The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 468

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Chapter 468. It Was This Easy?

 

 

“Ah, aah….”

Ha Seol-ran expanded her ki sense to its maximum range.

Within that range.

Elder Brother was barely caught.

Just how fast had he run?

Ha Seol-ran’s ki sense range could be called vast, yet he was barely caught at its very edge.

A battle was taking place there.

With her eyes closed, concentrating on her ki sense, Ha Seol-ran continuously let out anxious sounds.

The people around her could only watch her with tension.

They couldn’t know anything.

How much time had passed like that?

Ha Seol-ran’s expression began to brighten little by little.

Finally.

“H-he, he won.”

At her small murmur.

“Is that really true? Seol-ran.”

Yeon Ha-min asked.

As if representing the feelings of the people surrounding them.

At the sight of Ha Seol-ran nodding her head.

Gradually.

Doubt was spreading and becoming joy.

So Hwi-ung shook his head back and forth.

Not even one hour had passed since Ha Mu-baek disappeared.

Yet.

He had caught up to that monster, fought it, and brought it down?

The real monster was Ha Mu-baek.

‘His vessel is too large.’

That was his honest feeling.

Would Ha Mu-baek really want to remain in the small lake called the Jeongcheon Alliance?

He had already become a dragon of the vast sea.

He was curious whether the lesser dragons, no, the snakes frantically fighting each other at the bottom of the lake could truly handle him.

They had driven the lake’s dragon to another pond, only for it to become a dragon of the great sea.

Dam Mu-heun only glanced at So Hwi-ung’s complex expression and said nothing.

He was simply admiring the greatness of the Dan-ju.

Han Seol-bing had a slightly troubled expression.

From what she had already heard from the Seventh Group members about what had happened here.

Hadn’t they said that all the jiangshi hordes from Sanwol Demon Forest had swarmed to this place?

Like a tsunami.

And that they had brought down all of them.

As the Elder revealed his true abilities.

That meant.

In Sanwol Demon Forest.

‘Are there any jiangshi left?’

Such a question arose.

If there were no jiangshi.

‘What will the Maengryong Corps do here?’

That question followed as well.

Han Seol-bing looked around her surroundings.

The battle between Ha Mu-baek and the Myeolcheon Gangsi.

And the previous battle that Wi Ji-gun and So Hwi-ung had fought against the jiangshi here.

Because of that, it had been completely devastated, changed to the point where one might wonder if this was truly Sanwol Demon Forest.

There were only ruins with collapsed castle walls and destroyed forests.

Before that Great Wall was built around this place.

She recalled the countless fierce battles fought in this place when it was an even denser forest sea.

Marim.

It wasn’t land that had been given such a name for no reason.

However.

The result revealed now was.

‘It was this easy?’

It was unbelievable.

It was only one day.

Such results had come in just one day.

‘It must be because we, and Dan-ju, have become that much stronger?’

She thought so.

In fact.

During the first operation here.

Hadn’t even that monster Dan-ju Ha Mu-baek faced a crisis?

The Myeolcheon Gangsi she had first seen when he swept away the Blood Cult’s main branch in his rage.

What if there had been six of them instead of one at that time?

It might have been Ha Mu-baek who died, not the Myeolcheon Gangsi.

Even so.

Something felt hollow.

Though she was by the monster Dan-ju’s side, she had still steeled her resolve and become the Vice Commander of the Maengryong Corps to come to Sanwol Demon Forest.

Yet.

After arriving.

The result of recovering her internal energy and assessing the situation was.

That the things that had been there were gone.

On the day she met the Maengryong Corps as Vice Commander.

There was nothing left to do.

‘Well, this is better.’

Han Seol-bing chuckled and accepted reality.

What did her work matter anyway?

They had overcome a great crisis, and as a result, had completely annihilated all those damned jiangshi bastards.

It was a good thing.

The fate of the Maengryong Corps.

That was for the higher-ups over there to figure out.

Han Seol-bing looked at So Hwi-ung for a moment.

Still.

No one seemed to recognize this reality yet.

That was inevitable.

Because of what they had experienced.

Since Han Seol-bing had arrived late and had only focused on circulating her energy.

She could think about the impact of what was unfolding before her eyes.

Those who had endured that fierce battle.

Simply rejoiced in the fact that everything was over.

And could only marvel at Ha Mu-baek’s tremendous ability.

 

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Ha Mu-baek kicked off the ground and rushed forward.

His dantian was continuously absorbing the energy entering through Ha Mu-baek’s breathing into internal power.

The remaining energy didn’t even reach thirty percent.

After using the Abyss, he had used part of the recovered energy to catch and burn Dokgo Ya-pae’s final fragment.

While rushing toward where his younger sister Ha Seol-ran would be waiting, Ha Mu-baek limped slightly on his left foot.

It wasn’t that there was no pain, but he had experienced this level countless times.

However.

What bothered him was that it was a wound that had penetrated from the sole to the top of his foot.

Every time he kicked off the ground, blood slowly flowed out between the blood clots.

And dirt and dust were clinging to that spot.

“Tsk. Damn bastard.”

Since it had been truly a long time since he’d had such a wound.

Ha Mu-baek cursed at Dokgo Ya-pae, who no longer existed, then continued running.

Because of the foot wound, he couldn’t deploy his lightness skill any faster.

He lacked the internal power to run through midair like when he came here.

So he just ran like that for quite a while.

In the distance, he could see the collapsed castle wall.

“Elder Brother!!!”

Ha Seol-ran was running toward him at full speed.

A slight smile formed on Ha Mu-baek’s lips.

She must have been worried.

If not others, at least Ha Seol-ran might have felt that battle through her energy sense, he thought.

Having directly felt that tremendous collision of energies, how anxious and restless must she have been.

She would have sensed his victory through her energy perception.

But still, until she actually saw his safe appearance, she would continue to worry.

Knowing this, Ha Mu-baek had chosen to return rather than recover his condition.

Having confirmed Ha Mu-baek’s appearance with her own eyes, Ha Seol-ran ran even faster.

And threw herself into Ha Mu-baek’s embrace.

“Thank goodness. Thank goodness. Really, thank goodness.”

Ha Seol-ran shed tears while embraced in Ha Mu-baek’s arms.

She hadn’t known before.

After awakening her energy sense.

Because she now knew, she had worried more and felt more relieved.

She knew well how strong her elder brother was.

But this time.

It had truly been tremendous energy.

Ha Mu-baek said nothing.

He simply patted his younger sister’s back and waited for her to calm down.

He knew that showing her his safe appearance was the best he could do for her.

He could see people running toward them over the collapsed castle wall.

All of them.

When Ha Seol-ran, who had been looking in one direction, suddenly ran out.

They knew Ha Mu-baek had arrived nearby.

But they hadn’t followed after her.

It was to avoid interfering with the siblings’ reunion.

And only now were they beginning to move.

Wi Ji-gun was in the lead.

“You’ve worked hard.”

At those calm words, Ha Mu-baek smiled broadly.

“I can’t even guess how much stronger you’ll become now. Hehe.”

Wi Ji-gun let out a hearty laugh at his disciple’s appearance.

At her master’s voice, Ha Seol-ran separated from Ha Mu-baek’s embrace.

Only then remembering her actions, she hung her head low in embarrassment.

But something caught her eye.

“E-Elder Brother. Your f-foot…”

She saw the wound that had been pierced through to the top of his foot, filled with bright red blood clots.

“Hm? Ah, I got hurt a little.”

Ha Mu-baek answered calmly.

Though he said it had been a while since he was injured.

When he first set out and was assigned to the Hocheon Corps, getting injured every single day had been routine.

“H-how do we handle this? What about treatment?”

At Ha Seol-ran’s restless appearance, Ha Mu-baek placed his hand on her head.

“It’s a wound that will heal anyway. No need to make a fuss.”

Wi Ji-gun’s gaze also fell on Ha Mu-baek’s foot.

“It must not have been an easy opponent. As expected.”

Wi Ji-gun himself had felt that energy too.

“It was a somewhat troublesome demon.”

Though Ha Mu-baek spoke as if it were nothing.

The faint fatigue on his face couldn’t be hidden.

Wi Ji-gun patted his disciple’s shoulder.

“Hehe, Instructor Ha got injured? That’s quite surprising.”

Then came Gongsun Mu-oe’s voice.

“Well then, I can repay the debt I owe you. Let me take a look.”

Gongsun Mu-oe, now the former Valley Master of Seonyu Valley.

As he stepped forward, being the foremost divine physician of the orthodox faction, Ha Seol-ran hastily moved aside.

She too knew who Gongsun Mu-oe was.

She could only watch with an earnest expression, hoping he would quickly treat her elder brother.

“This is completely pierced through. From the sole to the top of the foot at that. To inflict this kind of wound on you, that guy was indeed a monster.”

Gongsun Mu-oe had also seen Dokgo Ya-pae.

When he took away the six Myeolcheon Gangsi.

The sight of him facing Wi Ji-gun and So Hwi-ung.

He had shuddered at the reality of Sanwol Demon Forest where such monsters existed.

To think there was such a wound on the foot of Ha Mu-baek, the strongest being Gongsun Mu-oe knew.

“It was merely troublesome.”

At Ha Mu-baek repeating the same words.

Gongsun Mu-oe let out a laugh.

“Come, come. Let’s go. Treatment here seems difficult right now. We’ve set up tents, however simple, so let’s go there.”

When Ha Seol-ran had spoken of Ha Mu-baek’s victory.

He had prepared for this.

Since they couldn’t move immediately in the current state.

He had created a camp.

Indeed, tents were spread throughout the area that had become ruins from his battle.

Ha Mu-baek entered Gongsun Mu-oe’s barracks and received treatment.

Ha Mubaek entered Gongsun Muoe’s barracks to receive treatment.

From washing the wound with clean water, applying wound medicine, to wrapping it with clean bandages.

“Well, someone like you will heal quickly.”

Ha Mu-baek bowed to the smiling Gongsun Mu-oe to express his gratitude.

As he lifted the tent flap and came out.

Han Seol-bing and the Maengryong Corps Seventh Group members were there.

He had already sensed their presence.

Since the situation had been so urgent continuously.

This was the first time he was properly facing them since leaving Gyoryong Hall.

“It’s my first time meeting you, Corps Leader.”

Dang Jin-san stepped forward and greeted him.

His expression was sullen.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to Han Seol-bing.

The fact that they knew he had become the Maengryong Corps Leader without him saying anything.

Meant that she had told them.

“While the Corps Leader was absent, I only handled urgent matters.”

Han Seol-bing answered with a shrug.

She had informed them that Ha Mu-baek and herself had become the Corps Leader and Vice Commander of Maengryong Corps.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned back to the Seventh Group members.

Six people excluding Ha Seol-ran.

Especially those who had been with him from the beginning had expressions no different from Dang Jin-san’s.

“I went through the trouble of saving you, and those expressions. Tsk.”

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue.

“Still, you went too far. Disappearing like that and then appearing like this.”

At Dan Mok Un-rae’s words, Ha Mu-baek approached him and patted his shoulder.

Dan Mok Un-rae, who was about to say more, hung his head low.

Ha Mu-baek looked at Nak U-jin.

“You. Are you alright?”

It was a question with many implications.

But Nak U-jin had no way of knowing that.

He couldn’t possibly think it was about that strange sensation he felt when entering Sanwol Demon Forest.

“No problems at all.”

He looked at Nak U-jin with subtle eyes, but it was only for an instant.

“How does it feel to almost die?”

Ha Mu-baek said, looking around at the Seventh Group.

“You must have thought you should have gone home when I told you to go home, right?”

Ha Mu-baek chuckled.

The six people couldn’t give any answer.

Because the terrifying aura of the Myeolcheon Jiangshi came to mind again.

“Um… what happens to us now?”

Yeon Ha-min asked cautiously.

Sanwol Demon Forest had become like this.

The reason for Maengryong Corps’ existence had disappeared.

At that question, Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to one tent.

Jeongcheon Alliance Leader So Hwi-ung, who had disappeared after exchanging brief greetings with Ha Mu-baek upon his return.

It was the tent where he was staying.

“That gentleman will know.”

When the Alliance Leader is here.

What could a mere Corps Leader do.

“And. It’s not over yet.”

The Maengryong members looked surprised at Ha Mu-baek’s words.

“The roots still remain. We need to pull out those roots too.”

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to a distant place.

Toward the location where the Blood Cult’s main branch that he had destroyed was situated.

He was looking in that direction.

He had heard from Ha Seol-ran.

When she deployed her qi sense in the form of a sphere.

Myeolcheon Jiangshi had burst out from underground.

At those words.

Ha Mu-baek felt like he had been hit in the back of the head.

He too had failed to think of examining underground.

‘To think they were hiding underground like rats, plotting…’

It was his mistake.

That day.

If he had examined underground as well.

If he had.

Regret and disappointment remained.

Because of the Myeolcheon Jiangshi he encountered that day, he couldn’t think that far.

After defeating those bastards.

He thought the Blood Cult would be finished.

He thought there would be no remnants of the Blood Cult except for the jiangshi remaining in Sanwol Demon Forest.

Until he met Do Mun-wi, the tenth elder Blood Flying Shadow among the Blood Cult’s Ten Elders.

“Then when…?”

“I need to recover first.”

Ha Mu-baek answered Han Seol-bing’s question.

“What if those bastards run away in the meantime?”

At the follow-up question, Ha Mu-baek chuckled.

“How far could they go in a day. And since I know where they’re hiding now. They’re still in the palm of my hand.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words as if it was nothing, Han Seol-bing’s gaze turned to Ha Mu-baek’s left foot.

“What does this little thing matter. Once my internal energy is fully recovered, I’ll go immediately.”

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to Dang Jin-san.

“So where is my tent?”

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