The most unexpected situation–
Just before using Thrift Wind Sword, his internal energy was already low. Still, he did it yet failed to defeat the enemy in the crucial moment.
On the contrary, it was countered.
“The divine weapon… ahem!”
Seol-Hwi who stood up with much difficulty after sealing the blood points.
This was more serious than he thought.
Sama Gwi had already taken a stance, ready to take down Seol-Hwi with both martial arts once again.
As a result, Seol-Hwi decided to defend his body first.
But for Seol-Hwi, the thing which popped into his mind was more important than his wounds.
“The item of the first disciple?”
“…”
At Seol-Hwi’s words, Sama Gwi frowned, so Seol-Hwi continued.
“Normally, the First and Second Disciples must have the weapons, and they should have been handed down by the Heavenly Demon. Actually, this sword was given to the Earth Demon, who gave it to me.”
Could it be that his words intrigued Sama Gwi?
He smiled.
“Well, there is no need to hide it. Yes. We received it from the First Disciple.”
As I thought.
Only then could Seol-Hwi connect the dots.
This sword was one that he had been given by the Earth Demon, and after unlocking it, the sword’s force had changed, so he was able to use a special skill.
What if he had gone under another disciple?
Yupae did ask me to come under the Second Disciple once.
Wouldn’t there have been a situation where he was presented with another weapon?
When he thought that, it seemed plausible.
Then there must have been a way to head under the First Disciple too, a way to receive the sword which Sama Gwi was holding now.
“But… aren’t you making a mistake?”
Seol-Hwi asked.
“The moment you revealed that it was because of the weapon and not your ability, your weakness was shown to me.”
“You idiot.”
Sama Gwi laughed at this.
“Did you think you could beat me with your skills? With your body which has suffered so much?”
He was right.
In addition to the external trauma, Seol-Hwi suffered significant internal wounds and this was why he came to know about the weapons being used here.
“Right. But it all works for you.”
But there was one thing that Sama Gwi had overlooked.
Seol-Hwi’s special ability wasn’t only for offense.
Tssss!
When Seol-Hwi sat cross legged and gathered qi, the ground began to shake.
It was a special ability which can fill up the lost internal energy and health at once.
<Initiating energy gathering.>
“What are you doing?”
Sama Gwi looked nervous.
A strange phenomenon was happening in Seol-Hwi’s body. He could feel the air swirling around.
No…
And it was confirmed that the wounds on the body of Seol-Hwi were now healing. Obviously, this wasn’t a good sign.
Pat!
So he moved right then.
But–
Kaang!
It was too late.
Seol-Hwi was already done, and he easily countered the blade. He looked at Sama Gwi as he looked at the words of the system.
<Body returned to normal.> <Health restored.> <Internal energy restored.>
“You wasted so much time in front of your opponent. Shall we go again?”
“You arrogant…!”
Chang!
Each clash threw sparks around constantly. No matter who got pushed back, they kept moving to clash again.
Chik!
And then Sama Gwi used the second martial arts involving the dark qi which spread on the ground, but it then stopped right before Seol-Hwi.
Jjkkk!
White frost appeared on the ground.
“What is…”
Jjkk!
And this changed the expression on Sama Gwi’s face to which Seol-Hwi said,
“I might not be able to use two martial arts at the same time like you, but… I know how to stop it.”
“What?”
Sama Gwi frowned at the words. This dark qi he used was a qi which destroyed the body.
It was something that also affected the lifespan of the caster when used, but neither he nor his opponent seemed to care about it.
Because of the ice art which froze everything, the dark mist was now freezing over as well.
“Now your movements have gotten slow.”
There was now a sea of fog.
It was the part of the technique which freezes everything it comes in contact with.
Using that consumed a lot of internal energy, enough to take away one-fifth of his with each use, but in this state, Seol-Hwi can use it.
In the end, Sama Gwi had to withdraw right away from the sea of fog.
However, Seol-Hwi didn’t allow that to happen.
He moved faster, making sure the ice got close, so Sama Gwi had to use flame qi to counter it.
“Huh!”
A super mighty blow–
<Supreme Wind God is being used.>
Kwaang!
Despite such strong forces colliding, Seol-Hwi didn’t think he should stop.
<Supreme Wind God is being used.>
He did it again, he continued to unleash it.
Kwaang!
When the influence of both attacks from both sides vanished, he was ready to use it again.
<Supreme Wind God is being used.>
Jjk
When a huge storm with lightning came up, three times in a row, the Supreme Pavilion Lord finally pulled his blade up.
Like before it was to use the ability of his weapon.
Swish!
This was to stop the lighting storm.
“S-shit!”
His expression seriously looked like he was going to get crushed by the storm.
<Supreme Wind God is being used.>
Sama Gwi couldn’t believe it, Seol-Hwi was now once again using the technique.
But regardless of the questions in his head, he had to concentrate to block this.
Swish!
“Ah!”
And then he realized it, something which was too late to realize now.
<Supreme Wind God is being used.>
The storm with lightning came again.
Kwang!
“Kuak!”
This attack couldn’t be absorbed, so he had to throw his body to the side to avoid it, but even that couldn’t be done.
Round and round!
He spun three times right in the air before falling to the ground.
Shhh
And the sea of fog had barely cleared there.
On the face of Seol-Hwi who walked over to him was a calm like he had never seen before.
“Caught you.”
The movements of the Supreme Pavilion Lord which he couldn’t track until now, the illusion he kept hitting–now, the body was visible.
Tsss
With the smoke clearing, the Supreme Pavilion Lord groaned due to having suffered internal wounds.
“Just… how is that possible?”
Tremble!
His weapon was trembling.
Incomprehensible. It was a situation he couldn’t understand in the slightest.
Seol-Hwi used ice arts and then threw out that storm of lightning five times in a row.
And his internal wounds were not easy wounds to heal.
If one did not properly heal them, then even using internal energy would become difficult.
Yet, this bug, who should have been nothing and severely wounded until a moment ago now attacked him as if he had infinite internal energy.
This surely couldn’t be understood.
“Do you know what your divine weapon’s weakness is?”
Seol-Hwi cut his hand.
“In order to absorb the attack of the opponent, you have to use your internal energy.”
“…?”
“And you received my attack with both your health and internal energy flying down. Normally these weapons are not ones whose techniques can be used indefinitely. But you see–”
Shh
Seol-Hwi touched his eyes with blood and smiled.
“I am different. I have more than just a weapon.”
“…!”
Papapat!
It was Ghost Shadow Footwork.
Seol-Hwi moved.
Sama Gwi with his low health and internal energy felt pressured by this.
“Hah!”
He was anxious even in his movements.
He used the wide range attack of Flame Aggregating Demonic Martial Arts, ready to blow up his office.
…!
Seol-Hwi didn’t realize it at first. But it wasn’t because he was careless but because he knew Sama Gwi is the skillful and sly kind.
Tsss
The flames began to spread on the floor, and it was foolish to attack from afar.
So when he felt he was at the right distance away, he activated it.
“…!”
There were flames all around with no place to escape to, and he was coming within the range of his opponent who loved to use the dark qi, it was a move which said he was ready to die.
Seol-Hwi wasn’t careless and fought with all his might.
<Supreme Low Temperature Ice is being used.>
As the fire and darkness attacked he decided to use the time slow as well.
Kaaaaang!
–came a huge explosion which wiped out everything around.
Puak! Thud!
Dust and rubble flew up again.
The explosion was so intense that it didn’t look like a human made one. Not just his office, but several other buildings around were blown away, shattered, or broken.
And in the midst of the explosion came a groan.
Kwak!
It was the sound of the head of the Supreme Pavilion Lord being crushed on the floor.
And the foot crushing it belonged to, Seol-Hwi.
“You should have been ready to die… the moment you decided to go all out.”
Cough
Seol-Hwi sneered despite coughing blood.
Seol-Hwi was someone who was quite used to such explosions, and he noticed that Sama Gwi was only intent on burning everything around and making sure his own body was safe, which was why Seol-Hwi got the chance to rush into close range and attack.
Puak!
When he stomped with his foot, the head which rose up went back down. Their eyes lost focus, and they were foaming from the mouth.
Eventually Sama Gwi struggled hard to come to his senses.
“Have something to say?”
“…”
“You get to say one thing before death.”
Sama Gwi had a sorrowful face for a moment realizing that everything was done.
But then he smiled.
“Huak. You… think this is the end?”
“…”
“You are a kid who knows nothing but the smell of milk. Even if I die in this place, you cannot leave here.”
He spoke as if he was sure of one thing.
“This is not the end?”
“Yes. Not only you but even those under you will die. For sure…”
“Good final words.”
Seol-Hwi didn’t care about listening for anything additional and slashed his throat.
Tuk
Finally their long standing bad relationship ended with the man dying.
“This was more dangerous than I thought.”
Honestly he thought he could finish it pretty quickly, but Sama Gwi was a lot tougher than expected, not to mention he possessed a divine weapon.
And if he didn’t constantly slow things down, he would have died long ago.
“This is his divine weapon?”
Seol-Hwi shifted his gaze to what the dead body was holding. It was a weapon which was not much different from a normal long blade, but when he lifted it, some text appeared.
<You have obtained the Super Absorption Long Blade.> *Super Absorption Long Blade characteristics.* [Method] (Ground) ← →A (absorption field.)
“It works like this?”
Seol-Hwi checked the conditions of the weapon and immediately tried it.
<Using internal energy generation.>
Huh.
Along with the text ahead, he felt a part of his internal energy vanish.
It was as if a fifth of his internal energy got used up. Furthermore, his body turned heavy.
“I see, there were restrictions here.”
Clack!
When he retrieved the weapon and lifted the head, he felt it.
“This is… something you know but you don’t at the same time.”
“…!”
A voice from far, familiar too.
Once? No, twice. This was something he couldn’t forget as it was the voice of someone who took his life.
“I wonder what kind of explosion it was… a fight in sect?”
“…”
Seol-Hwi didn’t answer it. He couldn’t as his mind was unable to process it.
Yet, right in front of him, it was the voice of someone who shouldn’t be here.
“Look here. Who are you? Why did you kill the Supreme Pavilion Lord?”
‘Not just you, but everyone under you will die here.’
Seol-Hwi now understood why the dead guy cursed him like that.
And the man asked,
“You, what is your name? You are a man of the Demonic Sect?”
The white haired man in front of him–
It was Goo Jong-myung of Mount Hua
Someone who could be put at 1st place in the Demonic Sect.
The absolute warrior who rose to the top and was called the best had appeared.