Martial Arts Returnee’s Game Broadcast - 25 chapter

Speed Master declared firmly.

“We can’t beat the Inmyeon Jiju, no matter how skilled one may be with a sword.”

– Is this the first defeat flag for the undefeated Silent Swordsman?

– It’s scarier because it’s coming from the Sensei himself.

– Speed Sensei may sometimes overreact and get carried away, but he never says anything without reason.

As one of the top physical streamers, Speed Master confidently ranks among the top ten. With the achievements he has accumulated, his words carry authority and weight.

– But didn’t the Silent Swordsman just sheathe their sword?

– What’s going on?

– Does this mean they’re going to punch instead?

“Do you think you can break what you can’t cut with a sword, using your fists?”

– Ah, so they were just striking a pose.

– I guess this is the end.

– Well, it was fun while it lasted, Silent Swordsman Mk1. It’s time for the dust-covered Mk2 to shine.

An inevitable defeat.

Meaningless resistance.

The last, desperate struggle.

Everyone thought that way.

If it can’t be cut with a sword, it can’t be beaten with fists. That’s common sense.

And if even the top physical streamer, Speed Master, says so, it must be true.

With 6,200 viewers watching the main stream and 31,000 watching in sub-channels, they all anticipated the Silent Swordsman’s final moment.

But when the Silent Swordsman’s fist collided with the body of the half-demon Inmyeon Jiju, Speed Master and the 37,200 viewers fell into utter confusion.

Boom!!

“Kyaaa!”

With a heavy thud, the body of the Inmyeon Jiju lurched backward.

It was clear to anyone watching that the Silent Swordsman’s fist had delivered an overwhelming blow.

Even the mighty Speed Master couldn’t help but gape at the sight.

Did that really land as a super critical hit?

No, that can’t be right. A critical hit targets a weak point. How could a fist, which hadn’t even managed to pierce the shell with a sword, exploit any weak points?

It wasn’t a critical hit.

It was something that made a non-weak point into a weak one.

In virtual reality games, there’s a term for a hit that’s more powerful than usual:

It looked like a **Just Action**.

Just Action.

Unlike a critical hit, which strikes at an opponent’s weak point, a Just Action occurs when you execute a perfect attack.

“No, it was even more than that.”

Only Speed Master recognized it.

That strike.

That technique.

The attack the Silent Swordsman executed—without a doubt—was something only found among top-tier physical streamers.

“It was a Perfect Action.”

A level beyond Just Action, like a super critical hit is beyond a critical hit.

A move that delivers massive damage beyond perfection.

A true finishing blow.

– Wow!

– The terminology used by experts is on another level.

– Isn’t “Perfect Action” something we only see in the wiki pages?

– There’s someone out there making textbook moves come to life.

– Is the Silent Swordsman a god? Is she a god? Is she a god?

– Are people seriously losing it over one lucky punch?

Indeed, it could have been a fluke.

After all, there’s a term for such situations: “Lucky Punch.”

When the enraged Inmyeon Jiju charged at her, viewers believed without a doubt that her beginner’s luck had run out.

But when the Silent Swordsman deftly evaded the attack, grabbed one of the spider’s legs, flipped up into the air, and dislocated the joint with a powerful stomp, they could no longer deny the truth.

The silent swordsman was delivering a torrent of divine strikes, executing **Perfect Actions** with every move.

Even without a sword, she was proving just how strong she truly was.

Sometimes, fists are more effective than swords.

When facing masters of external martial arts.

Or fighting formidable spiritual creatures.

Or dealing with beings whose skin feels like iron.

Against opponents like these, sword energy can barely leave a scratch, and you must expend massive amounts of inner strength to make any meaningful cuts.

Such fights force inefficiency upon you.

‘No matter how tough the surface is, they can’t train their internal organs.’

The advantage of strikes is that the impact is driven directly through the skin, carapace, or shell, penetrating inside.

“This wicked human! I’ll have you hanging in my web for 24 hours!”

Despite the serious damage it had taken, the Inmyeon Jiju still managed to downplay the threat, trying to act harmless.

Hae Eung Eung snickered.

There was no Inmyeon Jiju in the martial arts world that was clumsy enough for a shockwave strike to work on.

This opponent wasn’t even worthy of the grandiose title of Inmyeon Jiju, being so weak.

However, that didn’t prove the Inmyeon Jiju was harmless.

They were currently in Banyo Gorge.

A deep, secluded canyon at the edge of the human world, tainted by the blood of demons.

It was a place where half-demons sought refuge.

‘In the martial world, this place would be like the main stronghold of the Demon Sect, the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.’

Even among the demons of the sect, not all were evil.

However, all the good ones were persecuted, drained of their blood, and reduced to mere playthings or tools for villains before meeting a miserable end.

Strength rules all!

That was the cruel law of the outer martial world.

And in Banyo Gorge, where half-demons and yokai thrived, it was natural that such inhuman sentiments were widespread.

‘How long do you think you can keep pretending to be weak? Let’s end this charade.’

Due to the spider’s body structure, its legs could never reach its rear abdomen.

Hae Eung Eung’s flurry of strikes rained down mercilessly on the unguarded part of the Inmyeon Jiju’s body.

“Kyaaaaah!

The Inmyeon Jiju let out a horrible scream, shaking violently.

Despite the violent thrashing, the Silent Swordsman, who had withstood assaults from water demons even on a tiny boat, wasn’t about to be shaken off after mounting the Inmyeon Jiju’s abdomen.

The half-demon, realizing that her opponent was even more tenacious than a spider, began to change her attack pattern.

Whoosh!

The Inmyeon Jiju started leaping between spiderwebs, fleeing through the forest at incredible speed.

Her jumps were massive, her velocity blinding, and the sticky threads of her web further added to her escape attempt, all in a desperate bid to shake off Hae Eung Eung.

– Ugh, I feel dizzy.

– Wow, nothing’s visible at all.

– As a racer in Virtual Formula Season 1, I must say, Inmyeon Jiju is faster than my car.

– Save me!

– The Silent Swordsman’s first-person view is killing people today.

These were the screams of newbies found only in the sub-streams, while the viewers in the main stream chuckled as they typed in the chat.

– We’re going crazy too, lol.

– How is it still disorienting even on the third round?

– Something… something is definitely happening.

– But we can’t see it!

– Seriously, what’s happening? LOL.

Even the main stream viewers, with all their experience, couldn’t handle the insane speed of the fight.

Only those with the sharpest eyes and the best motion vision could track the battle as it sped through the dark forest.

The Inmyeon Jiju is crashing into trees, rolling over webs, and nearly falling into a swamp, but the Silent Swordsman isn’t budging an inch.

– Can you actually see anything with night vision?

– Maybe, but it still looks pitch black, lol. NightVision, you probably see a black movie screen as if it’s bright.

– If your broadcast lights up after putting on night vision goggles, take them off immediately. That’s not night vision.

Tying up the Silent Swordsman? Is this some kind of bondage play? Taking her to the depths?

Looks like Lust has lost it, not seeing anything but his own desires.

– Lust, stop! You’re making everyone think EomGildong is a pervert too!

– EomGildong’s biggest output: EomGildong’s Lust, lol.

– Lust is really making waves, moving from 2DaHye’s broadcast to the Silent Swordsman’s.

Most people would have long fallen off due to the desperate pace of the chase.

But the Silent Swordsman, clearly beyond ordinary limits, had already reached the level of a superhuman martial artist.

There was no way she would fall.

“Please fall off!!”

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, the Inmyeon Jiju screamed, diving straight into the lair of the yokai.

Bang!

With a heavy crash, dust filled the air from the impact, creating a small crater in the center of an open space.

Scattered all around were the bodies of the yokai.

They began to gather, closing in on the Silent Swordsman and the Inmyeon Jiju at the center.

Now, in addition to the powerful Inmyeon Jiju, she would have to face dozens of yokai at once—a truly extreme situation.

‘How pitiful. The Inmyeon Jiju of Banyo Gorge.’

The excitement that had risen from her anticipation of a strong opponent and the thrill of a life-and-death struggle…

All of it faded into cold disappointment and disdain.

This was all?

A fight that amounted to nothing more than cheap tricks?

‘There’s no point in watching any longer.’

Just as the Silent Swordsman, who had believed she was doing her best, drew her sword and began to move, the viewers finally realized it.

Even the battles they had seen so far were not the Silent Swordsman’s full strength.

They finally understood just how much ease she had taken in fighting the Inmyeon Jiju all this time.

The circulation of the breathing technique through the blood meridians.

Unlike the Samjae Qi Gong, which circulated through only three meridians, the Cheonghae Breathing Technique circulated through a whopping nine meridians.

This second-rate breathing technique accelerated the user’s inner energy, unleashing a massive power output like waves crashing on the sea.

Instant kill.

Three yokai per second.

In the tide of sword strikes, the yokai couldn’t even react.

They were helplessly slaughtered, like being swept away by an overwhelming tidal wave.

The difference in power between this and the water demons they had previously resisted was on a whole other level.

An absolutely overwhelming force.

– Wow.

– Crazy.

– Shredded.

Not even a minute had passed, and the center of the clearing, which had been filled with yokai, was now littered with their bodies.

The Silent Swordsman flicked the blood from her dripping sword, scattering droplets onto the ground.

As her sword pointed at the Inmyeon Jiju, the spider trembled and raised its front legs.

“Please… spare me.”

It was a declaration of surrender.

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[Story Mode]

Unlike the lowly creatures like blood demons, water demons, and yokai, who had gone mad from being unable to withstand the blood of monsters and had been reduced to beings ruled by instinct, a half-demon with their own unique name possessed a clear sense of self and their own thought process.

Just as the <Executioner> had, and the <Water Demon Leader> had, the <Inmyeon Jiju> was no exception.

For the first time in the history of Banyo Gorge, the Inmyeon Jiju displayed the courage to surrender to a player.

[“I just wanted to make a friend…”]

[“Why are you doing this to me?”]

[“Do humans and half-demons have to kill each other?”]

The Inmyeon Jiju couldn’t hide her sadness.

[“Twenty years…”]

[“I’ve lived in this cursed body as a half-demon for twenty years.”]

[“I’ve finally met a decent person…”]

Tears welled up on the face of the old woman.

[“But with this shriveled, poisonous face…”]

[“And this monstrous spider body…”]

[“I can’t make even a single human friend?”]

The Inmyeon Jiju’s heartfelt confession.

The Silent Swordsman was greatly shocked.

Could this be true?

Was this sincere?

That old woman—the Inmyeon Jiju…

‘She’s twenty-five?’

She wasn’t eighty.

She wasn’t eight hundred and twenty-five.

She was just twenty-five years old.

The same age as her.

Just another person in their twenties.

Her face stiffened as she grappled with this unbelievable reality.