All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 90

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 090

Wushen’s transcendent domain was shattered in the tremendous torrent of power, but it had already returned to its original form.

The shattering itself was something that happened because Wushen had deliberately lowered his level.

After Shin Hyeok’s test ended.

Since Wushen immediately restored his level, his transcendent domain was also immediately restored accordingly.

Of course, regardless of the transcendent domain being restored and Wushen’s tattered clothes instantly returning to their original state, Shin Hyeok was still sprawled on the ground.

It couldn’t be helped.

He had already used a potion once, so he couldn’t take another immediately due to side effects.

Eventually, lying flat on the ground, he waited for a moment for Wushen to settle the compensation.

“First, let me refine your body. Sit up.”

“…I feel like I’m going to die.”

“If you can’t endure that level of pain, how can you call yourself a martial artist? Sit up.”

“…Yes.”

Even moving a single finger brought soul-burning, tearing pain, but Wushen paid no mind.

Eventually, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain, Shin Hyeok barely managed to sit in lotus position.

Cold sweat poured down like rain, and his teeth even cracked from clenching his jaw too hard, but Wushen calmly approached from behind and placed his hands on him.

“Your body is sufficiently strong, but because you didn’t undergo systematic training from a young age, impure energy is devouring your flesh. Showing such performance with this kind of body is remarkable in itself. But you can’t live forever with a body corroded by impure energy. Let’s start with a light cleansing first.”

“…!”

Cleansing.

Shin Hyeok knew this well since he had received it before his regression.

It was an extremely precise procedure to drive out impure energy filling the entire body, usually performed in childhood.

That’s because there’s less impure energy in the body then, making the success rate of cleansing higher.

Nevertheless, the failure rate was quite high, and finding a martial artist capable of performing the cleansing was also difficult.

Naturally, as one aged, the effectiveness of cleansing decreased, success rates dropped, and the level of martial artist required for the procedure increased exponentially.

Even in the higher dimensions of ‘Martial Realm’ and ‘Cheonma Sect’, it was extremely rare for a fully grown adult to receive cleansing.

Shin Hyeok couldn’t help but be amazed at receiving such cleansing directly from none other than Wushen himself.

‘I’m enjoying a luxury I never experienced even before regression.’

Shin Hyeok had received something similar to cleansing before his regression.

It was called a mana shower – entering a place with high mana density and frantically operating mental techniques to wash away impure energy.

But it wasn’t very efficient, took a long time, and cost a lot of money.

Eventually, Shin Hyeok had substituted cleansing by simply consuming lots of elixirs.

Hyo-rin was there then too, so there was no shortage in the supply of elixirs.

And now, right after regression.

Shin Hyeok was about to receive Wushen’s cleansing, something he had never experienced even before regression.

“It’s going to hurt a bit.”

“Wait-“

Kwaaaaaaaaa!

“…!!!”

However, it hurt a bit.

No, it hurt a lot.

So much that he naturally thought putting his entire mana channels in a blender would hurt less than this.

So Shin Hyeok barely held onto his consciousness that seemed ready to flee and operated his trait: Mana Circuit and skill: Taeguk Divine Art [A] to the extreme.

Kiiiiiiing!

Wushen’s pure internal energy rushing in like a torrent.

This was to not miss even the slightest bit of internal energy generated as that superior stat to mana ravaged his mana channels and tore away the impure energy clinging to them.

Forgetting even the concept of time and circulating energy solely to survive, Shin Hyeok’s eyes snapped open with the sensation of his baihui acupoint bursting open.

[Stat: Mana has increased by 500.]

[Impure energy has been removed from the body.]

[All energy circulation becomes freer and efficiency increases.]

Mana increase.

Plus increased energy efficiency from removing impure energy.

It was no different from the mana circuit effect becoming much stronger.

But Wushen’s gift didn’t end there.

“Your body is also ordinary. You’ll need bone transformation as well. Let’s continue right away.”

New body.

Currently, Shin Hyeok had two bodies.

One was the Absorbing Demon Body that absorbed demonic energy and naturally strengthened the body with it.

The other was the Flame Body.

Befitting a blacksmith’s body, it granted powerful fire resistance and affinity.

Both were excellent bodies, but they had little relation to martial arts.

Wushen pointed this out and also attempted bone transformation.

Originally, bone transformation meant an excellent martial artist accumulating tremendous energy and using it as a foundation to transform their body.

It wasn’t something possible by someone kneading the body like dough, but-

Crrrrrrrack!

“…Kuk!”

That didn’t apply to Wushen.

If even Cheonma could do it, there was no way it would be impossible for Wushen.

If the earlier cleansing had ground up the mana channels.

That is, the blood vessels, then the current forced bone transformation completely shattered the flesh itself.

It was unavoidable.

Shin Hyeok didn’t have an innate body.

So to create a body remarkable enough to catch Wushen’s eye, the only way was not to patch up the existing one but to destroy it and recreate it.

Naturally, incomparable agony to before swept through, but Shin Hyeok endured it.

“Thanks to you comprehending the 1st Chapter, 3rd Section of Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style alone this time, I have plenty of karma left. I can manage a unique-grade body.”

‘…A unique-grade martial arts-related body! I’ll endure this even if it kills me…!’

Because of the information Wushen casually revealed.

Precisely because of the unique-grade martial arts-related body.

Even within the same unique grade, there were definitely high and low distinctions.

In that regard, for Shin Hyeok who handled Choi Shin-hyeok Style, Cheonma Seonggong, and Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style, a unique-grade martial arts-related body had better compatibility than most legendary-grade bodies.

Since it was something he absolutely couldn’t give up, Shin Hyeok gritted his teeth and endured the pain of bone transformation.

And in the place where pain disappeared.

[Body: Martial Bone acquired.]

[Martial Bone ]

* Classification: Body [Unique]

A body born to learn martial arts.

└Corrections are added to all martial arts.

└Proficiency in all martial arts increases rapidly.

“Keu…”

Sweet compensation awaited Shin Hyeok.

Unique-grade body: Martial Bone.

The effect was simple.

Corrections and proficiency increases for all martial arts.

Considering the value of Choi Shin-hyeok Style, Cheonma Seonggong, and Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style, even slight corrections and proficiency increases could provide meaningful benefits, enough to completely erase the previous pain.

But the compensation didn’t end there.

“I shall appoint you as my disciple. Continue to strive and aim for something beyond disciple in the future.”

[Title: Disciple of Wushen (Temporary) has been promoted to Disciple of Wushen.]

[Disciple of Wushen]

* You can handle all martial arts almost perfectly.

* Proficiency in all martial arts increases greatly.

* You can observe all martial arts well.

Title: Disciple of Wushen (Temporary) finally had the temporary label removed.

The existing title had sufficiently good abilities, but it couldn’t compare to the current title.

Handle most martial arts almost perfectly.

Since this applied to whatever martial arts he learned, it was like giving Shin Hyeok wings.

On top of that, greatly increased proficiency in all martial arts.

With just this, there would be no problem even if he learned new martial arts in the future.

Lastly, being able to observe all martial arts well – this was simple.

‘Breaking through opponents’ martial arts becomes easier.’

Breaking through martial arts.

It meant that no matter what attack the enemy made, it would be easier to break through it.

Each reward was worth billions, and Shin Hyeok staggered as he stood up from his seat and politely expressed his gratitude.

“I will further brighten the honor of Cheok Nosa.”

“Indeed. I’d prefer if you could shine brighter than that Cheonma bastard.”

“…I’ll try my best.”

Despite generously giving out tremendous rewards, Wushen laughed heartily while engaging in a war of nerves with the invisible Cheonma.

Of course, since he was also learning Cheonma Seonggong and was a Socheonma Candidate, it was a request Shin Hyeok couldn’t perfectly fulfill.

Wushen knew this well, so he didn’t dig deeper.

“The sparring with you was interesting. There’s nothing more enjoyable than directly experiencing the growth of rising juniors. I hope you’ll have grown even more when we meet next time.”

“Yes.”

If everything has a beginning, it must have an end.

After the sparring ended and he received his rewards, Shin Hyeok exchanged farewells with Wushen and exited from Wushen’s transcendent realm.

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What greeted Shin Hyeok as he exited Wushen’s transcendent realm wasn’t the national team seniors waiting for him—

“…? Why does this place look like this?”

—but the sparring arena that was on fire.

Looking more closely, he could also see buildings that had been diced up by sword strikes.

Naturally, it wasn’t a normal sight, so Shin Hyeok looked around and spotted Mujeonggeum and Changsu, then waved his hand with a pleased face.

“Senior. I’m back.”

“…Did you just return from meeting with a Constellation?”

“Yes, so many things happened. But what’s all this about? Taereung has become a complete mess?”

Changsu asked back with his characteristic expressionless face at Shin Hyeok’s greeting.

Shin Hyeok briefly showed a wistful expression as he recalled the sparring with Wushen.

Then he asked about Taereung that had become a mess.

At Shin Hyeok’s question, Changsu spoke with an incredulous face.

“It’s because of you.”

“…Excuse me?”

Shin Hyeok was flustered to hear that this chaos was because of him when he had just returned from meeting Wushen, but he could only nod at the explanation that followed.

“After you left to have an audience with a Constellation. Yeomwang and Geomwang fought over the right to spar with you. This is the aftermath.”

“Ah.”

The catastrophe that resulted from Shin Hyeok’s single comment ‘you two decide between yourselves’ before going to meet Wushen.

Realizing it really was because of him, Shin Hyeok hung his head.

“So who won?”

“That would be—”

“I won. Damn nephew.”

The sparring between Yeomwang and Geomwang.

The victor of that sparring fought over the right to spar with Shin Hyeok was Inho, who appeared before Changsu could answer.

Inho was in a completely different state from what Shin Hyeok had seen before going to meet Wushen.

His finest custom suit was slashed here and there, reduced to rags, and his neatly slicked-back hair was disheveled without restraint.

His face had turned pale from consuming considerable mana as a bonus.

Seeing his obviously unwell appearance, Shin Hyeok’s heart felt at ease.

“You look quite unwell?”

“Thanks to you. I fought with a swordsman after a long time. Well, a guy who just swings a sword around couldn’t match a mage seeking truth.”

“I see.”

He pretended to be relaxed while combing back his disheveled hair.

Inho was indeed weakened, as the battle with Ho Seok had apparently been difficult.

And Shin Hyeok didn’t miss that.

“Then shall we fight right away?”

“…What?”

“I’m also not in normal condition due to the trial Wushen gave me, so isn’t it fair?”

“No, that’s…”

Shin Hyeok was tired too, but he had somewhat recovered through Wushen’s cleansing and transformation.

In contrast, Inho hadn’t resolved the aftermath of his sparring with Ho Seok.

Especially since Inho was both a mage and a spirit summoner, proper combat was impossible when lacking mana.

But Shin Hyeok was a warrior.

He was accustomed to fighting even when lacking energy.

Therefore, Inho tried to refuse the sparring with a reluctant face, but—

“You’re not scared, are you?”

“…Follow me to the sparring arena right now.”

When Shin Hyeok raised the corners of his mouth and uttered the magic word, Inho couldn’t back down.

Scared?

That single word was a demonic phrase that no one could avoid, from three-year-old children to eighty-year-old elders.

Seeing Inho fall for the provocation so nicely, Shin Hyeok didn’t hide his delight at all as he followed behind him up to the sparring arena.

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