The Regressed Young Master’s Guide to Living on Easy Mode

Chapter 111 : Feeling the Waves (18)

A movement resembling lightning.

It was clearly the movement of one who had reached the Profound Will.

But some of the movements shown after that were of one who had reached the Profound Manifestation, which was impossible with the Profound Will.

So I couldn't help but be bewildered. Logically, one chooses one of these two, not both. That's why I made the mistake of allowing the first attack.

I fought a few more rounds to solve the subsequent questions, but the questions only grew larger.

The form of the attack clearly followed the Profound Will. But what supported it was a body that had reached the Profound Manifestation.

Using the Profound Will and the Profound Manifestation at the same time?

Am I seeing things wrong?

Me, the very law enforcement officer of the Black Heaven?

That couldn't be.

The Profound Will and the Profound Manifestation are opposite concepts. Therefore, it is basic that the two can never be used at the same time.

However, there were extremely exceptional cases.

The Profound Other.

A realm where the character for 'different' (異) is attached to the character for 'virtuous' (賢), which means the Profound Other, because it is neither the Profound Will nor the Profound Manifestation.

In the martial world, those who had reached this Profound Other were extremely few.

And historically, those who had reached the Profound Other had always brought great changes to the martial world.

'Is this the third time I'm seeing it in person?'

The first was one of the twelve heavens that make up the Chaotic Heavenly Society, and my sole master, the Black Heaven Lord.

He was not a being to be evaluated with my own abilities.

And the second was the master of the Profound Other who was widely known in the martial world. The very leader of the Orthodox Faction martial world and the one designated as a special-grade target, the Divine Monk.

The Profound Other he had reached was Enlightenment.

A realm of enlightenment where one purely understands everything one sees.

To perform this, no experience or knowledge was needed.

Even if it was the first time seeing it, even if it was something never experienced before, just by seeing it, one could know by what principle it was performed and what the result would be.

In a way, should I say it's like a higher-level version of future sight?

Not all Profound Others were like this. Because there are countless types of enlightenment.

However, all Profound Others had the characteristic of allowing one to do things that were logically impossible.

Therefore, when facing a master who had reached the Profound Other, there was an ironclad rule that must be followed.

First, at least two people must face them.

This way, even if one is read, the other can attack from a blind spot.

Second, put them in an abnormal state.

Simply put, it was to make them unable to use the ability of the Profound Other properly by feeding them something like poison.

It was also the method that the dog bastard of the Blue Heaven had used to kill the Divine Monk. Although it failed in the end.

And the last, the third, was the commonly known method of dealing with a master who had reached the Profound Other.

To respond with a master who had reached the same Profound Other.

As I said before, just like the Profound Will and the Profound Manifestation, there are many types within the Profound Other.

No one knew where enlightenment would come from, and it could be anything.

One could gain enlightenment simply by watching an ant working all day, and one could also gain enlightenment by watching a grasshopper resting quietly in a field.

However, among those who had reached the Profound Other, they could interfere with each other's domains.

Should I say it's like twisting a concept?

The feeling that the future changes as the past changes?

Well, I didn't know the details of such things yet, but anyway, these three methods were the ways to deal with a master who had reached the Profound Other.

The number of masters of the Profound Other that the Heaven had identified was a total of four.

Three of them were killed, and the remaining one, unfortunately, failed to be killed.

Even among the special-grade targets, those who had reached the Profound Other were the top priority for elimination.

'If only the Divine Monk dies, there will be no more variables.'

And that Divine Monk, although he might have been lucky to survive last time, would surely die this time. Because the Blue Heaven, which had lost its law enforcement officer, was properly grinding its teeth this time.

But to think that I would meet a new, fifth being who had reached the Profound Other here.

Is this good luck, or bad luck?

If I had to choose one of these, the former would be correct.

It seemed that the guy didn't know what he possessed.

This was also a disadvantage of the Profound Other. Because there was nothing materialized like the Profound Will or the Profound Manifestation, this metaphysical enlightenment was something that one could not realize until one became aware of it, even if one had realized something.

If there was someone next to that guy to tell him about the Profound Other, the current situation would have become the latter without a moment's hesitation.

Therefore, I had to kill that guy before he became aware of his abilities.

However, as a person who purely learns martial arts, I was curious about what a fight with a master who had reached the Profound Other would be like.

Should I call it pure fighting spirit?

The masters of the Profound Other who had appeared in the martial world so far each had their own peculiarities, and the representative being was the previous Heavenly Demon.

He was a master to the extent that he was called the best of all time.

Not all masters of the Profound Other were like that, but the masters of the Profound Other designated by the Heaven all had the ability to become the best of all time.

That was also the case for the being in front of me.

Using the Profound Will and the Profound Manifestation at the same time?

Isn't this the dream itself for a martial artist!

"You will definitely die here today."

"You were originally going to let me live?"

"Of course not!"

Swish.

I kicked off the ground.

At the same time, I opened the second stage of the Profound Manifestation.

***

I had lived long enough and met enough people to be proud of it.

After all, I'm a seasoned veteran of a second life!

But when I met madmen, it was always new, fresh, and surprisingly mind-boggling.

To say that you will definitely kill me when you were going to kill me anyway.

Is this a word! A fart! A shit! What is it!

The guy approached, emitting a fierce momentum.

I immediately strengthened my body with Segeuk Oegang and used the Reversal of the Situation to pull my body back. At the same time, I released the Green Water I had prepared in advance.

The Green Water that I had spread out behind me from a while ago, as I lifted my body into the air, the taut tension was released in an instant, and my body was pulled back even faster, as if a rubber band were shrinking.

Swoosh!

As a result, I succeeded in dodging the attack that I couldn't dodge before.

Crack!

The guy lightly steps on the ground again. The ground shatters. Before the shattered pieces of stone could fall, bang! With the sound of the air exploding, the guy disappeared from my sight.

'Do you think I'll fall for the same thing twice!'

When the guy was dazed, I had spread Green Water all over this area. What I had spread behind me was only a very small part.

And all that Green Water was now connected to my body.

Simply put, you could think of it as Green Water spreading like a spider's web around here.

If I had to give the technique a name, wouldn't it be Green Web?

Ting!

A tremor was transmitted from one of the Green Webs.

'Caught! This way!'

I cut off the Green Web on the opposite side from where the tremor was transmitted. The taut tension suddenly disappeared, and my body was pulled back again as if someone had pulled me back.

Swoosh!

The guy's attack hit the empty air again. However, the guy, like me, showed a pretty good learning ability. He pressed his feet firmly on the ground and kicked off the ground again, chasing after me.

"To thinly draw out your energy and install it in the surroundings to detect the opponent's movements and at the same time restrain them. And even to assist your own movements. A very good judgment!"

He looks very excited. While someone is struggling to death.

Slit! The guy's eyes were shining more clearly than before. It was like looking at the pupils of a real snake. And when the guy closed and opened his eyes, something like a nictitating membrane was covering his eyes. Shit! Isn't that guy actually a snake pretending to be a person?

The moment I met those eyes, I felt as if I could see the Green Web I had spread out in detail.

I cut the Green Web again this time.

My body was thrown to the right.

The guy chased after me.

Although I repeated it several times, I couldn't escape from the guy.

"It's useless!"

'Can you really see my energy!'

Still, the good thing was that I had met the minimum conditions.

The guy had moved very violently within the Green Web I had spread out. As a result, hundreds of layers of Green Web were entangled in the guy's body.

I cut off all the Green Webs except for a few on my back that were attached to my body. Then, the tautly pulled Green Web began to wrap around the guy's body in an instant.

A single piece of paper is easy to tear. But if you bundle them together, even a strong man can't tear them easily.

The Green Web, too, when viewed alone, is nothing more than a thin thread of energy, but when hundreds of layers are bundled together, it's a different story. Moreover, it becomes even tougher in the process of getting entangled with each other.

I kicked off the ground for the first time since the fight began.

Swish!

I increased my speed.

No matter how strong the guy's body was, in the end, he was a person.

The reason the Lightning Pole didn't work just now must have been because the output was weak.

If a person is struck by lightning, they should die; if they're fine, are they even a person?

Originally, this was the limit of the speed I could produce.

I cut the Green Web that I hadn't cut before. Ping, ping! Then, the force that had been pulling from behind suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, swoosh! My body was thrown forward as if an arrow had been shot.

That speed was at least twice the speed of the Reversal of the Situation.

A huge air pressure was transmitted to my body.

The flesh on my face was crushed, and my whole body felt like it would shatter. I wanted to protect my body with my internal energy, but I focused everything on hitting the guy as hard as possible.

The distance between the guy and me had narrowed to the point where I could reach him if I extended my arm.

The Twin Poles is originally a technique that explodes three energies at once.

Reversal of Heaven.

The world is reversed.

As a result, the sun that should be in the sky was on the ground.

However, that sun was a little different from what I had seen so far.

Crackle!

In the reversed world, the sun of lightning that had risen on the ground.

And what appeared when the Reversal of Heaven was released was the sun of yang energy that was originally in the sky.

The suns of extreme yang and extreme yang, which were different from each other, met and created a third sun.

The second form of the Reversal of Heaven, the Twin Poles, maximum power!

The combined technique, the Lightning Yang Sphere!

Crash!

An attack made of fire and lightning qi, which are said to have the highest destructive power among the energies belonging to nature, was fed at maximum speed.

"Gasp, gasp!"

Although it was somewhat difficult to operate the energy by using several techniques at the same time, in the end, I succeeded.

If you survive being hit by this, you're not human.

My head was spinning as if the consumption of mental and physical strength was quite large. No matter how much I gasped for breath, my recovery was slow. Still, the effect was outstanding.

The guy's body was now flying in the air like a kite with a broken string.

On the guy's stomach, I could see the blackened, burnt flesh. Smoke was constantly coming out of the guy's open mouth.

He must be feeling the pain of his insides burning right now. He was talking nonsense, so he deserves it!

Although I wanted to close my eyes and sleep right now, I drew my sword and pulled it back as far as I could.

'Finishing is always a thorough process.'

Having taught the Mad Demon the importance of confirming the kill, it would be wrong for me not to practice it myself.

I threw the sword with all my remaining energy towards the guy's body.

Swoosh!

The sword, with its undulating strong qi, split the air and flew.

Stab!

The sword accurately pierced the guy's stomach.

"Phew!"

It's over. The moment I turned around.

I could see the Rakshasa Divine Maiden's urgent expression.

Huh?

The surprised Murong Seryeong came into view.

Oh?

Namgung Mu-gwang, who was running towards me in a hurry.

Huh?

Even the kid who was shouting something at me.

Tilt?

A sudden sense of unease. The moment I looked back, I couldn't help but freeze.

The opponent should have been pierced in the stomach by the sword.

The sword was accurately embedded in the guy's stomach. However, the sword could not pierce the guy's stomach. In fact, the embedded part was only the tip.

'Why? It's strong qi? And I poured all my internal energy into it!'

Without even time to have the same question.

"Die."

I could see the guy's fist.

It was a simple fist. But the thing that had come right in front of me looked like a huge mountain.

I could tell that if I was hit by that, my skull would break right away. I knew I had to do something, but it was already too late to do anything.

Moreover, I was in a state where I had used up all my physical and internal energy just now, so I didn't even have the strength to move a single toe.

'Am I going to die like this?'

That thought came naturally. And I promised myself that if I were given another chance, I would definitely stab him with the sword myself.

If, just if, I survive this situation. Of course, such a thing would never happen.

Just then, a single sword came in between me and the guy's fist.

Around the sword, there was a thin membrane of sword qi that was much thinner than the Green Water I had drawn out just now, and there were dozens, no, hundreds, no! Thousands... or more! There were just a fuck ton of layers.

I was amazed just by looking at it.

I couldn't easily imagine how such a thin energy could be used so precisely.

The Green Water I had used was nothing more than a child's play compared to this.

The very pinnacle of energy operation!

On it.

Slice!

The guy's body, which couldn't be cut even with a sword full of strong qi, was cut.

Glancing at the two fingers rolling on the floor, I made a promise to the one who had intervened in front of me.

She was screaming.

"My hometown... my neighbors..."

The Sword Empress's eyes were fixed on one place. There were the disciples of the Sword Pavilion, bleeding and motionless.

"My family... I will never forgive you for killing them."

Disheveled hair.

Bloodshot eyes from tears.

And an unrefined, sticky killing intent that seemed to have killed at least hundreds of people.

The sperm whale is usually calm.

But it was known that when a sperm whale gets angry once, even the killer whale, which is called the gangster of the sea, avoids it.

Gulp.

'No matter what happens, let's not mess with the Sword Empress!'

The Sword Empress suddenly spoke to me.

"Child of the Sword Emperor, did you see that just now?"

"N-no?"

"Sigh. I don't think I can show you twice, so open your eyes and watch carefully."

Did she just sigh?

"..."

"Answer."

"Yes!"

(End of Chapter)