Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 243

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 243

Sata Wang (6)

Feng Jinghao couldn’t understand Lee Hyeon’s current situation at all.

‘He’s copying my martial arts…?’

Was such a thing even possible?

The martial arts he had learned so far numbered in the dozens.

And he had invested considerable time mastering each one to its limits.

He had learned them while using his inheritance to slow down his time perception to the maximum.

Thanks to that, it had consumed far more years than it appeared on the surface.

But Feng Jinghao was confident that he had gained profound enlightenment in return.

‘The only reason I haven’t achieved transcendence is because my inheritance was oxidized, but I was confident that my depth was absolutely no less than his…!’

However, the moment he exchanged moves with Lee Hyeon, that confidence shattered.

“What? Is it strange that I’m using Tongbei Quan?”

“You…!”

“This thing called Jin Jiao is useful, isn’t it? It gives a stake-like effect so the body’s balance doesn’t get disturbed.”

“…”

“Zhuan Si Jing helps when twisting the body. I understand it’s called Zhuan Si. It’s about not letting the wave break when twisting the body, right?”

“…!”

“Show me more. I need to learn it more thoroughly, don’t I?”

Feng Jinghao tried to knock down this insufferably arrogant bastard somehow,

but even after that,

Bang! Bang! Baang!

Rumble-

Lee Hyeon rapidly exchanged fist strikes with Feng Jinghao.

When Feng Jinghao attempted the joint technique Qin Shou, Lee Hyeon stepped with Huan Bu to slip away while launching Bagua Palm.

He deflected the fist strike aimed at his abdomen to the side, then struck the abdomen again with his knee.

From Snake Fist to Crane Fist, strange consecutive attacks continued to collide.

It was like facing a mirror.

Everything was identical.

Movement, technique, essence. Even the breathing method now.

‘He’s using martial arts in exactly the same way I showed him!!’

Now even Feng Jinghao had to acknowledge it.

Those eyes.

Those eyes that had clearly inherited from Bull Demon King following Son Wukong’s Golden Eyes of Truth were dissecting his karma piece by piece.

The problem was,

[Dark energy runs rampant!]

The dark energy Lee Hyeon planted at each striking point was becoming increasingly sharp and pointed.

‘He’s started mixing in lightning energy too.’

It didn’t seem like he understood exactly what jing was.

After all, the formation method was different from what he originally trained.

But the problem was that he interpreted it in his own way and applied it.

When he planted heavily condensed lightning energy in the form of Internal Energy Insertion Technique, unlike its stealthy emission, the explosive power when it detonated was far too violent.

It didn’t simply destroy blood vessels and muscles, but increased destructive power and even caused disruption to the nervous system.

It was the same now.

Kwaaaaang!!

Rumble-

The moment he blocked the fist strike Lee Hyeon delivered, something stealthy burrowed into his forearm.

And,

Crackle!

Pop pop pong-

Before he could even shake it off, the dark energy had already exploded, destroying muscles, and he felt electric current spreading rapidly through his cells.

Considering that the human body moves through large and small electrical signals, it was inevitably a fatal situation.

‘Lightning attributes can be used stealthily like this, not just for destruction!?’

A technique that could be called Lightning Jing.

Though it was only a small change, it was also evidence that Lee Hyeon was now surpassing the level of mere imitation.

For now, he could just suppress it with demonic energy before it exploded, but if the explosive power increased further from here, it might become dangerous.

Feng Jinghao gritted his teeth.

‘…He’s started mixing in Tujuan Style.’

Originally, he had planned to overwhelmingly subdue Lee Hyeon, drag his limp form before Son Wukong, and throw some mockery.

That your successor amounts to only this much.

So shouldn’t that position be given to him instead?

After asking that, if he begged to spare his disciple, he planned to break Lee Hyeon’s neck right before his eyes,

and if he said he would take him as a disciple, he planned to kick him away spectacularly.

But…

‘So he didn’t obtain Son Wukong’s disciple position carelessly after all? Right. That must be it. That’s why he made it this far even in that physical condition.’

Feng Jinghao ultimately had to acknowledge Lee Hyeon.

It seemed he couldn’t treat him carelessly.

‘Then before Tujuan Style properly blooms… I need to break his neck as quickly as possible.’

What Lee Hyeon was doing was still only at the level of imitation anyway.

Though he had mastered Lightning Jing, there were still many unstable parts.

Then he could tear apart vital points with something that couldn’t be stolen by those ‘eyes’.

Feng Jinghao prepared Xingyi Quan’s Beng.

A straight punch thrust, but a technique that loaded all jing power into one point to increase destructive power.

He hadn’t shown it yet because there was risk of the caster getting hurt too,

but with this, he could blow away not just Lee Hyeon’s head but his entire upper body in one strike, as if mauled by a beast.

Kwaaaaa!!

[The myth, ‘Western Birds King’ gazes this way with empty eyes!]

Just as he was about to unleash his fist strike while feeling the gaze of the ‘Existence’ wearing Xuanhu Jinchuan’s hide,

Chill!

“…!?”

Suddenly there was a chill running down his spine.

Feng Jinghao instinctively stepped with Huan Bu, drawing an arc as he left his position.

And,

Kwaaaaang!!

“…!!!”

Dueokshin’s fang struck right where he had been, just barely missing.

Grrrrrrowl-

The power was so tremendous that sparks continuously shot up over the greatly overturned earth,

and electromagnetic fields could be seen spreading in ripples along the ground.

The black-gold chain attached to the fang’s handle was wrapped tightly around Lee Hyeon’s left hand.

“Damn, what a shame. I was trying to split your body into exactly two equal parts.”

Swish!

Lee Hyeon pulled the Ruyi Jingu Bang again and launched his body toward where Feng Jinghao was.

‘Abandoning the martial arts he was learning so well and going back to the axe again…?’

Though Feng Jinghao was surprised by the destructive power of the axe, he felt puzzled that Lee Hyeon seemed to have learned nothing at all and tried to assume a defensive stance, but,

[Activating Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder!]

Paaaaat-

‘…Fast,’

Lee Hyeon had become much faster.

Moving at near-subsonic speed, he was suddenly right in front of him.

It was a flash step.

That’s right.

Lee Hyeon hadn’t learned nothing.

Rather, he had learned too well.

Lightning energy.

Instead of simply implanting lightning energy into the opponent’s body, he applied it to his footwork and used it as a kind of propulsion.

Loading lightning energy under his feet and detonating it might seem like a simple change of perspective,

But it was an advanced technique that required freely generating lightning energy from mana circuits and precise control, or else he could easily injure himself.

Lightning attribute was no different from dangerous explosives that could detonate at any moment.

Yet Lee Hyeon had accomplished this with certainty.

It meant he could now handle lightning energy perfectly.

Moreover,

Crackle crackle crack!!

He even caught the axe that was flying attached to the Ruyi Jingu Bang mid-flight and brought it down.

Feng Jinghao swung both palms to block the offensive.

Kwa kwa kwang!!

Rumble rumble-

Shockwaves spreading out in ripples once again.

But the force contained in this single strike was much heavier than before, and there was lightning energy that penetrated insidiously at the point of impact.

‘Again…!!’

This was dangerous.

A completely different level from the lightning energy he had been detonating with fist techniques.

Feng Jinghao quickly tried to shake off the lightning energy by withdrawing both palms and activating his demonic energy, but,

Crackle!

[Anti-magic attribute applied, repelling demonic energy interference!]

[Curse incantations imbued in the dark energy are activated.]

[Curse Incantations: Lightning Enhancement, Blessing Contagion, White Tiger Great Killing Intent]

“Kuk!”

Rather, the moment he carelessly touched it, the lightning energy exploded like a hidden landmine, wounding his wrist.

The result of mixing Sha Wujing’s curse incantations with Wuyong Wang’s divine medallion effects.

Residual mana impurities remained, making it difficult to transmit mana all the way to his right fingertips.

Stimulating even his nervous system, his entire right forearm felt paralyzed.

“Thanks to you, I learned something very good.”

“You…!”

“Still, you have no right to be angry, do you? I just took back what you stole, didn’t I?”

“…!!”

Lee Hyeon coldly spat out words only Feng Jinghao could understand while not stopping his offensive.

From his gripped position, he kicked up with his knee.

A leg technique filled with lightning energy as expected.

In one way it looked like Chusu’s knee strike, in another way it looked like Executive Director Ho’s mountain-breaking technique, the Leaf Tiger Kick.

The target point was Feng Jinghao’s temple.

[The myth ‘Western Birds King’ gazes at you with hollow eyes!]

Feng Jinghao tried to pull back his right arm to block the attack, but,

Tingle.

The nerve paralysis didn’t heal that quickly, so he had to hastily lean his upper body backward.

The iron bridge technique.

The Leaf Tiger Kick barely grazed past above him.

Kurrrrrring!!

Both speed and power were different. Thunder followed.

An offensive at near-subsonic speed.

He had utilized lightning energy again, maximizing the destructive power of Thunder Ghost.

‘How…!’

Swoooosh!

Just then, the Ruyi Jingu Bang shot up from the ground like a snake.

As he barely dodged again, this time Lee Hyeon closed the distance even more and brought down his axe.

Kwang! Kwang!!

Kwa kwa kwa kwa-

And the consecutive strikes that followed.

Lee Hyeon never easily let go of an advantage once he seized it. He tenaciously bit down on the weakness he had clamped onto.

He was paying back exactly what Feng Jinghao had been doing just moments before.

‘How on earth…!’

His hands and feet became busy.

Whooom! Whoom!

Crackle crackle crack!!

[Dueoksini’s Specter rages wildly!]

“…!!!”

Lee Hyeon’s offensive was extremely swift and terrifying.

If just moments ago it had felt crude and ferocious like a rampaging demon,

Now it felt much more refined and precise.

Just as humans created martial arts by imitating animal movements,

Lee Hyeon seemed to have refined his own martial arts in that short time.

As if imitating Feng Jinghao’s martial arts!

And…

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa-

The stride of Lee Hyeon’s steps, the motion of swinging his axe, the method of executing lightning energy were all subtly twisted versions of his martial arts.

The footwork contained Bagua Palm’s circle step, the skill of wielding chains contained Taijiquan’s weapon taiji, and when imbuing lightning energy, the mysteries of Xingyi Quan and Baguazhang’s internal martial arts were contained.

[You have gained deep mastery in martial arts.]

[You have gained new enlightenment about ‘Trait: Tujuan Style’. Your intent begins to deepen.]

[Trait level has increased.]

[Trait level has increased.]

…

[You have pioneered the realm of a master !]

[Your movements become much more natural. ‘Force ‘ is added to the nature of your mana.]

…

If a stranger had seen it, they would have doubted whether he had truly copied Feng Jinghao’s martial arts,

since the fist techniques had now been completely reborn as axe techniques.

[The skill grades of Fury Strike (SS) and Monstrous Pressure (SS) have risen to SSS!]

Kwaaaaang!!

Feng Jinghao was violently knocked back.

Sparks flew from his mind’s eye.

‘How on earth,’

“Still, there was once a time when no one on this seafloor didn’t fear the name Chairman Peng… You’ve become far too broken.”

“What are you… trying to say!”

“From the moment you tried to steal Tujuan Style, your defeat was already decided.”

“…What?”

Feng Jinghao’s mind came to a complete halt for a moment.

Lee Hyeon’s mockery strangely didn’t sound like mockery.

“Because Tujuan Style was never something humans could learn in the first place.”

“…!?”

“You’re trying to force yourself into clothes that don’t fit, so naturally problems arise.”

“…!!”

Feng Jinghao realized that Lee Hyeon had used his ‘eyes’ to take not only all of his martial arts, but also the core martial principles contained within them.

Tujuan Style.

Indeed, after his encounter with Son Wukong, he had devoted himself to recombining all the martial arts he had learned to recreate Tujuan Style.

The impression of Son Wukong had been so strongly engraved in his mind that he thought he could somehow catch up…

That’s why he wanted to prove that only he could become his successor.

But ironically, this made it much easier for Lee Hyeon to steal Feng Jinghao’s martial arts system.

Because everything had been modified to fit Tujuan Style.

However,

‘That was wrong?’

“What you were trying to do was nothing more than simple imitation. Well, thanks to that, I was able to learn new ways to use Tujuan Style by viewing it from a different angle.”

“…!!”

Just as looking down at a city from a mountain reveals the city’s structure at a glance, Feng Jinghao’s martial arts system was similarly visible to Lee Hyeon’s eyes all at once.

The essence of martial arts. The techniques of martial arts. Even the profound understanding of martial arts.

After that, it was easy.

―Reinterpretation.

He just had to readjust the clothes to fit Lee Hyeon.

Feng Jinghao had been wrong from the very pursuit.

Tujuan Style was originally martial arts for demons, not humans. By tearing apart all of his techniques with demonic senses, a solid framework of Tujuan Style could be created.

Thanks to that, as a result.

Lee Hyeon was able to acquire a new framework called martial arts.

In the end,

What Feng Jinghao had tried to steal from Son Wukong, he had reclaimed.

“You dug your own grave.”

Lee Hyeon’s lips twisted into a wide grin,

“You…!!!”

In that moment, the inner demons that Feng Jinghao had been suppressing exploded.

The inferiority complex about the fact that there was a reason he ultimately couldn’t gain recognition from Son Wukong, whom he had so desperately longed for.

The hostility from being driven out of his homeland and organization, where he had been doing well, and being pushed to this frontier because of Lee Hyeon.

Even the sense of defeat from having his last remaining pride trampled upon.

His inner demons had become demonic nature.

Patsutsutsutsu-

In an instant, Feng Jinghao’s entire body was dyed pitch black.

As if ink might drip at any moment.

A foul stench flowed like sewage.

[The myth, ‘Western Birds King’ gazes this way with hollow eyes!]

“Acting like you’ve suffered all the world’s harm with just that much.”

Lee Hyeon wrapped the Ruyi Jingu Bang around his left hand while gripping Dueokshin’s molar tightly.

“Thinking of our children who suffered because of the likes of you, this much isn’t enough. I need to take away everything else you have before I’ll be satisfied.”

Just as Lee Hyeon was about to kick off the ground to finish his match with that guy,

Paaaaat!!

[Combat Sense (S+) warns of danger!]

Suddenly, Chen Hao the Death Demon appeared from behind Lee Hyeon, slicing through space to attempt a surprise attack.

He was originally an assassin specialized in stealth and ambush.

So he targeted the moment when Lee Hyeon was distracted by Feng Jinghao.

‘Got him…!’

But the moment he was certain his attack had landed, his eyes widened.

With his throat slashed, Lee Hyeon’s form became blurred.

‘Body replacement technique!!’

The moment he witnessed the supreme technique that only masters who had pioneered the realm of mastery in martial arts could achieve,

“I was wondering when you’d show up. You put on that whole show just to do something this trivial?”

“…!”

“If the second-ranked of the Four Demons is at this level, the rest must be obvious too.”

Kwajik!

This time Lee Hyeon appeared behind Chen Hao and swung his molar. The guy had no chance to respond.

“You can never beat us.”

With those final words,

Peogeok!

Puuuuu-

Beneath the blood that evaporated and disappeared,

Lee Hyeon kicked off the ground again with his Noeancheongjeong wide open.

Swaeeeeek!!

He could see Feng Jinghao’s expression had hardened as his intended move had failed.

Now it was time to finish the match.

“Heavenly Demon? What bullshit.”

With full mockery,

[Activating Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder!]

Kwarururung-

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