The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1222 The black robe worn by Derus Robert was torn diagonally, and red blood poured from his chest. "Ugh..." Derus Robert trembled his lips while revealing vertical wrinkles on his forehead as if he had received a great shock. "I told you, didn't I?" Raon smiled coldly and flicked his right hand holding the Divine Sword. "That I could do it." If he had stayed at Zieghart, no matter how much Glenn helped him, he would never have been able to land a sword strike on Derus Robert. There was a wall wider than the ocean erected between that bastard and himself. 'But thanks to coming here, I was able to build a ship that could cross that ocean.' As the Ring of Fire reached ten rings, his martial prowess itself had grown overall. His swordsmanship realm had risen, his physical abilities had strengthened, and his mental strength had also increased incomparably compared to before. There was still a massive wall erected between himself and Derus Robert, but thanks to the ten rings, he had reached a level where he could carve scars on that massive wall. "Hmm! Not bad." Glenn calmly nodded his head as if his swordsmanship had been decent. However, his earlobes were tinged red, indicating he was actually quite satisfied. "It's thanks to you, Grandfather." Raon slightly bowed his waist toward Glenn. "I never could have cut that bastard by myself." Derus Robert is a monster with enough martial prowess to reach even Glenn. No matter how much he had stepped into a new realm, he couldn't inflict fatal wounds while still in an unstabilized state. The fact that he had now cut Derus Robert's chest was thanks to Glenn opening the path with the same Azure Sky Sword. "I-Is that so?" Glenn smacked his lips for a long time, clearly liking Raon's answer. -Wow, this old geezer shows what a doting fool he is even at moments like this! Wrath let out a long sigh, saying it was amazing beyond being disgusting. "Kehehehe." Derus Robert roughly wiped away the blood flowing from his chest with his palm and chuckled. "I've heard that the Destructive King of the North's love for his grandson is extreme, but this is more than I expected!" He slowly nodded his head, saying it was amazing that Glenn had even allowed Raon to go on external missions. "It makes me want to kill you completely!" Derus Robert flashed his eyes coldly and scratched the wound on his chest with his fingernails. Seeing his mouth twitch like a beast, he seemed to be filled with rage and having ominous thoughts. 'That bastard...' Raon slightly trembled his shoulders, feeling the malice and killing intent reflected in Derus Robert's eyes. 'He's still excited.' Derus Robert is originally such a cold-hearted human that emotions might as well not exist. However, with the Archangel Raphael's death, Heaven's destruction, and ultimately even this headquarters being discovered, his reason seemed to have been damaged. 'Now is the opportunity.' Derus Robert wasn't showing it greatly, but he was losing his reason and going on a rampage. If he could inflict one more major wound on that bastard now, he could lead today's war to a perfect victory. "Grandfather!" Raon looked at Glenn while raising his Divine Sword and Demonic Sword, which seemed to have become slightly heavier. "I understand. However, we must be even more careful at times like this." Glenn had the same thought as him, but still narrowed his eyes thinly as if they must not get caught up in Derus Robert's pace. "Yes. I'll be careful." Raon nodded his head while resonating the ten rings of fire and operating his aura to its extreme. "Sssss." Glenn also straightened his upper body slightly while drawing out the maximum martial prowess he could reveal now. "I'll go forward. Break through again this time." As soon as he finished speaking, as if no more words were needed, he advanced toward Derus Robert. Red lightning bloomed above Glenn's Heavenly Tremor, breaking through the thick ceiling and soaring into the sky. The heavens vibrated as if they would collapse, dropping even denser red lightning that covered Derus Robert's headquarters, dyed in darkness, in crimson. It was the ultimate technique of Celestial Thunder Arts, Ten Thousand Enemy Lightning. "Hmm!" Maybe due to his injury, Derus Robert couldn't directly receive the Celestial Thunder Arts that boasted terrifying power, and tried to twist his sword to deflect the lightning. 'Here...' Raon read the flow of swordsmanship that Glenn had unfolded and kicked off the earth burning with lightning. He charged straight toward Derus Robert with the Divine Sword raised up and the Demonic Sword down. 'With the same Celestial Thunder Arts!' This time too, Glenn had opened a path to pierce Derus, so it was best to unfold the same Celestial Thunder Arts to ride his flow. "Get lost!" Derus Robert shot out a sword strike flowing with death so sharply it was chilling, but the wall of lightning that Glenn had unfolded blocked his blade. Raon advanced along the path of lightning that Glenn had opened and thrust into Derus Robert's left side where the wound had opened deeper. The Supreme Harmony Steps wrapped in red lightning showed movement so fast that even he was astonished. "What?" The moment Derus Robert widened his eyes at that speed, Raon crossed the positions of the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword he was holding symmetrically and swung them. Celestial Thunder Arts ultimate technique, Nine Palace Assault. He added his own interpretation to the Celestial Thunder Arts technique originally unfolded with one sword, simultaneously aiming for Derus Robert's neck and heart. "Fast, but..." Derus Robert's distorted face straightened. He scattered the anger contained in his eyes like smoke and revealed cold energy. "Weak!" Derus Robert, as if he had been aiming for this very moment, took Glenn's lightning on his back and thrust his black burning sword toward Raon's chest. 'No way...' Raon gritted his teeth as he saw Derus's blade approaching, writhing like a snake. 'It was all an act?' He knew Derus Robert's reaction when he was truly angry. That bastard had shown the appearance of being genuinely angry just moments ago, but in reality, he seemed to have been hiding cold reason behind it. The deep wound that had appeared on Derus Robert's chest also instantly stopped bleeding and healed. Even the appearance of not recovering from the sword mark he had carved seemed to have been an act. 'He's going to take my sword and Grandfather's sword with his body and then kill me.' Derus Robert seemed to be trying to endure the first attack with his solid body and mind, and inhuman recovery ability, then launch a counterattack to kill him. 'Good.' Raon gritted his teeth and resonated the Ring of Fire. 'Then I'll also risk my life!' If he retreated here, he would end up having his neck cut off while fleeing without even being able to attack properly. In a desperate situation, it was better to break through forward. Raon put strength into his toes and poured all his physical and mental power into the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword. He roughly cut Derus's shoulder and waist with the Celestial Thunder Arts ultimate technique Nine Palace Assault, falling from above and rising from below. It was a wound that wouldn't be strange if his upper body was cut in half, but the ominous death aura flowing from that bastard's body prevented the most desired result. "Now it's my turn." Derus Robert let out a chilling laugh as if he felt no pain and thrust his sword toward Raon's chest. "Not yet." Raon advanced forward once more. At ultra-close range, smelling the stench of death that Derus Robert was emitting, he released the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword from his hands, their positions switched from the beginning. "Crazy bastard!" Derus Robert let out a breath as if he hadn't expected him to charge forward once more. The Divine Sword and Demonic Sword that left his hands rotated in an instant and emitted brilliant light. Two Sword Controls unfolding simultaneously. The ultimate technique of Divine-Demonic Harmony, the Invincible Azure-Red Sword, clashed with Derus Robert's sword that approached bringing death. The flame containing death and the sword forged from sunlight and moonlight collided, twisting heaven and earth, and the space where Derus had been hiding sank below the ground. Black clouds covered all directions, and on the bizarre land where lava erupted, three people exhaled breaths of different colors. "Heoook..." Raon wiped his bleeding lips and turned his gaze to Glenn on his right. "Thank you, Grandfather." Even though he had used the Invincible Azure-Red Sword just moments ago, he was almost pushed back by Derus's sword and his chest nearly burst, but thanks to Glenn striking down with his lightning sword, he barely managed to survive. Of course, he suffered various wounds from exposure to the death aura, but it was much better than his chest bursting. "...That's why I told you to be careful." Glenn frowned while rotating his left wrist. His complexion was slightly hardened as if something didn't please him. "I'm sorry. I definitely thought he had lost his reason." Raon chewed his lips as he looked at Derus Robert, who appeared colder than ever. "I almost did lose it." Derus Robert calmly nodded his head. "But I don't always stay in that place either. Just like you, Raon." He drew a cold smile as if it was correct that he had acted like he lost his reason to draw him in. "What a pity. If I had killed you just now, your grandfather would have followed naturally." Derus Robert clapped his hands lightly as if it was a shame to miss such a good opportunity. "Of course, the result will be the same afterwards." He curled up his lips as if he had now completely returned to his original state. 'What...' Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at the wounds revealed on Derus Robert's chest, shoulder, and waist. 'The wounds are healing immediately.' Derus Robert hadn't received healing magic, and was only preventing the wounds from opening further with death aura, yet the sword marks on his chest and shoulder were slowly being erased. 'No, the wounds aren't healing, they're disappearing completely.' As if time had been reversed, Derus Robert's wounds themselves disappeared. It was a form of recovery he had never seen before. -That bastard really seems to have transcended humanity. Wrath clicked his tongue in disbelief. -However, it's not perfect. That bastard's aura has clearly decreased. He stroked his chin, saying that Derus Robert's death aura had disappeared due to that recovery method. "No need to be surprised." Glenn calmly shook his head. "Such abilities inevitably require great power." He also said that Derus Robert had consumed much power like Wrath and lowered his eyebrows. "That's right. But..." Derus Robert flicked his chin toward Raon and Glenn. "Here, my power will never run out. Because all of this is death aura." He stroked the black mist spread beneath his feet with his hand and curled up his lips. "Glenn Zieghart. Wouldn't it be better for you to reveal your true power now?" Derus Robert raised his finger toward Glenn. "You might lose your precious grandson while trying to conserve your power." He told Glenn not to hide his martial prowess and to reveal his full power, letting out a sneer. "You know you were lucky just now." Derus Robert folded his fingers, saying that if lightning hadn't been laid down in advance, Raon would have died in the clash just now. "Hmm..." Glenn didn't speak as if he couldn't refute Derus Robert's mockery, and frowned. He clenched and unclenched the hand holding Heavenly Tremor as if he was troubled. "......" Raon smacked his lips quietly as he watched Derus Robert provoking Glenn. 'Why is that bastard trying to draw out Grandfather's full power?' If Glenn revealed his true martial prowess, Derus Robert couldn't escape. He couldn't understand why he was provoking to lead the fight to his own disadvantage. 'Because he can recover? Even so, against a real Soul Sword... Ah!' Raon let out a small gasp as he looked at the building and ground flowing with death aura. 'Now I understand.' Derus Robert's intention is...