Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 769

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Chapter 769
“Roots! Roots! Branches! Branches! Spread forth from here!”
That was when it happened.
Jasi’s voice resonated across heaven and earth, and plant branches erupted from beneath the sand, beginning to grow.
Then the sand tsunami began to slow.
It wasn’t completely gone, but the momentum of the ashen sand decreased dramatically.
Crack, crack, crack.
Trees sprouted from all directions.
Roots gripped the sand firmly.
Soon, at the highest point, Jasi appeared with roots bursting from every part of his body.
“That is…”
It was horrifying.
Roots pierced through his skin and intertwined with the surrounding plants.
Was this the price of dabbling in forbidden techniques?
Wasn’t it far too cruel?
Yet Jasi paid it no mind.
“For Usha, I will seize your soul and tear it to shreds, then carve your flesh into pieces to feed the great nature itself!!”
He was a tree.
A tree that had chosen to burn itself.
I could only hope that this flame, destined to extinguish someday, would become a requiem for one child.
Multiple roots surged forward toward Baekcheon-gun all at once.
Yeo Ha-ryun followed behind him. I, too, gripped the Frost Clarity Sword and calculated.
‘Jasi attacks first. Then Yeo Ha-ryun attacks. So what I must do now is… sound technique!’
The calculation was instantaneous.
I couldn’t know if I’d chosen the right answer.
I simply chose and chose again through the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong.
“Inhale!”
I drew in breath.
The gray sand, caught by the Cheonma Gunnim Bow and Jasi’s roots, couldn’t sway greatly.
Conversely, Jasi and Yeo Ha-ryun couldn’t attack quickly either.
In a situation where their forces collided and contended, advancing even one step required consuming at least 0.5 seconds of time.
Yet even in this situation.
Even in this dizzying and chaotic environment, sound alone moved properly.
I threw the Frost Clarity Sword to the ground and planted it, then brought both hands before my mouth.
Like a megaphone made of hands.
People from Earth would think it looked like a child’s game.
But my hands hummed with the vital energy of the Five Elements Divine Art, and the air filling my lungs was infused with qi, bursting forth with the roar of seven demons.
“Waaaagh!”
A deafening boom like dynamite exploding erupted from my mouth.
Yet that sound technique didn’t scatter in all directions; instead, it was compressed into a single point following the vital energy manipulated by my hands, then burst forth.
A sound condensed to its extreme point.
It passed through Yeo Ha-ryun and beyond Jasi’s roots, advancing toward Baekcheon-gun’s smiling face.
Whoooosh!
Hoeryeongsa rose up and blocked its path. Then came the explosion that followed.
Kuaaaagh!
Rummmble!
The sounds erupted simultaneously as Hoeryeongsa scattered.
Through the gaps, Jasi’s roots surged forward and pierced straight through Baekcheon-gun.
Thwack.
In that fleeting instant.
Baekcheon-gun’s hands pressed together in prayer.
Like a holy Buddha. Like an enlightened high priest who had awakened Buddha-nature.
And his two hands, now serene, suddenly extended with afterimages trailing behind them.
It was like the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara.
The countless extended hands seized the roots and tore them away.
Terrifying grip strength!
But the moment Jasi’s roots were being ripped apart.
Yeo Ha-ryun arrived.
“…!”
Yeo Ha-ryun’s hand was dark, as if it had become the night sky itself.
A pitch-black void without a single star.
Darkness that devoured light and consumed even time and mass became despair itself, striking directly at Baekcheon-gun’s solar plexus.
Boom!
But it was blocked!
On the opposite side of the dark hand, Baekcheon-gun’s palm was pressed against it.
A hand wrapped in Hoeryeongsa!
Hoeryeongsa flew around the area, and streams of light from the dragon skull were drawn into Baekcheon-gun, replenishing his strength.
“Hahaha! Cheon Sal-seong! Cheon Sal-seong! You don’t know that I’ve died at your hands before, do you?”
“This is the first time I’ve met you!”
Yeo Ha-ryun swung his other hand as well. Then Baekcheon-gun caught that hand too.
Both of their hands grasped each other in midair.
Gray and black hands clasped together, releasing qi that shattered the surrounding space.
“Ahahaha! Of course. Of course that’s true. You may not know me, but I know you well…. Isn’t that level of connection enough between us?”
Was this Sip Cheon-gun one of the Demonic Sect?
It wasn’t strange.
Just as there was a Sip Cheon-gun among Oh Dok-mun’s faction, there could be one within the Demonic Sect as well.
If not that, then it could be someone from the Heterodox Faction or a hypocritical member of the Righteous Faction.
Yeo Ha-ryun didn’t pay much attention to it.
Rather, the problem was that the opponent knew Yeo Ha-ryun’s martial arts far too well!
Baekcheon-gun threw his head back sharply, then brought his head down toward Yeo Ha-ryun’s.
Boom!
A crude attack exploded with satisfying force.
The impact sent Yeo Ha-ryun’s body staggering.
In that moment, Baekcheon-gun’s leg swept across Yeo Ha-ryun’s ribs.
Crack!
I felt bones fracturing.
With that, Yeo Ha-ryun’s body was hurled backward and crashed into the ground.
The Hoeryeong Temple shook and trembled from all directions.
“Ahahaha! If I kill you three here today, my merit will deepen even further, yes? How wonderful! How marvelous…!”
“Even if I die here, I’ll tear you to shreds before I go!”
Jasi moved the tree roots and rushed forward.
Branches, roots, and plant stems bloomed to fill the entire field of vision, yet Baekcheon-gun’s smile never faded.
“Let’s tear it apart!”
Baekcheon-gun’s two hands multiplied to an enormous number just as before, unleashing countless fist energies.
Like a meteor shower descending, they instantly crushed and shredded the roots Jasi had created.
Several fist energies struck Jasi’s body directly, sending him flying backward while coughing blood.
‘So strong!’
I didn’t call out to Jasi.
He was wounded, but not fatally.
Yeo Ha-ryun’s ribs were broken as well, but not enough to incapacitate him.
Both would rise again soon and rejoin the fight against Baekcheon-gun.
So I became a gale and surged forward, thinking.
‘Not quite as strong as the Leader… but at least as formidable as an Asura Blood River Monster. How is this possible?’
And my eyes turned toward the dragon’s skull.
Though it belonged to a dead dragon, it was supplying tremendous power to Baekcheon-gun.
‘Of course. That must be it. Then I must destroy that first!’
I formulated a plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan. A plan.
The speed of thought accelerated faster than ever before.
Within a pain like my brain was boiling.
Every version of me within my mind focused as one.
The Heart Demon, the self divided by the Dual Thought Technique, the me responsible for memories, even the me recalling my Master’s teachings.
‘This is quite exhilarating.’
Everything looks forward.
And soon, a plan was born.
‘I go.’
I channeled energy into the Yongcheon acupoint.
The muscles of my thighs exploded into motion, and my gale-like movement became lightning as I advanced.
Boom!
I tore through the air.
Breaking the sound barrier itself created a sonic boom that split the surroundings apart.
Crash!
In an instant, Baekcheon-gun’s smiling face drew closer.
And in that moment when only a sliver of distance remained.
I thrust forward a blade as blue as moonlight.
Taeul Danseonggeom Shimmoo Jeolgi
태을선관(太乙仙貫)—-!
A fatal technique with the meaning of piercing through the immortal—Jeolcho!
That was when it happened.
Snap!
Hoeryeong Sand.
Ashen sand trembled, covering his hand and arm as if alive.
That cursed sand, which seemed almost sentient, served as both a sorcerous tool and an aid to Baekcheon-gun’s martial prowess.
It seized my Bing Jeong Sword.
Then his hand came down and completely grasped the blade.
“Ahahaha! Quite fast. Truly fast. Moreover, that last strike might have even split my heart in two….”
You are indeed remarkable. Magnificent.
He laughed with genuine delight, offering sincere praise to his opponent.
To him, Jin Cheon-hee was truly a peculiar existence.
For one who lived with the identity of a merchant, capturing this Jin Cheon-hee did not align with profit and loss.
It was the same even when the other members of Sip Cheon-gun were hanging their heads.
Rather, moving steadily for immediate gains was far more enjoyable, was it not?
But now that they were actually fighting, it was exhilarating, and because it was exhilarating.
Baekcheon-gun felt an old sensation after a long time.
An “old days” that no one else had experienced.
Those days of wandering in darkness, searching for a single point of light.
Even that madness.
“Hehehehe. But it is truly strange. I have seen Cheon Sal-seong many times…. But I have never seen you before. Of course! That must be why you are Banson’s seed. Am I wrong? Ilgwang. Jin Cheon-hee.”
“I do not understand what you are saying. But your prediction that you would grasp the Bing Jeong Sword was correct.”
“Oh. Truly….”
In that moment, I released the Bing Jeong Sword.
Baekcheon-gun’s eyes widened slightly.
“A warrior released the sword?”
“Why? Does it seem like I could not?”
At those words, Baekcheon-gun realized what kind of monstrous person this warrior Jin Cheon-hee truly was.
But it was too late.
My hands bloomed like flowers, then closed like seeds in an instant.
In a flash, the secret technique of Tal Ji Cheon Tong—Tal Ji Pok Gang—erupted.
Boom!
Dozens of bean-sized pellets of qi force poured forth.
Then once again, ashen sand approached like smoke to block the Tal Ji Pok Gang, and between those sand barriers, Baekcheon-gun’s hand shot out.
Crack!
I arch my back to evade that hand.
Baekcheon-gun’s hand, grasping at empty air, seized nothing but void.
Simultaneously, sand erupted from his palm like a concealed weapon.
“What a splendid tactic. Banson’s successor! How long has it been since I faced such an entertaining opponent? ♪”
“….”
I traced circles with both hands, manifesting the Tai Chi symbol, deflecting the sand while lifting my torso forward once more.
Then came the extended dual palms!
The Wudang Sect’s supreme technique.
태극면장—–!
Baekcheon-gun’s both palms collided against my dual palms of the Tai Chi Soft Palm.
Boom!
Both of us retreated slightly.
Yet in the next instant, we launched attacks at each other once more.
‘Martial arts like an assassin’s. And such grotesquely strange grip strength. He’s definitely learned specialized techniques. But… now I see everything.’
‘Yes. I see it.’
‘I understand. This bastard. He’s an assassin.’
‘Using Hoeryeongsa, he’s adjusting the surrounding environment to suit himself.’
‘Hoeryeongsa supplements his strength and speed.’
‘The movement of sand. The flow of air. The undulation of momentum.’
‘I must perceive it all.’
‘To win.’
The small versions of me whisper in unison.
To maintain the Heart Demon Absolute Technique pushed to its limit, my mortal body burns itself again and again.
An inefficient internal combustion engine.
Yet that is no reason for defeat now.
Even if I shatter, for the sake of life, I as the Doctor simply press forward!
I extend my right hand.
Baekcheon-gun likewise extends his left hand toward mine.
A single strike shaped like a hook, wrapped in Hoeryeongsa!
Against it, my right hand employs the Yunsu technique of Tai Chi Fist.
My hand sways like drifting clouds, grasping the opponent’s hand and turning it gently.
That lightness and emptiness flows with remarkable naturalness.
“Such a technique?”
Crack!
Baekcheon-gun’s left hand bends and breaks with a sound.
My left hand unfolds the Shantongbi technique.
Piercing like lightning, a strike aimed at the opponent’s shoulder.
Unobstructed, it shattered the opponent’s bone and penetrated through.
A sickening crunch!

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