Chapter 34. The Ascending Dragon (1/2)
Chapter 34. The Ascending Dragon
Baek Mu Ryang slowly pulled out his sword. The sword that had accompanied him in all the time that he spent in the Alliance. The sword that knew no defeat, was pulled out of the hilt.
White Tooth (白牙).
Once Baek Mu Ryang pulled out the sword, the surrounding air fluctuated a little. The energy of the battlefield was getting fiercer.
“You have the right to make me use this sword.”
“Should I be thankful?”
When Gongson Chun Gi responded with a somewhat sour face, Baek Mu Ryang shook his head.
“No, I should be the one thanking you. Anyway, I’m going to be using this child here. Don’t you have any weapon you’ll use?”
Gongson Chun Gi lifted his hands up a bit, and spoke.
“These are enough.”
“I knew it…….”
Even though Gongson Chun Gi was standing there with a relaxed position, it seemed like Baek Mu Ryang couldn’t even get a needle through the Pope’s defenses.
That’s what Baek Mu Ryang liked. His blood was boiling after a long time.
‘And……’
This guy was a bit different. There was something about the Pope that separated him from all the other enemies that Baek Mu Ryang faced in the past.
‘I don’t exactly know what that ‘something’ is, though.’
The Dao Emperor stopped thinking there. There was no time to think such useless thoughts when battling an expert like this.
“There are so many people here. It wouldn’t do if we disappoint them, yes?”
Voom–
Baek Mu Ryang’s sword began to vibrate, then started to twist about like a living being. Gongson Chun Gi, seeing that, narrowed his eyes.
“Let’s go easy for now…….”
The moment Baek Mu Ryang muttered that, his sword began to emit a bright light, and proceeded to disappear. When Gongson Chun Gi turned his head, something happened.
Pyut–!
A white-hot sword nicked Gongson Chun Gi’s ear. Many of the martial artists who were watching this spectacle, shouted in surprise.
“Energy Control Technique (以氣御劍術)!”
Once a person trains his sword technique to the absolute limit, he/she can bring out a full potential of a sword in a fight. That was the Control Technique.
The Energy Controlling Technique was a level above the Control Technique. It was a technique that symbolized peak power. The martial artists who saw this amazing technique, became extremely excited.
“This guy’s trying to kill me from the get go?”
Gongson Chun Gi smirked while saying this, and twisted his whole body. When he did so, a white sword passed by the place where he had been previously.
Baek Mu Ryang stopped attacking, then grinned at the Pope.
“How is it?”
“What?”
“Didn’t that act just now make a pretty good show for the audience? Seeing the Pope run everywhere must’ve been immensely satisfying for them.”
“Running…… Well, I guess idiots will see this that way.”
Gongson Chun Gi swept his messy hair upwards, and grinned.
“Don’t tell me you’re also thinking that?”
Baek Mu Ryang shook his head. He knew. His attack just now was only performed to measure Gongson Chun Gi’s strength. But his attacks didn’t really provide him with information, no matter how outstanding they looked.
But this little bit of information he gained served to make Baek Mu Ryang plenty excited.
‘His Mind Eye (心眼) is opened?’
The Energy Control Technique was as fast as swinging a sword at point blank range. Managing to dodge that sword using the eyes was, in the first place, impossible.
That meant that the opponent would have to dodge using his/her instinct. But then, Gongson Chun Gi reacted to Baek Mu Ryang’s sword half a beat before the sword struck.
Once Baek Mu Ryang thought of this, his grip on his sword got stronger. This man was worthy of being his opponent. No, this man was something more of a monster, contrary to what he had been thinking.
“Damn it, moving my body like this after such a long time made me tired.”
Gongson Chun Gi sighed while massaging his muscles. After a while, he spoke with a small voice.
“Anyways…….. I guess it’s my turn to show you something?”
“I’ll look forward to it.”
Baek Mu Ryang gripped onto his blade, and exhaled. He was expelling all the negative energy from his body.
“Now, what should I use……”
Gongson Chun Gi thought for a moment, then grinned like an evil child.
“It would only be fair if I made you move as much as I just did, right?”
Everything began there.
Baek Mu Ryang lifted his blade in caution. At the same time, his sword tip touched something invisible.
Bam–!
Baek Mu Ryang, who had been pushed back significantly, wrinkled his brow. It was good that he blocked an invisible attack out of instinct.
But the power of this attack was stronger than he had expected.
‘An energy blast?’
But the energy contained in this attack was far stronger than a simple energy blast. While he was trying to think of what technique Gongson Chun Gi had used, he noticed the Pope smiling at him with a grin.
Baek Mu Ryang put on a strange face when he saw that. Come to think of it, the Pope didn’t get into any sort of an attack position when attacking.
“Don’t be surprised already. I’m just getting started you know.”
Gongson Chun Gi, who had his hands behind his back, moved his index finger a few times. Immediately, a sinister energy began to surround Baek Mu Ryang.
‘Hm!’
Baek Mu Ryang began to focus his energy into his sword tip. There was no way he was going to fall for the same trick twice. He soon released the energy he gathered into his sword outwards.
Babababang–!
The energy that was expelled outwards hit something invisible, and triggered an immense explosion. There was so much power, in fact, that the ground between the two sovereigns broke apart.
Only then could Baek Mu Ryang understand just what technique Gongson Chun Gi had used.