Raon’s Unparalleled Sword Technique
King Lecross stared at the arena, now completely devoid of even the slightest trace of energy, his eyes wide open.
“W-what kind of sword technique was that…?”
When Kadis was about to swing his sword to stop the match, Raon’s swordsmanship suddenly changed.
A strange white aura bloomed, completely erasing the flow of the Snow Wind Sword Art that had been present in the arena.
Although he knew Zieghart had many special sword techniques, he hadn’t expected such a martial art to exist.
“It wasn’t broken by force, but the ganggi was completely erased, just like sand writing being wiped away by the tide.”
Chamber floated in the air, leaning her upper body forward. Her eyes were wide open, clearly startled.
“Has he been hiding such a secret all this time?”
“It’s not that.”
Ogram shook his head while looking at Raon.
“This is a new martial art completed by observing the Snow Wind Sword Art here and now.”
He swallowed hard and narrowed his eyes.
“I knew he had outstanding martial talent, but I didn’t expect him to possess the aura of a grandmaster.”
The talent to have outstanding martial talent and the talent to create martial arts are different.
The former is a probability of one in a million, while the latter is a special talent with a probability of one in ten thousand.
“Ah, nice. Good.”
A blush rose to Chamber’s cheeks. Her eyes sparkled like a cat that had found its prey.
“He is the beautiful raw gemstone itself. I want to polish him…”
“Even this time, our minds are in sync.”
Ogram nodded with a big head.
“I’m curious what will happen if I teach the Alliance’s martial arts to this kid.”
He looked at Raon with eyes full of interest.
“Hey. Old man. How did you raise this kid?”
Ogram exhaled briefly and turned to Glenn.
“Through what method… you, old man?”
Glenn’s face was hard to describe with words. He was very happy, but his expression seemed to be forcibly suppressing that joy.
Normally, fake smiles have lips smiling but eyes not, but Glenn was the opposite.
His eyes were curved into crescents, but his lips were forced down, creating a strange expression.
“Eh? Aren’t you breathing?”
His face gradually paled, as if he had forgotten to breathe.
“Old man! Snap out of it!”
“Hah…”
Ogram stood up and waved his hand, and only then did Glenn blink and exhale.
“What are you doing…”
“Hum, nothing.”
Glenn cleared his throat and quickly waved his hand. His expression returned to its usual emptiness in the blink of an eye.
“So, in the end, it will end with Raon’s victory?”
Chamber looked at Derus and giggled.
“No.”
Derus shook his head lightly.
“Kadis hasn’t given up yet.”
He turned his gaze to Glenn and the other Six Kings’ leaders and smiled faintly.
“Such duels are very beneficial for the growth of the young ones. Even if it gets a bit intense, it’s better to let it be.”
“Of course!”
“I’m having fun! Good.”
Ogram nodded as if asking what question, and Chamber circled her finger to draw a circle.
“Haa, understood.”
King Lecross let out a short sigh, a bit worried but helpless.
“Yes. We can’t stop now.”
Glenn slowly nodded his head. The trembling of his lips stopped, and a smile full of conviction appeared.
“Raon’s sword technique isn’t complete yet.”
Raon clenched his left fist.
“It’s gone.”
The ganggi that had covered the entire world was erased like bubbles splashed with water.
Not even the slightest trace of mana remained, as if it had never existed from the beginning.
“After all, that line…”
The one line that had filled his mind with countless sword scars was not the trajectory of a normal sword technique.
The enemy’s aura, swordsmanship tricks, flow, and breathing—all of them were a sword technique filled with the void energy that erased all of the opponent’s offensives in one go.
“To think such a sword technique could be created…”
He had only wanted to harmonize the Mad Fang Sword, which creates openings, and the Snow Wind Sword Art, which cuts off the flow of martial arts, but an unexpected super-rise sword technique was created.
It was so unbelievable that even laughter didn’t come out.
“The important thing is…”
This sword technique isn’t complete yet.
It stopped midway because of a loss of power, but the end of Baekyeongseom is not just erasing the opponent’s attacks.
Counterattack technique.
The true form of Baekyeongseom was to erase the opponent’s power like the techniques of Cheongunhyeonseong and Snow Wind Sword Art, and then launch a counterattack.
“But the recoil is too great.”
The moment Baekyeongseom was used, the brain felt like it was burning, and even now, it was dizzy enough to cause fainting if the tension was released.
The aura consumption was the most severe among the sword techniques so far, so it was a martial art that couldn’t be used lightly.
“Still…”
I have to do it one more time.
If it wasn’t for the extreme concentration and senses right now, how much time it would take to complete Baekyeongseom is unknown.
The pain was severe, the flame cultivation aura was exhausted, and Glacier was not normal, but now he had to bring out the true appearance of Baekyeongseom.
“I have to repay the revenge too.”
He looked at his shoulder. A deep scar where flesh was torn. If it had been 0.01 seconds late, his arm would have been severed. Since he couldn’t just take it and end it, he had to repay this wound as well.
“Huu…”
Raon suppressed the churning in his stomach and raised his head. Looking at Kadis, who was trembling in panic, he turned his chin.
“Surrender. Your sword won’t work against me.”
This time, it was his turn to set the trap.
Kadis scratched his temple with his nails.
“What’s going on?”
What happened just now…
The moment Raon unfolded the sword technique filled with tremendous heat, he tried to trigger the technique of Cheonggwanghaeram of the Snow Wind Sword Art to cut off his arm.
“No, I definitely cut it.”
Even now, blood was spurting from Raon’s shoulder. It meant the sword had properly entered.
“But… why did it all disappear?”
The sea of ganggi that had filled the arena, the sword tricks that filled that sea, and the breathing that created those tricks. Everything was erased.
“It’s the Snow Wind Sword Art! Not Cheongunhyeonseong, but Father’s Snow Wind Sword Art!”
Unlike Cheongunhyeonseong that spread everywhere, Snow Wind Sword Art didn’t show much. It was an unprecedented sword technique that shouldn’t have disappeared so vainly.
“Gulp.”
Kadis swallowed hard and looked at Raon. There was no energy left on his sword, it was empty.
“What trick did you pull this time?”
“I erased it.”
Raon’s voice was as casual as if he was saying something obvious.
“I just erased it.”
His gaze was clear and straight. It no longer seemed like he was joking, and the mocking tone in his formal speech had disappeared.
“Surrender. You have lost. Kadis Robert.”
Raon waved his hand as if it was all over.
“Bullshit!”
Kadis ground his teeth.
“There’s no way the Snow Wind Sword Art can be broken by someone like you!”
He roared in anger and opened all the aura he had hidden to challenge the top of the Continental Twelve Stars.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
The enormous energy from Kadis shook the arena, and broken pieces floated in the air.
“I can’t lose at all!”
If I had only faced him with Cheongunhyeonseong, maybe, but if I lose after revealing the Snow Wind Sword Art, it would be a disgrace to the family. I had to win even at the cost of my life.
“Grrrr!”
Kadis spat out his anger and triggered the Snow Wind Sword Art. Blue starlight began to ripple along the trajectory of his sword.
“Is he not moving?”
Raon didn’t dodge like before or try to block. He stood in the center of the arena with his eyes closed. Seeing his relaxed appearance, flames of anger burst from inside.
“I have to hold back.”
If I get carried away by anger, it will be according to his intention. I have to hold the reins of reason and break his sword technique.
“I’ll make sure you can’t use your right arm for the rest of your life.”
He decided to completely sever the tendons and mana circuits so that even a healer or priest couldn’t fix it properly, and unfolded the Snow Wind Sword Art with full power.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
The Snow Wind Sword Art at its peak and the Pounjongbo merged, and the small light illuminating the blade became a sea of blue starlight, covering the entire arena.
Goooooo!
It was the stage of Cheon where one could unfold the technique of the Snow Wind Sword Art.
[Kadis.]
When he raised his sword to trigger the flow of the technique, the intent was transmitted from Derus.
“Unfold the Ten Thousand Light.”
“Ten Thousand Light?”
Ten Thousand Light is the technique that decorates the end of the Snow Wind Sword Art. It was an ultimate technique that could be said to be all of the Snow Wind Sword Art.
“It’s okay if the ultimate technique is revealed. Instead, cut it off accurately. Make sure that guy can’t go any higher.”
It meant to cut off Raon’s arm so it couldn’t recover. As expected, his father’s words were well communicated.
Kadis nodded slightly as if he understood and tightened his grip on the sword.
Kugugugugu!
After lightly spinning, the majestic starlight spread over the blade aiming at Raon, and Cheon swelled until it reached the spectator seats beyond the arena.
“It’s over!”
When Kadis advanced and tried to trigger the technique of the Snow Wind Sword Art, Raon moved. His expression was urgent, as if he hadn’t expected such an enormous amount of energy to gather.
Chiieeeeeing!
Ice flower buds bloomed one after another on his sword blade. Frost shards wrapped in ganggi began to spread towards the sea of starlight.
“An excellent sword technique.”
Fortunately.
The true meaning of the Snow Wind Sword Art is a counter sword technique. The stronger the opponent’s sword strike, the stronger the counter, making it the perfect situation to cut off his shoulder.
Kugugugugu!
Kadis waited until the cluster of cold flowers from Raon covered the surroundings, then spun his sword. Following the silver blade’s trajectory, the sea of starlight that covered the arena moved.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
The sea of light made of ganggi swallowed the flower storm of cold in an instant and swelled even more.
“Now!”
Kadis drew a cross line with his sword. The sea of stars flashing like the Milky Way spread to the four directions, controlling all space. It was the technique of Cheonggwanghaeram that had been unfolded a moment ago.
Goooooo!
The enormous energy of Cheonggwanghaeram moved with the blade and fell upon Raon’s shoulder line.
Piiieek!
Just before the sword descended on Raon’s shoulder, an impossible white shadow appeared on his blade.
“This is it.”
The martial art that had erased the previous Cheonggwanghaeram was definitely this strange energy.
“I won’t take it twice!”
Kadis stomped with his full power and twisted the trajectory of his sword. The smoothly flowing sword movement suddenly bent sharply, creating a majestic line.
Goooooo!
The sea of stars that had filled the surroundings condensed over the blade, creating a terrifying wave. It was the final technique of the Snow Wind Sword Art, Ten Thousand Light.
“I can’t stop this.”
It’s not simple sword qi, but energy that has grown by devouring space. No matter how great the sword technique, it didn’t have the power to erase it.
Kugugugugu!
When the enormous energy that a human couldn’t handle tried to erase Raon’s entire shoulder, his white shadow extended his sword.
“It’s useless…”
A!
It was neither fast nor slow, neither light nor heavy. The sword just seemed to approach as if it were a phenomenon.
Hwaaaaaaaa.
At the moment of facing that strange sword, the Ten Thousand Light that had gathered all the energy stopped.
The sea of starlight tore, ganggi melted, and sword tricks were erased.
Nothing could survive in front of the white shadow filled with the void.
It was a scene like a dream, not of this world.
And…
Pukaaaaak!
With a rough slashing sound, blood spurted from Raon’s right shoulder.
Turning his head, his arm was on the floor, and blood from the shoulder was spurting like a fountain.
“Ah…”
The feeling of returning from a dream to reality. A terrible pain welled up from the shoulder where his arm had been severed.
“Kuaaaaaaaaak!”
Kadis grabbed his shoulder and let out a scream. The stopped time with his roar resumed flowing.
“Haa…”
Raon exhaled as if he was dying.
“I completed it.”
The real Baekyeongseom.
The second time he used Baekyeongseom, he realized the true meaning of that sword technique.
Baekyeongseom wasn’t just erasing the enemy’s sword technique, but a counter martial art that launched an unavoidable attack on the place the enemy was aiming for.
“That’s why…”
He raised his head and looked ahead.
“Uwaaaaaak!”
Kadis was clutching his shoulder with blood flowing down and screaming.
“That arm was cut off.”
Since Kadis had targeted his right arm, Baekyeongseom had counterattacked by cutting off his right arm in return. It was a sword technique that hated to cut the same place it was aimed at.
“What a sight.”
Honestly, he could have stopped midway, but he deliberately didn’t. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. He deliberately cut off his arm.
“That too…”
He had concentrated the cold energy midway to give a big shock to the tendons and mana circuits. Even if he tried to heal it, he probably wouldn’t be able to use his right arm like before.
“Self-inflicted.”
Kadis wasn’t just trying to cut off his arm, but to create a disability, so he felt no pity.
“Then it’s time to start acting from now on.”
After exhaling heavily, Raon knelt. He approached Kadis and grabbed his shoulder.
“K, Kadis-nim!”
His jaw trembled, and his eyes shook.
“I’m sorry! My stamina was too low, so I couldn’t control the power for the counterattack!”
It wasn’t deliberate, but since you raised your killing intent first, I had no choice, he bit his lip while expressing it.
“Aigoo…”
Kadis had a mental shock and pain from his arm being cut off, and he rolled his eyes and fainted.
“H, healer!”
“Ah!”
“Move!”
When he called for the healer, the dazed healers jumped onto the arena.
“F, fast processing… kuhk!”
Raon handed Kadis to the healer and vomited the blood he had been holding back. The blood from Kadis’s arm and his own overlapped, turning the floor red.
“Ra, Raon-nim also seems to have to go together! Your injuries are severe!”
One of the healers tried to grab his shoulder.
“No. T, first take Kadis-nim. It’s urgent.”
Raon, with the remaining aura making his face pale, handed over Kadis’s severed arm.
“Please attach it!”
“But Raon-nim’s complexion…”
“Please!”
“Ah, understood!”
When he bowed his head, the healer nodded with a bitten lip and stood up.
“Impressed eyes?”
The healer had a look of admiration on his face, having himself been severely injured and first taking care of Kadis.
“Ooooooo!”
“To worry about the opponent first in such a state…”
“He’s a real warrior. The spirit of a knight!”
“Raon Zieghart! Awesome!”
“I was really moved!”
The spectators who had been shocked by the severed arm began to cheer in admiration for Raon’s sacrifice instead.
“Haa, you are truly a ghost.”
Wrath trembled his whole body as if a cotton ball was being blown by the wind.
“How could a human wear such a disguise and tell such a lie…”
He bit his lip while looking at the waving spectators.
“I still can’t go yet.”
Raon grabbed the shoulder with the fallen flesh. After regaining his senses from the pain, he raised his head and looked at the stage.
Ogram and King Lecross nodded and sent big applause, and Chamber smacked her lips with eyes full of desire looking at herself.
Glenn was…
“What’s that expression?”
I don’t know if I can say this, but it was like seeing a puppy’s expression when you put food in front of it to train it and shout ‘wait’. His face was as if he was forcibly holding something back.
“His condition is not good.”
I’ll let it go and looked at the last person. The others had been looking at him before.
Derus Robert. He had a doll-like expressionless face with no trace of laughter for the first time.
It wasn’t about worry for his son. The crack in the mask was due to anger at his plan being broken.
It seemed like nothing, but I can tell. Right now, Derus was probably clenching his teeth while holding back the anger burning inside.
“This is it.”
I wanted to see that expression.
His heart was beating violently. It was a majestic heartbeat that was worrying if others could hear it.
The mood was rising.
The face full of Derus’s anger was a greater reward than fame, elixirs, or treasures obtained at the award ceremony.
“I have to be careful from now on.”
Raon bit his teeth tightly and narrowed his eyes.
“From now on, I’ll take everything from you.”