Chapter 470

Chapter 470 – Heroes Gather Under the Blue Sky Banner (2)

Martial artists prove everything through strength.

That was Cho Yeon-woon's values. And Geom Yul-cheon shared the same values.

For martial artists like them, tedious conversation wasn't necessary.

Alliance aside, Cho Yeon-woon was curious about Geom Yul-cheon's true martial power. A year ago, there was clearly a huge gap between them. He was curious how much that gap had narrowed during the time passed.

He didn't know if Geom Yul-cheon could really absorb the Divine Cult, but if that happened, he'd become Blue Sky Alliance's greatest enemy. Before then, he wanted to know the opponent's true martial power.

That was why Cho Yeon-woon extended his fist to Geom Yul-cheon.

Eum Yu-kyung and Shin Mu-wol stepped back as if natural. But unlike them, Blue Sky Alliance's martial artists merely hesitated without moving.

That moment, Yang Cheon-hwa gave orders to the martial artists.

"Everyone step back."

"But…"

"You all trust the Alliance Leader, don't you?"

"We do."

"Then everyone step back."

"Yes!"

Only then did the martial artists step back in unison with loud voices.

A large clearing formed in the center, and in its middle, Cho Yeon-woon and Geom Yul-cheon stood facing each other.

"Gulp!"

From people who'd unexpectedly come to watch their fight flowed sounds of swallowing dry saliva.

Whoosh!

That moment, the two moved toward each other.

Kwaang!

Before they could even confirm with their eyes how they moved, first came collision sounds. And intense wind pressure struck people nearby.

"Keuuk!"

"Mm!"

At pain like thousands and tens of thousands of needles stabbing skin, most martial artists squeezed their eyes shut stepping back.

Pyeong! Peng! Peng!

Even at that moment, collision sounds kept bursting.

Cho Yeon-woon and Geom Yul-cheon fully unleashed their insights.

Insights gained from Shaolin Temple, Cho Yeon-woon completely digested as his own here at Lesser Mount Hua.

Same with Geom Yul-cheon. He'd grown explosively accepting the Heavenly Demon Art’s profound principles into Thunder Stream. Terrible power had accumulated in his body only seeking opportunity to burst out.

The match with Cho Yeon-woon was the great opportunity he'd been seeking. Most of all, fighting Cho Yeon-woon was immensely enjoyable.

Fists collided with fists, hands entwined then separated repeatedly. Log-like legs flew in unexpected trajectories, and unthinkable clever moves continuously unfolded.

Both had long passed the stage bound by forms or techniques. Their bodies moved as they willed, and simple movements became divine techniques.

Kwaaa!

Storm-like energy waves swept everywhere, and the earth became scorched.

Blue Sky Alliance's martial artists couldn't close their gaping mouths watching the fierce fight before their eyes.

Could this really be a match between same humans?

Truly a fight from heaven beyond heaven, far beyond the realm they could imagine.

They could do nothing. Just watch.

The two's fight rushed toward climax in an instant.

Kwakwang! Kwakwakwang!

Though a human match, thunderclaps kept bursting.

Those with weak internal power bled with torn eardrums, and even those with strong internal power turned deathly pale.

"That's absolute masters' fight?"

"They've already transcended human limits."

They wanted to look away from their fight. Because watching those who'd transcended human limits gave them self-loathing. Actually, some martial artists turned their heads.

Then suddenly a low voice was heard.

"Never look away."

A voice rough yet with deep resonance like a lion's growl.

The moment that voice was heard, everyone's bodies froze.

Just hearing the voice they could know the owner. Because under heaven, only one man could make them shrink like this with voice alone despite being peak masters.

'Great Hero Dam!'

The man who appeared silently was precisely Dam Ho. He'd appeared together with Taoist Hyeon-so and others.

He continued speaking.

"An opportunity that doesn't come easily."

Just watching absolute masters' fight naturally raises eyes and standards. Dam Ho was saying that.

At that, masters who'd regained senses focused again on Cho Yeon-woon and Geom Yul-cheon's fight. Meanwhile, Eum Yu-kyung and Shin Mu-wol approached Dam Ho.

"Long time no see, Great Hero Dam."

"Great Hero Dam, glad to see you."

Both took fist salute positions greeting simultaneously.

Eum Yu-kyung's face hidden behind gauze was rigid. It itched like thousands of ants crawling on her skin. From the moment facing Dam Ho, her body was reacting on its own.

Same with Shin Mu-wol. His eyes gleamed fiercely.

Until just before coming here, he'd thought the gap with Dam Ho had narrowed much since he'd learned some of the Heavenly Demon Arts's insights. But the moment facing Dam Ho, he realized how great a miscalculation that was.

He could tell just from the eyes.

The gap hadn't narrowed at all.

Rather it had widened vastly.

Not his head but his body felt that fact first and was reacting.

Shin Mu-wol clenched his fist salute tight. Hard enough to draw blood.

The unprecedented demon Mount Hua released had developed again. He couldn't even guess where his limits were.

Shin Mu-wol smiled. His cultivation was deep enough to smile without revealing inner feelings.

They'd come here for cooperation. No need to reveal inner feelings making each other uncomfortable.

After watching them silently for a moment, Dam Ho opened his mouth.

"Seems security was lacking."

"That's not it. We struggled quite a bit finding this place too. If you knew how much effort we made to learn those three characters Blue Sky Alliance, Great Hero Dam couldn't say such things."

Eum Yu-kyung's words were true.

Geom Yul-cheon judged achieving desired goals was difficult just operating in shadows. So he thought he should create independent forces.

Reading his thoughts, the first to move was precisely Myeong-cheon. Myeong-cheon used his brilliant mind building forces and drawing in countless people.

First recruited were those belonging to the Thirteen Branches like Geom Yul-cheon. Myeong-cheon found martial artists among the Thirteen Branches who espoused moderation, and Geom Yul-cheon visited them subduing them with force.

That was Divine Demon Alliance's beginning. Four leaders among the Thirteen Branches submitted to Geom Yul-cheon agreeing to follow. After that, Myeong-cheon secretly recruited those with dissatisfaction among the Demon Cult's martial artists.

Many fell to Myeong-cheon's methods. But he thought that alone wasn't enough. So he sought Central Plains martial artists worth joining hands with.

In that process, strange currents were detected.

Someone had contacted martial artists before them. So they pursued. The process finding them was never easy.

They were extremely secretive, operating thoroughly as cell organizations. Because of that, even the world's Myeong-cheon struggled identifying them. But Myeong-cheon possessed very tenacious patience and a brilliant mind second to none under heaven.

He patiently tracked them, and finally learned they were moving under Blue Sky Alliance's name.

Blue Sky Alliance hadn't just trained martial arts at Lesser Mount Hua. They secretly went outside Shaanxi Province contacting leaders of sects still maintaining existence. They established close communication systems and promised cooperation.

Divine Demon Alliance had found those traces.

From then, a tedious fight began. Through secretly tracking Blue Sky Alliance, Myeong-cheon learned Blue Sky Alliance's headquarters existed in Shaanxi Province and the Alliance Leader was Cho Yeon-woon.

Getting this far took nearly a year. During that time, enormous funds and human resources were consumed.

Because it was right near Mount Hua Sect, he'd thought Dam Ho might be there, but actually facing him directly, the oppressive feeling was no joke. In that short time, he'd progressed another level.

Eum Yu-kyung's gaze went to Taoist Hyeon-so beside Dam Ho.

"Are you perhaps Taoist Hyeon-so?"

"Pleased to meet you! I am Hyeon-so."

"Divine Demon Alliance's Eum Yu-kyung greets Mount Hua's Taoist Hyeon-so."

"Hehe! Drop the formality. Pleased to meet you like this."

"It's an honor meeting Taoist. I really wanted to see you."

"Hehe! To want to see this useless old man makes me not know what to do."

"You're the one who raised Great Hero Dam."

"The best thing I did in my life was accepting this fellow as disciple. Well, after that he grew on his own."

"What do you mean…"

At Taoist Hyeon-so's words, Eum Yu-kyung felt flustered yet envious. If the Divine Cult had at least one wise elder like Taoist Hyeon-so, it seemed they wouldn't have gone so wild.

Most of all, the immortal fragrance flowing from Taoist Hyeon-so cleared her mind and calmed her heart. Such feeling was truly after long time.

'They said he's Great Hero Dam's master, and indeed he's an extraordinary person.'

Shin Mu-wol received similar feelings to Eum Yu-kyung.

Shin Mu-wol usually disliked Taoist and Buddhist types who acted superior more than anyone, but strangely felt no such feelings toward Taoist Hyeon-so.

That was when.

Kwaang!

A collision sound on different dimension from before broke Eum Yu-kyung and Shin Mu-wol's thoughts.

Hastily turning their heads, Cho Yeon-woon and Geom Yul-cheon's fight had reached peak. Both had sustained considerable wounds, but moved their bodies regardless.

At first it had strong character of probing each other's full power, but as fierce battle repeated, they couldn't help but immerse in the fight. Each stimulated the other's competitive spirit.

Especially Cho Yeon-woon deeply immersed in the fight with Geom Yul-cheon.

After the fortune at Shaolin Temple, while solidly digesting insights as his own, his martial arts developed dramatically, but within Blue Sky Alliance it was hard finding opponents who could fully match his skills.

So Cheon, Hae So-wol, Cheong-woon and others could well fight on par with him, but being on same side, fighting spirit didn't arise much, and with Dam Ho he had to really fight risking life, so Cho Yeon-woon had to decline.

With such circumstances, Cho Yeon-woon always thirsted for fights with strong opponents. Because he wanted to coldly gauge his level through matches with strong opponents.

In that aspect, Geom Yul-cheon was the optimal opponent.

Cho Yeon-woon burned competitive spirit consecutively unfolding Eight Desolations Divine Fist's supreme techniques. The Eight Desolations Divine Fist he unfolded had now cast off all shadows of his master Jang Il-san reborn completely as his own martial art.

His fists tore air, leaving deep scars on earth. Truly fully displaying Heaven-Shattering Desolations's martial prowess.

On the other hand, troubled light appeared on Geom Yul-cheon's face. What he'd expected from Cho Yeon-woon was friendly sparring level match, not this fight disregarding life.

Cho Yeon-woon had grown incomparably stronger than a year ago. He wasn't confident subduing such him without a single wound.

He had to at least seriously wound Cho Yeon-woon. In that process, he'd also sustain considerable wounds. Geom Yul-cheon didn't want such result. But Cho Yeon-woon's attacks intensified cornering him.

"Chaaa!"

Unlike Cho Yeon-woon's loud battle cry, techniques with tremendous power incomparable to before unfolded.

Kwakwakwa!

Thinking light came from Cho Yeon-woon's fists, over ten spheres flew toward Geom Yul-cheon at terrifying speed.

"Energy spheres?"

Concentrated masses of energy. And over ten at that. At this level, even Geom Yul-cheon couldn't consider Cho Yeon-woon anymore.

Crack!

White lightning flashed through Geom Yul-cheon's entire body.

In that state, Geom Yul-cheon launched his body toward Cho Yeon-woon.

"No!"

Seeing that, Eum Yu-kyung let out warning cry.

If the two collided like this, one side would certainly sustain great wounds.

That was when.

Kuuuu!

Suddenly a whirlwind blew from behind her. Dam Ho had moved.

To people's eyes only black shadow appeared faintly. Dam Ho was rushing toward the point where Geom Yul-cheon and Cho Yeon-woon would collide, trailing long black shadow.

Instantly surrounding air was rapidly pulled toward Dam Ho.

Kwang!

Sound barrier broke. And air broke too.

"Keheuk!"

"Eok!"

People were blown in all directions as if swept by explosive blast.

Eum Yu-kyung and Shin Mu-wol hastily deployed protective energy shielding themselves and Taoist Hyeon-so.

The storm quickly disappeared. But aftereffects the storm left weren't light at all. Considerable number among martial artists watching nearby lay sprawled on ground looking blankly at the fierce battle's center.

Eum Yu-kyung and Shin Mu-wol couldn't hide their shock.

Two deep furrows were carved in earth. Traces where Geom Yul-cheon and Cho Yeon-woon had been pushed back.

They were pushed to opposite sides, and in their middle Dam Ho stood upright.

'Insane!'

Shin Mu-wol let out scream-like cry inwardly.

Cho Yeon-woon was already a master who'd reached absolute realm. Same with Geom Yul-cheon. Yet he stopped such two people's fight with one punch. While doing so, he caused no damage to either side. Of course, Cho Yeon-woon and Geom Yul-cheon had well absorbed Dam Ho's attack, but even so, it was almost insane level of destructive power and delicate energy control.

The monster who was already terrifying had become even more frightening.