The Youngest Member of the Martial Alliance Chapter 178

The appearance of a single man completely changed the atmosphere of the battlefield.

The ground, which had frozen under the frost-like montum of the Ice Palace martial artists, slowly lted, and the blizzard that embroidered the empty air subsided.

A presence that overwheld all of that was gently pressing down on the battlefield.

"Young Master Song, you were almost in big trouble just now."

"...I dodged it anyway."

Song Yiyeon, who was suddenly reprimanded, made an excuse.

Regardless, Cheon Woojin wrapped his right hand around Song Yiyeon's shoulder. With his left hand, he grasped the tip of the sword of Dan Wucheon, one of the Three Colds of the North Sea.

The flustered Dan Wucheon tried to pull his sword out.

However, the sword, caught rely between the middle finger and thumb, did not budge as if it were embedded in a heavy rock.

"W-what is this...!"

Dan Wucheon fiercely circulated his energy. His face turned sowhat red, and cold air spewed out around him.

However, nothing changed.

Cheon Woojin's expression remained nonchalant.

"When fighting, you must watch your opponent until the end."

Saying so, he lifted Dan Wucheon's sword. Dan Wucheon tried hard to hold on, but he was swung around helplessly.

"Now, look. This person's last sword strike did not have a very large trajectory. Nevertheless, Young Master Song tried to dodge with a large stride. That actually slowed your movent, and eventually made it impossible to avoid."

Cheon Woojin continued his explanation in a calm tone, and this ti he pulled Dan Wucheon's sword straight down.

It was astonishingly identical to the last sword strike Dan Wucheon had swung to kill Song Yiyeon.

At the sa ti, he slightly moved Song Yiyeon to the side. It wasn't a very large step. He just pushed him a few inches.

Even so, the white sword blade failed to reach Song Yiyeon and narrowly brushed past his side.

"How is it? Now that you think about it and look again, can you see it?"

Song Yiyeon's eyes widened slightly.

Keeping Cheon Woojin's words in mind, he faced the last sword strike again, and surprisingly, he could see a path to dodge it.

"As expected of Young Master Song. If it's a master whose movents you can't even follow, it can't be helped, but taking your eyes off when you can see it clearly is an obvious mistake. Therefore, when we return, two additional days of Master Black's style training."

"W-why does it turn out like that...!"

Song Yiyeon looked at Cheon Woojin in shock. However, facing his stern expression, he couldn't finish his sentence.

Soon, he nodded sullenly.

"...Understood."

"Ah, the sa goes for Young Master Jin Yun."

Jin Yun, who suddenly caught the sparks, made a bewildered expression. He had even drawn out his innate ki and burned with resolve.

Didn't he fight pretty well?

Just as he was thinking that, Cheon Woojin flicked the blade of Dan Wucheon's sword with his finger.

With a clear sound, his sword broke in half and flew away.

The battle had already stopped a long ti ago.

Dan Wucheon's face turned red with sha. Unable to endure this insult, he was just about to raise his energy.

"I'm sorry, but please wait a little longer. I'm still talking, aren't I? If not now, the young masters' enlightennt will scatter like fog, so it can't be helped."

Cheon Woojin was serious.

A life-or-death bloody battle against an overwhelming master like now usually accompanies enlightennt. The problem is that one usually dies at the sa ti as the enlightennt, but by intervening at the right mont, he could save his friends.

Since the opportunity had co, it was a waste to miss it.

Cheon Woojin approached Jin Yun this ti.

- What was that last sunset-colored move?

- Ah, it's Plum in the Snow, one of the Plum Blossom Sword techniques. I added our ultimate technique, the Purple Cloud Divine Art.

Since they couldn't carelessly reveal martial arts, they conversed via telepathy.

Cheon Woojin nodded, grabbed Jin Yun's hand holding the plum blossom sword, and moved it slowly. Jin Yun relaxed his body and complied with Cheon Woojin's movents.

"With the first move, you aid for his neck."

He was recreating the last move Jin Yun had used against Dan Wucheon.

"When he tried to dodge, you aid for his ankle with the second move. It was to cut off his retreat."

Then the third, the fourth...

Cheon Woojin was recreating those brief movents executed in that extre mont with astonishing accuracy.

Soon, he stopped at the sixth sword strike.

"Right here. Why did you aim for the abdon at this ti?"

"Well, because the abdon was open."

"Think carefully. What was his condition at that ti?"

Jin Yun furrowed his brows and thought deeply.

The deliberation was not short. However, during that ti, no one could move. It was because Cheon Woojin's montum heavily pressed down on everyone in the area.

Soon, Jin Yun rembered.

"Ah!"

"Did you figure it out?"

"His balance was leaning down to the left. If I had aid for his left knee instead of his abdon then...!"

"To dodge, he would have had no choice but to forcefully rotate his body or pull his leg back. If that happened, the openings wouldn't just be the abdon..."

Cheon Woojin moved the plum blossom sword and began to point at Dan Wucheon.

"The neck, the right flank, the right elbow, and the back of the left knee. You could have created openings in four places. With Young Master Jin Yun's skill, you definitely would have cut one of them. What on earth made you so hasty?"

Cheon Woojin felt that Jin Yun's judgnt had clouded.

It was because he had drawn out his innate ki and swung his sword putting emotions ahead of reason.

Jin Yun answered with a sighing voice.

"...It was stubbornness."

"What kind of stubbornness?"

"The stubbornness that I couldn't abandon my friend and run away."

Saying so, he looked at the Mount Hua Sect Leader.

It was a story only the two of them knew.

The Sect Leader also wore an ashad expression at this mont. Although he had told Jin Yun to run away, it was not an honorable thing for a martial artist of the Righteous Path to abandon a friend and flee.

Jin Yun also felt a bitter taste in his mouth. For that reason, his mind was distracted, which led to a lack of judgnt. He had trained as a Taoist his whole life, yet he felt he was still far lacking.

"So, two additional days for you too, Young Master."

"A-absolutely not!"

Jin Yun jumped up in surprise.

However, a verdict once handed down was never going to change.

"Then you two young masters step back for a mont and grasp your enlightennt. For reference, my master said that enlightennt is like a fallen leaf fluttering before your eyes; if you try to catch it, it will strangely avoid your hand, but if you just try to reach it, you can definitely get it."

At that, Jin Yun and Song Yiyeon made expressions as if sothing had touched them. It was the teaching of none other than the White Flower Sword Immortal. Moreover, the whole situation was guiding the two towards enlightennt.

However, there was one thing.

How could they step back, leaving their seniors and comrades behind in the middle of a war? Because they were two people with good natures, they hesitated.

Noticing this, Cheon Woojin said in a low voice.

"It is an order as your Commander. Leave the battlefield to ."

At that, the two felt a little more at ease. After all, Cheon Woojin was their direct superior.

Soon, Jin Yun and Song Yiyeon each put their swords down on the ground and sat cross-legged. It was a defenseless state, exposing the openings of their entire bodies.

But they were not scared at all.

Because Cheon Woojin was in front of them.

As the two closed their eyes and reached a state of selflessness to attain enlightennt, Cheon Woojin confird this, nodded, and turned around.

The look in Cheon Woojin's eyes as he turned around was completely different from when he faced his two friends. He was looking at the enemy with eyes colder than the large lake of the Ice Palace, which was said to be frozen all year round.

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The master of the North Sea Ice Palace, Dan Woo-yak.

He was a master who was once called one of the Four Lords of the World along with the Martial Alliance Leader, the Black Fortress Lord, and the Demonic Cult Leader.

Befitting an old master who had ford a pillar of the martial world for a long ti, he did not let his guard down just because his opponent was young. Rather, he tried endlessly to look straight at his martial prowess.

As a result, a low exclamation finally burst from his mouth.

"Hah, those two old monsters have raised a bizarre existence. It would be more credible to say that those two underwent Return to Youth and ca back themselves."

Originally, even the sa scenery looked different depending on the person looking at it. In the eyes of the Ice Palace Lord, who had reached the edge of the Profound Realm, he saw a side of Cheon Woojin that others could not see.

When the Ice Palace Lord said so, the Sect Leaders of the Righteous Path, who were already half in rags, widened their eyes.

'Why didn't I think of that!'

The old masters had undergone Return to Youth and co back.

If so, that nonsensical martial prowess could be explained.

In fact, even knowing that there was no such possibility, Cheon Woojin, as they saw him, was such an incomprehensible existence that they couldn't shake off a slight suspicion.

"My masters have passed away."

"Is that true? To , you overlap with the Black Master in his youth."

"Because I learned martial arts from him."

"No, it's not simply a matter of martial arts."

In an instant, the Ice Palace Lord's blue eyes shone even brighter. With deep blue eyes like ice floating on a lake, he stared intently at Cheon Woojin.

The Demonic Eye of the Heavenly Demon, the Fire Eye of Shaolin, and the Blue Eye of the North Sea were called the Three Divine Eyes of the World.

Those eyes pierced through and uncovered the essence of anything, regardless of whether it was a person or martial arts.

"Looking at it like this, you are a little different from the Black Master. Deeper. No matter how much I dig with my eyes, I can't see the bottom at all. There was only one such existence in my entire life..."

The eyes of the Ice Palace Lord, who was continuing his words, grew wider and wider.

Blatant shock was appearing on his face, as if he had encountered sothing he shouldn't have seen.

Considering his age, where expressions of emotion were rare, it was even more surprising.

"Y-you, don't tell ...!"

The Ice Palace Lord's words could not be finished.

His figure, struck by the Crescent Moon Staff, slid backward.

He hurriedly crossed both arms to block it, but the aftermath had not yet faded. His internal energy was shaken, and his joints throbbed.

Cheon Woojin did not give him ti to rest.

The Crescent Moon Staff was swung continuously. The three of the Three Colds of the North Sea and the elder of the Demonic Cult hurriedly joined in. In an instant, a battle between Cheon Woojin alone and five masters broke out.

"T-this!"

It was when the surprised Wudang Sword Immortal was about to join in.

With a bizarre sound of flesh tearing, Dan Wucheon, the youngest of the Three Colds, was knocked away. His head, fallen on the ground, was already crushed.

Not only the Wudang Sword Immortal, but also the Sect Leaders of the Mount Hua and Zhongnan Sects stared blankly at the sight.

Cheon Woojin, facing four masters, was not pushed back in the slightest. Because they were experienced old masters, they were not greedy and were attacking all directions very appropriately.

Nevertheless, Cheon Woojin blocked everything by lightly swinging his staff and fan, as if he had eyes on the back of his head.

In an instant, hundreds of exchanges passed.

Soone's head was smashed again.

With one person gone, the tide of the battle tilted towards Cheon Woojin.

As his mind grew urgent, the first to harbor other thoughts was the elder of the Won family of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult. He tried to stealthily slip out of the offensive and target the two young rising stars who were in a state of selflessness.

Seeing this, the Ice Palace Lord let out a sigh.

'Such a fool!'

He had stepped forward thinking he would use the weak hearts of the Righteous Path, but it was a wrong judgnt.

Cheon Woojin slightly dodged the Ice Palace Lord's sword, which he had been blocking or deflecting all along. At that point, the elder of the Won family was already rushing towards the young rising stars.

'I got them!'

He reached a distance where he could twist the necks of the young rising stars just by reaching out his hand. Turning his head to check, the Emotionless Guest was still fighting the Ice Palace Lord. Therefore, the surprise attack was a success. There was no room for doubt.

It was definitely so.

The hand the Elder Won reached out was blocked.

Cheon Woojin had grabbed his wrist.

Elder Won's eyes widened like lanterns. How on earth could the guy who was clearly fighting the masters of the Ice Palace far away be here?

'Are they twins?'

He had no choice but to think so. Because the distance was too far to say he had chased after him using lightfoot techniques in that instant.

However, when he turned his head to check, the Palace Lord and the elder of the North Sea were standing with their swords dropped, looking at him as if he were pathetic.

"Y-you caught up to that?"

It was unbelievable.

Of course, his belief wasn't particularly important to Cheon Woojin.

The elder of the Won family sprawled on the floor. The blood flowing from his crushed head dyed the floor red.

(End of Chapter)