The World's Greatest is Dead Chapter 367

The third secret vault.

I looked into the place I had opened with Moon Heaven.

I activated Moon Eyes and pierced the darkness, scanning every direction. The mont I saw the inside, I had to go still for a second.

“What the hell.”

What was this?

This was actually unbelievable.

So unbelievable, in fact, that—

“There’s nothing here?”

There was nothing. It was almost laughable. I’d co in expecting maybe sothing extraordinary, and the interior of the vault didn’t even have a speck of dust left in it.

“...What is this?”

I looked straight at Yoo Cheongil. He was staring into the space with calm eyes.

Then—

[Can’t you see it?]

He spoke to as if sothing was there.

What couldn’t I see...?

“...What do you see, old man?”

What the hell was I supposed to find in this completely empty space?

There had to be sothing there to find in the first place. No matter how I looked at it, it was just an empty room.

“What exactly are you telling to look at—”

I stopped mid-sentence.

Because I thought I understood.

“...”

I put force into my dantian. Light seeped into my eyes as energy slowly rose.

Moon Immortal Sword’s Path lit up again, and I focused on the room once more.

Only then did I understand.

“Ah.”

What Yoo Cheongil had ant for to see.

What was actually inside this room.

Only then did I realize it.

“This is...”

Sothing carved all across the wall. Blue lines had been cut into it, sharp and countless.

These were—

‘Sword marks.’

Traces left behind by a sword.

Every line in this room was one.

‘...Ha.’

Blue sword marks. What did they an? At first glance, they looked like nothing but a chaotic ss slashed across the wall, but there was sothing strange about them.

Especially—

‘The colors are different.’

Even though they were all blue, so were darker while others looked faint.

“...What is this?”

I asked Yoo Cheongil as I studied the sword marks.

At my question, Yoo Cheongil laughed aloud.

[What does it look like to you?]

“A wall sobody hacked to hell with a sword.”

[...Hacked to hell?]

“Doesn’t it look pretty damn close?”

[Insolent brat. You may be the only one in the world who would look at this and call it a ss.]

“So what is it?”

Slide.

I touched the wall. While feeling the rough texture beneath my palm—

I gripped my sword with the other hand as I looked at the densely packed sword marks.

I raised the Divine Sword and widened the distance a little.

Then—

SHIIING—!!

[Oh.]

I moved my body in line with the sword marks. Starting from the darkest traces, I followed them as the color gradually lightened.

Krrk.

As I moved, my internal energy seed to start moving on its own.

‘Is Blue Moon Heart Art moving in response to the motion?’

Or was my body moving to follow the energy?

I couldn’t tell which ca first, but I could tell the sword marks and Blue Moon Heart Art were reacting as if they were resonating with each other.

FWAAASH—!!

The fourth strike.

I didn’t even know what movent I was supposed to use. I was following pure instinct.

Then, just as I was about to draw the fifth strike—

Sting!

“...!!”

The movent broke, and pain shot through .

Krrk—! The sword that had been continuing forward stopped before it could reach the end.

“...Hah.”

I stared at the wall with an incredulous look. The positions didn’t connect. There was no way for one motion to flow into the next.

“What is this?”

I asked as I looked at Yoo Cheongil.

“How the hell am I supposed to connect that?”

[That, kid, is what you must find from here on.]

“...Ah.”

I understood.

That ant—

“...This is training, isn’t it?”

It ant Yoo Cheongil had finally given training again after a long ti.

[The Fourth Form. If you obtain this— from that mont onward.]

Yoo Cheongil spoke with a vicious grin.

[There will not be a soul alive who could deny the na Sword Saint.]

His tone was utterly certain.

*****

Before even half a quarter-hour had passed, I ca back out of the vault.

I wanted to stay longer and keep looking at the sword marks, but I didn’t have the luxury of pouring ti into that right now.

I slid the sword back into my waist and moved. Once I ca out and started walking while avoiding people—

“Master.”

“...!”

Strange Demon appeared behind .

“Jesus, you scared the hell out of .”

It’d be nice if he made so noise once in a while. While I was still startled by his sudden appearance—

“The sect master is looking for you.”

Strange Demon lowered his head as he spoke.

‘So he’s back.’

Moon Immortal Sword had returned.

“...Let’s go.”

At that, I headed straight for where Moon Immortal Sword would be. By the ti I reached the sect master’s quarters—

“I will wait for you here, Master.”

“Here?”

It was still quite far from the entrance. I was wondering why Strange Demon was sending in from all the way over here, and he must have noticed my confusion, because he answered.

“If I go any closer, the sect master may notice .”

“...Hm?”

At Strange Demon’s words, my face tightened. If he got any closer, Moon Immortal Sword would notice his presence?

Strange Demon had wandered freely through the Martial Alliance and Mount Hua without concern, so it was strange to see him being cautious around Moon Immortal Sword.

‘...Does that an Moon Immortal Sword’s senses are just that sharp?’

That thought stayed in the back of my mind while—

“Then I’ll go on ahead.”

Since Moon Immortal Sword had summoned , I headed into the sect master’s room first.

*****

By the ti I arrived at the sect master’s room, Small Moon Unit Leader was already inside.

“So, you’ve co.”

“I greet the sect master.”

Moon Immortal Sword’s blue eyes turned toward , and I lowered my head in respect.

Then, after looking at , Moon Immortal Sword shifted his gaze to Small Moon Unit Leader.

“Unit Leader, you may leave now.”

“...Understood.”

At the order to withdraw, Small Moon Unit Leader paid his respects and went outside.

Our eyes t for a mont, but only for an instant.

After that, I was left alone with the master of Blue Moon Sect.

“I heard you accomplished sothing significant at Mount Hua. You worked hard.”

“...It was nothing.”

“They say you even healed the alliance leader. I didn’t know you had talent in dicine as well.”

“...”

The way he looked at made my body want to stiffen on its own. No matter what else could be said, this man’s sheer presence was overpowering as hell.

“I will not ask who taught you dicine.”

Should I be grateful for that? In truth, even though he said he wouldn’t ask, it felt more like—

‘It feels like he already knows.’

For so reason, it felt like he had already figured it out long ago.

“You saved the alliance leader and resolved Mount Hua’s problems... truly impressive.”

I was hearing praise, but even that didn’t feel good.

“...No. I only did what had to be done.”

“What had to be done? Do you truly think that?”

“...”

Honestly, no.

More than anyone, I knew that wasn’t sothing I had to do.

“You have honest eyes.”

‘Damn.’

Without realizing it, I had forgotten to keep acting.

At the unpleasant mont when it felt like he had seen straight through —

“You’ve advanced.”

Moon Immortal Sword had noticed that change too. He had grasped that my body had reached Transcendent Peak.

“Did you encounter so fortunate opportunity?”

“...I gained a small insight.”

“To call it small when what you obtained is as great as the heavens. That does not fit.”

“...Haha.”

I laughed awkwardly.

Then I erased the expression from my face as well.

“Sect Master.”

“Speak.”

“May I ask you sothing?”

Instead of answering, Moon Immortal Sword simply stared at . It looked like he was telling to say whatever I wanted to say.

“I an the letter you sent. Sect Master... did you already know that Mount Hua’s sect master was in poor condition?”

I brought up the letter from Moon Immortal Sword that had led to bringing the divine pill.

At the ntion of it, Moon Immortal Sword’s brow twitched just slightly.

“I did not know.”

“Then how—”

“It was nothing more than suspicion and inference.”

“...Inference?”

“It had been years since the sect ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) master shut himself away within Mount Hua and ceased coming out. Considering the information gathered during that ti, and the surrounding circumstances, it was sothing I suspected.”

Rustle.

A single sheet in his hand turned.

“I sent that because, though it was only suspicion, I believed that if it was Unit mber Bang, you would be able to make use of it.”

“...You pushed that suspicion that far based on nothing but intuition?”

“And yet you did it in the end, did you not?”

“...”

Should I believe that or not? In truth, the choice I would make was already decided.

“I see.”

Believe it.

No— pretend to believe it.

That was all I could do right now.

The problem was the trap Moon Immortal Sword had already laid.

That line earlier, about not asking how my dical skill had co to be.

That one sentence had sealed my mouth shut.

If I doubted him and kept pressing further, I’d only be handing Moon Immortal Sword justification.

‘...What a slippery bastard.’

He wasn’t just strong. He was skilled with words too.

He really was a difficult man to deal with.

“Understood. I’ll let that part go, then... Sect Master, do you truly want to act as an alliance leader candidate?”

I brought up the letter Cheonrijinan and I had looked at together.

It had clearly been ant to push into becoming an alliance leader candidate sohow.

“...You know it won’t happen anyway.”

For soone this sharp, he didn’t seem like the kind of man who actually believed I could beco alliance leader.

I wanted to know what his real intention was.

“Alliance leader. Yes. Most likely, Unit mber Bang truly will not beco alliance leader.”

“Then why—”

“This ti.”

“...!”

My eyes widened at Moon Immortal Sword’s words.

Because I understood sothing from his tone.

“...Don’t tell . Sect Master.”

This man—

“Do you actually want to raise to alliance leader?”

Even if not now, then soday. Even if it was difficult at present, maybe not this ti, but the next ti.

“Is that why you’re telling to remain active as a candidate?”

Just having that record—having once stood as a candidate—would help later. So for now, I was being told to remain in that position.

“They are preparing for a eting with the DEMON CULT, I hear.”

Sothing only Cheonrijinan and Divine Spear should have known was coming out of Moon Immortal Sword’s mouth too.

“It is a good pretext. Go there and build your reputation step by step.”

“...And then?”

“Then advance to the end of the righteous sects.”

The end of the righteous sects. Did that an alliance leader?

“? Why? If anything, it would be faster for you to do it yourself.”

With Moon Immortal Sword as he was now, he could sit in the alliance leader’s seat whenever he wanted, so I couldn’t understand why he was trying to push instead.

“It holds no aning for .”

“...What do you an, no aning?”

“...”

Moon Immortal Sword did not bother answering anything after that.

“Now I will ask.”

It was obvious he had no intention of answering what ca before.

“What alternative did the Strategist propose to you?”

I flinched.

Moon Immortal Sword seed to know. That Cheonrijinan had set conditions for stepping down as an alliance leader candidate.

‘That’s terrifying.’

It sent a chill down my spine. Just how far did this man’s gaze reach? What exactly was Moon Immortal Sword thinking? I couldn’t tell.

‘At first I thought he was just so extraordinary old man.’

But the more I saw of him, the more he felt like he had sothing downright chilling hidden inside.

There was no point trying to circle around it.

“...He told to bring back soone to replace .”

So I answered honestly.

“Soone to replace you?”

“Yes. He said that person was already on the way to Blue Moon Sect, so I should persuade him and bring him back.”

“...I see.”

He didn’t even ask who it was.

Moon Immortal Sword simply nodded.

“Then do that.”

“What?”

“If you can persuade him and raise him as the candidate in your place, I will not force the matter. And furthermore.”

Tap.

Moon Immortal Sword tapped the table with a finger as he spoke.

“From now on, no matter what favor you ask of , I will willingly grant one.”

“...!”

The mont I heard that, I beca certain.

Moon Immortal Sword was convinced I would never be able to pull this off.

He really seed that certain.