I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 101

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Chapter 101. Ascension Tower 2nd Stage (2)
“Ah, I’ll move out of the way.”
I tried to hurry down from the rock, but Hyul Jung-hyuk didn’t release the hand he was holding and laughed.
“It’s fine. It’s fine. As long as you don’t make a racket and disturb things, you can train together. I’m not the owner of this mountain anyway. I can’t kick you out.”
Well then, I was grateful. Training here was better than in crowded places. Besides, I was curious about this man, Hyul Jung-hyuk.
Only then did he release my hand and move to the opposite rock to settle down. I watched him, then crossed my legs and sat down again as well.
‘I’m curious.’
True martial arts. I was curious about what that power I’d never once witnessed was like. Before my regression, when Earth’s rankers cleared the 80th stage, a system update finally brought two or three gates connected to different dimensions. At that time, gates began appearing.
Gates that led to dimensions where those who entered the Abyss around the same time as Earth, called a single generation, lived while conquering the Abyss.
Among them, there was definitely a gate connected to the Murim. It seemed to be the Human Martial World that appeared third. Among those who trained in martial arts there, there were certainly those who bloomed talents they hadn’t found and suddenly became high-grade Hunters.
‘Even Dangun Cheonje said that reaching a perfected SSS-grade was greatly aided by martial arts.’
Martial arts. Aura cultivation methods. Mana circles and so on. There were many skills for training numerous energies including magical power and inner force. However, merely 200 years was insufficient to create techniques of that caliber.
They possessed inner force, mana, and aura even before the Abyss connected—they simply developed through history.
Hyul Jung-hyuk looked at me with an amused expression, then began circulating his energy seriously with a playful face.
And what began flowing from his body.
Glug. Glug. Glug.
It was inner force. It was blood. It was murderous intent. It was demonic energy.
The inner force I sensed from Hyul Jung-hyuk was truly a symbol of ominousness itself. Just seeing it made my insides feel uneasy. Of course, that was merely a feeling.
I had far surpassed Hunters of the same level in mental attacks. Especially since the Supreme Soul and Indomitable Spirit continued to grow steadily, allowing me to resist sufficiently even in situations where Authority didn’t help.
Certainly, messages kept appearing as if that inner force was touching something, but it wasn’t important.
I simply observed. I wanted to use the Sun’s Eye to grasp every detail of the inner force’s flow, but even I, not a martial artist, knew that wasn’t proper etiquette.
It wasn’t so different from saying you’d steal the opponent’s heart method. Of course, just seeing a bit of inner force circulation didn’t mean I could copy the heart method. Still, I could gain much, including know-how.
‘It’s definitely different from my Solar Divine Art.’
If asked which was more effective, naturally it was martial arts of that kind. The heart method—Crimson Flame—wielded uniqueness as a weapon and showed tremendous efficiency, but if I also completed a systematic and efficient heart method like that, it would certainly surpass Crimson Flame.
There was a reason martial arts developed that way. Originally, such a chaotic realm without form or structure had to be perfectly mastered first before being used.
“This is surprising. There’s actually a 9th-grade practitioner who remains fine after seeing my martial arts. Even the martial monks couldn’t endure my inner force. This is getting more and more interesting?”
As I continued my thoughts, Hyul Jung-hyuk stood up from his seat as if he’d finished circulating his energy, looking at me with even more interest than before.
At his casual words, I too dropped formality and approached more familiarly, asking.
“Is that a heart method?”
“Huh? This is a heart method. What else would be a heart method?”
I pondered for a moment, then made a small request of him.
“Could you perhaps teach me any heart method? There’s something I want to verify.”
At my words, Hyul Jung-hyuk’s eyes widened, then he nodded as if it would be fun.
“Sure. I’m usually the type not to offer such favors. But you’ve caught my fancy, so I’ll do it. You seem like a cute younger brother.”
He jumped over to my rock. Then, as if understanding what I was troubled about, he opened his mouth.
“You’ve never seen a heart method before, right? So you created new martial arts in the meantime. You’re dissatisfied that your heart method lacks form and structure. You’re thinking of learning a heart method from me to supplement it?”
Is this guy really a 9th-grade practitioner? Or does he have the ability to read my thoughts?
As I showed a surprised expression, he sat behind me with an expression as if to say “what’s the big deal about just this much.”
“It’s fun. Our distant ancestors probably started this way too. You’re one of the starting points of your world. In our terms, we’d call you a Grand Patriarch. It’s a title given to the most revered figures.”
He gently brought his hand to my back and spoke.
“Accept it. This is the true martial art of the Murim that you’ve been curious about.”
His inner energy flowed into me—different from before, no longer ominous, just leaving behind a faint sense of unease.
The energy entered through my dantian and traveled along my blood vessels, circulating throughout my entire body. From the crown of my head to the tips of my toes. Circulating around the dantian as its center. Through consistent rhythms, consistent quantities, consistent pathways, it circulated and circulated.
“You’ll remember it?”
I nodded. The talent for martial arts that Limitlessness granted me made even this entirely possible. It seemed less like memorization and more like imprinting itself into me, but either way, it didn’t matter.
“Then try it yourself.”
I closed my eyes and moved the power of Arrogance. That arrogant force, which I often felt offering small resistance even normally, now flowed without resistance and began to transform.
As befitted Arrogance—the supreme concept encompassing all things—transforming into inner energy rooted in lower stats was not difficult. I had already confirmed this when transforming into The Sun’s inner energy.
How much time had passed? One minute? Five minutes? Ten minutes? An hour?
I’m not sure exactly, but the moment I completed exactly ten full circulations, a System Message rang out, and I began to feel the faint unease in the inner energy that Hyul Jung-hyuk had demonstrated.
〚Skill: Demonic Blood Heart Method (魔血心法) [Unique-SSS] has been acquired!〛
I was astonished. This was such a high-grade martial art! Could one really give away such martial techniques for free?
Looking at Hyul Jung-hyuk with that expression, he burst into loud laughter and patted my shoulder.
“You’re surprised over just that level of martial art being transmitted? Looks like my younger brother has a smaller capacity than I thought. Both you and I possess martial arts that far transcend this—incomprehensible martial arts. You shouldn’t be surprised by something of this caliber. Besides, you won’t even use it properly anyway.”
I nodded. It was true—I had no intention of actually using the martial arts he was transmitting. I was only learning them for reference.
‘Even properly learning it would be a headache.’
Just understanding and researching The Sun Divine Art was already overwhelming. Anything more would be sheer greed.
‘And I’ve already prepared the demonic-type martial art I’ll truly learn.’
I can’t obtain it immediately.
That martial art, which I can acquire in about three months—it possesses mythic-grade potential.
‘First, I need to obtain the class.’
Once I clear the 2nd Floor, I plan to return directly to the Abyss.
Now I truly need to begin a mythic-grade Quest. Though I’m worried because its difficulty is something I hesitate to challenge.
‘At least Misfortune is quiet, which is fortunate.’
With a brief message about shedding one layer of shell, Misfortune fell completely dormant after that day.
It will take considerable time before it awakens again, and even when it does, something will have changed, however slightly.
“Now then, shall we continue explaining the martial art? This is called the Demonic Blood Art—a martial technique transmitted only to the direct and branch lines of our Blood Sect. It’s the martial art that lets you use blood energy in earnest. But why did I transmit it to you?”
As I gazed at Hyul Jung-hyuk, who merely laughed with amusement and chuckled, he opened his mouth.
“Just. No particular reason. Since you possess the qualities of a great patriarch, wouldn’t it be best for you to reference the most fundamentally excellent martial art when studying our techniques? If things go well, I might benefit from your success too. Besides, since you’ve come here, Earth—a planet I’ve never heard of—must be connected to the Abyss. Perhaps if you clear many stages, our world might connect as well?”
“Thank you. I’ll repay this debt without fail.”
“Hehehehe. Yes, let me see your talent then.”
With those words, Hyul Jung-hyuk leaped back to the opposite boulder and began circulating his energy while keeping his gaze on this place.
I turned my attention away from him and began operating the Demonic Blood Heart Method. It wasn’t complicated or difficult, yet neither was it simple or straightforward.
As if to prove that demonic arts were no deception, this power called blood energy was difficult to control, but to me, who mastered Arrogance, it was merely a docile lamb.
The blood energy moved according to my will. It was controlled, it obeyed. Watching the vivid crimson inner energy manifest above my palm, I nodded.
‘Is it like this?’
It wasn’t as difficult as I expected. It might sound arrogant, and perhaps it was truly the influence of Arrogance, but it didn’t seem that difficult.
I stopped operating the Demonic Blood Heart Method.
Raising the level of The Sun Divine Art. Perhaps that meant I should create at least one new technique?
Even if not, creating one new heart method would suffice. A heart method serves as the great pillar at the center of divine arts.
‘Let me focus on this and set everything else aside.’
The crimson energy surged through The Sun’s inner power once more, transforming it. The Sun’s inner power began to writhe wildly under the will of the crimson flame, radiating with brilliant light.
I watched silently, painting images in my mind. How could I harness The Sun’s power more efficiently, more effectively, more perfectly?
The Sun is arrogant. The Sun is magnificent. The Sun is mighty. The Sun is scorching.
I drew upon the visions forming in my mind, applying the patterns and efficiency I had discovered in the Blood Heart Technique, and began creating a new cultivation method.
I did not confine my inner power to the small framework of the dantian. I envisioned my entire body as one colossal sun, becoming its center.
The Sun’s flames erupted from my body, rotating slowly outward. Exploding, blazing.
‘The Sun resides at the highest place.’
I shifted the circulation point of my inner power from my abdomen to my head. In an instant, the flames surged upward.
‘And The Sun is an entity that scatters its light upon all creation.’
Roooaarrr!
The Sun’s flames poured down like rain made of fire cascading from above my head.
‘Moreover, The Sun is a formidable calamity.’
Just as The Sun’s changes ripple across Earth, I channeled that immense, destructive power within myself.
That vast influence capable of affecting countless planets and living beings!
The flames expanded their reach, transcending my body to dominate the air and space itself.
This was a domain—The Sun’s power that absorbed everything around it and transformed it into flame.
〚Congratulations!〛
〚You have created a new technique for the Solar Divine Technique!〛
〚The Solar Divine Technique’s level has increased by 1!〛
〚The Solar Divine Technique’s realm has risen to 2-Star.〛

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