Chapter 427 – King Yan’s Disciple 4 (4)

If you go all the way to the west of Jeokgye, you will find Hwangsan Mountain, where I practice.

I didn’t encounter anything that could be called a monster until I came down in the morning. Why did this happen?

If it’s really Kaena’s masterpiece, I don’t know what kind of attitude I should show when we meet.

‘Of course, defeating it is the best.’

After extracting as much negative energy as possible, remove Kaena, who will be a big variable in this class.

Thinking there was nothing more to it, I arrived at the western part of the Red Realm, where the monster was said to have appeared.

There were soldiers holding spears standing on top of the barrier, and the sound of weapons clashing along with torches could be heard from a distance beyond the barrier.

“Are you a martial artist who came to help?”

The soldier who found me asked me carefully.

“This is Han Xian, the youngest son of the Han clan who lives in Jeokgye. I came to lend a helping hand. Is that okay?”

“If you are Young master Han, aren’t you a disciple of King Yan? Of course!”

After all, I felt more comfortable being called Master Yeomwang’s disciple rather than the nickname Baekyeom.

I lightly stepped over the barrier that had been set up in preparation for the monsters’ attack and ran towards the martial arts people who came out first and were fighting.

The monster shown as the torch flickered was an ant.

It supported its large body on two thick legs and held and swung weapons with its four arms.

The Lizardman still had two arms and two legs, but after going over them, he definitely looked like a monster.

The moment I brought up the Yeonyeom Shingung (連炎神功) to help people, a blue window suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

『Quest』

〈Use powdered salt to kill multiple enemies.〉

-Upon completion: Enhanced Yeonyeom Magic (8 stars).

Has it been a while since there was a quest without a specific number?

The fact that if you kill that many ants using powdered salt will strengthen your smoked flame magic, it was a quest that I really needed right now, except for the ambiguous number “Many.”

Since I don’t know what majority means, I was planning to spread the fire as widely as possible, but I thought it would be a bit of an obstacle for the martial arts people fighting in the front lines.

‘Before that, I need to check how many ants there are.’

Skill Link-Boost

Yeonyeom Shingong (連炎神功). Shadow Craft.

Flame Craft.

A red flame began to burn in the White Phosphorus Flame God Fist Armor.

I didn’t stop there, I created a ring of heat within my body as much as I could and started resonating right away.

Eight wheels of wave ring resonance.

The red flames on both hands turned white.

The Murim people, who noticed that the light behind them suddenly became bright and that someone had come to help them, looked back slightly while they were fighting with the ants.

“That’s white flame on both arms!”

“Has a small group arrived?!”

Information and communication are not developed, so information is slow to be conveyed unless it is by merchants or Gongjae and Haomun, but since this is the front yard of my house, most people recognize me.

“I will join.”

He ran forward, blocked the attack of the sword-wielding ant, and went in and punched out.

Thump!

My fist covered in white flame was quite effective against the ants, and they seemed to be a good enemy for the power of purification.

“The blade was blocked by the ant monster’s shell. Is striking the answer?”

“It could be a fire! Everyone raise your torches!”

In order to secure visibility, the Murim people picked up torches placed on the ground and started swinging them, but the ants did not pay much attention and continued to attack.

I quickly knocked down the ants and checked the overall number, but there were so many that it was hard to count them.

I kept digging into the ant, thinking that if it weren’t for the quest to use powder flame, I would have made a huge great sword of flame and swung it.

Flutter! Thump!

I quickly exploded the ant’s head like breaking a zombie’s head.

The insect’s unique body fluids evaporated before reaching me, emitting only a foul odor. Even if they were toxic, I don’t think they would be able to overcome the immune effect of my homeostasis.

When I gradually moved away from the martial people who were maintaining the front line and entered the crowd of ants, I thought the timing was right.

The great wisdom of Yeonyeom Shingong (連炎神功).

Wave ring resonance (破輪共鳴) pole (極) split salt (噴炎).

At that moment, hot heat began to spread out from my body.

It became a habit to always carry the heat released through aspiration close to my body, but when I spread that heat in an open space rather than a cave, its power was definitely weakened.

Will the ants die just by spreading this heat? The question naturally came to mind.

‘I could have killed them one by one with a fist filled with white flame.’

It was possible with a fist filled with the power of an 8-star smoke flame, but I thought that the powder flame I was using now was closer to a red flame.

Is the heat I give off around 6 stars? How long does it take to defeat multiple enemies with this?

I thought it couldn’t be used in practice, but as expected, it wasn’t very powerful enough to be used to defeat the enemy.

The ants near me slowed down and tried to get away from me, but they didn’t have much trouble even if they only went over two layers.

‘There is nothing you can do with pure powdered salt.’

So I remembered the recent battle with Garm.

I was able to maintain my strength by absorbing negative mana from the sky covered in darkness and heat from the burning earth.

As soon as I thought about it, a possibility came to mind and I shouted loudly to put it into action.

“I plan to use a big technique. Please step back!”

A voice filled with energy spread loudly around the area, and as the martial arts people who were maintaining the front line fell back, the ants could be felt moving.

I decided to deploy a technique I had been thinking of to prevent any more ants from escaping.

Skill Link-Unlimited.

Yeonyeom Shingong (連炎神功). Calling Shadow.

First, I connected the Calling Shadow, which summons a shadow from within my body and turns the surroundings into darkness, with the Flame Magic.

Instead of a shadow, what spread out was a red flame, burning the ground with me at the center, quickly drawing a red circle.

White salt. Wave ring resonance (破輪共鳴) pole (極) split salt (噴炎).

At that moment, the ring of flame within my body began to resonate explosively, and I let out all the heat that had reached the white flame, making the flame that filled the surrounding area even hotter.

The circle of red flame began to turn into a white flame containing the power of purification, centered around me.

As the ant’s body cooked, a sound began to be heard as the shell tightened.

It was very messy with ants trying to run away from the circle of white flames I had spread, but they just went outside and spread the flames to other ants.

‘Pure powdered flame cannot yet produce this level of power.’

I used a bit of a trick to complete the quest quickly, but I don’t know if I can accept this as part of the quest.

When there were no ants surviving on the white flame that glowed in the dark night, nor were there any ants trying to pass by, I used the Yeonyeom Shinguk to suck all the surrounding heat into my body.

The recovery rate was less than 50% because the powdered salt was spread over a fairly wide area, but it seems like there was enough potential at this level.

“Whoa. Doesn’t that work?”

Feeling a little disappointed because the quest wasn’t completed, I headed toward the roadblock.

The martial arts people and officers were still having a hard time fending off the ants that were not working well with blades, so I thought I should go and help a little.

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“Well… Well… “Did you learn how to emit white flames from the elder Yan King?”

After the battle, a martial artist approached me and asked carefully.

“I applied what I learned from Master Yanwang. What Master originally used was not as loud as what I used.”

“If it’s application, it seems like it’s not the path of a great master.”

This martial artist seemed to think that I was at a level where I could pioneer a new path, so he used those skills.

“I am embarrassed to be called the Great Master. I just added my own color to what the Master taught me.”

As I said that, I couldn’t help but think of the black and white twin wheels.

Where do the black and white twin wheels belong? Since it is a new skill created by combining Shadow Mastery and Flame Magic in my own way, I can actually call myself a Grand Master, right?

‘There’s no depth to that.’

Because you just combine the results to create a new result, you can’t pass it on to someone else.

“Ah… !”

At that time, a new method that I had missed flashed through my mind.

“Han So-hyeop, what’s going on? Is it an internal injury?”

“No. I’m fine.”

I said that and thought in my head as I walked away from the martial arts people.

‘What if I could use powdered salt with the white wheel?’

I was already using prayer beads in my own way.

What if the powder flame mentioned in this quest was not the powder flame of the five flames of the Yeonyeom Shinkong, but the powder flame of the White Ring? If I had been able to produce output using today’s skill Link-Unlimited with that powder, wouldn’t I have been able to complete the quest?

“Tsk.”

However, he painstakingly annihilated many of the enemy ant monsters needed for the quest with his fists.

Thinking that I would try to spread the salt with Baekryun in case the remaining ants swarmed later, I returned home after taking control of the martial artists and government soldiers who had worked hard all night.

“Hanga ♥ came as promised.”

The next day, Kaena, who wore flashy clothes and attracted the attention of everyone around her, came to Han’s manor.