Chapter: 244

When he was done, Yeowun couldn’t pull himself up and fell with one knee on the ground. His muscles were damaged from moving through movements that were beyond the limit of his muscles. It seemed like all formations of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon required a muscle transfer from Nano.

“Ah...”

He didn’t realize it at first because of the pain, but Yeowun became astounded as he glanced around. Sword markings were on the floor as if swords had stormed out from where he stood.

“Such power...”

He didn’t do it seriously, and the power from his movements was so strong that the markings were made all over the place. The third formation was much more powerful than the first. With such power, it was bound to kill a target even if it wasn’t intentional.

‘That’s why it required ninety-three times to counter it.’

Yeowun understood why the Sword Demon needed more tries to counter this formation. If the third formation was this powerful, what about the counter sword formation? After his muscles healed, Yeowun then unleashed the third counter sword formation. When he was done, it didn’t make all his muscles ache like when he did before, but the formation was so complicated that it made him short of breath.

“Ugh... hah... this is amazing.”

He did it on the same spot as when he used the Sword Force, and the marks left by the counter sword skill distorted the previous marks. It countered it perfectly. As Yeowun learned the counter formation, he learned that simple sword movements could be used to counter such powerful sword formations. However, it was definitely much harder now than it was in the beginning. The counter formation combination was also too complicated that even after he transferred into the brain, it was hard to follow. This was a limit to where a normal swordsman could stop at.

‘If the third formation is this hard, then what about the fourth?’

It was surely in the three-digit trials. Yeowun then ordered Nano, ‘Nano, transfer me formations from the pedestal.’

[Yes, Master.]

He couldn’t use it yet, but it wouldn’t be bad to transfer it over to his brain first. Nano then sent the fourth formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon and the counter sword movement into Yeowun’s brain. After the transferred, Yeowun became scowled. He had them all transferred so he could imagine it being used in his mind, but something was strange. He couldn’t find the result in his thoughts. He couldn’t try it out himself, so he had to see it in augmented reality.

‘Nano... show me two formations fighting against each other.’

[Yes, Master. Activating Augmented Reality. Activating simulation of two sword formations.]

Yeowun then saw the white light of lines forming in front of his eyes. Lights moved quickly and created the two figures facing each other. Both shapes then began using the fourth formation that was left on the pedestal. With the two sword formations striking against one another, sparks of white light flew all over the place. The fight was over instantly, but the result was not like the ones that Yeowun had seen until this time.

“...It’s a tie.”

The Sword Demon’s counter sword skill couldn’t counter the Sword Force of the Sky Demon’s fourth formation.

Yeowun ran it multiple times, but the result was the same each time. The counter sword formation couldn’t counter the Sword Force of the Sky Demon and ended in a tie. What he couldn’t understand was that on the last sword movement, the Sword Force added a spin which created a powerful sword attack, but it was blocked.

‘Nano, how many counter sword movements were left on the pedestal?’

[There was a total of 130 completed sword tracings, and the last sword formation cut the corner of the pedestal after the 24th movement.]

‘Ah...’

He now understood the reason for this. Cutting such durable stone was not possible with a sword. It required powerful qi concentration within the sword. The last sword movement wielded such power that could defend against the mighty sword attack from the Sword Force of the Sky Demon.

‘So, he figured he couldn’t defend it with just simple sword movements anymore.’

Yeowun was able to see the reason behind everything now. The last attack from the Sword Force of the Sky Demon was too powerful to be countered by a mere combination of sword movements.

‘That’s why it is a tie.’

The reason for cutting off the corner of the stone was probably unleashing his rage that he couldn’t counter the last movement. It was amazing that a talented swordsman challenged the ancestor in the way of the sword and became angry that he couldn’t overcome it.

‘It meant he was really focusing on it.’

Yeowun thought a lot of things while watching these two sword skills.

‘Maybe I don’t understand their sword movements well enough yet...’