The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 839

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Chapter 839

Whoooosh!

I advanced toward the cold-faced man and extended the Heavenly Sword. I concentrated the flames of Manhwagong at the blade’s edge, infusing it with the profound technique of heavy swordsmanship.

Raon Zigheart Style Swordsmanship.
Second Form: Heavy Heaven Strike.

I pulled the opponent close with the gravitational force blooming from the sword strike, then unleashed an overwhelmingly powerful slash.

Boom!

A tremendous shockwave erupted, and a tempest of aura swept in all directions.
Since I had drawn my full power from the start, treating the opponent as a wall blocking the path, even the barrier itself trembled as if it might shatter.

“Prepare to leave immediately….”

I was shouting to the Gwangpung Corps to prepare their escape from this barrier.

Whoooosh!

From within the flames created by the Heavy Heaven Strike, pure white rays of light poured forth.

Tch!

Raon took a step back and drew the Soul Reaper Sword diagonally. Manhwagong Cheonhwa Jeokseomsapsimugyuk. The flames extending in thirty-six directions collided with the shower of light falling like a meteor shower.

Cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo!

If my body weren’t so resilient, the shockwaves alone would have torn my limbs apart by now.
If his body hadn’t been so sturdy, it seemed like his limbs would have been torn off just from that shockwave alone.

You’re strong.

It wasn’t quite at the level of a Transcendent’s aura, but strangely, he felt stronger than the First Apostle.
It wasn’t on the level of a Transcendent’s energy, but strangely, it felt stronger than the First Apostle’s.

Whoooosh!

The flames conjured by the Heavenly Sword dissipated, and the cold-faced man emerged once more from the inferno.
His outer robe remained unsinged—a testament to his strength, which seemed to exceed even the First Apostle’s.

‘Then…’

Time was not on my side. Rather than engage this mysterious figure, escaping this space had to be my priority.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

I pivoted sharply on my heel and brought down the Heavenly Sword and Soul Reaper Sword toward the white wall on my right. It was a dual-blade technique flowing from Red Flash into Returning Heaven.

Whoooosh!

Fierce flames tore through the white barrier.
Yet the barrier did not shatter completely—it slowly knitted itself back together like water closing over a blade.

“What is this…?”

The barrier’s power had seemed manageable at first. I’d believed Red Flash and Returning Heaven would be sufficient to cleave through it, but they had no effect whatsoever.

“As long as I stand here, you will not leave.”

The cold-faced man shook his head, as if to say it was impossible.

“Hmm…”

I lifted my gaze and bit my lip.

‘Did he reinforce the barrier?’

From his words—”as long as I stand here”—it appeared the damned man had increased the barrier’s durability.

‘Of course he did.’

Since he had created this barrier himself, strengthening its resilience would be effortless.

-That bastard…

Wrath narrowed his brows as he gazed upon the cold-featured man.

-A Celestial, he is.
‘What…?’

I spun toward Wrath, my eyes widening in shock.

‘A Celestial? That man?’
-Indeed. A High Angel among the Celestials, he is.

Wrath’s brow furrowed deeply with evident disdain as he regarded the cold-featured man.

‘A High Angel…’

I swallowed hard.

‘Why would a Celestial aid Seif?’

I couldn’t fathom how Seif and the Celestials could possibly be connected.

‘Wait…’

I bit my lip as I studied the High Angel before me.

‘Could it be him?’

There was only one person on the Continent connected to the Celestials—Derus Robert. His loathsome visage began to overlap with this Celestial’s.

‘No, it has to be him.’

Seif had claimed to have met his god, and his words and conduct bore an uncanny resemblance to Derus Robert. The stench was unmistakable. That vile demon surely stood behind these creatures.

“Celestial.”

I tilted my chin toward the High Angel.

“What is your connection to Derus Robert?”
“Hmm…”

The high-ranking angel lowered his eyes, which trembled slightly.

“To grasp even that much… you truly are a human tainted by the Demon Race, just as he said.”

He covered his nose and mouth with his hand as if disgusted.

“Damn it.”

I ground my teeth as I stared at the high-ranking angel.

‘It was him again!’

Derus Robert had his fingers in every despicable incident that occurred on this Continent.
By now, I wanted to crack open his skull and see what was going on inside his head.

“Normally, I would have drawn out time so Beorn could absorb your power, but you’ve made it impossible for me to stand idle. By the name of the angel Bardiel, I shall grant you salvation.”

The high-ranking angel who called himself Bardiel revealed eyes devoid of warmth.

‘Bardiel? Revealing his true name all of a sudden?’

I let out a hollow laugh as I looked at Bardiel.

-Why else would it be? They believe only they are pure, that their actions are righteous.

Wrath wrinkled his nose bridge as he called them a vile race.

“Ce-Celestials? Like that monster from back then?”

Burren trembled, his lips quivering in shock.

“Celestials, my ass! Get lost!”

Martha unleashed a piercing cry as she drove her aura downward against the wall of light.

“Open the door….”

Lunan also refused to hold back, releasing a torrent of blue frost from his entire body.

“I need to weaken you all a bit.”

Bardiel snapped his fingers, and the white ground rippled like wet paint before humanoid figures of light wielding swords and spears rose from the earth.

“Eliminate them.”

At his command, the light beings surged toward the Gwangpung Corps without even a battle cry.

“What are these damn things now!”

Martha gritted her teeth and brought down her sword, infused with Titan’s aura.

Crash!

The light beings charging forward crumbled like a sandcastle struck by her heavy blade.

Whoosh!

Yet the light beings regenerated their bodies without hesitation and rushed at Martha again. This seemed to be Bardiel’s ability, channeled through the barrier.

“Their regeneration won’t stop!”

Burren shook his head, noting the regeneration speed was far too rapid.

“I’ll handle it.”

Lunan stepped forward at the head of the Gwangpung Formation and brought Seolhwa down in a devastating strike.
Frost energy bloomed along the blade’s edge, spreading in concentric circles and freezing all the light beings rushing toward the Gwangpung Corps solid.

“Hey! Well done!”

Martha exclaimed in admiration and gave Lunan a thumbs up.

“Now we break the barrier….”

As she spoke of shattering the barrier in this opening, the ice shattered into fragments and the light beings began moving again.

“You idiot! I even praised you, so freeze them properly!”
“This is my limit….”

Lunan pouted his lips and unleashed another wave of cold, but it only momentarily slowed the footsteps of the beings of light.

-If you do not deal with that celestial bastard, this barrier and those beings of light will continue to persist.

Wrath shook his head, insisting that Bardiel must be dealt with first.

‘That’s the way then.’

I nodded and turned my gaze toward Bardiel.

-You would have noticed, but that celestial bastard is not fighting at full strength.

Wrath snorted dismissively while looking up at Bardiel.

-To break this barrier, the priority is to draw out his wings and force that bastard to fight seriously.

He nodded, saying that when celestials exert their full power, white wings burst forth from their bodies.

‘Ah, so that’s it.’

Now I understood why I had initially thought Bardiel was stronger than the First Apostle.
He was concealing the wings and power of an angel beneath a human facade.

‘Then Seif hasn’t fully absorbed Aunt’s power yet.’

Considering Bardiel’s words and actions, he had created this barrier to buy time, allowing Seif to completely absorb Aris’s power.

I didn’t know what secret lay in Zigheart blood that made such an impossible thing possible, but my course of action had become clear.

“It’s complicated, yet simple.”

I tilted my chin toward Bardiel.

“All I need to do is capture that bastard.”
“Indeed, humans are walking down the wrong path.”

Bardiel looked down at me and shook his head heavily.

“A mere chick spouting nonsense.”

Raon let out a scoff as he looked at Bardiel.

“Whether they’re Demon Race or Celestials, I don’t understand why they keep spouting such pointless drivel.”
-Tch!

Wrath shook his head, questioning why I suddenly brought up the Demon Race.

‘Focus.’

It wasn’t just Aris I was concerned about—my thoughts kept drifting to those outside this barrier, making my head spin and clouding my judgment.

Assuming the worst-case scenario, even perfect clarity of mind wouldn’t let me control my emotions.

But there was only ever one thing I could do: defeat the enemy before me. Gripping the Heavenly Sword and Soul Reaper Sword tighter, I focused on that alone.

“You’ve been deeply tainted by the Demon Race.”

Bardiel lowered one eyebrow and extended his hand. White light erupted from his palm, surging toward me as if to erase my entire being.
Unlike the light that formed this space, it carried unmistakable killing intent.

Boom!

I didn’t retreat. Instead, I stepped forward with Taewhabo, throwing myself toward the tidal wave of light that threatened to dissolve my body whole, layering Glacial’s chill onto the Heavenly Sword.

Crash!

Riding the winds of the Gwangpung Style, the Demon Lord’s frost froze every trace of the Celestial’s light.

“Hm!”

Bardiel’s eyes widened in shock that his own assault had been frozen, and he retreated backward.

“Don’t run, Celestial.”

I advanced at a speed that darkened my vision, bringing the Heavenly Sword down in a devastating arc. Wrath’s freezing chill that froze light itself accompanied the strike.

Crash!

I shattered the wall of light Bardiel had created, then drove the Soul Reaper Sword toward his heart. Pure white frost bloomed across the blade of crimson resentment.

“Ugh!”

Bardiel swallowed hard and brought his hands together, a sphere of light blazing like the sun materializing before his chest as it roughly pushed back both blades.

“Hah…”

I stepped back and exhaled slowly.

‘Strong, but I can handle it.’

The light Bardiel created was powerful and swift, but it lacked the profound martial subtlety woven deep within it. I could definitely win.

“I’ll pierce holes through your entire body.”

As Bardiel twisted his lips, brilliant white flashes erupted from the sphere of light he held. There were far too many to cut down with a blade.
There were so many numbers that it was impossible to check them all with a sword.

Whoooosh!

I raised the Heavenly Sword before my eyes. Frost flowers bloomed across the blade’s icy blue surface.
The glacial aura I unleashed with Glacial collided with the flashes pouring from the sphere of light.

Crash, crash, crash!

In the midst of the endless clash between blade and light, Bardiel’s eyes gleamed fiercely.

‘This one is truly dangerous.’

Seeing how he erased divine power itself, it was clear he had already accepted the Demon Race’s strength into his body. If left unchecked, this Barrier would be at risk.

‘Elimination might be best.’

Recalling the incident when I revealed Derus Robert’s true identity, even if his power and talent were a waste, it seemed better to kill him here.

Whoooosh!

Bardiel crossed his hands, compressing the sphere of light to the size of a bead. He fired the vibrating orb of radiance toward me.

Boom!

The sphere of light, which had been compressed into a small form, spread like clouds before Raon’s eyes and triggered a magnificent explosion.

‘It’s over.’

The final technique, Radiant Bloom. No matter how much power from the Demon Race one received, it was impossible for a human body that hadn’t transcended to withstand that impact.

Just as I thought everything had ended and began to lower my hand, a pair of crimson eyes flashed within the white light’s wave.

Boom!

I advanced forward, collapsing the ground beneath my feet. The Void Slash, infused with the power of Wrath, surged upward and tore through the wall of light, piercing through Bardiel’s chest.

Screech!

Not only Bardiel, but the space behind him split open as well, and the white barrier began to tear apart.

“Now!”

As I gestured toward the Gwangpung Corps, the opening barrier sealed shut again, and a pristine white radiance rose from the ground.

Boom!

Bardiel’s outer layer was stripped away, and pure white wings burst forth from his back.

“How dare a mere human!”

He twisted his black eyes as if he were a Demon descending, not a Celestial Being.

Boom!

I grasped the Heavenly Sword and Soul Reaper Sword in reverse grip and drove them into the battlefield.

Whoosh!

Above the barrier filled with white light, a golden sun and silver moon rose, tempering the divine and demonic blades.

“How dare a mere Celestial Being….”

I grasped the divine and demonic blades as they descended gently, my jaw clenched.

“Do not obstruct the path of a human.”

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“Dorian.”

Seif approached Dorian with a sinister chuckle.

“Ugh….”

Dorian stumbled backward, but his back soon pressed against the wall.

“I pretended not to know, but I was aware of you as well. Raon’s closest confidant, the quartermaster of the Gwangpung Corps. Isn’t that right?”

Seif twirled his black blade and laughed.

“What do you think will happen when I show Raon Zigheart your corpse with all four limbs torn away? I imagine it will make things much easier to handle?”

He spoke of anticipating Raon’s expression as he brought his black blade down. The thinly curled spatial sword bared its teeth toward Dorian’s legs.

“Aaaahhh!”

Dorian threw himself to the right just before Seif could complete his swing. Thanks to that split-second judgment, he escaped with only a shallow wound rather than having his thigh severed.

“I was trying to cut off your leg?”

Seif narrowed his eyes as he looked at Dorian.

“It seems you’ve learned something.”

He let out a cold laugh and shook his head.

“Fine then. I’ll do this properly.”
“Ah….”

Dorian’s jaw trembled as he watched Seif’s gleaming crimson eyes.

‘This can’t be happening.’

I’d managed to evade the first strike thanks to my insight, but this was impossible.
No matter when or how I moved, there seemed to be no escaping that black blade.

“This time, it’s your arm.”

Seif declared he would sever my arm and brought the black blade down lightly.

“Aaaahhhhh! Organization Master!”

Dorian cried out to Raon for help and squeezed his eyes shut.

Whoooosh!

I’d been bracing for the agony of my arm being torn away, but what I felt instead was the crisp scent of wind.

“Huh…?”

As Dorian slowly opened his eyes, red hair fluttered before his face.

“That’s harsh. Looking for Raon instead of me?”

Rimer turned to look at Dorian and chuckled.

“S-Sub-Master!”
“Here, take this useless human.”

He handed over Aris, whom he’d been carrying at his left hip, to Dorian.

“Hmm?”

Seif’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Rimer.

“Where were you hiding that you’re only showing up now?”
“I left at the very beginning, so I was outside this cavern.”

Rimer nodded, the Leaf Blade resting across his shoulder.

“I was planning to let Raon handle the front while I circled around for a surprise attack, but things have turned out differently.”

He laughed, saying it was fortunate enough as it was.

“No matter how much I suppressed my presence and hid, Bardiel’s barrier would have… ah!”

Seif chuckled while looking at Rimer’s ear.

“So that’s what happened? Well, since it’s a hastily constructed barrier, there must be restrictions.”

He nodded as understanding dawned on him.

“Actually, this works out better.”

Seif’s lips curled into a long, wicked smile as he looked at Rimer.

“You’d be fun to play with, wouldn’t you?”
“Fun?”

Rimer scoffed and shook his head.

“I don’t know what method you used to strip that reckless fool of his power, but….”

A blue wind rose behind him, erasing all malice.

“I’ll show you that hastily built bridges crumble without fail.”

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