divine Art that I had gained enlightenment on a little while ago, and also loaded it with plenty of the energy of the Heavenly Transformation Pill that I had taken a little while ago and was still remaining in my body, and then I looked at Seo Mun-wang-ryang.

"N-No... you weren't internally injured?"

He couldn't hide his very flustered face.

Looking at him, who was even stuttering, I, without a word, began to perform a movement technique.

It is not a movement technique to approach quickly and strike a weakness as usual.

Rather, it is a very delicate and careful movement technique that can deliver the true qi I have raised to the opponent without any loss, as if I were training.

The closer I got to him, the louder the Red Dragon Sword, which was holding a great energy, roared.

I, without hesitation, performed the Nine Palaces Sword Art and swung it towards him.

As if he had felt that my energy was unusual, Seo Mun-wang-ryang also raised his extreme internal energy and blocked my sword, and a tremendous roar and a fierce wind simultaneously swept in all directions.

The people who were watching from a close distance had to cover their ears at this huge sound, and close their eyes to the dust raised by the strong wind.

'A little lacking.'

And unfortunately, my attack did not deal a big blow to Seo Mun-wang-ryang.

Although he blocked it properly, as expected, the power of the number two of the Seo Mun family was more tremendous than I thought.

Although Seo Mun-wang-ryang is a vile, cowardly, and trickster-like person who is not like an orthodox faction martial artist, his martial arts are real.

Since he has the martial arts that are second only to the family head in the Seo Mun family, which is said to be just below the Five Great Families, in a way, it might be natural that I still can't reach him.

With this one blow, I have set a goal of what level I have to reach in a short period of time.

I, erasing my distracting thoughts, moved my legs diligently.

The martial arts of the Wudang Sect basically have a strong tendency to recycle the existing strength as much as possible.

The Flowing Cloud Movement Technique I am performing now is also the same.

By moving in a curve rather than a straight line, I created a flow that uses the shock I received a little while ago.

I, on that flow, loaded my true qi once again, and through the true qi loaded on it, this time, I performed the Heaven and Earth One Sword.

The Heaven and Earth One Sword is also a sword art with a strong destructive power, so much so that it is usually used as a finishing move.

This time, Seo Mun-wang-ryang blocked my sword, and a louder sound than when I had performed the Nine Palaces Sword Art echoed.

Now, bewilderment is beginning to appear on Seo Mun-wang-ryang's face.

He must be regretting that he had conceded five moves to me. But, I have no intention of stopping.

Because I haven't even performed half of them yet.

I, turning my body in the air, loaded the shock I had received a little while ago onto my sword once again.

The sword is beginning to feel heavier and heavier.

Because the unresolved true qi and shock of each other are continuously accumulating on my sword, and are accumulating to a level that is difficult for me to handle.

If you put such a huge amount of energy into a sword like this, two side effects occur.

One is that I, unable to handle the true qi, might let go of the sword, and the second is that the weapon, unable to handle the too large true qi, will break.

But, I was not worried about either of them.

The first is that I believed in myself, who would not let go of the sword even if my palm was torn.

And the second is that I believed in the Red Dragon Sword.

Because I thought that this sword, which had been with the Sovereign Sword of the Emperor, Namgung Sang-hyeon, in his prime, would not be unable to handle my mere true qi.

As expected. Of course, the Red Dragon Sword has no ego, but I feel as if the Red Dragon Sword is happy.

Because it felt as if it were trembling all over with thrill at the great true qi it had met after a very long time.

"Haa-a-ap!"

I, for the first time in this duel, let out a shout and swung my sword once again.

This time, I didn't even have time to think about what kind of sword art it was.

Because it was overwhelming just to swing the sword that was loaded with a huge amount of true qi.

To be precise, it would be close to the Taiji Sword Art.

Because it was because I knew the essence of Taiji that I was able to hold the forces generated from the true qi and shock in my sword.

The moment the sword and the sword clashed, a sound like an explosion, beyond the sound of a ringing gong, was heard.

The true qi and the true qi had clashed with such a strong force that it had even caused an explosion.

It's amazing that I swung such a thing, but it's also amazing that Seo Mun-wang-ryang blocked my sword this time as well.

But his appearance, as I saw him gathering his energy again, did not look so good.

As if the shock from a little while ago was considerable, his neat hair was all disheveled, and his clothes were also disheveled.

More than anything, that expression.

Seeing that expression of not being able to understand how I am exerting this much strength, it is clear that he is greatly shaken by my current martial arts level.

But I still have two more turns left.

As I gathered my energy again and pulled my sword in front of me, it felt as if a strange sound was coming from my wrist and arm.

Even though I had trained my body so hard, it's still far from enough.

Seeing that it's already hard to endure such a strong true qi. No, perhaps it's because I've trained this much until now that I can endure this much true qi.

With this collision, a shock as if the entire duel stage was shaking occurred.

But still, Seo Mun-wang-ryang received my attack.

Of course, his flustered face had become a serious one with his teeth clenched, his hair was so disheveled that the Beggars' Sect disciples would want to be his friend, and his clothes were torn from the sleeves.

And I prepared the final move.

The final move I thought of was the Heavenly Firmament Demon Subduing Palm, the strongest martial art I know.

Of course, it doesn't mean that I will throw away the sword I am holding now and face him with a palm technique to perform the Heavenly Firmament Demon Subduing Palm.

What came to my mind was Senior Brother Un-hwang, whom I had faced in the Wudang Sect's martial arts tournament a little while ago.

Senior Brother Un-hwang had surely performed a sword art with an energy similar to the Heavenly Firmament Demon Subduing Palm.

That means that I can also fully perform the Heavenly Firmament Demon Subduing Palm I have learned as a sword art.

All the martial arts of the Wudang Sect that I have learned so far, and the essence of Taiji.

And the enlightenment about the sword and martial arts that has been passed down from my past life began to lead me.

And soon, an energy that was even difficult for me to handle gathered in my sword.

Although it was difficult to even swing the sword, I used all my strength to barely swing the sword.

As my sword and Seo Mun-wang-ryang's sword clashed, a huge sound that I had never heard before echoed.

The collision was so strong that cracks began to appear on the floor of the duel stage, and the dust raised by it enveloped my surroundings.

I, in a momentary feeling of exhaustion, almost dropped my sword, but I stubbornly held the sword and maintained my posture.

'If it was this attack... Seo Mun-wang-ryang might have fallen.'

Although Seo Mun-wang-ryang was a vile person, he was still a martial artist.

Because he had received all my five moves as promised.

I quickly circulated my energy and, while replenishing my internal energy, which had been consumed to the bottom, waited for the dust to settle.

A little while later, the dust settled to some extent.

'This is...'

I can see the faint figure of a person standing.

I, even after using the best move I could, could not defeat Seo Mun-wang-ryang.

But his appearance, as I saw it after the dust had cleared a little more, was not normal.

Whether he had dropped his sword or it had broken, he was not holding it in his hand, his clothes were almost torn, revealing his upper body, and as if he had been internally injured while blocking my attack, a thin line of blood was flowing from his mouth.

But, his gaze at me is fierce. He seemed to be genuinely angry.

"You bastard...! You are the first bastard to ever make me like this. As promised, I have received five moves... now it's my turn. You will not go back unscathed today!"

He shouted.

A voice filled with true qi along with anger echoed in the duel stage.

He seems to be genuinely thinking of tearing me to pieces.

As if it were not just words, he began to raise his true qi.

He is exploding all the energy he has been holding back until now, and is even taking a ready stance to perform his specialty, hand techniques.

"Hoo-."

After taking a deep breath, I looked at him.

A situation where it would not be strange for Seo Mun-wang-ryang to rush at me right away.

I, in a serious voice, said to him, "I surrender."

"...... What?"

"I lost."

"W-Wait. What did you say?"

I, sheathing my sword in its scabbard, shouted loudly, "It seems I still can't match the strength of Great Hero Seo Mun. Thank you for facing me. As expected, the martial arts of the Seo Mun family are amazing! Thank you for your teaching."

While Seo Mun-wang-ryang and the surrounding people, who had been watching the duel without even being able to breathe properly, were too surprised to show any reaction, I moved my steps and went down from the duel stage.

Seo Mun-wang-ryang looked very dumbfounded, and he also seemed to be angry, but what can he do? The duel has ended like this.

(End of Chapter)