Ever since Jo-Yang introduced himself to Baek Mu-Gun and Jin Yoo-Sung, he had been having dinner with them every evening. The two liked Nam Jo-Yang, who was honest and simple, so they didn’t mind. They only had meals together at first, but after a few days, they began to drink together too. With their friendship deepening, Jo-Yang carefully requested Mu-Gun and Yoo-Sung to take a look at his martial arts.

Mu-Gun was curious about the martial arts of the Sea Palace Sect, one of the Three Great Clans of Fujian, anyway, so he gladly accepted Jo-Yang’s request and even personally sparred with him. As the younger brother of Sea Palace Sect Patriarch Nam Jo-Myeong, Jo-Yang naturally fought using the Seventy-Two Sea Palace Chain Sword Art, their sect’s authentic martial arts. As its name suggested, once unleashed, it gave form to a series of chain reactions strong enough to push back the opponent and prevent them from counterattacking.

Jo-Yang’s Seventy-Two Sea Palace Chain Sword Art was so structured that breaking through it proved difficult. Even if its chain reaction did get broken midway, it had a defensive frame strong enough to prevent the battle from becoming one-sided.

If Jo-Yang...