Hwashan War (3)
Sword King, Apprentice, Trinity of the Sky Sword, King of Four Wheels, Sword Dragon, Crescent Sword of the High Wind…
Starting with Firmament Sword Chul Namgoong, he learned of nicknames in the chat room. It wasn’t to the point of a false reputation, but several nicknames felt way too exaggerated and inflated. However, perhaps it was because he wasn’t impressed when he heard the old man’s nickname…
Sword Saint?
In direct translation, it was closer to the god of the sword. He wasn’t sure if it was valid or just a bluff. But the moment the old man lifted the sword, and purple energy was manifested from it. That old man became a being somewhat between human and a monster.
「Countdown is starting.」
With one hand behind his back, he quietly lifted the sword with his remaining hand. His flaws vanished as if they had never been. The absolute perfection he’d been looking for while training with the Heavenly Devil Sword.’ It was as if he had a glimpse of that realm.
‘Was I too rash?’
He wasn’t regretting the choice of challenging. However, there was no denying that he was sloppy in judging his opponents based on their levels. But…
‘I would’ve done it even if I knew this would happen.’
After reaching the tenth floor, the Coins disappeared, so the death faced in the future would be real. But that was the test the Tower assigned. The moment you were scared, you would fall behind. It may not be obvious right now, but one day there would be a moment when a past choice came back to haunt him.
If the Heavenly Devil, the King of Steel, or any other challenger, had defeated Sword Saint in this duel and received additional rewards…
Then it meant he was lacking.
Life? As long as you take the easy path, you will slowly be culled. And one day, there would be a time when you could no longer survive. Furthermore, he’d been waiting for a chance like this. An opponent whom he could fight with all his might.
‘I even had my stats increased. Maybe that might not be the case before that, but for now, he might not be an unbeatable opponent.’
After the countdown, the restraint disappeared. But unlike the duels he experienced so far, it was quiet on the field.
“Hohoho. What are you doing? Without rushing in like before.”
The old man asked while laughing loudly. The comfortable voice made the moment of confrontation feel like a lie, but…
Yoon-seok could feel it. His suppressed anger was burning.
‘Chul Namgoong, what the hell did he do in his past life?’
Perhaps the Chul Namgoong he saw on the seventh floor had become a future figure since this incident going forward. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had a match against him who could use Sword Manipulation freely. Well, he wasn’t so curious about Chul Namgoong’s story, nor was it important right now.
‘What should I do?’
‘What should I do?’
He could think of two things at once using Yin and Yang, but he didn’t have a solution. In the end, he had no choice but to explore the options one by one to find out. If he was sloppy, then the battle might be over in an instant. So he’d have to put all his energy in even if he was testing the water.
“Avatar.”
When Yoon-seok’s appearance changed, the hall roared.
“I’ve heard rumors that you went looking for black magic, but you’ve gone so far to get anything in your hands.”
The old man’s eyes turned icy. It wasn’t personal, but should he say that it was looking like it was his public duty to execute him? A firm determination to kill Yoon-seok crossed his face. He didn’t know if it was a good thing or not, but…
「Twelve swords are being used. Increases magic stats by +1.」
Yoon-seok first made the Bloodseeker Swords and had them hover around him. Once King of All Swords was activated, he planned to actively use Bloodseeker Sword depending on the situation.
“It’s not an Amorphous Sword, but it’s an unusual tactic.”
He said the same thing as Chul Namgoong. What was an Amorphous Sword? He had no clue.
The old man nodded slightly as if he would let him have the first offense, and Yoon-seok quietly adjusted his breath.
‘It’s too bad the Judgement Sword or gloves aren’t activated.’
The gloves would be invoked on monsters or other species except for humans and beast-people. Unfortunately, neither was the case for this elderly man.
‘Let’s use Lady’s Commandment when a chance comes…’
It was time to get started. Yoon-seok used b Trajectory Enhancement} to launch the Bloodseeker Sword from afar. To be honest, it was quite a burden to get into close contact with that scary old man…
Boom, boom, boom!
The moment Bloodseeker Sword was fired, his purple energy reacted. The fixed S+ stats also increased the power of b Bloodseeker’s Ultimatum}, b Azure Dragon Energy}, and b King of All Swords}. Nevertheless, the sword streaming through the air were offset, regardless of their superiority.
Yoon-seok’s brow furrowed.
‘Am I wrong?’
The opponent didn’t have b Trajectory Enhancement}. Nevertheless, the sword energy still flew far.
‘Come to think of it; it’s just like the skill I saw before that….’
The sword that stretched out from the tip of the sword was divided into thousands of pieces. And now, a question came to mind. It was possible to manipulate the energy from the outside to make a sword, but why couldn’t he extend his sword without the help of the skill?
As if to answer his question, the old man rushed in.
“Look carefully.”
It was a normal sword-wielding movement, but when it clashed with Yoon-seok’s sword, the purple energy divided into several strokes.
“This is Falling Flowers.”
The tactic used by the first opponent, an illusion that benefited from hiding a thread of hardness inside the soft. But…
The old man’s tactic was different.
‘No illusion…?’
Everything was real as if the principle of Shifting was assimilated into the sword technique.
‘Ah…’
Only then did Yoon-seok realize Shifting itself was a method that combined the essence of both, and Falling Flowers was originally invented with that method. It just seemed to be different because his first opponent’s level was low. It wasn’t that type of tactic in the first place.
Whoooooooooosh!
Yoon-seok wasn’t flustered. It was a tactic based on Shifting? Then the answer was also simple. He could just respond with the same tactic. Following the purple energy, which was divided into several branches, Yoon-seok’s sword was also divided into several branches.
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