novelraw Chapter 92 : Chapter 92
Chapter 92 : Chapter 92
Chapter 92 Same Bed, Different Dreams (5)
─ DOOOOOOOOOOM!
A bright light filled the grand stage. Subsequently, the shockwave that burst out shot violently in all directions.
The collision of two energies.
The heat was enough to melt the blue steel stones that bounced up, making them drip to the floor.
The massive shockwave went beyond the grand stage, filling and shaking the Inner Court.
The pavilions trembled, and the trees planted in all directions fell, unable to withstand the shockwave.
Because the pavilions shook, the martial artists who had been watching the duel of the two from the roofs even hurriedly jumped down.
“Damn it. What are the supervisors doing! Can you not block the energy properly?”
At Sa-hyeol-gyeom's shout, all ten or more supervisors climbed onto the grand stage and surrounded the perimeter.
“Concentrate. It is coming again.”
Sa-hyeol-gyeom shouted while looking back at the two.
─ DOOOOOOOOOM!
When the swords of the two met in the air once again, the bodies of the supervisors blocking all sides of the grand stage shook violently.
Sa-hyeol-gyeom, who was blocking the energy along with them, fiddled with his trembling lips and spoke.
“Damn it. I am jealous. I should have participated in this year's Life-and-Death Tournament instead of last year's. Tsk.”
No matter how outstanding one's skill was, if there was no opponent to receive it, what one could show was bound to be limited.
Sa-hyeol-gyeom, who had experienced that bitterly in last year's Life-and-Death Tournament, was only incredibly envious of the clash between the two.
Sa-hyeol-gyeom unconsciously gripped the handle of the scythe tied to his waist.
[Flying Sword. Fifth Form]
[Annihilating Thunder Severing Soul]
Once again, the swords of the two shot toward each other.
At some point, the positions of the two had switched.
While I shot a massive black energy downward in the air, Yu Ha-rin raised her sword upward from the melting blue steel stones that were heated red-hot.
Feeling the energy contained in the swords of the two, Sa-hyeol-gyeom hurriedly shouted.
“Everyone, draw your weapons!”
─ BANG!
The swords of the two met in the air.
“Cough!”
One of the supervisors was thrown out of the grand stage, failing to properly offset the energy, and several others knelt on the spot.
The mature sword techniques of the two did not allow any openings to each other.
Therefore, every time the swords met, a collision of massive energy followed.
Yu Ha-rin, who was harmonizing yang and yin energy to boost and grow the energy of yin and yang, and I, who was emitting a terrifyingly explosive demonic energy.
The energy of the two was already far beyond the range of a Rising Star, and some supervisors were not prepared to block such refined energy.
Furthermore, they were in a situation where they concentrated half of their internal energy to handle the heat emitted by Yu Ha-rin.
The supervisors' faces turned pale, and Sa-hyeol-gyeom also bit his lip hard.
“Move aside.”
In the midst of the chaos, Ice Rakshasa leaped up among the supervisors who were scrambling to block the next shockwave.
Ice Rakshasa, having stepped onto the grand stage, stretched her hand forward.
And as she soon scattered her energy in all directions, the heat filling the grand stage began to subside with a HISSSS sound.
“I will control the heat, so everyone focus only on blocking the impact.
If we are not careful, the surrounding martial artists might get hurt.”
At Ice Rakshasa's words, the supervisors nodded with relieved faces.
As Ice Rakshasa looked around, the clothes of several supervisors were already melted by the heat, with holes here and there.
‘……Were they this much? Those two.’
The eyes of Ice Rakshasa watching the grand stage were glowing white.
****
‘She is a real monster.’
I, who had been clashing swords with Yu Ha-rin consecutively, shook my head.
In just one day, Yu Ha-rin had become a completely different person.
The yang energy that had been suppressed all this time was acting wildly as if this was its chance, and Yu Ha-rin was controlling such yang energy precisely, though precariously.
It was an outstanding talent.
No, this level of talent was heaven-sent.
Since her sword and enlightenment were sufficient, if she only grew her internal energy, this child would surely cross the wall of the Peak Realm, and if that happened, another rising star would appear in the Jianghu.
‘Blade Dragon and Sword Phoenix are certainly great, but the difference in innate constitution is…….’
The natural heat she had contained all her life as a Hot Yang Constitution. Adding the yin energy she had built up through bone-shaving training on top of that, Yu Ha-rin was showing a level of achievement that she could not have at her age.
If it were not for the internal energy inherited from Wi Jeong-cheon and the Reverse Heaven Asura Art, it was a level where even I would have found it difficult to endure.
‘Perhaps her level of martial prowess is not much different from my current self with the middle dantian closed.’
I parried Yu Ha-rin's sword that flew in once again.
As I silently received Yu Ha-rin's attacks, I fell back into thought.
‘Her sword technique is also flawless at this level. I have sufficiently confirmed that she is a resource I can use. Then…… I should now make her feel that a sword sparring and a proper battle are different.’
I cracked my neck left and right once.
Since she was a child I had picked to raise anyway, I decided to give her another lesson.
Throughout the duel so far, I had refrained from attacking and focused only on defense to confirm Yu Ha-rin's sword.
Yu Ha-rin's sword, performed without any interference, was perfect to the point where there seemed to be no room for further development, and even for me, it was burdensome to receive in a simple swordsmanship duel.
However, all of that was because I gave Yu Ha-rin the chance to bring out everything she had.
It went without saying, but in an actual battle, such a chance to perfectly display one's sword would not be easily given.
To create an opportunity to perfectly unfold one's sword even in real combat.
That was effectively the most important skill for a martial artist, and it was one of the things that could not be mastered without accumulating experience.
I, who fought matches between life and death every day with Wi Jeong-cheon, and Yu Ha-rin, who had trained alone.
The gap between the two individuals lay exactly here.
Yu Ha-rin's sword unfolded brilliantly.
Textbook attacks continued, and I also received her sword with textbook-like sword techniques.
‘But, from now on, I should let her know that this place is a battlefield, not a swordsmanship practice ground.’
Looking at Yu Ha-rin's sword shooting in, I concentrated energy on my right leg and slightly diverted her sword to the side.
Then, Yu Ha-rin struck her sword from bottom to top. Having diverted even that sword, this time I kicked a chunk of blue steel stone on the floor toward Yu Ha-rin.
─ THWACK!
Yu Ha-rin frowned and stepped back.
It was a situation where the stone I kicked had struck Yu Ha-rin's thigh.
Although it did not contain much energy, the form of Yu Ha-rin, who was hit by a stone on the leg supporting her body, could not help but waver for a moment.
“……Tsk.”
At my unconventional attack, Yu Ha-rin bit her lip with a flustered expression. It was because while she had focused solely on the sword until now, the directions she had to worry about had rapidly increased since I started mixing in other attacks.
Yu Ha-rin brushed off her clothes as if it were nothing and held her sword again.
And immediately, a thrust followed.
I bent my body deeply as if touching the floor under Yu Ha-rin's sword.
A hot wind passed over my head, and I, who shot forward as if sliding, swung my sword aimed at Yu Ha-rin's flank.
─ CLAAAANG!
At the same time Yu Ha-rin flinched and stepped back, my rear foot shot toward Yu Ha-rin's body.
─ THWACK!
Yu Ha-rin raised her scabbard to strike my foot and then slashed her sword from top to bottom.
My sleeve, which narrowly avoided Yu Ha-rin's sword, fluttered in the air.
I lowered my body once again, aiming for Yu Ha-rin's lower body.
At the moment Yu Ha-rin's sword was aimed at me, my Ink Ring began to heat up dark red.
─ SWISH!
The Millennium Silk shot out from the Ink Ring flew toward the space between Yu Ha-rin's eyebrows.
Greatly surprised, Yu Ha-rin flinched and with difficulty raised her sword to block my Millennium Silk.
In the meantime, another piece of blue steel stone flew toward Yu Ha-rin's lower body, and at the same time, my sword shot toward Yu Ha-rin.
─ CLANG! CLANG!
As I began my attack in earnest, Yu Ha-rin's hands and feet began to become rapidly disorganized.
Even if one had a perfect sword path, it was of no use if one could not catch the opportunity to unfold that sword path.
Due to my subtle attacks, Yu Ha-rin's sword began to lose its light.
The massive energy and perfect sword technique rarely found an opportunity to reveal themselves.
The grand stage where supreme sword techniques had been rampant became quiet at some point.
Each aimed for the other's gaps, and within that fierce battle, I was perfectly reading Yu Ha-rin's moves.
As she could not properly unfold her sword, frustration built up on Yu Ha-rin's face.
“Eeeek!”
Eventually, Yu Ha-rin began to overreach in order to create an opportunity.
Toward Yu Ha-rin, who was losing her composure and continuing rough attacks, my Millennium Silk shot out once again.
─ SWISH
The upper part of her martial robe located at Yu Ha-rin's collarbone was torn and fluttered by the Millennium Silk.
Yu Ha-rin, who grit her teeth, momentarily burst her heat to push my body back.
Although it was not a perfect situation, Yu Ha-rin, whose patience had run out, brought out the last form of the Red Flame Flying Sword.
[Flying Sword. Sixth Form]
White heat seethed from Yu Ha-rin's body.
Feeling the heat spreading in all directions, my eyes sparkled.
The attacks piled up one by one had broken Yu Ha-rin's balance, and eventually created a situation where she had no choice but to unfold her sword in an imperfect situation.
There was no way that sword, which could not easily pierce me even with full sword forms, could defeat me in an incomplete state.
In a duel between masters, a tiny gap eventually determines the outcome.
Aiming for Yu Ha-rin's gap, the forms of the Sky Severing Thunder Sword erupted from my hand.
─ BOOOOOOOOOOM!
My sword, which shot out with thunderous speed, struck away Yu Ha-rin's sword, and the massive energy that had lost its direction poured into Yu Ha-rin's body.
“Cough.”
Yu Ha-rin with difficulty subsided the colliding energy.
Actually, it was like a miracle to have come to control the energy this much in just one day.
It was an absolutely insufficient time to become mature, and that deficiency could not help but be revealed in actual combat.
Not even ten moves had passed since I started my attack, but the solid gap in Yu Ha-rin had opened.
My Dark Steel Sword touched the neck of Yu Ha-rin, who was struggling to subside her energy, and cast a sharp light.
“You…….”
Yu Ha-rin, who looked down at my sword touching her neck once, let out a sigh and grit her teeth.
“Internal energy and sword technique. You have everything. What you need to do from now on is to create opportunities to unfold a perfect sword even in actual combat. If you possess that as well, you too can become a complete swordsman.”
At my words, Yu Ha-rin chewed her lips repeatedly and then slowly took a step back.
And after gazing at me for a long time, she retrieved her sword and sheathed it.
Yu Ha-rin's sword, which had been emitting a chilly light, disappeared into its scabbard, and the heat that had been burning massively vanished in an instant.
Yu Ha-rin, who had been looking down at the floor, straightened her martial robe and then looked up at me.
After a moment, Yu Ha-rin bowed her waist deeply toward me and made a fist-and-palm salute.
“I…… thank you for the teaching.”
Sincerity was felt in Yu Ha-rin's gesture. I also bowed my head slightly toward Yu Ha-rin.
“You have worked hard.”
When I approached Yu Ha-rin and reached out my hand, Yu Ha-rin slowly took my hand.
Subsequently, Sa-hyeol-gyeom's flag waved grandly above the grand stage.