I Thought I Was Bullying a Nobody, But He's a Martial Arts Genius - Chapter 33
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A Combat Genius Nobody Knew Was a Genius, Getting Bullied Instead — Episode 33
Hwang Dae-geon was reeling.
The impact from the punch to his jaw hadn’t fully worn off yet.
His pupils moved sluggishly.
His knees buckled slightly.
But Seo Jun didn’t rush forward in excitement.
Do Yoon’s voice lingered in his mind.
‘He’s hurt.’
‘It’s not over until he goes down.’
Seo Jun flicked out a light jab.
Snap.
It caught Hwang Dae-geon’s forehead.
He gauged the reaction.
Hwang Dae-geon’s head jerked slightly.
Another jab.
Snap.
This time the tip of his nose.
Hwang Dae-geon’s brow twitched.
“This bastard….”
He bared his teeth.
Seo Jun held his distance.
His feet never stopped moving.
A half step to the left.
Then a half step to the right.
He kept dancing just outside Hwang Dae-geon’s line of sight.
Suddenly Hwang Dae-geon hurled his right hand.
Whoosh—!
A big, vicious hook.
But it lacked precision.
The impact to his jaw had thrown his trajectory off.
Seo Jun tilted his head back just slightly.
The fist whistled past his nose.
Only wind slipped through.
Hwang Dae-geon didn’t stop.
Left hand.
Right hand.
Left again.
Snap!
Empty air.
Whoosh!
Heavy fists carved through the space around Seo Jun.
Screams and cheers erupted from the stands simultaneously.
[Hwang Dae-geon is throwing with everything he’s got to escape the danger!]
[But his accuracy has dropped! Seo Jun is reading it perfectly!]
Seo Jun didn’t blink.
Now he could see it.
Big arms.
Feet that lag behind.
Center of balance collapsing.
After Hwang Dae-geon swings with his left, his right ribs open wide.
After throwing his right, his chin hangs exposed.
When he brings it forward, his knees lock.
A gap.
Seo Jun’s foot planted.
Step.
Body shot first.
Thud!
A short right hand drove deep into Hwang Dae-geon’s ribs.
Hwang Dae-geon’s body began to fold.
Seo Jun didn’t pull back immediately.
Left hook.
Crack!
The jaw.
Hwang Dae-geon’s head snapped to the side.
Followed by a right Low Kick.
Thwack!
He sliced the outer thigh clean.
Hwang Dae-geon’s leg trembled.
Seo Jun pressed deeper still.
Jab.
Straight.
Left hook.
A short Knee Kick feint.
Then the right hand again.
Thud! Crack! Thwack! Thud!
The impact echoed crisply through the Octagon.
Precise.
No wasted motion.
No wide arcs.
Every strike found its mark.
The jaw.
The temple.
The ribs.
The thigh.
The jaw again.
Hwang Dae-geon’s body was driven backward.
The crowd surged to their feet.
“Finish him!”
“Seo Jun!”
“It’s over!”
[Seo Jun—what an incredible Combination!]
[Weaving punches and kicks, he’s completely overwhelming Hwang Dae-geon!]
[Hwang Dae-geon, there’s no way he can weather this!]
Do Yoon gripped the Steel Cage.
“Good. Keep it short and sharp!”
Seo Jun drove in deeper.
Hwang Dae-geon’s right hand cut through empty air.
Seo Jun burrowed inside that opening.
Left Body Shot.
Thud!
Right hand to the chin.
Crack!
Hwang Dae-geon’s head snapped back again.
This time it looked like he’d really collapse.
His legs splayed wide.
His upper body swayed violently.
But.
He didn’t fall.
Hwang Dae-geon stood rooted like a dead tree planted in the Mat.
Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
One eye had swollen shut.
His nose was split open.
And still he stood.
Seo Jun’s eyes flickered—just for a moment.
‘He didn’t go down?’
Hwang Dae-geon slowly turned his head.
He bared his blood-stained teeth.
He was smiling.
“Hurts like hell.”
He spoke in a low voice.
“But is that all?”
The arena fell silent.
[No way. Is he going to keep standing?!]
[Hwang Dae-geon’s Chin is absolutely inhuman! That last clean hit to his jaw connected multiple times!]
[Most fighters would already be on the mat! But he’s still on his feet!]
The crowd murmured in disbelief.
“Is that even human?”
“Why won’t he go down?”
“Is he a zombie?”
Seo Jun raised his guard again.
Hwang Dae-geon’s body was shattered.
But his eyes.
Those eyes were not yet dead.
If anything, they gleamed more savagely now.
Hwang Dae-geon spat blood.
Then he stepped forward.
Thud.
“Now it’s my turn, right?”
The zombie-like figure came forward again.
* * *
Hwang Dae-geon’s face was a wreck.
His lips were split open.
Blood streamed from his nose across his jaw.
One cheekbone was already swelling.
And still, he was smiling.
Blood-stained teeth bared.
“Wow.”
Hwang Dae-geon nodded his head slightly.
“Our little errand boy has grown up.”
Seo Jun didn’t answer.
His guard stayed high.
His feet never stopped moving.
Hwang Dae-geon approached one step at a time.
Staggering, but relentless.
“You had that same look back then.”
He laughed low.
“On the bathroom floor.”
Seo Jun’s gaze didn’t waver.
Hwang Dae-geon spoke deliberately louder.
So the cameras could catch it.
So the crowd could hear.
“Hey, remember?”
He opened his arms wide.
“The way you trembled, saying you had no money.”
Jeers erupted from the stands.
“Boo! Boo! Boo!”
“Shut up!”
Hwang Dae-geon savored even that mockery.
“You looked at me the same way back then.”
His eyes pierced into Seo Jun.
“Even as I beat you. You never looked away.”
Seo Jun lowered his breathing.
Controlled it.
Steady.
Hwang Dae-geon’s left foot planted slightly forward.
Not left hand—his right was cocked back.
Shoulder rising late.
‘Here it comes.’
Hwang Dae-geon threw it like a curse, laughing.
Whoosh!
Seo Jun slid inward a half step.
A fist grazed the back of his head.
In the same breath, a short right hand.
Crack!
Hwang Dae-geon’s jaw snapped back again.
“Ugh.”
Seo Jun slipped away.
Hwang Dae-geon gritted his teeth and came after him.
“Don’t you dare run, you bastard!”
His left hand swung wide.
Seo Jun tucked his shoulder.
The hook scraped past his guard.
An opening.
Body Shot.
Thwack!
A fist sank into Hwang Dae-geon’s ribs.
His breath came in short, sharp gasps.
Still, Hwang Dae-geon laughed.
“That all you got?”
Seo Jun looked again.
Not at the words—at the body.
His mouth was grinning.
But his feet were slow.
His chin was left open.
His ribs had caved inward.
His eyes were wavering.
Hwang Dae-geon’s taunts were falling short.
The harder he tried to provoke the past,
The colder Seo Jun became.
His targets grew clearer by the second.
[Hwang Dae-geon keeps up the psychological warfare!]
[But Seo Jun isn’t rattled at all! If anything, his precision is sharpening!]
Hwang Dae-geon rushed in again.
This time, a crude entry—head first, driving forward.
Shoulder to shoulder.
A movement that threaded hooks in close quarters.
Seo Jun didn’t step back.
He pulled his left foot outward.
The Half Step Jin Hyuk had taught him.
His body vanished from Hwang Dae-geon’s sight.
In an instant, Seo Jun’s right hand rose—sharp and brief.
His foot planted.
His hips rotated.
His shoulder followed through.
Perfect timing.
Perfect weight.
Crack!
Hwang Dae-geon’s face exploded straight into the strike.
The crowd erupted as one.
Hwang Dae-geon’s head snapped backward.
His body twisted violently.
This time, he should have fallen.
The trajectory was one that left no choice.
His feet lost the mat.
His upper body flew backward.
But Hwang Dae-geon didn’t go down.
His inverted body snapped back like a coiled animal.
His waist braced with inhuman force.
His toes scraped the mat.
Screech.
He forced his balance back.
The crowd froze.
Seo Jun’s eyes narrowed for a moment.
‘He’s still standing from that?’
Hwang Dae-geon lowered his head.
He collected the blood in his mouth.
Spit.
Red saliva sprayed across the Mat.
He slowly lifted his head.
His eyes were bloodshot.
The smile had vanished.
In its place, a killing intent rose.
“Nice.”
His voice was hoarse.
“Now this is fun.”
He dropped both hands low.
No guard.
Swaying, he flicked his fingers in invitation.
“Come in.”
Hwang Dae-geon’s voice tore through the Steel Cage.
“Come in, you bastard!”
Seo Jun silently raised his guard.
Monstrous Chin.
A ruined face.
Eyes that refused to die.
Before such a thing.
Seo Jun’s gaze grew colder still.
Team Jujak Corner.
Do Yoon’s face had hardened into something ugly.
Seo Jun’s fists were landing.
Precise.
Perfect timing.
Good distance.
Hwang Dae-geon’s jaw snapped back multiple times.
The temple caught too.
Body Shots connected.
Thighs were carved up.
Yet he didn’t fall.
Only wavered.
Like a dead tree.
Like roots anchoring him to the Mat.
Do Yoon spoke quietly.
“That man is beginning to exceed my calculations.”
A-yeon’s face went rigid.
“That’s all it takes?”
Do Yoon didn’t answer.
His eyes were fixed on the Steel Cage.
The words he’d spoken to Seo Jun the night before the fight echoed back.
‘If tomorrow that bastard turns out to be a monster beyond what we’ve calculated.’
That moment was now.
Hwang Dae-geon was more resilient than predicted.
More vicious.
More crude.
And he took the hits well.
But he endured them better still.
Tae-su gripped the Steel Cage and ground his teeth.
“Why won’t that bastard go down?”
His voice wavered.
“Seo Jun could’ve dropped several guys with punches like that!”
Do Yoon turned his head slowly at the remark.
Tae-su was still watching only what happened inside the cage.
In that instant.
Do Yoon’s fist shot forward.
Whoosh!
Toward Tae-su’s face.
“Ah!”
Tae-su’s eyes snapped shut reflexively.
His shoulders tensed.
His neck stiffened.
His body contracted.
Do Yoon’s fist stopped inches from Tae-su’s nose.
A single finger’s width away.
Tae-su opened his eyes belatedly.
“Coach! Did you lose your mind?”
Do Yoon spoke coldly.
“That’s the reason.”
Tae-su fell silent.
Do Yoon didn’t lower his fist.
He held it before Tae-su’s face and continued.
“An ordinary person closes their eyes reflexively when a fist comes flying at their face.”
Do Yoon’s gaze shifted down to Tae-su’s shoulder.
“Even with training to overcome it, your muscles seize up just like they did now.”
Tae-su’s Adam’s apple bobbed.
He’d felt it himself just moments ago.
His eyes closing.
His neck locking.
His jaw nearly lifting.
Do Yoon lowered his fist.
“When you take a strike in that state, the brain gets rattled and shuts down.”
A-yeon listened quietly.
Her gaze returned to the cage as well.
Hwang Dae-geon took another blow.
Snap!
Seo Jun’s jab pierced his nose.
Blood sprayed.
But Hwang Dae-geon didn’t close his eyes.
Instead, the moment he was hit, he watched Seo Jun’s shoulder.
Trying to see where the next punch would come from.
That was the look in his eyes.
Do Yoon’s jaw tightened.
“But that guy—he doesn’t close his eyes.”
Inside the cage.
Hwang Dae-geon smiled faintly.
Blood ran down his chin.
Yet his eyes remained open.
Unfocused, they were not.
A hard gaze.
No.
A seeing gaze.
“His neck muscles don’t stiffen at the moment of impact either. Instead of tensing before the blow lands, he relaxes.”
Do Yoon’s voice dropped lower.
“That’s how he disperses the force.”
Tae-su looked at Hwang Dae-geon as if he couldn’t believe it.
“That’s possible?”
“If you’re born with it, it is.”
Do Yoon bit his lip slightly.
“He was born with it—natural durability.”
That’s when Hwang Dae-geon’s right hand found Seo Jun’s face.
Crack!
His jaw snapped to the side.
His body swayed.
But his eyes never left Seo Jun.
Even while taking the hit.
He didn’t miss the next movement.
A chill ran down Do Yoon’s spine.
‘Damn.’
Now the puzzle fell into place.
Hwang Dae-geon wasn’t simply tough.
There was a reason he advanced even while getting hit.
There was a reason he didn’t crumble even when struck.
He was watching even as the fist found its mark.
That’s how he reads the second attack.
That’s how he steps in alongside his opponent and drags them into close combat.
A-yeon spoke quietly.
“Then…”
Do Yoon nodded.
“Yeah.”
His gaze fixed on Hwang Dae-geon.
A face pulped with blood.
Legs trembling beneath him.
And yet—eyes that were smiling.
Do Yoon growled low.
“More than anything.”
Tae-su and A-yeon turned to look at him simultaneously.
Do Yoon’s eyes never wavered.
“He has eyes just like Seo Jun.”
The Team Jujak Corner fell silent.
Inside the cage, Hwang Dae-geon walked forward again.
Beaten.
Watching.
Smiling.
He crook his finger at Seo Jun.
“Come on.”
Seo Jun’s eyes flashed with cold light.
Do Yoon gripped the steel cage.
This opponent was no mere relic of the past.
He was a monster who bore Seo Jun’s likeness.
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