Baek Seol-hee stared at them with a dissatisfied look, as if they were not up to her standards. She sighed deeply again and spoke.
"Do you really think there's such a huge gap between us?"
Baek Seol-hee shook her head as if she didn't expect an answer.
"No, the difference between you and me isn't that big. If my disciple hadn't joined the fight and was only giving instructions from behind, you would have defeated me in less than five minutes."
That was the truth.
Not only Jin Yuha, but also Yoo-ri, Kang Do-hee, Lim Ga-eul, Sophia, and Ichika had made remarkable progress through rigorous training and overcoming difficult challenges.
They had achieved an absolute power that was not far behind Baek Seol-hee's.
But why was there such a huge gap between them?
The deciding factor was efficiency, or in other words, judgment and vision.
No matter how good one's abilities and movements were, if they could be predicted and prepared for from the start, their effectiveness would decrease significantly.
If the taunt had landed properly at the beginning, Baek Seol-hee would have been defeated without even lifting a finger.
However, Utopia stuck to their usual tactics against Baek Seol-hee, who was well aware of their abilities, and ended up getting defeated without even lifting a finger.
"I'm so frustrated that I want to split your heads open. Why do you fight without thinking?"
Baek Seol-hee was genuinely annoyed. These people had such great talent, yet they were so incompetent.
"Anyway, it's because my disciple is doing it for you, right? If my disciple didn't give you instructions, you'd be useless. Are you just tools that exist to be used?"
She suppressed her frustration with superhuman patience and spoke in a low voice.
"In fact, I don't care if you're just tools. It's not my problem if you die somewhere due to your own stupidity."
Baek Seol-hee genuinely believed this. If they died fighting like this, it was because of their own stupidity, not her disciple's fault.
"If my disciple doesn't care about you as tools and you break down because of your own incompetence, I don't care either."
However.
Her disciple was not the type of person who would do that.
He was a kind-hearted fool who had the belief that he must protect anyone who entered his territory. If any of them were in danger during combat, her disciple would definitely rush in without caring about his own safety.
All for the sake of these stupid girls.
Suddenly, a surge of anger rose within her.
"I won't let your incompetence kill my disciple. Absolutely not."
Therefore, they had to become stronger, one way or another.
They were always dragging Jin Yuha down by not performing to their full potential.
Baek Seol-hee couldn't just stand by and watch.
That's why she had given up teaching Jin Yuha directly and had taken this position instead.
"From now on, for the next two days, I'll inject some thoughts into your empty heads."
Yes, there was no need for kindness when teaching these stubborn fools.
Only tedious pain, repetition, and indoctrination were necessary.
"Starting now, each of you will come out and spar with me for 10 minutes. Then we'll rotate every 10 minutes, without rest, for two days."
Baek Seol-hee's eyes turned cold as she looked at Utopia.
"And if you don't show improvement the next time we fight, I'll break your fingers. If your fingers are all broken, I'll break your toes. After that, I'll break your arms and legs one by one."
A brutal warning to break their limbs if they didn't show proper results. It was an extreme method, but
"Who wants to go first?"
"I'll go first."
"No, I will!"
"Instructor, I'll go first as the eldest!"
"I'll do it!"
"I want to go first."
Everyone gathered here volunteered to be the first to step up.
After all, no one wanted to be a hindrance to Jin Yuha.
That determination alone pleased Baek Seol-hee.
She twisted one corner of her mouth.
"Okay, good. You girls should be prepared. I'm not as soft as my disciple." White sword energy rained down in a chaotic manner.
A deadly storm of sword energy.
If one took a wrong step, the sword energy would tear through their skin and flesh.
Amidst this chaos, Jin Yuha, covered in wounds, gritted his teeth.
"Huff, huff, damn it!"
Jin Yuha was sweating profusely and gasping for breath.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Swish!
Despite his unstable stance, he managed to block the incoming sword energy and narrowly dodge the attacks, refusing to allow any fatal strikes.
At first, the Sword Emperor couldn't hide her excitement at witnessing the exceptional sword skills of her disciple.
But now,
Her face was as hard as a rock.
'...How long has it been?'
The Sword Emperor thought to herself as she watched Jin Yuha continuously dodge and block the incoming sword energy.
It had probably been over 12 hours.
Jin Yuha had already received 40,382 strikes of the Sword Emperor's sword.
Clang!
No, 40,383 strikes.
In fact, the Sword Emperor's original intention was different.
After briefly observing Jin Yuha's sword skills, she planned to push him into a state of Muah (Emptiness) once she had a good grasp of his abilities.
She only had two days to teach a new sword technique, which was not an easy task.
When one enters a state of Muah (Emptiness), all senses are activated, and thoughts and actions are elevated to the realm of instinct.
In such a situation, the most primal survival instincts are awakened, and potential and the five senses are fully awakened, allowing one to accept anything.
The Sword Emperor believed that if she forced Jin Yuha into this state and then taught him the improved Moon Shadow Sword Technique, he would achieve rapid progress within a short time.
Entering a state of Muah (Emptiness) was simple.
It involved engaging in combat with an 'invincible opponent' in an 'inescapable situation'.
However,
Her attempts kept failing.
'He's not entering a state of Muah (Emptiness)...'
There was something the Sword Emperor hadn't considered.
It was Jin Yuha's extraordinary mind.
His ability to quickly assess the situation and make judgments in the blink of an eye was exceptional.
Jin Yuha's reaction speed, which allowed him to instantly translate his thoughts into action, was also beyond comprehension.
'No, it seems like he's getting faster...?'
It was as if Jin Yuha was growing in real-time during this sparring session. His mind became sharper in this crisis, allowing him to escape even from situations where there was no escape.
And he was doing this with the Moon Shadow Sword Technique that hadn't even been improved yet!
Clang! Clang!
"Huff!"
'At first, he seemed a bit overwhelmed, but now he's gradually breaking through my defenses... No, he's still struggling...'
The Sword Emperor was dumbfounded.
Even when Jin Yuha had said that he came up with many thoughts during combat, the Sword Emperor had thought it was abnormal.
However, she hadn't fully believed it.
She thought that human cognition and judgment had limits and that there was some exaggeration in Jin Yuha's words.
But Jin Yuha's performance proved that there was not a single lie in his words.
He was too smart to enter a state of Muah (Emptiness).
'Is this even possible?'
This situation was something even the Sword Emperor, who had survived the Great Chaos, had never seen before.
"Hey, old lady! Are you trying to kill me?! After I saved your granddaughter, this is how you repay me?!"
Swish!
Jin Yuha shouted as he twisted his body to block the sword energy aimed at his chest.
'You're so calm now, and what's this about an old lady?'
The Sword Emperor let out a bitter laugh at Jin Yuha's audacity.
Yes, she had been too lenient.
It was no surprise that the magic kid and the sword ghost kid cherished this boy so much.
'I initially intended to go easy on him, but if he's going to push me this far, I have no choice.'
The Sword Emperor had to bring out her full strength as well.
Swoosh!
The old sword that was stuck in the ground in front of her was pulled out and landed in the Sword Emperor's hand.
"Huff. Our disciple is too exceptional, so I can't help it. Please, try to survive?"
She said with a menacing smile on her face.
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