Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 192

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Chapter 192

He spun his body around.

The assassin whose eyes met his flinched and drew out a hidden dagger, but.

Swoosh-!

The swinging Jinhwa Heavenly Spirit Sword split his body in half along with the dagger he was holding.

It happened in a truly instant moment, and Seo Hwa-baek belatedly kicked off from his position toward Woon-hwi who had turned his head.

A flash.

Before being affiliated with Ghost Soul Gate, Seo Hwa-baek’s martial art Ghost Slash Technique that had brought him to that position stretched toward Woon-hwi’s right nape, but.

Heavenly Snow Domain.

In an instant, all the snowstorms around Woon-hwi, whose eyes had turned white, froze simultaneously.

Seo Hwa-baek’s hidden dagger did pierce through the ice, but its speed slowed and its direction was also deflected.

Woon-hwi was not one to miss that moment.

He immediately converted his Heo Hyeon Energy to Ice Snow Energy and wrapped it around his sword. The lightning patterns carved on the sword blade glowed brightly, displaying tremendous majesty, which was absolutely not something a martial artist of mere Five Energy Harmonizing Origin level should show.

Seo Hwa-baek’s spine turned cold.

At this moment, he had two choices.

Either push this dagger with all his might as a master of Body Establishment Boundary to inflict injury.

Or let go of the dagger and retreat to create distance.

Seo Hwa-baek’s judgment was the latter.

He immediately kicked backward while letting go of the dagger.

The distance he created this way was two zhang (about 6m).

This was a distance Seo Hwa-baek had calculated, exactly two zhang would be a convenient distance to attack again after dodging.

However, his instincts cried out.

Something seemed insufficient.

So he stepped back exactly one more step.

That was, as a result, truly the right judgment.

Crackle-!

A streak of lightning brushed past right in front of his nose.

It was bewildering.

What the hell is this bastard?

Moreover.

“…Left-handed, but skilled.”

According to reports, he was right-handed, but seeing his right hand wrapped in cloth, it was clearly injured.

But showing this level of skill with his left hand didn’t make sense.

“…It seems I underestimated you.”

The frozen crystals fell with a pattering sound.

Through them, Woon-hwi’s sharp eyes stared directly at Seo Hwa-baek.

Woon-hwi, who had already defeated martial artists of higher realms even when he was at Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, had now ascended to Five Energy Harmonizing Origin.

Seo Hwa-baek decided.

“I heard Yu Hwa-rin fought like a martial artist rather than an assassin, is that right?”

Woon-hwi chuckled as if he understood.

“Are you thinking of running away?”

Seo Hwa-baek glanced to the side.

The assassins Yang Cheol had dealt with were already all dead.

Now only Seo Hwa-baek remained.

There were no watching eyes.

“I’m not running away, but fighting like an assassin.”

“What a commendable excuse.”

“What would a bastard who only knows how to play Go understand about assassins? Look forward to it. I will be different from Yu Hwa-rin.”

Saying so, Seo Hwa-baek kicked off toward a place thick with bushes.

Hiding his form and attempting assassination by targeting openings.

That was typical of ordinary assassins.

It was truly different from Yu Hwa-rin, who had shown assassins’ fighting while engaging in close combat, but in a way, Seo Hwa-baek’s action could be said to be most ideal for an assassin.

And Woon-hwi had no intention of bearing such risk.

If a Body Establishment Boundary assassin was determined to assassinate, this could become somewhat troublesome.

“Yang Cheol.”

“Yes, Hyeon Seol-rin sir.”

“If there’s anything to gather from the corpses, gather it and wait.”

“…Will you be alright?”

He looked toward where Seo Hwa-baek had run.

“One moment, that should be enough.”

Saying so, Woon-hwi also kicked off from his position.

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The moment Woon-hwi kicked off, his body became blurred like a snowstorm.

He had deployed the Heavenly Ridge Flowing Shadow Step to its extreme.

The energy of Snow Mountain seeped into his body. Though his right arm was unusable, not even the slightest disturbance could be felt in Woon-hwi’s movements.

As if he had become the very wind of Snow Mountain itself, he silently penetrated into the thicket where Seo Hwa-baek had disappeared.

This place thick with bushes and trees would have been a heavenly environment for an assassin to hide, but unfortunately everything was covered with snow.

In such an environment, any assassin would need to prepare.

They would need to hide their body by controlling not only the traces of their steps but even the energy floating in the air, but Seo Hwa-baek didn’t have such leisure.

Woon-hwi’s eyes scanned the surroundings.

There were several deeply carved footprints, and they gradually became fainter as if the weight was disappearing.

Woon-hwi, who had approached the place where they became completely faint, quietly stopped in place.

Now in this place, not even the sound of a single blade of grass swaying could be heard. As if everything was holding its breath.

The string of tension was being pulled taut.

“Seo Hwa-baek.”

Woon-hwi’s voice seeped between the bushes like wind. It was more like a ghost’s whisper than a voice.

“Ghost Soul Gate assassins always move in the same way. Among terrains where they can conceal themselves, the highest priority is trees, second choice is rocks, if that’s not feasible they dig into the ground, wherever they are, when they judge that the opponent has come near, and in a very brief moment when the opponent’s gaze turns elsewhere…”

Woon-hwi, who had been trailing off his words, twisted his body to the side. Three hidden daggers that flew from the direction of rocks across the way grazed his face.

“They launch a surprise attack like this.”

The light in Woon-hwi’s pupils formed bands like flames on a dark day.

Woon-hwi, who instantly rushed toward the rocks, brought down the Jinhwa Heavenly Spirit Sword.

Claaang-!!

A small sword shot out to block the sword, but perhaps Woon-hwi’s strength was stronger than expected, as Seo Hwa-baek’s feet dug deep into the ground.

“…How did you… react?”

Woon-hwi didn’t bother to answer with words. He immediately twisted his body to the side and kicked off. Woon-hwi’s shoulder struck Seo Hwa-baek’s solar plexus hard.

Seo Hwa-baek, who was pushed back with a furrowed brow, immediately bent his body backward greatly.

Whoosh-!

The Jinhwa Heavenly Spirit Sword scattered lightning as it grazed in front of his face. He gulped down saliva. He immediately spun his body and swung his foot, but.

Smack-!

It was blocked by Woon-hwi’s right wrist, which he had raised at some point.

He gritted his teeth. At the same time as pulling back his foot, he planted both arms on the ground and threw snow piles and frozen dirt clumps at Woon-hwi.

Since he had even infused internal energy when throwing them, no matter how great he was, if he was merely a Five Energy Harmonizing Origin martial artist, he would have no choice but to get injured.

That was accurate.

The snow piles and dirt clumps went beyond inflicting small scratches on Woon-hwi’s body to completely blocking his vision.

In this brief moment, Seo Hwa-baek and Woon-hwi were in a state as if there was a wall between them.

And Seo Hwa-baek saw this as an opportunity.

He immediately drew the hidden dagger he carried at his waist and thrust it forward.

Kwaaaaang-!!

Woon-hwi’s sole, extending through the dirt mounds, struck the side of Seo Hwa-baek’s hidden dagger with tremendous force.

The moment Seo Hwa-baek’s arm was knocked aside, his eyes flashed.

Yin Snake Three Forms.

This was his secret martial art that made the current Seo Hwa-baek who he is.

This technique mimicked the movements of a snake with three deadly attack methods: first targeting the neck with a hidden dagger, second destroying internal organs with palm techniques, and finally paralyzing the entire body’s blood vessels with hidden weapons.

The characteristic of this technique was that these three attacks flowed like water in rapid succession, and so far, no one who had been hit by it had survived. It had never missed either.

Seo Hwa-baek’s hidden dagger shot forward.

And in that brief moment, Woon-hwi released his sword and extended his left hand.

His palm met the tip of the hidden dagger.

Kwaaaaang-!!

Their energies exploded against each other, pushing Seo Hwa-baek back two steps while Woon-hwi was pushed back three or four steps. Seo Hwa-baek smiled.

Setting aside that the Yin Snake Three Forms had been blocked, this was a hidden dagger filled with Natural Energy. There was no way Woon-hwi’s left arm could withstand that attack…

“…Huh?”

A foolish sound escaped his lips.

Woon-hwi’s left hand was perfectly fine. He could see white gloves, but how was this possible?

An attack from a Body Establishment Boundary martial artist with full force, yet there was no damage?

And the situation just now.

This was also strange somehow.

The Yin Snake Three Forms was a technique that should be immediately withdrawn if the first move was blocked, but it seemed as if he knew this and deliberately neutralized the first attack.

His thoughts were interrupted.

Woon-hwi kicked off from his position and threw the hidden dagger from his waist. Seo Hwa-baek turned his head to the side and dodged.

And in that brief moment, he realized.

That Woon-hwi had deliberately thrown the hidden dagger to miss.

Simultaneously with turning his head, he raised his wrist.

Woon-hwi’s fist, closing the distance as fast as the wind of the snowy plains, was blocked by Seo Hwa-baek’s wrist.

Kwaang-!!

Seo Hwa-baek’s eyes sparkled as he was pushed aside. Internal energy concentrated in both his hands. The blue Natural Energy swirling at his fingertips soon transformed into a storm-like force, sweeping up snow and dirt as it rushed toward Woon-hwi.

Woon-hwi’s left hand drew a circle. White energy collided with Seo Hwa-baek’s attack and neutralized it. Seo Hwa-baek’s eyes widened greatly. The next moment, Woon-hwi advanced even faster.

It was a movement as natural as a snowstorm on Snow Mountain.

Seo Hwa-baek lowered his stance and drew one hidden dagger each from both sides of his waist.

Blue energy gathered on the weapons.

He charged forward with crossed daggers. His entire body moved fluidly like a snake, and his hidden daggers also moved like serpents.

Attacks poured from multiple directions in unpredictable trajectories.

Woon-hwi responded with only his left hand. His palm spread like a fan, deflecting the daggers one by one.

Thud! Pak! Tak!

Sparks flew with the sound of metal clashing. Each time the daggers touched Woon-hwi’s gloves, ice crystals scattered.

“…Not bad. However.”

Seo Hwa-baek was serious.

And that was as far as it went. At lightning speed, Seo Hwa-baek’s hidden dagger.

Thunk-!

Pierced Woon-hwi’s right shoulder.

“This is the end. If you had brought those Baekseol Wiryeong-dan members from behind, it might have been a little different…”

He couldn’t continue speaking. Breaking the silence, Woon-hwi’s foot swept Seo Hwa-baek’s foot.

Crack-!

Seo Hwa-baek, losing his balance, staggered. After regaining his balance and trying to attack, Woon-hwi was faster.

A snowstorm-like energy arose from Woon-hwi’s left palm. It immediately headed toward Seo Hwa-baek’s chest, and though Seo Hwa-baek tried to twist his body to avoid it, he couldn’t dodge it completely.

Shoulder.

It grazed his right shoulder precisely.

Crackle-!

“Kheup…”

His shoulder froze instantly, and his forearm below it, as well as his hand, froze solid.

It was absurd.

Seo Hwa-baek’s fury exploded as he immediately created distance by moving backward.

Blue energy surged from his body.

Seo Hwa-baek’s form became momentarily hazy. His speed also doubled. He charged toward Woon-hwi smoothly as if swimming through water, yet at deadly speed.

Hidden dagger attacks poured down like rain. Each dagger tip was imbued with Seo Hwa-baek’s Natural Energy, targeting Woon-hwi’s meridians.

Woon-hwi no longer dodged. His left hand spread like a fan, deflecting some daggers while the rest grazed past his body. Woon-hwi’s clothes tore and blood flowed.

A smile spread across Seo Hwa-baek’s lips. The sharpest hidden dagger was drawn from his hand. Emitting blue energy, it flew toward Woon-hwi’s heart.

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