Chapter 52. Betting The Heavenly Demon Church (1/2)
Chapter 52. Betting The Heavenly Demon Church
There are majorly two types of formations in the world.
The first type is made by considering the natural variables of the world. Once these variables are measured and taken into consideration, one would create a nucleus of the formation, and based on that, the creator would seal the power of heaven and earth into the nucleus in order to create a manmade space.
The second type would be a military formation. This was a formation fully composed of human beings, and these type of formations often did not have a set shape.
Because of that, these formations could often change shapes, and would be harder to predict because of that. That’s where the power of the military formations lie.
‘A Bloody River Heaven Destroying Sword Formation used by a peak expert could potentially kill even a harmonious expert.’
The martial artists who were guarding the Grass Shoe Garden. Most of them were first-rate experts. There were also several peak experts planted in the formation who were there to command the others.
[Zhu Ying (竹影).]
[Yes, sir.]
[Strike lightly, enough to keep the boy alive……. no, hit him as hard as possible, but keep the boy alive.]
[Understood.]
Un Hui sent out his orders, and began to observe his surroundings. Honestly, he thought that his bet with Cho Ryu Hyang was just nonsensical.
The boy didn’t look like he practiced martial arts. Well, even if he did, it’d be useless……
‘The Bloody River Heaven Destroying Sword Formation is just perfect.’
Based on his knowledge, unless a person had a strength that rivaled that of the Pope’s, there was no way to break through the formation. Even Un Hui, a person that knew so much about the formation itself, couldn’t.
‘I don’t know why you made this kind of a bet, but…….’
It would be good to teach the boy a lesson using this chance.
‘The martial world isn’t as easy as you think, boy.’
Even if that boy has immense talent like the Pope described, the boy’s power would only come to fruition in the future. Right now, this boy didn’t have any power.
While Un Hui had been imagining Cho Ryu Hyang in a beat-up state, Cho Ryu Hyang slowly inhaled and looked at the people coming at him.
‘42, 46, 44…….’
After figuring out the basic power of the people coming at him using the Faultless View of The World, Cho Ryu Hyang took another breath and walked forward. Un Hui’s eyebrows twitched when he saw that.
‘What’s this?’
He had a bad premonition. He couldn’t tell what it was, but he felt that something was wrong just now from Cho Ryu Hyang’s actions. Right after that, Un Hui began to tilt his head in confusion.
That was because Cho Ryu Hyang was just casually walking out of the formation.
Shuaaa–!
Multiple swords struck out simultaneously with a bone-chilling sound. None of these swords, however, struck Cho Ryu Hyang.
Every single one of the swords missed Cho Ryu Hyang by mere millimeters. Un Hui, looking at that, widened his eyes in surprise.
‘This can’t be real!’
Were his subordinates missing on purpose? Un Hui shook his head. There was no way they’d do that. But for some reason, none of the sword strikes hit Cho Ryu Hyang.
‘Just how?’
It wasn’t that Cho Ryu Hyang was dodging these blades with extreme speed. The boy was simply moving around amongst all the martial artists with strange, slow steps.
Sometimes he’d go forward, sometimes backward, then turn sideways. And sometimes, for some reason, the boy would stand in place for a moment, twist his body sideways, then walk forward.
Whenever the boy did that, the attacks performed by Un Hui’s subordinates would miss.
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‘What the hell is this?’
Was this some sort of sorcery? There was no way to explain this scene without calling it sorcery. That was because Cho Ryu Hyang’s movements didn’t contain any kind of pattern at all.
Forget about first-rate experts. Even peak experts were unable to even leave a scratch on the boy. Just how was this happening?
And besides that, there was something even more troublesome happening.
‘The formation is breaking?’
Little by little, the formation was crumbling. The formation was starting to break while trying to match Cho Ryu Hyang’s movements.
When Un Hui noticed that and frowned, Cho Ryu Hyang staggered a little as he bowed down.
Pyut–
At the same time, a single sword through the spot where Cho Ryu Hyang’s body had been.
‘Dangerous!’
Un Hui was about to stop his subordinates, then paused. His subordinates were beginning to act impatiently.
That sort of thing could break the entire formation even faster. But…….
‘That attack just now worked.’
Un Hui’s eyes sparkled. Cho Ryu Hyang’s clothing was but normal. This was good. And with that just now, Un Hui was able to figure something out.
‘The boy’s overexerting himself.’
Un Hui quickly organized his thoughts after seeing Cho Ryu Hyang’s body, which was drenched in sweat.
He didn’t know much about what that brat was planning on doing. To be honest, he didn’t have a clue.
But he knew that this boy in his eyes was clearly exhausted. It was obvious when he heard the boy’s rough breathing, and saw the sweat glistening on the boy’s body.
‘We haven’t put a single scratch on the boy so far, but…….’
Things will be different starting now. After all, he figured out a way to deal with Cho Ryu Hyang.
[Zhu Ying.]
[Yes, sir.]
[Change the formation from the Attack (攻) stance to the Undoing (解) stance.]