The area where the gusts of wind passed was dusty.
When the dust settled, Gu On was standing with his arms to block, in the center of it.
Cough!
“Elder Gu On!”
“Are you alright?”
As he coughed up blood, the Elders of Mount Hua ran towards him. His current condition didn’t seem good.
His body was full of large and small wounds, and the blood from his mouth told others that he had suffered internal wounds.
“I am fine. Rather…”
Cough!
He spit out blood, and then shook his head.
“Let’s do this together. It looks like the ones behind him are up to something. If we don’t deal with them soon, it will be a big disaster for Mount Hua in the future.”
Everyone agreed with his words.
A warrior who can use ice and flame energy at the same time.
They had no intention of letting such a strong man from the Demonic Sect escape.
“Time?”
Meanwhile, Seol-Hwi asked his subordinates.
“…”
Songhwa mumbled something, and Yong Jin next to him delivered it.
“Almost done.”
“Good. When the time is near, count the numbers. We will leave exactly at one.”
Seol-Hwi wanted to fight.
And he thought that if time was given to the old men, they would come up with a plan, so he couldn’t allow it.
It was impossible to predict how things will turn out.
One should always assume the worst.
Especially when there was no guarantee that he won’t run into these old men again.
I need to finish this.
Seol-Hwi would use Supreme Low Temperature Ice again. Despite its waning efficacy over time, it was still useful.
“Attack!”
In the meantime, the Mount Hua Elders began to surround Seol-Hwi.
Perhaps this was a joint attack.
The old man in front was aiming for a gap which Seol-Hwi might give them, with his knife-like eyes.
And as soon as the ones on the left and right move into the right position, they can proceed.
“Haaah!”
The old men shouted as they ran towards Seol-Hwi at the same time.
Seol-Hwi used the technique right away.
Time slowed down, and he saw two swords approaching him from two directions.
And the other one…
Was he using sword energy?
Even with time being slowed down, a single ray of energy was moving at a high speed.
Seol-Hwi ducked his head to avoid the sword energy, and then ran towards the man closest to him.
He stabbed his sword through the man’s body.
It didn’t fail this time.
Because Seol-Hwi had predicted his movements beforehand, he was able to aim for the vital points.
“Kuak!”
It hit. As soon as Supreme Low Temperature Ice was released, the old man died with a short scream.
“No!”
Another old man who was aiming for Seol-Hwi stabbed empty air, and he desperately tried to find his balance, but it was too late.
He had entered the sphere of Flame Aggregating Demonic Martial Arts. Seol-Hwi used a skill again without even having to catch his breath.
Kwakwakwang!
Before several explosions finished detonating, the old man had already been reduced to ashes. Just like that, two Elders of Mount Hua died in an instant.
However, their sacrifice wasn’t in vain.
“Hah!”
Elder Gu On found a gap in Seol-Hwi. Bundles of swords of different sizes came from all directions.
In order to avoid them, Seol-Hwi leapt ahead.
“Caught you! You bastard!”
As if he was aiming for this right from the start, Gu On moved.
A light radiated from his sword.
It wasn’t too strong, but it was something which was beyond sword energy.
Elder Gu On naturally believed that this had killed his opponent.
But,
Seol-Hwi was fine, despite the attack hitting him.
In the same moment, a storm was generated.
Elder Gu On had no choice but to be beaten helplessly.
“Ack!”
“Ugh!”
Not just that, the First Class disciples who were around, and even the Second Class disciples who were quite far away, were swept into the air.
An immensely extensive attack swept through, and there was no one left to defend the area.
Meanwhile, Seol-Hwi who was trying to finish off Gu On with Thrift Wind Sword, realized he made a mistake.
It was the disadvantage of range attacks.
An attack which spared no one.
It was such an extensive attack, that even his subordinates got caught in the storm.
But then, the result was unexpected.
How…?
The storm which exploded a while back, had no effect on his subordinates. To be precise, even while the storm was raging on, they had simply watched.
“This is absurd…”
Ma Taryong was wide eyed. After waking up a little while ago, he had been watching the battle closely.
This is just a command unit captain, so how…!
The person called Captain, was demonstrating an ability which couldn’t be explained at all.
The warriors of Mount Hua were something Ma Taryong himself would have trouble with.
But this man simply destroyed them, and when they unleashed their attacks, he was overwhelmingly dominant.
In particular, the entire performance at the end was a thing even Guyang Ryun, the first of the Seven Messengers, could not perform.
The martial arts which drained the opponent’s force, and produced numerous sharp winds – this was unbelievable.
“Ahem, would you believe me if I say he is my master?”
Imugi snuck up to the side of the shocked man.
“Are you saying that you are his disciple?”
“Right. Originally I was a disciple of a certain Elder, but due to a few unhappy memories, I am now that man’s disciple.”
“…?”
“And as we are speaking, I have this amazing special ability. If we get a chance, I will give you a look at it…”
While Imugi was speaking,
“…”
“Captain!”
Hearing the desperate words of Songhwa, Yong Jin shouted.
The subordinates all turned to look at Seol-Hwi with tense expressions.