Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 321

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Chapter 321
The Bangseon Danzu was a direct organization under the Martial Arts Alliance, so their training level was high and their discipline rivaled that of an elite military force.
They were called martial artists in name, but in reality, they were the private soldiers of the Martial Arts Alliance.
Because of this, when Bangseon Danzu Hyeok Cheon-wi gave his command, everyone drew their swords without the slightest hesitation.
Cha-ja-ja-jang!
A sharp killing intent heated the air.
Bangseon Danzu Hyeok Cheon-wi shouted.
“Activate the formation and advance all units!”
“Yes, sir!”
The Sword Formation activated, and three hundred sixty-five warriors moved into positions aligned with the heavenly stems and earthly branches, the life gate and death gate.
Soon, a tremendous aura began to surge forth from among them.
Thus they began their advance toward the Demon Sect.
Naturally, both the Demon Sect and the Martial Arts Alliance watching this were caught off guard.
Martial Arts Alliance Leader Changwang Akjin tried to shout something urgently.
But that brief moment was enough time for the Bangseon Danzu to collide with the Demon Sect.
“So the Martial Arts Alliance brats are throwing the first punch after all!”
“Do you think we’re water?”
“Ohhh! Come on! All of you come!”
The first to collide with the Bangseon Danzu was the Yellow River Water Corps within the Demon Sect!
Hot-tempered water disciples drew their weapons haphazardly and rushed forward, but the Bangseon Danzu’s blades were sharper, and many fell as corpses in an instant.
Chwa-ja-ja-ja-jak!
“Uaaaagh!”
“Kraaagh! Everyone run! Run away!”
Thus the true bloodbath began.
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‘The Bangseon Danzu moved without my command… Could he have been a spy? If so, whose spy could he be?’
However, the battle had started, and with the warriors entangled, there was no way to stop it.
A mud pit made of human flesh—the Martial Arts Alliance Leader had no choice but to leap into it.
When he appeared on the battlefield, it was Sulgye who stood before him.
“I knew it would come to this. I’ve learned that you can’t share a meal with those Martial Arts Alliance bastards… Tsk tsk tsk.”
“…So it has come to pass.”
“You’re an incompetent fool.”
From both sides of Sulgye, Ghostly Soldiers from the Demon Sect’s secret technique appeared.
Unlike during the martial competition, they had more arms, appearing to be spirit servants summoned for melee combat.
With six arms each, they were shaped not like human limbs but like elongated blades.
If caught, it wouldn’t end with an “ouch”—they would go to the afterlife without even a scream.
Four such creatures appeared.
Considering their grotesqueness, each one was at least as troublesome as a warrior who had reached the peak realm.
“I would prefer to retreat somewhat…”
“Is that so? I think differently. What I’ve learned as I’ve grown older is… it’s best to pull out the roots when you can.”
“Are you saying you’ll truly go all out?”
The Martial Arts Alliance Leader straightened his spear, his expression grave as he posed the question.
“Yes. I intend to kill you.”
“Huh… I suppose there’s no helping it then.”
Tssssss.
Qi surged forth from the Martial Arts Alliance Leader’s entire body.
It writhed like mist before slowly coiling around his form and rotating with deliberate grace.
The sight of it spinning as though the mist itself were alive possessed an almost divine quality.
“Senior… if you believe the Meng Zhu is ignorant of your techniques, you are sorely mistaken.”
“True enough. That much is certain. But you don’t know everything either, do you?”
Facing such a Martial Arts Alliance Leader, the Sadoryeonju smiled wickedly and thrust his bell forward with sudden force.
Unlike the Martial Arts Alliance Leader, qi did not flow from his body, yet a bizarre phenomenon began to manifest.
His shadow suddenly elongated and stretched.
Around him, ghostly flames ignited and began to burn.
“Hm… This is my first time fighting you in earnest… but it seems it shall be entertaining!”
Sulgye shook the bell.
Clang!
The bell’s resonance carried qi as it struck the Martial Arts Alliance Leader directly.
Yet even against this assault, Changwang remained unmoved, waiting in silence.
For the moment the bell’s toll rang out, four Ghostly Soldiers lunged forward like tigers.
Being inhuman, the four Ghostly Soldiers charged in grotesque forms, attacking with savage fury.
Witnessing this, Changwang Akjin exhaled quietly.
“Huuuh…”
Flash.
And as he took a single step forward.
His spear multiplied into countless forms, piercing through all directions in an instant.
It manifested in a moment beyond human perception.
It could not be measured by the concept of speed.
Literally.
Thousands upon thousands of spears seemed to materialize and take form.
Boom!
The four Ghostly Soldiers were instantly torn to shreds and vanished. Changwang Akjin drew in a breath.
The qi current enveloping his entire body continued to rotate.
Like armor.
No. It was armor.
This was the secret technique of the Ak family spear method.
General’s Qi Armor.
“General’s Qi Armor. Combined with the Ak family spear method’s Thousand Slayer Army Destruction! Krkrkr! Excellent, truly excellent!”
Even as the Ghostly Soldiers vanished, Sulgye laughed grotesquely and shook the bell with even greater ferocity.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling!
“However, your martial technique is based on strong qi—the Strong Qi Method! Moreover, the Heavenly Slaughter Annihilation Army is a heart-depleting secret technique, consuming inner energy just as severely as the Strong Qi Method. How do you expect to capture me by exhausting yourself so heavily from the start?”
“Senior, you talk too much.”
“Kha! Is that so! Then swallow this!”
The bell’s eerie ringing intensified as the shadow expanded to grotesque proportions, churning like a living thing.
From that shadow, boiling like lava from the depths of hell, dozens of arms erupted forth, descending upon Ak-jin in a overwhelming assault.
Yet Ak-jin neither retreated nor dodged.
He simply took a step forward and charged straight ahead.
Crash!
Qi met qi, unleashing a violent explosion.
While the two giants collided with full force, the warriors of the Martial Arts Alliance and the Sadoryeonju began thrusting their spears and blades at each other with equal intensity.
Blood flowed.
Death spread.
* * *
As Sulgye and Changwang collided.
The battlefield transformed rapidly.
Among those gathered here seeking the Patcheon Unbound Divine Art were those who, though not ranking among the top ten masters,
had entered the realm of Hwagyeong.
If Sulgye was the most anomalous among them, the orthodox faction had someone comparable.
Not a top ten master, but evaluated as their equal.
Eon-gwon, the Gaju of Jin Ju-eonga and master of the Corpse Qi Fist.
Having perfected the Corpse Qi Method of Jin Ju-eonga and reached Hwagyeong, thanks to the Corpse Qi Method, he could take even blade qi directly without sustaining injury.
He leaped into the ranks of Sadoryeonju and swung his fists mercilessly.
The force was terrifying—not a human hand, but as if a massive hammer were being wielded.
With each blow, human bones shattered like straw or crumbled to pieces.
They didn’t break cleanly but fragmented, piercing into the body—death was inevitable.
Naturally, blades were swung toward him, but he seemed to disregard defense entirely, taking attacks with his body while slaughtering his opponents.
Was this how a tiger would appear, leaping among a flock of sheep?
Yet even the advance of such a formidable Corpse Qi Fist master had to halt.
“Stop!”
It resembled less a spear and more the implement used for catching fish.
A trident.
One wielding this rare exotic weapon leaped forth and thrust it toward him.
“Hmph!”
Eon-gwon recognized the master of that trident.
He also perceived the strong qi dwelling within it.
Since that qi could wound even his body, he immediately reacted, extending both hands.
The secret technique of Jin Ju-eonga.
The Dream Soul Ghostly Spirit Corpse Qi Method.
One who has perfected it possesses a body difficult to wound even by strong qi, but also gains another function.
Dream Soul Ghostly Spirit True Qi!
Through cultivation in the Mong Hun Gui Ling Jiang Shi Gong, this inner energy I possessed was bizarre and powerful, utterly different from ordinary qi.
Such energy became strong qi, flowing through his two hands and extending outward.
Ghostly Spirit Palm!
Uuuuuuuu!
As the Ghostly Valley cry echoed forth, the palm force that erupted collided with the trident and detonated in a massive explosion.
Boom!
The shockwave born from the collision of two strong qi forces overturned everything around it.
Had Jin Cheon-hee witnessed this scene, he would have exclaimed, “Wow! Did a modern bomb just detonate?”
“Stop catching only minnows and come play with me, corpse.”
“How dare a mere water demon call me, the Gaju of Jin Ju-eonga, a corpse.”
“Then I’ll call a corpse a corpse—what else would you have me call it? Or should I call you a corpse thief instead?”
“You wretch! Even after becoming a jiangshi and being enslaved, such words still come from your mouth?”
“Oh my, how terrifying!”
Hwang Gang of the Yellow River Water Bandits, the Grand Bandit Leader!
This monstrous person, who carried a trident forged with mysterious iron, was an absolute master from a heterodox sect of unclear origins.
Thirty years ago, he appeared suddenly, subdued the Yellow River Water Bandits, and became their Grand Bandit Leader—the supreme commander of all water demons who dominated the vast Yellow River.
He lunged at Eon-gwon, the Gaju of Jin Ju-eonga, once more.
Black energy rose from Eon-gwon’s body, spreading a sinister killing intent.
Far beyond their collision point, others were clashing with one another as well.
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“It’s begun.”
The collision and explosion of strong qi from masters who had reached the Hwagyeong realm.
It was only after falling into the martial world that Jin Cheon-hee learned this was visually entirely different from the explosion of an ordinary bomb.
Like a plasma explosion, or the flickering electricity of a Tesla coil.
Two different types of energy called qi colliding, expanding, and spreading outward gave the impression of watching fireworks.
Therefore, apart from its terrifying destructive power, the explosion of strong qi was extraordinarily beautiful.
In a way, it was inevitable.
The process of light created by strong qi colliding with light, flickering, and questioning each other’s martial arts could never be ordinary.
However.
Amid those explosions, human flesh was likely being ground up like meat in a slaughterhouse blender.
Therefore, as Jin Cheon-hee watched, he observed himself calmly.
That light was not simply testing martial arts against one another, colliding and leaping to the next stage.
In the end, humans were fighting to kill humans—a fact he understood.
‘Sigh….’
Yet soon after, Jin Cheon-hee calmed his heart.
Because he recalled the words of my Master, Jegalling.
I cannot control everyone.
They are there by their own will, for their own justice.
It was not a convincing reason, but as an outsider, I could neither stop them nor change their thoughts.
‘I cannot stop human greed. So I must do what I can.’
As I watched the battle unfold with these thoughts, I found myself questioning my own state of mind.
‘Strange… I’m actually doing quite well. The ground isn’t tilting beneath my feet or anything like that. PTSD shouldn’t just vanish like this so quietly…’
Though my expertise wasn’t in psychiatry, I was still a physician, so I understood that my mind could be vulnerable in certain ways.
Which meant I also recognized that such severe psychological trauma shouldn’t simply disappear like this without explanation.
‘Why?’

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