"Still got more tricks up your sleeve?"

Yeophon clicked his tongue and shook his head.

Then he charged again, like a fierce tiger.

The Overlord Saber Art.

Gok Cheonmu had created it himself.

Only his direct line could learn all of it. Even the Overlord Guard were taught only the first half.

But the first half alone was enough for Yeophon to believe he'd lose to no one.

His saber drove forward as unchecked as his arrogance.

Iron Mountain Crushes the Crown.

A technique that raises the saber overhead and brings it down hard enough to split a man in two.

It invites a block, and it carries the will to smash right through that block. An arrogant technique.

Shhhhhhk!

BOOOM!

But once again Muk-yeong slipped well clear of it.

Yeophon had expected that, of course, and went straight into his next attack.

Or tried to.

Shk! Shk!

Pit! Pit! Shk!

The briefest opening.

Through it, Muk-yeong's throwing knives swarmed in front of Yeophon's eyes.

Yeophon meant to shrug off anything that wasn't serious and keep charging, but—

"What—!"

Shhhhhk!

A cold prickle at his back made him whirl around.

A knife that had sailed past him through empty air was curving back in a strange arc, straight at his back.

"Thread...?!"

Only then did he see the fine thread trailing from the end of the knife.

Muk-yeong had them tied to his fingertips. He was steering them.

Eight Threads Wandering Soul Art.

Muk-yeong's knife art.

Eight knives fell like shooting stars.

Yeophon's hands and feet couldn't keep up.

And the confusion exploded into rage.

"Graaaaah! How dare you, with cheap tricks like these...!!"

Shattering Saber Frenzy.

Yeophon's saber whirled in every direction.

A technique meant mostly for fighting many at once, or for showing off one's might.

He trusted it that much. But—

Shk! Shk. Shk. Shk.

Muk-yeong's knives slid around the saber's path and went for Yeophon's limbs.

Strikes aimed only at the vital points of his arms and legs.

Ghost Spirit Eight Blades.

Knives flew in from every direction and grazed past Yeophon again and again.

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