Thump! Thump! Thump!

Ma Seongun’s heart, which had been beating quietly as if it were still, began to beat violently for the first time.

What excited him was none other than the flying sword.

In this vast Central Plains martial world, there were only two people who could handle flying swords.

The Flying Heaven Sword Master, Kang Cheon, and his disciple, Jin Sohyun.

“Finally… you have come to me.”

Of course, there was a possibility that the person who had thrown the flying sword was Kang Cheon, but Ma Seongun did not think so.

The reason was because of the power contained in the flying sword.

The flying sword, which contained a power that was on a different level from Kang Cheon’s flying sword.

It told Ma Seongun that the being he had been waiting for so long had come.

Kung— kung—!!

With a rough vibration that shook Mount Qingcheng, someone appeared, jumping over the walls of the Qingcheng Sect.

He was a man with long black hair, and he had a handsome appearance that made it difficult to see him as a man, and he was tall.

The man, holding a flying sword in his right hand, arrived at the Qingcheng Sect and first looked over the martial artists who had met their deaths.

The number was by no means small.

The man, who was looking over their faces, faced Ma Seongun, clenching the hand that was not holding the flying sword into a fist.

“Ma Seongun.”

“Jin Sohyun!”

Ma Seongun was greatly pleased.

Of course, he had not expected to meet him here.

He had hoped that his meeting with him would be a more dramatic moment.

When the end of the righteous martial world came, he wanted to make Jin Sohyun feel the same emotions that he himself had felt when everything was over.

‘If it’s now.’

Ma Seongun gripped the Bloodstone Sword tightly.

“I can now stand on an equal footing with you.”

“Shut up.”

Jin Sohyun had no intention of even exchanging a single breath with Ma Seongun.

“You killed my master and countless other people.”

“What does that matter? In the end, the most important thing in this world is you and me. Nothing else… matters. You must be feeling it by now too. That you and I are special.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

“Well, you wouldn’t be able to understand me now. The you of that time was different from the you of now. But it doesn’t matter. Because I have finally come to stand at the same height as you. No… now I will stand above you.”

If he could take Jin Sohyun’s power.

Now there is no being in this world that can stop him.

Ma Seongun raised the Bloodstone Sword and stomped his foot towards Jin Sohyun.

As Ma Seongun’s figure disappeared from in front of him, Jin Sohyun frowned as if displeased and gritted his teeth.

“Master Bi’s lightness skill is…”

The moment Ma Seongun, who had appeared right in front of him, swung the Bloodstone Sword, Jin Sohyun’s flying sword emitted a blue lightning flash.

“Not something that a bastard like you can use.”

Flash—!

Kwa—aang—!!

Ma Seongun’s figure was pushed back.

‘What is this?’

It was the first time since he had taken the Blood Jade and had gone through the gate-opening ritual.

A sensation he had never felt even when he had met the Five Great Masters of the Central Plains, who were said to be so strong.

“As expected… you are different.”

“I should have killed you when we met at Gyohosu…”

Jin Sohyun gripped the third flying sword and stared at Ma Seongun with heartless eyes.

This was the first time he had felt regret for not being able to kill someone.

So.

“This time, I will surely kill you.”

He would not control his strength.

For the first time in his life, Jin Sohyun showed a strong will to surely kill someone. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

And as a result, a huge killing intent and pressure that could not be described in words covered Ma Seongun.

Ma Seongun’s skin tingled and even hurt.

And his head was as hot as if it were on fire.

‘Is this Jin Sohyun… your real power!?’

Ma Seongun was excited and put strength into his blade.

A blood-red light flashed from the blood-red blade, and a dark red gang qi soared like a flame.

The aura was so great that even Jin Sohyun felt his whole body tingle.

Jin Sohyun threw the flying sword he was holding at the wall of the Qingcheng Sect.

The flying sword imbued with lightning ki flew to the wall and caused a large explosion.

Kwang—!!

As the wall collapsed and a space was created, Jin Sohyun said.

“Everyone, get out of here. Right now.”

There was an unknown power in Jin Sohyun’s voice, and the martial artists of the alliance began to leave the Qingcheng Sect in an orderly manner.

Contrary to his concerns, Ma Seongun did not pay attention to the fleeing people.

His gaze and attention were focused only on Jin Sohyun.

“How long I have waited for this moment… you will not be able to understand.”

“I have no intention of understanding.”

Even though a ferocious killing intent pierced him like a sharp blade, Ma Seongun just smiled.

‘I was going to postpone my meeting with you a little longer.’

The righteous and heretic paths.

In the great war that might be fought with the fate of the martial world at stake, Ma Seongun had planned to use the corpses of all the martial artists as a sparring stage and fight his last battle with Jin Sohyun.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

Ma Seongun raised the Bloodstone Sword straight up.

Although it was an earlier meeting than planned, now that he was in front of Jin Sohyun, an unbearable hunger excited him.

“Come. My long thirst.”

Jin Sohyun looked at Ma Seongun with a fed-up face and then aimed his flying sword forward.

“Yes. Let’s end this now.”

But before that.

Jin Sohyun grabbed the Qingyu True Man, who was kneeling, and was about to entrust him to the fleeing martial artists of the alliance.

“Young Master…”

“Stop talking. Your injuries are serious.”

“Leave… me… here… I am the sect master of Qingcheng.”

“I can’t promise that I will definitely protect you.”

“It’s… fine. I won’t be able to add… my strength… but… let me… be with you.”

Jin Sohyun looked at the Qingyu True Man, who was desperately holding onto his sleeve, with a pitiful expression, and then carefully leaned him against a pillar of the building.

“Stay here. I’ll be back as soon as possible.”

“Please… I beg you.”

The Qingyu True Man’s desperate voice was heard from behind the turned Jin Sohyun.

“Please win.”

At the Qingyu True Man’s plea to surely win, Jin Sohyun could not give any answer.

He just drew his flying sword and stood facing Ma Seongun.

“Are you ready to fight?”

“Yes.”

Ma Seongun, who had nodded his head, raised his sword straight up again with the face of someone who was enjoying ecstasy.

“Please… don’t collapse easily.”

“Don’t worry.”

Jin Sohyun held his flying sword in his right hand and lowered his posture slightly.

“I won’t fall until I kill you.”

The two looked at each other intently.

They were more cautious than ever because they knew each other’s strength.

In the quiet silence where even the sound of a faint breath could be heard, a single snowflake fell between the two.

A single white snowflake that had come down alone, out of season, fell quietly between Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun.

The moment the snowflake touched the ground.

Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun disappeared.

‘Where did they go?’

The Qingyu True Man followed the two martial artists with his hazy vision.

And the next moment.

Kwang—!!

With the sound of an explosion of a huge force that shook the axis of the earth, the figures of Jin Sohyun and Ma Seongun appeared in the air and then disappeared.

After that, the two repeatedly disappeared and reappeared, leaving afterimages.

Kwang— kwang—!!

Every time, a strong sound of an explosion as if tearing the atmosphere followed, and the Qingyu True Man had to swallow his dry saliva without realizing it.

‘To think that I would get to see such a fight in my life.’

The Qingyu True Man, who had given up his remaining life and had remained in the Qingcheng Sect, was to stay by the side of the young martial artist who had appeared to fight the Blood-Sucking Sword Demon so that he would not be lonely, in addition to his last responsibility as the sect master.

‘Who on earth is that person…’

The Qingyu True Man followed the man with long black hair, who was fighting on an equal footing with the Blood-Sucking Sword Demon, who had a power beyond human, with his hazy vision, out of breath.

In the meantime, the figures of the two appeared in the air once again and launched an attack with all their might towards each other.

‘As expected! This bastard is different!’

Ma Seongun had to swing his sword in the shape of a cross with all his might.

In the meantime, two flying swords dug into Ma Seongun’s blind spot.

The speed and power were on a different level from all the martial artists he had faced so far.

‘He’s relentlessly attacking.’

As if swept away by a storm, the flying swords that flew from all directions contained an unimaginable power.

At this, Ma Seongun felt even greater pleasure.

“Jin Sohyun!!”

The dark red blood ki that had started from Ma Seongun’s lower abdomen soared as if it would explode.

A ferocious aura was felt from the blood ki that covered his entire body like armor.

As Ma Seongun’s sword fell from above, everything that was in the path of the sword was shattered and scattered.

“Oops!”

Jin Sohyun quickly escaped from Ma Seongun’s sword path and took a breath.

‘It’s not easy.’

As his master, Kang Cheon, had warned.

The power of Ma Seongun, who had greedily devoured the power and martial arts of the masters, had become incomparably stronger than when they had met at Gyohosu.

‘If I make even a small mistake, I’ll die.’

He had to be careful with every step, and there should be no disturbance in all his martial arts.

In the fight between the two martial artists who had reached a realm beyond human, there was no such thing as a meaningless movement.

Everything was a killing move, and it was no different from the ultimate technique of an absolute master.

Ma Seongun’s sword cut through the buildings of the Qingcheng Sect and came towards Jin Sohyun.

Jin Sohyun, who had thrown four flying swords in a row and had fought against Ma Seongun’s sword strike, took a breath and aimed the fifth flying sword forward.

Containing the mystery of Fajing, which concentrated the power of the whole body in one place and then exploded it.

Jin Sohyun’s flying sword, which had been shot from his fingertips, flew, folding space.

‘It’s coming!’

Ma Seongun, with eyes full of ecstasy, swung his sword down like an axe towards the approaching fifth flying sword.

The dark red gang qi, which was burning red, struck the flying sword as if crushing a mountain.

Kwaaaang—!!!

The surrounding walls could not withstand the pressure and were shattered and scattered.

And when the aftermath of the explosion had not completely subsided, Jin Sohyun’s figure appeared right in front of Ma Seongun.

‘Was this his aim?’

He had deliberately caused a large explosion to blur the vision and then had narrowed the distance with his lightness skill with all his might.

Jin Sohyun embedded his toes in the ground and aimed his flying sword at Ma Seongun’s eyes.

The final realm of the Flying Heaven Ten Sword Technique.

The Martial Art, Sword of Nothingness.

The strongest flying sword technique that Jin Sohyun had, which contained the mystery of Fajing and the final enlightenment of the Flying Heaven Ten Sword Technique, was unfolded in front of Ma Seongun’s eyes.

Ma Seongun’s eyes widened as if they would tear as he looked at the approaching Sword of Nothingness.

‘It’s coming again.’

Something he had never experienced even when he had faced numerous masters.

Death was approaching him.

“But this time, it will be different!!”

A thick blood-red light flashed from Ma Seongun’s eyes.

At the same time, the sword gang that was like a burning flame disappeared from the Bloodstone Sword, and only a formless energy remained.

Ma Seongun’s sword was swung fiercely towards the Sword of Nothingness.

Kwareureureureung—!!

The thunder roared and the earth, which had been hit by an earthquake, rumbled and shook.

“Ah…”

The Qingyu True Man, who was watching all this with his own eyes, was at a loss for words with his mouth open.

How should he explain it.

That the energies of a huge force that even distorted space were swirling and destroying the area.

‘No matter who wins between the two… the one who survives will hold the future of the martial world in his hands.’

The number one in the world and the best of all time.

The power struggle between the two martial artists who stood on the path beyond human, which seemed as if it would last forever, was heading towards its end.

Kwareureureureung!!

A fight with no concessions.

“Keu… keuaaaaaa!!!”

Ma Seongun exploded his energy and swung the Bloodstone Sword.

At that moment, the fifth flying sword, which contained the power of the Sword of Nothingness that Jin Sohyun had thrown, was shattered and scattered.

The Sword of Nothingness, which contained the power of a martial art that seemed as if it could not be blocked by anything.

For the first time, it was not deflected but destroyed.

“Hehehehe…”

Ma Seongun, who was trampling on the flying sword whose blade had been shattered, had his two eyes, which were stained with blood, flash.

“Now it’s your turn to feel despair. Jin Sohyun.”

(End of Chapter)