Monochrome Sovereign [EN]: Chapter 1305

Though it wasn’t the most appropriate emotion for such a moment, Muk-bi was moved beyond admiration.

‘Can this even be possible?’

Thwack!

Each time the Crimson Lotus Bow spat fire, enemies fell.

Her skill was as sharp as ever. Once she aimed at a target, they were invariably killed the moment the bowstring was released. Unless they were a master of the same caliber, there were few who could dodge or block her arrows at close range.

But now, it was beyond that level.

‘She’s killing more, more efficiently, and faster.’

Thanks to Yeon-wi’s Upper Dantian Divine Artifact [a spiritual artifact located in the upper energy center of the body], her remaining internal injuries were healing even at this moment, and her whole body was overflowing with vitality.

Was that why she was achieving such results?

‘Father!’

At that moment, she heard Yeon-wi’s voice in her ear.

“Front left, within a one-jang [approximately 3.3 meters] radius of the yellow helmet.”

It wasn’t even telepathy. Yet, in this noisy battlefield, Yeon-wi’s voice was crystal clear.

Muk-bi reflexively shot an arrow.

Thud!

A yellow-helmeted general fell, a single ordinary arrow piercing his forehead.

At the same time, Muk-bi, who had moved there like lightning, drew a short spear from her waist and swung it.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

It was a spear technique as fast as a flash of light.

It was a short spear technique she had mastered while traversing the battlefield with Yeon Ho-Jeong. She had pondered over a suitable weapon for close combat, and with Yeon-wi’s guidance in the Martial Alliance, she had completed it in actual combat.

Among the many spear techniques possessed by the Martial Alliance, the first-class martial art that suited her best was the Dragon Subduing Spear, and Yeon-wi’s enlightenment and her own senses were added to create the Nine Forms of the Flying Dragon.

Though not as powerful as the Nine Dragons Destroying the Heavens Bow, it was certainly a supreme martial art. If the Nine Dragons Destroying the Heavens Bow was a martial art closer to qi cultivation [the practice of cultivating vital energy], the Nine Forms of the Flying Dragon was a martial art specialized in techniques, and it demonstrated its best power in the hands of Muk-bi, who was agile and flexible.

Thwack! Thud!

The short spear moved as naturally as flowing water, piercing the necks and foreheads of the cultists.

Swift and fast. Soft and sharp.

It seemed too flexible for a battlefield martial art, but her immense power imbued that flexibility with extreme destructive force, establishing an absolute domain that covered a wide range.

Having instantly devastated the one-jang radius around the yellow-helmeted general, she quickly hung the short spear on her belt and gripped the Crimson Lotus Bow.

“Fifteen-jangs to the right, a one-eyed yellow-helmeted general.”

Again, Yeon-wi’s voice reached her.

The Crimson Lotus Bow spat fire.

Whoosh!

It was a strike launched as an intangible bullet, without even nocking an arrow. The one-eyed general’s head was blown away.

Swoosh.

The moment the one-eyed general lost his life, Sama Hyeon appeared like a ghost and severed the necks of the surrounding lieutenants.

It was an unbelievable assassination technique. It was even more effective in this chaotic battle, and few even saw Sama Hyeon moving like a ghost.

‘That guy also received Father’s orders.’

Muk-bi didn’t miss the look of surprise on Sama Hyeon’s face.

‘This is the power of the Yeon Family Head.’

No matter how skilled she and Sama Hyeon were, it was impossible for just the two of them to break through the center of the enemy lines.

There were countless masters among the enemy forces. Aside from those being dealt with by Yang Cheon and Gok Gyeong, there were many supreme masters, those with excellent combat experience, and those who used martial arts close to sorcery, which were different from the martial arts of the Central Plains.

To jump into such a place and stir it up? It was impossible even for Muk-bi. Even Sama Hyeon would have difficulty assassinating so efficiently in the middle of the enemy lines at this speed.

The one who made that impossible feat possible was Yeon-wi.

“Left diagonal, after taking out the red-helmeted general, it’s a straight breakthrough.”

Whoosh.

She didn’t know where the voice was coming from.

The voice carried on the wind was filled with a powerful vibration. Muk-bi and Sama Hyeon moved as if they were bewitched by Yeon-wi’s words, advancing while targeting the enemy’s positions.

‘Is this the Mind’s Eye?’

Could this be what the real Mind’s Eye is like?

The ability to read not only a single person but also the surrounding environment and even the flow of the living army.

‘It must be difficult.’

Although she hadn’t reached that realm, Muk-bi was certain.

‘It’s not an unmoving object, and the battlefield is a place where each person creates a different flow every moment. Even if you can read the flow of the enemy, it can’t be easy to read the breakthrough points every instant and lead us.’

It was an accurate assessment.

‘Break through as quickly as possible.’

Whoosh!

The will to kill was contained in the crimson qi gathering in the Crimson Lotus Bow.

Clang! Boom!

The front was wide open with a single strike of the Dragon Fang Cannon.

At that moment, she felt a splendid and solemn energy moving like lightning from behind.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Yeon-wi was rushing at an incredible speed through the path that Muk-bi and Sama Hyeon had created.

Since it was a path opened in the middle of the battlefield, it was quickly closed again by the soldiers rushing from the rear, but the level of the soldiers who closed the path was low.

In other words, Yeon-wi had created the fastest path to reach the main camp where the commander-in-chief was, by eliminating the generals and lieutenants so that the enemy forces could not properly command in the upcoming battle.

It was an unbelievable divine skill.

It was truly the power of the Upper Dantian that had reached the realm of the divine. Even Yeon-wi himself was wondering how he could display such abilities.

‘Now is not the time to think about that.’

Thwack! Thwack!

He killed and slashed down all the cultists blocking his path and reached the path.

Finally, Muk-bi and Sama Hyeon were visible in front of him. They were the grateful ones who had engaged in a bloody battle so that he could come this far.

Thanks to them, he was able to minimize his internal energy consumption. The consumption of spiritual power from the Upper Dantian was considerable, but Yeon-wi was not so weak as to lose his fighting spirit to this extent.

“The path is open.”

Whoosh.

Yeon-wi, who had overtaken Muk-bi and Sama Hyeon, said in a calm voice.

“We’ll advance as is.”

This was also beyond common sense.

Just breaking through so many enemies without wasting power was worthy of praise, yet he was saying that the three of them would go to the main camp where the enemy’s strongest forces were stationed.

But Muk-bi and Sama Hyeon did not hesitate.

“We’ll hold them back!”

“I trust you.”

They were no longer juniors. They were comrades.

And they were the most trustworthy comrades in this battlefield.

“Just keep this one thing in mind. If the engagement with the enemy commander exceeds one gak [a unit of time, approximately 15 minutes], retreat without looking back.”

Muk-bi’s eyes wavered.

Sama Hyeon immediately replied.

“Don’t worry.”

“Good.”

A smile spread across Yeon-wi’s lips.

Trickle.

Blood flowed from his nose due to excessive spiritual power consumption.

But that was all. There was no headache or lethargy that he had experienced whenever he used spiritual power excessively.

‘This is the fastest way to end this war. I am certain of it.’

The sky was clear.

Even as countless people were killing each other, there wasn’t a single cloud in that sky.

That transparent sky was saying.

It’s now.

His dead wife was saying.

Live splendidly.

He would be faithful to this moment according to the will of the heavens, and he would live splendidly according to his wife’s will. He was truly living in his own way at this moment.

Whoosh!

Yeon-wi’s speed increased further.

There were no violent movements, nor the sound of tearing through the air. Yet, he was moving at a speed that far surpassed Muk-bi and Sama Hyeon. Both of them were second to none in terms of movement techniques, but they could not catch up with Yeon-wi now.

‘Ah.’

As he moved forward with the upright posture of the Heavenly Path Movement Technique, it was as if the whole world was his.

The vast world seemed small. He felt as if he had become so large that he could place just one foot on the entire Gangso Province.

He was a man who stood with both feet on the earth. His head, which had pierced through the clouds, was looking at the chaotic universe.

Whirring!

The Yeon Family Divine Core [a spiritual energy center] was rotating at a speed it had never shown before.

Was it the moment he suddenly realized something he didn’t know? Or was it the process of rediscovering something he already knew?

The closer he got to the enemy’s main camp, the more Yeon-wi felt his mind becoming dizzy with the intense light flashing from all over his head.

As he looked at the world, intoxicated by an emotion that was neither emotion nor excitement, it was as if the whole world was shouting towards him.

And there, he, who stood with both feet on the earth, had become a sword.

‘This is truly me.’

Why did his wife suddenly come to him?

Whether it was an illusion, a dream, or a real soul, the important thing was that he had seen his wife at an absurd moment.

At first, he thought it was to give him enlightenment. But now, as he moved forward like this, it seemed that it wasn’t just for that reason.

‘I thought I had let go, but I still haven’t been able to send her away.’

He loved his wife. That feeling would never change.

However, regardless of loving her, it was clearly wrong that he had not been able to send her away.

Since his partner, who was to be with him for three lifetimes, had passed away first, he had to send her away. Only by sending her away could he stand tall as himself.

‘She wanted that too.’

The certainty that he would see her again at the moment of death.

With that certainty, Yeon-wi was able to send the remnants of his wife that remained in his heart into the wind.

And at that moment.

Yeon-wi became a divine sword.

“Get out of the way.”

Even while running at an unimaginable speed, the voice he uttered was firm and calm.

That calm voice echoed in the ears of all the Sanchundan members who had formed a battle formation.

It could not be explained by internal energy. Yeon-wi’s will, his spiritual power resonating with the heavenly energy, shook the might of the Sanchundan.

“Stop him!”

Clang! Clang!

The Sanchundan members, each holding a huge shield, took out long spears.

It was a perfect defense. Their momentum was also immense. No one among the supreme masters could break through that unit alone. He was certain of that.

But at this moment, as long as the will of heaven was with him, he felt like he could defeat them.

‘It’s the temptation whispered by an intoxicated ego. I cannot defeat them, and I did not come here to fight them.’

Even in the moment of enlightenment, Yeon-wi maintained his composure.

‘I’ll leave the rear to them.’

Whoosh!

Yeon-wi, who had powerfully kicked off the ground, lightly swung the Imperial Sword he had raised towards the sky.

The movement was light, but the sword force was not light at all.

Flash!

It was as if lightning had fallen from the sky.

The ultimate martial art, which was a culmination of the Yeon Family’s sword techniques and incorporated his own enlightenment, had changed from the Absolute Three Swords to the As-You-Will Breaking Sword. It was the ultimate sword qi technique [a technique that uses internal energy to create a powerful sword force], and the strongest secret technique of the Yeon Family that only those who had reached the Path of the Mind Sword could use.

In the place where the As-You-Will Lightning had swept through in an instant, there was only a pungent smell and black traces.

Yeon-wi, who had ridden the sword force that had burned about twenty Sanchundan members in an instant, used the Heavenly Path Movement Technique and leaped up the hill in one go.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Following behind, Muk-bi and Sama Hyeon, as if they had been waiting, unleashed an offensive towards the Sanchundan.

And the moment Yeon-wi reached the top of the hill.

Boom!

Muk-bi’s Dragon Fang Cannon completely destroyed the path leading to the hill. She had blocked the path so that the Sanchundan could not chase after Yeon-wi.

Flutter!

In front of Yeon-wi, who had flown high into the sky and landed lightly like a bird.

“…Truly amazing.”

There were Dan Gong and Noe Hyeon-dan, looking at him with bloodshot eyes.

“I didn’t expect to see you again so soon.”

Yeon-wi, who had slowly taken a stance, pointed the Imperial Sword towards him.

“Let’s end this now.”