The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 393

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The pitch-black eyes of Silent Iron met Gwan Ha-gyeong’s gaze.

 

Silent Iron stared at the warrior bringing down a blue blade aura toward him.

 

Swoosh.

 

The blue blade aura fell upon Silent Iron’s crown and came straight down to the ground.

 

Crack.

 

One blade, two cuts.

 

Silent Iron split in half and collapsed.

 

Yu Gwi-gwang and the Maengryong Member who had been spreading their arms were split left and right by the force and flew apart.

 

“Whew.”

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong exhaled deeply but still didn’t lower his guard.

 

Though he had defeated Silent Iron, there was no telling where other jiangshi might appear.

 

“Good.”

 

A small word of praise flowed from Ha Mu-baek’s lips.

 

The coordination between the Bongma Corps and Maengryong Corps had been excellent.

 

Their use of the narrow terrain densely packed with trees was also excellent.

 

And their vigilance of the surroundings until the very end was good too.

 

Not just Gwan Ha-gyeong, but the others were also scanning their surroundings with bright, alert eyes.

 

“Then, we move.”

 

Ha Mu-baek came down from the tree, spoke briefly, and moved.

 

Everyone followed behind him.

 

He didn’t tell them the destination.

 

Even so, they silently followed behind him.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s expression gradually disappeared as he moved through the Western Forest.

 

It was because he was spreading his Ki Sense, observing the movements of the Poison Jiangshi that had suddenly appeared.

 

‘It seems we’re the target. No, am I the target?’

 

He knew that the Blood Cult bastards could intentionally control jiangshi.

 

They hadn’t shown such behavior since losing in the Great Murim War.

 

But today they were clearly moving under the Blood Cult’s control.

 

Otherwise, how could six jiangshi move toward the same target?

 

‘I need to confirm who the target is first.’

 

Whether it was himself or the Bongma Corps.

 

Ha Mu-baek thought he would be the target.

 

Otherwise, there would be no reason to suddenly move jiangshi like this.

 

Hadn’t the Bongma Corps been roaming freely throughout Sanwol Demon Forest for years now?

 

“We move separately.”

 

Ha Mu-baek designated the direction for the Bongma Corps to move.

 

There weren’t any particular threats in that direction.

 

Since they were the ones who had already defeated Silent Iron.

 

Ha Mu-baek moved in a different direction with Pyeong Deok-jo.

 

Both paths had clearings in the middle of the route.

 

It was a strategic move to face the six Poison Jiangshi.

 

When they had moved for about half an hour.

 

Ha Mu-baek stopped walking.

 

Pyeong Deok-jo also stopped following him.

 

“We rejoin.”

 

Ha Mu-baek said this and changed direction.

 

It wasn’t toward where they had separated, but the fastest route to meet with the Bongma Corps.

 

That place wasn’t a path.

 

They had to push through the densely packed trees.

 

Ha Mu-baek leaped up into the trees.

 

It was more comfortable and faster to move by stepping on tree branches.

 

Pyeong Deok-jo also climbed up into the trees following Ha Mu-baek.

 

Though his Movement Technique level was too low to chase after Ha Mu-baek, he was managing to follow without losing him.

 

‘So I wasn’t the target?’

 

The Poison Jiangshi were moving toward where the Bongma Corps was.

 

Not toward Ha Mu-baek himself.

 

As soon as he confirmed this, he immediately changed direction toward them.

 

‘Not bad.’

 

The Blood Cult had also anticipated that Ha Mu-baek would move toward the Bongma Corps anyway.

 

‘Who is it?’

 

Who would use their head like this to face him?

 

‘Is it Il-no after all?’

 

Blood Cult First Elder, the leader of the Blood Cult’s Ten Elders.

 

It must be him.

 

The one he had tried to kill in the last war, but couldn’t kill because he hid so well.

 

It seemed he was hiding in Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

That’s why there was this kind of reaction.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s eyes deepened.

 

‘Do Mun-wi, that bastard’s hiding place for Il-no was just here?’

 

As far as Ha Mu-baek knew, there was no place in Sanwol Demon Forest where Il-no could hide.

 

That’s why he hadn’t thought of this place.

 

He had smashed all the places where those bastards could hide.

 

They wouldn’t have gathered there again to rebuild.

 

If there had been such movement, the Bongma Corps couldn’t have missed it.

 

No matter how much of trash the Bongma Corps Leader was, he wouldn’t have failed to report such a major matter.

 

Considering that Gongsun Dan-gyeong had said nothing about Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

‘Where could they be hiding…’

 

Ha Mu-baek recalled various parts of Sanwol Demon Forest’s terrain.

 

He spread his Ki Sense widely.

 

Wide enough to cover all of Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

He had to find the hiding rats.

 

It would have been unthinkable with his previous level, but now it was different.

 

He had reached a level where he could examine all of Sanwol Demon Forest in detail.

 

Ha Mu-baek frowned.

 

It was because he could only sense the presence of jiangshi, the Bongma Corps, Maengryong Corps, and herb gatherers who secretly entered Sanwol Demon Forest risking their lives to gather herbs.

 

His Ki Sense spread widely in a circle couldn’t detect the presence of Blood Cult remnants hiding deep underground.

 

Nowhere was there the presence of anyone who had learned Blood Arts.

 

Judging by how they were controlling jiangshi, he should have sensed at least one person’s presence.

 

Had they luckily moved the jiangshi when he briefly withdrew his Ki Sense?

 

Ha Mu-baek’s thoughts were cut off there.

 

Because he could see the Bongma Corps below.

 

Thud. Thud.

 

Ha Mu-baek lightly kicked off a tree branch and landed on the ground.

 

The Bongma Corps group was startled by his sudden appearance.

 

“Uh, th-that…”

 

While Pung Geon was flustered.

 

“Move quickly.”

 

Ha Mu-baek took the lead and moved along the route he had instructed beforehand.

 

Since the Poison Jiangshi were getting closer, he thought it would be better to face them in a wide clearing.

 

The clearing they arrived at.

 

“What’s the matter?”

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong stepped forward as representative and asked.

 

“Troublesome bastards have latched on.”

 

“What?”

 

“They seem like Poison Jiangshi… they’re ones I’m encountering for the first time too. Those bastards are moving with you as their target. Six of them.”

 

The Bongma Corps was shocked by those words.

 

Though they had accumulated countless experiences in Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

They had never heard of jiangshi moving in groups targeting specific objectives.

 

“H-how could such a thing…”

 

Yu Gwi-gwang muttered with a face that couldn’t believe it at all.

 

If such a thing were possible, Sanwol Demon Forest would truly be the Land of Death itself.

 

“Deploy formation tactics. They’re coming soon.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, the Bongma Corps and Maengryong Corps immediately moved.

 

Pyeong Deok-jo also joined the Maengryong Corps.

 

Holding the spare shield he carried around.

 

Since he was an instructor of Gyoryong Hall’s Maengryong Corps, he had already coordinated with them several times while holding a shield.

 

Being the strongest among them, Pyeong Deok-jo stood beside Yu Gwi-gwang.

 

How long had they waited like that?

 

“Kueoeoeo!”

 

“Kraaaang!”

 

“Kuakuakua.”

 

Six jiangshi appeared.

 

Poison Jiangshi.

 

They stretched out their dark purple claws and rushed toward the Bongma Corps.

 

They didn’t even glance at Ha Mu-baek.

 

Bang!

 

Five of them were blocked by five shields.

 

The remaining one’s attack was blocked by Gwan Ha-gyeong’s blade.

 

Ha Mu-baek observed them carefully.

 

Though their appearance was no different from Poison Jiangshi, their presence had points that differed from Poison Jiangshi.

 

Why on earth was that?

 

The sixteen-on-six attack and defense was fierce.

 

Ha Mu-baek could have stepped in directly to deal with them, but he watched, thinking this too was training and cultivation.

 

And.

 

He also had to find the differences from Poison Jiangshi.

 

Since they were presumed to be new entities that even Ha Mu-baek had never seen before.

 

Ha Mu-baek, who had been watching like that, frowned.

 

The movements of one Maengryong Member holding a shield were strange.

 

Though he had never been hit by the Poison Jiangshi’s claws.

 

His eyes were gradually becoming unfocused.

 

He was the one with the weakest Internal Energy among them.

 

As his eyes became unfocused, he drooled little by little.

 

At the same time, he disregarded defense and rushed toward the Poison Jiangshi.

 

He was safe because Yu Gwi-gwang stepped forward several times to protect him.

 

But he continued to throw his body toward the Poison Jiangshi.

 

As if craving something.

 

‘Wait.’

 

Ha Mu-baek was startled.

 

That was right.

 

His movements weren’t about fighting and defeating the Poison Jiangshi.

 

He was craving something.

 

As if indulging to obtain more and more.

 

Ha Mu-baek had memories of seeing such a sight.

 

An unforgettable sight.

 

Last winter.

 

The Jamhon Poison that the Blood Cult bastards had spread in Muchang.

 

It was similar to the appearance of those who had been poisoned by it.

 

‘No way…’

 

He had thought the Blood Cult bastards’ conspiracy from that time was completely crushed.

 

Ha Mu-baek launched his body.

 

At the current distance between himself and them, he couldn’t tell.

 

Even if he operated his Infinite Bright Wheel Eye, he couldn’t read the qi energy of jiangshi bastards who had no Internal Energy.

 

Ha Mu-baek landed in the center of the formation like that.

 

His expression became completely distorted.

 

Only after positioning himself here could he know.

 

“Those bastards…”

 

Poison Jiangshi.

 

Indeed, they were different from other Poison Jiangshi.

 

Just as Poison Persons breathe and emit poison.

 

Those bastards were minutely spewing Jamhon Poison through their mouths and noses.

 

The Jamhon Poison spread to a distance of roughly one jang in radius.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s position was farther than that, so he hadn’t been able to notice.

 

The Bongma Corps and Maengryong Corps were all fighting with swords and shields within the range of that poison.

 

Who would have thought the Blood Cult would use such a method.

 

Who would have thought they would create such jiangshi.

 

Even Ha Mu-baek couldn’t have imagined it.

 

So this trouble had occurred.

 

If there was any fortune.

 

It was that Ha Mu-baek knew the symptoms of Jamhon Poison poisoning.

 

So he could intervene in the battle before it became more serious.

 

Since only one person with the weakest Internal Energy had just begun showing symptoms.

 

It wasn’t too late.

 

“Everyone stop breathing!”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s shout, they all stopped breathing.

 

Except for just one person.

 

He rather approached the Poison Jiangshi and tried to take a deep breath, but.

 

Thwack.

 

Ha Mu-baek struck the back of his neck and knocked him unconscious.

 

And.

 

He looked at the five Poison Jiangshi and waved his hand.

 

“Disappear.”

 

With those brief words.

 

Whoooosh!

 

Crimson red flames burned the bodies of the jiangshi.

 

The jiangshi engulfed in flames instantly turned to ash and disappeared.

 

There was a man watching this scene from afar.

 

‘Im, im, impossible….’

 

A figure from the Blood Cult, or perhaps not from the Blood Cult.

 

With his hemp sack filled with medicinal herbs, he could hardly believe what had happened in that distant place.

 

Coming from the far Mongol Plains, he watched the entire spectacle with tremendous eyesight that reached the limits of human capability.

 

And he hurriedly left the spot.

 

Moving cautiously like an herb gatherer searching for medicinal plants again.

 

Fearing that his suspicious appearance might be discovered by that monster.

 

The Bongma Corps members widened their eyes and stared at the scene unfolding before them.

 

With just a light wave of his hand.

 

Five Poison Jiangshi turned to ash and disappeared.

 

The one remaining still bared its teeth and lunged with claws extended.

 

Thud.

 

It was knocked down by a single punch from Ha Mu-baek.

 

Crack. Crack.

 

Ha Mu-baek stepped on and shattered the Poison Jiangshi’s shoulders and knee joints.

 

The creature was still faintly scattering Jamhon Poison as if exhaling.

 

It entered Ha Mu-baek’s nose as well.

 

But there was no effect whatsoever.

 

All Poisons Immunity.

 

A realm Ha Mu-baek had recently achieved.

 

Since Jamhon Poison was also a poison, it dared not invade Ha Mu-baek’s body.

 

Ha Mu-baek extended his hand.

 

Internal energy flowed out and enveloped the Poison Jiangshi.

 

Just like blocking sound with an energy barrier.

 

He blocked the Poison Jiangshi’s poison with the gang qi of his internal energy.

 

Body Protection Energy deployed on another’s body rather than his own.

 

Of course, the purpose was the complete opposite.

 

It was restraint, not protection.

 

Flames rose again from Ha Mu-baek’s hand.

 

The flames that blazed up momentarily, consuming the surroundings, quickly disappeared.

 

“Done. You can breathe now.”

 

After burning away any poison energy that might remain.

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, they began breathing in the air they had been holding back one by one.

 

“What exactly was that?”

 

Pyeong Deok-jo asked after barely managing to calm down.

 

“Jamhon Poison.”

 

A brief statement.

 

However, it was sufficient to startle Pyeong Deok-jo.

 

He too had heard about and witnessed that chaos that occurred in Muchang.

 

Hadn’t he also lent a hand in managing those countless people who had flocked to Gyoryong Hall?

 

“How could Jamhon Poison….”

 

Pyeong Deok-jo asked with a trembling voice.

 

“I don’t know either. However, those creatures were scattering Jamhon Poison like breathing. The range was about one jang in radius.”

 

“That means….”

 

Fear suddenly appeared on Pyeong Deok-jo’s face.

 

“That’s right. You’re all poisoned. Just like him.”

 

Ha Mu-baek pointed to the Maengryong Member who had collapsed, drooling.

 

At those words.

 

Heavy silence descended.

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