So Okrim gave a thumbs up, revealing her white teeth.
"If we stuck together every day, there wouldn't be a single person under heaven who could match us, right?"
"Every day..."
Between a man and a woman, being able to be together every day means nothing but marriage.
When Bu Eunseol flinched in surprise,
"Hahaha, I'm just joking, just joking."
She said with a smile.
"Keep drilling the method I passed you earlier. Once you reach the twelfth level of mastery, you'll be able to unleash it on your own."
So Okrim deliberately acted like a reckless and unreasonable person, but she actually stuck to the righteous path.
Of course, towards evil people... she showed not a sliver of mercy.
"I appreciate your words, but how could I recklessly practice and use the secret art of another sect?"
"It's fine."
So Okrim said with a gloomy expression.
"If my grandfathers were here, they definitely would have accepted you as a disciple of our sect."
Although it was by chance, they had practiced the supreme secret art of the Essence Three Realms together.
Moreover, Bu Eunseol was a blood relative of the Baekri Family, so he couldn't be called a complete stranger to the Essence Three Realms.
"Instead of that, how about rebuilding the sect?"
"How? Rebuilding a sect isn't like opening a teahouse in the market."
When So Okrim grumbled, Bu Eunseol spoke in a calm but confident voice.
"I can do it."
He had rebuilt the Hyungsan Sect for the young Myeong Un.
Moreover, he had stepped up from the very bottom to the leadership of the two great alliance factions, Majeon and the Martial Alliance.
When it came to sect operation and management, his level was something no one could match.
"No. I will definitely do it for you."
Seeing Bu Eunseol's resolute gaze, So Okrim could feel that he truly could rebuild the sect.
"Why?"
"Having learned the martial arts of the Essence Three Realms, I can't be called an outsider, can I?"
At his gentle answer, So Okrim broke into a wide smile.
"Then could we be called martial siblings?"
"No, not necessarily to that extent..."
With her eyes folding like half-moons, she clung close to Bu Eunseol and acted coquettishly.
"Then shall I call you senior martial brother? Senior Martial Brother, Okrim is hungry."
Bu Eunseol shut his mouth.
No matter how much her appearance had changed, it didn't mean her current foolish actions looked pretty.
"Then after we punish the enemy who killed my grandfathers..."
At that moment, So Okrim corrected her expression and spoke in a low voice.
"I want to make a sect that can take care of children in difficulty... not a secret society like it is now."
"That is an excellent idea."
Wearing a faint smile, Bu Eunseol spoke powerfully.
"I will definitely make that happen for you."
So Okrim smiled brightly, revealing her teeth.
"Thank you."
That smile was a pure, childlike laugh that one couldn't hate even if they tried.
"Do you still have no clues about the culprit who destroyed the Essence Three Realms?"
"Yeah."
So Okrim put on a gloomy expression.
"I haven't found a single one."
The Essence Three Realms had disappeared without a trace, and no clues were left behind.
Even now, So Okrim had not been able to find out what kind of person the culprit was, or even what kind of martial arts they used.
"Is there anything else I can help with?"
So Okrim shook her head.
"Opening up the Death Spirit Corps' information network for me is enough."
After the blood calamity of the Essence Three Realms.
Bu Eunseol had made consideration so that So Okrim could obtain various information through the Death Spirit Corps.
"If I need more help, I'll come."
Bu Eunseol had much to do.
She too had obtained the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission through the Dual Cultivation Secret Art.
Now she had to practice it while tracking down the culprit who had destroyed the Essence Three Realms.
"Come whenever you want."
"Yeah."
Laughing while revealing her white teeth, So Okrim unfolded her movement technique and slowly rose into the sky.
And in an instant, she became a white shooting star and disappeared.
"She's going to suffer quite a bit from now on."
So Okrim's looks had changed so beautifully that the world would have to speak of Four Great Beauties rather than the Three Great Beauties of the World.
Her looks now suited the Celestial Goddess, the byname she had given herself.
Because of that beautiful figure, countless men would court her.
However, her temperament was still that of the Heaven-Collapsing Strike... so there was no telling how many men would end up covered in bruises from here on.
"I suppose I've gained another serendipitous encounter."
Float.
Raising his internal energy, Bu Eunseol slowly rose into the air.
"Because I discovered a flaw in my martial arts through the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission."
So Okrim had passed him the method of the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission, which cut away the loss of power and let a martial artist deliver the very extreme of his strength.
Somewhat unexpectedly.
He had realized why the Seven Blood Tear Forms he had unfolded until now had not worked against strong opponents.
"The martial arts the Essence Three Realms pursues are not my path, so let me be satisfied with having obtained the method."
If he mastered the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission to the realm of great completion?
He could completely reduce the loss of strength.
He would be able to exert a strength at least six times... no, dozens of times more powerful than now.
However, what Bu Eunseol pursued was rather humanity and naturalness... so he had made up his mind not to practice this internal cultivation.
Just as he was briefly taking in the beautiful scenery of the deep valley and about to unfold his movement technique,
Swoosh!
Along with the sound of tearing air, So Okrim was returning this way again.
With her eyes wide open as if greatly panicked, she hurriedly approached Bu Eunseol and clung tightly behind his back.
"What is the matter?"
"That crazy bastard chased me all the way here."
So Okrim pointed her finger at the sky on the opposite side.
There, a bizarre shadow covered in blood with torn clothes could be seen.
It was none other than the monster who had previously turned the villagers into demonic creatures and attacked Bu Eunseol and So Okrim through the Soul Demon Dharma Energy.
"How did he get all the way here?"
Bu Eunseol's eyes flashed.
How could a person who had been in the Ancient Wall Desert accurately track them all the way to this deep, deep valley of the Western Regions?
"Do something about that bastard."
What was even stranger was So Okrim.
She was a reckless tomboy who had no fear and didn't know how high the sky or how vast the earth was.
Was she feeling fear now because she had gained a frail body, when she used to throw punches first no matter how great an expert they were?
'Ah.'
Bu Eunseol soon realized the reason why So Okrim had hidden behind his back.
The monster's lower garments were almost completely torn, giving him a hideous appearance.
Moreover, seeing that his entire body was drenched in blood.
It seemed he had annihilated the pursuers from another information organization who were tracking him.
'Was that it.'
The monster was staring not at So Okrim, but at Bu Eunseol.
To be precise, he was staring at the vibration wave flowing from his body.
'He tracked me.'
Grasping the situation at a glance, he calmed So Okrim down.
"Rest assured. He chased after me."
And slowly descending to the ground, he spoke to the monster.
"Let us settle our unfinished match."
Shhing.
As Bu Eunseol drew the Silent Tiger Soul Sword, a powerful wave of true qi spread out from his entire body.
Previously, he had stubbornly stuck only to sword techniques, failing to settle the match properly.
In this fight, he intended to pour out all of his Vacuum Supreme Art.
"Come at me."
Bu Eunseol naturally thought.
That the monster would flick his finger and pour out a terrifying ranged attack containing the Soul Demon Dharma Energy.
But unexpectedly, the monster,
Swish.
Pulled out a long nail as sharp as a dagger from his right hand and took a stance as if he was about to unfold a close-combat martial art?
'What kind of trick is this again.'
As Bu Eunseol furrowed his brow.
He sensed that the pure energy of the Soul Demon Dharma Energy that had been constantly flowing from the monster's body had disappeared.
'It has been blocked by the power of the Heavenly-Mandate Star.'
Intuiting that the Soul Demon Dharma Energy had been blocked due to the attack of the Five-Colored Dragon earlier, he raised the Silent Tiger Soul Sword to a middle guard.
"Then, let us settle this with martial arts alone."
Screeeech!
A ghostly wail that sharply tore the entire world rang out. He was about to unfold the Seven Blood Tear Forms.
But an unexpected thing happened.
Whoosh!
Narrowing the distance in an instant, the monster used his long nail to pull and clash against the Silent Tiger Soul Sword.
Clang!
Along with the shockwave, Bu Eunseol's blade technique was immediately halted.
No, it should have been halted.
Shriiiek!
However, an even more miserable ghostly wail rang out.
From behind Bu Eunseol's back, a half-moon-shaped blade qi flew towards the monster's neck?
Clang!
Blocking it with his nail, the monster flew back a dozen jang along with an explosion and barely managed to right his body.
The one who had overwhelmed Bu Eunseol with a mere flick of his finger had been bounced away by a mere first-form blade technique.
'As expected.'
Bu Eunseol's eyes narrowed.
'It was a problem with my spirit and blade formula.'
During this time, he had extremely restrained himself from unfolding the Seven Blood Tear Forms.
Through the battles with the Returning to One Realm Lord and the United Heart Society Leader.
Because he grasped that his attainment in the Seven Blood Tear Forms had rather become lower than in the past.
The reason was partly because he had learned far too diverse martial arts.
But the biggest cause was his interaction with his dual personality, Baekri Geomha.
As they interacted whenever they needed each other, the loneliness and solitude that had filled his spirit gradually disappeared.
And the blade formula and spirit of the Seven Blood Tear Forms ended up not matching.
However, after Baekri Geomha vanished by entering the abyss himself, Bu Eunseol's spirit was once again filled with loneliness and solitude.
And the power of the Seven Blood Tear Forms had also returned.
'Dwelling in this world is but for a moment.'
Bu Eunseol unfolded the blade technique with his eyes closed.
'To die is to return to the origin.'
The First Form of the Seven Blood Tear Forms, Life Lodges, Death Returns.
Originally, it was a blade form that aimed for fatal death acupoints while risking one's life, with blade rings scattered around the enemy and oneself.
However, as his martial arts grew higher, Bu Eunseol did not use the self-destructive method as it was.
He naturally pursued a technique that dealt greater damage to the enemy while preserving his own body.
Every time he unfolded the blade form, he tried to seize victory, aiming to achieve victory while minimizing his injuries.
'Grandfather did not create this blade form because his martial arts were low.'
It was only after reaching a boundlessly desolate and solitary spirit that he could understand.
That his grandfather had never intended to survive the battle from the very beginning.
That he had sincerely craved death.
And yet, because he had reached such a high realm... he couldn't even die at the hands of an enemy.
Paaat!
Before anyone knew it, the monster had seized the space, letting all the blade qi brush past his body.
And he struck down at Bu Eunseol's head with his sharp nail.
If it were in the past, he would have naturally dodged the fatal attack and counterattacked.
―'You have not reached the realm of death.'
The Returning to One Realm Lord and the United Heart Society Leader always said similar things when watching Bu Eunseol's Seven Blood Tear Forms.
And he thought they said such things.
Because his level of martial arts was boundlessly lower compared to his grandfather's.
But now he knew.
His grandfather had always craved death.
And one who swings a blade to live can never enter the realm of death.
Slash!
Blood splattered from Bu Eunseol's forehead.
He did not dodge the monster's pouring nail, but stabbed his sword straight into his neck.
"Kaaat!"
As if greatly panicked, the monster retreated backwards with a battle cry.
If he had swung his nail as it was, he could have peeled off Bu Eunseol's scalp.
But he too would have died with his neck pierced by the Silent Tiger Soul Sword.
Swoosh!
Bu Eunseol lightly drew a circle with the Silent Tiger Soul Sword.
Pat, pat, pat, pat!
Then hundreds, thousands of sharp blade qis poured down all at once like rain.
They poured down equally on Bu Eunseol as well as the monster.
Clang clang clang clang!
The monster knocked away the blade qi in a single breath with nails harder than a treasured sword, narrowing the distance once again.
'He's saying he has the upper hand in close combat.'
No matter how outstanding one's blade art dao is, if one engages in ultra-close combat with someone who uses nails as weapons, they are bound to be at a disadvantage.
Ping! Clang, clang, clang!
Bu Eunseol cunningly deflected his own blade qi pouring from the sky, redirecting it toward the monster.
Ultimately, the monster had to block the blade qi that Bu Eunseol deflected while knocking away the blade qi digging in from above.
Moreover, since it was deflected containing the profound blade art of the Seven Blood Tear Forms, each blade qi drew an unpredictable trajectory.
The monster could not defend perfectly.
Sizzle.
White smoke rose from the monster's skin, which had been split by the blade qi.
Rumble!
Did the blade qi of the Seven Blood Tear Forms rather bring upon disaster?
From the right hand of the monster, who had been constantly unfolding ordinary claw techniques, a bizarre power began to rise.
Shk, shk, shk!
A spherical shape like a dark space was generated, absorbing the pouring blade qis.
Ziiiing.
In that instant, a blue light spread out from Bu Eunseol's pupils.
As the monster exerted the Soul Demon Dharma Energy, the power of the Ancient Sword Forest activated on its own.
'Why?'
The power of the Ancient Sword Forest usually manifested when he could not grasp the attribute or function of the power the enemy possessed.
He knew that the power the enemy exerted now was the Soul Demon Dharma Energy, so why did it manifest?
'His wrist?'
However, as the power of the Ancient Sword Forest activated, he could grasp a completely unexpected fact.
The torrent of the Soul Demon Dharma Energy, which was like a natural disaster, was erupting from none other than near the monster's right wrist.
'It's not even Black Divine Energy, how could a wrist become the source of power.'
Feeling the strangeness, Bu Eunseol began to intensively attack the monster's wrist.
Screeeech!
As the Death Without Regret Form was unfolded.
On the ground and sky around a dozen jang, ink-colored blade qi light points that seemed alive began to bounce around dizzily.
It was difficult to cut the neck or inflict a fatal wound on the monster who controlled space, but.
Attacking the wrist was not a difficult task.
Clang clang clang!
Bu Eunseol, who had scattered hundreds of blade qi light points into the space, tenaciously aimed only for the monster's wrist.
Vwoom, vwoom, vwoom!
The monster created a dark space that absorbed the blade qi, but that alone was insufficient to block all the trajectories of the blade qi.
Ultimately, he was being pushed back with his wrist continuously struck by the blade qi.
'It doesn't break.'
Surprisingly, the wrist made of flesh and blood was neither taking damage nor being cut by the blade qi of the Seven Blood Tear Forms.
Aaaaaagh!
Bu Eunseol emitted the blade qi even combining the Endless Heavenly Light Art.
Yet the monster's wrist was like an immortal existence that absolutely never breaks.
It was not taking the slightest bit of damage.
'A treasure of the human world.'
A strange thought brushed through Bu Eunseol's mind.
According to the words of the Manbak Hall Lord, Baek Jeoncheon.
He said that a treasure bestowed by heaven can never be broken by human strength.
Perhaps that guy's wrist was a dharma treasure or holy relic that could not be destroyed by human strength? That was the thought that occurred to him.
"Instructor So."
Finishing his thought, Bu Eunseol shouted to So Okrim, who was watching the battle from afar.
"Could you use the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission once?"
"Huh?"
"We need to destroy that guy's wrist, but it seems impossible with normal attacks."
"To use the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission in the middle of battle, we have to use Connecting Qi as One Body, though?"
Because they move fiercely during battle, they cannot stably keep their bodies in close contact.
Emotions as well, are more prone to manifest fierce fighting spirit rather than affection.
Therefore, in order to unfold the dual cultivation art within the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission during battle.
The secret of Joining the Source as One Body, which not only causes affectionate emotions to surge but also makes each other's bodies stick tightly together.
They had to unfold Connecting Qi as One Body.
"I will do it."
"Alright, then come closer."
Stepping back for a moment, Bu Eunseol approached close enough that their shoulders bumped into So Okrim.
And as they simultaneously used the secret of Connecting Qi as One Body,
Clap.
The shoulders of the two people stuck tightly together exactly like magnets.
Ziiiing.
The moment their skin touched, hot heat rose from Bu Eunseol's body.
Using that power, he unfolded the Supreme Heavenly Flow this time.
Crack.
Even though only their shoulders touched, the power of the sword technique was greatly amplified.
It created a faint crack on the wrist that hadn't even been broken by the blade qi of the Seven Blood Tear Forms.
"We need a bit more power."
"Then let's hold hands."
So Okrim, who was standing shoulder to shoulder with him, extended her slender arm.
As Bu Eunseol held that hand,
Vwoong.
Along with a low vibration, So Okrim's power became hot heat and was injected into Bu Eunseol's meridians.
Bang!
Along with a terrifying sound of destruction.
A sword aura about twenty jang in size was emitted from Bu Eunseol's Silent Tiger Soul Sword.
Bang!
An explosion burst out, but it was still the same.
Rather, due to the rebound force of the mighty power.
Bu Eunseol and So Okrim, who unfolded the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission shoulder to shoulder, were pushed back.
"What on earth is this?"
So Okrim opened her mouth as if bewildered.
"Why won't his wrist break?"
"It's not that it's not breaking because it's hard, it seems to be protected by some kind of power."
Bu Eunseol took a deep breath.
"Let's try to forcefully break it with a greater power."
"Alright."
So Okrim's eyes flashed.
"Alright, then I'll give it a try this time. Put away your sword and relax your body."
"Understood."
As Bu Eunseol put away the Silent Tiger Soul Sword and relaxed his body,
Clap.
With one hand raised upwards and one hand pointing downwards, she took a deep breath.
Then, a wave of pure white true qi began to gather before her eyes.
It was the Celestial Emperor's supreme art, an annihilation fist technique said to be so powerful that it split the galaxy in a single blow.
She intended to unfold the Dual-Severed Galaxy Strike with the power of the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission.
Whoooo.
As an immense energy finally gathered,
Crack crack crack.
Her slender body began to swell again.
Her forearms grew thick like logs, her back became broad like a bear's, and muscles full of veins popped out all over her body.
Because she had not achieved great completion in the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission, when she tried to unfold the martial arts with all her might.
The power of the Heavenly Martial Star was exerted again, temporarily returning her to her previous appearance.
"Uuuu."
Before anyone knew it, an energy wave that seemed like it would tear the world apart soared to the edge of the sky from So Okrim's entire body, which was dyed pure white.
"Haap!"
Along with a battle cry that split heaven and earth, a radiance that bisected the world poured down.
Crack.
A bizarre popping sound rang out along with a dull thud.
Craaack.
At the same time, the monster's hand became transparent like crystal, and a crack slowly spread out.
That wrist was not made of flesh and blood, but covered in an alien material.
"Ptooey."
Because she had emitted it containing a power that even the body of the Heavenly Martial Star could not handle, So Okrim suffered internal injuries and spat out a lump of blood.
Crack.
Ultimately, only a crack appeared; the wrist still did not shatter or get destroyed.
"Kaaaaa!"
The monster let out a scream like a wail as if enraged, and,
Billow, billow.
Began to constantly puff out pitch-black fog from his wrist.
At the same time, a rumbling sound rang out, and the shape of a giant demon-god idol slowly began to form in the sky.
Feeling the crisis, the blocked Soul Demon Dharma Energy returned again.
He seemed intent on using that power to kill both Bu Eunseol and So Okrim at once.
"I will try to cut it."
Shhing!
Bu Eunseol cut at the monster, but.
The spreading black fog became a giant astral wall and absorbed all the attacks.
Rumble rumble.
Meanwhile, the demon-god idol floating in the sky gradually took shape.
And a dark red radiance that seemed like it would blow away the whole world was spewing out.
If they couldn't stop the monster like this?
Not to mention Bu Eunseol and So Okrim, this entire area was in a situation where it would be annihilated.
"We have to draw out the power of the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission to the maximum."
At that time, So Okrim shouted at Bu Eunseol.
"Kiss me."
When the contact becomes intense and the affection between a man and a woman is moved, the power of the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission becomes even stronger.
"I'd rather just fight..."
"Ah! The power of the Sacred Fire Secret Transmission is disappearing!"
So Okrim opened her eyes wide and put on a terrified expression.
"If we stop the dual cultivation art midway like this, my internal energy will collapse, my heart will collapse too..."
As she continued speaking, a pure white radiance flashed fiercely in her eyes.
At that maddened appearance, Bu Eunseol swallowed his dry saliva.
He couldn't even tell if she intended to fight.
Or if she intended to use this opportunity to take things further.
As Bu Eunseol hesitated to the very end.
"What kind of man dilly-dallies more than a nun begging for alms in front of a house in mourning!"
So Okrim, who shouted angrily, grabbed Bu Eunseol's face and kissed his cheek.
Boom!
In an instant, a brilliant light burst out from her body.
"Haap!"
Gaining strength again, So Okrim unfolded the Dual-Severed Galaxy Strike once more.
Booom!
That sharp radiance became a fierce tiger drawn in silver, tore the black astral wall created by the monster, and soared into the sky.
Sizzle.
However, only faint smoke rose from the demon-god idol, and it didn't even budge, and there was no particular damage to the monster's body either.
"Blergh."
So Okrim, who had repeatedly taken an unbearable amount of power into her body, vomited blood once again as if she had suffered deep internal injuries.
Shooooo.
Along with her internal energy, even the power of the Heavenly Martial Star temporarily disappeared, and she was regaining her original appearance.
'Can it not be helped.'
Bu Eunseol looked at So Okrim.
A stimulation intense enough to shake the mind.
Only that would be able to bring the extreme power close to a perfect Sacred Fire Secret Transmission.
"Instructor So."
Making up his mind, Bu Eunseol gently gazed at So Okrim by his side.
"I am sorry."
He had finally realized what he had to do.
"W-why, what's wrong?"
As if she couldn't handle Bu Eunseol's hot gaze, So Okrim twisted her head away.
"Why are you looking at me with those eyes?"
Her cheeks were flushed.
No matter how much she acted like a tomboy, So Okrim was a maiden who knew nothing about true relationships between men and women.
But when she deeply inhaled Bu Eunseol's sweat-drenched body scent and his breath touched her ear.
She couldn't help but feel fear rather than a fluttering heart.
"Are you g-going to kiss me?"
"That won't be enough."
Bu Eunseol's hot gaze was directed toward her lower abdomen.
"Where are you looking? Are you crazy?"
"There is no other way."
"Here? Absolutely not."
So Okrim shook her head, clutching her collar with both hands.
"Besides, in such an urgent situation, how on earth are you going to do what?"
"It will be fine."
Bu Eunseol reached out his hand without hesitation.
"I will finish it quickly."
"Finish what?"
"Trust me."
And he began to overlap his body onto hers.
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