Drunken Master

Chapter 6: Misty Rain Technique!

Not long after Su Jin had split the clouds in the sky, it began to rain and it was raining cats and dogs. Su Jin just stood there, seemingly to be in deep contemplation, "Huizhong, I'll definitely get revenge for you and our child. Those people shall pay with their lives!" Su Jin's gaze was cold as killing intent filled his eyes. His fist were clenched so hard that his nails had pierced through his palm but he didn't bleed. 

The two brothers felt the sudden shift in Su Jin's emotions and remained quiet, they knew that whatever was on his mind, he had to resolve it himself. Taking a deep breath, he felt calm and relaxed his hands. Powerful auras suddenly appeared from all directions which made the two brothers extremely scared. Their instincts told them that if these people wanted them dead, it would be simple as squashing an ant thus remained seated. 

Su Jin didn't care about the powerful auras as he stood in the heavy rain with his eyes closed. The auras then disappeared completely, as if they were never there. "He's not a bad seedling." said an old man holding a cane and brushing his long white beard. Besides him was two other old men and two ladies in their mid thirties. "Although he's not bad, there's something off about him and I have a feeling that he'd reject us if we want him to acknowledge one of us as his Master." said another old man with his hands on his back. 

"Let's wait and watch for now. He seems to be trying to control his chaotic emotions. We'll approach him when he's in the right state of mind." said one of the ladies. 

Su Jin then took out his gourd and gulped down hard the wine inside, his cheeks turned rosy and red as his eyes became blurry. "Good wine!" he couldn't help but exclaim. He picked up the sword that he had stabbed on the ground and spoke, "If the world doesn't worry, I also won't worry, if the heavens don't have emotions then I'll also be devoid of emotions. My wine shall drown and wash away all my problems. Since I live for the world, the world should follow me? Since I defy the heavens, can't they defy me? Every decision and action is taken by me because I deem it so. My life is controlled only by me!"

To his uncle and father, Su Jin seemed to have drank too much and was speaking gibberish but to the experts hiding in the dark, it was a life time opportunity. All of them immediately disappeared after hearing Su Jin's words,they all had returned to their residences. 

Su Jin stopped talking and started moving, it was more like walking around the garden,his speed was slow at first but as time went by, he became faster and faster. It didn't take long before there were two Su Jin's which startled the two brothers. "What kind of movement technique is that. It's so fast that it created an after image!" said Uncle Ling. The City Lord kept quiet and said nothing but he couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. Two Su Jin's turned into four and four turned into eight, it didn't take long for there to be numerous Su Jin's.

When the garden was filled with his after images he stopped and tightly gripped the sword with his hand. He then horizontally slashed and though this action might seem insignificant, it was very much mind blowing. What Su Jin had cut was actually a rain droplet and he had split it in two. Slashing again but there was more this time, he slashed both horizontally and vertically, splitting the rain droplet into four smaller rain droplets. Four droplets became six and six became eight.

His uncle and father had nothing to say at this point as they watched Su Jin create defy logic. Su Jin repeated the same action many times until a single rain droplet was cut into nothing, he cut it until it disappeared from the world. After the rain droplet was cut into nothing, he chose another droplet and repeated the same action again and again. 

Five minutes later, he changed from one droplet to two and ten minutes later, two had turn into four, twenty minutes later, he was cutting eight rain droplets and the number was still increasing. His speed and precision reached a point where he was surrounded in a white mist created from the rain droplets he was continuously slashing into fine drops that looked like dust 

Su Jin's speed was so fast that the rain could no longer land on his already completely drenched clothes. He suddenly stopped again as he took a deep breath, he started slashing again but not long after, something entirely mind blowing happened, another Su Jin appeared not far from him and did the same action as him. It slashed at the many rain droplets, created a mist of rain with its slashes before dissipating.

There were only two conclusions for what had just happened, whether Su Jin had created a clone of himself or that all that just happened was nothing but an illusion but who would believe that. The truth was that Su Jin merged his two self created techniques which enabled him to do this, he had moved at such an incredible speed, slashed the rain droplets and returned to his previous spot and did the same thing in a matter of half a second. 

Seeing this, the two brothers couldn't take it anymore and stood up with their bodies shaking all over from the shock they were just given. "J-Just how is that possible? What the hell happened to him in the past ten years to be able to do such a thing!" exclaimed his father,he was no longer as calm as he previously was. Not glancing at the two, Su Jin continued with whatever he was doing.

Two after images appeared while he stood on the same spot as if he never moved, this kind of speed was unprecedented and would anyone who saw it. From two after images to five and from five to seven, in an hour or so, the garden was yet again filled with after images that would create a fog before disappearing. With so many after images, he literally created a thick fog which covered the entire garden including the place they were dining in. 

"I'll call this technique the Misty Rain Technique and I'll add a defensive style in the future." said Su Jin to himself but after naming his technique, it stopped raining as they clouds in the sky became even darker with lightning appearing here and there.

Rumble~

A powerful pressure descended from the sky and fell on the City Lord's manor, Su Jin was the main target and had to bear the full brunt of this pressure. Feeling that something bad was about to happen and didn't want any mistakes to occur, he instantly disappeared from where he was and appeared in a forest not far from the city. The amazing thing was that the dark clouds appeared above him and the pressure was still there but not in his father's residence. "So this is what everyone is fearful of, the wrath of the heavens!"

He was surprisingly calm in this tight situation and didn't look fearful or nervous. "Lightning is gonna descend and try to strike me to death. I can't let that happen." instead of saying, "How am I gonna survive this ordeal" Su Jin used the word try, meaning that the lightning bolts might not touch him. If anyone heard what he just said, they'd die from anger and Su Jin's arrogance. These were the heavens for crying out loud, they've destroyed cultivation geniuses and taken countless lives, only few live to tell the tale and here was Su Jin spouting nonsense that he was untouchable even in the face of heavens wrath. If he wasn't crazy then he was extremely arrogant.

"Great timing, I was wondering which was faster, my movement technique or your lightning and we shall prove it now,whether it is I or you who is faster." said Su Jin calmly as he looked at the thunder roiling in the sky.

BOOM!!!

As if understanding what Su Jin was saying, the thunderclaps became louder that everyone in the city and near the place was scared shitless! "Who has angered the heavens exactly? Just what did they do for this to occur?" the young man that had accompanied Su Jin mumbled to himself,the young lady appeared besides him not long after. "From what I heard, it's Senior who is undergoing this ordeal. As for why it is him, I also don't know." she said. 

"What?!" the young man was shocked for a moment before calming down and said, "As expected from Senior. Everything he does, it's done in style." he then shook his head and continued to watch and so did the young lady. 

Back to the dining hall, Su Jin's father was pacing back and forth with a face full of worry and anxiety and even a few beads of sweat. "Brother, do you think he'll be fine? It is said that you can escape death but not the heavens." "Relax brother, that kid will definitely return to us safe and sound. Nothing will happen to him. Have faith in him brother." even as he said this, couldn't hide the anxiety in his eyes and was also worried about his niece. 

...

Seriously looking at the sky, lightning struck down at breath taking speed and Su Jin still managed do dodge it albeit by a hairs breath. "Sneak attack huh? The heavens sure are shameless, hahaha!" another bolt struck down and he dodged it again. If one were to see how easy and what he was saying, they'd think he was insane but what they didn't know was that he was actually drunk. Yes, he looked completely sober with his serious expression but Su Jin was drunk. 

How crazy was it, being able to dodge lightning bolts from the heavens while drunk and even have the leisure of making fun of the heavens, now this was a first. Lightning struck down continuously, causing huge craters to form and destroyed the trees in the surroundings but still failed to reach its target who was jumping around like a monkey. Su Jin then seriously looked the pitch black clouds and said, "I have an offer for you. I'll remain in the same spot for you to attack me but you have to leave after that and you can only attack once." he offered. 

Rumble~

Whether it agreed or not, nobody knew but it was really intent of striking down Su Jin who had a serious expression. Lightning shot down again but the speed wasn't so fast anymore as if trying to test if Su Jin was playing with it again but seeing that he didn't move, the speed increased by a bit. When the lightning bolt was about to strike him, he attacked with the sword he was holding. 

"Heaven Splitter!"

The lightning bolt was chopped into two equal halves that passed his neck and struck the ground behind him. "Hahaha, I said I wouldn't move, not that I wouldn't attack! You're so dumb, hahaha!" he rolled on the ground laughing so hard that those close to the city gates could hear his laughter.

Rumble~

Thunder rumbled as if saying Su Jin was a shameless liar and that they'll definitely get him next time. The clouds then disappearing and it started to rain cat and dogs again, Su Jin stood after a few minutes of laughter and looked at the cloudy sky,a transparent barrier formed around him and blocked the rain from reaching him. "And they say heavens have no emotions. Just which dumb bastard came up with this nonsense, hahaha!" he then disappeared from sight.