Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 350

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Chapter 350
‘We’ve already made a promise under the Namgung Family name, and now we’ve brought an elder despite breaking it. But what if they say it’s not from the Demonic Cult?’
Beyond merely facing public ridicule, the real problem was that behind this young man stood Baek Rin-ui-seon and the Baekrin Medical Institute.
Even at this very moment, the Namgung Family Warriors were earning money with their blades.
Which meant injured warriors continued to emerge.
For medicinal needs, they could rely on the Hwaju Medical Institute, but for surgical procedures, only the Baekrin Medical Institute would suffice.
And now they were breaking a promise made in the Family’s name?
The Namgung Family would have to bear the consequences.
Amid all this, Namgung Cheong felt confusion and anger at the two brothers’ composed behavior.
But he soon calmed himself.
He was now an elder whose bones had been seasoned through and through.
Because he understood how situations unfolded.
Especially.
Because he knew well who that mad young doctor was, the one who had earned the new epithet of the Veiled Madman.
[Uncle, Jin Sogakju is obsessed with ‘saving’ people. Of course, he also possesses the rationality to refrain from or withdraw from impossible tasks… but you mustn’t forget that this very quality is what makes people fear him more.]
As he settled his mind.
Namgung Un’s transmission reached him.
‘Rationality.’
It meant that while obsessed with saving people, his reason remained perfectly intact.
‘If my suspicions are correct, that young one has sworn brotherhood with people from the righteous faction, the evil faction, and the Demonic Cult alike…’
It was difficult enough to gather people in such a manner, and each one possessed considerable talent.
He was of the Namgung Family.
Exceptional individuals were essential to maintain a great clan.
The children of Namgung would stand at the peak, but those beneath them who served Namgung must also be exceptional.
Naturally, they had to do whatever it took to search for and bring talented children from Gaebang and Hao-mun.
‘Yet those three children appeared on no list whatsoever.’
Though it’s said that a promising tree shows its nature from the sprout, Gaebang and Hao-mun were not omniscient.
Of course, even those not on the lists could become masters in the future.
But these young masters who lived up to the name of dragons.
He had sworn brotherhood with all those rising stars who swept through the Yongbong Conference?
Since when had this been the case?
Namgung Cheong suddenly looked into Jin Cheon-hee’s eyes.
Eyes glowing blue with the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong.
‘The Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong is already at the ascending realm… well, since he reached the Hwagyeong stage… it can’t be helped. I must withdraw here. But even if that creature uses the Cheonma Divine Art at worst, he cannot defeat me!’
Once I kill him and search his body, won’t I eventually discover the source?
“Good then. Let’s say that’s the case. The Namgung Family indeed speaks with one mouth. However, little brother, swords have no eyes, so you must be careful yourself.”
From Namgung Cheong’s blade, sword energy scattered like mist, growing increasingly intense until it transformed into powerful force.
But the form of that force was peculiar.
While ordinary force would gather solidly and shine brilliantly, his force undulated like blazing flames.
Generally in martial arts novels, force is depicted in forms like the lightsaber from the movie StarWars.
Ganggi is qi itself compressed to high density and given form.
But if it’s rippling like that, it means the ability to control ganggi surpasses the ordinary.
It must be the power of the Heavenly Emperor Sword Form, a supreme martial technique.
At the same time, black lightning-like qi erupted across Yeo Ha-ryun’s entire body with crackling intensity.
As the two of them unleashed their qi, everyone else began backing away at a distance. The duel was about to begin.
“I would yield the first move, but… it seems there’s no need. You’re strong enough.”
“Take back what you said earlier. My hands have no eyes either. Dodge as you see fit.”
“Hehehehe. Good, young one. Then let’s see if you can actually defeat me!”
Boom!
He took a step forward as heavy as a mountain.
With that single stride from Namgung Cheong, a heaviness as if Mount Tai itself were pressing down seized the surrounding space.
Simultaneously, a slow, deliberate sword wrapped in ganggi descended in a diagonal slash.
It was quite slow, making it seem not difficult to evade.
But that was where the terror of the Heavenly Emperor Sword Form truly began.
Unlike the Infinite Spear Palace Sword Technique, the Heavenly Emperor Sword Form utilized heavy, ponderous invisible force.
Those forces were binding Yeo Ha-ryun’s entire body.
I moved freely, yet my opponent felt as though shackled in chains.
This was the terror of the Heavenly Emperor Sword Form.
But this was also a capability that the Heavenly Demon Divine Art possessed.
It wasn’t for nothing that the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was counted among the Eight Supreme Techniques.
Crackle!
Black lightning spread outward, dyeing the surroundings.
The heavy pressure created by the Heavenly Emperor Sword Form vanished, and instead the air exploded.
Boom!
The sword imbued with ganggi was certainly formidable enough to split this shockwave, but the problem lay with Namgung Cheong’s body.
Taking the brunt of the shockwave, his body was pushed backward, and his sword strike failed to land properly.
At the same moment, Yeo Ha-ryun became lightning itself and moved.
Black ganggi swirled and wavered in both his hands.
He rushed forward, extending both arms fully and spreading his palms wide open with a sharp motion.
The ganggi that had gathered in his hands transformed into the shape of a black dragon and burst forth, biting down directly at Namgung Cheong.
In an instant shorter than the blink of an eye.
The sword force of the Heavenly Emperor Sword Form reached the black dragon.
Boom!
The massive explosion that occurred simultaneously was enough to push Namgung Cheong backward once more.
His feet carved deep furrows in the ground as he was driven back.
Though he didn’t fall, he bore the full brunt of the damage.
“Ugh.”
A groan escaped him. His internal organs were shaken, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
He had sustained internal injuries.
“You’re a frightening young one. How did you accumulate such martial prowess at that age?”
“It is thanks to having an excellent older brother.”
“Ha… You credit the Veiled Madman for this?”
“It seems we have no time for idle conversation.”
“You… fine. I shall see blood spilled by my hand today!”
Namgung Cheong grasped his sword with both hands and assumed the middle guard stance.
One could tell from his momentum alone that this was no mere Emperor Sword Form infused with simple blade energy, but something far more profound.
Surely a Heart Severing Technique would manifest.
Or perhaps, there was even a possibility he would employ the Transcendent Heart Technique that Jegalling had briefly used.
Namgung Cheong had traversed the Gangho for many years and was counted among the five greatest swordmasters of the Namgung Family.
“Since this is a martial contest, I shall announce my technique. Emperor Sword Form Heart Severing Technique. Heaven’s Subjugation.”
And Namgung Cheong took a step forward.
Boom.
The world itself was crushed.
Though the power and form matched the Emperor Sword Form from before, the pressure felt as though an actual Mount Tai had been placed upon the earth.
Crack.
The ground before Namgung Cheong crumbled and collapsed.
It had been carved inward by a full foot compared to the surrounding terrain.
Like a transparent giant pressing down with an open palm, a blade of pure force descended vertically with deliberate slowness.
That blade energy itself blazed with nearly double its original magnitude.
An absolute supreme technique—one that would make all under heaven kneel before this sword.
This was no mere formless energy technique.
A type of formless force energy that could only be manifested through Heart Technique!
An ordinary person would have had their bones shattered in an instant, coughed blood, and been flattened completely.
Even a peak master confident in their inner strength would have already knelt and coughed blood under this single strike.
The extreme force energy descending in that state was truly a terrifying sight.
And yet.
Firm.
Yeo Ha-ryun stood with his back perfectly straight beneath that oppressive weight, and his lips curved slightly.
A smile.
It was undoubtedly an expression of chilling allure.
“How fascinating. Then allow me to announce mine as well.”
[Cheonma Divine Art Transcendent Heart Technique.]
Yeo Ha-ryun revealed his martial technique through sound transmission.
In that fraction of an instant, his voice reached across the shared sensation of time flowing slowly between them.
Namgung Cheong’s eyes widened in shock.
‘Transcendent Heart Technique!? Impossible! How can one who has not reached Hyeongyeong employ Transcendent Heart Technique!?’
Even as he reeled in astonishment, Yeo Ha-ryun’s two hands came together at the center as if in prayer.
Though the movement appeared infinitely slow, in that single instant the posture was already complete.
And Yeo Ha-ryun’s palms began to tremble.
Something stirred and writhed into existence between those hands.
[Shatter Heaven, One Void.]
The moment Yeo Ha-ryun’s transmission ended.
It revealed itself.
His clasped hands opened, and between them emerged a sphere of absolute darkness that emitted no light whatsoever.
The instant it appeared, it began to unleash something catastrophic.
As if it would tear apart and devour everything in existence.
It began consuming everything around it.
Crack.
The tremendous oppressive force created by the Sword Emperor’s Heart-Severing Technique shattered and vanished.
At the same time, Yeo Ha-ryun leaped backward.
Only the sphere of darkness he had created remained, beginning to pull everything around it inward.
Where the Sword Emperor’s Ultimate Heavenly Technique would crush everything beneath its weight, this instead forcibly drew things in and pulverized them!
‘This is the cursed demonic art of Cheonma Divine Art! None of the Soegoojus possess the ability to use it, yet how does this child—!’
Namgung Cheong gasped internally, his mind screaming.
He had never directly faced Cheonma Divine Art, but he had read records concerning its cursed techniques.
Shatter Heaven, One Void. A cursed demonic art and divine technique!
In that moment, his enormous sword force reached the sphere of darkness.
And he witnessed it.
His energy shattered into fragments, being sucked inward without resistance.
‘This cannot continue!’
Namgung Cheong clenched his teeth.
At this rate, it was not merely defeat—it was death.
Yet.
Should he release his sword?
‘I… abandon my blade?’
A swordmaster discarding his sword to preserve his life.
In the Gangho, this was an unbearable disgrace.
For himself, the secondary patriarch of the great Namgung Family, to cast down his sword before a child decades his junior and beg for his life?
‘Impossible!’
He drew upon his innate energy reserves.
As his force intensified, his mind grew ever sharper.
Yet.
Shatter Heaven, One Void consumed his energy with indifference, growing larger at an accelerating pace.
Its speed exceeded his wildest imagination.
And finally.
That abyss of darkness approached him.
Death drew near and greeted him.
“It would be troublesome if things became too heated. This is a friendly sparring match, after all.”
Then.
A familiar soft voice cut through.
At the same time, I felt my body being yanked backward with sudden force.
The darkness that had been trying to swallow me receded further and further away.
Yet, though my return to life had succeeded.
My consciousness began to blur rapidly.
It was the aftereffect of drawing upon my innate qi.
Namgung Cheong felt the hand grasping the back of his neck and lost consciousness.

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