The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1279 Kugugugugugugung! The Heavenly Demon remained indifferent even while destroying his own body with his fists. Despite suffering deep wounds where flesh burst and bones were exposed, the only emotion dwelling in his eyes was pure arrogance. The Heavenly Demon endlessly pounded his own body while containing the concept of 'martial arts' in both fists. As his strikes flowed like water in succession, strangely, instead of the spine-chilling sound of flesh and bone being crushed, it seemed like the refreshing sound of waves crashing could be heard. 'Hah...' Raon let out a hollow laugh while watching the Heavenly Demon's punching. Even having lived two lives, his legs began trembling involuntarily at this shocking sight that could be counted on one hand. -That, that bastard... Wrath's jaw dropped and trembled involuntarily. -Is he really insane? Why the hell is he doing that! The guy shook his blue eyes left and right continuously as if he couldn't accept the Heavenly Demon's actions. -If he's going to commit suicide, just cut his throat! Wrath let out empty air while watching the Heavenly Demon cough up black blood. 'That's not it.' Raon shook his head while resonating ten Rings of Fire at full power. 'That guy isn't destroying his own body without any meaning.' The Heavenly Demon wasn't simply torturing himself, but was containing the true flow of martial arts within the fists that shattered his own body. 'He's showing it to me.' Raon bit his lips until they bled. 'What true martial arts is.' The Heavenly Demon exploded not Pride's authority within the punches that crushed his own bones, but solely the martial authority he had built up as a martial artist. 'The meaning behind telling me to watch carefully was because of this.' The Heavenly Demon had told him to watch carefully just before, then swung his fists at himself. At first, he thought it was just trying to repay Birdnew Village's blood debt with his own blood, but that wasn't it. 'He's trying to give me a teaching.' The Heavenly Demon wasn't just trying to repay Birdnew Village's blood debt, but was clearly trying to repay the cost of testing him until now by showing the flow of martial arts contained in those punches. "Everyone, don't even blink and watch carefully." Raon bit his lips and commanded Burren, Martha, and Runaan who were kneeling behind him. If they watched and remembered the Heavenly Demon's fists now, their cultivation would be advanced by at least 10 years. "Huh!" "Uuurgh!" "Haah..." Burren, Martha, and Runaan seemed to understand his intention and engraved the Heavenly Demon's fists in their eyes without missing anything, even while blood vessels bulged on their foreheads. "Yes! I'll absolutely not miss it!" Even in this situation, Evelyn looked not at the Heavenly Demon but at Raon's back with sparkling eyes as if in ecstasy. 'Whatever happens...' Raon nodded heavily while not missing a single one of the Heavenly Demon's punches. 'As you said, that guy isn't in his right mind.' He had said he would take a blood debt, but naturally had no intention of seeing the Heavenly Demon's blood. He had only intended to extract information from the Heavenly Demon, kill as many Eden executives as possible, and plunder Eden's resources to end the future war in victory. But the Heavenly Demon was directly destroying himself as if that level would never satisfy him. -What you want isn't normal either...? Wrath let out a hollow laugh, saying he was also greedy. -Though not as insane as that guy. The guy wrinkled his nose bridge, saying that no matter what you brought up, it couldn't compare to the Heavenly Demon's current actions. 'That's right.' Raon regulated his breathing while cramming the Heavenly Demon's punches into his eyes. 'It's an insanely perfect fist.' The Heavenly Demon clenched his fist with hands where flesh had been gouged out. The source of martial arts was sucked into that fist, causing the wind to lose its way and clouds to scatter. His fist was not a human body made of flesh and bone, but a microcosm that condensed an entire world. Kuuuuuuung! The Heavenly Demon thrust out a fist imbued with the world's principles. The fist that moved slower than moonlight touched his chest, creating another massive shock as if space was exploding. An absolute fist creating cracks in an absolute body. The Heavenly Demon inflicted wounds on himself that even the God of War couldn't endure, without the slightest hesitation. Huuuuuung! The Heavenly Demon didn't shed a single drop of sweat even with more than half of his body shattered. He wasn't paying a price even at this moment, but still maintained indifferent eyes as if testing the limits and principles of martial arts. Kuuuuuung! The Heavenly Demon's left fist advanced toward the night sky then fell like a comet's tail. Along the trajectory of his advancing fist, space screamed and starlight rippled and sank. Ppeoeoeoeouk! Finally, the place the Heavenly Demon's left fist reached was his right arm, which had been the only part intact. Jjijijijijik! The Heavenly Demon lowered his left fist, which was stained with blood and flesh, only after confirming his right arm was shattered. When he opened his hand, the torn heaven and earth tried to return to their original positions, but because of the dark red fighting spirit embedded between them, the cracks weren't erased and remained in the air in the form of lightning. "Did you see well." The Heavenly Demon still maintained calm aura and indifferent eyes despite his body becoming a rag. He stood peacefully and nodded proudly as if he hadn't suffered any injuries despite his two legs and right arm being broken. "Yes..." Raon parted his parched lips as if his own body had been shattered. "I saw well." He said he saw well in multiple meanings while nodding his trembling head. "This world is contained within my fist." The Heavenly Demon raised his left fist again, from which his blood was dripping down, while arrogantly lifting his chin. Even though flesh had been torn away, wounds deep enough to show bone had been inflicted, and arms and legs were broken, the dragon's fangs that commanded the continent hadn't worn down in the slightest. "Tell me. Do you think I will be defeated." The Heavenly Demon asked Raon, Glenn's grandson, about the result of the upcoming life-and-death duel. He didn't seem to even think about losing to anyone. "......" Raon didn't answer immediately and narrowed his eyes. 'I can't say anything.' If he had heard that question until just a while ago, he would have said without any hesitation that Glenn would win. But after feeling the Heavenly Demon's madness and the ultimate martial arts contained in his fists, he couldn't be certain that even Glenn would definitely win. -That bastard is indeed the vessel of Pride. No... Wrath glared at the Heavenly Demon while twisting his lips downward. -He is worse than Pride! Why are there so many insane humans on this small continent! The guy shook his head saying that he and the Heavenly Demon were equally insane. "You indeed don't speak nonsense." The Heavenly Demon lowered his chin as if pleased that Raon hadn't given any answer. "The Destructive King of the North, Glenn Zieghart, is the strongest." Raon slowly regulated his breathing and raised his gaze. "I can't imagine him losing. But..." He thought of Glenn whom he had seen before coming out of seclusion and put strength into the hand gripping the Heavenly Drive. "I can't picture you losing either." Raon honestly expressed his impression of seeing the Heavenly Demon's martial arts while raising the Heavenly Drive to his chest. This sword salute was both praise and respect sent as a swordsman who devoted everything to the sword to a martial artist who had shown what true martial arts was. 'I really felt a lot.' The Heavenly Demon could have extended his fists invisibly and imperceptibly, but deliberately moved slowly to let him feel the trajectory and flow. Since it was an action that expanded his martial vessel and broadened his inner realm even though he was an enemy, it was right for him to give an answer in return. 'If I can make the flow the Heavenly Demon showed into mine...' I might be able to reach another realm. All Streams Return to Source. Just like those words saying all currents flow and eventually reach the sea, if he could contain the fist technique the Heavenly Demon showed within his sword, he would be able to reach a higher realm than now. "I look forward to it even more. The life-and-death duel with Glenn Zieghart." The Heavenly Demon curled up his lips as if his fighting spirit toward Glenn had increased through Raon. "There's something I want to ask." Raon looked at the Heavenly Demon while lowering the Heavenly Drive. "Why did you do such a thing?" He narrowed his brow, asking why he destroyed his own body when there were other ways to repay the blood debt. "Didn't you say so yourself? That blood debt must be repaid with blood debt. It's right to repay the blood that subordinates shed with the leader's blood." The Heavenly Demon calmly stroked his chin as if that was all there was to it. -Ugh... Wrath clutched his chest after hearing the Heavenly Demon's answer. -N-No! To think the vessel of Pride could move this king's heart! The guy pounded his own head as if angered by being moved by the Heavenly Demon's answer. "And..." The Heavenly Demon looked at Raon with eyes like burning flames. "Your sword satisfied my heart." He nodded as if satisfied with fighting against Raon's Sword Domain. "Mm..." Raon slightly bit his lips while looking at the Heavenly Demon's calm eyes. 'That bastard seems more like the Monarch of Pride than Pride himself.' Seeing him show such composure and arrogance even with his body ruined, the Heavenly Demon felt more arrogant than the actual monarch of arrogance. "What will you do if we attack while you're injured?" Raon spoke words that everyone must be thinking while slightly moving the Heavenly Drive. "I don't know about others, but you and Glenn would absolutely never move." The Heavenly Demon nodded as if trusting him and Glenn as enemies. "Haah..." Raon sighed, running a hand through his hair. It was annoying, but he was right. He absolutely could not attack the Heavenly Demon in his current state. 'Besides, it doesn't seem like he would die obediently even if killed.' He himself was also greatly exhausted and had severe internal injuries, so even if he fought the Heavenly Demon in that state, there was no possibility of winning. 'I have no choice but to trust grandfather.' If it were Glenn, he could defeat the Heavenly Demon even in perfect condition. He nodded while holding such conviction and faith. "Can those wounds heal before the life-and-death duel with the Head of House?" Raon frowned while looking at the Heavenly Demon's wounds that were still bleeding. These weren't just any wounds, but severe injuries he had seriously inflicted on himself, so they wouldn't heal easily. "It will be close." The Heavenly Demon wiped away the blood flowing down from his shoulder with his left hand as if it could all heal before the life-and-death duel. "Then you won't be able to cultivate?" "That too is a martial artist's life, so there will be things to learn." The Heavenly Demon raised his calm eyes as if he absolutely didn't regret his current actions. "...I see." Raon realized what kind of human the martial artist called Heavenly Demon was through that answer and nodded. "I have received Birdnew Village's blood debt." (E/N: Actually in a way I think this development is awful. I don't think Heavenly Demon had any 'debt' to pay in that regard, but assuming that he did, we are saying that the life for a whole village was essentially exchanged so that Raon can see a new shiny martial art. Pretty awful conclusion) He and the Light Wind Palace had killed Eden's spirit beasts and executives, the Heavenly Demon had directly destroyed his own body, wasting his cultivation time, and he had even received martial teachings from him, so he couldn't demand any more of Birdnew Village's blood debt. "Let's be on our way." It was when Raon was about to retreat while sheathing the Heavenly Drive. Ttalang! The Heavenly Demon took out a wooden piece with two bells woven together from his bosom and threw it to him. "This is..." Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at the bell he received from the Heavenly Demon. "You'll have use for it." The Heavenly Demon didn't say anything more and turned his back. As he moved, a man and woman wearing a lion's mask and tiger's helmet created a gate burning with darkness. "......" The Heavenly Demon nodded slightly as if it were a final greeting and entered the black Dimensional Gate. As soon as he disappeared, the blackly shattered sky connected and the sunken earth rose like a well filling up. As if the moment when the existence called the Heavenly Demon appeared and showed the ultimate martial arts was all a lie, all the traces he left that shouldn't have been erased disappeared, leaving only the sound of laborers snoring. "Crazy..." Raon couldn't hold back and let out an intense exclamation. The Heavenly Demon had shown that tremendous power yet didn't cause even the slightest damage to this area. It meant he had borne even the aftermath of heaven and earth splitting alone. 'I want to fight that guy.' Not Glenn, but he himself wanted to reach the pinnacle of the absolute and have a life-and-death duel with the Heavenly Demon. It would be absolutely impossible to achieve, but the martial artist called Heavenly Demon was someone who aroused fighting spirit to such an extent. -Impudent bastard! Wrath snorted as if dumbfounded. -The Heavenly Demon's martial arts are absolutely unreachable with your current self! The guy roughly shook his round chin, saying that he would never get a chance to fight the Heavenly Demon. -You would need to cultivate for over 100 years... It was when Wrath was clicking his tongue as if pathetic. [You have been acknowledged by <Pride>.] [You have received <Avatar of Martial Arts>'s recognition.] [You have achieved a great achievement.] [All ability scores....] [Traits....] Reward messages began pouring out as if waiting for Wrath's words. -G-Great achieve... Wrath froze in the same position he was mocking Raon and trembled his lips. 'Thanks to you...' Raon curled up his lips long while scanning down the messages. 'It doesn't seem like it will take 100 years?'