The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 428

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Chapter 428. Stupid Bastard

 

 

Formation tactics after a long time.

Jiangshi after a long time.

Was that why?

The start was a bit shaky.

It was inevitable since they had only been doing energy circulation and one-on-one sparring for several days.

Even though Ha Mu-baek had drilled formation tactics into their bodies.

Had it grown a bit faded in the meantime?

The start was unstable.

However.

After exchanging a few moves with the jiangshi.

The formation gradually seemed to find its place.

It showed incomparably powerful performance compared to before.

At that sight, Ha Mu-baek lightly nodded his head.

It was natural if you think about it.

Each individual composing the formation had become unrecognizably stronger.

Their combined formation could only become stronger.

The initial awkwardness and shakiness was due to forming a formation for the first time with comrades whose skills had changed.

Not because they were deploying formation tactics after a long time.

Since there was a subtle discrepancy between what their bodies remembered and the actual movements of comrades deploying the formation, the shakiness was natural.

Thanks to Ha Mu-baek’s harsh training, they quickly corrected that discrepancy and adapted.

Adapting to each other’s changed abilities in this short time and deploying the formation was rather remarkable.

That’s why Ha Mu-baek also nodded his head.

Clang! Clang!

The sword bounced off after hitting the Poison Jiangshi’s body.

If there was something different from before.

The sword left slightly deeper marks.

It was the result of increased internal energy and training.

There was no problem blocking the Poison Jiangshi’s attacks.

Truly ironclad defense.

Even if five Poison Jiangshi came instead of two, it seemed that formation’s defense couldn’t be breached.

It had become that solid.

“Good.”

A very small sound.

Ha Mu-baek muttered.

Like that, they conducted practical training with the Poison Jiangshi, changing groups every quarter hour.

Clang! Clang! Clank! Clankclank!

In this group, there were particularly many quick attacks toward the jiangshi.

Bi Jin-hyeop.

It was him.

He moved really quickly while striking the Poison Jiangshi’s body.

Interest flickered in Ha Mu-baek’s eyes.

With his fast movements, he was striking the same spot about three times while other cadets attacked once.

Thanks to that, he even managed to create slight wounds.

Fast yet accurate strikes.

It was excellent.

However.

“Eek?”

When the Poison Jiangshi tried to react, he pulled back at least half a step more than other cadets.

Clang! Clank! Clang! Clang!

Jeok Ga-ye.

She was showing balanced attack and defense.

She left deeper sword strike marks than others and wasn’t easily shaken by the jiangshi’s counterattacks.

She was pushing the variations of Bright Style to the limit, attacking all of the Poison Jiangshi’s weak points.

And.

The group facing them this time.

An unexpected event occurred.

Clang! Clang!

While swords were still bouncing off after hitting the jiangshi’s body.

Crack!

A completely different sound rang out.

It was Ung-cheol.

His sword cut about halfway through the Poison Jiangshi’s arm and lodged there.

He hadn’t used sword qi.

He had just swung his sword with full force.

While others only managed to make their marks slightly deeper, Ung-cheol’s sword had lodged inside.

It was amazing divine strength.

At that sight, all the cadets widened their eyes.

They knew because they had faced it directly themselves.

Though they had become stronger with increased internal energy, they had failed to wound that Poison Jiangshi’s hard body.

They had only left deeper marks than before.

So far, Bi Jin-hyeop was the only one who had succeeded in inflicting even a small wound.

Even that was possible because he struck more than others.

But this.

With one sword strike.

He had lodged his sword into the Poison Jiangshi’s arm.

Ung-cheol also smiled with satisfaction at the result he had created.

At that moment.

“Focus!”

Ha Mu-baek’s roar burst out.

Thwack!

The other intact Poison Jiangshi’s hand struck Ung-cheol’s face directly.

“Urgh.”

Ung-cheol let out a groan.

Clang! Clank!

Then, along with the hurried attacks of his team members, Ung-cheol also swung his sword while pulling back.

Bang! Bang!

The consecutive attacks of the two Poison Jiangshi were blocked by shields.

Eventually, Ung-cheol’s appearance was revealed.

Three long bloodlines were drawn from the end of his left forehead to the corner of his mouth.

He had been struck by the Poison Jiangshi’s claws.

The blood flowing from there was tinted black.

The skin around the wound was also turning dark.

These were symptoms of poisoning.

“That stupid bastard…”

Ha Mu-baek muttered quietly.

He had taught him so harshly, yet he forgot it all because he was intoxicated by the results he created himself.

That sight also caused unrest among the team members who were facing the Poison Jiangshi alongside Ung-cheol.

This was the first time anyone had actually sustained such injuries during training.

Moreover, wasn’t he showing signs of poisoning after being struck by the Poison Jiangshi?

“Ugh.”

Ung-cheol, who let out a brief groan from the terrible pain felt around his wound, spoke quietly to his comrades.

“It’s not my place to say this, but let’s focus.”

The training time wasn’t over yet.

From the looks of it, it didn’t seem like they would stop because of Ung-cheol’s own injury.

They had to endure the designated time somehow.

Those who came to their senses at Ung-cheol’s words nodded and bit their lips.

Clang! Bang! Clang! Bang!

The exchange resumed.

If there was a change, it was that the Maengryong Corps cadets’ movements had become passive, focusing on defense.

Having seen Ung-cheol’s such wound, it was a natural reaction if anything.

Ha Mu-baek just watched silently.

‘This actually worked out well. They need to experience this kind of situation too.’

He thought it was better to encounter such a situation in training rather than actual combat.

At least it was gaining experience in a situation he himself could control.

Ung-cheol gritted his teeth at his teammates’ movements.

Even to his eyes, their movements had become more passive compared to earlier.

He knew the cause all too well.

Wasn’t it because of him?

That’s why.

“Get it together!”

Shouting that to his team members.

Ung-cheol threw his body forward when it was his turn to attack.

He firmly blocked another one’s attack direction with his shield.

And swung his sword with full force once again.

The target was.

That very arm where he had driven his sword earlier.

Ung-cheol’s sword strike fell toward that arm that was half-split and dangling.

Slash.

This time, without stopping, it sliced right through the Poison Jiangshi’s arm.

It was different from before.

Ung-cheol wasn’t swept away by his own sword strike, properly maintained his sword path.

And the attack from another Poison Jiangshi that followed.

Bang!

He properly blocked it with his shield.

Then he pushed the shield to knock down the Poison Jiangshi and properly positioned himself where he should be.

The team members were surprised by that sight.

But they bit their lips and began swinging their swords with full force.

As if they had never moved so passively.

“Stop!”

Then the Poison Jiangshi were restrained and flew far away.

In their place, Ha Mu-baek appeared instead.

Ung-cheol’s team members lowered their swords and straightened their postures.

Ha Mu-baek looked at Ung-cheol with cold eyes.

“Stupid bastard.”

At the reproach that reached his ears, Ung-cheol just kept his head down.

Ha Mu-baek reached his hand toward his face.

The poison was gradually penetrating deeper, and the poisoning was spreading throughout his body.

Having moved so roughly while poisoned, the poison had spread even faster.

Ha Mu-baek’s hand covered Ung-cheol’s wound.

For a moment, a pure white energy from his hand seemed to emit light.

Then all the poison in Ung-cheol’s body was sucked into Ha Mu-baek’s hand.

The poison crumbled powerlessly and scattered as ash from his lightly waved hand.

“Huh? Huh?”

Ung-cheol was startled.

The pain caused by the poison had disappeared without a trace.

Of course, the stinging from the wound remained.

“I’ve detoxified it.”

The Maengryong Corps cadets let out sighs of relief at that sight.

The instructor had said he could treat poisoning anytime.

But actually seeing it was different.

“Make sure there are no more idiots moving stupidly like this bastard.”

“Yes!”

The cadets answered loudly to Ha Mu-baek’s words.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to Ung-cheol once again.

“You will use a dao instead of a sword from now on. Continue training.”

Ha Mu-baek went up to the platform, and the Poison Jiangshi fell back onto the Great Training Ground.

 

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Jeongcheon Alliance.

Alliance Leader’s Office.

Alliance Leader So Hwi-ung, Military Advisor Gongsun Dan-gyeong, and Grand Elder Yeon Ja-gyeong were gathered here together.

It was because of the Gyoryong Hall cadets’ field training and the Sahae Alliance.

“So the Military Advisor’s words are that you want to exclude training with the Bongma Corps?”

At Yeon Ja-gyeong’s question, Gongsun Dan-gyeong nodded.

“That’s correct. Based on the Bongma Corps’ reports, the current situation in Sanwol Demon Forest is not normal. Sending inexperienced cadets in such a situation is preposterous, I believe.”

It was a valid point.

However, from Yeon Ja-gyeong’s position, that wouldn’t do.

Weren’t these cadets being sent to Sanwol Demon Forest to die anyway?

Sacrificial lambs. Offerings.

For such purposes.

‘That stupid Il-no. If he was going to bring out that monster jiangshi, he should have done it after the training started.’

He wanted to scrunch up his face, but Yeon Ja-gyeong maintained an expressionless look.

Of course, Il-no had the same thoughts as Yeon Ja-gyeong.

That’s why he had the Myeolcheon Jiangshi move mainly in the south where it would be hard to encounter the Bongma Corps.

It was to first adapt to the situation in Sanwol Demon Forest and understand the terrain.

But it happened to encounter the Bongma Corps at that time.

The Myeolcheon Jiangshi had simply rushed toward the target it discovered and let them escape.

That had created the current trouble.

However, there was no communication between the two, and Il-no still had no contact with Yeon Ja-gyeong.

Yeon Ja-gyeong couldn’t easily back down now.

He was in a position where he had to push it through somehow.

“Have there been any reports from the Bongma Corps of seeing such jiangshi again since then?”

Yeon Ja-gyeong shook his head at the question.

“There are none.”

“Then, couldn’t that report have been an error?”

“Even so, the Sahae Alliance is preparing to move.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong handed Yeon Ja-gyeong the letter sent from the Sahae Alliance.

A letter that was tantamount to a declaration of war.

‘These rootless demonic sect bastards…’

The surrounding circumstances kept interfering with Yeon Ja-gyeong.

“We cannot give Jiangxi Province to the Sahae Alliance.”

“That’s correct.”

It was an undeniable statement from Gongsun Dan-gyeong.

“Therefore, we plan to dispatch the Dragon Horn Corps and Dragon Fang Corps to Jiangxi Province.”

Yeon Ja-gyeong’s eyebrows twitched.

It meant sending the Elder Council’s greatest strength outside the alliance.

Of course, the Alliance Leader’s Hall would also send their greatest strength along with them.

“And the Alliance Leader will personally go to Sanwol Demon Forest.”

Yeon Ja-gyeong’s eyes trembled slightly.

This was a move even he hadn’t anticipated.

“He’s viewing the current situation that seriously.”

At Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s words, Yeon Ja-gyeong fell into thought.

‘Why on earth?’

It was an excessive reaction beyond his understanding.

So Hwi-ung.

That bastard was leaving the alliance empty.

This hadn’t happened since the Great Murim War ended.

Wasn’t he the one who had been guarding the Alliance Leader’s Hall like he was nailed to it, to protect his position as Alliance Leader?

‘There’s something I don’t know about.’

The Myeolcheon Gangsi.

Yeon Ja-gyeong didn’t know how formidable that existence was.

This was because Ha Mu-baek had only informed So Hwi-ung and Gongsun Dan-gyeong about that being.

“I don’t think it’s that serious?”

Yeon Ja-gyeong’s question.

“No, Grand Elder. We’re viewing the current situation as seriously as during the Great Murim War.”

So Hwi-ung spoke up.

“Given such circumstances, I would like to postpone sending the cadets to the Bongma Corps.”

At So Hwi-ung’s words, Yeon Ja-gyeong closed his mouth again.

A variable that suddenly emerged when everything had already been decided.

The jiangshi that attacked the walls of Sanwol Great Wall.

Actually, that part was unexpected for Yeon Ja-gyeong as well.

Because Sanwol Great Wall had been built with the conviction that such a thing would never happen.

“It could be a coincidence.”

He couldn’t bend on the field training.

“Grand Elder…”

Just as So Hwi-ung was about to speak again at Yeon Ja-gyeong’s words.

“However, if coincidences continue, they’re no longer coincidences. If such an incident happens once more, I will reconsider.”

He couldn’t bend, but he had to step back for now.

At Yeon Ja-gyeong’s words, So Hwi-ung and Gongsun Dan-gyeong looked at each other.

Gongsun Dan-gyeong nodded slightly.

“Understood. Then if such an incident happens once more, or if we discover a jiangshi suspected of committing such acts, there will be no field training with the Bongma Corps.”

After finishing the meeting like that.

Yeon Ja-gyeong hurried to his office with quick steps.

‘Il-no. That damned bastard.’

He needed to send a letter telling that damned jiangshi to stop its movements.

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