Surviving as a Rival in a Martial Arts Novel

Chapter 55 – Fear in the Water (01)

‘Coming’

Even though I was jumping into the Yangtze River as if I was throwing myself off a boat, I did not feel alive.

I guess it means that he is a guy who can hide his fierceness until the very end.

But even this bad feeling of Marasimgong cannot be hidden.

‘You can’t see below the water’

First of all, the water of the Yangtze River was not clear water that reflected all the way to the bottom, but was mixed with various impurities, giving it an almost green color.

Although the water was turbid, the surface of the water did not flow calmly but rather made irregular ripples due to various conditions, so it was impossible to catch anyone hiding inside with the naked eye.

‘No matter how strong your martial arts skills are, you cannot see through an invisible structure.’

So, for now, I was using myself as bait to induce the guy to attack.

Splash!

I deliberately dipped below the surface of the water without even using water defense, but no attack came.

‘Are we moving cautiously? Or run away?’

Before I was swept away by the river, I kicked out of the water and rose again and stood on the surface of the water using water rain. I saw the ripples created when I just fell into the water, the punctured boat sinking, and the coffin and real person on top of it fell. It was only visible.

“Kyuung! Kyungung!”

Seol-Ah seemed to be displeased with Somafu and tried to escape, but the Black Moon Party executives were there to cry out more sensitively than that.

Pong.

The moment when a drop of water falls on my face.

Push shot!

A sharp blade rose from beneath the surface of the water where there was nothing just moments ago.

“Okcheon cold sword.”

Because I had prepared in advance, I used the first herb type of the Jade Rangcheon Sword, the Jade Celestial Sword, to freeze the surface of the water for an instant and check the blade’s trajectory. However, an opponent of the level of the sword dragon might not have known it, but the Black Moon Party executive, who is a transcendental expert, easily broke the ice and used the weapon again. Recovered.

Pong…

As I watched only a few water droplets fall on the water and the broken ice being swept away by the river, I could tell that this executive was extremely cautious and was deliberately trying to lure me into it.

‘Are you asking me to come into a place that is advantageous to me…?’

I had no experience fighting underwater. Honestly, I can’t even swim.

Now that I can walk on water without martial arts, there is no need to learn how to swim separately.

Furthermore, since I almost died in the water several times while colliding with the Okmyeoncheongeom during my time as a Sicheonhyeolsa, I feel reluctant about going into the water.

But even if we retreat from here, this executive will target and sink the Sacheon Danga ship we came on, and the twins, who are at the peak expert level, as I would have guessed, will be chased to death even if they fall on the water, and as the ship sinks, the crew will unilaterally kill them. You will be murdered.

“Okay, fine… I’ll go!”

Splash!

I released the internal force I was carrying on my legs and went into the water.

Korororok…

As I entered, the air bubbles echoed dizzyingly, and I spread my senses widely to find signs of enemies hiding in the water.

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‘I can feel it’

I had never felt anything outside of the water or inside the water, perhaps because of the difference in the medium or because my energy did not spread, but now I could feel it right away.

As the bubbles shrunk and my vision cleared, I saw the enemy in front of me… A member of the Black Moon Party.

‘It’s bizarre’

Hiss-

It was like a legendary fishman.

The feet were sewn with something like webs, making them look like they were wearing flippers. The fingers were also made of webs using tattered thread, specialized for swimming. An air sac made of leather hung from the neck to supply oxygen. There was.

Whoosh!

In addition, he must have mastered a martial arts specialized for Jamaekjil, and was aiming at me while breathing with only a small portion of the air sac the size of a human head. There were two types of swords: three thin harpoons and a woldo with a large blade cut out by cutting a hole in the stomach. He was carrying weapons on his back.

It was seen that this person was thoroughly specialized in underwater warfare, as he was dressed in green shells similar in color to sphagnum moss, camouflaged so that his appearance was difficult to detect when viewed from the outside.

Boogrrr

First, I closed my mouth to prevent water from entering my respiratory tract and raised my sword, but my body felt heavy, perhaps because I was underwater.

[Black Moon Party… 8Th leader… Ha Ha-in (下伎人)…]

A sound like a sound coming from the water was transmitted, and he took out a harpoon and pointed it at me.

Grrr

As if using a light technique on land, the lower body was moving freely in the water, whereas all I could do was use the Cheongeunchu to go down to the river bottom and maintain my position so as not to be carried away by the strong current of the river.

[Water is my domain… Not even the Sword Saint, the Murim Lord, or the Heavenly Demon can follow…]

‘How is that movement possible?’

If you ask whether it is possible to completely eliminate water resistance, it is difficult even for fish.

With its streamlined body, it only rushed while providing as much resistance as possible, but it was difficult to move through the water like using a light technique like Ha Ha-in.

‘But there must be a way. So that’s how he uses it.’

Bogle.

Reduce the burden on your body by slightly blowing out the air held in your mouth, and watch the movements of hahahahagi with your eyes raised.

Kororororok…!

It was deliberately making flashy movements to avoid my gaze, but I was honestly a little surprised that it could move like that even in the water.

On land, I would be much lighter and move more flashily, but here in the water, how is that possible?

‘Are you practicing self-defense…?’

The blurry appearance of his new form seemed to be unfolding a very thin self-defense device, and I wondered if it was a separate way of freely moving around in the water.

‘……That doesn’t work.’

However, the moment I try to unfold my self-defense device, the sense of the river causes my self-defense device to lose its shape and disperse. Even if I force it out, it maintains its shape for a very short time, but cannot overcome the water pressure and begins to eat away at its internal strength like crazy.

‘This is no different from self-destruction’

If even water pressure was perceived as a blow and the whole body was protected, it was practically impossible to demonstrate self-defense in the water. Moreover, its power seemed to be weakening.

I don’t know if there was an enemy weaker than me, but at least in this water, Ha Ha-in had an advantage over me, so if I tried to protect myself with such inexperienced self-defense skills, I would most likely die.

Gurrrpp!

Ha Ha-in, who was confusing my vision like that, spent about two minutes before charging at me with his harpoon.

‘The orbit is extremely simple’

It was a simple strike, like a marlin charging forward with its nose.

It’s just that it’s so incredibly fast that it’s hard to avoid in water where movement is difficult.

Furthermore, the faster the water moves, the more heavily it blocks the movement, so you had to swing the sword while slowly letting your body go with the flow, just as if you were to dip into a swimming pool, you could pass by more quickly if you walked slowly than if you tried to run.

‘Or stab me like that guy.’

So, I deliberately moved my sword slowly and looked embarrassed.

I tried to block it by swinging my sword, but my movements were too slow and I got hit! That facial expression.

Piyuuung-!

As I watched the harpoon flying at me like a missile and Ha Ha-in flying at me in a state of body and spear union, I waited with my sword slightly diagonally.

‘I reached’

And at the moment when he was about to stab the harpoon into my chest, I moved my hand a little faster.

Gurrr

If this guy is a harpoon, I am a torpedo.

‘Jade Rang Heavenly Sword’s Eleventh Ceremony. ‘Jadeang Celestial Strike’

hahahaha Gein, who was accustomed to my slow movements, turned his body as he saw the sword flying towards his neck before stabbing me, but at that moment, my sword was flying towards his neck.

Chuck!

‘Tch!’

But the moment I was about to pierce his neck, hahahaha Gein turned his body and pushed my sword into the surface of his young armor.

Wow!

Although it easily split the shell and pierced Ha Ha-in’s neck, the wound was shallow.

[Keueeek!!]

Hot blood sprayed out in front of me, blocking my vision, and in the meantime, Ha Ha-in’s harpoon was stuck in my left shoulder.

Phew!

It was not a fatal injury. The harpoon itself was thin, so even if it got stuck in the flesh, it couldn’t immediately break or pierce the shoulder.

My body, which was not able to use self-defense skills, was just a trained body, so the harpoon pierced my flesh in an instant, and at that moment, hahahaha Ki-in threw the harpoon and evaded my counterattack, dropping his body.

‘Oh, sh*t!’

As I was trying to pull out the harpoon, I realized that there was a thin silver thread attached to the end, and the moment I tried to cut it with the sword, the harpoon was forcibly pulled by Ha Ha-in, who was widening the distance, and my posture collapsed.

Gurrr!

As if a boat is being towed, my body, which is trying to hold on to its position with the weight of the lower back, begins to be pulled by Ha Ha-in’s free movements.

Boogrrr…

Now, the air remaining in the body was slowly decreasing, and due to tension and battle, oxygen consumption was increasing, and consciousness was fading.

Kik Geek!

I tried to cut off the silver thread by holding it with my hand, but it was so strong that it dug into my hand, and when I swung my sword to cut the silver thread, Ha Ha-in deliberately approached me and swung his moon sword.

Kyaang!

And when I have no choice but to block the attack, I try to spread the distance again and bide my time until my energy runs out.

‘I’m not even a fish!’

I start to feel out of breath.

It had been over 3 minutes since I held my breath, and it was slowly approaching 4 minutes, but I was in a state of severe lack of oxygen to the point where I would have fainted long ago if I had not had martial arts skills.

Furthermore, as I was being dragged around in the water, swinging around frantically, and trying to block the occasional attack, my oxygen consumption was even worse.

‘There is still a chance’

You only have to let down your guard once.

I just thought, since that obnoxious bastard like the marlin was now acting as a fisherman, all I had to do was become the marlin and return it to him.

‘Just a little more… Huh?’

While I was waiting for an opportunity, ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the water.

Bogrrr……

A cool splash echoed outside the water, and inside the water, a blond-haired, red-eyed woman was sinking into the water along with bubbles.

‘Is that… Somafu? ‘What are you doing?’

The black blood on her hands was washed away by the water of the river, and she covered her ears and nose, preparing for the shock that would occur when she entered the water.

Soon she came to her senses and looked around her surroundings.

[Somafu…! When I asked where he went, he ran away all the way here!]

When Ha Ha-in realized her identity, he started swimming towards her, leaving me, who thought he had caught everything anyway.

‘Has the ship already sunk? No, even if that were the case, I would be able to survive on the water using light techniques…!’

Somafu, who had already entered the water, was unable to settle down properly and was struggling, leaving him defenseless exposed to hahahahagin’s attacks.

‘Damn it!’

I tried to take advantage of the opportunity, but when this happens, I use the Gyeokseopmul to save Somafu and forcefully pull hahahahagin into her.

Hook!

Soma Hu said that as she lunged forward, her hahahaha Gein’s Woldo attack failed to cut her down, causing her to stop as it lodged itself in her side.

If he couldn’t avoid her attack, he would go ahead and hit her in advance to reduce her power, but hahahaha Gein looked like he was happy and was about to pierce her with the harpoon as well when Soma Hu grabbed his body. .

[At best, a young girl who has reached the peak…!]

However, with her strength weakened in the water by the young armor she was wearing and her self-defense equipment, she was unable to attack hahahaha-gein’s body, and she was left clinging to hahahaha-gein by her arms.

Phew!

In the end, a harpoon was pierced into her shoulder and she ended up in the same situation as me.

‘The devil!’

With the feeling of a strong magic attack, something flew through the surface of the water.

Wow!

[Quaaa!!]

The loud scream of hahahaha-in echoes in the water.

The body of the guy who was holding the sword to finish off Somafu just a moment ago had a spear stuck in his stomach and blood was gushing out.

The javelin that entered the water after breaking through the armor and self-defense equipment still had the energy of magic, and only then was I able to guess what Somahu and Socheonma had agreed to do with each other.

[Turn off … These young b*tches !!]

But that’s it.

He inflicted a penetrating wound on the master of Chojeoljeong, but thanks to his young armor, he was able to avoid fatal wounds, and Ha Ha-gein was a strong man who could cut down everyone in this place before he died.

Puck!

Boogrrr

Even Somahu, with a spear stuck in his stomach, was hit in the stomach by hahahahagin, who was rather angry, and let out all the air he had been holding in, and hahahahagin immediately saw the image of a young man reflected in the water as if he was going to kill Socheonma, who had thrown the spear at him. It tried to fly toward the shadow of its feet.

‘Now is the time’

I am now using the same method that Ha Ha-in tried to use when he let his guard down and tried to finish me off.

Wow!

Just as the water is instantly pushed out when a bomb is exploded in the water, the self-defense energy is released as much as possible to push the surrounding water up to where hahahaha-in is.

Of course, the ecosystem of the underwater rocks, pebbles, and rivers caught in the middle would be destroyed, but my life was more important than worrying about such things.

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It was only for a moment that water could be pushed out like this, but that moment was enough.

“Wow!”

Ha Ha-in, who was hit by the shock wave emitted by my self-defense device, panicked when the water he was swimming in disappeared and tried to look back at me, but I had already kicked off the empty river bed and flew up through the vacuum of space, swinging my sword at Ha Ha-in. .

As long as it’s not underwater, I’m definitely faster and stronger than hahahahagi.