episode_0289

In Jeongcheol’s eyes, Hocheonan was such a monster.

There was another creepy thing about that monster.

It was explosive growth.

A person who had just reached the beginning of the peak and could not even write sutras properly had already reached the end of the peak in less than half a year. A tremendous growth rate that cannot be achieved even by the late index, which is considered the best in the Five Generations or the Old School.

[It won’t take that long.]

Jeong Cheol recalled Ho Cheon-an’s last words in Dangata. Is that person, Ho Cheon-an, really a monster who can even see through his own growth?

I thought that with that kind of growth, it might really catch up with me.

Jeongcheol became afraid.

I wasn’t afraid of losing to Ho Cheon-an.

I was afraid that all the patience and effort I had made up to this point would simply end without any results.

After being defeated by Ho Cheon-an, I was afraid that Jeong-cheol would not be a giant who left a mark on the history of martial arts, but would be consumed as a device that made the myth of Ho Cheon-an shine, and that at best, he would be remembered and forgotten by people.

‘It must be eliminated…!’

Although he was so determined to live, Jeongcheol could not draw his sword carelessly.

Hocheonan, who had already taken root in Jeongcheol’s mind, was a monster with three heads and six ratios.

‘Even if I pull out my sword and charge in, will I really be able to eliminate Ho Cheon-an?’

It was an easy task.

A group that moves at most half a hour to one hour a day. The situation repeats itself, leaving behind only the weakest, Ho Cheon-an and Tang So-yeol.

Just by going to sleep at the right time and doing the step method with all his might and developing the first step of Nangapyorangdo, Hocheonan, who was only a peak expert, had no choice but to give up his neck in one day.

However, Jeongcheol’s hands and feet were stiff and did not move.

Is that really true?

Is Hocheonan really an opponent that can be cut down so easily? In fact, Hocheonan may be predicting even the current situation. Wasn’t Ho Cheon-an a man who showed unimaginable resourcefulness, a resourcefulness that put the world in his head, and a strategy that could not predict anything?

Couldn’t even his defenseless appearance now be staged?

Perhaps Ho Cheon-an is anticipating my movements and trying to lure me in as his own bait.

The chief’s master who defeated Ak Gyeong-cheol may be lying in ambush in this area, and there may be other tactics planned that Jeong-cheol cannot imagine.

Such doubts and hesitation bound Jeongcheol’s hands and mind as he should have drawn the sword.

Jeong-cheol, who was unable to shake off his psychological depression, was unable to do anything and simply followed the group, and his actions continued until today when he attacked the drug field in Odokmun.

Jeongcheol thought for a moment as he looked at the bell announcing the attack and the spot where Hocheonan’s group had dispersed, and then decided to first check the cave where Hocheonan’s group had stopped by. This was because the outcome of the raid on the drug field was obvious, and I was more concerned about the cave that was excavated on the way out.

The sight shown in front of Jeongcheol, who entered carefully, was a scene of a stone emitting blue light and blue letters glowing with the energy of the stone.

Cuckoo cuckoo!

Feeling a fairly strong vibration that continued periodically, Jeongcheol instinctively realized that this formation was a coincidence. Jeongcheol felt his head go cold in front of the drawing method that gave off such strange vibrations and mysterious lights that he could not believe it was reality. Witnessing a mysterious and strange phenomenon, Hocheonan’s spirit, which had been consumed by fear, naturally returned.

Jeongcheol, who regained his senses, looked at Jinbeop’s blue light and thought.

Ho Cheon-an, who subdued Odogmun’s drug field, will come back and take something from it. And Hocheonan will become stronger.

‘The more you hesitate, the more you will catch up.’

Jeongcheol sensed that it was time to take a gamble. Hocheonan’s plan was not neat. Since he had to take care of the situation while attacking Odogmun’s drug field, was he forced to take advantage of the gap?

A chance for a genius who never knows when it will come again.

What if even this is a trap? If so, I will gladly jump into your trap. To catch a tiger, you have to jump into its den. If there is a trap, I will break through it and kill Ho Tian-an without fail, even if it means turning him into rags.

“It’s been a while.”

With that determination, Jeongcheol closed the stone gate, eliminating the escape route, and appeared in front of Hocheonan and his group.

*** ***

The moment the name Yong Yong-maeng was mentioned, my head started pounding.

In my mind, the character named Yong-maeng had already left the show. It’s not a matter of my consciousness; the character named Yong-maeng has already exhausted his usefulness in this game. In the world of Sapa, there are literally countless people who flash and disappear in an instant.

Although he succeeded in completing a rather large project, he was eventually caught by the imperial army and sentenced to heavy punishment, so he thought everyone would stop paying attention.

However, Jeongcheol seems to have been very interested in Yongjimaeng.

So much so that it moves directly like this.

Since I never expected that someone would be tracking Yong Yong-maeng and not Ho Cheon-an, I also never expected Jeong-cheol to appear.

No, including Lee Seol and Jeong Cheol, why are everyone so obsessed with Yong Maeng?

Even so, I honestly didn’t understand why Jeongcheol was interested.

In Jeong-cheol’s eyes, Yong-maeng Yong-maeng is, at best, a person who is a master of climax and has no special connections, and although he may have planned a little, in the end, he is just a person who was sentenced to a heavy prison sentence because he was pushed by Lee Seol.

I felt very unfair, but I didn’t even have time to feel that unfairness.

“This place will become your grave today.”

Because Jeongcheol’s life was not unusual. A roar-like wonder erupted from Jeongcheol’s body and took over all directions.

“Ugh!”

“Umm…!”

The group responding to Jeongcheol’s warning let out a light groan. The moment I came into contact with Jeongcheol’s spirit, I also let out a groan without realizing it. It’s just a surprise at best, but it feels like I’ve been hit with something heavy and blunt.

As expected, Hwa-gyeong.

As a martial artist who has reached the upper level of erection, igi (以氣), the general progression is a qualitatively different pressure.

“This is disappointing.”

I quickly opened my mouth.

It was to buy time.

I have no hope anyway, but others might be able to do something if we buy them some time.

“Didn’t you say you would accept my challenge at any time?”

“That’s right. But what you did wasn’t a particularly normal challenge, right?”

“Unjustifiable challenge? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He deliberately tried to make Jeongcheol lose his composure by making a silly face, but Jeongcheol was still acting cold and cruel.

“I figured out everything, including moving the Podalap Palace, becoming Yongmaeng, causing the Sokryeong faction to withdraw, and causing chaos in Amryongmun. What is the use of putting on a military uniform and attacking even the realm of misconceptions and turning away from them?”

“Heung, you also committed a blasphemous act in the Dangata and said that the current Dangga cannot avoid responsibility either. I am like that too. In order to attack you, who has the backs of the Sadyoryun, wouldn’t it be better to attack the Sadyoryin first?”

“That is correct.”

Jeongcheol drew his sword and agreed with what I said.

“That’s why I will definitely kill you right here today. At most, I kept one person, such as a Sichuan, alive because I thought he would not interfere with my plan. Who would have known that that one person would destroy my plan and strangle me?”

Pazzz!

Just looking at Jeongcheol’s sword began to gather an enormous amount of energy that took my breath away. Yeo Il-ye’s strength, with all her might, was like a cluster of stars. This was because the vast amount of inner energy that remained after forming the strong force formed crystals around the strong force.

Jeongcheol’s strength was more than that. It looks like a second layer of steel has been formed unstable on top of a single layer of steel that is firmly placed. Just by looking at the violent waves and the overflowing river, you could guess its power.

“Even if everyone in the world finds out what happened in this cave today, and even if Jeong Cheol is criticized as a petty person, I will not become one of the enemies who fell under your hand!”

“What are you saying…”

The next moment, Jeongcheol kicked the ground.

“Priest!”

“Yes!”

Yeo Il-ye and Hyuk Kirin entered the competition at the same time. Of the two, it is Yeo who goes first. The momentum of Yeo Il-ye, who performed Ilsoo Chohyeon, a representative herbivore of the Jeomchang school, was no less than that of Jeong Cheol.

Couuuck!!

Yeo Il-ye, whose body was covered with strong energy and her sword with a unique star-like force, was emitting a force almost equal to that of Jeong Cheol, perhaps because she was truly determined to pour everything into a single attack.

Wow!!

Yeo Il-ye and Jeong Cheol’s swords collided head-on. When the swords of the two people, who were showing extraordinary strength, collided, a huge shock wave and fragments of strength flew in all directions. A clash of such force that the ground where the swords collided was dented.

“Wow!”

It was Yeo Il-ye who was pushed out first in the clash of powers.

Yeo Il-ye brought out all her strength and the size of momentum and power was similar, but it was not enough to overcome the difference in capabilities that came from the difference in level. Yeo Il-ye, whose self-defense skills were shattered, was thrown back, vomiting blood.

Next to enter is Hyeok Kirin.

Hyeok Kirin’s sword attack as he penetrated Seomhyeongsayeong, the atoll of the Four Blade Swordsmanship, was definitely fierce. Hyeok-ki-rin’s current state is the transcendental state, but since he has achieved enlightenment, his inner state is close to the state of peace.

Hyeok Kirin’s choice was to exclude all unnecessary changes and improve the quality of the sword. Two swords, completely indistinguishable at my level, are aimed at the upper and lower body.

“Oh my…!”

conductor!!

When I saw Hyeok Kirin’s attack, I thought it was a miss, but the attack had already been fired. Jeongcheol’s eyes flashed once and he continued to slash upwards and downwards, cutting off both illusions.

Even with Nangapyo.

The point of swordsmanship is to benefit from dual strikes such as up and down or left and right cuts, like a wolf lunging at you with its mouth open. As a result, the two-pronged condensed sword of Hyeok-gi-rin was the perfect prey for Nanga-pyo-rang-do to chew and swallow.

The thought that I should have shared information about Jeongcheol crossed my mind later, but it was truly an afterthought.

“Ugh!”

Hyeok-gi-rin, who attacked but was completely pushed back, lost his posture.

Jeongcheol also tried to attack, thinking it was an opportunity, but he could only frown and twist his body.

This was because the memorization thrown by Dang Do-yeon was aimed at causing systemic bleeding.

Dang Do-yeon’s expression after memorizing it was not so good, but I could guess the reason. Dang Do-yeon must have used up all her memorization during the operation to suppress the Five Reading Gates, so her memorization must be much lacking compared to usual.

“Be careful! Nangapyorangdo is a martial art based on dual strikes! Up and down or left and right! The majority are herbivorous solutions based on reaction or linkage!”

“Okay!”

“Do you even know the essence of Nangapyorangdo?…The reason why I must kill you today has increased.”

The expression that looked like he was going to kill me twice changed to the look that would kill me three times.

After that, there was a brief lull.

What created the lull was the black cat’s oral hearing period.

sss

Aside from the elevation of the realm, the Nine-Eum Qi, one of the most powerful energies in the world, began to gradually freeze the energy of Jeongcheol.

Wasn’t it the black cat’s oral energy that was infiltrating the strong energy of Ranojingbu?

Jeongcheol’s attention was drawn to the black cat due to the unexpectedly strong power of the oral cavity.

“Ugh!”

Jeongcheol’s choice was simple. Most of the pressure on the entire party was focused on the black cat. The black cat’s face suddenly turned pale and it began to exert all its might.

Sigh!

In order to relieve the pressure on the black cat, Tang So-yeol and I threw a memorization. Memorization was blocked so easily that it was futile, but it was able to create an opening for Hyuk Kirin to attack again.

And even Dang Do-yeon’s whip flying from the side.

Jeongcheol, who relieved the pressure on the black cat to receive the two’s joint attack, calmly took a step back.

Jeongcheol seemed to have decided to exhaust all of our memorization and gain a victory, so he didn’t overdo it and started a step-by-step attack without overdoing it.

“Ugh!”

The black cat, which received Jeongcheol’s sword energy, took a step back and shed the experience and shock it had dug into. The black cat suffered quite a bit of damage in the collision with Jeongcheol, but part of Jeongcheol’s sword cavity was frozen.

“Haaaap!”

Hyuk Kirin stretched out his sword, aiming for the frozen sword.

As a result, part of Jeongcheol’s frozen sword blade broke, but the only benefit Hyukkirin could gain from the crack was a scratch on Jeongcheol’s blade.

In contrast, the oral sound emitted by the black cat was clearly less energetic than the first time. Jeong-cheol’s career has been under intense pressure and he has taken a direct hit, so of course he is in a bad state.

“Phew….”

After checking the condition of the black cat, I sensed that the time had come and took a deep breath. If things continue like this, the black cat will collapse. Even if Yeo Il-ye, who is recovering from her internal injuries, joins, the burden on Black Cat cannot be reduced.

I took a deep breath, handed all of the remaining raincoat to Tang Xiaoyeol, and stepped forward.

As it is, it becomes bait in front.

It was time to gamble with my life.