novelraw Chapter 89 : Chapter 89
Chapter 89 : Chapter 89
Chapter 89 Same Bed, Different Dreams (2)
The warriors who were watching from nearby stepped back in surprise at the energy waves that burst out.
Every time my sword and Yu Ha-rin's sword collided, the blue steel stones paved on the tournament ground cracked little by little.
With the heavy momentum filling all directions and the rough explosive sounds, every warrior in the inner court began to gradually fall into our duel.
BOOM
BANG! BANG!
After another intense clash, Yu Ha-rin stepped back and calmed her ragged breathing.
“……You are quite good.”
“You too.”
I massaged my arm, which was stinging and ringing.
Although I had been protecting it as much as possible with Demonic Energy, Yu Ha-rin's energy burrowed into my body more fiercely than I had expected.
The sword paths were brilliant, and the variations contained within them were concise yet clear. It was a sword technique mastered so perfectly that it was difficult to find an opening.
After the sparring with my father, this kind of sword technique duel was a long time in coming for me as well.
My heart rate began to accelerate.
As I received Yu Ha-rin's sharp offensive, my forgotten warrior's instinct woke up.
“You’ve warmed up enough now, right? Shall we try properly?”
Yu Ha-rin snapped her neck and slowly raised her sword toward me.
As if welcoming the even sharper momentum, I raised my sword in return with a bright smile.
[Flying Sword. First Form]
From the sword of Yu Ha-rin, who muttered softly, red flames began to blaze.
Yu Ha-rin, who kicked off the ground, soared into the air.
Yu Ha-rin's body, which raised its burning sword, bent backward like a bow. Yu Ha-rin, who twisted her body once in mid-air like that, accelerated and began to fall straight toward me.
The appearance was like a hawk falling while filled with flames.
At the sight of Yu Ha-rin shooting down like a ray of light, exclamations arose from all directions.
WHOOSH
Subsequently, Yu Ha-rin's sword cut through the sky so quickly it was invisible to the eye.
Simultaneously, the red flames brilliantly filled the void, and then a massive energy arose that would make one's fine hairs stand on end.
The blue steel stones around me CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE and flew upward.
I, who was watching Yu Ha-rin falling toward me, slowly raised my sword.
RUMBLE
From bottom to top.
My sword, which drew another beautiful curve, vibrated finely and let out a cry.
[Thunder Scenery of a Hundred Li]
The first form of the Sky Severing Thunder Sword was released from my hand.
Since I could not cultivate the Sword Demon's secret cultivation method, lightning energy was not contained within it, but the cultivation method of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, which encompasses all demonic arts, was blooming black flames instead of lightning energy.
Thick Demonic Energy soaring like a dragon and red flames that seemed to burn everything.
The energies of the two faced each other.
BOOM!
As a massive shockwave of a level different from anything so far burst out, the faces of the supervisors turned pale.
The supervisors, who hastily leaped onto the tournament ground, painfully blocked the momentum that was exploding in all directions.
[Flying Sword. Second Form]
Yu Ha-rin's sword divided into two, then three, and soon created dozens of afterimages.
Every single sword containing red flames was a real strike and simultaneously a killing move.
As Yu Ha-rin kicked off the ground and ran forward, dozens of swords surged toward my body.
[Black Lightning Heavenly Meteor]
I raised my sword and released the second form of the Sky Severing Thunder Sword.
A black lightning strike that pierced through the clouds.
A single massive black flash shot through Yu Ha-rin's swords that brilliantly adorned the void.
THUD!
As the black flash quickly pierced through the dozens of swords she had created, Yu Ha-rin hastily retreated and gritted her teeth.
[Flying Sword. Third Form]
Yu Ha-rin, who leaped into the air, spun her body rapidly and created a whirlwind. And soon, Yu Ha-rin, who became one with the sword while harboring heat that seemed to melt blue steel stones, shot straight toward me.
[Thunder Shadow Under the Moon]
In an instant, my body vanished from its spot with a soft movement.
Yu Ha-rin's sword, having lost track of my movement, lost its way and wavered. She quickly looked around, but in the end, she could not find my presence.
Yu Ha-rin, who changed her sword form just like that, lowered her stance while creating a barrier of red swords around her body.
After a moment, I appeared behind Yu Ha-rin, who had taken her position. Subsequently, my sword flashed and shot toward Yu Ha-rin.
CLANG! CLANG!
SLASH!
The last strike of my three consecutive strikes, which followed quickly, pierced through Yu Ha-rin's defense and slashed her waist.
“Ah!”
Yu Ha-rin, who kicked the ground hard and leaped, retreated back and out of my range.
The waist of her martial robe was cut about halfway and was fluttering, and red blood was seen flowing down through it.
Yu Ha-rin, who looked at her waist for a moment, soon blocked the bleeding with acupuncture point sealing and then spat on the ground with a ptui.
“……Not only did you receive all the first three forms of my Red Flame Flying Sword, but you even opened a gap?”
Yu Ha-rin, who was looking at me, snapped her neck with a pop.
“To experience such a thing from a peer, my pride is a bit hurt.”
Yu Ha-rin bit her lip hard.
I, who was watching Yu Ha-rin grip her sword tightly, tilted my head slightly.
Wearing a somewhat puzzled expression, I took a step back.
“……Your sword is a sword that has been sufficiently tempered to the point where it cannot be tempered any further. I acknowledge that. But……”
I, who let my words trail off, narrowed my eyes and scanned Yu Ha-rin from top to bottom.
‘It definitely felt closed.’
It was difficult to notice when she was still, but an odd point was felt when she properly used her martial arts.
It felt as though her energy was suppressed by something unknown.
With a sword technique of that level, the energy should have erupted much more greatly, but Yu Ha-rin's energy was not free.
Thanks to that, I was able to burrow into the opening, but I lowered my sword with an uneasy feeling.
Confirming that I was looking at her with questioning eyes, Yu Ha-rin let out a small sigh.
“……Could it be, you can even recognize that much?”
Yu Ha-rin smacked her lips, shrugged her shoulders once, and slid her sword into its scabbard. And as she rolled up both sleeves high, the thick Iron Rings fastened on her upper arms revealed their form.
‘What are those?’
CLANG.
CLANG.
Yu Ha-rin, who unfastened all the Iron Rings and placed them on the floor, tore off the part of her waist that had been cut by my sword and was fluttering, and threw it away.
Fine abdominal muscles that filled her slender waist were revealed.
In the meantime, I looked at the Iron Rings that had fallen on the ground.
The weight did not seem that heavy, but a cold chill that transcended the laws of nature was felt.
As I raised my head, Yu Ha-rin pulled her sword out from her waist and took her stance again.
“Actually…… it’s still a bit difficult to control the fully opened Yang energy. So I was intentionally blocking the energy a bit, but it seems I thought too lightly of it.”
As Yu Ha-rin shook her head from side to side once, the look in her eyes instantly changed.
“I'm going to do it properly now. Be careful. I also find it difficult to properly control my own energy, so I can't guarantee what will happen. Tsk. I wanted to avoid making problems with the Murim Alliance if possible.”
Yu Ha-rin hardened her resolve.
Bright red flames began to smolder and blaze in the eyes of Yu Ha-rin, who closed them and then opened them.
Subsequently, heat that seemed to burn everything spread in all directions.
In an instant, all the moisture in the surroundings evaporated and flew away.
Even the air became parched, and the blue steel stones on the floor turned red-hot.
And it was the moment Yu Ha-rin was about to raise her sword.
“Yu Ha-rin!”
Suddenly, someone's voice was heard from outside the tournament ground.
Subsequently, a massive figure soared into the air and landed on the tournament ground.
The supervisors blocked the man who intruded into the tournament ground like that and tried to approach the two of us, precisely toward Yu Ha-rin.
THUD! THUD!
The man, who neutralized the supervisors in an instant, walked over the tournament ground with steady steps.
“Wha, what? Who is that guy?”
“Is it okay to enter in this manner during a match?”
The warriors filling the spectator seats sent loud boos toward the man.
At the same time, several supervisors quickly climbed onto the tournament ground to block the man.
Among them, the eyes of the supervisor who first recognized the man's identity grew wide.
“Great Hero Hwan Chu-hyul……?”
At the words of one of the supervisors, the spectators began to murmur.
“Hwan Chu-hyul? That’s right! That scar on his face! It really is!”
“That person who is said to have all the martial arts of the Sado Alliance in his head. Right?”
“Whoa……. It’s my first time seeing him in person. He belongs to the Alliance Leader’s Palace.”
“That’s right. That person whose martial arts in his head are several times stronger than the skill he possesses. The martial arts instructor of the Five Evils.”
Hwan Chu-hyul, who ignored the murmuring warriors, walked straight up to the two of us.
And after glancing at me, he fixed his gaze on Yu Ha-rin.
“Forfeit.”
“……Instructor.”
Yu Ha-rin looked at Hwan Chu-hyul.
“Stop here. No more……”
“This action right now is an insult to me.”
Yu Ha-rin, with a chilly expression, gritted her teeth.
At such a sight from Yu Ha-rin, Hwan Chu-hyul let out a small sigh and grabbed her wrist.
“I am your instructor. I think I am in a position where I can offer this much advice.”
“Why on earth……!”
“Don't you know that if you fight in this state, you might not be able to enter the Alliance Leader’s Palace?”
Hwan Chu-hyul whispered with a hardened expression, but Yu Ha-rin irritably shook off his hand.
“You know I am smart! Do you think I did this without knowing?”
“Then why are you trying to make such a choice?”
“Because it has that much meaning to me.”
Yu Ha-rin answered while gritting her teeth.
After hesitating for a while, Yu Ha-rin opened her mouth toward her instructor again.
“I have to be the best. You know how much I’ve lost because of this cursed constitution. It is the martial art I obtained by throwing away all those things. Therefore, I must prove it here. I must not lose to anyone. If I even let go of this…… there is nothing left for me!”
At Yu Ha-rin's words, which were poured out desperately, Hwan Chu-hyul fell silent with sorrowful eyes.
Behind Hwan Chu-hyul, who was looking at Yu Ha-rin like that, someone walked up slowly and placed a hand on his shoulder.
“Great Hero.”
“……Sa-hyeol-gyeom.”
Hwan Chu-hyul glanced back, confirmed Sa-hyeol-gyeom who had climbed onto the tournament ground, and let out a sigh.
“Please descend. It is the command of the Alliance Leader.”
At Sa-hyeol-gyeom's words, Hwan Chu-hyul gritted his teeth and looked for a long time at the back of his disciple, who was turning her head away and avoiding him.
Yu Ha-rin's body showed no intention of moving, and Hwan Chu-hyul, who was watching that sight, finally turned around and began to walk heavily out of the tournament ground.
It was certain that Hwan Chu-hyul would receive disciplinary action for this incident.
Despite that, Yu Ha-rin felt both sorry and grateful toward the instructor who had intruded into the tournament ground for her.
But even so, Yu Ha-rin could absolutely not give up on this match.
Yu Ha-rin let out a small sigh and turned toward me.
“Sorry for breaking the mood. There is one immature instructor.”
Yu Ha-rin raised her sword again.
In the eyes of Yu Ha-rin, who took her stance, heat began to smolder and blaze once more.
Looking at such a Yu Ha-rin, I nodded my head.
‘I understand now. Why that man, the instructor, committed such an unreasonable act.’
A moment ago, Yu Ha-rin, whose emotions had become intense, unintentionally revealed the energy she had been hiding.
It was precisely the clash between Yang energy and Yin energy happening inside her body.
Though it was for a brief moment, I could feel the clash of energy occurring inside Yu Ha-rin's body through the gap that had opened up defenselessly.
Clearly, Yu Ha-rin's Yin energy was not properly controlling the Yang energy.
Because of that, two different types of energy were constantly clashing inside her body.
‘In such a state, she must be experiencing quite a great pain.’
I looked at Yu Ha-rin with bitter eyes.
‘Unless she achieves perfect energy operation, that pain will follow that child for the rest of her life.’
The pain arising from clashing energy was something I had experienced until I was sick of it since I was young.
The Reverse Heaven Asura Art I learned was also a martial art that amplified power by creating clashes of energy.
Since I had experienced constant pain for over ten years until I could perfectly control the energy, I could fully understand Yu Ha-rin's heart.
‘For now, she might be able to obtain strength superior to others but…… in her current way, her body will collapse before long.’
I agonized for a moment and then made a decision in my heart.
‘If I am as careful as possible, there will be no risk of being discovered by the spies of the Demonic Cult.’
I, who took a large breath, raised my sword.
‘Open your eyes wide and watch. Because I will show you how to overcome the clash of energy.’
The Reverse Heaven Asura Art began to whirlwind inside my body.