Chapter 430: Grandmaster (4)
A warm breeze brushed past the dueling platform, sweeping toward the spectator stands.
The sunlight pouring down from the open sky was already overwhelming on its own, but it was nothing compared to the noise of those who lived their lives in the turbulent martial world.
“Who is that man? On what grounds does he enter this duel?”
“Didn’t he just say ‘Jeong Family Inner Arts’...? That’s the very martial art that the defeated White-Robed Warrior mentioned as a ‘condensed version’ earlier!”
Voices filled with shock and speculation echoed from the audience. The crumbled wall continued to collapse in pieces, spitting out coarse fragments of stone with dull thuds.
On one side, the Peng Family retainers, all clad in silk robes and carrying ancient sabers, stood in complete silence. Their expressions varied, but they all shared one thing in common—an unease born from witnessing something outside the norms of the orthodox martial world.
Most of the crowd had only begun whispering amongst themselves after the black-clad man deflected Peng Ga In-hu’s saber strike.
Some, however, had already recognized his identity, their faces paling.
Even the high-ranking masters of the Peng Family were the same.
Just moments ago, they had shown subtle satisfaction at Namgung Hwashin’s inaction.
Now, their expressions were forcibly composed, as if suppressing an internal shock. Their lips no longer carried the faintest trace of a smile.
Among them, the elderly grandmasters and younger warriors murmured in low voices.