Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 304

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Chapter 304
Without taking my gaze off So Young-jin, I opened my mouth in silence.
“Han Mu-rin, Wi Cheon-ho.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Kill Jang Jin-ok and all of her subordinates.”
I continued speaking as I moved forward.
“So Young-jin is mine to handle.”
“Yes, sir!”
So Young-jin’s brow furrowed sharply.
“Insolent bastard…!”
In an instant, So Young-jin launched from her position and swung her sword.
I drew my blade in response.
CLANG!!
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The moment our swords collided, blue brilliance and silver lightning erupted simultaneously in the void.
The frigid sword energy pouring from So Young-jin’s blade scattered like frost flowers, engulfing me.
It was the Cold Flower Sword Energy, one of the secret techniques of the Ihwageomseonchong.
But the energy flowing from my sword was different.
Void Manifestation Qi.
The primordial force that served as the foundation of all energy began to reveal itself.
So Young-jin’s sword energy flew toward me, but the moment it touched the Void Manifestation Qi, it lost its power and crumbled away.
As if its very foundation had been negated.
“What… what is this!”
So Young-jin swung her sword again in shock, but the result was the same.
BOOM!!
All of her attacks were neutralized before they could even reach me.
I raised my sword.
The first move.
One of the sword techniques recorded in the Complete Records of Ten Thousand Snows.
Phantom Moon Severance.
My blade traced an arc as if cleaving the moon itself, extending toward So Young-jin.
That sword, infused with Void Manifestation Qi, appeared as seven separate blades to her eyes.
“…A trick technique…!”
So Young-jin swung her sword.
CLANG!!
All seven sword paths exploded in the empty air.
And between those blades, a single ray of light pierced through.
I hastily raised my sword to block, but it grazed past her blade and struck her shoulder.
SLASH!
So Young-jin’s left shoulder was carved deeply open.
So Young-jin furrowed her brow sharply against the pain that reverberated through her very mind, retreating as she examined the wound. It was a deep gash that had carved through to her shoulder blade.
“…This is not the aura of the Heaven Earth Four Realms.”
So Young-jin looked back at Seol Woon-hwi.
The energy flowing from Seol Woon-hwi’s entire body was peculiar. It was a strange aura that belonged to no known realm.
Could this be the reason he was capable of creating the Third Transcendent Realm?
“You certainly seem superior to Jang I-cheong.”
“…What?”
“If it were Jang I-cheong, your left arm would have been completely severed by that move just now.”
“…How dare you speak of Jang I-cheong before me.”
“The way you read moves, and everything else—it seems similar to me.”
“Are you trying to engage me in a battle of techniques?”
“We already are.”
Three techniques.
She intended to determine the victor within them.
Seol Woon-hwi raised his sword again, and his composed demeanor inexplicably irritated her.
An overwhelming genius?
At that age, displaying such prowess?
She could not accept it. This was far too unjust.
Whoooosh.
Countless petals bloomed from So Young-jin’s blade.
Heartless Flower Dance.
The petals swirled like those of Mount Hua Sect, commanding the surrounding space, and each time they touched the ground, a peculiar resonance echoed forth.
These were not mere petals but manifestations of sharp, blade-like energy.
She would not have simply unfurled them without purpose.
As So Young-jin swung her blade, dozens and hundreds of petals surged forth toward Seol Woon-hwi in unison.
Even amidst this onslaught, Seol Woon-hwi’s eyes remained fixed upon So Young-jin.
In his mind arose the martial arts of the Righteous Path and the Buddhist Sect alike.
And their subtle principles as well.
Everything coalesced and merged into one.
The most appropriate response in this moment—one that would not merely counter So Young-jin’s swordsmanship but allow him to attack as well.
Seol Woon-hwi’s pupils gleamed, and his Void Manifestation Qi deepened further.
The second technique.
Heaven-Defying Vast Sword
Second Form: Heaven-Defying Path-Breaking
The moment So Young-jin’s petal sword energies reached Seol Woon-hwi, their direction reversed, hurtling back toward So Young-jin herself.
“Ugh…!”
So Young-jin hastily spun her body to block her own sword energies, but there were far too many.
She stamped her foot against the ground, her body shifting sideways. The petals surged forward again, but So Young-jin’s gaze was fixed elsewhere.
This was precisely the moment Seol Woon-hwi would exploit.
As expected, Seol Woon-hwi appeared directly before So Young-jin.
So Young-jin had anticipated matters up to this point, but what came next caught her off guard.
The Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom was already a long sword, and in this confined space, its trajectory when swung could only be limited in certain ways.
Among those possibilities, the optimal arc.
So Young-jin swung her blade toward that path, but—
Clang—!!
A deafening crash erupted as Seol Woon-hwi’s Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom flew far away and embedded itself in a tree. So Young-jin’s eyes widened in shock.
This wasn’t a block.
He had merely knocked the sword away.
And there had been no power behind that strike.
As if he had deliberately released the blade.
Lightning struck through my mind.
A feint. A trap.
What followed was almost instinctive.
I circulated all my energy inward to shield myself from the impact. Then I brought my left arm to protect my heart, and my feet scraped against the ground to create distance, but—
It wasn’t enough.
Between shards of ice scattering in all directions, Seol Woon-hwi’s cold eyes blazed with light.
The third move.
Immortal Diamond Palm.
Seol Woon-hwi’s straightened palm made contact with So Young-jin’s solar plexus.
A dull thud.
The sound was muted, but—
Boom—!!!
Blood sprayed in all directions as So Young-jin’s body was launched backward—a sight of utter devastation.
Crash, boom—!
After bouncing off the ground and shattering three or four trees, So Young-jin drove her right hand into the earth.
Her body came to an abrupt halt.
Cough.
Spewing an enormous amount of blood, she lifted her head.
Seol Woon-hwi’s expression showed surprise.
“More capable than I expected.”
So Young-jin wiped the blood from her lips, veins bulging across her forehead.
“More capable? Cough… you bastard…”
She immediately pushed off the ground.
“You worthless vermin!”
An enormous surge of Natural Energy erupted from So Young-jin’s body.
It spread outward in all directions, and soon everything within a radius of thirty feet transformed into flower petals—trees, stones, even the air itself. And all those petals simultaneously became blades, rushing toward Seol Woon-hwi.
Absolute Flower Ten Thousand Miles.
Seol Woon-hwi didn’t bother to engage.
He pushed off toward where the Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom had flown. So Young-jin’s technique pierced through empty air, and—
Boom—!!
The terrain where Seol Woon-hwi stood was reduced to devastation.
He snapped his head to the side.
Seol Woon-hwi pulled the Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom free from the tree where it had been embedded.
What came next from So Young-jin was enough to astonish even Seol Woon-hwi.
So Young-jin stabbed at his own flank and withdrew a small orb from within.
The moment Seol Woon-hwi saw that orb, his brow furrowed.
“…A Flame Spirit Orb?”
“Quite the discerning eye for a mere child.”
Cough.
So Young-jin coughed up blood once more, then immediately placed the orb in his mouth and swallowed.
What was a Flame Spirit Orb?
The most commonly sold item at the Black Market operated by Cheon Rim was the Explosive Blood Pill.
It was a pill that explosively circulated all the qi within one’s physical body—a cursed pill given to those deemed “disposable.”
It was typical to die after using it once, but the Flame Spirit Orb greatly eliminated those side effects and forcibly drew forth Innate True Qi into the circulating energy.
Few could even create it, and making it was extraordinarily difficult.
A single orb cost a thousand gold taels.
So Young-jin’s confidence was not without reason.
From his perspective, Seol Woon-hwi could only face martial artists of the Heaven-Human Realm at most, but once he consumed the Flame Spirit Orb, So Young-jin would wield power that could even threaten masters of Heaven-Human Unity.
In this moment, he embodied victory.
Tremendous qi erupted explosively from his physical body.
The ground trembled, and the qi spreading in all directions settled into his form.
Sinews began to bulge across his body.
“End me in three moves? Three moves have already passed. Yes, you will die today.”
“I acknowledge that.”
“What?”
“Three moves won’t suffice. I’ll end this in four moves instead.”
His hand trembled as it gripped the sword.
That insolent bastard’s mouth.
He wanted to tear it apart immediately.
No.
He would tear it apart right now.
So Young-jin kicked off the ground.
The earth caved inward as air-breaking sounds erupted in all directions.
Sword-Spirit Unity.
Beyond the realm of becoming one with the blade, he had become one with light itself.
His physical body pierced through empty air, and space itself warped.
Flower Emperor Heaven.
A colossal flower bloomed from So Young-jin’s sword and body.
No—it was not a flower, but an entire world.
Each petal was a blade, and countless blades formed a universe unto themselves.
Seol Woon-hwi reversed his grip on the sword.
He would end this in a single move.
There was no reason to drag it out.
The fact that he had consumed the Flame Spirit Pill represented So Young-jin’s will.
His eyes blazed with radiance.
Mixed Origin One Qi Pierces Heaven and Earth, Through Eternity’s Vast Void I Walk Alone.
The mixed origin’s singular qi connects heaven and earth.
Through the vast emptiness of eternity, I alone traverse.
Heaven-Defying Vast Sword.
Third Form: Mixed Origin Piercing Heaven.
The world froze.
Or rather, it appeared to freeze.
His gaze never wavered from the single thread of light extending through that stillness.
Seol Woon-hwi’s shoulder moved.
The Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom moved as well.
Everything felt like law itself.
Prepare, swing, reach.
Screech—!
In that single moment of severance.
Everything shattered.
Crash—!!
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So Young-jin coughed blood.
The sky came into view.
Below the waist, there was no sensation.
He could not comprehend this situation.
Why was he gazing at the sky? Why could his body not move even slightly? And the sword in his hand—
Where had the qi that should have been contained within him gone?
He could no longer feel the natural flow he had always sensed.
It was as though he had been cast adrift, utterly alone in this world.
“What did you perceive?”
The voice that reached him sent chills down his spine.
Seol Woon-hwi.
A genius among geniuses, shaking the very foundations of the Murim.
The founder of the Three Celestial Realms.
And yet, despite unleashing his full power against him, here he lay—
“You… you monster…!”
“How angry you are. I asked what you perceived.”
“I could not see…”
“I didn’t see it…”
I couldn’t continue speaking.
My mind couldn’t recall it, yet my body remembered—an overwhelming terror crashed over me like a tidal wave.
What on earth.
What did I just witness?
“You should consider it an honor.”
“…What…?”
“I had intended to unfold it at the Woon Kingdom Royal Palace if circumstances allowed, but they didn’t.”
“You bastard…!”
“Since the Final Moment of Clarity seems to be ending, let us conclude here.”
Seol Woon-hwi lifted his sword. And So Young-jin’s gaze traced along the blade’s edge, climbing upward to rest upon Seol Woon-hwi’s hand gripping the hilt.
Laughter escaped me.
Because I could see him trembling uncontrollably.
“A serious injury…you’re seriously wounded. No matter how arrogant you become, that ‘person’ who will arrive here shortly will sever your head in the blink of an eye and slaughter every last one of those wretches you call your followers.”

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