The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1269

 Chapter 1269

 

“Ha!”                                    

The Death Sword Spirit let out a cold, disbelieving laugh.

“You landed a single strike and suddenly you’re talking like that? The Sword Emperor is even more impatient than I’d heard.”

As if the wound on her shoulder meant nothing, she casually wiped the blood away with the back of her hand.

“The real fight is only starting now.”

The moment the Death Sword Spirit growled those words, blazing red combative energy began to surge beneath her feet.

Ruuuuumble!

She unleashed an energy wave on a completely different level, as though everything until now had merely been a warm-up. The overwhelming combative energy pouring from her distorted the very space around her.

“From this point on…”

She lowered her body like a beast preparing to pounce, drawing her sword back behind her shoulder once more.

It was the same stance as before, like a predator stalking its prey, yet the murderous intent and pressure radiating from her now were on an entirely different level.

Wooooooong!

The instant enormous red combative energy erupted from her back like a pair of wings, the Light Wind Palace swordsmen, who had barely been holding on, began collapsing to their knees under the crushing pressure.

“This kind of combative energy…!”

“D-damn it!”

Burren clenched his teeth hard enough to creak as he forced strength into his trembling legs, while Martha furrowed her brow in stubborn refusal to submit. But even they were ultimately forced to bow beneath the crushing energy wave pouring from the Death Sword Spirit.

“Mmgh…”

True to someone who had reached Transcendence, Runaan somehow managed to endure, but even she bit her lips until they bled.

“Gghhh!”

“I can’t… breathe…”

Even Eden’s executives failed to withstand the Death Sword Spirit’s combative energy. Their faces turned deathly pale as they bent over like worshippers bowing before a god.

“So this is your true power.”

Raon nodded slowly, genuinely impressed by the overwhelming combative energy the Death Sword Spirit had finally unleashed.

“But the outcome still won’t change.”

Unlike the Death Sword Spirit, whose combative energy raged like an erupting volcano, Raon maintained only a calm, steady wave of energy as the corner of his lips curled upward.

“That smile…”

The Death Sword Spirit bent her waist like stretched rubber and narrowed her eyes into razor-thin slits.

“I’ll see how long you can keep it!”

With a roar, she kicked off the ground hard enough to shatter it and shot toward him.

Chiiiiing!

Before Raon could even finish half a breath, the black blade was already in front of him. The Death Sword Spirit had charged in at more than twice the speed she showed during their first clash.

Fwoooosh!

Raon immediately gave up on blocking the impossibly fast strike and twisted his ankle instead. Turning his whole body, he redirected the descending black sword and slipped away to the right.

“Hmph!”

As though she had expected that exact reaction, the Death Sword Spirit spun through the air. Like a bird of prey changing direction mid-flight to chase down a fleeing rabbit, she shifted the motion of her entire body and pursued Raon without pause.

‘Her speed…’

Raon frowned as the Death Sword Spirit relentlessly chased after him, thrusting her sword forward.

‘It’s not dropping. No… it’s getting even faster.’

Normally, changing direction caused a loss of speed. But the Death Sword Spirit had somehow accelerated beyond her initial charge while changing course. It was movement that should have been impossible.

Craaaang!

Raon slashed Heavenly Drive diagonally, flames roaring along its edge. Using the revolving flames of the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation’s Revolving Sky, he knocked aside the Death Sword Spirit’s murderous thrust.

‘Heavy.’

It wasn’t just the speed. The power behind it was monstrous too.

The Death Sword Spirit’s sword hadn’t merely become faster. Its weight and destructive force had increased dramatically as well. It felt as though even the earth beneath my feet was screaming under the pressure packed into her strikes.

Fwoooosh!

Forced back a step by the flames of the Revolving Sky, the Death Sword Spirit instantly lunged forward again at an even greater speed, driving the black sword toward Raon once more.

Like an acrobat dancing on a tightrope, she glided freely through the air, targeting Raon's vitals from countless impossible angles.

Clangclangclangclang!

Raon smoothly swung the golden-flashing Heavenly Drive, deflecting every one of the Death Sword Spirit’s storm-like attacks.

‘That footwork…’

That looks useful.

He himself had mastered footwork that allowed him to step through the air long before reaching Transcendence, but even he couldn’t move with the same freedom the Death Sword Spirit displayed now.

Clangclangclang!

Raon drew soft, flowing arcs with his blade, receiving the Death Sword Spirit’s relentless attacks while his burning red eyes carefully traced every movement of her footwork.

‘I see it now. The secret lies in the unnatural flexibility of her ankles.’

Most people believed that raw muscle and aura alone were enough to create fast, powerful movements, but that was a massive misconception.

Without flexibility, the body couldn’t maintain the optimal posture. You might manage explosive speed for a brief moment, but injury would inevitably follow.

Right now, The Death Sword Spirit was using ankles bent to an almost grotesque degree, performing movements impossible for a normal human body while launching relentless attacks from every angle.

‘Good.’

Raon glanced at the Death Sword Spirit ankles once more and slowly nodded.

‘I can copy that much.’

From the very first star, the Ring of Fire began refining the body into the perfect vessel for martial arts.

With the condition my body was in now, reproducing her movements wouldn’t be difficult at all.

“Haa…”

Just as Raon was about to execute the footwork to kick off the empty air and move as freely as she did—

Fwoooosh!

The Death Sword Spirit’s black sword roared viciously toward his head.

Sssssh!

Raon widened his eyes.

As before, he drew a smooth semicircle with Heavenly Drive, its movement filled with softness and flexibility as he attempted to block the black sword—

Kzzzzzt!

The Death Sword Spirit’s blade tore straight through Heavenly Drive’s defense and came crashing down toward his head.

‘What?!’

Raon twisted the hilt of Heavenly Drive, trying to knock aside the descending blade.

Piaaaaaa!

But the Death Sword Spirit had no intention of letting this chance slip away. Her sword blurred like a phantom as she knocked Heavenly Drive aside and thrust straight for Raon’s throat.

Klaaaaang!

The instant Raon’s red eyes flashed, Wooden Ring Sword sheathed at his right waist rose on its own and intercepted the black sword just before it could reach his neck.

“As expected. I heard the Sword Emperor fights with two swords…”

The Death Sword Spirit lightly leaped back, letting out a cold laugh.

“So now you’re finally going to show your real skill?”

Her twisted smile made it obvious she’d taken offense to Raon using only one sword until now.

“…”

Raon quietly looked toward Wooden Ring Sword floating beside him.

‘That was dangerous.’

She had forced her way through my defense with the chilling resolve to kill me even if she herself got cut down in the process.

If I hadn’t drawn Wooden Ring Sword, my chest, or my throat, might have been split open.

Serves you right for getting cocky!

Wrath sneered as though he had seen this coming from the start.

While you were busy analyzing that woman, she was analyzing you just as carefully! That’s why she managed to break through your defense at the very end!

He waved his hand in exasperation, calling Raon an idiot.

‘I wasn’t being cocky. I already knew she was watching me too.’

Raon calmly shook his head.

‘I just didn’t expect her to see through the flow of my defense that quickly.’

Raon had known the Death Sword Spirit was studying him as well, but he never expected her to break through the flow of his defense this quickly.

Just as he had predicted from the start, her talent and might were extraordinary enough that being called the Heavenly Demon’s disciple wouldn’t have felt out of place at all.

“Hah.”

The Death Sword Spirit wrinkled her nose as she stared at Raon’s calm expression.

“Do you not feel fear at all?”

Even after nearly dying, Raon still looked completely composed, and the sight clearly irritated her.

“No, honestly, I was surprised.”

Raon shook his head without the slightest change in expression.

“I wasn’t planning to use this yet, but you’ve earned the right to see it.”

Letting out a slow breath, he reversed his grip on both Heavenly Drive and Wooden Ring Sword.

Boom!

He drove the two swords into the cracked earth and pushed the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation and Glacier to their absolute limits.

“Sword Field Creation.”

The moment Raon released the hilts and rose to his feet, a golden sun and silver moon emerged behind his back.

“Divine and Demonic Harmony.”

A divine sword forged from the sun and a demonic sword born from the melted moon settled into Raon’s hands, while flames and frost surged behind him like the wings of an angel and a demon.

It was a figure that seemed to embody the very word “peerless.”

The energy wave radiating from Raon felt as though it could cut down everything in existence while also protecting all things under heaven at the same time. Faced with that overwhelming presence, every living being still breathing instinctively stopped breathing altogether.

"Excellent..."

The Death Sword Spirit’s lips twisted as her jaw trembled from shock at the energy wave radiating from Raon after activating his sword field.

“Then I’ll stake everything I have as well!”

The moment she stomped her foot, crimson combative energy erupted upward like molten lava, staining all of Eden’s headquarters, once lush with greenery, in a blood-red glow.

Ruuuuumble!

The space around her began to look as though it were engulfed in scarlet flames created by her combative energy.

As if even Eden’s headquarters feared her very existence, the entire place shook violently, trembling as though it might collapse at any moment.

“……”

Unlike the Death Sword Spirit, Raon neither unleashed terrifying energy wave nor shook the air around him. He simply held the divine sword and demonic sword gently in his hands as they emitted a soft glow.

“Haaaaaaaa…!”

The overwhelming combative energy pouring from the Death Sword Spirit surged so fiercely that it painted the image of a demonic figure behind her. Wearing a blood-red laurel crown, she truly looked like a sword spirit born to bring death itself.

It felt as though a single swing of her crimson-burning black sword would wipe out every living thing on this land.

“Ggh…!”

“D-damn it…! I can barely breathe!”

Terrified by the energy wave pouring from the Death Sword Spirit, Burren and Martha clutched at their throats. Even the two of them, who stood on the verge of Transcendence, dropped to their knees as they struggled to breathe.

“Ugh…”

Runaan unleashed all of her presence in an attempt to shield the Light Wind Palace swordsmen, but the gap in power between her and the Death Sword Spirit was simply too vast. It already looked difficult just to protect herself.

Even so, despite her entire body trembling violently, she spread her energy wave outward in a circular barrier, prioritizing the protection of the Light Wind Palace swordsmen over herself.

“Hhk!”

“Aah…”

“W-what kind of monster is that…?”

Not only the Light Wind Palace, but even Eden’s executives began foaming at the mouth and collapsing unconscious under the absolute combative energy radiating from the Death Sword Spirit.

“I’ll cut off your last breath right here.”

The Death Sword Spirit tore through the earth as she stepped forward with her footwork. Carrying a chillingly sharp killing intent within her blade, she charged straight at Raon.

It was beautiful, terrifying, and magnificent all at once, like a demonic sword god descending to pass judgment upon humanity.

“Fine.”

Raon calmly nodded and crossed the divine sword and demonic sword before him.

“Let’s end this.”

Unlike the Death Sword Spirit, who seemed to pierce through light itself as she advanced, Raon moved naturally and effortlessly with his footwork.

Baaaaang!

As if already convinced of her own victory, the Death Sword Spirit split through space itself and brought her crimson-burning black sword crashing down.

The strike carried absolute resolve, the determination to tear Raon apart even if she herself was cut down in the process.

Fwoooosh!

Raon raised the divine sword toward the Death Sword Spirit’s descending black blade, which fell with pure madness behind it.

The sword wrapped in calm golden flames collided against the blade overflowing with horrifying killing intent.

But contrary to everyone’s expectations, no massive shockwave erupted.

Kwarararara!

The softly glowing divine sword didn’t merely push back the Death Sword Spirit’s strike, it burned away the crimson combative energy surrounding it as well.

“W-what?!”

The Death Sword Spirit tried to force the black sword down further, but the instant she realized she could not overpower him through strength alone, she twisted her blade and attempted to retreat.

Ssssh!

As if refusing to let her escape, Raon thrust forward the demonic sword in his left hand.

“Hmph!”

The Death Sword Spirit let out a scornful snort and tried to retreat using the same footwork that allowed her to move freely through the air—

Booooom!

But the demonic sword thrust through space itself and pierced straight through her chest.

It was not a strike that could be explained by speed, power, or even the level of one’s swordsmanship.

The process itself no longer mattered.

The only thing that remained was the absolute result, the sword reached its target, and the enemy was pierced.

“Ah…”

The Death Sword Spirit’s pupils trembled violently as she stared down at the demonic sword embedded in her chest, unable to comprehend what had just happened to her.

“You said that when you died, you would tell me where the Heavenly Demon is.”

Raon looked down at the frost spreading across the Death Sword Spirit’s skin from the demonic sword, his gaze colder than the ice consuming her.

"This is the result I spoke of."

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