Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 408

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Chapter 408
Chapter 1
Boom—!
The ground exploded.
His physical form vanished.
Ghost Shadow Movement Technique.
Three afterimages hurtled toward Seol Woon-hwi simultaneously.
Left, right, center.
My eyes tracked rapidly.
‘Center.’
I swung my sword.
Whoosh—!
An illusion.
The sound of air tearing erupted from the left. I turned my head, retrieving the Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom and positioning it vertically at my side, but.
Swish—!
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s blade grazed my ribs.
My garment tore, leaving a shallow wound. Seeing the blood flow, Mo Yong Nam-cheon grinned wickedly and pushed off again.
This time, faster.
Five afterimages.
No—seven.
Blades came from all directions.
Whoosh—! Whoosh—! Whoosh—!
I swung my sword to block.
Clang—! Boom—!
Two were real.
The rest, illusions.
But Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s blade grazed my shoulder once more.
Swish—!
This cut ran deeper.
Blood sprayed.
“Try spouting off again like you did before!”
Mo Yong Nam-cheon laughed, swinging his blade.
Ghost Eye Sword Technique.
Sixth Form: Phantom Ghost Dance.
Demonic Energy exploded from his body.
Twenty clones materialized in an instant.
All wielded swords, targeting me.
Twenty clones moved in unison.
Blades descended from every direction.
Whiiiiish—!
Seol Woon-hwi swung his sword.
Clang! Crash! Clang!
He blocked three strikes.
But the rest were a problem.
Thud! Swish! Scrape!
Back, arm, thigh.
Blades pierced three locations before withdrawing.
The wounds weren’t deep, but considerable blood flowed.
Seol Woon-hwi retreated, and Mo Yong Nam-cheon laughed again.
It was a laugh brimming with confidence that he had seized victory.
This time, his clones unleashed sword energy simultaneously.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sword energy infused with Demonic Energy.
Moreover, it was sword energy forged from Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy—an aura incomparable to ordinary sword energy.
It was clear.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon was attempting to end the battle now.
Seol Woon-hwi kicked off the ground and dodged to the side.
Shadowless Movement Technique.
But one of the sword energies grazed his flank.
Swish!
Blood scattered.
Demonic Energy seeped into the wound.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon flinched.
Something was wrong.
Seol Woon-hwi rose to his feet again.
Despite sustaining wounds in multiple places, why… wasn’t blood flowing?
He narrowed his eyes.
White vapor was rising from various points across Seol Woon-hwi’s body—unless he was mistaken, from the very spots where the blade had pierced and slashed.
Soon, Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s eyes widened. He saw it clearly.
All of Seol Woon-hwi’s wounds had healed in this brief span of time.
“What… what is this…?”
Seol Woon-hwi gripped his sword firmly and spoke.
“I consumed an excellent Spirit Medicine.”
“…”
“Shall we continue?”
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s face twisted.
“You filthy…!”
He drew upon deeper reserves of Internal Energy.
Crimson light blazed from his eyes.
Demon Eyes, Demon Sight.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s nickname, Ghost Eye Demon Army, was created through this technique.
He could perceive how his opponent’s Qi flowed.
In other words, it meant he could go beyond simply grasping his opponent’s movements—he could discern the true nature of their techniques and gauge the concentration of their Qi to distinguish between substance and illusion.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon was watching now. Inside Seol Woon-hwi.
His Qi spread outward from his Dantian in all directions. First, to his legs.
Seol Woon-hwi moved.
When he stepped with his right foot, the Qi concentrated there, and when he shifted to the opposite side, it flowed to his left foot.
The distance closed.
Seol Woon-hwi raised his sword.
Somewhere.
The Qi moved to the right.
To the right.
Immediately, he swung his blade, aiming for Seol Woon-hwi’s blind spot.
But.
Seol Woon-hwi moved to the left.
“What…?”
Mo Yong Nam-cheon hurriedly tried to withdraw his blade, but it was too late.
Seol Woon-hwi’s sword grazed his shoulder.
Swish!
Blood spilled.
“How…?”
“Your ability to read Qi with your eyes is quite famous throughout the Murim, Senior Mo Yong.”
“…”
“You thought I couldn’t counter it.”
Seol Woon-hwi kicked off the ground.
Heavenly Ascent Flowing Shadow Step.
In an instant, he reached right before Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s face.
He swung his sword.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon hastily raised his blade to block.
Clang!
But the impact was tremendous.
He slid backward.
Pushed back.
‘…What kind of strength is this…?’
It had only been a day since he fought Seol Cheon-hwa.
How could he be in such perfect condition?
Seol Woon-hwi swung his sword again.
This time, in rapid succession.
Clang! Crash! Clang!
Three sword strikes.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon blocked it all, but he continued to be pushed back.
He gritted his teeth.
He immediately spun his body and retreated backward.
Distance opened between them.
He instantly raised his sword.
Demonic Energy condensed upon the blade.
In response, Woon-hwi’s hair turned white.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon was startled, but that was all.
He swung with all his might.
Ghost Eye Sword Technique.
Ninth Form: Demonic Soul Single Flash.
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy extended in a straight line.
Woon-hwi, gripping his sword firmly, swung it forward.
Absolute Ice Return to Void Sword.
White sword energy cleaved through the red sword energy and advanced.
Boom—!
The two sword energies collided and exploded.
Dust surged upward.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon hurriedly surveyed his surroundings.
His ghost eyes gleamed.
The energy spreading in all directions was converging toward one point.
Behind him.
He spun around in panic and raised his sword to guard.
Boom—!!
He immediately counterattacked. Woon-hwi parried with his blade.
Clang—!!
Sparks scattered.
Both men’s hands were numb, yet neither showed it. Mo Yong Nam-cheon thrust his sword forward while Woon-hwi brought his down in a heavy strike.
Boom—!!
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s sword embedded itself in the ground. Woon-hwi immediately retrieved his blade, spun his body, and swung. Mo Yong Nam-cheon released his grip and tilted his head back.
Swish—!
A shallow cut appeared beneath his chin.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon retreated and reached out his hand. His distant sword lifted into the air and began flying toward his palm.
Woon-hwi gave him no opening.
His eyes turned white.
Heavenly Snow Domain.
Crack—!
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s sword froze solid. Woon-hwi immediately kicked off and swung his blade.
Horizontally.
Whoosh—!
Mo Yong Nam-cheon leaned his upper body backward.
A long sword exceeding seven feet swept past his nose. Immediately followed by a second strike.
The direction was vertical.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon twisted his body to the side.
With a swish, the blade grazed his shoulder.
The third strike.
Diagonal.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon deployed his Ghost Shadow Movement Technique.
His body vanished.
Whoooosh—!
The sword cleaved through empty air.
The fourth strike.
Seol Woon-hwi, gripping the sword with tremendous force, slashed upward toward the rear.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon, who believed he had caught Seol Woon-hwi’s blind spot with his Ghost Shadow Movement Technique, was greatly startled and threw his head back, but—
Scritch—!
He could not prevent the blade from slicing across his face.
In that instant, Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s left hand moved.
He opened his palm and extended it toward Seol Woon-hwi’s shoulder.
Boom—!
It struck Seol Woon-hwi’s shoulder with devastating force.
Seol Woon-hwi, pushed sideways, spoke briefly.
“You’ve acquired a rather more impressive appearance.”
His face was sliced open, and even his ear had been cut. Blood streamed from the ear that was now split in half—quite a striking sight.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon, his brow furrowed, immediately rushed forward.
He had no weapon, but that was fine.
In fact, this was better.
Seol Woon-hwi’s long sword was formidable, but weapon range was a crucial factor determining victory or defeat in combat, no matter how skilled one was.
And Seol Woon-hwi was well aware of this.
He hurled the Jinwha Cheonryeong Geom he had been holding toward the approaching Mo Yong Nam-cheon.
In the moment Mo Yong Nam-cheon faltered, Seol Woon-hwi kicked off the ground.
Boom—!
A fist came flying from Seol Woon-hwi, who had closed the distance in an instant.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon raised his forearm to block.
Crash—!
He defended, but immediately Seol Woon-hwi’s left hand seized his wrist.
Seol Woon-hwi’s knee rose.
Thud—!
It struck Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s abdomen.
“Ugh…!”
A sensation of his organs twisting.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon gritted his teeth.
He immediately extended his left fist.
A fist infused with Demonic Energy.
Boom—!
It struck Seol Woon-hwi’s ribs with devastating force.
Seol Woon-hwi’s body lurched sideways.
His ribs cracked.
Blood rose into his mouth.
But it was fine. Pain was familiar. He immediately swung his elbow.
Toward Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s face.
Crack—!
His nasal bone shattered.
“Ugh…!”
Mo Yong Nam-cheon staggered backward.
Blood poured down.
He immediately counterattacked.
A long right-hand strike.
With his broken arm.
Crash—!
It slammed into Seol Woon-hwi’s shoulder.
Crunch—!
Bone shattered.
Seol Woon-hwi gasped in pain.
His shoulder hung limp.
Only his left hand moved properly. He did not stop. He drove his left fist forward.
Toward Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s ribs.
Boom—!
“Cough…!”
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s ribs also fractured.
He coughed up blood.
But he too did not stop.
He seized Seol Woon-hwi’s collar with his left hand.
And drove his head forward.
Boom—!
Against Seol Woon-hwi’s brow.
Blood burst forth.
Seol Woon-hwi’s head snapped back. Immediately, he extended his leg and swept a kick toward Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s solar plexus.
With a thunderous sound, he was driven backward in a skidding retreat.
Seol Woon-hwi’s white hair remained unchanged.
White vapor rose from his physical body.
My shattered shoulder blade knitted itself back together.
The wound vanished and the bleeding stopped.
I rushed toward Mo Yong Nam-cheon, whose eyes had widened in shock.
Immortal Diamond Palm.
Whoooosh!
My palm strike flew toward Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s chest.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon hastily raised his arm to block.
Or rather, it appeared he was blocking. My palm grazed his arm and struck his chest directly.
Craaash!!
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s body flew backward.
Rolling across the ground, Mo Yong Nam-cheon quickly rose to his feet, blood pouring from his mouth.
‘What… this is monstrous…’
I was walking toward him.
My wounds visibly healed in real time before his eyes.
He clenched his fists.
Pouring every ounce of remaining strength into them.
Demonic Energy erupted, and hundreds of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy fragments shot outward in all directions.
He pushed off the ground. Launching his fist toward me as I approached.
Ghost Eye Fist Technique.
Hundred Ghosts Chaotic Dance Fist.
Hundreds of fragments extended toward me all at once.
I raised my arm to block.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Demonic Energy fragments struck my arm, shoulder, and chest in rapid succession.
Thud! Swish! Crunch!
Blood erupted from the impacts.
But I did not stop.
I walked forward.
One step. Two steps.
Even as fragments continued to pierce me, white mist bloomed from the wounds and began healing them.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon’s eyes wavered.
He poured out more Demonic Energy. Hundreds became thousands.
Craaaaaash!
My entire body was engulfed in fragments. Blood cascaded like a waterfall.
I pushed off the ground.
Heavenly Ridge Flowing Shadow Movement Technique.
Evading every last one of the thousands of fragments, I appeared behind Mo Yong Nam-cheon. I brought my arm down in a powerful strike from above.
Craaash!!
Mo Yong Nam-cheon flew forward. Barely regaining his footing, he spun his body.
His reason was crumbling.
My eyes had turned completely crimson.
I clenched my fists.
Ghostly Divine Chaotic Fist.
Third Form: Frenzy.
Mo Yong Nam-cheon rushed forward, unleashing a barrage of punches.
I did not evade.
I met his fists with my own, striking with equal force.
Boom—! Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!
Twice with my right hand, twice with my left.
Blood sprayed from our colliding fists, bones grinding against each other.

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