Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 183

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Chapter 183
The Taiji Wisdom Sword consumed vast reserves of inner energy, being a fragment of Shim Mu’s legacy.
I had just poured everything into that single strike, leaving me unable to deploy it immediately.
As an emergency measure, I crossed the Black Pine Cloud Sword and Frost Crystal Sword to deflect the incoming attack.
Clang, clang, clang!
From merely twisting and redirecting a single blow, my wrist contorted in an unnatural direction.
The impact surged through me, but I was fortunate to have avoided the vital points.
I immediately used the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong to block the pain and twist my wrist back into place.
Crack—
My swollen wrist let out a groan.
‘If I deflect one more attack like that, it will fracture.’
It seemed the bone was already cracked beyond the point of dislocation.
‘I cannot withstand a second impact.’
What would happen if such force struck my internal organs was obvious.
All this reasoning flashed through my mind in 0.2 seconds.
My accelerated thoughts guided my next course of action.
As I closed in, he held his breath and launched his fist.
He was calculating that I would unleash the Water Extreme Fire technique again.
But my form vanished, reappearing behind him.
Then I struck his ear with the flat of my blade.
Clang!
Even striking flesh, the sound of metal colliding rang out. But that mattered not. My target was not the outer surface.
The cochlea and nerves within his ear canal.
The moment his inner ear resonated, he roared and threw another punch.
I evaded by a blade’s width using the Flowing Cloud Step.
The wind from his fist lashed my face, but that was manageable.
The next target was his jaw!
This time, I scraped together my remaining inner energy and struck.
What made the Mudang Sect’s sword technique fearsome was its principle of using softness to overcome hardness.
I never expected Gwon Je’s teachings would prove so invaluable against this opponent.
The Small Clear Sword carried the mysteries of Taiji, striking the cartilage of his jawbone.
The vibration rippled in circles, striking his head, and the moment his mouth opened, the cold blade bit into his lips.
“Thunder Palm.”
“Damn it…”
The Gold Demon sensed his predicament.
Blue lightning poured down from the sky.
Simultaneously, my Five Elements True Qi surged with lightning force, pouring electrical charge into his body.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
My Five Elements Thunder, pushed forward while defending my own body minimally, roasted the Gold Demon’s organs.
Combined with Noeji’s blue lightning unleashed with all his might, a tremendous electrical charge cascaded down.
No matter how much external martial arts one cultivates, it’s impossible to protect the internal organs.
The Gold Demon felt extreme agony before losing consciousness entirely.
Thud—
The moment he collapsed, I withdrew the Black Pine Cloud Sword from his mouth.
Landing on the ground like a cat, I checked the pulse of the fallen Gold Demon.
“….”
He was alive. Just unconscious.
I sheathed the sword and, squeezing out my last reserves of inner power, struck his lower abdomen with the profound mysteries of the Tai Chi Palm.
Crash—
I had destroyed his dantian.
After severing his limb meridians as well, I simply collapsed where I stood.
“Huff, huff….”
Even if I had fought him at full strength, he would have been a formidable opponent. But I had already endured dozens of battles before facing him.
It was strange that I wasn’t exhausted.
On top of that, I had taken some of Noeji’s lightning strikes, so my burns were considerable.
The hollowness emanating from my depleted dantian brought waves of nausea.
In that moment, a clot of blood rushed up my throat.
It was a sign of fainting.
After completing my self-diagnosis, I immediately retrieved medicine and swallowed the Five Elements Divine Pill.
It stabilized the qi of the five elements and bolstered inner power—it had no effect on external wounds, but it was excellent for rapidly replenishing the dantian.
Gulp.
Opening my eyes, Hwang-gu was looking at me with worried eyes.
“I’m fine.”
I didn’t have the strength to pet him.
I barely recovered my body and retrieved the Feng Shui Divination Plate.
Even now, the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong indicated the direction to proceed next.
Deductive reasoning required creativity as well.
I grasped the celestial directions and restored the formation.
I had never learned the Mudang Sect’s formations, but based on the Jegal Family’s methods, I inferred and arranged the missing parts.
The final water vein.
This time there was no corpse.
I gave Hwang-gu an order.
“The water source should be nearby.”
Woof!
Hwang-gu didn’t hesitate and led me forward.
After a few more steps, a large stake was driven into the water source there.
It reeked of sorcery.
I drew the Bing Jeong Sword and infused it with lightning qi.
The densely condensed lightning qi made the blade glow blue, again and again.
When I judged it had been compressed to its limit, I unleashed a single slash.
Clang!
The pure swordsmanship of the Jeongsun blade served to exorcise, scattering the demonic energy in an instant, and the vital force enveloping the nail was lost at once.
Strangely, the moment the nail’s head was severed, the entire nail crumbled into powder and began to scatter away.
The moment the water source was liberated, the water vein began to flow. However, the speed was slow.
That was fine.
The second formation’s blood stone that Jin Cheon-hee had installed was serving as a substitute for the water vein.
I only needed to restore the first formation’s true axis nearby.
As expected, mist began to rise again from within the fire demon.
The cloud mist that always enveloped Mudang Mountain.
If one did not learn the inner energy cultivation method of the Mudang Sect, one’s senses would be blocked within this mist. Conversely, those who had learned the Mudang Sect’s inner energy cultivation method would recover their inner energy more rapidly within the mist.
Naturally, using martial techniques would become less exhausting, and that would shine brilliantly in melee combat.
“Now it feels like we might actually survive this.”
With Yongbong’s Mudang Mountain included, the earth vein’s strength was incomparably formidable.
Jin Cheon-hee immediately examined my left wrist, which had been fractured once before.
There was indeed a crack inside. Now it was swollen to the size of a fist.
I hastily reduced the swelling with acupuncture and then fixed it using a splint.
‘The fingers are damaged too.’
Since I needed to prepare for combat, I had to wrap it with some degree of flexibility.
Blocking sensation with Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong like before was an option, but that would slow my reflex speed as well.
In melee combat, that could be dangerous.
So I decided to endure it with painkillers instead.
I drew the Black Pine Cloud Sword and wrapped it together with my left hand.
“Tch… it’s hardly a sane treatment, but…”
If a patient of mine tried to do this, I would have stopped them by hitting the back of their head.
Still, there was no choice.
‘My left hand can only function at about 50% of normal capacity. At this level, I can push it further.’
I wrapped it with my right hand and tore the bandage with my teeth.
‘There are burns and lacerations on the skin, but no bleeding. The muscles… can maintain about 80% functionality, so that’s acceptable too.’
Even when Noeji was pouring down lightning, I had properly protected my bones and organs.
I took out another Five Elements Divine Pill and tossed it into my mouth.
After circulating my energy briefly to restore my inner force, I swallowed a Baek Rin Divine Pill.
Without even reaching half recovery, I forcibly raised my creaking body.
“Let’s go.”
Clang.
“Don’t worry.”
With my other hand, I brushed Hwang-gu’s fluffy forehead once, and then I attempted the light skill.
It was fast, but certainly slower than before.
However, I had to conserve my strength intentionally, so there was no help for it.
“We’re heading to the main unit. If there are any injured in the vicinity, let me know immediately.”
Clang!
Hwang-gu immediately nodded. Above him, Cheonryeong shielded Jin Cheon-hee as they glided down together.
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Woof. – Master, corpses. So many corpses.
As I ran, I saw only the dead. The absence of living people made me anxious.
The stench of charred flesh threatened to drive me mad again, but I pushed back the memories of my past life and pressed forward.
Horrific memories from the past lashed at me like a whip, yet something far more urgent lay before my eyes.
People who might have died without him. People whose lives could be extended if I treated them.
Save people.
The conviction that had carried over from my past life drove me forward even through the pain.
Growl. – Wounded. Many wounded.
At Hwang-gu’s words, I refocused my mind.
As expected, climbing a bit higher revealed numerous injured scattered about.
Those from the Bloodline Bridge and the Mudang Sect were divided, standing in a ceasefire across from each other. At the center, two figures clashed with overwhelming force.
Crash—
The afterimage moved faster than the sound.
Blade and fist collided, each seeking to sever the other’s lifeline.
Even the fist strikes thrown casually contained such profound mystery that one’s mind grew hazy.
The figure responding silently with a blade against those fists was no ordinary person.
Wielding a sword as tall as a man with a masked face, they wore a brilliant crimson robe.
That blade was extraordinarily massive—the kind that seemed to belong only in fantasy tales.
Watching such a sword flutter like paper was so wondrous that even seeing it with my own eyes felt unbelievable.
But that wasn’t all.
Across the surface of what could only be called a great sword rather than a mere blade, there shimmered an aura so brilliant it forced one’s eyes to squint.
Qi Force!
‘Insane. Someone using Qi Force just appeared? In all of Gangho, there aren’t even thirty such masters….’
Among those thirty, the especially powerful ones are called the Ten Greatest Masters of the Realm. And those who could wield such Qi Force freely numbered only the Three Elites and perhaps a handful of others.
Only those who reached the Radiant Realm could use Qi Force, but there was a vast gap between being able to use it and wielding it freely.
‘Damn it. My worries became reality. At minimum, a top executive of the Bloodline Bridge! At least Grandfather gained some enlightenment recently, or else….’
Cold sweat dripped down my forehead. As I stared in shock, Gwon Je’s two hands traced the Tai Chi symbol.
The Qi Force dwelling in those hands was also formidable, yet not as intense as the Qi Force sheathing the great sword.
Still, Gwon Je did not yield.
The Tai Chi traced by those hands dispersed and contained the great sword’s Qi Force.
Boom!
The sound of air exploding rang out.
As the Qi Force scattered in the void, the shockwave pounded against everyone nearby.
Eventually, the two withdrew and stood in opposition.
Behind them, the Taoist Priests of the Mudang Sect and the Masked Persons of the Bloodline Bridge stood in standoff.
“Still alive, old man?”
From the masked figure’s vocal cords came a voice that was not human.
Neither male nor female. Neither child nor elder. The timbre was profoundly grotesque.
“Kahahaha! It seems I must have accumulated good karma in my past life. To meet such a worthy opponent in my twilight years.”
Gwon Je smiled. I could see he was genuinely delighted. Yet within that joy lay anger and sorrow intertwined.
I understood his heart. The Mudang Sect was his homeland, and the Taoist Priests here were like family to him.
Among the dead, there were surely people he held dear personally.
“So the rumors about you being an old man obsessed with fighting were true? I never expected you to speak of worthy opponents in a situation like this.”
“No matter how obsessed with fighting I am, I would never do so for the Demonic Sect alone.”
The Mudang Sect naturally assumed these people were from the Demonic Sect.
Though red was prominent in their appearance, their foundation was black, and the demonic energy emanating from them carried such thick killing intent that it was difficult to distinguish.
One had to be cautious of counterfeits.
The Masked Person did not particularly deny it either.
“An old body like yours has its flaws as an offering, but… kheh… judging by the energy you emit, it appears you’ve lived as a Taoist Priest who didn’t indulge in desires. The Bloodline Elders would be pleased.”

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