The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 68
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 68
Mungi’s fist exploded outward in the air like a burst.
But Hwang Jin Hyeok was no longer there.
Where?
As he turned his gaze, he saw Hwang Jin Hyeok approaching low to the ground, gliding like a shadow.
It was too late to dodge.
He quickly crossed both hands to block while throwing his body backward.
Crack-.
“Kugh!”
Even though he blocked it, he felt pain as if his arms would be torn off.
As he retreated, his skin was torn away along with his clothes.
Hwang Jin Hyeok’s fingernails had Mungi’s clothes and flesh on them.
Crack-.
Hwang Jin Hyeok bent his fingers and disappeared in an instant.
Mungi felt a chilling sensation and shouted.
“I, I lost!”
The moment he shouted, he saw Hwang Jin Hyeok’s fingernails stopped right in front of his nose.
“Huff, huff!”
He’s this strong?
He was no match at all.
Such a master needs help from Unjae Examiners?
It didn’t make sense.
He was a tremendous expert who could rise on his own even if left alone.
Hwang Jin Hyeok withdrew his hand and took something out from his chest to offer it.
“The wound… I’m sorry. This is top-grade Golden Wound Medicine. Please apply it.”
Mungi received the Golden Wound Medicine in bewilderment.
“Thank you for today.”
To Hwang Jin Hyeok who spoke with a smile, Mungi chuckled and gave a cupped fist salute.
“Not at all. Thanks to you, I learned something.”
As they exchanged greetings, the Seungwisa’s voice was heard.
“Hwang Jin Hyeok wins! Sixth Grade promotion! Mungi loses! Seventh Grade demotion!”
Mungi said to Hwang Jin Hyeok.
“How far up are you going?”
“Third Grade for now. Will you come?”
“This time I want to try being the challenger.”
At Mungi’s words, Hwang Jin Hyeok smiled and said.
“Anytime. I’ll be waiting.”
“Well done.”
Hwang Jin Hyeok easily completed his Sixth Grade promotion.
And it wasn’t against just any opponent, but a promotion earned against a real expert who was an Unjae Examiner.
“I’m still dazed. That I’ve become this strong.”
“If you enter the Abyss Star Training Hell and train, you’ll become even stronger.”
“It’s scary. I heard rumors that place is truly hell.”
“It’s a place that nurtures the future of Heavenly Martial City, so they wouldn’t have created trials that couldn’t be overcome, right?”
“That’s true, right? Alright. I’ll definitely pass with the best results.”
“If you pass the Abyss Star Training Hell, you automatically go up one grade, so do well.”
“Right. Got it. Are you going to the Seven Star Ascension Tower now?”
“I have to.”
The problem with the Unjae Examiners wasn’t something he needed to solve.
It was a problem that could be solved by making the promotion method only through the Seven Star Ascension Tower.
There were corrupt Unjae Examiners, but wouldn’t they also return to normal once everything was normalized?
If they didn’t return, they wouldn’t be able to survive.
The reason for going to the Seven Star Ascension Tower was partly curiosity about the tower, but also because there were Seungwisa who had rejected corruption.
They had all been driven out to manage the Seven Star Ascension Tower that everyone was reluctant to go to.
How did the symbol of Museong Pavilion become a burden?
The Seven Star Ascension Tower could be seen in the distance.
A single massive tower standing alone and lonely at the edge of a cliff.
It was built to a height of 700 cheok (Korean feet) from bottom to top, symbolizing the Big Dipper constellation.
The roof on each floor was heptagonal, and cloud dragons carved from jade wrapped around the tower, ascending to writhe majestically at the very top.
Around the tower, the Cloud Sea Formation was spread to prevent anyone from approaching carelessly, creating the illusion from afar that the tower was floating on a misty lake.
As he approached near the tower, Seungwisa with dark expressions looked at Jeok Wigang with surprised faces.
“What are you?”
The question itself was absurd.
“I came to take the Seven Star Ascension Tower test.”
“What?”
The two Seungwisa at the entrance looked at Jeok Wigang with expressions of disbelief.
“There are easier methods than this, you know? Why did you choose this difficult one?”
“I’m curious. The Seven Star Ascension Tower is the symbol of Museong Hall, isn’t it?”
The symbol of Museong Hall.
It was truly something he hadn’t heard in a long time.
“That’s right… The Seven Star Ascension Tower was the symbol of Museong Hall.”
“It’s the symbol and the pride of Museong Hall, isn’t it? So naturally, choosing this is the right thing to do.”
The expressions of the Seungwisa who had been wary of Jeok Wigang relaxed.
“So you came to take the Seven Star Ascension Tower test?”
“Yes.”
“Good! Go inside there.”
“There’s a formation laid out though?”
“It’s a basic formation. Passing through that first is what gives you the qualification to challenge the Seven Star Ascension Tower.”
“Was there originally a formation?”
“Originally there wasn’t. The Military Advisor said the Seven Star Ascension Tower is the pride of Museong Hall and should be more difficult, so he restructured it.”
“When was that?”
“Not too long ago. About a year ago?”
“Looking at that formation, most people probably turned back?”
“That’s right. There’s the Seven Star Ranking Method which is easier than the Seven Star Ascension Tower, so there’s no reason to challenge this difficult one.”
“I think the Seven Star Ranking Method should disappear.”
“You think so too?”
“Yes. It’s having a bad influence not only on Museong Hall but on Heavenly Martial City as well.”
“Oh! You really have an open mind. That’s right.”
“My concern for Heavenly Martial City is great. If things continue like this, Heavenly Martial City could become a castle of sand.”
“We think so too. So we made suggestions to the higher-ups, but they won’t listen at all.”
“They said it wouldn’t be good to oppose a method the Military Advisor worked hard to create, and everything was rejected.”
It made sense.
It was a method the Military Advisor worked hard to create, so it wouldn’t be easy to voice opposing opinions.
He wanted to meet him directly and ask.
Why exactly he created such a method.
If he was the Military Advisor, he would have known there was a fatal flaw in this method.
One thing was certain.
Museong Hall had changed like this because of the new method the Military Advisor implemented.
There must be a reason for trying to kill the Seven Star Ascension Tower as well.
Breaking the will to challenge the Seven Star Ascension Tower with extreme difficulty from the very beginning was proof of that.
What could it be?
For what purpose was he doing this?
To find out, he first had to experience everything.
Suddenly, he laughed.
Come to think of it, he had briefly stopped by to see Grandfather on his way to the Imperial Capital for the imperial examination.
Somehow he ended up solving the problems of Cheonmu Gate.
Well, the problem of the Seungwisa here would be sufficiently rewarded once Museong Hall started playing its proper role and he told Grandfather about their hard work.
There was no need for him to step forward and make their hearts turn toward him.
Although Jin Mu Sect needed many talented people, he didn’t want to take away Grandfather’s assets.
This was purely just helping Grandfather as a grandson.
“Then may I go in?”
“You may go in. I wish you good fortune in martial arts.”
“Thank you.”
Jeok Wigang stepped into the Cloud Dragon Formation.
The formation was nothing special.
The Cloud Sea Formation was just a formation that used thick fog to paralyze one’s sense of direction, making them wander the same place continuously.
The way out wasn’t too difficult.
You just had to close your eyes and use all senses except sight.
Then you could feel the flow of the formation.
Even someone who wasn’t sensitive could feel it after standing for a while.
Someone who didn’t know formations would see this thick fog and get scared and run away before even trying this simple method.
Jeok Wigang didn’t even need to close his eyes.
Jeok Wigang passed through the formation in an instant and arrived at the main gate of the Seven Star Ascension Tower.
Above the massive main gate hung four characters cast in brass: Seven Star Ascension .
When he opened the main gate and entered inside, a Seungwisa stationed there looked at Jeok Wigang with a surprised face.
Just how long had it been since people came that everyone he met had such a reaction?
“Oh, welcome.”
The Seungwisa greeted Jeok Wigang with a face mixed with surprise and joy.
“I’ll explain how to challenge the Ascension Tower.”
“Don’t I just pass the tests and go up?”
“R-right.”
“I’ll start right away.”
“Understood. Then let me give you a brief explanation.”
Jeok Wigang nodded.
“This place consists of seven floors as the name suggests. It’s structured so you advance a rank each time you pass a floor. The higher you go, the harsher the tests will be.”
“What method are the tests conducted in?”
“I can’t tell you that. One thing I can say is that each floor is full of formations and mechanical formations, so it won’t be an easy challenge.”
“I’m in a hurry.”
“Understood. Enter through that door. If you want to give up the challenge, shout ‘I give up the challenge’ loudly. Then I’ll stop the mechanisms immediately.”
Mechanical formations.
His heart raced.
Why don’t people do such fun things?
When Jeok Wigang made an expression full of anticipation, the Seungwisa smiled.
“I wish you good fortune in martial arts. The first floor isn’t too difficult, so don’t be too nervous.”
“Understood. Then I’ll be back.”
Jeok Wigang greeted him and stepped into the Seven Star Ascension Tower.
Creak- Thud-.
The heavy door closed and a massive room with Night Luminous Pearls embedded came into view.
Jeok Wigang immediately grasped the formation laid out in this place.
It was the Phantom Sparring Formation.
The bronze mirrors installed on all sides and the white jade stones laid on the ground were devices that made the phantoms more vivid and realistic.
The martial artist’s energy imprinted in the formation would be set to match the first floor’s difficulty level.
How do I start this?
Do I just go inside?
As he slowly looked around and stepped inside, he heard the sound of mechanisms moving.
Creak-.
That mechanism was probably a device that made the weapons wielded by the phantoms attack like real ones.
Let’s see how well they made this.
The moment he thought that, the surrounding scenery changed and a man stood there with his sword drawn.
Well made.
Just like reality.
Soon a voice was heard.
– The test will now begin.
At the same time, the man slowly moved, then charged toward Jeok Wigang.
Since he was curious about how strong the man in the illusion was, he decided to face him without responding at first.
Whoosh- Whoosh whoosh-.
Each time the man’s sword moved, the sword wielded by the mechanism’s device flew rapidly.
After roughly facing him, the Ascension Tower was definitely more difficult.
But it wasn’t to the degree that he couldn’t handle it at all.
If someone would whine about just this much, they wouldn’t have the qualifications to be a martial artist of Heavenly Martial City.
Crack-.
Thud-.
After gauging the martial prowess, he subdued it in one go, and the phantom disappeared as the door opened.
– Congratulations. You have been promoted to Sixth Grade. Will you challenge the next rank?
Of course.
Thinking it was somewhat fun, he went up to the next floor.
While doing so, he also thought about things that needed improvement.
First, the formation outside the Ascension Tower needed to be removed.
That was the most useless thing.
The first floor didn’t seem to need any particular reinforcement.
It was at an appropriate level.
If he had to point out a flaw, the movements were slightly simple?
He thought it would be fine to increase the power a bit more there, but since that was only by his standards, he thought it would be fine to leave it as is.
When he came up to the second floor, phantoms of two people appeared.
What?
Don’t tell me, does one more person get added each floor?
The moment he thought that, he saw it had one leg.
One leg with two torsos.
One was holding a three-section staff and the other was holding a flexible sword that fluttered and moved.
People would be quite flustered here, wouldn’t they?
How many people would have experience facing someone with two torsos?
Probably none.
Even Jeok Wigang was flustered, so what about other people?
Meanwhile, the twin-torso phantom charged at him.
It was said that the phantoms here contained traces of actual existing martial artists.
So that meant the martial artist in that phantom was one who actually existed.
Swish-.
The three-section staff flew rapidly, and he reacted and evaded it.
Flutter-.
Then, the flexible sword bent wildly like a swaying willow branch and dug toward Jeok Wigang in an impossible trajectory.
It wouldn’t matter if he got hit, but then he wouldn’t be able to predict the other trainees’ movements, so thinking about how others would cope, he quickly deflected the sword with his palm and stepped back.
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