I Am Invincible
Yeop Hyeon’s face clouded with concern at the woman’s words.
The Heavenly Maiden’s gotten a bit reckless while I wasn’t watching. Maybe she hasn’t fully recovered from her fatigue.
He worried that her unreasonable anger might spill over onto him.
If this keeps up, I’ll end up getting scolded for no reason later.
Meanwhile, Gu Lu-ju and Gang Wol-cheon eyed the black-robed elder who had appeared in the hall, their expressions puzzled by his bold demeanor.
It made sense. Chang Mok Academy of the Daeun Empire was one of the top powers even in Qingzhou. For them to visit a small nation like Kanguk and act so arrogantly was understandable.
How strong could a powerhouse from a minor country like Kanguk possibly be? They’d never dreamed a Sword Immortal might appear.
Soon, however, the elder sensed something amiss.
He realized the corpses scattered around him all belonged to Myriad Laws Realm experts!
Something’s wrong!
Frowning, the elder turned to the boy from Daeun’s Chang Mok Academy. The boy, head bowed low, couldn’t utter a word.
He had just witnessed his master’s head severed by a single sword strike. He was too stunned to speak.
The black-robed elder’s gaze toward the boy turned icy.
“You fool!”
The elder turned his head toward the woman in mourning garb. In that instant, a sword flew silently and halted at his brow. Its tip had pierced half an inch into his skin, a single drop of blood beading there.
The elder froze, forgetting even to breathe.
Then the woman’s voice rang out.
“Don’t say a word. Call your strongest one. Killing weaklings like you is no fun.”
The elder glared at her and opened his mouth.
“How dare you…”
Slash—!
With a chilling sound, the elder’s arm was severed clean from the root. Blood sprayed from the stump like a fountain.
His face drained of color in an instant.
The woman in mourning garb, gleaming ethereally under the moonlight, brushed her hair behind her ear.
“I don’t even want to waste words on weaklings like you. Call someone stronger.”
Biting his lip, the elder crushed a transmission stone with his remaining hand.
He didn’t know the woman’s identity. All he could do was summon someone worthy of speaking to her.
Of course, even that offered no guarantee the situation would improve.
The woman before him was despairingly powerful. Still, he couldn’t just stand there and take it.
At that moment, the woman’s green sword spun lazily before flying to Yeop Hyeon and pointing its tip at him.
“Speak.”
When she asked in a cold voice, Yeop Hyeon hesitated before answering.
“My mistake was starting the incident…”
Thwack—!
The flat of the blade struck his arm hard. His skin flushed red instantly.
Grimacing in pain, Yeop Hyeon clenched his teeth.
The woman’s voice echoed again.
“Starting the incident? What kind of mistake is that? If you did wrong, it’s that you made too little of it! What do you think about dragging me into something this trivial? If you were going to summon me, couldn’t you have caused a proper catastrophe?”
“…”
“Say it again! Where did you go wrong!?”
Yeop Hyeon pondered deeply before replying.
“That I was too weak…”
Thwack—!
The sword struck his right arm, sending convulsions through his body. The blade carried dense sword qi!
As the qi seeped into his flesh, his entire nervous system tingled—not just his arm.
It was like being struck by lightning.
Amid the agony enveloping him, the Heavenly Maiden’s cold voice reached Yeop Hyeon’s ears.
“Weak? You’ve grown much, aware of your own weakness! But that’s not your fault. They overwhelmed you with superior power, so it’s natural you couldn’t resist. Keep thinking. What exactly did you do wrong!”
Yeop Hyeon’s expression darkened as he mulled it over for a long while. Finally, he raised his head and shouted to the Heavenly Maiden.
“I did nothing wrong!”
The woman said nothing.
Then Yeop Hyeon roared fiercely.
“They kidnapped my sister, so I sought their lives. They retaliated with greater power, leading to this. But if I went back to that moment, I’d make the same choice! Anyone who touches my sister or my friends deserves death!”
“And if you lack the power to kill them?”
At her question, Yeop Hyeon bellowed in fury.
“I’d charge anyway! Even if it kills me, I’d never kneel to such scum!”
The woman fell silent for a moment before speaking to him.
“Release your sword intent!”
Yeop Hyeon immediately unleashed his sword intent.
Gazing at it, she said,
“There are many kinds of sword intent. Do you know what yours is?”
Yeop Hyeon shook his head.
“Your sword intent is…”
Just then, she stopped mid-sentence.
As Yeop Hyeon looked puzzled and opened his mouth to speak, one side of the sky trembled violently. A shadowy phantasm emerged from there!
Seeing it, the black-robed elder’s face lit up.
Gang Wol-cheon and Gu Lu-ju’s expressions hardened instantly.
The figure before them was beyond the Myriad Laws Realm!
The shadow spoke to the woman.
“Who might you be?”
She retorted coldly.
“Are you the strongest from that Chang Mok Academy or whatever?”
“You’ve killed my academy’s people. I’d like an explanation.”
At that moment, the green sword hovering before Yeop Hyeon shot toward the phantasm in the sky.
The shadow casually extended both hands. Immense pressure warped the space around it. The sword ignored it, slicing through the distorted space toward the shadow’s face.
The shadow hurriedly spread its right hand, unleashing a mountain-crushing force. The power from its palm could raze half the Imperial City!
Yet the sword parted the force effortlessly, pierced the palm, and reached the shadow’s brow.
Boom—!
The phantasm shook violently, revealing its true body in the hall.
It was a gaunt old man.
Staring at the woman in disbelief, he felt profound terror deep within.
That sword strike far exceeded his cognition.
“Explanation? You want an explanation? The only one I feel like giving is that my mood hasn’t improved yet, so I want to kill more!”
The woman dropped her left hand downward.
Flash—!
A streak of sword light pierced the brow of the black-robed elder below.
His body crumpled lifeless to the ground.
The scrawny old man asked the woman in a trembling voice.
“Y-You’re from Jungto Sinju…”
Slash—!
His arm was severed.
Clasping her hands behind her back with her left and brushing her hair with her right, the woman said,
“No more useless talk. Call more people. I just want to kill right now.”
Gu Lu-ju gave a wry smile at her words.
He knew of the incident at Unseon between Chwiseonru and Yeop Hyeon. Had the Three Lords felt this same despair and helplessness facing her?
Her actions screamed: I’m stronger than you, so I’ll toy with you until I’m satisfied, then kill you.
Meanwhile, the scrawny elder felt like he was dying inside.
Call people? Knowing they’d die, how could he?
The situation was utterly hopeless.
Beyond despair, their losses would be catastrophic if this continued!
Just then, her voice rang out.
“Where’s your academy located?”
The academy’s location!?
The elder’s face stiffened.
She snapped ruthlessly.
“Tell me the direction.”
Gu Lu-ju quickly pointed one way.
“Sword Immortal, that way… that way!”
She nodded lightly.
As the panicked elder tried to speak, the green sword pierced his brow.
Splurt—!
With a spray of blood, his body hit the ground.
Then, slowly closing her eyes, the woman pointed a finger in one direction.
“Go!”
Whirr—!
Under everyone’s gazes, the green sword hummed as if in response and vanished like light in the direction she indicated. The head of the recently slain scrawny elder dangled from its tip.
Daeun Empire.
The Daeun Empire was the largest in Qingzhou, claiming a third of the continent’s vast territory. People called this land the Daeun Territories.
Beyond the empire, numerous colossal sects and clans dotted the Daeun Territories. Chang Mok Academy was one of them.
Daeun’s Chang Mok Academy was publicly the strongest branch in Qingzhou.
Today, as peaceful as ever, a brilliant sword light tore through the darkness over the Daeun Territories.
Streaking like a meteor, it pierced into the heart of the Daeun Empire’s Imperial City.
The empire’s powerhouses were stunned speechless by the sudden, overwhelming sword light.
A Sword Immortal! It had to be!
Soon, the entire Daeun Empire buzzed with excitement.
A real Sword Immortal!
Under countless gazes, the sword light arrived at Chang Mok Academy, perched atop a sheer cliffside peak!
The warriors of the academy stood guard in shock at the sword flying with the elder’s head impaled. None dared block it!
Finally, the green sword embedded itself at the pinnacle of the academy’s grandest hall, alongside the elder’s head.
Boom—!
The entire mountain shook as if in an earthquake!
At that moment, a woman’s voice echoed across the skies above Chang Mok Academy.
“If you seek revenge, you’re welcome anytime. I am invincible—do as you please!”
Despite her shout, the academy fell deathly silent.
All eyes turned to the sword tip. The cleanly severed head belonged to someone they all knew well.
Guardian Venerable!
It was the head of the Guardian Venerable, one of the academy’s top five powerhouses!