The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 451

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Chapter 451. How Are the Spells?

 

 

“We’ve arrived.”

Someone muttered while looking at the massive wall before them.

Maengryong Corps.

The overwhelming wall that greeted them.

Sanwol Great Wall.

They had reached the front of the west gate.

“It’s been a while.”

Dang Jin-san muttered in a small voice.

“Indeed…”

Baek Ri-pyeong chimed in agreement.

The gazes of the seven members from the Seventh Group and Twentieth Group remained fixed on the wall.

“Tomorrow we’ll enter Sanwol Demon Forest. After getting familiar with the atmosphere of Sanwol Demon Forest, we’ll carefully move toward the Bongma Corps. So rest well today. We’ll keep night watch to a minimum.”

At the command of Man Ya-do, the Bongmadan Enemy Unit 1 Squad Leader, the Maengryong Corps moved in perfect order.

The journey of the Maengryong Corps toward the Bongma Corps was uncharted territory for them.

No one had told them anything.

If there were those who knew, they would be the Maengryong Corps seniors who had been deployed earlier.

But their survival rate was abysmal, and those who did survive didn’t come to Gyoryong Hall.

Man Ya-do exploited that blind spot.

Originally, they wouldn’t enter Sanwol Demon Forest until after going to the Bongma Corps and completing the group-by-group deployment of the Maengryong Corps.

However, Man Ya-do had made that decision on his own.

The reason for that decision was.

His gaze swept over the Maengryong Corps members preparing to camp and stopped at one place.

Where Yeon Ha-min and Ha Seol-ran were.

‘Hehe. When they’re terrified after seeing the reality of Sanwol Demon Forest, if I appear to help them…’

The Bongma Corps members didn’t yet know how remarkable this batch of Maengryong Corps was.

News from Gyoryong Hall hadn’t been properly conveyed.

And they had little interest in the Maengryong Corps to begin with.

Because they thought of them as their shields.

And.

Because they had seen the state of the Maengryong Corps receiving their first deployment every year.

Their appearance trembling in fear when first encountering jiangshi.

Wetting themselves was nothing compared to that.

Moreover.

From a certain point on, the dangerous jiangshi had disappeared.

Only Sagang-si were occasionally seen.

It was just perfect timing to bring the Maengryong Members and enter.

The two unit members had shown concern about Man Ya-do’s sudden decision.

But after secretly hearing his plan, they had become even more enthusiastic.

Asking for their own chance to gain favor as well.

Wi Ji-gun was secretly watching that scene.

‘They’re doing something foolish. Tsk.’

The reason he quietly observed wasn’t anything special.

They hadn’t arrived at the Bongma Corps yet.

And their plan was still aimed at gaining favor for now.

If it had been a plan to satisfy lust, all three wouldn’t have remained unharmed.

“We’re entering Sanwol Demon Forest first before arriving at the Bongma Corps?”

Yeon Ha-min muttered as if finding it strange.

“That’s odd?”

Dang Jin-san nodded.

For ninety-seven members of the Maengryong Corps to go together with just three Bongma Corps members.

Having experienced Sanwol Demon Forest, they could understand how reckless that was.

“Well… Sanwol Demon Forest seems to have become a bit strange.”

Ha Seol-ran interjected.

The gazes of the six stopped on her.

“There’s hardly any presence of jiangshi.”

Her first visit to Sanwol Demon Forest since awakening her ki-sensing ability.

Since she had already felt the presence of jiangshi from the specimens Ha Mu-baek had prepared at Gyoryong Hall.

She could sense them without difficulty in Sanwol Demon Forest too.

But there weren’t many jiangshi.

And only the presence of Sagang-si among the specimens she had sensed at Gyoryong Hall.

There was no presence of Poison Jiangshi or Blood Jiangshi.

Even when she expanded her ki-sensing range as much as possible, there were none.

As Ha Seol-ran carefully explained these facts.

Doubt appeared on the faces of the six people.

“Something seems to be happening in Sanwol Demon Forest…”

At Baek Ri-pyeong’s cautious words.

“Could it be like the calm before the storm?”

Yeon Ha-min muttered anxiously.

Because she somehow had such an ominous premonition.

Being different from usual.

That alone could be considered an ominous sign.

 

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“This is the place.”

Pung Geon stopped and said.

People’s gazes turned toward the wall facing Sanwol Demon Forest.

Indeed, there was severe damage.

The wall was deeply gouged.

“How are the spells?”

So Hwi-ung asked Ma Jin-gi.

“Hmm. It was good that we came to see. Along with the damage to the wall, the spells have also been damaged. To this extent… a Dark Blood Jiangshi might try to climb the wall.”

At Ma Jin-gi’s answer, people’s faces hardened.

Only lowly Sagang-si would approach the wall and make a commotion.

Jiangshi beyond that level couldn’t easily approach the wall.

That’s why it was a safe zone.

But a Dark Blood Jiangshi trying to climb the wall?

Then the meaning of the safe zone would disappear.

Of course, it would only be around the damaged area.

“But this is damage after being attacked. Except for that part, there’s no damage anywhere else.”

“What does that mean?”

So Hwi-ung asked cautiously.

Because the meaning contained in those words felt ominous.

“It means a jiangshi has appeared that isn’t affected by the sorcery I’ve deployed.”

Though it was a calm answer.

The content itself was anything but.

At Ma Jin-gi’s response, not only So Hwi-ung but also Gongsun Mu-oe and Jo Go-pung’s faces showed shock.

A jiangshi unaffected by the Sanwol Great Wall’s sorcery.

“Then….”

“It seems it could cross the castle wall. Looking at these traces.”

The face of the Black Squad’s second-in-command turned deathly pale.

“Th-then you’re saying it could have crossed the castle wall back then too?”

Pung Geon asked with a trembling voice.

Ma Jin-gi nodded.

“I don’t know why it just turned back then… but if it could destroy the castle wall like this, it could have crossed it too. Hmm.”

“….”

Silence fell at Ma Jin-gi’s answer.

Dam Mu-heun’s face stiffened rigidly.

‘That monster was this powerful….’

That day.

He had rushed after them and barely caught the tail end of the battle.

Even so, he had witnessed that monstrous appearance.

To think even sorcery was useless against it.

To think it could cross the Great Wall.

He knew the Alliance Leader had come to Sanwol Demon Forest personally because of that monster Myeol-cheon jiangshi.

But the situation was more serious than he had thought.

Who would have thought a jiangshi unaffected by the Sanwol Great Wall’s sorcery would appear.

Gwan Ha-gyeong trembled violently.

The memory of that day came flooding back.

That terrifying aura.

“Well, given the situation, I’ll need to modify the sorcery. So that individual can’t cross either.”

Ma Jin-gi’s calm words broke through the silence.

At those words, everyone’s gaze focused on him again.

“The sorcery wasn’t just left as it was back then. Since I’m old with nothing to do, my only work is researching sorcery.”

The Thousand Manifestations Demon Repelling Art.

The sorcery to make it even stronger had been completed a year ago.

While carefully studying and organizing the knowledge obtained from the divine book.

He just wondered if there would be an occasion to use it.

And now this had happened.

“Is, is that possible?”

So shocked was he that even So Hwi-ung asked with a trembling voice.

Ma Jin-gi nodded.

“However, it will take quite some time. About a month?”

A month to newly reorganize the sorcery of this vast Sanwol Great Wall was actually a rather short period.

“We’ll provide all possible support.”

So Hwi-ung answered immediately.

A sense of relief spread among the group.

“But can you block it for certain? Elder.”

Gongsun Mu-oe asked cautiously.

“I think so, probably.”

He didn’t seem completely certain.

“For now, we must try anything. That’s why I came to Sanwol Demon Forest too.”

At So Hwi-ung’s words, Ma Jin-gi nodded and replied.

“I too came to Sanwol Demon Forest for that reason.”

Ma Jin-gi smiled slightly.

Then he lightly leaped and set foot inside the demon forest.

And began adjusting the sorcery.

One hour later.

“This area is roughly done. To improve it with the Ten Thousand Manifestations Demon Repelling Art, I need to work on the overall parts. For now, I’ve finished this area by just restoring the sorcery.”

In the meantime.

The sun was setting.

It was the moment when camping here for the night was decided.

 

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All kinds of information were coming in busily.

Il-no confirmed all of it.

After the jiangshi disappeared from Sanwol Demon Forest.

What took their place were herb gatherers.

Countless herb gatherers had crossed the Great Wall.

The one who intended this was Il-no.

He spread rumors in surrounding villages to make herb gatherers gather at Sanwol Demon Forest.

It wasn’t a thought he had from the beginning.

A strategy he came up with after seeing a report about increased herb gatherers while reviewing incoming reports.

The increase in herb gatherers had two advantages.

One was.

The Blood Cult’s herb gatherers could blend in among them and operate much more actively.

Two was.

They too would become jiangshi.

Due to lack of materials for jiangshi in Sanwol Demon Forest, the jiangshi were decreasing.

But so many people like this.

It was satisfying.

‘There was such a method too. To think I didn’t consider it earlier. Tsk.’

The more the better.

News delivered by herb gatherers who were Blood Cult spies.

They said a new Maengryong Corps had arrived.

‘But they crossed the Great Wall? Those greenhorns?’

Something that hadn’t happened before.

Usually they would head to the Bongma Corps main base first, then carefully enter the demon forest together with them.

This year they crossed the Great Wall as a group and entered Sanwol Demon Forest territory.

The trainees that Yeon Ja-gyeong had promised.

Had also arrived at the Bongma Corps main base.

Soon, they would likely enter the Great Wall together with the Bongma Corps.

A smile appeared on Il-no’s lips.

The biggest reason he could smile like this.

‘Ha Mu-baek. That bastard isn’t here.’

No trace of Ha Mu-baek had been found anywhere.

Though So Hwi-ung was there.

That one alone was manageable.

Since the Guardian Gods were gradually awakening.

Calculating the progress of the Guardian God that would awaken fastest, two more days.

The others didn’t have much of a gap either.

Only the First Guardian God would still take about three days.

The Sect Leader’s corpse.

The calculations still weren’t completely settled.

The work was progressing slowly and smoothly, but.

“Hmm. It would be nice to lure them in a bit more and sweep them away all at once.”

A cruel smile appeared on Il-no’s lips.

 

***

 

The Jamryong and Waryong Cadets arrived near the Bongma Corps’ main camp with thoroughly exhausted faces.

After a messenger bird arrived at some point.

The pace of movement changed.

They had run at full speed using Lightness Skill.

Saying that if they were Jamryong and Waryong Cadets, they should naturally be able to do so.

It wasn’t for any other reason.

It was because of Yeon Ja-gyeong’s urging.

Yeon Ja-gyeong’s urging through the Bongma Corps.

Do Sim-geuk had been in a dazed state since So Hwi-ung’s visit.

But Yang Bi-chang was managing the Bongma Corps fairly well.

Though it was a sudden order from Master, there was nothing particularly suspicious about it, so he carried it out as instructed.

Even in his opinion, though he didn’t know the reason, now that the jiangshi movements had disappeared was actually a good time for the trainees to move.

The Gyoryong Hall cadets who arrived around sunset moved busily without even a moment to rest.

Groups were divided and they met their assigned Bongma Members.

The instructors were also assigned to move together with them.

After these truly hectic moments passed, it was a time when darkness was thick.

“Entry tomorrow right away?”

Namgung Hu muttered as if incredulous.

They had run at full speed without rest.

And deployment immediately the day after arrival.

No matter that it was training, this was a forced march.

“They say the current state of Sanwol Demon Forest is strange.”

Namgung Yu spoke calmly after gathering rumors from the surroundings.

“Then shouldn’t we be more careful?”

Namgung Hu tilted his head.

“The jiangshi have disappeared. Leaving only some Death Jiangshi… Poison Jiangshi, Blood Jiangshi, Silent Iron Jiangshi, Dark Blood Jiangshi and other variant jiangshi. They say they’ve all disappeared.”

Namgung Hu’s eyes widened.

“Is that even possible?”

Namgung Yu shrugged his shoulders.

“So it seems the Bongma Corps judged that this gap would be good for our training instead. If it were the usual Sanwol Demon Forest, the burden on the Bongma Corps wouldn’t be light either.”

It was something he had to agree with.

The number of trainees was also not small.

“Since we don’t know how long this abnormality will last. It seems they plan to finish the training as quickly as possible.”

“There must be a schedule?”

“First, starting tomorrow, we’ll enter Sanwol Demon Forest for three days to conduct reconnaissance and training of the surroundings. After that, they’ll decide based on the changing situation in Sanwol Demon Forest.”

“Hmm.”

Namgung Hu crossed his arms and fell into thought.

A small disappointment flashed through his eyes.

About the fact that they would only face Death Jiangshi.

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