The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1328 "Haah..." Raon let out a heavy sigh that could make the ground cave in and lowered his head. "I died again." His chest, which he thought was harder than steel, was torn open lengthwise and frozen solid. This was the result of being unable to overcome Wrath's ultimate technique with swordsmanship. Though he could fight more even in this state, since his opponent was who he was, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was already dead the moment he received such a wound. "Every time I die..." Raon slowly raised his gaze to look up at his mental world. "This world seems to be changing too." Though he died and then resurrected in perfect condition after recovering all his wounds, this mental world couldn't recover from its cracked and frozen state. Even now, the swords that had been roaming the sky were frozen solid, and the black cracks splitting the earth had become deeper and wider. His mental world seemed to be breaking down, but strangely, there were no other problems besides that. "This is difficult." Raon lowered his gaze again and let out a sigh. Ever since entering the mental world, he had been sparring endlessly with Wrath, and the result was always his own death. Even though Wrath was using his full-power ultimate techniques, he hadn't expected to be defeated so helplessly, which gave him a headache. "Difficult?" Wrath approached him with a hollow laugh. "You're really a crazy bastard." That guy frowned while eating mint chocolate bead ice cream as if he was dumbfounded. "If you beat this king when I'm being serious right now, that would be even more ridiculous!" Wrath thrust his face forward, telling him to please have some conscience. "Besides that..." That guy took a deep breath as if he had been holding back and finally spoke. "When you rush at me with those damn crazy eyes, even this king sometimes feels like his heart drops!" Wrath let out a low breath, saying that every time he charged forward, his breathing quickened and his head became dizzy. "You have now become that threatening of an existence." That guy wrinkled his nose bridge, saying it wasn't to the extent that he could ignore his martial prowess even now. "I don't feel that way at all." Raon slowly shook his head while blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. "In the end, I couldn't inflict a single wound on you." No matter how much Wrath fought with full power, he still hadn't left even a small wound on that guy up until now, and kept dying. The words about getting stronger didn't feel real at all. "Your head has completely gone mad." Wrath swallowed the mint chocolate bead ice cream in one bite and snorted. "You are going crazy with strength right now!" That guy slightly narrowed his eyes as if he was worried. "Is that a bad thing?" Raon let out a murky breath while rubbing his chest that ached so much he wanted to die. "It's neither bad nor good. If you use it well, you could become rapidly stronger. But if you're consumed by that emotion..." Wrath created a new bead ice cream while frowning. "You might become a monster that pursues only strength, like your grandfather from before." That guy flicked his chin as if speaking of Glenn from the past. "Even if your intention to become stronger is good, there's no guarantee that such malice won't erode your mind." Wrath looked down at him with cold eyes, saying that trying to become stronger quickly might actually cause regression. "Mmm..." Raon let out a low groan while grabbing his aching head. "That's definitely not good." If he fell into cultivation deviation now, he could never recover before the war. No matter how outstanding his talent was, he lacked the physical time. He absolutely must not be consumed by malice. "But I don't have time." Quite a lot of time had already passed since entering this world. Since he couldn't have permanent sparring like in the Room of Self, he had no choice but to push himself even if it was dangerous. "......" Wrath also seemed to agree on that part, not arguing back and only frowning. "Still..." Raon held the broken and frozen Heavenly Drive in reverse grip and twisted his lips. "I'll try while controlling myself." Leaving those words, he destroyed his own heart with the Heavenly Drive. "...I'll be back." Raon felt terrible pain but left words saying he would return again before collapsing. "What a terrible guy." Wrath frowned while watching Raon commit suicide without any hesitation. "Even if he can come back to life, to take his own life so unhesitatingly like that, what an absurd monster." Just watching that sight made his fingers tremble slightly, as if fear was arising toward the human called Raon himself. "But if he keeps fighting in that manner..." Wrath shook his head heavily while watching Raon's wounds recover. "You won't be able to obtain what you desire." * * * Chiaaaaang! Raon simultaneously struck down with the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword burning with golden light. The Sky-Piercing Thunder technique and the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation technique Flame Dragon Strike combined following the mystery of dual swordsmanship, forming into the shape of a giant fire dragon that poured down toward Wrath. Kuguugugugugugu! The mental world itself distorted as if melting from the heat emitted by the fire dragon that spewed golden lightning and shook heaven and earth. It was a terrifying sword strike that wouldn't be easy to block even for himself. "The earthworm is wriggling quite well." Wrath looked at the fire dragon that seemed to devour the mental world and curled up his lips as if it was cute, raising his hand. Monarch of Wrath ultimate technique Silver Moon Demonic Seal. A gentle light like the moonlight of a dark night bloomed from Wrath's grip. The quiet light was slow, but magnificently stretched out and shot toward the breath of the fire dragon that covered heaven and earth. Jeoeoeoeoeoek! There was no roar, no dizzying shockwave. All that remained was the fire dragon burning while frozen pure white. Paddddddeuk! The fire dragon, buried in the silver radiance that extended from Wrath's grip, split into thousands of pieces and fell to the earth. "Haak..." Raon spat out violent breaths and knelt down. "Silver Moon Demonic Seal, huh." The only technique that showed such gentle light while leaving tremendous power was Wrath's Silver Moon Demonic Seal. That guy seemed to destroy the sword strike he had unleashed using that ultimate technique. "Big and flashy doesn't always mean strong." Wrath waved his hand lightly as if giving a teaching. "It must be beautiful yet substantial." That guy floated frost containing gentle light above his finger as if telling him to fight gracefully like himself. "I don't have the luxury to consider such beauty right now." Raon bit his lips while looking at his shoulders, waist, and thighs that were frozen due to the Silver Moon Demonic Seal. "I'll be back." To fight in the best condition, he stabbed his own heart with the Heavenly Drive. As he endured unbearable pain, his eyelids naturally closed. When he opened his eyes again, he could feel his perfectly recovered body and aura. "Let's begin." Raon said let's fight again while raising the Heavenly Drive and Wooden Ring Sword. "..." Wrath slightly moved his lips with a face that wanted to say something, but ultimately raised his hand without speaking. "Tiresome fellow." That guy flicked his chin as if telling him to come at him. "This time will be different." Raon deployed Whispering Wind and Void Slash simultaneously while challenging Wrath. However, contrary to his words that this time would be different, he fell to the ground spitting blood with wounds on the opposite side. "What's different about it?" Wrath shrugged his shoulders as if dumbfounded. "Again!" Raon bit his lips and stabbed his own neck with the sword. Huuuuk! Raon recovered all his wounds, got up, and continued charging at Wrath. The result was naturally the same as before. "Again." Deploying countless swordsmanship combinations. "Again." Exploding aura to the point where his body shook. "Again." Opening the demon kings' authorities. "Again." Even though he opened his Sword Domain, he couldn't overcome Wrath even once. No, he couldn't inflict even a small wound on that guy. Thus, the time he could stay in the mental world was running out. * * * "Ugh!" Raon forcibly raised his body with his chin trembling. "Wha, what?" He bit his lips while gripping the sword with trembling hands. "Why... why do I feel like I'm getting weaker?" He had overcome death and sparred endlessly with Wrath, but that guy felt even more distant than at first. It seemed like he was regressing while Wrath was getting stronger. "This king isn't getting stronger. However..." Wrath brushed off his sleeves without a speck of dust and shook his head firmly. "You are getting weaker, that's correct. I felt it very well." That guy sneered, saying that he had indeed become weaker. "Why on earth...?" Raon swallowed dry saliva and furrowed his brow. "I've been cultivating with my best effort until now. I fought while enduring pain and the fear of death, so why on earth?" Since he couldn't understand, he sought answers from Wrath. "Because you don't know that, you're becoming weaker." Wrath shook his head with a sneer. "Your mental world is becoming twisted..." That guy flicked his chin while looking down at him. "The next one will probably be your last life given to you." Wrath deeply lowered his eyebrows as if there was only one life left for him, excluding the present one. "Come back to life again. Didn't you get wounded on your hand?" That guy looked at his own hand and chuckled. "Let's fight properly for the last time. If you go outside, we won't be able to fight like this." Wrath waved his finger as if telling him to come back after committing suicide. "What do you mean by that?" Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at Wrath. That guy's words didn't make sense as a single meaning. "This king will become a spirit again, so naturally you know we can't fight. Besides, your state of mind won't be intact." Wrath narrowed his eyes thin as thread while scanning his mental world. "Does this mental world look normal to you right now? The sky is cracked, all your swords are frozen, and black magma is boiling from the ground. Having a mental image like this means your mind is already broken." That guy twisted his lips saying he would fall into cultivation deviation the moment he left this place. "Cultivation deviation..." Raon swallowed dry saliva and looked at the mental world following Wrath. "What the hell!" Previously he thought it could recover even after a little time, but looking again now, his mental image was damaged to the point where it would be difficult to even piece back together. He had merely sparred with Wrath, but he couldn't understand why it had become like this. "If you drag out the time more, even your remaining life will disappear." Wrath spread his grip as if there was no reason to explain to him. "If you don't want to kill yourself, this king will kill you." That guy shot out sharp fragments of frost saying he would end his current life. Huuuuk! Raon hurriedly lowered his head and avoided Wrath's frost that was coming for his neck by a paper's width. "Why did you dodge?" Wrath frowned. "Didn't you say there's no time?" "The next life is the last one, so I can't just throw away this opportunity!" Raon gritted his teeth as if asking what he was talking about. "Hmph. You only realize that now?" Wrath snorted while saying words that could barely be heard. "Good. Go ahead and rebel as you wish." That guy extended his grip in silver as if he would definitely finish it. Kugugugugugugu! From Wrath's grip, waves of frost that could cover the entire world and more burst forth. It was the ultimate technique Silver Aurora. 'If only my body condition was normal...' Raon bit his lips and raised the Heavenly Drive and Wooden Ring Sword. 'If my body was in perfect condition and my Sword Domain wasn't broken, I could avoid it with just minor injuries, but if I try to take that in my current state, I'll definitely die.' Though the wounds on his hands and shoulders weren't large, when fighting an absolute being like Wrath, these minor injuries could make a very big difference, so his body's condition was too regrettable. 'Still, I have no choice but to try.' He only had two chances left including the present one. He had to overcome this somehow in his current state. "Huu." Raon felt the movement of the Silver Aurora that he had seen countless times so far and instead moved forward. 'I'll pierce through before the cold energy completely spreads.' Silver Aurora is a technique that freezes the entire space. The option of waiting behind and avoiding Silver Aurora doesn't exist. The only way to survive now is to pierce through before that massive spreading cold energy fully spreads. 'With the sword of charge!' Raon struck with Flame Dragon Strike using the Heavenly Drive and shot Heavy Sky Cannon with the Wooden Ring Sword. He struck the massive Ice Barrier with swordsmanship that ranked first in charge and power. Kwadddddddeuk! His judgment was correct as the not yet completed cold energy was pierced by flames and gravity cannon, creating a hole that a person could escape through. Paaaaang! Raon didn't miss the momentary gap where the cold energy opened and barely managed to deflect the Silver Aurora. For the first time, he faced Silver Aurora without sustaining any injuries. He had always been defeated even when using his Sword Domain with a perfect body, but to overcome it while fighting injured and exhausted was an absurd thing. However, perhaps because he had concentrated his body and mind to the extreme for that brief moment, his body became heavy like water-soaked cotton. "Huu..." Just when Raon was exhaling deeply and raising the Heavenly Drive with trembling hands. Kwadddddeuk! The swords of Flame Dragon Strike and Heavy Sky Cannon that had been frozen by cold energy in the mental world broke through the ice and burst out, seeping into his body. When the two swords settled in his soul, mysteriously, his mind that had seemed foggy became clear as if washed with spring water from a mountain peak. He could feel the dark shadows that had clung to him through countless deaths disappearing. "Could it be..." Raon deeply bit his lips while looking at Wrath who was smiling as if this was the correct answer. "Was it this?"