The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1121

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Chapter 1121

Shhhhh.

I assumed the stance of the Radiant Sword, narrowing my eyes to razor-thin slits.

“So Brianna wasn’t coming out herself.”

The person standing before me with blade raised was not Brianna, but Bridget.
She had not called for her sister—instead, she wielded her sword with a sharp, piercing aura, making clear her intention to face me directly.

“Don’t you want to know how I’ve changed?”

Bridget curled her lips into a smile, directing her blade toward my chest.

“The name Akgeomhu wasn’t earned by my sister alone!”

The moment she finished speaking, she stomped forward with a fierce footwork, launching herself across the Sparring Arena.

Whoooosh!

As Bridget’s fingers twisted, her blade shot out like lightning, curving toward my throat.

Claaaang!

I summoned the Heavenly Sword’s Manhwagong Rotation with the Heavenly Sword, deflecting her thrust. Tremendous force collided as both the Heavenly Sword and Bridget’s blade rebounded simultaneously.

“Aren’t you supposed to not use aura?”

The Divine Sword Tournament was originally a sword competition that forbade aura usage, yet she was openly channeling aura through both her blade and body.

“It’s fine. Since this is the first time an outsider has participated in the Divine Sword Tournament, let’s bend the rules a little.”

Bridget swung her sword again, saying the match would be no fun without aura. Her unconventional approach and savage martial technique made her a woman who embodied the epithet Akgeomhu perfectly.

Whoooosh!

I summoned the flames of Manhwagong above the Heavenly Sword to block Bridget’s blade strike.

A sharp, piercing sound rang out.

The inferno of Manhwagong that I had conjured atop the Heavenly Sword could not withstand Bridget’s aura and scattered in fragments.

‘Has Bridget always been this formidable?’

Since meeting Bridget, I had achieved rapid growth. My aura’s quality had ascended to just below the level of the Five Emperors and Sammar, so ordinarily the flames clinging to my blade would not extinguish so easily.

Yet Bridget had snuffed out my flames with overwhelming power and speed. Even accounting for her not fighting at full strength, her destructive force exceeded my expectations.

A sharp breath escaped her lips.

Bridget planted her toes to reset her stance, then swept her blade from left to right in a descending arc.

‘Swift yet devastating.’

Her swordplay had become somewhat simpler than before, but its power was far from something I could casually deflect.

A thunderous clash erupted.

I erected a flame barrier to meet Bridget’s weighty descending blade. The violent impact sent tremors through my shoulders.

“How is it? I’ve changed, haven’t I?”

Bridget smirked and rested her sword against her shoulder.

“Yes. Your swordplay itself hasn’t changed dramatically, but…”

I nodded calmly, regarding Bridget.

“Your physical abilities and aura have clearly elevated significantly.”

Bridget appeared to have devoted herself solely to refining her aura and physique—both had grown explosively. She was leveraging the strength and speed born from that achievement to overwhelm my blade strikes.

“That’s thanks to you.”

Bridget chuckled softly and drew her blade upward to the right. Her sword scraped across the battlefield as it surged toward my waist.

“I’m sorry, but….”

I stepped forward with a heavy, decisive stride and drew the Heavenly Sword downward, carving through the enemy’s position at Manhwagong.

SCREEEEEEEECH!

The razor-sharp blade of flame cut through Bridget’s sword strike effortlessly, as if an adult were twisting a child’s wrist.

“This… this can’t be….”

Bridget exhaled in disbelief, her breath catching in her throat.

“You’ve certainly grown stronger than before, Bridget. But….”

I pressed her with superior strength, speed, and aura quality, closing my eyes briefly before opening them again.

“I’ve grown even more.”

Through the successor candidate examination, my martial power had achieved a dramatic leap forward. Even if the utility diminished as stat points increased, gaining over 200 points meant the gap was inevitably vast.
Even though the utility of stat increases diminishes as numbers get higher, with over 200 points gained, the difference had to be enormous.

On top of that, since he never skipped personal training and repeated it every day, the gap could only widen, never shrink.

Argh!

As Raon concentrated his physical strength and aura, Bridget’s sword strike shattered like glass, and her body swayed like paper caught in the wind as she was pushed back.

“Hmph!”

Bridget twisted her ankle as if she still had distance to cover, swinging her sword horizontally. Her blade, wrapped in a fierce aura as if to shatter rather than merely cut, dropped sharply in front of her chest.

Ching!

Raon drew Seo Ri-yeon with the Heavenly Sword. Two lines of blue flash imbued with extreme pleasure cut through Bridget’s sword strike and sent her body flying back roughly.

“Sigh…”

Bridget, pushed back by the frost, planted her hand on the ground and breathed heavily with a look of disbelief.

“What exactly are you, some kind of Monster?”

Her jaw trembled as if she couldn’t comprehend what she was witnessing.

“I’ve trained my body every single day, consumed spiritual elixirs in Mugeomgak where the mana is the purest on the Continent, and yet your body is stronger than mine!”

Bridget shook her head in disbelief at how this could possibly be.

-That’s the natural reaction.

Wrath exhaled sharply, understanding Bridget’s bewilderment.

-This one is a Monster blessed by the world itself. No human, Demon, nor Celestial could ever reach such heights.

He shook his head, insisting that even searching across all dimensions, there existed no being like me.

“I merely gained some enlightenment.”

I chuckled softly, attributing it to fortune.

“Even if you gained enlightenment in swordsmanship, that’s different from aura and physical capability!”

Bridget furrowed her brow, dismissing my words as nonsense.

“I thought you’d grown stronger, but I never expected you to surpass even our highest estimates.”

She let out a hollow laugh as her excitement subsided.

“But as you know, what we’ve prepared doesn’t end here.”

Bridget lowered her sword and drew a deep breath.

“I’ve trained my body and aura, while my sister has honed her swordsmanship in the Mental World. We’ve walked the path you showed us.”

She finished her words of expectation, then slowly closed her eyes.

A resonant hum filled the air.

When Bridget opened her eyes again, an entirely different presence emanated from her. Brianna—the legendary prodigy who had earned the epithet Akgeomhu—had awakened.

“So you’ve been tormenting my sister, have you?”

Brianna’s lips curled as she looked at me, a smile similar to Bridget’s yet carrying an entirely different emotion beneath it.
It wasn’t a display of her growth—it was an intense resolve to crush me decisively.

“And you dared use aura in the sacred Divine Sword Tournament?”

She clenched her left fist, her expression suggesting this was unforgivable.

“It wasn’t me, but your sister who initiated it first, Lady Brianna.”

I shook my head, explaining that Bridget had been the first to use aura.

“That’s not the point. The fact that it was used at all is the problem!”

Despite her reproachful tone, Brianna’s smile was refreshingly bright.

“Since we’re here, let’s drop all restrictions and fight properly.”

She extended her hand, determined to settle this decisively.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

As Brianna unleashed her power, a colossal aura erupted around her like a volcano, billowing outward with such force that the clouds enveloping Mugeomgak were blown apart.

“I was actually hoping for that as well.”

Flames and frost bloomed from beneath my feet, the dual energies rising behind me like towering pillars that held me aloft.

“Let’s begin.”

Brianna vanished with a cool laugh, reappearing from the right. Her footwork was exquisite, infused with the profound mysteries of extreme sword mastery.

Whoosh!

She thrust her blade toward my shoulder, a sharp strike that seemed to erase sound itself. She too had ascended to a new realm.

Clang!

I parried Brianna’s blade—a weapon that seemed to blur time and sensation itself—and clicked my tongue appreciatively.

“You’ve ascended to an even greater height than before.”

Brianna had rapidly elevated her swordsmanship to match Bridget’s physical prowess and aura cultivation.
Had I not grown stronger through countless experiences, I would have struggled to deflect that last strike.

“My younger sister is supporting me with her full strength—I can’t afford to do any less as her older sister.”

Brianna nodded, acknowledging that she could wield her blade only because of Bridget’s backing.

“Then allow me to take my turn.”

I pushed off the Sparring Arena with my toes and charged directly at Brianna. The Heavenly Sword, held at middle guard, extended forward as I unleashed the Manhwagong’s swordsmanship.

Manhwagong Heavenly Fire.
Red Blade Thirty-Six Strikes.

I targeted every vital point across Brianna’s body with this advanced Manhwagong technique—thirty-six simultaneous thrusts of the Red Blade.

“I’ve seen this technique before.”

Brianna drew a circle with her blade, creating a form capable of blocking all thirty-six strikes simultaneously.

“This time, it will be different.”

Just before the Red Blade Thirty-Six Strikes collided with Brianna’s sword, I twisted the Heavenly Sword slightly.

Whoooosh!

In that instant, each of the thirty-six Red Blades intertwined with different sword techniques, and the Red Blade Thirty-Six Strikes—now possessing an entirely different rhythm—shot toward Brianna.

“This guy really is insane.”

Brianna raised her blade against the onslaught, her eyes gleaming not with panic alone, but with exhilaration.

Clang!

Brianna lowered her circling blade and gazed at the Red Sword Thirty-Six Formations that had drawn dangerously close.
She twisted her lips into a smirk, then extended her sword with a rough, violent motion as if her wrist might snap and break.

Whoooooosh!

Brianna’s blade underwent a graceful yet intricate transformation, completely erasing the Red Sword Thirty-Six Formations with all their varied subtleties woven within.
It was like using an eraser to wipe away the preliminary sketch on a canvas.

“Insane….”

I exhaled sharply as I watched Brianna dismantle the Red Sword Thirty-Six Formations.

‘She perceived the flow of the Red Sword Thirty-Six Formations in an instant, then created a perfect counter-method by neutralizing the subtleties I embedded with matching subtleties, returning it to its original form.’

Brianna had grasped the essence of the technique in a fleeting moment and crafted a flawless defense against it. Even if she had seen it before, I had introduced new variations, yet she blocked it so effortlessly.
I hadn’t expected her to defend against it so easily.

“Did you forget that I only intended to defeat you in the Mental World? Even the Heavenly Sword is not invincible.”

Brianna raised her clenched fist, her resolve firm.

“This is quite enjoyable.”

I smiled and raised the Heavenly Sword.

“From now on, I’ll properly defeat you as well.”

Despite the smiles on Brianna’s and my faces, the blades we held overflowed with fighting spirit that churned like molten lava.

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Boom!

Brianna and I clashed repeatedly. Our swordsmanship had already ascended to the heavens, each of us unfolding our own distinct colors, embroidering the sky above Mugeomgak like starlight.

“Haa….”

Martha’s eyes fixed on the scene before her as her fists clenched tight.

‘Even the realm of Grand Master pales in comparison….’

I couldn’t see them properly.

Raon and Brianna were locked in combat at full strength, their swordplay completely invisible to my eyes.
I could only discern the rough contours of their techniques and sword trajectories through the faint traces of their blades.

‘I still have so much to learn.’

Martha bit her lip as she watched Raon press Brianna back.

‘I’ve grown complacent, thinking I’ve avenged the White Blood Cult Master and found my mother.’

My greatest goal had been to kill the White Blood Cult Master and save my mother.
After achieving that goal, while I spent time with my mother, Raon had been ceaselessly training himself, ascending to even greater heights.

Realizing that Raon, far stronger than myself, was putting in even greater effort, my chest ached with disappointment and shame at my own weakness.

‘Father wouldn’t want to see me like this either.’

Denier would surely have scolded me if he saw me now.

‘I need to help Raon.’

Just as Raon had risked his life to help me, now was the time for me to pour my very being into aiding him.
I placed my hand on my sword, resolving to swing it until I collapsed from exhaustion, just as I had before.

‘If necessary….’

Martha nodded as she watched Dorian, his mouth hanging open and drool dripping from his lips.

‘Even if I have to borrow the power of the Demon Lords like that fool.’

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KWAAAAAAANG!

Brianna was sent flying backward by my blade, crashing hard into the ground of Mugeomgak.

“Tch!”

She bit her parched lips and pushed herself up, shaking dust from her body.

“That monster bastard…”

Brianna’s teeth ground together as she stared at me standing calmly before her.

‘How did he become this strong?’

She had trained her blade without sleep in the Mental World where time moved slowly, and her brother had endured soul-crushing boredom, refining only his body and aura. Yet despite two of the greatest talents training together, my growth had transcended theirs entirely—it was infuriating.
Even though the two most talented people trained together, it was absurd that Raon’s achievements had risen to a level so far beyond comparison.

That’s impressive.

Raon nodded while looking at the slightly cut back of his hand and the wound on his shoulder.

“Is that so?”
“Is that so?”

To hear such words from a guy who was no different from me made my insides boil with anger.

“I was planning to use this after it was completed, but…”

Brianna glanced at Heekyuk Je, then lowered her sword.

“If I don’t beat you this time, I’ll never get another chance.”

He thrust the sword forward and called back his younger brother’s soul from the depths of his body.

Whoooooosh!

Brianna and Bridget’s souls surged forth simultaneously from a single body, their eyes beginning to gleam with distinctly different radiance.

“That is….”

I swallowed hard as I sensed Brianna’s soul grade rapidly ascending to terrifying heights.

“It’s a technique Ariel created for us. For just a moment, it allows me and Bridget’s souls to merge into one, maximizing our combat power.”

Brianna unleashed all the swordsmanship, soul grade, and aura she had accumulated, declaring that she would defeat me here today. Her martial essence itself extended forth with magnificent light, beginning to sweep across the entirety of Mugeomgak.

“Splendid.”

I nodded, genuinely impressed.

“I shall go all out as well.”

It was the moment I drew the brilliantly gleaming Heavenly Sword with solemn eyes.

Whoooooosh!

Brianna’s vision turned white as the ancient martial knowledge she and her sister had unleashed melted away like white mist, as if it had never existed from the beginning.

When the sword strike subsided, I stood before her, my hand extended to the right as though I had drawn my blade only once.

“This… what is this….”

Brianna exhaled in disbelief, even though she had witnessed it with her eyes and felt it with her skin.

“Just how far have you climbed….”

Her jaw trembled as she realized she could no longer even imagine it.

“I gained insight from witnessing both of your full strength just now.”

I offered a faint smile, having learned something profound from my battle with Brianna.

“Then… does this mean….”

Brianna swallowed hard, lifting her gaze.

“No. I’m still beneath the Five Emperors and Sammar. However, thanks to both of you….”

I lowered the hand holding the Heavenly Sword and smiled. I nodded with unwavering conviction in my eyes.

“It seems there’s not much left to go now.”

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