Chapter 79

Usually, when a broadcast was in progress, not many related posts would go up on the community.

Except for the small number trying to relay the stream, most people were focused on the broadcast.

But now was different.

A live broadcast with over 100,000 viewers.

Even if just 1% of them briefly turned their attention to visit the community, that would be 1,000 people.

That’s why No-Honor was currently flooded with countless posts related to Seo-jun being uploaded and getting upvoted.

Content about their joint broadcast had taken over No-Honor.

If the broadcast ended, it was obvious that several times more posts would go up.

[Rankers are unexpectedly total scrubs? LOL]

[The posts those defeated rankers wrote yesterday are hilarious lol]

[Is that guy actually really good? Or have we been stagnating without any improvement?]

[Only the Demonic Cult is happy]

Strangely, there weren’t many pros who played For the Murim.

While there were definitely people connecting with alternate accounts, since that was the same for other games, they usually estimated roughly how many pros played a game based on main accounts—the numbers visible on the surface.

And the number of pros who visibly played For the Murim was two.

The reason so few pros played was probably due to the entry barrier.

To properly enjoy it, there were too many martial arts techniques and forms to learn, making it not a game that busy pros could casually enjoy.

But.

[Entry barrier? Elitist game? What masters lol]

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No matter how I look at it, we’re just idiots who played a shitload of martial arts techniques this game company made but don’t know real swordsmanship.

We were deluding ourselves thinking we were good inside our little well, then a real master came along and swept us all away with a slow sword regardless of martial arts, making us realize.

The ocean is vast!

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-Did some hater from The League come to stir up trouble?

└Looks like players from other games are trying to stomp on us while they can

-I was confident in swordsmanship at least, but after seeing today I don’t know anymore. Are those really the masters I knew getting beaten like that? My heart feels… grand…

└Don’t get grand feelings here lmao

-We were frogs in a well!

[Martial arts my ass]

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Those losers getting swept by such a slow sword would totally get destroyed if they went to other games.

Game scrubs lol

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-For real lol

-Their skills were an illusion

-No they’re not? Other game masters are also in the top 100 rankings here. Good players are good at everything.

└That’s not right lol. The rankings here are martial arts focused. If we’re talking pure physicality, that master would rank much higher.

└What’s the criteria for physicality?

└Let’s use Training Hall. Honestly, it was ridiculous calling ourselves murim with the game company’s made-up martial arts.

Why were these reactions coming out?

There actually were users from other games mixed in.

[Ah lol if PvE rankers go to other games they’d probably be exactly at diamond level <– If you agree with this assessment, upvote lol]

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Starting with me

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-This bastard’s Adventure ID shows he’s a The League user, why is he acting up here?

└It is scientific though lmao

-Are you perhaps Diamond rank in The League?

└Looking at his post history he is Diamond LOL

-This settles it. Let’s just say that streamer is good.

└That way our For the Murim reputation won’t drop lol

While some outsiders got caught like this, most of the posts were indeed written by people who played and loved For the Murim.

The reason they were being self-deprecating was a psychological reluctance to acknowledge the continuing victories of Seo-jun.

[Someone please just beat this guy]

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Getting swept by a streamer who’ll leave without regret once the battlefield ends doesn’t make sense.

And with Heavenly Demon Divine Art too.

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-Maybe Heavenly Demon Divine Art was actually overpowered?

-Why do the Demonic Cult guys lose when they have such a good thing?

└Because they don’t use Heavenly Demon Divine Art lol

└I’ll tell you a secret. Anyone other than the Heavenly Demon using that trait is considered sacrilege, so they’ve been hoarding that good stuff. For real.

└That thing actually sucks lol

The fact that they easily lost to a slow sword also played a part.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

A trait with a name that people who came to this game for the murim concept absolutely couldn’t resist, yet forced them to endure it anyway because it wasn’t good.

If Heavenly Demon Divine Art had been even slightly good, the Demonic Cult would have immediately shot to first place in user count and dominated every battlefield—that was a fact everyone acknowledged.

But to lose to a streamer who’d barely been playing For the Murim, using the trait that made them turn away from the Demonic Cult, when he was holding their pride rankers.

Even out of spite, they couldn’t acknowledge the streamer.

But as they continued getting helplessly beaten, right when they were starting to think ‘Were we really frogs in a well?’, a donation came through Navigator’s broadcast.

[Donation just came through Navigator’s stream]

[Sounds like a sore loser’s pathetic excuse lol]

[Does the sword speed actually change from the opponent’s perspective?]

[Pathetic old-timer lol. Just admit your skills suck instead of talking about the opponent’s perspective]

At first, they mocked This Isn’t Murim.

But when Navigator actually spectated from the perspective of the user facing Seo-jun.

Public opinion completely flipped.

[Holy shit, that gave me chills lmao]

[From the opponent’s perspective, the sword speed… is different?]

[No wonder they lost.]

[How do you even get out of that situation?]

He was just that good.

They had no choice but to acknowledge his skill.

Even so, questions remained.

[From the opponent’s perspective, the sword speed… is different?]

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How is this possible? I get that perception can differ, but lmao this difference is too extreme?

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It made sense that they lost helplessly.

Seeing it directly, they couldn’t think of how to handle it.

Originally, you can only give advice when you can see something.

If you can’t see anything, it means the level is higher than yours, so you can’t even give advice.

Still, questions could be raised.

And to resolve those questions, This Isn’t Murim stepped forward again.

[About the dull sword that Heavenly Demon 14 mentioned at the beginning.]

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There are various types of swordsmanship.

Swift sword, phantom sword, flowing sword, tyrannical sword, heavy sword, flying sword.

You’ve probably heard of these at least once.

But dull sword might be new to some people.

So let me first explain what it is—a dull sword is exactly that, a dull sword.

A dull sword has no particular advantages.

It’s not even a sword to aspire to.

However, this dull sword is the most fascinating sword of all.

Because it’s a sword that touches the ultimate essence of martial arts, which only absolute masters can wield.

Have you ever thought about how to win with a slow sword?

Just knowing your opponent’s movements isn’t enough to make attacks succeed. Because the speed is slow.

So to win, you must be able to control your opponent’s movements at will.

But controlling your opponent’s movements at will—isn’t that too difficult?

Still, it’s not like there’s no method.

Trading flesh for bone.

A strategy of giving flesh to take bone.

Martial artists like me who use great swords and have sturdy bodies often use this method.

And the dull sword goes even further than this.

The dull sword literally controls the opponent.

It neutralizes their sword.

Makes their instincts send false warnings.

Causes their feet to tangle.

Draws their gaze and focus.

Makes them lose their rhythm.

Causes them to lose their center.

A slow sword that manipulates opponents at will, playing with them—one that you know is coming but can’t stop.

That’s the dull sword, and the realm Seo-jun has reached.

Now I’ll show you an analysis of how his design worked on me.

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Seo-jun opened the community and read this post with his 17,000 viewers.

He was currently stopped after beating Heavenly Killing Star for a 7-win streak.

People weren’t matching with him anymore, so he had no choice.

After reading Navigator’s message and watching the replay from his opponent’s perspective once, he was browsing the community.

Even spending time like this, no matches came up.

Today would probably end here.

“What do you guys think?”

-A sword you know is coming but can’t stop! Heavenly Demon hype lethal dose! Barkeep! Lol

-Is that really true????

-What if old-timer uses rhythm and words in his posts!

-Waitress, bring out the pickles!

-Barkeep! Roll me a hamburger!

Seo-jun burst out laughing.

What the hell did that guy do to make them keep acting like this?

-Let’s just say the streamer is the best under heaven

-Sounds like a legendary realm

-But looking at that analysis, it seems right?

-He said he’ll analyze other matches later too lol

-So is it right? The person involved should explain

The dull sword that controls opponents to land attacks with a slow sword.

To put it simply, there was nothing wrong with what that post said.

Maybe because he wrote it after personally experiencing and feeling it.

“I’ll leave what’s correct to your imagination.”

Even if he told them, they probably wouldn’t believe it anyway.

[‘Reply right now’ donated 1,000,000 won!]

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The donation content came up so hastily it couldn’t even include text.

“Wow. Thank you for the million won donation. About that post…”

If someone drops a million won, he has to tell them.

Maybe because there were so many viewers—someone just dropped 100 million won at once.

-LOL. The ultimate martial essence dull sword and whatever can’t stand up to a million won

-Look at that attitude change speed

“It’s correct. Yes. You have to control enemies and make it impossible for them to avoid to win. Otherwise, how do you win?”

Seo-jun readily agreed.

There was nothing else to explain differently.

“Just think of it as the same principle as the ‘trading flesh for bone’ mentioned there. Just more complex and difficult. But the fundamental part is the same. Guiding your opponent’s movements the way I want.”

-When you put it so casually, it kind of makes sense

-So you were toying with them? Damn

-That’s basically gaslighting lol

-Gaslighting swordsmanship dull sword LOL

-Think of it like ankle breakers

Ankle breaker.

In basketball, it refers to using flashy dribbling to break a defender’s balance.

“Yeah. It’s similar to ankle breakers.”

Just much more difficult.

Seo-jun didn’t bother adding further explanation.

Everyone knew what he’d done was more difficult than just breaking someone’s balance.

“For details, watch the analysis. I’ll point out any incorrect parts.”

How to do it—even if he explained, they wouldn’t understand, so he’ll skip it.

People naturally couldn’t easily believe it.

What Seo-jun said meant he’d been freely toying with rankers, so it was natural.

The posts currently going up in the community generally had that tone too.

So Seo-jun smiled and added one more line.

“If you think it’s bullshit, come fight me.”

8 wins in a row.

He was tempted.

-Pushing drugs lol

-You think they’ll let you win one more? LOL

-Even if you don’t get 8 wins, you’re already guaranteed first place

Fame points were earned at 4x the amount for every 2 consecutive wins.

2 wins gets you 50, then 4 wins gets you 200.

6 wins gets you 800, and 8 wins gets you 3,200.

That’s why the number of rankers who’d achieved 8 consecutive wins could be counted on one hand.

No matter how overwhelming your skill was, if matching got blocked like Seo-jun was experiencing now, you couldn’t get 8 wins.

And without exception, every user lucky enough to get 8 consecutive wins had taken first place in that battlefield.