Myst, Might, Mayhem (Novel) - Chapter 157 - Forced (2)

Chapter 157 – Forced (2)

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Translated by Jinmu

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-I shall deal with this one, so flee to the old man who uses poison. Sentient being.

-At Blue Spirit’s words, Mok Gyeong-un realized that she meant to hold Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang, the Society Leader’s first disciple, in combat and buy time.

At that, Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes sharpened.

Her judgment was certainly correct.

The gap in martial ability between the Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang, who had crossed the wall and reached the realm of transformation, and himself was stark.

At present, fleeing was the answer.

However, there were two problems here.

The first.

His left ankle.

‘Left ankle.’

This had not been accidental.

It was a move intended to take away his mobility and prevent him from escaping.

That fellow, who was of the same kind as himself, would never lightly let him go merely because Blue Spirit, no, his youngest junior disciple, had appeared.

And the second.

‘Lord Annihilation Poison King…’

‘If Baek Sa-ha, Lord Annihilation Poison King, who had also reached the realm of transformation, were here, he would be able to protect him from that man.’

Yet Mok Gyeong-un’s thoughts did not stop there.

Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes turned toward Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang, who was crossing swords with Blue Spirit.

If that man was the same kind as himself, this would absolutely not be the end of it.

‘…He will try to kill me one way or another.’

Even if he were protected by Baek Sa-ha, Lord Annihilation Poison King, Na Yul-ryang would try to eliminate Mok Gyeong-un by some means.

Because he had already made up his mind to do so.

That was instinct, and certainty.

‘This is troublesome.’

‘Things had only just begun to take shape, and now this was an extremely annoying variable.’

If he could not overcome it, he would die before even taking revenge.

When his thoughts reached that point, Mok Gyeong-un began seeking a new answer.

‘I need more power.’

‘He needed power with which he could protect himself from Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang, not from someone else.’

But that could not be achieved in a short time.

Even in the current murim, only an extremely small number of people with heaven-given martial talent attained enlightenment and broke through the wall to reach the realm of transformation.

Reaching such a realm was not an area one could ascend to through mere talent alone.

However,

‘Will it work?’

‘A certain scene came to Mok Gyeong-un’s mind.’

It was the sight of Baek Sa-ha, Lord Annihilation Poison King, attaining enlightenment and crossing the wall.

Others might not have been able to see it, but Mok Gyeong-un, who had opened his Ghost Eyes, remembered what had happened inside Baek Sa-ha’s body as he broke through the wall.

Energy had pierced three places, and the Three Yang had formed essence, qi, and spirit.

He did not know why it had become like that.

But because he remembered it, he was confident he could carry it out almost identically.

‘Is it possible?’

‘The act of forcibly raising the Three Yang rather than doing so through enlightenment.’

He did not know whether it would work.

It was possible he might suffer qi deviation and place his life in danger.

…

Then Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes saw Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang fiercely exchanging swords with Blue Spirit.

For now, they were still evenly matched.

But because it was daytime, the time favored Na Yul-ryang and was disadvantageous to Blue Spirit, who was a resentful spirit.

Before long, that fellow might be able to knock aside Blue Spirit’s sword.

His talent for the sword was that tremendous.

“Haah…haah…”

Mok Gyeong-un tried moving his left ankle.

The pain was still severe.

He likely would not even be able to plant his left foot.

‘It is impossible in the short term.’

‘No matter how exceptional his recovery was, a broken bone could not heal in an instant.’

Na Yul-ryang was gradually adapting to Blue Spirit’s sword.

At that, Mok Gyeong-un made his decision.

‘This will be a gamble.’

‘In any case, the moment he moved, Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang would obviously abandon his fight with Blue Spirit and turn toward him.’

If so, then even if the risk was somewhat great, he had no choice but to gamble.

Fortunately, his energy was made of death aura, so others could not properly sense it.

Even Na Yul-ryang, who had reached the realm of transformation, had not been able to identify it properly, so even if he drove his energy through as the Three Yang here, it would be difficult to notice.

“Hooo.”

Mok Gyeong-un, lying down, observed the energy within his body.

Then, recalling Baek Sa-ha, Lord Annihilation Poison King, who had broken through the wall, he tried to slowly begin circulating energy.

‘…I have to do it in reverse.’

‘For an instant, he nearly made a mistake.’

The energy Mok Gyeong-un handled was not life-generating energy but the energy of the dead.

He had to approach it in the opposite way from ordinary things.

-Gooooooo!

-So Mok Gyeong-un traced back his memory and began forcibly breaking through the wall through the circulation of reversed acupoints.

Death aura was moving through the reversed acupoints, condensing and then spreading through his entire body.

He reproduced exactly the phenomenon that had taken place inside Baek Sa-ha’s body.

First, the lower dantian.

-Gooooooo!

-The condensed death aura passed through the essence of the lower dantian.

Then next, it gathered around his chest and spread through the entire body, which meant that in the middle dantian of qi, death aura was forming yin through the reversed acupoints.

‘The second is a success as well.’

‘If other peerless masters who had crossed the wall had seen what Mok Gyeong-un was doing now, they would not have been able to hide their astonishment.’

Because it was different from ordinary Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown.

Originally, Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown was also called Three Yang Gathered at the Crown, in which the yang within yin, the yang within yang, and the yang within yin and yang face inward origin and return to the heavenly palace.

But because Mok Gyeong-un’s acupoints were reversed, he was the opposite.

It was literally Three Yin Gathered at the Crown.

This was the yin within yang, the yin within yin, and the yin within yin and yang.

In other words, the Three Yin were heading toward the inward origin, and the heavenly palace was returning in reverse.

‘Huuuuup.’

‘Beads of sweat formed across Mok Gyeong-un’s forehead, and a faint vapor flowed from his mouth.’

At last, his energy had to pierce through the crown of his head, but because he was trying to carry it out by force rather than through enlightenment, it was not easy.

It was then.

-Pat!

-Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang’s figure shot toward Mok Gyeong-un like a bolt of lightning.

He was moving to stop him from accomplishing something.

Mok Gyeong-un, who was concentrating all his mind in one place in order to break through the divine spirit, could not notice it.

However,

-Srrk!

Blue Spirit blocked Na Yul-ryang’s path.

‘Did you think I would allow anyone to interfere?’

‘It was not certain whether it was possible to achieve the three flowers of essence, qi, and spirit by force without enlightenment, but if he were interrupted here, Mok Gyeong-un would unquestionably die.’

‘Honestly, you sentient being…’

‘This was not boldness. He had guts the size of the world.’

She had held this fellow back so that he could flee, and yet seeing him attempt such a reckless challenge at this moment…

In any case, she had to protect this sentient fellow…

“Do not interfere!”

-Chwa-chwa-chwa-chwa-chwaak!

-At that moment, a gorgeous trajectory like a meteor shower was drawn from Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang’s sword astral energy.

Blue Spirit’s eyes instantly turned cold.

This was Heavenly Sword Shooting Star, one of the three secret techniques of the Heaven sword forms.

It was a sword form he had created while watching stars fall from the night sky.

Though her resentment ran deep, these three secret techniques he had devised were such peerless moves that she had no choice but to acknowledge them.

It was a tyrannical sword move flawless enough to be called a secret technique, but,

‘That does not mean it has no weakness.’

‘For a hundred years, Blue Spirit had reconstructed his swordsmanship in her mind.’

Because of that, she had discovered the one and only weakness in this move.

That single path visible among the sword forms that filled the air like a meteor shower.

If one thrust a single sword there like this,

-Shuk!

-Chwa-chwa-chwaak!

‘!?’

‘At that moment Na Yul-ryang’s sword forms all shifted direction together and trapped Blue Spirit’s sword, which had been aiming for the opening.’

‘A transformed move?’

‘It was a sword path she had not expected in the least.’

Because of that, the smoking pipe made from spirit power was caught within the path of astral qi and scattered away as it was.

But that was not the end.

Chwak chwak!

‘Damn it!’

‘Blue Spirit immediately used her lightness art and avoided the paths of the sword forms aiming at her.’

The eyes of Blue Spirit, who was evading them, sharpened.

She had found a method to break Heavenly Sword Shooting Star after countless mental reconstructions, yet it had not only been shored up, but had evolved into something even more frightening.

‘…I underestimated him.’

‘That man had once contended with her for the title of greatest under heaven in the sword.’

As time had passed, it was only natural that he would develop his sword forms and compensate for their weaknesses, but it seemed she had thought too much while buried in the past.

‘A blunder.’

‘Blue Spirit reproached herself inwardly.’

Just then, while pressing Blue Spirit back with dense sword forms, Na Yul-ryang powerfully thrust sword astral energy toward the space between her brows.

‘At that moment,’

-Shraaaaaak!

-A sharp blue sword astral energy tore through the air.

It was Flicking Sword Astral Energy, the ability to directly fire condensed astral qi.

‘Damn it!’

‘To think the final move would be Flicking Sword Astral Energy from an unavoidable position.’

Blue Spirit hastily crossed both her arms and created a membrane in the form of red blood with spirit power.

-Paaang!

-But the power of Flicking Sword Astral Energy, the final move that completed the sword form, was so strong that along with the blood membrane, her body was hurled upward into the air.

Na Yul-ryang did not miss that moment and changed direction.

And then,

“Haaap!”

He raised Flicking Sword Astral Energy in succession and tried to fire it toward where Mok Gyeong-un lay.

‘Not a chance!’

‘Blue Spirit, who was flying upward through the air, no longer cared about being seen and swung one hand.’

At once, blood rose from the ground in the form of spikes and tried to pierce Na Yul-ryang’s right shoulder as he extended his sword.

“Huh!”

Na Yul-ryang hastily twisted his body.

Because of that, the course of Flicking Sword Astral Energy twisted slightly away from its original intention.

The blue sword astral energy shot forward in a straight line and pierced not Mok Gyeong-un’s neck, its original target, but the place right beside him.

-Kwa-kwa-kwa-bang!

-Because of that, astral qi tore through the earth and sent up fragments and dust.

Its power was sufficiently great.

At this level, it was possible that the backlash alone had interfered with Mok Gyeong-un’s attempt at accomplishment and either dealt him a mortal wound or killed him.

This is not enough.

‘When his vision was blocked, Great Young Master Na Yul-ryang, who could not properly confirm matters even with the Penetrating Eye, sent his figure toward Mok Gyeong-un.’

-Paaang!

Blue Spirit, who had been launched into the air, knocked aside Na Yul-ryang’s Flicking Sword Astral Energy.

She too likewise sent her figure toward Mok Gyeong-un.

He should not yet have completed the accomplishment, but everything might already have come to nothing because of the Flicking Sword Astral Energy from a moment ago.

-Paaaaaaaah!

‘I have to stop it.’

‘She had already displayed the power of a resentful spirit anyway.’

If so, there was no longer any need to hesitate.

It was right at that moment.

-Flinch!

-Paaaaaaaaaaaaah!

-Suddenly, an unknowable force began to surge outward in all directions from within the hazy dust.

Blue Spirit’s eyes went wide.

This force surging out from within the dust was of a wholly different texture from death aura.

‘What sort of force is this, so vicious…’

-Flinch!

Na Yul-ryang, who had been sending his body flying, abruptly stopped.

It was right then.

From within the dust that obscured the vision, together with a circular wave,

-Shraaaaaaaaaak!

Black astral qi shot toward Na Yul-ryang’s face with tremendous force.

At that, Na Yul-ryang hurriedly blocked the black astral qi aiming for his head with blue sword astral energy.

-Pa-chi-chi-chi-chik!

As astral qi collided with astral qi, dark blue sparks flew upward.

The clash of power between astral qi and astral qi that did not yield, nearly to the point of perfect balance.

‘What in the world…’

‘Na Yul-ryang’s eyes sharpened.’

From this black astral qi there arose a savage and violent force unlike anything he had ever felt before.

That force was so vicious that it was disrupting the condensation of his own astral qi.

This will not do.

‘Forcing energy directly against energy only brought loss of true qi.’

Perhaps he judged that it would not do, for Na Yul-ryang stretched one foot back, put force into the Yongquan acupoint, and by means of transferring force redirected the incoming astral qi to the side.

-Paaaaaaaaang!

-Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-bang!

-At that, the black astral qi split the earth and smashed a wall nearly five zhang long to pieces.

At the aftermath of that astral qi, Na Yul-ryang could instinctively tell.

‘Ha…’

‘How could something like this happen?’

Clench!

Na Yul-ryang’s hand tightened.

He could not believe it.

That fellow had broken through the wall and entered the same realm as himself.

Sssssss.

Mok Gyeong-un emerged from the clearing dust.

At the sight of him, Na Yul-ryang’s expression hardened even further.

‘!!!!!’

‘It was clearly visible in his Penetrating Eye, which saw through energy.’

Mok Gyeong-un, with materialized black force surging over his entire body.

That appearance, wrapped in utterly vicious black force, looked as though one were seeing a demon that had climbed up from hell.