The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 299

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Chapter 299. Amitabha…

 

 

The Vajra Tathagata Buddha Light Great Hand Seal scattering majestic and noble golden light.

Though the movements and martial arts were identical in every way.

The energy was different.

Wicked, sinister, gloomy, despairing, and utterly negative black upon black light.

It poured down toward Ha Mu-baek.

It was an attack that even Ha Mu-baek could not dare to underestimate.

Because he could recognize the tremendous power contained in Hyeon-hwang’s palm flying toward him.

The sword aura gathered on Ha Mu-baek’s sword turned white.

Against such energy that had reached the extreme of negativity, one must counter with its polar opposite energy.

Ha Mu-baek’s sword aura scattering pure white light.

Its movement followed the sword path of the Infinite Adaptable Eight Absolute Sword Technique.

Second Severance, Severing Sunset.

Like cutting through the sunset.

It was an aura intent on cutting through Hyeon-hwang’s energy in one stroke.

The gloomy, sticky, and slimy swamp-like energy tried to envelop Ha Mu-baek’s entire body.

But Ha Mu-baek’s sword, carrying tremendous power, sought to cut down Hyeon-hwang in one strike.

The strong can sever the soft.

Strength is capable of cutting through softness.

Rather than soft, it was disgustingly slimy and sticky damp energy.

It didn’t matter.

The strength of Severing Sunset was capable of cutting through it.

Slash!

A sharp and chilling cutting sound rang out.

The energy of the Vajra Tathagata Buddha Light Great Hand Seal was being severed.

 

Hyeon-gwang, watching this scene, trembled all over in the depths of shock.

Hyeon-hwang.

Once at the sight of that damned fellow disciple casually deploying the Vajra Tathagata Buddha Light Great Hand Seal.

Twice at Ha Mu-baek’s appearance of wielding his sword regardless of that energy.

And thrice at Ha Mu-baek’s sword power cutting through the energy of the Vajra Tathagata Buddha Light Great Hand Seal.

He wondered if what was unfolding before his eyes was truly real.

How could such a thing be possible.

Moreover, though the nature of the energy was different, the power alone seemed to favor Hyeon-hwang’s Great Hand Seal by a step.

‘Could I subdue that bastard without the sealing technique?’

He was suddenly struck by such a thought.

He had sought out Repentance Cave with confidence that he was stronger.

Though surprised by Hyeon-hwang’s greatly strengthened appearance, he still believed himself to be stronger.

That’s why he had released him.

But seeing this current display.

An ominous feeling crept throughout his entire body.

Perhaps he had dragged out a calamity from Repentance Cave that he couldn’t handle.

“You bastard!!!”

At Ha Mu-baek’s sword technique cutting through his energy like slicing tofu, Hyeon-hwang poured out his energy even more explosively.

However.

In the end.

Severing Sunset cut through all the energy of the Great Hand Seal.

Clang!

It delivered a heavy impact to Hyeon-hwang’s palm.

Hyeon-hwang retreated backward with a leap.

This was the moment it became clear that Hyeon-hwang was the one who suffered losses in this clash.

The energy of the Great Hand Seal that Ha Mu-baek had severed spread in all directions.

Some of it headed toward the Shaolin monks.

“Ugh.”

“Oh no.”

The Shaolin monks either dodged or deflected the energy flying toward them.

On their faces was an emotion of surprise that surpassed shock.

The tremendous recoil striking their entire bodies.

If the severed fragments were this powerful.

What level must the power of the intact energy have been.

And what level must the realm of the human who sliced through that energy like cutting tofu be.

 

Ha Mu-baek rotated his right wrist holding the sword in circles while glaring at Hyeon-hwang.

‘He’s definitely gotten stronger.’

The recoil felt was different from the battle a few days ago.

“What kind of trick did you pull?”

Ha Mu-baek asked toward Hyeon-hwang.

Hyeon-hwang smiled slyly.

“Who are you talking about? Me? Or that woman?”

“Both.”

A short answer.

Hyeon-hwang wore a cunning smile.

“Who knows? Hehehe.”

“You demonic bastard?”

Ha Mu-baek released killing intent toward that smile.

Hyeon-hwang frowned.

“That evaluation is rather unpleasant. A demon? Does my martial arts look like mere demonic arts to you?”

His voice contained a tone of disappointment.

Disappointment in Ha Mu-baek’s discernment.

“As expected, the limitation of one who hasn’t met Sim Yeon. To compare this body’s great power to mere demonic cult bastards. Tsk tsk.”

He even clicked his tongue.

Naturally, Ha Mu-baek’s face contorted.

To be looked down upon like this by such an incomplete demonic bastard.

“I don’t know how great this Sim Yeon thing is. But indeed, how long will you be able to keep flapping that mouth of yours so arrogantly?”

“Tsk. You incomplete bastard.”

Disdain flew toward Ha Mu-baek again.

The white light on Ha Mu-baek’s sword grew even denser.

Sword aura condensed and condensed until it became almost translucent.

Ha Mu-baek’s sword moved.

Third Severance. Lightning Division.

The very sword form that had scorched and roasted Hyeon-hwang a few days ago.

Lightning flying from all directions to surround Hyeon-hwang.

Hyeon-hwang moved both arms busily.

Each of those movements contained profound and mysterious principles.

Hyeon-gwang, who was watching this scene, as well as all the monks of the Hyeon Generation, widened their eyes.

Vajra Immovable Divine Fist.

A fist technique that had reached the extreme realm of stillness within motion, possessing the greatest power among Shaolin’s seventy-two ultimate arts.

Truly Shaolin’s greatest fist technique.

Moreover.

It was also the Life and Death Techniques of Gwanghae Seong-seung, the former abbot and Shaolin’s strongest warrior.

And now.

It was being displayed by Hyeon-hwang’s hands.

Though it differed in that the fist technique, which should have contained bright and righteous energy, was instead sinister, dark, and filled with corrupt energy.

Nevertheless.

It was the Vajra Immovable Divine Fist with power that no one had shown since Gwanghae Seong-seung.

Truly worthy of being called current Shaolin’s greatest power.

Lightning was raging from all directions, but Hyeon-hwang stood proudly in one spot.

Only his fists, wrapped in Gang Qi of pitch-black energy, moved.

Yet not a single bolt of lightning touched Hyeon-hwang’s body.

The lightning of Bunroe.

He had blocked all of it.

In this clash, Hyeon-hwang had gained the upper hand.

A triumphant smile formed at the corner of his mouth.

“As expected, you’re still lacking, brat. Hehehe. To think you can’t even break through this much. This thing called Sim Yeon is truly remarkable.”

Ha Mu-baek frowned.

It was the first time.

Since entering Gangho.

It was the first time the Infinite Adaptable Eight Absolute Sword Technique had been so completely blocked.

Even now, when Ha Mu-baek had reached his highest realm and was at his strongest point.

To think such Ha Mu-baek’s Third Absolute Bunroe had been perfectly blocked.

It was absurd.

But the emotion that rose even more intensely was.

“Interesting.”

He grinned.

Genuinely.

Even Blood Cult Leader Gae Hong-cheon.

Even Demonic Cult Leader Seok Won-cho.

Though they were opponents Ha Mu-baek had fought life-and-death battles against with all his might, they hadn’t provided this kind of fun.

It had just been desperate.

No.

Was it because Ha Mu-baek had risen to such a high realm that he could feel enjoyment in this situation?

He couldn’t tell.

However.

The fact that Third Absolute Bunroe had been completely blocked made competitive spirit surge up in Ha Mu-baek’s chest.

 

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Hyeon-gil ran with all his might.

His destination was not the Shaolin Temple Grounds but Repentance Cave.

He had to go there and confirm.

Flying up the rocky cliff, he arrived at the entrance of Repentance Cave.

Hyeon-gil’s complexion hardened.

It was too clean.

If Hyeon-hwang had escaped, would this place be so intact?

Of course, if he had been frantic to run out, there might not have been much damage.

But still, that door should have been smashed.

There was no way he would have opened it nicely before coming out.

Hyeon-gil opened the door and entered inside.

The deepest place.

Where Hyeon-hwang had been confined.

Arriving there, Hyeon-gil closed his eyes.

“Amitabha…”

A Buddhist invocation flowing from his mouth.

“Abbot Senior Brother. How could you have done such a thing?”

 

-Hyeon-hwang’s power doesn’t seem to be ordinary power. The Buddha Lord’s sealing tool can barely seal it, but cannot eliminate that energy…

He recalled the words Gwanghae Seong-seung had spoken when secretly calling Hyeon-gil.

-In the current state, that bastard will grow stronger and stronger. We can seal him with the sealing tool. But the moment someone harbors ill intentions and releases him. Disaster may befall the world.

‘Ah. Great-uncle. Your foresight was truly…’

Hyeon-gil closed his eyes.

-A power of this world yet beyond common sense. I have diligently researched and studied whether such power existed. I found it. A power that exists everywhere in the world, yet hides invisibly everywhere in the world.

-What is it?

-The beginning of the world. The power of primordial times.

-Did you say primordial? How could such…

-I barely found it in the scriptures of Tianzhu.

At that time, he had seen the scriptures that filled the walls of the Abbot’s Chamber in all four directions within one jang. They were all scriptures written in Sanskrit.

-Buddha Lord said that the world opened through primordial power and all creation was born, and afterward the remaining primordial power was divided into six fragments that hid throughout the world.

-What kind of powers are they?

-I don’t know. I only found out that one fragment became the source of the Demonic Cult.

-Then Senior Brother Hyeon-hwang’s power…

-Perhaps it’s part of those fragments.

-How could that be…

-Part of those fragments has seeped into Shaolin’s power as well.

-Ah…

-The Muscle and Bone Cleansing Scripture. That power is contained within it. I infused that power into the golden chains that restrain Hyeon-hwang. If that bastard breaks the restriction of these chains, it’s proof that he has become that much more dangerous. Before that happens, you must complete the restriction of the chains and lead him to nirvana.

-What?!?

-Complete the Muscle and Bone Cleansing Scripture. It seems impossible with the time I have left.

-How, how could I. Isn’t Senior Brother Hyeon-gwang there?

-Hyeon-gwang. He’s an outstanding child. Indeed he is. But that bastard cannot learn the Muscle and Bone Cleansing Scripture.

-How could that be? He’s evaluated as having Shaolin’s greatest talent…

-He hasn’t severed his worldly ties. Though he acts as if he has severed them outwardly, deep in his heart, worldly ties remain as heart demons. There’s no way he could learn the Muscle and Bone Cleansing Scripture. Those heart demons might make him do things he shouldn’t do.

-What do you mean…

-I mean Abbot Hyeon-gwang might use the Green Jade Buddha Palm to unleash disaster upon the world.

-That’s, that’s absurd. How could someone like Senior Brother Hyeon-gwang…

-That’s why it cannot be Hyeon-gwang. Because he harbors such deep heart demons.

-Great-uncle. Even so, how could you entrust such a dull disciple as myself.

-It must be you. The Muscle and Bone Cleansing Scripture is a scripture that is martial arts yet not martial arts. Only one with a pure and clear nature can see its end. You are the right person to draw out the primordial fragment hidden in the Muscle and Bone Cleansing Scripture.

 

Hyeon-gil had secretly learned the Muscle and Bone Cleansing Scripture from Gwanghae Seong-seung like that.

Shaolin’s Three Great Divine Techniques.

One of them was palm techniques, and another was fist techniques.

The Vajra Tathagata Buddha Light Great Hand Seal and Vajra Immovable Divine Fist were exactly those.

And the last remaining one.

It was one, yet it was also two.

The two scriptures that Bodhidharma brought from Tianzhu and transmitted to the Central Plains.

The Muscle-Tendon Changing Scripture and the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.

The term that refers to both together.

The Muscle-Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Scripture.

That was the final one of the Shaolin Three Great Divine Arts.

The beginning and end of Shaolin.

Everything of Shaolin, and Shaolin itself.

 

-If you draw traces of primordial power from the Muscle-Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Scripture, contain it in the Golden Chain. Then lead Hyeon-hwang to nirvana. You can do it. You must do so before that fellow breaks the Golden Chain Restraint.

 

The final will that Gwanghae Seong-seung left directly in Hyeon-gil’s ear at the last moment.

That was exactly it.

“Abbot Senior Brother. Why did you commit such a tragic act? How could you shatter the master’s will with the Green Jade Buddha Palm?”

In the deepest dark cave of the empty Repentance Cave, Hyeon-gil muttered.

Tears were flowing from his eyes.

The dark cave was far too clean.

This couldn’t be what it looked like after someone had escaped.

Moreover, if there had been an escape, what should naturally remain was absent.

The Golden Chain.

Those iron chains that had been restraining Hyeon-hwang.

Since there were no broken fragments or traces.

This meant Hyeon-gwang had taken them.

“Amitabha. Amitabha. Senior Uncle Gwang-hae. What on earth should this humble monk do…”

He fell into anguish.

This could soon become a heart demon.

Bright and clear qi energy stirred in Hyeon-gil’s dantian, washing away the anguish.

His mind cleared brightly.

“Huh. Sim Yeon. Sim Yeon…”

Just two months ago.

Hyeon-gil, who had finally encountered the traces of the primordial within the Muscle-Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Scripture, muttered quietly.

 

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