The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 358
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Chapter 358. Is This All?
Wooooong.
The atmosphere trembled.
A pitch-black Poison Energy Spear was trying to strike down Ha Mu-baek.
Wooooong.
In response, Ha Mu-baek’s sword fiercely drew up pure white Sword Aura.
Kwang!
Hiss…
Two contrasting sounds rang out.
The two men stepped back.
Myo Gu-eung looked at Ha Mu-baek with disbelieving eyes.
The trickle of blood at the corner of Ha Mu-baek’s mouth had become slightly thicker.
“Who are you? Though I may have never left the Sichuan Martial World… I’ve never seen a master like you.”
Myo Gu-eung asked while looking at Ha Mu-baek.
This was Myo Gu-eung’s first time leaving Sichuan Province for the Central Plains.
To him, Namman, Yunnan, and Sichuan were the entire world.
In his youth.
He had directly seen the great sects and masters of the Sichuan martial world.
But none had reached the same level as the human before his eyes.
Moreover, at such a young age.
So Myo Gu-eung could only be genuinely surprised.
The Poison God Body that had absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Poison Well.
The strike unleashed with that power had been blocked, and he was even feeling recoil.
Above all.
He was enduring the Poison Well’s Toxic Energy that subtly flowed out when he used his martial arts.
Even with Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity, it was toxic energy that couldn’t be blocked without full effort.
Right now, Dang Ja-cheong, Yeo Hong-gi, and the others were resisting the toxic energy with all their might.
All their faces had turned bright red.
But the bastard before his eyes.
Though he was bleeding from his mouth as if slightly poisoned.
He was exchanging equal attack and defense with him.
“Ha Mu-baek.”
He answered briefly with a voice filled with killing intent.
“Is this all?”
Ha Mu-baek asked toward Myo Gu-eung, who was tilting his head at the name Ha Mu-baek.
The moment Myo Gu-eung’s gaze focused on Ha Mu-baek.
“Then die.”
Ha Mu-baek’s sword split the space.
Severing Sunset.
A swift sword of speed beyond human perception flew toward Myo Gu-eung’s neck.
In an instant.
Ha Mu-baek’s sword had completely escaped Myo Gu-eung’s perception.
It reached his neck.
The moment it tried to cut in one stroke.
Clang!
Dark energy flowing from his body became a solid iron wall and blocked Severing Sunset.
Myo Gu-eung staggered backward from the impact.
He looked at Ha Mu-baek with eyes filled with shock.
Ha Mu-baek was equally surprised.
He had completely surpassed the enemy’s perception range, yet what was that energy that automatically reacted and blocked it?
An unpleasant black light was flowing thickly.
“St, strong. You are.”
Myo Gu-eung spoke with a trembling voice.
When he first wounded his neck.
He thought he was a decent fellow.
When he shot out killing intent earlier, he thought he might be troublesome.
But.
This bastard’s current appearance.
Was dangerous.
Just as he entered the Central Plains to finally carry out his long-held revenge.
The first opponent he met was such a master.
How did Yeo Hong-gi summon such a strong warrior?
Myo Gu-eung.
He was the young valley master of Cheondok Valley.
He had been more absorbed in poison research than martial arts.
That’s why he knew few martial arts.
Spear techniques he was forced to learn by his master’s command.
And poison arts.
That was all.
He had immersed himself in poison arts alone.
Wind Thunder Thousand Poison Spear Technique.
That was the only martial art he knew.
Nowhere in the Heavenly Poison Spear Technique secret manual did it say such a strike was possible.
What should he do about this?
This was his first time facing an opponent with such strong martial arts.
As for martial arts experience, training matches and duels from his Cheondok Valley days were all.
If he spoke of real combat.
That day.
When he fled risking his life was all.
His poison arts were the best under heaven, but his martial arts…
His thoughts stopped there.
“Kuk kuk. Keu keu keu kuk.”
Laughter flowed from Myo Gu-eung’s mouth.
He had realized.
That wielding weapons wasn’t the only martial art.
His poison arts were also martial arts.
He who had learned the world’s greatest poison arts.
To think he felt fear, even briefly, by getting caught up in mere weapon combat.
“I still have far to go. It’s because I gained power but couldn’t use it properly.”
Myo Gu-eung looked at Ha Mu-baek.
His eyes met with Ha Mu-baek’s.
“From now on is the real thing. I’ll show you everything.”
These words recalled Ha Mu-baek’s question.
The same dark energy that had surrounded Myo Gu-eung’s neck began flowing stickily from his entire body.
The energy slowly spreading as it devoured the ground beneath his feet.
Hiss. Hisssss.
Smoke rose along with the sound of the ground being burned away by poison.
Poison smoke.
It rode the wind and flew near Ha Mu-baek.
“Hmm.”
Ha Mu-baek frowned.
His face turned bright red.
This energy was incomparable to the poison that had naturally flowed out during their earlier exchange.
As if trying to turn the ground of Cheondok Valley into Poisoned Earth and make it his domain.
The black energy was gradually expanding its range.
Ha Mu-baek raised his sword again.
Severing Sunset and Lightning Division.
Sword techniques unfolding in succession.
However.
Severing Sunset was blocked by Myo Gu-eung’s black energy that had appeared from who knows when.
The Lightning Division that followed.
The energy of lightning.
Hisssss! Hissssssss!
Burned away the black energy, but.
Soon even more energy came rushing out.
The burned energy transformed into poison smoke and spread even faster and wider.
“Urgh.”
Dang Ja-cheong’s groan was heard from behind Ha Mu-baek.
His face now had black energy faintly seeping into it.
‘Is this indeed the poison of the poison well?’
Ha Mu-baek too.
Was consuming a considerable amount of internal energy to resist the poison.
Yeo Hong-gi and Gong Dok-haeng were in similar situations.
Dang Ji-yeon was in a slightly better situation since she had retreated further away than the others.
But in truth, she was the one in the most danger in this place.
Ha Mu-baek looked at Myo Gu-eung who was emanating the black energy.
The black light was becoming even blacker.
Pure black.
The more it did so, the stronger the poison became.
“Try facing my everything.”
Myo Gu-eung said this as he unleashed his Poison Arts.
Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art.
According to its operation, the black energy moved like waves on the ground.
It became a massive tsunami and crashed toward Ha Mu-baek.
The tremendous poison energy approaching him.
‘If I’m hit, I’ll be poisoned.’
He intuited it the moment he saw it.
That was poison even Ha Mu-baek himself couldn’t handle.
The moment he was poisoned.
He might not be able to endure it.
Then.
He had to destroy the poison before being poisoned.
How?
‘The opposite of poison is fire.’
From Ha Mu-baek’s dantian.
A small flame flickered.
Soon it became a fierce blaze and burst forth from Ha Mu-baek’s entire body.
A storm of Flame Transformation pouring toward the tsunami of poison.
Myo Gu-eung was slightly surprised by Ha Mu-baek’s sudden response.
But that was all.
He had already drawn out all the energy of the poison well.
Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art that absorbed the ten-thousand-year poison well.
The founder who first left behind Myeongdokgong had said this.
That it was a divine technique that nothing under heaven could block or withstand.
If only one absorbed the ten-thousand-year poison well.
Kuaaaang!
Poison and flame collided.
Hissssssssssss!!!
Acrid smoke that obscured vision rose up.
The storm of Flame Transformation created a fire wind, trying to blow all that smoke toward where Myo Gu-eung was.
Even so, part of the poison flowed behind Ha Mu-baek.
Dang Ja-cheong drew up even more internal energy.
To resist the poison that was surging toward him again.
It would have been best to move further away from this place.
But he couldn’t move.
He felt that if his internal energy operation became disrupted at that moment, he wouldn’t be able to control the poison that had penetrated his body.
‘The false reputation of Poison Emperor is regrettable…’
It was devastating.
He had pride that he would be the best in the Central Plains regarding poison.
Yet all he could do was resist the poison without being able to do anything.
Ha Mu-baek’s Flame Transformation spread even wider.
Trying to completely envelop Myo Gu-eung’s tsunami.
Was it thanks to that?
The poison flowing backward weakened.
And Dang Ja-cheong and the others gained some breathing room.
As time passed, that breathing room gradually increased.
It was thanks to the flames Ha Mu-baek created completely enveloping the poison Myo Gu-eung created.
With this gained breathing room.
Yeo Hong-gi looked at the two with complex eyes.
‘How on earth is such fire energy…’
It wasn’t something like Samadhi True Fire created with internal energy.
Mere Samadhi True Fire couldn’t possibly block the poison of Myeongdokgong like that.
He could tell because he too was learning Myeongdokgong.
And another thing he could tell.
‘Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art… it’s an insane martial art…’
It made the fact that it was the same Myeongdokgong as Soul-Stealing White Poison Art seem meaningless.
His own Myeongdokgong was less than a firefly before the moon compared to Myo Gu-eung’s.
The types of Poison Arts energy were just similar.
That was all.
Hadn’t he, who learned Myeongdokgong, given his all to resist the poison of Myeongdokgong?
Therefore.
He watched the confrontation between the two with complex eyes.
‘Ha Mu-baek. He’s remarkable, but…’
Since he had learned Soul-Stealing White Poison Art to the point of reaching ultimate achievement.
Yeo Hong-gi could see it with his eyes.
Though Ha Mu-baek’s Flame Energy was blocking the energy of the Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art.
The absolute quantity was different.
Moreover, since it was currently in a form wrapping around the poison energy, the energy itself was spread thin and wide.
There was no telling when it might be pierced through.
If that happened.
This place would be completely devoured by even more vicious poison.
Then everyone present would melt away into a handful of blood.
Yeo Hong-gi looked at Sa-baek, who was grinning wickedly while freely releasing poison energy.
‘The Ten Thousand Year Poison Well. Even Master probably didn’t expect that connection to reach here. Sa-baek.’
If he had known.
He would have chased to the very end of Namman somehow.
‘And, Sa-baek. Sa-baek probably didn’t expect it either. That there exists an Internal Energy Scattering Poison that can even nullify Myeongdokgong.’
An Internal Energy Scattering Poison that even someone with Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity would inevitably fall victim to.
It would be effective against the Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art, which was also a Myeongdokgong.
Though the poison energy of the Ten Thousand Year Poison Well would take effect.
No matter how powerful the Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art was, it wasn’t composed solely of poison energy.
Internal energy was needed to control that poison energy.
The Purple Light Acid Poison nullifies that internal energy.
For one day.
In his own case, as a result, even his Poison Arts had disappeared.
But he couldn’t know how it would be for Sa-baek.
However.
If he was going to try anything, now was the opportunity.
“You have quite a trick up your sleeve? Fire energy, is it? You intend to resist my poison with that fire? While it’s true that fire is the natural enemy of poison, conversely, poison can also become the natural enemy of fire.”
Myo Gu-eung said while looking at Ha Mu-baek.
At the same time, the tsunami of poison raged even more violently.
As if it would instantly destroy the fire breakwater that dared to block it.
“That pitiful fire energy you possess cannot match the poison energy that the poison well has accumulated over ten thousand years. Let’s see you try to block it. Hahaha.”
With Myo Gu-eung’s laughter, all the poison energy that had been establishing its domain rushed toward Ha Mu-baek.
A tsunami.
It was a massive tsunami.
A tsunami that seemed ready to swallow everything at once swept toward Ha Mu-baek.
A poison tsunami concentrated toward a single point.
‘Mmm.’
Ha Mu-baek swallowed his groan internally.
Even though he was pouring out all the fire energy he possessed.
Soon.
It seemed the fire barrier would shatter.
He had tried to burn away all the poison energy and even burn that bastard Myo Gu-eung.
But he was at a disadvantage in the absolute quantity of energy.
Though the Flood Dragon’s Fire Energy writhed and tried to burn the poison well’s poison energy.
Gradually.
It was becoming insufficient.
Stumble.
Ha Mu-baek stepped back one pace.
This wouldn’t do.
Ha Mu-baek put strength into the hand gripping his sword.
A sword imbued not with White Strong Energy but with the Flood Dragon’s Fire Energy.
With the Flame Sword, Ha Mu-baek swung his sword once more.
Infinite Adaptable Eight Absolute Sword Technique, Fourth Severance.
Soul Crushing.
It wasn’t simple Flood Dragon’s Fire Energy.
The profound principles of the Infinite Adaptable Eight Absolute Sword Technique were added together.
The fire energy instantly spread like a dense net and embraced the tsunami as if trapping it.
Then it gathered to a single point as if to destroy it in one blow.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
Kwang-kwa-kwa-kwang-kwang!
With a tremendous explosion, Ha Mu-baek was sent flying backward.
If Ha Mu-baek’s Flood Dragon’s Fire Energy had combined with the profound principles of Soul Crushing.
Myo Gu-eung’s poison well’s poison energy had combined with the principles of the Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art.
Overwhelmed by the quantity of energy.
Rather, Ha Mu-baek suffered the loss.
Retch.
Ha Mu-baek spat out the blood that rose from his churning insides.
How long had it been since he suffered internal injuries.
Even so, he raised his fire energy again.
The moment he withdrew his fire energy.
Even if he didn’t know about himself, all the humans behind him would die.
He absolutely could not retreat.
Hadn’t he promised the Tang Family Head.
That he would take responsibility for Dang Ja-cheong and Dang Ji-yeon’s safety.
It wasn’t only Ha Mu-baek who suffered losses unilaterally.
“Mmm.”
Letting out a thin groan, Myo Gu-eung stepped back three paces.
The poison well’s poison energy he had released also scattered momentarily.
Though he had clearly gained a great advantage.
It wasn’t absolute.
Myo Gu-eung was displeased with that aspect.
Considering the difference in energy they possessed, he should have been overwhelming.
“You wretch!”
Myo Gu-eung tried to unleash and deploy the supreme secret technique of the Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Ten Thousand Poison Art.
With this, he would surely melt that bastard into blood.
The momentary gap created then.
Yeo Hong-gi didn’t miss that gap.
Since he was deploying the Soul-Stealing White Poison Art to its ultimate achievement.
He immediately reacted when the flow of the Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art stopped for just an instant.
The tiny glass bottle in his bosom flew between Ha Mu-baek and Myo Gu-eung and shattered directly.
The Purple Light Acid Poison he had been carrying.
All of it.
What he had brought in preparation for contingencies.
An amount of Internal Energy Scattering Poison that could instantly scatter the internal energy of fifty masters at Ha Mu-baek’s level.
It scattered between the two men like flying snow powder and disappeared into the air.
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