I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 517

Living in the Forest of the Four Seasons, Wiheuk had faced countless crises.

Among them were times he came close to death. In fact, had he not possessed such experiences, he would not have survived until now.

But back then, at least he didn’t need to search for a way to win. As long as he polished the martial arts he learned from Wi Ho-chang, he could breach through somehow.

High defense? Then he struck their fragile insides using the Internal Heavy Palm Technique or Penetrating Force to kill them.

Strong regeneration? Then he targeted the heart or neck, slaughtering them before they could even regenerate.

Flying in the sky? He broke their wings somehow to strip away their advantage completely.

An entity with both high defense and exceptional regeneration? He had encountered such beings, but most of them died if he just beat them up enough.

Raw power was, after all, a basic qualification possessed by any animal living in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Rather, the physically weaker ones were trickier. They used abilities other than weight class to catch him off guard.

Thus, it was standard to ignore them whenever possible, and small animals didn’t mess with Wiheuk either.

Like this, as long as he delved deeply into the martial arts passed down by Wi Ho-chang, before he knew it, the opponent would be dead. It had always been that way.

So Wiheuk dug deep only into martial arts, and it remained the same even after Wi Ho-chang’s Ascension to Immortality.

But where was this place? Was it not the Forest of the Four Seasons, where all kinds of strange beings appeared?

If there were gorillas that acted like humans, there were bound to be humans that acted like gorillas.

’What is... that?’

Meeting such a human in person was beyond flabbergasting for Wiheuk.

Wi Ho-chang at least functioned properly as a human, but the human before his eyes was the exact opposite.

Apart from having a weight class superior to a gorilla’s, his technique was vastly lacking.

A human should hone their skills like a human, but he seemed to have raised his weight class like a madman instead.

To Wiheuk, he was closer to something beyond a freak or a mutant.

However.

Hwung!

Even so, he couldn’t call off the fight. Now was the time to find a way to win.

Wiheuk read the path of the sword swung by Grylls. A blade covered in massive, glorious Sword Gang.

Not only was its range absurdly long, but its speed was also formidable. Of course, the technique itself was atrocious.

Teong!

Wiheuk delivered another strike to Grylls’s abdomen. However, it failed to inflict major damage.

On the contrary, as if he had been waiting for this moment, Grylls tried to grab Wiheuk’s arm with his free hand.

Wiheuk also sensed the danger and immediately pulled back. Had he been even a moment slower, his arm would have been caught.

’What should I do?’

Wiheuk recalled Wi Ho-chang’s advice. How could he defeat that monster of a human?

If Wi Ho-chang felt like someone with multiple arms and legs, this human simply had ignorantly thick limbs.

Quite literally, he had only built up his physical frame, but...

’Incredible.’

To Wiheuk, a martial artist, it was a state truly worthy of envy. Was the legendary Vajra Indestructible Body he had only heard about not right before his eyes?

Even if one mastered the Vajra Indestructible Body, it would be difficult to gain that level of regenerative power.

’That is why I must break him.’

Wiheuk narrowed his eyes. He rapidly worked his brain, which he rarely used.

What was that human’s strong point? It went without saying: overwhelming weight class.

An answer would only come if he somehow neutralized or cracked that advantage.

’My power alone is not enough.’

Piercing that frame with pure martial arts was a distant dream. Wiheuk scanned his surroundings.

Was it because Grylls had charged and body-slammed him earlier?

Not only were trees fallen all around, but they had also reached a rocky area filled with boulders before he realized it.

A region Grylls had not explored yet. The same applied to Wiheuk.

’This is it.’

Wiheuk decided to make use of the rocks scattered everywhere.

No matter how tough a body was, if his head slammed into a rock, an opening—if not a wound—would surely show.

What if he slammed a fist or a Palm Strike into his head, with a boulder right behind it? There was a chance of victory.

Syuuk!

Biding his time, Wiheuk pressed inside Grylls’s guard. It was a form of Lightness Skill.

Immediately after, Grylls’s shoulder and arm were grabbed by hands much thicker than his own.

Grylls might have a high weight class, but his height and weight were ultimately human.

In other words, he was perfect for Wiheuk, who possessed a vastly larger physique, to throw.

Kwaang!

Spinning once, Wiheuk hurled Grylls toward the rocky cliff face.

While Grylls was momentarily dazed by the impact spreading from his back, Wiheuk rushed in and unleashed a furious assault.

Peo-eok! Peok!

Was it because of the solid cliff behind him? The attack seemed to inflict far greater damage than before.

On top of that, he even used a technique to turn Grylls’s internal energy against him, detonating it inside.Visit novelрing.com for the full chapter.

"Khmm...!"

But Grylls didn’t just stand there. Widening his eyes, he tracked Wiheuk’s attacks.

Grylls’s dynamic vision was currently at a level where he could slightly discern Bbareumbo’s movements.

Since Wiheuk’s movements were slower than that, Grylls could see them in detail. It was merely tricky to figure out the patterns due to the ape’s superior martial arts.

Kwak!

This meant that once he grasped the pattern, there was plenty of room for a counterattack.

As Wiheuk threw a Palm Strike, Grylls immediately blocked it with his hand.

Seeing this, Wiheuk tried to manipulate Grylls’s internal energy again, but...

Jjeojeojeok!

"?!"

Surprised by his hand suddenly freezing over, he panicked and leaped backward.

It had been less than a second, yet his arm had frozen past the hand all the way to the elbow.

Without giving Wiheuk time to recover from his confusion, Grylls slashed his sword diagonally without hesitation.

Si-ing!

Remarkably, Wiheuk seemed to feel the danger instinctively, narrowly dodging the blow.

But he couldn’t avoid Grylls’s left hand that followed immediately. Grylls had calculated up to this point.

Ppeo-eok!!

"Kheok!!"

Taking a clean hit, Wiheuk’s body flew far into the distance. Fortunately, he didn’t slam into a rock like Grylls had.

He simply tumbled along until he collided with a tree. Even just that caused him heavy damage.

"Kheu-uuu..."

Wiheuk did his best to ignore the pain and looked forward. Grylls was nowhere to be seen.

Thinking ’No way,’ he looked up, and sure enough, there was Grylls falling upside down while gripping his sword with both hands.

Since it was the same attack as earlier, Wiheuk hurriedly rolled out of the way.

Kwang!

Debris scattered in all directions as a cloud of dust billowed up.

Wiheuk kept a close eye on Grylls, who was obscured inside the dust cloud.

Uk-ssin!

"Euk..."

Wiheuk’s face contorted fiercely. The damage to his abdomen was substantial.

Wiheuk was someone who had consumed plenty of nutritious things while living in the Forest of the Four Seasons. Furthermore, he was the pack leader.

Even though he had eaten all sorts of precious items as the pack leader, he fell far short of Grylls.

’What on earth has that guy been eating?’

Before Wiheuk even had time to think, Grylls charged forward, gripping his sword.

Coming at him clad in ridiculously massive Sword Gang over both his body and blade, he was practically an elephant.

No, his pressure was far more overwhelming than an elephant’s. Wiheuk had no clue how to defeat such a force.

’For now, I must keep overwhelming him with physical size.’

As of right now, pressing him with raw size was the only option. Otherwise, there was no solution.

Originally, he had intended to suppress him with grappling—that is, joint locks. Wi Ho-chang had said it was extremely effective against opponents who only possessed an ignorantly large frame.

But he had no choice but to retract that plan due to his hand freezing earlier. Attempting joint locks would be suicidal.

Therefore, he had to take a frontal approach. In Wiheuk’s mind, this was the only answer.

Just as Wiheuk was about to sprint toward Grylls...

Mikkeul!

"?!"

Strange. Why did his vision wobble the moment he stepped forward? Wiheuk panicked.

For some reason, the ground was slippery. Because of that, he slipped, and his vision naturally dropped toward the floor.

He didn’t know when it had been laid out, but the ground was covered in ice—an ice floor glowing with a blue light.

’Don’t tell me... was that the reason he intentionally kicked up the dust earlier?’

Falling down in battle was a fatal mistake. Had Wi Ho-chang not stated this strictly?

The foundation of all martial arts lies in footwork. Misstep with that foot, and the power is reduced by more than half.

That was why masters paid extra attention to footwork, making a fall during battle even more fatal.

Hwuuung!

As Wiheuk was falling, something flew rapidly through the dust cloud. It was Grylls’s foot.

The moment Grylls saw Wiheuk slip, he had thrown a kick without hesitation.

’Dangerous.’

The moment he took a direct hit from that, his bones would hardly remain intact. He felt it instinctively.

Thus, right before hitting the ground, Wiheuk slammed both hands onto the earth and discharged his internal energy.Visit novelping . com for the full chapter.

Peo-eong!

The moment he released his internal energy, Wiheuk’s body launched high into the air. Naturally, Grylls’s kick hit empty air.

Thanks to arms far longer than a human’s, such acrobatics were possible. He had used his innate advantage in his own way.

Kwajik!

Beyond merely dodging, the ice on the ground completely shattered. He wouldn’t fall for this irregular attack again.

Wiheuk flipped in midair to regain his balance. And then he saw it again.

Grylls charging straight at him like a wild bull. By now, he was beginning to feel appalled.

’Now THAT is a real beast...!’

With no clever tricks up his sleeve, Wiheuk rapidly assessed the situation.

There was one way to achieve victory over that monstrous human: that weapon.

The attack range granted by that weapon was extremely troublesome for Wiheuk.

The Sword Gang was ignorantly massive, but the blade itself was of ordinary length. Even if he forced his way inside, it was over if Grylls pulled back his sword.

’Therefore...’

’I must disarm him of that weapon first.’ Wiheuk reached his decision.

If he knocked the weapon out of his hands, things would become relatively easier.

Chwa-ang!

Grylls slashed his sword diagonally once more. Wiheuk dodged by slightly twisting his body.

Right after dodging, he saw all kinds of terrain behind him crumble down.

It was truly dizzying. If he took a clean cut from that, he would die without exception.

’However...’

It was the sword and the Sword Gang that were strong; Grylls’s skill itself was not terrifying. Wiheuk watched Grylls’s hands closely.

Currently, Grylls was close to swinging the sword recklessly. He only exhibited power matching his physique due to Unity of Self and Object.

In other words, he likely hadn’t even mastered the proper way to hold a sword—that is, the gripping technique.

’Those who use weapons become severely weakened once they lose them.’

This, too, was advice passed down by Wi Ho-chang. Wiheuk waited for the moment Grylls swung his blade.

Soon, just as Grylls was about to complete half a swing, Wiheuk moved his palm edge a step faster.

Teong!

Wiheuk’s massive palm edge struck Grylls’s wrist with pinpoint accuracy.

Since it was right when power was being applied, the Sword of the Heavenly Demon slipped from Grylls’s hand.

Now was the chance. While Grylls’s frame faltered, Wiheuk grabbed his body firmly.

Kwaang!

Just like before, he spun his body around once more and threw Grylls toward the rocks.

It was the same pattern, but this was the only method available to him right now. Thereupon, Wiheuk charged forward and delivered a Palm Strike.

Kwang!

Grylls lightly dodged the first Palm Strike by snapping his head aside.

Kwang!

The punch that followed was also dodged when Grylls slightly bent his knees.

Kkwaang!

Even though Wiheuk hurled another Palm Strike, Grylls dodged with extreme ease. By this point, Wiheuk was bewildered.

’How?’

How was he dodging all of his attacks? Wiheuk was thoroughly baffled.

And that single instant brought a massive crisis upon Wiheuk.

Kwak!

Grylls grabbed Wiheuk’s neck outright, and then...

Kkwaang!!

He spun his body around in a full rotation, completely reversing their positions!

That wasn’t all.

"You know, whenever you’ve been using palm strikes, you only ever use your right hand."

He even casually remarked that he had cracked Wiheuk’s attack pattern. Of course, there was no way Wiheuk could understand words.

He was completely subdued now. There was nowhere for Wiheuk to run.

Peo-eok! Peok! Peok!

Grabbing Wiheuk’s neck with his left hand, Grylls slammed his right fist into his abdomen.

Every single blow was equivalent to a critical hit; how could he endure a continuous combo? Wiheuk’s eyes widened in horror.

Not even a scream could escape. The grip on his neck was so fierce that only the sound of leaking air could be heard.

As his consciousness gradually faded, what reached his ears was:

"Welcome to the Forest of the Four Seasons..."

Kkwaang!!!

"...you bastard."

It was Grylls’s voice, brimming with pure satisfaction.