The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 301
Tacheon lifted his left hand. The sticky night sky was drawn toward his palm, forming a vast darkness.
Kiik!
A grotesque darkness stretched dozens of long, flexible legs, completely encircling every possible escape route Glenn could take.
Whoooong!
A language unlike any human voice spilled from the White Blood Cult Leader’s lips at blinding speed. The blood qi swirling around her twisted violently, coalescing into a pure white spear.
Goooo!
The spear of condensed blood qi was enormous, sharp enough to fell even a god.
“Black Prison.”
Tacheon clenched his left fist. The darkness that had surrounded Glenn condensed and sealed him inside.
Crack!
As Black Prison tightened its grip, the blood spear shot forward like lightning.
Ppeoeeok!
It struck exactly at the center of Black Prison with no margin for error.
Kugugugu!
A tremendous shockwave erupted inside the prison. The darkness split apart, and the blood spear was blasted outward in a shower of red sparks.
Kugugugugu!
Glenn demonstrated an astonishing martial art, driving back both the wall of darkness and the blood qi spear with nothing but a single thin sword.
Hwaaaa!
Glenn flicked his wrist lightly. The brain qi that had ignited on the blade amplified in an instant, unleashing a torrent of red lightning.
Chchereok!
The massive blood spear split cleanly in two and fell, while the prison of darkness shattered into fragments that scattered across the ground.
“Damn brain qi…”
“This won’t be easy.”
The White Blood Cult Leader clicked her tongue. Tacheon twisted his lips. Both of them wore expressions that made it clear the situation displeased them.
“You all seem to have regressed compared to before.”
Glenn looked down at the two women, chin tilted.
“No need to stall.”
He stepped onto Taehwa Footwork, folding the void beneath his feet and closing the distance in a single stride.
Whoooong!
Glenn swung the Heavenly True Sword straight at Tacheon, eyes blazing with fury. In the space of a heartbeat, Tacheon’s body split apart.
“You’re faster than I expected.”
Even though his body had been bisected, Tacheon did not die. Fluttering like torn paper, he slipped back into the darkness and reformed in his original shape.
“Magic?”
“A little mixed in. Not just me, though…”
As Tacheon’s left eye rolled sideways, blood qi mist surged up behind Glenn’s back.
Whoooong!
Blood qi erupted from Glenn’s spine. He immediately struck with the Heavenly True Sword, but the mist remained where it was, unmoving.
“I’ll toy with you slowly before I kill you.”
A voice drifted from within the mist. It was similar to the vampire’s mist transformation, yet far more advanced—high-level sorcery that even a sword infused with intent could not cut through.
“So that the grandson who came to save you can admire your corpse.”
“Death.”
Glenn smiled coldly and raised the Heavenly True Sword.
“If you can manage it, that would be fine.”
The brain qi in the Heavenly True Sword flared outward like a fan, summoning a majestic lightning storm across the entire sky.
Ppaat!
The brain qi that blanketed the sky wove itself into a net and fell.
The net was both vast and intricate, leaving no room for escape. Glenn’s brain net caught both the White Blood Cult Leader turned into mist and Tacheon who had slipped into the darkness.
“Brain net?”
The White Blood Cult Leader frowned and clasped her hands together. In the blink of an eye, the high-level sorcery was completed, and a wall of blood qi rose into the air.
“Damn!”
Tacheon clicked his tongue and spun his right hand clockwise. The white light that gathered in his palm swelled into a colossal sphere resembling the sun, wrapping around his body.
Chchereereong!
The lightning rods, transformed into nets, shattered the blood wall and white light in a terrifying explosion.
“Keuk!”
“Uum…”
Both women looked wretched even though they had not been directly struck by the brain qi. Their faces twisted with pain, as if they had suffered a severe shock.
“It seems you no longer have the luxury of holding back.”
The light and darkness within Tacheon’s palms rose simultaneously. A colossal aura that seemed to contain both day and night boiled with power.
“Indeed. Stalling for time would be pointless.”
The White Blood Cult Leader nodded faintly and clasped her hands forward. White blood qi that had been burning on her shoulders softened, then turned transparent like water.
Kugugugugu!
The absolute qi unleashed by the two women twisted space itself, causing grotesque cracks to spiderweb across the air.
Kwarrurung!
Glenn lifted the Heavenly True Sword and spun his foot. Red lightning erupted from the cracked earth, wrapping the battlefield.
Kugugugugu!
The three forces clashed, generating a tremendous mana storm. The moment the storm rising from the ground touched the sky, all three figures moved at once.
Chchereereok!
Raon gritted his teeth. With his right arm raised as high as it would go, as if screaming for it to come down, he stared ahead.
“These worthless demons! Cut them all down!”
“White Lotus Squad, charge!”
“If you fall behind the White Lotus Squad, tomorrow’s training will be doubled! Push the Hollow Sword Squad!”
The Zieghart examiners’ eyes burned with fierce flames as they rushed toward the Eden ghosts and White Blood Cultists.
“Damn!”
The 10th Apostle sent Roen flying and stretched out his hand. His eyes, brimming with irritation, pointed at the Zieghart examiners.
“Kill them all!”
Following his order, the White Blood Cultists formed a line behind him. Raising eerie blood qi, they drew their weapons.
Chchereeng!
The Soul-Severing Sword and Sheryl clashed head-on in the center. Aura, fighting spirit, white sword, and black sword collided, shaking the ground.
“Keuk…”
The Gold Masked Snake stood up, clutching his stomach where Raon had struck. Since the Soul-Severing Sword was blocked by Sheryl, the next command fell to him.
“Retreat and you die! Fight to the end!”
His shout caused the Eden ghosts to raise their aura. Crimson fighting spirit shot into the sky, sketching demonic shapes.
Kwaaang!
The warriors of Zieghart, Eden, and the White Blood Cult clashed in the center. Waves of aura, blood qi, and fighting spirit competed, sending endless black-red sparks and shockwaves exploding outward.
“Kreeeuk!”
“W-what are these kids?!”
“Endure! Retreat and it gets even more dangerous!”
“What the hell are these pigs?!”
Even though the qi each person possessed was equal, every time the sword light flashed, the necks of the White Blood Cultists and blood ghosts fell to the ground.
“Hm?”
Raon narrowed his eyes while watching the battlefield. ‘What?’ Why even them…
Not only the friendly powerful groups, but the direct examiners who had once regarded him as nothing more than a bug now swung their swords with burning anger.
The direct examiners’ actions made no sense. They had always treated him with contempt inside the family.
“Why are they fighting like this? The reason is simple.”
Rimer glanced back with a smile.
“Because it’s the family.”
“Family?”
The word still didn’t make sense. The direct group warriors had always viewed themselves as non-existent within the family.
“Inside the family they compete and fight, but when facing external enemies, they unite and draw their swords. That is the family, and that is Zieghart.”
Rimer narrowed his eyes while watching the Hollow Sword Squad pressuring the White Blood Cultists.
“Moreover, the White Blood Cult and Eden have always ignored Zieghart. For examiners, honor is more important than life. Not themselves, but the family’s honor was trampled. It is only natural that everyone is furious.”
He bit his teeth hard, as if angry.
“Family…”
Raon chewed his lips while staring at the battlefield. That word, which had once felt empty in his previous life, now warmed his heart.
“You…”
Burren slowly turned his head. His eyes trembled as he opened his mouth.
“A-are you okay?”
“Yeah. I’m fine.”
Raon nodded.
“A-are you okay? There’s no way!”
He opened his mouth in disbelief.
“Look at your face. There isn’t a single place from head to toe without blood! Idiot!”
Marta scanned Raon’s entire body and frowned.
“Hm?”
Raon checked his own body. Thanks to using Wrath’s qi, his veins and skin had burst, and his whole body was drenched in blood.
“Raon…”
Runaan bit her lips tightly and approached. Her sharp eyes were gone; only sadness and anger burned in her purple gaze.
“Sorry I couldn’t save you.”
She wiped the blood away with a handkerchief and kept apologizing.
“Sorry for coming late.”
“It’s okay…”
“Uuhuhuk!”
Before he could finish, Dorian crawled forward and burst into tears.
“I really, really thought I was going to die!”
He slammed his fist into the cracked ground and shook his head wildly.
“Why did you come so late?! I left the Continental Tracking Scent too!”
“This place isn’t suitable for exploration, so it took some time to search.”
Rimer shook his head apologetically.
“Still, thanks to you, Raon and you were able to live.”
He gently patted Dorian’s head and smiled.
“You really suffered.”
“Uwaereoeok!”
Dorian buried his face in the ground and howled.
Raon smiled while watching Dorian. ‘This is the way it should be.’ Since Dorian had shown his cowardly, crying side, his heart finally felt at ease.
-Yeah. That guy fits this perfectly.
Wrath also knew this would happen and chuckled.
“Captain!”
“Glad to see you again!”
“I missed you so much!”
“Thank you for your hard work!”
The Light Wind Squad maintained their formation and turned back with warm smiles.
“Me too.”
Hearing the Light Wind Squad’s voices, Raon’s heart beat strongly. It was a pleasant, cloud-like palpitating feeling.
“Me too.”
Raon nodded while meeting the eyes of every member of the Light Wind Squad. ‘I never thought I would say something like this.’ He had never imagined he would want to be seen by someone. Today, his life had changed dramatically.
“Okay, okay, the battle isn’t over yet.”
Rimer clapped lightly.
“Prepare defenses. Raon and Dorian. Protect the hostages to the end!”
“Yes!”
Just as the examiners refocused on the Light Wind Formation, powerful qi surged from three directions.
Whoooong!
From the right, a black orc helmet; from the center, the old man of the furnace; from the left, a bison helmet—all moved. ‘They’re coming to capture me.’ Raon frowned. They were willing to sacrifice their subordinates to take him hostage.
“Defense formation!”
“Defense formation!”
Following Burren’s shout, the Light Wind Squad examiners gathered in the center and raised firm sword qi.
“Annoying.”
Rimer lightly kicked the ground and advanced, knocking away the blood qi and fighting spirit raised by the old man of the furnace and the bison helmet.
Chchereeng!
The Light Wind Squad blocked the parry of the black orc helmet while defending the center of truth.
Kugugugu!
The examiners staggered from the intense shock, but none fell.
“Hm…”
Raon narrowed his eyes. ‘Changed.’ Previously, this would have been enough to break the formation, yet the examiners gritted their teeth and endured. Not only their physical strength, but their mental fortitude felt as solid as rock.
Whoooong!
When Raon was admiring the sight, a gloomy atmosphere rose from behind. Quickly turning, a gray-eyed child popped out from the shadows. It was a blood ghost in the shape of a child holding the White Blood Cult’s furnace.
Chiiik.
It seemed they had been hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity while the White Blood Cultists and Eden ghosts were dying. ‘This one is dangerous.’ The blood qi burning in the palm was overwhelming. Master top-tier power. Even a normal body would struggle to block the assault.
“Hm!”
“Damn!”
“Keuk!”
Rimer, Sheryl, and Roen all stared at the child with wide eyes. ‘Somehow.’ Raon endured the pain like tearing flesh and tried to raise his sword.
Kyaang!
The child’s outstretched hand was blocked by the wall and bounced back.
“W-what is this?!”
He turned to the right and gnashed his teeth.
“Merlin!”
“……”
Merlin, who had been sitting motionless, slowly stood up. The madness in her eyes burned brighter than before.
“It’s not Rocta, it’s Raon.”
She glared at this side with eyes torn wide.
“It’s not Raon, it’s Rocta.”
“Hm…?”
“Whatever. Since Rocta dwells within you, you are Rocta.”
Merlin muttered that it was right and opened mana. Dozens of magic circles floated in the air, and powerful magic poured down like a torrential rain.
“You crazy woman!”
The blood ghost created a barrier with both hands of strong qi, but was forced back by Merlin’s endless magic offensive.
“Ah…”
“Ra, Raon young master?”
“W-what is this? Why this crazy woman…”
Rimer, Roen, and Sheryl opened their mouths wide while staring at Merlin and Raon.
“I don’t know either…”
Raon shook his head.
-That really is a crazy woman. ‘……’ As Wrath had said, Merlin was not an ordinary lunatic. She knew how to take revenge, yet she was protecting him instead.
“Merlin! Now is not the time! Somehow reverse the situation…”
Just as the Gold Masked Snake, who led Eden, was about to issue orders to Merlin, a grand lightning fell from the sky that was roughly shaking.
Kwaaaang!
With thunder that pierced heaven and earth, Glenn, the White Blood Cult Leader, and Tacheon landed on the ground simultaneously.
Kugugugugu!
The three stood before the armies of Zieghart, the White Blood Cult, and Eden respectively, exuding transcendent qi.
Raon trembled while looking at Glenn. ‘Not good.’ Glenn’s uniform was torn in many places, and black blood flowed from wounds on his shoulders, waist, and back.
Even the Northern Annihilation King would have struggled to face both the White Blood Cult Leader and Tacheon at the same time.
“Ah…?”
Marta suddenly dropped the sword in her hand and sat down.
“Marta?”
“Let’s end it.”
When Raon tried to approach her, the White Blood Cult Leader clasped her hands forward. The sorcery spreading through her red lips caused a grand white light.
Gooooooo!
Behind her, a goddess figure slowly rose. A being with forty-four arms, three eyes, and snow-white skin opened its eyes. Red blood flowed from each of the different-colored irises.
Mara Blood-Eating Guanyin. The appearance of the bizarre called the blood god.
Kwaaaaa!
Tacheon burst the white bead and black bead in his palm at the same time. Eight wings sprouted behind his back. The right wing was made of white feathers like an angel; the left was black like a demon, sharply cut.
Whoooong!
A grand halo rose behind the wings. Sun and moon. Yin and yang were with him.
Kugugugugugu!
Humans vomited blood and collapsed under the qi spread by the two absolutes. Frenzied qi. Even masters could not stand properly.
“Kueueuk!”
Raon knelt, chin trembling. He could not lift his eyes or breathe. It felt as though his entire body was pinned beneath a massive hammer. ‘How to stop this…’ It was unimaginable how to block the offensive of two absolutes that could destroy the sky. Glenn also seemed unable to win against their combined attack.
“Lift your head.”
Glenn took a step forward. The warm qi blooming from beneath his feet drove away the qi of the White Blood Cult Leader and Tacheon who had been suppressing his heart.
“What examiners should see is not the ground but the sky.”
The Zieghart examiners, hearing those words, gritted their teeth and stood up. Their eyes, filled with pride, looked at Glenn. It seemed to say that the wide, trustworthy back should follow.
“Good.”
Glenn smiled faintly and raised the Heavenly True Sword. The brain qi burning on the blade spread to the heaven and earth, causing red light.
“Sword Realm Manifestation.”
His low voice became a line connecting heaven and earth.
“Flawless Heavenly Robe.”