Chapter 36

“Master, is there any way to paradoxically overcome the time given to me? I must become stronger as soon as possible.”
“Isn’t that why you are heading to the battlefield against the Green Forest?”
“One in ……, one in a thousand. My life could be in danger, or I could lose someone dear to me because of my inadequacies.”
“Yes. The world is large, the causes are many, and the wicked are more numerous.”
I had lived fewer lives than Nangong Yue in all my previous lives and this one combined, so I found myself asking the Master a foolish question.
“There are many strong people, and many good people, but those with evil intentions will be strong and have many things, and yet they will feel lacking.”
“What should I do when I encounter such a person?”
I have been fighting all my life. I’ve always been close to death, always faced it.
Because it was the only option.
So I expected my teacher to say fight back.
But instead.
“Run away.”
“……?”
Run away.
What does that mean.
“Run, run, run, and stay alive. That’s what a Grand Duke must do. You have to fulfill a great will.”
Seeing my expression, Nan Gongyue smiled warmly.
“Are you disappointed?”
“I can’t honestly say that I am.”
“Are you ashamed to be alive?”
“……No, but how could I leave others in danger?”
The wrinkles in the Southern Duke’s face deepened.
“Grand Duke.”
The corners of her mouth wrinkled deeply, forming dimples.
“Yes, speak. Master.”
“Avoiding a fight is the best course of action. Fighting is the worst course of action.”
A delicate petal landed on the shoulder of the Southern Palace Lady. The spring breeze rustled the petals, and they seemed to blow away at any moment.
But.
“There are times when the last resort is necessary. As the Grand Duke said.”
“……that is.”
“Give your life to survive.”
The petals fluttered in the wind, making the viewer nervous, but they remained steadfast, resting on Nangong Yue’s shoulder.
“Just like these petals.”
* * *
I had made a small breakthrough with the Thunder King Divine Skill, but I felt it wasn’t enough, so I used the Thunder Qi to boost my energy.
As its name suggests, the Thunder Qi is a fierce, violent, and polarizing energy.
As such, he could only retain the aura of the Great Yuan Duke in the veins and arteries he had opened all over his body, but he was unable to utilize it.
“Your body can still feel the strain, so if you use the energy from the Thunderclap as before, you’ll suffer greatly. Please be careful. Grand Duke. ”
He recalled the words of his teacher, Nangong Yue. The Grand Duke’s body is less taxing, but if you use the Thunderbolt as your entire body, you will surely become ill.
Master.
Nevertheless.
If there is a moment when you must give your all, give your whole body.
Fazizik.
I think it’s now. The thunder qi that had been residing in Danzhen scattered all over his body, awakening his entire body. The great power of the Thunder King Divine Duke was awakened at once.
The faint radiance on the tip of the sword was covered in a blue color.
“……Sword Qi.”
Nangong Shun’s expression stiffened. He felt a tingling sensation all over his body, and he was full of energy.
“How long will you continue to surprise me? Hmph.”
The corners of Nam Gung-soon’s mouth twitched. With his eyes filled with glee, I stabbed the tip of my sword into the air.
Seeing Nam Gungshun’s eyes still overly ambitious, I stabbed into the air, then stabbed once more, gaining momentum.
Kagagak!
My sword qi clashed with Nam Gongsun’s sword strike. Nam Gongsun’s blade met it with a bluish aura.
“When you extend a sword, it’s not enough to follow the sword technique alone. If you don’t follow the gait, or the way you walk, it will be a dead sword. You must remember that the gait is what completes the sword’s form. In the Southern Palace, there is a step that makes the form into the righteousness.”
Literally, a path with no limits.
It is a step that will become my will as I walk.
Infinite steps.
The swordsmanship of the Southern Palace.
The energy of thunder to support me.
A step that united the two.
Their minds and bodies were tenuously united as they faced the sword. He was no match for Nangong Shun’s profound strength.
At the same time, he was confident in his understanding of the sword.
Not the swordsmanship, but the understanding of the sword.
Faced with Namgungsoon’s incoming sword strikes, I was able to let them pass through.
I took a few steps in infinite strides to slow down the incoming attack so that it wouldn’t be as powerful.
The movement of my shoulders, the cloud of my feet as I extended my sword.
My instinctive movements, following Nam Gung Soon’s gaze, were the result of the realization of my previous life and this life coming together.
“……Why.”
Every time his sword stopped touching me, Nam Gung Soon’s smile began to widen.
“You can’t grow stronger quickly by following Elder Sun’s old-fashioned sword. How long are you going to keep doing things the old-fashioned way, Foot? ”
Nangong Shun’s words were directly countered.
“This is the sword you spoke of, the old-fashioned, old-fashioned sword.”
It was the path of a master who believed in the path I had taken.
Encouraged by that, I thrust the tip of my sword at Namgungsoon.
Only.
With each blow, my veins and arteries began to produce countless vital energy. It seemed as if he was unable to withstand the energy of the thunderbolt.
Even so.
“If I can’t protect it, I’ll die anyway.”
If you can’t protect it, then die.
* * *
Nam Gungsoon’s eyes narrowed.
He couldn’t understand what the hell this was. He had no idea of the Grand Duke’s mysterious power.
……Source spring.
Pondering, Nan Gongsun shook his head and listened.
No way.
Namgungshun’s brow narrowed.
Looking at the Grand Duke’s body, his movements were unnatural. It was as if he was forcing himself to use his strength.
“Then so be it. You’re using your Innate True Qi.”
Innate True Qi.
Literally, the power of the source that a person has from birth, or in other words.
Life force.
The Thunder King Divine Gong travels through the veins and veins of the entire body, drawing out all the power that is not normally utilized.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to generate this kind of power that leaps several levels.
“……Stop it, stop it, you’re wasting the Innate Qi!”
Nan Gongsun’s heart grew impatient. His expression, which had been one of amusement, was already distorted like a piece of broken glass.
It was as if he was about to pounce on her with the intention of killing her.
There was no point in doing so.
Only with the Grand Duke would she be able to accomplish her plans. With such a mindset, it was only natural that the tip of Namgung Sun’s sword would become dull.
Then.
Shaaaat!
The sinister aura that had cut his side earlier formed a thin line on the side of his neck. It was Black Tiger.
He unleashed a pungent aura from his two daggers.
Despite being attacked by such an aura, Nam Gungshun’s consciousness was focused elsewhere.
“Black Tiger, stop it now, stop it now! Your master is dead, simple as that!”
“……I accept the Grand Duke’s will. I am merely a forerunner, a companion, and a supporter who is ready to accept everything you have to offer.”
In front of them, the Grand Duke frantically attacked,
and behind him, Black Lake’s silent ambush aimed for his throat.
Namgungsoon’s hands and feet grew dizzy, and the number of attacks gradually increased.
“I forgive you for your rude behavior earlier. Do you really intend to cause your master to die again?”
“The Grand Duke risked his life. His will is unchanged, and I must honor it.”
“Profit! You fool!”
Gone were all the vain posturing and impersonations, and all that remained was a white-haired man struggling to stay alive.
“You’ll regret it,” he said, ”for throwing away the blessings you’ve earned!”
The Grand Duke, who mercilessly drained my life force,
and the Black Tiger, who threw my body into the water without regard.
When he realized there was no hope, he changed his mind.
Instead of trying to persuade them, he decided to kill them all, take their supplies, and fight elsewhere.
If you are a Grand Duke of the Southern Palace, you will be welcome anywhere.
As long as it’s the Black Dao or the Magical Dao.
“You don’t deserve it. You deserve it!”
The tip of Nangong Shun’s sword sliced through the air, sending a wave of blue color flying towards Black Lake’s neck.
Ka-ang!
The space in front of the boy who was emitting an explosion of blue radiance folded several times and landed in front of him. At the same time, it clashed with Namgung Sun’s sword, which was approaching Black Lake’s neck.
“Do you think you’re qualified to discuss ……?”
The way of the emperor.
The path of the path before him.
Even when my flesh is pierced and my bones are exposed.
The path that never stops moving forward.
The boy took a bold step toward the path.
* * *
“……Leave me behind.”
“If I leave you, you will die.”
Blood flowed down his back, steadily, despite the tourniquet.
Still, Kang Woo-moon didn’t care.
His own well-being didn’t matter. For now, she was fine.
But they didn’t know what would happen, and he had been ordered to bring back the iron-blooded An Baek.
“Uh, we have to go. An Da Heng.”
“You still don’t know him.”
As he was forced onto the Iron Blood Sword Castle’s back, Kang Wumen was left speechless by An Baek’s next words.
“If I can’t take you with me, I’m not strong enough. That’s why I sent you.”
“Ha, but…….”
Kang Wu-moon couldn’t finish his sentence.
Eight corpses on a wide plain.
The seven vials of blood soaking his inner bag meant he wasn’t doing too well either.
Kang Wu-moon was unable to ask if he was okay, only using his inner gong to lighten the weight on his back.
Guangdong Seven Kills.
As they stretched across the vast plains in a single bound, Kang Wu-moon had to strain to hear the wind.
“I should have faced them at some point.”
To An Bai, who was disgusted by the black sword and martial arts, those who had no feelings for killing people for money were just people to be cut down with a heartless sword.
“So don’t be hard on me and give me good directions.”
“Yes, yes!”
An Bai and Kang Wumen’s bodies were sucked into the void and disappeared as a beam of light.