The Genius Grandson of the Namgung Family Chapter 58

The Genius Grandson of the Namgung Family

Chapter 58

The reason the Blood Sword Lord brought only ten Blood Sword Squad leaders was simple.

‘Three Blood Sword Squad leaders are enough to handle the heads of the Nine Schools.’

This was Blood Sword Lord Chae Hyeong-seok’s common saying.

It was his confidence in his subordinates that he personally trained, and it was somewhat true.

After all, Chae Hyeong-seok had countless experiences fighting against sect leaders.

“Three each for the two adults, one each for the kids. I’ll take care of Namgung Min.”

Among the Blood Sword Squad, one with red eyebrows and hair like Chae Hyeong-seok gave orders to the rest.

They didn’t respond, but moved simultaneously like one body, each dispersing to their positions.

“So-hwa, Hwan, Hyeon. Stay close. Move as if three of you are facing three of them.”

Namgung Gi-cheol quickly assessed the situation and shouted.

Ha Hyeon quickly pulled Namgung Hwan and So-hwa close, standing back to back.

“Just somehow block the attacks coming at you. We just need to hold out.”

After a moment of panic.

As Ha Hyeon, who first grasped the situation, led them, Namgung Hwan and So-hwa nodded.

Their goal wasn’t to win but to endure.

Though they hadn’t yet learned formal formations or combined techniques, their arms and legs moved naturally.

Swoosh-

As the three raised their swords toward the Blood Sword Squad, one of the squad members sneered at them.

“How cute, these children’s play.”

Thump-

The Blood Sword Squad member rolled across the ground.

With movements light as if his body was made of feathers, he charged at Ha Hyeon.

Clang-!

Ha Hyeon skillfully blocked the blade he swung.

A heavy impact transmitted to his wrist.

Perhaps because it was his first time receiving a real blade filled with killing intent.

Ha Hyeon felt his senses awakening, as if he could feel every hair standing on end.

“Kill the children first. They are Namgung Mu-ryong’s grandchildren.”

The red-haired man facing Namgung Min said indifferently.

The three Blood Sword Squad members deployed their movement techniques and swung their swords simultaneously.

Their movements were so synchronized they could be mistaken for triplets.

Ha Hyeon shouted, “Use the Great Lotus Sword Technique!”

Namgung Min rushed toward the red-haired man.

Rumble-!

Soon after, the sound of lightning striking was heard.

It was the sound of Namgung Min beginning his fight.

Clang clang clang clang-!

All the blades swung by the Blood Sword Squad members were blocked.

The Great Lotus Sword Technique was a sword technique for harmony and defense.

As Ha Hyeon said, it was the optimal technique for holding out.

“These brats!”

One Blood Sword Squad member burst out in anger.

He hadn’t expected to exchange moves with mere children.

He poured his energy into his blade until it trembled with a whooshing sound, then struck again.

His target was So-hwa, who appeared to be the weakest of the three.

However, So-hwa’s eyes flashed as she met his blade head-on.

Boom! Whoosh-!

Energy surged from the collision of the two weapons.

Despite being between a notorious Blood Sword Squad member and So-hwa who hadn’t even debuted in the martial world, the clash appeared even.

Ha Hyeon didn’t miss this opening.

Thwack-!

It was a simple kick.

A kick that only extended his nearest foot while keeping his sword pointed at the other Blood Sword Squad member.

However, its power was anything but simple.

Crash-

“Cough, cough.”

The Blood Sword Squad member, already struggling in a power contest with So-hwa, took Ha Hyeon’s kick filled with internal energy head-on and couldn’t breathe for a while.

“Kuhp. You insolent, little brat.”

In the moment when the other Blood Sword Squad members’ attention was completely focused on their fallen comrade.

The internal energy that had been quietly circulating inside Ha Hyeon’s body exploded following the principles of the Changgung Daeyeon Heart Technique.

Ha Hyeon channeled that energy into his legs and struck the ground hard.

Bang-!

Dust rose thickly.

Just as they thought their vision was blocked by the dust.

Swoosh

Ha Hyeon’s form disappeared.

No, everyone lost sight of Ha Hyeon.

Swish-!!

The sound of air being torn came from behind the Blood Sword Squad member who had been staring blankly at his fallen comrade, not the fallen one himself.

It was the sound of Ha Hyeon, who had appeared there unexpectedly as if he had teleported, thrusting his sword.

Screech- Boom!

The Blood Sword Squad member couldn’t even turn his head at that unsettling sound and barely managed to swing his blade.

A huge energy wave spread as Ha Hyeon’s sword collided with the Blood Sword Squad member’s blade.

Bang bang bang-!

“……?!”

Even Namgung Min, who was nearby, and Blood Sword Lord and Namgung Mu-ryong, who had been continuously exchanging moves, briefly paused their battle to look this way.

“Urgh-“

The arm of the Blood Sword Squad member who blocked Ha Hyeon’s sword bent at an odd angle.

He hadn’t received Ha Hyeon’s sword in a proper stance and thus couldn’t apply proper force.

The moment he heard his groan, Ha Hyeon didn’t stop and swung his sword once more.

‘Horizontal Sweeping Storm!’

A cut from the Three Elements Sword Technique without any flourishes.

At least now, having no flourishes meant the same as having no unnecessary movements.

Ha Hyeon’s sword sliced through the air, closing the distance to the Blood Sword Squad member with wind-like speed.

Slash-!

Ha Hyeon’s attack was blocked once more, but this time there were visible results.

Another impact to the Blood Sword Squad member’s already bent arm dislocated the joint, and his weakened blade ended up striking its own master.

Though it seemed like a heavy impact, unfortunately it wasn’t fatal.

This was because the weapon being a blade (刀) meant it had no edge on the back side.

Tap tap tap-!

While everyone was lost in this scene, Namgung Hwan, the only one who maintained his composure, deployed his fastest movement technique and rushed over.

The flash in his eyes was unlike his usual self.

‘Ah, a life-or-death battle!’

Seeing those eyes, Ha Hyeon suddenly realized this was a life-or-death battle.

Namgung Hwan had become a completely different person in the face of this life-or-death situation.

Screech-!

Namgung Hwan’s swift sword technique tore through the air as he charged in.

Unlike the Great Lotus Sword Technique, this was the attack-focused Changgung Sword Technique.

The fastest form of the Changgung Sword Technique, the Bow Sword Arrow stance, burst forth.

Slash-!

Namgung Hwan’s sword accurately pierced the Blood Sword Squad member’s chest.

“Th-this can’t be……”

For the last words of one who supposedly struck fear into the martial world, they were pathetic.

Namgung Hwan retrieved his sword from the body.

The blood coating his retrieved sword dripped down.

“Hyah!”

Simultaneously, a sharp battle cry erupted right next to the fallen Blood Sword Squad member.

So-hwa gripped her sword in reverse and brought it down toward the Blood Sword Squad member on the ground.

“Kuhp!”

The Blood Sword Squad member, shameless, rolled several times on the ground to barely avoid So-hwa’s sword.

Disappointment showed on So-hwa’s face as she pulled her sword from the ground.

Ha Hyeon and Namgung Hwan left the dead Blood Sword Squad member’s corpse and rushed to So-hwa.

Then they gathered together again.

But while earlier they had been standing back-to-back, now they stood shoulder-to-shoulder.

As if ready to spring out at any moment.

“Where are you looking?”

Boom-!!

Just as the red-haired Blood Sword Squad member heard Namgung Min’s voice, a thunder-like sound struck his ears, snapping him to attention.

The sword had already reached right in front of his neck.

Swoosh-

He dodged at his fastest possible speed, but he couldn’t avoid getting another gash on his neck.

Drip-

Blood flows from the wound.

He quickly tore off his sleeve and tied it around his neck to stop the bleeding.

It was such a sharp attack that if it had gone just one finger joint deeper, it would have been fatal.

Oddly inappropriate for this tense situation, Namgung Min waited until he finished stopping the bleeding on his neck.

While the red-haired man stared intently at Namgung Min, wondering what he was plotting… there was a very faint smile on his face that could only be seen upon close inspection.

‘C-crazy bastard.’

Even the red-haired man, who had experience killing tens or perhaps hundreds of people, flinched at the sight of Namgung Min smiling on the battlefield.

When he showed a composed appearance, Namgung Min spoke in a voice that others couldn’t hear.

“That’s right. Let’s see how many more times you can endure.”

Bang-!

Namgung Min took his stance.

Just like Ha Hyeon did earlier, dust rose up and.

Crack- Crack-

The sound of thunder could be heard from within the dust.

And the sword approached without a sound.

Clang-!

The red-haired man instinctively blocked the sword.

It was such a quiet swift sword strike that even he didn’t know how he managed to block it.

Confusion showed on his face at Namgung Min’s level, which far exceeded his expectations.

“Y-you brat!”

As if he couldn’t just stay still, he removed the hand holding his neck wound and took a stance to unleash his strongest blade technique.

In the thick dust, having faintly spotted Namgung Min’s form, he swung his blade, tearing through the air.

Whoosh-

However, Namgung Min was already gone from where he thought he would be.

The red-haired man, feeling a cold sensation at his temple ducked his head.

Swish-

A sound of something grazing the crown of his ducked head was heard, followed by a warm sensation there.

He quickly raised his hand to stop the flowing blood, but the crown of his head must have been badly cut as the blood flow was unstoppable.

The moment he brought his hand to his eyes to wipe away the blood obscuring his vision.

Slash-!

His head fell off and blood spurted out.

Namgung Min’s silent sword had passed through his neck.

“Huff, huff.” Namgung Min took several deep breaths, as if he had been holding his breath to avoid making any sound.

He paid no attention to the fallen red-haired man.

The dead no longer posed any threat to him.

Quickly surveying the somewhat less tense battlefield, the situation wasn’t too bad.

Namgung Gi-hyeon and Namgung Gi-cheol were each skillfully handling three Blood Sword Squad members.

Moreover, his siblings were fighting evenly, no, even gaining the upper hand against the remaining two Blood Sword Squad members.

Among them, Ha Hyeon’s performance was exceptional.

The moment the two Blood Sword Squad members looked at the same target to prevent them from targeting one person, Ha Hyeon would spring out to draw the attention of one of them.

Then Namgung Hwan and Namgung So-hwa would face the remaining one, and if that opponent tried to escape, Ha Hyeon would return and they would regroup as three.

‘Taking out one person at the start led to this advantageous situation. And Hwan… he seems like a different person.’

Namgung Hwan’s presence surprised Min the most.

Namgung Hwan, his face splattered with blood perhaps from when he thrust his sword at the Blood Sword Squad member, no longer showed his usual lazy and kind impression, but rather resembled a fierce beast.

‘Indeed, you too have the blood of the Namgung family flowing through you.’

Namgung Min grinned even in this situation.

Then he naturally moved to help them.

“Hey Blood Sword Lord. Things aren’t going according to your plan, are they?”

“Shut up!”

Blood Sword Lord himself knew well that the situation wasn’t going favorably.

The biggest reason was that the level of the Namgung family’s grandchildren far exceeded their expectations.

‘Neunghu!’

He searched for Neunghu, who always trembled beside him.

But his energy couldn’t be felt anywhere.

Perhaps seeing how the situation was unfolding, he had immediately fled.

“That rat bastard…!”

The curse escaped his lips before he knew it.

Anger seeped into his words.

Blood Sword Lord raised his head straight and looked at Namgung Mu-ryong.

‘This can’t be happening…!’

During the thirty years the demonic cult was in hiding, he had trained through life and death situations and reached several levels higher enlightenment, becoming incomparably stronger than before.

He had surely thought he was just one step behind Namgung Mu-ryong then, but now at this high level, he could see at a glance the martial arts and skill of the Sword Saint.

“Die!”

Blood Sword Lord struck down with his blade while letting out a lion-like roar.

Clang! Boom-

A storm of energy surged from the two clashing weapons.

The two remained motionless with their weapons locked, as if in a contest of strength.

Blood Sword Lord tried to understand why the sword wouldn’t move, but there was nothing he could comprehend.

“I see. So this is what Mu-ae (Limitlessness) is.”

“What trick are you…!”

Namgung Mu-ryong’s sword moves smoothly.

Though Blood Sword Lord could see it, he couldn’t withdraw his blade.

He had a strong premonition that if he withdrew his blade now, Namgung Mu-ryong’s sword would slice through his neck.

“Since Mu-ae means there are n

o limits…”

The seemingly calm voice of the Sword Saint echoed.

The moment he heard that voice, a word that Blood Sword Lord hadn’t known existed for decades appeared in his mind.

The word ‘fear.’