Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 174

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Chapter 174

The three people who emerged from Beob Un-jeon headed toward Diamond Hall along the rainbow-colored bridge.

Woon-hwi was thinking about the Yi Geun Gyeong tucked inside his robes as he crossed the bridge.

To be honest, since he didn’t know what would happen ahead, he planned to memorize all the contents first.

No matter how much he couldn’t use internal energy, he could certainly memorize one book. Especially if it was a martial arts manual, it would be strange not to memorize it.

He had already memorized countless books.

But unfortunately, this Yi Geun Gyeong couldn’t be memorized.

How could he memorize it when he couldn’t even open it?

Woon-hwi turned his head.

Seo Hyo was visible. When their eyes met, he smiled awkwardly.

“Do you want it?”

“…I don’t want to lie… To be honest, yes, I want it. It’s none other than the Yi Geun Gyeong. A heaven-grade martial art created by Bodhidharma that surpasses all existing martial manuals. What kind of person wouldn’t want this?”

“Do you want to take it?”

“I’d gladly accept it if you gave it to me, but you won’t give it to me.”

Woon-hwi chuckled softly.

“If I end up memorizing all the contents inside, I might give it to you then.”

At those words, Seo Hyo’s eyes widened instead.

“…You’re joking, right?”

“Does it look like it?”

“…Any person… with a sound mind would try to monopolize the Yi Geun Gyeong. It’s that level of martial art.”

Woon-hwi also knew well what value a heaven-grade martial art held.

Perhaps he might know better than anyone else in this place.

But as he had said countless times, ultimately it’s people who use them, and before the martial art’s value being great, from the moment they entered this Secret Realm, Seol Ho-ryeong and Seo Hyo were Woon-hwi’s companions.

They had passed through the Secret Realm together, and even at this moment, they were walking together.

Although Woon-hwi’s contribution was large in obtaining the Yi Geun Gyeong, it was about gratitude and grudges.

Woon-hwi lived by gratitude and grudges as a martial artist, and would die by them.

Those who had been together were sufficiently qualified to read it, and qualified to learn it.

Leakage was a problem for later.

“…You’re peculiar. Really.”

At this evaluation he’d heard too often and was now tired of, Woon-hwi didn’t bother to respond and moved his steps.

Seol Ho-ryeong walking in front wasn’t shaken at all.

Even knowing that someone close had betrayed him, and that the true purpose of those who entered together was actually his death, Seol Ho-ryeong knew what was important at this moment.

This was weight.

Woon-hwi was convinced even at this moment. That Seol Ho-ryeong should become the Young Palace Lord.

In the distance, a massive golden hall welcomed them.

Diamond Hall.

As its name suggested, the entire hall was built with golden material that looked harder than steel.

Below the characters for Diamond Hall, some phrase was written in small letters.

Its content was as follows.

-Only those whose hearts are hard as steel may enter.

As they reached the front of the door, suddenly light flashed from above the clouds. That light took form and Ji-woon’s figure appeared.

「Welcome to Diamond Hall.」

Ji-woon’s voice echoed in the air.

「You have passed the test of Beob Un-jeon, but the second test is more difficult. This is where Shaolin’s secret martial manuals and weapons are stored. However, to obtain them, you must pass the test of the heart.」

Woon-hwi asked.

“What kind of test?”

A deep light appeared in Ji-woon’s eyes.

「Diamond Heart Seal. A test where you face the darkness within yourselves.」

As his hand pointed to the void, Diamond Hall’s door slowly opened. Inside, only endless darkness was visible.

「Enter. And test your hearts.」

Woon-hwi walked into the darkness without hesitation, and Seol Ho-ryeong and Seo Hyo followed behind him.

Once everyone entered inside, the door closed by itself.

Just when they wondered what this was, suddenly light flashed like lightning striking. And that light remained floating in the void, and the naturally illuminated interior surprised these three people for a moment.

First, it was the interior of a massive hall.

And in the center was a giant stone statue.

Diamond Guardian King.

And around it, dozens and hundreds of weapons and scriptures were placed, which were clearly items of extraordinary grade at first glance, and furthermore, the atmosphere of this place itself was extraordinary.

Soon the air inside the hall began to twist.

Kugugugugung.

As if space itself was distorting, a roar echoed. The air in Diamond Hall twisted as light and darkness swirled. In that distorted space, something began to take shape.

“This is…”

Seol Ho-ryeong’s eyes widened.

What appeared from the distorted space were the forms of three people. But they weren’t simple forms, but rather themselves stained with darkness as if reflecting their inner selves.

Seol Ho-ryeong frowned first.

Seol Ho-ryeong’s clone smiling darkly in front of him was similar to his appearance yet different.

His face was weary as if crushed by heavy burdens, and at the same time, should I say it was filled with the desire to throw away all those burdens.

This was truly a strange thing.

Seol Ho-ryeong could clearly feel what emotions that clone bearing his appearance contained, down to the finest details.

The duality of conflicting between responsibility and freedom, while having heavy responsibility at the core within.

This was truly an unpleasant scene.

Having one’s inner self completely exposed was like that.

There was a man who frowned like Seol Ho-ryeong.

It was Seo Hyo.

Seo Hyo quietly looked at his clone that had mad eyes.

In the clone’s eyes dwelt only one goal: the revival of the Thousand Year Demon Cult, and strangely, two shadows circled around him – one was the form of a man wrapped in black robes, and the other was the form of a gray-haired man wrapped in white robes.

While he didn’t know the former, the latter was clearly Woon-hwi’s appearance to anyone who saw it.

Those two shadows were pointing blades at each other, so Seo Hyo could clearly know at this moment that this was his conflicted inner self.

Seol Ho-ryeong and Seo Hyo quietly looked at Woon-hwi.

The thought suddenly occurred that an extraordinary person’s inner self should indeed be extraordinary.

That was the extent of it.

Woon-hwi’s clone had a stark difference from the other two clones – it should be called controlled perfection itself.

No emotions could be found in his eyes.

There was only cold calculation, and the clothes he wore were not Snow Palace’s color, but dark red.

A color as if stained with blood. And while he seemed to be holding something in his right hand, it wasn’t visible to the eyes, and the opposite side was the same.

Only Woon-hwi could know the two things his clone was holding.

In one hand was a scale.

And in the other hand was sacrifice.

「The test of Diamond Heart Seal has begun.」

Ji-woon’s voice echoed again.

「Face your inner selves. And choose.」

As soon as those words ended, the doppelgangers began to move.

Seol Ho-ryeong’s doppelganger attacked first. Seol Ho-ryeong quickly turned his body to avoid the attack. Since he had to fight using only physical strength without internal energy, he needed to move as efficiently as possible.

He swung his elbow strongly to the side.

Kwaang-!!

It was blocked by the doppelganger’s elbow.

A cracking sound came almost simultaneously. It wasn’t completely broken, but there was definitely a fracture in the bone.

At least it was his left arm – if it had been his right arm, it would have been serious.

He thrust forward strongly with the sword he held in his right hand. The doppelganger tilted its head back greatly to dodge.

Whoosh-!

The sword cut through empty air.

“…It hurts…”

“The weight of responsibility will hurt more. Little Palace Lord? Why do you have to take on that position? You’re curious about why Cheon Nyeon Ji Ran occurred, aren’t you? You want to freely roam around Murim, don’t you? Isn’t that right?”

Seol Ho-ryeong frowned.

This went beyond just being unpleasant. The inner side of inner sides.

Having negative thoughts he normally didn’t consider maximized and expressed meant becoming a mass of inferiority complex.

He shook his head.

“Tsk.”

Clicking his tongue, Seol Ho-ryeong began fighting his own doppelganger, and at that moment Seo Hyo was also fighting against his own doppelganger.

His doppelganger threw a punch with a maniacal laugh.

“The revival of the Thousand Year Demon Cult… That alone is the reason for your existence!”

The corner of Seo Hyo’s eyes twitched.

“Will Yu Cheong really revive the Thousand Year Demon Cult? No, beyond reviving it, will there be a place for you there?”

He twisted his body to the side and kicked off the ground. The doppelganger kicked off again and shouted.

“That bastard is holding our ambition in his hands and shaking it! If not him, then who will establish the Thousand Year Demon Cult? Just who will do it! Huh?! That gray-haired bastard next to you? That foolish bastard who pretends to be smart will establish the Thousand Year Demon Cult? No, beyond establishing it, will that bastard accept you? You’re just someone with excellent utility value anywhere! You and I! We were just born that way, and it’s our fate to live that way!!”

These were words that made it impossible to ignore even when he tried to.

It was clearly a doppelganger, yet killing intent surged up enough to make him want to beat it to death right now.

Seo Hyo’s right hand tilted slightly to the side.

From a strange angle, Seo Hyo extended his palm.

Dark Ghost Soul-Seizing Palm.

Even without internal energy, martial arts reaching Martial God Grade had different principles from the start.

He naturally penetrated the blind spot, and the doppelganger couldn’t even respond and got hit in the face.

Crack-!

Nothing like blood splattered. It didn’t matter.

He would kill it.

Seo Hyo’s foot trampled the ground.

Chaotic Dark Demon-Breaking Steps.

A shadow fell across Seo Hyo’s face as he thrust forward.

Since it was a doppelganger, it was natural that it would use the same martial arts.

He hastily rotated his body. The doppelganger’s Dark Ghost Soul-Seizing Palm grazed past his face.

It was a difference of an inch.

Seo Hyo’s eyes flashed.

Sliding, his foot pushed against the ground and moved his body forward.

Kwaang.

Seo Hyo’s shoulder struck the doppelganger’s solar plexus hard. The doppelganger was pushed back, and in that brief gap, Seo Hyo rotated his body and swung his foot.

Chaotic Dark Bone-Breaking Kick.

Crack-!

The doppelganger’s face was torn off.

Huff.

It was when Seo Hyo, breathing heavily, was about to turn his head.

The doppelganger’s face that had clearly been torn off was reattaching itself.

“…What… the hell is this…”

“You’re running away.”

“…What?”

“Will you become the main character in rebuilding the Thousand Year Demon Cult, or will you become a sacrifice for rebuilding, using death as nourishment? Both are pathetic and pathetic again!”

He could say for certain.

These were words that scratched far beyond Seo Hyo’s pride.

The effect went beyond tremendous levels.

Even Seo Hyo, who was immune to most words through countless experiences, couldn’t just let those words pass.

He gritted his teeth and kicked off the ground.

While Seol Ho-ryeong and Seo Hyo were fighting so fiercely.

There was one person who was uniquely peaceful.

It was Woon-hwi.

Woon-hwi and Woon-hwi’s doppelganger didn’t rush at each other or attack.

They simply maintained a certain distance and looked at each other.

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