Chapter 444 - Shock the World Again (1/2)

The founder of Neo Taekwondo and the Martial God of the State of Korea, Bae Seong-Joon was defeated.

The outcome for the loser in this battle was death. It would not end with heavy injuries, nor the cliche outcome of striking a truce and befriending the opponent.

This was a deathmatch! Most onlooking martial artists knew clearly that the battle of Baengnokdam would only end with the winner walking down the Hallasan alive.

The summit of the Hallasan collapsed slowly. The life of the peak of the mountain seemed to have died alongside the Korean Martial God, Bae Seong-Joon, as the collapse of the mountain resembled it accompanying Bae Seong-Joon in leaving the mortal realm.

The remaining few young martial artists in the sky who withstood the impact of the airburst shockingly looked at the Hallasan as it collapsed slowly.

This was the strength of martial artists above the fifteen-star class. Even the peak of the Hallasan that had stood for millennia could not withstand such a brutal bombardment.

Apart from shock, the young martial artists’ eyes were filled with incomprehension. From their expectations, the battle between two martial dao masters on the Hallasan should’ve had the display of various flashy moves, with a duel progressing for three full days until everything around them was leveled to nothingness, only to defeat their opponent with an ultimate move.

With just one move, the young martial artists couldn’t understand at all. Is this the battle between martial dao masters? The fight earlier between both of them consisted of only a single move. Although it was majestic, there wasn’t really anything special about it.

The martial dao masters from all over the world that were floating in the air were showed gloomy faces. Compared to the immature young martial artists, the martial dao masters knew that a duel was no street performance, where the participants showed off flashy moves and finished off their opponents with an ultimate while shouting the name of their move.

A match deciding life and death was no child’s play.

No one would be stupid enough to use up sixty percent of their power first, only to crank up their power to eighty percent, and then crank it up again to a hundred percent of their power and entering overdrive.

The battle between life and death was all about defeating one another with the strongest hit at the right place in the shortest time.

Under these conditions, if one were to use only sixty percent of their power to display flashy moves, they would not survive today’s battle at all.

Sometimes a punch was enough to determine the outcome of the battle.

A martial dao master was not a performance master. They weren’t trained to show off flashy tactics, but to effectively use their powers to defeat their opponents. Sometimes, a duel between ten-star martial artists was more interesting than watching a duel between two martial dao masters.

Song Zhenting’s eyes locked on Qin Fen as he was shocked with amazement. Inside his heart, he was admiring Qin Fen, This young man is really amazing every time I meet him. It’s clear from his boxing that he had reached his limit earlier in the battle, only to defy normal expectations by breaking the limits once again, releasing a fusion of dry and violent wind. That finishing strike even gave us the feeling of a sandstorm.

Great, majestic, intense, ruthless! Song Zhenting nodded as he summed up the battle. Bae Seong-Joon also reached his limit, as he put down his glory and dignity as a martial dao master, and even his life, just to kill Qin Fen.

That strike of Taebaek was perfect no matter how Song Zhenting looked at it. That strike was beyond the combination of the rich Korean history that spanned for millenniums, even beyond the infusion of his life as a martial artist! That very strike had even taken away the soul of the Hallasan!

The soul of Hallasan, which had stood on the island of Jeju for thousand of years, had been merged into the life of Bae Seong-Joon. That was the very reason why he chose the Hallasan as the venue for the deathmatch.

Bae Seong-Joon gave everything he had in this battle! The moment he struck, Song Zhenting had a feeling that Bae Seong-Joon would take away the soul of the Hallasan from the mountain, fusing into his fist of Taebaek that was infused with the rich Korean history that spanned millenniums.

That was the perfect punch! Song Zhenting firmly believed that if Bae Seong-Joon survived this battle, his martial dao that had been stagnant for years would be revitalized after this battle. He might even be promoted into a grandmaster as a result!

“It’s a pity…” Song Zhenting looked at the dead Bae Seong-Joon with regret, “If you survived, your martial dao would’ve definitely gone a step further. Unfortunately, you have encountered one of the three strongest martial artists from the younger generation. You’ve lost honorably.”

The Sakra in the helicopter finally brought out a smile from his expressionless face. Although Qin Fen had already entered the fifteen-star class and became a martial dao master, not many people in the realm of martial dao, if any at all, recognized Qin Fen as martial dao master.

The easiest way to become a true martial dao master was to defeat a real martial dao master. When Zhang Tianhe was killed, Qin Fen was accepted as a real martial dao master by the martial dao world.

Today, Qin Fen had defeated the sect-founding martial dao master Bae Seong-Joon. His future in the world of martial dao was bright. As his master, the Sakra felt pride on his face.

These days, being a divine beast doesn’t guarantee that your disciples would have the chance to become a martial dao master. Never in history had a disciple of a master become a martial dao master before hitting the age of twenty.

The Sakra was very proud, he had two disciples who became martial dao masters below the age of twenty! This record would probably remain unsurpassed for a long time.

Other spectators at the scene had mixed reactions. Some were surprised at Qin Fen’s powerful martial dao, others were amazed as they looked at the rising star of martial dao.

Kyokushin Kouten floated in the air quietly. His face was unlike other martial artists. Apart from the display of shock from his eyebrows, there were other feelings hidden within.

“The martial dao master is less than twenty years old…” Kyokushin Kouten’s eyes were violently twitching as he deeply inhaled the cold air, “This is unusual, way too unusual! There must be something off with his martial arts! There must be!”

Kyokushin Kouten moved his eyes around slowly and soon locked upon a weakened Kyokushin Genichi who was partially sitting in the ruins with blood from his mouth.

As the former master of the ex-neo Karate disciple, Kyokushin Kouten knew him very well. It was already unbelievable for Genichi to achieve the power of eight-stars, let alone achieve the power of ten-stars and completing the Reborn of Blood Transfusion Real Inborn.

The young man who showed slightly promising talents wasn’t considered a prodigy had surpassed many of his prodigal contemporaries with his performance today.

The True Inborn Blood Transfusion Rebirth was a difficult level that made countless martial artists age a few years in a single night! But it doesn’t seem to have affected Kyokushin Genichi a lot.

Kyokushin Kouten was doubtful. There must be other reasons apart from hard work and luck that made Qin Fen into a strong martial artist today.

That would be martial arts! Internal art!

Even the martial artists who were new to martial dao knew that, under normal circumstances, two martial artists with the same potential would produce different results if one were to practice secret internal art and the other practiced ordinary internal art. After some time, the martial artist that practiced the secret internal art would be much stronger than the one who practiced ordinary internal art.

Internal art! There are many internal arts in the Federation now, but it does not mean that the internal art had reached its full potential.

With the understanding of martial dao, martial arts masters generally believed that there was potential to develop a stronger version of internal arts. The question is, how should the internal arts be developed further? Developing one doesn’t only require a strong foundation in martial arts, but also an unbelievable amount of luck for it to succeed.

Kyokushin Kouten was more than willing to believe that Qin Fen merely had a sheer amount of luck in successfully developing a form of secret internal art, with the secret internal art bearing the possibility of making the True Inborn Blood Transfusion Rebirth easier than ever.

Being able to carry out the internal art of True Inborn Blood Transfusion Rebirth might not be attractive to a martial dao master. However, if one could extract and understand its inner workings, there was great value in learning from it.

Kyokushin Kouten knew that his foundations in martial dao as a sect-founder of a famous sect for years far exceed Qin Fen’s. However, if such internal arts really did exist, then he might have more opportunities for innovation if he got his hands on it.

Getting martial arts knowledge from Qin Fen! Kyokushin Kouten snuck a glimpse at Qin Fen, and the fire of his inner desire was extinguished in an instant. The earlier display of boxing by Qin Fen was enough for Kouten to fear him.

Give up? Kyokushin Kouten’s eyes were filled with unwillingness. The longer one stayed at the level of a martial dao master, the less likely they were to have a breakthrough in the future. As a result, the martial dao spirit would not be as calm as before.