The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 463

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Chapter 463. I’ve Never Even Heard of Such a Thing

 

 

Looking closely, Ha Mu-baek’s complexion had turned slightly pale.

It had been truly a long time since I’d seen this man in such a state.

The last time I saw him like this.

It must have been when he nearly died from Manmulryeon’s Ten Thousand Heaven Gold Chain Explosive Thunder.

Ha Mu-baek immediately sat cross-legged and began circulating his energy.

Seeing this, Wi Ji-gun also began circulating his energy.

So Hwi-ung, who had been watching the reunion of siblings and master-disciple from afar, also sheathed the Dark Gold Divine Blade and began circulating his energy.

“I’m not in a position to just stand here watching either.”

Han Seol-bing also began circulating her energy.

The Maengryong Corps, Bongma Corps, and Gyoryong Hall Trainees gathered around to stand guard.

Eleven members of the Hotian Dan surrounded So Hwi-ung.

Having delivered all the news, and with those who had returned.

Everyone had gathered.

Color was gradually returning to Ha Mu-baek’s face.

While circulating his energy, Ha Mu-baek sank deep into his inner self.

The energy that entered through his breathing passed through his dantian, transforming into internal energy and accumulating steadily.

Fire energy too.

Ice energy too.

All energies were slowly filled in this way.

No, they were filled quickly.

From Ha Mu-baek’s perspective it was slow, but if others saw that speed, they would gasp in amazement.

‘Good.’

Perhaps it was because it had been a long time since he’d given his all and poured out all his internal energy and power.

As energies rushed into his empty dantian.

Ha Mu-baek felt that he had taken another step forward.

The training during the journey from Archive Hall to Jeongcheon Alliance, and then to Sanwol Demon Forest.

During that time.

He had been blocked by the wall of the ninth level.

Actually, it wasn’t even being blocked by a wall.

If he called having no progress for just a few days being blocked by a wall.

There would be more than a few martial artists who would tell him to stop talking nonsense.

Even so, though he felt slight progress each day.

The stagnation of several days felt like being blocked by a wall to Ha Mu-baek.

Especially since it was a journey rushing to Sanwol Demon Forest.

But then.

‘I’ve reached the tenth level.’

Even without directly demonstrating sword techniques.

He could tell just by circulating his energy.

That he had now recovered the power of the tenth level.

Was it thanks to pouring out all his energy at full power to execute sword techniques?

In an instant, he had surpassed the ninth level and reached the tenth.

The corner of Ha Mu-baek’s mouth lifted slightly at that moment while circulating his energy.

 

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“Aaahhh!!!”

“Mon, monster!!”

“Sa, save me!!!”

Screams erupted.

The Bongma Corps Members fleeing frantically lost their reason in terror.

Without looking to the sides or behind.

Not knowing where they were going, they ran looking only ahead.

In the midst of this, if they felt any presence near them.

They would burst into screams as if having a seizure.

They had no choice.

At first, they just scattered and fled in all directions.

Until they saw that monster that suddenly appeared.

Thrust its hand into a comrade’s dantian.

Pull out the dantian.

Put it in its mouth and chew and swallow it.

And then their comrade’s head fell off.

It was terror beyond terror.

Those who saw that scene lost their souls.

They lost their reason.

They had only been running like this.

Yet still, one by one.

They suddenly lost their dantians and lives to the hands of the appearing Jiangshi.

The Jiangshi grew faster and faster.

The terrible energy emanating from its body seemed to grow thicker as well.

The Gyoryong Hall Trainees too.

The Gyoryong Hall Instructors too.

Were in chaos.

They too fled at full speed.

Not knowing where they were going.

They too had witnessed this carnage.

Praying desperately to be safe, they ran at full speed.

Because that was all they could do.

‘Where on earth did such a monster come from… no, more than that, to collapse the Sanwol Great Wall…’

Beom Il-so too, half out of his mind.

Gritted his teeth and ran at full speed.

Because he had to survive somehow.

While running like this, he noticed something strange.

Even now screams were erupting.

But strangely.

They were all from the Bongma Corps.

Not a single Gyoryong Hall Trainee or Instructor had been sacrificed.

Only Bongma Corps Members were having their dantians stolen and losing their lives to that monster Jiangshi.

As if there were some kind of rule.

Even so.

‘Damn it. A Jiangshi that eats dantians. I’ve never even heard of such a thing.’

It was truly terrifying.

To the point where it was difficult to maintain his sanity.

It was amazing that he hadn’t fallen into panic.

That’s why.

Beom Il-so threw aside such doubts.

And ran, pouring out all his internal energy.

He didn’t know the way.

There was no way.

Even so, he ran.

It wasn’t just Beom Il-so alone.

Those trying to escape from that monster jiangshi that had suddenly attacked.

Everyone was the same.

“Kekeke.”

Dokgo Ya-pae let out a sinister laugh.

There were more who had refined and consumed jiangshi inner cores than he thought.

Since such bastards scattered in all directions to flee.

He had been busy going around hunting.

Insignificant bastards.

Acting troublesome.

Though he moved as quickly as he could.

Since the numbers were what they were.

It took quite some time.

Even so.

Now.

This bastard before his eyes was the last one.

No more who had absorbed jiangshi inner cores were caught in his ki sense.

In this vicinity.

“Mon, mon, monster…”

The Bongma Member who heard Dokgo Ya-pae’s sinister laugh turned deathly pale and collapsed on the spot.

Even so.

Trying to escape somehow.

He hesitantly backed away.

But Dokgo Ya-pae’s hand was aimed at his abdomen.

“No, don’t! Aaaaah!”

He screamed.

And his pants became wet.

He had urinated himself from extreme terror.

As if such things didn’t matter.

Dokgo Ya-pae’s hand dug into his belly, pulled out his dantian, and swallowed it into his mouth.

“Uh… uh… uh…”

Not knowing how to react to what happened in an instant.

The Bongma Member shed tears continuously.

Dokgo Ya-pae lightly moved his hand.

And the neck fell off.

After absorbing the last dantian.

Dokgo Ya-pae briefly closed his eyes.

A satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

Though they were insignificant bastards.

The power their dantians gave him was not small.

“Ptui.”

After spitting out the impurities that came up to his mouth.

He expanded his ki sense.

“Is this really the end?”

In his ki sense extending to Sanwol Demon Forest.

Five bastards were caught.

The corners of his mouth twitched upward.

“There were more. Keke.”

When he was gauging their exact location.

“Hm?”

Dokgo Ya-pae tilted his head.

He also sensed the presence of the six Guardian Deities.

Who had awakened before him.

The problem was.

Their presence had strangely changed.

A presence that didn’t seem like complete Guardian Deities.

Moreover.

They were in a subdued state.

All six Guardian Deities.

The awkward smile disappeared.

His expression turned menacing.

“How dare some bastard do that to the Guardian Deities…”

Though he sensed countless people’s presence.

They couldn’t have done that to the six Guardian Deities.

Because they were small fry.

There were four people newly caught in that ki sense.

The strongest ones in that place.

One of them.

That one was the problem.

Even though he had become this strong by absorbing jiangshi inner cores.

There was one human whose qi energy size he absolutely couldn’t judge.

“What the hell is this…”

Dokgo Ya-pae muttered.

He quietly searched through his memories.

Whether there were cases where Guardian Deities’ presence could change.

In fact, it hadn’t been long since he awakened.

He had come straight to this place, collapsed the castle wall.

And out of curiosity ate what he found in some bastard’s jade box.

Due to that effect.

He had been going around hunting humans until now.

Calmly.

He reflected on his memories.

And examined his own condition.

Then one thing came to mind.

“Is that it. Did one of the Il-no become a Guardian Deity…”

A great method that only Il-no who became Guardian Deities could use.

Blood Heaven Death Spirit Soul Return Great Blood Method.

If it was that.

It could revive Guardian Deities who died at enemy hands.

In that case, they would no longer be complete Guardian Deities, so changes in their presence were inevitable.

But for all six to be like that meant.

Even the one who deployed the great method had been defeated.

When his thoughts reached that point.

Dokgo Ya-pae immediately stopped his steps that were about to go hunt the five humans who had eaten jiangshi inner cores in that place.

And then he thought.

Could his current self defeat the six Guardian Deities?

When he first awakened, he could handle up to three.

After consuming all the pills and inner cores from the jade box, four would be easy, and five seemed a bit precarious.

And now, after finishing his hunt.

Up to five didn’t seem difficult.

But.

Not six.

Just thinking about it.

The human crouched over there was stronger than himself.

For some reason, he wasn’t moving.

‘Hm? I see. He’s cultivating.’

Dokgo Ya-pae sensed that the four people were cultivating.

‘Right. There’s no way he could fully handle six Guardian Deities.’

He nodded his head.

That alone was an incredible feat.

Still, thinking that the gap between them had narrowed.

‘If I devour those five over there?’

Up to six seemed barely possible.

Then.

That would mean he was almost equal to that human.

It wasn’t enough.

He expanded his Ki Sense.

There was nothing.

There were no more humans who had consumed jiangshi inner cores.

So.

He searched for jiangshi.

Thinking he should directly take the inner cores of other inferior jiangshi.

But.

There were none.

In Sanwol Demon Forest.

The only active jiangshi were dozens of scattered Death Jiangshi.

Inferior and utterly inferior creatures.

Their inner cores would be useless.

“Hmm.”

As he continued his thoughts.

Eventually, his mind turned to the six Guardian Deities who had been subdued and silenced.

“Guardian Deities are ultimately jiangshi too. Myeolcheon Gangsi…”

Just like himself.

Even if he saved them.

They were the ones who had been defeated once.

There was no guarantee they would win if they fought again.

The probability of losing again was higher.

In that case.

“It would be better for me to devour them. Kehehehe.”

A blood-red gleam appeared in his eyes that had been filled only with darkness.

A thick crimson light.

It did not fade.

His sinister laughter became even more ominous.

“Yes. That would be better. To sacrifice for the birth of a true Great Guardian Deity.”

Having made that decision, Dokgo Ya-pae kicked off the ground.

He had to arrive before that guy finished cultivating and devour them in one go.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

He ran toward that place with full power.

Not just the sound of tearing air.

He ran while emitting an aura powerful enough to devastate everything in his path.

 

“Huh, huh?”

Ha Seol-ran, who was standing guard for Elder Brother, looked toward the direction of Bongma Corps’ main base and was startled.

Her face immediately turned pale.

“What’s wrong?”

Yeon Ha-min, who was beside her, asked.

“A, a, an incredible monster is coming.”

Yeon Ha-min answered while trembling.

“Those things?”

If it was an incredible monster, hadn’t they already seen six of them here?

At Yeon Ha-min’s question, Ha Seol-ran shook her head.

“Str, str, stronger. Incomparably so.”

At her words.

The movements of the people around stopped.

Not just Maengryong Corps 7th Group.

Everyone who heard Ha Seol-ran’s words.

And for good reason.

Hadn’t they already experienced her strange ability once before?

“There exists a jiangshi even stronger than those things?”

Namgung Hu muttered as if he couldn’t believe it.

Weren’t those things already called new species of monster jiangshi?

But an even stronger one?

Just what.

This place.

What kind of place was Sanwol Demon Forest?

Such thoughts suddenly occurred to him.

And.

His thoughts turned to the old monsters of Jeongcheon Alliance who had left such a place intact.

‘Crazy bastards.’

He cursed them in his heart.

Experiencing it firsthand.

He could see how insane it was to leave such a place alone with just a wall built around it.

Because.

Hadn’t that wall they were so confident in already collapsed?

“Father was in a place like this…”

Namgung Yu muttered.

Namgung Hu’s thoughts also went there.

Their biological father.

Namgung Hwi.

He was said to have survived in this place after losing an arm.

Though he knew and respected his father’s strength.

Experiencing Sanwol Demon Forest firsthand.

He could feel once again just how incredible his father was.

“How long do you think it will take?”

Yeon Ha-min asked, trying hard to maintain her composure.

“Fa, fa, fast… a, about one gak?”

At Ha Seol-ran’s response.

She couldn’t say anything.

It had only been one gak since Ha Mu-baek entered energy circulation.

But another monster would arrive after one gak?

Looking at Ha Mu-baek’s level.

And looking at his condition before entering energy circulation.

No matter how short, it seemed he would need at least one shijin of energy circulation.

Now, with only one gak passed, an even worse monster would appear after one more gak.

This time called gak was far too insufficient.

“We have to struggle desperately for now. Deploy the formation to surround the Instructors and the elder.”

Dang Jin-san spoke with resolute eyes.

The Maengryong Corps nodded at his words and moved in perfect unison.

Dang Jin-san’s gaze turned toward Namgung Hu.

“You go deliver this news to the Hocheon Corps.”

Since So Hwi-ung had entered energy circulation on top of the castle wall, he wouldn’t have heard the conversation here.

Namgung Hu nodded and launched his body into the air.

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