The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1034

 Chapter 1034

 

‘My wrist is numb.’

Raon twisted his lips as he swung Heavenly Drive that had just struck the red wolf.

‘The recoil is no joke.’

The red wolf wasn’t skilled in combat, but the energy it possessed was on par with his own, that of a high-level Transcender.

‘Its recovery is fast too.’

Even after being struck by the Revolving Sky on its front paw, it simply shook it off and got back up, as if it hadn’t taken any damage at all.

“Grrr…!”

The red wolf bared its unfitting white fangs and spewing an even denser murderous intent and bloody energy.

“Looks like you need a sharper leash.

Raon drew Heavenly Drive and the Blade of Requiem and plunged them into the crimson-flaming ocean.

Sword Field Creation.

Divine and Demonic Harmony.

Half the ocean blazed with golden flames, and the other half froze over in pure white.

Under the sun and moon that rose brilliantly, erasing the darkness, Raon raised the divine and demonic swords.

“These two swords will become your leash.”

With a jerk of his chin, he told the red wolf to come at him.

KROOOAAARR!

The red wolf swung its claws, wreathed in blood-red energy, in a diagonal arc. The speed and power in its strike had more than doubled from before.

“Meaningless.”

Raon gave a cold smile as he drew a golden line that connected the ocean and sky with the flames of the divine sword.

Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, Crimson Slash.

It was a simple sword strike, but all the more fierce and swift for it. The slash clashed with the red wolf’s claw.

Kwaaang!

The red wolf was knocked backward, its claws bent as if they would snap.

“Khhhrrrgh…”

It let out a puff of pale steam from its mouth, seemingly in great pain.

“You’re not scared already, are you?”

Raon lifted the corners of his mouth as he looked at the red wolf glaring at him.

Fwaaaah!

But instead of charging at him, the red wolf dove into the ocean. Despite its mountain-like size plunging into the water, the ocean didn’t ripple in the slightest. It felt as though the creature itself had become water.

‘Its presence has completely vanished.’

Even though Raon had fully activated the Perception of the Snow Flower, the ocean was so saturated with bloody energy and the stench of blood that he couldn’t locate the red wolf’s position.

‘Where is it…?’

Just as he held his breath and tried to focus on external presence—

A chilling breath brushed the back of his neck.

The moment he turned around, the red wolf’s claws were falling toward his head.

‘Its movement is this natural?’

To disappear and reappear without a sound or trace, It really did seem that what the ninth apostle said about this wolf being a spirit of the ocean was true.

“You’re good at erasing your presence, but…”

Raon slashed upward, skimming the crimson-lit ocean with his divine and demonic swords.

Fwooosh!

The divine and demonic swords unfolded symmetrically, and crimson and blue waves surged forth.

Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, Flawless Sea of Fire.

A sword technique of the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation that launched offense and defense simultaneously blocked the red wolf’s path.

Kwaaaaah!

Pushed by the waves of flame and frost, the red wolf was forced underwater, against its own will. Perhaps it had taken deep wounds, the red ocean seemed to churn even more thickly.

Booom!

The red wolf burst out of the ocean and soared into the air. That massive body blocked the sun and moon formed by the Divine and Demonic Harmony, its mouth open with blood flowing.

Kwaaaaaah!

The bloody energy erupted from the pitch-black depths of the red wolf’s throat, raining down like a red lightning storm. It wasn’t just targeting Raon, it felt like a sweeping force meant to erase the entire ocean.

‘It’s even using a breath attack?’

It was trying to erase Raon’s existence by unleashing a breath of bloody energy, just like a dragon’s breath.

“I’ll take it.”

Raon swung the divine and demonic swords forward into the storm of bloody energy. The tremendous aura condensed into the red and blue blades exploded in an instant.

Twin Flame Dragon Art.

Two dragons blazing with fire and frost instantly erased the breath of bloody energy and fiercely struck the red wolf’s body.

BOOOOM!

The red wolf was savagely hurled away, its flesh torn off, unable to regain its senses, and crashed into the ocean.

Ssssh.

Lowering the divine and demonic swords, white steam rising from their blades, Raon looked toward the red wolf submerged in the ocean.

‘The wounds are healing.’

Even the front paw it had been struck on before, and the chest and neck where flesh had been torn away by the Twin Flame Dragon Art, were healing as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

‘This isn’t on the level of regenerative ability.’

Apostles possessed regeneration beyond that of trolls, but this wolf’s recovery was so perfect and fast it felt like time was being reversed.

That mutt…

Wrath furrowed his brow as he looked at the red wolf, now fully recovered and radiating killing intent once again.

It’s become a monster, but it seems the traits of a spirit remain intact.

It didn’t seem like it was regenerating, but rather that it had the ability to restore its spiritual body like a spirit and he clicked his tongue.

As long as the bloody energy of this ocean remains, it will come back to life no matter how many times you kill it.

Wrath wrinkled his nose, saying this wasn’t going to be easy.

‘Actually…’

Raon shook his head as he looked at the red wolf, now releasing an even denser killing intent.

‘I never intended to kill that thing.’

You didn’t intend to kill it?

Wrath asked back in a calm tone, as if he had sensed it to some extent.

‘Yeah. That spirit was being used by the White Blood Religion.’

The ninth apostle had said that this wolf was originally a spirit who guarded the sea.

Raon didn’t know how they captured it, but since they used it as they pleased, he wanted to draw out the bloody energy and return it to its original form.

A choice befitting of you.

Wrath smiled thinly, as if he expected it.

Do as you please.

‘Hmm, my intention to save it remains the same, but it doesn't seem like it will be easy.’

Raon clicked his tongue briefly and raised the divine and demonic swords again.

‘Still, it’s lucky that wolf isn’t skilled at combat.’

Because the wolf had originally been an ocean spirit, it was unfamiliar with both combat and the handling of bloody energy. It would take time, but in the end, he would be able to subdue it.

“Now then…”

Just as Raon lowered his stance, watching out for the charging red wolf—

Fwooosh!

The red wolf slowly raised its body and lowered its gaze. It stared at the surface of the water, where its reflection shimmered, while scattering a chilling bloody energy.

‘What is it doing?’

The red wolf gazed blankly at the water’s surface, as if it had forgotten Raon was right in front of it.

‘I have a bad feeling about this. I should strike first—’

Just as Raon bit his lip and started to move toward the red wolf—

Wuuuuung!

The red wolf, and its reflection in the surface of the water—

The two began to move differently from one another.

“What…?”

Just as Raon widened his eyes in surprise, another red wolf suddenly leapt up from beneath the ocean.

“What the hell…?”

As he sucked in a breath and raised his sword, two wolves became four, and when he slashed at the ocean reflecting them, four became eight, leaping out of the water.

Fwooosh!

Raon furrowed his brow as he looked at the eight red wolves rising over the violently churning ocean.

‘Their size has shrunk, but…’

The bloody energy hasn’t dropped much.

The wolf that had once been large enough to block out the moon was now only about the size of a house, but the energy they each exuded hadn’t changed significantly.

All eight wolves were radiating Transcender-level energy.

‘Is something like this even possible?’

It has created clones by using the power of an ocean spirit.

Wrath furrowed his brows as he looked out over the ocean, boiling like molten lava.

‘Clones?’

Raon frowned as he looked at the growling wolves.

‘They all look real.’

There is only one real body. Taking down the clones is meaningless.

Wrath shook his head, saying that even if they looked the same, only one was real.

‘Now then…’

Raon fully activated both the Perception of the Snow Flower and the Evil Eye of Wrath.

But even with both traits, he couldn’t sense any difference between the wolves.

‘In the end, I’ll have to fight to find out.’

He tightened his grip on the divine and demonic swords, licking his lips, then narrowed his eyes.

‘Three of them are gone!’

There were only five wolves in front of him, three had disappeared.

‘Don’t tell me…’

Sensing faint ripples behind him, he turned.

Red wolves leapt up from three directions at once, baring their fangs as they charged toward him.

Wuuuuung!

Raon raised the Firewall with the divine sword, and the Golden Void Infusion with the demonic sword, knocking aside the bloody energy struck down by two of the wolves. But the one in the center slipped past both the Firewall and Golden Void Infusion and rammed into his body.

‘It's too late to block with the sword.’

The third wolf's movement was so fast that he raised the energy of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation to erect a wall of aura.

Kuuuung!

Even though he had erected a thick wall of aura, the bloody energy carried by the wolf was so intense that his whole body shook. It didn’t cause internal injury, but the shock made his limbs tremble, and his wrist could barely move.

‘Getting hit head-on would be dangerous.’

He thought he could endure it since it wasn’t claws but a body slam, but it was extremely risky. He would either have to dodge or block it with a sword no matter what.

‘However…’

There's no time for reflection.

Not only the three wolves that had struck first, but the five that had remained also surged toward him, spewing vicious bloody energy.

Jjeo-eoeoeoeong!

He thrust the Thirty-Six Crimson Slash toward the two wolves charging from the front, forcing them back, and swept away the two wolves coming in from the left with the blades of Frost Pond.

But one wolf still remained.

‘I’ll use footwork for this one…’

He used the Supreme Harmony Steps’ Third Steps, fluid as a wave, and dodged the final wolf’s strike as it brought down claws imbued with bloody energy.

“Kyaoooooo!”

Just as he tried to catch his breath, the three wolves he had first pushed away came rushing again, baring their teeth.

‘Guess I have no choice.’

Raon activated the Dancing Sword and drew the Wooden Ring Sword from his right waist to block the fangs of the three wolves charging in.

Shhhh!

The frost rising from the Wooden Ring Sword clashed with the wolves’ bloody energy, scattering a thick shower of sparks through the air.

Kyaaaang!

Without a moment to exhale his rough breath, Raon once again swung the divine and demonic swords to strike down the wolves’ claws.

“Grrrrrr…”

The red wolves regenerated the wounds they received from the swords using bloody energy and stared at him with eyes full of madness.

It was the kind of malice that said they wouldn’t back down even in death.

“You’ve got quite the tricks for something that can’t even sit still. But in the end, you’ll have to bow your head.”

Raon twisted his lips as he knocked back the wolves charging at him more and more ferociously.

“No one lasts in front of a true predator.”

*   *   *

Kyaaaang!

Raon struck down the eight red wolves charging from all directions with the ultimate techniques of Azure Sky Sword and Heavenly Lightning Cultivation, then drew in a short breath.

‘I don’t even have time to breathe anymore.’

How much time has passed?

Facing eight Transcender-level monsters, a second felt like a minute, and a minute like ten. There was no time at all to count.

Ssshhh!

The red wolves, having had their flesh torn by the Azure Sky Sword and Heavenly Lightning Cultivation, regenerated with bloody energy and stood before him again, exhaling the breath of blood.

Kuuuuang!

Raon erased the bloody breath the red wolves unleashed with the Heavenly Heavy Cannon, then clenched his molars tightly.

‘They’re getting harder and harder to deal with.’

Even in a berserk state, the wolves had begun to read his movements and swordsmanship, showing increasingly fast and sharp attacks. These weren’t dumb spirits, they were learning monsters.

‘I’ve been analyzing their movements too, but…’

There are just too many of them.

The eight red wolves, true body and clones alike, were coordinating their attacks like interlocking gears.

Even if he could read their movements, facing them was incredibly difficult.

Kyaaaang!

Raon, pushed back by the wolves’ combined attack, bit down on his lip as blood dripped down.

‘Have I finally taken internal injuries?’

The repeated clashes in a disadvantageous state stirred nausea and pain. It wasn’t severe yet, but the internal damage had clearly begun.

‘This is infuriating.’

I was going through all this trouble to save that bastard, but with it thrashing around like that, my chest felt unbearably stifled.

‘Should I just erase them all?’

If I began with the Red and Blue Invincible Sword and poured out my ultimate techniques one after another, I could annihilate the wolves without leaving a trace.

‘Hoo…’

Raon let go of his rising emotions and calmly shook his head.

‘Let’s think of this as training.’

It may be a battle against a beast, but if I produced results in this fight, I would be able to grow a little stronger.

Wuuuung!

Raon decided to follow the path he had chosen from the beginning and opened the level of his soul as a sign of accepting everything.

Juuuuung!

As he relaxed his mind and blocked the four wolves charging in from the left and right, a scene that didn’t exist in his memory surfaced in his mind.

‘The White Blood Religion’s leader?’

It was a woman who appeared to be the leader of the White Blood Religion, holding the leash of a small, young wolf as she chanted a chilling spell, so terrifying it made my skin crawl just to hear it.

‘This isn’t my memory.’

Raon swallowed dryly as he looked at the wolf baring its teeth with crazed eyes.

‘These are this wolf’s memories.’

Perhaps because I had opened my soul, the wolf’s memories were surfacing, regardless of either of our wills.

‘So it really was captured by the White Blood Religion’s leader against its will.’

Just like the ninth apostle had said, this wolf was captured and forcibly fed blood and bloody energy.

Kyaaaang!

As he blocked the wolf charging at him head-on, another scene appeared.

This time, it showed the ninth apostle gathering other ocean spirits before the wolf, threatening them. It seemed the White Blood Religion wasn’t using only this wolf, but other spirits as well.

Even after that, the wolf was shown being forced to consume blood and bloody energy for the sake of other spirits or ocean creatures.

‘You’ve been through hell.’

Raon bit his lip as he looked into the wolf’s eyes, which were pouring out bloody energy and screaming in agony.

‘Truly.’

This spirit had suffered far more than I had imagined, and even now, it was enduring wounds deeper than anyone knew.

Those filthy bloody demon bastards!

Wrath clenched his round fists, seemingly having seen the same thing.

The next time he sees them, the King of Essence will beat every last one of them to death!

He revealed murderous intent toward the White Blood Religion, genuinely enraged by the spirit’s past.

‘First, let’s save this wolf.’

Raon exhaled deeply as he looked over the red wolves endlessly exploding with bloody energy.

‘This is no longer something I can think of as training.’

I have to save this one first.

I wanted to grant this wolf, not death, but the peace of freedom, as quickly as possible.

‘But the method…’

Just as he bit his lip and shook his head—

[The rank of the trait <Perception of the Snow Flower> has increased.]

[The rank of the trait <Evil Eye of Wrath> has increased.]

[Traits <Perception of the Snow Flower> and <Evil Eye of Wrath> have

undergone linked evolution.]

[New trait <Mind’s Eye of the Blue Flower> has been created.]

A cold chill rose over my eyes, worn from exhaustion, and now, through both my aura perception and vision, I could see that one wolf among the eight possessed a blue core.

No, that wasn’t all.

I also began to see the transparent bloody energy weighing down the true body’s soul.

It was unmistakably the bloody energy the White Blood Religion’s leader had implanted at the start.

Kriiiaaaaaah!

As if realizing through Raon’s gaze that its true body had been exposed, the red wolf exploded with murderous intent and charged forward at once with its clones.

Raon Zieghart Style Swordplay.

Sixth Form – Divine and Demonic Harmony, Combined Technique - Red and Blue Invincible Sword.

With the divine and demonic swords that were close to burning out, he unleashed the Red and Blue Invincible Sword, pushing back all eight of the wolves that had charged in.

Grrrrrr!

Even after being struck by the Red and Blue Invincible Sword, the wolves did not lose consciousness. Their shattered bodies instantly regenerated, and they once again rushed toward him.

The real wolf, visible through the Mind’s Eye of Blue Flower, was not in the back, it was right at the front, baring its teeth at him. Just like the one he had seen in the memories.

Sssssss…

Raon lowered Heavenly Drive and the Wooden Ring Sword, and raised the Blade of Requiem.

“Please… lend me your strength.”

He lifted the Blade of Requiem, asking the spirits wailing at the bloody energy for their help.

Wuuuuuung!

The spirits within the Blade of Requiem rang out a clear sword cry, as if to say they would answer his call, stirring up a green wind.

Whoooosh!

Raon recalled all he had realized up to this point, and the fragments of the blue wolf’s past lingering in his mind, then fired a Heart Sword formed through the Blade of Requiem toward the bloody energy devouring the wolf’s soul.

Jjijijijik!

The heart sword pierced through space and time, digging into the pale-white bloody energy that was bearing down on the red wolf’s spirit

‘Damn it…’

But the level of the Heart Sword wasn’t enough, it couldn’t drive out the bloody energy suppressing the red wolf’s soul and merely lodged itself in place.

Kraaaaaah!

The remaining seven wolves, except for the true body, did not miss that gap and rushed at him with their fangs bared.

Kyaaaang!

Raon raised Heavenly Drive and the Wooden Ring Sword to defend himself, but with his focus locked on the Heart Sword, the wolves overpowered his blades and began tearing into his skin with bloody energy.

“Guhk…”

Even as his flesh was being ripped away and he coughed up blood, Raon didn’t retreat an inch, he concentrated solely on maintaining the Heart Sword.

‘I can’t back down. Not now.’

I absolutely refused to lose to the bloody energy of the White Blood Religion’s leader that had turned an innocent spirit into a fiend, that treated people as nothing more than food.

‘And besides…’

If I couldn’t save even this wolf, then I would never be able to bring Martha’s mother back, even in death.

He unleashed everything he had built up so far, his strength, his spirit, and the sword realms he had refined, to erase the past and rewrite the future.

“I will save you. From that hell.”

Even in a moment where his life was in danger, Raon focused solely on the flow of the Heart Sword.

As he stepped forward, believing in the path of the sword he had built himself, golden radiant light burst forth over the Heart Sword imbued with his own soul.

[The rank of the trait <Heart Sword (Spirit)> has increased.]

At the very moment the realm of the heart sword rose, the blade formed through the Blade of Requiem was sharpened to a piercing edge, and without hesitation, it ripped apart the bloody energy of the White Blood Religion’s leader that had surrounded the red wolf’s soul.

FWAAAAAAANG!

 

 

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