Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 933



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True empty hometown

I couldn’t quite understand the situation at the time.

‘ why?!’

When the new master of the Shinto clan came rushing in, I had a gut feeling that it was impossible to dodge or block his techniques. It was so fleeting that at that point, I was basically hit. So after thinking about the best method, I decided to face him and steal his mask.

So, Shinto Master and I are in a situation where we stole each other’s masks… Does that mean that if we steal each other’s masks, our bodies will switch?!

At first, it seemed certain that I was Howol’s body. I felt around my body to make sure that this wasn’t an illusion, and then I tried to summon my inner strength.

Woof

‘Well… I do have some internal energy, but this is…’

Wasn’t he just a beginner-level internal energy practitioner? In our world, his level of internal energy would have been at most three or four years of training, and he certainly wasn’t an expert. His pulse was barely open, his true energy flow was poor, and his absolute amount was also very low. Even his danjeon wasn’t developed, as if he hadn’t properly practiced his internal energy methods, but had accumulated it through martial arts or extreme physical training.

” ……”

As expected, my powers of the yin shi and the hwaan geum jeong have disappeared. The powers of the constellations have also disappeared. I checked to see if I had the seal of the apostle I received from Dharma, but even that was missing. All the spiritual powers, divine powers, and magical powers that were my property have disappeared.

Could it be that I have lost all my strength just now?!

I was so shocked that I just sat there with my mouth open. As I stood there blankly, Princess Ayuta came over and patted my back, comforting me.

“Death penalty. Cheer up…”

” … I don’t understand. Why did Baek Woong lock us up? There must be only one Shinto Master, so why did he lock us all up?”

Seongjin, the prince of a fallen small country sitting next to me, answered my question.

“They locked us up, saying that the New God had brainwashed us all.”

“Did Dharma believe that?”

Seongjin looked at me as if he sensed something strange. But soon he nodded.

“Yes. It seemed like the Master trusted that man named Baek Woong… Phew.”

” ……”

Rather than being shocked by losing all my strength, I tried to calm down about the current situation. The first thing that came to my mind was only one thing.

‘Secretary Cheonam.’

In that case, in the current situation, I had my Cheonam Secretary taken away by Shintujijon. If it were Shintujijon, it would have been obvious that he would have noticed the existence of Cheonam Secretary, which he usually carried around. That meant that maybe Shintujijon could have taken away my abilities from my previous life. I was a little worried about that, but soon I moved on to other thoughts.

‘If it was taken away just for possessing it, it would have been taken away dozens of times by now. Now is not the time to worry about that… It’s really strange.’

There was a feeling of ‘discomfort’ that came to my mind.

‘How did the God of War use such a weak body to strike me with such an unavoidable blow?’

I really don’t understand this.

Howol’s body was originally a general and a warrior, so it was solidly trained and had outstanding muscles. However, since he had never formally trained his internal energy, it could be said that he was weak from a martial artist’s perspective. He could not properly use his internal energy or true energy. Common sense tells us that if he were to use this body, even if he was the owner of peerless martial arts, his strength would be greatly reduced.

I stared blankly at the prison wall, then slowly assumed the basic stance of the Brain God style. Then, after catching my breath, I quickly threw a palm strike at the wall.

Boom!!

“……!!”

“Ugh! Death penalty…”

Gurrrrrr…

Then, one of the most powerful techniques in the Thunder God Style, the Thunder Spirit Seal, shook off and created a palm seal that was a whopping four feet long on the stone wall. A palm that was more than ten times larger was carved into the stone wall with a uniform width, and hardly any stone dust fell. A technique like this would be considered the pinnacle of skill in the martial arts world, but I made a bitter expression as I looked at the traces of the technique.

‘I see… If you use your will, you can increase your power even if you use only a tiny bit of internal energy. But there is a limit.’

Even though he was not a martial artist, he could see the power of his willpower just by using the body of Ho-wol, who was not a martial artist, and using this level of willpower. However, as can be seen from the power of the guardian lion, no matter how great a master of willpower he was, he was greatly limited by his internal energy, which could be called the foundation. If I had my original internal energy, I could have blown away a huge wall with one blow of the willpower, but the power was greatly limited. No matter how much I was a master of martial arts and used willpower, I could not do more than this.

However, the blow that Shintojijon had just delivered to me, even though it was a surprise attack, had a terrifying power that was difficult to counter even with all my might. How was that possible? I have the ability to calmly block even if the Guardians of the Law attack with all their might, but Shintojijon’s blow was far beyond that level.

I turned my head coldly.

‘In this situation where my body has been taken away and my secretary has been taken away, suicide is the answer.’

It would be most reasonable to commit suicide and reincarnate to wait for the next opportunity. If you rashly give Shintojijon time and he realizes how to use Cheonambiseo and your past life abilities are stolen, everything will be over. It would be common sense to commit suicide before that.

‘No. There’s not enough information to commit suicide yet!’

If I die here, I will obtain the information that Shintojijon has transformed into Ho-wol and start the next round. However, in the end, it is no different from standing still. If I had made sacrifices and pursued efficiency from the beginning, it would not have come to this point. At least I would not have felt wronged if I had known why Shintojijon did this before I died.

I soon realized what I had to do.

Gooooo

I sat cross-legged and began to chant my inner energy method.

Thunder Dragon One Qigong

An advanced method that can be said to be the beginning and end of the Brain God Style! The lightning energy twitched and circled around the dantian, and began to gather internal energy by drawing in a strong suction force. Compared to the countless peak internal energy methods in the martial arts world, it was far ahead, and it was a method that was good for using martial arts specialized in Brain God Style.

‘If it were normal, you would have to practice the Brain Dragon’s Ilgi Gong for at least 3 years to develop useful internal energy… but…’

The mind attracts energy!

Ideas can transcend the laws of the world!

Thanks to the state of mind I realized after the peak, I was able to transcend the limitations of the general internal energy method training. I gathered my refined mind and concentrated my mind, and after a while, I used my mind and greatly attracted the energy in the air.

Shushu shu shu

The original method of internal energy was to draw the energy in the air through the skin and the heart vessels, and then calmly refine it in the dantian, but I ignored that process and pulled the mass of energy gathered around me into the Baihui point at the top of my head and threw it into the air.

Kookung!!

With intense pain, it felt as if the intimate blood vessels of his entire body were swelling. Originally, internal energy was practiced by drawing in energy over a long period of time, strengthening the deep veins, and drawing in more energy through the strengthened deep veins. It was also similar to the principle of building muscle. Therefore, if he had inserted a large mass of energy into the Baihui point without any training, it would not have been strange if he had died instantly. It was not for nothing that internal energy methods were developed in the history of martial arts.

‘Koooop!’

But I kept my eyes wide open and held back the blood that was filling my mouth, puffing out my cheeks. My body felt like it would burst at any moment, but I forcibly held on to my body with my will and strengthened my endurance. It was an external method that I could use because I was a master of will.

At the same time, energy poured into the Baihui point as if it was being thrust into me, and I dispersed the vast amount of energy that was flowing in all over my body.

It was as if thousands of bugs were crawling all over my body, eating away at my insides! While enduring the pain, I quickly transformed my energy into thunderous power using the Brain God Stream Brain Dragon Ilgi Gong method, and refined my internal energy a second time. The refined internal energy quickly expanded my heart veins and spread out, transforming my body to fit the internal energy method.

After one session, I took a few deep breaths and then once again pulled in a large amount of energy from the air. This time, a much larger mass of energy was gathered than before, and I gritted my teeth and once again directed the energy into the Baihui point.

Kookung!!

“Coolook!!”

I couldn’t hold it in any longer and blood flowed from the corner of my mouth. Blood was also flowing from my eyes, which was unusual. It seemed that my danjeon had been injured and I had suffered a major internal injury, but I didn’t care and just like before, I purified my energy and spread it throughout my body. Then, all of a sudden, my internal energy increased, and I used the increased internal energy to heal my internal injury again.

Literally a reckless and arbitrary law of nature!

This method was theoretically possible, but in practice it was useless. At least, it was possible only if one could control one’s will to the point where one was approaching the absolute state at the highest level, but since a master of that level had trained for a long time, he already had sufficient internal energy. After training internal energy, he would break through the boundary of the highest level and obtain the method of controlling the rise of will, so the roles were reversed. However, I needed strength right now, so I foolishly used the attribute training method.

Kookung!

Kookung!

How many times did he pull the energy like that and spread it throughout his body?

I could soon feel my internal energy forming a large circle, expanding my dantian, and the blood vessels of Sajibaekhae opening halfway. According to the principle of heart energy and blood circulation, the inside and outside were working together to draw out great strength. I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and thought.

‘Okay. With this, I’ve obtained about fifteen years’ worth of training…’

In just half an hour, he achieved peak level internal energy.

And with this level of internal energy, there are many things I can do. I slowly reached out and grabbed the iron bars, and soon I lightly bent the bars and walked outside.

Ki-ki-gi-gik

“Ugh…”

“A, a death penalty?!”

The remaining four disciples were greatly surprised. In this world where martial arts are not properly developed, it is impossible for a human to bend an iron bar like a stick with his bare hands. I glanced back and said.

“I have something to ask.”

” ……”

“If you had to give your life to save the world, would you be willing to lay down your neck?”

They seemed to be silent in response to my question. Then, Hye-ga, who was sitting in the innermost row, put her hands together in prayer and spoke.

“Of course.”

“Then, if it’s to destroy the world?”

“That too, of course.”

“Does everyone think the same?”

Then the remaining four disciples, including Hyega, answered with determined expressions.

“Of course!”

Perhaps they have already realized that I am not Howol but someone else.

” ……”

I realized that their expressions were sincere.

As Dharma said, they were willing to give up their lives for a cause, and it was clear that they strongly wanted the world to be destroyed. Of course, that might be natural for those who had seen the cruel truth of the world from Dharma’s side.

‘Oh my god. I don’t know…’

Is it stupid to try to save everyone? Why should I save someone who wants to die on their own? Isn’t it just my selfishness?

I felt confused, but I shook my head and walked out of the prison.

And as I headed to the place where I had been attacked by the Shinto Lord earlier, the Shinto Lord and Dharma, who had my body, were sitting there. They were sitting facing each other, as if they were talking about something, and I walked behind the Shinto Lord.

Stop

As I stopped one step behind the back of the Great God, the Great God spoke without looking back in the voice of ‘Baek Woong’.

“Unexpected. I thought you would run away from the White Lotus Sect if you were penniless, but you didn’t?”

“Don’t assume everything will turn out exactly as you expect.”

“Kuk kuk kuk…”

The new god shrugged his shoulders and seemed to laugh. Then he sat down comfortably with his knees bent and spoke to Dharma.

“What do you think, Master Dharma? Who do you want to work with, me or that guy?”

[ ……]

Dharma sat silently still. He seemed lost in thought, his hood pulled down low, until he finally opened his mouth.

[ Are you sharing each other’s memories? ]

To Dharma’s question, Shintujijon answered without turning his head.

“Ah~ no. Originally, I was planning on stealing that guy’s memories, but I ended up stabbing him so I think only his body was switched. This is a first for me as well. And then I gained unexpected powers and that guy was left penniless.”

It was as Shintojijon said. At that moment, Shintojijon and I exchanged steals equally. That’s why [Mask Stealing], which was originally supposed to be a landslide victory for one side, seemed to have embodied the phenomenon of only changing bodies.

I said through gritted teeth.

“The greatest thief in the world! How dare he make a surprise attack…”

Shintojijon scratched his head as if asking what was going on.

“What are you talking about, junior? Isn’t the original nature of a thief to hit someone on the back of the head? I think I acted in a very thief-like manner…”

” ……”

“I don’t understand why you’re so confident after getting hit in the back of the head like a sledgehammer.”

My heart ached at Shintojijon’s words, but I shouted.

“Don’t think that you’ve won everything.”

“Hoo… Well, looking at the strength I’ve accumulated in this body, I can say that with confidence.”

Shintojijon, who had been giggling, stood up from his seat and turned to look at me.

He laughed cheerfully, distorting his face with the face of ‘Baek Woong’.

“Okay, where do you want to place a bet?”

“What bet?”

“You didn’t run away and came straight here, so it looks like you have one last move or are trying to negotiate with me… Since it’s come to this, I want to take everything away from you, my junior.”

” ……”

I feel like my mind has been read.

Since Master Dharma and Shinto Jijon were in cahoots anyway, he planned to come here and find out Shinto Jijon’s true identity whether he could run away or not, and even if he had to die, he would die after that. It seemed like he had figured out his intention to scrape up information.

“Shall we try again?”

“What are you talking about?”

The new god smiled broadly.

“Stealing masks.”

” ……”

“The conditions are almost the same. Let’s see whose hands are faster.”

“What the hell is the difference! You, you idiot, have my body!”

“That’s strange. Then why did you draw with this body just now?”

Ugh.

I had no answer, but I had to admit it in my heart.

Shintojijon is better than me!

With a body like this that had almost no internal energy, the fact that he swapped masks with me at the same time as me, even though it was a surprise attack, meant that Shinto Master’s skills were actually far superior.

‘Huh? Wait a minute…’

Something is strange.

Why didn’t the Great Master Shinto build up his internal energy or train?

It’s obvious that having internal energy will be advantageous for living in this world, and it’s clear that you’ll be much stronger… but why?

I felt something strange, but Shintojijon walked towards me and said.

“There is no choice. A thief never asks the owner’s permission to steal something.”

Pavat!!

At that moment, Shintojijon rushed at me again, and I could feel Shintojijon rushing at me for a split second. And then, in a moment that seemed to stop, Shintojijon’s hand reached out to me, but at the same speed as before.

… uh?

Same speed?

It’s a tremendous speed, but if it doesn’t get any faster than before…

‘ … Is that so? ‘

I sensed something and cast [Steal] as best I could in the moment. And just like before, I saw a mask rise behind the opponent’s head even though I didn’t recite the spell. I also felt something rise behind me, and it seemed like this phenomenon would occur when [Steal Mask] casters confront each other.

‘Okay! I got the speed right too!’

It must have been because I had desperately raised my internal energy to its peak just a moment ago! I desperately reached out and tried to snatch the mask.

” hmm!”

A momentary look of bewilderment appeared on the face of the new leader.

Ugh

At that moment, I was hit in the waist by the kick of the Shinto Master who had pulled back and fell to the ground. I blocked it with my will and internal energy just before, but the tremendous force broke my ribs and I vomited blood.

“Cough!!”

“Oh, oh, oh… As expected. An annoying junior has arrived.”

” ……”

“Should I take the time to cook it if I want to steal it all?”

The new master licked his lips as if he was missing something. I could see why he had refused to exchange the first move and kicked me just before.

‘ Same. ‘

The speed of Shinto’s hands and mine are the same.

It is the same thing, independent of the power or authority possessed by the body.

That means that regardless of his physical strength, Shintojijon can always cast his stealing ability at the fastest speed, but paradoxically, that speed has its limits. And I casted stealing like I learned from Shintojijon in the same way with my mind, and the speed was equal despite this body.

It was obvious why this phenomenon had occurred. I, too, had been able to reach a similar level as Shintojijon in terms of [stealing]. And Shintojijon seemed not to have anticipated it.

” Heh heh.”

I laughed, feeling somehow cheerful.

In that case, I guess I have reached the realm of divine magic.

This is what they mean by “the blue bird comes first!”

It seemed that the New Master could use a unique technique that allowed him to accelerate to the absolute realm without any internal energy, but in the end, that technique meant that I could also use it in a similar way. It was limited to [Stealing], but in any case, it was equal.

The face of the new god stiffened slightly when he heard my laughter.

“Ugh, this hurts my pride a little bit…”

I felt a strange chill.

Because of those words, I felt like I was going to have a very hard time in the future.