The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 191

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 192

Yu Hyun-wol (8)

Yu Seong-woo easily subdued the Wudang and Mount Hua sects who arrived in response to his call.

Even the elders of the Nine Great Sects were merely A-class Divers [individuals with awakened abilities].

They might call themselves masters, but to Yu Seong-woo, they were all insignificant.

If all the elders and sect leaders were S-class, the Heavenly Demonic Fortress would have already unified China.

“How can they even run a sect with guys like these? A few hits and their bones are breaking, and they can’t even recover…”

“Honestly, an A-class Diver is good enough to start a small guild.”

“That’s why guilds fail when they’re run by people at that level…”

The elders couldn’t even put up a fight and fell to Yu Seong-woo’s hands.

It was hard to believe they were elders of a sect.

The guys they encountered in the factory area seemed like they could fight better.

“Still, this meets the minimum requirements. Now that we’ve caught the elders of Wudang and Mount Hua…”

“Shall we proceed with the plan?”

“It’s about time.”

Yu Seong-woo and Yu-wol had several plans in place.

These plans were made after discussing what to do after taking over Wudang and Mount Hua.

The Heavenly Demonic Fortress claimed to be part of the Jianghu [martial arts world], but its inner workings were no different from the modern world.

The sects in the Earth District ran businesses or earned money by raiding the Abyss [dangerous, monster-filled areas].

Mount Hua and Wudang were on a different level from other small and medium-sized sects, so the number of businesses they owned was enormous.

Yu Seong-woo used the elders of Wudang and Mount Hua, whom he had subjugated with fear and power, to identify their businesses and then personally destroyed them one by one.

Sixteen businesses were destroyed in a single day.

Because of this, their forces were dispatched to various locations, and they moved in, taking advantage of the relatively lax surveillance.

The first target was Wudang.

Taking advantage of the fact that Wudang’s forces were scattered, they entered the Heaven District with the authority of the Wudang elder.

Just as the Sea District was vastly different from the Earth District, the Heaven District was also distinctly different from the Earth District.

“They live so well.”

A wall even higher than the one at the border of the Earth District.

And even higher than that, the towering skyscrapers of the Heaven District seemed to touch the clouds.

Was this fortress built by sucking the blood of others?

The Heaven District, filled with dozens of high-rise buildings, was dizzying to behold.

Even with the addition of Chinese-style scenery, it seemed they put a lot of effort into the design as well as the construction.

He wanted to destroy it all.

“This way…”

The powerless Wudang elder’s voice.

He had resisted fiercely when Yu Seong-woo attacked, but he felt an insurmountable wall and succumbed.

They thought of themselves as unparalleled martial artists, but when faced with the threat of death, they chose a wretched life over death.

Wudang had a large building in the Heaven District.

A large garden and training ground between two twin buildings.

The building, enormous in size as if to show the might of Wudang, was emblazoned with the Wudang logo.

“Open it.”

He had already confirmed that the Wudang sect leader was still in the building.

The Wudang elder sweated profusely and opened the sect leader’s room.

The sect leader, who was sitting inside, frowned at the sight of the elder and Yu Seong-woo.

“Amitabha… [a Buddhist expression of greeting or reverence] I thought your movements were suspicious lately, but you had other intentions. A Wudang Taoist!”

“I, I’m sorry! Sect Leader!”

The elder kowtowed [knelt and touched the forehead to the ground in respect] to the floor at the sect leader’s words.

But soon, the elder slowly raised his head and spoke.

Looking at the sect leader’s face with an expression that was neither smiling nor crying.

“Ha, but… I couldn’t help it, Sect Leader. The person next to me is the true Martial God…”

“Martial God?”

“You overestimate me. But I don’t dislike it.”

Yu Seong-woo grinned and drew the iron sword from his waist.

Then, the sect leader immediately jumped up from his chair, drew his sword, and took a stance.

And he charged towards Yu Seong-woo like a bird.

‘Hmm.’

He analyzed the sect leader’s movements.

He definitely seemed to be an S-class Diver, and he was much better than the miscellaneous guys who had been talking about martial arts.

His awakened ability seemed to be wind-based, as all the objects in the room flew around just from his charge.

“I don’t know where you came from, but die! The sword of Wudang will punish you!”

“Let’s see if you can.”

The sect leader’s extended sword drew an arc.

The sword that Wudang represents is the Tai Chi Sword. It is a sword that gently subdues the opponent.

As the sect leader, he seemed to have put effort into restoring the Tai Chi Sword, as that part was well revealed.

“But isn’t the Tai Chi Sword supposed to strike after the opponent? How are you going to become a god with such a hasty personality?”

Yu Seong-woo, who remembered the sword techniques that appeared in martial arts novels, spoke mockingly and extended his iron sword.

Yu Seong-woo’s sword, which had intervened in the sect leader’s sword path, stopped the swung sword.

A power struggle ensued, but the sect leader’s strength, which was solely based on awakening, could not surpass Yu Seong-woo.

“Uh, I’m being pushed back, pushed back…”

Yu Seong-woo pushed the sect leader back with a smile on his face.

With tremendous force, the sect leader couldn’t even use his specialty, speed, and was pushed back one step, then two steps.

“How far do you think you’ll be pushed back?”

Yu Seong-woo, who had been slowly pushing, gave even more strength, and the sect leader began to be pushed back helplessly.

He couldn’t back away to escape, so he stuck his back against the wide window.

“Now, shall we push a little more here?”

The reinforced glass wouldn’t break so easily.

But the sect leader’s mind was already filled with the fear of falling.

Yu Seong-woo maintained his posture with one hand, and with the other hand, he punched the glass behind the sect leader’s back.

Then, with a cracking sound, the glass cracked greatly like a spider web.

“Will I fall, won’t I fall… will I fall, won’t I fall…”

As Yu Seong-woo muttered and punched the glass again, the cracks began to become more and more elaborate.

The sect leader tried to get out somehow, but the more he did, the stronger Yu Seong-woo’s pressure became.

He was pushed back to the point where the sect leader’s sword was pressing against his own neck, and blood began to seep out and drip down.

And.

“Now, have a fun skydiving experience.”

At the same time as Yu Seong-woo punched the window again, it shattered and the two began to descend out the window.

Falling into the air, the sect leader, who had finally separated from Yu Seong-woo, used his ability to control the wind to float in the air.

But that was only for a moment.

He no longer needed even a sword to use as a foothold.

Stepping on the air, he reached the sect leader and swung his sword.

He swung it lightly, but his sword, bent at a strange angle, cut the Achilles tendons of both of the sect leader’s ankles, disrupting his balance.

“Keuk!”

“Do they call guys like you Malco Taoists [derogatory term for corrupt religious figures]? The Taoists are very greedy for money. How many businesses do you even run?”

The sect leader, enraged by Yu Seong-woo’s mockery, swung his sword somehow.

“Is he still an S-class?”

Despite the deep cuts on both ankles, he endured the pain and fought back.

The tip of his sword trembled with fear, but he did not back down.

Still, the sect leader had a better mentality than the elders.

Nevertheless, nothing changed.

Yu Seong-woo extended his iron sword.

The crude iron sword, not even a treasured sword, collided with the treasured sword in the hands of the Wudang sect leader and sparked greatly.

The sect leader’s sword was naturally knocked back.

When his chest was wide open, Yu Seong-woo grabbed the sword in reverse and stabbed it straight in.

“Keuheok─!!”

The iron sword, which had deeply penetrated his chest, protruded from his back, and blood gushed from the sect leader’s mouth.

The sect leader’s eyes, pierced through the heart, quickly faded, and Yu Seong-woo fell into the pond in the Wudang garden with the sect leader’s corpse, causing a huge shock wave.

The trees in the garden shook and were uprooted, and the pond water gushed out and scattered.

Yu Seong-woo, who got up from the pond where all the water had disappeared, spoke into the communicator he had stuck in his ear.

“Now is the time.”

At the same time as Yu Seong-woo spoke, the doors of Wudang opened wide, and Yu-wol led the Sanmu Clan in.

Then, they quickly began to occupy Wudang, which had few troops.

A bizarre situation where a branch occupied the main branch.

The remaining strongmen were subdued by Yu-wol and the Sanmu Clan’s forces.

There was one more S-class in Wudang, but it was even easier because he was on a business trip to a business.

After finishing the occupation of Wudang, Yu Seong-woo appointed the elder as the new sect leader and waited for the others to return.

Those who had been dispatched to protect the business returned with urgent news of the attack.

Those who resisted were killed or had their limbs broken and were thrown underground, and those who accepted were spared.

Yu Seong-woo and Yu-wol were thoroughly behind the scenes.

The two only stepped forward when dealing with the strongmen.

“It seems like we’ve completed about 30 percent of the plan now.”

“We can raise it to 70 percent by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.”

“We’ll go to Mount Hua at dawn.”

The coup in Wudang would be known soon.

But the fact that Yu Seong-woo and Yu-wol were behind it would be thoroughly hidden.

There would be a few suspicious points, but it would be known to the outside world that an elder had succeeded in the coup.

What Yu Seong-woo wanted was the complete collapse of the Heavenly Demonic Fortress.

If he stepped forward and tried to defeat them, they would unite and resist, so he had to create a large crack from within.

An enemy within is more frightening than a common enemy.

“And…”

What Batori had said bothered him a little.

There might be something strange inside the Heavenly Demonic Fortress.

He said that it would not have been possible to unite so many people and build the Heavenly Demonic Fortress with human power alone.

Yu Seong-woo also agreed.

“Until the guy hiding inside the Heavenly Demonic Fortress comes out…”

If they destroy and integrate three or four sects, the Murim Alliance [martial arts alliance] will also make a move.

It was to be raised into a huge internal conflict within the Heavenly Demonic Fortress.

…Into a fire that can never be contained.

If you set a fire, the guy inside will be too hot to stay in.

To catch bedbugs, you have to burn down the whole house.

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“…The power structure of Wudang has been overturned.”

“Yes, Alliance Leader. The information is that an elder succeeded in a coup and took the position of sect leader.”

“I know the current sect leader of Wudang’s skills best. He wouldn’t be so easily defeated, especially by an elder?”

“Informants estimate that the elder hired a wandering mercenary who had reached the realm of Hwagyeong [a high level of martial arts mastery] to succeed in the coup.”

“Hmm.”

“The Wudang sect leader is dead, and many of those who resisted have also died. And it seems that they intend to close the gates for the time being to strengthen their internal affairs.”

The Murim Alliance Leader, Cheon Woo-gong, closed his eyes at the report of the Great Military Advisor, Je Gal-woongju.

He had stepped down from the position of Mount Hua sect leader and was appointed as the Murim Alliance Leader.

It was to show impartiality that was not affiliated with any organization, so he wanted to move directly, but he couldn’t.

If he moved with personal connections to Wudang, his fairness could be questioned.

After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth.

“…Keep watching. And try to investigate if there are any rats.”