Just once.
My father definitely said so.
He said that if he succeeded in just one attack, he would tell me where his mother was.
‘… Will it work?’
I said I would do it, but honestly, I had no confidence.
More than ever.
I’ll try to bite and tear if possible, but only to a certain extent.
‘What should I do?’
The air is still.
The only sound that could be heard in the empty lot was the wind. My father and I stood facing each other, keeping our distance from each other.
The serious and somewhat ominous atmosphere that had existed until just now had completely disappeared. Only a cold atmosphere was permeating the air.
My father is watching me quietly with his back to me. The moonlight rising behind him casts a shadow, making his red eyes look especially red.
“Come.”
His eyes become tense at his father’s words.
The heat rises rapidly to the top and fills the inside with its own warmth.
“Ssssssss… .”
Heat was gushing out from the corners of my mouth. It was proof that my body was properly warmed up. I felt the power starting to flow through my entire body, and asked my father.
“Can you please make a few concessions?”
My father tilted his head at my words, then released the bag on his back and stretched one hand forward.
“Don’t use one hand.”
It was a considerable condition.
My father is a martial artist like me, so he said he wouldn’t use one hand.
It was like giving up the complete center while expanding the range of attack.
“… Then why not just one leg?”
I decided to go a little more lethal. It’s easier to have my legs tied than my arms.
“…”
“I don’t think that’ll work. Okay, I understand.”
Of course, I gave up right away with just one look from my father.
Did I act too lethally?
He let out a sigh of regret and looked at his father again with serious eyes.
‘Are you saying you don’t use your left hand?’
Judging from the fact that the arm carrying the backpack is the left hand, it seemed to mean that the left hand was not used.
Then, if possible, it would be right to dig to the left.
Kwuuuk-!
Think about the path and put strength into your toes.
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Sparks began to swirl, starting from the soles of my feet.
He crouched down. It was to gain speed.
From the beginning, I had no intention of seeing the liver or anything.
It has to be done with full force.
It might be a bit tricky to do that.
The moment I was about to jump at my father, using the boiling heat as momentum.
Pot-!
“…!”
My father’s new body disappeared before my eyes.
He immediately moved his head.
I couldn’t catch anything because of the scattered feeling. I couldn’t even feel my father’s presence properly.
This was a movement based solely on instinct.
As if to prove that my choice was not wrong, something quickly passes by, brushing my cheek.
It was my father’s arm.
Boom! Kkwadduk!
The speed is so fast that I only notice my father’s movements after I’ve dodged the attack.
It was close, but I managed to avoid it. However, judging by the wind pressure I felt behind me and the sound of something breaking.
‘If I hadn’t avoided it, it would have been over.’
The power contained in that one blow must have been no joke.
‘In the meantime…!’
He frowns after checking his father’s condition.
The arm that was carrying the load was definitely the left arm. The arm that was used for the attack was also the left arm.
I naturally thought you’d attack with your right arm.
‘I got hit.’
Did you let your guard down?
I clicked my tongue inwardly and then moved my body too.
If your left arm is outstretched and you can’t use your right arm.
That means the sides are empty.
I also twist my waist to aim for that place.
Whoosh-! A burst of flames erupted from my father’s body, obscuring my vision.
The sense of direction was immediately spread narrowly to increase accuracy and speed.
I felt something on my chest. It was too late to dodge. I concentrated my self-defense on one point.
Kkwaddeuk-! I feel the shock.
All the strength I had gathered was shattered in an instant.
Was it my father’s knee? It was hard to tell.
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Bang! The shock of the explosion of the self-defense weapon sends me flying backwards.
Crunch-! If I fell down like this, it would be the end, so I had to somehow put my feet on the ground and slow down.
His gaze was still straight ahead, but he had to figure out what his father would do next.
My father was no longer there.
“this…!”
I missed it. Where did it go….
Boom-!
“…!”
As I was flying backwards, my movements stopped as if my back had hit a wall.
All I could see was an empty lot, so there couldn’t have been a wall.
That means… .
I quickly turn my body at the cool sensation.
Boom-!
It was at this point that my father’s fist had already reached my chest.
“Ugh…!”
The impact exploded as soon as it hit my chest, and this time I was really blown away and rolled on the floor.
The pain is not that great.
This is despite coming in without even being able to properly spread out the river.
It seems that my father had controlled this.
A chilling fact.
If my father hadn’t intervened in the attack just now.
I mean, I died on the spot.
I got up from the floor and desperately tried to find my father.
My father was standing where he had pushed me and was looking this way.
Have you been waiting?
Looking at that, he asked incredulously.
“You didn’t say anything about taking the lead.”
“I didn’t even say anything about allowing preemptive strikes.”
“… Damn, that’s true.”
Was it my problem that I thought they would let me do it first?
That’s also a problem.
The most important issue is.
‘The level difference is too big.’
What is this?
Even if I am an imperfect person, isn’t it a bit much for there to be this much of a difference?
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He even declared that he would not use one of his arms.
He was really treating me like a child.
No matter how you look at it, it’s absurd.
I looked at my father with a sense of emptiness. He was also looking at me with a subtle gaze.
“The reaction was okay. I left the response to instinct rather than calculation. It wasn’t wrong.”
Is this a review of the movement?
It was as if he was giving a teaching.
“The only flaw is that you seem unfamiliar with handling heat.”
I could also relate to what my father said.
If I had the skill of Gu Yeom Hwarun Gong, I would have passed the 6th star and reached the 7th star. But I didn’t have much understanding of this martial art.
Increase speed with smoke.
It explodes with fireworks and causes destruction. Is this the best it can do?
I wonder if it makes sense that a person who has reached the level of Hwagyeong has such little understanding of his own martial arts.
It had to be that way.
“I never learned it from anyone in particular.”
“…”
My father’s expression flinched slightly at my words.
It was my fault for not being passionate about martial arts myself, but it also meant that my father didn’t really care about me either.
My father, who heard that, slightly averted his gaze from mine.
‘Now is the time.’
Whenever my father averted his gaze even for a moment.
I dug into my father, my body exploding with flames.
At the same time, the bet is drawn up onto the palm.
The flames surrounding your body move towards you, quickly creating a flame jade.
But he tries to extend the curse to his father.
widely-!
“to?”
My father waved his hand and struck the jade out of my palm.
Yeom-ok flew away to the forest beyond the empty lot in despair.
Kwagagagagang-! Soon after, an explosion occurred, creating a huge roar.
What is this? What just happened?
When I looked at my father with a dumbfounded expression, he said,
“The speed of creation is fast. The power stored up is not bad either.”
“… Oh, yes, thank you.”
“One. It lacked weight.”
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Something is created in the palm of the father’s hand as he speaks.
Woooooo-!
It was a hell.
However, it is different from the jade I make.
It was much faster.
Rather than gathering sparks like I did, it felt like it suddenly appeared in the palm of my hand.
It’s even bigger and darker red.
I could feel the overwhelming power just by looking at it. My body was shaking. I wondered why my body was shaking like this.
‘Are you getting sucked in?’
The jade in my father’s hand was pulling my body.
Did the hell have this kind of power?
“It’s not just about creating and sustaining something, it’s also about keeping it spinning inside.”
I didn’t know right away, but one thing was certain.
If this is true, it means there won’t be any bones left.
Just when I was wondering how to deal with it, I tossed aside the jade my father was holding.
Okay then.
Boom! The sound of the flying flames falling somewhere far away was heard.
A few seconds later.
-!!!!
With the fireworks rising high in the sky far away.
A tremendous vibration reverberates through the floor.
It was a completely different level from the jade I was using.
What is that…?
As I looked at the fireworks with a dejected face, my father continued to speak to me.
“Remember the rotation. Always think about what the wheel in Jiu Yan Hualun Gong means, and try to embody its meaning.”
Guyeonhwaryun Gong.
Depending on the enlightenment that the unmanned person touched during the casting, a ring made of flames was created. Moreover, depending on how it was used, the ring could rotate quickly.
I have even questioned why the body is in the shape of a ring.
I never really tried to find anything there until the end.
But, there was this part… .
Are you telling me to use the aftereffects of that ring in other martial arts as well?
‘…Why didn’t I think of that?’
In some ways, it is the most basic theory.
I just now realized the meaning contained in the name.
Should I have considered rotation as well as compression?
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‘wait for a sec….’
In the meantime, a question arises.
What we’re doing now is somehow more like sparring than fighting.
‘It seems like it’s close to a map.’
Am I mistaken?
No matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem like it was an illusion.
My father speaks to me as I am confused.
“How far can you go?”
“yes?”
“Do everything you can.”
A thought crossed my mind as I listened to my father’s words.
No way… .
‘Do you care that I said that because I didn’t learn anything?’
Since you said you were doing whatever you wanted because you never learned anything from anyone, are you trying to teach me something now?
It was a good situation, since I was going to ask my father about martial arts anyway.
“My lord… .”
“okay.”
“Aren’t we in the middle of a duel just now?”
“Yes. I am doing it.”
But I held back from saying that because I didn’t think it was a situation where I could teach you anything or say anything.
It was also a necessary situation.
Because I felt like this situation wasn’t that bad.
The bet that was going on in the upper chamber was raised in an instant.
Soaring into the air. And soon, a change was taking place in the sky.
Red sky.
I used one of the secret techniques of the nine families, like Yeom-ok.
The heat completely settles beneath the reddened sky.
Kiiiiiing-!
The ring of flames surrounding the body rotates ceaselessly.
‘I told you to pay attention to rotation.’
I have a bit of a feeling for Yeom-ok, but I don’t know what to do about Jeok-cheon.
First of all, it moved.
The main topic was sparring, leaving aside the map.
Due to the influence of the enemy, the movement speed becomes slightly faster.
He dug in, aiming for the right side where his arms were tied.
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In the meantime, my father is inspecting the red stream I created.
Is it at a level where you don’t necessarily have to focus?
This is really ridiculous. In so many ways.
Aim for the right and unleash a barrage of attacks.
Despite his huge size, my father moves easily and avoids all my movements.
It wasn’t an outstanding move.
He’s just faster than me.
Kung-! After sending the center to the left foot, detonate the Guyeomtaeryun-ah. Pour more bet than necessary to increase the range.
It’s not a very practical use, but it’s fine if you just want to land a single hit.
Just before the fireworks gathered in my hand exploded in front of me.
My father’s palm blocked my path.
“It is quick to gather, but slow to spread.”
“…!”
Phew!
Sparks burst out from the palm of his hand.
The flames that burst out engulf me and pass by.
I close my eyes tightly and pull myself together, but it’s already too late.
I thought so too.
Funny enough, I didn’t feel any pain.
Something felt strange, so I opened my eyes and looked closer. There were sparks, but they were a mess everywhere except where I was standing.
“…”
What should I say about this?
It was to the point where the will to fight was lost. Should we say that it was overwhelming in every way?
At this point, I think it would be faster to just ask my father to catch a Cheonma.
As I made a bewildered expression, my father asked in a nonchalant voice.
“Are you thinking of giving up now?”
“…”
If you’ve shown me this much, are you saying I should just give up? Actually, that’s true.
“no.”
Unfortunately, I had no intention of giving up yet.
“You said if you were going to do it, do it all.”
“…”
“There are still many things I haven’t done.”
My father nodded at my words.
It was permission to try more.
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Something I haven’t shown to my father yet.
I realized that I couldn’t just use the Guyeonhwaryun Gong.
I had to try another one.
I can’t use magic or blood. Even if I use all of that, I don’t think I can win.
At least I didn’t want to use that kind of power in front of my father.
then.
There is only one thing left.
‘… Ah, I told you not to use this.’
The Master (Jin) said.
Although he warned me not to use it for fighting until he gave me permission.
‘It’s easier to forgive than to ask for permission.’
I had to do something right away.
Wouldn’t that person be forgiving to this extent?
‘What am I going to do if you don’t look at me?’
Even if he didn’t specifically say he would look after me, it didn’t seem like there was any way. As Paejon said, there was no one else to learn from except me.
I thought about it that far.
Woof-.
“…!”
While operating the Guyeonhwaryun Gong, he also drew in other energies.
“… This is.”
As if sensing the energy, my father’s eyes were the widest I had ever seen them in my life.
Is it that surprising?
I concentrated on spreading the energy while feeling my father’s reaction.
Then, the poisonous martial art of the Emperor, the Tuapacheon Gong, begins to permeate my body.
“after….”
It was the same exhalation as before.
There was a serious speculation mixed in with the heat.
Immediately, pain began to rise in my body. As always, I could bear this much.
After finishing preparations, I spoke to my father.
“Thank you for waiting. I’ll be back soon… .”
Just as I was about to speak.
For some reason, my father’s fist was flying right before my eyes.
“huh?”
Bam-!
With the shock that follows.
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My mind just flew away.
