Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 366

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Chapter 366
Yeo Mu-baek, who had been one, became two, then four, then eight, and in an instant multiplied into ten. Each form moved identically, breathed identically, and glared at me with identical intent.
An illusion technique.
In response, I displayed a shock that even Yeo Mu-baek hadn’t anticipated.
I closed both eyes right there.
‘What… what is this bastard…?’
Abandoning sight meant concentrating on sensing energy—and the fact that I could read it that way meant this mystical technique was far from simple.
It had to be.
But I was not.
Ten forms.
Among them, I detected an irregular aura from the third form.
My sword moved.
Absolute Ice Return to Void Sword.
Blue cold energy pierced through the third Yeo Mu-baek.
“Kugh!”
Yeo Mu-baek staggered. Blood gushed from his side. The other nine illusions vanished like smoke.
“…How on earth…”
I gripped my sword firmly and spoke in a quiet voice, catching my breath.
“Heaven Gate’s Void and Reality Heart Division has two flaws.”
“Two… flaws?”
“First, the real one always draws slightly more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. The illusions don’t consume energy.”
I slowly adjusted my grip on the sword.
“Second…”
I raised my sword.
“The caster’s gaze cannot lie. You were most concerned with the third illusion. Unconsciously, you looked at it more frequently and examined its aura more carefully.”
Yeo Mu-baek’s face went pale.
“You know about Heaven Gate… Who did you see? Or rather, how many times have you seen them?”
“Many times.”
I pointed my sword at him.
“And with those far stronger than you.”
Yeo Mu-baek clenched his teeth.
He took pride in being one of Heaven Gate’s Ten Masters.
Above all, he had learned Heaven Gate’s Mystical Way, the pinnacle of all mystical techniques, and he wielded it.
Heaven Gate was an organization that turned its back on Murim, a vast organization that Murim could not embrace—or so he believed.
He had thought that genius from Murim was nothing special. He resented that the higher-ups paid attention to him.
So he came to see for himself, but the situation was turning strange.
“…This won’t do. This really won’t do. You seem to be disrespecting Heaven Gate’s Mystical Way far too much. Do you truly believe you can do this using mere martial arts?”
“Does it matter what words come from my mouth?”
From my sword, sword qi composed of Void Manifestation Qi began to surge upward.
“In Murim, martial artists speak through their swords. Even Heaven Gate, which turned its back on Murim out of fear, is still composed of martial artists. So you too—speak through your sword.”
“I’ll speak through mystical techniques rather than a sword.”
“Then do as you wish.”
Yeo Mu-baek drew five talismans from his robes.
Each talisman bore intricate patterns carved into its surface, and they thrummed with the power of heavenly lightning.
Heavenly Qi Engraving Technique.
Five Thunder Chain Explosion.
He hurled the talismans into the air. They arranged themselves in a pentagonal formation, and from each erupted pale blue lightning.
KRAAAAAAACK—!!
Five bolts of lightning detonated in rapid succession.
The first lightning triggered the second, the second ignited the third, the third sparked the fourth, and the power amplified exponentially with each cascade.
The Stone Chamber was small, though not impossibly so.
It was roughly the size of an ordinary manor one might pass by, yet the lightning filled nearly the entire space. Manager Seong, who had been watching with an anxious expression, let out a shriek and began fleeing frantically in all directions.
Even as he deployed the Unmuyubo.
But I was different.
I raised my sword.
Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom.
Its origins, as the name suggests, were connected to heavenly lightning. Unlike other energies, it was intimately familiar with lightning itself.
KRAAAANG—!!
Yet the shock of the lightning transmitted directly through the blade. My arm went numb, my entire body felt paralyzed.
CRASH!
My body flew backward. My back slammed hard against the rock.
Blood trickled from my lips. A couple of ribs felt cracked.
‘The difference in cultivation level truly is vast.’
But I had no intention of surrendering.
I slowly rose to my feet. I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.
Through the raging lightning, I could see Yeo Mu-baek smiling.
Him.
I would not let him slip away.
I murmured softly.
“The weak become dust in the earth, yet the Path of Supremacy shatters the old self with a single thought.”
A song flowed forth.
A crimson light bloomed from my sword blade. As though the sword itself were drinking blood.
“The path of slaughter is drenched in fresh blood, and with one sword in hand, heaven and earth tremble.”
As the song continued, the sword’s momentum transformed. Killing intent erupted from the blade. The air grew heavy.
Yeo Mu-baek’s eyes widened.
“What is this…?”
The energy emanating from me was extraordinary. It was not merely a sword technique. The swordsman’s very will itself was contained within the blade.
I kicked off the ground.
The earth cracked beneath my feet. In an instant, the distance between Yeo Mu-baek and myself closed.
Yeo Mu-baek hastily assumed a defensive stance.
Heaven and Earth Reversal Method.
The flow of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy within three Zhang of him reversed.
The normal flow of Qi began to run backward.
With ordinary martial arts, one’s Internal Energy would have backflowed and scattered in this moment.
But my sword did not stop.
Rather, it accelerated.
The Heaven-Defying Vast Sword does not depend on Heaven and Earth’s energy.
It is a blade wielded by will and resolve.
Heaven-Defying Vast Sword.
First Form, Path of Supremacy Blood Sword.
The sword pierced through Yeo Mu-baek’s defense. A deep line was carved across his chest.
A strangled cry escaped him.
Red energy seeped from the wound. The killing intent of the Path of Supremacy Blood Sword infiltrated his body along the gash.
‘This won’t do.’
Yeo Mu-baek moved his hands with urgency.
Five Elements Borrowed Technique.
Water Qi Healing.
He drew upon the life force of water to mend the wound.
Seizing the opening, I thrust my sword forward again.
Heaven Snow Flying Decision Sword.
As I swung the blade, dozens of sword energies poured forth like a blizzard.
Each sword energy moved independently, encircling Yeo Mu-baek.
Yeo Mu-baek spread his palms. From the ground, verdant energy like tree roots surged upward, ensnaring the sword energies.
Five Elements Borrowed Technique.
Wood Qi Binding.
Yet my Void Manifestation Qi transforms with perfect freedom.
Converted to Ice Snow Energy, it froze the wood energy solid and shattered it.
Several sword energies cascaded toward Yeo Mu-baek, whose expression had turned to shock.
Wounds appeared on his arms, legs, and shoulders. White frost crystallized upon each injury.
The cold burrowed deep into his body. Blood circulation slowed.
“…So you truly are a genius, as they say.”
Yeo Mu-baek made his decision.
Continuing to take punishment like this would likely end in death.
He had to overwhelm.
No—he had to force submission.
He brought both hands together.
Spirit Path Method.
Five Spirits Chaos Reversal.
A peculiar light flowed from Yeo Mu-baek’s eyes.
In that instant, my senses twisted.
My perception warped.
Up and down reversed. My hearing became distorted. Sounds that should have come from the left now came from the right.
Even my sense of touch fell into chaos. Cold felt hot, and heat felt cold.
Seol Woon-hwi staggered.
It had been a while.
Among all the martial arts and mystical techniques that existed in this world, this was the most nauseating and sickening one.
Five Senses Reversal—a mental attack that scrambled all five senses.
In my previous life, I had experienced it from the Gate Master of Heaven Gate, and I had nearly died then.
“Hahaha! How does it feel?”
Yeo Mu-baek laughed.
“When the five senses malfunction, a martial artist becomes helpless.”
His words were true. With my senses in disarray, I couldn’t fight properly.
But I closed my eyes.
And I blocked my ears.
I abandoned both sight and hearing.
Quietly, I recited the incantation of the Primordial Innate Mental Technique.
Void and Reality Unite to Form True Emptiness.
Righteous and Evil Merge to Reach the Ultimate Way.
My entire body’s energy grew serene. The chaotic senses vanished.
Instead, a new sensation bloomed.
Qi Perception.
I felt all the energy around me. The flow of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, Yeo Mu-baek’s position, the direction from which his attack would come—I could see it all.
It was more accurate than the five senses.
“I would prefer to let most things slide, but since you’re being so aggressive, I have no choice in this matter.”
Yeo Mu-baek, who was about to throw a talisman at me, froze in shock.
I had swung my sword. The blade split the talisman and Yeo Mu-baek’s hand as well.
“What… what is this!”
Yeo Mu-baek retreated, clutching his arm.
The Five Senses Reversal didn’t work?
But something was strange.
There was no focus in Seol Woon-hwi’s eyes. That was proof it had worked.
He gritted his teeth.
He had long known that Seol Woon-hwi was no ordinary person.
But in his ascent to that realm, had he truly encountered no obstacles?
Had there been no stumbling blocks along the way?
Cunning gleamed in Yeo Mu-baek’s eyes. He began to weave a spell and chanted an incantation. If simple disorientation wouldn’t work, then he would employ a higher-dimensional illusion technique.
Spiritual Path Technique.
Heart Demon Inducement.
A strange light flowed from Yeo Mu-baek’s eyes.
In an instant, something pierced into my mind.
A vision unfolded before me.
Memories from my previous life.
The moment of betrayal, dying comrades, Snow Mountain drenched in blood.
The brief connections that had bound us together.
The people I wished to protect, yet failed to save.
Even those I reached for but could never touch.
Every face flashed past in an instant.
I wrapped my head in my hands and collapsed to the ground.
A talisman flew toward me.
It aimed for my chest, but I couldn’t block it.
I merely drew upon my qi instinctively.
Boom—!!
The explosion erupted, and my body slammed against the wall.
Heart Demon Induction—a mystical technique that excavated the wounds within an opponent’s heart and amplified them.
“Hahaha! How does it feel! When the past consumes itself and devours the present!”
I lifted my head and gazed at Yeo Mu-baek, who was laughing. The Heart Demon Induction remained relentless. My head spun, and the wounds of the past surged madly from my memories.
But.
My eyes did not waver.
All of those things.
“Have already been settled.”
I recited the Incantation Formula quietly.
Void and Reality Unite to Form True Emptiness.
Righteous and Evil Merge to Reach the Ultimate Way.
The Primordial Innate Mental Technique.
My spirit cleared. The Heart Demon vanished.
“Wh—?”
Yeo Mu-baek could see it clearly—the Cold Energy flowing from my body.
In an instant, the temperature plummeted sharply around me.
The air froze solid. Moisture crystallized into ice shards that fell like snow.
Heaven Snow Flying Decision Sword.
Its ultimate form—Heaven Snow Flying Shadow.
I hurled the Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom into the air. The blade spun, unleashing countless sword strikes in all directions. Snowflakes clung to each strike.
Yeo Mu-baek hastily extended his intact arm, conjuring a barrier of flame.
Five Elements Borrowing Technique.
Fire Qi Melting Wall.
Scorching flames rose like a wall.
But my sword strikes pierced through the flames. The Ice Snow Energy neutralized the fire qi and broke through completely.
Thwack, thwack, thwack!
Multiple sword strikes penetrated Yeo Mu-baek’s body.
Holes opened in his shoulder, thigh, and side. Blood gushed from each wound before freezing solid.

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