Monochrome Sovereign [EN]: Chapter 1110

Saaah!

Namgoong Seung’s hair stood on end.

It wasn’t the wind. His body reacted first to an unknown energy emanating from behind him.

‘What is this?!’

The nature of the energy was difficult to pinpoint. Even so, if the distance had been slightly greater, his body wouldn’t have reacted at all.

Fwoosh!

Namgoong Seung, having beheaded five cavalrymen with a single strike, quickly retreated and turned around.

Kwarung!

It was as if a storm was raging.

As four or five flashes of light surged, about thirty cavalrymen who were caught in the flashes were reduced to blood and scattered.

It was a destructive martial art that was hard to believe even when witnessed. Namgoong Seung’s eyes widened.

Pa-ba-ba-ba-bak!

It was beyond description, even with the word ‘possessed.’

The old general’s spear technique, riding a massive horse no less than the enemy’s cavalry, was filled with both boldness and cruelty.

Jjeo-jeo-jeong! Peo-beo-beok! Peo-beo-beok!

The fifty cavalrymen led by the old general were also highly skilled.

They spread out to the left and right, wielding spear techniques as fast as lightning. Surprisingly, their spear techniques were very similar to those of the cavalrymen.

‘The same martial art?!’

No.

Even though he couldn’t properly utilize his upper dantian [an energy center in traditional Chinese medicine], he could tell. It was a martial art with the same roots as the enemies’ spear techniques, and the forms were almost identical, but if you looked a little deeper, you could see that what they were pursuing was completely different.

However, even if what they were pursuing was different, the appearance and the way they exerted power were so similar that it was easy to be mistaken for allies fighting each other.

If it looked that way to Namgoong Seung, how would it look to others?

“What, what is it?!”

“Who is it? Are they allies?!”

It was the appearance of a third force that confused friend and foe alike.

Jjeo-eong!

“Kuhuk!”

It was a series of shocks.

The old general, who had been displaying unparalleled power against the cavalrymen, was now attacking the Shaanxi martial artists who had come to block his path.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a spear technique meant to kill. Dozens of martial artists were caught by the horizontal sweep of his spear, as if he was annoyed, and they fell like leaves.

Tuh-eong!

The horse the old general was riding flew into the air.

The old general, who had leaped over the martial alliance forces in an instant, once again swung his black spear.

Pa-ba-ba-ba-bak!

It was as if a myriad of flowers had exploded all at once.

Hundreds, no, thousands of spear blades raged in all directions. It was a spear technique that covered an enormous range. The majority of the cavalrymen who had broken through the allied forces were either knocked away or killed by that brutal spear technique.

The old general shouted.

“Spread out to the left and right and kill them!”

Doo-doo-doo-doo!

The fifty cavalrymen under his command split to the left and right and began to drive back the cavalrymen.

It was an amazing display of horsemanship. The cavalrymen’s horsemanship was also considered the best in the world, but the third force’s horsemanship was different.

Although their destructive power was less, their horsemanship was much more flexible and delicate. The martial art of the fifty cavalrymen, who secured a path to life with their perfect unity of horse and rider and struck the enemy with their spears, was as if it had been created for war.

Hee-hee-hee-hing!!

They defeated countless enemies, surpassed countless troops, and reached the heart of the battlefield.

The old general and Namgoong Seung’s eyes met.

Namgoong Seung asked.

“Who are you?”

“So Hyun-rip.”

At that moment, surprise flashed across Namgoong Seung’s face.

“Spear King So Hyun-rip!!”

He was startled, but at the same time, it felt natural. He didn’t know that his horsemanship had reached the level of mastery, but the spear technique the old general had displayed was filled with a mysteriousness that only the Spear King could show.

“And who are you? Are you the Sword Saint?”

“That’s right.”

So Hyun-rip frowned. He had a displeased expression.

“I didn’t come to help you. We will do our job, so you fight on your own!”

Kwarung!

No sooner had he finished speaking than he unleashed an extremely fast spear strike.

Namgoong Seung’s eyes flashed.

‘This is?!’

It was the Sea Mist Dragon Flash spear technique that the enemy general, So Hyun-jong, had used.

So Hyun-rip roared.

“Have you seen these damned bastards! How dare you wield the sacred spear of the Martial Sect!”

Kwang! Kwaang!

The black obsidian spear, swung again and again.

The black obsidian spear, stained with the blood of the enemy, became sharper and more ferocious as time passed.

“Where is So Hyun-jong! Come before me right now!”

Kwang! Kwaang!

Everywhere So Hyun-rip moved, it was as if fireballs were exploding.

His words were true. He had not appeared to help the martial world. From the beginning, So Hyun-rip was a person who didn’t care what happened to the martial world.

There was only one thing he wanted.

It was to kill his half-brother, who had taken the treasures of his sect and his own, and colluded with outsiders to tarnish the reputation of the Martial Sect.

“So Hyun-jong!!”

So Hyun-rip threw his black obsidian spear.

Flash! Kwarurung!

A streak of lightning soared high into the sky, then split into dozens of black spears, forming a rain of spears.

Namgoong Seung shouted.

“Evade it!”

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!!

It was the ultimate spear technique, the Fish Dragon Flash.

It was an absolute technique that boasted destructive power. About fifty of the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers were swept away by that unbelievable martial art.

No matter how powerful the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers’ charge formation was, it was impossible to charge when such a monster was wreaking havoc right in front of them.

‘An amazing martial art!’

It wasn’t the time, but Namgoong Seung was genuinely impressed by So Hyun-rip’s martial art.

It was a wide-ranging martial art that was more specialized for the chaos of the battlefield than one-on-one combat. If his body was in perfect condition, he didn’t think he would lose in a one-on-one fight, but it seemed difficult to use a more powerful martial art than that in a large-scale battle.

Whatever the case, another force had appeared to destroy the enemy, so the martial forces couldn’t help but feel energized.

“Push forward!”

The left and right armies unleashed their killing intent and attacked the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers.

Taking advantage of the gap, the martial alliance forces once again spread out and toyed with the cavalrymen. Their ability to change their formations according to the battle situation, though not noticeable, deserved praise.

It was then.

Flash!!

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck from the sky.

Its momentum could not be compared to that of Spear King So Hyun-rip, but the primal fear that lightning possessed was conveyed to everyone.

“Haa-aah-ap!”

Moyong Woo, who had jumped into the middle of the enemy forces with a terrifying shout, swung his Tangma Sword [a type of curved sword] indiscriminately.

“Young Alliance Leader!”

The faces of Chun Hyo-rak and Hwa Hyang, who had been silently fighting the enemy, lit up.

Moyong Woo shouted.

“The enemy general is dead! They’ve lost their leader, so hold on a little longer!”

Jjeo-eo-eo-eong!

The thunderous voice of the next martial alliance leader once again raised the morale of the Shaanxi forces to the sky.

“It’s the Young Alliance Leader!”

“Gather around the Young Alliance Leader!”

The warriors of the Three-Section Squad, who had been hunting the cavalrymen by spreading out, broke through the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers’ formation with a single charge.

If it hadn’t been for the sudden appearance of So Hyun-rip and his cavalry, it would have been difficult for them to make such a decision. If they made a mistake, they could be swept away by the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers and face annihilation.

Indeed, their judgment was correct.

“Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers, listen!”

At So Hyun-rip’s shout, the fifty cavalrymen who had been pushing back the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers on the left and right shone with a fierce light.

“Form the Blood Fang Assault formation and push forward all at once! There’s no need to find the enemy general first! Kill everything you see in front of you!”

“Understood!”

Doo-doo-doo-doo!

The fifty cavalrymen stomped their feet as if possessed, creating two sharp triangular formations. The two triangular formations, slightly curved inward, were like inward-curving fangs.

Peo-eong!

So Hyun-rip, still in the posture of having blown away five cavalrymen in front of him with the Dragon Light Flash, shouted.

“Charge!”

Kwaaang!

It was an incredible charge.

The cavalry’s destructive power was inferior to that of the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers, but they overcame it with their formation and momentum. Although their force was only twenty-five on each side, their combined attack power, as they became one and drove back the enemy, was unparalleled.

“Kyaa-at!”

Gal-yo finally let out a ferocious cry.

“Who the hell is that?!”

The Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers’ charge formation, which had been pushing forward like a tidal wave, came to a complete stop.

The combined attack of an absolute master, who was too great to be called just a master, and the fifty cavalrymen he commanded, not only shattered the vanguard of the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers but were also pushing them back.

It was an incredible event. A mere fifty cavalrymen had stopped the charge of thousands of cavalrymen.

Even though there was a master of the highest level among them and the morale of the martial alliance forces had risen, was this even possible?

‘The damage is immense. I was planning to ignore any reasonable damage and charge in.’

Before the charge, Gal-yo recalled the words of the commander.

‘Unless our forces are reduced to less than half, we must unconditionally charge and devastate Shaanxi.’

In other words, if there was any sign that the casualties of his forces would reach half, he was to retreat without hesitation.

Gal-yo quickly looked around.

‘Six thousand…’

It was impossible to make an accurate count. But at a glance, it seemed to be a little over six thousand.

They were cavalrymen, not just any troops. They had lost nearly four thousand out of ten thousand cavalrymen.

No matter how important the Shaanxi devastation operation was, the damage was too great. The commander’s message was also meant for ‘just in case,’ and he would never have imagined that such damage would occur on this plain.

Gal-yo gritted his teeth.

‘If it weren’t for that guy.’

Where he was looking, there was a war god wielding a black spear mercilessly.

The gray-white hair that spread out in all directions was like a lion’s mane. His powerful muscles and fierce eyes, which did not match his age, were reminiscent of a heavenly general.

‘Can I catch him?’

Gal-yo hesitated for a moment.

No matter how much of a master one was, even if they had reached the level of a Saint, they could not exert that much power infinitely. He knew this because he had seen countless masters of the same level.

The problem was that the absolute master was not the only one.

Flash!

The old swordsman, who was wielding a blue sword light, was also accumulating terrifying achievements, though not as much as the old spear master.

In addition, the enemy forces still had about three thousand left.

Even if they excluded the two absolute masters, it seemed that they would lose at least a thousand men to break through those three thousand troops.

In the end, Gal-yo had no choice but to make a decision.

“All troops, move north! The central army, use archers to repel the enemy!”

Pi-pi-pi-pi-ping!

The arrows, which were shot as if they had been waiting, flew towards So Hyun-rip, the Tiger Fang Horse Soldiers, and the Shaanxi martial forces in an instant.

So Hyun-rip’s eyes blazed.

“Where do you think you’re running, you bastards!”

Jjeo-jeo-jeo-jeo-jeong!

The spear technique that erased the sky swept away all the arrows that filled the front.

But the arrows were not just one. The Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers, who quickly reorganized their ranks and retreated, were also firing arrows wildly as they turned their bodies.

Namgoong Seung shouted.

“Spear King! Don’t chase them any further! If you do… !”

“Tiger Fang Horse Soldiers, into pursuit formation!”

He didn’t listen. From the beginning, he had not come to help the martial world but had come for personal reasons.

Kurururung!

A thick cloud of dust covered the sky.

They moved like the wind when they were retreating, just as they had charged madly.

The martial forces were rather dumbfounded by their quick retreat. They felt a strange feeling as they watched the enemy troops and the third force quickly move away.

“Elder Mu-sang!”

Moyong Woo, who had quickly run over, approached Namgoong Seung.

“Young Alliance Leader! Are you safe?”

“Yes.”

Moyong Woo, having reassured Namgoong Seung, looked around and said.

“The Four Squads, reorganize the front lines, the Three Squads, follow me and chase the enemy!”

Namgoong Seung was taken aback.

“Are you planning to pursue them?!”

“We don’t have the strength to do that. However, we need to see how far they retreat.”

Moyong Woo raised his Tangma Divine Sword high into the sky.