Ice Dragon of Namgung - Chapter 139

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Chapter 139
Namgung Geom suspected the two men were masters from the Sa Pae Ryun.
“You’re a disrespectful brat, aren’t you?”
Jeok Pung’s eyes flared at Namgung Geom’s casual tone.
“I don’t waste courtesy on people trying to kill me.”
Jeok Pung nodded at his words.
“Fair enough. What does a bit of rudeness matter to a man about to die?”
“We’ll see who falls when steel meets steel.”
Jeok Pung laughed with contempt.
“I’ll grant you’re strong, but you won’t stand against both of us.”
“Enough talk. Let’s begin.”
Heuk Rye despised wasting breath before a fight.
Combat was waged with blades, not words.
Before his last syllable faded, Heuk Rye hurled himself forward, sword flashing.
Crack-crack-crack!
A torrent of lightning-infused sword light cascaded down upon Namgung Geom.
The Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom.
One of the Sa Pae Ryun’s ten supreme martial arts—a sword technique that maximized the destructive force of lightning Qi.
The thunderous sword light danced violently through space, leaping and slashing at him.
Namgung Geom read the power woven into that assault at a glance.
He summoned the Icy Cold Sword Wind at once, meeting the lightning blades head-on.
Crack-boom-crash!
The Icy Cold Sword Wind and the lightning blades collided, detonating in a roar.
The lightning blades tore through the Icy Cold Sword Wind, driving deeper inward.
Namgung Geom retreated swiftly, raising a wall of ice before him.
Crack-boom-crash!
The lightning blades shattered against the ice wall and rebounded.
Whoosh!
In that moment, Jeok Pung drew close to Namgung Geom’s flank, unleashing his blade light infused with crimson flame.
The crimson flame blade light burned through space, driving into Namgung Geom’s side.
The Jeok Hwa Bun Hon Do.
Another of the Sa Pae Ryun’s ten supreme martial arts—its crimson flame blade light possessed the terrible power to incinerate all it touched.
Searing heat!
From the crimson flame blade light—as if burning the very soul itself—a scalding wave of heat surged forth.
Namgung Geom rebounded to the opposite side, raising his Icy Cold Sword Wind.
The Icy Cold Sword Wind spun with fierce intensity, meeting the crimson flame blade light.
Icy Cold Aura against Crimson Flame Aura.
Two forces in absolute opposition—neither held an obvious advantage.
In the end, victory belonged to whoever wielded the greater realm and mastery.
Namgung Geom surpassed Jeok Pung in both realm and martial attainment.
The collision made this abundantly clear.
Crack-boom-boom-crash!
The Icy Cold Sword Wind whirled with ferocity, shredding the crimson flame blade light.
The crimson flame blade light buckled under the force, tearing apart and scattering into fragments.
Jeok Pung’s eyes widened in shock as he was driven backward.
Namgung Geom moved to press his advantage but stopped abruptly.
Crack-crack-crack!
A dominating whistling sound cut through the air as a storm of lightning blades descended upon his head.
Heuk Rye had closed in and resumed his assault.
Without hesitation, Namgung Geom deployed the Muhanbou.
Crack-boom-crash!
He slipped free just as the lightning blades hammered the ground where he’d stood.
Crack-crack-crack!
Heuk Rye pursued him relentlessly, unleashing another cascade of lightning blades.
The lightning blades traced a six-pointed star, targeting Namgung Geom’s upper body.
This time, Namgung Geom did not evade—instead, he layered his Icy Cold Sword Wind.
Crack-boom-boom-crash!
The lightning blades bored through the layered Icy Cold Sword Wind with terrible force.
But as they pushed deeper, they met the cold Qi erupting from the overlapped layers and froze, coming to a standstill.
Crack-boom-crash!
The Icy Cold Sword Wind shattered it into fragments, scattering them to the wind.
Whoosh!
The moment Namgung Geom blocked Heuk Rye’s blade energy, Jeok Pung’s saber energy came drilling toward his ribs.
Without even a moment to breathe, Namgung Geom summoned the Icy Cold Sword Wind to intercept the incoming blade energy.
Crash!
The flames from Jeok Pung’s saber energy died rapidly, freezing solid in the Icy Cold Sword Wind.
Boom!
Jeok Pung’s blade energy shattered like breaking ice, and he was driven backward.
‘I need to finish him first.’
The moment Namgung Geom stepped forward to pursue Jeok Pung.
Crack-crack-crack!
Heuk Rye’s sword energy, which had crept close without warning, crashed down upon Namgung Geom’s back.
His back would be pierced before he could finish Jeok Pung.
‘Damn it!’
Namgung Geom threw himself forward while spinning his body, unleashing the Seom Jeon ui Bing Rye technique.
The two energies rushed toward each other like bolts of lightning.
Crash!
A thunderous sound split the air itself, and both Namgung Geom and Heuk Rye were thrown backward.
“Let’s see if you can freeze this too!”
Jeok Pung, having already recovered, closed in on Namgung Geom and brought his saber energy crashing down.
The saber energy split the space between them, descending toward Namgung Geom’s head.
Namgung Geom’s expression twisted.
Heuk Rye and Jeok Pung unleashed a relentless barrage of coordinated attacks.
Their rhythm was nearly perfect, as if they had trained together many times before.
It was only because Jeok Pung’s realm was relatively lower that Namgung Geom could still hold his ground; had Jeok Pung’s saber art been any stronger, it would have been impossible.
Namgung Geom gritted his teeth and blocked the saber energy.
And without fail, Heuk Rye’s sword energy came flying in again.
Faced with the relentless combined assault of these two masters, Namgung Geom focused entirely on defense.
He wanted to counterattack, but there was simply no opening.
If he forced a counterattack carelessly, he’d only create a gap for them to exploit—a far graver danger.
Yet he couldn’t simply defend forever.
He needed to find a way.
Then, within his left sleeve, the Bing Sa coiled around his forearm stirred.
—Let me handle one of them.
Bing Sa’s spirit voice resonated through Namgung Geom’s consciousness.
Before Namgung Geom could even respond, Bing Sa burst out from his sleeve.
Roar!
The serpent, which had been only the length of a forearm, rapidly swelled in size, stretching to a length of three lengths of a man.
Then it bared its fangs and lunged toward Jeok Pung.
“What is that?”
When the small snake that burst from Namgung Geom’s sleeve suddenly transformed into a massive creature and charged, Jeok Pung cried out in shock, thrusting his saber forward.
Whoosh!
The saber energy born from his blade crashed down upon Bing Sa.
Bing Sa immediately opened its mouth wide and exhaled a breath of Cold Qi.
Where the Cold Qi breath met the saber energy, it froze solid in an instant.
Having frozen the saber energy, Bing Sa bared its fangs, aiming for Jeok Pung’s throat.
Jeok Pung jumped back in alarm, quickly retreating.
Then he unleashed another wave of saber energy.
Bing Sa swung its long tail, colliding with the saber energy.
Crash!
The saber energy struck Bing Sa’s tail and was completely shattered.
Namgung Geom let out a hollow laugh at the sight of Bing Sa overwhelming Jeok Pung.
This was not the same Bing Sa that had simply taken one-sided beatings from him.
‘I’ve ended up with an unexpectedly reliable subordinate.’
Though it was unfair to the Changyong Sword Corps, a single Bing Sa was more valuable than the entire unit.
It seemed Bing Sa would be of great help in the days ahead.
“What is that demon creature? How can the eldest grandson of the Namgung Clan be permitted to carry such a thing?”
Heuk Rye, seeing Bing Sa, reproached Namgung Geom with a bewildered expression.
“It’s a spirit creature, not a demon. And if you won’t even acknowledge the eldest grandson of the Namgung Clan, why are there so many things I’m supposedly not allowed to do?”
At Namgung Geom’s words, Heuk Rye’s brow furrowed.
The Righteous Faction regarded summoning monsters like Bing Sa the way they viewed the Heretical Way of the Evil Faction—as something to be rejected and cast out.
Heuk Rye tried to pressure Namgung Geom by invoking the Righteous Faction’s taboos, but Namgung Geom seemed utterly unmoved.
“So, are you just going to stand there watching?”
At Namgung Geom’s words, Heuk Rye clenched his teeth.
Jeok Pung was being driven back one-sidedly by Bing Sa.
If Jeok Pung fell to Bing Sa, he would then face the combined assault of Namgung Geom and Bing Sa together.
His power was not enough to withstand such a joint attack from both of them.
He had to bring down Namgung Geom before Bing Sa could finish Jeok Pung.
Given Namgung Geom’s strength, it was no easy task.
But there was no other way out.
“I was just about to bring you down anyway.”
With a sharp cry, Heuk Rye extended his sword toward Namgung Geom.
Crack!
The sword energy of the Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom swept through in a six-pointed star formation and flew forward.
But that was not the end.
The six-pointed star scattered and suddenly enveloped Namgung Geom from all sides.
The sword energy of Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom came driving in from thirty-six directions at once.
Namgung Geom swiftly raised an ice wall using Cheon Ji Gyeol Bing.
Boom!
The sword energy of Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom struck the ice wall with tremendous force, and a deafening roar erupted.
The sword energy of Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom pierced through the ice wall without hesitation.
But the ice wall was far too thick.
The sword energy of Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom could not penetrate it completely and came to a halt midway through.
Crack!
The sword energy of Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom, trapped within the ice wall, froze solid on the spot.
But there was more to come.
As Namgung Geom struck the ice wall, shards of ice—like shattered glass—rained down upon Heuk Rye.
Heuk Rye hastily retreated backward, flailing his sword in frantic circles.
The sword energy of Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom filled the space before him, creating a wall of blade force.
Boom!
The ice shards shattered and bounced off without breaking through the wall of sword energy.
Yet the impact from the colliding ice fragments was far from negligible.
Heuk Rye was struck by the shock and driven backward.
Having barely blocked the ice shards, Heuk Rye looked ahead.
Namgung Geom was nowhere to be seen.
Sensing danger, Heuk Rye quickly rolled forward.
In the next instant, the Seom Jeon ui Bing Rye sword energy that fell from the sky struck the spot where Heuk Rye had been standing moments before.
Boom!
Heuk Rye felt his hair stand on end.
Had he been even a moment slower, the Seom Jeon ui Bing Rye sword energy would have struck him directly.
But the crisis was not yet over.
The Icy Cold Sword Wind unleashed by Namgung Geom swept through the space before him and rushed in.
Heuk Rye released the sword energy of Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom with all his strength.
Boom!
A violent detonation thundered out, and the shock wave engulfed Heuk Rye.
“Ugh!”
Heuk Rye let out a groan as he was sent flying backward.
He found the current situation difficult to comprehend.
His realm was not inferior to Namgung Geom’s.
Did that mean his sword technique was lacking?
That was not it either.
The Pil Rye Pa Geuk Geom he had mastered was fully comparable to the sword techniques of the Namgung Clan.
Then why was he being pushed back?
There were only two possibilities that Heuk Rye could think of.
One was the ice elemental attribute contained within Namgung Geom’s martial arts.
But his own sword carried the thunder elemental attribute.
There was no inferiority in terms of attributes.
The other was the degree of mastery and enlightenment of martial arts.
‘Could it be that his mastery and enlightenment in martial arts surpass mine?’
It was incomprehensible. No—it was a reality he refused to accept.
But there was no other way to explain it.
His thoughts could not continue any further.
“You seem to have plenty of leisure, the way your mind is wandering elsewhere.”
Namgung Geom’s attack came again.
Crash!
Heuk Rye, struck by the Icy Cold Sword Wind, was sent spinning backward once more.
Namgung Geom gave him no opening, pressing his assault relentlessly.
Heuk Rye could only focus on defense.
He had no thought of counterattack, only of retreating desperately under the onslaught.
Once he lost the initiative, there was no reclaiming it.
Namgung Geom’s attacks were that flawless.
At this rate, his defeat was sealed.
When he had first received the order and set out, he had never imagined such an ending.
Then, suddenly, he understood.
There was no killing intent in Namgung Geom’s blade.
Had he truly meant to kill, it could have been finished long ago.
Yet for some reason, Namgung Geom seemed to have no intention of taking his life.
‘Then!’
Heuk Rye’s eyes flashed with clarity.
And he threw himself directly at Namgung Geom’s blade.
Namgung Bing-ryong
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