Chapter 167: The Silent Wave Sword Technique
Despite deploying the Explosive Charge Step, three iron balls I couldn’t dodge were about to pierce my back.
I couldn’t help but tremble.
It wasn’t because of the unavoidable iron balls.
Not only was it unavoidable, but the iron ball that should have already pierced my back had stopped dead in its tracks.
And the same was true for my body, which was being propelled forward.
A familiar sensation I had already experienced once.
Time… had stopped.
In that instant, a voice echoed in my mind once more.
– You’ve finally passed all three trials. Congratulations.
‘Ah!’
Overwhelming joy surged through his chest.
It was Moolang.
That spirit, likely the sword god’s spirit, had finally reappeared and spoken to me.
The wolf’s eyes carved into the lake gate suddenly glowed faintly.
A voice echoed in my mind once more.
– To be honest, you passed the test the moment you threw yourself to save those ronin earlier. My test was to prove your compassion—your willingness to sacrifice yourself for others—three times. But I was waiting for a more dramatic moment to make my appearance.
I knew it!
The test was indeed about risking your life for another.
My prediction had been spot on.
Then it suddenly occurred to me: ‘Wasn’t that third time when I threw myself to save Senior Son Eun-sang, the Demon of the Crimson Mist?’
When I once tried to sacrifice my life for Lady Tang, I had hidden the Moolang Sword elsewhere, and besides, that was an illusion, not reality. But when I leaped to save Senior Son, that was the real deal.
