The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112. You Chose the Wrong Side

 

 

As the white aura faded, Ha Mu-baek’s figure began to appear faintly.

At some point, the thinning aura began to gather in one place.

Above Ha Mu-baek’s head.

A white sphere radiating auspicious energy settled there.

It was the white aura condensed together.

As the sphere grew larger and its color became more vivid, the white aura surrounding Ha Mu-baek grew thinner, and his figure became clearly visible.

Finally, when the white aura completely disappeared!

The white sphere transformed into energy and was sucked into Ha Mu-baek’s nostrils.

After all the energy entered Ha Mu-baek’s nostrils.

Thud thud thud.

Like peeling bark, the skin all over Ha Mu-baek’s body peeled off and fell away.

“B-Bone Transformation Skin Shedding…”

Han Seol-bing muttered with incredulous eyes.

Flash!

Then Ha Mu-baek opened both eyes.

Crack. Crack crack.

He twisted his neck this way and that.

Swoosh. Swoosh.

He rolled his shoulders back and forth.

“Hngh.”

Then he raised his body.

“Not bone transformation, just skin shedding.”

Ha Mu-baek looked at Han Seol-bing and said with a bright smile.

His smile was fresh and clear.

Moreover, perhaps thanks to having just undergone skin shedding, his skin glowed white like a baby’s skin.

“So, so annoying.”

Han Seol-bing muttered with genuine feeling.

Especially that skin smoother and clearer than her own was annoying.

Ha Mu-baek chuckled at her words and turned toward Wi Ji-gun.

“Thank you so much, Master. Thanks to you, I survived. I even broke through a wall I never expected to.”

Wi Ji-gun shook his head.

“It’s what I should naturally do as a master. More than that, Instructor Han deserves much credit. If she hadn’t deployed the formation, we would have been in trouble because of all the people who gathered.”

At Wi Ji-gun’s words, Han Seol-bing’s shoulders rose high.

She also wore a triumphant expression.

“Thank you, Instructor Han. Thanks to you, I survived.”

Ha Mu-baek took a cupped fist salute toward Han Seol-bing and spoke with genuine feeling.

Han Seol-bing was slightly flustered by Ha Mu-baek’s unexpectedly serious demeanor.

“Ah, well. Between us. We should help each other in difficult times.”

Han Seol-bing spoke while slightly averting her gaze.

“Instructor Ha. Congratulations on your achievement.”

Gongsun Mu-oe approached Ha Mu-baek and offered words of congratulation.

“And thank you so much for protecting us.”

He bowed deeply while taking a cupped fist salute.

Ha Mu-baek quickly helped Gongsun Mu-oe up.

“Not at all. I only did what I had to do.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Gongsun Mu-oe shook his head.

“That’s not true. You treated So Yu and Lord Gung, and now you’ve even protected our lives from those Demon Cult bastards.”

Since he couldn’t match Ha Mu-baek’s strength, his body was raised, but Gongsun Mu-oe still kept his head bowed.

“It’s too much for me to bear, Valley Master.”

When Ha Mu-baek declined again, only then did Gongsun Mu-oe straighten his body.

“Father-in-law is right, Instructor Ha. What those Demon Cult bastards were after was probably So Yu and me. Since you, who had nothing to do with this, went through a life-threatening ordeal to protect us, I don’t know what words of gratitude I should offer…”

At Gung Mu-hyeok’s words, Ha Mu-baek shook his head.

“The reason those bastards came so prepared was solely because of me. There’s someone among them who knows me well. It was because of that bastard, not because of you two.”

Then Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned toward Gung So-yu.

“Besides, it was thanks to So Yu that I was able to finish off that bastard.”

The Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder that Gung So-yu had given to Ha Mu-baek.

Without it, who knows what would have happened.

That bastard might have died at the hands of Master Wi Ji-gun who rushed over in haste.

But in the meantime, everyone here might have fallen to Sam Ryeong-ju’s hands.

Ha Mu-baek quietly turned his gaze forward.

At the end of that gaze were the leather shoes still lying there forlornly.

“Tsk.”

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue lightly.

“Let’s go back for now. You’ve been here like this because of me.”

Ha Mu-baek looked at Han Seol-bing.

“Come this way.”

Following Han Seol-bing’s guidance, the group followed the life path of the Ice Soul Gate Lock Formation and came out of the formation.

Countless people had gathered and were murmuring while looking at the formation technique.

“Formation dissolution.”

At Han Seol-bing’s simple muttering, the fog began to disperse little by little.

Meanwhile, Han Seol-bing retrieved all the iron rods using Void Grasping.

As the iron rods disappeared, the fog dispersed even faster.

Finally, the ruins were completely revealed.

“Gasp!”

“Wh-what on earth is this…”

“What, what is this!?!”

People were startled and either cried out in shock or made a fuss.

They had no choice.

The separate building of the inn that had been perfectly fine just the day before had disappeared, leaving only empty ruins.

And what were those corpses?

The bodies of Demon Cult members who hadn’t been caught in the explosion and maintained their intact forms were scattered here and there.

“Oh, oh my. What is this! What kind of bolt from the blue is this! I’m ruined. I’m ruined…”

Someone who appeared to be the inn’s owner sat down right in front of the revealed ruins and burst into wailing.

At that sight, Gongsun Mu-oe tried to step forward, but Ha Mu-baek grabbed his arm and shook his head.

“Now is not a good time. When things quiet down, visit him then.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Gongsun Mu-oe nodded slightly.

They quietly moved locations.

They headed to an inn on the outskirts of Muchang.

Perhaps because it was on the outskirts, it had a fairly spacious separate building.

“I suppose I should have rented an estate like this on the outskirts.”

Gongsun Mu-oe spoke with a regretful face.

If so, even if something like last night had happened, they could have reduced the damage to people even more.

“It was something no one could have predicted. And that place was best for So Yu’s treatment.”

Ha Mu-baek said with a calm expression.

“That’s right. Father. We can compensate the innkeeper sufficiently. Fortunately, no one was hurt or killed.”

That was exactly right.

Even the damage was only the separate building and surroundings being reduced to ruins.

No one involved in this incident was hurt or killed.

Truly fortunately.

“What on earth happened?”

Han Seol-bing asked.

Wi Ji-gun and Ha Seol-ran also had faces full of curiosity.

Ha Mu-baek asked toward Gung Mu-hyeok.

“What was that? That terrifying thing.”

“It’s called Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder. I created it by improving the Ten Thousand Heaven Blood Thunder…”

Gung Mu-hyeok explained about it along with that.

The more people heard his words, the more their faces were colored with shock.

Only Ha Mu-baek, who had experienced that power with his whole body, maintained a calm expression.

Han Seol-bing looked at Ha Mu-baek.

“So… you took that with your bare body and survived? And completely fine at that? Plus seven Ten Thousand Heaven Blood Thunder explosions were added?”

Her face showed complete disbelief.

Right, she could understand up to two Ten Thousand Heaven Blood Thunder.

She had already seen it with her own eyes in the previous war.

But what she just heard was far too excessive, wasn’t it?

In addition to that.

“But then, you became even stronger from there??”

That was right.

Hadn’t he said he crossed a wall when he awakened?

This wasn’t even a monster.

Something unknown that transcended that.

Han Seol-bing couldn’t even find appropriate words to describe it.

“Don’t look at me with those eyes.”

“What kind of eyes?”

Han Seol-bing asked back at Ha Mu-baek’s reproach.

“Eyes that look at something extremely dangerous that shouldn’t be approached.”

She slightly turned her head at Ha Mu-baek’s answer.

“I really thought I was going to die… I used up all the internal energy in my body and it still wasn’t enough, so I drew out everything hidden in my blood meridians and barely survived. If the flames had lasted just a little longer, I would have died. It really was a hair’s breadth difference.”

Ha Mu-baek trembled slightly as if recalling that moment.

“And you dealt with all the remaining guys in that state?”

“I had a brief moment to recover my internal energy. But… really. With that final Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder shot. I squeezed out every last drop.”

“As he said, when I arrived, Mu-baek’s dantian was about to shatter. It was already full of cracks and looked like it would completely crumble to pieces in an instant if it broke.”

Wi Ji-gun described Ha Mu-baek’s condition that he had confirmed.

Suddenly everyone fell silent.

Rather than just saying he almost died, hearing such specific details made them realize how critical the situation had been.

“Hehe. I can’t believe it even seeing and hearing it. To think a cracked dantian recovered…”

Gongsun Mu-oe burst into hearty laughter as he spoke.

“Since it’s the Noble Person’s words, it must all be true, but with my limited knowledge from living a lifetime as a physician, when a dantian cracks, that’s the end. Truly, the Noble Person and Instructor Ha are extraordinary.”

His words contained a mixture of admiration and wonder.

“I also learned this for the first time. Valley Master. As far as I know, when a dantian cracks… it’s the end. But this guy turns out like this.”

Wi Ji-gun shook his head as he spoke.

“That… probably became possible when crossing the wall. I also didn’t know our sect’s internal energy method had such capabilities. I really thought I was dead.”

Ha Mu-baek scratched his head as he spoke.

“So then. How strong have you become now?”

Han Seol-bing’s question.

“Well. I don’t know. I haven’t thought about it…”

Then Ha Mu-baek closed his eyes and contemplated his interior. He opened his eyes after a moment.

“Hmm. This is just a rough guess… but I think I could withstand about three Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder simultaneously?”

A very relatable expression.

At those words, the Gung family father and daughter and Gongsun family father and daughter gaped.

Because they were people who had seen the power of Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder with their own eyes.

“Y-you can withstand three of those simultaneously?”

Han Seol-bing asked, slightly stammering.

She hadn’t seen it directly up close.

But hadn’t she seen the fire dragon ascending to heaven from Gyoryong Hall?

Ha Mu-baek smiled and nodded.

No one said anything more after that.

 

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“What was that?”

Early morning, Dang Jin-san said while warming up at the training ground.

“Who knows.”

Baek Ri-pyeong shook his head.

Deep in the night.

The explosive sound that suddenly shook Muchang loudly.

They woke up from sleep at that sound and everyone searched for where the explosion came from.

The successive rising flames and the ascension of a fire dragon formed from them.

It was such an overwhelming sight that they couldn’t even think of going there.

“I wonder if the instructor knows…”

When Dan Mok Un-rae muttered, Ju U-myeong walked over.

“Huh? What’s going on so early in the morning?”

Dang Jin-san spotted him and asked.

“There’s no one at our group’s training ground.”

Ju U-myeong answered briefly.

“Huh? Instructor Han and Seol-ran? That can’t be?”

Dang Jin-san asked back in disbelief.

Unlike their own unreliable instructor whose whereabouts were unknown even now, the instructor and cadets of the twentieth group were diligent.

Naturally, they should already be out at the training ground preparing for cultivation.

“This is my first time experiencing something like this too. Just in case, I came here. But they’re not here. You guys don’t know either?”

Everyone shrugged at Ju U-myeong’s question.

“What about Instructor Ha?”

Everyone shook their heads at Ju U-myeong’s question.

“This is our daily routine.”

Yeon Ha-min’s brief answer.

“Could it possibly be related to last night’s incident…”

When Nak U-jin muttered to himself, the other cadets’ gazes focused on him.

“Huh? What? Why?”

Nak U-jin was startled by the sudden attention.

“No. It sounds plausible.”

Dang Jin-san stroked his chin as he spoke.

Then he looked around at the cadets.

“Then we should check it out, right?”

“Check what?”

At Dan Mok Un-rae’s question, Dang Jin-san spoke as if it were obvious.

“It’s where the incident happened!”

“What about cultivation?”

“It’ll be self-study anyway. There should be some fun in skipping like this.”

Saying that, Dang Jin-san ran toward one side of the wall.

“That’s the wall!”

At Dan Mok Un-rae’s shout.

“We don’t have exit passes. We need to get out cleverly!”

Came Dang Jin-san’s reply.

The remaining ones looked at each other, then shrugged their shoulders and followed behind him as if they had no choice.

 

The Man gazed at the frost-misted scene with troubled eyes.

He quietly pushed through the crowd and slipped out to the Muchang outskirts.

Then he quietly sent off a carrier hawk message.

“A bloody storm is coming. Chose the wrong side. Damn it!”

Watching the departing messenger hawk, he turned around and kicked the ground.

The direction he headed was completely opposite to Cheonjung Mountain, toward the side that would take him as far from Muchang as possible.

His steps carried a resolute will that he would never come this way again.

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