Myst, Might, Mayhem

Chapter 356 – Extreme Blade (3)

The blade user opened his mouth with a highly elated expression.

“Cheonma!”

At his voice, unable to contain his excitement, Mok Gyeong-un parted his lips with an interested look.

“I was going to kill him, but you blocked it?”

In the instant he was about to kill Ji-oe.

Mok Gyeong-un had aimed to pierce the guy’s neck by targeting the opening revealed in that moment.

But he stopped the force he was swinging in an instant, and then reversed it to block the sword strike with the blade.

Mok Gyeong-un’s gaze naturally went to his wrist and waist.

The incredibly developed muscles were noticeable enough to be seen through the contours of his clothes.

‘……The grain is different.’

The most developed muscles in Mok Gyeong-un’s memory were those of Yoo Moo-jin.

If Yoo Moo-jin’s muscles were developed in the most ideal form, this person’s muscles were quite different from normal people in their developed form.

Meanwhile, Ji-oe, whose life was saved thanks to Mok Gyeong-un, said:

“Who are you?”

“That’s not important, just step back.”

“……..”

Although he felt slightly displeased as if he was being ignored, he soon suppressed this emotion out of gratitude for having his life spared, and said:

“I don’t know who you are, but that person is not someone you can face alone. So don’t be prideful and let’s attack together……”

-Paang!

At that moment, Ji-oe was thrown backward by the repelling force pushing him away.

“What are you doing……”

-Chaeaaang!

At that moment, the blade user’s treasured blade and Mok Gyeong-un’s precious sword Evil Commandment Sword clashed.

Then, with the sound of air being torn, tremendous wind pressure arose around the two of them, and the ground of the cliff split.

Seeing this, Ji-oe unconsciously swallowed dry saliva.

-Kkulkkeok!

If he had been even a little late, he would have been caught up in that aftermath.

‘……Who is this person again?’

He had thought that the only counterpart who could face that monstrous blade user was Ou Cheonmu, one of the Six Heavens and the master of Spiritual Sword Sanctuary.

But looking at the single sword and blade strike that just clashed, it was almost evenly matched.

This meant that this unidentified young man was also a monster corresponding to him.

‘Where on earth did these monsters suddenly spring from?’

It was utterly baffling.

Similarly, the surviving swordsmen nearby and Jeong Myeong Sa-tae, the elder of the Hangshan Sect, couldn’t hide their surprise at the appearance of this new peerless expert.

Just looking at his face, he didn’t even seem to be of age, yet he didn’t yield at all when clashing with that blade user.

-Pareureuru!

The blade user’s blade and Mok Gyeong-un’s Evil Commandment Sword trembled strongly as they clashed.

In that state, the blade user opened his mouth.

“Cheonma. It’s an honor to meet you like this.”

“……..What an interesting day. To meet another person calling me by that name.”

“Another?”

“How do you know me?”

At Mok Gyeong-un’s question, the blade user smiled and said:

“Who wouldn’t know you, the origin and legend?”

“Origin?”

One of Mok Gyeong-un’s eyebrows raised.

What is he talking about now?

Origin?

-Gooooo!

As Mok Gyeong-un was wondering, the blade user raised his energy and said:

“Your first appearance in the martial world was boldly at Shaolin, the holy land of Buddhism which could be called the antithesis of demons and the birthplace of Central Plains martial arts, the second was the Sichuan family, and the third is this place called the holy land of swords, Spiritual Sword Sanctuary……. It was worth the wait. Yes.”

-Kkiririririk!

As the blade user’s energy continued to rise, blue sparks flew from Mok Gyeong-un’s precious sword Evil Commandment Sword that was clashing with it, and it started to be pushed back.

Moreover, it wasn’t just the sword that was being pushed back.

-Chwareureureuru!

Even the two feet supporting the ground were being pushed back.

Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes glinted with interest.

Although he hadn’t yet opened the power of the Three Eyes, from the point of opening the Ghost Eye, he couldn’t feel any limit to this person’s energy.

It was difficult to measure his true qi, feeling like a huge mass of energy.

Thinking he was ahead in inner force, the corner of the blade user’s mouth rose.

“My inner force has surpassed human limits.”

“I see.”

“It’s a shame. I aimed for now to make sure, but if I had known it would be like this, I should have aimed for when you had just taken your first steps.”

“You keep saying things that are hard to understand.”

“Huhuhu. Let it pass over you. It’s not something you can understand anyway.”

-Chwareureureuru!

As the blade user’s energy rose further, Mok Gyeong-un’s form continued to be pushed back.

Confident in his superiority in inner force, the blade user intended to overwhelm Mok Gyeong-un with his overwhelming inner force.

But then,

-Kwadeuk!

At some point, Mok Gyeong-un’s feet stopped as if planted in the ground and didn’t move.

At this, the blade user’s eyes narrowed.

He was clearly far superior in inner force, so what was this suddenly rising capacity?

It was at that very moment.

-Gooooooo!

-Heumchit!

Ferocious black energy flowed like a mirage from Mok Gyeong-un’s entire body, and the blade of the precious sword Evil Commandment Sword that was clashing turned black.

Rather than the energy itself growing, it felt like the capacity had explosively increased and concentrated.

After being pushed back until just now, they were evenly matched again, but far from being bewildered, the blade user burst into laughter.

“Hahahahaha! Yes! This much is needed to be called a legend.”

“You’re noisy.”

-Pat!

At that moment, Mok Gyeong-un’s left hand aimed for the blade user’s eyes.

The blade user tilted his head to the side and released the force he was applying to the blade.

As this happened, Mok Gyeong-un’s form leaned in the direction he was swinging his sword.

Then,

-Pat!

The blade user let go of the blade he was holding and unleashed an extremely swift blade strike with his hand blade, as if to cut off Mok Gyeong-un’s wrist.

-Chaeang!

However, the blade strike failed to cut Mok Gyeong-un’s right arm.

This was because the precious sword Plundering-killing Sword at his waist had naturally come out and blocked the blade user’s hand blade.

‘To block the Extreme Swift Killing Blade like this, truly living up to the reputation. Then how about this?’

At that moment, the blade user also unleashed a blade technique with his left hand.

Like just before, it was the Extreme Swift Killing Blade, an extremely swift technique.

The blade technique unleashed with his left hand tried to split Mok Gyeong-un’s head in half in one breath.

However,

-Pat!

At that moment, Mok Gyeong-un narrowly avoided it and created distance behind him.

As it was a blade strike coming down from above, there was no way other than avoiding or blocking it, but by creating even a little distance like this,

-Chaechaechaechaechaeng!

He could counter the blade technique.

Mok Gyeong-un’s Evil Commandment Sword and the blade user’s hand blade imbued with sharp energy filled the space between them, and their speed was so fast that even Ji-oe and other experts who had surpassed the wall could hardly discern it with the naked eye.

Naturally, it was impossible for ordinary swordsmen or Jeong Myeong Sa-tae to see.

‘Too fast.’

‘M-monsters.’

The sword and blade unleashed by these two peerless experts were truly the essence of swiftness.

What was even more surprising was that the distance between them was only about three steps.

It was a distance where a fatal strike could fly if there was even a small mistake, but there was no disturbance in their offense and defense.

Watching their confrontation, an exclamation flowed from Ji-oe’s mouth.

“Haaa……”

At this, Jeong Myeong Sa-tae asked in surprise:

“Amitabha. Senior, can you see that?”

“……Do you think I can see it properly? At best, I can only see parts of it.”

“Then why are you exclaiming like that?”

“Their offense and defense are at too high a level.”

While the trajectory of the blade user’s extremely swift blade techniques flew in with strange trajectories that normally couldn’t be wielded, pressuring the opponent with ever-changing moves, that young swordsman was also unleashing extremely swift sword techniques, but surprisingly, he was using different techniques with both hands.

Because he was using different techniques with both hands, it was no different from two people launching a joint attack, so he could counter the strange trajectories of the incoming blades.

‘To witness such an incredible battle before my eyes.’

He couldn’t help but admire it.

-Chaechaechaechaechaeng!

It was after they had clashed for about twenty moves like that.

It seemed like the situation would continue indefinitely, but the blade user was the first to leap backward and create distance.

It wasn’t because he couldn’t withstand the offense and defense.

-Sseuk!

If he had been a little late, the precious sword Jeuksal, dyed with black strong energy, would have pierced him.

Watching the flying precious sword Jeuksal, the blade user inwardly clicked his tongue.

He hadn’t expected that while unleashing completely different techniques with both hands, he would even use the technique of Qi Sword Strong Energy in the midst of that.

Literally, he was doing the work of three people alone.

‘To think he’s already at this level.’

He had competed with numerous peerless experts to gain experience.

Therefore, he was confident that he was superior not only in inner force but also in experience and insight.

But that expectation was off.

‘……..I thought he would be a novice since this was just the period when he was making a name for himself.’

He’s not a novice at all.

The corner of the blade user’s mouth twisted subtly.

To have reached such a realm when he’s not even of age…… As expected, this clan’s talent was dangerously incomparable, enough to be envious.

‘Indeed, it’s right to uproot them from the beginning.’

-Sseuk! Chaeang!

The blade user lightly deflected the incoming black qi sword strong energy with his left hand blade and then stretched out his right hand.

His treasured blade that had fallen to the ground was sucked into his hand.

Gripping the blade, the blade user then raised his energy even further.

“The warm-up is over, now let’s do this properly.”

-Gooooooo!

The energy flowing from him was so strong that the faces of the swordsmen watching the battle turned pale.

As the energy became stronger and sharper, Mok Gyeong-un’s gaze also became serious.

It seems that until now was just a probing battle.

Seeing that the guy was going to get serious, it seemed he too should raise his energy to his highest level without holding back.

So,

-Gooooooo!

He raised his demonic energy to ten-star level inner force.

Then, as a chilling and ferocious energy spread in all directions, the swordsmen who were already overwhelmed by the overwhelming inner force trembled and stepped back.

For them, these two peerless experts were already monsters beyond the realm of humans.

It seemed dangerous to stay any closer.

But then,

-Sseuk!

Mok Gyeong-un and the blade user, who were raising their energy to fight with full power, simultaneously looked somewhere.

It was none other than,

-Woowoong!

“W-what is this?”

The orb, no, the sacred orb shining brightly in the hand of Ou Woong-seong, the second son of Master Ou of Spiritual Sword Sanctuary.

Young Master Ou Woong-hwang, who was silently holding out his hand for him to hand over the sacred orb, and Ou Yeonwoo and Ye Song-ah, the granddaughter of the Holy Fire Priestess, who were right beside him, were equally surprised by this phenomenon.

-Woowoong!

The light coming from the sacred orb surpassed the level of a night pearl.

It was enough to brightly illuminate the entire surrounding area and more.

What was even more surprising was the tremendous energy flowing out of the sacred orb.

‘……..Could it be the true source?’

At the tremendous energy flowing out of the sacred orb, the blade user thought it might be the true source.

No, with this level of energy, it must be the true source.

At this, the blade user reached out his hand towards Ou Woong-seong and made a pulling gesture.

Then,

-Pak!

The sacred orb in Ou Woong-seong’s hand tried to fly towards the blade user, drawn by his majestic energy.

“Huh?”

Flustered, Ou Woong-seong grasped it with both hands and tried not to let it be taken.

However, there was no way Ou Woong-seong’s inner force could match the blade user’s.

As he had already raised his inner force to near its peak, Ou Woong-seong too floated up and flew along with the sacred orb.

Surprised, Ou Woong-hwang hurriedly shouted:

“Let go of that!”

But Ou Woong-seong didn’t let go of the sacred orb he was grasping.

Captivated by the strange demonic nature of the sacred orb, he couldn’t hear the voice of his eldest brother Ou Woong-hwang.

His only thought was not to let this be taken away.

But then,

-Kung!

His body, which was flying, suddenly fell to the ground midway.

‘You interfere with true qi?’

The blade user furrowed his brow as he looked at Mok Gyeong-un.

He didn’t expect him to interfere with the energy sent for Void Object Grasping and disperse it.

Could it be that his understanding of qi is superior to his own?

Or has he learned some special technique?

-Pat!

The blade user immediately launched his body.

Whatever it was, it didn’t matter.

If that was the true source, he had to get his hands on it no matter what.

-Seureuk!

The blade user, who reached Ou Woong-seong’s front in an instant, then tried to cut off his arm holding the sacred orb.

However,

-Chaeng!

Mok Gyeong-un blocked his blade at the perfect moment.

After blocking like that, Mok Gyeong-un used true qi to perform the Void Object Grasping technique to push him away and try to send him flying.

However,

-Pareureureuru!

Ou Woong-seong’s body only trembled but remained stopped in place without moving.

This was because the blade user had likewise used true qi to bind him so he couldn’t escape.

The blade user used a change in technique to try to cut Ou Woong-seong’s arm once again.

-Chaeng!

Of course, Mok Gyeong-un wasn’t one to just watch this, so he likewise used a change in technique to block the blade user’s blade.

-Chaechaechaechaeng!

As this was repeated five times in an instant, Ou Woong-seong’s face and body became filled with wounds.

Although Mok Gyeong-un had blocked exquisitely, he had directly received the aftermath of the sword and blade aura from the two peerless experts, so it would be strange if he were unscathed.

-Jureureureuk!

Although he should be suffering from being covered in sword and blade wounds, Ou Woong-seong still grasped the sacred orb and didn’t even think of letting it go.

At this, the blade user raised the corner of his mouth coldly.

Then,

-Chwak!

As if about to cut Ou Woong-seong’s arm, he swung his blade, but then,

-Puk!

He thrust his blade into the ground.

At that moment, eight streams of blade energy arose from the blade and split the ground.

‘That is?’

Ji-oe recognized it.

This was one of the blade user’s ultimate techniques, the Eight Immortals Blade Competition.

It was a technique with explosive capacity, but

‘!?’

Its power was incomparable to earlier.

The blade energy spurting from the ground was so strong that it shook the earth as if an earthquake had occurred.

-Kururururu! Jjeojeojeojeok! Jjeojeok!

At that moment, someone shouted.

“E-everyone retreat!”

“The cliff is about to collapse!”

Unable to withstand the blade energy of the strong qi, the cliff floor was not just splitting but about to collapse.

As the earth shook and tilted towards the precipice, Mok Gyeong-un quickly grabbed Ou Woong-seong’s nape and leaped upwards.

-Pat!

Having soared to a height of almost four zhang, he was about to throw Ou Woong-seong.

At that moment,

“I’ve been waiting for this.”

The blade user, who had somehow leaped to a higher position than him, stretched out his left hand towards Mok Gyeong-un.

Then,

-Pachichichichichik!

Blue streaks of lightning spread like roots, covering the void.

The range was so wide that there was no room to avoid it.

-Chichichichichik!

Struck directly by the spreading lightning, the bodies of Mok Gyeong-un and Ou Woong-seong flashed with blue lightning.

Watching them being electrocuted, the blade user moved his body.

Having stepped on the void, he didn’t miss this opportunity and tried to behead Mok Gyeong-un in one breath.

-Pat!

‘When struck by lightning, not only the muscles of the entire body but even the inner force becomes rigid. Cheonma, this must be your first experience of……’

It was at that moment.

-Chaeng!

‘!?’

He had naturally thought that he wouldn’t be able to move after being struck by lightning energy.

But despite Mok Gyeong-un’s body still sparking with lightning flames, he moved his body as if nothing was wrong and blocked his blade strike.

‘How?’

It was utterly incomprehensible.

This wasn’t energy that could be obtained through simple inner force techniques.

With the power obtained through the true source of the Dragon Turtle, even any inner force expert would have their inner force itself become rigid and lose strength momentarily when struck by lightning energy.

But how could he move?

Just as he was wondering about this,

-Pat!

Mok Gyeong-un, who had blocked his blade, immediately twisted his body in mid-air and, using the marvelous technique of Void Step, kicked upwards and launched his body downwards.

This was because Ou Woong-seong was falling towards the precipice.

Thanks to his experience with Dam Baek-hwa, the Blood Saint of the Nine Blood Sect, he had somehow endured the lightning energy in an instant to block the blade strike, but as part of his muscles became rigid, he had unintentionally let go of Ou Woong-seong.

-Shuuuuu!

It didn’t matter if Ou Woong-seong fell to his death on the precipice, but he had to retrieve the sacred orb.