Chapter 105 Opening Act 3 (1/2)

“Did you call for me?”

Yeon-woo went to the Martial King’s side.

“It’s hard dealing with all those oldies, right?”

“No, I’m fine.”

“Well. Seemed like it. People like us don’t care about what other people think of us.”

The Martial King chortled, as if he had been told a funny joke.

“The reason why I called you is so I can teach you about Eight Extreme Fists before we start our siege on Kuram. Starting from today, I’ll be teaching you one movement at a time. I said it before, but I won’t teach you the same movement twice.”

Yeon-woo’s eyes shined. It seemed like he would be able to learn faster than he had expected, since he thought the Martial King’s lessons would start after the battle had ended.

“First. Before you actually start learning. Why do you think I am trying to teach you this? You’re already a pretty good fighter. Do you know the reason?

Yeon-woo answered without hesitation.

“Isn’t it to increase the efficiency of the release magic power?”

“Oho. You’ve already thought about that?”

The Martial King satisfyingly nodded.

“You’re correct. In addition, Mugong is a word that combines mu, to fight, and gong, to build up. To build up fight. Meaning, to build up fighting skills. The concept of building up entails a lot of things as well.”

Yeon-woo nodded his head. It was something he already knew from making Heaven Wing Mana Control.

Mugong wasn’t something you could learn from Inner Cultivation. You had to have a vessel, a body, that could endure the accumulation of magic power.

But recently, he had been thinking that Mugong was also about releasing magic power.

“Mugong consists of three things: Shim, Gi, and Chae.”

‘Shim, Gi, and Chae.’

“Shim is Naegong; it’s what you guys call mana. Chae is the vessel. Gi is the string that connects the two, and allows Mugong to be used properly.”

The Martial King grinned.

“Sword skills, spear skills….well, it means those things The Eight Extreme Fists I’m trying to teach is one of the most superior Gi. Why? Duh. Since I made it.”

The Martial King was busy laughing and trying to show off.

“So that means you should be really thankful. Only two people have ever learned Eight Extreme Fists. And with you, it’s three.”

Yeon-woo thought of the people who were the Martial King’s disciples.

That meant that people who learned Eight Extreme Fists were people to carry on the Martial King’s powers.

“Anyways. If I explain the theory of Eight Extreme Fists. The Eight Extreme Fists isn’t a simple fist skill. It works with any kind of weapon. Because I don’t like to be choosy about the weapons I use.”

The Martial King bragged once more.

“And it means that the eight extremes are all focused on me. Senses are thrown away, and regardless of if your opponent is many or few, it is a skill that works every time. That is the goal of the Eight Extreme Fists.

Yeon-woo nodded his head.

“From now on, I’ll show you one step at a time, so look carefully. First, Gunbo.”

*Tak*

The Martial King took a big step forward.

It appeared as if it was just a step, but at that moment, his aura suddenly increased.

Yeon-woo clenched his fists. It was similar to the movement before he split the Sun into two.

“Next is Taegak, Leegwon…..”

He moved slowly so Yeon-woo could see the steps.

Yeon-woo used Draconic Eyes to follow the movements. And he was suddenly struck with the thought that the King’s movements were similar to something.

‘Flaws!’

Yeon-woo’s eyes became bigger once he realized what it was.

Was it a simple coincidence?

The Martial King was moving along the flaws.

From everywhere his feet landed and where his arms spread out, it was along the stream of flaws.

Yeon-woo realized the reason why.

Flaws signified the center of objects.

Then surely, the best out of all the Mugongs would follow the stream of flaws.

[You have understood the significance of ‘Flaws.’]

[The proficiency of Draconic Eyes has increased. 27.6%]

Once he understood, he started to understand what the Martial King was showing him.

“There. So this is the first step out of the thirty-two total steps of the first section of Eight Extreme Fists. It’s called Gungonjinjin. Do you think you can do it?”

The Martial King smiled devilishly.

Even if it was the first step, it was composed of 64 different smaller steps. Obviously, a beginner would never be able to memorize just by looking at it once.

When he had said that he would only show it once, it was just a joke.

If Yeon-woo wasn’t able to memorize the steps right away, he was planning on using that to show his “greatness” to Yeon-woo.

However.

“Yes. I have memorized it all.”

“…What?”

Yeon-woo confidently nodded his head.

As the Martial King let out baffled words, Yeon-woo copied the movements the Martial King had done.

They were exactly the same. It was perfect.

‘What is this nonsense….!’

Usually, it was easy to copy the basic steps, but it was hard to copy it down to the tiny details.

But that didn’t affect Yeon-woo.

It was like he copy and pasted the Martial King.

For the Martial King, who didn’t know that Yeon-woo had used his Draconic Eyes, it was a mind-blowing sight.

‘He’s more of a monster than I thought!’

Of course, he didn’t let Yeon-woo read his thoughts.

Instead he feigned a laugh like everything was normal.

“Good job. You wouldn’t be my disciple if you already got confused, right? Now, moving on to the next step. It’s called Gonisungsan.”

The Martial King was curious if Yeon-woo could copy the movements again.

*Ding*

[You have started training the Mugong ‘Eight Extreme Fists.’ With ‘Draconic Eyes’ supporting you, you are able to learn at a fast pace.]

[You have perfectly learned the form.]

[You have perfectly learned the style.]

[You have realized the move.]

…..

[Congratulations! You have successfully completely learned the ‘Eight Extreme Fists.’ A skill is being created.]

[The skill ‘Eight Extreme Fists (Superior)’ has been created. 0.0%]

[Eight Extreme Fists (Superior)]

Proficiency: 0.0%

Descriptions: An art that has confronted the Eight Points of the Compass and the Eight Trigrams for Divination. It can be used with swords and spears. It is a high ranking Mugong.]

*Step of the Eight Trigrams of Divination

Every step you take the power of the Eight Trigrams (Gun, Tae, Yi, Jin, Son, Gam, Gan, Gon) increases by 5%.

*Mana of the Eight Points

Strengthens senses and blocks blind spots. You are able to use your mana more thoroughly.

**The second and third sections of the ‘Eight Extreme Fists’ are left. Please find the rest of the pieces and complete the skill.

Yeon-woo had finished the 32 steps in the first section by the time they could see Kuram.