Chapter 29
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 29
Chapter Title: Breakthrough (2)
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Clang!
Gokyang's attack was blocked by Jinmyeong's controlled swords, which had appeared out of nowhere.
“Hmph!”
Seeing Jinmyeong's controlled swords, Gokyang regained his composure and retreated.
“How is it?”
“Impressive. It's not just a superficial imitation.”
He was astonished by the power imbued in Jinmyeong's sword.
His hand, clad in sword energy, was trembling.
“Is that sword ki?”
“How peculiar.”
They thought the white flame enveloping Jinmyeong's sword was anything but ordinary.
Swoosh!
Soon, Jinmyeong's sword shot toward Gokyang.
“Hmph!”
At that, Gokjeon blocked Jinmyeong's sword.
Simultaneously, Gokyang moved toward Jinmyeong.
Whoosh!
But Gokyang was forced to stop by a sword that appeared before his eyes.
“Remarkable. To think he can control more than one.”
Gokyang marveled at the sword blocking him.
How many people at that age could control their internal energy with such precision?
‘It certainly won't be easy to kill him.’
Perhaps because his Heaven-Embroidering Sword Control Arts wasn't perfect, it was difficult to win against masters like the Twin Elders of Kongtong.
When he couldn't even finish off Gye Buil, there was no way he could kill the Twin Elders of Kongtong, who were even stronger.
“You seem to be struggling.”
By then, Shin Yehyang had appeared at Jinmyeong's side.
“Shall I help?”
“In that case, I'd appreciate it if you could take care of that scrawny one.”
Jinmyeong didn't refuse Shin Yehyang's offer.
Instead, he immediately entrusted Gokjeon to her.
“Though they aren't among the Three Sovereigns and Ten Kings, they're said to be close. Will you be alright?”
The thirteen strongest martial artists in the world.
The Twin Elders of Kongtong weren't among those thirteen, but it was known that when they fought together, they were on par with the Ten Kings.
“To put it another way, they're only on par with the Ten Kings when they fight together.”
“True. Well then, good luck.”
She drew her saber and immediately charged at Gokjeon.
And Jinmyeong once again began to comfortably pressure Gokyang.
‘Those swords are one thing, but his finger technique is also a nuisance.’
While dealing with Jinmyeong's Heaven-Embroidering Sword Control Arts, the Heavenly Demon Finger shot toward Gokyang's opening.
The Heavenly Demon Finger was actually more threatening, so Gokyang couldn't attack Jinmyeong, busy preparing for the unpredictable finger technique.
“If you're struggling with this, adding a little more should finish you.”
“What?”
Just as Gokyang wore a surprised expression at Jinmyeong's words.
Another sword had flown in and begun to attack him.
“Keuk!”
It seemed even Gokyang found it difficult to block the four swords attacking him from all directions at high speed, as wounds began to appear on his body.
Clang!
He managed to block the fatal blows and hold on, but it seemed he wouldn't last long at this rate.
“How about one more?”
Jinmyeong's figure, having approached him unnoticed, came into view.
His calm voice sent a chill down his spine.
Clang!
Gokyang blocked the sword Jinmyeong swung and immediately retreated.
“You can wield a sword even in this situation!”
“Apparently so. It seems I can.”
While the controlled swords flew about, Jinmyeong himself was also attacking.
Regardless of whether Jinmyeong's martial arts were strong or weak, it was such a shocking sight that he was left speechless.
‘It's just sword ki, yet it's withstanding my sword energy.’
The most troublesome thing was the white flame enveloping Jinmyeong's sword.
If he could have broken Jinmyeong's sword, it wouldn't have been this desperate.
But the white flame easily withstood Gokyang's sword energy.
‘This is not good. I never imagined that young brat would be this strong.’
Gokyang had no choice but to admit that Jinmyeong was no mere young up-and-comer.
Vwoom!
Gokyang thrust his sword, which was enveloped in an even denser blue sword energy.
Clang!
Jinmyeong blocked Gokyang's sword and extended his left hand.
Seeing his index finger glow white, Gokyang moved instinctively, and something grazed past his face.
“Ugh!”
After dodging the Heavenly Demon Finger, Gokyang tried to charge at Jinmyeong immediately.
But Jinmyeong's swords flew at him even faster.
‘Exquisite.’
It was a simple sword control art, but the number of swords made it tricky.
Furthermore, his finger technique interfered every time he tried to move.
The attacks were so exquisite that it was difficult to approach Jinmyeong.
“Hurry up and kill that disgusting Demonic Cult bastard!”
Was it because they saw Gokyang being pushed back?
The Daoists of the Kongtong Sect charged toward Jinmyeong.
“Keuk!”
Seeing this, Gokyang's lips twitched, but he ultimately said nothing.
It was a blow to his pride.
He couldn't kill Jinmyeong alone, and now even the disciples of Kongtong were charging at him.
‘In that case, it would be better to use the disciples to kill him quickly.’
Killing that brat quickly and annihilating the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult would be more advantageous.
He couldn't be tied down by Jinmyeong forever.
“Perfect.”
Jinmyeong grinned as he watched the charging Daoists of the Kongtong Sect.
Then, five swords began to float around him.
‘Is he smiling even in this situation?’
Even while watching the charging Daoists, Jinmyeong handled the five swords with a relaxed demeanor.
‘Does his internal energy have no end!’
Gokyang found Jinmyeong's internal energy to be nothing short of miraculous.
It was not at a level that could be dismissed as a mere brat not yet of age.
Chwaaaak!
The five swords, enveloped in white flame, soon began to fly around, dancing.
“Kuaaagh!”
“Keoheok!”
And with every movement of the swords, screams could be heard.
It wasn't that no one blocked the swords, but most of the disciples were helplessly struck down by the flying blades.
“This is truly absurd.”
Even Gokjeon, who was fighting Shin Yehyang, stopped his sword.
“What in the world is that brat's identity? Is he the son of the Heavenly Demon?”
“...”
Shin Yehyang couldn't answer that.
She didn't know.
She had never thought Jinmyeong would be this strong.
“This isn't going to work.”
Gokjeon, having moved away from Shin Yehyang, approached Gokyang and said.
“Are you suggesting we just retreat?”
The smile was gone from Gokyang's face.
Instead, he glared at Jinmyeong with a hideously contorted expression.
“Calm down.”
“Grr!”
Gokjeon looked at Jinmyeong, who, despite being surrounded by the Kongtong disciples, seemed rather at ease.
“It's not like Kongtong absolutely has to kill him, is it?”
“Hmm.”
Gokjeon was right.
What the Kongtong Sect had been asked by Kunlun was to block the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult from the front.
“We can't really kill them. You're the one who said that.”
“Of course, I know.”
That was why they hadn't given way to the Demonic Spirit Brigade that went ahead.
They were standing here at Kunlun's request, but they had no real intention of annihilating the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
Their plan was to moderately block the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult's path and receive a reward from Kunlun.
“You got too worked up.”
“Hmph.”
But when he was pushed back by Jinmyeong, whom he had expected to defeat easily, Gokyang had gotten agitated.
“Are we supposed to just let him be? He's too dangerous.”
Despite this, Gokyang couldn't give up on killing Jinmyeong.
“The Blood-Laughing Demon? More so than him?”
Gokyang nodded without hesitation at Gokjeon's question.
‘Is he really that strong?’
The Blood-Laughing Demon, Mok Jagyeong.
He was the most dangerous among the young demons of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
How many young martial artists in the Central Plains could compare to him?
Since he was sure to become the next Heavenly Demon, they considered him the one to be most wary of in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
“In terms of pure martial prowess right now, he's not stronger than the Blood-Laughing Demon.”
Gokyang didn't take his eyes off Jinmyeong.
‘His attacks were exquisite, but they weren't without flaws.’
If he got a little more used to Jinmyeong's attacks, he might be able to face him.
“But it felt strongly incomplete.”
The Blood-Laughing Demon Mok Jagyeong's martial arts already felt complete.
Of course, he would get stronger if he learned the Divine Arts of the Heavenly Demon, but Jinmyeong was different.
‘A feeling of boundless potential.’
Sword control using five swords.
He wasn't performing sword techniques with them yet, but the ultimate goal of that martial art was surely to perform sword techniques with multiple swords.
‘If he could control more than five...’
If he could perform various sword techniques with even more swords, how many in the Central Plains could possibly face him?
‘And his swordsmanship.’
Unlike his finger technique, the swordsmanship he wielded directly also seemed far from complete.
In other words, he could develop even further.
“That's why we have to kill him quickly. Before he perfects his martial arts.”
“Hmm.”
The look in Gokjeon's eyes as he watched Jinmyeong changed.
He had thought Jinmyeong was remarkable for his age, but Gokyang, who had faced him directly, seemed to think he absolutely had to be eliminated.
“Then what's the plan? Are you suggesting we attack together?”
“If necessary.”
Gokjeon frowned and looked at Gokyang.
“I've already figured out his weakness.”
Jinmyeong's attacks were certainly tricky, but his movements themselves were simple.
They looked like exquisite attacks, but the attacks themselves were all simple, and his movement technique was terrible.
If they could just handle his attacks well, they would eventually be able to get close.
Gokyang was confident he could break Jinmyeong's neck if only he could get close.
“It seems best to kill him as quickly as possible and leave this place.”
The Demonic Spirit Brigade had ultimately broken through the Kongtong Sect, but the young demons of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult were still surrounded between the Kongtong and Kunlun Sects.
“At this rate, Kunlun will capture them.”
His plan was to leave this place immediately after killing Jinmyeong.
Then the wrath of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult would be directed at the Kunlun Sect.
“Will Kongtong really be okay?”
“If the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult were to cross over, it would be to annihilate Kunlun.”
War is truly complicated.
It can start over trivial matters, or be overlooked despite serious ones.
And Gokyang was certain that if the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult made a move, the Righteous Alliance would also move.
‘Because Kunlun will pay the price.’
The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult will have to be satisfied with that.
Gokyang was sure the Righteous Alliance would stop them if they went any further.
“I don't know why you're so sure, but if you say so, it must be true.”
And Gokjeon nodded at Gokyang's words.
“Then we should move before more disciples die.”
“I'll take his head, so you block his attacks.”
Unlike before, Gokyang was smiling again.
It meant he had regained his composure.
“It looks like they're about to come.”
Shin Yehyang, who was fighting the Kongtong Daoists alongside Jinmyeong, noticed the Twin Elders of Kongtong making their move.
“What are you going to do?”
“Do you think the two of us can beat those old men?”
“No. They say the Twin Fiends of Kongtong get stronger when they attack together.”
Shin Yehyang shook her head firmly.
“Is that so? Then...”
Jinmyeong glanced back.
He could see the martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult still fighting the disciples of the Kunlun and Kongtong Sects.
‘Is he that relaxed even in this situation?’
Among them, the most conspicuous was, of course, Mok Jagyeong.
Unlike the others who looked like they were struggling, Mok Jagyeong appeared at ease.
“Shall we try to break through the front?”
There was no need to kill all the enemies.
If the two of them tried to escape, it would probably be difficult for anyone other than the Twin Elders of Kongtong to catch them.
“Are you going to abandon them?”
“The weak must die.”
They were cold words, but Shin Yehyang nodded.
“I'll take the lead.”
Without hesitation, she swung her saber fiercely.
“Keuk!”
A great storm erupted, blowing away the Daoists blocking her path.
The two of them didn't hesitate to throw themselves into the opening.