Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 906

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Chapter 906
Thus, Jin Cheon-hee, Sama Hyeon, and Cheonwoo dispersed to plant the fire bombs.
They ignited the fuses and fled with haste.
A deafening roar erupted behind them.
KABOOM–!
Hearing that sound, I was taken aback.
‘What, what is this? It’s far more powerful than expected?’
These were fire bombs borrowed from the garrison soldiers.
Standard fire bombs.
While fighting the Suksin Tribe, hadn’t I felt firsthand how much firepower was typical for this era?
Even with improvements, achieving this level of explosive force would be difficult.
‘Unless they were specially crafted fire bombs made by the Imperial Research Division.’
Could it be?
Had Gold & Silver prepared something?
‘How much do they know about my movements?’
I knew they were gathering information through my schoolmates to some degree.
But the fact that they’d already discerned my purpose for coming here and prepared accordingly—what I would surely need—was unsettling.
‘What’s more frightening is that they left no trace.’
They could have sent a letter beforehand.
‘No. Maybe I’m reading too much into this. Is there any chance that Imperial Research Division special fire bombs just happened to be mixed in with ordinary ones? No, that’s impossible. Damn.’
Regardless, things had worked out well.
Explosions erupted in all directions as the pillars supporting the underground city began to collapse.
This place would soon crumble.
While they fought for their lives above, I’d struck their main base—they would surely fall into chaos.
I felt the premonition of victory.
‘Good. Now I just need to escape….’
That’s when it happened.
SPLASH!
A massive water serpent emerged from the waterway.
And atop its head appeared Taha-pa.
-You shrimp-like fools!
Those shrimp-like creatures had destroyed the city, so Taha-pa was absolutely furious.
Seeing Taha-pa in a rage of historic proportions, Sama Hyeon whistled.
* * *
Taha-pa’s attire was different from last time.
Clearly preparing for a proper battle, not just ordinary armor but armor embedded with black scales like obsidian.
And he wielded a crimson spear shaped like a wave.
An ominous aura radiated from that spear—it looked unmistakably like a divine artifact.
Taha-pa, witnessing his city being obliterated, was absolutely seething with rage.
He unleashed a roar while spreading killing intent like mist.
—Girin’s disciple. You wretch. What have you done! I’ll kill you!
At the same moment Noh Ho-sung roared, the colossal serpent beneath him lunged forward with its maw gaping wide.
Screeeech!
‘Incredible speed!’
In that instant, electrical signals surged through my brain.
Thought accelerated to its absolute limit by the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong, my nerves commanded immediate response.
I seized time itself.
Responding to my will, the world seemed to slow, falling silent.
No, perhaps it wasn’t the world slowing—perhaps I had simply accelerated.
Time is relative, after all.
Snap!
Energy erupted from my dantian, plunging instantly to the Yongquan point as the Cheongi Miribu unfolded at its peak.
Like mist scattering, my body retreated in a blur, leaving only faint afterimages behind.
The serpent’s jaws tore into the earth, the ground splitting and debris scattering.
Crash!
The serpent’s head buried itself deep into the soil.
‘Ou, a perfect opening!’
My ice-blue blade extended forth, infused with intent.
What clung to that blade was a formidable force that severed all things, so even an ancient great serpent would surely have its body cleaved—
蟒
!
Screech!
And yet.
A trident intercepted my blade’s path.
Even in this slowed world, I could see his trident moving.
Such extraordinary swiftness!
Wrapped in blood-red energy, it easily overpowered my formidable force, resisting without yield.
—You wretch. What have you done!
“Merely collapsed and destroyed this underwater city, nothing more.”
With my answer, I extended my free hand.
Softness concealing the power to topple mountains—this was the Mudang Faction’s Flowing Yin-Yang Palm!
Boom!
The black-scaled armor on Taha-pa’s chest exploded, shattering.
Yet remarkably, the body within seemed largely unharmed.
‘The armor is sturdier than expected! But at this distance, it cannot hold—wait!?’
Crack.
I saw the ground splitting.
Sensing something amiss, I ceased further attacks and withdrew smoothly and swiftly.
Crash!
The ground exploded as the serpent’s head burst forth.
Indeed, my choice just now was the right one.
Had I been fixated on that last strike, I would have been caught in this attack.
‘Where is Taha-pa?’
Among the stone fragments bursting upward.
I could see Taha-pa had retreated backward at some point.
‘The water serpent and Taha-pa. Fighting both is impossible. What should I do?’
I needed to find a way.
The moment I thought that, I felt an intense energy surge from behind.
‘Right. I’m not alone….’
Fighting alone had become a habit at some point, but now things were different.
In the brief moment Jin Cheon-hee thought this.
My two younger brothers rushed forward like lightning, unleashing fist strikes and spear thrusts of pure energy toward the water serpent.
Kwaaaang!
With the explosion, the water serpent’s head snapped backward.
“Brother~ this one isn’t quite as bad as Oh Dok-mun’s ‘that thing,’ right?”
The six-horned venomous one.
Sama Hyeon spoke with his mouth shape.
Not ‘Six-Horned Venomous Snake’ but ‘the six-horned venomous one.’
It seemed they’d already given it a nickname.
“Oh Dok-mun had something like this too?”
“Of course~ Brother Cheonwoo. That one looked like we couldn’t win against it.”
Hearing the voices of the two, I felt reassured for some reason.
Despite the situation being extremely urgent and dangerous.
‘My back is secure.’
Yes.
I’m not alone here.
“You two, handle that water serpent for me.”
“Leave it to us, brother.”
“Of course!”
Leaving them behind, I advanced toward Taha-pa with the Icy Frost Blade in hand.
Now was the time to end this.
* * *
Taha-pa was a Goe-eo-in who, as the blood relative of the Elder, possessed the qualifications to rule and govern this Sea Market.
Yet he suddenly felt an ominous premonition and, while fighting, returned alone.
While attacking the surface, he had a presentiment that this Sea Market would come under attack.
It was an intuition bordering on foresight.
It could be said to be an ability he possessed as the blood relative of the Elder.
The same as the supernatural abilities possessed by those Feng Dynasty royals.
That was why Taha-pa himself, who could be called his maximum power, and the sea water serpent had hastily turned their heads.
And that premonition was now proven correct.
The problem was…
it was already too late.
I never imagined the Hashis could be destroyed with such speed and precision.
That’s why my rage burned hotter.
This Hashi had existed for hundreds of years.
Taha-pa himself had ruled this land for hundreds of years.
How dare. How dare. How dare.
How dare you inflict damage upon this land!
Rumble!
Cracks spiderwebbed across the ceiling as boulders rained down.
Soil and gravel cascaded, and the tremors continued relentlessly.
Taha-pa, consumed by fury, seized a crimson trident.
-You. Disciple of Girin. I will offer you as a sacrifice. But first.
He spoke with a face twisted in unmistakable rage.
-I will torture you. Torture you. Torture you. Torture you. Flay your skin. Shred your flesh. Gouge out your eyes. Tear out your nails. Torture you. Torture you. Torture you. Then I will offer you as a sacrifice!
A boulder crashed down between us.
In the instant the world vanished behind the thunderous impact—
Taha-pa moved first.
His two legs swelled to twice their size, and a savage force stamped down upon the earth, detonating an explosion.
Like a chariot charging forward, he thrust the trident at me.
I thought it might be a known technique, but in that moment, his two arms moved with eerie fluidity.
Whoooosh!
The sound of crashing waves echoed through the air.
The trident split like a tidal wave surging forward, then cascaded down like a waterfall.
Crack-crack-crack!
The massive boulder crumbled to dust in an instant.
Though reduced to powder, the momentum never diminished, crashing directly toward me as I held my stance.
The savage force resembled a crimson wave itself.
Meanwhile, my eyes blazed an icy blue as I drew forth streams of sword energy from my Ice Crystal Blade.
The air, unable to withstand the extreme cold energy I unleashed, froze into frost.
Snow began to fall within the Hashi.
An icy blade, spreading winter, clashed head-on.
Crash-crash-crash!
And yet.
The force clinging to my Ice Crystal Blade scattered like grains of sand swept away by the wave.
Taha-pa’s crimson energy was significantly dissipated by my blade, but his was slightly stronger.
The power diminished but remained sufficiently threatening.
The crimson wave reached me.
Splat! Splat!
Whoosh!
My body bore countless tears in my clothing, and my flesh split open as blood streamed down.
Yet my expression remained utterly unchanged.
I retreated with an otherworldly movement.
A sublime footwork technique designed to protect myself with minimal damage.
However, the wounds were already quite deep.
‘Indeed, having lived for so long, his divine weapon is equally extraordinary.’
At this point, it transcended mere divine weapons—it resembled the legendary treasures wielded by immortals themselves.
I had never encountered a weapon of such power in all my searches throughout Gangho.
‘Or perhaps it is the result of his martial mastery.’
Moreover, his martial arts were as magnificent as the centuries he had lived.
My eyes began to glow with an even deeper intensity.
* * *
‘Formidable!’
The Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong allowed me to replay the exchange with Taha-pa from moments before like a flickering flame.
To others it was a mere instant, but within my mind, it stretched like eternity.
I perceived the enemy’s attack in slow motion and instantly deconstructed it.
And I had just grasped the principle of that attack.
A tidal wave of energy created by the trident—thirty-eight thrusts executed through it.
Up to this point, other masters might somehow discern it, though ordinarily they cannot perceive each individual thrust.
But there was something far more crucial.
‘Every single one of those thrusts was real, not illusion. Every wave of that energy was genuine, containing not a shred of falsehood.’
Normally, if one incorporated the principle of illusion, wouldn’t it be customary to mix in a few false elements?
It appears like a phantom, yet it is real.
Honest.
Each one composed entirely of honest spear technique—that is what makes it so terrifying.
‘Centuries of nothing but spear work has made him this.’
Among divine martial techniques, a power that stands among the greatest!
‘And that crimson energy was indeed inner energy. To wound my body so easily….’
I had trained my external martial arts to a degree comparable to the Unbreakable Diamond Body long ago.
Ordinary blades and even sword energy could not leave a scratch.
Yet from merely grazing contact, my skin split and blood flowed—this meant every ounce of his power was pure inner energy.
Had I raised protective inner energy to shield my body, I might have avoided injury.
But that was impossible.
‘Inner energy is a finite resource, after all.’
I felt the blood dripping down and falling to the ground.
Strangely, the blood that fell to the floor was immediately absorbed rather than pooling.
‘The floor must be made of special material, befitting an ancient city.’
It appeared ordinary at first glance.
For a moment I wondered what the material was and whether it could be applied elsewhere.
But that was not what mattered.
Since venturing into Gangho, this was only the second time I had encountered martial prowess of this caliber.
It was comparable to Baekcheon-gun’s martial arts.
“Quite remarkable martial arts indeed. What is its name?”
-In your tongue. Sea Immortal Wave Triple Spear. That you did not fall in one strike. I commend you.
‘Triple… three things twisted and intermingled. Indeed, this is no ordinary martial art. It must be a secret technique of these Goe-eo-in.’
To master such martial arts required at least a century of cultivation.
Being of the Elder’s bloodline, their innate talent would surely exceed the ordinary.
Talent and effort. Combined with time, the result was formidable.
A powerful opponent in a different sense than Baekcheon-gun.
And.
‘…This is overwhelming.’
Rumble.
The ceiling trembled.
The situation was disadvantageous for me as well.
If the ceiling collapsed completely and buried this place, Taha-pa could escape through the sea.
But what of me and my two sworn siblings?
The moment we were buried here, death would be our only fate.
Escape was also impossible.
The opponent would not permit retreat.
The instant I showed even a moment’s opening to fall back, that triple spear would unleash countless slashes and brutal slaughter.
I had to stand and fight.
And I had to win.
But how?
-Now. Fall.
Sea Immortal Wave Triple Spear
적파해일(赤波海溢)—-!!!
The crimson spear, infused with force, transformed into waves.
I observed the crimson tidal surge rushing in once more while operating the Hyeonwon Jeondan Singeong at its peak.
Thirty-eight thrusts.
The waves of force created by their combination.
The ferocity and destructive power of the attack were on an entirely different level from the battle at Eon.
‘Ha, Eon Jeong-mu seems almost endearing by comparison.’
I laughed languidly.
In that instant, from the Doctor’s fingertips, sword force bloomed like snow flowers.

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