Chapter 271 : The Dance of Monsters

Ma Seongun took his first step.

Thump—!!

With his first step, Ma Seongun, who had come right in front of Jin Sohyun, slammed his right hand down from above like a hammer.

A simple attack that was embarrassing to even call a martial art.

But its power was no different from the special technique of a fist master who had dedicated his life to fist techniques.

Kwagagagang—!!

The wind pressure raged, and the ground was dented as if it had been hit by a huge hammer.

“His speed is truly the best of all time.”

Ma Seongun looked at the empty space.

It was clearly the place where Jin Sohyun had been, but he had disappeared, leaving only an afterimage.

Following that, Jin Sohyun, who had appeared from Ma Seongun’s left, aimed his flying sword forward.

He took a step with his left foot and put all the strength of his body into the flying sword he was holding in his right hand, releasing it.

Jin Sohyun’s unique flying sword technique, which combined fajin.

It caused a shock similar to being hit by a cannonball right in front.

Its power brought a considerable shock even to Ma Seongun, who had a strong protective qi and body.

Kwang— kwang—!!

Ma Seongun’s figure was pushed back.

Not stopping at this, the four flying swords that had bounced off aimed for Ma Seongun’s two thighs and shoulders, following Jin Sohyun’s hand gesture.

“Hehahahat!! Yes, this is it!”

Ma Seongun laughed loudly and was delighted.

How long had he waited for this moment?

Every time he felt Jin Sohyun’s strength with his whole body, his hunger grew even stronger.

“Hahaha! Jin Sohyun!!”

Similarly, a blood-red rake stretched out from the palm of Ma Seongun, who had approached at a speed that could not be followed with the eyes.

It looked as if it were the materialization of the evil of the human named Ma Seongun.

‘He’s fast!’

Jin Sohyun flicked the ground with the tip of his foot and avoided the blood-red rake hand.

The rake hand, which had lost its target, shattered the innocent ground.

But in the meantime, Ma Seongun came close to Jin Sohyun and threw two palm strikes.

Jin Sohyun, who was facing this from the front, gritted his teeth and flew two flying swords to match Ma Seongun’s palm strikes.

Kwang— kwang—!!!

With two clashes, Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun were pushed back in the direction they had each come from.

‘Is it five steps?’

Ma Seongun smiled slyly as he saw Jin Sohyun, who had been pushed back five steps, compared to himself, who had been pushed back about two steps.

“This time, I will swallow you whole.”

Ma Seongun spread his two arms wide.

At the same time, the blood-red rake hands that had come out from his body spread in all directions and pressed Jin Sohyun.

The speed of the blood-red rake hands was as fast as Ma Seongun’s movements.

As the eight rake hands came, occupying the eight directions, Jin Sohyun inhaled deeply.

‘Anyway, there is no place to avoid. I have no choice but to break through from the front.’

Peak Torch Peak.

The enlightenment he had gained by falling endlessly from the peak that was high enough to reach the sky.

Jin Sohyun leaned his body forward.

The figure of Jin Sohyun, who was leaning forward as if he were falling, to the point where his face touched the ground, disappeared.

At the same time, Ma Seongun’s rake hands pierced the place where Jin Sohyun had been.

Kwagagagang—!!

In the midst of the continuous explosions, Jin Sohyun avoided all the movements of the eight rake hands and came close to Ma Seongun.

He crossed his left and right hands and released his flying swords, and ten flying swords were shot at Ma Seongun at the same time.

The power contained in each and every flying sword was so powerful that it could shake the heavens and the earth.

“Come on! Jin Sohyun!”

Ma Seongun’s fists threw ten punches.

Kwang— kwang— kwang— kwang—!!

Jin Sohyun’s flying swords and Ma Seongun’s punches clashed in succession.

Every time, a shockwave occurred and shook the area.

Jin Sohyun collected the flying swords that had bounced off and shot them again, and Ma Seongun threw his fists to match.

When their exchanges surpassed twenty, the land they were on had lost its original shape.

“Huh… to think that I was so foolish in the past to think that I could be of help… I think I know now.”

At Beomkang’s mumble, Yonghui gripped her dao sword strongly.

The clash between Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun was truly instantaneous.

Every time they blinked, the shape of the terrain changed, and the positions of the two changed.

Until then, the seven martial artists could not follow the fight with their eyes.

The only one who could at least see the afterimages that had passed was Cheon Yerang, who had the Blue Eye.

‘I can’t interfere.’

Cheon Yerang, who was belatedly following the movements of the two with her Blue Eye, realized that the fight between Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun was at a level that she could not dare to approach.

It was clear that her whole body and internal organs would be torn apart by the shockwave generated by just one clash.

“Young Master Jin…”

Cheon Yerang bit her molars and held her breath.

Praying that Jin Sohyun would survive.

***

Kuung—!!

The sand dust was instantly cleared, and Jin Sohyun’s figure was pushed back.

“Phew! That was dangerous!”

Jin Sohyun, who had almost had his head blown off by Ma Seongun’s punch, wiped the blood flowing from his cheek with the back of his hand and stared at the front.

There, Ma Seongun was slowly pulling out the flying sword that was stuck in his thigh.

“You can’t kill me with this. You know that, don’t you?”

Jin Sohyun held a flying sword in his right hand and faced Ma Seongun.

‘I was planning to slow him down… isn’t this cheating?’

The reason he had aimed for the thigh was to slow down Ma Seongun’s speed.

But Ma Seongun’s recovery speed surpassed the level that Jin Sohyun had expected.

“It seems you’ve gotten faster than last time.”

“While waiting for you, I had to swallow things that weren’t even worth chewing. Only… for today, when I will swallow you whole.”

“Geez… I probably don’t even taste good.”

“No way.”

Ma Seongun’s voice was heard right in front.

“You… are the prey I have waited for the longest.”

“Tsk!”

Jin Sohyun quickly retreated, but Ma Seongun’s rake hand grazed his front.

With a kwadeuk—! sound, blood splattered.

Jin Sohyun, who had retreated by flicking his foot, pressed the blood point on his chest and stopped the bleeding.

‘It would have been dangerous if it weren’t for the flying sword sheath.’

If it weren’t for the flying sword sheath, which he was wearing like armor, his chest would have been torn by Ma Seongun’s blood-red rake hand.

Ma Seongun lifted Jin Sohyun’s fallen flying sword sheath and licked the blood on it with the tip of his tongue.

“Ugh… it’s unsightly.”

“As expected, your blood is a taste that cannot be compared to others.”

“It’s disgusting, so can you stop eating other people’s blood?”

“Give me your heart, Jin Sohyun.”

“Try to take it.”

“Hehahahat!”

While Ma Seongun was rushing, aiming for Jin Sohyun’s heart, Jong Ryeo'ak spat out the saliva that had collected in his mouth and said.

“Let’s go too.”

“Go where?”

At Hyeok’ugun’s question, Jong Ryeo'ak pointed at the Mixed Demon Unit, which was standing like a stone statue and watching the fight between Ma Seongun and Jin Sohyun, with the tip of his sword.

“Those bastards… if we’re going to fight anyway, let’s fight right now.”

“The fight between those two is not over yet.”

“That’s Jin Sohyun’s fight. So we have to fight our own fight.”

As Jong Ryeo'ak turned the battlefield and tried to fight the Mixed Demon Unit, Hyeok Ugun hesitated and then looked at where Cheon Gasung was.

Surprisingly, as if Cheon Gasung had the same thought, he placed his hand on his sword hilt and moved his steps.

“Jong Ryeo'ak is right. No matter who wins between Jin Sohyun and the Blood Demon, we have to fight them. So it will be more convenient to kill them now.”

As Cheon Gasung said this and moved with Jong Ryeo'ak, Cheon Yerang, Beomkang, Yonghui, and Namgung Seoru.

The seven martial artists who were escorting the flying sword moved towards the Mixed Demon Unit.

As if they had realized their intention, the Mixed Demon Unit did not just stand still.

“Deputy Unit Leader.”

“Yes. Follow me. We are going too.”

With Pyo Ung at the forefront, the Mixed Demon Unit also turned the battlefield and approached the seven martial artists in white who were approaching.

Soon after, on one side of the wide battlefield, the seven members of the Flying Sword Escort Unit and the seven members of the Mixed Demon Unit faced each other.

“Since our situations are the same, there is no need to talk.”

At Cheon Gasung’s words, Pyo Ung, who was standing at the forefront of the Mixed Demon Unit, nodded his head.

As if he also felt no need to talk, he drew his sword.

“Let’s begin.”

There was no more conversation.

The seven members of the Mixed Demon Unit and the seven members of the Flying Sword Escort Unit.

Their fight began with the loud noise created by the fight between Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun.

***

Kwaaang—!!

With a loud noise that shook the axis of the earth, Jin Sohyun’s flying sword thrust in, aiming for Ma Seongun’s neck.

Following the sound of tearing through the air, the wind pressure created by Ma Seongun’s punch came to tear Jin Sohyun apart with the earth.

The earth heaved and was torn, and the thick wall that had been dividing the boundary burst.

Every time, the figures of Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun appeared blurry and then disappeared in an instant.

‘Hoo— hoo—!’

Jin Sohyun breathed deeply and felt the evil of the approaching Ma Seongun.

Even without seeing with his eyes, he could feel Ma Seongun.

Because the clear evil, hatred, and greed, as if they could be seen with the eyes, were approaching to swallow Jin Sohyun.

‘There is no second chance.’

Jin Sohyun quickly retreated and glared at Ma Seongun.

The blue-shining Heavenly Eye was seeing through Ma Seongun’s movements, but the problem was that Jin Sohyun was given only one chance.

‘Ma Seongun doesn’t know that I know the location of the Blood Jade.’

The Blood Jade, the only weakness of the Blood Demon.

Although Jin Sohyun knew the location of the Blood Jade, he had intentionally not aimed for it.

He didn’t know what Ma Seongun, who had had the location of his Blood Jade discovered, would do, and in the worst case, he could choose to run away.

So the chance given to Jin Sohyun was only one.

“Jin Sohyun!!”

As the fight dragged on, Ma Seongun’s obsession with Jin Sohyun grew even stronger.

He kicked the earth as if he were exploding, based on his immeasurable, huge internal energy.

There was no need to unfold Bieunggaek’s Shadowless Divine Step.

The speed of Ma Seongun, who was closing the distance with the backlash he had gained by exploding his internal energy, had long since surpassed the category of a human.

Jin Sohyun stretched out his fist, not his flying sword, at the closely approaching Ma Seongun.

Kwang!

The punch strongly hit Ma Seongun’s face.

His nose bone was broken, but Ma Seongun did not care.

His fist hit the front, and Jin Sohyun had to twist his body to avoid the path of the punch.

“Keuk!”

Although he thought he had avoided it perfectly, the pressure left by the punch strongly pressed down on Jin Sohyun’s body.

Although his protective qi protected his body, it could not prevent him from suffering an internal injury.

“Keuheup…”

Swallowing the blood that was about to burst out, Jin Sohyun began to fight with the closely approaching Ma Seongun.

Jin Sohyun’s two fists and Ma Seongun’s two hands quickly interlocked, and the blood-red rake hands that had come out from his body aimed for Jin Sohyun from a blind spot.

But Jin Sohyun, who knew this, used his flying swords to kill the rake hands that contained Ma Seongun’s blood-red qi in succession and closed the distance even more.

‘What is the most efficient thing here?’

Numerous martial arts of masters came to Jin Sohyun’s mind.

From hand techniques and palm techniques to fist techniques and foot techniques.

The fight with the masters who had reached the peak of each field in preparation for the war had become an opportunity for Jin Sohyun to learn numerous martial arts.

The martial arts that were engraved in his mind like a brand were materialized in Jin Sohyun’s body and instinctively came out at the necessary moments.

Thanks to that, Ma Seongun, who had devoured numerous masters and had taken their experience and martial arts.

And although it was a different method, Jin Sohyun, who had also learned the martial arts of numerous masters.

The two martial artists, who were called geniuses or monsters, showed all the martial arts they each knew.

Four hands unfolded palm techniques and hand techniques, and the palm strikes and the hand blades that had been set up aimed for each other’s necks and hearts.

Kwang— kwang— kwaang—!!

Every time the hands and feet of the two martial artists clashed, the axis of the earth was shaken, and a thunderous roar continued.

Kwang—!

Blood gushed from the mouth of Jin Sohyun, who had been pushed back by the backlash of the force.

“Hoo… hoo…!”

“In the end, the difference between you and me is the difference between a human and a god.”

Jin Sohyun wiped the blood and sweat flowing over his eyes and stared at the front.

Ma Seongun grabbed his jaw, which had been greatly turned to the right, and said, as he put it back in its original place as if it were nothing.

“Where has the flying sword technique you were so proud of gone? You know you can’t beat me in a fight.”

As he had said.

It was impossible to beat Ma Seongun in a fight, who recovered from most wounds in the blink of an eye, had tireless stamina and internal energy, and had the strength to split Mount Tai.

That’s why Jin Sohyun had chosen to fight Ma Seongun, not with his flying swords, but in a fight.

Only for this moment.

Seuk— seuk—!

The flying swords that had been spread in a circle around Ma Seongun all soared up at once.

(End of Chapter)