Chapter 807
Bu Eun-seol's body held not a single trace of energy—this was an undeniable fact.
Yet Yu Un-ryong could see it.
An unimaginable, terrifying power coiling within him like a serpent.
Had it not been so,
from the very moment he appeared,
Bu Eun-seol would have urgently evacuated them or regarded the Bamboo Hat Man with the gravest caution.
But instead, he looked upon the Bamboo Hat Man
with utter indifference, as if observing a stray dog wandering the neighborhood.
Which could only mean one thing—
Bu Eun-seol did not consider the Bamboo Hat Man a life-or-death adversary,
but rather an opponent he could handle alone with ease.
Yu Un-ryong, ever the astute strategist, had sharply discerned this detail and realized that Bu Eun-seol had already reached the Martial Extreme Realm.
"The Martial Extreme Realm? Just like that? What nonsense is this?"
"That bastard's been hiding his movements all this time, handling various matters in secret."
Yu Un-ryong let out a derisive snort.
"And those matters likely involved dealing with formidable enemies. Whenever danger arose, he'd vanish and act alone."
"Then that means..."
"Exactly. He's been fighting and defeating monstrous opponents... and finally ascended to the Martial Extreme Realm."
Myo Cheon-u's heart pounded violently.
In the annals of martial history, no one under thirty had ever reached the Martial Extreme Realm.
Yet here Bu Eun-seol stood...
writing a new chapter in the martial world's legend.
"But why isn't he attacking?"
Myo Cheon-u pointed at the Bamboo Hat Man, his expression baffled.
"Even if his internal injuries are minor, his energy's still in turmoil."
"He's deliberately giving him time to recover."
"What?"
"From now on, he'll face countless powerful enemies sprouting up like bamboo shoots after rain."
Yu Un-ryong spoke flatly.
"If he can't even handle a lone assassin, what use is he for the battles ahead?"
"Is his confidence excessive?"
"No. He believes in himself."
In that instant, Myo Cheon-u's pupils flickered like flames.
At last, he understood how Bu Eun-seol had reached an unprecedented realm at such a young age.
"So... that's why he's strong."
He never wavers, whether facing formidable foes or great trials.
He pushes his limits relentlessly, day after day.
Unfazed by failure, he marches forward.
"When I heard he suppressed the Limitless Equal Enlightenment, I thought it reckless."
Moreover, the reason he grew so swiftly
was because he walked the path he believed in, not the standards set by others.
It was a path where no end was visible.
A treacherous journey akin to Asura Hell, fraught with ceaseless hardship—who knew when,
or where, it would lead?
Yet Bu Eun-seol trusted himself.
And the destination he ultimately reached... was a shortcut, achieved many times faster than anyone else.
Crack—snap!
At that moment, a sound like ropes snapping erupted from the Bamboo Hat Man's body as a shockwave of internal energy began to ripple outward.
He had fully suppressed the reversed energy flow and restored his body to perfection.
Zzzing—crack!
As Bu Eun-seol unleashed his True Qi, a massive Astral Energy Barrier unfurled across dozens of yards around them.
The Life-and-Death Combat Formation, which once took him at least a quarter of an hour to erect, was now deployed in a single breath.
This was not only to ensure no outsiders could witness the battle
but also to declare his resolve to share life and death with Yu Un-ryong and Myo Cheon-u within the formation.
[Stay at the far edge of the formation and observe.]
Bu Eun-seol transmitted his voice to Yu Un-ryong and Myo Cheon-u.
[Merely watching a battle between masters will grant you immense insight.]
Swish.
Just then, as Bu Eun-seol approached, the Bamboo Hat Man slowly removed his hat.
"Haaaah..."
He parted his lips, emitting a hoarse sound—whether laughter or a battle cry, it was unclear—
revealing a half-severed, purple tongue.
His silence until now had been because his tongue had been completely cut out.
"Good."
Bu Eun-seol nodded, understanding the Bamboo Hat Man's unspoken intent.
"You waited for me. I'll wait for you."
The reason the Bamboo Hat Man hadn't instantly killed Yu Un-ryong and Myo Cheon-u, instead stabilizing his energy,
was because he had sensed a tremendous master—
Bu Eun-seol—rapidly approaching.
Thus, rather than wasting time on these two insignificant pests, he focused on steadying his energy
to face the true adversary drawing near.
As Bu Eun-seol's words faded, the Bamboo Hat Man began refining his energy once more.
Oooom—
At last, it seemed his battle preparations were complete.
Light spilled from his pupils, and suddenly, the whites of his eyes turned pitch black.
Zzzing.
Then, white pupils formed.
A normal human's eyes would have white sclera and black pupils,
but his were inverted—black sclera with white pupils.
It was a nightmarish visage, like a monster from the abyss.
"So it's you, Incheon."
Bu Eun-seol's eyes flashed as he observed the blood-red spear in the man's grip.
"With a spear like that, you must be the Spear Master, no?"
Whooosh—
As if in answer, an overwhelming energy surged from the crimson spear's tip.
BOOM!
As radiant light erupted from the red spear, even the sky darkened into a searing crimson,
A meteor shower capable of annihilating the entire world began raining down upon Bu Eun-seol's head.
No human could alter the heavens' hue or summon falling stars.
Limitless Power.
The Spear Master had surpassed mere martial refinement—this was the ultimate force transcending human limits, the manifestation of absolute might.
Flash!
At that moment, a radiant five-colored brilliance erupted from Bu Eun-seol's body, shooting outward in an instant.
He had prepared for this.
From the very moment he arrived here.
He had been ready to unleash Harmonization.
Whoosh!
When the two supreme forces clashed, Yu Un-ryong and Myo Cheon-u's eyes widened in shock.
—The hidden gunpowder will explode!
If forces of that magnitude collided?
Without a doubt, the Shockwave of True Qi would surge to the heavens, melting the forest's trees and boulders like strands of taffy.
And the gunpowder planted here would inevitably detonate from the violent collision of energies.
"..."
But something unexpected happened.
Nothing occurred.
As Bu Eun-seol released his light—
The colossal meteors falling from the crimson sky simply vanished, as if washed away.
There had been no collision at all.
—What the hell is that?!
Since this was the first time Yu Un-ryong and Myo Cheon-u had witnessed Bu Eun-seol's Harmonization, they didn't yet realize it was a mysterious energy capable of erasing all things.
Snap.
Then, the Spear Master swung his scarlet spear once more.
BOOM!
The sky reddened again, and another deluge of massive meteors began pouring down.
Flash!
Bu Eun-seol responded by continuously releasing Harmonization.
Ever since obtaining Wind & Cloud Divine Qi, the chaotic energies within his body had stabilized.
Now, he could unleash Harmonization three times in succession without any strain.
Hiss.
As the Power of Harmony instantly nullified the Limitless Power—
Crackle.
The Spear Master's pupils burned crimson.
Realizing his supreme force was ineffective, he resolved to destroy Bu Eun-seol's body directly with his weapon.
Shwaaak!
A fan-shaped curtain of light unfurled—
And the scarlet spear multiplied into hundreds, piercing toward Bu Eun-seol's vital points.
The Spear Master's technique was nothing less than the pinnacle of all spear arts in Murim.
Though the massive spear seemed to move lightly, each swing carried boundless power.
The speed at which he executed his Martial Forms surpassed even lightning.
Tsk tsk tsk.
Even after immediately activating Ultimate Speed Shadowless, scratches formed on Bu Eun-seol's body.
The scarlet spear moved like a specter—
Anticipating his movements and raining down attacks precisely tailored to counter them.
'He's strong.'
Bu Eun-seol couldn't help but inwardly marvel.
The Spear Master's technique didn't merely attack—it dominated space itself, much like the Namgung Clan's Emperor Sword Form.
Each stance transcended the techniques of both Orthodox and Unorthodox Factions,
Unleashing Principles of Martial Arts never before seen in Murim.
Fwoosh!
Worse yet, with every high-speed movement of the spear—
Bu Eun-seol felt something sharp and intangible stabbing into his mind.
Heart Strike.
The Spear Master's art wasn't just about wielding a weapon—it carried the power to pierce and shatter even an opponent's Spirit and Mind.
Zzzt!
Purple lightning crackled across Bu Eun-seol's body.
Unable to react to the Spear Master's speed, his Thunder Essence Divine Qi instinctively activated.
Zap! BOOM!
With Thunder Essence Divine Qi now in play, Bu Eun-seol's movements became incomparably faster.
Even his reflexes sharpened, allowing him to deflect the Spear Master's lightning-fast strikes at close range.
Clang-clang-clang!
As close-quarters combat intensified, the Spear Master manipulated hundreds of spears simultaneously—
Filling the battlefield with thousands of spear shadows.
Clash-clash-clash!
Yet Bu Eun-seol's Ink Soul Sword, infused with Thunder Essence Divine Qi, precisely intercepted every thrust.
CRACKLE!
At the peak of its activation, the sword shadows he generated began overwhelming the spear's phantoms.
Spears were inherently vulnerable in close combat.
Because the Spear Master wielded a long weapon with rapid swings—
The Ink Soul Sword's shorter reach allowed Bu Eun-seol to counter faster.
Thud.
Suddenly, the spear in the Spear Master's hands split into two.
He had separated the combined weapon mid-motion, now brandishing both halves with blinding speed.
Clang-clang-clang!
As they entered face-to-face range, the battle reached its climax.
This was no longer an exchange of Martial Forms—it had become a collision of Willpower against Willpower.
Clang! Ting! Clang! Ting!
The clashing of weapons gradually faded, and soon, both fighters froze in place.
Time itself seemed to halt, the world falling into absolute silence.
Hummm.
A low vibration suddenly resonated through the air.
The Spear Master had shifted tactics—forcing Bu Eun-seol into a battle of Internal Energy.
At this proximity, there was no avoiding it.
Rumble.
As the energy clash commenced, the ground trembled violently, spiderweb-like Rifts spreading beneath them.
HUM!
The crushing pressure intensified, yet Bu Eun-seol's expression remained serene.
Bu Eun-seol's internal energy now surpassed even ten sixty-year Cycles—more than six hundred years of cultivation.
In all the world, there was no one who could rival him in sheer internal power.
The Spear Master, who had never dreamed Bu Eun-seol possessed such accumulated energy, had unwittingly thrown himself into a battle where he had abandoned his own advantage.
Drip, drip, drip.
Unable to withstand the overwhelming pressure, the Spear Master's face began to contort.
At this rate, his meridians would melt, and his body would burst apart.
Whoosh!
Then, from the distant sky, a crimson meteor suddenly plummeted toward Bu Eun-seol's head.
Unable to block Bu Eun-seol's monstrous internal energy, the Spear Master had hurled one of his spears upward with a single hand.
BANG!
As Bu Eun-seol took a single step back, the Spear Master attempted to escape the domain of their internal energy clash.
But that was his mistake.
Huuung.
Bu Eun-seol's internal energy was not only immense but also sticky like glue—
—making it impossible to break free from the contest.
"Grrgh—!"
With a grotesque groan, the Spear Master expelled a dark crimson energy from his body.
It was a force fundamentally different from internal energy.
Sssssk!
That power was tremendous, momentarily pushing back even Bu Eun-seol's ten-cycle-deep energy.
'Is this the unique power of the Servants of the True Demon?'
BOOM!
Seizing the opening, the Spear Master conjured hundreds of spear shadows once more.
And as if he had been waiting for it, Bu Eun-seol swung Ink Soul Sword to meet them.
"That..."
From afar, Myo Cheon-u couldn't close his gaping mouth.
Every time their weapons, infused with monstrous energy, collided, a blinding azure light surged to the heavens.
Every time their movements shifted, shockwaves like storms erupted outward.
To his eyes, this was no longer a battle between mere martial masters—
—but a clash of mythical Martial Gods descending upon the mortal world.
"You mean... that bastard has been fighting monsters like this all along?"
Yu Un-ryong nodded in response to Myo Cheon-u's words.
"Most likely."
Taking a deep breath, Yu Un-ryong slowly inclined his head.
"He's always been like this."
Bu Eun-seol's martial prowess had already surpassed the Extreme Heaven Realm, entering the Heavenly Human Domain—
—and even without deploying the Formless Heavenly Flow, Bloody Tears Seven Forms, or the Three Divine Powers, he was now clashing head-on with a master of the Martial Extreme Realm.
"And now, he's found his own path."
Bu Eun-seol had not ascended to the Martial Extreme Realm. Instead, he had set out to find a new, unknown destination—
—and finally discovered a path that belonged solely to him.
Otherwise, he could never have stood toe-to-toe with a Martial Extreme Realm master in such a short time.
"A completely new path."
For centuries, the Murim had yearned for the Martial Extreme Realm.
And if someone had already claimed that realm, it became nearly impossible for others to surpass them.
Because they had climbed the stairs first.
Because they were already ascending ahead.
But Bu Eun-seol had shattered the preordained staircase before him—
—and soared into the sky in a single bound.
"GRAAAAH!"
As Bu Eun-seol continued to fight him evenly, the Spear Master roared at the heavens.
BANG!
Simultaneously, a crimson energy erupted from his entire body, spreading outward in a perfect circle.
With his red spear, he carved an unbroken ring—
—forging an invincible Gang Qi that could annihilate all things and repel all forces.
Clang! Clang!
When Ink Soul Sword struck the crimson Gang Qi, it was violently repelled by an overwhelming force.
Whiiing!
With his weapon rendered useless, Bu Eun-seol unleashed the fourth form of the Seven Forms of the Fist Demon—Heavenly Hand Empty Wave.
FWOOOSH!
A storm-like surge of fist energy crashed against the Gang Qi enveloping the Spear Master, making it ripple like disturbed water.
Yet, in the end, it did not break.
Slash! Slash!
The moment a flaw appeared in Bu Eun-seol's movements, a red spear shaft shot out from within the circular Gang Qi.
Bu Eun-seol barely dodged, but even the glancing blow left a deep gash across his side.
Considering that his internal energy had reached such heights that ordinary attacks couldn't even scratch him—
—it was clear just how devastating the Spear Master's strike had been.
"Damn it, how do you even beat a monster like that?"
From a distance, Myo Cheon-u bit his lip.
Suddenly, the Spear Master combined his unbreakable Gang Qi with his terrifying spear art, shifting the tide of battle—
—and Bu Eun-seol was now struggling to keep up.
He wanted to help immediately, but...
If he stepped into that domain of battle, his body would be torn to shreds in an instant.
"No—he's already devised a dismantling technique."
Just then, Yu Un-ryong pointed at Bu Eun-seol and spoke.
"Look."
Click.
As Bu Eun-seol sheathed Ink Soul Sword, a crimson energy surged from his eyes and hands.
He had already unraveled the attributes of the Gang Qi surrounding the Spear Master.
The Heavenly Hand Empty Wave had merely been a test to confirm it.
And now—
—he was preparing the Transcendent Meteor Chasing Moon Form, a strike that seized the fleeting instant of death to deliver the final blow.
FLASH!
With a dazzling brilliance, the Transcendent Meteor Chasing Moon Form was finally unleashed.
But something was strange.
At the moment the ultra-high-speed strike was about to pierce the Gang Qi—
Squirm, squirm.
For the briefest instant, didn't it seem to slow down unnaturally?
Sssshhk!
Yet something even more bizarre happened.
A spray of blood erupted from the Spear Master's shoulder—despite being encased in his invincible crimson Gang Qi.
How had he pierced the unbreakable barrier?
"But it wasn't Gang Qi formed from Spear Aura—it was a secret technique that directly utilized external force as Counterforce."
Myo Cheon-u gasped in realization as he discerned the Spear Master's method.
No matter how much martial prowess one attained in the Martial Extreme Realm, it was fundamentally impossible to endlessly envelop oneself in Gang Qi capable of destroying and blocking everything.
Then, is it merely an illusion mimicking Gang Qi, achieved through the highest principles of martial arts?
Bu Eun-seol harbored such doubts and unleashed the Heavenly Hand Empty Wave, pouring forth pure fist energy.
And in doing so, he uncovered the True Body of the Gang Qi.
It was a principle akin to the Transformation Realm of Taiji Fist—
And the Spear Master was exploiting the martial principle of Strength Increasing with the Opponent, where one's own power grows in response to the enemy's force, endlessly reflecting incoming attacks.
The problem was that such a principle was impossible to discern in the heat of battle within a short time.
But for Bu Eun-seol, who had ceaselessly studied the mysteries of all martial arts and mastered the Langya Mind's Eye, it was nothing.
Then breaking it is simple.
As Bu Eun-seol extended his sword technique, the moment his blade touched the Gang Qi, he stabbed forward with deliberate slowness and minimal force.
Unable to generate proper Counterforce, the Spear Master's defense failed—and the Ink Soul Sword slipped right through.
Pat!
Once again, blood blossomed from the Spear Master's body.
His supposedly impenetrable Gang Qi had been rendered useless.
When Bu Eun-seol shattered his martial principle, the Spear Master's eyes burned crimson with fury.
The Eight Heavenly Servants were all Grandmasters who had profoundly influenced the martial world, and their pride surpassed all others.
For a young martial artist like Bu Eun-seol to dismantle his technique—
It was the greatest humiliation imaginable.
Krrrrrl—
A strange Shockwave pulsed outward from the Spear Master's body.
[Ugh...]
A guttural growl of rage escaped him.
Reaching the Martial Extreme Realm meant mastering at least one profound martial principle.
Since Bu Eun-seol had wounded him using only martial principles—without even deploying True Void—
The Spear Master, too, resolved to fight purely through martial arts.
"Good."
Originally, Bu Eun-seol had planned to employ the Formless Heavenly Flow, infused with the Three Divine Powers.
But now that the Spear Master insisted on a battle of martial principles, he, too, raised only his internal energy.
"You must have honed your spear to a divine level, unmatched until now."
The thought of testing all the sword techniques he had mastered against such an opponent made Bu Eun-seol's heart surge with excitement.
Swish!
Countless razor-sharp beams of light encircled the battlefield—
And a world-shaking spear technique, capable of eclipsing the heavens, coiled around Bu Eun-seol's body.
These were thrusts that far surpassed any speed a human body should be capable of.
Twitch! Twitch!
At that moment, Bu Eun-seol's Ink Soul Sword writhed like a freshly caught fish—
And a radiant, circular barrier of light formed around him.
Simultaneously, it began deflecting the storm of spear strikes with perfect precision.
As the Spear Master unleashed killing moves using pure martial arts, the Wind and Cloud Creation Formula activated—
Triggering the Fluorescent Sword Control, an absolute defense technique that reacted to killing intent.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Spear met sword midair in a relentless barrage of metallic clashes.
Even the greatest master, unleashing ultra-high-speed close-range attacks at this distance, would have no choice but to focus their mind entirely.
But Bu Eun-seol didn't need to concentrate on defense—the Fluorescent Sword Control reacted on its own.
This is...
And then came another realization.
The Wind and Cloud Creation Formula... resonates with Wind & Cloud Divine Qi.
The Wind and Cloud Creation Formula was a Mind-Training Formula that not only detected killing intent but also naturally grasped the flow of air—
Allowing the Fluorescent Sword Control to instinctively block incoming attacks.
In other words, it closely resembled a method of utilizing the Wind & Cloud Divine Qi flowing within Bu Eun-seol's body—
And as a result, the power of the Fluorescent Sword Control grew even stronger.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Screeeech!
Now fused with Wind & Cloud Divine Qi, the Fluorescent Sword Control moved at speeds even Bu Eun-seol couldn't control—
Not only perfectly blocking the Spear Master's techniques but also exposing their finest vulnerabilities.
BOOM!
Seizing that fleeting moment, Bu Eun-seol twisted his fist and unleashed the Extreme Lightning Confusion.
Swish—!
Enhanced by the Wind & Cloud Divine Qi now flowing freely, the Extreme Lightning Confusion transformed into a blade-sharp fist energy.
Slash!
The Spear Master's right arm flew off—
And at the same time, a terrifying surge of internal energy flooded his meridians.
[Aaargh!]
The Spear Master, his tongue severed, let out a pained groan—
Splaaash!
Then, using the blood gushing from his severed arm, he formed hundreds of blood-spears and hurled them at Bu Eun-seol.
As the blood spread in all directions, the boundaries of the Life-and-Death Combat Formation shockingly began to blur.
Is this also the power of his servants?
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
Just as the Fluorescent Sword Control automatically blocked the attacks—
CRACK!
The Spear Master activated a movement technique and fled into the distant sky.
Thud.
Seeing the pool of crimson blood left behind, Bu Eun-seol chose not to pursue.
The Reverse Polarity True Qi, equivalent to six hundred years of cultivation, had already shattered the Spear Master's Body Protection True Qi—
And ravaged his meridians, severing even his Heart Meridian.
Within eight minutes, he would be nothing more than a cold corpse somewhere.
Tremble...
As the battle ended, Myo Cheon-u and Yu Un-ryong shuddered.
Their faces were filled with overwhelming awe—as if an entirely new world had unfolded before their eyes.
The dream of countless young martial artists—
A Grandmaster standing at the pinnacle of martial arts, right before them.
Gazing at that sight,
They could no longer suppress the emotions surging from the deepest corners of their hearts.
At last, Bu Eun-seol had...
Reached a level where he could face one of the terrifying Eight Heavenly Servants—Spear Master—and emerge victorious without sustaining a single injury.