< Episode 112
Some time has passed.
I think it was about 15 minutes (about 15 minutes), but yes, it was definitely not a long time.
However, the number of lives lost in that short period of time was significant. Including the characters who play the roles of guards and servants, the number is already over 30.
All of them were people who had become noble through life or death with Yeon Myeong. Their deaths were in vain. As soon as Guhwan High School Prosecutor Sang Myeong-il’s voice told him to start a life-or-death battle, he left this world after two or three breaths.
The way Yeon Myeong approached the decisive battle was the same every time. Shorten the distance in an instant with the divine magic secret, and insert the feather needle coated with the poisonous heat into the opponent’s gap. Because the poison of hearing permeated the intense heat, those who were hit died immediately with a deathly groan.
It was a repetitive method, but no one accepted it or avoided it even once. It was natural. Even though they are barely at the level of the late exponents, and are unable to show proper inaction due to the withdrawal of lung veins, there is no way they can become natural opponents who have reached the highest level.
“I will immediately nominate the next life-or-death opponent.”
Also, Yeon Myeong, who lost three lives, spoke. Now, even Guhwan Prosecutor Sang Myeong-il did not mention anything about the life-or-death victory or the benefits that the party could gain. This is because the same content has been repeated several times already. When Yeon-myeong pointed out an opponent, he simply ordered the start of a life-or-death battle.
“…How long are you going to continue this life-or-death struggle? There’s no sign of it ending at all.”
“If it continues like this, there will be no answer. Look at that figure without a single breath broken. In fact, it must be considered a perfect state. If this continues, we will be exterminated. Borrowing the form of a life-or-death decision.”
“Murder…? This is so annoying. I wonder if the Guhwan High School Prosecutor will just watch until we all die. He will step forward when the time is right.”
“Are you a flower garden in your head? How can you be so carefree? It wouldn’t be surprising if it were your turn next. Besides, the Guhwan High School Prosecutor has no justification for stopping this life-or-death situation. As Simhwa Ark said earlier, follow the rules of life and death. The Guhwan High School Prosecutor also said that there is a point, so now we can’t block the life-or-death application of Sogaju from the Tang family, so he’s just following the rules….”
“As expected, we should have joined forces earlier….”
“Everyone seems to have forgotten, but of course he comes from a deep-rooted shaman family that was once even called the Five Great Era. So, it wouldn’t be strange if he tried to eliminate us as much as he could. It’s probably going to be a life-or-death situation.”
“It’s hopeless. If anything, the Sacheon branch could end in just one day instead of 15 days.”
“Still, if he has an idea, he will stop at a certain point in life and death. Think of the forces of each faction gathered here in the ten rooms right now. Wouldn’t there be hundreds… no, over a thousand troops surrounding the deep room? “If you don’t plan on fighting with all of them, it’s okay.”
“Shh. Danga Sogaju nominates the next opponent…!”
“It’s the first door.”
Yeon Myeong did not know most of the apostolic Bangpa who participated in the Sacheon branch. So she pointed her finger at the other person and asked for life or death, but this time she chose a man with an extremely thin body like this.
The man who was singled out, Ye Chung-gang, the owner of Cho Bung-mun, came out with a slightly sour face. His skin was dark, but the moment he walked, it cracked and hardened, giving him the appearance of an old tree. The bodyguards and attendants standing next to him looked like they had scales all over their bodies, although they were not as strong as Ye Qinggang.
‘Even that proud cow’s chimney will be useless this time.’
Ye Qinggang’s fighting spirit burned within him. There was no way to avoid it since he was singled out as a life-or-death opponent anyway. Now that things were like this, he was going to fight in a decisive battle with the intention of killing Yeon-myeong and seizing all his interests along with his reputation.
Chobungmun was famous for his martial art called Gomoksingong (格木body功). It was a martial art taught by Munju Yeoinje from an unknown lama when he was young, and the more a practitioner learns it, the thinner his body becomes like an old tree. At first, the skin becomes covered with scales and becomes slightly thinner, but eventually it completely changes into a shape similar to the inner ear of the neck. In addition, they gained skin like tree bark, which was strong enough to block even black energy.
In addition, when you master Gomok Shingong, your internal organs and bones also become much stronger, to the point where you can withstand most of the heavy lifting techniques. And although his body became thinner, his muscle density increased and his physical strength became much stronger than before. Ye Cheonggang also mastered the old tree magic technique to the point where it was almost like a great saint, and possessed tremendous strength that allowed him to crush even a thick iron plate without using any internal energy. He also has the talent of being an air-imported white man.
Because of these characteristics, at first glance, Gomok Shingong was considered a branch of external training, but in fact, its true value did not lie in strengthening the body. Absorbing the opponent’s internal energy was the true supernormal ability of Gomok Shingong.
In the first place, the Gomok Divine Technique that Chobungmunju Yeoinje received from the lama was not perfect. Several gugyeols were put into practice to open the tomb of Heupjeong. So, as soon as Ye Yinje heard the rumor about Heuksaryeon leader Yu Gil-jun, he moved the sect’s base to Sacheon and devoted himself to the Heuksaryeon. Yu Gil-jun, who possessed the qualities of a great master, easily deduced the remaining structure of Gomoksingong and even modified it more completely.
There was even talk within Chobungmun that Gomoksingong should now be called a divine skill rather than a spiritual skill.
In any case, this supernormal ability of absorption is little known to the world. This is because at one time, there were people who easily became experts by robbing others of their inner skills through a martial art called Heupseong Daebop (吸星大法). By using the absorbing method, the time it takes to accumulate internal energy could be greatly reduced. Of course, a separate process was needed to completely make the stolen power into one’s own, but even so, it took a much shorter period of time than accumulating the power through mental training on one’s own.
At the time, the three people who had reached a high level through Heupseong Daebop were called the Heupseong Samhyung (吸星凶), and they treated the martial arts people of a lower level than themselves as walking elixirs. Anyone who had learned useful Neigongsim methods, regardless of whether they were spiritual, evil, or demonic, was kidnapped at random and used the Great Technique. However, those who fell victim to the three evil spirits were robbed of not only the inner skills they had accumulated through constant efforts, but also their precepts, and died in a miserable state. .
In the end, Heupseongsamhyung was designated as a powerful hero by Jeong, Sa, and Ma, which is rare in the history of martial arts. However, since the Heupseong Samhyeong were sworn brothers and always walked together, and two of them were strong men who had already reached the highest level of Hwagyeong, no one was willing to take action to punish them. The Heupseong Samhyeong ran rampant through the martial arts world as they pleased and continued to use the Heupseong Daebeop as if mocking them.
As the years passed, a huge bounty was placed on Heukseong Samhyeong, and the martial arts community had almost given up on Heukseong Samhyeong. It has come to be seen as just a rip-off that one encounters at some point.
Then one day.
The heads of the three thoraxes fell at once. It was by a person called Geomgwi (劍鬼). Known as the successor to the one-man tradition, the words he said when he appeared with the head of the three evil spirits and collected the bounty were very famous.
一I tried to test the newly created Geomcho, but I couldn’t even point it out for a second.
In any case, Heupseong Daebop, the martial art of the three evils of Heupseong, naturally died out, and from then on, if a martial arts student with even a little supernormal ability of Heupseong was shown, it was difficult to avoid death because he was accused of having learned Heupseong Daebop. This is because there were so many people who had a grudge against the three evil spirits. I don’t know what it is like now that so much time has passed.
It was for this reason that it was not known that Chobungmun’s Gomoksingong possessed the supernormal ability of absorption. Ye Qinggang also didn’t reveal anything much until now, but isn’t this a life-or-death moment? We had to use whatever means we could to survive.
And wasn’t it the Black Sagittarius Yu Gil-jun who awakened the supernormal ability of absorption that was dormant in the Gomok Shingong? It didn’t seem like it would be a big problem even if Guhwan District Prosecutor Sang Myung-il caught his eye.
‘It’s hard to keep up with his movements anyway. ‘It’s better to capture the moment of stabbing.’
Ye Qinggang made a decision quickly. Trusting the body strengthened by the Ancient Tree Godkung, I decided to counterattack without even thinking about evasion. He thought that once he unleashed his supernormal ability of absorption, he would be victorious.
“You are acquainted with Chubungmunju. Then you must be Ye Chunggang.”
“That’s right. It’s an honor to meet you, Daehyeop, the head of the Guhwan Bridge. I’ll greet you again after the life-or-death decision is over.”
Ye Qinggang put his hands together and said excitedly. He seemed more confident than those who had appeared so far. Even though we have already seen Yeon Yeon-myeong win an overwhelming life-or-death victory.
“I hope so.”
Sang Myung-il nodded without an expression and continued speaking.
“Ye Cheong-gang, the head of the Tang family, Yeo Jang-myeong, and the head of the small family of Chu-bong-mun, begin the life-or-death battle…!”
As soon as the words fell.
This time too, the new type of natural name melts into thin air. It was an accomplishment of divine law that was hard to believe no matter how many times I saw it. Even though he disappears right before my eyes, I can’t sense him…!
‘…Where are you?’
Ye Qinggang was extremely tense and was alert to the front, back, left and right. So that you can move immediately whenever you feel the touch of the feather needle.
It was the bodyguards and servants who showed up.
Wow!
Is this because I already expected their scaly skin to be hard with the naked eye? Yeon Myeong grabbed the guard’s neck from the front. That’s why the scream was heard. The guard’s grip was so strong that his mouth was wide open, but Yeon Myeong, without a moment’s hesitation, plunged the feather saliva into his tongue, as if it had worked as intended.
The guard’s complexion quickly turned dark and he soon stopped breathing.
“Someone like Zara…!”
A nearby attendant rushed at Yeon Myeong with sparks in his eyes. He and the just-deceased guard, Mu-in, were alumni brothers and close friends who grew up together since childhood. He was so enraged by his friend’s death that he rushed at him without hesitation. It seemed like the thought was that if things continued like this, I would face death anyway, so it was a do-or-die situation.
‘Yes (銳)’
Yeon Myeong took a slight step to the side to avoid the man who was charging at him, and while holding the tip of the sword on his feather needle, he hit it with all his might towards the top of his head. It appears that he has learned a type of martial arts that strengthens the skin, but given that his hair is thick, it was assumed that he could not have strengthened his scalp. If I boost the spirit of Umochim, wouldn’t it be possible to pierce the scalp?
It was a sudden thought that I put into practice, but it seemed like I got it right. At the same time that the warrior looks embarrassed, a needle pierces the top of his head with a sigh. With the sound of phlegm boiling, the unmanned soldier also lost his breath.
Before we knew it, the scales that had grown on the skin of the two dead Chobungmun figures had completely disappeared.
And Yeon Myeong immediately turned his head to avoid the flying fist. A gust of wind blows in later. Before I knew it, Ye Qinggang was approaching and quickly punched me. Yan Yanming struck Ye Qinggang’s long, outstretched arms, alternating between his forearms and upper arms. It was a move that completely broke his arm, using his elbow as a lever. It contained quite a bit of internal power, so it was powerful enough to tear off most people’s arms.
However, no bones were broken, and only the sound of a leather drum exploding was heard. Surprisingly, Ye Qinggang’s thin arms, strengthened by the Ancient Tree God Technique, withstood Yan Yanming’s attack.
‘Surprisingly.’
Yan Yanming was not embarrassed. Thinking that his arms were stronger than he thought, he grabbed Ye Qinggang’s neck. I don’t know about the arms, but the neck is not a part that can be easily strengthened. Once the uvula is pressed, breathing is immediately disrupted. The intention was to insert a feather-covered needle coated with poisonous heat into the open mouth.
But then.
Yan Yanming noticed that Ye Qinggang’s eyes had a happy glow.
You’ve been caught. Saying that in a dry voice, Ye Qinggang grabbed the inner tube on Yan Yanming’s wrist.
And immediately, he casted the supernormal ability of absorption, which is the true value of the Old Tree Divine Art…!
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
< Episode 112
martial arts,
