The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 414

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Chapter 414. Then, Let’s Spar Together

 

 

 

 

 

“Relax your strength there. If you put in too much force, you’ll only interfere with the path the sword wants to take.”

 

While she was in the midst of moving her sword.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s words reached her.

 

Yeon Ha-min followed his advice.

 

“No. You relaxed too much. Then the sword has no power.”

 

The criticism that followed.

 

The sword dance didn’t stop.

 

She continued moving her sword while correcting the parts Ha Mu-baek pointed out.

 

“You need to put maximum force into that part. Give it more strength.”

 

As she tried to move according to Ha Mu-baek’s instructions as much as possible.

 

The sword dance gradually changed.

 

Originally, it was already a beautiful sword dance that could enchant people to the point of intoxication.

 

But now it was moving with even more beautiful lines.

 

With the addition of strength and weakness, highs and lows that weren’t there before, it had transformed into an even more vibrant sword dance.

 

“That part is a form meant to intentionally draw in the opponent’s attack and use that force to counterattack. Move while thinking about the meaning contained in the sword’s movements.”

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sharp voice was heard again.

 

Yeon Ha-min continued her sword dance, concentrating on her sword and Ha Mu-baek’s voice.

 

After repeating this several times.

 

“Then let’s spar together.”

 

Ha Mu-baek drew his sword and leaped into the middle of Yeon Ha-min’s sword dance.

 

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

 

Sword light flashed and the sound of clashing blades rang out.

 

The sword light reflected in the moonlight flickered and illuminated various spots.

 

As it emitted light following the movements of the sword dance, the flickering of the sword light was no different from a truly beautiful dance.

 

Since there was no one watching, no one could know this fact.

 

Ha Mu-baek persistently targeted the parts where Yeon Ha-min was clumsy.

 

The more she responded to those parts.

 

Yeon Ha-min’s sword dance was unknowingly getting closer to completion bit by bit.

 

How many times had they repeated the sword dance like this?

 

Yeon Ha-min’s face was drenched in sweat.

 

Her face veil was soaked with sweat and stuck to her face.

 

It looked like it was actually hindering her breathing.

 

Her face had turned pale white because of it.

 

Even so, Yeon Ha-min moved her sword without rest.

 

A sword that thrust countless times in a single breath.

 

Ha Mu-baek watched this and moved his sword.

 

A sword moved with determination.

 

Faced with sword path movements and speed completely different from before, Yeon Ha-min couldn’t respond at all.

 

Swish.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sword instantly grazed past the side of her face.

 

Thud.

 

The face veil falling downward.

 

Along with it, her beautiful face, glistening with sweat, was revealed.

 

With the air rushing into her nostrils, color returned to her complexion.

 

“There’s no one to see, and there’s nothing that can be done about seeing you now anyway. Put away the face veil. When breathing is interrupted, the sword’s movements also waver.”

 

“Yes…”

 

Yeon Ha-min’s face turned slightly red.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s sword moved first.

 

Yeon Ha-min immediately began the Moonflower Falling Sword Dance.

 

Thus, the sparring between the two ended only when dawn approached.

 

“Now go inside and rest.”

 

Ha Mu-baek turned around after saying those words.

 

“Thank you.”

 

Yeon Ha-min bowed deeply.

 

 

 

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“This is the last one.”

 

Yu Gwi-gwang said as he finished marking the map.

 

It was the moment they completed the mission given to them.

 

“Good. Now let’s wrap up and return.”

 

Pung Geon nodded and said.

 

“What’s the route?”

 

Yu Gwi-gwang asked.

 

They were currently around the middle of the southern region of Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

If they went north, it would be the center of Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

If they moved south, they would reach Sanwol Great Wall.

 

The same would be true if they moved east or west.

 

“I think it’s better to avoid the center.”

 

Everyone nodded at Gwan Ha-gyeong’s words.

 

They had no choice.

 

Because there might be a Dark Blood Jiangshi or Silent Iron Jiangshi somewhere in the center.

 

Even if they could now handle Silent Iron Jiangshi.

 

There was no guarantee that a Dark Blood Jiangshi wouldn’t suddenly appear.

 

It would be safest to move mainly through areas they had already confirmed in the southern and western regions.

 

“Right. We’ll move west and return along the Great Wall.”

 

Everyone showed expressions of agreement with Pung Geon’s words.

 

Based on their experience moving through Sanwol Demon Forest so far.

 

That was the best method.

 

“Then, let’s hurry.”

 

Yu Gwi-gwang urged the Maengryong Corps members.

 

The Bongma Corps members also hurried to move.

 

“Wh-what is it?”

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong turned her head east with a startled expression.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

Pung Geon asked in surprise at her sudden behavior.

 

“C-can’t you feel it?”

 

Her voice came out trembling.

 

Everyone else still wasn’t feeling anything.

 

“Q-quickly, as fast as possible… we need to run away. From here. I don’t think we’ll have time to pack. R-run! Hurry!”

 

Saying this, Gwan Ha-gyeong kicked off the ground.

 

She grabbed nothing except her sword and the map.

 

Other than these two things, I didn’t pack anything else.

 

The thought that luggage would only slow them down.

 

Everyone was surprised by her sudden action.

 

Soon they all abandoned their luggage, taking only their weapons and the map that was the result of this mission, then kicked off the ground and ran.

 

They all knew Gwan Ha-gyeong.

 

That’s why they trusted her.

 

Even though she suddenly burst out without any detailed explanation.

 

Believing there must be a reason for it, they all started running.

 

Matching the speed of the Maengryong Corps who hadn’t learned proper lightness skills, at full power.

 

Even though Gwan Ha-gyeong could run faster, she ran at the maximum speed of the Maengryong Corps.

 

Straight to the west.

 

She ran at the front and drew her blade.

 

The reason was simple.

 

They were running straight in a direct line, ignoring territories.

 

Naturally, jiangshi came jumping out.

 

“Kueoeoeo.”

 

A Death Jiangshi.

 

Slash.

 

With a single strike, she split it vertically from head to crotch.

 

The Bongma Corps and Maengryong Corps followed along the path she carved.

 

“Kreueuua!”

 

Two Poison Jiangshi appeared.

 

Slash.

 

There was no difference.

 

She severed their waists in one blow.

 

Since they were running at full speed, she regretted not being able to smash their heads.

 

But that was for later.

 

To escape the immediate threat, running was more important.

 

“Kiaaa!”

 

“Kraang!”

 

Two Blood Jiangshi appeared.

 

A blue light rippled across Gwan Ha-gyeong’s blade.

 

She had poured in a lot of blade qi.

 

Slash. Slash.

 

With a cross-shaped blade strike, even the Blood Jiangshi were split apart instantly.

 

It was truly an unstoppable movement.

 

Her comrades admired this sight, but had no time to voice their admiration.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong was truly running without rest for even a moment.

 

A single-point breakthrough.

 

She was heading straight toward only one target.

 

She didn’t seem to consider that this might disrupt the jiangshi territories they had carefully confirmed.

 

‘Quickly, quickly we must cross the Sanwol Great Wall. We must escape Sanwol Demon Forest somehow.’

 

Feeling the terrifying aura even now.

 

She ran with desperate feelings, swinging her blade and kicking off the ground.

 

Her back tingled from the increasingly powerful and terrifying aura.

 

“Huh?”

 

Pung Geon, who was running earnestly.

 

At the sensation he suddenly felt from behind.

 

He glanced back with a sidelong look.

 

There was nothing visible.

 

But there was definitely something he could feel.

 

A terrifyingly fearsome aura.

 

‘Was this it?’

 

Among them, he was the one who had reached the second highest level after Gwan Ha-gyeong.

 

So he was the second to sense it.

 

Pung Geon now understood why Gwan Ha-gyeong was running so desperately.

 

The power going into his legs immediately became stronger.

 

This was the first time he felt such a terrifying aura since being assigned to the Bongma Corps.

 

Enough to make his body tremble with fear.

 

Even when moving with Ha Mu-baek and encountering the Dark Blood Jiangshi’s Beheaded Blood Demon, it wasn’t this severe.

 

At that time.

 

He had felt it was the creature emitting the most terrifying aura in Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

Compared to the aura faintly felt from behind now, that was nothing more than a child’s.

 

He wanted to shout loudly to his companions that they needed to run faster.

 

But he couldn’t.

 

That might.

 

Provoke the unknown existence far behind them.

 

‘Damn it. What the hell is this cursed forest harboring…’

 

One thing he could be certain of was that the moment they were caught by that thing.

 

They would all be dead.

 

If he expected another stroke of luck.

 

That would be truly vain greed.

 

In the past.

 

Even if the one-armed Mysterious Master who had saved them from the Silent Iron Jiangshi appeared again, he might not be able to handle it.

 

‘What about Instructor Ha?’

 

He didn’t know.

 

If it were Instructor Ha Mu-baek, perhaps he could stop that terrifying thing.

 

Pung Geon soon shook off his idle thoughts.

 

And focused on running.

 

The reason Gwan Ha-gyeong was charging straight ahead like mad.

 

She was running in a straight line toward the castle wall of Sanwol Great Wall closest to their starting point.

 

She must be planning to cross the Great Wall in one go.

 

It would have been unthinkable before, but since meeting Ha Mu-baek and learning Vermillion Bird Soaring Heaven.

 

Leaping over the castle wall in one bound wasn’t difficult.

 

Escaping from that terrifying unknown existence and safely reaching the castle wall felt more difficult.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong concentrated all her mind forward.

 

She didn’t bother worrying about being caught from behind.

 

If that existence came close enough to be caught from behind.

 

She would naturally feel it without having to concentrate.

 

She only looked ahead and focused only on what was ahead.

 

At that moment.

 

“Kraaaarang!”

 

A creature that suddenly jumped out.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong reflexively swung her blade.

 

Clang!

 

A different sound from before rang out.

 

“Silent Iron Jiangshi.”

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong muttered quietly.

 

There was no sign of panic anywhere on her face.

 

Using the rebound force from hitting the Silent Iron Jiangshi’s arm, she spun around once and delivered another strike.

 

This time.

 

Scrape.

 

The Silent Iron Jiangshi’s head fell off.

 

Before anyone knew it, a deep blue sword aura had formed on her blade.

 

The sword aura soon disappeared.

 

Since they didn’t know when or what kind of fight might occur.

 

She had to conserve her internal energy as much as possible.

 

Right now, aside from running to escape this place, she minimized the consumption of internal energy.

 

And so they ran and ran.

 

Finally.

 

The castle wall could be seen in the distance.

 

Seeing their destination gave them even more strength.

 

Not much remained now.

 

Jiangshi came jumping out.

 

But since it was near the castle wall.

 

Most of them were Sagang-si.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong’s blade danced, and the Sagang-si were swept away like autumn leaves in the wind.

 

As soon as they arrived right in front of the castle wall, Gwan Ha-gyeong immediately deployed Vermillion Bird Soaring Heaven, leaping high into the sky and easily crossing over Sanwol Great Wall.

 

Following behind, Pung Geon.

 

The Bongma Corps.

 

And even the Maengryong Corps.

 

Everyone crossed over Sanwol Great Wall.

 

Yu Gwi-gwang, who crossed over last and landed safely.

 

“Whew.”

 

A sigh of relief flowed from his mouth.

 

When they had come near the castle wall.

 

He too had finally felt that terrifying aura.

 

“Keep running!”

 

As soon as everyone crossed the castle wall, Gwan Ha-gyeong spoke again.

 

In truth, she had wanted to keep running immediately after crossing, but she waited, expecting there would be those who would stop due to the relief of having crossed the castle wall.

 

Like the Maengryong Corps members right now.

 

At her words, everyone’s eyes showed doubt.

 

“I have a feeling the castle wall won’t be able to protect us either.”

 

No long explanation was needed.

 

Now the others felt what Gwan Ha-gyeong had felt too.

 

Though no one felt it as seriously as Gwan Ha-gyeong did.

 

Everyone was consumed by fear.

 

Was it trying to maximize their terror even more?

 

Kwaaaaang!

 

The castle wall shook and a tremendous sound echoed.

 

Whatever had been chasing them had attacked the castle wall.

 

Thud thud thud.

 

Stone dust fell from the castle wall.

 

All the Bongma Corps members looked back briefly with faces that couldn’t believe it.

 

“Run!”

 

At Pung Geon’s shout, everyone kicked off the ground with all their might.

 

With faces full of disbelief that something impossible had happened.

 

They really ran as if they would die, kicking off the ground.

 

And so they ran until they were twenty li away from Sanwol Great Wall.

 

It was a complete abandonment of their duty station.

 

But no one cared.

 

They had to stay alive to receive punishment for abandoning their duty station, didn’t they?

 

What meaning would there be if they died instead of following duty regulations?

 

“Huk. Huk. Huk.”

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong finally stopped, breathing heavily.

 

“Kuhuk. Kuhuk. Kuhuk.”

 

“Uhuk. Huk. Huk. Huk.”

 

The Maengryong Members were breathing as if they would die.

 

They had no choice.

 

They had run while carrying their shields on their backs.

 

Since they didn’t know when or what kind of battle might occur, they couldn’t abandon their shields.

 

“Wh, what the hell was that? Huk. Huk.”

 

Pung Geon asked while breathing heavily.

 

“I, I don’t know. Whew.”

 

“You thought even the castle wall’s sorcery would be useless?”

 

Pung Geon asked again.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong nodded.

 

“With such a terrifying aura, it seemed like it would ignore something like sorcery’s power.”

 

The reason the jiangshi driven into Sanwol Demon Forest stayed only in Sanwol Demon Forest, blocked by the Great Wall.

 

That was precisely the sorcery and formations bestowed while building the Great Wall.

 

That height was not something Sagang-si, Poison Jiangshi, or Blood Jiangshi could cross.

 

For Silent Iron Jiangshi or Dark Blood Jiangshi.

 

The castle wall’s height could be useless.

 

So they had spread sorcery that was the natural enemy of jiangshi throughout the entire Great Wall.

 

To make them feel discomfort and prevent them from approaching the castle wall.

 

And the deployment and duty stations of the Bongma Corps’ five units of Yellow, Blue, White, Red, and Black followed a formation called the Bongma Formation.

 

A formation to keep the jiangshi locked inside Sanwol Great Wall.

 

When Do Sim-geuk became the Bongma Corps Leader, through his operation of the Bongma Corps for his personal greed.

 

The Bongma Formation was becoming distorted.

 

Right now, the Black Unit couldn’t come to the south of Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

If they followed the Bongma Formation’s deployment, that is.

 

In the Bongma Corps, called the most dangerous place in the Jeongcheon Alliance.

 

The White Unit, called the honey-sucking place.

 

Their main duty was to patrol above the Great Wall and check for damage to the sorcery.

 

And their role regarding the Bongma Formation was also to circulate around Sanwol Great Wall and send the formation’s energy throughout all of Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

Though the danger level was lowest, it was work of high importance.

 

Other Bongma Corps Members might envy them, but they didn’t resent or begrudge them.

 

What if the sorcery was damaged and Silent Iron Jiangshi or Dark Blood Jiangshi crossed over through that spot?

 

Just imagining it was horrifying.

 

At Gwan Ha-gyeong’s words, a Bongma Member looked toward the direction where Sanwol Demon Forest was.

 

“What on earth is happening…”

 

Pung Geon muttered quietly.

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