The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1034

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Chapter 1034

‘My wrist is tingling.’

I twirled the Heavenly Sword that had just struck the crimson wolf, my expression hardening.

‘The rebound force is no joke.’

The crimson wolf lacked combat finesse, yet the aura it possessed rivaled my own as a high-tier transcendent being.

‘And its recovery is remarkably fast.’

Despite taking a direct hit from the Heavenly Sword on its front paw, the beast simply shook it off and rose to its feet. It appeared unaffected by the impact whatsoever.

“Grrrrrrr!”

The crimson wolf bared its incongruous white fangs, releasing an even deeper killing intent and blood energy.

“You’ll need a sharper leash.”

I drew forth the Heavenly Sword and the Soul Reaper Sword, plunging them into the crimson-burning sea.

Sword Realm Manifestation.
Divine Demon Harmony Union.

Half the sea erupted in golden flames, while the remaining half froze into pristine white.

I raised the divine and demonic blades beneath the sun and moon that emerged brilliantly, dispelling all darkness.

“These two swords shall become your leash.”

I tilted my chin toward the crimson wolf, inviting it to attack.

Roooooar!

The crimson wolf slashed its claws, wreathed in blood-red energy, in a diagonal arc. The speed and power contained within those talons had doubled compared to before.

“Meaningless.”

I laughed coldly, drawing a golden line connecting sea and sky with the Sacred Sword’s flames. Manhwagong Red Island. A simple yet devastatingly powerful and swift blade strike collided with the red wolf’s claws.

CRASH!

The red wolf was driven backward, its claws bending as if they would shatter.

“Grrrrgh….”

It seemed to be in great pain, exhaling white vapor from its mouth.

“You’re not already frightened, are you?”

I curled my lips into a smile, watching the red wolf glare at me.

SPLASH!

Rather than charging at me, the red wolf dove into the sea. Despite its massive, mountain-like body submerging, the water didn’t ripple at all. It felt as though the creature itself had transformed into water.

‘Its presence has vanished completely.’

Even with Seolhwa’s senses fully extended, the entire sea was saturated with blood energy and the stench of blood, making it impossible to locate the red wolf’s position.

‘Where….’

As I held my breath and tried to focus on external presences, I felt a chilling breath from behind me.
The moment I turned around, the red wolf’s claws were already descending toward my head.

‘Such seamless movement?’

Disappearing and reappearing without a sound or trace—it seemed the Ninth Apostle’s words about this wolf being a sea spirit were indeed true.

“Suppressing presence is a decent technique, but….”

I scraped across the crimson-hued sea, drawing up both the Sacred Sword and the Demonic Sword.

WHOOOOSH!

The Divine Sword and Demonic Sword unfurled in symmetry, and crimson and azure waves surged forth. The Manhwagong’s Heavenly Flame Wave Technique—a swordsmanship that executed attack and defense simultaneously—blocked the path of the Red Wolf.

Roooaaarrr!

The Red Wolf was driven back by the waves of flame and frost conjured by the Heavenly Flame Wave Technique, sinking into the sea against its will. It seemed the water grew darker with crimson, as if the beast had sustained grievous wounds.

Splash!

The Red Wolf burst from the sea and soared into the air. With its colossal body, it eclipsed the sun and moon that had achieved the Divine-Demonic Harmony, its jaws gaping open as blood streamed down.

Roooaaarrr!

From the Red Wolf’s pitch-black throat, blood essence surged forth like crimson lightning, pouring down in a torrent of such magnitude it seemed to erase the very sea itself.

‘Is it resorting to a breath attack?’

The creature exhaled its blood essence like a dragon’s breath, attempting to obliterate its own existence entirely.

“I’ll take it.”

I thrust the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword forward to meet the torrent of blood essence unleashed by the Red Wolf, detonating the immense aura that had been concentrated within the crimson and azure blades in an instant.

Flame Dragon Formation—Twin.

Two dragons ablaze with flame and frost obliterated the breath of blood essence in a single stroke, then savagely battered the Red Wolf’s body.

Splash!

The Red Wolf, its flesh torn away, was driven back with such violence that it lost consciousness, plummeting into the sea.

Sizzle.

I lowered the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword, from which white steam rose, and observed the Red Wolf submerged in the water.

‘Its wounds are healing.’

The injured front paw from before, as well as the wounds on its chest and neck that had been torn open by the Flame Dragon Formation—all were naturally mending.

‘This isn’t mere regeneration.’

The regenerative power possessed by the Apostles surpassed that of trolls, but the wolf’s regenerative ability was so perfect and swift that it felt as though time itself was being rewound as wounds vanished without a trace.

-That mutt….

Wrath furrowed his brow as he returned to his pristine form, watching the red wolf emanate killing intent once more.

-It’s become a Monster, but it seems the characteristics of a spirit remain intact.

He smacked his lips, noting that the creature wasn’t regenerating—rather, it possessed the ability to restore its ethereal form like a true spirit.

-As long as the blood qi of this sea doesn’t dissipate, it will continue to resurrect no matter how many times we slay it.

Wrath wrinkled the bridge of his nose, sensing this wouldn’t be an easy disposal.

‘Actually….’

I shook my head, watching the red wolf emit an even deeper killing intent.

‘I never intended to kill that creature.’
-You never intended to kill it?

Wrath asked in a calm tone, sensing my intent to some degree.

‘That’s right. That spirit was being exploited by the White Blood Cult.’

The Ninth Apostle had said that wolf was originally a spirit guarding this sea.
I didn’t know how they had captured it, but since those bastards were using it arbitrarily, I wanted to extract the blood qi and restore it to its original form.

-That’s a choice befitting you.

Wrath chuckled thinly, having expected as much.

-Do as you wish.
‘Hmm, my resolve to save it remains unchanged, but it won’t be easy.’

I clicked my tongue briefly and raised both the Divine Sword and the Demonic Sword.

‘At least that creature isn’t skilled in combat, so that’s fortunate.’

The wolf was a spirit of the sea and unfamiliar with combat or the ways of wielding blood energy. It would take time, but I could eventually suppress it.

“Where…?”

I lowered my stance, wary of the crimson wolf that was about to charge at me.

Whoooosh!

The crimson wolf rose to its feet and slowly lowered its gaze. It scattered a chilling blood energy as it stared at the water’s surface, where its reflection shimmered.

‘What is it doing?’

The crimson wolf gazed blankly at its reflection, as if it had forgotten I even existed before it.

‘This doesn’t feel right. I should attack first…’

I bit my lip thinly and moved to approach the crimson wolf.

Uuuuuuung!

The crimson wolf and its reflection in the water’s surface were moving in different ways.

“What?”

The moment my eyes widened in confusion, another crimson wolf burst forth from the sea.

“What is this…?”

As I drew my sword with a sharp breath, two wolves became four, and by the time I swung my blade at the sea where the wolf’s reflection shimmered, four had become eight, surging upward.

Whoooosh!

I furrowed my brow, staring at the eight crimson wolves that had emerged onto the turbulent water’s surface.

‘They’ve become smaller in size, but…’

Their blood energy hasn’t diminished much.

The wolf that had once been massive enough to blot out the moon had shrunk to the size of a house, yet the aura these creatures possessed remained largely unchanged from before. All eight wolves were radiating transcendent-class energy.

‘Is this even possible?’
-The Sea Spirit’s power was used to create clones.

Wrath furrowed his brow, observing the sea churning like molten lava.

‘Clones?’

I knitted my brow as I watched the snarling wolves.

‘They all look genuine.’
-There is only one true body. Destroying the clones would be meaningless.

Wrath shook his head, saying that even though they all looked identical, the original body was separate.

‘Where…’

I activated Seolhwa’s senses to their fullest and opened the Eye of Wrath.
Yet even with both abilities at my disposal, I couldn’t discern any difference among the wolves.

‘I’ll have to fight them to find out.’

I channeled power into the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword, then furrowed my brow as I licked my lips.

‘Three of them are gone!’

There were only five wolves in front of me—three had vanished.

‘Could it be…’

I spun around at the faint disturbance behind me. Three scarlet wolves erupted simultaneously from three directions, their fangs bared as they lunged at me.

Whoooosh!

I raised a wall of sacred light with the Divine Sword and traced a path of demonic essence with the Demonic Sword, deflecting the blood energy from two of the wolves. But the wolf in the center slipped past both barriers and crashed its body into mine.

‘Too fast to block with the sword.’

The third wolf’s movements were too swift, so I summoned the aura of Manhwagong and erected a wall of pure force.

Kuuuuuuuung!

Despite erecting a thick barrier of aura, the blood essence radiating from the wolf was so overwhelming that my entire body trembled. I hadn’t sustained internal injuries, but the shock was violent enough to make my limbs quiver, leaving my wrists stiff and unresponsive.

‘A direct hit would be catastrophic.’

I’d thought I could endure a body slam rather than claw strikes, but the danger was far greater than anticipated. I would need to either evade completely or block with my blade.

‘But…’

There was no time for reflection.

Not only the three wolves that had initiated the assault, but the remaining five wolves erupted with blood essence and charged toward me simultaneously.

Shhiiiing!

I thrust the Thirty-Six Celestial Strikes toward the two wolves charging from the front, driving them back, while I deflected the two wolves burrowing in from the left with Frost Chain’s blade.

But one wolf remained.

‘I’ll use footwork for this…’

I evaded the final wolf’s descending blood-essence claws by executing the Harmony Three Steps with flowing, wave-like grace.

“Kyaoooo!”

Just as I was catching my breath, the three wolves I’d initially repelled charged again, baring their fangs.

‘No choice.’

I drew the Wooden Wheel Sword from its sheath at my right hip, wielding the Divine Reaper Sword in my other hand to block the teeth of the three charging wolves.

Chhiiiiing!

The cold aura blooming above the Wooden Wheel Sword collided with the wolves’ blood essence, scattering brilliant sparks across the void.

Kyaaaaaang!

Without pause to catch my ragged breath, I swung both the Divine Sword and the Demonic Sword again, deflecting the wolves’ claws.

“Grrrrrrr.”

The crimson wolves recovered the wounds carved by the blade with blood energy, their eyes gleaming with madness. I could feel a malice so profound it wouldn’t retreat even in death.

“You’re quite resourceful for something that can’t even sit properly. But eventually, you’ll bow.”

I twisted my lips as I successively deflected the wolves charging at me with increasing ferocity.

“There’s no match for persistence!”

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Kyaaaaaaang!

I repelled eight crimson wolves rushing from all directions using the Heavenly Sword’s and Heavenly Thunder Palace’s ultimate techniques, then drew a short breath.

‘I don’t even have time to breathe now.’

How much time has passed?

Fighting eight transcendent-rank monsters made one second feel like a minute, and one minute feel like ten. I didn’t have the luxury of counting time.

Screeeech!

The crimson wolves restored the flesh torn away by the Heavenly Sword and Heavenly Thunder Palace with blood energy, then stood before me again, exhaling breaths of blood energy.

Kuwaaaaang!

I erased the breaths of blood energy the crimson wolves unleashed with the Heavenly Sky Cannon, then clenched my teeth tightly.

‘They’re becoming harder to deal with.’

Despite their rampage, the wolves were analyzing my movements and swordsmanship, displaying increasingly faster and sharper attacks. They weren’t mindless spirits—they were learning monsters.

‘I’m analyzing their movements too, but….’

There are too many of them—this isn’t easy.

The eight crimson wolves, being the original and its clones, moved in perfect synchronization like interlocking gears, making them extraordinarily difficult to counter even when I could read their movements.

Kyaaaaaaang!

I was driven back by the wolves’ coordinated assault, biting down on my bleeding lip.

‘Have I sustained internal injuries now?’

From the continuous collisions in this disadvantageous state, a nauseating pain churned within my abdomen. It wasn’t critical yet, but internal damage had definitely occurred.

‘How irritating.’

I was suffering all this to save that fool, yet my chest felt suffocated by his recklessness.

‘Should I just erase them all?’

If I unleashed the Cerulean Crimson Invincible technique followed by a barrage of seasonal techniques, I was confident I could annihilate these wolves without a trace.

‘Sigh.’

I released the rising emotions and calmly shook my head.

‘Let me treat this as training.’

Though it was combat against beasts, if I could produce results from this battle, I would grow stronger.

Uuuuuuung!

I decided to follow the path I had initially chosen and opened the grade of my soul as a sign of accepting everything.

Zzzzzzzzang!

With my mind at ease, as I blocked the four wolves charging from the left and right, a scene that didn’t exist in my memories surfaced in my mind.

‘The White Blood Cult Master?’

A woman who appeared to be the White Blood Cult Master held the leash of a small, young wolf while chanting a curse so horrifying that it made one’s skin crawl.

‘This isn’t my memory.’

I swallowed hard as I watched the wolf, its eyes gleaming with madness, bare its teeth.

‘It’s this creature’s memory.’

Because I had opened my soul, the wolf’s memories were flowing into me regardless of either of our intentions.

‘So it was captured by the White Blood Cult Master against its will, just as the Ninth Apostle said.’

The wolf appeared to have been seized by the White Blood Cult Master and forced to consume blood essence and blood.

Kyaaaaaang!

As I blocked the wolf charging at me with its body, another scene flashed through my mind.

This time, I saw the Ninth Apostle gathering other sea spirits before the wolf and threatening them. It seemed the White Blood Cult was exploiting not just this wolf, but other spirits as well.

After that, I witnessed images of the wolf being forced to consume blood and blood essence for the sake of other spirits and sea creatures.

‘You’ve suffered so much.’

I bit my lip as I looked into the eyes of the wolf, which was screaming while blood essence dripped from its body.

‘Truly.’

This spirit had endured far more pain than I had imagined, and even now it was bearing terrible wounds.

-Those filthy blood ghosts!

Wrath clenched his fists as if he had witnessed the same thing I had.

-The True Demon King will beat them all to death next time!

He revealed his murderous intent toward the White Blood Cult, genuinely enraged by the spirit’s past.

‘First, let’s save this wolf.’

I exhaled deeply and observed the crimson wolves endlessly erupting with blood essence.

‘This is not the time to think about my own training.’

I need to save this creature first.

I wanted to grant this wolf the peace of freedom, not death, as quickly as possible.

‘But the method…’

It was as I bit my lip and shook my head.

[The grade of trait 【Seolhwa’s Senses】 has increased.]
[The grade of trait 【Wrath’s Eye】 has increased.]
[Traits 【Seolhwa’s Senses】 and 【Wrath’s Eye】 undergo linked evolution.]
[New trait 【Azure Heart’s Eye】 has been created.]

A cool chill bloomed over my exhausted eyes, and among the eight wolves, I began to perceive the one wolf bearing a blue core through my senses and vision.

No, that was not all. The transparent blood energy suppressing the true body’s soul also entered my field of sight. It was unmistakably the blood energy the White Blood Cult Master had implanted from the beginning.

Kriiiiaaaaaah!

The red wolf, realizing through my gaze that its true form had been exposed, erupted with murderous intent and charged at me simultaneously with its clones.

Raon Zigheart-style swordsmanship.
Sixth Form linked technique: Azure-Crimson Undefeated Sword.

I unleashed the Azure-Crimson Undefeated with my dimming divine and demonic blades, pushing back all eight charging wolves.

Grrrrrrr!

The wolves, even after taking the Azure-Crimson Undefeated, did not lose consciousness and immediately regenerated their damaged bodies before surging toward me again.

Through the Azure Heart’s Eye, the true wolf was not behind—it was at the very front, baring its fangs at me. Its temperament matched what I had seen in my memories.

Shhhhh.

I lowered the Heavenly Sword and the Wheel Sword, raising the Soul Reaper Sword.

“I ask of you. Lend me your strength.”

I raised the Soul Reaper Sword, calling upon the wailing spirits bound within its blood essence.

Uuuuuuung!

The spirits of the Soul Reaper Sword answered my plea, their crystalline resonance ringing out as they conjured a verdant wind.

Whoooosh!

Drawing upon all my accumulated insights and the Blue Wolf’s past that lingered in my mind, I unleashed a mind sword through the Soul Reaper Sword toward the crimson blood essence that devoured the creature’s soul.

Crackle crackle crackle!

The mind sword tore through space itself, piercing into the pristine white blood essence that suppressed the red wolf’s consciousness.

‘This… this can’t be…’

But my mind sword’s realm was insufficient. I couldn’t push back the blood essence that oppressed the red wolf’s soul—it merely became lodged in place.

Roooaaarrr!

The remaining seven wolves, excluding the main body, seized the opening and charged toward me with bared fangs.

Kyaaaaaaang!

I raised the Heavenly Sword and the Wooden Wheel Sword to defend, but with my concentration fixed on the mind sword, the wolves pushed through my blades and began tearing at my flesh with their blood essence.

“Cough…”

Even as my flesh was ripped away and blood spilled from my lips, I refused to retreat, focusing entirely on wielding the mind sword.

‘I cannot fall back. Not now.’

I could never yield to the blood essence of the White Blood Cult—those who had twisted an innocent spirit into this abomination and treated humans as mere sustenance.

‘And besides…’

If I couldn’t save even this wolf, Martha’s mother would be lost forever.

To erase the past and change the future, I opened every barrier I had cultivated thus far.

“I will save you. From that hell.”

Even as Raon’s life hung by a thread, he focused solely on the flow of his heart sword.

The moment he took another step forward, trusting in the path of the blade he had built with his own hands, golden radiance erupted above his heart sword, which contained his very soul.

[The rank of the trait 【Heart Sword (Spirit)】 has increased.]

As his heart sword reached a higher realm, the blade forged through the Soul Reaper Sword was honed to razor sharpness, tearing through the White Blood Cult Master’s blood energy that had been encircling the red wolf’s spirit without hesitation.

Krraaaaaaang!

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