Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 316

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Chapter 316
The Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom cut through the void and extended toward Mae Wi-dong.
Mae Wi-dong hastily twisted his body to evade, but it was already too late. The blade grazed his shoulder, and blood sprayed forth.
“Ugh….”
Mae Wi-dong retreated, examining the wound on his flank. It was not deep, yet blood continued to flow. But far more shocking than the injury was the speed Seol Woon-hwi had just displayed.
‘The Void Manifestation Realm… Seeing it firsthand is truly astonishing. It rivals the speed of one who stands at the very pinnacle of the Heaven-Human Realm.’
The thought lasted only a moment.
Mae Wi-dong’s eyes turned cold, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy erupted from his entire body.
His hand, gripping the sword, moved with dazzling brilliance.
Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword
Spring Breeze Among Flowers and Willows
From Mae Wi-dong’s blade flowed a gentle sword energy like a spring breeze. Yet that gentleness was merely a facade.
The sword energy flowed with the flexibility of willow branches, and in an instant, it surrounded Seol Woon-hwi from all sides.
Each strand of sword energy traced a different trajectory, completely cutting off his escape routes.
Seol Woon-hwi swung the Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom to block it, but the power of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy exceeded imagination.
Thwack—! Screech—! Thwack—!
Three strands of sword energy simultaneously slashed across his arm, leg, and flank. His garments tore, and crimson blood seeped through.
“Hah….”
Seol Woon-hwi let out a small gasp of pain.
Having ascended to that realm himself, I understood the difference in cultivation levels better than anyone.
Void Manifestation Realm or not, this was not the power of the Five Realms of Martial God.
Even for a reincarnator, there were limits to bridging the gap in cultivation through experience alone.
The difference between using Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and not using it was absolute.
Only something of the same category could overturn that which was absolute.
Mae Wi-dong sneered and spoke.
“Did you rejoice when you inflicted a wound?”
“….”
“Did you become certain of victory when you drove your blade into his flank?”
Mae Wi-dong swung his sword again. This time, it was far more brutal.
Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword
Autumn Moon Over Cold River
From the tip of his blade erupted sword energy like cold moonlight. That energy was as frigid and sharp as ice, and even the sound of it cutting the air was chilling.
Whiiing—!
The sword energy flew toward Seol Woon-hwi’s chest. I barely managed to raise my blade to block it.
Crash—!!
The shockwave of the collision slammed me hard against the wall. Cracks spread across the stone, and fragments tumbled down.
“This is the price of charging forward while ignoring the difference in cultivation.”
Cough.
Blood spilled from my mouth. Mae Wi-dong’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy did not merely inflict external wounds—it shattered the meridians within.
Mae Wi-dong approached with a leisurely expression.
“Are you coming to your senses now? To challenge a master of the Five Realms of Martial God, you must at least reach the same realm….”
“A difference in realm, yes. There is certainly a gap between us.”
Seol Woon-hwi’s eyes began to glow crimson.
“But there is a way to bridge that difference.”
“What?”
“An absolute difference is reversed by absolute martial arts and absolute experience.”
Seol Woon-hwi rose slowly, drawing all his Void Manifestation Qi upward.
And he transformed its nature completely.
Upper Dantian, Ice Heart Dantian, Jindan Field.
Energy spread forth in sequence.
“First Gate. Blood Gate Gasping Qi.”
The vibration originating from Seol Woon-hwi’s dantian rippled through his entire body. His blood energy writhed and surged, staining his blood vessels crimson.
Like molten lava flowing through his veins, scorching energy enveloped his form.
Mae Wi-dong’s expression began to harden.
“Surely not… Blood Demon… Soaring Heaven Art…? Using Blood Boundary Dominance is already absurd, but how can you…?”
He ignored the question and opened the next gate.
“Second Gate. Blood Body Yellow Exchange.”
The blood energy enveloping Seol Woon-hwi’s physical body flowed outward.
A vivid crimson aura, visible even to the naked eye, wrapped around his form.
That blood energy writhed as if alive, causing the surrounding air to vibrate.
Mae Wi-dong’s jaw fell open.
“How… the Blood Demon Soaring Heaven Art…? That, that is only for Cheon Do-ja…!”
“Third Gate. Blood Wind Flying Panic.”
In an instant, Seol Woon-hwi’s body became light as a feather.
Riding the currents of blood energy, he ascended into the air—his form like a crimson afterimage. Freed from constraint, he moved through the void with absolute freedom.
Mae Wi-dong could not contain his shock.
Opening the Blood Demon Soaring Heaven Art to the third gate? The supreme secret art of the Origin Blood Sect?
This was already beginning to transcend the realm of humanity.
Mae Wi-dong swung his sword in desperation.
Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword
Thunder Unleashed Infinitely
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy transformed into the shape of lightning, pouring down upon Seol Woon-hwi without restraint.
With a sound as if the heavens were collapsing, dozens of bolts filled the void—a magnificent sight, yet each possessed the power to shatter steel effortlessly.
Facing it directly was another matter entirely.
Seol Woon-hwi’s eyes flashed.
Crackle—crackle—crackle——!!
Mae Wi-dong’s eyes widened greatly.
Seol Woon-hwi was evading every attack as if dancing.
A movement technique he had never seen before. Heavenly Ridge Ethereal Step? Snow Cloud Step?
It was neither.
Riding the currents of Blood Energy, his movements through the void were no longer those of a human. He moved with such blinding speed that afterimages lingered in the air itself.
“…What…what is that…? Just because he opened three gates, such movement becomes possible? That makes no sense.”
Before Mae Wi-dong could finish his murmur, Seol Woon-hwi’s sword thrust toward his chest. The Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom, wrapped in Blood Energy, resembled the fangs of a blood dragon.
Mae Wi-dong raised his blade horizontally to block it.
Crash—!!
The shockwave sent him sliding backward. A master of Heaven-Human Unity had been pushed back by one at the Heaven-Human Realm. By all logic, this should have been impossible.
Though Mae Wi-dong’s expression betrayed disbelief, Seol Woon-hwi did not relent. Instead, his assault grew fiercer.
Yet Mae Wi-dong was no ordinary opponent. Shocked as he was, he did not crumble easily.
Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword.
Yin and Yang Tai Chi.
Mae Wi-dong’s sword energy suddenly split into black and white light, intertwining to form the shape of the Tai Chi. That sword energy, born from the harmony of yin and yang, collided head-on with Seol Woon-hwi’s Blood Energy.
Crash—!!
The two forces collided, erupting in a tremendous explosion. Pillars around them crumbled, and the ground fractured.
But in that moment, Mae Wi-dong seized his opportunity. Using the chaos of the blast, he hurled a hidden dagger.
Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword.
One Sword Breaks Heaven.
A sword energy that concentrated all of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into a single point flew toward Seol Woon-hwi’s flank. He sensed it belatedly and twisted his body, but—
Slash—!
The sword energy cut deep across his side.
Between the gushing blood, Seol Woon-hwi gritted his teeth.
A sharp, ringing sensation pierced through his mind.
The demonic energy was unmistakable. The feeling of his meridians being damaged was decidedly unpleasant.
Mae Wi-dong sneered coldly.
“…So you’ve met with Cheon Do-ja a few times and taken him as your teacher. It seems you can only open up to the third gate. Well, if I kill you here, it will trouble the Master, and it will trouble me as well. So let us end this here—”
Before his words could finish, Seol Woon-hwi spoke.
“Fourth Gate.”
My voice resonated low. In that instant, the air around us grew heavy.
“Blood Bullet Diamond.”
Suddenly, the Blood Energy enveloping me began to condense explosively.
All the Blood Energy in my body gathered into a single point like a massive vortex. In the process, my physical form resonated with sounds like metal striking metal.
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
With each condensation of Blood Energy, my muscles, bones, and blood vessels strengthened.
As if being hammered and compressed like tempered steel.
My body was no longer that of a human. It was becoming a diamond-hard form tempered by Blood Energy—indestructible.
Crimson radiance blazed from my eyes, and my blood vessels became as distinct as dragon scales. The blood flowing from the wound at my side gradually ceased. The Blood Energy was sealing the wound.
Mae Wi-dong felt his entire body bristle with dread.
“F…fourth gate…how…?”
Blood Demon Soaring Heaven Art, fourth gate opened.
The supreme secret technique of the Original Blood Sect—the absolute martial art that only the Martial World Supreme Cheon Do-ja could use. If the fourth gate had been opened, everything had changed entirely.
How he knew such things no longer mattered.
To unleash such a technique at merely that level of cultivation.
It was tantamount to declaring mutual destruction.
This cannot be stopped.
I slowly clenched my fist.
Blood Energy radiating from my fully opened gates enveloped my knuckles.
It was a sensation of liberation I hadn’t felt in ages.
Yet this exhilaration would soon transform into excruciating agony.
Therefore, I had to act with utmost haste.
“Let us begin anew.”
My voice was cold and oppressive.
And in that moment, Mae Wi-dong sensed something from my presence.
That overwhelming aura—as if facing the Martial World Supreme, Cheon Do-ja himself, with all his weight and dominion.
I moved instantly.
A sharp crack.
My body extended in a long, devastating arc.
Blood Void Annihilation Fist.
Blood Energy erupted from my fist.
That punch, amplified by pure physical might infused with Blood Energy, possessed the power to tear through space itself.
Gritting his teeth, Mae Wi-dong gathered all his Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into one.
Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword.
Void Returns to Silence.
Colorless, odorless energy poured forth from his blade.
It appeared as though the void itself, yet within it lurked a terrifying suction force that devoured all things. This was the supreme technique of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword—an absolute defense and absolute offense that reduced all enemy attacks to nothingness.
My technique dispersed into smoke in the empty air, yet I remained unmoved.
I gripped the Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom at my waist with tremendous force and drew it forth.
Blood Dragon Heaven-Shattering Slash.
A colossal blood dragon erupted from my blade.
The dragon stretched dozens of zhang in length, its entire body composed of Blood Energy.
Crimson flames blazed from the dragon’s eyes, and Blood Energy cascaded like a waterfall from its maw.
The blood dragon soared across the void toward Mae Wi-dong. Its momentum seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth asunder, and all things nearby shrank back from its killing intent.
It was unmistakable.
This was my final move.
Yet that technique… was far too destructive.
Undoubtedly mutual destruction.
‘…This insane bastard…’
He swung his blade with tremendous force.
Once more, Mae Wi-dong’s sword energy formed the shape of the tai chi.
Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sword.
Yin and Yang Tai Chi.
The two forces collided head-on.
Kabooooom—!!!
The entirety of Cheon Su Mountain trembled.
Buildings collapsed in a cascading chain reaction as the earth split open with deep fissures. The shockwave from the explosion uprooted trees dozens of zhang away, while dust and stone fragments scattered in all directions, completely engulfing the battlefield.
The explosion was as though heaven and earth themselves were crumbling.

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