Chapter 92 : Chapter 92
Chapter 92 : Training Cave
I realized two facts through the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen.
First.
‘There is a person on the lowest floor, and those managing the mechanisms are managing this facility.’
Second.
‘They are calling this the Tomb of the Poison Venerable to prepare a trap to annihilate the martial artists of the Jianghu.’
The regrettable point is that I don't know who installed these traps.
“Are you leaving now?”
“Yes, I think we need to go down.”
“Did you find something out?”
I told Seol Ye-rin that I had finished investigating the traps through the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen, and that if we go down, a person is living below this Tomb of the Poison Venerable.
-I really can't believe it.
It is about the fact that a person is living there.
-Ghosts exist too, so a person living is nothing.
Anyway, I benefited a lot from the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen.
“Han Seol-bi, you must be careful not to fall this time.”
The next trap was a barrage of arrows waiting for us.
“Actually, I don't think there will be a big problem even if the trap is triggered.”
At Seol Ye-rin's words, as if I had a good idea, I called the Small Snow Squad and the party and spoke.
“What?”
“You want us to train here?”
“Where else would there be such a good place to train?”
We know exactly where and how the traps pop out.
And if they just follow instructions well, it won't be a big problem.
It was perfect for cultivating practical sense.
Even if a mistake was made and someone got hurt, we had the Divine Physician.
“I think... it is a good idea.”
“Will it really be okay?”
“I will only implement it if there is everyone's agreement.”
If we did that, there was one more good point.
Regardless of who made it, we could make this trap completely useless.
“I agree.”
“I agree.”
“Are you all really okay with this?”
“If it is part of training, it cannot be better than this.”
“Can I perhaps stay in the rear?”
When Yu So-dong made a whining sound, Eun Bin stepped forward.
“Yu So-dong, the rookie always takes the front.”
Since he misunderstood Yu So-dong as the Sword Venerable's disciple, it seemed Eun Bin was actively raising Yu So-dong.
“Then based on the majority vote, from now on, the Small Snow Squad will call this trap the Training Cave.”
If we think of it as training in a Training Cave, wouldn't we be able to move a bit more comfortably?
“Please don't get hurt.”
Lastly, it was quite perfect with Seol Ye-rin giving instructions not to get hurt.
“Then we start.”
“Han Seol-bi.”
“Yes!”
“Press it.”
“Yes!”
Pooshushuk!
As Han Seol-bi pressed the wall, a barrage of arrows began to pour down crazily.
Seol Ye-rin raised an ice barrier to block the flying arrows, and,
Kang- Kaang- Kaang- Kaang-
The Small Snow Squad members started to master their footwork while deflecting or dodging the arrows with their respective weapons.
“Aaaaaah! Help me!”
Yu So-dong was only loud with his mouth; he was dodging the arrows with fluid movements through the Snow Cloud Step taught by Eun Bin.
“First gateway destroyed!”
The start of the Training Cave was smooth.
***
“How did it go?”
“Well. The arrow trap seems to have triggered. It looks like there are about ten people, wouldn't one or two have died in the trap just now?”
“Ah, then we have to install it again.”
“Right. I wonder if we should have stopped them before they entered.”
They didn't know how many gateways the intruders would pass through, but every time they passed one.
They had to repeat the process of clearing away the used traps and installing new ones.
“It is perfect for a rehearsal though.”
“No word from below?”
“He probably thinks we are testing him again.”
“I am saying this because I'm worried, but surely they won't reach him, right?”
“No way, he lives in a place one can only reach after passing through the strange rocks and boulders, viper's den, iron wire hell, thousand li poison mist, sound wave confusion, and so on up above.”
“Thinking about it now, it really is amazing. How does he live while eating those venomous insects?”
“Is this the Tomb of the Poison Venerable for nothing? The reason we kept him locked up is eventually because he didn't hand over the Poison Venerable's Treasure.”
“Ah, I don't know about that, but the myriad of poison immunity is enviable.”
Kugugung.
The sound of the mechanism triggering was heard again.
Degururururu-
The sound of strange rocks and boulders rolling is heard.
“How many died this time?”
“More than two.”
“Want to bet?”
“Sounds good.”
But there was one strange thing.
By this time, a scream should be heard at least once.
“Kyaaaaaak-”
“Ah, I hear it.”
“Is that the scream made by that beauty?”
“Kukuk, looks like she is still alive.”
It seemed they entered the Viper's Den.
They knew that most martial artists died the most here.
Because there weren't many martial artists who had resistance to poison.
***
Hwaruruk!
The smell of burning beasts tickles the tip of my nose.
“Be careful not to inhale the smoke as much as possible.”
The Viper's Den arrived after cleanly splitting the strange rocks and boulders.
Starting with the scream of Seol Ye-rin, who hates snakes, the Great Snake Burning Operation began.
It was difficult to dismiss this place as part of the Training Cave because there weren't many people with resistance to poison.
The conclusion was that I just decided to burn them all to death.
Hwalhwal-
It burned very well.
Just in case the smoke was also mixed with poison, Seol Ye-rin set up an ice wall to prevent the poison from entering and set it on fire.
“It is... easier than I thought?”
To the extent that words saying it was easy came out of the rookie Yu So-dong's mouth.
“Perhaps if general martial artists entered here, they might have already died.”
It is all thanks to me.
In a situation where we know exactly how the mechanisms trigger and what the next gateway is, it was understandable to feel that breaking through the traps was really easy.
“It's already the fourth gateway.”
Kuung-
This time, holes opened above our heads and iron wires and spears poured down.
Kugugung.
Shuk! Shushuk! Shushushuk!
We could dodge, cut, or block this, but since we focused on dodging in the 1st arrow barrage, we decided to focus on cutting them down as much as possible this time.
“Raise your sword qi! If you cannot raise it, you die!”
“Haaaaap!”
Wooowoong-
When they raised their inner qi with the thought that they would die if they couldn't do it in a situation no different from real combat, most of the Small Snow Squad members became able to raise energy on their respective weapons.
Even,
“Haap!”
Seogeok-
Yu So-dong was also to the extent of raising sword qi.
Clap clap clap.
Eun Bin, seeing the vivid blue sword qi, clapped his hands.
-The speed of growth is no joke.
-As expected, there is nothing like real combat.
The Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen were also looking at the growth of the Small Snow Squad with fascination.
“If we pass through this Training Cave, I think everyone will be able to fight as a match for a hundred?”
At Seol Ye-rin's muttering, I also nodded my head.
“I think it was a good idea to come in.”
“Whew, that's a relief.”
Resultingly, it became a good thing.
***
“Th, this is strange.”
“Why?”
“Aren't they continuing to advance?”
“It's already the sixth gateway.”
“What, already? How much time has passed?”
“It hasn't even been two hours.”
“Is there an absolute master among them or something?”
“What do we do? Should we bring the Elder?”
“If he knows we let them enter, will a thunderbolt of scolding fall?”
“Let's watch just a little more. Let's report it when they pass the eighth gateway.”
The eighth gateway is falling into illusion arts through sound wave confusion.
Even when the experts of the Poison Palace tested it, not a single person had ever reached that far.
They will absolutely never pass.
The experts installing the mechanism formations of the Poison Palace certainly thought so.
.......
....
.
Half a quarter of an hour later.
“It's breached! Bring the Elder right now!”
“Crazy, emergency! Emergency! Intruders! Intruders! Everyone get up!”
The poison men of the Poison Palace managing the Tomb of the Poison Venerable began to get up one by one at the declaration of the emergency situation.
***
“This actually works.”
“Indeed.”
The poison fog was blown away by the wind.
The illusion arts causing hallucinations through sound waves were solved by smacking the backs of the Small Snow Squad members' heads once each.
For me, having experienced reincarnation several times, illusion arts did not work at all.
“The illusion arts were a bit dangerous.”
“Heuk, heuk. It was scary.”
Of course, except for me, most people were exposed to the illusion arts.
When we smashed the mechanism creating the sound waves, there were some who came to their senses.
“I saw my granddaughter.”
To the point where even the Divine Physician said he saw his granddaughter who should be in Namman.
-At this speed, we might meet the guy below?
‘You have definitely grasped the way down, right?’
-Of course.
I heard the mechanism formations are divided into a total of ten stages.
Then if we break just two more now, we will be able to meet the suspicious person living below this Tomb of the Poison Venerable.
-Hmm? Yeom-a, the guys managing the mechanisms below have started to get busy.
-It seems they noticed.
“Well, since we are conquering the mechanisms at this speed, it's understandable they noticed.”
“Is something wrong?”
“It seems the guys who installed this are moving.”
“Then should we speed up a bit more?”
“Let's do that.”
The remaining two gateways seemed to be Poison Creature Hell and formations.
“I will enter here alone.”
Since poison creatures are just like vipers and I don't know what kind of guys will pop out, I decided to enter alone and burn them all away.
Hwaruruk!
-Kkieeeek!
Watching the appearance of the poison creatures burning to death screaming, I thought about the next gateway.
‘Elder Sword Venerable, Elder Demon Queen, do you perhaps know how to pass through a formation when one has no knowledge of formations?’
-Keulkeul, why do you ask such a thing?
-Indeed, there is no need to ask.
‘Do you have any method?’
The Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen were talking as if it was too easy.
Curious about that method, I asked once more.
-There are Gates of Life and Gates of Death in formations.
‘I know that much.’
-They usually say you have to go out through the Gate of Life to survive.
‘Right?’
-But to find the Gate of Life, you need to have knowledge in formations,
‘Yes.’
-Then what should a guy with no knowledge of formations do?
The question came back.
Thinking about the intent of the question, the answer was simple.
‘Physics?’
-Correct.
-It means formations and such are no problem before overwhelming power.
I realized that I had been overlooking the fact that both ghosts were from the North Sea.