Surviving as a Rival in a Martial Arts Novel

Chapter 89 – The Great War of Heaven begins when it ends (01)

‘Was the sword this heavy?’

It felt heavy, as if I was carrying the entire sky and swinging it around.

So in my current state, all I can do is stand while holding the sword with both hands.

“No. It’s over.”

The Murim lord, who came to a cold conclusion, raised his finger and appeared to be aiming at me.

“Heart Sword. A guy like that… Such trash can’t do that!”

Jjiiiiing-!

A blue line of light flew towards me, who was holding on to the sword heavily.

The moment I sensed a blue ray that was fast and accurate, really flying like the light of judgment, my first thought was that I didn’t have to block or avoid it.

‘This sword is as heavy as the sky.’

The first image that came to mind was a black hole that refracts light flying in a straight line.

That Ilji line is not light. And although my sword is said to be heavy, it is not actually heavy. I feel that it is just mistaking it for being heavy because it contains the same power contained in the True Jade Dragon Sword.

However, despite that, I bent that blue light and made it soar toward the sky and disappear, not to my body but to a completely different place.

Because that was the nature of the sword I had decided on.

To be precise, the vibrations of the dawn interfered with the internal forces forming the line and distorted the trajectory, but that was an actual phenomenon fitted into the sword of the heart that I created.

Once I swing the sword and cut down, the result of being cut must remain.

If you are interrupted in the process or cannot cut due to lack of swordsmanship skills, you will not be able to use it as intended and will fail.

However, when it comes to cutting an enemy with a heart sword, the moment you make up your mind, the result of cutting the opponent is confirmed, and there is no need for any intermediate steps.

Ironically, the nature of the heart sword was not that of a sword master, but he guessed and realized his body by looking at the characteristics of the black sword held by the first leader of the Black Moon Party who murdered him.

Shocked.

Sensing that my momentum was unusual, the Murim lord deliberately moved his steps and changed his position, and I threw my sword at the Murim lord toward where he was.

Even if he did not use the True Jade Dragon Sword from the beginning, just by letting go of the sword from his hand, it flew in with dangerous momentum, like a dragon that had let go of its leash and ran wild.

Sssss!

Seeing the Jade Dragon Sword flying towards him while emitting a loud noise, the Murim Lord did not even try to block it, but instead rolled his body with a thunderbolt to avoid the sword.

“Hey!”

The people currently remaining in the audience were those who had a high level of knowledge in martial arts, so the audience, who knew how much power was contained in that sword, retreated in all directions in horror, laughing in remorse as if the leader had actually been caught. It looked built.

But I pulled the wrist and retrieved the True Jade Dragon Sword with my own hand.

Tooong!

It is impossible to freely throw and swing a sword like a sword saint or like a folktale.

However, the technique of simplifying the process of simply throwing the True Corridor Dragon Sword and retrieving it with force was a technique that was fully possible on the path of the sword, the path of defeated swords, that I am walking.

“Lord…!”

“Ugh…..!”

This has proven to others.

Is the person in front of my eyes truly worthy of being the leader of the Murim Alliance?

Peeing!

Quaaang-!!

And then I once again threw the True Jade Dragon Sword at the leader, and the leader did not even think about blocking this time and even used the Thunderbolt to roll around.

Fuuu!!

The moment the sword touched the ground, the earth shook as if exploding, and the bodies of those who were standing up began to shake.

Among them, there were many experts who were able to maintain their ratings even when an earthquake occurred, but even they could not easily withstand the vibrations created by the True Jade Dragon Sword, and all they could do was fall or barely hold on with their hands on the ground.

Literally, Gyeongcheondongji.

If the Murim Lord showed a technique that was enough to tear the clouds, I pushed him by repeatedly removing the sword and sending it flying again while plowing the ground.

“Wow!”

One strike is like a true jade dragon sword.

Because he couldn’t handle it if he rammed it directly into the ground, he grazed the ground and spread the vibrations, then retrieved the sword and attacked the Murim Lord. He figured out that I wasn’t throwing the sword with all my might, and took advantage of the time when I retrieved the sword. He rushed at me with all his might.

Pot-

I was losing a lot of blood, but strangely enough, my mind was becoming clearer.

The Sword of the Heart was the sword of the heart, a sword that could be changed and used as I wanted.

So, my body was shaking, my body temperature and blood pressure were dropping rapidly, and although the act of swinging the sword itself was difficult, the sword did not feel slow.

“Huuuk……”

Because it was a sword that was already moving according to my heart, it had enough power to gradually increase its speed and run towards the Murim Lord, who raised both fingers and fired a single line.

Whoa!

The Murim Lord tried to do tai chi while dodging my heavy sword strikes, but the blue type of strong energy wrapped around my arm like a cloth and tried to make me drop the sword in my hand.

Clink!

Due to the continuous bombing, the power of the True Jade Dragon Sword had been lost, and the sword fell helplessly to the ground. It is not a sword, and I can only throw and retrieve the sword at best. For me, in this state, I can send the sword flying and attack the Murim Lord. There was no.

Quad!

And this time, the Murim lord plunged his five fingers into my lower abdomen, my dantian, and fired a single strike at the same time, trying to cut his waist in pieces along with my dantian.

But although the sword of the body can be broken and taken away, the sword of the heart can never be taken away unless you break it yourself.

Even though I can’t use my hands, even though I feel like my stamina is running low and my life is fading away.

I have already cut it. That is why he handed over his sword without hesitation.

Because I didn’t have any strength left to hold it in my hand anyway.

“……”

Sharp.

The Murim Lord’s knees collapse.

His fingers were stuck in my lower abdomen, where my dantian was, and with one hand he was holding down my hand, breaking my arm, but the one who fell first was Jin Cheon-ho, the Murim Lord Cheonwonsangjon.

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Rurrr……

This is because blood lines were forming exactly horizontally on his neck.

“When did you get cut?”

The wound was shallow. But it was enough to take his life.

As he said, even if he was seriously injured, his life could be guaranteed if he received treatment from the Murim Alliance members and others, but the wound had not yet opened.

I have already cut it down.

“Ever since I declared that I would kill him.”

I thought he would struggle and hold on to his neck until the end, but it wasn’t until the very end that the Murim lord seemed to realize something, kneeling down on his knees and looking at the sky.

The battle between the mind and the sword is a battle between the mind and the heart.

I had already cut down the Murim Lord the moment I decided to ‘cut him down’, and the Murim Lord had been fighting to prevent the outcome of him being cut down and to make my sword of mind submit.

I tried to break my heart and sword by subjugating my body and defeating it, and ingraining in myself the awareness that ‘I cannot cut down the Murim Lord,’ but I did not give up.

“This is a level of wisdom and sword that I have not been able to achieve even after decades of effort. I thought all I had left was the title of Murim Lord…”

Instead of having a face full of malice and pretense like before, he looked like an exhausted old man who looked young on the outside but was no different from Geomseong on the inside.

‘This is the true appearance of the Murim Lord Cheonwon Sangjon Jin Cheonho… Is this the real Sword of the Heart?’

“Even so, the younger one reaches it first and can’t even reach the main seat.”

The moment he gave up being a martial artist and coveted power, his growth stopped.

On the contrary, his friend, Geomseong, was able to realize it first because he was constantly immersed in training even though he was not pleased with the power himself.

“No. I’m not the only one who has it. Everyone has at least one heart sword.”

I was able to easily reach it because Geomseong told me about it.

I was able to catch up easily because those who went ahead showed me the way and helped me, and I didn’t reach this level because I was good or because I was the only one who excelled.

I was able to stand here just because of the humble old man who was worried about the sword in other people’s hearts.

“Okay. Is this what he was talking about?”

The Murim lord calmly closed his eyes without even trying to grab his torn neck.

“My old, oily mind couldn’t even block the young guy’s sword.”

The moment he admitted defeat, the Murim Lord’s head was cut off cleanly.

“But it’s an honor. The sword saint has never cut anyone with a heart sword… Maybe I’m the first person to receive a heart sword.”

Even though his vitality was rapidly fading away, the Murim Lord asked me questions until the end.

“The sword of your heart. What is its name…?”

“Myeongwol.”

“Quite…”

After hearing my answer, the Murim Lord smiled as if he was disappointed.

“It looks like you hate Black Moon Party…”

However, although his neck was cleanly cut off by the heart sword, his head did not roll off and remained attached to the body.

As if he had perfected his will to not compromise or break in the end.

* * *

“Are you okay?”

“It’s not okay.”

After the Great War of Heavenly Mandate ended, I had to be imprisoned in prison for killing the Murim lord.

Originally, the crime of inevitably killing an opponent during the Battle of Heavenly Mandate was not considered a crime, but even so, the opinion grew that it should not be left like this because the Murim Lord, the leader of the Murim Defense League, was killed in front of everyone.

However, contrary to the opinion of the Murim League elders, the great masters of the Murim League who watched the sparring on the spot said that I was driven to the brink of death by the Murim leader and that we competed until the end without knowing who would win. Because of this, they could not hold me guilty because I was testifying that I had killed the Murim lord.

And they tried to imprison her in prison, but at that moment, her story radiated murderous energy and she pulled out her sword. As they knew that she was an expert who was on par with Mubong and had a slight advantage, the warriors of the Murim Alliance could not handle it.

In the end, we have gathered the elders of the Presbyterian Church and other prestigious factions in a vague form of probation at the temporary residence provided by the Murim Alliance and are awaiting my disposition.

“Hmm…”

To be honest, my physical condition was not good.

I had just reached the level of the sword of the heart, and the sword of my heart was burning stronger than ever, so it seemed like nothing was wrong, but now I was bleeding excessively, losing my energy, and my stamina was depleted, so I was literally in a post-dead body situation.

It’s not just one step closer. It’s after the daily report.

It is no wonder that he is physically dead, but he is barely surviving thanks to the members of the Murim Alliance and the clan who watched the battle… Thanks to the feeding of a summons from Shaolin.

‘If Gyu Sojeo had been there at a time like this, I might have fainted.’

There was a hole in my chest and blood was spilling so much that it completely soaked my clothes, so I would cry and try to heal myself.

I appreciate your concern, but seeing her cry like that made me feel uncomfortable, so my mood could have been disturbed and her condition could have gotten worse.

Right now, it’s as if Seolhwa is holding my hand and crying continuously.

“I don’t like it anymore…”

“……”

She cried even more when I got hurt and was on the verge of death than when she was isolated from me and didn’t even talk to me when it wasn’t necessary. She cried even more and tried to give up everything.

I don’t know how things would have turned out if the teacher hadn’t been there, and the calm attitude that had been watching my back before turned into a crybaby.

Furthermore, if anyone said anything bad to me, they were guarding me with the readiness to throw their sword at me at any time, so except for the group that came with me, the Murim Alliance could not approach me at all.

He started to recover by eating the summoning dan and medicine donated by other martial arts families, but if he really died or fainted, I was worried about what Seolhwa would have done.

But that wasn’t the time for me to sit down weakly while Seolhwa cried, so I grabbed my aching chest and stood up.

‘The place we’re entering from now on will be quite dangerous.’

No matter how much I was, I was now an ordinary person, or worse, a sick person, so if I didn’t have at least some protection, those who suggested killing me could be eliminated from the remaining Murim Alliance without even realizing it.

Of course, if you touch me, you will immediately face retaliation from Seolhwa and her other friends, but in any case, if I die, I am the one who will lose the most.

“I need an escort.”

“Hmm? You?”

“He’s injured now.”

Namgung-jeon, who suffered internal injuries, could not properly accompany me, Seol-hwa was mentally unstable and could have had an accident, and the acquaintances gathered around me were first-class experts or lower, so I could not entrust them with escorting me.

At least Jeonryong Hansang was trustworthy and talented, but he didn’t even show his face out of shame for blocking me in the Battle of Heaven’s Mandate, so there was only one person I could trust.

“Ban Gyu-seong. Please escort me for a moment.”

This is Iron Dragon Ban Gyu-seong, who was waiting outside the door.