Ice Dragon of Namgung - Chapter 133

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Chapter 133
“At last, you’ve shown your true colors.”
Namgung Geom was now certain that Jikyun Saja was a member of the cult.
The Demonic Qi emanating from him was proof enough.
Demonic Qi was the force of slaughter and destruction.
It could only be cultivated through the practice of demonic arts.
The Demonic Qi radiating from Jikyun Saja was oppressive enough to make even Namgung Geom wary.
Without the Sima Cult’s secret teachings, one could not achieve such a level of Demonic Qi.
Anyone who had mastered the Sima Cult’s teachings would be no mere foot soldier.
All likelihood pointed to him holding a position of considerable rank within the organization.
“I must praise you for forcing me to act in person.”
Jikyun Saja had not originally intended to engage directly.
He had come simply out of curiosity—to see whether Namgung Geom lived up to his reputation.
But the moment he witnessed Namgung Geom’s martial prowess firsthand, he had to reconsider.
Namgung Geom was far too dangerous.
At such a tender age, already in the Divine Martial Realm Late Stage.
A true monster who defied the natural order.
If allowed to live, this monster would ruin the cult’s grand design.
The bud had to be nipped before the monster could grow any further.
Even if it meant exposing his own identity.
Once he killed Namgung Geom and eliminated everyone in this place, there would be no one left to reveal his secret.
“Now that I have stepped forward in person, you will surely die today.”
At Jikyun Saja’s declaration, Namgung Geom let out a cold laugh.
“I have no intention of dying for you.”
“Heh heh. Then did those fools wish to die before you?”
Jikyun Saja gestured toward the Four Seas Dual Guardians that Namgung Geom had felled.
“In the Martial World, the strong survive and the weak perish. That is the law.”
The Law of the Strong.
Survival of the Fittest.
An absolute and eternal principle that runs through the Martial World.
Jikyun Saja was declaring himself one of the strong.
Certainly, he had the strength to make such a claim.
In terms of raw Inner Power alone, Jikyun Saja was far superior.
Yet greater Inner Power and a higher realm do not automatically guarantee victory over one’s opponent.
Namgung Geom possessed the experience and enlightenment of a past life that Jikyun Saja lacked.
He also had the Bing Long Sword, which could amplify his Bing-gong technique.
“The only way to know which is better is to test it.”
“Then let me show you.”
Jikyun Saja hurled himself forward toward Namgung Geom, extending his hand.
Crackle-crackle!
Red Qi coalesced above his palm, forming the Red Fire Fist Qi, which shot directly toward Namgung Geom.
Whoosh!
The Red Fire Fist Qi came slicing through the air, accompanied by searing heat.
Namgung Geom made no attempt to dodge, instead raising the Icy Cold Sword Wind.
The Icy Cold Sword Wind and the Red Fire Fist Qi collided in midair.
Boom-crack!
Sizzle!
The Icy Cold Aura and the Red Fire Qi tangled together, each freezing and melting the other.
Boom-boom-crash!
The sword energy and fist energy collided, unleashing a violent shockwave.
The impact drove both Namgung Geom and Jikyun Saja backward.
“Impressive indeed.”
Jikyun Saja, full of admiration for Namgung Geom’s skill, rose gently into the air.
Then he began pouring forth the Red Fire Fist Qi in torrents.
The Red Fire Fist Qi rained down from the sky like artillery shells.
Namgung Geom amplified the cold energy of the Bing Long Sword and deployed the Heavenly Wind Rotating Line.
The Icy Cold Sword Wind erupted continuously from the Bing Long Sword.
The fierce spiraling Icy Cold Sword Wind shot forth like arrows, colliding with the Red Fire Fist Qi.
Boom-boom-crash!
In the sky, the Icy Cold Sword Wind and the Red Fire Fist Qi collided repeatedly, triggering a chain of explosions.
Bang! Crack-crack-boom!
A collision of raw strength against raw strength.
With each successive impact, the Icy Cold Sword Wind was pressed back by the Red Fire Fist Qi.
The point of contact crept steadily closer to Namgung Geom.
Jikyun Saja pressed his advantage with simple, overwhelming force.
Namgung Geom gritted his teeth.
He was no weaker than Gwanghae, whom he’d faced at the Shaolin Temple before.
No—he was stronger than that.
Jikyun Saja’s fist strikes carried Demonic Qi and the fire element, which opposed the Ice Technique directly.
Combined with his Demonic Qi, the power of his attacks doubled.
If this continued, he would be overwhelmed by the Red Fire Fist Qi.
Namgung Geom synchronized with his Ice Dragon Sword and deployed Heaven and Earth Freezing.
The entire area froze over in an instant.
The Icy Cold Sword Wind amplified and swept across the Red Fire Fist Qi.
Crack-crack-boom!
For the first time, the Red Fire Fist Qi was driven back by the Icy Cold Sword Wind.
“How dare you!”
Unable to contain his rage at being forced back, Jikyun Saja unleashed a torrent of Red Fire Fist Qi.
The Red Fire Fist Qi layered upon itself, crashing against the Icy Cold Sword Wind.
Crack-crack-boom!
The Icy Cold Sword Wind, which had held the advantage, was driven back in an instant and torn asunder.
‘Then I have no choice!’
Namgung Geom gritted his teeth and opened Ice Heaven.
Heaven and Earth Freezing created a land of ice, and the Infinite Spear Sky Sword Method opened a sky of ice.
Heaven and earth alike froze solid, trapping Jikyun Saja within.
Crack-shatter!
The icy prison rapidly contracted, attempting to freeze Jikyun Saja entirely.
For the first time, Jikyun Saja felt true alarm.
‘He’s wielding techniques of this caliber from the Divine Martial Realm?’
This was far beyond what could be achieved at the Divine Martial Realm.
At minimum, one would need to have reached the Absolute Realm.
This man was truly dangerous.
He had to die today.
Jikyun Saja drew upon the Demonic Qi of the Red Cloud Extinction Fire Qi with all his power.
Whoosh!
Crackle-crackle!
The Red Cloud Demonic Fire that wrapped around his body spun violently, instantly melting away the vast frozen space that had enclosed everything around him.
Namgung Geom’s expression hardened as he watched the Red Cloud Demonic Fire consume the ice space he had created with Heaven and Earth Freezing and Ice Heaven.
The combined attack of Heaven and Earth Freezing and Ice Heaven was the most powerful technique Namgung Geom could currently unleash.
Yet Jikyun Saja shattered it with terrifying ease.
Once Jikyun Saja broke through the icy prison, stopping him would be nearly impossible.
He had to end this battle before that happened.
The Ice Dragon Incarnation Technique might make it possible.
Namgung Geom immediately deployed the Ice Dragon Incarnation Technique.
Having exhausted himself in the previous assault, the instant he channeled the Ice Dragon Incarnation Technique, his dantian felt as though it were being wrung dry.
One misstep and he would suffer Internal Injury.
But Namgung Geom did not hesitate.
Internal Injury was not his concern now.
If he failed to bring down Jikyun Saja, death awaited him.
Even if it meant sustaining Internal Injury, he had to finish this.
Namgung Geom gritted through the agony and pushed the Ice Dragon Incarnation Technique to its limit.
Crack-shatter!
Above Jikyun Saja’s head, just as he was breaking free of the icy prison, the space froze solid and colossal ice dragon talons erupted forth.
At the same moment, chains of Icy Cold wrapped around Jikyun Saja’s entire body.
Bound in an instant by the Icy Cold chains, Jikyun Saja watched as the ice dragon’s talons plummeted toward him like a thunderbolt.
Boom-crack-roar!
The Ice Dragon Tribulation Claw came crashing down on Jikyun Saja, producing a thunderous explosion.
‘It’s not over yet!’
Namgung Geom could sense instinctively that Jikyun Saja had not fallen.
He could not afford to stop attacking now.
Namgung Geom deployed his second technique in succession after the Ice Dragon Tribulation Claw.
The remaining Qi in his lower dantian was wholly drawn out, and ice dragon fangs sprouted into the empty air.
‘Gah!’
But before the ice dragon fangs could fully manifest, his Inner Power ran dry.
If his Inner Power failed now, the ice dragon fangs would scatter and dissolve.
‘No—not now!’
Namgung Geom clenched his teeth and squeezed every last drop of Inner Power he could muster.
But there was nothing left to give.
The moment his Inner Power cut out, the ice dragon fangs—still taking shape—began to dissipate.
Then, in that instant—
An unfathomable energy surged up from within Namgung Geom’s body.
And it channeled into the ice dragon fangs, taking the place of his depleted Inner Power.
‘What is this?’
Namgung Geom was bewildered, but completing the Ice Dragon Incarnation Technique took priority.
He shelved the question and finished forming the ice dragon fangs.
At last, the completed ice dragon fangs became a colossal Ice Fang Sword and shot toward Jikyun Saja like a thunderbolt.
Ice Dragon Fang Sword.
The second technique of the Ice Dragon Incarnation Technique was unleashed for the first time.
The ice dragon fangs carried enough power to shatter an entire iceberg in one blow.
And every ounce of that force was contained within the Ice Fang Sword.
Each individual Ice Fang Sword held a strike equal in power to that of a Divine Martial Realm master.
And there were dozens of them.
No matter how formidable Jikyun Saja was, he could not survive taking the full brunt of dozens of Ice Fang Swords.
Boom!
The first Ice Fang Sword struck Jikyun Saja directly.
The remaining Ice Fang Swords followed, raining down upon him one after another.
Boom-boom-boom-crash!
With each deafening explosion, the entire area where the Ice Fang Swords fell was reduced to rubble.
Through it all, Jikyun Saja, engulfed in Red Cloud, was hurled backward, spewing blood.
The Red Cloud wrapping his body was torn to tatters.
Seeing this, Namgung Geom’s brow furrowed.
The fact that the Red Cloud had not completely dispersed suggested that Jikyun Saja’s Qi had not been severed.
Which meant Jikyun Saja was wounded, but still alive.
‘He survived taking the Ice Fang Sword?’
Namgung Geom was shocked by Jikyun Saja’s defensive power.
Yet it was clear that Jikyun Saja had suffered grievous injury.
Now was the moment to finish him.
The problem was that Namgung Geom had no strength left to do it.
Namgung Geom recalled the strange energy that had erupted from his body moments before and tried to summon his Inner Power again.
But there was no response.
‘This cannot be.’
Namgung Geom’s expression hardened.
Failing to finish Jikyun Saja was not the real problem.
The real danger was that if Jikyun Saja attacked him now, he had no power to defend himself.
One strike from Jikyun Saja and he would die without any resistance.
Namgung Geom continued to strain desperately, trying to draw out that strange energy again.
But nothing stirred.
The strange power gave no response at all.
Then his eye fell upon the Iron Finger Ring encircling his left hand.
‘That’s right. I have this.’
A secret weapon received from the Dark King of the Sichuan Tang Clan.
The Feather Poison Needles in the Iron Finger Ring could deal Jikyun Saja a fatal blow.
Against a fully recovered Jikyun Saja, it might have been difficult.
But Jikyun Saja’s current state was far from normal either.
More than that—Jikyun Saja was in a dire condition.
He had nearly died to the Ice Dragon Fang Sword.
He had barely managed to block the Ice Fang Swords that burrowed toward his head and heart, but the ones he couldn’t evade had pierced his shoulder and abdomen.
In that instant, an extreme cold had ravaged his insides.
He had hurriedly driven back the chill with his Red Cloud Demonic Fire, but Internal Injuries had already taken root.
With puncture wounds and Internal Injuries, continuing to fight was no longer possible for him.
Jikyun Saja regarded Namgung Geom carefully.
The fact that he didn’t launch an immediate attack suggested his own condition was far from ideal.
He wavered.
Should he press the attack despite the risk and bring Namgung Geom down?
But he quickly shook his head.
He had no way of knowing what trump card Namgung Geom might possess.
If his opponent had some hidden move in reserve, the danger would fall on Jikyun Saja instead.
He was not inclined to take such a risk.
While it troubled him that his presence had been exposed, it wasn’t reason enough to stake his life.
Having made his decision, Jikyun Saja fixed Namgung Geom with a sharp gaze and spoke.
“I’ll withdraw for now. But next time, I’ll be sure to end you.”
With those words left behind, Jikyun Saja launched himself in the opposite direction.
‘He’s leaving just like that?’
Namgung Geom stood stunned as Jikyun Saja vanished.
He hadn’t expected his opponent to simply flee.
Jikyun Saja’s body must have been in no condition to continue fighting either.
“If I’d been just a little stronger, I could have captured him.”
Considering Jikyun Saja’s state, it galled him to have let the man escape.
Yet from another perspective, it was fortunate he hadn’t been killed by him.
One thing was certain: the sect’s power was formidable.
The sect surely had warriors stronger than Jikyun Saja in abundance—he needed to grow stronger still.
‘I must find a way to consume the Great Transformation Pill soon.’
As discussed before, the Great Transformation Pill carried the essence of opposing forces.
Namgung Geom’s Inner Power had achieved Water-Fire Mutual Restraint and Yin-Yang Harmony, but its foundation was the Bing-gong.
If he took only the Great Transformation Pill, his Bing-gong foundation could be destabilized.
He would need to take an Extreme Yin Spirit Medicine of equivalent potency alongside it to keep his Bing-gong stable.
But obtaining Extreme Yin Spirit Medicine was no simple matter.
Had it been easy, the Hangzhou Golden Merchant would have found it long ago.
“Wait—where is the Sichuan Tang Clan Lord?!”
Namgung Geom suddenly recalled Yeom Cheonag and hurried to search for him.
But he had already vanished.
During his battle with Jikyun Saja, the two Grand Masters of the Yongwang Sect had spirited Yeom Cheonag away.
Namgung Bing Long
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