Chapter 555: Five Swords, Six Stars (2)
Geomdan was struck down by the old swordsman’s gesture.
The sharp blade wind faded into the distance, and the few lingering threads of sword gusts seeped soundlessly into the dust. The entire scene had been executed with extreme precision.
A single move from a peerless swordsman.
For a moment, Geomdan’s figure, collapsed in the smoke, began to sharpen. Silence spread among the commoners of the Gwanghon Mountains who had earlier been chanting his name as the Great Warrior of the King of Dragon Resonance—most of them Yozoku.
“......”
Towering men and women of all ages stood on the sharp-edged rooftops or saddles of warhorses.
Cold stares bore down on Geomdan.
This wasn’t like the martial world of Ming, where both victor and defeated were praised. Here, they bowed to the strong and scorned the lords who lost.
A triumphant report was hope—the only escape from their desolate land.
The defeat of Lord Geomdan.
Still, as the Great Warrior of the Northern King, he hadn’t lost consciousness from a single technique. Even now, from where he had collapsed, he shook his head and pounded the ground with one hand as he rose.
[...Damn.]