Sigh. Shioon is going to get his ass kicked again for an entire chapter, and possibly for 2 or 3 or even more.
I'm still curious about Changho, the bully, using the soul crushing strike. The former alliance chief used it once, claiming it to be one of the most basic moves within the black heaven and earth technique. He claimed to have the same master as Goom's, and that said master chose to pass the secrets of it to Goom's master instead of the former alliance chief. That would mean that the basic move that is soul crushing strike is still rare to learn, but not held as tightly as a secret. The true secrets of the technique would have been explained in the cell phone videos, which is what that old guy was doing everything possible to attain while already possessing the soul crushing strike. Since the black heaven and earth technique was also described as a way of controlling ki or some such thing, it may also possess the secret of restoring a broken ki center.
I'm thinking that when it's basically over, that Changho bully guy will threaten Saehee. This will cause Shioon to get pissed and use the ultimate black heaven and earth technique to restore his ki center. I initially thought this would happen with Ji-gun, but he was more than willing to leave her alone if Shioon didn't run away. I don't think Changho will be so gracious.
One thing I noticed while flipping through some of the old chapters is that Saehung, the new alliance chief, used the same stance that Shioon used from the Sunwoo clan which was unique enough for Sera to take notice. He didn't seem to be connected to them, though, so I'm not sure what to make of it at all. I'm also not really sure what to make of Shioon using a technique called thunder smashing strike in chapter 26. Based on the same translator, it's totally different from the soul crushing strike he used before he lost his ki center (and Changho used in chapter 24), and the only thing it's similar to are techniques that enemies used.
Finally, the leader of the Black Forest Defense group whom Goom was allied with killed Shiho to manipulate him in spite of it. I can only assume, at this point, that he's behind the SUC to some degree as well.
@Zik:
The martial arts he's learned from the sunwoo clan is just conditioning his body but if he stays on that regimen it'd take months for him to get noticeably stronger. So he's not really improving. All he's getting is fighting experience.
The endless training from the Sunwoo clan that Shioon endured made his physical body SIGNIFICANTLY stronger. That was the entire point. He still can't control his ki in order to properly utilize techniques, though, since his ki center was destroyed.