The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1176

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Chapter 1176

Whoooooosh!

The crimson and azure sword strikes collided with the golden radiance, sending scarlet waves rippling across the entire universe.
A colossal tempest of light swept across the world, painting the sky in the hues of a sunset.

Crash!

My blade and the Dragon Lord’s light, both unleashed at full power, neither gaining dominance, were thrust toward opposite ends of the universe by the collision of their tremendous forces.

Screeeech!

I narrowed my eyes, observing the white aura emanating from the holy and demonic blades.

‘So I am being pushed back.’

Just moments ago, my full power and the Dragon Lord’s full power had clashed, and on the surface, they appeared evenly matched.

But in truth, my losses were greater, while the Dragon Lord remained unscathed. Even if only slightly, a clear gap had opened between us.

‘Still, it’s fine.’

Battles aren’t decided by rank alone.

From the moment I first saw the Dragon Lord in this Black Dimension, I had sensed he was above my current level.
What I needed to consider now wasn’t the fact that I was being pushed back, but how to bridge that gap.

-A fine spirit indeed!

Wrath let out a low exclamation.

-Your mental fortitude alone surpasses even the other Demon Lords.

He nodded as if to say that if I maintained such composure, I had more than a fighting chance against the Dragon Lord.

‘I know.’

I nodded and gazed at the Dragon Lord gleaming alone at the edge of the universe.

Kuguguguguugu!

The Dragon Lord’s colossal body vanished, only to materialize
directly above my head in an instant.
As he unfurled his fist, golden meteorites erupted from the empty universe, cascading down as a meteor shower.

‘Damn, he’s massive!’

The Dragon Lord conjured meteorites as enormous as his own body. I had envisioned this battle countless times in my mind, but the sheer scale and pressure exceeded my calculations, drawing an involuntary laugh.

‘Still…’

I can win.

I traced two arcs with my divine and demonic blades. Two sword paths that transcended the flow of the universe unfurled into a vast net.

Heavenly Palace Thunder—Applied Form.
The Heavenly Net’s Mesh: Nothing Escapes.

The heavenly net stretched so broadly it appeared fragile, yet it never failed to ensnare anything.
True to its meaning, the auras I unleashed with my blades extended like flashes of light, intercepting the countless meteorites raining down from the Dragon Lord.

Kwakwakwakwakwang!

Blade strikes and meteorites collided in succession, shockwaves so violent they threatened to rupture the Black Dimension itself, radiating outward in all directions.

Uuuuuuu!

White fissures tore open above my head, while grotesque arms and legs that seemed to rise from Hell erupted from beneath my feet.
Since the Dragon Lord had created this dimension temporarily, as cracks formed, entities from other worlds appeared to be attempting invasion.

However, the interdimensional invaders could not withstand the shockwave from the collision of our powers and dissolved into dust.
Even transcendents were nothing but powder before the overwhelming might of these two absolute beings.

Kuuuuuuuung!

I blocked all the meteorites the Dragon Lord had hurled down and exhaled sharply.

‘My grip feels like it’s being torn apart.’

The meteors summoned by the Dragon Lord were fundamentally different from ordinary meteor magic.
Each meteorite contained transcendent-level mana infused with rotation, so merely blocking them caused my entire skeleton to resonate with pain. This was the first time I’d experienced such an impact since ascending to true transcendence through emotion.

‘But I can’t just endure the pain and do nothing.’

Defense alone would never allow me to defeat the Dragon Lord.

I stepped forward with Heavenly Harmony toward the Dragon Lord. The moment my foot moved forward—no, the instant I visualized my intention to advance, my body was already standing before the Dragon Lord.

[Raon Zigheart!]

The moment the Dragon Lord’s eyes narrowed upon seeing me, I drew Frostbite.

Clang!

The two lines of swift sword strikes that originally aimed to exploit the time gap now became five streaks, targeting the Dragon King’s entire body.

Crash!

The Dragon Lord deployed an absolute defense barrier, preventing the blades from piercing flesh, but his massive body trembled as if about to plummet from the tremendous impact.

[Be crushed!]

The Dragon Lord’s draconic utterance, infused with intent, attempted to compress and force back my body.

‘Ugh!’

A pressure that felt like it would pulverize my soul pierced through my entire being. A force that destroyed flesh beyond transcendence. The Dragon Lord’s draconic utterance was no mere magic—it was authority itself.

‘I cannot be pushed back here.’

I endured the Dragon Lord’s crushing pressure—one that felt like it would shatter bone and flesh—with sheer willpower, gripping both the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword even more tightly.

‘He’s not in normal condition either.’

The hole in the Dragon Lord’s neck still hadn’t closed, and his mana continued to fluctuate. It seemed best to end this quickly before he fully recovered from his wounds.

‘The Soul Sword won’t work.’

My Soul Sword had grown dramatically, but I still couldn’t sever a colossal soul like the Dragon Lord’s. Right now, destroying his physical body was far more efficient.

Whoooooosh!

I raised both hands within the Dragon Lord’s terrifying oppressive aura. Rather than swinging the two blades, I simply released them.

Raon Zigheart Style Swordsmanship.
Seventh Form: Void Slash. Eighth Form: Chilling Wind.

The peerless martial arts I had created myself rose along the edges of the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword, advancing toward the Dragon Lord’s head and heart.

‘No matter how strong the Dragon Lord is…’

I bit my lip, watching the red and blue blades shoot toward the Dragon Lord.

‘If he’s never seen them before, he has no choice but to take the hit.’

The Void Slash and Chilling Wind differed in form, but both were sword techniques that transcended space to cut down enemies. If the Dragon Lord were a swordsman, perhaps—but as a mage, even if he were stronger than me, he couldn’t block both blades simultaneously.
“If the Dragon Lord were a swordsman, I wouldn’t know, but as a Mage, even if they’re stronger than me, I couldn’t simultaneously wield those two swords—”
There’s no way to stop it.

Hmph!

Just as the Dragon Lord let out a scornful laugh and tried to swat away the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword that were rushing at him fiercely.

Wooooong!

The divine sword’s flames that had unfolded the void slash disappeared, then surged up before the Dragon Lord’s neck, and the demonic sword became the cold wind itself as it fell toward his heart.

Is this a sword that degrades space?

As the Dragon Lord casually sneered as if he knew of the Void Slash and the Chilly Wind, golden blades rose up over his scales.

Whoa!

The demon sword wreathed in the flames of the Void Slayer and the chilling wind lightly shattered the golden blade, but the Dragon Lord’s greatswords sprouted up in countless numbers like spring buds.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

Ultimately, the Void Slash and Desolate Wind conjured by the Divine Blade and Demonic Blade could not pierce through the Dragon Lord’s mana, and they returned to me.

Boom!

But what returned was not merely the Divine Blade and Demonic Blade. The blades of light that the Dragon Lord had summoned for defense clung to me like magnets.

Clash, clash, clash, clash!

I was struck back by the Dragon Lord’s radiant blade and pushed once more to the edge of the universe.

‘Each one carries the blade strike of a Transcendent.’

Perhaps because the Dragon Lord’s will had been infused into the light magic, even blocking a single blade was not easy. Merely defending caused sweat to drench the space between my shoulder blades, and a sickening ache spread through my chest.

[Raon Zigheart.]

The Dragon Lord arrogantly tilted his chin upward.

[I was the one who elevated you to the highest danger level. Did you truly believe I would not know your blades?]

He bared his enormous fangs as if to warn me not to underestimate him.

“…I apologize.”

I exhaled a turbid breath while gazing at the Dragon Lord.

“It seems I have underestimated you far too greatly.”

Even knowing the Dragon Lord’s cunning nature, I had been focused solely on ending this battle swiftly. With deep remorse settling into my heart, I gripped the Divine Blade and Demonic Blade with such force they threatened to shatter.

“But from this moment forward, I will stake my life.”

I drew forth the heterogeneous power slumbering within my soul—the authority of the Demon Lords—and exhaled pristine white breath.

Whoooosh.

I unleashed my wrath, and above my crimson eyes, a brilliant azure frost ignited.

“Human and Demon Lord. Let me show you what kind of result those beings you despise so much can create.”

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I bit my lip hard, feeling the icy cold of Wrath spreading throughout my entire body.

‘It’s been a while.’

The emotions and powers of the Demon Lords were far too extreme, so I had refrained from drawing them out fully until I could obtain human emotions.

But now I had come to understand more deeply what difference existed between human emotions and the powers of the Demon Lords.

There was no longer that sensation of my mind going blank as I was consumed by Wrath’s power like before. Now it felt as though I could draw out the strength of the Demon Lords’ powers far more properly.

[As I thought….]

The Dragon Lord revealed deep malice above his golden eyes.

[So you were connected to the Demon Lords!]

He nodded as if his judgment had been correct.

“And what of it?”

I curled my lips upward, feeling a chilling sensation as though rage flowed through my veins instead of blood.

“A Demon Lord who eats insects is a hundred times better than a cunning schemer like you!”
-A hundred times?! Ten thousand times wouldn’t be enough!

Wrath threw his hand up triumphantly, as if I had spoken well.

-Now you’re finally using your rage properly! Come on, show me! What can you do!

He smacked his lips with genuine anticipation.

“Haah.”

I drew in a deep breath and channeled power into my feet.

Whoooosh!

Space vanished, and time slowed to a crawl.

The moment I realized I was moving, my body was already before the Dragon Lord.

My speed remained unchanged from before, yet something was distinctly different.

[What!]

The Dragon Lord had failed to perceive my movement.

Clang!

Before the Dragon Lord could even prepare his defense, I brought the divine blade down upon him.

Screeeech!

The blazing blade pierced through the Dragon Lord’s scales, charring his flesh a deep black.

[Roooooaaaagh!]

The Dragon Lord shrieked in agony far greater than when his throat had been pierced, stumbling backward.

[Vanish! Cease! Tear asunder!]

His eyes rolled back as he unleashed a barrage of dragon words, each draining tremendous aura.

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

The dragon words he poured forth with all his might pressed down upon body and soul. Yet the immense pressure I had felt before was absent now, as if his fury had burned away his composure.
I could endure this.

‘I can definitely overcome this.’

I severed the invisible chains of the Dragon Lord’s words through sheer force and stepped onto the Tae Hwa Step once more.

Whoooooosh!

A speed that seemed to pierce through dimensions themselves. I nearly overshot the Dragon Lord and tumbled past him.

Clang!

I twisted my body sharply and aimed my Demonic Sword at the Dragon Lord’s spine, which rose like a mountain.

[Grrrrgh!]

The Lord, who had not become the supreme ruler of dragons for nothing, sensed my speed and summoned blades of light in rapid succession across his back.
It seemed he intended to erect a wall of mana to deflect my sword strike, just as he had blocked the chill wind.

‘This could be dangerous.’

I pressed my lips together as I beheld the countless blades of light. Unlike before, with our bodies in contact, a failed attack could result in a fatal wound.

‘But I must press forward.’

Trusting in my body, my willpower, and the fury boiling through my veins, I drove the Demonic Sword down with all my might.

Whoooooosh!

Frost blooming from the Demonic Sword spread like the aurora of the Northern Sea, freezing everything the blue blade touched.

Crash-crash-crash-crash-crash!

Thousands—no, tens of thousands of light blades summoned by the Dragon Lord shattered like glass, frozen white.

The Demonic Sword, wreathed in fury, had finally found its true master. It unleashed a terrifying chill as it tore through the Dragon Lord’s back.

Crrrrrack!

The Dragon Lord’s back, vast as a mountain, split open and froze solid. The Demon Lord’s chill seeped into the wound, and the ice began to stain crimson.

[Screeeeeech!]

The Dragon Lord, as if experiencing such agony for the first time since his birth, trembled violently across his entire frame and unleashed a scream that shook the very dimension itself.

Screeeeeeeech!

I lifted my foot and brought it crashing down upon the Dragon Lord’s writhing body.

Boom!

The Dragon Lord was hurled toward the edge of the Black Dimension, and from within his cavernous maw poured not light, but torrents of crimson blood.

“It would be troublesome if you’re already in pain.”

I twisted my lips upward, observing the flames of the Divine Sword burning ever more intensely and the frost of the Demonic Sword deepening.

“I haven’t even begun yet.”

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