Genius Martial Arts Trainer Chapter 353

◈ Heavenly Demon (1)

A huge hall deep inside the headquarters of the Tianma Sect, located in the Tianmendae Mountains of Xinjiang.

Inside the hall called [Cheonmajeon], seven men were sitting facing each other.

It was a strange sight. The upper seat was occupied by luxurious chairs, and behind the empty seats, a holy fire, the relic of the Demonic Cult, burned with an undying flame.

“… … It looks like the Heavenly Demon won’t be able to come out today. Guardians on the left and right.”

“exactly.”

The head of the Hwan family asked with a face full of doubt. Gwangmyeong Woo-sa nodded with an indifferent face at Hwan-ma’s question.

Hwan-ma, who was looking at the Gwangmyeong Woo-sa with disgust, sighed inwardly and said.

“So, why have you all been called here?”

As he said this, Hwanma looked at all the people gathered there.

The left and right guardians of the law are called Gwangmyeongjwasa and Usa.

The heads of the four great demon families, each called Geomma, Doma, and Kwonma. And lastly, there is the one who is the head of the Demonic Cult’s Council and is called the Great Elder.

Excluding Cheonma, the leader of the Demonic Cult, all the top figures of the Demonic Cult were gathered here.

Gwangmyeong Woosa briefly explained why he had called them together.

“Do you all know that the winds of war are blowing in the Central Plains recently?”

“Are you talking about the war between those cowardly traitors who call themselves the righteous faction and the back-alley gang of black thieves?”

At Doma’s sarcasm asking if he didn’t know that, Gwangmyeong Woo-sa shook his head.

“That war is already over. With the defeat of the Sado League. And now another war has broken out. A group using the name Sincheon has taken over half of the Central Plains and is in conflict with the Jeongmu Alliance and the Namcheonhoe.”

“Not long ago, the Moorim Alliance split into two, and after that, the Jeongmu Alliance and the Sado Alliance fought a war, and now a new force has appeared and is waging war again.”

“The war is raging on without stopping.”

At the encouragement of the elder and the horse, Gwangmyeong Woo-sa nodded.

The black horse, who had been observing the scene for a moment, asked in a heavy tone.

“So, what’s the conclusion?”

It was an unspoken pressure to end the useless talk.

But despite the heavy tone of the swordsman’s voice, Gwangmyeong Woo-sa smiled faintly rather than being oppressed.

As if that was the question you wanted to ask.

“It has been over ten years since the Heavenly Demon was obsessed with the Heavenly Demonic Art but fell into a state of obsession and became a shut-in. Shouldn’t we choose the next leader now?”

“!?”

Everyone looked at the guardians on the left and right with surprised faces at the sudden story.

“How do you plan on selecting the next Heavenly Horse?”

“I don’t understand what the story so far has to do with choosing the next Heavenly Horse.”

Looking at the heads of the four great houses with various questions, Gwangmyeongjwasa, who had been leaving all the explanations to Gwangmyeongwusa, opened his mouth.

“What is the greatest wish of our Great Heavenly Demon Sect? It is to punish those who drove us out a hundred years ago, return to the Central Plains, and spread the doctrine of the Demon Sect. Up until now, we have tried to achieve this wish by electing a new Heavenly Demon and gathering strength under him, but we have decided to think the opposite.”

“You decided to think the opposite, what the… … .”

“no way!?”

Unlike Doma, who asked as if he didn’t understand at all, Hwanma frowned as if he noticed something.

The swordsman also seemed to have noticed something, but he just kept his mouth shut and had a blank expression.

The guardian angels on the left and right took turns speaking to the heads of the four great demon families.

“The various sects of the Central Plains have lost their power due to successive wars, so now is the chance to receive punishment from the sects of the Central Plains.”

“And the one who contributed the most in that war is the one who achieved the wish of our Cheonma Sect, so wouldn’t he be the most suitable for the position of Cheonma?”

As soon as the two finished explaining, Hwanma, Doma, and Kwonma glared at each other as if they were fighting a battle of wits.

Hwanma, who had been wrestling with his rivals for a moment, looked at the guardians on the left and right with suspicion.

“Are you telling me to go to war just by believing what they say?”

However, the one who answered Hwanma’s question was surprisingly Doma.

“Hmph. As expected from the martial arts he has mastered, he is extremely petty. If he is that scary, then why don’t you just leave this expedition? Ah, it would be safer to leave. He joined hands with the Jeongpa guys in Namman and instigated the killing of Ilgongja, so there is no way he can’t do it this time too.”

As if to support Thomas’ words, Gwangmyeongjwasa opened his mouth leisurely.

“If you want to join this expedition in Hwan-ga, I won’t stop you.”

Gwangmyeongjwasa. No, Sobaek, the second son of Shincheon, said so sincerely.

This meeting was held to move the Demonic Cult because of the sudden arrival of the letter from Heaven, but there was no need to bring all of the Demonic Cult’s power.

In any case, in the current situation, the value of the Demonic Cult to Shincheon was nothing more than a consumable that would weaken the power of the Jeongmu Alliance.

At Gwangmyeongjwasa’s shameless attitude, Hwanma forced himself to swallow a sigh.

‘Damn it. Just by that stupid chopping board falling over, the balance of power has already been lost.’

In addition to the guardians on the left and right, the elder who is the head of the council of elders has also been in the same boat with them since long ago.

With Doma joining in, the weight of the left and right guardians had already increased.

Hwanma asked Geomma and Kwonma, desperately trying to grab onto even a shred of hope.

“Do the two heads of household think the same way?”

To Hwanma’s question, Geomma answered immediately without even a moment’s hesitation.

“Why should I be caught up in punishing traitors to the Central Plains?”

Kwon-ma, who seemed to be thinking for a moment, nodded as if he had made a decision at Geom-ma’s answer.

“Our authority is also the same.”

At their answers, Hwanma sighed inwardly and opened his mouth.

“… … Let’s make sure that our Hwan-ga is included as well.”

If he were to leave alone here, whether he won or lost the war, he would be branded a coward or a traitor, and the only path left was downfall.

* * *

Kunlun Mountain in Qinghai.

It is a sacred mountain located at the crossroads of the Central Plains, Xizang, and Xinjiang, and is home to the Kunlun sect, which boasts a long tradition.

And perhaps, the place with the most peaceful atmosphere in the Central Plains at the moment was none other than Kunlun School.

The reason was simple: they refused the request to join the Political Alliance.

Their goal is only one: to stop the Demonic Cult.

Not interested in the territorial disputes within the Central Plains, they remained holed up in Kunlun Mountain, and today, as usual, they were watching the west.

And today.

The surveillance that had been going on for decades had come to light.

However, it was unclear whether that was unfortunate or fortunate.

“Jang Moon-in! The evil cultists are surrounding the mountain!!”

A huge number of demonic cultists, far more powerful than the Kunlun Sect, moved at once.

As Jang Moon-in hurriedly went outside after hearing the report from his great disciple, he saw the sight of the demonic cultists surrounding Kunlun Mountain.

“The reinforcements from the Zhengwu Alliance will arrive! So we must hold out here as long as we can and buy time!”

It was half true.

In fact, the leader of the Kunlun faction had already requested reinforcements from the Zhengwu Alliance.

I had already confirmed their movements in advance through a telegram sent by one of my disciples who was monitoring the route from Xinjiang to Qinghai.

In addition, he had sent out summons orders to the disciples scattered throughout Cheonghae to monitor the Demonic Cult.

but.

‘You fools!!! How can you turn your attention to a small territorial fight when the Demonic Cult is always waiting for an opportunity!!’

With a huge war raging in the Central Plains, Jang Moon-in knew very well that there was no way that Jeongwu-myeong would send reinforcements to them.

He just made up the story of reinforcements to boost his disciples’ morale.

Beep!!

With the eerie sound of a horn coming from afar, the demonic cultists surrounding Kunlun Mountain begin to climb the mountain.

Watching the sight of insects swarming around like a swarm, Jang Moon-in thought.

Even if the Jeongmu Alliance sent reinforcements, they wondered if they would be able to hold out.

* * *

“Ugh… … .”

Screams and death cries. The sound of something being cut and destroyed echoes in succession.

But unlike the massacre taking place at the front, Hwanma was observing the battlefield from a place that was a step back.

‘There is no wild boar.’

Hwanma, who had been watching Doma swing his sword like a madman on the front lines, turned his head and looked to the side, perhaps to make Ilgongja into a heavenly horse.

There, the black horse was also watching the battlefield.

“That stupid Doma aside, I don’t understand why you are willingly playing along with the tricks of the left and right guardians.”

To Hwanma’s question, Geomma answered with his gaze still turned towards the battlefield.

“Because I don’t know if it’s their trick.”

When Hwanma looked at him with an expression of incomprehension, Geomma opened his mouth again after a moment of silence.

“In any case, punishing the traitors of the Central Plains is the wish of our Cheonma Sect. There is no reason to oppose it.”

“If all of this is the trick of the guardians of the left and right, why do you think so simply?”

“So shouldn’t we work together even more? We need to see with our own eyes whether it’s their trick or if it’s truly for the sake of the new religion.”

Only then was Hwanma able to figure out Geomma’s intentions.

“… … If it is revealed that this is their scheme, what will you do?”

“You are asking the obvious.”

As if no further conversation was necessary, Geomma immediately drew his sword.

He advanced toward the battlefield, which was in a stalemate.

A Taoist priest from the Kunlun School swung his sword and rushed towards the swordsman.

Crunch!

In just one stroke, the Taoist monk’s body was torn in two.

And then, every time the swordsman swung his sword, a black sword energy of tyranny began to swirl around, creating a blood trail.

For some reason, in Hwanma’s eyes, the images of the Taoists being cut down by Geomma’s sword overlapped with the images of the guardian lions on the left and right.

* * *

A pavilion located on one side of the newly built Jeongmu League in the outer county of Shaanxi Province.

Zhuge Wuhuan, after examining the contents of the letter in his hand, burned the letter with a candle.

‘I never thought the Kunlun sect would collapse so absurdly.’

The letter was sent by a special mission to the Kunlun sect.

Contrary to the expectations of the Kunlun sect’s leader, Zhuge Wuhuan had sent a special force to the Kunlun sect even though it was short on manpower.

It wasn’t a special task force to stop the demonic cult.

With a shortage of manpower, there was no room to send that many people separately.

They were a kind of guides chosen to help the Kunlun sect priests escape and flee to the Zhengwu Alliance.

However, before the special forces could even reach Kunlun Mountain, the Kunlun faction collapsed.

Therefore, all that was written in the special forces’ letter was that the Kunlun Sect had collapsed and some rough information about the Demonic Cult’s power.

‘Since the Demonic Cult has moved on a large scale, there is a high probability that it is a trick by the guardians of the left and right.’

Jegal Wu-hwan knew that Gwangmyeong Left Commander was the second son of Shincheon, and that Gwangmyeong Right Commander was lonely and was a puppet of Gwangmyeong Left Commander.

If so, then this incident must ultimately be a result of God’s command.

With just that much circumstance, Zhuge Wuhuan was able to read the flow without difficulty.

‘I don’t know the exact reason, but Shincheon is aiming for a short-term war.’

After completing his deductions, Zhuge Wuhuan quickly gave instructions to the warrior guarding the entrance to the palace.

“Call the command immediately!”

Zhuge Wuhwan had a gut feeling that now was the time for them to make a bold move.

* * *

Somewhere in the south.

In a place that should have been filled with lush rainforest, horrific deforestation was occurring.

As the middle-aged man shouted, a blast of crimson flames came out.

bang!

In the place where the crimson flames swept through, the bushes that had originally been there were instantly reduced to ashes and were burning.

Kwarung!

The bushes that came into contact with the blue lightning that gushed out as a man shouted also often burst apart, unable to withstand the strong energy.

However, the two men were not in a life-or-death fight with each other.

To be exact, two middle-aged men were wrestling with a young man.

The young man who dodged the crimson aura of the Violent Spirit Sword unleashed by the man on the left swung his sword along with his technique as if it were a single movement.

And the gray lightning that emerged from the young man’s sword tore through the blue lightning of the Cheonggangbyeokmado (靑强霹魔刀) that flew in from the right.

A young man who instantly turned the joint attack of Geum Yang-hwi, the former Red Flame King of the Demonic Cult, and Byeok Gi-wan, the former Blue Thunder King, into nothing.

Goyangpae swung his sword in reverse and cornered Byeokgiwan.

When Byeokgiwan was suddenly cornered, Geumyanghui quickly used the Bokhonmarakong to help him.

“!?”

As if he had predicted the martial arts that Geumyanghui would display, Goyangpae cut through the crimson flames shot by Geumyanghui in one strike and simultaneously swung his sword at Cheongryeowang.

The defense and attack were connected as one movement, so if someone saw it, it would look like they were moving in unison.

Even though Byeokgiwan was surprised by that incredible move, he tried to block Guyangpae’s attack by swinging his sword.

Since the energy would have already been somewhat neutralized by the collision with the Wild Spirit Marajang, the calculation was that it would be able to hold out for a while.

Crunch!

Incredibly, the blue brain aura that had been surrounding the sword was cut off in an instant, and along with the brain aura, the sword of the wall-mounted sword was also split in two in an instant.

However, the experienced wall-crawler was not flustered. As soon as the sword was cut off, he quickly changed his posture and tried to release his brain energy into the left wing.

“!?”

Before I knew it, I was struck by the golden hand technique of Guyangpae, who had extended his left hand, and my blood vessels were instantly subdued.

After subduing Byeokgiwan, Goo Yang-pae turned around and ran towards Geum Yang-hui.

Geum Yang-hui also tried his best to resist, but it was impossible for him to endure the fight alone, which even two people could not endure together.

After successfully subduing Byeokgiwan and Geumyanghui, Goyangpae took a deep breath and released the acupuncture points on the two men.

“It seems that the use of the Honwonmuuishinkong has become much freer, Sogyoju.”

“Apart from the Honwonmuuishinkong, your fighting sense has also become much sharper.”

At first glance, it seemed like flattery, but the two men were sincere.

The two of them showed no mercy in the fight just a moment ago. They displayed their martial arts with the determination to truly kill Guyangpae.

Despite this, the two were subdued without inflicting a single wound on Guyangpae.

Far from dying, he was completely subdued by the blood vessel without even a single injury.

I don’t need to explain how difficult it is to subdue an opponent without killing or injuring him.

There are only a handful of masters in all of martial arts who could overcome the joint attack of two men who had ascended to the position of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demonic Cult in that manner.

“Last time, what happened to that Socheonju was a great lesson for me.”

When Guyangpae replied as if it was nothing, the two middle-aged warriors looked at Guyangpae with moved faces.

While the three men were enjoying a friendly atmosphere over the achievements of the Guyangpae.

The leader of the Jeokhodan. Neunggokhwan came to the place in a hurry and paid his respects.

“Why did you come here in such a hurry, Neung Danju? Did something big happen?”

“Your Majesty! The followers of the new religion have left Cheonmandaesan and are heading to the Central Plains.”

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