The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 700

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Chapter 700

Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash!

Through the Red Dragon Axe bearing down as if to shatter the Heavenly Sword, I felt King Roman’s overwhelming power.

There was nothing to say except that it was heavy. King Roman wielded the Red Dragon Axe, that colossal weapon, with perfect mastery.

‘My arms feel like they’re about to be torn off from the sheer weight…’

But I cannot yield in raw strength.

My current physical strength and agility far exceeded the Grand Master tier.
If I were to lose in pure bodily power, Wrath would awaken from his slumber and dance his fury.

Boom!

I pressed down with my toes against the river’s surface, channeling force through every muscle in my body. The immense power flowing from my quadriceps through my abdomen transferred to my right shoulder and grip like divine strength itself.

Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!

Brilliant sparks erupted as the Red Dragon Axe began to slowly give way.
Witnessing the bizarre sight of a slender blade overpowering the colossal axe, King Roman’s eyes narrowed. His expression was one of disbelief at being forced back.

“Did you think brute force alone would grant you victory?”

I sneered and struck King Roman away with savage force.

Boom! Crash!

King Roman retreated three steps, shattering the waves beneath him. With each footfall, the river carved deeper into the riverbed.

“Khehehehe!”

King Roman let out a hollow laugh, as if bewildered.

“I never expected to be pushed back in terms of strength. You truly don’t disappoint!”
“It’s too early to be impressed.”

I stepped onto the water’s surface with my right foot. Advancing against the waves, I closed in on King Roman’s left side. My blood-stained blade evaporated water droplets as it shot toward the space between his brows.

“Hmph!”

King Roman spun the Red Dragon Axe as if he’d been waiting, blocking the Heavenly Sword’s trajectory.

Boom!

Sword and axe collided, producing a sound like iron pillars crashing together.
It wasn’t just the sound that was evenly matched. The Heavenly Sword and Red Dragon Axe neither gave ground, their power clashing in the empty air.

“Hah.”

Watching the crimson flames ignited by the Red Dragon Axe’s blade, I spun the rings of fire.

Roooar!

As the eight rings resonated, my heartbeat thundered in my ears.
My reflection appeared in the spraying water droplets, and the scent of fierce wind pricked my nostrils.
Extreme concentration. Time flowed slowly, and my senses reached their peak—the realm of ascension.

This wasn’t something to celebrate. The moment combat began and I entered this state, it meant my opponent was equally dangerous.

“To block the Red Dragon Axe head-on… you possess monstrous strength. However…”

As King Roman laughed with delight, the energy infused in the Red Dragon Axe surged dramatically.

Boom!

Even as I defended with all my might, my shoulders felt as though they might tear apart from the impact.

“Don’t be satisfied yet. This is where it truly begins.”
“Ugh…”

With King Roman’s roar, the Red Dragon Axe grew even heavier. Numbness crept through the fingertips gripping my sword.
My physical strength surpassed his, but in terms of raw power, King Roman still held the advantage.

Crackle.

I bit the edge of my lip with my canine tooth.

‘If I retreat now, it’s over.’

King Roman’s Malevolent Pressure Strike was a martial art that grew stronger the more an opponent retreated. I couldn’t flee—I had to push forward instead.

Whoooosh!

I activated the Manhwagong at full power. The flames wrapping around the Heavenly Sword’s blade spun like saw teeth, creating a sharp slash. It was the Manhwagong’s Revolving Heaven technique.

“A fine strike!”

King Roman refused to yield, channeling his aura into the edge of the Red Dragon Axe and pressing down with overwhelming force.

Boom!

Flames fierce enough to melt steel collided, carving a deep furrow across the river’s surface.
The suppressed waters erupted violently, and a massive wave spread outward in all directions.
The Nambuk Alliance’s warships anchored along the riverbank were split in half, their shattered decks hurled skyward.

This collision was violent enough to stop one’s breath, yet I and King Roman smiled as we wielded the Heavenly Sword and Red Dragon Axe within the maelstrom of aura.

Crack, crack, crack!

With each sword strike, the river split; with each axe blow, the sky twisted.

As our exchange continued, transcending human limits, dark clouds gathered overhead as if the world were ending, and the river flipped, exposing its bed.

Boom!

Roman seemed to gain greater power in battle, extinguishing Manhwagong’s flames and applying increasingly stronger pressure.

Clang!

I deflected the ferociously advancing Red Dragon Axe, my eyes narrowing to slits.

‘His speed has increased too.’

The speed of King Roman’s crimson axe strikes accelerated progressively, until now the Red Dragon Axe appeared as a mere blur.
King Roman revealed increasingly devastating power with each passing moment.

A sharp exhale escaped my lips.

I caught my breath and raised the Heavenly Sword diagonally before me.

A metallic screech tore through the air.

King Roman’s descending Red Dragon Axe traveled along the Heavenly Sword’s blade and lashed the river waters. The colossal shockwave carved a deep chasm through the flowing current.

A tremendous crash erupted.

I seized the opening as the Red Dragon Axe descended, drawing Frost Chain. Two sword strikes infused with extreme speed carved toward King Roman’s neck.

Yet King Roman moved to the left as though he’d anticipated the attack, employing a footwork technique.
The speed and precision rivaled teleportation magic itself. A flawless evasion.

‘Is that the Nine Palace Steps?’

The Demon King preferred stationary combat, overwhelming through sheer force, but when he moved, his footwork became nearly impossible to follow. This technique—this must be the Nine Palace Steps that created such elusive movement.

A wave of scorching heat surged forward.

As the Demon King raised the Red Dragon Axe, waves of intense heat crashed toward me. Hundreds of crimson flames erupted from the axe blade, transforming into river rings that shot toward every vital point of my body.

A heavy impact resonated.

I twisted my ankles and executed the Three Harmony Steps. Rather than cutting through the river, I followed its natural current, allowing the cascading torrent of river rings to flow past me.

A deep rumbling sound echoed.

Yet King Roman’s assault remained unfinished. He closed the distance using the Nine Palace Steps and brought the Red Dragon Axe down directly. There was no space to evade. I had no choice but to defend.

A resonant clash thundered across the battlefield.

I gritted my teeth and raised my gaze. As I rotated the ring of fire with such intensity my heart ached, the trajectory of the descending Red Dragon Axe became visible to my eyes.

A series of sharp cracks erupted.

I twisted my wrist and drove the Heavenly Sword toward the Red Dragon Axe. The flames dancing along the blade transformed into an elegant heat line that extended outward—the blade technique of Manhwagong’s Red Immortal.

Screeeech!

The Red Dragon Axe pressing down and the Heavenly Sword surging upward collided once more, unleashing another violent shockwave.
Between sword and axe, countless waves of aura erupted in rapid succession.

‘This is my chance.’

I twisted the heat line standing at the tip of the Heavenly Sword. The thin flames spiraled in concentric circles, forming a shield of fire—the Flame Bead Wall.

Boom!

I repelled the Red Dragon Axe with the Flame Bead Wall and closed the distance to King Roman.

Shing!

Stepping with my left foot into True Angle, I drew the Heavenly Sword downward. The blade tip scattered like heat shimmer, tracing a dreamlike curve. A strike that severs the neck before pain can even register—Silver Sword Dream.

“Hmm!”

King Roman sensed the danger of Silver Sword Dream and furrowed his brow. Without even raising the Red Dragon Axe, he erected a wall of aura in empty space.

Screeeech!

The moment Silver Sword Dream shattered the aura wall, the Red Dragon Axe came blazing down in crimson fury. King Roman had seized the instant to regain his stance and launch a counterattack.

‘I have no choice but to defend.’

I pulled the Heavenly Sword, which had been bending to the right, inward. My body, transcending human limits, executed an impossible movement to block the Red Dragon Axe.

Boom!

But without a perfect defensive stance, my arms and shoulders trembled, and a severe impact reverberated through my body. The pain made my legs freeze.

“Now I see an opening!”

King Roman grinned wickedly and swung the Red Dragon Axe upward from below. It was a strike meant to cleave my entire torso in half.

‘A crisis, but….’

It’s also an opportunity.

I infused the Heavenly Sword with Glacea’s frigid essence. Drawing upon the pinnacle of the Snowwind Sword technique, I deflected the enemy dragon axe that came hurtling like a projectile.
The axe twisted, and King Roman’s chest lay exposed.

‘Now!’

I gritted my teeth and drew the Soul Reaper Sword with my left hand. Demonic energy surged along the crimson blade, sweeping across King Roman’s left chest.

Screech!

Blood streamed down King Roman’s black robe.

“You don’t yield an inch.”

He laughed refreshingly, as if seeing blood only delighted him.

“This is the most exhilarating battle I’ve ever experienced.”
“Same here.”

I wiped the blood trickling from my lips and nodded.

‘How could I not enjoy fighting someone giving their all?’

King Roman, one of the Continent’s most renowned warriors, acknowledged me and committed his full strength to this battle. My chest burned with exhilaration.
Despite my internal injuries, laughter escaped me.

“Shall we continue then?”

King Roman gripped the enemy dragon axe’s handle with both hands, baring his white teeth.

“Absolutely.”

I summoned Manhwagong and Glacea in their entirety. Clashing flames and frost intertwined with the Gwangpung Style’s wind—incompatible elements that harmonized. Blazing fire and crystalline frost blades erupted with noble radiance.

This time, I didn’t wait for King Roman to approach. I advanced first, entering his space and unleashing the Radiant Sword.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

The maddened beast tore through King Roman’s aura and drove its fangs into the Red Dragon Axe.

“Krahahahaha!”

King Roman lifted the axe handle upward, turning the tremor of the Madness Sword to his advantage.
He unleashed a barrage of rapid attacks as if he’d transformed his weapon into a club.

Yet because he was still wielding the Red Dragon Axe itself, its crushing force remained undiminished.
My right arm holding the Heavenly Sword felt as though it would be pulverized.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!

King Roman twisted his wrist, raising the axe blade upward once more. The weight felt as if he’d placed the Rabel River itself upon the Red Dragon Axe.

Whoooosh!

I thrust the Heavenly Sword toward the tip of the Red Dragon Axe. Flames and frost erupted across the blade, forming the shape of a dragon.
Like a celestial dragon ascending and shattering the heavens, the Heavenly Sword’s strike pushed the Red Dragon Axe back.

‘Ugh…’

I could push King Roman back by operating both Manhwagong and Glacia simultaneously, but my chest ached more intensely. My internal injuries seemed to have worsened.

‘I can’t stop yet… wait?’

Just as I was about to move left to exploit the opening in King Roman’s defense, the Flame Dragon Strike that had surged forward was split in half.

Through the splitting flames, I saw the Red Dragon Axe. King Roman had completely cleaved my Flame Dragon Strike apart.

‘What?’

I exhaled sharply, watching King Roman with flames burning in his eyes.

‘His momentum has grown stronger.’

King Roman’s aura, which I thought was his full power, had risen to an even higher level.

“Not yet!”

King Roman surged forward with a twisted grin, his crimson blade sweeping from left to right with an ominous gleam.

Crash!

Even with the Heavenly Sword deployed in a lotus wall formation and the Soul Reaper Sword unleashing the Shadowless Strike, the impact still penetrated through.
My head reeled as if I were seasick, and sharp pain erupted across my shoulders.

‘I’m certain now.’

He’s growing stronger through this battle.

King Roman wasn’t holding back his full power. He was evolving through this very combat.

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“A pointless visit.”

Helgurum, the Beast Alliance Master of the Nambuk Alliance, clicked his tongue sharply.

“I… beg your pardon?”

The Black Wolf Bandit Leader blinked, confused by the sudden remark.

“Raon Zigheart is undoubtedly the greatest prodigy on the Continent. But…”

Helgurum snorted and shook his head.

“He still falls short against King Roman. Or rather, he’s no match for the evolved King Roman.”
“But until just moments ago, they were nearly evenly matched…”
“King Roman achieved enlightenment only yesterday. He simply lacked the time to fully embody it.”
“Then… does that mean…?”
“Yes. Right now, King Roman is embodying that enlightenment through his life-or-death duel with Raon Zigheart. In other words, he grows stronger with each passing moment.”

He waved his hand dismissively, as though swatting away a fly.

“He already had the advantage, and now he grows stronger as he fights? There’s no answer to this.”

Helgurum brushed his hands together as if the battle were already decided.

“But Raon Zigheart possesses the Sword Realm.”
“The Sword Realm alone cannot overcome such a gap.”

He shook his head with absolute certainty.

“Fortunately, we can eliminate this young monster before he becomes one. In the future, he would become a true monster that no one could face.”

Helgurum set down his cup and glanced to his left. The Zigheart swordsmen watched Raon being pushed back, yet their fists remained clenched—they had not surrendered.

“Are they unwilling to accept it?”

Heavenly Sword Master Sheryl and Rimer would have grasped the situation’s trajectory, yet their expressions remained unmoved.
They displayed absolute faith in the man called Raon.

“Pathetic.”
“Perhaps not.”

Beorn, standing behind Helgurum, shook his head.

“What do you mean?”
“That is not the face of someone who has given up.”

He pointed to Raon, whose position had shifted from King Roman’s. Blood trickled from his mouth and chest, yet a deep smile played across his face.

“Hmm….”

Helgurum’s brow furrowed as he studied Raon.

‘Why is he smiling?’

He must feel his opponent growing stronger with each passing moment, yet the reason for that smile eluded him.

‘This battle is already over. King Roman presses forward, and he merely evades or barely endures… Wait.’

Dodge or endure?

King Roman had ascended to a higher plane as he embodied his enlightenment. To withstand his evolved power meant….

Helgurum’s lips trembled as he watched Raon.

‘That monster has grown too!’

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“Haah….”

I exhaled heavily, weaving through the endless trajectories of King Roman’s crimson dragon strikes.

‘I feel like I’m dying. But….’

I’m enjoying this.

When I first felt King Roman growing stronger through combat, despair had washed over me.

Already losing ground, and he was still evolving—it seemed hopeless.

As I forced myself to endure, the ice-flower bracelet caught my eye, sliding down beneath my trembling wrist.

‘Wrath.’

If that arrogant bastard saw this situation, he’d be cackling with mockery. The thought ignited a fury buried deep within my soul.

Even if it meant her death, she resonated the ring of fire to its absolute limit, vowing to plunge a blade into Roman’s heart.

My heart thundered as though it would burst, my soul’s essence surging to its breaking point, and the swords I’d constructed in my mental landscape materialized before my eyes.

The seedling trees of my blade art bore fruit, and my swordsmanship realm skyrocketed.

Krraaaaaang!

By combining the heavy sword, the broad sword, the absolute sword, and the blunt sword, I could block King Roman’s axe strikes without retreating a single step.

Ching!

As I harmonized the wind sword, the swift sword, the light sword, and the variable sword, the Heavenly Sword surged forward even faster than the crimson dragon axe that had been fired first, tearing open King Roman’s shoulder.

I had taken a wound to my waist, but I felt no pain.
The exhilaration of becoming stronger consumed my entire being.

Drawing sword techniques in reality that I had only imagined in my mind made it feel as though nothing was impossible.

“Excellent!”

Strangely, King Roman shared that same emotion. As he continued to grow stronger, he curved his lips into a smile and lifted the crimson dragon axe above his head.

“But this time, it will be different!”

Between the axe blades of the crimson dragon axe, red traces of energy scattered. The Demon King’s Crimson Ring Strike—the technique that had adorned the final moments of the triple duel. Yet the level of the energy wave was incomparable to before.

Boom!

King Roman employed the Nine Palace Steps to approach right before my eyes and unleashed the shockwave of the Demon King’s Crimson Ring Strike. It was a transcendent martial art that detonated a long-range bombardment at point-blank range.

Whoosh.

I drew in a breath as I gazed upon the energy waves that filled my vision.

Roooar!

Time slowed even further. In that realm of transcendence where I could see my own reflection in the enemy’s pupils, I raised the Heavenly Sword.

Ching!

What drenched the silver blade was not mere aura.

The sword techniques I had accumulated within my mind’s eye until now merged into a single blade, seeping into the silvery-gray sword body.

‘Now I understand.’

The reason the new Sword Realm continued to fail was that I had been trying to weave together too many forces that my current vessel could not contain.

I emptied the insufficient forces and discarded the incomplete flow of aura.

Only then did a sword befitting my vessel take shape in my mind.

Golden light descended into Raon’s eyes.

“Sword Realm Incarnate.”

The new Sword Realm, not yet even named, drew a single line that split heaven and earth.

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