Chapter 755: That Won't Happen in This Fight

TL: FoodieMonster007

Fighting spirit blazed from the Flower Sword Supreme. She stepped forward, but the Blood Heaven Blade Demon walked over and blocked her path.

"Wait." He held out a healing salve. "Wounds don't heal as quickly when you get older."

Her blazing fighting spirit died down. "Why are you doing this? You're killing my motivation."

"Relax a little. You're too tense right now."

Behind the Blood Heaven Blade Demon, Geom Mugeuk nodded in agreement.

"But how can I relax? He's an opponent I can't possibly beat if I'm not tense."

The Blood Heaven Blade Demon remained calm despite her high praise for the Sword King. "Relax anyway."

The Flower Sword Supreme opened the salve and dabbed some on her finger before applying it to her shoulder. She knew he spoke out of concern.

She simply slipped her hand under her clothes, but the Blood Heaven Blade Demon still turned his back to her.

Meanwhile, Geom Mugeuk teased the Sword King. "What should we do? Ak-hyung's most charming feature is that tightly bound ponytail!"

The Sword King touched the back of his neck. "I'd be lucky if only my hair got cut."

His words revealed how difficult the fight had been.

"So you know how to exaggerate your pains."

"And whose fault do you think that is?"

Geom Mugeuk giggled. In moments like this, sharing such conversations, he was just like the old Sword King.

He glanced at the Sound King standing behind him. The man looked relaxed, slowly swaying his upper body and swinging his arms back and forth as if listening to music only he could hear.

Geom Mugeuk stared at the Sound King for a while before speaking. "She's beautiful."

"Who? That person?" Ak Gunhak asked, bewildered.

"No, that woman who likes you, Ak-hyung. She's incredibly beautiful."

"Is that so?" Ak Gunhak pretended not to know who Geom Mugeuk meant, even though he did.

Geom Mugeuk said no more. The Sword King knew exactly why he had brought her up.

Ak-hyung, I'm going to take you back to our Cult, and I'm definitely going to watch that awkward reunion between you two.

The Flower Sword Supreme stepped forward again, and Geom Mugeuk stepped back.

He called out to the Flower Sword Supreme. "Please chop off that damned ponytail."

Then he can't go on about freedom anymore. I'll even make him wear shoes.

"Understood. Leave it to me."

The Blade King watched this exchange with obvious displeasure. He disliked Ak Gunhak the most, yet the Darkness Palace Lord had always held Ak Gunhak in high regard and entrusted the most important missions to him.

Even though he's so obviously a traitor.

He had been displeased with the Sword King during this entire mission, and seeing him joke with Geom Mugeuk right before his eyes made killing intent rise within him.

When this is over, I will kill you without fail.

Since he didn't hide his killing intent, the Sword King glanced back at him.

"Don't forget that I'm watching you," the Blade King warned. He had maintained basic courtesy so far, but now he abandoned such formalities.

The Sword King simply smiled at the warning and turned back around.

The Blade King's expression hardened even more.

The Flower Sword Supreme and the Sword King faced each other once more. She stepped forward partly to follow the Young Cult Leader's will and make the Sword King stand aside, but in truth, she wanted to fight the Sword King one more time.

She felt she would never have another chance to fight this man in her lifetime. Especially not a fight where they both gave their all.

The Flower Sword Supreme fully released her aura, like a single sword aimed at the Sword King's face. It created extreme fear, like it could fly out at any moment and pierce him.

The sword evoked various emotions in its opponent. Fear, elegance, terror, passion, loneliness. Her presence would be felt differently depending on the person receiving it.

The emotion the Sword King felt most strongly was passion. He could see the woman beyond the sword, the sword on her makeup-free face and a powerful desire to become stronger.

He knew who had planted such emotions in the faces of these Demon Supremes. He knew who made them carry those absurd gifts at their waists.

SSSSSSH…

The Sword King also revealed his aura, something he wouldn't show unless he acknowledged his opponent.

The surroundings glittered, and the Flower Sword Supreme's eyes filled with astonishment. Hundreds, thousands of sword blades surrounded her, ready to cut her at the slightest movement.

She could feel it. If she moved rashly, she would truly be cut. The blades within this presence were sharper than real ones.

So the real Grave of Swords was here.

The Sword King's presence was powerful enough to evoke that feeling. It was truly the first time she had ever encountered such a murderous presence.

A single sword versus thousands of swords.

The two auras clashed with explosive intensity.

WOOOONG!

The Flower Sword Supreme infused qi into the One Flower Sword. Pure white enhanced sword qi flowed along her blade.

However, the Sword King didn't manifest his enhanced sword qi.

He intends to block my enhanced sword qi with that iron sword?

Anyone else would have been enraged, thinking 'How dare he!', but the Flower Sword Supreme grew tense instead.

Can that sword really withstand enhanced sword qi?

The result was astonishing.

CLAAAANG!

When the One Flower Sword and the Sword King's iron sword clashed, the iron sword didn't break.

It really doesn't break against enhanced sword qi?

The Flower Sword Supreme's shock was brief. Looking closely, she felt something invisible on the Sword King's sword.

Another shock washed over her.

"Formless Enhanced Sword Qi!"

The Sword King's enhanced sword qi showed no sign of its existence. As a user of formless sword qi, his enhanced sword qi was also invisible.

If an opponent attacked without knowing he could use Formless Enhanced Sword Qi, their sword would be severed in an instant, and their torso would be sliced through.

KAKAKAKAKANG!

The formless enhanced qi and the pure white enhanced qi collided with thunderous crashes. Tremendous vibrations spread out each time the enhanced qi clashed.

It was amazing that the iron sword, though imbued with enhanced sword qi, could withstand both shocks. The sword itself wasn't special.

Her opponent felt like a cool autumn breeze, but in battle, he was a fierce winter wind.

How can he be this strong?

The Sword King was the strongest of the twelve masters raised by an organization that had prepared for revenge for three hundred years.

The Flower Sword Supreme had a premonition. This fight might be the catalyst for her One Flower Sword Technique to ascend from the eleventh to the twelfth stage. The battle with the Sword King gave her that much inspiration and enlightenment.

The Flower Sword Supreme unleashed her unique martial art, the One Flower Sword Technique.

As she pioneered her own realm, no longer bound by techniques, the original eight techniques had been reduced to just three. When all these techniques disappeared, she would reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

The first technique she had newly named was Blooming Flower. The tip of her sword trembled lightly, and a dozen streams of sword qi blossomed.

SHUKSHUKSHUKSHUKSHUKSHUK!

The sword qi flying toward the Sword King wasn't trivial. Each stream contained the profound mastery of a swordsmanship that had reached a high realm.

The Sword King felt he could never block it without using his own unique martial arts, the Divine Formless Sword Technique, so he used his First Sword, the Formless Void.

The surrounding air shifted, and the Sword King's sword trembled.

HWIRURURURURURU!

In an instant, a whirlwind seemed to form at the tip of his sword.

The Flower Sword Supreme's incoming sword qi was swept up by the whirlwind and vanished. Still, she was neither surprised nor flustered. His technique was surely as polished as her own.

She unleashed her second unique martial art, the One Flower Sword Technique, Second Stance, Falling Flower.

Like petals falling in the wind, streams of sword qi descended in a diagonal torrent at the most difficult angle to block.

SWAAAAAAAAAK!

The Sword King responded once again with the Divine Formless Sword Technique, Third Sword, Formless Counter. A dark space seemed to form in front of him.

HEUK!

It instantly sucked in the incoming sword qi, which then disappeared.

However, that wasn't the end. The next moment, darkness erupted from a small point, spitting out the sword qi it had absorbed.

SHWIKSHWIKSHWIKSHWIKSHWIKSHWIK!

The sword qi that had flown away returned to the Flower Sword Supreme, who never imagined her own attack would be turned back on her.

PAPAPAPAPAPAK! CHAENGCHAENGCHAENGCHAENGCHAENGCHAENG!

Her One Flower Sword embroidered the air as her sword struck down the falling petals.

A stream of sword qi she failed to block grazed her side, and blood splattered again. It was the first time she had ever had to block her own technique.

This time, the Sword King unleashed his next technique first, the Second Sword, Formless Flash.

In a flash, a line of light was drawn between the Sword King and the Flower Sword Supreme. No, it was as if the line had been there from the very beginning.

At the same time, the Flower Sword Supreme used her final technique, the One Flower Sword Technique, Third Stance, One Flower.

In a flash, the two techniques intersected.

There was no sound.

SEUREUREUK!

The Flower Sword Supreme twisted her body to dodge, and her bangs were sliced off. A line of blood was drawn across her forehead.

Was it intentional? The same wound that had previously been drawn on the Sword King's forehead now appeared on hers.

JJEOEOEOEOK!

A long, diagonal line appeared on the wall behind the Sword King.

The Sword King stood in front of it. If the wall behind him was cut, it seemed his body should have been cut as well.

WOOONG!

His extended iron sword vibrated. He had blocked even her third technique.

SNAP!

Suddenly, though, the cord tying the Sword King's hair snapped, and his hair came undone. Instead of cutting his hair, the Flower Sword Supreme had cut the cord binding it!

The two faced each other. They didn't exchange polite greetings this time either. However, their eyes already held a mutual respect.

It's finally over.

The Flower Sword Supreme relaxed her guard.

The Blade King immediately took action. I knew you'd spare her again!

He had been waiting for a chance to ambush her. He knew Ak Gunhak would never kill her, so he had been looking for an opportunity to do it himself. Now was the perfect chance.

SHWAAAAAEK!

Just as the red dao was about to strike the Flower Sword Supreme's back, the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's Heaven Destroying Dao got in its way.

The Flower Sword Supreme had relaxed, but the Blood Heaven Blade Demon hadn't. The moment the Blade King moved, he moved as well.

The Blood Heaven Blade Demon's fury erupted. "You son of a bitch, how dare you!"

Immense demonic qi and killing intent exploded from the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's body. The Heaven Destroying Dao, imbued with enhanced qi, split the air with devastating force.

SHWAAAAAAAAEK!

The Blade King raised his twin daos to block. Having clashed several times before, he knew the power of the attack.

The moment the daos collided, the Blade King's eyes widened. He hadn't experienced such a powerful strike even in their previous fight.

That was because this was a strike filled with the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's rage.

KWANG! KWAANG! KWANG!

The Heaven Destroying Dao rained down upon him like a storm.

Despite the powerful attacks that felt like they would break his wrists, the Blade King was pleased.

Yes, get angry! The angrier you get, the more opportunities I'll have!

KWANG! KWAANG! KWAAAANG!

The Blade King's figure was gradually pushed back. The Blood Heaven Blade Demon was truly surging forward like a tidal wave. He was engulfed in madness, striking down with his dao like a maniac.

This old man's strength!

KWANG! KWAANG! KWANG!

Judging the Blade King to be at a disadvantage, the Four Dark Blood Bladesmen lunged forward at the same time. Just as the Blade King had aimed for the Flower Sword Supreme's back, their target was the fighting Blood Heaven Blade Demon.

In that instant, Geom Mugeuk moved. His figure shot out like a beam of light and passed through them.

SWISH!

He cut four people, but there was only a single sound. The sight of them being cut was like a scene infinitely reflected in a hall of mirrors. Four different people were cut at the same time as if they were one.

"Didn't I tell you not to lift a single finger?" Geom Mugeuk remarked.

His earlier warning wasn't for the already dead Four Dark Blood Bladesmen. He aimed his sword at the man in the iron mask and the Sound King.

"Don't even dream of interfering!"

He hadn't stopped the Blade King earlier because the Blood Heaven Blade Demon had already lunged forward. However, he would absolutely not permit any other interference.

The Sound King sneered, "You stop us from entering, but surely you're not planning to intervene yourself, Young Cult Leader?"

"That won't happen in this fight," Geom Mugeuk replied, declaring his absolute faith in the Blood Heaven Blade Demon.

Meanwhile, the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's assault continued. It was truly a frenzied attack, as if he could see nothing else.

KWANG! KWAANG! KWANG! KWANG!

However, even while on the defensive, the Blade King smiled inwardly. If his opponent had been any other master, they would have already fallen to this momentum, but he wasn't so weak as to be killed by an enraged opponent.

For a master to become this agitated meant they had already resigned themselves to defeat.

Indeed, an opportunity arrived. Because he had struck down in such a frenzy, his dao hit the back wall and bounced off.

The Blade King didn't miss that moment. The red dao aimed for the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's fingers. As he dodged, his grip on the blood-red giant dao weakened.

SHWAAAAAEK!

The red dao knocked the blood-red giant dao from the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's hand, sending it flying.

It's over!

In a fight between masters like them, losing one's weapon meant the fight was over. There would be no chance to pick it up again.

SSWAEK! SHWAAEK!

Faced with the ensuing torrent of attacks from the twin daos, the Blood Heaven Blade Demon chose not to leap back. Instead, he closed the distance and grabbed both of the Blade King's wrists.

At this series of bad moves, the Blade King laughed.

Grabbing my wrists with bare hands?

WUUUUNG!

Blade energy began to form on the red daos. If he just moved the energy-infused daos slightly, the old man's wrists would be severed.

"Old Demon Supreme, were you fond of that woman?"

His taunt didn't end with a sneer.

"After I kill you, I'll tear that woman apart limb from limb while she's still alive."

He had expected to see a pained expression on his opponent's face, but instead, an unreadable smile formed on the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's lips.

"The Heaven Destroying Demonic Blade Technique, Fifth Technique, Annihilation Blade Rush."

"What?"

The moment the Blade King raised his head with a chilling premonition, his eyes shot wide open. The blood-red giant dao he thought he had sent flying was hovering above his head. It was aimed at him, radiating menacing blue blade energy.

His opponent hadn't been enraged like a madman. He wasn't some ignorant old fool.

The cunning old fox had planned for this very moment. The one who had truly gotten thrown off by his fake rage was himself.

SHWAAAAAEK!

He tried to dodge, but he couldn't. The Blood Heaven Blade Demon had raised his qi to its absolute limit and was holding his hands in an iron grip.

The Heaven Destroying Dao plunged down like a beam of light, tearing through his protective enhanced qi and embedding itself in his shoulder.

KWADEUDEUK! PUUUK!

"Uwaaaaaaak!" A scream erupted from the Blade King's mouth. Excruciating pain washed over him as the massive Heaven Destroying Dao embedded itself in his shoulder.

CLANG!

The red dao fell to the ground first. It was the first time he had ever dropped his weapon in a fight.

The Blood Heaven Blade Demon, still holding his wrists, pulled his arms to either side. In that instant, the Blade King's eyes widened in horror.

He's trying to rip me in half!?

This was no time for lofty words like 'Old Demon Supreme'.

"Stop! You crazy old man! Stop!"

The Blade King tried to manifest blade energy on his black dao again to cut off his opponent's wrists.

PUUUUK!

However, the Heaven Destroying Dao embedded in his shoulder cut deeper, parting flesh and bone. Unable to bear the pain, he dropped the black dao as well.

Even in this situation, the Blood Heaven Blade Demon began to pull his arms apart even more forcefully.

"You bastard! I said stop!" Howling in pain, the Blade King tried to resist by pushing his inner arts to the limit, but the Heaven Destroying Dao had already cut halfway through his body.

Suddenly, he saw it. He saw the crimson demonic qi flowing from the Blood Heaven Blade Demon's eyes.

The madness the old man had shown earlier wasn't true madness, only feigned lunacy. This sight before him now was his true, hidden nature.

"…Please!"

The Heaven Destroying Dao mercilessly dug deeper into flesh and bone.

"Uwaaaaaaak!"

Starting from his shoulder, the Heaven Destroying Dao completely split the Blade King's body in two before embedding itself in the ground.

PUAAAAAK!

The Blood Heaven Blade Demon, covered in blood, looked down at the half with the head still attached and said coldly, "If we ever meet again in hell, I'm going to kill you a second time."