Chapter 131

Chapter 131

Level 2 Player

Mad God Cheon Mu-seong

‘Mad God Cheon Mu-seong.’

He was a Musung origin player who was fanatically obsessed with becoming strong. One of the masters who taught Jin-su swordsmanship before regression, and a strange person who claimed to be Jin-su’s disciple on his own.

Also, he was the person who recorded the most number of spars with Jin-su before regression.

‘Who would say he is not a spar villain.’

The first meeting with Jin-su before regression was also an out-of-the-blue spar request. Yet, it seemed the same this time as well.

‘But why is this old man here?’

The time Jin-su met Cheon Mu-seong before regression was when he reached the upper layers of the Tower. No matter how much Jin-su climbed the Tower faster than before regression, meeting Cheon Mu-seong on only Floor 200 did not make sense.

“Why is there no answer? By any chance, are you thinking of refusing my spar request?”

Cheon Mu-seong asked Jin-su with a gaze where madness glistens.

“No, I will accept.”

There is no meaning in refusing Cheon Mu-seong’s spar request.

‘Because it is obvious he will refuse my refusal and rush no matter what.’

He knows the method to handle Cheon Mu-seong. Just say he will spar and demand a price.

‘Although the mind is not intact, still, he is from a famous righteous path family in his own way, and a person who thinks of himself as a chivalrous hero and an elder of the righteous path.’

Honestly, if only knowing the taming method, he was a person who can be handled extremely easily.

“Instead, there are a few things I want to ask.”

“Eum, good. Ask.”

The madness glistening in Cheon Mu-seong’s two eyes disappeared.

“When were you dragged to the Tower?”

At Jin-su’s question, Cheon Mu-seong answered with a calm expression.

“It has been about half a year.”

“Half a year?”

“Once I arrived at a place called Floor 100, skills and stats appeared. I confirmed that and climbed the Tower while catching things called monsters. And about a month ago, I arrived at Floor 200. If not for you, I would have gone up to Floor 201 by now.”

At Cheon Mu-seong’s answer, Jin-su was speechless.

‘To come up from Floor 100 to Floor 200... it only took half a year?’

On top of that, seeing that it was right before going up to Floor 201, it seemed he stayed only about a month even in places where large cities exist like Floor 100, Floor 150, and Floor 200.

‘Then in the case of floors without cities, it means he climbed in one day.’

It was a truly enormous speed.

‘If he moved leisurely on a two-day basis, the shortest period Floor 200 arrival achievement might have been taken.’

However, fortunately, thanks to climbing the Tower while keeping 22 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds, he could protect the shortest period Floor 200 arrival achievement.

“How did you know that I am the player called Blood White Sword Demon and come find me?”

“I heard the matter of Sahyeolmun and the Blood White Sword Demon as a rumor and came to the start city. And I found the place where the strongest wave of energy is felt in the hunting ground. And you were there.”

It was a truly simple method. But it was not a method anyone can use. Because it was a method possible only if possessing overwhelming force that can weave through dangerous hunting grounds like coming out for a neighborhood stroll, enormously fast movement speed, and even excellent mana detection ability.

“Now I hope we start the spar slowly.”

It seemed Cheon Mu-seong’s patience had slowly reached the limit.

“Good. But if I win the spar, I hope the old man grants one request of mine.”

“What?”

At Jin-su’s words, Cheon Mu-seong’s expression hardened like a stone lump.

“A young child smashed only one sect where demonic path small fries gather and does not know the world is scary. Do you think you can win against me?”

“If you are that confident, you can accept my proposal.”

“Good. If I lose to you, I will become your servant. Instead, if you lose, conversely, you will have to become my servant.”

At Jin-su’s provocation, Cheon Mu-seong overreacted.

‘Before regression, he was a disciple, but this time he was demoted to a servant.’

For reference, the winner of the spar before regression was Jin-su. So Cheon Mu-seong claimed he would keep the promise and claimed to be Jin-su’s disciple. However, the side that actually received teaching was Jin-su.

Thanks to the power obtained through the system including the Dark Predator class and the Black Heaven Magic Sword item, the force itself was ahead for Jin-su. However, the pure strength and the realm as a martial artist excluding stats, skills, and items were overwhelmingly higher for Cheon Mu-seong.

‘Thanks to the old man’s help, I could create the Formless Sword Art and Formless Heart Method.’

The root of the Formless Sword Art and Formless Heart Method that Jin-su skillized after climbing to Floor 200 was precisely the Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method he learned from Cheon Mu-seong before regression.

“An Earth origin rising to the Flower Realm is a surprising matter. But today I will let you know the fact that there is a sky above the sky.”

Pure white haze bloomed from Cheon Mu-seong’s body. He operated the Unrestrained Heart Method and raised mana.

Hwaaaak!

A wave of powerful mana that spread from Cheon Mu-seong’s body shook the atmosphere. At the same time, pure white sword force emitted in streams from the long sword held in Cheon Mu-seong’s hand and quickly compressed.

‘He still does not care much about items.’

The item Cheon Mu-seong possesses was only one long sword that looks ordinary.

‘How high is the level on earth?’

Cheon Mu-seong is a Musung origin player. That is why at the moment of awakening as a player on Floor 100, the martial arts he learned when in the Musung dimension would have become skills, and the trained body and enormous internal energy would have turned into stats.

The level also starts from a level befitting the strength possessed, unlike Earth origin players who start from 1.

‘It seems he lightly surpassed at least level 1,000.’

Perhaps he might have hit level 2,000 beyond level 1,500.

‘Although he looks like an ordinary rural villager, that old man was one of the strongest of the Musung dimension who rose to the Manifestation Realm.’

Considering the fact that the majority of Musung origin players are third-rate martial artists and even first-rate martial artists exist rarely like beans in a drought, Cheon Mu-seong was a kind of irregular in existence itself.

Whoosh!

Cheon Mu-seong’s sword was swung toward Jin-su.

‘Fast.’

It was certain that the agility stat and mana stat are far higher than Jin-su.

Clang!

Jin-su barely blocked Cheon Mu-seong’s attack. That was the start.

Clang! Boom! Kwaaaaang!

Cheon Mu-seong’s attacks with full power were fast and powerful to the degree where even Jin-su finds it burdensome to block. Leaving everything else aside, the main stats like strength, agility, and mana were all higher than Jin-su.

The total of Jin-su’s stats including the Blessing buff was of a similar level to a level 1,800 player.

However, other players, unlike Jin-su, could increase stats through elixirs or titles. Also, in the case of high-grade class change certificates, they provide additional stats every time leveling up.

Also, unlike Jin-su where all stats are the same, other players had high main stats and low non-main stats. That is why each of Jin-su’s stats was of a similar level to the main stats of upper-tier players in the early 1,000 level range.

‘To think such a me is pushed in stats. Does this make sense?’

Jin-su’s current stats are in a state of far transcending the Floor 200 level. The fact that there is a player who pushes such a Jin-su with strength and speed was a matter that cannot exist and should not exist.

However, Jin-su knew. That the Tower is a place where no matter when, where, or what nonsensical irrational and abnormal matter occurs, there is nothing strange.

‘To other players, I was such an existence.’

Jin-su calmly swung the two swords. Although pushed in stats, he had no thought at all of losing in the spar with Cheon Mu-seong. To begin with, if he had the thought of losing, he would not have even hung the spar victory condition.

‘Stats are only one of the powers a player possesses. Not everything.’

Of course, stats are the most important indicator for measuring a player’s strength. However, Jin-su had various combat experiences piled from before regression until now and excellent swordsmanship.

Decisively...

‘I know well about the Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method.’

Probably the realm of the Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method Jin-su unfolds is higher than the Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method the current Cheon Mu-seong unfolds.

‘The Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method are only downward compatibility of the Formless Sword Art and Formless Heart Method to the end.’

Before regression, Cheon Mu-seong also acknowledged this fact and tried to change the Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method into the Formless Sword Art and Formless Heart Method.

‘In the end, he failed.’

Probably if more time was given, he might have succeeded.

‘Will he be able to succeed this time?’

Since he met Cheon Mu-seong far faster than Jin-su expected, it might be possible.

“You guy, what sorcery are you using!”

Cheon Mu-seong let out a roar. Clearly, strength and speed are superior for himself, yet he cannot seize the momentum, so his heart became urgent.

Actually, this was a natural matter. Because Jin-su thoroughly saw through what forms Cheon Mu-seong would unfold. On top of that, the reason Cheon Mu-seong cannot seize the momentum was not only because Jin-su sees through the Unrestrained Sword Art.

‘As expected, this habit still remains.’

Before regression, Jin-su did countless spars with Cheon Mu-seong. Thanks to such experience before regression, unconscious habits or behavior patterns that even Cheon Mu-seong himself does not know were intactly stored in Jin-su’s head.

Jin-su knows thoroughly about Cheon Mu-seong. On the other hand, Cheon Mu-seong had no information at all about Jin-su’s swordsmanship or skills.

Jin-su sealed the class skills and used only pure martial arts.

‘Even if not using class skills, I can win, so there is no need to use them unnecessarily.’

If he used class skills of summoner, warrior, assassin, mage, healer, tanker, shaman, and so on, he would have already won the spar by now. However, to perfectly subdue Cheon Mu-seong, it was better to use only pure martial arts.

The momentum of the evenly matched spar began to gradually tilt toward Jin-su.

To begin with, swordsmanship and mana operation were superior for Jin-su. In such a situation, although the main stats are pushed, since he sees through the opponent’s swordsmanship and behavior patterns, he could not lose even if he wanted to.

“It is not sorcery or whatever.”

The longer the spar became, Cheon Mu-seong had no choice but to acknowledge Jin-su’s skill.

‘Strength, speed, internal energy are all superior for me. Yet, I cannot seize the momentum at all.’

Even the pure swordsmanship skill was several hands above himself. Also, combat experience was rich, and the vision was wide.

The hardest to believe was noticing his movements in advance like precognition and responding. Even if using a surprise move and stabbing the sword, he skillfully blocks as if he knew it would be so. On the other hand, each of the attacks flying toward himself was picky.

The hardest attack to block was one that sharply stabs and comes in with a move hard to cope with the gaps he himself did not even know.

‘If my stats were low, I would have already lost.’

The reason Cheon Mu-seong can somehow endure without completely losing was only because the stats are higher than the opponent.

‘There is a child with quite skill, so if a good person, I intended to give one teaching, and if an evil person, I intended to guide to the right path.’

Rather, the one who should receive teaching was himself.

‘Beautiful.’

Cheon Mu-seong was firmly captivated by the swordsmanship Jin-su unfolds. It was too perfect a swordsmanship. Soft yet rough, and firm yet elegant. The essence of the swordsmanship he had pursued throughout his life was unfolding at the tip of Jin-su’s hands.

‘There is no meaning in sparring more.’

The win or loss was already decided. Even if competing more, only the enduring time would lengthen. But he did not want to acknowledge defeat either.

Because if acknowledging defeat and retreating, he could no longer see that beautiful swordsmanship. Cheon Mu-seong swung the sword inertially and immersed in the swordsmanship Jin-su unfolds, then unknowingly fell into a state of selflessness.

“Aaaa!”

Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he even forgot Jin-su’s existence and began to dance a sword dance alone while closing both eyes.