Chapter 331: Peerless Martial Arts (3)

Seeing Cheon Miryo's condition, Seol-Hwi was able to breathe a sigh of relief. It was not too late.

She fought against the Heavenly Demon and took some damage, but it did not seem like her life was at stake.

Being able to arrive now could be called quite lucky.

"Miss Cheon. Why are you this reckless..."

"I apologize."

As if expecting this, she immediately apologized. Seol-Hwi had clearly warned her to not take action. And now she agreed with it.

While Seol-Hwi was away, that was the reason why she did not take action in the middle of the chaos.

But when the situation came in front of her eyes where Cho Ah-ran and Ack Bi could die, she could not stand it any longer as her body moved.

It reminded her of just how reckless it was. No matter how much affinity they built up over time, the two of them were Supreme Demons. And to lose the two would be like losing two limbs.

However, Cheon Miryo and Seol-Hwi were the heart and head of the operations.

In comparison with the limbs, the heart and head were more important. And so she felt responsible for it and bowed her head.

"So how is it?"

"...What?"

"How does it feel to fight against the Sect Leader?"

"..."

What has already happened was what happened. She fought with the Heavenly Demon, but there was no point in thinking too much since it had already transpired.

That being the case, Seol-Hwi wanted to confirm what he could. Regardless of luck, he managed to arrive on time and managed to save her life.

So now, her experience of fighting with the Heavenly Demon was what actually mattered.

"Hmm, as expected he was strong but he wasn't an opponent that I could defend against. There was just one thing and it was an unexpected ability."

"What kind...?"

"The Sect Leader, it seems like he can foresee the course of the fight in advance."

"...?!"

Seol-Hwi turned his head, and Heavenly Demon was looking at them with a firm look.

No wonder it felt awkward.

It was just once, but the strength and the intimidation which the Heavenly Demon showed when they fought was completely different from now, even though they had the same features and seemed to be the same person.

But what was this?

Seol-Hwi frowned.

-Tsk. That guy is a player.

"What?"

At that moment, he doubted the words of the AI.

A player? Why was the player an absolute being?

-No I am not talking about him. It is another one to be more accurate, it is a new player brought in by this absolute self claimed player, comparable to you.

"How can that...?"

-Well. Could it be due to the intervention of Cheon Miryo where the cause and effect went wrong? They killed the existing leader and installed a stronger person in there. To stop you both from working together.

"Fucking insane..."

It was absurd. What does this other player think of the absolute of the Demonic Sect?

In this life he barely found a way, and when this position of Sect Leader got suddenly taken...

"Wait, then..."

Seol-Hwi remembered the word player.

What about this ability which Cheon Miryo said about foreseeing the battle in advance?

-Exactly. Probably Simulation. It must have been raised to level 3 as well.

"...!"

Seol-Hwi's expression hardened. It was a tremendous ability that could detect the transformation of the things in the world in advance, and it was not enough to say that it was the best thing when it came to fighting.

If it is at level 3...

-Like you, it can possibly count up all the possibilities which reach dozens or even hundreds, not just a couple. However, it isn't wrong to say that it is possible to simulate just a hundred ways, but in that case it can be infinite too.

...turn things around.

It was only then did Seol-Hwi understand how this situation had progressed.

Surely the stage of Profound Demon was the same. How could it have been possible for Cheon Miryo who was of the same strength to get cornered in a fight with a man of similar strength to her?

"Can we win this?"

Seol-Hwi felt nervous.

He was the one who knew what a cheat the simulation skill was. And it was because there was a time when he had defeated skilled warriors with it.

Not to mention, the opponent was already getting an upper hand.

A being which could change the flow of land and water according to the ability. Literally slash down the wings on the back of a tiger.

When such a person was able to use Simulation, then he could not imagine winning.

-It was always like this. When something unexpected happens the system ends up balancing it. This shows that the intervention of Cheon Miryo isn't a good thing alone.

Balance — It had always been that way.

AI Sa Yu-kang said that similar things like this had happened several times in his time. But the difference was that the person he held at that time was not someone strong like Cheon Miryo.

As a result, Cheon Miryo did not have much of an impact on his lives. It was only now that he was saying "I told you so," but the one thinking the most about this was the AI himself.

While he was nervously thinking, the Heavenly Demon stepped on the air and approached him. His expression was not great, but he did not want to give up this fight just yet.

"Because she was a person who was outside the law of players... it felt a bit shocking but I roughly understand it."

There was confidence in his voice, and Seol-Hwi could guess where it came from. The time to figure the opponent out, he was doing it too.

That player — The person with the mask of the Heavenly Demon must have already run countless simulations while they spoke.

"You say it so easily. Right, then..."

However, Seol-Hwi did not back down. The opponent came up with unexpected methods, but there were still several things the opponent could not expect.

"Phew..."

One of them — Cheon Miryo — hurriedly finished her internal energy circulation and warmed her body up, and Seol-Hwi said to the Heavenly Demon,

"Where does your will lie? Show it."

Swish

A bee steadily flapping its wings and a butterfly swaying the movements of pushing the pollen — The stopping of things was the way of halting and flowing things in the Book of Changes.

Knowing when to stop and when to move—

The ultimate goal of leading the role was to take blood and steal, avoid the wrong path and take the path no different from martial arts.

Chuk!

In this silence of things, Seol-Hwi used the White Hair Demonic Arts, and this martial art improved the physical abilities, but when used together with the Supreme Yin Demonic Arts, the ability to move increases.

Just as two strong foundations as the support of two pillars.

Chiik!

Because of the load on the body, in a situation where everything had stopped, Seol-Hwi's body which moved gave out white smoke.

Shhhh

There was a reaction.

The opponent was also one who seemed to have overcome the high movement of time. Even so, it was half a beat slower than the original time.

Seol-Hwi did it.

-Now!

Capture the point where the opponent steps back. And then he swung his fist.

Rumble

When he chose the strength of lightning, even in the stopped flow of time, the speed of the lightning was amazing. Accompanied with this strong road, dozens of lightning bolts spread out.

Thud! Thud!

"Kuak!"

And as soon as the leader was hit by the lightning, the flow of time was released, and simultaneously—

Kuukkkk!

This storm of energy which he never experienced before charged at the Sect Leader at once.

Thuddddd!

Opponent could not move away from it. Cheon Wol-seong was hit by Seol-Hwi's attack and almost disappeared to the side.

Rumble

The rusty sword he had fell beside Seol-Hwi.

"Nice. Do we end... uh?"

Seol-Hwi was about to end the fight when he doubted his eyes.

Wheik!

This old, rusty sword — The sword which looked like nothing special, shone brightly and suddenly Cheon Wol-seong was there.

Perhaps because of the power of the Absolute Supreme Demonic Martial Arts, one side of his torso was cut.

"What...?"

"Ah!"

Dozens of bloody remnants were created instantly above the Sect Leader, and the sword along with that killing intent were unleashed, at Cheon Miryo.

"Huh!"

Swish!

Cheon Miryo also responded in the same way as before.

She tried to deal with it by using her ice arts as a defense wall.

Tatatatng!

As expected, the two swords offset each other in the air. In the meantime, Cheon Wol-seong came.

"Ice White Moon."

He accepted the attack right then, and he believed it was a perfect defense.

Wheik

"...Huh?"

The fingertips of Cheon Miryo felt empty. The blow of the opponent did not come for her.

While allowing Cheon Miryo to attack him, the Heavenly Demon moved. And he moved even when he got hit.

"...!"

"...!"

He passed by her and stood in front of two people.

Cheon Wol-seong—

His goal from the start.

"The simulation did say. And from here..."

"...?"

"Shake the emotions of people."

Swish!

And with that he swung his sword with the head of the two dropping down in an instant.

Cho Ah-ran and Ack Bi, the two of them died in an instant.

"Just what..."

Seeing that, Seol-Hwi was shocked.

Despite being hit, the Heavenly Demon did not seem to care.

Not just that, but the rusty sword fell, showing the oddest sign of turning into the Heavenly Demon.

-Be careful. That one. Now that I see him, he isn't just any player.

Seol-Hwi asked at the warning of the AI,

"What is that now?"

-The sword which fell down is the Illusion Sword. A player who has experienced at least a hundred reincarnations.

The AI added the explanation there. Like various things which Seol-Hwi got from being under the Earth Demon, this sword had an ability too.

The method of getting it was too much. But it was a reward that Seol-Hwi could obtain after he completed various missions by being under the command of the First Disciple whom Seol-Hwi repeatedly rejected.

But since it was a difficult weapon to get, it was the best one.

"So... I confirm it. You mean they move to the place where the sword is?"

-Right. And...

After hearing it, he turned to the Heavenly Demon who had weapons.

Seol-Hwi looked at the two who had died. Looking at them the AI continued.

-His body is no longer human either.

Possibly better and stronger than the absolute body stage a warrior had and in order to have the best internal energy related to the Demonic Sect, he must have done certain things too.

"Not a human... this fucking dog!"

Anger rose for Seol-Hwi as he was looking at Cho Ah-ran and Ack-Bi.

It was not just because the two of them were Supreme Demon, it was because they were once people he had referred to as Masters, and they died in vain.

-Anger destroys things. I know your emotions but you need to control them now...

"I know."

Crack!

Seol-Hwi too had expected this.

That the martial arts of warriors who rise until Profound Demon were strong. But this felt a lot different than he expected.

Not lacking, and this was beyond just learning countless martial arts. With a sword beyond what he could imagine.

In addition to that, there was the Simulation he could use. He had to admit that this was truly a tough opponent.

-Hey! Stop! Stop no!

Seol-Hwi clenched his teeth so much that they began to bleed.

Thud!

Seeing the death of the two people she tried so hard to protect, even Cheon Miryo was losing it.

-If you two get caught in this, you will all end up dead!!!

The AI was now afraid.

Her eyes in anger. And she brought out her full potential at once.

"DIE—!"

As if turning into a silver arrow, she rushed for Cheon Wol-seong.