The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 324

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Chapter 324. Where is Han Seol-bing?

 

 

“Han Seol-bing. What’s the current situation?”

“The number of enemies entering through the Hole in the Sky is increasing.”

At Bing Chwi-seol’s question, Han Seol-bing answered in a dark voice.

She who was transmitting energy to Han Seol-bing fell into thought for a moment.

“Manager Ji, Manager Na. Go check the situation outside.”

At the command of Bing Chwi-seol who couldn’t move, the two people hurriedly went outside and returned shortly after.

“Eleven have succeeded in infiltrating. And they’re holding out by continuously throwing fire bombs and hidden weapons. It seems infiltrators will keep increasing through the Hole in the Sky.”

Na Hong-ryeon’s report.

“How about the other side? Han Seol-bing.”

She was referring to the enemies attacking the vulnerable sections.

“Two places can somehow be defended. However, one place is worrying. Though we’re trying to block it.”

It was the place where Tak Pung-geon was.

“What about the servants who entered Palace Lord’s Hall but don’t know martial arts?”

“They’re staying on the first floor of the hall or in the outer areas.”

Ji Heon-wi’s answer.

“If this gets breached as is, their casualties will be severe…”

Bing Chwi-seol fell into contemplation.

She soon made a decision.

“Manager Ji, Manager Na. Evacuate the servants underground. Manager Ji knows the escape route. Through there, they should be able to enter through a place far from the battlefield.”

“Palace Lord! This place is a forbidden area of the palace. Bringing in those without qualification is…”

Na Hong-ryeon exclaimed in shock.

“I’m not telling you to bring them here, just evacuate them underground.”

This place where the Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal was located was the deepest underground chamber.

There were considerable spaces above this as well.

“Still, the underground of the hall itself is forbidden…”

When Na Hong-ryeon tried to speak once more.

Bing Chwi-seol’s words were faster.

“The lives of the servants, no, the palace members are more precious than some prohibition. And originally, Manager Na and Manager Ji don’t have the qualification to enter here either. Same goes for Han Seol-bing.”

The deepest chamber where the Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal was located.

Only the Palace Lord and Young Palace Lord could enter this place.

Just those two.

“Understood.”

“Yes.”

Na Hong-ryeon was finally convinced.

Ji Heon-wi also answered firmly, and the two people hurriedly went outside.

Currently, the evacuation of servants was being carried out toward the outermost part of Palace Lord’s Hall.

They had to lead them toward the emergency escape route and bring them inside.

There were two locations for the escape routes.

Na Hong-ryeon and Ji Heon-wi split up and moved to different places.

 

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“Good. Just a little more now.”

It was as expected.

The more he broke through the formation technique.

It was becoming increasingly easier.

The more the paths already traversed accumulated, the easier the remaining path became.

Only one-fifth of the time it took to break through the first fifty percent had passed.

Yet he had already broken through an additional ten percent.

At this rate, the time would keep decreasing.

Breaking through this place was ultimately no different from opening the gate of a solid castle wall.

Then the Tak Family forces on standby would immediately enter.

And that would be the end for the Han Family and Ice Family.

Tak Pung-geon looked back at the path he had traveled.

The path he had continuously broken through and passed.

He hadn’t come straight. He had wound around here and there.

A distance that would take three steps, he seemed to have walked more than twenty steps.

It was because of the formation technique.

Therefore.

Just looking back, the formation technique was still operating fiercely.

He had to move only through the path of life he had found.

He had already positioned martial artists from the Iron Wind Corps and Swift Wind Corps throughout the path of life.

To guide the personnel who would enter afterward.

Tak Pung-geon himself just needed to advance a little more and completely break through the formation technique.

His eyes blazed with fire.

“Wait just a little longer. Han Seol-bing.”

 

Han Seol-bing concentrated all her senses on the place where Tak Pung-geon was.

There was no solution for the Hole in the Sky.

Since it was created by a complex interaction of weathered areas.

To repair it, many parts would need to be fixed.

The infiltrators at the other two of the three vulnerable places had all been dealt with.

No matter how vulnerable, it was still the Ice Heaven Myriad Forms Crushing Formation.

They could only penetrate a little deeper compared to other places.

In the end, their fate was death.

However.

Tak Pung-geon.

The place where this bastard was located was different.

Though not reaching Han Seol-bing’s level, he was a tremendous master of formation techniques.

This bastard was somehow finding the flaws in the formation created by time and gradually penetrating.

‘At this rate, it might be breached…’

Han Seol-bing’s eyes trembled finely. At the unexpected situation.

Even concentrating all her capabilities to move the formation’s energy.

There were limits.

She needed to repair the formation technique.

But there was no way in this situation.

Han Seol-bing’s beautiful brows furrowed and wouldn’t straighten.

Nevertheless, Han Seol-bing gave her all.

She would give her full strength until the moment she faced death.

From her days in the Hocheon Corps, it was a creed ingrained in her body.

 

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“Quickly! Quickly! Hurry up!”

The martial artists urged the people along as they led them.

The number of those falling from the sky kept increasing.

The fire bombs continued to explode.

In the end, the only place to safely evacuate these people was underground beneath the hall.

That’s why Palace Lord Bing Chwi-seol made such a decision.

Enemies were falling onto the rooftop of the hall.

But there was also an entrance that didn’t go through the hall.

It was a place made as an emergency escape route, but who would have thought it would be used as an evacuation path to avoid ground enemies.

Following Bing Chwi-seol’s orders, they headed there.

Na Hong-ryeon, leading them at the front, surveyed all directions.

She also checked on the condition of the servants following at the rear.

So many people followed behind her.

Among them were Im Seo-wol and Im Jang-mu as well.

“S-sister. Will it be okay?”

Im Jang-mu asked in a frightened voice.

“The Palace Lord is a good person. She will definitely protect us.”

She too was still young at fifteen.

Nevertheless, Im Seo-wol carefully comforted her frightened younger sibling.

How long had they walked like this?

Gradually moving away from the hall, they drew closer to the Ice Mist that was protecting them.

People glanced at the Ice Mist as they passed by.

Wooooong! Rumble.

The sound of the Ice Mist trembling could be heard.

Some were startled and sat down right where they were.

“Huh?”

The boy Im Jang-mu stopped walking and stared at the Ice Mist.

“The formation is shaking because it’s blocking enemies, so don’t be alarmed and move quickly!”

Na Hong-ryeon shouted.

In truth, she too was flustered by the sudden movement of the formation, but she couldn’t show it.

To comfort the servants, she spoke as if it was nothing serious and continued to encourage them to move.

People were reassured one by one and began walking again.

But Im Jang-mu stood there without moving an inch.

“J-Jang-mu. We need to go quickly.”

Im Seo-wol urged him.

However, Im Jang-mu was staring intently at the Ice Mist.

“Sister. Something’s strange here.”

Meanwhile, people continued moving.

Eventually, the two siblings ended up stopped at the very rear.

Na Hong-ryeon, who noticed this, approached the siblings directly.

“We need to pass through this place quickly…”

Na Hong-ryeon felt slightly urgent.

She had just remembered.

Han Seol-bing had told her that this area was one of the formation’s weak points that enemies were attacking.

Of all places, this position was exactly where Tak Pung-geon was breaking through.

The formation’s reaction just now was in response to Tak Pung-geon breaking through another section.

“E-excuse me, warrior. That place looks strange.”

Im Jang-mu pointed to a spot and spoke.

Na Hong-ryeon’s gaze followed, but there was nothing particular there.

“Just now the Ice Mist shook and some light became fainter.”

Na Hong-ryeon tilted her head at Im Jang-mu’s following words.

The light became fainter?

What light was he talking about?

“J-Jang-mu…”

Im Seo-wol panicked and tugged at her brother’s sleeve.

“But that light is connected to over there and keeps flickering on and off.”

Im Jang-mu moved forward as if entranced by something.

A place where stones the size of a newborn’s head were scattered about.

Im Jang-mu pointed to one of them.

“I don’t understand what you’re saying. We need to go now. Let’s hurry.”

Meanwhile, the distance from the group had widened a bit.

Since Na Hong-ryeon needed to lead them from the front, she had no choice but to urge Im Jang-mu.

“Hm?”

Then Im Jang-mu seemed to discover something again.

“Maybe these stones were originally one piece.”

Saying this, he picked up the stones one by one and fitted them around the stone he had first pointed to.

“What is that…”

Such sudden behavior.

But she couldn’t watch any longer.

“We need to go now. Other people are waiting.”

With continued urging, Im Seo-wol grabbed her brother’s arm and pulled him.

In the end, Im Jang-mu, unable to finish what he was doing, rejoined the group.

After they left.

Wooooong.

The formation vibrated once more, low and very low, but no one noticed.

 

“Good. Here I can…”

The moment he could take one more step forward.

But then.

Whiiiiing!

A fierce wind engulfed Tak Pung-geon.

“Ugh, urgh.”

An unexpected phenomenon.

Tak Pung-geon quickly stepped back.

And the scene revealed before his eyes.

The storm that he had definitely seemed to break through just moments ago was raging again.

“H-how…”

Tak Pung-geon was startled and examined it closely, then realized.

‘It’s, it’s gone…’

The faint Life Path that had been spread out ahead had disappeared.

An impossible thing.

How on earth?

At the same moment.

Han Seol-bing felt the same thing.

‘The formation has been restored? How?’

It was impossible.

No matter how much it was the Ice Heaven Ten Thousand Forms Ten Thousand Shatter Formation, part of the axis had been lost to weathering.

That place couldn’t restore itself.

Manpower would need to be deployed, but Han Seol-bing had never given such orders.

Han Seol-bing’s senses extended around the formation.

Expanding his focus that had been concentrated solely on Tak Pung-geon.

A group of people was passing through the vicinity.

It was the group led by Na Hong-ryeon.

‘What’s going on?’

Han Seol-bing waited for Na Hong-ryeon to return quickly.

 

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Six giant kites soared into the sky.

They moved through the air for a while, positioning themselves, then at a certain moment.

Six people dropped from the kites.

Their clothes billowing as they slowly rode the wind downward.

“Over there.”

Ha Mu-baek finally pinpointed the exact location.

The position drawn in his mind.

He nodded and was about to kick off the ground when.

Wooooooong.

A very low, faint resonance.

He hadn’t heard it with his ears.

It was a resonance felt through ki sense.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned toward that place.

The place where qi energy had been flowing incompletely.

The qi energy there had grown somewhat stronger.

It was an inexplicable change.

“I really need to get inside quickly.”

Ha Mu-baek kicked off the ground.

He ran up, stepping through midair.

Higher, higher.

Rising so high.

Only then did the Tak family martial artists discover Ha Mu-baek.

“Th-there’s someone over there!”

“An, an intruder!”

His clothing wasn’t that of someone from the palace.

Since it meant he was an outsider, cries of “intruder” burst forth.

In the center of Ice Heaven Palace.

That no one had noticed an outsider coming this far.

It was because all attention was focused on Palace Lord’s Hall.

Ha Mu-baek paid no attention to such reactions and turned his eyes to where the people had disappeared.

“As expected.”

There was a hole as anticipated.

The scene visible below it.

Fifteen people were throwing hidden weapons and explosive projectiles in all directions.

And the six in strange clothes who had dropped down earlier were slowly descending while deflecting arrows flying at them from all sides.

The giant kites that had descended below were about to pick up new people but stopped.

Because of Ha Mu-baek’s appearance.

Ha Mu-baek glanced at them as if uninterested.

He slowly stepped down through midair as if walking down stairs.

Thus Ha Mu-baek slowly descended below the hole.

Another figure who had suddenly appeared.

Not slowly flying down in winged garments.

But a stranger descending with an indifferent face, stepping through midair like walking down stairs.

At this person’s appearance, not only the Stormwind Unit but also the gazes of Han and Ice family martial artists all focused on Ha Mu-baek.

Meeting the gazes concentrated on him, Ha Mu-baek smiled slightly.

“Where is Seol-bing?”

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