The Life of a Wise Cult Leader - Chapter 214

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100th Floor Allmaster Chapter 214

48th Floor. Martial God Hwa-cheon-rang (3)

Kagagagak!

Kang Jun-hyeok’s body moves rapidly. Internal energy rotates within his body, giving strength to his entire form.

Kaaang!

Swords clash and the sound of blade edges rings out. Kang Jun-hyeok steps forward.

Diagonal slash. It’s deflected. He kicks with his foot. It’s blocked and his posture crumbles. He puts strength in his legs to regain balance and strikes down powerfully. His strength is stolen and returns in reverse. He throws his sword to deflect it.

Faster, stronger, higher.

Kagagagagak!

Sharp blade edges graze past flesh. Right now he’s not wearing any protective gear. It was truly a life-threatening duel.

Thump. Thump.

His heart beats rapidly. His mind accelerates.

How can he win?

How can he achieve victory?

How can he reach a higher realm?

He advances for that path. He entrusts everything to instinct. His body moves before thought.

Kaaaang!

Kuuuung!

His breathing changes. Deeper and longer. The corresponding mysteries and techniques unfold. They connect naturally like flowing water, linking with each other.

[Not bad.]

Manbinggi mutters and flicks his finger.

Kaaaang!

Kang Jun-hyeok’s sword, unable to withstand the force, is deflected. At that moment, a great sword immediately appears in his hand. He grips it with both hands and swings it roughly.

Manbinggi steps forward and strikes the flat of the great sword. The force contained in the great sword rebounds completely, making Kang Jun-hyeok’s body sway as he nearly loses balance.

Kang Jun-hyeok immediately released the strength in his hands holding the great sword and let it fly away. A dagger appeared in his now weaponless hand.

Kagagagak!

The dagger aims for Manbinggi’s neck.

Manbinggi flicks his finger. The dagger flies away, and a spear appears in that hand.

[Ho.]

Manbinggi showed interest.

Currently, Kang Jun-hyeok was only allowed techniques related to martial arts.

In other words, he had to handle only Manbinggi’s martial arts.

And his opponent was Manbinggi, the creator of those martial arts. If he fought using only simple martial arts, he couldn’t win even if he fought a thousand times.

Therefore, Kang Jun-hyeok decided to utilize the special nature of his gloves.

The gloves’ effect was the free exchange of weapons.

Using this, when Kang Jun-hyeok felt he couldn’t withstand the applied force, he would release the strength in his weapon-holding hand and let that force fly away.

For a normal player, losing a weapon would directly lead to defeat. But for Kang Jun-hyeok, it wasn’t a problem.

Sword to axe, axe to dagger, dagger to spear – they exchange chaotically. Dozens of exchanges in mere seconds, deflecting the applied forces.

Meanwhile, he channels his own strength into new weapons, pushing the gloves’ effects to the extreme.

[Excellent judgment. You thought well. No, perhaps not thought.]

It was closer to an instinctive response method rather than conscious thought.

He handles the gloves’ effects to counter Manbinggi’s martial arts. He controls, swings, and deflects force.

Countless weapons move in coordination as if they were one.

That was certainly a form of enlightenment.

[But that alone is insufficient.]

Kaaaang!

Nevertheless, Manbinggi wasn’t pushed back.

To reach him with just that one thing, there was too great a wall. Kang Jun-hyeok’s body moves. Countless weapons change as combat continues.

Kagagagak!

Kang Jun-hyeok wasn’t moving while thinking right now.

He was moving his body first, following instinct and sensation.

But that didn’t mean he had abandoned thought entirely. Separate from his body’s movements, Kang Jun-hyeok’s mind was spinning at high speed.

‘The techniques Manbinggi has shown so far.’

If Manbinggi had seriously used all mysteries and techniques, he would have died long ago. He was controlling his strength and limiting the techniques he used.

First mystery. Reverse Flow Absorption.

Second mystery. Magnetic Unity.

Third mystery. Small Flow Great River Circle.

And first technique. Hot Wind Thousand Slash.

Second technique. Cold World Wind Forest.

Third technique. Void Heaven Force Scatter.

Manbinggi had shown six techniques.

‘But.’

Are those six really all there is?

Something was strange. Reverse Flow Absorption was ultimately a mystery for controlling momentum and absorbing force. And Void Heaven Force Scatter was a technique for scattering force applied within one’s body.

All required physical contact to use.

But now Manbinggi was stealing and scattering force before even making contact, just by approaching within a certain distance.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes grew serious.

He measures the distance.

Chwaaaaak!

Kang Jun-hyeok throws a dagger. Manbinggi lightly waves his finger. The dagger loses force and drops with a thud.

At that moment, Kang Jun-hyeok lowers his stance and charges in. He kicks the falling dagger. While doing so, he throws a punch. He launches two attacks simultaneously.

[Hmm.]

In response to that, Manbinggi steps forward.

The force rebounds directly and strikes Kang Jun-hyeok. He barely endures his swaying, pushed-back body by putting strength in his legs.

From that exchange, Kang Jun-hyeok realized.

Centered on Manbinggi, a domain was formed.

Any sufficiently strong person would have their own detection domain. Called ki-sense for martial artists, and Personal Space for psychics.

Since Manbinggi was a Transcendent-level powerhouse, having his own domain wasn’t strange at all.

But its peculiarity was the problem.

Manbinggi was controlling all force that entered his domain.

‘What is that.’

To completely control force like that. Isn’t that truly a technique close to Divine Authority? He finally understood why the Martial God said he had transcended his category. At the same time, he realized.

If he couldn’t break through that domain, he couldn’t clear the Quest.

But how to break through?

He succeeded in analyzing it, but had no idea how such a domain could be created.

‘…No, that’s not right.’

Don’t think.

Entrust your body to instinct.

Gain enlightenment.

Kagagagak!

Kang Jun-hyeok’s movements change once more. Larger and broader, as if trying to have his own domain. Manbinggi responds joyfully.

He continuously battles within Manbinggi’s domain that controls all force. Though he can’t understand or grasp it, that sensation keeps being carved into his body.

Kagagagak!

He loses the flow of time.

Kaaang!

He loses control of his body.

His ego melts away and becomes one with the world.

This is the realm of selfless (state of no-self).

‘…Ah.’

All force under heaven and earth resides within me.

Kang Jun-hyeok relaxes his body. The sword slips from his grip and falls to the ground. Manbinggi thrusts his sword toward his heart.

Kang Jun-hyeok quietly closed his eyes.

At that moment, a realm was formed.

Wooooong.

Instantly, Manbinggi felt strong resistance.

The power of the world itself was trying to push him away.

He didn’t resist and was pushed backward. He leisurely sheathed his sword and opened his mouth.

[You’ve realized it. How does it feel?]

“…It’s a strange sensation.”

[Realm of Absolute Suppression of Heaven and Earth.]

A realm that suppresses and controls all sources beneath heaven and earth.

[Congratulations. You have succeeded in comprehending the ascending principles, surpassing this one’s basic principles.]

[ Divine technique proficiency has greatly increased.]

[ Mental cultivation proficiency has greatly increased.]

The near-omnipotent sensation slowly fades away. He was leaving enlightenment and returning to reality.

But the realm he had reached did not disappear.

A domain was formed centered around him.

[If one is a strong person above a certain level, they can possess detection abilities within range. That itself isn’t remarkable. Is it that control skill you have? That could serve a similar role as well. But the realm you’ve obtained now cannot be compared to such things.]

Manbinggi threw his sword. Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t block it and gazed at the sword intently. The moment it entered his realm, the sword began to slowly lose the force with which it was thrown.

Kang Jun-hyeok caught the sword as it fell like a drop.

[The Realm of Absolute Suppression of Heaven and Earth suppresses all forces that exist beneath heaven and earth. Beyond simple physical force, it includes internal energy, mana, and even Divine Power. The Realm of Absolute Suppression of Heaven and Earth at its peak can handle an opponent’s power itself as if it were one’s own.]

“Like what you did?”

[That’s right. But it’s a long road. What you can do now is probably just detecting power within the realm.]

“Even that alone is more than enough.”

His senses themselves had become infinitely sharp.

Combined with the power of his control skill, it became possible to grasp and analyze all forces entering the realm. To put it extremely, surprise attacks would no longer work on him now.

His body would reflexively move to block them.

This was the principle of controlling all sources beneath heaven and earth.

And Kang Jun-hyeok knew what level of realm one had to reach for this to be possible.

A realm that transcends life and death. A position where one becomes a phenomenon itself and can exert powerful influence.

The Realm of Life and Death.

This was only possible upon reaching the Realm of Life and Death.

Such a technique could be deployed, even if only similarly, through Manbinggi’s martial arts.

‘Is this really martial arts?’

The more he knew, the more it was far beyond the scope of understanding. But Manbinggi’s tone was dissatisfied.

[Originally, you should have realized this together when you comprehended the Void Heaven Force Dispersion. To barely realize it only after this one directly bestowed teachings. The path ahead is still long. How frustrating.]

“Unlike you, I’m merely ordinary.”

[It’s not such a difficult principle. This one could do it naturally from birth.]

[That fellow is a strange one, so don’t mind him. What you’ve achieved now is plenty remarkable.]

Eldiria comforted Kang Jun-hyeok while scolding Manbinggi.

[Your talent is strange even looking at the entire universe. Don’t impose your standards on this child.]

[This fellow also seems like a strange one even looking at the entire universe.]

[That’s…]

Eldiria closed her mouth. There was nothing to refute in those words. Manbinggi continued speaking.

[Whatever the case, the goal has been achieved. Though it’s only a momentary enlightenment, you have the control skill. You’ll gradually master it and be able to handle it. And one more thing.]

Manbinggi spoke as if pleased.

[While dueling with this one, you handled and linked all kinds of weapons.]

Dagger, spear, great sword, sword, axe, martial arts.

All kinds of weapons and techniques were smoothly linked as if they had become one. He discarded the power contained within, continued it, and created flow.

[That’s not this one’s principle. It’s a principle you newly created. If we were to give it a name, yes. It would be close to Manbeongjgyeong (Myriad Martial Realm).]

The realm of handling ten thousand weapons.

The moment a name is given, the tower’s system activates.

[You have acquired Passive Skill: Manbeongjgyeong (Myriad Martial Realm).]

[Passive Skill: Swordsmanship has been integrated into Passive Skill: Manbeongjgyeong (Myriad Martial Realm).]

[Passive Skill: Dagger Technique has been integrated into Passive Skill: Manbeongjgyeong (Myriad Martial Realm).]

[Passive Skill: Great Sword Technique has been integrated into Passive Skill: Manbeongjgyeong (Myriad Martial Realm).]

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[Passive Skill: Spear Technique has been integrated into Passive Skill: Manbeongjgyeong (Myriad Martial Realm).]

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