The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 147

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Chapter 147

Clang!

Yang Ha-rin, standing in the center of the Training Grounds, struck the ground with her spear and spoke.

“The world’s greatest spear, Yang Ha-rin of the Shinchang Yang Clan. My alias is Dancing Butterfly Flower.”

Ah, yes.

When was she speaking informally just moments ago, and now she’s back to formal speech?

And look at that boastful tone as she surveys the crowd.

This young one’s confidence was extraordinary.

Right, I did some research on you.

Your skills are quite impressive for your age, aren’t they?

She probably knows this herself, which is why she proposed this duel to me, but what should I do about this.

The one getting thoroughly trampled won’t be me, but you.

“Cheon-sin-mun, Seolha.”

I suppressed the laughter that kept trying to escape and calmly cupped my fists.

“Pfft.”

Yang Ha-rin sneered as if pitying me for not even having an alias.

She cleverly turned her head so others outside the Training Grounds couldn’t see, directing her mockery solely at me.

‘Laugh all you want while you can.’

Soon you’ll be shedding tears of anguish.

“Shall we begin then?”

Whoosh!

Suddenly a spear blade flew right at my face.

If the spear had gone just a little deeper, it would have cut my nose.

Did you think I’d be startled and frightened?

Whooom— buzz buzz buzz—

When my reaction wasn’t what she expected, Yang Ha-rin glared at me while spinning her spear around dazzlingly.

Like watching a circus.

“Haah!”

Then she let out a sharp battle cry and took a proper attacking stance.

Bang!

She leaped up lightly, then stepped forward and swung her spear through midair.

Whoooom—

That sharp spear tip was aimed at me.

Spear energy flickered at the end of the blade that looked exactly like a snake’s tongue.

The corners of Yang Ha-rin’s mouth twitched.

Acting all high and mighty just from showing off some spear energy.

‘You’re done for now.’

I’d been annoyed by her condescending attitude toward the Dang Family ever since she arrived.

Crack!

I cracked my neck and loosened my shoulders as if doing warm-up exercises.

Then I slowly lowered both hands.

I moved my fingers minutely to stimulate the Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol points: Palsa-hyeol, Sabong-hyeol, and Sipseon-hyeol.

Soon energy gathered at my fingertips and my senses became much sharper.

When I channeled my internal energy into the arm guards Grandfather had given me as a gift, the densely embedded steel needles began trembling and responding.

Whoosh!

Yang Ha-rin thrust her spear in a surprise attack. The spear blade wavered dizzily before my eyes.

Bang!

I released the energy stored in my toes’ Gidan-hyeol and Palfung-hyeol points and threw my body to the side.

Tap! Ta-tap!

There wasn’t even a moment’s delay.

My body reacted immediately along with my thoughts.

At first, using internal energy through Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol felt unfamiliar and awkward, but not anymore.

It had a strange appeal.

There were various criteria that separated masters in energy circulation, but the core was how quickly and powerfully one could transmit internal energy from the danjeon to the desired location.

In battles between masters, the quantity and quality of internal energy were important, but the transmission and reception of energy—split-second differences in speed—often determined victory or defeat.

But Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol used the energy stored in the pressure points by exploding it directly.

In other words, there was no delay.

So the instantaneous responsiveness and speed were truly supreme.

“…!”

Yang Ha-rin’s eyes wavered, apparently not expecting me to dodge so easily.

Smirk.

I gave her a smile and quickly threw three steel needles held between my fingers.

Ping ping ping!

One throw, three transformations.

The three steel needles flew toward Yang Ha-rin’s hand gripping the spear shaft—the center of her attack.

“Hik!”

As if she hadn’t even imagined a counterattack, Yang Ha-rin gasped and hastily forced her spear’s rotation to twist.

Pa-ba-bak!

The steel needles embedded consecutively in the twisted spear shaft.

Perhaps from moving the spear too forcefully, Yang Ha-rin frowned.

But more important than the pain would be her pride.

“Haak!”

Letting out what sounded almost like a scream, Yang Ha-rin swung her spear.

Whooom!

Heavy force was carried on the fierce wind. However, a disrupted composure was bound to have some effect.

‘Oh, did I really startle her?’

The excessively large movements were slow, and her actions became simple.

I could easily evade the spear with just a slight step.

“Eek!”

Seeing me dodge leisurely, Yang Ha-rin bit her lips.

The duel wasn’t going as she’d planned, so she seemed quite frustrated.

I wonder if she remembers that she brought this on herself.

‘Shoulder and thigh.’

Just as I was about to throw steel needles at the exposed openings.

“…!”

Yang Ha-rin suddenly flinched and pulled her body back.

Then she took a deep breath and calmed her excitement.

‘Well, look at that?’

My gaze turned to Yang Ja-seong, Yang Ha-rin’s older brother.

He didn’t even avoid my eyes.

He glared at me openly and mouthed the word “What?”

Giving advice through voice transmission during a duel.

Given who the opponent was, I wasn’t even surprised.

Whooom—

Thanks to Yang Ja-seong, Yang Ha-rin composed herself and spun her spear again, radiating energy.

Swoosh!

She approached swiftly as if gliding and thrust her spear concisely.

Her movements were definitely cleaner than before, without unnecessary flourishes.

Shwaaak—!

However, her techniques were incredibly vicious.

It was hard to call it sparring, as the spear tip was filled only with killing intent to harm her opponent.

‘Good grief!’

I quickly twisted my body to dodge the spear blade.

Then Yang Ha-rin lowered her stance and swept at my legs with the spear shaft.

The angle striking at my ankle was deep, making it difficult to dodge left or right.

If I tried to retreat backward, that was also within her range.

Bang!

I had no choice but to leap up into midair.

Movement becomes restricted in the air, but this was the best option for now.

At that moment, Yang Ha-rin’s eyes gleamed.

‘So this is what she was aiming for?’

Seeing how the attack flowed as naturally as water, it was undoubtedly a sequence created from Yangga Spearmanship techniques.

Yang Ha-rin’s face was filled with confidence after getting me airborne, and her expression was equally malicious.

“Hyaap!”

Yang Ha-rin thrust her spear forcefully into the air.

Whoooong!

White energy erupted from the spear blade once again.

Yang Ha-rin didn’t care at all whether I got hurt or not.

No, she seemed to think it would be fine even if I died.

But you know what?

Being restricted in midair is only due to lack of skill.

Thump!

I lightly kicked off the air.

Using the air as stairs, I leaped even higher and looked down at Yang Ha-rin.

“Wh-walking on air?”

“Gasp!”

“Th-that’s impossible!”

“Walking on air at that age!”

Chairs toppled over with crashes, teacups shattered – it was complete chaos.

Honestly, they’re being disruptive during a sparring match.

Anyway, did you see that? My walking on air?

But this is fake.

If they knew the truth, they’d go crazy saying they were deceived, right?

I smiled while looking at the faces filled with shock.

“Want Granny to teach you something fun?”

“Something fun, what?”

“Grass Flying (Chosangbi). If you learn this well, it’s incredibly fun.”

“Grass Flying? The one where you make your body so light that even stepping on grass blades won’t break them?”

“That’s right. But by applying this Grass Flying technique, you see. Watch carefully.”

Ping ping ping—

After throwing several feather needles, Grandmother lightly lifted her body.

“Huh?”

“Standing on the feather needles like this and like that.”

Grandmother moved around in midair as if stepping on stepping stones.

“Wo-wow!”

“How’s that?”

Grandmother looked down at me with a grin.

“Doesn’t it look like walking on air?”

“Totally! It’s exactly like Great-Grandfather’s walking on air!”

“Right? If you show this, everyone will be completely fooled and faint.”

“Grandmother!”

“Yeah?”

“As expected, our Shin Geum is the best! Super cool!”

“You’re just realizing that now?”

I ran to Grandmother and massaged her shoulders.

“When will you teach me?”

“Want to try learning?”

“Yes!”

“Should we start right away?”

“Awesome!”

Like an elegant swan gliding across a lake, I stepped on the feather needles I had scattered in midair beforehand as if tap dancing, while pouring out feather needles from my sleeves.

Just looking at you, you don’t even need the Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers.

I’ll finish you off with just the Continuous Twelve Flowers!

“Hah!”

Ping— Pibibibibiing!

I unleashed Continuous Twelve Flowers in succession.

Twelve feather needles, then twelve more feather needles, then another twelve feather needles.

Dozens of feather needles swarmed Yang Ha-rin like a swarm of bees.

“Kyaaaah!”

Yang Ha-rin, who had been mesmerized by my fake walking on air, screamed in surprise upon seeing the feather needles.

The spear had already fallen from her hands.

Pababababak!

Dozens of feather needles stuck into Yang Ha-rin’s entire body with pricks.

Yang Ha-rin, transformed into a porcupine from head to toe, rolled her eyes back and fainted.

You should know I went easy on you.

If those had poison on them, you would’ve just died.

If this wasn’t just sparring, I would’ve just bam!

“Ha-rin!”

Yang Ja-seong rushed into the training grounds.

Thud!

I jumped down to the ground.

Then I dusted off my hands and gave a bright smile to the shocked audience.

Did you see that?

I’m the granddaughter of Cheon Su-dok-hwa!

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