Yo Su-gwang was having the most bizarre experience.
It was the first time he felt something like this.
Dudud
The sight of the ground sinking and then rising, it felt like a typhoon with the scene of stones scattering around and branches rising.
The first feeling he felt when seeing this was it was over for him.
Fear.
Monster…
Thung
What went around the center of this typhoon was the bloodiest energy he had ever seen.
The Blood Sea Sword Illusion technique, a part of it was swirling around, with his internal energy being used.
Tuk
The energy of Taiji, which converted all the energy of the world, moved in the eye of the typhoon.
Martial God…
Yo Su-gwang felt like he was witnessing the end of the world. The typhoon which would suck in everything and destroy it. There was no way to solve this. Even his lord, the First Disciple the End Demon, never showed such expertise. Then—
The Heavenly Demon, no, the Sect Leader…
There was just one person that came to mind.
Paaat
And while he was thinking that, he thought this was a hallucination. Otherwise, it would not make any sense, so Yo Su-gwang denied what he was seeing with his own eyes.
This was why he did not fight against the typhoon tearing down his body. His arms flew away, and then he died in an instant without feeling any more pain.
Pagagaag!
Thousands upon thousands—it was like a thousand blades slashed through his entire body, turning him into a corpse with flesh just barely clinging to the bones.
“Phew…”
After a while, Seol-Hwi felt the drain on his energy. The combination of martial arts he felt was unreasonable as much as the destructive power, especially with his attempt to control the energy of nature along with the energy of his opponent.
It was not the first time he did it, but it was still too much for him to handle the three energies at the same time.
“Since you killed the instructor, I have an excuse.”
This was why he was disappointed when he attacked the guy. He wanted to take down just his main limbs… or his dantian…. But the internal energy went out of control. And thanks to that, the guy died in the most horrible manner and turned into a lump no one would recognize.
And that too, by due to the internal energy of Yo Su-gwang.
“But… where is this place?”
Seol-Hwi looked around and scratched his head. Because he was too focused on the fight, he moved an unknown amount of distance into an unknown, so now he was confused where his group members were.
Not surprisingly, the typhoon he caused tore through the entire area around him.
Papat
In the end, Seol-Hwi jumped onto a tree just outside the area that had been subjected to the chaotic energy and looked around for a while.
Over there.
About 30 or so meters away, everyone seemed shocked and avoided the area.
Ta
Seol-Hwi came down from the tree and shook his head, moving to his members.
“Phew. We should be careful next time.”
It was a shame, but this time they were lucky. It would have been a mess if the instructor saw them. And if the members saw it… well, he did not want to think too much about it.
So, in many ways, it was fortunate for them, to Seol-Hwi and his members.
Kak. Kak.
Crows were flocking to the smell of blood.
In the morning after the evening passed there were people who were looking down at Instructor Heo, who was now a corpse.
“They surely said to not kill…”
Crack!
Ju Gwi-seon was the chief among those conducting the tactical training session. Even if the dead instructor was not close to him, someone under his command had been killed.
“Maybe one of them?”
The one looking at them with cold eyes was So Cheon-gwi.
When he had heard that Instructor Heo was not reporting back when originally planned, he chose to move.
“How is it?”
“Haaa…”
Pssss
A masked person who was going back and forth everywhere was looking for clues to what had happened. Min Okgi, the investigator in charge of the situation, put his head down on the tree branches.
“What? Are there any problems?”
In response to the question of Ju Gwi-seon, he said,
“The thing is. I figured it out. The thing is I need to be more precise, so we have to check the body once again, but…”
“Body checked? Why?”
This time, the chief asked.
The Blood Strong Troops was an assassination group. And they were specialized at ambushes which meant they were good at tracking.
So even if they were not professionals, they had the ability to understand roughly what had happened.
So it would not be strange to fight out what it was and there was all sorts of clear destruction along with blood around.
“The supervisor should probably look into it… the martial arts which hit instructor Heo appeared to be the Blood Sea Sword Illusion Seventh Form.”
“You mean.”
“The First Disciple’s martial arts.”
Both the instructor and the chief spoke to one another.
The martial art of demonic nature and blood, it was the most violent form of it, so traces of it were hard to find.
“Then the one is Yo Su-gwang.”
“That…”
The investigator scratched his head,
He took out a piece of clothing and tilted his head as he compared it to the corpse.
“Right. It is very damaged but this is Yo Su-gwang, the one sent by the First Disciple.”
“…That is odd.”
Ju Gwi-seon tilted his head and then turned it.
“Maybe I got something from… from my point of view, the one who suffered had fallen for the same technique?”
“Even I see it.”
“But the problem is…”
So Cheon-gwi agreed, and the instructor shook his head.
“Yo Su-gwang was also taken down by the Blood Sea Sword Illusion Seventh Form.”
“What!?”
“…?!”
The two of them looked shocked.
As said earlier, this was a technique for the First Disciple alone. So even if they were angry, they could not do anything about this incident. It was because even if they confirmed who killed the instructor, the First Disciple would prevent anything from actually happening.
But, even Yo Su-gwang was murdered? By his own martial art? What was this now?
“Even though it is the same technique, the power is different. Maybe a closer inspection…”
The two instructors were worried.
“Same technique…”
“…the difference though is this much.”
The chief smiled in shock and then looked dumbfounded.
Everything felt odd. It was clear that an instructor was killed by the hands of Yo Su-gwang, but the guy was also killed in the same way—
With even greater force.
“This is so complicated.”
This could have a huge impact on things. He did not know what it was, but the person who killed Yo Su-gwang was stronger than him.
Stronger than Yo Su-gwang, who was taught by the First Disciple.
“I definitely heard that it is a martial arts specific to them… where did it leak from?”
“I don’t know. Are there others under the direct command of the Sect Leader?”
They did not know if the First Disciple had weak martial arts, but if that was the case, then the story was complicated.
It was difficult to understand why the Sect Leader would involve himself into the battle of succession, and it was not known how many such people existed or where they were all placed.
“…Let us not think about this. It is surprisingly simple.”
“Uh?”
At the words of So Cheon-gwi, Ju Gwi-seon turned his gaze to him.
“Be it the Sect Leader or whoever it is, the problem is that Yo Su-gwang got killed. Then we need to find out what happened.”
“…How?”
“Let us extend the tactical training which ends in the morning.”
So Cheon-gwi looked away and then continued,
“Place an important item in the mountain, a treasure or something. Be vigilant so that no instructor can handle it, and only the groups can get it.”
“Chief…?”
Ju Gwi-seon’s face looked like he understood something.
Looking at him, So Cheon-gwi nodded.
“Of course, we should allow killing. In order to get the target, the hidden martial arts should be used. And then we will find them.”
“…But if the skills aren’t shown, they will be taken down. You mean that?”
Chief nodded.
“We must unconditionally find out the cause of death and the one who did it. If not… the First Disciple will not understand.”
If the connection is not clear, they would have a problem come to them. Especially, the First Disciple would be furious.
“He might try to tear the entire thing down.”
And they would have a hard time understanding why. It was impossible to escape the attack of the First Disciple if he was determined.
“What is this?”
The morning came. One member of a group, who looked over found a board.
“What is this?”
A man came up next to him and asked.
The contents were as follows:
[Tactical Training] End.
-There is a Hall about 10 li northwest from here. In the center of the first floor there is a Small Flame Sword. The training ends when there is a group who takes that by deceiving the eyes of the instructors who are wary.
*Killing an instructor isn’t allowed, but killing others is.
“Uh. What now?”
The members were all surprised at the sudden change in rules. To allow the members to be killed? Of course, they knew such things would happen, but they did not expect it this time.
In particular, they started off saying no killing would be tolerated, but then they changed their minds. This was not something easy to understand.
“Why so suddenly…”
“Something must have happened.’
Ruste
“…!”
Wary, the members stepped back.
Ju Seorin too.
It was because she was an outsider who came in and cut the heads of a member right at the first class.
“There was a blast earlier. It looked like a huge fight happened. Thanks to that, we benefited. Because the instructors didn’t find us.”
“Hmm…”
“Hmm. Is that so.”
But, there were also those who were comforted to have her in the same group. One of the members nodded at her words.
“Do we move right now? If we get to the target first, we win right?”
“Right.”
Everyone agreed, but there were those who did not.
“Eh. Deceiving the eyes of the instructors and pulling the sword… would it be possible?”
“…”
“…”
No answer came.
The instructor suddenly changed the rules and protected the instructors instead, so everyone would be wary. Being at the level of trainees, they cannot possibly deceive the eyes of the instructors.
“Is that needed? Should we just aim for another group?”
“Ah?”
At Ju Seorin’s smiling words, the group members gathered.
“Take the sword? Do we have to do such a tough task? If we wait, someone else will try it and we just have to take them out.”
“Oh!”
“Ohhh.”
Everyone’s faces shone at those words.
It would be easier to deal with trainees who were on their level rather than the instructors. So their faces brightened.
“Of course, one should know it. If the opponent pressured the instructor with force and pulls it out, we would run into the opponent…”
With Ju Seorin’s words, they are sure it would work.
“They will die on the spot. Right?”
“…”
“…”
