Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 244

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Chapter 244
In that instant.
Whoosh—
Remarkably, Yo Cheon-gun’s body twisted like a serpent, rotating a full 180 degrees to face me directly.
‘What the—his body is bending like a snake?’
In the original work, it was merely his arms that curved slightly, but now he was contorting his entire spine into grotesque angles that I’d never witnessed before.
Confronted with this bizarre form I’d never seen in the original narrative, I felt a chill of alarm.
‘Is this the influence of the Serpent Blood Venom Technique? He’s literally becoming a snake-man.’
While I was still reeling from the shock.
Yo Cheon-gun immediately counterattacked against my Heaven-Earth Single Line strike.
“Krkrkrk, there’s no evading this.”
In that fleeting moment, Yo Cheon-gun instinctively grasped that I had calculated even my retreat route before unleashing my blade.
Thus, Yo Cheon-gun had no choice but to reveal his trump card, which he’d been saving until the very end.
The ultimate technique of the Serpent Blood Venom Technique.
Venom Blood Qi Surge—!
It was a gesture of respect toward me, a mere fledgling of the Jegal Family.
Though he was smiling ostentatiously, Yo Cheon-gun was actually grinding his teeth.
A mere stripling not yet thirty years old had forced him—a master approaching the ranks of the ten greatest martial artists under heaven—to finally draw out the secret technique he’d concealed all this while.
What greater humiliation could there be!
The form of an enormous serpent burst forth from beneath his torn sleeve, colliding with my Heaven-Earth Single Line strike.
Kraaaaaaash!
With a thunderous roar as though a bomb had detonated, the two forces of qi collided and scattered.
[Now. Go!]
In the opening I had created.
Yeo Ha-ryun immediately rushed forward at my signal. Simultaneously, Cheonwoo and Sama Hyeon launched their attacks from his left and right flanks.
Taiji Wisdom Sword—Taiji Fills the Heavens.
Thousand Transformations Blade Ten Thousand Techniques—Single Transformation Blade Palm.
Cheonwoo’s blade moved slowly, imbued with the mysteries of Taiji.
The young Taoist had finally stepped upon the threshold of Taiji’s depths at this critical juncture between life and death.
Though his blood yearned to move wildly, his blade path remained unshaken, still embodying Taiji.
Like the Wudang Mountains themselves in motion, his blade advanced with serene and weighty grace, parting the venom.
Sama Hyeon moved like a shadow beneath his blade.
Playfulness and treachery were woven together in dazzling display, yet beneath it lay a chill as though a razor were grazing one’s heart.
His movements were hymns to calamity and death—he was like an immortal jester in this world.
Through the gaps of the ultimate techniques descending from left and right.
Within that space, Yeo Ha-ryun extended a single fist, channeling the ultimate technique of the Heavenly Demon Divine Technique.
Heavenly Demon Divine Technique—Heaven-Breaking Fist.
The Heavenly Demon once said that martial arts refined to its extreme ultimately shatters even the heavens themselves.
Whether that heaven truly refers to the blue expanse above one’s head or holds a symbolic meaning, Yeo Ha-ryun does not know.
He only knows that with a single fist, he shatters everything obstructing his path.
Cheon Sal-seong’s talent whispers the correct path of power to Yeo Ha-ryun.
Instinct precedes calculation, and following the murderous intent it guides, he simply extends his fist.
A punch that shatters the heavens advances, pushing toxic energy forward.
Attacks converging from three directions almost simultaneously!
Yet a person possesses only two hands.
One of the three must be left undefended.
Thus, Yo Cheon-gun threw himself forward without hesitation.
Shwooooosh!
The black energy resonates with the dragon-scale armor, raising its scales upright.
With his body in that state, he extends both hands to block Cheonwoo’s Taichi Sword Technique and Yeo Ha-ryun’s Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
퍼퍼퍼펑—!
With a tremendous explosion, Yeo Ha-ryun furrows his brow and steps back one pace.
The back of his hand had turned slightly black.
Slightly poisoned from exposure to the toxic energy.
‘Dragon-scale armor with protective inner force… Hyeon’s attack was sustained through external martial arts and equipment. But the inner force consumption seems extreme. That’s only natural.’
I analyze the next move with cold precision.
Meanwhile, flames bloom around Yo Cheon-gun’s body before shooting toward the three of us like arrows.
Falling Soul Flame!
Yo Cheon-gun’s signature technique unfolds.
However, I had already thoroughly prepared a countermeasure for the Falling Soul Flame through my foresight.
An attack at the level of sword energy extinguished the flames head-on!
Boom!
“Annoying bastards! How did you even prepare such a counter?”
Setting aside the countermeasure to the Falling Soul Flame, there’s no way to explain how they predicted he would counterattack with it.
Clearly, the three of them appeared to be giving their all.
Yet simultaneously, they reserved inner force and prepared sword techniques for the next counterattack!
Yo Cheon-gun felt as though something sticky was gripping him.
And between those three, a pair of blue eyes regarding him with no expression whatsoever.
Those cold eyes of the seed of the Half-Immortal irritate him even more.
Yo Cheon-gun charges toward Cheonwoo this time.
Cheonwoo’s sword traces the Taichi symbol, establishing a perfect stance.
Clang clang—!
Yo Cheon-gun’s both hands and Cheonwoo’s sword intertwine, creating sparks.
In that instant, Yo Cheon-gun sees it.
My cyan-blue retinas directing toward Yeo Ha-ryun.
Simultaneously, Yeo Ha-ryun approaches and stomps down with his foot.
Boom!
Yo Cheon-gun’s hand blocks it.
In that split second, this time Sama Hyeon enters the gap and launches his hand toward the ribs.
Crack!
In that instant, Yo Cheon-gun’s eyes widened.
“Damn it, the dragon scale armor…!”
As the dragon scale armor was torn away, my afterimage scattered and vanished.
The Jegal Family’s Heavenly Foresight.
This footwork technique, more renowned than any sword art, pierces the enemy’s blind spots and claims advantageous positioning.
Yet Yo Cheon-gun was no ordinary foe.
“Quite the schemer, aren’t you?”
Shwik.
Yo Cheon-gun’s arm elongated like a serpent, coiling around Yeo Ha-ryun’s ankle.
“Ugh!”
Szzzt!
Venom seeped deeply into his skin.
Yeo Ha-ryun hastily extended both palms, unleashing their force in a counterattack.
Boom!
The palm force collided with Yo Cheon-gun’s chest and exploded.
Though Yo Cheon-gun released his grip and retreated, Yeo Ha-ryun had to continue resisting the spreading venom, leaving his left leg compromised.
“Ahahaha! My venom is not easily detoxified, even by the Demonic Sect! Today shall be your memorial day!”
Yo Cheon-gun projected his energy toward Yeo Ha-ryun once more with his palm.
His resolve was to eliminate Yeo Ha-ryun first.
As Yeo Ha-ryun suppressed the venom and shifted to defense, Cheonwoo followed suit, defending alongside him against Yo Cheon-gun’s assault.
In that moment, my sword strike flew from the enemy’s blind spot.
Yet my attack was intercepted by serpents that threw themselves forward, sacrificing themselves in their master’s stead.
Witnessing such ruthlessness, I clicked my tongue and thought to myself.
‘I could never ask Hwang-gu to do something like that!’
Beasts bear no fault. I’m already anxious about him being drawn into human conflicts, so I could never imagine commanding him to undertake such perilous acts.
Yet that was merely a fleeting reflection.
My sword path immediately continued into the next strike.
One sword strike multiplied into dozens of sword paths.
Each path found its own answer and descended.
Clang clang clang clang!
Dozens of exchanges unfolded in an instant.
The relentless offense and defense scorched the surroundings in mere moments.
Crash!
Buildings crumbled and ceilings shattered.
Even as I plummeted to the ground, I wove my sword path through hundreds of fragmented debris, maintaining my trajectory.
The same held true for Yeo Ha-ryun, Jin Cheon-woo, and Sama Hyeon!
And their adversary, Yo Cheon-gun, was no different.
Five figures continued drawing lines of death toward one another, each move a gamble with mortality.
Death’s painters raced through rivers of blood.
To claim the enemy’s flesh, they passed carelessly through the killing intent, painting new death upon death with their blades.
‘Now I understand it all…!’
My cyan pupils sank deeper into an icy chill in that instant.
The function of the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong.
Accelerated thought, absolute memory!
If I advance further and complete the Heart Void Absolute Technique, I could achieve prescient intuition like my Master Jegalling.
But I hadn’t yet reached that level of prescient intuition, so I employed a different method.
Memorization through absolute memory!
I simply committed everything to memory.
Yo Cheon-gun’s movements, the direction of his poison, his inner energy habits—I memorized it all, every last detail.
The direction of his pupils, the movement of his fingertips.
His minor speech patterns.
Even the endless stream of serpents’ movements.
My brain, ravenously consuming information, digested each piece one by one.
[The next strategy is….]
I had prepared a trap.
Using the Dual Yang Divine Art, I divided my mind into two—one controlling surface actions, the other handling mental operations—moving each independently.
Using my mind to this extent would cause even a Daoist hermit to feel pain as if their sense of self were splitting in two.
But the Jegal Family’s Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong never drove its user to madness.
Instead, it guided them to find answers within that very madness.
My siblings moved according to my direction.
Through surface actions, I drew out all of Yo Cheon-gun’s martial techniques, devouring the information as it came.
Meanwhile, my other mind organized and analyzed through mental contemplation, and finally…completed the method to counter him.
The two thought circuits collided with nothing, driven only by a single purpose.
That purpose.
[Now we hunt the serpent!]
Through dozens of exchanges, my sword path showed no hesitation.
[Falling Soul Fire cannot be used simultaneously with strong qi. Yo Cheon-gun’s speed is bizarrely fast compared to ours, but that’s all. It’s impossible for him to block all four of our attacks at once. He compensates with serpent attacks and restricts our martial techniques with poison.]
A troublesome opponent.
[The foundation of all Yo Cheon-gun’s techniques is poisoning the enemy to bring them down—if I reverse that principle….]
I continued transmitting my thoughts.
Yes. Four against one.
Though Yo Cheon-gun was a peerless master comparable to the top ten masters under heaven, these chicks on my side weren’t easy prey either.
All had reached the pinnacle, and Yeo Ha-ryun could even temporarily draw upon Hwagyeong’s power.
Moreover, if necessary, I could bear the burden on my body and unleash the Heart Void Absolute Technique myself.
And with Noeji and Hwang-gu sealing the Black-Horned Snake.
The current situation was evenly matched.
What everyone deemed impossible was unfolding before my eyes right now!
I explained the counter-strategy and now spoke of the plan.
[So I’ll create an opening.]
[…You’re saying you’ll be the bait, hyung~? Are you insane?]
It was indeed Sama Hyeon. He grasped the situation instantly.
[That doesn’t seem like a good idea.]
Cheonwoo blocked the falling soul fire and countered with his own transmission.
[Brother, it seems my fingers alone won’t satisfy you.]
Fingers? What was he talking about?
The transmission from the remaining two momentarily ceased.
Regardless, Jin Cheon-hee seized this opening to send a rapid transmission.
[Listen carefully to what I’m about to say. Just hear me out before you judge.]
As I severed the serpents and their venom, the afterimage of my blade multiplied into dozens of overlapping traces.
Having finished my explanation, I spoke.
[…You understand, right? The most dangerous task should always fall to the eldest brother. Now, let’s begin!]
[Wait, I never even agreed to——]
Without acknowledging my younger brother’s objection, I swung my blade in a great arc, drawing a circle around myself.
Screech!
The sword energy transformed into waves, sweeping across the surroundings.
The dizzying sword light instantly severed all the serpents within a ten-zhang radius centered on me.
The moment I broke through the wall of snakes, I lunged without hesitation toward Yo Cheon-gun’s back.

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