All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 34

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 034

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The thick cloud of dust that had settled begins to dissipate.

In the place where the pure white cloud of marble dust, pulverized to powder, had settled.

There stood Shin Hyeok, barely managing to remain upright using his cracked demonic spear as a walking stick.

Shin Hyeok’s physical condition could not be called good by any stretch of the imagination.

Of course, he was wearing plain clothes having removed all his original equipment, which was part of it, but more than that, this battle had been far more intense than he had imagined.

In contrast, on the opposite side where the dust had cleared.

Cheonma, who had faced Shin Hyeok’s body spear with only two fingers, showed not a single sign of disorder.

The dust clouds that had filled the surroundings could not even touch Cheonma’s jet-black celestial robes.

In the place where his flowing black hair, like a lion’s mane, had naturally settled.

Cheonma opened his mouth.

“Excellent. Your body spear could not reach my divine spear, but that is natural. I shall await the moment when your spear reaches me.”

“…Huuuuu.”

Cheonma’s acknowledgment.

Only then did Shin Hyeok’s tension release as he exhaled the breath he had been holding and lowered his head.

‘…I’m dying. I’m exhausted.’

It was difficult.

Pouring out everything he had to manifest as a single spear was certainly a burdensome task.

‘With Cheok Nosa and with the old man too. There’s not a day I don’t use Overlord. No, I guess it’s natural. To be acknowledged by two Constellations, Overlord should be the basic foundation.’

Behind it all was Overlord.

Overlord was the technique that crowned the culmination of the Choi Shin-hyeok Style that Shin Hyeok had mastered, so not only was its difficulty high, but its aftereffects were also considerable.

At least before his regression, he had a solid body and mana load, so he could minimize the aftereffects and shake them off quickly, but his current body was much more fragile.

Ptui!

“You’ve suffered internal injuries.”

“…I was prepared for this much.”

The reason he spat out the blackened clot of blood was because of that.

Of course, Shin Hyeok could have chosen to swallow the blood clot, but he deliberately chose to spit it out.

The reason was simple.

“Sit in front of me. Show me your back. I shall heal your internal injuries. Along with the reward I will give you.”

“Yes.”

‘He’s being generous again this time.’

Cheonma.

To Shin Hyeok, this old man was surprisingly generous with his spending.

Perhaps it was natural.

If an absolute being were stingy about giving something, he would probably be called a cheapskate.

Perhaps conscious of this, Cheonma was accustomed to giving things and was generous.

Shin Hyeok, who had deliberately coughed up blood to make Cheonma give even a little more, carefully showed his back to Cheonma and sat cross-legged in front of him.

“Your posture is ready. Maintain the cross-legged position. The pain in the process of restoring damaged blood vessels will not be small. Even so, maintain the cross-legged position and regulate your breathing. Otherwise, you will suffer internal injuries worse than what you have now, and your blood vessels will also be greatly damaged.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

“Then let us begin.”

Cheonma’s pure demonic energy, starting from the blood vessels positioned on his back, spreads throughout Shin Hyeok’s entire circulatory system.

The demonic energy that seeped into the torn and injured blood vessels not only healed Shin Hyeok’s circulation but made it stronger and more resilient.

But what was truly important was Cheonma’s demonic energy itself.

[Stat: Demonic Energy has increased by 50.]

‘…It’s tremendously pure and concentrated demonic energy indeed.’

The demonic energy, which had been freed from stat limitations upon reaching Gold Tier, increased by 50 all at once.

It was a truly delicious result, but this was only the beginning.

“From now on, I will transmit the Cheonma Seongyeol to you.”

“Are you serious?”

“Of course. It’s only part of the compensation I promised to give you. I will begin the transmission right now, so concentrate.”

“…Yes.”

Cheonma Seongyeol.

If Cheonma Seonggong was hardware, then Cheonma Seongyeol was software.

It was natural.

Cheonma Seongyeol was demonic energy.

Moreover, it was a type of mental cultivation method that allowed one to accumulate very pure demonic energy.

‘I couldn’t obtain it in my previous life. Of course, if I had a little more time, I might have obtained it, but… that’s not important right now.’

At the thought of obtaining the Cheonma Seongyeol that his pre-regression self couldn’t get, Shin Hyeok barely calmed his pounding heart and regulated his breathing.

At the same time, Cheonma’s demonic energy began racing through Shin Hyeok’s body once again.

When it finally completed one full circuit through his body.

[Skill: Cheonma Seongyeol [D] has been acquired.]

[Skill: Cheonma Seonggong [B] has been acquired.]

Shin Hyeok was able to complete the skill registration of Cheonma Seonggong along with Cheonma Seongyeol, which his previous life self had failed to obtain.

“To master Cheonma Seongyeol in one go. Your aptitude is not bad either.”

“Thank you. But by any chance, is this the end of the reward?”

“…You’re quite greedy too. I’ll give you more, so don’t be impatient.”

Truly a tree that gives generously.

No, it was Cheonma who gave generously.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheonma injected demonic energy into Shin Hyeok’s body for the third time.

“I will transform your body. It could also be seen as a complete metamorphosis.”

“…!”

“I cannot create a noble body. No, I can. But it would be excessive as compensation for what you have done. My Cheonma Divine Body. That bastard’s Cheonmu Divine Body is like that. But who knows. If you accumulate karma and keep accumulating it, perhaps someday you might get your hands on such things.”

“…”

As the demonic energy passed coldly through his internal blood vessels and Cheonma’s voice reached his ears, Shin Hyeok swallowed dry saliva.

Cheonma Divine Body and Cheonmu Divine Body.

Even as a Challenger Tier player, Shin Hyeok had never dared to obtain, let alone think of obtaining, these heaven-sent bodies.

Unless one was born with it, obtaining it through some method required astronomical amounts of money and luck.

When Shin Hyeok unconsciously smiled at the words that he might be able to obtain even that.

Crack!

“…!!!”

“Ah, I couldn’t tell you beforehand, but it’s going to hurt like hell. Even setting a dislocated bone makes you curse, but this is improving your body itself, or rather completely transforming it. Can you handle it?”

Shin Hyeok had no choice but to widen his eyes at the dizzying pain that was among the most intense he had experienced, including his time before regression.

But there was no turning back.

Spilled water could not be gathered again, and the metamorphosis that had already begun could not be stopped.

Thus, Shin Hyeok had to be engulfed in intense pain for a long time.

Of course, the compensation was sweet.

[The Physical Body category has been opened.]

[Physical Body: Demonic Absorption Body has been acquired.]

“You must have obtained the Demonic Absorption Body. A peerless body. It’s certainly not a heaven-sent body. But it’s quite useful.”

At Cheonma’s words about artificially crafting a body, Shin Hyeok immediately checked the description of the Demonic Absorption Body.

[Demonic Absorption Body]

-Classification: Physical Body [Rare]

└Naturally absorbs demonic energy.

‘It’s simple. But that’s exactly why it’s good. Nothing is as reliable in effect as something intuitive.’

Physical Body: Demonic Absorption Body.

Befitting a rare-grade body, there was nothing grandiose about it.

Simply naturally absorbing demonic energy.

That was all.

Probably the demonic energy that would increase this way would also be modest.

However, that was sufficient enough.

‘There’s a saying that even dust can form a mountain when gathered. Auto-hunting is meaningful because it’s automatic hunting in the first place. It’s not about the amount that gets collected.’

It was similar to the auto-hunting commonly used in mobile games.

When you set up auto-hunting, it hunts on its own without needing my attention, gathers experience points, and collects materials.

Of course, it would give less experience and fewer materials than when I move directly, but unearned income was originally like that.

Anyway, that was the end of my thoughts about the Demon Absorption Body.

“My weapon got ruined because of me.”

“Will you give me a new one?”

Because it seemed like Cheonma would give new compensation.

Cheonma’s generous rewards were still not over.

Shin Hyeok was delighted when the topic of weapons came up.

‘Cheonma Armory. Even if I just grab anything from there, the minimum would be legendary.’

If only the doors to the Cheonma Armory, which Cheonma had personally selected and collected, would open, I could properly reap the benefits.

Well-

“Are you insane? If I did that, what I’d have to bear would increase tremendously.”

“Ah…”

That didn’t happen.

It was disappointing but actually natural.

For a Constellation to give something, they had to pay the corresponding karma as a price.

Although Shin Hyeok had taken Cheonma’s test, gained recognition, and built up quite a large ‘karma,’ even that wasn’t enough to receive even the lowest weapon from the Cheonma Armory.

Cheonma, who had been watching Shin Hyeok become dejected at this fact, snorted with amusement and then spread out his hand wide.

Kwaaaaaa!

At the same time, tremendous demonic energy burst forth above Cheonma’s hand.

Of course, that was from Shin Hyeok’s perspective.

From Cheonma’s perspective, it would be like drawing a single drop with an eyedropper from the ocean.

That demonic energy soon underwent a transformation.

Creak! Creak! Creaaaaak!

Tremendous pressure was applied to the demonic energy.

That wasn’t the end of it.

It was applied repeatedly several times.

Energy is basically like smoke.

Although it had materialized befitting Cheonma’s demonic energy, actually compressing it was not an easy task.

Of course, that was only a story about ordinary people.

It had nothing to do with Cheonma.

“Done.”

Thud-

You could tell just by watching him casually toss the demonic energy that had transformed into an ingot shape in front of Shin Hyeok, as if nothing had happened after performing what could be called a miracle.

Casually thud- as if it was nothing special.

That was all.

But for Shin Hyeok, it was completely different.

“…This, isn’t this Demon Essence?”

“That’s right?”

“You just roughly compressed and molded this just now?”

“That’s right?”

“…You’re giving this to me to use?”

“Yes. Finished products are hard to give, but materials require surprisingly less karma.”

“Thank you. I’ll use it well.”

“You have become one who carries on Cheonma’s name. If you carry a trashy weapon, my reputation won’t stand.”

“Yes, I’ll use it to create a tremendous weapon.”

“That’s sufficient.”

Demon Essence.

It was a material that could be called the essence of demons.

It was actually a legendary-grade material.

Even considering the entire current Earth, it was a material that officially only a few had been released, so it was natural for Shin Hyeok to be surprised.

‘I’ve received quite a lot. 50 Demonic Energy stats, Demon Absorption Body, Cheonma Seonggong, and even Demon Essence. I’m full, so full.’

Even roughly looking at them, each one held tremendous value.

The 50 Demonic Energy stats would become a reliable backup for Shin Hyeok’s future Gold tier games, the Demon Absorption Body would aid future growth, Cheonma Seonggong would accelerate that growth, and the Demon Essence would be reborn as a new demonic spear to advance forward.

It could definitely be called satisfying enough.

Honestly, even just this much karma that Cheonma had to bear was quite substantial.

Perhaps even the karma gained from the test might not be enough to cover it.

No, it was certain.

Cheonma would have to pay karma from himself.

But the generous Cheonma was different.

“Stand up.”

“Yes?”

“What are you spacing out for? It would be ridiculous if a Socheonma Candidate couldn’t even enter the middle section of Cheonma Seonggong. I’ll teach you the first martial art of the middle section.”

“…!”

‘Socheonma Candidate. To obtain a title I couldn’t get even in my previous life while merely in Gold tier. And even the middle section martial arts of Cheonma Seonggong. This is a reward that far transcends all the previous rewards.’

Socheonma Candidate.

Furthermore, even the first martial art of the middle section of Cheonma Seonggong befitting that title.

These were more tremendous rewards than all the previous rewards combined.

If the early section of Cheonma Seonggong was just the stage where Cheonma showed interest in and nurtured promising sprouts, from the middle section onwards was Socheonma Candidate.

Because it meant being recognized as a racehorse running toward Socheonma, who could be called the successor of the Cheonma Sect.

In front of Shin Hyeok, who had stood up from his seat in bewilderment, Cheonma uttered just one sentence.

“Cheonma Seonggong Chapter 2, Section 1. Black Heaven Thunder Step. Watch carefully. The lightning footwork for walking across the black heavens…”

Kwarrrrrrrrrr!

As soon as the words ended, I could see Cheonma’s figure transform into a single bolt of lightning falling from the pitch-black sky.

That was the end.

[You have obtained the title: Socheonma Candidate.]

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