The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1467 Whoooooong! Raon swung the Heavenly Drive and the Wooden Ring Sword without even sensing the change in the Ring of Fire. Since even the faintest worry remaining in his mind had disappeared, his sword path no longer wavered. Crackle crackle crackle! He struck down with both swords simultaneously, slicing the energies that rippled black like dirty water into four strands and dropping them to the ground. The auras instantly returned to their original black light as if water had been parted and charged at him at even greater speed, but he thrust his sword one breath faster and tore them apart once more. Raon neither thought about which type of swordsmanship to use nor recalled the sequence of techniques. The optimal swordsmanship to cut down the aura at each moment was naturally drawn from his fingertips. A state of enlightenment. Raon was unleashing his swordsmanship while reaching the State of Enlightenment once more within the mental world that could only be entered by falling into a state of enlightenment. 'More than at the beginning...' Raon drew a gentle smile as he slashed his sword downward. 'This is fun.' After letting go of worries and lingering attachments and focusing on cultivation, excitement began to rise. Just moments ago he had felt it was difficult, but now the swordsmanship and method to cut down the aura came to mind naturally, making it simply enjoyable. 'I never knew having the sword move exactly as I wished could bring such happiness.' No matter how high one had risen to the Absolute realm, it was impossible to swing the sword according to one's intentions at every single moment. Yet now, even though the situation was harder than fighting multiple Absolute realm beings, he could execute his swordsmanship exactly as he willed. No, he didn't even need to think about swordsmanship. The moment he saw the black energies rushing in, the swordsmanship already surfaced in his mind and his hands moved on their own to execute it. It seemed as though a true unity of body, energy, and spirit had been achieved. 'If I could do this in real combat, I truly wouldn't lose to anyone.' If he could display this level of mastery in reality rather than the mental world, he felt he could win even if Derus Robert's grandfather came instead of Derus himself. 'No need to feel regret.' He just had to make it happen. He strengthened his resolve to bring not only the unification of aura and energies but also this absolute sense of swordsmanship back to reality, and struck down the Heavenly Drive faster and heavier. Craaaaaash! Following the blade Raon struck down, the energy that was as massive as a great mountain split in half. It quickly recovered its original form and charged again, but was cut once more by the Wooden Ring Sword's sharp trajectory and fell. 'It's only slight, but...' Raon curled his lips upward while watching the energies merge back together. 'Their speed has slowed.' The time it took for the energies to return to their original form had noticeably slowed. Because the sharp energy dwelling in his sword had grown incomparably stronger than before, the recovery time of the energies seemed to have lengthened as well. 'Now I can finally see the path.' Raon, imbuing his willpower to unfold a swordsmanship that would tear down the mental world he himself had built, cut down the aura that rose up, having grown even denser, in a single strike. 'I will make you kneel firmly beneath my feet.' * * * Raon narrowed his eyes while swinging the Heavenly Drive and the Wooden Ring Sword. 'What is this?' At some point, the energies in the mental world were no longer charging at him, but moving together in accordance with his swordsmanship. 'Fangs of Insanity moves unpredictably, Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation intensely, Glacier ruthlessly, and Celestial Thunder Arts sharply.' Like a dancer performing fast dances to lively melodies and graceful movements to slow music, the energies of the mental world naturally attached themselves to his swordsmanship and moved together. Enemies no longer existed. All that remained in this world was Raon executing his swordsmanship and the black energies breathing in harmony with that swordsmanship. 'This is even more exciting?' When the enemies disappeared, strangely enough, even greater enjoyment arrived. The feeling of the previously uncontrollable auras moving in accordance with his sword was an ecstasy incomparable to cutting down energies. The sensation that everything in this world was in his grasp. It felt as though he had entered an absolute domain where the flow of all things in heaven and earth could be felt through his skin. Since childhood. No, he had undergone endless training since his past life, but a sensation where everything could be felt like this was a first. Raon sequentially executed all the swordsmanship he had learned so far, starting from basic swordsmanship as if cultivating in the great training ground, passing through Fangs of Insanity and Blizzard Sword Art, all the way to the swordsmanship he had created himself. The black energies that had gathered as one followed along with the swordsmanship Raon executed, showing the most suitable movements for each sword technique. The sight resembled thousands of tropical fish swarming after catching the scent of food. Click. After executing all the swordsmanship he had mastered and finally unleashing the 10th Form True Sword, the sound of misaligned gears meshing together rang out from the air. When Raon raised his head at the sound, a ring of light he had never seen before was connected above what had been ten rings. The ring of light was incomparably more subtle than the existing flame rings, but beneath it, it formed the shape of a blade that seemed as though it would never break. 'The eleventh?' Thinking he might have seen wrong, he checked the rings again, but there were still eleven. No, since it was a ring of light in a different form from the rings that had existed until now, there was no need to count again. 'Why did this appear?' While Raon was letting out a dumbfounded laugh, pure white cracks sprouted on top of the black energies that had been flowing along his sword. Like a crustacean shedding its shell, the black light that had been rippling over the forcibly combined energies shattered away, and a noble radiance burst forth from within. 'Red.' It was neither the First Patriarch's warm golden light nor Wrath's cold silver light. The red color unique to Zieghart pushed away the ink-black outer shell and filled its place. When Raon extended his hand, the brilliantly surging red energy rose before his eyes. That light perfectly resembled the color of Zieghart's noble crimson eyes. 'Is this my unification?' Raon let out a hollow laugh while looking at the brilliant red light dyeing his palm. He had thought there was still a long way to go, but having achieved both the eleventh ring and the unification of energies, it didn't feel real. However, thanks to the absolute energy he felt in his palm, he could tell it was not a dream. 'Is it thanks to the grown swordsmanship and the eleventh ring?' He had rapidly elevated his swordsmanship achievement and forcibly combined his energies by cutting them, and it seemed that the eleventh ring that was created controlled those combined energies, enabling him to achieve true unification. 'What created the eleventh ring...' It was perhaps belief in himself. It is said that the Ring of Fire takes a different form for each person from the eleventh onward. After entering the mental world. No, ever since the war ended, he had established his resolve to defeat Derus Robert and the Demonic Dragon of Destruction, and he had carried that conviction until now. Seeing that a vivid yet steadfast ring of the sword had been formed, unlike the flashy flames, it seemed as though the oath he had shouted to Vulcan, the Continent's Master, during his trainee days—that he would become a swordsman who would never be broken by anyone—had finally taken form. 'If I have this power...' Raon nodded solemnly while looking at the red energy flickering on his hand. 'I might truly be able to do anything.' It was not the clumsy sense of omnipotence he had felt before. With this energy, he felt a genuine confidence that he could truly do anything. "Since I've achieved unification, I'll need a new name for it." Raon curled his lips upward while looking at the light that perfectly resembled his own eyes. "From now on, your name is..." The name came to mind immediately without any need to think. "Crimson Peak. It is the Crimson Peak Cultivation." A crimson great mountain. It held the meaning that he, who had always looked up at the mountain, would now climb that mountain and look down upon the world. "Come with me, Crimson Peak." When Raon nodded, the light of the Crimson Peak Cultivation that had been rippling in the air began to seep into his body. Raon smiled, feeling not an absolute power or a terrifying aura, but rather his will, built upon his soul, growing firmer and higher. Crack crack crack! Perhaps because he had obtained Crimson Peak...Swords rose with a soft glow, as if the collapsed mental world was trying to regain its original form. While Raon was watching his mental image change anew through his blurred vision, a black flame darker than anything else blazed at the edge of this world. 'As expected, you didn't come.' The death aura. The death aura obtained from Derus Robert had not unified with the other energies unlike them. It remained in the exact same place where it had first stayed. 'Fortunate. Thanks to that...' Raon curled his lips upward despite not having achieved perfect unification. 'I can finish off that bastard Derus for certain.' * * * "Phew..." Raon exhaled a deep breath and opened both eyes. The sky was dark. It seemed quite a lot of time had passed. -Snore... When he turned his head, Wrath was sleeping with his head resting on a small rock, snoring away. 'Wrath.' Raon flicked Wrath with his finger. -Snooore... Wrath seemed to be in deep sleep, as he didn't wake up. -Grrrrr... Gack! When he blocked Wrath's nose, the guy made a bizarre sound and snapped his eyes open. -Wh-what! Is it an enemy? Wrath screamed as if he had been having a nightmare and flailed both hands. 'Not an enemy, it's me.' Raon grinned and waved his hand. -You crazy bastard! Do you know what time it is, only waking up now... Huh? Wrath stopped mid-complaint and widened his eyes. -Wh-what is this...? His widened eyes trembled as if he had seen something he shouldn't have. -J-just a moment ago, even though you had gotten stronger, it wasn't a major change, but what on earth... Wrath exhaled empty breaths in succession as if flustered. Since he had been watching Raon the entire time, he seemed to be shocked by the unification achieved at the very last moment. 'I did it.' Raon nodded calmly while feeling the red energy filling his entire body. 'Unification. And...' The ten rings circling his heart. He smiled at the flow of the newly formed ring of light and steel above them and continued. 'The eleventh ring and swordsmanship achievement as well.' Raon drew a gentle smile, saying he had achieved results beyond what he had hoped for in the mental world. 'I've changed a lot, haven't I?' -Changed a lot, you say? Wrath's jaw trembled violently. -You crazy bastard! It's not just a matter of changing, it's like you've become an entirely different being! He gulped, saying that even before, an indescribable power could be felt from Raon. 'Hearing you say that gives me even more confidence.' Raon raised his gaze. He twisted his lips while looking at the moon that was just short of being full. 'The confidence to strike down and kill Derus Robert.'