Sila slowly exited Grea City and opened the map only to find out that he had made a blunder by exiting the wrong gate. For him to travel to Madn's Valley, it would be best to exit from the north gate or at least the west gate. However, he was in such a hurry and had exited from the gate he had entered with Sangdao, which was the south gate.
Sangdao...
Whenever he thought about Sangdao, an incomprehensible feeling stirred within his heart. For the matter regarding the Wulin Masters Association, it seed Sangdao knew sothing but didnt tell him. Actually, he could just simply contact her and inquire about it. However, the system window only floated in the air without him daring to touch it. Despite him being a click away from contacting Sangdao, he didnt do so. He didnt feel like talking with her right now.
Going back into the city and then exiting through the north gate seed to be a foolish decision as Kawin might be tracking him. Thus, Sila decided to go a roundabout route. He walked along the edge of the citys outer walls to reach the west gate.
The walls of Grea City werent made of brick like the ones in Colossia City; they were made of tal. The height of the walls wasnt consistent as so walls seed to be around ten ters while so were so high that he couldnt see the top. Sila couldnt see any players on the path he was using as this route wasnt a common one.
He traveled while thinking about many things. Sila had promised Bow that he would bring her out from the Sli Kingdom when he arrived at the next city, however, he decided not to do so as Grea City wasnt a safe place for him. He thought that it would be better to let Bow out when he reached Madns Valley.
He wouldnt be able to visit the Mansion of Secrets nor the Bamboo Hut since if he did so, he would appear in the center of Grea City when he exited. He had just fought against Kawin, so it was highly likely that he would encounter his enemies there. He didnt want to visit the Bamboo Hut anyway as there was a chance he would et Sangdao who he still wasnt ready to see yet.
He had walked for ten minutes but next to him was still the citys walls. Grea City was one of the biggest cities in Monster Soul so walking around naturally took a long ti. While he was walking, Sila tried to clad his hands with qi reinforcent while waving them back and forth. He was trying to comprehend the new way to utilize Genesis Punch.
Umm, it would be better if I had a chance to use it in real combat, Sila thought. He could try what he was doing a hundred or thousand tis but Sila still wasnt sure that he could actually make use of it when the ti cos.
There was a saying that was quite relevant: beware of what you wish for, as it might be granted unexpectedly.
Sila found that there were players standing ahead of his route, blocking his path. He wasnt vigilant so he noticed them too late. Upon seeing them from afar, Sila imdiately activated Galaxy Eclipse and discovered that there were more players following him from behind, though they were very far away.
The opposing side was blocking his way. Sila walked closer until he was five steps away from them before stopping his feet.
Could you please let pass? Sila tried to be nice despite guessing that these players would definitely pick a fight with him.
The players of the opposing side began to whisper to each other. Are you sure? This guy doesnt seem like him.
One of them nodded while pointing his finger at his own clothing then pointing at Silas. Five pairs of eyes followed the finger. They began to whisper among themselves again.
Finally, they ended their discussion. Sila didnt force his way through as he was wondering who they were and what would they were trying to do.
Who are you!? One of them shouted at Sila.
Sila was confused. Eh? Dont you already know that? Isnt that why you were waiting to ambush ?
Another one of them unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Sila. Quit quibbling! Tell us your na!
Sila scratched his head. The mbers of the Heavenly Dragon Guild might be searching for him inside the city at the mont so he didnt want to give his na away.
I have so circumstances so Im not comfortable with giving my na away. Anyway, you seem to be searching for soone else. So, I think I will take my leave.
Once he finished speaking, Sila stepped forward as he intended to pass through the five players in front of him. However, the one who had unsheathed his sword clad the sword in qi reinforcent and slashed at Sila.
Dont move!! The slash was aid at Silas head. Sila frowned when he noticed this.
He didnt particularly mind the attack as he clad his feet with qi while making irregular movents to evade the slash without any difficulty. He simply walked past the attacker as if nothing had happened.
In the blink of an eye, the remaining four scattered around him and unsheathed their swords. Just seeing their stances was enough for Sila to discern that these five werent ordinary. Sila might be able to overwhelm one of them, but not if they combined their power. It seed they excelled in fighting as a team.
Im not the person you are looking for. Cant you just let go? Sila made another attempt to persuade them.
All five players looked at each other. One of them pointed his sword at Sila while the remaining four took their stance accordingly. Sila could sohow guess that these five had all received the sa training.
It wont be a problem if we kill the wrong person. All suspicious people need to be killed.
Silas expression turned grave. How unreasonable.
At first Sila thought that, since it was a misunderstanding, he might as well try to avoid getting into a fight. However, as he held back, the opponents instead thought that they could freely abuse him. Despite Sila knowing that these players didnt have a personal grudge against him, he had already changed his mind to fight them for real.
These players arent weak, but their abilities arent too high. They are suitable as practice targets for my new move.
Sila clad himself with qi reinforcent without concealing his power. Once his clothing fluttered from the aura, the swordsn rushed at him.
All five swords slashed at Sila. Each of the strikes supported each other and perfectly blocked Silas escape route.
Silas guess wasnt off the mark. These players werent re thugs or common bandits. At the very least, they should belong to the sa dojo and had trained martial arts together to so degree.
Sila quickly moved his feet, using the footwork of Twelve Celestial-Traveling-Steps within a limited space. It appeared to others as if Sila had split into multiple bodies.
Although the five were surprised, their swordsmanship was still firm. Every one of them slightly shifted the trajectory of their sword to aim at the different bodies as if they had practiced doing so for years.
Activating Universe Reversal, Sila redirected all the swords to slightly away from their original paths and pulled them together for them to collide into themselves.
All five players lessened their qi reinforcent out of fear of bringing harm to their comrades. Witnessing a chance, Sila rushed at one of them. Both of his hands were clad with his self-made power and struck at the swordsman.
The man defended by cladding himself with qi reinforcent. The impact caused him to take three steps back.
Two of his comrades jumped in to block Sila from continuing his attack. However, Sila didnt try to do so. He just stopped and attentively stared at the man he just hit.
That man seed to be fine. Even he was surprised at his condition himself. He had expected Silas strike to deal more damage to him.
Too shallow, is it? Sila thought to himself. Imdiately afterward, he lunged toward the opponent on his left.
At the sight of Sila jumping at their comrade, the remaining four reacted. They rushed at Sila, to which Sila threw a Flash Bomb at them without looking back.
Although his speed was superior to the four, he needed to slow down the four as he required concentration to attempt to use his new move again.
A bright flash of light erged behind Sila. The four players closed their eyes and clad themselves with qi reinforcent as their speed decreased.
As for the one who Sila was rushing to, he lifted one of his hands up to block the light while squinting his eyes. The remaining hand thrust the sword to counterattack Sila.
Once again, Sila put his self-made power into his palms. His speed didnt change. One of his hands landed on the sword-wielding right arm of his opponent and pushed it down. As for his other hand, he heavily stamped it on the opponents chest.
The swordsman flew five ters away. His arm bone had ruptured and was poking through the skin. His chest was noticeably flattened as he was coughing out blood and squirming in pain on the ground.
Sila halted his movent and looked at the condition of the injured man. One of the mans comrades rushed to take care of the him while the remaining three kept their eyes on Sila to ensure that he wouldnt make another move.
However, Sila didnt pay any attention to them. His mind was focusing on the symptoms of the man he had just hit.
This ti its too severe. I need to control the power output to not be too low to not have an effect while not being too high to leave a visible injury on the opponent. It is indeed very difficult to co up with my own move.
This naless move was sothing he ca up with by adapting the skills he possessed to beco his own move. The basis of his move was Poluks Genesis Punch. Genesis Punch was a powerful move but there was a limit to how many tis he could use it per day. So, Sila planned to lower its power consumption to the point where he could continue using it without worry.
Nevertheless, a problem arose. When he lowered the power consumption, the powerful might which was the prominent point of Genesis Punch would be gone. If he left it like this, it wouldnt be much different from a normal punch.
Regardless, the battle he had against Aramut gave him an idea. It was the first ti he successfully used his own version of Genesis Punch.
When he was ditating after the battle, he was in a trance where he was focused on coming up with his own way to utilize Genesis Punch. His plan was to separate the great power behind Genesis Punch into smaller parts and add them into his basic attacks. In conclusion, he planned to inject the reduced power of Genesis Punch into his foes body and attack from the inside.
The power output must not be too low, otherwise, the attack would have no effect.
It mustnt be too high either or the energy consumption would be too great.
It mustnt be too shallow, because the opponent would easily block the attack.
It mustnt be too deep as well, since the opponent would notice the invading power.
Currently, Sila was lacking timing, distance asurent, and insight for this new move. All of them would be acquired by accumulating experience, ti, and practice. They werent sothing one would gain in a short ti.
The concept of this move was simple: the move to obstruct the opponents utilization of profound arts. Sila thought that, if he encountered profound practitioners who possessed powerful offensive arts like Poluk or a firm defensive art like Kawin, he would utilize this move to weaken the opponents moves. The goal was to cease the opponents movents for a brief mont.
In a battle, just a brief mont was significant. In the instant where his opponent lost the tempo, Sila could take his ti to continue his attack.
Nevertheless, his idea was still far off from reality. Sila still couldnt asure the right amount of power he should put into his strike. The amount of power he had to use would change depending on the situation and the type of opponent he faces. It seed he still had a long way to go.
Who exactly are you? One of the three swordsn keeping their eyes on Sila shouted at him.
Sila put his hands behind his back. He had finished testing his move and decided to spend ti practicing it in seclusion before trying to test it out again. The ti for him to leave this place had co.
At the very least, Im not the one who youre looking for. Can I go now?
Another man shouted back, You have injured our friends. Do not expect to leave this place easily.
Sila replied indifferently, You guys tried to harm without a proper reason. It was natural that I defended myself. Did you really expect to be your punching bag?
Shut up. You will have to die here today.
Sila knew the reason why these people suddenly had more confidence. Their comrades who had been following from afar earlier had caught up.
More than thirty players joined the battle and scattered around Sila, separated into several layers. Their battle formation was well-organized, as if they had been trained to do sothing like this many tis. Every one of them unsheathed their swords and clad it with qi reinforcent.
Sila was now very certain that they indeed belonged to the sa school or dojo. They were by no ans weak.
Well, Sila still didnt feel too pressured. Although he admitted that it would be a hard task for him to kill all the players in this place, escaping was still within his capability.
Even though teacher Mora had never taught Sila the martial moves of their dojo, he had imparted unto Sila the concept Attack is the best defense. Be sure to attack the opponents in the place where they absolutely need to block.
Whether he was up against a single person or a group of people, this concept always applied.
Do not show rcy and always aim your attack at the weakest part of the opponent.
Sila quickly clad himself with qi reinforcent and charged at the injured person who was lying on the ground. His objective wasnt to aggravate the persons injury but to aim for a tiny gap which was created by the fact that the two players around this person were tending to his wounds.
Two shurikens flew from Sila hands and curved around two of them, aiming at the injured person.
The shurikens werent fired using Silas top speed as he intended for the two players to take notice of them. Just as he planned, the two noticed the shurikens and intercepted them to protect their injured friend. Thus, the gap widened.
Sila intensified his qi and used his top speed to pass through the gap in the blink of an eye. He exited the encirclent. With his current speed, no one in this place should be able to catch up to him.
However, there was an unexpected developnt. Once Sila was a few ters outside of the encirclent, a slash made of qi suddenly flew toward him from the front. It was too urgent and Sila was in mid-air so he couldnt evade it. In the end, he had to clad himself with qi reinforcent and strengthened his body with Formless Soldier.
The impact of the slash pushed Sila back into the encirclent. Sila took his stance and looked at the one who had just attacked him.
The encirclent was parted by a certain middle-aged man. He wore white wuxia clothing and there was an ordinary-looking steel sword in his right hand. Once he stepped inside the encirclent, everyone raised their hands to greeted him.
Greeting, Honored Master.
The man who had just arrived nodded at the sight of everyone and stepped closer to Sila before coming to a stop once the distance between him and Sila was less than ten ters.
Your ability is not half bad. Who are you? The man asked.
Sila realized that this man was stronger than him. This realization ca from his intuition. Sila decided not to answer the question while keeping up his guard.
Honored Master has asked you a question! Answer imdiately!! One of the n who seed to be the leader of the team shouted.
Its fine. You dont need to tell who you are. Just tell , what is your relationship with the Shadow Emperor?
Sila was confused by the mans words. Shadow Emperor? You an Mister Zero?
The man nodded, Thats right. You seem to personally know him, dont you? Are you Zeros disciple?
Finally, Sila could connect the dots and realize that these people should be enemies of Zero. He was currently wearing the sa outfit as Zeros so he was misunderstood.
I know him. Mister Zero is my friend, replied Sila indifferently.
The man nodded. Thats good. Can you tell where Zero is?
I dont know, Sila replied brusquely. If thats all you want to ask, I will take my leave now.
One of the disciples behind the middle-aged man shouted, You cant do that! Honored Master, this man has hard one of our Junior Brothers.
Sila didnt even glance at the man. You guys intended to kill without a proper reason, so I just defended myself. It was already kind of to not kill him.
You!! The man who spoke just now readied his sword and was about to co at Sila. Nevertheless, the middle-aged man raised his hand to stop him before saying sothing.
Since it was a misunderstanding, why did you have to harm my disciple?
Sila was at a loss for words. The opposing side was actually the first to pick a fight with him, but this mans statent was implying that he was in the wrong because he had been heavy-handed.
You people were the first to attack . Why are you trying to imply that Im the one in the wrong?
Who attacked first isnt important. The result is that one of my disciples was hard. How do you plan to take responsibility?
The more he talked, the more he seed to be put in the wrong. The middle-aged mans appearance was like a kind man, but his speech had driven Sila into a corner. As Sila wasnt good at debating, he decided to shut his mouth and started to think about how to escape from this place.
Since you stopped talking, am I correct to assu that you have accepted your mistake? Thats good. Today, I, Paiyuan, who hold the title of the Sword Gentleman, the master of the Heartless Steel Sword dojo, will be your opponent. This is not bullying the weak nor taking revenge for my disciple. I find that you are quite skilled so I want to teach you swordsmanship.
Sila heard the mans illogical reason and sneered.
What if I dont want to learn swordsmanship from you?
The steel sword of Paiyuan was pointed at Sila. His qi circled around the tip of the blade, creating a vortex.
Im afraid you arent in the position to decline.
The disciples scattered around to block Silas escape route. The current encirclent was more complete than the previous one.
Sila had no choice. Shapeless Qi circulated within his body. He readied himself for the battle against the foe in front of him.
Author: What is righteousness? If soone asked , I would give this answer: Righteousness is the majority. Being right or being wrong doesnt matter. And unjustness refers to when soone is trying to do sothing that the majority doesnt agree with.
We are back to Sila, before Burapha stole the MC spot.
The character Paiyuan remind of Yu Bqn in the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. Although I disliked this character, I have to admit that this character brings liveliness to the story. The villains have to be unique for the MC to stand out.
P.S. You may think that character with this kind of personality exists only in the novel, but I can ensure you that there are people like this even in real life.
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