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A fortuitous encounter among fortuitous encounters, as commonly referred to in the martial arts world.
Among the fortuitous encounters that everyone desperately hopes to obtain, it is ranked second only to the cliff fortuitous encounter.
How likely is it that, while falling into a crevice of a cliff after being attacked by an enemy, one happens to discover the secret techniques and elixirs of a lost supreme master?
It’s truly the kind of story you’d expect to see in a martial arts novel.
On the other hand, a complete transformation is a fortuitous encounter that is undeniably grounded in reality.
In the past, I had undergone a transformation with the help of Amitabha Seongsu and others.
That alone formed a body of gods.
however.
A complete transformation… … !!
A complete transformation…!!!
“Um, is that really true?”
Hyeol-ttum tilted the bottle of liquor with a look of envy, as if he had just seen a colleague pick up money from the floor.
I lightly clenched and unclenched both fists.
I knew something was off about that power…!
Uh, then I, the realm of divine transformation
Are you saying it went up to…!
“Pfft!”
A rainbow briefly appears in the air due to the mist emitted by the bloody battle.
Ah! Is this a rainbow foretelling my path of flowers?
“…….”
“……
Why do you look at me like that? Even if I were to become an absolute master, would I persecute Elder Bloodbath?
Bloody battle could not erase the look of contempt.
Have you ever seen such an idiot?
Then he clicks his tongue in disapproval.
“What does metamorphosis have to do with the Mythical Mirror!”
Huh? Isn’t it?
widely
He put the liquor bottle down on the floor.
Metamorphosis is merely a superficial change. Jeong.
energy.
“God, you dare try to devour the Mythological Mirror—which requires the harmonization of these three elements to end, the realization of the principles of the universe to change the laws—with just a mere transformation? You are a complete thief, putting the Black Path to shame! Tsk!”
Wow, now I’m even getting called a thief by a big shot in the Black Bandit world.
The gentleman who would brutally kill people just because he didn’t like them.
“Are you saying that’s not true? Then why did you make that face?”
“What, what’s with my expression!”
“Aren’t you looking at me as if I’ve struck it rich?”
At my questioning, Hyeoltu bows his head slightly and mutters softly.
“A windfall of money, what the hell…….”
Eventually, he raises his head, empties a bottle of liquor, and throws it carelessly on the floor.
“Anyway, since you did get hit with something similar, how could you not be envious?”
Hehehe, as expected.
Still, you need to check for sure.
“How much is that windfall worth?”
“her!”
Bloody Tup opened his mouth in disbelief and shook his head.
“How did such a stroke of luck come to a guy like you…?”
With a humble expression, I… the secret(?)
He informed me.
“Isn’t it all thanks to living a good and honest life? They say that good fortune does not just come by itself. So, you too, sir, please be careful with your conduct…”
“If you don’t shut up, I won’t tell you anything.”
My mouth was hurting just then, so I was about to shut up. Hehe.
Bloody Fight picked up a new bottle of liquor, brought the spout to his mouth, and asked.
“What is the ultimate goal of a warrior?”
“Well, by putting the agreement into practice, a righteous Jianghu…….”
Suddenly.
“Do as you please.”
Oh, no!
I grabbed the trouser leg of the bloody battle.
If I had to put it in words, isn’t it attaining the Way?
Are you pretending to be a sage to the very end?
Bloody Dut, clicking his tongue, continued to speak.
Transcending the Black and White paths, martial artists desire the Mythical Mirror, just as you just said.
A supreme level that only a handful of people have reached throughout the history of the martial arts world.
Bloody Battle asks the question again in a serious voice.
“Then let me ask you. Have you ever seen a martial artist who trains with the goal of a complete transformation?”
Come to think of it, that’s true.
The goal of those who had reached the realm of half-immortality or undergone rejuvenation was, without exception, the realm of myth.
On the other hand, no desert island describes its goal as a complete transformation.
Not all martial artists undergo a complete transformation while reaching the Divine Mirror. Essence
It signifies enduring years of extreme endurance, and it is a transformation into stillness, much like a rock being eroded by weathering.
Bloody Battle scans me from head to toe with a snarky look.
However, occasionally, the lucky ones manage to overcome those years of endurance.
Is that a complete transformation?
Bloody Battle turned his gaze and nodded.
His face was full of dissatisfaction, but he did not stop talking.
I do not know under what circumstances or how such a phenomenon occurs. However, if I were to make an analogy… a quick-tempered energy
and God
This, the essence that cannot be matched
The extent to which it leads.
Essence, Energy, Spirit
It always tries to achieve harmony.
This harmony is important to ordinary people as well, but to martial artists, it is more important than anything else.
This is because if the harmony of spirit, energy, and mind is not achieved, one falls into a state of internal imbalance.
Wait, what is this? I don’t think this is something to just be happy about.
Are you saying I almost fell into a state of qi deviation?
“Your sect has no masters at all… No, let’s not get to it.”
I snatched the bottle of liquor from his hand during the bloody fight and urged him on.
“Then am I not in danger? Because I don’t know when this harmony might break again.”
yet.
Passus
The liquor bottle in my hand turned to dust and vanished in an instant again.
Bloody Battle, who had been quietly watching this scene, asked.
Do you consider the disruption of harmony to be necessarily a bad thing?
Of course.
“Tsk tsk. How did such luck come to a half-wit like this?”
Are you really not going to tell me?
Bloody Battle, who had been staring at me for a moment, pushed the liquor bottle aside.
“Do you know why the martial arts of the Black Daoists are more accomplished than those of the White Daoists, who entered at the same time?”
“That is… the power to defy heaven….”
“Tsk, this is why you guys are called the Sorcerers of Malko. Do you think the harmony of spirit, energy, and spirit is some kind of absolute truth?”
“no way…….”
If energy had traveled up my spine earlier, now I felt a shock so great that the back of my head was throbbing.
“Yes, twisting the power of one of the three—Jeong-Gi-Shin—to make the other forces achieve overall harmony. That is the essence of Dark Dao martial arts.”
That looks quite dangerous.
“That’s why, the more skilled those Black Daoists become, the more they turn half-mad.”
For a moment, the words “Just like you, sir?” almost slipped out, but I held them back.
Because this is a precious story that is hard to hear anywhere else.
“This is precisely why, even though many masters emerge from the White Dao, the number of those who undergo a complete transformation is so small that they can be counted on one hand. White Dao martial arts are incredibly boring. It is hard to experience dynamic changes.”
As I listened to the story of the bloody battle, I suddenly became curious.
Then, to what extent can the harmony of Jeong-Gi-Shin be twisted?
“You cannot go as far as you have. That is a level that transcends karma, and if you escape karma to that extent using dark martial arts, you will eventually go mad or die.”
The moment I heard the story of the bloody battle, the first thing that came to mind was the Demonic Cult.
Did they also twist this harmony to gain strength, just like the Black Dao?
“I do not know what happened inside that Gimunjin, but the fact that you faced a life-or-death crisis might have actually granted you a tremendous stroke of luck. That guy Gun Yu-hyeon must be incredibly jealous.”
Of course, that would be the case if he still had any intelligence left.
However, since I shattered his crown at the last moment, he will probably never know for the rest of his life that I have undergone a complete transformation.
Bloody Battle finishes his explanation and smacks his lips as if he has a stomachache.
“Anyway, with this, you have moved several times ahead of the others. Can you dare compare this to a mere windfall of money?”
Only then did I understand the expressions Bloody Battle had been making all this time.
Anyone would feel dispirited if someone standing right in front of them achieved in an instant everything they had worked hard to earn over decades.
But what can be done?
I mean, it is a fortuitous encounter I obtained after narrowly escaping death.
“Haha, I’m so sorry about this, what should I do?”
Bloody Battle’s face crumpled like a sheet of paper.
Bang!
In an instant, his martial arts uniform swelled up as if to burst, and a vibration swollen all around.
The bloody battle that soon slowly rises from the seat.
The energy wave being emitted is so strong that the liquor bottles scattered on the floor roll away.
Tsk, did I tease you too much?
I hurriedly calmed him down.
“Haha! Uh, sir, I’m just joking. Just joking! Don’t Black Sages like jokes?”
Draw your sword.
“No, sir, I’m telling you, I’m just joking.”
However, the bloody battle, recited in a chilling voice without even acknowledging it.
“Do you intend to brag to the Grim Reaper about having undergone a complete transformation?”
Damn it.
visor.
I quickly drew the Black Dragon Sword.
I can’t die here, if only to brag about hitting the jackpot.
Bloody battle takes the stance with one foot and one hand extended forward.
The momentum itself was different from before, when he had only used his feet.
Rough and violent energy waves prick the skin.
I haven’t even adjusted to my body yet.
“If I’m not careful, I’ll end up having to boast only in front of the King of Hell.” “Shit, I can’t let that happen.” Bloody, the filthy Dark Sage, began to move his feet without giving a second’s heel.
Seeing the reddish glow remaining in the footprints, I can feel the determination to do it wholeheartedly.
A sharp kick thrusting into the solar plexus.
He raises his sword to block, but his arm trembles from the explosion of the energy wave.
In an instant, it crouches down to attack the shin, then jumps up almost simultaneously as if it had two bodies to strike the head.
All of these actions were accomplished in the blink of an eye.
Pow!
I absolutely cannot keep up.
Even though I was the one blocking and my movements were much less, by the time I moved, the hands and feet of the bloody battle had already passed.
It is not to gauge my condition or to test it.
This guy… … ‘He’s serious. Damn it!’ *Pow pow pow!*
As three consecutive blows landed in my chest, I felt pain as if my ribcage were being crushed.
He spoke as if the bloody battle that had been clouding his vision while he was stepping was laughable.
“How long do you plan to just keep playing defense? Do you really want to brag to the Grim Reaper?”
“Damn old geezer…….”
“Aha. So now you are finally revealing your true colors.”
Papapang!
How can a person attack the toes and the head at the same time?
Bloody Battle was facing me while pushing the strengths of the martial arts faction to the extreme.
“Damn it……!”
Just as I was trying to create at least some distance, the bloody battle tenaciously refused to give me any opening.
Pow!
“Cough!”
My internal organs churn at the fist that has suddenly lodged deep inside my stomach.
“This must be what they call a pearl necklace on a pig. How can a fellow who has undergone such a complete transformation not even be able to put it to proper use?”
Fuck, you have to tell me how to use it for me to even think about using it… … !
As if he had seen through my intentions, Bloody Throws a bitter sneer.
“Surely you didn’t expect a filthy Dark Sage like me to kindly explain it to you?”
I unleashed a barrage of sword energy with all my might toward the bloody battle, which was laughing and snickering.
Pow pow pow!
However, Bloody Battle easily dissipates the sword energy I fired with minimal movement and exploits the opening.
“Surely not, do you think I’ve never faced anyone with more internal energy than you in my entire life?”
I want to retort with a sarcastic remark, but I can’t even find a moment to open my mouth.
“You’re the type of fellow who would only have your mouth floating if you fell into the water, but seeing you keep your mouth tightly shut, it looks like today is your funeral day.”
A sharp hand blade flying straight towards me.
Wow. I tried to force my mouth open, but he hit me on the back of the neck.
As expected, a cowardly Black Daoist.
The only saving grace is that the pain isn’t that severe, whether it’s because the bloody fight is hitting weakly or because the body has become more resilient through a complete transformation.
Thanks to this, I deliberately took hits from seemingly weak attacks and focused on blocking the powerful ones.
Pow, pow.
“You bastard! You haven’t even mastered external martial arts, so what do you intend to do by blocking with your body!”
Damn it, does anyone block something because they want to?
It is already difficult to react to the fast speed, and on top of that, my body doesn’t move like it used to.
It requires more effort or less energy than expected.
Since the flow of the body and energy is restricted, the body moves awkwardly like a puppet on strings.
Just then, the shouts of a bloody battle are heard.
“You fool! Your true nature has already changed. Do you still not understand why I underwent a complete transformation to achieve harmony?! Doesn’t it mean that your spirit and deity have a specific desire!”
At the shout of bloodshed, the scenes I had seen in the darkness while unconscious suddenly came to mind.
Gun Yu-hyeon… … I mean, the scenes where he fought and defeated Jegeumhak.
Movements that looked like me, yet seemed like I wasn’t.
I had forgotten about it after waking up, so I didn’t even think to try practicing it separately.
But now is not the time to argue about such things.
“At this rate, I might go down in the history of the martial arts world as the guy who underwent a complete transformation only to get beaten to death.” “Damn it, yeah!” When, well, has my life ever flowed smoothly and safely?
I’m just going.
wedge
– Abandon the Twin Heaven Sword Techniques and wield the Small Heaven Sword Technique.
The amount of energy used is much less than before, and the movements are not large.
But I felt it in an instant.
That it struck the vital spot of the bloody battle squarely.
At that moment.
“yes!”
An exclamation of awe burst from the mouth of Hyeoldu, who was shaking his body in panic.
I continued the Socheon Sword Technique and neutralized the attacks of the bloody battle one by one.
“Yeah! Yeah! This is it!”
As satisfaction deepens on the face of the bloody battle, somehow the mist of young red energy on his hands and feet grows even thicker.
But I am not afraid.
I feel confident that we can stop it, no matter how fast or destructive it is.
Even though sharp waves of energy grazed my cheek and left a small wound, my heart remained as calm as a still lake.
Bang! Tatatatang!
Blocking the bloody battle’s fists and blades with a light swing of the Socheon Sword Technique, he throws the bloody battle that had suddenly arrived right in front of him into a lotus flower.
Movements that are seamless, as if they were a chain attack, despite being different martial arts.
The sword energy fired next blocks the path of the bloody battle as it kicks off the ground and rushes in.
That’s it, now it’s worth a try!
However, the bloody battle that had pushed through the thick dust had no choice but to come to a sudden halt.
Because the sharp Black Dragon Sword was touching the nape of his neck.
“Huh… Did the level really jump this high?”
Bloody Battle did not hide his expression of unspeakable admiration.
I slowly sheathed my sword and clenched my fist.
“Thank you for your teachings, sir.”
“I realized it during the fierce battle. ‘This violent duel was for my sake.’ Since it would take a long time to adapt to my changed body, he shortened the time using his own method.”
A voice of bloody battle, sounding somehow excited, flies in.
“Not yet! You need to experience more to adapt. Even doing this all day wouldn’t be enough!”
A bloody battle that reignites the fighting spirit and warms up in earnest.
I shook my head at such a bloody battle.
“I will arrange the harmony myself. No matter how urgent it is, I do not want to see the face of the Grim Reaper coming and going before my eyes.”
“Tsk. I could have boasted to those guys.”
“Bastards… who are you talking about?”
Bloody Battle made a look of realization and pretended not to be.
It is none of your business.
Are you perhaps friends?
Thanks to Hyeoltu speaking up, I was also able to ask him what I had intended to ask him.
however.
Bloody’s face hardened.
The friendly atmosphere had vanished without a trace, and only an indifferent gaze remained, staring at me.
“I said it’s none of your business.”
An ordinary person, no, even a master would be too scared to speak any further if they saw the intensity of this bloody battle.
However, the ‘second’ story I had to share with him was related to this.
I asked without avoiding his gaze.
Are you perhaps referring to the people in the ‘Black Forest’?
The eyes of the bloody battle open wide.
Soon, a sharp streak of energy emanating from his body eerily wrapped around his neck… … .
It settled heavily, as if ready to slit my throat at any moment.
