The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 273
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Chapter 273. Elimination
Waryong Corps 20th Group further suppressed their presence at the suddenly changed atmosphere in the mountain forest.
The cries of the mountain animals.
The sounds of insects.
The scent of the wind had changed.
It meant some drastic change was occurring.
Waryong Corps 20th Group became even more alert.
Change was happening.
At the time when the evening glow was brilliant.
It seemed something would happen at this place where they were hiding.
Rustle rustle.
Someone was running quickly while suppressing their footsteps.
Behind them, rough sounds echoed from all directions.
And beyond the footsteps.
Swoosh!
The sound of an arrow flying.
A chase was unfolding.
But that direction was toward where Waryong Corps 20th Group was ambushing.
They confirmed the human figure running quickly.
Maengryong Corps.
It was a female cadet.
She was holding a bow.
She was running lightly and quietly.
Amazing movement.
Could that be the kind of movement a Maengryong Corps cadet could show?
They couldn’t just be admiring it.
They couldn’t get involved in an unnecessary battle.
Instead, they could join in at the end of the battle to gain the fisherman’s profit.
A tactic that couldn’t be called cowardly.
This was the Hatuje that assumed actual combat.
Hadn’t Yeon Ha-min continuously emphasized that point?
Don’t be bound by cowardice and fair play.
Think and think again about means to survive until the end by any method.
Within the limits that the Hatuje rules allow.
‘The Maengryong Corps cadets even formed alliances.’
Na Jung-cheon thought while recalling the movements of the Maengryong Corps cadets.
After a little while, five figures revealed themselves.
In an instant.
Waryong Corps 20th Group’s breathing almost wavered.
If that had happened, they might have revealed their presence.
They barely managed to hide their presence.
It was natural.
The ones who revealed themselves were Waryong Corps 1st Group.
Who would have thought they’d appear here.
Looking at their appearance, they seemed to have suffered quite a bit.
‘They might have been beaten by Maengryong Corps.’
The one chasing now was also Maengryong Corps.
Moreover, facing those who held shields and formed battle formations was never an easy task.
Even if they were outstanding late-stage practitioners.
Swoosh!
Another arrow flying.
Clang!
Hwa Bo-myeong’s face was flushed red and blue as he immediately deflected it with his sword.
He looked extremely agitated from being chased all the way here.
Thanks to that, weaknesses were visible everywhere.
Swoosh!
The air-rending sound was heard once more.
Thud.
This time it hit Gong Gu-pae’s calf.
“Ugh.”
He grimaced as the pain seemed considerable.
The judge didn’t declare a death ruling. It was a natural area if it was natural.
Instead.
“Two out of three times. One more hit means death.”
He gave a warning in a cold voice.
The rule that three arrow hits would result in a death ruling regardless of location.
Gong Gu-pae’s face became even more menacing.
“Damn it. That ugly bitch…”
Curses naturally flowed out.
The faces of the other four people also became menacing.
While being tracked to this place, they had all been hit once each.
Gongya Hwi-yeon already knew the rule about death after three hits.
She had confirmed it when facing other groups.
So she had hit all five of them once each.
She had also chosen areas where the pain would subtly interfere with their movement.
“Damn bitch.”
Cheol Ryeong stepped forward.
His eyes were blazing with anger.
Waryong Corps 1st Group scattered and moved toward the direction the arrow had come from.
Their backs were fully exposed to Waryong Corps 20th Group.
Eun Hwa-ryang was the signal.
As he leaped forward, he attacked Gong Gu-pae’s back directly.
“What, what?”
Gong Gu-pae was startled.
The moment Waryong Corps 1st Group, who had been moving forward, stopped and hurriedly turned toward Gong Gu-pae.
The remaining four burst out and attacked them.
Clang! Clang clang! Clang!
The sound of swords clashing rang out.
Stumble.
However, the five from Waryong Corps 1st Group clearly suffered losses.
They were unilaterally pushed back.
It was because they couldn’t properly put strength into their response to the surprise attack.
Waryong Corps 20th Group didn’t miss that opportunity.
They quickly continued their attack.
“Grgh. These damn bastards.”
Byeok I-gyeom gritted his teeth.
However, the momentum of those attacking was fierce.
Moreover, while it seemed like they were each launching surprise attacks at first, before they knew it, they had formed a sword formation.
A five-on-five battle.
“Fine. I’ll kill these bastards!”
They hadn’t been idle either.
How much had they suffered because of these trash bastards.
They would return all that resentment.
The moment the five – Byeok I-gyeom, Tak Mu-jeon, Cheol Ryeong, Gong Gu-pae, and Hwa Bo-myeong – kicked off the ground with that resolve.
The sword formation seemed to move naturally.
The five cadets from the 20th Group pulled their bodies back.
And they fled.
“What, what… those bastards…”
A sudden surprise attack followed immediately by retreat.
They had intended to fight properly.
The five from Waryong Corps 1st Group looked back and forth between both sides.
One side was the damn bitch who shot arrows.
One side was the damn trash bastards.
“Let’s go with divide and conquer.”
Cheol Ryeong said.
He knew from the brief clash just now.
Those bastards from Waryong Corps 20th Group were definitely weaker than them.
No matter how much of a sword formation it was.
About three people would be enough to subdue them.
Byeok I-gyeom nodded at Cheol Ryeong’s opinion. He had the same thought.
“How should we divide up?”
“First, Gong Gu-pae, you should go toward the damn bastards.”
Byeok I-gyeom answered Gong Gu-pae’s question.
The reason was obvious.
It was because he had been hit by arrows twice.
Gong Gu-pae nodded.
It was decided that Cheol Ryeong and Hwa Bo-myeong would handle the damn bitch, while the remaining three would take care of the damn bastards.
And they immediately ran.
Since there was a judge from the 20th Group on the Waryong Corps 20th Group’s side, the 1st Group’s judge followed Cheol Ryeong and Hwa Bo-myeong.
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“Damn it. Going through places that aren’t even paths…”
The Waryong Corps 20th Group scattered and hid in their pre-planned locations.
It was a place in Moklan Mountain where the terrain was particularly rough and the trees were dense.
This was a place where even the 20th Group cadets who had come to train here beforehand moved with considerable difficulty.
It wasn’t terrain where those entering Moklan Mountain for the first time today could move easily.
The densely packed trees interfered with lightness skills.
Moreover, the sunset was gradually deepening and darkness was slowly approaching.
The already dark mountain forest’s visibility was becoming increasingly limited.
“This is maddening. A place like this…”
They had been trained by the Iron Armor Cavalry.
For those whose specialty was combat on plains.
Naturally, they hadn’t properly learned about combat in such dense mountain forests.
As a result.
Swish.
A sword that suddenly flew from below.
It was Na Jung-cheon’s attack.
“Ugh.”
Clang!
Tak Mu-jeon barely managed to block his opponent’s sword.
However, his body swayed as he caught on a tree root.
It was a perfect opportunity.
Na Jung-cheon’s attack continued.
He knew the sword technique.
A sword technique that everyone in Jamryong Corps and Waryong Corps learned.
It was the Flowing Dragon Sword Technique.
“How dare you with such a sword technique!”
While his body was falling, Tak Mu-jeon deployed his own sword technique.
Ice Soul Snow Spirit Sword.
It was an ultimate technique of Ice Heaven Palace.
The graceful sword movement struck away Na Jung-cheon’s sword.
And.
Tak Mu-jeon fell flat on his bottom on the ground.
He had no leisure to maintain his dignity.
Tak Mu-jeon, who rolled on the ground using the Lazy Donkey Rolling technique, immediately went into counterattack, but.
Na Jung-cheon had already disappeared.
“Damn it…”
His back was damp with sweat.
If he hadn’t become accustomed to rolling on the ground through training with the Iron Armor Cavalry.
He wouldn’t have even thought to deploy Lazy Donkey Rolling just now.
As a warrior, he had thought it shameful to roll on the ground to avoid an opponent’s attack.
What if he hadn’t deployed Lazy Donkey Rolling?
‘I would have been hit directly.’
It was a spine-chilling situation.
Byeok I-gyeom and Gong Gu-pae also had the same experience as Tak Mu-jeon.
No.
Gong Gu-pae was eliminated.
It was because three cadets had attached themselves to him.
Eun Hwa-ryang, Im Dae-chi, and Yeong Hu-in.
Especially, the one who delivered the final blow to Gong Gu-pae was Yeong Hu-in.
From the same Daehaemun sect.
Gong Gu-pae was eliminated by receiving the final blow from Yeong Hu-in, whom Daehaemun had sent to serve Gong Gu-pae.
Where had he been watching from?
When Gong Gu-pae tried to ignore Yeong Hu-in’s strike and flee, he heard in his ears.
“Gong Gu-pae dead! Eliminated!”
The sense of futility when the judge’s voice was heard.
He couldn’t believe it.
The elimination signal flare immediately shot into the sky.
It was a Waryong Corps elimination.
Both the 1st Group and 20th Group were Waryong Corps.
Therefore, it was impossible to know which group had produced the eliminated cadet.
This was the 1st Group’s miscalculation.
However, Cheol Ryeong and Hwa Bo-myeong naturally thought the eliminated cadet was from the 20th Group and maintained their divide and conquer movement.
So Cheol Ryeong and Hwa Bo-myeong ended up chasing Gongya Hwi-yeon and fell even further behind.
It had become a five-against-two situation.
Still, Byeok I-gyeom and Tak Mu-jeon somehow managed to shake off the Twentieth Group and meet up.
It was thanks to those who had desperately held back Byeok I-gyeom and Tak Mu-jeon one-on-one while targeting Gong Gu-pae not pursuing them frantically.
“These bastards… they’re no ordinary opponents.”
Tak Mu-jeon nodded at Byeok I-gyeom’s words.
“What about Gong Gu-pae?”
Tak Mu-jeon’s question.
Byeok I-gyeom shook his head.
“Don’t tell me…?”
Tak Mu-jeon groaned at the ominous thought.
“I don’t know.”
Byeok I-gyeom said irritably.
“For now, it would be better to regroup with Cheol Ryeong and Hwa Bo-myeong.”
Tak Mu-jeon nodded at Byeok I-gyeom’s following words.
The condition of the bet wasn’t to eliminate the opponents.
It was to survive longer.
So Byeok I-gyeom and Tak Mu-jeon cautiously retraced their steps.
But going back was no ordinary task either.
The dense forest deep in the mountains.
Finding the path they had come from was extremely difficult.
The Waryong Corps Twentieth Group quietly watched their movements.
After they had all left.
Five people gathering in one place.
“What should we do?”
Yeong Hu-in asked with an extremely excited face.
He had never imagined he would eliminate Gong Gu-pae with his own hands.
“At this level, it seems like we could just face them head-on…”
Im Dae-chi, who had faced Gong Gu-pae together earlier, said with a confident expression.
“How many survivors are there?”
Eun Hwa-ryang asked.
Na Jung-cheon was counting the number of elimination flares.
“Maengryong Corps now has one person left.”
Even during this time, flares continued to burst.
Fierce battles were taking place throughout Moklan Mountain.
“It must be that cadet.”
Eun Hwa-ryang nodded.
The female cadet who had shot the arrow.
There had been no elimination flares from the direction she had gone.
“Jamryong Corps has at least three groups remaining, and Waryong Corps has at least four groups including us.”
Na Jung-cheon continued.
“Jamryong Corps has fifteen people, Waryong Corps has twenty?”
Na Jung-cheon shook his head at Eun Hwa-ryang’s question.
“Since Gong Gu-pae was eliminated earlier, Waryong Corps has nineteen.”
Evening was approaching, but more remained than expected.
Their skills were beyond their own expectations.
But they had to be as careful as possible.
“Let’s go with the original plan.”
Everyone nodded at Eun Hwa-ryang’s words.
“I wonder if we can get through tonight safely. Heh.”
Im Dae-chi let out a small laugh as if finding it amusing.
And the Waryong Corps Twentieth Group moved in a different direction from where Byeok I-gyeom and Tak Mu-jeon had gone.
The judge watching this scene let out a quiet sigh.
‘Those guys are planning to spend the night. This is going to be tiring.’
This was the first time he’d seen cadets go this far.
The Hatuje usually determined the final survivor before midnight at the latest.
But those guys were planning to hide and spend the night.
Unless the other cadets fought and completely wiped each other out in the meantime.
This year seemed like it would go beyond one day.
Of all times, the group he was judging had to come up with this strategy.
The judge frowned and followed behind the Waryong Corps Twentieth Group.
‘Hmm…’
Gongya Hwi-yeon was watching this scene from afar.
‘Not bad. As expected of those trained by Maengryong Corps 7th Group, taught by Instructor Ha. They know how to fight properly.’
Gongya Hwi-yeon knew the contents of the bet.
A bet where the side that survives longer wins.
She could tell just by watching their movements.
They were trained to spend a night in these mountains.
What about the other cadets then?
Not a chance.
For Gongya Hwi-yeon herself, it was naturally no problem.
‘Hmm. Should I torment them a bit more?’
A wicked smile appeared on her lips.
And at the same time.
‘I should keep them alive until they move tomorrow. It would be better to finish them off directly.’
Knowing the full circumstances of the bet.
That’s what Gongya Hwi-yeon thought.
Her body movement smoothly disappeared again.
“How troublesome…”
Ha Mu-baek appeared behind her.
He knew they had planned a strategy to spend the night.
But now that it was actually playing out that way.
It was troublesome.
He too was moving through Moklan Mountain to monitor a cadet who might potentially cause problems.
“Tsk.”
Ha Mu-baek’s figure, after clicking his tongue lightly, disappeared like a ghost in an instant.
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