The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 359

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Chapter 359. Hand It Over

 

 

 

 

 

Fine white powder suddenly flying before his eyes.

 

The moment he saw it, Ha Mu-baek stopped breathing.

 

Before reaching the realm of Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity.

 

It was a habit ingrained in his body from rolling around on battlefields.

 

On the other hand.

 

Myo Gu-eung merely cast his gaze toward Yeo Hong-gi, who had thrown the small glass bottle, as if asking what this trivial thing was.

 

His eyes were filled with mockery toward Yeo Hong-gi.

 

As if such a pathetic thing could do anything to him.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sword moved again.

 

The Soul Crushing technique unfolded, creating fierce winds of Flame Transformation that trapped the pure white powder and burned it away in one go.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sword did not stop.

 

He too had been sensing a momentary gap.

 

It was unexpected that Yeo Hong-gi had aimed for that gap and thrown in something presumed to be poison.

 

But that gap had not yet closed.

 

No, it had actually widened.

 

It was a gap created when Myo Gu-eung looked at Yeo Hong-gi as if he were pathetic.

 

Ha Mu-baek thrust his sword into that gap once more.

 

When you discover a weakness, you press that point.

 

This was a truth learned through long experience on battlefields.

 

Infinite Adaptable Eight Absolute Sword Technique, Fifth Absolute.

 

Heaven Breaking.

 

A technique he had only used against Hyeon-hwang since the end of the Murim War.

 

This was now being unleashed toward Myo Gu-eung.

 

Ha Mu-baek clearly recognized it.

 

Looking purely at martial arts realm, Hyeon-hwang had been a stronger opponent.

 

His own realm fell far short of Hyeon-hwang’s.

 

However, having absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Poison Well, that energy was in a strange state that surpassed Hyeon-hwang’s realm.

 

Tak Yo-beom, whom he had faced at Ice Heaven Palace.

 

He had at least been in a state where the energy was consuming him.

 

Myo Gu-eung appeared to have completely absorbed the energy under his own control.

 

However.

 

He lacked experience.

 

The bastard knew how powerful the energy he had absorbed was.

 

But he still seemed inexperienced at properly unleashing all of it.

 

Probably.

 

This must be his first time fighting a strong opponent like himself after gaining this energy.

 

He had to target that gap.

 

Ha Mu-baek clearly remembered that tremendous storm of energy that Tak Yo-beom had exploded in his rampage at Ice Heaven Palace.

 

The enormous amount of Fire Energy that he had barely managed to contain with Han Seol-bing’s help.

 

The poison energy that bastard possessed now was surely greater than that.

 

Therefore.

 

When a gap appeared.

 

He had to cut off his breath in one strike.

 

That’s why he had swung his sword at the beginning.

 

And now again.

 

He brought out Heaven Breaking.

 

A technique that destroys everything in one breath, with one sword.

 

A sword that shatters even the heavens.

 

Heaven Breaking.

 

The moment it flew toward Myo Gu-eung.

 

His head whipped around.

 

In an instant of carelessness.

 

At the tremendous force suddenly rushing toward him.

 

He hastily drew up his energy.

 

When pitch-black darkness formed a wall blocking his view.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s eyebrows twitched.

 

‘My internal energy…’

 

…

 

The flow of internal energy that had been continuous like a great ocean.

 

…

 

Had disappeared.

 

Completely and perfectly, without leaving even a handful behind.

 

It had disappeared.

 

…

 

Ha Mu-baek could not accept this situation at all and retraced the moments just before.

 

At first.

 

It seemed to cut off with tuk, tuk sounds.

 

Then eventually,

 

It stopped.

 

And then,

 

It hardened.

 

Finally.

 

The current state.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sword stopped in midair.

 

‘What is this…’

 

As his internal energy disappeared.

 

Myo Gu-eung looked with dazed eyes at the sword whose tremendous energy had suddenly vanished.

 

“Huh? What? What is this? Kekeke.”

 

A sudden situation that even he could not understand.

 

In this situation.

 

Both men simultaneously thought of the white powder.

 

The small glass bottle that Yeo Hong-gi had thrown.

 

‘I definitely stopped breathing.’

 

Though he had stopped breathing until all the white powder was burned away.

 

Ha Mu-baek had not considered that it could be a poison that could penetrate through the skin.

 

Because he had stopped breathing and burned away all the powder.

 

The poisoning was slightly delayed, allowing him to begin Heaven Breaking.

 

Nevertheless, the Purple Light Acid Poison that had seeped through his skin had scattered Ha Mu-baek’s internal energy.

 

‘How…’

 

Ha Mu-baek had Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity.

 

And it was a slightly different Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity from others.

 

It was a Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity that worked against not only Internal Energy Scattering Poison, but even aphrodisiacs.

 

Occasionally there were realms of Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity that could block Internal Energy Scattering Poison but could not block things like aphrodisiacs since they were not poisons.

 

Ha Mu-baek had perfectly resisted all of that.

 

In that regard, he had been confident he was superior even to Dang Ja-cheong, the Poison Emperor.

 

Yet his internal energy had scattered so futilely.

 

“It seems to be some pathetic Internal Energy Scattering Poison. How laughable that someone who showed some resistance to my poison would fall to such Internal Energy Scattering Poison spread by that young brat Yeo Hong-gi. Kekeke.”

 

With a sneer, as if he would pierce through Ha Mu-baek’s throat in one strike.

 

He created and grasped a Poison Energy Spear in his hand again.

 

And aiming for Ha Mu-baek’s throat.

 

The spear that instantly extended with a flash of light.

 

With its target right before it.

 

Suddenly scattered into midair.

 

“Huh?”

 

Myo Gu-eung stared at his own empty hand.

 

“Wh-what is this…”

 

Myo Gu-eung was flustered.

 

His own internal energy had also scattered and disappeared.

 

How could this have happened.

 

Absolute Poison Realm, Poison God Body.

 

He had surpassed the realm where his body itself was poison, becoming a god of poison himself.

 

Yet he had been poisoned by Internal Energy Scattering Poison.

 

This was impossible.

 

Myo Gu-eung trembled as he turned his gaze to glare at Yeo Hong-gi.

 

Yeo Hong-gi confirmed the state of both men.

 

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

 

He had been anxious about whether it would work or not.

 

But it worked.

 

His body trembled with elation.

 

The Internal Energy Scattering Poison he had created.

 

Had stolen the internal energy of the monster that absorbed the energy of the Ten Thousand Year Poison Well.

 

As one who researched poison, how could he not be filled with elation.

 

What he thought existed only in fantasy.

 

The Ten Thousand Year Poison Well.

 

He had created a poison that connected to the essence of poison essences.

 

Ha Mu-baek chuckled.

 

“You bastard. You also fell to such pathetic Internal Energy Scattering Poison?”

 

The black energy that had been fiercely dominating the area also disappeared instantly.

 

This happened simultaneously with Myo Gu-eung losing his internal energy.

 

Thanks to this.

 

Dang Ja-cheong, Yeo Hong-gi, Gong Dok-haeng, Dang Ji-yeon.

 

All of them could completely expel the poison energy and recover their usual complexions.

 

A small glass bottle.

 

That was the variable it created.

 

Myo Gu-eung looked at those four people.

 

The bastard before his eyes was poisoned by Internal Energy Scattering Poison just like himself.

 

But those others were not.

 

He was at a complete disadvantage.

 

“Th-th-th, this.”

 

A groan filled with rage flowed out.

 

That day from decades ago.

 

That miserable and devastating escape.

 

The thought that he might have to do that again.

 

“Don’t even think about running away.”

 

Ha Mu-baek spoke in a voice filled with killing intent.

 

If both of them had lost their internal energy to Internal Energy Scattering Poison.

 

It was overwhelmingly advantageous for Ha Mu-baek.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s martial arts did not rely solely on internal energy.

 

He had always emphasized external arts to his cadets.

 

Just as much, he himself had never neglected training in external arts.

 

His solid muscles moved.

 

And his sword moved.

 

Without a single trace of internal energy.

 

Sword technique deployed with pure physical strength alone.

 

That movement was the Three Talents Sword Technique.

 

What he had always emphasized as the basics of swordsmanship.

 

Ha Mu-baek deployed it in actual combat and attacked toward Myo Gu-eung.

 

“Gr-grr.”

 

Myo Gu-eung moved his body with all his might to dodge the sword.

 

Though he had no internal energy, thanks to his physical abilities that transcended human limits achieved through the Poison God Body, he could barely dodge Ha Mu-baek’s sword.

 

But even that had its limits.

 

He couldn’t keep dodging forever.

 

Above all.

 

Yeo Hong-gi.

 

That bastard was moving stealthily.

 

‘Damn it…’

 

Bare hands without even a weapon.

 

‘Poison. Poison. If only I could use poison…’

 

It was a desperate and earnest feeling.

 

Was it responding to that earnestness.

 

The poison energy that had been sleeping in Myo Gu-eung’s meridians began to move stealthily.

 

However.

 

It did not obey Myo Gu-eung’s commands.

 

That was natural.

 

He had not even a handful of internal energy to control them.

 

The poison energy that awakened from his meridians and began rampaging through Myo Gu-eung’s interior.

 

If it were an ordinary person.

 

They would have been poisoned by that poison energy at that moment.

 

But Myo Gu-eung was different.

 

He had entered the Poison God Poison Nature Realm and absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Poison Well.

 

Reaching the Absolute Poison Realm, Poison God Body.

 

Therefore he was not poisoned.

 

But he could not control it either.

 

The poison energy rampaged through Myo Gu-eung’s body as it pleased.

 

Then.

 

A portion.

 

A very minute portion.

 

Flowed out through Myo Gu-eung’s nose.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sword still moved fiercely and swiftly.

 

Whoosh.

 

Whiing.

 

The sound of cutting through air rang out.

 

What flowed out of Myo Gu-eung’s body.

 

The colorless, tasteless, and odorless poison.

 

Rode on Ha Mu-baek’s sword wind and flowed into Ha Mu-baek’s nostrils.

 

Drip.

 

Blood flowed from his nose.

 

“This is?”

 

Ha Mu-baek’s movements stopped.

 

Blood also flowed from the corner of his mouth.

 

His face turned pitch black.

 

Anyone could see these were perfect symptoms of poisoning.

 

Though he had lost his internal energy.

 

The realm of Ten Thousand Poisons Cannot Invade Body remained intact.

 

Even without internal energy, he should have been able to resist poison.

 

Yet he was poisoned.

 

And by.

 

Myo Gu-eung who had lost his internal energy.

 

“How?”

 

The moment Ha Mu-baek muttered with incomprehensible eyes.

 

“Huh? Ah? Ahh. Ahahaha.”

 

Myo Gu-eung burst into laughter.

 

He understood the situation that had just occurred.

 

Though he couldn’t control it at will.

 

The toxic energy stirring inside him had moved wildly before finding a path to flow outward.

 

Myo Gu-eung looked at Yeo Hong-gi who had somehow approached near him.

 

“Hoooooo.”

 

He blew with all his might.

 

And so, riding on his breath.

 

Colorless, tasteless, odorless.

 

The poison known as Formless Poison flew toward Yeo Hong-gi.

 

“Ugh.”

 

Immediately poisoned, he drew up his internal energy to resist the toxic energy.

 

Nevertheless, his face turned pitch black.

 

He was poisoned.

 

“Next time I won’t fall for such petty tricks.”

 

Myo Gu-eung glared at Yeo Hong-gi, said those words, then turned and ran.

 

He ran with all his strength.

 

Fearing that Dang Ja-cheong or Gong Dok-haeng might chase after him.

 

Decades ago.

 

Running in fear.

 

That miserable and devastating escape.

 

To think he would repeat it again.

 

‘Wait, you bastards. Once I’m freed from the poisoning of my Internal Energy Scattering Poison. I’ll melt you all into a handful of blood in one go.’

 

Myo Gu-eung blamed himself.

 

He had been arrogant and foolish.

 

Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art completed by absorbing the ten thousand year poison well.

 

Intoxicated by that power, he had acted leisurely.

 

Though he said he would repay the humiliation from decades ago, he had thought too lightly of it.

 

Carelessness.

 

Taking advantage of that gap, he had fallen into this trap.

 

He never imagined that Internal Energy Scattering Poison capable of penetrating Absolute Poison Realm Poison God Body would exist.

 

“M-Master!”

 

After Myo Gu-eung fled.

 

Unable to even think of pursuing him.

 

Gong Dok-haeng ran to Yeo Hong-gi.

 

“Quiet.”

 

Sitting cross-legged, Yeo Hong-gi drew up the energy of Soul-Stealing White Poison Art and began fighting the toxic energy.

 

Before long.

 

Yeo Hong-gi removed all the poison and stood up.

 

This was possible because the amount that had penetrated was small.

 

“Damn it. To think there was poison that could be used even without internal energy.”

 

It wasn’t something he carried and administered as poison.

 

It was just poison that flowed from his body.

 

That was the most vicious.

 

Even more than the toxic energy that had been madly spewing black energy.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

Dang Ja-cheong removed his hand from Ha Mu-baek’s Life Gate Acupoint.

 

He couldn’t pursue Myo Gu-eung because he had to treat the poisoned Ha Mu-baek.

 

Ha Mu-baek nodded and stood up.

 

“Thank you. Elder, Miss Dang.”

 

Ha Mu-baek handed back the Poison-Repelling Bead that Dang Ji-yeon had placed in his hand.

 

“It’s Formless Poison.”

 

These were Dang Ja-cheong’s words after recognizing its identity while removing the poison that had penetrated Ha Mu-baek’s body.

 

It was a vicious poison that could barely be suppressed because Dang Ja-cheong moved his internal energy while holding the Poison-Repelling Bead.

 

If Ha Mu-baek hadn’t possessed Ten Thousand Poisons Cannot Invade Body.

 

It would have been impossible.

 

“It must be the poison well’s toxic energy, right?”

 

Dang Ja-cheong nodded at Ha Mu-baek’s question.

 

“To think there’s a human from whom such poison naturally flows…”

 

They had all seen Yeo Hong-gi get poisoned after he blew his breath.

 

They couldn’t rashly pursue him.

 

Ha Mu-baek with Ten Thousand Poisons Cannot Invade Body escaped poisoning only after holding the Poison-Repelling Bead and having Dang Ja-cheong drive out the toxic energy with his internal energy.

 

And that was thanks to quick treatment.

 

If even half of half a moment had passed while poisoned, Ha Mu-baek might have been pickled in poison and lost his life.

 

To kill Myo Gu-eung in his current state.

 

Only Ha Mu-baek with his internal energy restored could do it.

 

Ha Mu-baek looked at Yeo Hong-gi with a cold gaze.

 

That damn bastard interfered.

 

Step, step.

 

Ha Mu-baek walked straight toward Yeo Hong-gi.

 

“Hand it over.”

 

Short words.

 

But what those words meant was clear.

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“The antidote for the Internal Energy Scattering Poison your bastard disciple spread.”

 

Those who make poison always create antidotes as well.

 

To prepare for when they themselves get poisoned.

 

So this bastard must have it too.

 

“I don’t have it.”

 

Yeo Hong-gi answered boldly.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s eyebrows twitched.

 

His sword was drawn and moved to target Yeo Hong-gi’s shoulder in one stroke, but.

 

Clang.

 

It was blocked by Gong Dok-haeng’s sword.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sword, which lacked Internal Energy.

 

No matter how much he had cultivated External Arts.

 

It was not an absolute sword that could not be blocked.

 

Ha Mu-baek glared at the two men with fierce eyes.

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