Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 857

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Chapter 857
Movements as fluid as those of a living human.
Yet their actions were those of a beast devoid of reason, a creature of pure instinct.
The moment I stepped inside the mansion, hundreds of such corpses came pouring out from all directions.
All of them dressed in the servant’s garb of Eon Jeon-mu’s household!
And interspersed among them were corpses wielding martial techniques.
They wore the martial robes of Eon Jeon-mu’s faction.
Unlike the other corpses, they did not shriek or wail—they attacked in silence with expressionless faces.
But.
None of it mattered before Hwang-gu!
Crash!
“Hyeong! Why did Hwang-gu get so huge?!”
“I don’t know! He’s been eating so much every time, and now he’s like this!”
He was nothing less than a living tank.
When Hwang-gu swung his front paws, whether his opponent was a corpse or not, they crumpled and flew backward.
He charged forward on all fours, putting his full weight behind each strike.
Like a snout-rocket.
Boom-crash-boom!
Upon impact with that body, even the most formidable corpse would be driven into walls or floors, limbs writhing helplessly.
“Hyeong, Hwang-gu charges at you like that all the time! Was he always this powerful?!”
“Well, why… Hwang-gu does it because he likes me.”
“Hyeong, what kind of external cultivation training is that?!”
Cheonwoo cried out in exasperation.
The joyful embrace between dog and his caretaker was in fact a mutual external cultivation technique born of affection.
Cheonwoo realized.
‘He’s been ramming his snout into Hyeong’s solar plexus with that much force all this time?!’
That was right.
It was that powerful.
Now I was witnessing firsthand the effects of such bilateral external cultivation training disguised as play.
A lion among sheep.
No, this was nothing short of a bulldozer demolishing buildings.
Hwang-gu’s entire body was enveloped in tangible qi, and the corpses were merely crumpled like paper dolls before being sent flying.
Had Eon Jeon-mu witnessed this sight, his jaw would have dropped in sheer horror!
“Wow, our Hwang-gu is having fun. Be happy.”
“Hyeong. You’ll die! You’ll die! Tell him never to charge at you like that again! If a martial artist took an impact like that to the solar plexus, they’d normally die.”
Woof woof woof♥
Thus, we were able to cut through the wave of corpses that would have been difficult to breach otherwise, and arrived directly at the place where the bell sound was ringing.
Dong-dong-dong-dong!
Strangely, a massive staircase descending underground came into view.
Torches hung on the walls within, illuminating the depths below.
But the depth of it couldn’t be known without descending to see for myself.
A bell was ringing on those stairs.
“This is obviously a trap~?”
“But the corpse demons aren’t coming close to here.”
Cheonwoo was right.
As I stood before the staircase entrance, I could see the corpse demons no longer approaching.
As if blocked by something.
They simply stood at a certain distance.
“They’re extending a courteous invitation, it seems.”
“Down there… I see.”
“Tsk. These bastards prepared quite thoroughly… but why such preparations?”
“Who knows. They seem desperate to invite us down there.”
The three of us exchanged glances.
“Hwang-gu. Stay here with Noeji, and if any corpse demons rush in, escape. Understood?”
Woof!
Hwang-gu simply settled down in front of the stairs.
Noeji descended onto Hwang-gu’s head.
Noeji’s body had grown enormous as well, now appearing capable of snatching an adult man with a single claw, and was wrapped entirely in lightning.
“But when Hwang-gu fights, Noeji doesn’t fight. Is he perhaps injured…?”
“No, he’s just lazy about it. When Hwang-gu’s doing well, he just rides along.”
Then Noeji spread his wings as if to show he could fight when he wanted to.
Screeeech-
Crackle!
Blue lightning lashed one corpse demon, then like a spider’s web, it simultaneously struck all the other corpse demons, incinerating them.
Chain lightning!
Cheonwoo’s eyes widened in surprise.
“With those two, couldn’t they sweep away all the Donggang-class or Iron-class corpse demons?”
“Possibly. But considering the commoners within the city, it’s not something we can recklessly do.”
Even the spirit creatures fought while being considerate of circumstances.
‘What exactly has my brother been feeding and raising?’
Just rice, wasn’t it?
The same rice we ate together.
Delicious as it was, it wasn’t a spiritual medicine, was it?
What I’d raised from small on rice was now becoming something indescribably enormous.
“Let’s leave the rear to those two and head down.”
Thus the three sworn brothers began descending the stairs.
Sama Hyeon suddenly thought.
“Hyeong. Hwang-gu became incredibly strong—couldn’t he be useful down there too?”
“Hwang-gu did grow stronger… but he’s more efficient against multiple small fry. His size helps, and his body is diamond-hard. But when facing a true master, he weakens.”
“I see.”
“I’ve heard that’s a characteristic of spirit beasts. That true masters hunt them down easily…”
“Not all of them. The Six-Horned Venomous Snake I saw at Oh Dok-mun was incredible. These two aren’t at that level yet, and besides, they have trouble moving in such a narrow passage.”
As we exchanged a few words, a firmly sealed iron door came into view.
데에에에엥—-!!
A deep bell toll echoed from within.
Now that we were closer to the source, the sound was incredibly resonant.
If I hadn’t protected my eardrums with my inner energy, they would have ruptured.
Creak, creak, creak!
When Cheonwoo approached and placed his hand on the door, it opened without him applying any force.
And within appeared a single chamber.
A room made of stone.
Torches hung thickly throughout, leaving not a single shadow inside.
An underground stone space with no furniture whatsoever.
Yet in the center sat a man in meditation posture.
‘Just one person? There are stairs leading further back… What is this? Am I supposed to defeat this fellow and continue?’
The man sat in meditation with his eyes closed, his complexion healthy, his body well-proportioned.
A frame neither too large nor too small—perfectly balanced.
‘Not the kind of body the Gangho world would call boneless… And I sense vitality, his complexion is good. Is he not a Poisonous Undead?’
“You’ve finally arrived!”
The man spoke in a booming voice.
Then, still in meditation posture, he suddenly sprang into the air.
He stretched both legs fully in mid-air and landed on the ground.
Sama Hyeon and Cheonwoo thought simultaneously.
‘An extraordinary master.’
‘I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere~?’
But unlike his two younger brothers, the elder thought differently.
‘No. A sergeant jump while sitting!?’
“….”
“This one’s name is Eon Jeon-mu! Who among you will face me?”
Sama Hyeon spoke.
“Eon Jeon-mu. I remember now. He was listed in the Hao-mun Gangho Records~”
Eon Jeon-mu.
One of the ten greatest masters from three hundred years ago!
A master of Kang Si-gong, and there are stories that he even withstood sword energy.
‘In the Gangho world, Geumgang Bulkwae refers to withstanding sword energy, but… I heard he was active three hundred years ago and even withstood sword energy. But why is someone from three hundred years ago suddenly appearing? Even Jicheon Cheonma never mentioned such a thing! Could it be that heavenly fortune scattered… like that?’
Honcheon Dorae.
Cheol-san, who disappeared after their duel with the Mandoo, had said so.
Sama Hyeon spoke.
“Ah. So you’re really the Blue-Faced Claw-Snatcher who was active three hundred years ago~?”
“Hmm. There’s someone who remembers this one’s alias… How impressive. But three hundred years, you say? Quite some time has indeed passed.”
The man who called himself Eon Jeong-mu nodded his head slowly.
His demeanor suggested he had no awareness of what was happening in the outside world.
‘How peculiar. Still, it seems Hyeon has memorized all the text from the Records of Names.’
She certainly possessed a sharp mind.
“Youngest Brother. Who is that person?”
But Cheonwoo had no way of knowing.
Why would the Mudang Faction’s king bother to know about some man from three hundred years ago?
“A master from three hundred years ago, in his teens. He had a blue face and was renowned for his mastery of Claw Technique, earning the alias ‘Blue-Faced Claw Ripper.’ True to his Eon origins, he had Kang Si-gong as standard equipment. Anyway, if what this man claims is true, things just got very interesting, didn’t they?”
Sama Hyeon laughed with a spinning motion.
His eyes gleamed with curiosity.
A smile tinged with murderous intent.
Watching this, I exhaled a silent sigh.
A man who died three hundred years ago stood before us.
Something that should have returned to dust and vanished had come back.
What manner of defiance against heaven was this!
“So then. Who will face me?”
“Why should we bother fighting this old man one-on-one~?”
Sama Hyeon smiled slyly and needled his opponent.
“Hah! You thundering fool! Did you enter here not knowing that only one-on-one life-or-death duels are permitted on the first level of this Blood Layer Five Gate Hall?”
At Eon Jeong-mu’s words, the sworn brothers could only feel bewildered.
Blood Layer Five Gate Hall?
“Only one-on-one life-or-death duels are allowed here?”
“Indeed! If you cannot win one-on-one, the door behind me shall never open!”
I felt it coming.
A strange sense that I should be wielding a pair of nunchaku.
Instead of ascending a tower floor by floor, we had to descend underground floor by floor—absurd as it was, such was the case.
“Before we engage in a life-or-death duel, might I request a conversation? I am Jin Cheon-hee, a disciple of the Jegallim Family.”
I cupped my fists and spoke.
Then my opponent laughed and replied.
“Ho… Those blue eyes are unmistakably the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong of the Jegallim Family, yet an outsider not of the Jegallim clan practices it? Quite the interesting turn of events has occurred in these three hundred years. Very well. A brief conversation before we exchange lives seems fitting. What would you know?”
“What exactly is this Blood Layer Five Gate Hall? We entered from the outside world to prevent a terrible calamity that was occurring…”
“A terrible calamity, you say?”
“A massive bell tolled, and people fell asleep while their life force was being drained.”
At my words, Eon Jeong-mu chuckled.
“That’s nothing to worry about. It’s simply because this Blood Layer Five Gate Hall has begun to operate.”
I smiled at his words, but my eyes turned cold.
“I see. Nothing to worry about, then.”
My elder brother’s rage became intent, chilling the air around us.
Sama Hyeon too released his laughter while scattering killing intent, and Cheonwoo unfurled the Mudang Faction’s formation.
“Hehehehe. You all seem quite angry. Hmm… The world after three hundred years appears quite livable. So then, who shall come at me?”
“Hoho, killing people like ants and then acting like a god~?”
From Sama Hyeon’s two hands, the tension of the Golden Divine Art scattered forth.
The formidable tension that tore through the empty air suddenly vanished without any warning whatsoever.
Everyone watched in shock at the sight.
“This is… something that transcends human reason, isn’t it?”
Cheonwoo muttered under his breath.
Just as he said, it wasn’t merely a matter of the door behind them not opening.
Meanwhile, the enemy remained composed.
“Who is my true opponent? If that is not determined, you cannot lay a single hand upon me.”
Only then could I realize that this space was no ordinary space.
It was as if.
A place like where Eungryong dwells.
‘To think something like this existed beneath Eon Jeon-mu’s dwelling… If that’s the case.’
The moment I stepped forward, Cheonwoo took a step.
Moving in front of his hyeong.
With the exact same gait as Gwon Je in life.
Thud—
As if unwilling to waste even a bit of his hyeong’s stamina.
“I will face him.”
Cheonwoo stepped forward.
“Cheonwoo?”

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