Chomu

Chomu
Korean Name	초무
Status	Deceased
Gender	Male
Professional Status
Affiliations	Unknown
Occupation	Mercenary
Martial Arts
Soul Chasing Hand
Debut Appearances
Yongbi	Chapter 56

Chomu (초무, Chomu) was a mercenary employed as one of Hwangbo Soong's bodyguards during the search for the Golden Castle.

Appearance & Personality

Chomu was a short, rugged looking man with a muscular build, flattop hairstyle, thick round nose, and one scar running down the right side of his head with the second scar running up his right cheek. He wore a fur vest over his simple garbs.

He was a treacherous man who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. In addition, he was incredibly confident and prideful of his own abilities, wishing to test the limits of his martial arts against other powerful martial artists.

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Plot

Yongbi the Invincible

Volume 5

He was travelling with Hwangbo Soong's party when suddenly, bandits stopped the carriage and the servant driving the carriage called for his master. Hwangbo Soong came out and called to him and Lim Jin-Choong to deal with the bandits.

Later at a home, Hwangbo Soong presented a chest containing several gold bars to Wang In inside a hut while his servant and guards waited outside. After spying on them, Chomu talked with Lim Jin-Choong and expressed his discontent on how much money the Wang In will receive compared to himself. They both also reveal their treacherous nature and hinted at betraying Hwangbo Soong. Suddenly, a large boulder flied out of nowhere and crushed Hwangbo Soong's carriage. A large group of bandits confronted them and their boss introduces himself as Goo Hwi, the Heaven Ravager King!

After expressing surprise that the fake Goo Hwi looks different from his wanted poster, Chomu prepared to fight, citing his desire to see who was stronger. The fake Goo Hwi ordered some of his men to attack and Chomu dealt with them effortlessly. With his men's failure, the fake Goo Hwi threw a gigantic boulder at Chomu but he evaded it with a flip in the air. His opponent then ordered all his men to attack but Wang In appeared killed them all, including the fake Goo Hwi. They then set off to find the Golden Castle, and to hunt down Yongbi and Yul Mugi along the way.

Volume 7

Hot on Yongbi's trail, he and his party entered the Muhae Valley after them. Later, Yongbi set up a decoy with a fake Golden Medallion causing various groups of martial artists to slaughter each other to obtain it. Satisfied with this result, Yongbi started to leave but turn back to watch when Chomu and his comrades entered the fray and slaughtered the other martial artists.

Volume 8

After emerging victorious, Chomu retrieved the fake Golden Medallion and the Muhae Valley started shaking.

Volume 10

After the earthquake, Hwangbo Soong wandered aimlessly among the rubble, looking for his hired bodyguards Chomu and Lim Jin-Choong. He was encountered and attacked by a group of martial artists who had gone insane but both Chomu and Lim Jin-Choong arrived in time to save him. Then Hwangbo Soong berated them for leaving him alone and then asked for the Golden Medallion. As Hwangbo Soong examined the medallion, Chomu asked him where Wang In and the attendant was, to which Hwangbo Soong answered that he sent them to scout the area. Upon hearing this, Chomu's expression changed.

After examining the medallion, Hwangbo Soong determined that it was a counterfeit. Hwangbo Soong and Chomu got into an argument and the latter revealed his betrayal. When Chomu prepared to finish Hwangbo Soong off, the old man called out to someone in the distance for help. Goo Hwi instantly showed up behind the two mercenaries, surprising them, but after determining that the problem was due to internal strife, he left. After Hwangbo Soong desperately offered monetary compensation, Chomu was insulted that the Hwangbo Soong thought so little of him and prepared to kill the old man, boasting that even Goo Hwi (the impostor) ran away him before, not realizing that the person was the real Goo Hwi. At that statement, Goo Hwi returned and gripped Chomu's head in retaliation. Chomu freed himself from Goo Hwi's clutches and tried to break Goo Hwi's arm.

Goo Hwi easily shook off Chomu's attack and sent the latter crashing into a boulder nearby, heavily injuring him. Chomu got up and cried out in pain when he realized that his left wrist and hand were broken. Enraged, Chomu retaliated against Goo Hwi but was once again easily subdued. After Goo Hwi broke Chomu's arm, he finally noticed the signature Black Snake tattoo, and realized that this Goo Hwi was the real one. But it was too late to correct his mistake and Goo Hwi killed Chomu with a single slap.

Powers and Abilities

Chomu using the Soul Chasing Hand

• Incapacitating his opponents
• Killing his opponents
• Chomu's immense physical strength

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Chomu was a highly skilled martial artist once considered the best fighter of the Southern Sea. He had immense physical strength being able to level the ground with his strikes and his grip was strong enough to crush rocks with ease. He also boasted impressive agility being able to jump and spin in the air to evade attacks.

Chomu used the Soul Chasing Hand (추혼수 (追魂手) , Chuhonsu), a fist technique based on joint-twisting. It targets the 206 bones in the human body and according to Chomu, dislocating or breaking just one of those bones is enough to overwhelm a person with excruciating pain and take away his will to fight, therefore allowing him to achieve maximum effect from minimum effort. Using this technique, Chomu was capable of incapacitating multiple enemies in succession or kill them by twisting their necks in any direction.

Quotes

• (To Hwangbo Soong) "You thought you could just ask anybody to kill me..."