The Life of a Wise Cult Leader - Chapter 213

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100th Floor Allmasters Chapter 213

48th Floor. Martial God Hwa-cheon-rang (2)

“…Didn’t you say that Heocheonryeokso-san was definitely a technique that could erase internal energy or mana from an empty state? You said physical attacks were impossible.”

[At your current level, that would be true. When you reach my level, you can scatter all the force contained in muscles.]

“Ha.”

Kang Jun-hyeok let out a bitter laugh.

The level was different.

But that wasn’t a reason to give up. He kicked off the ground. He put strength into his whole body and thrust his sword sharply.

Manbinggi leisurely met the sword. At that moment, all the strength contained in Kang Jun-hyeok’s body scattered. His body tried to collapse as if he had lost consciousness.

But he put strength into his legs. He forcibly gathered the scattered strength. The tiny bit of remaining strength circulated and transformed into greater power.

A small flow shall circulate as the ring of a great river.

Soryudaegangwhan (Small Flow Great River Ring).

He grabbed the falling sword and thrust it again. Manbinggi spoke leisurely.

[You gather the collapsing strength with Soryudaegangwhan to regain your stance. Not bad.]

Kagagagagak!

Manbinggi’s sword moved. The strength contained within it was incredibly weak. It was to the degree that Kang Jun-hyeok could press it down like twisting a child’s wrist.

But he couldn’t break through. No. Beyond that, the strength contained in that sword gradually grew larger, and instead Kang Jun-hyeok began to be pushed back.

Kaaaang!

“Kuk!”

Kang Jun-hyeok was pushed backward.

Manbinggi lightly stepped forward and struck down with his sword. That amplified and re-amplified strength was enough to deflect Kang Jun-hyeok’s arm.

Kaaaaang!

Unable to withstand the force, Kang Jun-hyeok’s arm was knocked backward. It was difficult to endure the force applied to his weapon. He could forcibly endure it if he tried, but then his stance itself would collapse.

‘Then!’

Kang Jun-hyeok relaxed the strength in the hand holding his sword. The sword slipped from his hand and flew away at high speed.

He had lost his weapon.

It was a huge mistake that would lead to defeat.

But a spear appeared in his empty hand. He quickly took stance and thrust in reverse.

Manbinggi, who grasped Kang Jun-hyeok’s intention, made an interested sound.

[You thoroughly use weapons as tools.]

The force that Manbinggi was currently wielding was difficult for Kang Jun-hyeok to withstand.

He couldn’t endure it and his arm would be knocked away, revealing an opening.

Therefore, when a force that would collapse his stance was applied, Kang Jun-hyeok would relax the strength in his weapon-holding hand and let it flow away. Thanks to that, Kang Jun-hyeok himself could maintain his stance.

Losing a weapon was a huge opening in combat, but for Kang Jun-hyeok who possessed Manbinggi, it wasn’t a great loss. Perhaps not expecting this kind of response, Manbinggi made an amused sound.

[My peculiarity is, no. It’s closer to a peculiarity as a Player. Indeed, that kind of utilization is excellent.]

Manbinggi lifted his foot and stomped down. At that moment, a massive storm swept through.

Shake the world and bring forth a storm. The second technique. Hansepungrim.

Kagagagak!

“Keuuk!”

The force contained in the storm was not much different compared to Kang Jun-hyeok’s. Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue and retreated.

“You said you only had third-rate level internal energy.”

[I contained the third principle Soryudaegangwhan in the second technique Hansepungrim. When you activate Hansepungrim, you simply gather internal energy and explode it, but that’s not the original direction of the technique. Changing a gentle breeze into a storm. That is the true ability of Hansepungrim. Yeolpungcheonchham is the same.]

Manbinggi stepped forward. The distance closed in an instant. Kang Jun-hyeok responded quickly, but with light breathing, all his strength was stolen. And that strength was loaded into Manbinggi’s sword.

Kagagagagak!

He barely succeeded in defending. Manbinggi took one more step forward. At that moment, unbearable force was felt through the sword.

Jjeoeoeoeng!

Kang Jun-hyeok’s body flew as if bounced away. He quickly took position and performed a breakfall. Grasping his tingling wrist, he muttered.

“Yeolpungcheonchham.”

[When you handle Yeolpungcheonchham, after swinging an attack, you swing another attack again. That’s an immature method. The true power of Yeolpungcheonchham comes out when the state of weapons touching is maintained.]

Not swinging the sword twice, but containing Yeolpungcheonchham in just one strike.

[You have inherited my martial arts. So far, you understand and handle them reasonably well. I’ll praise that itself. But you’re still far lacking. The connection between techniques and principles doesn’t flow smoothly at all. You’re handling them like Tower skills. That won’t do. You must learn to handle my divine arts like breathing, containing them in all your actions.]

“That’s very grateful advice… but what’s with the sudden change in attitude?”

Until now, while Manbinggi would give advice to Kang Jun-hyeok, he had never actively provided teachings to this extent. Manbinggi chuckled.

[What you showed in front of the Rooting Tree was stimulating even for me.]

With Kang Jun-hyeok’s abilities, he could pass through the Rooting Tree’s trial.

Manbinggi knew this in his head too. But he couldn’t recall that fact. Trapped by past defeats, he judged that they should flee.

In contrast, Kang Jun-hyeok calmly grasped and controlled the situation, finding the answer.

That sight gave Manbinggi a tremendous shock.

Despite thinking he had changed, he realized he hadn’t escaped the loser’s appearance at all.

[Therefore, I decided to change. Teaching you my techniques in earnest is the beginning of that.]

“That’s quite excellent. It’s good for me too. Though I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it.”

[Don’t worry. There’s plenty of time. We’ll just beat it in until it’s engraved.]

With a voice tinged with laughter, Manbinggi approached. Kang Jun-hyeok bared his teeth and put strength into the hand holding his spear.

The sword attached to the wooden doll’s hand moved. Smoothly, like a gently flowing stream.

But that force gradually grew larger, eventually transforming like muddy torrents created by a collapsed dam.

Kagagagagagak!

Sword strikes poured down without rest. Kang Jun-hyeok put strength into the hand holding his sword. He used the rushing force in reverse, circulating it to respond.

Kaaaang!

Unable to endure, his stance tried to collapse. He gritted his teeth and put strength into his legs. The strength of his whole body concentrated in his legs. Like a great tree, he supported himself and straightened his collapsing body.

Swaeeeeek!

He drew a dagger and stabbed at the neck.

Manbinggi flicked away the blade tip with his finger.

It was a very light movement, but the force contained within was not light at all. Kang Jun-hyeok’s body bent sideways and tried to fall over.

He didn’t resist that force. He pressed his hand against the floor and rotated. He instead loaded the overwhelming applied force into his own weapon. Stronger, and faster, he thrust the dagger.

Kaaang!

Manbinggi swung his sword to defend.

The force contained in Kang Jun-hyeok’s body continued without ending. He exploded his internal energy. He stepped forward and tried to create a storm of blade edges.

‘Hansepung…’

Grab.

At that moment, Manbinggi’s hand seized Kang Jun-hyeok’s arm.

[When you become skilled, you can intervene like this too. Heocheonryeokso-san.]

Sway.

All the force he was trying to explode was stolen. Manbinggi used that force as is to strike Kang Jun-hyeok’s chest.

Jjeoeoeoeoeng!

“Koolleok!”

His body flew and crashed into the wall. Manbinggi spoke leisurely.

[You’re developing reasonably well. Not bad.]

“Then I’d appreciate it if you’d go easy on me.”

[That’s not possible.]

Manbinggi said cheerfully. Kang Jun-hyeok put strength into his legs and stood up.

No matter how much he dwelt in a third-rate body, a Transcendent’s techniques and experience didn’t just disappear. He knew he couldn’t win.

But he hadn’t expected to be purely overpowered in terms of strength.

With just a third-rate level body, he controlled, stole, and erased his force.

Rather than martial arts, wasn’t this a Divine Power that dominated the very concept of force? He could understand why the Martial God said this was outside his domain. It was martial arts bordering on cheating.

He too possessed such martial arts.

Moreover, a perfect textbook existed before his eyes. They had engaged in endless battles for about a week, and in that process, he was mastering them at rapid speed. Compared to the beginning, there was a difference at the level of beginner versus expert.

He was growing.

But at the same time, he could feel it.

In this way, even if he spent his entire life, he couldn’t clear the 48th Floor.

He was mastering and developing, but that was all. He wasn’t reaching a realm beyond that.

After a moment of silence, Kang Jun-hyeok asked Manbinggi.

“The sword you wield. Does it have attack power?”

[It does. But it’s low. It can’t pierce through your defense.]

“Is that so?”

Kang Jun-hyeok removed all equipment that had defense attached. He loosened his shoulders and cracked his neck.

“This way, I’ll take damage too, right?”

[That would be the case. But this place is different from the 42nd Floor where we faced Rottia. There’s no condition that prevents death even when health reaches 0. There’s no means to recover health either.]

“Then that’s where it ends.”

[A good mindset.]

Manbinggi smiled with satisfaction.

Kuuung!

He steps forward. Flying at high speed, aiming for the wooden puppet’s neck. Manbinggi lightly swings his sword.

Tueong!

With just that light motion, Kang Jun-hyeok’s arm is lifted. He barely corrects his collapsing posture and narrowly evades the attack aimed at his nape.

Paat.

A chilling sensation brushes past his neck.

He is now before death.

And Kang Jun-hyeok desired exactly that.

The third technique. Heocheonryeokso-san.

How did he obtain it?

The God of Numbers. Numberless’s attack.

At the moment he reached death, he gained a new technique along with enlightenment.

It was impossible to gain enlightenment from simple sparring that didn’t stake one’s life like before.

There might be those capable of such feats. There would certainly exist those who gain profound enlightenment and reach higher realms from simple sparring.

But he was not one of them.

His talent was utterly ordinary.

He could only gain such enlightenment in life-or-death duels.

Then the answer was simple.

He just needed to stake his life.

Kagagagagak!

Sword clashes sharply against sword. Manbinggi steps forward. Instantly devouring his space, the sword tip cuts his arm.

Chwaaaaak!

“Mm.”

He feels his health being carved away along with the pain. His senses sharpen and Death Line Awakening activates. Each of the opponent’s attacks contains the power to bring him to death.

Think.

How can he gain enlightenment?

‘No.’

Feel.

Realize.

Entrust everything to instinct.

Kagagak!

Kang Jun-hyeok steps forward. His body moves before his thoughts. At this sight, Manbinggi lets out a pleased laugh.

[Good. You must gain enlightenment as quickly as possible. If you fail to do so, you’ll simply die.]

Kaaang!

Sword collided with sword.

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