The First Disciple, the End Demon—
His martial arts skills were so shocking. A normal man would never be able to handle this. It was to the extent where he had special skills.
He was a man who gave off an aura which made it seem like he would overwhelm anyone. However, the emotions Seol-Hwi felt were completely different.
Why is it like this?
Feeling like he can take on this man at any time, the pressure that weighed on him in the past was nowhere to be found.
Was it because the level of his current martial arts had risen to the final stage?
Then what is Profound Demon…?
He could not have predicted or even guessed this. There was this much of a difference between End Demon and himself, but to what extent was it from those who reached Supreme Demon.
“Hoh.”
And at that time, End Demon was a bit surprised to see Seol-Hwi.
The one who reached the extreme limit in the Supreme Demon level who could subdue an opponent at a glance.
Intangible energy—
It was a type of fighting and was a form of pressure where the opponent was rendered unable to move. Even so, the guy in front of him was standing tall.
No, unlike the others, he was standing proudly.
“This… doesn’t seem like it was a kill done by mistake,”
The End Demon said.
Paat!
It was an incredibly fast assessment.
Like a warrior who had reached the Supreme Demon level, the moment he took out his sword and extended it, it was like time had stopped.
It was so fast that the Blood Strong Troops who were watching them around could not even see what happened.
But—
“Surprised?”
“…!”
Seol-Hwi did not seem affected. The fact that he did not show any shock or anxiousness showed he did not care in the slightest.
“Hehehe….”
The End Demon clicked his tongue like he was dumbfounded.
Wheik
He infused internal qi into the tip of the sword which gave out flames.
Four Peak Demonic Martial Arts: Flame.
It was a ring of flame that only those at the peak could use, and the flame would move like it was alive.
“To use this against me.”
Seol-Hwi raised his sword to counter them, and the tip of his sword did not contain the energy.
And before anyone could say anything, they turned and clashed.
Kaaaang!
Resembling a tornado raging, the members around had to move back. People were being pushed back by it, and some of them even soared to the ceiling while at times the energy was piercing the ceiling.
“Uh?”
“Is this right?”
“To go head on against the End Demon…”
The Blood Strong Troops were shocked at this and grasped the situation. The End Demon, who was the strongest of the disciples of the Heavenly Demon—
They never imagined that this guy could counter him.
“Ahem.”
“Kuak.”
Seol-Hwi and the End Demon were facing each other, but this was not just a fight of power.
Kiiik!
The flame arts of the End Demon were rushing for the body of Seol-Hwi.
Jjkk
Seeing that, the End Demon looked at him.
“A battle of strength with me. You must be out of your mind.”
“…?”
“See those flames? They are already rushing into the body. This will be your end.”
Seol-Hwi looked away, and as the End Demon said, the flames were flowing around his body.
“So what about it?”
“The flame of the Four Peak Demonic Martial Arts will never die. Once it enters the blood, it will burn off the internal organs and leave just white ash.”
“Hmm.”
Seol-Hwi smiled at those words. Then he said, looking at the flames.
“It will not be that.”
“What?”
“It won’t do a thing. You know what is wrong?”
“…!”
The End Demon panicked.
It has been a while since the flames went into the body of Seol-Hwi, and yet nothing happened. Normally, by now, one should be rolling on the ground.
“How…”
The End Demon shook his head, unable to understand, and then he mumbled as he remembered,
“You, no…”
Seol-Hwi smiled there.
“Right. I am also learning this martial art. One of the Four Peak Demonic Martial Arts, Flame.”
<Four Peak Demonic Martial Arts: Flame has been learned.>
He quickly recalled the martial arts learned in the past, and it worked. The flames of the First Disciple had no effect on his body.
Gagagaga
A strong enhanced internal energy poured out like flame from each other’s blades. What happened was that the End Demon was trying to overwhelm the opponent with internal energy.
But that did not work.
Strangely, the opponent did not seem to feel any pain even though he was trying to put out five times as much energy as usual.
It felt like he was bragging about his strength against this man.
Bang!
Against the End Demon, it was Seol-Hwi who pushed their swords away.
“This guy! What kind of tricks are you using?”
He yelled.
The same level of internal qi. The opponent was not even normal.
“What trick?”
“How did you learn the attribute martial arts for fire… no, it doesn’t make sense for you to be able to rise to this level at all in the first place…”
“Why? Because I am not the chosen one…?”
Dududud
A strong air flow began to form around Seol-Hwi. The force made from it caused the End Demon’s body to tremble.
Intangible—
An intangible energy transcended it. If one overcame the limit once more, they could harm the opponent with just their energy.
It could be an intense death.
The End Demon’s face darkened as he began to give off a level higher energy than the enhanced sword.
“I will have to fight you all my might.”
On the other hand, Seol-Hwi used his upper dantian. It was only then that he decided to show his internal energy.
“Because it makes the fight meaningful.”
“This makes no sense…”
The Demon Lord, who was watching this, shouted without realizing. His great sahyung, the one to never lose a single fight, was struggling against this unknown person.
“Who is this! What kind of guy is that!”
The Third Disciple shouted loudly with a face that showed that she could not be calmed down.
Seol-Hwi—
The one selected by the Earth Demon, who was careful with everything to the point of being a coward, they expected him to be a decent guy, but not this much.
It was none other than the End Demon that this guy was going against.
Just how…
Stronger than the other disciples, they did not expect this man to have such skills.
They could have accepted it if it were at least the Warlord who was facing him, but when End Demon started this fight, they thought Seol-Hwi would be dead.
So they did not even care about the fight…
“You have a great subordinate.”
Shhh
On the other hand, the Second and Third Disciple stepped back, and the Earth Demon smiled.
His chin was clenched as he looked stiff, but he did not look afraid at all.
“Did you meet him?”
At the Earth Demon’s vague words, the Bloody Death Warlord nodded.
“I saw them, but it is as if we didn’t see him.”
“…?”
“I measured his skills midway through the training, but once we set a range, he always went beyond it. Where did you find such talent?”
“…”
The Earth Demon could not respond.
That would also be the case, because contrary to his thoughts of Bloody Death Warlord, he was not such a talented guy to the Earth Demon.
“…It wasn’t me.”
“…Uh?”
“I didn’t find him, nor did I raise him. This is the guy who came to me and gave me his strength. He is too much for me to hold.”
The Earth Demon spoke the truth. He knew that doing this would make him lose his chance to get the Warlord, but he was not the kind of person to lie for the sake of simple gains.
“Haha. Now that I see it, the self respect the Fourth Disciple has, is too much.”
“…You are talking about me?”
“Yes.”
But why was the guy looking at him like that?
“What do you mean? I…”
“Since the beginning of the sect, no leader has ever put someone else above him.”
He was a completely different kind of person from the Earth Demon. The one who accepted the humility of the Earth Demon, which was close to self-reproach, that he had no eyes to see the potential of the people, but on the contrary…
“Eyes that see people are obviously important, but that can be left to someone who has the skills. What the head of any faction needs to establish is the will.”
“…You mean?”
“Yes. If Seol-Hwi is the person who is like a dream to the Fourth Disciple, the world he needs is one with you. Doesn’t it have to be like that?”
“…”
A troubled expression formed on the Earth Demon’s face.
Come to think of it, Seol-Hwi asked him what he wanted and what kind of world they wanted to create. He thought it was just random thoughts and did not know what it meant. But it seemed like Seol-Hwi understood everything.
“Looking at that expression, I seem to be right. Of course. Surprisingly, there are many things which we don’t know yet.”
“…”
“Flowers cannot walk out on their own. It is just that the fragrant scent of it attracts bees and butterflies. And that can be thought of as a virtue.”
“Indeed…”
This made the heart of the Earth Demon swell.
A life which was considered as weak—the times he had done so much to handle his subordinates—it was the strange feeling in his heart where he had been finally acknowledged.
“Ahem, um! It is a bit hard for me to directly see…”
The Earth Demon decided to change the subject and turned his head.
The raspy breath—he was out of breath because he wanted to burst into tears.
“How much does his growth seem in the eyes of the warlord?”
“Hm, what do I say…”
“…?”
The Earth Demon had a puzzled look. And to him, the Warlord looked up and said,
“From the report I got, he was a person who knew how to use martial arts he had seen just once, and calmly eliminated the enemies even in the situation covered by flame. He was a warrior who knew when to wait and when to move forward.”
“…”
“A state of supreme where one can jump over Peak Demon once more and handle martial arts. Even there, he used nature. If he was born in Kangho, he would become a skilled person with his name well known all around and a person who would fight for the better good… he is already one who walked, looking towards the future.”
“…!”
The Earth Demon’s eyes twitched. He was excited.
To receive such praise from this man.
“That is the kind of person Earth Demon’s subordinate seemed like.”
His eyes trembled with an unknown feeling.
And then—
Kwaaaang!
Hearing the roar that followed right after, they turned their gazes.
