100 Floors All Master - Chapter 261

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 261
58th Floor. Successor of the Wudang Sect. Jiniu (2)
“One week, then.”
“Someone of your caliber should be more than capable.”
[But one week. Isn’t that terribly short?]
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t secure any more time. One week is the limit.”
Jiniu spoke with evident regret. Eldiria let out a soft moan. Manbyeonggi opened his mouth.
[It will be difficult, but if you manage it, it will prove immensely valuable to you. His Ultimate Principle is that sort of thing, after all.]
“Then I suppose I should demonstrate my Ultimate Principle first.”
A soft whisper.
Jiniu drew his blade.
“Attack me. Don’t hold back—come at me with everything you have. This place is under the protection of the System. Even if your health reaches zero, you won’t die. Your stats recover immediately, and all skill cooldowns reset. A truly miraculous place, wouldn’t you say?”
“Then I shall.”
Kang Jun-hyeok did not hesitate. He raised his hand.
[Gap Breaking.]
[Jealousy’s Reverse Heaven Spear.]
Crack!
The colossal Authority of Envy manifested in the world. Within it lay the authority of the gap that pierced the very concept of defense. For the first time, Jiniu’s expression shifted.
“…Hah!”
The spear shot forward violently.
Jiniu swiftly unfolded his blade.
Spin.
The blade rotated in the shape of the Taiji.
It was an endless Taiji.
Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes widened.
The moment the attack touched the line of the Taiji, it was drawn inward. As if traversing a distance that could never be crossed, the attack lost all force and faded away slowly.
“…You truly do command those authorities. Remarkable.”
Jiniu shook his head with a rueful smile. Kang Jun-hyeok exhaled sharply.
“…Is that your Ultimate Principle?”
“It is. One attempt won’t suffice for a proper assessment. Try attacking once more.”
Kang Jun-hyeok, following Jiniu’s words, channeled his power anew.
[Pixie’s Mana Control.]
[Pixie’s Mana Box.]
He obtained powerful control abilities.
Hundreds of lights poured forth all at once. He did not stop there.
[Enhancement. Jealousy’s Reverse Heaven Spear.]
[Divine Power. Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]
[Red Giant Star.]
He unleashed his most potent cards in succession. Pure mana overturned the world, and the authorities of jealousy and fecundity cleaved all things asunder. The radiance of an unnamed god and the red giant star set the world ablaze.
Screeeeeech!
It was a landscape akin to hell unfolded in the mortal realm.
“That’s quite formidable. It reaches toward the 4th Tier.”
Before it all, Jiniu lightly extended his blade.
Once more, the infinite Taiji unfolded. The Taiji devoured all force and erased it utterly.
Without taking a single step backward, Jiniu spoke calmly.
“This is my Ultimate Principle. Do you comprehend it now?”
“…That is…”
Kang Jun-hyeok let out a stunned breath.
No matter how much he poured forth his full strength, he could not reach it. There was a chasm between them of that magnitude. The blocking of his attack was hardly surprising.
But the method itself was the problem.
All force that touched the blade drawing the Taiji was drawn inward and annihilated.
Even if Kang Jun-hyeok wielded the power of the 5th Tier, the result would be no different. Perfect absorption independent of the hierarchy of strength. It was a technique of that very nature.
“You contain infinite distance within the Taiji.”
“Precisely. I call this Ultimate Principle the Boundless Void.”
Vast emptiness, without boundary.
No matter how formidable a force, if it could not make contact, it held no meaning.
“Should I unfold the Boundless Void, then even an attack from Master Manbyeonggi himself could be blocked once.”
[Presumptuous.]
Manbyeonggi muttered, but offered no rebuttal. It meant his words were truth. Kang Jun-hyeok fell silent in thought.
Drawing endless Taiji with the blade. Containing all attacks within it, absorbing them, making them vanish.
In the concept of controlling and erasing force, it resembled the Absolute Suppression Domain. In broader terms, it approached a superior evolution thereof.
Yet in the concept of defense, the Boundless Void held the advantage.
The Absolute Suppression Domain was heavily dependent on Kang Jun-hyeok’s own strength.
It could erase forces equal to or below his own caliber, but nothing beyond.
The Boundless Void, by contrast, was merely endless Taiji.
If one succeeded in unfolding it, even power surpassing one’s rank could be erased. That Manbyeonggi’s attacks could be blocked was no mere boast.
And above all, the Boundless Void was not, in essence, defense at all.
It merely unfolded endless distance.
Which was why Gap Breaking proved ineffective against it.
This was a technique that transcended rank—one that applied to the Victors themselves.
Seeing the expression on Kang Jun-hyeok’s face, Jiniu murmured with interest.
“You seem to have grasped the structure and concept of the force. It’s less enlightenment than… a pure analysis of understanding. As if you had witnessed such a technique before.”
“I have seen something similar. Nothing of this caliber, though.”
“Then you’re fortunate. Once you achieve enlightenment, you can master it. Ordinarily, only those who have studied the Wudang Mental Cultivation Method could learn it, but you studied Master Manbyeonggi’s method. That stands above the Wudang way. There should be no impediment to learning.”
“But there is another problem, isn’t there?”
Namely, that only one week remained.
A technique of the Boundless Void’s level was extraordinarily rare even in Kang Jun-hyeok’s experience. It was a singular miracle born from the genius Jiniu alone.
To master such a thing in one week.
It was nearly impossible.
Yet Jiniu spoke with remarkable ease.
“Which is why you must study diligently.”
“…”
“Unfolding the Boundless Void and blocking my attacks—that is the way to earn my recognition.”
“You mean attacks at the 5th Tier?”
What nonsense. Yet Jiniu burst into hearty laughter, as if to dispel all worry.
“Haha. Of course I’ll moderate my strength.”
“I’m not sure that changes anything.”
An elephant does not exert full force when stepping on an ant. It merely treads. Jiniu answered lightly.
“If you cannot even manage that much, you’re worthless. Then allow me to explain.”
Jiniu taught him the entire incantation of the Boundless Void, the flow of internal energy, and how to wield it. After that, he stepped forward by one pace.
Thud.
He sheathed his blade and clenched his fist, channeling force into it. With a calm expression, he spoke.
“I’m no great teacher, after all. From this point on, I can only teach through direct contact. Unfold the Boundless Void. And block it.”
“…!”
Kang Jun-hyeok quickly seized his blade. Jiniu’s fist literally crushed him down.

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Crash!
His body slammed against the wall. His health reached zero in an instant, then refilled. Jiniu spoke calmly.
“You failed. Again.”
Another fist came hurtling.
Without even time to catch his breath, Kang Jun-hyeok seized his blade. He struggled desperately to unfold the Taiji, but failed and was crushed down once more.
“Your internal energy flow was disrupted. Again.”
Crash!
“You must follow the incantation flow with perfect precision. Again.”
Crash!
“Your Taiji collapsed. Again.”
Crash-crash!
“Again.”
Crash!
Had the Tower’s protection not existed, he would have died hundreds of times over. After a full day had passed, Jiniu finally withdrew his fist.
“You should organize your enlightenment as well, so let’s take a brief rest. We’ll resume in one hour.”
“Sigh.”
Kang Jun-hyeok slumped to the ground. Though all physical exhaustion recovered, his mind did not. Unending attacks he could not withstand, requiring enlightenment to block them—a considerable fatigue had accumulated. As Kang Jun-hyeok rested, Jiniu regarded him with a peculiar expression.
“I see the movements of the Wudang in your form. It seems you have some connection to them.”
In his previous life, Kang Jun-hyeok had mastered the Wudang’s Ultimate Principle—the Taiji Wisdom Sword.
A supreme martial art that took more than thirty years to cultivate.
And the Boundless Void was far more difficult still. One week was absurdly short. Even Eldiria seemed to think so, murmuring with concern.
[No matter how I think about it, one week seems far too brief.]
“Mm… Since you’ve earned the recognition of both Master Manbyeonggi and Eldiria, I believed you possessed a talent far beyond this sort of thing. Therefore, I thought one week would suffice… but it seems my expectations were wrong.”
[This one’s talent is not so remarkable.]
Manbyeonggi spoke.
[In terms of talent alone, he approaches the mundane.]
“How curious. Then how were you able to earn both your recognition and come this far?”
[He possesses a capability. The ability to find the right answer and advance toward it.]
“Intuition… is it?”
[It’s too light to call merely that. It seems closer to a genuine ability. At least, not a talent we can fathom. Perhaps it was something fundamentally impossible for talents of this universe from the start.]
“That’s a fascinating thing to say.”
Jiniu asked with a smile.
“If I had achieved perfect mastery, would I still have failed to reach him?”
[That is impossible to know.]
“True. I myself have pondered it tens of thousands of times, yet no answer has come.”
Jiniu murmured bitterly.
Jiniu was a genius.
He possessed a rare talent among the highest peaks of the universe itself. Even Touvalt and the Greatest Martial Artist paled before him.
Yet he was born in the twilight of the Great War.
Before his talent could fully bloom, the war ended.
And because he had participated in the Great War, he never gained the chance to become a Player.
A flower broken before it could bloom.
That was what Jiniu was.
“What if, what if I had been born without talent? Then I might have avoided the Great War and obtained the chance to be a Player. At least I could have faced the challenge to the end and acknowledged my failure with a clear heart.”
But even that was impossible for Jiniu.
He could not bear that despair.
For that reason, his previous self had taken his own life.
“One week. I know it borders on the impossible. But if within that time you do not learn my Ultimate Principle, then I am without meaning.”
A pitiful yet poignant gaze turned toward Kang Jun-hyeok. He fell to his knees. Pressing his forehead to the ground, he spoke with desperate urgency.
“I know it’s unreasonable. But, but I beg you. Simply because I was born in an ill-fated time, I must lose all value and vanish without ever achieving anything. I cannot accept that. At the very least, if I can teach you my Ultimate Principle, I think I might die with some peace of mind.”
Kang Jun-hyeok regarded Jiniu quietly.
It was unreasonable.
He had no reason to accept it.
Yet Kang Jun-hyeok’s memories from his previous life flickered through his mind.
The gods. The Transcendents including Eldiria. The Demon King. Countless other beings.
They had believed in him.
They had trusted him.
They had sought to entrust everything to him.
But he had yielded their will to another.
He had betrayed their trust and faith.
In that final defeat, he had despaired and raged.
I hate you.
I hate you for betraying my trust.
I hate you for betraying my faith.
And I hate myself for trusting you.
I hate myself for betraying others’ trust.
Returning to the past, he had made one resolve.
Not to trust others.
To seize all power himself.
And one thing more.
Not to betray others’ trust.
Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes rippled quietly.

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